Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading

Sparkling Gems of Race
Knowledge Worth
by Various

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Title: Sparkling Gems of Race Knowledge Worth Reading A
compendium of valuable information and wise suggestions that will
inspire noble effort at the hands of every race-loving man, woman, and
child.
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SPARKLING GEMS OF RACE KNOWLEDGE WORTH READING.
A COMPENDIUM OF VALUABLE INFORMATION AND WISE
SUGGESTIONS THAT WILL INSPIRE NOBLE EFFORT AT THE
HANDS OF EVERY RACE-LOVING MAN, WOMAN, AND
CHILD.
ILLUSTRATED WITH SUPERB HALF-TONE ENGRAVINGS.
COMPILED AND ARRANGED BY JAMES T. HALEY.
SOLD BY SUBSCRIPTION, PRICE, $1.25.
"Give attendance to reading." (1 Tim. iv. 13.)
"No man has a right to bring up his children without surrounding them
with good books. A book is better than sleep for weariness." (Henry
Ward Beecher.)
NASHVILLE, TENN.: J. T. HALEY & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS.
1897.

DEDICATION.
To every Son and Daughter of the Race, whose noble aspirations are to
do good and be good, This Little Volume Is Dedicated By the Compiler.
COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY J. T. HALEY & COMPANY.

PUBLISHERS' ANNOUNCEMENT.

If, as Lord Bacon says, "reading makes a full man," then it behooves
every one who has any aspirations to read.
The negro is just passing, as it were, through the gateway that enters
upon life's great work, and the publishers of this little volume are
anxious to see our "brother in black" develop, both from an intellectual
and a moral standpoint, and are ready to do what they can to stimulate
the race on to still greater achievements than they have ever before
accomplished. In launching "Sparkling Gems" we are simply putting
forth to the world what we hope may, in some measure, instruct and
encourage the colored people. We have compressed a vast amount of
valuable race information into a small compass. The style of the work
is good, and its moral tone is excellent. It can scarcely fail to profit
every member of the race who will read it, hence it should be in every
family, in every office, and in every library.
It has been the earnest aim of the compiler to embody in these pages
the latest conclusions of some of the most prominent Afro-American
scholars on several of the mooted subjects pertaining to the race.
We owe a debt of lasting gratitude to many of our friends who have so
generously furnished us valuable assistance in the collection of data for
this volume, among whom we may mention W. B. Rust and T. B.
Mears as among the most enthusiastic.
Believing that there is a genuine need for such a work as we have
produced, we offer it to our colored friends and their white friends,
praying God's blessing upon it. THE PUBLISHERS.
[Illustration: AS IT NOW IS--HOME OF A FREEMAN. Residence of
R. R. Church, Memphis, Tenn., the wealthiest colored man in the state;
estimated at $250,000.]

CONTENTS.
THE NEED OF NEW IDEAS AND NEW AIMS FOR A NEW ERA
11

The Status of the Family--The Conditions of Labor--Higher Plane of
Morality.
LAYING THE CORNER STONE 23
THE TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL 31
Negro Building--History and Old Relics--Department of Arts--Mines
and Minerals--Department of Dentistry--The Woman's Board.
COTTON STATES INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION 45
THE NEED OF THE HOUR 47
UNITY 49
NEGRO BUSINESS ASSOCIATION 51
NEGRO BANKS 53
NEGRO WEALTH BY STATES 54
NEGRO SCHOOL-TEACHERS 55
HOW TO TEACH OBEDIENCE 57
HINTS FOR OUR GIRLS 59
WHAT NEGRO WOMEN ARE DOING 61
WHAT RACE NEWSPAPERS HAVE DONE 62
RACE EVILS 62
TWO CULTURED RACES 67
THE NEW COLORED WOMAN 69
HAVE COURAGE 72

THE SOUTH GIVEN THE PREFERENCE 74
MRS. GEORGIA GORDON TAYLOR 75
THREE GREAT NEGROES 76
POINTED PARAGRAPHS FROM RACE NEWSPAPERS 79
MADAM SISSIRETTA JONES 89
MISS HALLIE Q. BROWN 91
MISS HENRIETTA VINTON DAVIS 95
Indorsement--To Henrietta Vinton Davis.
RICH THOUGHTS FROM GREAT RACE THINKERS 98
THE COLORED PHYSICIAN IN THE SOUTH 113
THE FIRST COLORED SPECIALIST 118
ESPECIAL COMPANY 119
THE SPHERE OF WOMAN 121
THE MOURNING PREACHER 124
OUR GREATEST DRAWBACK 127
THE RACE PROBLEM 128
MOTHER'S TREASURES 146
GEN. ANTONIO MACEO 149
MARRIED LIFE--ITS JOYS AND SORROWS 157
INTEMPERANCE 160

RACE NAME--WHAT SHALL IT BE? 167
THE NATION'S DUTY TO THE NEGRO