The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-03-07

/ the health of, the. sevSsai leomrn,Initlsss
Il S TIE death rate of BajyiinSre Is being
tdtscUssed4 greatly to NV dfsa ne ntags
Tof MARYLAND, s metropolis. Durfng 4
! typical week the, death rate amoh&
tn the colored people Was 3ESS4 per 1000,
frWhtlS that of the iwhi{Bs was ofllV
if17.62, Tthsf about SnehaltEthat or the
colored people. The dinsrehXe is traces
able TO- the; I'll fferences IN Me- santa:
}ftt9H, Of the dwellings, and,Sloca1ities
| occupied by the respective raSss. Phil,
1Sapthropfc friends, dutiful BpSrds OF
health apd the leaders OF the Me car
40 mach to arouse a SentimentVM our
| behalf and the, MASSES can helpSsaeul.
serves materially by seeing to that
the, churches and public hallsyS5 are
properly. ventilated and that SRSXe
| homes are not overcroVded, 4To NSe'
Welt even at some slight inGrease> ii;
expense, Is the truest economy, forSA
Rdds ITO both the length Of life and
the joys thereof. The race can Ra
strong only in propOrtion,& To tho care
! 1t takes Of the health Of Its Masses,
f.. Along this line, the Afro Americans
realty, companies are rendering B ,serr
vice Of incalculable benefit to the peoo-
pie. The;moneyed men In our congestt
ed centerB could not better invest
their savings than"in forming realty
companies and through them erectinR
|, sanitary, flats, away from the alleys
and, noisesome surroundings. Such
placed within the reach of
our poorer classes by a moderate, rem
tai, would be long step toward the
solution or this problem. Quietly and,
shrewdly these realty companies can
SECURE possession Of many really eleE
giant houses in the neighborhoods now
occupied by the whites, and thus fur
nsh our, welEto-do, classes an oppor.
tunlty to live. amid environments con-
| genial to their refined tastes, and with
all the modern improvements It goes
without the saying. that the unfoftu!
naeS. Negroes nust be rescued from
| the dirty alleys, and those somewhat
| ADLER In purse must not be confined
Willy or. njilly to- soycalled NEGRO
ueighborho ods, -. nor : restricted to
| noisy factory sections, threatened by
dangerous railroad grade crossings or
expected to: accept homes, adjacent to
the, red light districts, none of
which can, be rented to decent whites
1 the, Negro: resides, in sufficient mum
bers, to- constitute a problem" should
have a realty. COMPANY as a protec-
tion> to. the home life and health Of
the2race. 3 ~. ~ lN,
1( Tuskegee Institute is to be- eongrat-
| ulated upon the outlook for Its com:
mencement season In May. The com.
| mencement sermon will be preached
by tn Right Reverend w. A. Gambler,
Bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
church., South, and the address ON,
commencement. day will be delivered
| by Hon. Charles w. Anderson, Unit
ed States Collector Of Internal Reve-.
nue., New York City. Bishop Gambler
rs one Of the most liberal Of southern
gentlemen, and stands conspicuously
Efor the broadcast development Of every
class Of humanity, regardless Of color
or condition. His, presence on an oc,'
.cstsIoSSEEa OF Infs1 KIND cannot faif TO De
an Inspiration to Ell who hear him
Mr., Anderson is too well known to
require extended comment. Although
but little; past forty years Of age, Mr..
Anderson has won h6pors in field,
where the competition is fierce and
mercAess. To be named for go lucra-
tive a place as Mr.. Anderson holds
in the greatest city on the American;
Econttnent tells g. story /. that suggests
volumes In the way of intelligent en-
deavor5 and tactftl vigilance He is
the. first colored man to- hold So I'M
lportant a position in the north. The
DISTRICT over which be presides as.
Collector Of Internal Reyerue for the
National Government is the richest
and most powerful financial center in
the world. In addition he is internal
| revenue collector for Porto Rico, that
| rich island Of the West Indies, now
! a part Of the United States. u.s.
Those in charge Of collecting the
fund for the redemption Of the Fred.
erick Douglass homestead ON Cedar
Hill, in Anicostia.: D.. c., express them.
selves as, exceedingly gratifed with
the rapidity with which contributions
are coming in. The leading papers
| throughout the nation have endorsed
the idea Of making the home Of the
Great Commoner'' a Mecca for the
| Negro Tace-to be to us what Mount
Vernon is to the WITHSTAND the next
generation will have within the shad.
ow Of the Capitol center Of liistori-
cal value, to which all may point with
| pride. Every colored man woman and
| child in the land can and should con.
tribute something to this Douglass
Home Find Gle gives twice who
gives quickly"
| In ~2onOrdance with decision
reached bv the trustees Of the Peabody
| Educational Fund ate lengthy ses
sion last week at washington. none of
I the money beuueathed by great Brit.
ish nhi'apfhropist will be distributed
| at this time.
None Ut the Peabody Educational
Fund. established by George Peabody
OF LONDON. will be distributed.
| According to the decision OF the
frnstees NJ no peabo1v, Fducatinnel
n"nd, established in 1857 by George