The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1923-03-17
CHARLES E. STUMP, THE EVER
WAKEFUL AND WATCEIFUL TRAY
ELNG CORRESPONDENT FOR
THE BROAD AK, STRIKES DAY
IONA, FLA, IN HIS LONG SOUTH
ERN TOUR, WHERE HE Is TREAT
ED POWERFULLY FINE BY MRS.
MARY Mcleod BETHUNE.

DaytOna Fla.-WhiIe one loot may
Be in the grave and the other just out,
yet in my old days am becoming
more and more inspired and | thank
God that | have lived to see some of
the wonderful progress made by this
people of mine, and it doth not yet
appear all it shall be, so we must just
work and work and feed our minds
and souls as well as our bodies.
TO me this Is a time Of rejoicing
and shouting and praising God, for ]
am in the midst of culture, brains, re-
finement and wealth. / have lived to
see white folks and black folks meet
on the same platform and all discuss
common problem, the problem of
making humanity better, the problem
OF reaching the unreached, and finding
a common ground on which all can
meet and talk to each other and not
stand apart and talk about each other.
This has been accomplished by one of
the most remarkable women of the
age, Mrs. Mary Mcleod Bethune. a
native of South Carolina.
When it comes to color, she is as
black as ever human being got to be,
and is real proud of it, and when it
comes to culture, refinement, educa-
ton and service, she is in the front
rank, and / say nothing about race or
color. She is just there, and because
Of this she has attracted the attention
Of some of the best men and women
of America, as well as some of the
wealthiest men and women of the
world.
But before saying more about Mrs.
Bethune, for / am going to say more,
l must tell you about the best edu-
Gated woman of the age who is asso-
ciated with her, Mrs. Frances r. Key
ser, who came into the world via New
York route, attended the public school
and then to college. She has been
trained in some of the best institutions
of the East, and then has associated
with culture, with brains, with all that
goes to make up the higher manhood
and womanhood all of her present and
past days. She conversed with Homer.
Elizabeth Browning, Goethe, Miltides,
Milton, Bunyan--walked throug h
Greece Rome and England. talking
with Harold. She knows Plato, Arts
totle, David and Isaiah, just like she
knows those who are walking around
here now, and best Of all, she knows
Jesus both experimentally and theo-
retically. She is just a walking body
Of knowledge, and all of that is being
used for the development Of our own.
Instead Of sitting down in New
York on her ability and taking it to
the grave with her, she heard the cry
in Florida, came down here, spent
some time in the state school at ITALIA
hassee, and in 1912 joined Mrs. Beth
une in this wonderful work down here.
She is now a woman of words. To
look at her you would not be i'm
pressed, but just let her open her
mouth and you viii at once see that
an unusual woman is speaking. She
has walked with Jesus, and is doing
great work. She deserves all | have
said about her and more.
Now, to what l am doing here. /
am here to witness and did witness
the dedication of dormitory for girls
at the Daytona Normal and Industrial
Institute, which cost just $4,000, and
this school is strictly for girls, and is
the brain work Of Mrs Mary Mcleod
Bethune. am going to tell you as
much as / can about it this week, be-
cause / feel it will be an inspiration
to our young people. Those who have
graduated from high schools in the
north, from colleges in the same part
of our common country, still sitting
around complaining about race preju-
dice, when there is something for us
all to do. The people down here are
crying for them.
Mrs. Bethune is the daughter Of par
ents who were slaves, and she came
into the world at time when they
were living in three-room log cabin
about FIVE miles from Mayesville.
S. C., and it is almost as hard to find
Mayesville as it is to find the FIVE
miles, for both are obscure. Her par
ents heard the words Of God, go
forth multiply and replenish the
sgrth. for they gave just IL children
TO the world and that IS what ! call
multiplication. Don't yous
This girl had heard of women of her
race who were doing things. She
heard Of Frances Ellen Harper, So
journey Truth. Phyllis Wheatiey and
others which caused her to resolve to
put herself in position where God could
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