The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-06-23

IhteTeStS OF Cne ne'lAWsScnOOl at heart
and his policy Will ~ ways be to get
the best do the best % nd adhere to the
loftiest standards.z Whenever a
vacancy occurs, ihssthe natural order
Of things it. is pretty certain. that
Judge Terrell will.he given a regular
and permanent assignment on the
staff as lecturer, situation with
which he is perfeStly satisfied. 1t
does no one any gapd to wash dirty
linen In public. .@fsssstt;
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DR.. Booker T:% w ashington will
not resign or decAhs the life men,
bership conferred 5Apon him by the
Worlds Sunday School Convention,
which met here reeahtly. The inter-
national body had nothing to do
with the barring ot;the Negroes from
the street parade tANd 1t should not
be blamed for. thks1isgraeeful act.
The blame lies WITH focal committee.
The body at large Sfebuked the local
committee by electiag Dr.. Washing
ton so promptly and so heartily. He
could not afford toe rebuke in turn
these upright cHrfstian men and
women FOR trying~tS make amends
for the narrow aq4on of persons
over whom they had no control.
There is no reason-[[why DR.. Wash
ington should not remain a member
of the, worlds !. greatest body Of
Christian workers.
Register w. T. rsrnon is "hoeine
his own row. in ;rrHpace and happi-
ness since his retuf5 from the DOL
den West. Just Mpfore his depart
ure it was mades known that he
would be retained IN the position he
has so ably fitted for the past
four years, and agitation as to his
successor has suddenly stopped. It
lsr stated by the close friends Of Mr..
James g. Napier$sthat the genial
,Ie@nesseean wo;.9a have accepted the
Registefship, had.itsEeen decided by
the President to Ilasske q change in
the Office; but, he Wa in no sense. an
opponent of the prssent Incumbent
and would not have gone a step out
of his way to &nfiHehce' anyone TO
have Mr.. Vernon retRoved. 1T is now
stated that a suitabfe berth will be
found here for BfsssSapier, as 1t Ia
pretty well establishad that he does
ne. care to leave tse country, and
1t Is thought that thR place provided
will be one NOT hefAtofore held by
colored man. In the meantime,
the admirers of. Mr.. Vernon are de-
lighted with the pFqepect OF having
him In this commnSiity for another
fur years. He haassbeen essentially
"A Haan'.efs the. peoplss ss the masses
swear by,'him. His voice has been
lifted up on all kinds of occasions
inspiring young and old to strive for
the heights. His home has been the
the center Of a radiant influence for
social elevation, and his door has
been open to all kinds and conditions
Of mankind. The cordiality of the
welcome extended has not been de-
pendent upon the. nature of the work
by which one earned his daily bread
nor by the size OF. the salary he
draws. Register. Vernon, ,hasswo on his
friends by showing himself friendly
to be equally. interested in the
things that affect the humblest as
we'll as the most exalted. Washing
ton society needs tall, figures like
DR.. Vernon and gracious women like
his estimable wife. Everybody is
glad that President Taft has come to
know the Register as his people have
long known him, and has concluded
that his administration is helped by
the presence Of such a useful and
loyal assistant.
President Taft's address to the
managers Of the Marion Institute,
of Alabama, urging greater attention
to the education Of the less FORUM
ate whites Of the South, is UNIVERSAL
ly commended by the thinking Neg
roes Of the District. 1t is we'll
known that the greatest foe with
which the ambitious colored people
of the South has to contend is the
Hpo white who has been taught to
regard his color alone as the open
sesame to the good things Of life
Realizing that the Industrious and
enterprising Negro is his rival, in
stead of getting down to, hard work
with both his hands and head, he
undertakes to maintain his suprem-
acy by keeping the Nsf,"3 down by
brute force and through r..ign Of
terror, the blacks in unprotect ed
regions afraid to take hold Of the
advantages that build up good citi-
zenship. Until these people are in
structed as to their responsibility
toward the development Of the South
and Of themselves-until they are
educated and civilized and Christian
lied, those who strive for solution
or the sO-called Negro problem will
labor under a serious handicap. In
thus plainly pointing out to the
southern leaders Of thought their
duty toward the poor whites Of their
section, and emphasizing the value
OF industrial and ethical training to
them, President Taft shows that he