The Sentinel=record., 1916-11-26
NEGRO BAPTISTS
 CONVENTION ENDS
OR. MORRIS CALLS ATTENTION TO THE WORKING TOGETHER OF RACES TO BUILD UP
 THE STATE.
Declared That the Jim Crow Neoro Was to Be Hunted Down and if Pos sibe Make Him an Industrious, Law. Abiding Citizen.

The negro Baptists were loud in
 their praises of Hot Springs and the
 treatment accorded them by the cit. lels CT all races and colors. and many
 Of them left the city yesterday de.
 cIatins that they would return to Hot
 Springs
 | Nowhere in the country are the two
 races working together for the build.
 ing ID of the country and people as
 they are in Arkansas" declared Dr.
 D. C. Morris, and this is what 1t
 should be all over the country. Ne groes and white people alike are too busy for racial differences. each re.
 spects the rights of the other and n this way we are getting along. Long since we nave learned that manhood is not color OF hair nor have We ever sought social intermiIg- ling, social equality or any oyler name you may see fit to call it. We as negroes are satisfied with OFT own social gatherings, our own social cir cles, and we have only sought equal fly before the bar of justice Give us only what We earned, treat us fair before the law and We will work out OUT own destiny in this country CT report to God the reason why.
 Permit me here to express my thaaks to the daily press. although the editors are net here to hear it, for tle courteous treatment we nave had through the press They have given -ur cause a hearing, and while the white people have not attended our meetings in .arge numbers, the papers have kept them well informed as to
 V hat We are doing, and how we are thinking about ourselves and about our state and country
 Many of our pc -ple have returned home and others will go tomorrow or Monday; but let me say to you, make ID your minds tlat you are going to
 work cut the destiny of our race in this country come what may. We are going to reach the unreached mem bers Ci our race. We are going to hunt down that Jim Crow negro and if possible make of him an industri
 ous, laWabidinc citizen. With the closed salons (and believe the dens of vice and degradation will follow close in their wake), we will be able to get hold of that negro who has leen hiding in the saloons, tue gam bling dens, and preach 10 them Jesus Christ and make them see their own deprayed conditian. We want all the help we can get in the matter"
 The opening of tile convention yes
 terday morning was conducted by the Rev R. NJ Rideout. of Eudcra He is considered one of the best negro gospel singers in the country. Lean ing on the Everlasting Arm Of Jesus was the opening hymn, and the open ng prayer was made by Rev. c. w.. ISaudefur, D. D. Rev. J. W. McCrary read tue journal which was approved, and then the convention turned atCen-
 tion to business
 Rev. Jos A. Booker of Little Rock, secretary of the Home Mission B2ard of the National Ba. tist convention spoke O. the work being done in mis-
 siolary work throuehout the country He was loud in his praises of the
 Southern Baptist convention which had contributed so much to assist the negro Baptists in their work Of mis- sions.
 Speaking of Dr Gray, the secretary, Dr. Booker, declared that he was one of the best white Baptist preachers In the south, and was interested in the
 saving cf human souls, ever ready to contribute to the negroes as well as the white people of the country. "P'r haps no man m the country has given
 more study to missions and it's needs han pr Gray, and his advice is wortA so much to tse cause throughout the civilized world
 This secretary, together with many other of the eading white people, ale interested in our work. We have had so much encouragement from the Bap- g.s right here ia or own state from he white BapnstS as well as otleI white people. All you need to do Is
 to help yourself and show to tlem that you are doing this and they VII come to your rescue. have found
 this to be true all the time, and | hope you win appreciate just what Se are doing. You must do your part Our men are at work on he field and when they come to you, help them. We must not sit down on the hep which comes to Us from the white
 Baptsts Let the negro help him, self"
 Dr. A, c. Capers of Texarkana read
 the report of the committee on the state of the couatIg which was H.
 deed an important document T6 committee found that the United States was in peace and harmony with all the nations ol the world, and what looked like war cloud was about to blow over. Yet it resretted that so
 many of the AmericanN soldiers have
 been killed in Mexico as they were ] "yes." declared the committee, they