The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-03-05
WORLDS MOST
FAMOUS NEGRO
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mind than that the negro in the
South is going to secure education
OF some kind or other. II he does
not get it on the plantation. he will
get it in the city, and very frequent
ly the kind Of education he gets in
the slums of the cities, not only un-
fits him for labor, but makes him a
positive menace to the community in
which he lives. Now that the negro
n going to secure education Of some
kind here in the South it seems to
me that it is the wisest and best
policy for the people of both races
to unite and see that he gets the
right kind of education, the educa-
ton that will make him a better
man. a better citizen and a more
useful and more valuable laborer
THE negro wants education for
his children. He has ambition to
improve the life of his family. II
he finds in the city as he usually does
well equipped schools in session
eight or nine months in the year. and
finds in the same community the pub
lie schools taught in broken down
log cabin with poor teacher and
the school term not longer than three
or four months in the year. the negro
i: tempted to move to the city where
he can educate his children.
Our white friends can help us and
help themselves at the same time by
seeing to 1t that the negro family Is
provided with just as good school ac-
commodat ions in the country as in
the city"
DR.. Washington and a party OF
prominent colOred men have been
touring the state of Florida for sew
eral days, speaking to the colored and
white people in some such manner as
indicated by his address here. Sew
eral other trips have been made
through most of the southern states.
and are arranged for the most part,
under the auspices of the State Ne
gro Business Leagues. The party
reached the city this morning from
Tampa, where DIR. Washington spoke
last night. The members of the par
ty were escorted to the homes of va
rious leading negroes and entertain
ed throughout the day. Booker
Washington was entertained at the
residence of Rev. A. l.. Bruns0n. The
party was given a drive about the
city and q banquet at Lincoln Hall
II the afternoon.
Among those accompanying the
party through Florida are: J. c. Ma
pier. register Of the treasury, chair
man executive board of the National
Negro Business League; NJ. W. Gil
bert, president Selma University; r.
r. Morton, of Hampton Institute; w.
T. B. Williams, field agent, Anna T.
Jeannes Fund; John +. Slater, fund
for promotion of negro education in
the common schools; J. b. Bell, MEM
Der of the executive board of the Ma
tional Negro Business League, Hous-
ton, Texas; Bishop G. w. Clinton, A.
NJ. +. Zion Church; Richard Carroll,
editor Southern Ploughman, Column
bia, S. c.; Bradley Gilman, of the
Congregational Unitarian Parish,
Boston, Mass; Horace Slater,
newspaper correspondent, Hopkins
vile, Ky; w. T. Andrews, vice
president, National Negro Business
League, Sumter, S. C.; John Merrick,
president and e.. c. Spaulding, secre-
tary, North Carolina Mutual and
frOvident Association; George G.
Hall, physician and surgeon, Chicago,
/ ILL.,; r. l.. Smith, president, Farmers
Association Bank, Waco, Texas; X.
+. Park, Boston, Mass; Emmett j
+ scott. secretary Tuskegcc Institute
I and correspondent secretary of the
National Nero business League;
! Nathan Hunt, stcnOgraphcr; ]. T.
Kenny, resident physician OF Tuskc-