The plaindealer., 1900-01-26
MENTAL tYRATl0Hs !!
THE COLORED PEOPLE PROGRESSING
KANSAS OPPORTUNITIES.
southern Kansas the Black Belt--TOo
Much Cakewalk and Coon Song SpOiIs
The Classic Rhythm of Negro De-
veIopment--The Old Negro
and the New Negro.

nile Junket across Kansas, the
route forming a triangle from To-
Peka 0ia Emporia en- r0Htf to Par
sons We seached the home of the
late Senator Preston B. Plumb at
$50 a. M, Tuesday. EnIporia is
one OF the quietest, wealthiest, most
soClaoIe educational towns in the
state 1t is just the place for COM
munlSm with lords and peers, kings,
emPerorS, sertS and peasants, the
rlch ana poor, but not the good and
the bad. Although the population
is about nine thousand, one-thousand
two-hundred being colored people,
no racial conflicts are possible. The
civil atmosphere is permeated with
the essence of New England ideas
of liberty. Combined with educa-
tional and Christian ideals, supreme
in their force in the character of the
people, Emporia has the appearance
of Nashville, the quality of Newport
and the commercial brazenness of
Kansas City.
The State Normal school, the
largest in the world, is a blessing to
all the people. 1t enrols IS or 20
colored students every year. 1t may
be a little difficult to understand
why only three colored persons have
graduated from this school-Gaitha
Page, Topeka; Rev John R. Smith,
Kansas City, Kas., and young lady
in the early SOS. We are informed
that during the past II years the
attendance at the Normal had reached
an average of 200 hundred students
annually, of whom IS were colored.
This small percentage is beacon
light to hundreds of our young men
and women to acquire more
liberal education. The Curr culum
of the State Normal school is eoual
to and surpasses that of many OF our
So-called colleges and universi. es.
In the Kansas University, State
Normal school and Agricultural and
Mechanical college, there were 81
students last year thus it can be
seen that this is a very small pei
cent. of $1,000 colored boys e.
girls of school age in Kansas. I:
tsfiac t that sEe-Pre S ssr0nss s e / b.. Z
overdone is not justified by these
figures.
Among the prominent citizens are
D. F. Upton, the stockman Alex.
Reeves, the genial deputy county
clerk Mr.. Moore, the tonsorial
artist Rachel Allen, C. Wood, R.
Evans, r. Bassett ct al.
There are four churches, A. NJ.
E., Baptist, Christian and c. NJ. Z.
A more genial, upright Christian
minister than Rev. Phelix Barr is
hard to find. Rev. w. H. PCllette,
formerly of Prescott, Ark, has just
been called to the pastorate of the
St. James Baptist church. We
couldn't ascertain the names of the
other pastors. In addition to the
educational, religious and political
of the colored people of
a good restaurant, barber
shop, physician and lawyer should
be secured. The wealth, good senti-
ment, thrift and public spirit of its
citizens demand these acquisitions.
CHANUTE
is model little railroad town. The
population is about 500, about 200
are colored In a mechanical sense,
the colored people here are in ad-
vance of those in any other part of
the state. Here they have what is
known as the kansas Savings In
vestment Co." This organization is
the product of Rev. ]. S. Hale, who
was justice of the peace under Gov
ernor Leedy's administration, and
one of the most reliable, trustworthy
colored men in the state. The OBJ
jects of this institution are first, to
purchase homes, the organization of
enterprises, ETC.; second,
to loan money to its stockholders On
collateral securities, the amounts not
to exceed the FER capita of the stock
they hold third, to employ colored
clerks and stimulate desire to
racial independence in the trades
and professions. The present COM
pany comprises "a stockholders.
Capital stock, $1,000 paid up
capital, $1,000. Stock is SI.Oo per
share. Although this "child" is
not quite three years old, it has
inspired $4,000 worth of property