The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1917-08-17
NEGRO SOLDIER
Continued from page I.
sCOLORED PEOPLE AWAKENING
AND DOING THINGS.

there - . mighty big work being crrried
on and splendid results being gotten in
this state. right in your midst. The col
ened To their opportunity. The oppor
tunity of obtaining for themselves some
thing which no man can Obtain for them
and they rightfully appreciate il and that
10 home. This is not all. The Negro J.
learning e. do things. The great deie''t
that has always glsred ont I'm the en-
deavors and efforts of those kindly IN
clined toward W. - a race. u help NJ
hos been and j. even NV largely thi-
They have only touched W. at one point
and that Mas the point farthereSt removed
from our most urgent need. They have
brushed us here and there on the PERI
meter OF the great need. they have ire
quentiy stood along the line OF the cir
cumference Of the circle OF our wants
and heralded u- advice AMI i'm not few
instances ard us materially hut in a few
and rare instances have they driven On
rectly at the heart of our most urgent
need and want and aiding u by reach
ing n.
The Department Of Agriculture IN TIM
state is doing that thing for all Of the
people in this stste to-day and necessarily
- dong II Tor us Ia l. driving from ev-
cry point IN the circumference on every
rsdn to the very center Of the circle of
what We need and want most and that
10 the requirement Of property. an edu-
Gated citizenship and last hut most nm
portsnt. HOME BI'IIDIN,s IN it,
broadcast sense 81 the word Anybody
who knows anything sbout government
civilization, progrers. advance of nation-
races. etc. knows, II he knows ANYTHING
at all. that the home ~ the unit al all
civilization. Tins. hitherto. ha- been
what those Who desired To ald ~ have
fsifed 10 reach. VIZ. oar IIONEIlFE
Commissioners LAS. II. Stewart through
the Department Of Agriculture ~ reach
ing IT. III he never does anything el-s..
he has -et to thinking along this line
fp,e' Negroes In tins state and they are
thinking hard. His motto ~ Help y
man 70 help himself. and it, A mighty
good one. That is his theory. here D.
he practice he hss two -plendidly e,iu-
Gated and especially trained Negro W.
men trsversing tins state. t.aching tho
Negro women how to can, preserve.
save and utilize what ,heir husbands
brothers or fathers may bring into tina,
hone, teaching them the valae and ar,
ct sanitation from every angle IN tho
home organizing IN every county clubs
that co ordinate and articulate with ON.
another I'm perfect harmony that the No
man IN Hancock can tell you how the
woman IN Wyoming il canning her frui,
and the colored farmer in Jefferson will
enlighten Won a. a. Ju-t how the colore,l
IN Wayne ~ harvesting his crop. what
time and Why. Added 20 the-e he has
two o: the hest edurated Negro profes
sors IN their respective lines, ont doing
economic welfare and -perial farm AMI
garden training among our people. The-e
individusl- m the persons of NJ l--s-- Lit
Ian Bsgnsll Gray and Miss e.. Ru,l,
Campbell. Prof- 4. w. Curtis and 4
T. Sims are dong a splendid work.
Note IN tins connection that tins =
the tir-t time a state department or .
state Official has employed coIorei
woman IN tins or a similar raparitv
therefore its am innovation anil a -t.t,
forward. They are DOM what We have
have always advocated and ALWAYS will
advocate that the Negro should 10 ana
that - opening mp new field. treadinp
unbeaten paths. In tii- way W. may
get somewhere. We may accomplish
something And vet with all vi tins 30
ing doing. not only for the colorcd peo-
pie but for the white people of thi- state
IN fact. not for either. tut Tor all. for the
citizenry of the STATE. at = time like thu
when there - every need ~ strict en-
coursgement, when We have raised more
stuff thsn we have ever rai-sd since the
state has been a state. when We haNe
saved through this very encouragement
n the PEOPLE 81 this more than sos ID.
"aaf'" 49, ANaffIN W tilf Idft OF the
fsrt, that by having the TeoIle IL save
their seed for next year ". will ave 4.
'hem more than s2.pn.oso and when
from the tearhments ~ tlnse ~tTctal
AgeDts among our people. the Negro wo
man y saving in her home anil IF her
husband wsgrs more than % per cent
IN lers than four months. and the Negro
man - heing encouraged and Taught g.
save his money IN banks. snd the Ter
cent ri tho-e Who are doing tins B.. in-
cressIDg monthly.
POLITICS NCT RESPONSIBLE.
We say, IN the face 81 III ~ th,-. lor
everybody - leing encouraged o. do thu
white end colored. rich and r,oor. pol
tics n the contrary Notwithstanding
There are some person-. and We revre,
70 have '" chronicle that they occupy
sests in D. gh places in the councils of tho
state. Who desue % strilute III of tl,.
10 poiItle-. They seem o. ~ II the
opinion ~ "a u y impossible Tor the Neg.
70 or any otber set Of men b. afternpt q,
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