The colored American., 1902-08-16
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0e ItsI Z uc CoGJie way DaCE TO- de
wsh am loI g time aIter de sta's
drne fall, snd dat W: might not get
disCOuraPe' dey done tell us q besp
bout IbaH a. low de gOi' jss' hung
on de cotton usbes and undtr each O.
dem bushes stood iii roast pig, wild
scyarVin' knife an folk stuck in his
back, an sayin'. Des hep yo'l elf /"
30 says Aunt PL ylIis.
The Calhoun School attempts sn
sdvanCe over the gCli and reast-pig
philosophy So we said we must aim
not only at the LOST of br6 ad, but at I,
the hungeTs We must build nothing
lees than a height OrhOCd OF nc mes and
farms, within sound of school and
church b, H. To build |. cal life. indi
Vidusla must take rcHt. We question
the survival + the Negro without at
tsChmeDt 10 the coil. The chain which
once held him has been sns ped, but
I see ms time to forge new one, not
ion y TO prevent drift TO the city, but
dntu from plantation TO plantation.
Tbis Is why Ii ls a MATER OF such
cOnsC quence that C5lhOun's neighbor.
hoCd ls five square miles" of territory
south Of lne big swamp and north of
ChunneHuggE Ridge IN Low ndt coun-
ty, just as a lRtama Is fifty thOussnd
square miles of ltrri tory WI hin celtsin
boundaries wbith sCho0lbt vs. Jtarn.
Within the ttIrilOIy We have 8, venty-
five families, or about four hundred
ndNidu Ils, buyh G firy-acTe farms On
tb( ut tLhiy-tve hui dltd icres OF
lhnd.-Pitt DIllI ght m IN the August
"SOutLeln WOrk ma1'."
RO, KER WAeHINGrCN,s sSITSD.vrATu
Few books OF more genuine interest
and importance are 10 be exuected
this year than the col ecIiC n Of B. oker
TallAieIrO WSshiL eton's Sunday even
ing talks 10 the students of 1uskegee
Institute, PUBLISHED by Don't day,
Page & c., with the just title OF
"Ct ara,t Building" A" The whole pur-
post, LuIpOTt, sbO effect of these Gis-
courses is happily summarized in those
L~O WOrCS Ii ally one has had b ques-
lion on WI at Mr. WashiI gtOn's war
rant or standing Tests, this took will
resClVe Their minds. Assuring as Uu
from Slavery" and THE Future of IN.
American Negro" sre, This record OF
familiar talks With the young Negro
men aid women Is of SUPERIOR VAIue n,
the nsI ect That Ia. re we ind the NOR
lhe suptIb optimism OF this Iemarka
Lie nan IN their direct treatment of
Tie 0tVelOpment of lace through
peFst nal contact with it's youth
"6Testheart" Armstrong has many
dihciplts doing excellent work, In
msl'y parts # tie country, bat the
man Of the race who has most thor
oukhly fulfilled and fLliliiug his
Ideas il Washington of Iukkegte
Spring Held Republican.
Mr. GRIMsHAW's HISTORY OF THE NE
GRO.
NeAly 20 eco copies have already
bten suDsC rIDe0 for This, the gle aLesI
book OF the age. TIE his OricaI vsIue
OF the book, aud lis uplifting II fluence
give the work prominent LIace in
mIdeTn literature ana history. Ii il
volume for every Oh Q, and ns library
IL complete without It. 1he book con
tslns about 450 pages handsomely
bOund in cloth. al illustrated with
90 or n ore tulI half tone Engravings.
No stuCen OF the lace can Afford to be
Without this splendid work. 1t places
the raCe in America in its true night
Ii is the most Lelptul and inspiring
book We have ever read. Every body |
wants 1t. The first addition Is large, |
al d nearly all the copies have been |
subscribed for.
If you desire to improve yours elf and |
to knOw of the real advancement and |
achievements of the race from 1919 to |
n h.a ~