Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-19
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eost of $4,000, making 800 acres in all.
We owe small balance on the land
we purchased. 1t will be paid when
it falls due January 1. My people
are trying to rush ME in this great
movement, but | have no disposition
to go into debt, for experience has
taught me that there is nothing that
will embarrass and paralyZe a move
n.ent of this kind more than to plunge
il in debt AS soon as We have taken
up the note due January 1, then l will
launch a campaign for $4,000 to be-
gin improvements. | hope the citi
zons of Pine Bluff will not grow rest
less about the school, but will be pa
tent and bear with me while | am
raising the money My heart and soul
are in the work I am doing and I
hope to make, cur school at Pine Bluff
one of the greatest and most bene-
fetal industrial schools in the South
for colored people, therefore | want
to make haste slowly and lay a good
foundation, and plan we'll the begin
rng This will insure its future sue
cess.
Arkansas is a great state and has
many natural resources Its rich,
p olific soil is not to be surpassed by
any state in the Union. Within her
borders are to be found the brightest
ored people. Nothing wedges him to
| the soil as much as good schools and
churches.
want to build an institution in
Pine Bluff that the colored people OF
Arkansas will be proud of and one
that will give them equal, if not SUI
p2 rior, advantages for moral, religious
and industrial training over any 9TH
er schools in the Southern states.
We are planning for one of the
81 eatest financial efforts in the his
tory of Arkansas to take place i'll
Septemb r, 1912, on the grounds OF
, this contemplated institution. The
Arkansas conference of our church
with it's eleven presiding elders are
| planning to bring to Pine Bluff ten
thousand people to participate in the
g, eat educational mass meeting. Spe
cial arrangements are to be made
| With all of the railroads in the state
to put the people On the ground. The
people of Pine Bluff will be asked to
prepare for the reception of this null
/, titude. A clearing will be made on
the college ground, pavilion will be
erected where public speaking and
musical exercises will be had for the
purpose of entertaining and inspiring
the public. Many of our people COM
ing from every part of the state will
want to purchase homes in and
around Pine Bluff, looking to the edu.
cation OF their children i'll the fu
tire. want to ask the real estate
Il. Gil to get busy and be prepared tC
sirve them, giving them sufficient OF.
.ortunity 20 purchase homes on easy
term. have always advised my
rc"ple TIC r. economical end saving il
tt, ir habits and tc purchase them {
home as soon 90 possible
Cur future '~psnds upon our abil
il. "a settle down, acquire hom'
and to live within our Incomes; ou
progress depends upon our prosperi5.
sr' i rssen orr indu stry and thrift
will write you again in TIE nea
futiir regarding my plans for tn,
0's'rrNesx ass meeting and a.
vantases cf having an in titution o
this kind located in Jefferson County
l.also want to tell you briefly OF wha
I Rave accomplished in few years a
Holly Springs.
Very respectfully,
BISHOP E. COTTRELL4