The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1920-01-02
NEGRO LEADER
TALKS TO RACE

Seymour Carroll of the American
Red Cross of Columbia, South Caro-
lima, one of the foremost negro speak
crs of the south addressed the Lin
coin Emancipation Association of
Pensacola at the Mount Zion Baptist
church last night on the subject
/ Truth and Frankness the Means of
Promoting More Friendly Relations
Between the Two Races
The services were opened by a read
ing of the Emancipation Proclamation
by Janice Williams, followed by an
address by w. J. Dunn, president of
( the association. The principal speak
Ter of the evening, Seymour Carroll
was introduced by Rev. c. L. Dunn
who described him as an American
who has commanded the attention
of both races by his safe advice and
council on matters pertaining to the
+ friendly relations OF the races in
question.
The speaker after thanking the chair
for his hearty welcome spoke in part
of the great future that lay ahead of
the eolored man if he would but
adopt the business methods of the
white race and after quoting many
instances he launched moro into de-
| tail to this effect: That while the
Z D1dCk american mas AttduG PlO-
gross in business, commerce and edu-
cation he is fast losing the respect
of the white American by his laxity
I in not following the principles of
Americanism, by his disregard of the
Z rule of profound friendship for fellow
man and a lack Of sincerity and seri-
BUSINESS in the conduct of everyday
1 business affairs.
with law and order as goal. be
honest" he said. don't lag, don't
shirk, put shiftlessness and jealousy
aside and strive for the better things
! of life. When eolored man tries
4 to put over a reconstructive program,
support il. do not stand and criticise
and place stumbling blocks in the
/ way but Five it your undivided
white people north and south. stop
4 trying TO sit all over a street car
but move up and let someone else
enjoy the ride with you.
THE white man is not your enemy
but instead he is your industrial and
commercial friend; what more do you
want? You arc your own enemy by
your conduct in public; stop that
loud talk on the street corners. put
on your best clothes when you go
I out, save money and buy homes and
| thereby gain the respect of your fell
! low man. Self respect and self con-
/ troll go more TO make UP the rue
meaning in ourselves of what good
government stands for than we real
/ ize.
Behave yourselves on public car
riers and be careful in conduct and
! conversation and in association. Let
us strive to bring the trouble max
ers and the unthinking of our race
TO a better understanding with their
fellow man for the coming yea~, so
that they may realize the gain to be
derived from friendship, confidence
and love.
The speaker continued that the
American negro was no longer a prob
lem. that he has long ago solved his
problems in America, while on the
other hand. he has constructive pro-
gram, basing his program for his race
on the fourteen points of President
Wilson'S peace program, as follows;
America nism, Christian education,
loyalty, unity. self respect. stability,
Suitability. self help, self control,
brotherhood, industry, business, COM
merce and organization.
Paying a high tribute to the south. !
d
opened its hands and hearts, he
pointed out that it will make negro !
life in America better and happier to
stay in the south Seymour Carroll /
said among other things in his address /
last night: Il love the memory" re- |
ferring to the late slaves" of their /!
fidelity. They cultivated the fields, !
ministered to the personal wants and |
comforts, reared and cared for the i
- In . Hnt
of danger and peril. lived a life true !
to law and order. To them we owe /
debt OF sincere gratitude as well as I
acts Of the most profound Kindness, I
because it was in this war of hard Z
ship and slavery that your mother /
and mine, Your father and mine /
fought, in prayer to God for the very
night that this big audience has come |
to celebrate.
These slaves fought in the civil war
on whatever side they were invited +
TO shoulder arms, they solved the I
early problem of honest friendsht D. .
leadership and confidence for their
fellow men and on the other hand the ,
sons and daughters. who live after
them are the builders of a nation. I
Their blood stains the battle fields OF 4
France, their flesh enriches its hills
and valleys.
We have fought in our first warl
from the beginning TO the end as free
men, and now we claim, to be pilgrims /
of American independence. like Thorn H
as Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln. Theo- II
dore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson
There was never time in all my II
life. that i was so proud of the n
fact that the color of my skin and
the texture OF my hair made me
fellow American negro. When / look II
osck to the place that we have come
from. the progress that we have made.
the hardship and the debt we have II
paid.