Huntsville gazette., 1885-11-07
Magic City Items.
Sam Jones' Work-Thc Injustice on
the Negro-A C0lored House Dedi
catiOn-Other Notea.

.Sam Jones" has come, and thus
far seems to be doing some good
work. No Negroes" allowed in his
tent at the night services by order of
the committee, bat they are allowed
70 enter in the day.
A fatal shooting occurred here on
the evening Of Oct. 26th, between
two very popular white men. viz: W.
F. Orr and Phil Givan. Orr was shot
once near the heart from which he
died. Givan was shot three times
and is seriously i'll.
The corner stone e the A. N. E.
Church was lni, by Mount Hebron
Lodge A. F A. M On the 9th inst.
by r W. Deputy Grand Master J..
II Biuforl The work was perf,rm-
ed in snch a manuer as to reflect
credit on the worSm-n. AMI showed
that they were '.tried, true ands
trusty." SIR A. \. SensabOugh was
orator on the occ .sion and delivered
short Masonic adslr IS, after which
a grand collection w4> taken up; the
nt proceeds nm. .untink to S267 Is.
The Svuthsiie oul,r.d school house
Was dedicated on the 30th inst. The
building is very pretty one, and
under the control of Prof. R. R.
Hudson as principal, with two lady
assistants who came from Virginia.
Birmingham is one Of the worst Of;
towns for colored men to be recog-
nized as men. As q rule they get
the rough part on all sides. All are
classed as one, regardless to his
worth or standing. am sorry to
say that the Magic City" with all
its rapid progress. and large beds Of
iron ore and great furnaces, is far
behind the lovely old town OF Hunts
vile in this respect. For not COL
ored man holds city Office be it
ever 50 insignificant. out of popu-
lation IF about 1000. I think that
the Negro is entitled to q share Of
the ublic Offices, and we have full
supply of competent colored men
here who would do honor to any po-
sition assigned to them. But the
white man steps up and says none
for you Mr.. "Nigger.' l think that
l but voice the sentiment of the en-
tire community when l make the as
sertion and say that we are tired OF
this sort of government, and intend
to make radical change in so much
as to demand our rights as citizens,
and stop sitting still as knot on .
log. As long as we, the colored citi-
zens Of Jefferson chunty stand it. the
longer we will be asked to stand it.
The Negro. though his face is black.
is rational being and a man created
equal 10 any man, and should be so
recognized among the white people
Oh the other hand, the colored peo-
pie should cement themselves to.
gether in every particular. for in
union there is strength" Mot only
SO in religious and social relations,
but with your money in business, for
this alone is the great cementing
power, and when the colored people
learn this very important truth aud
strictly adhere to it. then we will be a
sustaining r.ce aad thereby will /,
force the other Nations of the world
0 recognize and respect US. I do
not moan this alone for the poor, il.
literate country negroes, bat it is
aimed ut the 80 called educated Ne
groes who live in town, and who
wear fine clothes and 20 for some
great leader, either religiou-ly .r po
iticalIy. But when it comes to
spending his money he spends i
with the wlite man, retu-ing to help
hi, own business men. Agai, speak
this from some years Of experience,
that the poorer classes Of Neyrocs
are more Inclined to help Que an0th.
er than are the higher classes of
town negroes.
Yours,
Echo"