The Washington bee., 1911-06-03

find that the people are quite religious
IN this section, and they believe in
Churches.
L attended the church of Rev. Shep-
ard. 1t Is a fine structure. Rev.
! Shepard has a peculiar method in
questioning young converts. They are
real good Christians; they are held
, responsible for the falsehoods thev
tell. l never saw so many young folks
| III my lie who profess the Christian
religion. Since the addition to the
church, which was made by my friend
P1ttman, It gives the church a fine ap-
pearance. Kew. Shepard IS a practical
man. lie doesn't believe iii foolish
ness, and he never visits his members
until they are sick He IS careful
man, and IS loved by all who know
him. | would not want to be treated
better than | am being treated in
Durham. The largest social function
given was by Mr.. c. c. Spaulding.
Thursday afternoon, MAY p. az his
beautiful residence, 1000 Fayette
Street, on which occasion Rev. Iohn
r. Ford, Messrs. John Merrick, {. c.
Spaulding, MCCTeny, Drs Shepard.
present Mrs. Spaulding was hostess
and Mr.. Spaulding was host. Ii was
a most delicious dinner to the invited
guest.
Now l shall leave you for a few
moments and go in the west end of
Durham. In this section you will find
are white mill hands and mills with
white employees These mill hands
live in small one-story houses. There
are no colored people in this section.
In the eastern section, south of the
railroad, you will find colOred Ameri-
cans from one day old to O5 years.
There are about 100 or $50 families
Upon every porch and in every door
you will see young babies thick as
mushrooms. | want to say to my
friends in the North that DR.. Shepard
IS doing a great work for his people.
lie has the confidence and respect of
every citizen IN North Caroolina. His
greatest friend in Durham and the
man who IS doing so much for the
elevation of the colored race in the
South IS Gen. Julian n Carr, to whom
Justice Stafford touchingly referred
to in his speech May IS. Gen. Carr
is an ex-COnfederate and a banker. |
am told that he said among other
things IN a speech in the Alvey audi
forum that he was glad that the day
had come to enable him to do his duty
to race that had been wTOnged. This
distinguished Southerner, like the
Dukes, will forever be held i'm high
esteem by the Southern colored peo-
pie. All of these men have sympa-
thetic hearts and are liberal to the un-
fortunate ColOred Americans. | re-
gret that time will not permit to 90
further South. ] have been invited
to leave here for Tuskegee, but can
not. | would like to see for myself
the condition of the cOlored race fur
ther South. | have just received a
letter from my sister also to come to
Abbeville and see for myself the
progress of the Southern colored
man. | wish that | had the time.
can say this much, however, that the
Southern cOlored man and woman can
teach the Northern brother some
thing that will benefit them. | am
proud of the Southern colOred man
and his advancement. | realize that
fact, that the Southern white man is
satisfied if the COlored man works
and does his duty. The white people
of Durham are working hand in hand
with the colored American. In Dur
ham the white man is kind to him,
The speech of Dr. w. Pew, president
of Trinity College, Durham, N. c.,
demonstrated his love for the colored
man South in his speech Tuesday
evening, May 23. He paid a high
compliment to DIR. Booker T. Wash
/ ington. He compared Prof. Du Bois
with DIR. Washington, and repudiated
| the doctrine of the latter In another
report l shall tell you of the COM
| mencement exercises and Judge Stat
| ford's great speech.
w. c. c.