The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-11-16
ADVICE TO NEGROES
BOOKER WASHINGTON SPEAKS AT
 OLD SHIP CHURCH.
An Earnest Appeal to His Race to Ac- cpmplieh Practical Things--fsreat Audience Heard the Ad-
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 Ij Build you homes beautify them: do
 not live In filth. clean yourselves; leave on emphasizing your grievances and
 ho,t Of the opportunities
 the iamprpost for there he Is taken as the representative of the race; so into ! the country and till the soil: be Of steady occupation, and reliable in your work-these and other practical moni- tions were spoken forcefuiiy to about l.50o negroes and a good contingent Of
 nsSDs at ass e fs of snip e4Sass 1p Holcombe Street. N The occasion belonged to the se-l Journer Truth Society which has head contribution. was raised.
 ! Dr. Washington, accompanied by his Secretary. Emmett J. Scott. reached ham. where he spoke Monday nishf. They were driven to the state Normal School on Jackson Street. where Presi- dent ". B. Paterson met them, show. ing pr. Washington through all the huildings and shops and had the whole l body of students to assemble. The lat ter spoke briefly to the school. He slso yssited hs Tssadiing room of the I The negro educator prcfaced his ad- dress last night with the warning to negr1es meg Daa,, that the fs,. months of November l period of 1904 This danger, in fact. I urged the speaker to give some advice to the southern negro in this land os I his race hold in their pockets money that Is above their debts. Tho coradi- ton has resulted from the successfui the staple. To save this money, Invest 1t in enterprise and put away riotous living was no incons.derable part of Dr. Washington's theme.
 The audience was swrapt in the elo- quence or the speaker. A few rspre- sentative white scitizens of Montgom- cry sat close by eager to hear what the I and enjoying the delivery 50 character istfc of him. Frequent applause inter- Il rupted the speech.
 was never more evident yis is ST 6r 0paashy Wash.
 ington thai, last night. When we go to sleep. he spoke al?ud, there is nosniing nrsssiu doing. tS use the vulgar ex.
 the mortgage draws interest and every snore of his often clips off coupon !" Again he declared. Let us learn to do ner. Prom day to day brains ar are
 mo moving & Into the Kitchen as they are ip
 The speaker was introduced to 7the
 audience by Pastor Mayo of the church.
 sion.
 Tt is great pleasure and privilege Tor me to have some humble part in encouraging the work O. the Sojourner Truth Club under the guidance of Mrs. . Josephine T. Washington and others"
 said pr; Washington. beginning his ad- , dress. "As I understand 1t. this organ ! izatton has for one of It's main objects , the sustaining of a reading room and the keeping open of a comfortable and : attractive place of resort for young : men and women and the encourage 7 ment of these young people in proper 4 Ideas of living. I shall be greatly dis { appointed if 1t does ! not have at all
 times the support and encouragement
 of this entire city.
 We must not grow into the habit of
 looking to others to provide for us all
 such institutions. By our own liber- ! ality and efforts, more and more we ! must sustain such organizations our selves.
 From one point of view the present season of plenty and prosperity. caus- ed by the high price of cotton and the
 large harvest of cotton, constitutes a : distinct danger period for many mem bers of our race. Colored people are now handling money who have not ex- , , perienced the privilege of having much { leash money in their hands for years. Planters and merchants throughout : this section tell me that colored men who have been in debt for years have this year paid of their debts and have cancelled mortgages and have money left over. Are We going to get any Ipermanent benefit out of this season of , prosperity? Is the money going to be wasted-expended for gewgaws, for drink, for unnecessary luxuries or Is 1t going to be invested in purchasing homes or placed in the bank, or used . for the education of our children and 2 in the encouragement of such enter
 prises as the Sojourner Truth reading
 room and other institutions which have
 for their obJect the moral uplift of our people?
 If the large amount of money which
 we shall be handling during this and Ithe next month .s used in encouraging
 extravagances, in riotous living there
 will be no permanent benefit accruing | to the race. Our ministers and teach-
 CTS in every part of the South should Isee to 1t that nO opportunity Is lost
 from the pulpit or in the school room
 by which to impress upon our people
 the necessity of laying away at the present time something for a rainy day. In proportion as the negro learns
 to save hIs money and use 1t sensibly.
 every merchant, every banker. every
 ton in :he South will be helped"
 Condition of the Negro in the South.
 Continuing his address. he- said in
 part: .... are at hand, recently have been stu dying into the condition of the six or
 eight million of our, people In South
 Africa, and find that the opportunity AmOTQeu the AuiSAA Ivan hS6' 'N t'-S
 Southern States i5 far beyond that ex- istinE in South Africa The field for
 development Is far beyond any that
 exists for the Mexican peons. And. again, if we are ihclired to become dis Icouraged let us compare our condition
 with that of the Russian serfs or Rus
 sian Jews Nwho, in industrial. eouca- tiopal and professional opportunities. | are almost centuries behind the Amer
 ican black man.. | for the growth of any race Is the own ership of land and possession Of a It.
 tie home As strongly as l can' want ! to urge each member of the race to become the owner of piece of land
 and build upcn tEat land a neat. com
 Portable cottage and make 1t just as Iattractive as possible. It is in the
 home. in a very large degree. that the | IRaIvation of She race ts to pc Workeo Iout The man wF.o owns home, who
 ia A taxpayer and has a little money In inc bank is not the one who dlsturos
 the, coramuntty by the committing or Icrime. .o-.,,.t.,,
 for labor, let me repeat that there ls
 nn a~cnse for any man or woman to be
 in idIeness or to go hungry because or Hack of occupation. In common laoor,
 sEiiied labor domestic employment, as
 wau n a in professional life, the oppor-
 turitiea right about us are rlch 10 over | aoXying with encouragement. In order
 thst wa may hold the occupations that
 wa now have access to, however H Is
 very Important that we not oniy grow
 in general intelligence, but tn2t we
 apuiy our intelligence Io tne oettea
 nsrformance of service. There must pc