The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-12-19
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s..csFetety Of State SWisher Issues a
Handy Volume Dealing Will,
MANY Subjects of Interest
| to the People. >.s.I1 =.
= A'4iends OF the Negror recognize
that his Progress In America since
emancipation has been remarkable.
and attribute 1T to- many aiding in1i,,-
ences. Certain philanthropic a&en,
Giles have contributed no, little to his
elevation, and the amount. of real
ahelp he has received from the people
Ilof the South, who have contributed
so largely to the education and ad.
Vaneement Of the slaves they once
owned will go down in history as
much In favor OF Ahe Anglo-Saxon
as the large amount of money spent
by Northern philanthropists for the
same purpose. "
With the Negro race, however,
there is fast growing up division
among its best people, not alone as
to- whether this education Shall .,be
industrial or collegiate, but whether
or not the Negro shall expend greater
efforts to provide for himself all, the
agencies he requires for his uplift,
or depend more and more on the help
from other people. The question is
being frankly asked: do not schools
and colleges built UP by the sacri.
tces OF the Negro himself mean far
more In the sum total OF Negro" ac-
complishments than any number OF
institutions erected and maintained
through a system. Of mendicancy
Come those seers, on the one side,
who say: Press your claims on the
wealth and aristocracy of New Eng
land and build for yourselves and
postelity institutions OF learning,
Whereby the Negro may be trained
to : become skilled artisans, eficient
educators, learned ministers?" while,
on the other hand, the sturdy sons OF
Dtxie, clothed in skins Of ebony, ex:
claim: LEARN by doing. Be.,instru,
ments In your own uplift. Challenge
the admiration, of the gods and the
aid of man by helping yourself G..t''.. .@..' +.
Il Il i It yappaars,l, then, to a $esTs afn ale.
eht !sof Wise $fiegfo lead ti.sa
best sort Of appreciation f69 Slffs
Paid extended to. The Negro, cad d best
be shown in this latter day ineiina.
| tion to- help himself He recoKAizes
fully his obligation to the worn done
by Northern charitable societies at q
time when TT was impossible for him
| to help himself; nor does he discount
the great amount of financial sid he
has receiyedI from the white people
OF the South, for in no instance can
| there be cited single school or
church In q Southern community
built and used for, worship by Ne.
grces, that did not receive some
financial aid from the white people
Self-help has done wonders for the
Negro: Self-help has provided for
him In the South institutions OF learn.
ing Of his own making; institutions
! Of prominence and standing; where,
as without this saving grace he
would be dependent upon the fneage,
| facilities offered by the State gov.
ernments. Self-help has provided
for him In the South banking instt
tutiops and commercial enterprises
small when compared with the ala4sa.
moth institutions Of similar charac-
ter managed by the white man, but
creditable for the youthful race OF
| forty years.
| 1T Is the spirit Of the young Negro
making all this progress--the new
Negro~the Negro Of the first and
second generations removed from
slavery making the effort. to pro.
duce conditions and opportunities bet
! ter for their .posterity than they
themselves found them. It is the
spirit of debtors to- everybody, the
favored to the unfavored, the wise
| to the unwise, the. educated to the
uneducated.
Perhaps the most forceful exam.
pies Of the inclination Of the Negro
to help himself are furnished In, the
| activities OF the Colored Methodist
Episcopal Church. the Youngest and
smallest Of the three distinctly Negro
Methodist Episcopal Church was or,
| ganized by the Methodist Episcopal
Church, South, In 1870 not for J. the
purpose Of getting rid Of the Negro :
which in the very nature Of things
Would have been an imposglble I'm
tdertakihg--but IN order that the fun
est good might be realized for him
and his children. =. -. .>.-
This year there have been AZ mum
Der of meetings Tin various States
by members Of this particular or
ganization for the purpose OF rails
ing large sums OF money for mis-
sions and education. The GeoRsians
under the leadership Of Bishop l.
H. Holsley, raised IN large mass
meeting more than $4,000 for tht
Rolsley Academy at Cordele. The twr
Conferences in Alabama, under tht
leadership of Bishop r. s. Williams