Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1915-09-17

1 might be able to read the New Tesla
ment. When realize what the re
gro has done for himself and What
has been done for him since, j am
astounded. aE gs
The object OF the exposition ID
better understanding OF the relation
between the white and the Negro pop.
ulation Of the United States.
We have from 9,0UO,00O to l1,0OO.000
Negroes-about one-tenth OF our total
population. They have developed with
the nation, In every battle, from the
Civil war down, the Negro has fought.
He is found in every walk OF our ma
tional life. There can be q true racial
and social feeling only when there ID
an end OF needless antagonism.
Our aim Is to make this exposition
the greatest movement ever created
to bring abou. better understanding.
The Negro has capacity to grow. to
do things and to be one Of US. We
aim to show that isolated cases trum-
peted all over the country are only the
muck thrown off the great wheel Of
Negro progress.
AS general I helped emancipate
the Negro. In my church life we early
gave Negro pres'yters the same right
on the floor OF our general council as
whites.
The Confederate officer who fired
one of the first shots at Sumter be-
came bishop in my church and de-
voted his whole life to the education
and development OF the Negro. He was
Lishop E. F. Stevens. s.
Before the war re was commander
OF the South Carolina Military insti-
tute, which turned out more Confed-
crate oficers than any other institu-
ton, save possibly one. After the war
he became bishop Of all the Negroes OF
his state. He was my close friend.
Indeed, It was on my motion that he
became bishop.
The exposition will include singing
by great choruses Of the most noted
jubilee singers IN the country. There
will be folk song festivals, historical
tableaux de ,ic.ing the advance OF the
Iolored people, and other interesting
and instructive Features. x-rts ,sssrs
The work OF the Tuskegec institu-
ton is extending. Mr.. julius Rosen-
valid OF Chicago has giye.- this oppor-
tunity. He has reserved q fund to be
expended In school extension among
the Negroes OF Alabama. This beneii'
cence Is to be distributed through
Tuskegee institute upon tho recon-
mendation OF it's president. Already
schools have been built upon the plan
in IL counties, including Macon. Rus
sell. Lee, Chambers. Tallapoosa,
Coosa. Dallas. Perry. Hale. Montgom-
cry and Lowndes. Each county's
own people must raise 5000 and Mr..
Rosenwald will give an equal amount;
the property is decided to the state;
the teachers paid by county school
funds and the schools are planned to
cover Just such work as have above
described in the cottage training ct
TuEkegee. %fr fs.& r{ &i.5
Can you see anything but help to
decentralization, better morals,
better service, less need Of 5ails and
penitentiaries? When everything Is
done to build a better man or woman,
no matter what the color, 1t is social
service. kindness, uplift. The Negro
race today has leader who Is mis-
sionary-the best among them; II they
follow his lessons as / saw them at
Tuskegee, they are entering a new
life. and their white friends. North
and South. are glad to see them i'm.
prove their character and their skill.
Mrs. J. S. Reid In Birmingham Age
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