Show 0 4 AMM NE ag MR V X N RZ bener s and for nobler fl 1 human M s i ie fl t fl IT ali sy a 1 i purchase s t p f of s a ak e fi at fu sa JL I 1 hei cje 5 lecter A and teia indigent te children of bf one 6 amin ay T ea W I 1 ipox ok d 1 E H A mid ome 90 I 1 ailt alsoc assoc our ago since 40 and seia faroogh g h 1 the drelen tir eleia drw efforts sg borits or i promo promoters teM until today we formally opeland op open enand and dedicate to 6 the service i ace of uplifting the helpless and neglected children of our aw grand gran old 6 ad common bommon A ealta N welthe eal tb the state of tennessee and afia this is iwa 2 11 edw 11 of tho the a vily anny of boys y and g girls aels growing uj lip m in oar city in in I 1 ignorance vice vice and shame without if any care and protection we are am a fled t of athe the chain i g gang am the haunts of 0 magdalene ind and the victims of the penitentiary in nashville we have a negro orphanage and andreg neg P lecter population of n not i ot less than 2000 children think k of it 2000 negro children in our midst parentless and neglected 1 I my my friends it is an unwelcome thought but bat a stubborn fact never nevertheless thelen an army of children A ren growing up without christian influence scarcely any moral teaching and without an education to fit lifes duties what does this orphanage movement mean you ask it means an effort to save at least a few of thew these unfortunate little ones from abject poverty and possibly a life of shame and ultimate ruin it means an effort at their education their moral and christian development and fitting them to be intelligent 11 honorable h citizens it has behind it the spirit of the highest and best humanity and ouri our duty toward it as citizens is first to give it our mor moral support when I 1 think ot the hundreds that swarm in black bottom hells hellas half acre I 1 smoky bow tin cup alley ceappy crappy chute wooi wood mandys bottom and many other low wards of the city my soul staggers when I 1 look into the faim faces of hundreds of little urchins I 1 meet daily with ith dirt stained features and whose hands and hearts will soon be stained with crime it seems to me that I 1 hear the footfall of a coming army whose breathings brea things are not for the health of society the city the church or nation 1 I listen and I 1 hear the comin coming 9 tread of a generation of men who not only care nothing for the government in which they are born who not only care nothing for the nag bag under which they are am supposed to march as citizens ant who care nothing for the church and the name of jesus christ I 1 tell tel lyou you here bere today that these children growing gm wing up in the back wards wardi of our cit aty at without an education wit without houe 0 hristian christian influence caus cannot be lef Calone with impunity it if we do not 1 look bok after them and help them then t they hey will me mae us do so 2 as sl a matter of self preservation this institution purposes iw in it its humble way to hel help at least a few of these unfortunate ate little ones and iu in so bloing save them from a life of crime and shame and if it shall be bt beable able to help and save but a 6 few or but one it will be taken cognizance cogul zance of and recorded among the moral force that worked right in the twilight of the twentieth teentie ceu century tury f but my friends this orphan V W meed mai more re than sentiment 7 and prayers our duty towards it idt I 1 b eto to give it our financial sup w our ou moral support a 0 o institution U can be run ran without s 7 it ilyin require money to I 1 make this orphanage live th the wm have haydoo bw beautified t q aft enlarged and U nd all ai n te equi P incidental to jaw chaji home ks j 15 nj t aeji A 4 M 4 f Y roko a 4 14 M X poo I 1 tt gsg gy t iw butiro oa af asi fv i vm WS eh aft ca lbert erb IK lB t h fay ff f f 7 j i gwinm Woe ram ei s w 0 I 1 roee M b X g ilk M RL ugwa hi Y t A J sl ya 3 y f aw MOM 4 af 1 l rt y al S kev sam james said bid ja j a K r art z es people could support z all the ea e a saloons t bousi thoi e good people onto on to be able ta a UPI ka A T ya ti ellit little toree weeks peo paya larger per cent of the ifie f t pur gov dept eminent by fines we certainly Y cau can awo aw and o ought to ainone little orp orphan h home ome do 0 you 1 MO W jour people pie pay the policemen en who stand guard guir daver over them on the corners of oar streets do you yon know our people buy bay c dithing blang for them to wear every day ay better than they themselves wear on sunday do you yen know our people buy the maces with which they are am beaten and revolvers with which th eyare shot dowat down do you know that our people buy the rubber tire wagon in which they take their free rides to the police station on worth north market street which they have at absolutely Tol built and paid for with their thai r fines and do you know that the judge who pronoun pronounces c sentence upon them for their ma misconduct i scon duet is absolutely paid by them for so doing judge clack will turn more money into the city treasury tomorrow than half of the negro churches of this city will contribute today sunday my friends if this condition of things is to change we must see to it that every movement which looks to the moral uplifting of our people is encouraged in a substantial way timely remarks were made by many prominent ministers present and the exercises closed with a pathetic solo by mrs L A rat bat cliffe daffe the amount of money subscribed and collected was very creditable the exact sum will be published as soon as the secretaries report quite a long list of articles donated by those present was also secured the orphanage is beautifully situated in the eighteenth di district I 1 strict three miles from the square and will be no doubt a favorite place for the colored people of this city and state it is well watered and ana has on it a beautiful house and one of the finest young orchards in this section the officers are composed of fifteen sateen trustee divided as follows richard hill president R W abernathy Abe mathy secretary executive committee N J anderson chairman W H Me mcgavock Gavock secretary W S thompson H G scales J A wigfall J E payne and W T hightower finance committee S H sumner chairman H A cameron secretary D A DH houston T L jones W L cansler H C ganaway the fourth national bank is the depository it is all in all a very commend able move of the negroes of this city and deserves the support of all good citizens the nashville american march 14 1898 |