The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-04
PROGRESS OF THE NEGRO.
The industrious of the Race Now OWE
Valuable Property.
Especial to News and observer)


Enfield n. c. Jan. 3.-The ,colored
people Of the Second Congressional
district of North Carolina celebrated
their Emancipation here on Monday,
the End day of January. large
crowd of negroes FROM the black belt
gathered to hear ex-Congressman
Henry p Cheatham deliver the Eman-
cipation address He said in part;
1--WE do not meet TO celebrate this
great day with any but the highest
and best motive. The race, / am sure,
las nothing but the warmest and most
fir endly feeling toward our white fel-
low c, tiZenS and neighborS, and al
though we regard it as a glorious and
hugh privilege as we'll as the most
pleasant and sacred duty that we
should always pay due respect ana
proper tribute to the friends OF the
North who secured TO us our deliver
ance from slavery and to commem-
crate in a sincere and most cheerful
way the day on which our freedom
was proclaimed in this country. Ne
are not unmindful of the friendly and
cordial cooperation fer orr good we
have ALWAYS received al the hands of
our good white friends in our lmme-
date home towns and country COM
launitIes during these forty years OF
self reliance and apprenticeship, ana
our hearts are also agloW with praise
and appreciation for the thousands of
faVors shown the race by our white
Ineighbors and with the hope that we
NAV always 1--we With and for the mu-
tlal interest of each other.
with the exception of some disa-
Greeable determinations To which the
race is subjected. but which ~ the
course of ME we believe viii be prop
i a n
advancing and gaming ground Ill the
while We are making friends every
day in proportion to our bearing
among men and the way we succeed
IT. all undertakings and along these
lines all will admit that we have made
great progress
I'VE are getting education. Forty
one years ago not one per cent. could
read and write now fifty-five per cent
of the race can cad and write We
are obtaining wealth. Forty Years ago
we weer not worth a dollar as race,
now we are worth $500, 100000 in real
and personal property. We are estab-
lish ng for ours elves a status Satisfac-
tory to our friends everywhere.
There are strong and specific reas-
ons why the American people con-
tinued President Roosevelt IN charge
of affairs i'm the nation with such an
ecord as a safe champion and cuSto-
dian OF the peoples affairs has been so
long and thoroughly established WhIle
holding other positions of trust That ali
of the people have con1ided IN him.
He carried out with the greatest pos
sibie satisfaction the policies OF me
administration of our lamented SIC
KinIey The President has endeared
himself to The countrYIn many ways.
1t is wonderful how he keeps person
ally in touch with the great volumes
Of business and the many intrlcacles
Of this immense government, both at
home and abroad administering TO the
demands ard wants Of all with a"i,n-
racy and profound satisfaction at the
same time his wise and strong poll
cies III connection with veXing conten-
tons with foreign powers thereby
strengthening and expanding Our Dor
ders and bringing in with a rising tide
n rapid and increasing prosperity and
together with what he stands for as u
man have placed his stock at prem
ium in the estimation of the Ameri-
can people.