The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1906-04-13
GOOD ADVICE.
Washington Urges His Race to
Attain Good CITIZENSHIP.
THE SOUTH Is PLACE

For the Negroes, He Saws at the Tus-
keesecsiostltute Celebration, Which
Game Off Last Week, Some
Prominent Men We're Pre-.
sent and Spoke.
Owing to the delay in the Ogden
special train, the beginning of the ex
ercises in connection with the celebra-
tion Of the25 anniversary of the Tus.
kegee Normal and Industrial institu.-
te at Tuskegee, Ala WAS delayed
until Wednesday night.
Among the prominent men who
came In on the Ogden train we're: Sec
retary dfWsr William FL. Taft, Rob
ert @ Ogden, president of the board
of trustees; Charles w. Eliot, presi-
dent off Harvard universally; DR.. LIZ.
man Abbott and Oswald Garrison Will
ard, editor OF the New York Evening
Post. jf
The party was greeted by 500 stu
dents and alumni and members of the
faculty aud board of trustees.
Among the prominent institutions
of learning that are represented here
are Harvard, Yale, Johns Hopkins
university, University OF Minnesota
ODerlint college, Massachusetts, Instl-
tute of Technology, Uniterstty Of Ala
bama, Alabama Polytechnic institute,
Howard university, Fisk university
Barnard college and the Armstrong
Manual Training school Of Washing
ton. DO.
Principal Booker T. Washington de-
iivered an address Of welcome He
said in!part:
" And Jesus said, will m .ke you
fishers OF men.'
In the spirit Of these words, the
foundation Of this Institution was laiH
In 1873 Through gift from the STATE
of Ala0ama.
"Fo 25 years then the Tuskeg
NormSlkaad Industrial Institute hae
been fshing for men. Wnat of it and
with wat resultsp In our quest We
nave nasd land, houses, barns, heuner
ltes, shoos, lauadries, kitchen, class
- 6a 4 sis,iNs>natio. the sRsas
che ,,one ploR, and money SEHssisg'
these and more we have used In our
effort oitish for men.
Primarily, l believe that my race
has found ITSELF SO far as It's perma
nent location is concerned When this
institution began It's mis8lon there
vas uncertainty, lack Of faith, hault-
Ing and speculation as to our perma
nent abiding place. AS to what de-
gree the influence Of the Tuskegee in
stitute has contributed to thus I will
venture no assertion, except to state
that, so far can interpret the pres
ent ambitions and the activities Of my
people, the main body OF the race ha.
decided to remain permanently In the
leart OF the South, In or near what is
known as the black belt"
Psincipal Washington referred to the
growth OF the school from Its humble
beginning 10 one small building, with
80 pupils, to It's present enrolment Of
|, 400 STUDENTS, and said that the
school had sent out into the world g.
900 man and women who are now
largely engaged as workers In agrlcul
ture aud mechanics, housekeepers and
.eachefs or both industrial an
academic branches throughout the
South az we'll az In Africa and one or
two foreign countries.
After alludlng to the various mo
mentous transitions" through which
the American negro has passed, begin
ding with the primitive civll,z .tion
which he had created In Africa his
introduction into the wholly new con
dltion Of American slav ,ry, and his
new life of freedom and citizenship,
PriI opal Washington said:
The negro race In this country has
entered upon wholly new period "a
period In which emphasis is being
placed upon side Of life not covered
In any OF the previous experiences of
my people. | mean the era OF free,
independent and intelligent economic
and Industrial development, acc on
panied with growing sense of the
worth and value OF their OVID quali-
te8 and desire to m ike the most Of
them, under God, for their good and
the welfare OF the world. Having to
some OK ent become conscious of the
great task imposed on them az o peo
pie they are seeking to lay the found
a5ion deep In the essentials Of life.
But In this task they often meet many
and sometimes needless obstacles.
III this country Is to continue tO
be q republic It's task will never be
completed as long as 100000 or g.
900, 600 OF It's people are In large de
gree regarded as aliens and are With
out voice and interest In the welfare
Of the government Such course will
not merely inflict great injustice upon
these millions Of people, but the ma.
tIon will pay the price OF finding the
genius and form Of It's government
charged, not perhaps In name, but
certainly In reality, and because OF
this. the world will say that free gov
ernment is failure.
'As / conceive 1t, part Of the mis-
sion Of this school is expressed In the
purpsoe and Dissemination to assist
the race In laying suoh gradual and
permanent foundation In right living
through the accumulation Of properly
industry, thrift, skill, education OF all
character, moral and religious habits
and all that which means our u.efu
ness to the community in whlch VIC
abide, that naturally, logically, SYM
pathetically we shall make ourselves
grow Into the full and rightful enjoy.
noht and intelligent use Of tho privi.