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instructors Ia institutes, lecturers,
writer's for school Journals. editors
or newspapers, and leadess In educa.
tional proKress-they have become a
vast power d mighty agency, for up
lifting. ana shaking more efficient the
whole work of education in West
Virginia. Such Is the result accom-
plished by splendid Normal School
System-a system that Is not sur
passed by any other Of it's kind in
the Unton--one, in which an army
has now been strained, not for war.
but to wage the battle of peace and
thus by breaking down the strong
holds OF ignorance, to win Tor the
State victories that place her people
high. up in the intellectual sSales
Bitter animosities ha9e}'beeS en-
gendered by the discussion Of the
subject which threatens the educa-
tional system of the State and those
who have so far REMAINED neutral
are hoping thai a. compromise will
done RS, y -
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The Rae8-O Question.


From an article on this subject by
Rev K. S, Holmes, d D., In The
Westminster, we extract the follow
ing: ,.or. "a. -.
- I'm the mind. OF any resident, Of
any portion Of the South; the Negro
problem in thelUnited States Is not
thoroughly understood by the 'wisest
and most fair iHded re8ident of any
portion Of the North. Residents Of
the North going into any portion Of
the. South accept almost at once the
view Of the Southerner, and the Bit
terest debates one will hear over this
~" n''nSnt Question are between close
ly related members Of the same fam
"'No % whom are living in the
North and some OF whom have mi
grated In recent years to the South.
A gentleman in New York City said
TO the writer within a week, 1T all
depends on hepoint OF view. There
are certain fundamentals which
ought to be Acknowledged. To re-
.fuse TO tackno wl6AEe them is to- ren-3
der ones self.Tpnfalr, and omitted
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-05-23

< Congressman Charles E. Edwards,
Of the Savannah (Ga.) District, who
succeeds the late Rufus E. Lestar,
has started out to win. the same
kind Of EepShation as a statesman
enjoyed by fhB colleague, who won
some notoriety not many months ago
by announciug' that\as soon as he
got to- congress. if hiss constituents
thought weilaof,. him. he Would pro-
coed to ndass., the 14:h and 18th
Amendments to the Constitution
look like So much lather. He got
to the Congress all right. The
amendments HE still able to be up
AND about.sssMr Edwards announces
that he will oppose Negroes being
appointed tSsFederal ofRces. in Geor-
gia; also, that he will seek to Gust,
those already holding positions by
Presidential, appointment. He proves
his word by asking for the head of
Col. John H. EDeveaux, Collector of
the Savannah Port, the most remun-
.erative job in. the South. Col. Deve-
aux is Objectionable to this new
statesman Up Saecount OF his color,
and becauisszkhe here are white Repub-
,licahs in SavaHnah." This latest in
formation 'is awakening news. Doubt
less there are Fhite men willing to
be called Republicans for a job spch
as John Deveaux fills. If the Negro
officeholders OF the South are never
disturbed until the influence OF this
political maniac " disturbs them,
they'll hold on until the country goes
Democratic 1HSfhs meantime South
erners, like this Savannah man, and
his Augusta contemporary are repre-
sentatiyes Of that class of Southern
ers that stand IN the way Of any in
telligent' consideration of the rela-
ton between the races
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THE JEANES TRUSTEE BOARD.

DR.. Booker T. Washington has an
nounced. the trustees Of the Jeanes
Fund Of Rudimentary Schools for
Southern Negroes. The Tuskegeean
in his selection Of guardians Of this
important trust displays once more
the wisdom and patriotism which
have always distinguished him. His
unselffshnesS is as inevitable as his
wisdom, else he would not have put
forward Frissell as co-trustee Of
the original arrangement, for we all
know Mr.. Frissell. had no part n
securing the gift. The new Board
Of Trustees Is composed Of the
strongest and best men in the higher
life Of the Nation Carnegie, Taft,
Peabody, Talcott Williams, Barrows
Of Georgia, Page, and Robert G. Og-
den are each strong, vigorous and
patriotic men, whose individual in
terest in the progress Of the Ame~i-
can Negro has meant more to the
race generally than it is now possible
to weigh or measure. We are as
proud of DR.. Washington for his
ability to call these men around him
as we are for his ability to secure
large sums Of money for the cause.
Associated with these men, on,
equal terms as trustees will be fair
number Of the Republics strongest
Negroes. Or. Washington has shown
both wisdom Of choice and apprecia-
ton Of character in these selections.
Besides himself, the Negro will be
represented by Major Robert r.
Moten, Of Hampton; J, c.. Napier, Of
Nashville; Bishop Grant, and r. L.
Smith Of Texas. There we have the
best in the white race and the best
In the black. We have only to say
that we have faith that this Board
willnapplynbe fund wisely, with an
eye 2s{hNe] Is TIE national honor. i
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..1HUlssDAY, ..AEkY. q s4ooz.

views "a com infssion In
Rome welcomed Afid approved d plan
recently proposed toShim by repres-
entatiVes Of. q Western railway COM
pany, watch Will fesllt In the diver
sion or atI leash a GonRtd esable part OF
the European%Ndt6lgra from New
York to GALVESTON, from which port
the States most suitable for Settle.
ment by south Europeans are. most
easily and cheaply reached, and
where the immigrant will come in
direct touch with thS land. The
plnn:ipvolyed, the Selection of an tia.
liam corhrnisHRa, cpmpetent to ex-
ana GapSrt Supcnt tn lands and
conditions essential to successful
;ltaAan 3 eoloAtsn teop, Kha commits
b oners who a.SolSine teeFed their ser
vices were men eminently fitted for
their mission and while not EXPRESS
ly appointed by the Government,
theiE selection was approved by Sig
nor ,Fittoni, the minister of foreign
AFFAIRS, and he gave directions to sew
eral italian consuls In the Omitted
States to give, the commissioners all
possible aid for the Accomplishment
or thtf mission. Z
The commissioners spent the en-
tire month of. March. in the South
west, examining especially MISSOURI,
Kansas Colorado, New Mexico! Ok
lahoma, Texas and Arkansas. They
have returned to Italy with an i'm
mense stock of information ana ,set-
eral hundred Photographs. and It is
expected that their report will have
the effect of inducing the, italian en-
grant hereafter to avoid. the. large
cities and SEEK his home III the
open: country under congenial oondi-
lions. ..,>, -, - 81 .f'!:T =
One of the Italian steamship com
panies has agreed to establish q
regular emigrant service between
Mediterranean. ports and Galveston,
and other European lines are pre-
pairing to do the same. !, III, anticipa-
tion OF thts result, Congress has ap-
propriated~ $4,000 tor the erection
Of the necessary buildings tor an
migrant receiving station: at Calves
ton, and q like amounts for New Or
leans, '...A -
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ttptu lne outset IOr any Just discus
sion. Briefly these ares the. Negro
Is, a human being; heEis under the
doctrine OF our Immortal. declarat ton
entitled to life, liberty andHthe pur-
suit OF happiness; ne Is, according to
the doctrine Of the book on which
our religion rests, one Of those all
men whom God hath created OF one
blood for to dwell on the,;face OF the
earth; he Is as "a man not to be
stripped of his freedom or his Cd.
portunity for logical equality, exoebt
for causes other than; in his color on
the ktnk of his hairs, hesis black, oil
: brown, ,R9ca use. he was 30 made BIZ
his. Creator, and was intandadgto bE
that, and nothing else; he Is what
!, he is, not because he is fundame1S
tally inferior, but. because he hal
been the prey Of the races that obs
tanned the start In the procession toa
ward civilization; he Is IN our couH:
try the victim Of an Immoral trend
which followed him, or the forces 81
which were in him when he came oh
Of slavery. ne is at his best q fatrlS
Intelligent citizen, able to. hold HIS
own with men Of any race or color
among whom he is cast; he has IN
individual cases displayed genius
he is in contrast, In many arts and
sciences and in professional life.
"Al these propositions seem. to
the writer incontrovertible. BUT
none of INhem contains the Negro
problem as It exists in the nation to-
day. Mr.. Booker F. Washington has
formulated whole code of ethics on
this question. To him the one mis-
sion Of his life is to lead the Negro
to be content to be what God meant
him to be--a black man, Negro
unit in occidental civilization. The
question Is a race question, but not
in the sense that 1t can only be set
tied by the INCORPORATION Of the black
to the white race. tits not, and
must not be allowed to become, q
question of the black against the
white, Or the opposite 1t is. rather,
this: VIII the white race, all over
this country give to the black race
its chance to be what God meant It
to be and do? viii the black race
accept It's opportunity to be and do
as God intended 1t should? One
kbiack, or he would never, have, SO
created IT, And the race question Is
simply this: How can the black race
become ION American soil the best
black race the world has ever seen
How can it. be helped to be a law
abiding, industrious, frugal, selfAre-
kSpecting, pauper-scorning people? =
&
"Ehere is but one solution for the
Negro problem. 1t is not extirpa-
ton, nof> segregation, nor eXpatria-
ton, nor inferioration; it ISL educa-
ton that must be fundamentally
Christian. Industrial education is
right. 1t trains upward. But Chris
tian education must be the superior
force. If the. jack-plane be the sym
boil Of the one idea, and the cross OF
Christ Of the other, then the formula
must be to the work in the solution
of the. problem done by the cross,
must be added the practical power Of
the work that can be done, by the
jack-plane.'; =
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GIVE US PEACE.

The discussion at this time as to
whether or not mfstaxe was made
in 1865 in giving the RECENTLY manu-
mitted slave unrestricted oatizenship
is productive of no good, the >Presby-
terrain General Assemb1y>to the, con-
trary Notwithstanding. The fack re-
mains that the ballot was placed III
his hand and it seems to us more 10
the point now to remove, SO far Is
possible, the obstacles which he'must
surmount before he can be deemed
worthy Of the high honor which was
so suddenly thrust upon him.
We are sometimes astounded,
amazed at the assurance and self
complacency with which some Of our
friends and foes subscribe @. F.. D.
to their Solution of the Negro prob
lem" We often ask. ourselves If
they are not like the citizens of At
lanta, who, according 70 an eminent
investigator, arrogate to themselves
the sum total Of knowledge OF Me-
groes, yet had never entered their
churches, had never visited their
Schools, had never crossed the
threshold Of their homes, nor con-
versed with those Of them who. with
no accompaniment Of tinkling GYM
bal or sounding brass, are, living the
lives Of exemplary citizens and striv-
ing as best they may to measure up
n nrHy{n TO- Ion
them.
We wonder If they ever try to i'm
<agine themselves. in our places, if
+ they ever realize the feeling OF un-
rest, dissatisfacti and. humiliation
inseparable from our position as OBJ
jects of eternal discussion, ever OBJ
jects Of pity or scorn, dependent up
on the vantage point of the observer.
What we want and most need is
to be let alone, to be given breath
Ing >speu in. which to take an ihven-
tory OF ourselves, q moment for in
trospection that We may calmly re
work out, as we eventually must, our
own salvation. The forty year dis
,cussion of what. our status should
be or may become has resulted IN
stirring up bitter animosities be-
tween the races. Race prejudice is
becoming more pronounced with
each passing year and the wave is
rolling northward with increasing
velocity. This can not be attributed
to greater ignorance, for history
does not record a race which has de-
creased its illiteracy more rapidly in
the same length Of time than has the
Negro. Poverty is not the cause, be-
cause we own do!9ars now where we
| did not have cents. 1t is simply a
case of too much publicity. Either
our vices have been too loudly con-
| demned or our virtues to family ex-
tolled. Would 1t not be well now
to give us forty year peace?
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JAMESTOWN EXPOSITION NOTES

.t,. hes, sibuatiof1s at. the FExposi ion
grounds fs7hIgHTy encouraging: The
field agents are on the spot, receiv-
ing the exhibits and the space for
the principal displays has been care
fully allotted by the Executive; Com
mittee. The scheme Of interior dec
Grafton is being artistically worked
out, and in a short dime the word
will be passed around that they are
ready to receive company" The
officers and the entire clerical force
are now comfortably established on
the grounds, having removed out
from the City Of Norfolk to be more
closely in touch with the actual work
Of making an exposition" This is
an important step forward. Two Of
the larger buildings: for the conces-
sionaries to be used for hotel and
restaurant service are completed and
the others are being rushed night
and day by an army of skilled work.
men. The: portable cottage, Emer-
,gency Hospital will be installed in a
few days. :...,
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KN0 pR PRRSpRNT.

Now homes the news that
Philandsss Knohs gnttsd States
Senator fs3l Pennsylvania, il to be
endorsea stqyssthe Republican ,uomi-
nation oh Mes Presidency ;.,by. the
state oenyaHsfRn, whichTi TO meet
June s, ThSe> extremely important
news. sAns2br Knox Is extremely
strong in the New England and Mid
die AtlahtataStAte and Is. .:stpat"", with
the businseStnte rests of the country.
His neafnsaS So OHIO. almost makes
him an Ohioan. Then the fight be-
tween Taft&nd Foraker in that
State makeSftt almost certain that
neither StsLtet e4hdmifsuoa, ) and
1t may hs:ahat both of, These men
would agree on Knox Notwithstand-
ing the onHetuted suggestion that
SENATOR F4sSer's setond $cK1ice, his
first helnkGtse Foraker is; the Tall
Man from 10 Wabashsss a6e most
important ofsan, however, is the re-
puted leaning Of the Big Stick to
Knox, for itSis affirmed throughout
the political district in New York
that if the President will not COM
pletely come dyer to the son OF Penn
sylvania. assGredly he will do moth
ing to hindef3 him. In the meantime
the acknowledgements EVANS Hughes
are working Ia the night. These are
hot times and heavy! o.
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-thangr-ee-tAe coward North Possessed
courage enough to enlist under 1t.
Finally the war came, and she had
done as much as any other leader in
New England to bring it on. Purge
the Nation with fire." she cried,
that is the only way" Lincoln de-
cided to do it,
The war made Julia Ward Howe
immortal. Mention that bitter strug-
gle, and instantly you think of this
woman. The South was standing up
like demons, fighting back the North
as If 1t cared nothing for numbers.
Faith and enthusiasm possessed the
Southern warriors; neither faith nor
enthusiasm knew the righteous side,
Dixie" the Southerners sung and it
went home to the~hearts OF those
who wore the grey. John Browns
Body" the Northern SOLDIER accept
ed as their war cry, and they felt
like fighting after it had gone into
the marrow of their souls. Then it
was that this woman thought of an
inspiring battle song. To the tune of
John Browns Body" the greatest
martial tune battlefield ever heard,
she writes in verse the life Of the
Master, who broke the chains that
bound the souls Of men with His
blood. She wrote her song, and sent
1t to the soldiers tenting throughout
the South. There was a newer light.
Not men, but a song the Northern
boys had been waiting for; a battle
hymn, fitting words for a sublime
chorus. The tide turned the OTHER
way, and on through the war, the
Yankees put 1.-The Battle Hymn OF
the Republic" upon their lirs land
fought like mad men. Fighters?
The best in two centuries. Retreat
ing?'. said the French marshal.
Sing, sing the Marseillaise. The
French soldiers rallied and won the
day. So with the Northern soldiers
in the Rebellion. This hymn is Julia
Ward Howes monument. It will
fade away when time lays down to
its final sleep. Sing it among the
veterans of the Rebellion and there
is riot. Grant heard some Negroes
singing it at Vicksburg, when he was
on visit after the war "Sing an
other verse;" he said, and went.
Read two verses, and then tell US If
you wonder that men poured out
their blood to it's spirit?
l have read a fiery Gospel, writ in
FURNISHED rows of steel:
AS We deal with my customers, so
with you my grace shall deal.
Let the Hero born of woman, crush
the serpent with his heel,
Since God is marching on"
In the beauty of the lilies Christ was
born across the sea,
With glory in his bosom that trans
figured you and me;
AS ne died to make men holy, let us
die to make men free
Since God Is marching on.
NO.
Julia Ward Howe's monument is
eternal, because its base is in the
hearts Of men, and it's apex is in the
stars. $3.50.
The Negroes of Boston might fit
tngly visit her naKt Monday, and
sing this hymn. We imagine she
would be happy to hear it sung by
|. those who can sing it best.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-05-23

49,. The commencement season is on.
In addition to the blue ribbon and
the drop stitch,% there will soon be a
new crop Of p. B,s and A. MS to
disgrace those ancient titles. b.:
Senator Foraker may appoint
some Negro to once at the beginning
Of the. next session Of Congress, but
the President will be asleep.
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FROM THE BoNGLfsH

And port in q, brain.st6fm.
Never put a gift cigar Id horses
mouth.
The child Is something q bother to
the man.
1t makes q difference whose skirt >is
gored.
The hand that robs the census il the
hand that rocks the boat. .~.
-. Men may not, gather figs Of this.
ties, but they can concoct butter with
out consulting cows.
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y JULIA WARD HOWE.


Will be, if she lives, Lightweight
years Of age. The event will be qui-
city celebrated in her Boston home,
on{sBeacon street, by few friends,
intimate of course, and by hef near
relatives. We do not desire to go in
to- extended account Of her glory
filled. life;l She is yet with us, and is
abundantly able to speak for herself.
But we cannot let this occasion pass
without word, without some men
ton, however feeble, Of her rich and
RMeetlHe labors for humanity, and
especially for the American Negro,
above whom, in his darkest days, she
planted new song and a new. bany
ner and saw him march under that
Sanaer through the very gates of
Freedom. It is meet that the chill
afen Of those for whom she labored
should know at least that such a
,Woman did Ave then, and lives now,
eagerly. watching which way they
move, even as she watched how their
fathers and mothers dared not move
when the chains Of slavery encircled
this land, and came near destroying
the entire Republic.
The names of Phillips and CARR
son, Douglass and Parker, Lovejoy
and Sumner, and men who stood up
with them in freedoms cause, are
household words. Constantly we
write Of them, and as constantly talk
about them. But there were women
In those days, sure enough women
They stood up for freedom and con-
tended for justice when men feared
to do so. Many Of them were more
effective workers than were the men;
they cared naught for glory, but, los
ing themselves in the promises Of
faith, they preached and sang, wrote
and fought, and rung down Gods
curses upon the heads Of the slave
ohgarchy. Two women Of that peri
cd stand out like stars Of fire against
a black night. One was Lucretia
Mott, one of the greatest characters
the world ever saw; the other is
Julia Ward Howe, who turned from
the Scriptural account Of the birth
OF the Son Of Man inspired with his
Life, and set the Union on fire with
song that swept the enemy off the
battlefield, where before bullets had
merely been, in many instances, hol-
low mockery.
Mrs. Howe is New England girl;
she is New England girl through
and through. She knows nothing
but the right; knows how to do moth
Ing save maintain the right It is
said that she inspired James Rus
sell Lowel's
. Right forever on the scaffold
49,, wrong forever on the Throne,
{. She received her educatiog, from
the best teachers in New England,
and early began to write. she was
writing when she married Dr.. Sam
uel Gridley Howe. She took up with
. him. immediately the work in. be,
half OF the American slave. No his
tory of the Anti-Slavery agitation
Gan be called a history unless her
work in 1t occupies many pages. The
Boston Commonwealth newspaper,
ander her became poisoned arrow
for the South, and her platform ut
6erances attracted the attention al
ready given to Wendell Phillips, the
; Demosthenes Of the New World, She
stood at the front during all the
years the stupid North was trying to
dodge the only way by which slavery
could be destroyed" talking about
! Gods Justice just as If the South
Z bRred anything about 10 abstract a
4 q, s#m'i'. .. 90 IS -.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-05-23

Senator ForSfer says that the man
he favors will be endorsed for the
Presidency by the Ohio state conven-
tion.: The question, then, is, Is the
Senator favorins the Senator? That
is the question. = Grn; -.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-05-23

Not only does Henry .Vannes Of
Rockville, Conn, enjoy the distinc-
tion of being the only Negro rail-
road conductor in the world, but he
also has the honor Of being one OF
the men Who have been longest In
continuous railroad service I'm the
country, having been employed as o.
conductor: for 40 year8I without a
break. He has been employed on
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad since 1T was opened to
traffic In 1863.-&Bostoh Globe. 2, :, :.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-05-23

For the first time in Western ath-
letics the colored baseball men have
an honorable position In the Ghicaeb
League. The two Chicago teams,
known as "The Union GIANTS" and
the Leland Giants" belong to the
Chicago League, and are received
with open arms: These teams are
made up of picked, men from every
part Of the country, and they are Inn
men5ely popular.
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The Colored American Novelty
Company. has issued it's catalogue Of
books and pictures Of celebrated
Negro men and women. we fail to
discover any listing % the famous
dinner. r."