The Rising son., 1903-01-16
"NGRoEs AND NlGGERs."
One Who Thinks Higher Negro So
ciety Should ee More Careful.

To The Star: The Star Is to he
of the subject, 'Ncgrues and Niggers."
No greater service can be done the
Negro than to arouse him and make
him reform. have studied Negroes
carefully and feel that The Star was
eminently right.
Mr.. Bowser falls short of The Stars
meaning. Few of what is called the
better class Negroes concern them
selves one way or the other about
the welfare of their lower element.
II Is not these that they defend. They
feel themselves to be too high above
them. But it Is the morally deficient
in their own class that they shield
and protect One of the most glaring
incongruities is the makeup of that
higher class. Read the police records
and then read an account in the R.s-
ing Son of one of the smart functions
in Negrodom and see who IL is that
leads Negro society in this city. The
Negro loafer may not be there. but
the man who devotes all his talents "a
the making of Negro loafers is there,
with his wife rohed in silks and be-
decked in diamonds, and few there
be who are not proud to do them honor
These men have every encouragement
to keep up their nefarious business
They make money, live well and ranl
with the High school teachers.
Dress and show have nearly all L
20 with entrance to Negro society
Any one out of the fraiiest family o.
any quarter of this city may gain ad
~ wlss'on &c he best that go,s on II n
but be good looking and have the tast'
to dress well and the precaution Il
spend freely. OF course. no one vii
pretend to know the rest of the family
but this lucky scion will have the man
Tie of protection thrown around hin
and he will be safe, So long as he L
a Screet and society sees cause {,
crate him. Until Negro society i
base6 upon something more lasting
Il an mere fancy and outward appear
a,ce the Niggers will largely outnum
the Negroes.
Negroes should have more respec
for truth and moral worth. The
should hold up the truth in thei
Nurches and schools, and show h
their honest dealings in the every da
affairs of life that they are men. The
Should protect the virtue of thCi
women and guard the honor OF thei
children. They should reconstruC
their better class" and, having don
so, make some attempt to lift up tha
class that so often falls into the cluthe
of the law. Get acquainted with theI
and help them and yourself. too.-
A LOCKER On, Who is a Negro.-K {
Star
In touching upon the above que
ton, MIR. LOCKER On" evidentl
surveyed the ground very thorough
in order to give the situation as man
persons see II. No one, except thos
whom the shoe fits, will scarcely TAX
umbrage at what has been said an
the unbiased will readily admit thu
there is much room for improvemeI
in the Negro social set of Kansas Cit,
This hit of agitation is very timel
and IL rests entirely with that ella:
of Negroes who would constitute III
good element of citizenship in tn
community as 10 whether the nor
deficiency In Negro society which
claimed to exist by Mr.. LOCKER on
shah be wiped out of existence
allowed tn continue TO exist II is
well established fact that the leade
OF society should countenance evel
ChAraCteris that yces ~ mal.a ~,
womanhood AID true manhood in @
der that the mantle of protection
thrown around the coming Negro ge
Grafton.