Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1905-11-01


would be SO deeply impressed and SC
deeply pleased as he had Leen. "Whilc
| have always stood for this institu-
tior, (" he continued, ssnow that I have
seen it and realize as I had never
realized by the descriptions of It, all
it means, I will stand for it more than
ever.''
The Presidents Address.
To the white population as well as
to the black, it is Of The utmost i'm
portance that the negro be encour-
aged to make himself 4 citizen Of the
highest type Of usefulness. It is to
the interest Of the white people that
this policy be conscienltiously pnsued,
and to the interest ct The colored peo-
pie that they clearly realize that they
have opportunities for economic de-
velopmen here in the South not now
offered elsewhere Within the last
twenty years the industrial! operations
of the South have increased 80 tre-
mendously that there is a scarcity Of
labor almos! everywhere; so that i.
is the part Of wisdom for all WIN wish
the prosperity Of the South to help
the negro to become in the highest
degree useful to himself, and there
fore to the community in which he
lives. The South has always depend
ed, and now depends, chiefly upon her
native population for her work.
Therefore iii view Of the scarcity not
only of common labor, but Of skilled
labor, it becomes doubly important to
train every available man to be of the
utmost. use, by developing his intelli,
gence, his skill and his capacity for
conscientious effort. Hence the work
of Tuskeegee Normal md industrial
Institute is matter Of the highest
practical Importance to both the white
and. the black man, and we'll worth the
support Of both races alike in the
South and in the North. Your fifteen
hundred students are not only being
educated in the head and heart, but
also trained to industrial efficiency:
for from the beginning Tuskecgec
has placed especial emphasis upon
the training Of men and women in
agriculture, mechanics and house
hold duties Training in these three
fundamental directions does not en-
brace al that the negro OF any other
race needs, but it does cover in very
large degree the field in which the
negro can at present do most for him
self and be most helpful to his white
neiellbors. Every black man who
leaves this institute better able to 40
sIlechanical or industrial work. adds
Rby so much to the wealth Of the
&vhole community and benefits all peo-
ssle in the community. The probes
&ional and mercantile avenues to sue
kcss are overcrowdcd, for the present
& he best chance Of success awaits the
q intelligent worker at some mechanical
&rade or on farm; for this man will
Ralmost certainly achieve industrial in
dependence. I am pleased, but not IN
the least surprised to learn that many
famong the men and women trained at
Tuskeesee find immediate employment
as leaders and workers among their
! own people, and that their services are
seagerly sought by white people Tor
various kinds of industrial work, the
demand being much greater than the
supply. Viewed from any angle, 'e-
norance is the costilest crop that can
be raised in. any part of this Union
Every dollar put into the education OF
either white man or black man, IN
head, in hand and in the heart, yields
rich devidends to the entire commun-
ty. Merely from the economic stand
point it is Of the utmost consequence
to all or citizens that ns'itutirns
such as Tuskeegee should be sue
cess. But there are other and even
higher reasons that entitle it to our
support. In the interest of humanity,
of Justice, and of self-proteetion, ev-
cry white man in America, no matter
where he lives, should try to help the
negro to help himself. It is the IN,
terest an for the protection OF the
white man to see that the negro IS
educated. it is not only the duty of
the white man, but it is to his III.
terest, to see that the negro IS pro-
tected in property, in life, and in all
his legal rights. Every time law IS
broken every individual in the com
mlnity has the moral tone OF his llte
lowered. Lawlessness in the United
States is not confined to my section;
lynching is not confined 10 any sec.
ton; and there is perhaps no body OF
American citizens who have deserved
so we'll of the entire American people
as the public men, the publicists, the
clergymen, the countless thousands OF
lhieh-minded private citizens who have
done such heroic work in the South
in srcusing public opinion against law
lcssness in all tits forms, and especial
" against their example will count in
the North as we'll as in the South: fof
there are Just as great evils to be
warred against in one region OF our
country as IN another, though they arc
not in ali places the same evils. And
when any body Of men in any COM
munity stands bravely for what is
right, those men not mer:ly s'rye
uaefpl pyrpnse III do!ng tho l'nrtio.
NAV ,nsk 10 whseh they Get thanl1ae'yes.
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