The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1920-11-05

are unfortunate enough to be out OF
work, and there will be thousands III
OF work in the North this winter, vii,
wish many, many times they were
back at home.
1t has almost become Il provert
that the negro is never satisfied. II
conditions are lot just like ne thinks
they should be, he wants to move
And the more he moves the worse of
he is. He does not stop to think oi
the opportunities in the great Missis.
sippi Delta that are his.
This Summar the National ColOred
Baptist Convention was held in In.
dianapOis, Ind. About ten thousand
negro delegates attended the cOnven-
ZION from all owe the United States.
Ninety thousand dollars were contrib.
uted 10 the various benevOlences
fostered by the negro Baptist Church.
OF this $50, 900, fourteen thousand
came from the State of Mississippi
and rs per cent OF the $4,000 came
from the negroes in the Delta of Mis-
sissippi. Y3u negroes here in the
Mississippi Delta contributed nearly
one-siXth OF all the money given al
that convention, leaving the remain
ing five-siXths to come from AZ other
States. You did not miss this money
and could easily have contributed the
whole $4,000.
At the same ratio the Mississippi
negroes contributed to this cOnven-
ion at the meeting in Atlanta last
year. You + the richest negroes In
the world. There are probably more
automobiles owned by negroes in
Tallahatchie and COahoma counties
than are owned by the negroes in the
whole State Of Illinois. At the CON
ventiOn mentioned above. out of the
hundreds. of taxicabs hired by the
thousands OF delegates, only five OF
them owned by negroes. Don't
you think if conditions we're as ideal
as you have heard, they were, there
would have been more than five ne
gro taxicabs in indianapolis? These
are actual facts, which will be borne
out by your Baptist pastors who at
tended the convention. Ask them.
1t may be that some Of the negroes
WING expect to leave Mississippi have
in mind securing work in the corn
n wheat sections. They probably
do not know that the same force that
struck the price of COTTON. iolted the
prices OF corn and wheat. Tuesday
OF this week December wheat was
quoted at $2.10 per bushel, a decrease
OF about 40 per cent during the past
months. December corn Was
quoted at Sc cents per bushel. and
you remember that corn has sold as
high as 81 per bushel. Similar con
prevail all over the country
and will continue to prevail during
change from abnormal to normal
times.
The Sentinel would advise the ne
Oh this section to think about
hese things seriously. Talk them
with your white friends. Ask
he leaders of your race to advise
7ou. Remember the extreme cold of )
he North, together with the scarcity
high cost of coal and wood, where |
hey prefer white labor to coIored. /,
where, If you we're hungry and
could, you would not have a friend to !
urn to for help. Stop where you are.
Help your Southern white friends pull
tut of this hole and you will again
re prosperous and happy. Live on
ust as little as you can until normal |
come again. Double your in
crest in your church and family:i
up your mind to do your best
or your native State and in the end,
on will be satisfied.