The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1909-05-13
FOR N. GA.
AUDIENCES
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/ the colored people. and he regarded
1 the evidences or civic Righteousness
\ displayed here as a. fitting; answer
to the reactionaries who 30 often,
Fattempt to ISLANDER the Negro people
I by saying they are worthless. IN
his opinion, a race should be judged:
by it's best specimens, not by It's
worst. He referred in a most COM
planetary manner to the fact that
the colored people had promptly sub
Scribed $4,000 for the new " NJ,
EC-A. building when they learned. that:
] Mr.. Rockefeller had agreed to give
,kq26, 900 If they would. raise a like
fyamouRt. Mr.. mcfarland thought
the colored people Of this city should
rally to help this agency Of, moral
uplift, not only for their own benefit,
but 'as an example for the whole
country, for what is done In Wash
ington Is essentially national In eff
fleet and influence, ~. j:
- Mr.. 70. j. Morton, president Of the
Local Branch read short Scripture
lesson from the Psalms, Rev. M w.
Clair led in prayer, the Amphion
| G1ee Club rendered a tuneful selec-
ton, under the direction Of Prof. j.
Henry Lewis, Mr.. A. H. 'Colwell sang,
two solos-one Of them being the
famous GLORY Song with the au-
dience joining in the chorus, and Sec
Lretary johnson made his announce
ments. Following this, DR.. Washing
ton was introduced by Mr.. Macfar-.
land as the Toremot Negro on the
American continent The welcome
the Wizard" received was cordial
In the. extreme and it was several;
minutes before order could be- re-
! stored. s-..
| DIR. washington, never made q bet.
ter speech on any occasion in his long
experience in public life: The serious
phase Of his address dealt with the.
heavy responsibility that rests upon
the gDgd$ people Of this community
| to save the vicious that they them
selves may not be pulled down. The
| eyes $of the entire ,copaktry. are upon
the 100000 Negroes in the District
of Columbia, asserted. the speaker.
The nation looks to the happily en-
yirone d,intelligent, well-paid and
dignified colored people Of the CAPT.
tai for inspiration, example and in
struction. He thought the burden
of saving the young men of today
In the cities, and the problem Of
building a foundation for the better
ment Of future generations, would
best be solved by such, organizations
as the Y. IN. G. A, devoting them
selves to Christian teachings In
connection with the spiritual force
drawn from the Bible, DR.. Washing,
ton said that the material impulses
Of life would be rightly directed.
The desire to lead, pure, sober and
useful life would come; the import
ance OF having a bank account, the
respect that the possession Of proper
ty inspired, the value Of making the
most Of ones time and opportunities
| would be natural outgrowths of the
Fellowship and active participation
in the work of the Y. M G. A., if it
would meet the expectations of those
who are earnestly striving to make it
what 1t should be. The speake,
dwelt upon the evil of extravaganza,
of living beyond ones means for the
sake Of superficial show, and warn
ed the young men of the degradation
that Is certain to follow indulgence
In strong drink-the. destruction it
would bring to the mind, the body,
and the soul. He expressed the
pride he felt in being a member OF
q race that could in but bare forty
years Of freedom gather together
such brilliant men, that could prove
Itself capable Of supporting it's own
religious institutions, take it's place
In the world Of business, and in all
respects live UP to the highest ideals
of the civilization amid which it
abides.
pr. Washington kept the house III
an uproar by his timely witticisms
and apt stories. The illustrations
were 30 applicable that the point wac
often anticipated and laughed at by
his apprectative and sympathetic
hearers before the story could be full
ly told. Never was a body of men
in such happy humor. The speech
was voted "a great one" and the
cause Of the Washington Y. M. G.. K.
has been pushed along beyond meas
ure. The Doctors plain-spoken plea
for subscriptions was met with in
generous spirit, and when collections
were called for the display of check
books, green money" and other cur
rency was pleasing sight to behold.
Everybody seemed willing and anx-
ious to help on the good work.
According to, statements made by
the management, the collections to
date amount to about $4,000, leav-
ling $4,000 of the S22 nnn Of s,,h-