Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-06-20
DON I WANT
 NEGRO LOAFERS Speaker at Negro Sunday School Convention Says His People Are Kidding Themselves of Them.
TALKS ON EDUCATION
Protect Property and Life in All States, He Says, and Make the Mob Leaders Take to the Woods-fiye Hundred Delegates Present.
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Special to the Graphic.
 Fordyce, Ark, June 20.--Tbe 26th
 annual session of the Negro Baptist
 State Sunday School convention con-
 yened this morning with fully 300
 delegates present The negro Bap-
 tists nave been in the city since
 Monday night taking up many phases
 of the work of the negro Baptists.
 The Reverend Doctor T. s. Sande-
 fur, Of Gnrdon, called the convention
 to order. The Reverend J. w. Nc
 Cfary, D. D., pastor of the Mt. Tabor Baptist church. where the meeting $
 being held, turned over to President
 Sandefar the keys of the church and assured him that the colored people
 were delighted to have them present
 Tn his address he said that he felt many good things would be said, for all the people, and declared that the white people were also glad to have the convention here.
 An informal conference was con- ducted by Reverend J. ". Sims, and this was followed by the annual ad- dress Of President Sandefur, who had many things to say on the race ques- ton. He has been at the head Of the convention since 1898. He said:
 "It has been the aim Of our conVen- tion to get rid of the loafers among 1 HS and encourage our young people l to go to work, and I am proud to be | able to tell you that We have been | successful in this matter. Our young | people who attend our Sunday | schools are working now, and we find | but few of them without some visible | means of support. We have greatly | assisted our cities and towns to get | rid of the useless loafers upon the streets and highways. This is the this which must claim our attention.
 The South has made mistake and fear Is still making one when it leaves the education of it's negroes to the northern states and people, be- cause this naturally takes the negro away from ns. It should be the aim Of the South to provide good schools for all of it's citizens, regardless Of race or color. and if il fails t9 aoN after its negro citizens, then it will have in it's midst lot of laWleas nea and women. For some time past there has been an effort on the part Of out law makers to pass segregation bill. and it passed the House Of Rep resent atyes at the last meeting, but was called in the Senate We are loyal to the state, and hope taat the state Will encourage the Industrious. honest, thrifty men and women Of our race who live in the state
 Any man who would eo over this cuuutry stirring up race strife ani hatred is q dangerous man whether he De black or white \ man who would incite mob, incite race antag- onism is erminal and should be punished What We want is safe leadership, and put down the white man and the negro who tries to go up in this state or any other sta" ny abusing the negro Make life and property safe, protect all the people III the state, and see that all have q fair show under the law Of the state. Punish every criminal whether he bo black or white, and the great que5- ten will be solved
 The Reverend Doctor R. w. Guy of Osceola preached the annual sermon and the convention adjourned for din- her
 There were many short addresses made in the afternoon session which 1,as presdel oter by Reverend T. >. Sandefnr Lucinda Horton delivered