The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-08-05
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MUST BEGIN ON TIE YOUNG

Montgomery, August 4--(Special.) )-'We intend from this day to make a crusade against the loafng element among us. and they must get from their hiding place." declared Dr. C. M. Wells at the opening of the third days session of the Negro Baptist Sunday School convention this morning. Our progress has been retarded by a shiftless set of young men and women, and if we do not reach them no one else will.
 Tt may be necessary for the negroes to go Into the slums and pull our young peo- pie out, and then we must preach against the evils which lead to destruc- tion. Card playing, late buggy rides, night street car rides, and dancing are the evils which operate against Us as a people and lead our young men and women down. I cannot keep from shedding tears when I see the young negro men hand cuffed on their way to prison and work ing on the streets in cities and towns. We must save the people while they are young. we must look after their early training. and the best way to accomplish this is to reach them before they become hardened in sin
 The convention opened this morning with song and prayer service conducted by the Rev. F. D. Mills and the journal was read and approved. s. l.. A. Thom- olson, a young negro druggist from Sel- ma, was introduced and made short ad- dress. He said that he was interested In the work of saving the young negro, and for that reason he put down $1 to assist in the proposed crusade of President Wells.
 For the Young.
 Prof Henry A Boyd of Nashville, Tenn. who represents the possibilities of the young negroes, was introduced and deliv- A cred an address. He is a native of Texas and, after completing his education en- tered the postoffice of San Antonio, as clerk where he worked for a few years resigning to accept a position in the Ma tional Baptist Publishing House in Nash vile. He has charge of the church supply department and general superintendent of the corresponding department. T am glad that I am negro" he said "and would rather have that distinction than be President of the United States say this because think that there is a possi- bility for us. know that we must be con fronted with prejudice. but that preju- dice works for our good When we are refused soda in white drug store, we are pointed to negro drug store where we can get all the soda we can drink and at the same time help the struggling negro.
 ''The negro who Is tripped up by a stick will never make any headway by stopping to quarrel with the stick, move 1t out of the way and continue on his Journey We will be able to remove the American prejudice by paying attention to our shiftless set of men and women They belong to us, and there Is no need of trying to deny them or to get away from them. By the laws of the land we are all thrown together, and we can only climb now by lifting them.
 Must Have Faith.
 sThe negro must have faith in him self. A few years ago. we went to Phil adelphia and asked the American Bap- t.se Publication society to put in negro clerk this they refused to do; we then asked them to establish a depository in the south, and let us sell to our people, they still refused: then prejudice said to the negro Baptist: Why complain with the white man, when you have it in your power to run your own printing house? And now we have one employing 26O negro boys and girls. At the head of this Is Dr. R. H. Boyd, who never attended col lege. but a graduate of Swamp univer-