The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-08-08
Negroes Gala Day


cchtS IN connection with the Negro
10 give them circulation. to give
Them popularity among certain
class OF people.
SehSatiOnalistS Ride Into, Office on
Negroes Back.
You can help us again bv usins
your influence by bringing to bear
your Christian ideas OF citizenship
upon the public mind Of the South
50 that In the future they will not
as they have in so large'a degree in
the past, rode into office or attemDt
ed TO ride into Office on the Negro
NY friends there are some men in
office who never would have seen an
Office, except for the Negro. And on
every possible occasion, when they
want TO go to the legislature, when
they want to go to congress, when
they want to be governor, or to be
| Cnlted States senator, these men
who have no idea Of constructive
progressive craftsmanship, they fall
BACK on the old idea Of Negro DOM
nation and they just go through the
country harping on the Negro all the
time.
How to Solve the Race Problem.
If you want to know how to solve
the race problem, place your hand
upon your hearts and then with q
prayer to God, ask Him how you,
today, were you placed in the posi-
tlon that the black man occupies,
how you would desire the white man
to treat you, and whenever you have
answered that question in the sight
or God, and man, this problem in
a large degree will have been solved.
The Two Races Are Going to BE
Friends and Not Enemies,
Inc white man in America can
not aHord to be unjust to the Ne
gro. Every act of injustice will re-
main to weaken further generations
| Every law SO administered to mean
one thing for black man and an
other thing when applied to white
man means the moral degradation
| to the individual who enforces such
law. The Negro was invited to come
here and here he will stay. The
white man cannot hold us down in
the ditch without remaining there
himself. In Christian conduct re-
fections.
Let Us Not Be Discouraged.
FINALLY above all things we
should not be discouraged, as a race.
NO man, discouraged, ever wins a
victory. There is more in our favor
than there is against us. We have
| magnificent opportunity to teach the
world how, by patience, courage,
and work we can overcome difficult
| ties and secure and maintain our
| rlghtful place as useful citizens in
our common country"
| DR.. Washington spoke for nearly
two hours and said many good things
that space will not permit us to re-
port In full. Upon concluding there
| was tumultuous demonstration and
he was compelled to again and again
| bow his acknowledgements.
Closing Events.
Following the address Of Dr..
| washington, DR.. J. II. Jones, presi-
/ dent of Wilberforce, delivered a tor
chile ten minute speech, which was
we'll received, and Mrs. A NJ. Curtis,
Fiscal Agent, told IN winning way
the part which woman had played
and Is playing in the building of the
| races greatest exposition.
| A highly interesting feature Of the
occasion was the brief but compli-
mentary remarks Of Mr.. C. T. SheD-
perd, Secretary Of the jamestown
| Exposition Company, who left a sick
! bed to participate in the exercises
| and to add an expression of mis- ap-
probation Of the superb work that
mad been done by the promoters Of
| the Negro Exhibit. He spoke Of his
visit to Massachusetts to interest
both races III the exposition and how
ne had succeeded in securing an en-
dorsement Of the project, despite the
growing Of a few petty politicians
| He declared that the Jamestown Of
| tcialS would continue to do all that
| they could to make the visits Of col
ored people pleasant and profitable
and invited all to come.
Musical selections by the Fisk Jul
bilee Singers in the Auditorium
| and open-air concert by a band of
eighty pieces from st. Emma Indus
trial at Rock Castle, Va, a public
reception by Mrs. A. NJ. Curtis, hos
tess Of the Negro Building, assisted
by Mrs. T. J. Galloway and repre-
sentative ladies, followed by a beau
tiful display OF fireworks by the
jamestown Exposition Company and
tour Of the War Path, rounded out
day Of continuous and interesting
| incidents, one that shall long have