The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-17
AMONG THE NEGROES
CAMPAIGN ON TO ENCOURAGE
 THEM TO THRIFT.
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 To reach the lawless negroes of this city and to encourage thrift and in- dustry Is the effort being put forth by the negroes of Montgomery. The minister's of the city are assisted by the professional negroes, and 1t Is ex- pected that much good will result from the present crusade.
 Already . Y. M. c. A. has been or ganized among the negroes, and an effort is being put forth to get build ing. Meetings are now being held In the negro reading room. Frances E. Preston of Detroit. Mich, efocutionist and a speaker under the W. c. T. u., Is in the city delivering addresses at the negro churches. Rev. M. c. B. Mason of Cincinnati. O.. Rev. I. Garland Penn. R. B. Jones. D. D.. of New Orleans. La. editor of The Southwestern Chrts- tian Advocate. will deliver addresses during the week. pr. Mason will speak Wednesday night at the State Normal School.
 Charles Stewart of Chicago. the ne- gro newspaper correspondent. president and manager of Stewards Press Bu- reau. is among = the speakers. He spoke to the negroes Sunday morning at St. John A. M. E. Church on "The Coming of Shiloh" and Sunday after noon he spoke at the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church to negro men only. giving them some good practical ad- vice. In his address he told the ne- groes that 1t was their duty to seek out the lawless element among them and sting out the drones. He spoke plainly on some of the things which destroyed the race, and urged the men to join with every man for the protec- tion of womanhood.
 Last night Charles Stewart spoke at the First Baptist Church. He used as his theme. "Ephram Waxed Fat and Kicked" Dr.. A. J. Stokes, in his in- troductory remarks, said that.the negro had to reach the unreached members of his race. It was at times discour- aging to him. yet with the school room and the church opened. with the ne- sroes buying homes and paying for them. he was encouraged. There is a future for us, and we will yet work 1t out"
 '4The American negro has much to encourage him." declared Stewart, "and I have no faith in the man who sits around and complains about opportun- ities in wGld like this when they are as plentiful as the hairs on your head. They want men of industry. hon. esty and reliability to take them up. and none other need apply. After serving in slavery for 240 years. and then with forty-ive years of freedom, I think it is time for the negro to feel that heSis fat, and kick against the many things which operates against him. kick of the heavy load of sin, the heavy load of lawlessness. kick out of the gambling hell, and kick into a true American citizen.
 We sometimes kick at the wrong time and in the wrong place. We have spent sometime kicking about the American prejudice, but 1t Is a God send to the negro race, 1t is a blessing in disguise. For. when I am refused a glass of soda in a white mans drug store. it simply points me down the street to a negro drug store and tells me to take that negro and help the negro rise. The refusal of a meal in a white restaurant, points the negro to his own restaurantI It has forced us into our churches. ihto our schools, into our own business houses. and in this way we are building up ourselves The American prejudice has forced ths negro to have thirty-two banks of his own in this country. and it doth moi vet appear what 1t will be. Time alone will tell. Let us look at our starting point, and then see where we are to- day.
 splendid example for the negro, for he is constantly making places for his own girls and boys. If you notice when he establishes schools in the South for negroes, he always sends his