The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1908-11-26
ADDRESS
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Lbor, The performance of duty shodll
be the test applied to white man ana
colored man alike, and each indiyid-
ual should sbe judged not by the TACT
Of his color, but by the wayiin which
he meets these demands of duty; and
the frat duty which each colorel man.
owes both to himself and his race
is to work for the betterment both of
himself and his race; for its educa.
tional, but above all for its Industrial
and moral betterment. 1t IS to the
great interest Of the white people no
less than OF the coioied people that
all possible educational facilities
should be given the eolored people:
and it is OF even grelter interest to
both races that The co,vred man should
steadily strive for hi3 own industrial
ana moral uplIft.
To teach by preachlrg Is never as
good as to teach by example. No words
OF advice and encouragement on my
part can count in any way compared
TO what las actually been done by
those colored men who have shown by
their own success in ne now color.
ed man can rise high his standard
Ct good citizcuShfp. 1t is the colored
Ian himself an! no outsider wnu can
10 most for the colorrd race. wnnt
to call your attention and the atten-
tin of all who care to listen to me to
the noteworthy recorn OF the town q
Mound Bayou in Mississippi. | stop.
ped at Mound Bayou year ago while
Going through Mississippi. Twenty
years ago the place was all wilder.
ness. Now trriving and prosperous
town has been built, with thriving
and prosperou, country round about;
and every man in the town, every man
in the country round about is a col.
ored man. In the Planters Journal,
of Memphis. Tenn. a white mans pa.
per. there is description in an is.
she of couple of years ago Of Mound
Bayou uniler the heading OF "The most
charitable town In the SOUTH" This
paper describes ho~, the town has
been founded, populated, and manag-
cd purely by men of fhe negro race.
It is thriving. growing town Of 3
900 people. There is not a saloon
nor vicious resort of any kind in
the town. There are some 5000 PEG.
pie on the tract of lard of which In,
town is the center. This tract in
cludes about iurty square miles, ...
of it owned by the colored people
themselves. Tn Thousand acres OF
land are in a nigh state of cultivation.
There is bis cotton crop and In
addition tn colony produces four-ffths
Of the corn aud hay Il needs, with
many hundreds of horses, mules, cat.
lie and hogs. In the town itself there
are six churcros and three schools.
There is bank with capital stock
of $4,000, which does a thriving bus.
liness. The assessed value of the land
in the town itself is nearly $25. 900.
There are sawlnflls, .lns, blacksmith
shops, bakeries; all without white
tnhabitant in the nelsnborhood. The
people are prosperous and singularly
law.ablding. Their white neighbors
have treated them well. The county
sheriR employs a colUied man to act
in the town in the CAPACITY of deputy
sheriff; and the railway and express
company have colorel man in their
Office since the depot vas established
in the town; while the board of SUI.
pervisors appoint co,cred Rad over.
seers. The town has fortyfcur mer.
camille and business honses, big and
little, of all kinds, which do an aggre,
gate annual business Of about six hun.