Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1914-12-12

to the teachers who went South to labor
during the reconstruction period was
fifteen dollars per month, board and
transportation,
In order that they might be of assist
ance to the Society in tho prosecution Of
it's work some of these missionaries took:
the cheapest routes to their destination
and not II few Of them donated their.
mengre salaries to swell donations from
sy ympathetic Northern friends TO assist,
struggling ambitious pupils to obtain
higher eduCatiOn
just iew years ago thcro died at
Newfclds. New lInmpnhire retired
missionary WIN by her own eelf denial
and influence with Northern friends
had helped vast number of Negro
youth to obtain II higher education. AZ
the time Of her death she was with hel.
pen and by the sale Of Old POSTAGE
stamps paying the tuition Of several
girls aud young men in Northern anH
Southern colleges.
No chronicler has recorded the deed
OF these noble warriors nor has the Ma.
ton thought to commemorate their her-
oism in enduring brass. Their monu-
ments are the schools and colleges they
planted in nearly every Southern state
for the education Of Negro youth; they
are immortalZed in the useful lives Of
the Thousands who have gone out from
these institutions.
10 those " no delight to refer to and
to dwell upon the threadbare story OF
cArpetbag plunderings / would say that
there was more than one General ARM
strong among the Union invaders Of
Southern soil. All were not pIundererD
and unscrupulous politicians, fattcnints
upon the ignorance OF the Negro. Thero
were countless numbers Of Union SOL
dlers who laid ASIDE their war imple-
ments after the surrender and began t,
wage war against ignorance and super
sttlon. They endeavored to soach th,,
freedman the proper use Of the boon r.,
dearly purchased. They we're hated
because they taught the Negro that hs
WAS man and bade him stand upright,
The ear 1918 should be the Year OF
Jubilee among the colored peopI,
throughout the Nation Minister anil
layman, Bishop and Priest, physicians,
lawyers, teachers, college president,
should join in the celebration of thi,
anniversary. The story Of this work Of
love should be told from every platform,
and rehcarsed from every pulpit, and
uD5tinted praise be given to those noblo
men and women who endured ignominy
and shame; were reckoned with the
outcast and despised to make them "A
possibility.
In Wilmington, N. c., tho home OF
the writer two buildings stand as livinu
reminders Of the trials. the sufferinps
and the heroic achievements of thesa
| noble martyrs TO the cause of human,
| advancement, The grounds surround.
| ing these buildings would not begin -
hold the pupils of yesterday and TODAY
who should Rat her there on day durinr
| the approaching year TO celebrate their
dedication to the cause of God and hu-
maDity.
They are aone-the most of them who
labored there, some Of whom signed
their names with their blood on tho
walls OF the sscrcd structures:
Ashley, Piper Blake, Noble, Warner,
Ftts, Kildare, Blood, Roper, Davis.
Hayes, Goodwin, Dodge, Gay, Nicho.
las, harrington, Thrall, Woodland Roll
liUs, Hyde, Thayer, Airs, and MANY
others. Added to these the pioneer
coworkers of color in the cause of racs
! development; Comfort Maggie Capps,
Mary Nixon, Sarah Jane Brown, Isa:
bella Howe, Fannie Sadgwar.
Jack Ihorne, Yonkers, n. Y,