The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-30
THE MOUNTAIN WHITES
 AND HOME MISSIONS.

endeavorfng to uplffht' heard staunch young deacon from South Car olina speak on the subject of child slavery In the cotton mills of that State. picturing the horrors of their condition with a pathos beyond words. It was there heard the venerable silver-hair- ed Bishop of Arkansas plead for aid. ! that he might carry tile light of the Gospel to the two hundred and fifty thousand children of Arkansas" who had never seen the inside of schcof- house nor heard sermon" % There were missionaries from Geor- gia and Tennessee, and my heart yearn- ed to lay a million at the feet of the good Archdeacon of the vaile Crucis schools when heard him talk of the great work and the great need in that district-where Bishop Horner is eiv- ing his life for the mountaineers of North Carolina. And I longed to res spond to his appeal and to the ap- peeis from the Morganton district where Bishop Satterlee's son gave up his life in toiling for these people Pleading. pleading, pleading, all plead- work in our Southland. And these missionaries whom heard--came to see | me at the Park Avenue Hotel. to ask my interest, and to secure aid and help. fro mthe Southern Industrial Educa- tional Association--grateful for even
 the promise of one scholarship for boy or girl--be it for $50 or s25 It was in New York, too, that lift.
 ed Inv 6wa voice in unison with theirs-- in behalf of these peo ole of the South-
 ern Highlands. These people strug- gling towards the light, these people who will use with anxious gratitude each guiding thought put in their way" We asked in the name of the nation
 aid for--these children of the nation--t
 for to the nation they belong North, nrnA fe fa< <tsa nation we desire to restore her own neglected offspring And In New York I heard Booker T. Washington pleading, not for a few
 more scholarships. or a few hundred or even few thousand dollars. but for "one million, eight hundred thous- and' to complete a three million endow- ment on one school for his people Hfas plea was eloquently seconded by Am
 hassador Choate--Mr Ogden, and Mark
 Twain. And on a subsequent occasion
 this eminent negro, not only spoke in
 behalf of his own race. but grandilo- Tuently asked the good people Of thaS
 North to "hefp lift un the poor white
 brother along with the black" If tha,c Is no need for this swork among our mountain brothers. why the many ap.
 peals from the workers in the Zelda Why the hundreds of leaflets asking for aid distributed by the Mission Boards all
 
 The vast per cent of illiteracy in our Southern States, speaks for isself
 and answers our question. There are seventeen per cent of the native born whites of North Carolina over ten wears of age needing Christian and industrial education, to it them for citizenship--
 seevnteen per cent in Louisiana; thlr- teen per cent in South Carolina, eleven per cent in Georgia. nearly fifteen per cent in Alabama. Then who has the right to hush the tender appeal that wants to give a chance to these less
 fortunate white brothers of our rural
 districts, and who has a right to deny
 them the offered aid of Christianity.
 and industrial enlightment? There is
 no missionary field in all the world so
 appealing as the mountain regions oe
 the South. Tt is not necessary to re-
 late pathetic stories to interest people in
 the conditions of this region. The bare
 statement of the facts are general and true of the whole region, and Is enough if known. to enlist the loving help of
 those who are able to help" and God speed the help Martha s. Gielow.
 Pres. Gen. Southern Industrial EdSn.
 cational Association.