The Colorado statesman., 1920-11-13
BETTER EDUCATION PLANNED
FOR NEGRO RURAL MINISTER'S
Negroes of South Carolina and Georgia Are Improving
Their Homes, Schools and Churches-"Increase and
Spread of knowledge Is the Basis of Progress"-Sac-
rifces Made for Colored Youth.

I 1920 summer session at Belts Acad-
emy.
Superintendent Swearingen, who is
a nephew of the late Senator Tillman
of South Carolina and himself a plan
tation owner, declared his faith in
teaching people ito wash themselves
clean, to work hard and to tell the
truth" He gave facts to prove the
economic improvement which has come
to the South, including the Negroes of
the South. Cotton, which sold for
$50 n bale in 1914, brought $3.50 n
bale last season." said Superintendent
Swearingen. Last year South Caro-
lima spent $40 100000 for automobiles,
accessories and gasoline; but only
50. SOC, 900 on education. Last year the
people of South Carolina sold crops
worth $5O0,0000 0000-half of which went
to Negroes but only l per cent was
put into education"
Help for Worthy Leaders.
The ministers institute program at
Belts Academy follows: "How to
Make a Sermon" DR.. James E. Gregg,
principal of Hampton Institute; "The
Minister and His Correspondence, B.
C. Caldwell of New Orleans, field sec
retary of the Jeanes and Slater Boards; ;
Jackson Davis of Richmond, Va, field
agent of the General Education Board;
"Church Records and Finance" w. Il.
B. williams of Tuskegee Institute,
field secretary of the Jeanes ana
Slater Boards; "Sunday-school Work,
Rev. Laurence Fenninger, chaplain OF
Hampton Institute; and Bible Inter-
pretation," DR.. ]. III. billiard.
Addresses were also delivered by
the Rev. G. Lake lines of Tuskegee
Institute on Rural Church Problems !;
Philip b. Warner of Columbia, ). e.,
executive secretary of the South caro-
lima Tuberculosis Association, on
"Christianity and Health; DR.. Z. II.
Burts of South Carolina on "Church
Efficiency; and james l.. Quimby,
well-known merchant of Graniteville,
S. c., and lifelong friend of Principal
Nicholson, on "How to Make the
Church Live"
Negro teachers and ministers OF
South Carolina in coming together at
Belts Academy learned that they had
many problems in common. They also
learned how they could make greater
progress without coming into contilct
with their white neighbors. These
race leaders are learning to solve their
problems through applied Christian
education.
Confidence in DR.. billiard.
The strong, Christian personality
and leadership of DR.. Dillard per-
yaded the entire work of bringing to-
gethey helpfully the Negro rural min
listers, both of South Carolina ana
Georgia, who are powerful forces IN
Southern community life and who need
sympathetic, frank counsel, If they are
TO hold their present leadership among
Negroes, many of whom have begun
TO look to their school teachers, law
yers. business men and fraternal order
Officers for some guidance in the every
day affairs of community life. Dr.
billiard said
"What blessing it is to be here
together! We meet as friends. Inc
obligation rests upon all of us to get
all that we can so that we can help
bring to our communities the same
spirit of brotherhood and goodwill
that we have here. Ours Is the spirit
of fellowship and friendship.
"One colored man came sixty miles
from Laurens County to talk over the
educational problems in his county. L
know of no state in which the coloreu
DeOple have q keener sense OF tne
value of education than in the state
of South Carolina. During the past
twelve years have received many let
ters concerning education. Probably
nine out of every ten letters concern
ing Negro education in South Carolina
have come from Negro preachers, VINO
have thus shown their interest in pub
lie education. The South Carolina leg