Afro-American courier. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1926-19??, 1938-05-01
The General Missionary Baptist State
Convention of Mississippi

More than % years ago the Negro Baptlsts OF
MISSISSIPPI formed state organization and began
the work OF raising money for Missions and Edu-
cation Among the leaders of those pioneer days
the late Rev. r. Pollard Rev. G. w. Smothers Rev
G. w. Gayles, Rev. A. Davis Rev. Willis and many
other santed leaders of the Negro Baptsts of Mssis
sippi.
From the very beginning of their organized work
the spirit of Missions had place in their
hearts. African Missions naturally in for first
consideration, and thus the Negro Baptists of Miss
sspp have furnished four missionaries to AfrcaHence
Mckinney, E. B. Topp, j. J. Diggs and L. M. Cheek-wfo
did splendid work the dark continent.
The Negro Baptiss early showed deep interest in
education earnestly tried prove their faith by
their works. along this line They the need train
ed ministry and other trained leaders in their churches
and set about TO assist young and young women
in attending such schools Jackson College, Roger Will
iams University, and other educational institutions of
learning which had been established for them by their
white friends of the North.
However, they not content to patronze schools
which had been established for Them but they felt call
ed upon do independent educational work for and
by Themselves and up to 1920 than twenty schools
had been established in Mississippi by the Negro Bap-
fists of which did good work and sent forth many
we'll prepared men and women, who leading sue
cessfully in many laudabe callings.
The greatest education effort and the most oustand-
ing educational work of the Negro Baptsts of Mssis-
spp was the establishment and the operation of Nachez
College, which founded at Nachez, Mississippi SO
ago. by the General Missionary Baptist State
vention of Mississippi.
Natchez College conducts High School, Junior Col
lege, and Senior College departments which taught
by competent faculty, with Rev. A. A. Cosey, B. s.,
president The school is Christian institution, where
the Bible held forth as the best guide for right living
The students taught to love and trust God and to
obey the teachings of Jesus Christ
Of the bulk of the money for the support of
Natchez College has from the Negro BaptsE
people of Mississippi, through the Negro Baptist
Churches of the state, and sometimes the school has
been hard pressed for funds to operate. During the
depression disastrous fire occurred, which near
destroying the institution
about to despair there appeared the the great
est beneactor the school has had in the person of
Hon. T. j. Huddeston, Phi. D.. of YaZoo City Miss,
who is Custodian of the Afro-Amercan Sons & Daugh-
ters who to the of the institution, in
financial way, which cannot be fully explained by words
This benefactor has erected two splendid brick build
ngs on the campus and assisted in many other ways.
His slogan is, "Natchez College must continue.'
The Baptist State Convention will convene on the
college campus July 1928 1888. A great program has
been announced for the convention which will be at
tended by hundreds of people from every section Miss
ssippi and the main object of the meeting to help
Nachez College, the pride of the Negro Baptists of this
state