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ALABAMA
MUST FEED
HERSELF
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MONDAY MORNING,
(TlKittontgoinrriuV&ticrtisfr
OCTOBER 23, 1916
RAISE UVE
STOCK AND
DIVERSIFY
IIMS OF PRISON
Man at Head of Educa
tional Work in Penal In
stitutions Says Adults
Learn Easily
BY ARTHl'R A. STHtK'K.
'Special to The Advertiser.)
SPEIGNER, ALA.. Oct. 22.—To
hlarn to read ftnd write in not diffi
cult for adults who are wilting to
work. This is the experience gained
/torn an observation of the illiterate
classes In the prisyn school at Speig
ner while at work during the school
hours In the evenings.
Since the opening of the night
school In the Spelgner prison, October
1. twenty-odd young white men have
learned to read and are now learning
to write, besides the number who are
already able to read and write and
are now taking work in arithmetic,
spelling, writing and business corre
spondence, as they are sufficiently
prepared.
The enthusiasm for.learning to read
and write also has reached the ne
groes ,who have shown «uch eager
ness for this opportunity that diffi
culty Is found In getting capable
teachers to undertake the work. Up
wards of fifty negroes have come to
the principal and begged to be given
a chance to learn to read and write.
The opportunity will be gtven them
just as soon as teachers ran be found.
Supplemental Feature.
An Interesting feature of the school
work Will be the supplementary visual
Instruction given the men through the
means of motion pictures and sl'des
in connection with lectures. The Ford
Motor Company of Detroit has kindly
offered to furnish suitable lilms of an
educational value and the Department
of Education at Washington, as well
as other governmental departments,
will furnish the slides. These lec
tures will embrace ^uch subjects as
education in its various phases, public
health, civic advancement, geograph
ical and historical views in relation
to the world conflict and there-mak
ing of geography us is taking place
at the present time.
While the three R’s, reading, 'rltlng
and 'rlthmetic, will be the bases upon
which the greater emphasis will be
laid, yet instruction in the more ad
vanced subjects will be given to those
prepared to take them. Assistance
will be rendered in the vocational
subjects to such that need it. A class
in shorthand will be formed and an
experienced writer will instruct it. In
order to better equip those taking it.
for office work.
Indvldeal I ns ruction.
In every respect the instruction giv
en is concrete and practical, such as
to meet the demands of every-day ex
periences. It is such work that cre
ates and holds Interest. Dull, dead,
formal rules are avoided and only the
realities taught. Individual instruc
tion is suited to the needs of each
individual pupil.
Credit for beginning this work is
due Dr. W. D. Hubbard, the State
O' lain, and Warden J. O. Benton
of Spelgner. Without the eo-opera
tton and assistance given by them,
success would not have been reached.
Efforts had been made .notably by
Mrs. A. J. Notestine at the Aldrich
mines, in the instruction of illiterates
in connection with Sunday School work,
but the school work at Spelgner Is I
the first of Its kind undertaken in the j
State in a definite, eystematic man- i
per. w
The work of the school under Ar
tl ur Strock is attracting interested !
attention in all parts of the country.
The following letter from Sing Sing
prison in New York Is indicative of
the fo-operative interest maintained
between similar institutions: %
I.ctfter from Minv Mbk.
• Mr. Arthur A. Strock, principal Pris
on Schools, Spelgner, Ala.:
“Dear Mr. Strock—Your letter of Oc
tober 9th to Warden Osborn© has been
referred to this department of the
Mutual Welfare league for reply.
“We congratulate the State of Ala
bama in having placed in charge of
its prison educational work a former f
inmate, and w© wish you every sue- j
cess In your undertaking. It is a
common sense arrangement and will,
we are sure, be prodyctive of much
good.
“For many years the State of New
York has maintained elementary
Plaza Theatre
TODAY
“The Elks Trio"
Vita graph Feature
“Cantrell's Madonna’’
Other Films
TODAY—William Nigk
Who attained a reputation as one of the screen's finest character
actors in ‘ His Triumph”, in
• LIFE S SHADOWS ’
With Irene Howley
A story of the community conflicts, moral and otherwise, to he
found in a small community.
TUESDAY
BILLIE BURKE
in
“GLORIA’S ROMANCE
WEDNESDAY
CLARA KIMBALL YOUNG
in
“THE DARK SILENCE’’
.1 ■i'll
Blocton
Coal Company
***** PHOtfH 936
t
Abe Martin
Halts are replacin’ suspenders In
some instances, an* in others tiler
workin* tgether in friendly rivalry.
Miss Fawn Lippincut says that If she
could live some period of her life over
again* she’d select th’ five years she
wui eighteen.
schools in the prisons, but shortly af
ter Mr. Osborne founded the Mutual
Welfare League here we organized a
school of our own. This school, the
M. W. L. Institute, was organized a
little over a year ago, and is now the
only school in this Institution. Its
progress can be measured to some ex
tent by its first annual catalogue, call
ed #thp "Year Book,” which we take
pleasure in sending you under sepa
rate cover.
“We would be very glad to have you
come up here and study our system.
Why not put the matter up to your
board? We* are sure that you would
find much to interest you, and that
you would be able to adapt many of
our methods to your own work.
“Cordially yours,
• “M. W. L. INSTITUTE.
(Signed.) J. D. Stuart,
“Principal.**
UNUSUAL HONOR WILL
BE PAW HERMAN BECK
BY PYTHIAN KNIGHTS j
< S i it I to Thr Advertiser.)
BIRMINGHAM. ABA., Oct. 22.—One I
of the most Important and unusual
events in the history of the Knights of
Pythias of the World, will he witnessed
In Birmingham Tuesday evening when
Supreme Chancellor J. J. Brown, of
Illinois, and Past Supreme Chancellor
Thomas J. CarlinK, of Georgia, come
here to install Past Grand Chancellor
Herman M. Beck, of Alabama. (Birm
ingham 1, as supreme master at arms.
Mr, Beck, because of illness in his
family, coiMd not attend the last ses
sion of the supreme grand lodge of the
Knights of Pythias, which was held ill
Portland. Oregon, but notwithstanding
his absence he was elected to the high
position, and the supreme chancellor
and the past supreme chancellor were
designated to install the brother. A
banquet will be given the visitors at
the Tutwtler hotel at 6 o'clock.
A big Pythian meeting will be held in
Fraternal hall at 8 o'clock and sev
eral hundred members of the order will
be on hand from all parts of the Birm
ingham district and the Htate to see
the installation. This Is an honor and
an infcfdent in the Knights of Pythias,
never before witnessed.
Mr. Beck is one of the best known
Pythians in the State.
i _
CONGBESSMEN MEET
TO RECOMMEND MAN
FOB FEDERAL JUDGE
(Special to The Alvcrtlacr.)
BIRMINGHAM, ALA., Oct. 22—Much
interest is manifested in the meeting
to be held here Monday by the Ala
bama delegation in congress for the
purpose of considering recommenda
tions for a United States judge of the
southern district court to succeed
Judge Toulmln, resigned.
United States Senator Oscar W. Un
derwood will spend a short while in j
Birmingham. Senator Bankhead comes,
over from Jasper, where he resides.
• .’ongressr.ian Huddleston has been here!
several weeks but has been hard at j
work since coming home, making j
speeches tor the constitutional amend- i
ment for school purposes. The other I
members of congress will be here by
tomorrow at nbon.
It is impossible to give any positive ,
prognostication as to who will be I
recommended, several names being j
mentioned. Candidates are In the field'
from all parts of the State south of,
Birmingham. Mobile*. Tuscaloosa, Cam-|
den, Montgomery and two or thrt;e oth
er places having candidates.
The name of Foniier-Governor Em- j
met O’Neal has been mentioned as well
as W. C. Fitta, who is in Washington
now in tile department of justice office,!
going (rom Birmingham though resi
dence is claimed in Moblle-Tuscaloosa.
Peeking s effort.
(Special to The Advertiser.!
MOBILE. ALA.. Oct. 22—Louis Bem
ish. mayor of Selma, is spending sev
eral days in Mobile seeking support
for the amendment to the constitu*
Hon of the State which gives Selma
the right to increase its tax rate f6r
school purposes.
Major Moton Says Negroes
of the South Should Stay
In South to%Study Selvjs
TO VMM
Third Squadron and Ma
chine Gun Troop Trans
fer Their Quarters Sun
day; Recruits Arrive
Camp Header so®
VoBUuMrry.
The First Alabama cavalry Sunday
began its removal from Camp Hender
son to the new regimental quarters at
Vandiver Park and it is announced
that the movement will be completed
Monday. The third squadron and the
machine gun troop moved Sunday and
| the remainder of the regiment will
j follow.
Sunday was a busy day at Camp Hen
derson, the men being employed in
striking their tents and in loading the
regimental equipment for transter to
! the new camp. Many trucks and
wagons were provided for the work
and the movement is proceeding
smoothly and in a business-like man
ner.
Open New Entrance.
It is announced that, when the regi
ment is established at Vandiver Park,
the race track will be used as a pa
rade ground and the entrance at pres
ent used will be closed and another
opened in such a position that automo
biles may be driven in and parked
along the race track, where a close
view of the regimental parades may
be obtained.
The usual Sunday afternoon sermon j
was delivered at Camp Henderson, in
op.ie of tne transfer, by the regimental !
chaplain. Rev. C. W. Gavin. Officers
of the regiment speak of their chap
lain, who arrived only a few weks ago
in terms of high satisfaction and the
regiment is considered extremely for
tunate to have obtained the services of
such an able speaker.
The camp was open to visitors dur
ing the day and large numbers of
Montgomery people came out to pay
their last visit to Camp Henderson.
Drilling T® Be Feat a re.
It is stated that, when the regiment
is definitely established at Vandiver
Park, work of drilling the men will
be carried on with the utmost vigor
and every effort will be made to have
the regiment in shape for its trip to the
border in as short a time as possible.
Each day witnesses a fresh accession
to the strength of the regiment, close
to twenty recruits reaching camp Sun
day. It is announced that the organi
zation of the regiment is now com
plete in the various departments with
the exception of a dentist, who has non
yet "been appointed by the government.
Captain-Adjutant John M. Frey
wa# absent from the camp during a
portion of Sunday, owing to the arrival
;n the city of Mrs. Frey and their lit
tle son, who will remain in Montgom
ery for some time. Lieutenant Motley,
of Troop F. acted as adjutant during
the absence of Captain Frey. Captain
W. D. Baker was officer of the day
Sunday: Lieutenant Carlos Hughes oftt- t
cer of the guard.
HIGH CLASS BILL IS
OFFERING OF EMPIRE
VAUDEVILLE PROGRAM
First Three Days This
Week Full of Real
Top Liners
CcimmenotuK with the matinee Mon- I
day afternoon, the Empire Theatre will
offer a high afrass vaudeville bill and i
a first run iHTramount Picture as the
attraction for the first three days of I
the week.
The first bill will be headed by Burke
Brothers and Kendall, irr a harmony
fringing, dancing arid - juggling act.
while Harry Milton and his Charlie
Chaplin dogs will share headline hon
ors with them. The act presented by
Burke Brothers and Kendall, two men
and a woman, is a novelty in vaude
ville juggling skits. The troupe comes
to Montgomery from a tour of the
Pacific coast's “big time" variety
houses.
The fun of the initial bill for rhe
first half of the week starts with
Grinell and Esther, a man and a wom
an in n comedy singing and dancing
act. These comedians are said to
keep the house in an uproar during
the fifteen minutes they are on the
stage.
An act tliat is said to be different
fiom anything yet shown on the vau
deville stage and one that will amuse
the grown ups as well as the tittle
ones, is Harry Milton and his Char
lie Chaplin dogs. Every person ta
Montgomery and throughout the
whole world knows how funny Charlie
Chaplin is. and it is said that Mil
ton's dogs ar** even funnier than
Chaulin himself, which is saying a
whole lot.
"The Kiss." a Paramount-Famous
Plavers picture, w ith Owen Moore and
Marguerite Courtot playing the peinei
nal parts, will be the feature picture
or Monday and Tuesday. Th s bill
will hold the boards of the Empire
Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday
when thev will make room for an
other high class show.
Lpw rates of fare via Central of
Georgia Hailwav. from station* tn
Alabama to Montgomery. account
Live Stock Show, on sale October **3ini
to 2Hth. Inclusive. rete*m limit Octo
ber 29th. Ask the Ticket Agent.
Receding Storm WoJer
Strands Sea Creatures
< *»eo|m to The Aivertiser.i
MOBILE. ALA.. Oct. 22.—Aecerdiw
to Per*y W Mor’e. caretaker for J
H Webb’s place «t Pajshne. on the
eastern shor« of Mobile Bay. the wa
ter went out to about a nine foot
depth during/the storm of last Wed
nesday. le» VMiir rh<*u»ar*d* of crabs,
fisb and shrimp h»gh dry.
Morns say* that, after an &«;*<•’*
time, the w^^er ca**>e back with a
rush, the influx being severs! feet
high.
C.IB SHOVTigi! ACITE.
«Special to The lUMhn >
BIRMINGHAM. ALA.. Oct 22.—So
intense is th»? railroad car shortage tm
the industrial regions of til* >tate
that additional conference* wi:Q « re
quested during this week to see if soase
reli*|l call ndt he devised If :s
heard that Umber manufacturer* as*
beginning to feel the shortage, milhorn,
of feet of lumber on siding* at small
mills in the western part off tkc tftate
being noticeable^
Big Crouxis of Both White
People and X eg roes Hear
Xegro Educators First
Address Here
R. R. Motor president of the
Tushegee lutjtiu succeeded
tfce Cato Dr. Dooiter T. Washington,
Sunday aft«TMO> ia his first address
to an aadteac* in Montfi-omery. argued
that the oesrees of the South should
study themselves and remain in the
South. He said the exodus of negroes
to the North recently was a mistake
made by the oogisr themselves, and
totd of repent* that are conning back
to him of the herding of his people in
a strange land.
Major Met on n, greeted by a very
large aodxeoye, but h undreds of whits
people being aaeeog Those who heard
him at OEd Ship chart h at Z o'clock in
the afternoon. The appearance of the
negro edorator was doe to a campaign
in behalf of the Ha3e infirmary, a ne
gro institution of this city. He was in
troduced hy Victor Trulaoe, one of the
leading negro business men of Mont
gomery .
H a l ; lUnun .
For ?rwa the Hal; in
firsarr lama bees I» -peration, reliev
ing tie distress »f «*«■ colored people
and givtog a«jn> girls an opportunity
to obtain a pr-actiral knowledge of
nuree-trwintxg. Jls hospital waa
founded ky Ike widow of the late
James Hale, as c>ff-:< r of the Old Ship
church, from fnwds which he left and
according to fhe specifications in his
will. During all this time, the infirm
ary has been operated without an en
dowment. White friends and various
negro organisations have contributed
liberally towards its support and the
influence It has diffused has more than
justified the generosity of its friends.
Its trustee icari b composed of the
following: Bishop J. W. Alstork. chair
man; Victor H. Talame, D. H. C.
Scott. Bolton Mtsrphy. J. H. Fagain, G.
W. Dost. James Alexander, H. A.
Lovelace and J- M. C. Logan.
The Tuahege* party was composed
of Robert R. Motwn, principal: War
ren Logan, treasurer; Emmett J. Scott,
secretary; J. H. Washington, general
superintendent of industries: J. B.
Ramsey, commandant; A. J. Neely, in
charge of the Tuskegee Institute sing
ers, who have i*st returned from the
North, where they made a swing over
one of the Barwe Chautauqua circuits.
A group of these singers was present
and participated in the program Sun
day. The Tnskegve principal and offi
cials reached the city shortly after
Boon and wemt directly to the Hale
infirmary, where they spent consider
able time inspecting the work there.
From there, the party went directly to
the church, where the meeting was
held.
In the course of his remarks on *this
occasion. Major Hot on said:
Thanks For Reception
After thanking the white and color
ed people of Montgomery, and Ala
bama in general, f©v the cordial way j
he has been received nine* coming to'
the State, and expressing the hope
that he will live up tn their expecta-1
tons in the currying out of the plans
and policies of the founder of the
Tuskegee Institute, also expressing his
appreciation of the loyal way that
the workers at Task tree have rallied
to the new principal, he said in part
that the tsegrwBS frequently, when by
themselves; express the feeling that
they are as gvod as white people. 1
•It is not soy purpose to undertake
to prove whether that is or is not
true, that in. in he last analysis a,
oon-essenial; Jut one thing is true, |
saying that we are as good as white j
people does mot make it so. saying it
does aot even prove it tn colored peo
ple themselves, saying nothing about
proving it to white people. One thing
is sure, if we are tn live and prosper
alongside of the American white man.
there are two or three# fundamental
elements that we must take seriously ,
into account, and in this we are safe t
in copying the white man." he declared!
Coatinning, he said :
Tenches so Race Pride.
"The negro, as a race in America, ha? ,
to a large extent, lacked an npprecia- 1
ttou. of and faith in his race. •Cursed I
by Canaan" has tee® taken all too
li terally with a great many negroes |
1 do not believe and will never be- j
tier* that the negro race has been'
cursed by the Creator. A few hundred j
years ago; the Anglo-Saxon race, now ;
the dominant race, was a boijt as low I
in the scale of de velojwnent as the j
black race and. indeed, much lower
so far as the negroes in America are
concerned and many African tribe* al-*
so. bat the white rice believed in its,
p«ssifef!lti:*-> and has not been asham
ed to fee white.
•Many of us are ashamed of our!
race, out coder, oar history: and 11
knew theme are many reasons for a i
,;o«d navy negroes to be ashamed of'
themselves because of their conduct..1
but we do not seed to he ashamed
of ourselves leeasse we are negroes |
and black. If we are to hold our own!
alwBtnsfdt! ©f the American white man
we must in the first place have a j
pride in and a respect for the negro j
So race that despise* laughs at, rldi- j
eules, that wish** it were anything!
else than what God has made it so,
far as it* race is concerned ever will j
be gnat tm wsefful or have the re-'
bpeirt and daMph of other races, j
We must., then-far*, have race pride.
Man Re Industrie**.
—In the sen al p:ace., the negro, to j
cope- with the white man. must tel
- • a sxj shiftless happy-!
go lucky, "vprovident race cannot hope!
to ns -. fain itself alongside of a
atruoa. vSjrornws. proud, industrious,
frugal rare of people, as is so large- '
E ly true of the average white man. I
! Rarely do we hear the expression, ‘a
taay what* man.' Probably the white I
people use it l® each other, but the j
esfeevs*;*.®.. w lazy negro.' la very com- |
■«• a - r negroes. There must be1
son foundation for that in fact. We'
muiS; lie rawwe prompt, more faithful,
—% rvlhahile, more conscientious in |
\ our work if we would hold our jobs, j
)ed hold ~xr nva here tn a state like 1
Alabama*.
"Then, if w» are tn hold -our own ;
with the Americam white man. we i
have gut tn keep well. A sickly, un- i
healthy weakly race cannot hold its
own »ba.«*dr of a healthy, vigorous
race.
TV nagra r-ee dies about twice as
Sett a* the white rare in most places, j
Even heme in Montgomery, the death -
rale aaa- jrg > egraea 1s very high as
■ .-anapared with while people. We are :
-•atbtw* lobe as careful as we should
|- fee in th* {.reservation of our health. I
L W* cannot May up until two or three I
"©'clock in Use morning at dance hall*.
pool rooms. crap Joints and then ex
pect to do a day's work the follow
ing day or export to cope mentally. I
! Riyalcslly or morally with the race
shat geeserwoa its health.
WsrMac For Health.
*1 an. very gtad to aay any word 1
can to <-rawmdatii>a of the' splendid
eervwe The Hale infirmary, under the
mo ns g»ra*-«l of the trustee board, of
whack Bishop J. W .\lstork is chair
man- V. II. Talaaa Dr. -D. H. C. Scott
Reibwa Murphy, J. H Fagain. G. W.
■Tbsok. lane Vl-eiii rider., H A. Love
i«o aid J M. C. Logffn, has rendered.
WHEN a Man Deserts His Wife and Children,
Leaving -Them Without Support, the
World Regards Him With Contempt.
WHAT is the Difference Between Desertion and Death,
If the Wife and Children are Left
Without Support in Either Case ?
SOME CONTEMPT will J
Follow Such a Death, too •
Life Insurance Is the Preventive
#
These and others at great sacrifice
are carrying on the work not only to
preserve the health of the negroes of
this beautiful city, but ns far as possi
ble, to prevent diseases among our
people. 1 want to thank also our
shite people of Montgomery, physi
cians. business men, etc., for the kind
ly help and cooperation I am told that
Ihey give the colored people in con-,
lection with the Hale Infirmary. I was
• leased, a short while ago. to visit
ihe infirmary and to see how clean
ind how neat and orderly everything
was. The appearance of nurses as
well as all of the equipment was all
-hat one could desire. This institution
a deserving of the help and support
lot only of negroes., but of white peo
lie as well, for every negro that is
sick in this city adds proportionately
to the burden of the white people.
"There probably are sick in Mont
romery every day 1.200 negroes, which
neans an estlmited annual loss on
iccount thereof of $150,000. and a cost
>f doctor’s hills of $240,000. At out 640
negroes die in Montgomery' a year.,
with an annual funeral expense of j
138.000. If the people, colored and
white, would ergage in the campaign
for the preventon of diseases, it is
estimated from .he lives that could be
saved and the Sickness that could he
prevented, there would be a saving
:o the city of $-92,000 annually. The
sickness on the part of the colored
people affei-es the people for whom they
work, their owr families, the mer
hants with whom they would spend
he money had they been well to
earn it, as well as the whole city.
Also Mast lie Moral.
"Another thing he must do to cope 1
with the white man aside from pride
n his race, and industry and health the
negro must be clean- morally uyso. for
moral weaknesses •sap t'-,» physical
vitality more perhaps than any other
thing We must I rn as a race to
stand firm against every form of im- ■
morality.
"About 70 per cent, of all the per
sons arrested annually in Montgomery
ire negroes, that is 70 out of every
100. That is entirely too large a num
ber of negroes and while making due
illowance for the fact that many
negroes are arrested for crimes that
the white man perhaps would not be '
irrested for. even though making all
allowances therefor, the proportion is
entirely too large.
"M.'e have been complaining that we
3o not get justice and that we are not
always fairly treated with reference
to education, in the courts, etc., and
we talk much and with some founda
tion. too. about preiudice which we en
counter, but I tell you. friends, as I
Pave often said before. H am infinltely
more concerned about the lazy, shift
ess. vicious criminal negro loafer than
I am about the prejudice of the aver
age white man. That type of negro
that loafs about the .corners of the
streets, that commits crimes, can and
does do us more harm, and causes my
race more real humiliation and em
barrassment. than the prejudice of any
white man And there, my friends, is
where we. as a race should concen
trate our efforts, to get rid of that
type of man. that we have a perfect
right to call on the white people for
their help and support in our efforts
to relieve our race and the community
of such an awful curse under whicii
we are frequently obliged to live.
These Whs Wli Respect
“We have, in every community, as in
Montgomery, a type of colored man
that we can all point to with pride,
and who are a valuable asset to the
community, and they have the respect
of white people quite as much as of ,
black people. Such men here in Mom- !
gomery. for exemple. as V. H. Tulane,
Dr. Scott. Dr. Dungee, Xewstell.
Fagln. Campbell. Dr. Watkins. T. H.
Phillips Abercrombie. Sheppard, are an
honor to any community And any race,
and I am glad to be permitted to live
and work and to cast my lot in a state
where I can have the pleasant as
sociations and the cordial help and
support of such a fine type of people.
"Now. my friends. I want to ask all !
of you. professional men, merchants, I
laborers, farmers or what not. to use 1
all of your influence, .especially this >
winter. Just now when Alabama is
passing through, in some ways, one 1
of the most trying periods it has ex- !
perieneed since the days of Recon- I
struction. an economic depression
which, viewed from some angles is un
fortunate. but. if properly used, it can
be made one of the most fortunate ex
periences through which the State has
parsed.
yhoald stay la Male
"In the first place, we must en
courage our people to study* themsel- |
ves. to stay right here in Alabama and
to fight it out. to help them to make
up their minds that the boll weevil
Is going to be overcome, that the
white people are not going to allow
a few men benefit by going Xorth'the
this beautiful State and off of this
magnificent land and out of this de
lightful. genial climate. That, while
a few man benefit by going North, the
majority will be worse off by leaving
this State in the long run. In New
York. I understand from a letter just
received from a physician, the negroes
are finding it very difficult even now
to find places to slay; they are huddled
Buy Life Insurance
This Way
Consider first-—the maximum proportion of your sal
ary available for the purchase of Life Insurance:
Second, the minimum income that* in deceney and
self respect, you would provide for your wife when
you are gone.
Necessarily, the older a man is when he buys Life
Insurance the smaller the income his family vfill re
ceive from the Life Insurance he can afford to buy.
Young men especially, between the ages of 20 and 30,
should consider this most ctrefnHy. Buy Life In
surance Big. right now, when the proportion of your
income available for the purchase of Life Insurance
is large, and the premium rate is low.
A Premium Savings Account makes Life Insurance
easy to buy.
TALK TO A LIFE INSURANCE MAN ABOUT
THIS TODAY.
Uni n Bank 4? Trust Co.
Michael Cody, Joseph Norwood, W. 0. Stokes,
President. Vice President.* Secretary
In the Exchange National’1 Bank Building
together In quarters like pigs, and
many of them cannot find any place,
and there is bound to be suffering this 1
winter. •
"They will take colds and develop j
pneumonia and consumption as well as i
other diseases, they either will die
there or be brought home in a dying
condition. The white people in this
State that I have talked with, and es
pecially the farmers have made up
tlieir minds to see that no negro family j
on their premesis shall suffer from
the winter so far as food is concerned, 1
and they are giving every encourage- i
ment for them to stay, and these white :
people are going to combet, sooner or
later, the boll weevil They have even
gone to Africa syid are exterminating :
the fly that causes sleeping sickness; '
they have practically wiped out yel
low fever in the Canal Zone, and they
will overcome the boll weevil and cot
ton still will remain king and the
negro might as well continue to share ,
in even larger measure, in the pro
duction of cotton and own this land. '
Mre must make up our minds that our
chances are as good here in Alabama
for work and for development as any
where else in the world.
Thaaks To Montgomerlana
"I want to thank the white people
in Montgomery for the kindly spirit
which they always have exhibited to
wards the colored people. X am glad
to see in the city of Montgomery that
the white people have seen to it that,
the negro sections, the streets are so
well cared for, both as to light and as
to cleanliness, but there is still room
for Improvement in many of the
shacks Just outside of the city limits.
For the protection of the white peo
ple as well as for the colored people,
it is highly Important that the sani
tary surroundings pt the negro should
be improved, both as to housing and
cleanliness of streets, etc.
"We cook your food, we nurse your
children and make your beds, we drive
your automobiles and we are glad to
have the chance to do it; my only hope
Is that we will do it more faithfully
and efficiently year by year, but it is
very important that the white people
see to it that real estate men and
others who own and build houses that
are rented to negroes should provide
houses that will not be a menace to I
the health of the best white people
as well as the colored people of Mont
gomery.
••I hope our white friends will take
more Interest than in the past in negro i
education, in negro schools, that they I
are properly taught and properly
%quipped. and we negroes, on the other
hand, can prove by our lives by being
more industrious, more faithful, more
efficient, more earnest and conscien
tious that education of the right kind
f*r the negro, as for other races, is
werth while.
>lurh To Be Thankful for
"I tell you. friends, you and 1 as a |
race have a great deal to be thankful !
for. We have in the South kind, gen
erous. patient white friends who wish
us sell and who will do anything pos
sible for us, notwithstanding the out
breaks here and there of tile ignorant
land the vicious of both races. And then
I we have before us the magnificent ex
amoie of one of the most beautiful
Insure Ycur Life
in the
PRUDENTIAL
INSURANCE COMPANY
Low Rates.
Profit Sharing Policies.
Free Disability.
Liberal Settlement Options.
Leopo d Strauss
City Manager
1st National Bank .Building.
Phone 2241-J
'h*r“"rs “ »ver has been my honor
*1,ea?“r® to ,know- H« was indeed
One o( the worlds most beautiful
whh!hCiehV hA11 th® ma,tera about
wUrcn I ha\e been speaking were very
Tlear to Dr. Washingtons heart He
had unbound inn faith and belief In
his race. He believed in the negro;
race pride to him was like his re
ligion. He was an industrious man. His
Ideals for morality were the highest.
He liad the kindliest feeling toward
white man and black man. and he lived
out and worked out'these ideas at
Tuskegee,- in this State and before
the civilised world.
Individual Matches
Will Start Monday
JACKSOXVH.L.K, FLA.. Oct *2—The
individual shooting match, the Brst
of the events under the auspices <>■
the Xational oUard for Promotion el
Rifle Practice, will begin on the
Florida range here tomorrow. On Tues
day and Wednesday team match wil
be shot, while Thursday, th# conclud
ing day of the .natches will |.o de
voted to the United States service
match flfty-six teams are entered foi
the matches, for which bendsotne
trophies, medals and casb prises **t
offered.’