The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-05-19

In the negro race today there is but one Carrie Tugglel Her life has proven the accomplishment of work and sacrifice.
 Fourteen years ago. in the midnight hours. from her shanty on Avenue C. she heard a cry for help. a man, an Irishman, perhaps. in a drunken con dition. had fallen into deep ditch well filled with water. He was help less With the assistance of another negro woman Carrie threw him a rope, and they pulled him to earth again, rescued him from death, and turned him over to the officers for recon struction, and she has been in the res- cue work ever since-saving the chill dren of her race from ignorance and indolence and many times hunger. As witness in this case of "down-and- out" she made her debut" in the court roor1, and from this very case grew her remarkable lifework. Judge Fed gin had on trial two fighting mothers and scrapping children-fur was flying and there could never be any more balm in their neighborhood. Before the birth of our juvenile court, our Chill dren Aid society our detention home for delinquent children of both races, Judge Feagin appealed to some negro woman to come to the rescue of these violators of the law. too young for the jail. and whose homes held out no fu- ture cure.
 Carrie Tuggfe answered the cail-- and from this sprung the "Tuggle ln- stitute." Situated on Enon Ridge, it peeps above many homes of negroes who are helping to make the work better, and many who are indifferent l. and cons, Tuggle school is doing a splendid work, sustained, as Carrie says "by hope and prayer principally" it is moving forward to a great end. Without any stated income they have housed. fed and schooled 100 boys aud girls during the past scholastic year, and as pupils they have done credit to the school and their instructors. Last Thursday was an annual event, just be- fore the closing of the institute for the vacation, a feature of the com mencement exercises has always been the entertainment of white friends SC on Thursday afternoon these friends were highly entertained with good mu sic, the kind that reaches the soul, be- cause it comes from race who have their own melodies, and their own words combined to make it one of tfie strongest characteristics of their peo- pie Besides the home made" band of boys and girls, there were addresses by Rev. Duncan of St. Johns M. y. church, Rev. Walker of Jacksonville, Fla, both of whom gave. to this audi ence splendid subjects for, thought. They spoke of the progress of the race, sthe curse of ignorance and the hope of education. and referred gratefully and respectfully to the encouragement received from the white folks who had been and always would be their friends The indebtedness on buildings and grounds was originally S1S,000, now only $500 remains unpaid, which is due in September; of this amount about $100 was raised on this occasion.
 Carrie is a wonderful executive, nor does she claim all of the credit for this school. She speaks of the negro clubs which have given freely, and upon which she is depending for her freedom from debt in September and we feel sure with the dominant spirit manifest on the occasion, Carrie has not reckoned wrong.