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Clifton Koagers, Miiisboro, Texas. Wo warn the public against them. SEGRERATinu tm Tr mD jb. vfAn.i I judge taft and the negro's future. The views of Former President William Howard Taft on anv question of public moment are of I i-r ia.i3 duu tins lung experience mgn places in aeanng with men and conditions in most of the relations of life, from the ward politics of Cincinnati to the I a WflSninGtOn.

I hat Udre TAFT Negro people, not as high as they acts as vjovernor-uenerai reury ot war under rresident cession to President Roosevelt; has but i helpful interest in the race was equally shown during the same periods. I i I i i anu nas ueen snown since ana is i i as working omciai oi notaoiy mat ot the Hampton institute. I in me ooumem womman ior i a interested excerpts irom judge class of the Hampton Institute, and hopeful outlook upon the which no one sees more clearly than Judge Taft, and because of his genuine appreciation of Hampton Institute and the great and good work it has and is doing for Negro uplift and preparedness to meet the requirements of good citizenship I After' my experience at Hampton South, it seems to me that while the North has apparently been the more for- tunate section for a number of decades, it is the South now that has a definite future before it which it can work out; and it is the North which is struggling amiu cuangca ana cnaouc cunuiuons, me 'With the natural tendencies of the farmer, with land easily within his reach, with the economic freedom that he has, with great opportunity for mechanical trades in country surroundings, with a definite goal before him, undisturbed by social theories, unaffected by political change or disturbance, taught that the thing that he can do, there is not anything that he cannot accomplish for his people by increasing their wealth and stepping stones to the other rights to Meantime, they will achieve real wisely ordered lives and the inspiration sacrifices and labor of men of their owa which In the same issue of the Southern Workman, Major Robert Moton, in the article already quoted in The Age, and as if to re enforce the hopeful viewpoint and the following, as showing what the mg Negro is doing for himself and It is frequently asserted by careless that all Negroes are lazy, shiftless and are not only out of accord with the believe what they themselves are saying. What they mean to say is that some facts shiftless and inefficient; but in practically every district where Negroes are employed, wnetner as larm laDorers or the large majority of Negro workers are reliable, many of them are skillful and very efficient, and not a few are almost indispensable. There are very few places in the South where the employer would be willing to dispense with the services of his Negro employes.

The statements that are now ness in the stock exchanges of cotton will be the largest in the history of the cultivation oft that valuable staple, and that the production of grain and other food products will be proportionately great, bears value of Negro labor to the Southerri States and justifies the hopefu viewpoint and good advice of Judge the significant fact that a large production of the South to-day is Negro farm owners as distinct from i IU1 UJ WIC Slave liiUOlia 13 tvtl uv TUa t. lanu niaiKS a departure in ouuuitriii lhe violent outbreak of a mobl of one thousand people, mostly of the foreign born sort, according to the Philadelphia Tribune, in West Philadelphia, a few weeks ago, ao-a-nct rAi ailifnSSE SShoS Ye2 desirable through a colored real estate agent, shows that the mob spirit is with us in the North, as well as the South and the West, and that we should have strong civic organizations to help us safeguard our interests, and all the EorV Woe: "'v. -'I thrm The-Tribune sav thi the. -w llivt was Dusy two nours and that no police were in siht all of th tim, 1 and nnlv in tt, I -na on appeared on the scene wnen iney -were gone alter and fnrrA a I forced to appear and interfere to orotec the hr.nwhn.hUr tUt 1 the da newsmners nf th. tv Jiad nothing to say about the out harl nnthintr n-.

I rage. The matter was placed in legal hands and developments are expected. JThey should be forced Races usually gather in groups communities, both small and as a matter of preference. In New York such groups are amonr the most common divisions of the population, which simplifies social I settlement and other uplift and helpful work, and they are always grouped on race lines, being mostly a i lorcigncrs ana mosiy coiorea, more or less, -there being precious few real white people among them but the groupings are voluntary; the people gather to themselves be- cause they prefer it. Those of them who do not care to live in their race grouping are free to buy or I rent and to live in most parts of I the city where they are able to do so.

It is simply a question of abil-1 ity to pay for what is wanted the price demanded. This is as it I should be. Colored people also live in groups! and communities of their own and I with their own but they resent, as others would, any effort of pub- lie opinion or law-makers to de- clare arid insist that they shall do so. What people do of their own accord is one thing what they are i told thev must do. when there is no I legal or personal right to dictate to them in the matter is another thing mem me matter, is anotner ining, and a thing serious, very serious, not only with colored people, but with all people.

In Europe the movement towards such coercion on race lines, and the Jew, for the most part, is made the victim; in this country it is on the color line, and the Negro is, for the most part, the victim. We should orgnnize in I I the liberated slaves as highly problematical. Fifty years of partial freedom and opportunity have enabled the Negro people to accom- olish wonders, not only in the acquisition and development of farm property, but of urbn property as property, UUl Ul Uiuau UlUUCIiy cl wcu, mu tsiouiiwiiuwn vi business7 enterprises of all sorts, with a string of banks from Richmond to Atlanta an from Atlanta to Memphis and from Memphis to Little 11Mta(, nt lflur whn ar( name well, VTti.lt VUU4tlVU au and fortune, and laying a solid foundation tor their children to build I a 1 1. 1 I a better and stronger name and lortune upon, i nis is ine Dngnt anu hopeful side of the picture. Too much stress cannot be laid upon the other side of the picture.

The South seems not to appreciate the splendid asset it has in its labor and industrial forces. their time in devising segregation separation laws cveryming anect.ng tne two IJyUA UL.V 1. rvsrn rn rne executive mansiuu. anu i' paragemem oi tne egro py.c, iu .1 1 ..1 1. exist between mem as neipiui nrauuci.

ui -amv ctate. fhe discontent this policy has provoked and keeps alive is a stnncieni onset to ine rainpdui uiuuicui u-it J' hl TTr.inn tn iudcre Taft alludes. i in a Ulal RCCi" inua Condition. sMith.rti law and nublic opinion development of Negro brains and useless tnrtion ana oicKenng, shown very decidedly that others will not do it for us. BOLEY EXTENDS ITS HANDS WITH PRIDE.

Boley, Oklahoma, extends its hands with pride and other things, to the rest of mankind, and espe- it XT ciauy iu ine incmuvis vi mc i-i- tional Negro Business League and its allied subsidiaries, who will meet in annual session Muskegee, a distant suburb of Boley, in the August days. What is Boley, it should do this? Boley is a Ne- gro town, incorporated and young, where Negroes have done every- thing and are doing everything that has been or is being done tor boley, It is prosperous, cheerful and very proud of itself. We are sure that the readers of The Age will be glad to know more about Boley than they do; we, therefore, have pleasure in reproducing from 1 lie Boley Progress the following parts of a signed editorial by Mr. W. E.

1Rainwater, whose enthusiasm for Boley cannot be measured by words "The climatic, social, economic and commercial conditions of Boley, like other geographical stations, undergo tant changeSi iike flowe 0f various 5, ad we meet them as they come. Few people would have battled against repeated failures, but with no hopC( automatically connected with this virgin soil, now yielding an un- paralleled crop. A great one was antici- XhET'I fu(Ure before Bolev. if every community aind keep the or- "But few lawyers, doctors, preachers ganization strong and healthy, to or teachers in Boley fail to prow some-watch and protect our civic rights Theme and property interests, in the courts anj tni their soil like other progressive and out of them. We have been I farmers.

Scientific fend practical farm- EIH3 NEW YORK AGE, THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1914. interest, because of his native eenius i i Presidency the White House at Tint a verv nr. nn nf'tU have of hir wal amply shown in oi me rninnpine islands, as See Koosevelt, and as President in sue that he has a sympathetic and oeing snown now, when he is actively several ot our educational boards i juiy we nnd and are very mucl a iafts address to the graduating April 24, last, because of his broad South and the Negro's opportunity, and manhood. Judge Taft said and after studying the North and the iuture icnuency oi wntcn is uncertain, Negro, with his natural desire to be labor of his hand is the most honorable their economic importance, which are they aspire. happiness, and under the influence of of religion, they will justify all the and other races for their elevation.

good advice of Judge Taft, says truth is concerning what the work the South and thoughtless speakers and writers inefficient; but the people who say this of the case, but they often do not Negroes in every community are lazy. as mecnanicai utDorers, tne veraict is mat being made in a spirit of boastful the South, that this years yield out Major Moton's estimate of the Taft. But underneath it all lies precentage of the cotton and cerea! due to the independent labor the labor of Negro wage workers, niuusiiiai tuuuuiu-o uui uimhicu a traAB nc iug umiuiv, anu uj m. iw.u- iri and in the establishment of Miva Its politicians spend too much of laws in buying and renting ot land, in uiu ui ujiuuuumuu- i. tuf P.u cnm i.nl 1 TT A I.C.flll i.w;n wictnrhpfi anri tinneaitnv inaustriai hamper too much the growtn ana brawn, much of which is wasted in ing stands foremost in this vicinity, where Cexxshaw and Ward are cut ting the greatest grain crop here har vested, filling their barns and fattening their stock to break all records of Bolev.

"Many have laid by on smoked ba con and home-cured ham, nice spring chicken and a dollar-a-day labor. Isn't it wonderful? By condition we have learned to assume greater responsibili ties in the development of the natural resources around us, that daily convince ail who visit us that we must be an cx ceotional people. "The greatest institutions of the land. New York, with her wealth, her learning and her commerce, cannot furnish the schooling, the practice and results we get operating Boley. Its remark able.

The highest among us will, with grace, don his overalls without any hesitation. For results I cite you to the beautiful and well-kept homes, improved farms, well-filled barns and healthy bank accounts now to lie found among the Negroes. With all our faults we learn the law and respect the officers When they come we go, that's all. So you are wanted elsewhere you'd better be going. We invite thrifty farmers, good and progressive citizens of all walks of life, to settle among us." Boley is young, as we have said, and it should grow old gracefully, and with large increase of population and wealth, with citizens as enthusiastic as Mr.

Rainwater and the editor of Progress, Mr. W. E. Perry, to sing its praises and lend willing hands to do the work that makes for success. THE WAR IN EUROPE.

The war in Mexico had hardly been brought to a close before a general war in Europe broke out last week, in its. ultimate possibili ties, when Austria-Hungary de clared war against Servia, one of the Balkan States but reaently at war with Turkey. The assassination of Crown Prince Ferdinand Joseph and his wlit by a youth of seventeen years a few weeks ago is the direct provocation of war. The fear is that Russia, France and Great Britain, on one side, and Ger many Italy and Austria, on the other, will be drawn into the con flict as the result of the action Austria. It is estimated tliatt the six Pow ers have an available fighting force of 20,000,000 soldiers which may be called to the colors.

A great many foreigners in this country have answered the call and wi proceed to join their colors if hos tilities become general. It is said that quite 1,000,000 men in this country are subject to army service in the countries from which they came here. The coal operators are fearing that the war will cripple their working forces, as large num bcrs have signified their readiness to answer the call of their mother countries. The hatred between races in the countries of Europe is something so intense that their wars of former times have taken on the brutal as pect of utter extermination of the combatants. The six countries here named contain very diverse race groups, but their own people in each of the nations are alway ready for the most part to war upon the others.

It is to be regretted that such a war could be possible in this en lightened age. It shows that man kind is very far as yet from ac cepting the Christian principle 0 common brotherhood. In answering Dr. Ransom's big ques tion, "How much is a man worth from his shoulders down?" we should have said "Nothing with his head off 1" in The Ace of July .23, but the types left ott out. French methods in criminal cases are different from ours, more sentimental and hysterical, but where woman is con cerncd the outcome of the trial is much the same.

Madame Joseph Caillaux deliberately shot and killed Editor Gas tov Calmette of the Figaro for pub lishing articles reflecting upon her and her husband, who is a great political leader, but. after a sensational trial, she was acquitted by the jury and dis charged. A jealous woman or a woman scorned is a dangerous creature, but the law and public opinion of Christian countries do not judge their cnmina acts by the same law and evidence as in the case of a man. As women become more masculine in thought and conduct the disposition to treat their criminal acts by the accepted standard is becom ing more common in Europe and America. TRIBUTE TO CHARLOTTE FORTEN GRIMKE.

(By Fanni Barrier William.) The passing away of Charlotte Por- ten Grimke, at her home in Washing ton, D. C. on July 22 after a long ui ness brought sorrow to a host 01 friends and admirers who knew and loved her for her many graces of heart and mind. Mrs. Charlotte Forten Grimke was one of the most Interesting women of the race.

She graduated from the Salem, Xornial School and was chosen as Instructor in one of the white schools of Salem. During the es tablishment of the Freeman's schools, Mrs. Grimke went south as a teacher and became one at the most useful ana Influential -women in mat nrsi noble work of raca. regeneration. Mentally Mrs.

Grimke was unusually gifted. Aside from her teaching she was a favored correspondent ana con tributor to New England papers, to the Atlantic Monthly and to other leading magazines where her contributions of poetry and prose were eagerly accept ed. Mrs. Grimke was an accomplished French scholar and has translated ex tensively, both for publication and re creation. Her broad lulture, taste for literature and beautiful sympathies brouirht her into Dersonal contact with nearly all the New England poets ana Uterateurs.

Her relationship to the noet Whittler was especially cordial and her "Personal RecoUections of Whittler" published in the New Eng land Magazine in IS93, attracted wide attention. Col. Higsrlnson was a warm friend and admirer of Charlotte or len Grimke as were, most of the dls- tineuished men and women of her gen eratlon. Indeed so rare and winsome were her Qualities of and mind and unaffected her demeanor that those who knew her Intimately and loved her wm nnd it hard to think of her as gone. During the years she lived in Wash ington, D.

her home was the center of all that is best in human society, A lover of books and art and an ex- prrmlar of christian life and devotion, she and her noted husuana. nr. rranK Grimke. did more for the higher lire of Washington society than can wen be estimated. Chicago, 111.

BISHOP WALTERS REPLIES TO DR. RANSOM. Dishoo Alexander Walters has ad dressed the following letter to the Rev. Reverdv C. Ransom, editor A.

E. Review, in reply to an editorial in the July Review, asking tne question, "What will Biahon Walters do now?" This editorial was published In The Age July 19. The Reply. Rev. R.

C. Ransom. Vf. Editor A. M.

E. Review, Philadelphia, Pa. My dear Sir: in rpooint nt the July number of the Review and It Is an excellent number. Accept my thanks for the same. I have read your editorial entitled "What Will Bishop Walters Do Now?" with interest and profit, and am grateful to you for your complimentary reference as to my leader- In answer to your question, nnm WU1 Bishop Walters Do Now?" I ae- Ire to state that before 1 -ver-u relations with th Republican party and united with the Democratic party, I counted the cost.

I knew that I would be misunderstood and misrepresented, for with a large number of Afro-Americans, the Repuuncan panj it fntinh nri frr a Negro not to trust and worship It, considered an unpardonable sin. I knew that I and my associates would be th victims of the severest criticisms and vituperation, but having, in common with others, the Interest of my race at heart I decided to stand the storm, and let the future Justify my actions. It is known to us all that It is the Democratic party that is In control in the South, and it is in the South where the majority of our people live, and appeared to me that the work of the hour was to do something to change tne Negro political conditipn through out the South for the better. The im portant question with us' was, what method we should adopt to bring about this end. It was thought that since the Republican party had abandoned us to our fate, an alignment with the Democratic party was the best way out of the difficulty; that by so doing, we would arouse new interest in the Re publican party, and bring to our sup port the Northern and western Dem ocrats, thus killing two birds with one stone.

It was and is our hope that the Northern and Western Democrats would and will be able to Influence the South to the extent that it will be willing to restore to us the and repeal its inimical legislation. We did not expect this to be done within or two. for we were aware of the difficulty of the task, and believed vas tne proper method to pursue, and knew that eventually our object would be accomplished. We cannot believe that the Demo crats of the South are not influenced by the progress we have made in the lust fifty years. It Is hardly possible for them to talk forever about the Bos ton Tea Party, and taxation without representation, and remember that Afro-Americans are paying taxes on millions and millions of dollars of rea esiute, and still deny to them the right of franchise.

We cannot believe that the leaders of the Democratic party of the South are aware that there are half a million Negroes voting in the northern, eastern and western states and that in a short while there will be a million, and still Ignore this tre mendous force in politics. The policy cannot be otherwise than suicidal. The South is just as sure to lose out in its efforts to keep the Negro from the ballot box, as It was In its efforts to keep them In slavery. And it is our duty, and our work, to keep these things to the fore to hammer on the stone until it breaks. When Pat was asked by his lord after he had broken open a large stone, what blow did the work, he answered, "My lord, it was every blow." Our efforts may be feeble now, but like the first efforts of Pat's they are having their effect.

hen northern Democratic leglslaors realize that they are being kept out of office by the votes of colored men on account of unfair treatment by the white men of the South, they will find a way to induce them to grant the black man in the South the ballot. And so far as I am concerned, unless the present ad ministration gives the black man square deal, I will not advise colored men to vote the national democratic ticket, but on the other hand, will urge them vehemently to vote against It. Segregation. Every manly and self-respecting Ne gro is against segregation in the government in any form, and must and will tight it. at all times and in all places, to the bitter end.

It is well to remember at this time that segregation started under Republican rule, It commenced in the latter part of the Roosevelt, and was continued during the Taft administration. In the last year of the Taft administration, chanced to visit the Post Olllce Depart ment, and the Bureau of Printing and Engraving. I was surprised to find In many cases that the colored clerks were in a room to themselves, and the whites were In rooms to themselves. Of course here and there a few colored clerks were in rooms with whites, but none but a fool could fail to Bee that it was an effort at segregation. The truth Is, that when it comes to segre gation, the Democrats and Republicans are as one in the matter, and it be hooves Negroes to present a united and aggressive front in opposition to segregation.

This is no time to stand olt and. criticise, but for all to pitch in. both Democrats and Republicans, and help to save the day, for we have enemies in both parties, and. a plenty of them. Dismissals.

We all know that the wholesale dis missals began under Taft's adminls tration. He gave us to understand in his inaugural address, what we might expect from him. He told us that it was going to be his policy, not to ap point Negroes to offices in those locali ties where white people objected. I am told that more than four hundred Negroes were put out of office during his regime. Who put Dr.

Crum out of the Custom House at Charleston, S. C. and appointed a white man in his place? Taft. Who put Rucker out of the Collector office at Atlanta, and put a white man Ih his place? Taft. ho put Cohen out ofthe Land Office at New Orleans, and put a white man in his place? Why a Republican President.

Mr. Taft. Who put Mr. Wilson out of the Pontmastership at Florence, 8. Mr.

Taft. Who put R. Smith of Texas out of his lat job? Why, President Taft. But why need I go further. The records tell the story, and they tell a sad, sad Btory.

Who put all the Negroes off the National Republican Committee, where at one time we had nearly a hundred mttfnbers? Why Republicans certain ly. Who paved the way to put all the Negroes out of Congress? President Hayes. And since I come to think of it, my good friend Dancy was taken out the Collectorshlp at Wilmington, N. and hla place filled with a white man, by our good Methodist President McKlnley. Why my good friend Ransom, have you forgotten the records? If you have, allow me to call your attention to the records, both Democratic and Republican, and you will find them with mean and hellish deeds so far as the black man is concerned.

I write not this to condone the acts of this administration In regards to the black man, for I urged President Wilson and Attorney General McRey- nolds not to put Iewls out of office, and if they would put him oil, fcive the place to a Democratic Negro. But following the example of Taft and others, they put him out and gave his Job to a white man. The same la true of Mr. Tyler. 1 commend both Dem ocrats and Republicans alike for the comfirmation of Judge Terrell.

Surely we owe the northern and Democrats something for the manful way they stood up for our able Judge. The nomtnatloa of Judge Terrell by a Democratic President, and confirma tion by a Democratic Senate, has given the Negro a rtatus in the Democratic party, such as they never had before. I have been toia oy tne neaus or tne departments that In the dismissals of men from the departments, a ratio Is observed. For instance in the Post Office, at one time there were sixty- one men dropped; of this number eleven were colored and fifty were white. At another time there were twent-flve dropped.

Twenty-two were white and three were colored. In the Pension Office about a hundred were dropped, and out of that number only six were colored. 80 whenever we hear fa number of colored men being dropped, we must remember that much larger number ot whites are dropped also. This Is a Democratic administration, and you know its the nnllnv to Dut out as many Republicans as possible, whether they be white or black. What we Negroes are cumenu-Ing for is that, when a Republican Ne gro Is put out of office, inai nis pia- be not filled by a white man, uui uy Votrrn T-PmnCMt Tha nn man who is making the mont havoc amontr Negroes in Wash intrtnn la Mr.

Cramm. a Republican, who is demoting. Negroes without cause, reducing clerks to messengers, nnd mpHHensrers to laborers. I tell you, we all need to be on the firing line Just now. There seems to be a determined effort to eliminate the Negro irom poli tics; we must unite and oppose it.

What Bishop Walters Is Going to Do NOW. First I am going to continue to urge the President to keep his prom Isrs to give the black man a square deal, by appointing him to important offices, and to use his influence to pre vent the enactment by Congress or any Inimical legislation. I am going to advise the black man to continue to divide their vote, and to support the men who have proven themselves to be friends to the race, whether they be Democrats, Republicans, or Bull Moose; and if this does not. effect I am going to advise them to organize a Negro party, and wherever it Is feasible to do so, put Negro can- didates in the field for municipal, coun ty, state, and congressional offices. This Is what Bishop Walters is going to do.

ALEXANDER WALTERS. ATLANTA CONSTITUTION REVERSES ITSELF To the Editor of The Age: I saw reproduced in a recent Issue of The Age an editorial from the At lanta Constitution, condemning dema gogy, admonishing the politicians that race prejudice has been worked over time and that some real issue must now and hereafter be relied on commend a candidate for the support or tne puDiic. The editorial was a seeming recognition that the South had slept too long under the spell of this terrible Incubus, which has already cost the section and the country as well too mucn. it indicated that the Constitu tion had undergone a sudden change, a real conversion, and broken out of the fetters by which it and the white -south is cruelly and slavishly bound Dy suotie politicians. But the Const! tution reminds one of the cow.

that after yielding an abundant supply of gooa miiK greatly vexed the maid by me pun. In a later Issue under headlnir. "Cioari for the South," it is commending the Alabama Republicans for eliminating me coiorea Drotner at the late con ventlon, and felicitating that with the Negro shelved the Southern white man is emancipated and "can vote and think and speak his convictions." If the Constitution believes the action of Alabama Republicans fixes the political status of the twelve or fifteen million Negro American citizens, as It says tne Negro out of tne country." and this Is either a slip of the pen or a veiled hint at extermination It will some day become aroused from its hal lucinatlon to find itself as much mis taken about this as about the manv raise prophesies and predictions that long since put the white man out of tne guessing as to what his black brother can do and will do. It ought to be and I believe It Is good for the Negro that the white mans frankness always keeD his In tentlons regarding the Negro exposed. inis Keeps tne Negro mind In action and with the guidance of God he la quietly working away out of the pro- scriDea connnes assigned him.

Yet in this work he Is greatly retarded bv absorption of too many of the vices and too few of the virtues of the white Vigilance Is an essential virtue and a very present help in time or neea. This should be the watch word of every Negro, all unitine with fair minded Christian whites against oppression ana ror equal civic and po litical privilege for every citizen. H. A. RUCKER.

Atlanta, Ga. GOOD FOR THE SOUTH. (From the Atlanta Constitution.) -somethlntr sienificant nnlltixoiiv happened in Birmingham, last eeK, wnen a state-wide Republican convention met without one Necro delegate. The mandace excluding Ne groes naa oeen issued by the State executive committee, and the story Kc.es mai mere was not one cnmnlnint You may believe the latter statement or not. as you please.

The point Is, that for the first time in the history of the State the "brother in black" did not ngure in the dellberntlnna ami aecisions or tne Republican party. imi miurren in AJnnnma la ply prophetic of what Is destined to occur ultimately In other Rmii1nl States. The national ReDubllean rnn. vention has taken anxinuo wi me i.egro in Its counsels, and sougnt effectual ways to eliminate mm, or at least, to apply the soft pedal. Last winter the Renul.llrn m.

tional committee hunted wavs tn nut Muicius 10 me wegro wnnout hurting the party in the doubtful States where his vote is a factor, or without offending the Bourbon politician who wants 10 use tne southern Negro to manlp uiaie KepuDiican conventions. The committee failed of iu purpose, because the Republican organization Is iineii ntrni now discredited Kmc th effort itself is surely scheduled to succeed. When the Negro is aotuallv limi. nated from politics in the States, not hypothetlcally but actually the changes are apt to be profound! Since the. animosities Inherited from the Civil War have been nxtlnnkh one of the chief, -if not the chief, barrier between the Southern white man and the Republican party has been the Negro.

The Negro out of the country, it is largely conjecture as to what wm take place. How the South will divide will depend upon what is going forward at the time, and upon what the national parties have to offer way or political wares. There Is one thinar for whleh tn. ceJ'1taln. that is that the Southern White man is aDDronohlncr t)i llm.

when he can vote and think and speak, from conviction, and not from exped- UfnV -r 1 i iuur or iraaition. The full materialisation of u. breadth and honesty will be one or the happiest things that can happen to the South, and the nation as well. THE COLORED MAN'S TOWN. (Charlotte, U.

Observer.) In Wlnaton-SalAm what 4. II.Tk?" V1? problem seems to be solving Itself by voluntary action of the colored people and In a iV" mpl mne'- From an editorial In The Journal we gather that the colored population Is flocking to a suburb of their Awn ral.n T. lumbla Hslghta- Of' the horn. 5 these colored people The Journal houses are painted, and flowera grass and shrubbery are growing in the yards. They are industrious and own the homes.

One for instance lives in a splendid house which would le a credit to Winston-Salem." One of the residents of Columbia Heights Is a contractor, "having learned all he knows akouf the business In the Slater State Normal School." Another of the residents has Just started ImiMinK a sanatorium in the town for the benefit of the colored race. This is an omi. nently encouraging report and should be an inspiration to the colored citizens of other municipalities. The Jou--nal suggests that the board of aldermen give the people of Columbia Heights seweragb and paved mreets and The Observer has no doubt that this will be done. YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.

Youncstown, Ohio. Miss Estella Stewart, Miss 'Mamie Lewis, Mrs. Frank Hall and son, Richard, Claude Johnson and Jean Brown were in Jamestown, Sunday, and were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. James Lee.

The Rev. John Ogborn left Thursday for a three weeks' vacation. Thomas Lonesome, Mrs. Hanah Boggers, Mrs. Charles Boggers left for Toledo, Ohio, to attend the grand lodge K.

of P. The St. Augustine Mission held its picnic at Wicks Park. The lawn fete of the Louisa Edwards Court given at the home of Mr. and Mrs.

Wm. Saunders was a success. Mr. and Mrs. Gains Williams, Miss Roda Homes, Miss Wm.

Simmis, Miss Jennie Pool, Mrs. Mayo, Benjamin Ferman and Will Collins left on Monday evening to attend the session of K. of P. in Toledo. Mrs.

Lizzie Vactor of Buffalo, N. Mrs. Mattie- Glover of Akron, 0., and Wm. Vactor of Cleveland, were called to the city on account of ill ness of their mother, Mrs. Anderson Vactor.

Leonard, the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Bofson of West Lincoln avenue, is much better.

The lawn fete given by the Young People's Giuld of St. Augustine Mis sion at the home of Mrs. Wm. Brown was a success. The Negro Business Men's League of Youngstown, organized two months ago.

Thomas H. Payne, president; T. W. Woolridge, vice president; Paul Wat kins, secretary; H. O.

Emerson, corresponding secretary; T. W. Briggs, treasurer. Mrs. Lee Porter of west Myrtle ave nue, is 111.

Mrs. Kelley and Mrs. S. Duff are In Cleveland visiting relatives. Mrs.

Eliza Brown, wife of Geo. Brown, Cypress street, died in the city Hospital Saturday and was buried Monday. Mrs. Man' Conrad is In Pittsburgh and Unlontown for two weeks. Mrs.

J. Harris is the guest of friends in Pittsburgh. Mrs. Emma Paynter, Susie Green and daughter Gwendle, of Wheeling and MIbs Martha Brlggs of Belllare, are the guest of Mrs. Mr.

and Mrs. W. P. Stamps returned home after a four weeks visit with relatives In Virginia. WARREN, ARK.

Warren, Ark. Ground breaking rallv at 3 p. m. Sunday marked an epoch in history of Walter Institute. The Rev.

G. W. Mitchell, pastor of the A. M. E.

Church, preached. An offering was taken. The trustees in line behind, the minister and principal marched to the Walters Institute grounds, where during the order of services. Pearl Etta Pierce of Brewer- ville, Liberia, broke the ground for the new building. An offering of was given to Principal Eichelberger.

A revival is now being conducted at Bethel A. M. E. Churrh by the Rev. G.

W. Mitchell; twenty-eight converts so rfar. Mrs. L. B.

Corrothers made a trip to Endora. Ark. in the interest of the Woman's Volunteer Movement for Walters Institute last Friday, and raised $37.25. T. H.

Daniel of Waco. is visit ing relatives in this city and will also visit at Morrell, Fountain Hill, Cros-sett, and Little Rock. The Rev. W. M.

Howard, pastor or St. Paul, Little Rock, was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. D. R.

Corrothers. Prinrinal Tame W. F.ichelberfier, addressed the K. of P. Grand Lodge at Hot Springs in the interest of Walters Institute Mrs.

Tannic R. Martin, wife ol tne principal of the city public schools was at home Friday and taturaay. The Rev. J. B.

Scott, the 01 Walters Institute, filled the pulpit of the Rev. F. D. Douglas, Sunday. July 26, at the A.

M. E. Zion Church. The Re. F.

D. Donala9S wh'lc at Harlow is assisting the Rev D. Gant in a rally. HOLLY SPRINGS, MISS. Hoixy Springs.

Miss. The Odd Fel lows of Silver Shower Lodge No. 214o, located here i nthis city, laid the cor nerstone at Vincent Chapel M. Church, five miles northwest of here, SnnHav Tiilv PrSf K. 11.

Me Kissack, secretary and treasurer of the Odd Fellows of Mississippi, was master of ceremonies. Prof. W. M. K'cn" ardson was master of the Odd Fellows.

The Rev. C. W. Evans pastor of the Church. The Rev.

F. H. Henry, pastor of Asbury, has recovered from an attaca of illness. 1. Mesdames Pearl Lawrence and m- lane gave a moonlight entertainment Wednesday night, July 29.

vilnn. Shaw ana Birdie Reed gave entertainments Thurs day night. Johnnie Kelly and Udell Kicnai-- spent Sunday, July 26 in Mempni Tenn. A concert was given at liopcwc Baptist Church Thursday niglit. IeQiV Rlair West Colleee street, had his arm broken fry a fall from buggy.

Wednesday, July A supper was given at rrov.u.--Baptist Church Friday night. Oscar Gatewood was out to sr parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dock Catalogues of Miller institute School are out. This is the first puMishing catalogues.

School will open July 31. G. dler is principal of the school. Mss" Rachael Half and Emma Dixon and second assistants..