Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-09-01

Mr. Rawley. HOW business man of
Washington. ID. C., Is one of those
true born southern gentlemen who go
out of the way TO hefriend the colored
folk their families once owned aud
lived off--and not in patronizing, in
different way, but Mt the sacrifice of
considerable trouble, thought. business
energy and valuable time. Mr.. Rawley
recently made n midsummer journey to
Boston for the Sister Industrial aud
Normal School for Celored People az
the Rawleys' native place, Winston
Salem, n. C. Ii seems there are n set
of enlightened business men and bank
ers In Winston-S Salem who have got
together and planted. altogether. their
capital to the amount of Sc. 600 In a
school which they consider next In inn
portance to Tuskegee and Hampton.
The effects have been so immediate
and so permanent at once. that these
gentlemen see nothing of so much Vital
concern 10 the development of the
South as the educating and raising In
moral worth of their black fellow citi-
zens. Mr.. Rawlcy. for instance Che
says his ancestors changed from Rn-
leigh to Rawley TO avoid the charge OF
sinful pride in their aristocratic line
age). is one of those southerners tlke
the late lamenfed President Mitchell
Of the Richmond college), who no long
but compromise on a curious French
Ike word which sounds Ike 'Negres."
or eNigras." He speaks with positive
enthusiasm Of the Tenth cavalry troop
ers and points to the fact TINT In every
national crisis eoiored men have been
the first to shed their blood and have
never raised n hand against the flag
This sort of sentiment is more md
more representative OF "thc better
classes-the ex-slaye-ownlng families
Of the South and the new business life.
such as Messrs Rnwley OF Winston
Salem and Mr.. William A. Blair. vice
president and cashier OF the Peoples
National bank OF Winston Salem rep
resent. The Immediate matter ia hand
Is the raising of $4,000. which will So
cure an equal amount from the Old
North States treasury for this splen-
did colored trimming school Mr.. Raw
ley's visit 10 Boston ON this business
proved 10 be ill-timed. on account OF
the vacation season. But II readers ~
this paragraph wish 10 keep In coua-
tenance this nobly representative
North carollnian. whose state boasts
that II has not been dlsgraced by
lynehIng In 20 years past. they may
send their ten-slollar checks 20 Cash
Ter Blair ut his Winston. Salem bank
II really seems as though one Of the
fnr-renehing unlooked-f0r results Of
the great war is going 20 be 10 better
immensely the economic position OF the
great colored element OF this republic.
The cessation OF Immigration and The
unsatisded demands for labor Of all
kinds. Is resulting in new and Inn
portanf extension of their opportunl-
ties. into which the technical training
Of such schools as Hampden and Tus-
kegee and the Sister Industrial and
State Normal school of North Carolina.
exactly ft. The movement In this
state and city fathered by the National
Association for the Advancement OF
Colored People Is progressing by leaps
and bounds; petitions To large employ
ers OF help from their customers have
assured them that they would like 10
see colorcd help In department stores
md Offices. Large industries like our
Walworth Manufacturing company.
and the paper mills OF Acton.
have been putting on coIored labor In
their yards. Every conquest OF gold
prcjudIces Ike this makes the next