Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1910-03-04
EDsiilkz, within three Hsontfssa
Npssfs1x 1tfhtr One Year,
The stsro's psst Present. ssd FIXTURE.

The industrial and educational sta
fss of tbs negro al ibs -oath Is stsadi'
Is rising not yitbsfsadiag the many
difficulties tbai haDdieaTs his every
effort 10 rise. Booker 7. Washington
who rnse from the lowest rounds Of the
slavery ladder. self.maee and educated,
has become gentleman Of refinement
snd intellectual ability, Nith college
degree, and a serttsble Ioses IN lead
Ing. his race from condition u sefsi-
tade Of Ignorance and. bof~lessas@s 10
a state Of seIf-felisnt ability 10 rise IN
fhs scale Of manhood 20 a destiny ~
exalted ~ that of bis white fellow NOR.
tMls. From Mr.. Washington 1uske-
gee Institute have gone out thousands
Of young men and women, educated
and individually tfaiued 70 bee0ne self
reliant members Of the worlds work
srs.
The negro thus fitted Tor usefulness
l. IN greater demspd Than the supply.
Not al consent to - employees. great
numbers have tecoUe farmers, and are
pfo@pefiHg beyona thstf ~hite neigh.
bon 81 lis same rank other hive Of.
ganIzed into cooperative assoeia iions
while others base formed mmnufactar.
Ing companies. OF started some ind.
xidaal business for themselves
A hosiery mlil il besng started In
Durham, y. {. II Was built By negfe
labor, With negro capital. 10 he opera
sri entirely by negroes. II Will oper
business. with capital of 80 40. Mos
Of the capital Was supplied by two ne
Hfoes-one who had begun life a. bar
ter. the other ~ brick maker, and Il
now repnied 10 he the richest negro IL
south Carolina.
The factory ~ss built by negro Pro
pie living In Hayu, . negro suburb o
Durham; u was designed by . nears
architect. The building IL owned b,
. negro insurance company. Hosler,
will b the sole output. The enterpfisl
II intended 70 be IN object iessoa 4
show WHIT the negro can do and h do
Ing ali over the south. II IL also win
ming fos the nesfo greater respect thar
he ever had before he had shown whs
attainments he could reach without
white aAsistsncr.
That the old prejudices agalns, The
negro 10 disappearing 81 the South 1,
indicated In many ways. We will elts
only one incident TO show this change
of feeling tecause Of la interesting ma
TURF. II occurred In the farewell ad
dress Of senator Gordon, OF Misxissit, p.
pi. 70 his fellow members In the ren-
ate. - n was the end Of his term and
the close Of his political career lie
closed by referring 10 the fact that he
had t~en Confederate soldier, saying
~ fought and bied, but didn't die,
however ] skcdaddlcd frequently"
HE admitted than ON more than one
occasion he WAS "skeerd, but said
than whenever the MON and Conf-d-
crate soldiers met, they wee always
good friends. Asserting that he loved
The negro, he declared that he wanted
Mason and Dlxon.s line oblstefaied
tiom the map of The United states be-
cause be did not want any more strife.
"a few blat moathed people down
our way talk differently, he said, .bnt
they are ~ insignificant that they are
not worth cussing-lhey are mel worth
wasting ins scilNes upon.
tieeaese The " bite people At the south
are more kindly disposed towards the
negfo, the lattefs rising Will be hast.
ened.
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