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The colored American., 1903-01-10

foregoing. But, why are they not sup
ported?" is past finding out
Many a colored editor to-day is
feeding On the husks of life simply
that he may serve to his race from
week to week decent, enlightening,
elevat1ng newspaper. He prefers thus
TO be OF real service to his race, rather
than to resort to the sensational pub
Heation OF matters Of doubtful pro-
priety, for his personal gain, but to
the inehable loss Of the race. 1t there
fore behooYeS every colored man and
woman to support decent colored
journalism by cash subscriptions. This
done a colored daily would soon be
born to live; and then the daily out
RACES against the race would cease.
AS humiliating as it may be, it is
nevertheless absolutely true, that the
Negro press is not supported by the
people in whose interest it is pub
Hshed. The so-called intelligent read
ing element among US will not sup
port their race journals by subscrib-
ing or paying for them. The illiterate
class among us take no practical in
terest in newspapers, not being able
to read them
The middle classes of our people,
therefore, furnish the bone and sinew
of support to our journals. Hence,
those who should be the followers of
the so-called intelligent element are
really Its unfollowed leaders.
The colored American., 1903-01-10

kind. but for the purpose OF unsettling
the Negro in his aspirations in this
country. 1t is desired that he should
forever remain a newer of wood and
a drawer Of water; and whenever the
possibilities of his escape from the
peonage marked out for him brighten,
the element which delight to disturb
his condition come to the surface. This
was the case under Harrison; it is the
case under Roosevelt, but it will a
mount to nothing now as it did then.
The Negro will do as his white brother
in respect to emmigratiOn. Those of
us who desire to emmigrate to the
Philippines or elsewhere will do so, but
we will emmigrate or be deported from
here as a race about as quick as will
the white race, and our friends, the
enemy, might as well become recon
ciled to the inevitable.
The colored American., 1903-01-10
SATURDAY, JANUARY 10 1903.
NEGRO JOURNALS.
Why Should They Be Supported

Whatever hope there was that the
color line could be wiped out so that
there would be no need of cOlOred
churches, colored fTaternal organiza-
tions, and colored journals, has wholly
faded away. There is a visible and
tangible line based upon color and
previous conditions, which separates
the two races in this country This
is seen and felt along every avenue
of effort
There are certain features of news
concerning colored people, which any
white journal will publish in their
choice columns, under f1arlng head
lines. Has a colored man been charged
with the commission OF some helnous
offense? Has he done something which
places him or those with whom he Is
identified at a disadvantage? All such
matters are sought and welcomed 10
the showy columns of white journals.
But, on the contrary, If a colored per-
son has performed an act which en-
titles him to credit, or rebounds TO
the glery Of his race, this would hnd
conspicuous place in but precious few
white journals; some would conslgn II
TO their obscure columns, while the
large majority would reject 1t alto
gether.
The remarkable progress made by
the cOIOred race since 6IdHClpdIlOh -
largely due to its journals They have
sought and published the cred1taole
things said and done by the race or
its representatives. In this way the
noble dead which otherwise would have
s'blushed unseen and wasted their
sweetness on the desert air." have
found prominent place in the columns
of the newspapers, owned, edited and
published by colored men. thereby en-
abIing US TO see ourselves in the most
favorable light, and relatively offset
ting the i'll effects of the white journals
that lose nc opportunity, real or I'M
aginary. to present us TO the reading
public in a most ignoble light.
Decent. LOYAL Negro journals are a
necessity. They are beacon-lghts IN
the tower OF progress, warning or ap
preaching danger, encouraging to
isn!ahle effort. blessing and uplifting
the race.
sswhv should Negro Journals be sup
ported?'' is sufficiently answered IN the
The colored American., 1903-01-10

refused TO accept $4,000 cash for his
holdings in the company When it is
considered that the company had Just
incorporated, and Weaver only held five
thousand shares of the stock at the par
value of s. per share, some idea of the
immense possibilities of this company
can be formed. The officers Of III.
company are all oolored men, they be-
ing: George A. Weaver, of Columbus,
O., president; Wilbur F. Jones, of Col
The colored American., 1903-01-10

umbus, treasurer; R. w. Tyler, Colam-
bus, secretary; George a. Myers, Cleve'
land, Prof. James McHenry Jones, pres
ident of the West Virginia Colored In
Stitute and Grand Master OF the Grand
United Order of Odd Fellows, members
OF the Board of Directors. Weaver had
a chance to make $4,000 spot cash, clear
above what his stock stands him, out
on the advice of his attorney refused as
he knows that the stock will bring hifh
at least FIVE times that amount
The colored American., 1903-01-10
SHALL WE EMMIGRATEq

AS as race, no. Certain of our
friends. the enemy. envy the era of
good feeling engendered toward us by
the impartial treatment Of us by this
administration. We can always tell
when the obstacles placed in our way
oS our friends, the enemy. are being
removed so that the coIored man NAV
break by. for then our friends. the
enemy, Immediately eonjure up some
wildcat scheme OF emmi CRATIC
portation, not necessarily for r
pose Of effectuating anything
The colored American., 1903-01-10

The attack upon DR.. Booker 7. WASH
ington by Prof" w. H. Ferris, Oh
Tuesday evening, before Bethel Literary
and Historical Association, has arouseo
much indignation among the frlenos o.
the Tuskegee Wizard" Acting upon
the suggestion made by many OF 'n'
believers in the value OF DR.. WASH
ington's practical work and his SINCERE
efforts TO elevate the standard o. ="
Negro, Mr.. R w. Thompson is ptep1i,
ing a full statement of the position o.
the famous educator, as tornlaI LeP'y
to the lire of criticism advanced by f'O''
Ferris and his Boston confederates.
The colored American., 1903-01-10
CAPTAIN GILMER'S PROUD RE
CORD.

COhD.
Elsewhere in this issue will be found
the military record of Captain David
j. Gilmer as it appears on the rolls
at the War Department. This most
excellent record has been kept from
the readers Of The Colored American
for the reason that Captain Gilmer
refused to allow us to have the dOcu-
ment when we wrote him for it over
a year ago, and we were unable to pro-
cure it from any other source at that
time. We heard so much talk OF
Captain Gilmer's remarkable record in
the Philippines through officers of the
4Sth and 49th regiments when they re-
turned to this city from Manila that
we became more than anxious to pub
lish it. knowing that our colored read
ers would be especially interested in
such a fine showing by one Of our
race, as a captain in the United States
Army. we wrote Captain Gilmer to
furnish us as much of his record as
he had in hand, to which he replied
in part:
"I don't care for notoriety on ac-
count Of my army record; nor do
want the people to think me brave, for
l am no braver than any officer who
served in the 4Sth and 49 regiments,
or any other in the Philippines. And
| am quite sure that some of the Off
GERS who served in the regiments
named were my superiors, both as
soldiers and as men of brains. There
fore, l must respectfully decline to
give my consent for the publication of
a military record that was made as
a result of being thrown in the hot-bed
of insurrection in the Philippines,
while other officers who were more
anxious TO fight than 1, could not get
to the firing line. My record is at
the War Department, and if the of
fcials see fit to give it to you l have
no objection"
Immediately after receiving this
letter We went TO the Record and
Pension Division of the War Depart
ment, and made the proper inquiries,
but were denied an opportunity to in
spect the papers on file. Now it comes
from the press that Senator Pritchard
secured the information, and on ac-
count of this record it is said he asked
President Roosevelt to reward the gal
lant young officer by giving him a
position for life.
1t should be remembered that after
the muster of the colored regiments
which were organized for the war in
Cuba, the New York Tribune, if we are
not mistaken, said Negro officers were
4 IdliuIO, anu therefore cOulC not COM
mand their own race as enlisted men
OF the army. We invite the Tribune
anG the military critics of the world
to examine Captain Gilmer's record,
and see if the generalship, strategy and
military sagacity Of this gallant color
ed American will bear out the pre-
JUDGED statement Of the Tribune
The trouble about the colored race
Is that our ability to do noble things
IS kept hidden from the world, and
the criminal set and loud-talkers a
mong the Negroes are placed constant
~ before the public. This condition
or affairs should not be permitted to
continue. 20 our eternal detrimen+.
whether Mr.. Roosevelt will reward
thls rare generalship, courage and
patriotism or not, remains to be seen.
however, let US all cry, Long Live
North Carolina" for sending forth
such gallant son of our race, to
demonstrate our ability as officers and
men Of war
The colored American., 1903-01-10

The appointment of gallant young
colored men of the David J. Gilmer
type will go farther than any other
method toward AmericaniZing and
winning the confidence of the Fill
pinos. They want to see how we treat
the dark-skinned citizens we have, be-
fore they irrevocably cast their lot
with this country.
The colored American., 1903-01-10

II surprises no one to hear that SEN
ator Tillman purposes to fight the con-
f1rmation Of DR.. Crum. Let it be re-
membered that there is a republican
majority in the Senate, and we are
not in the habit of looking to cantan-
kerous democrats to sustain our judg-
ment in the matter Of whom we select
for Office.
The colored American., 1903-01-10

Geo. a. Weaver, one OF the irco-.
porators OF The Wilgera Oil & Gas c.
the oil company recently incorporated
under the laws of West Virginia tor
$4,000, on the advice of his attorp.,
The colored American., 1903-01-10

Nearly every oolored lawyer in the
y has one or more clients among the
positors OF the Capital Savings Bank.
The colored American., 1903-01-10

SUBSCRIPTIONS may be sent By post ONCE
money order. ex press Or reg ister red letter.
All comma nicationS for publication should
be accom- panied with the name of tn q writer,
not necessarily for publication but guar
antee OF good faith.
We SOLICIT news, contributions. opin !ous
and In tact all matters affecting tbs race.
w e will not pay for matter, however un less
IT Is ordered by us All matter Intended for
publication must reach this ONCE by wed
nesday of each week TO insure insertion In
the current issue.
~ Agents are wanted eVeryw here, send
for instructions.
The colored American., 1903-01-10
REFUSED $4,000 Cash.

A Negro Oil Magnate Holds VaIuab,.
Stock for Better ResuIts.-A Dis.
tinguished Board of Directors.
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
Tennvson md Truth.

One of the pleasantest things that
TennysOn's niece has to say of him is
this: Il think no man that ever lived
came nearer than he did to perfect
truthfulness. He was often a martyr
to his determination never to say any
thing that was not strictly and abso-
lutely true, for none could be more
sensitive than he was about paining
people, and yet he would discard all
smooth speeches that would have given
pleasure, but would not have been
quite sincere, and would just say right
out the wholesome, though sometimes
uppalatable, truth instead, feeling utter
ly miserable for days afterward, with
the fear that in this moral surgery he
had not handled the knife as gently as
he might have done. Unless by his
keeping silence the cause of truth
would have suffered, he would never,
mention any matter that might injureI
u single human being, and he always
put the best construction upon peo-
pies words ana actions. = He was
always far more severe with himselfI
than with others and would bitterly
reprOach himself for being brusque in
manner to untactful strangers and for
allowing fits of depression to get pos
session of him at times"
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
Prnnts of wnrner.a onerna.

Accounts are published in Germany
showing the amount of the royalties
earned in 1902 by the compositions of
Richard Wagner. The most lucrative
of the operas was "LOhengrin," which
was played 997 times in Germany, 42O
times in France, Holland and Italy
and 31S times in England and the Unit
ed States and brought in f13,600. Next
in popularity came ''Tannhauser, play
ed 2GS times in Germany and 210 times
elsewhere. at a profit of E7,050. THE
Flying Dutchman' earned $3.50; Die
Meistersinger," f3.GOO; Tristan und
Isolde" 200, while Die Walkure,"
''RheingOld." "Siegfried' and "Gotter-
dammerung' brought in E4.4OO among
them. The total royalties of the year
were over f3O.OOC and this figure does
not include the Bareuth receipts.
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
Make Of Religion an Umbrella.

MAlNe 81 lseAASAOm 4n AAuDEGAAAs
When the bishop of Colorado. Dr..
Sanford Olmsted, was rector of the
Church of st. Asaph. at Bala, Pa. his
ready wit made him at once the ad-
miration and the fear Of the people of
the neighbOrhOod.
There is a fashionable golf and rid
ing club at Bala with grounds that ad-
join those of the little church. and it
happened on a certain afternoon. when
DR.. Olmsted was holding a special serv-
ice, that number of gOlfing clubmen
were caught in drenching shower and
hurried for shelter into the church.
They entered with a great clatter of
their golf sticks and with much sup
pressed chuckling and hard breathing.
Their noise and their gay sporting at
tire made a jarring note on the sim
plicity Of the service. But DR.. Olmsted
paid no heed to them till the end Of his
sermon. Then he said with smile:
We have heard of people who make
a cloak of religion. Now we know that
there are others who make of religion
an umbrella"
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
rhe AInermnn.. Ahrioe.

Archdeacon Sinclair told a story at
the lord mayors banquet in London Of
the days when he was a young vicar in
Westminster, and, together with a
number of other young men, many
of them clergymen. he dined with a
distinguished alderman. After the la
dies had left the gentlemen to their
cigars, the distinguished alderman fixed
the young men with a stony glare
and expressed a desire to offer them
one word of good advice. An expectant
pause followed, the young clergymen
expecting some words of exhortatiOn.
The alderman sOlemnly proceeded,
young men, if ever any of you are
brought up before me, don't pretend to
know me, and then can let you Of"
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
ONLY -FOUR MINUTES.
Apt Illustration OF what Long
Time 1t Really Is.

Apt Illustration OF what = Long
Time 1t Really Is.
Bert NOrtoni of Macon won a lawsuit
in the federal court at Hannibal a few
days ago in a way unusual among law
yers - by silence. Mrs. Martha B.
Phipps of Macon sued the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe Railway cOmpa-
ny for $4,000. She claimed that a
spark from one of its engines caused
the burning of her deceased husbands
business property at Ethel. The testi-
mOny showed that the Santa Fe train
stopped at Ethel four minutes the night
of the fire, but also that the fire was
well under way before the train pulled
out, and the roads attorneys argued
| that it was ridiculous to maintain that
/ a fire could be started by a spark and
get well under way in such a short
time. Mr.. NOrtOni devoted practically
his entire argument to this point.
"He said" says the Macon Republic
an, IF young fellow was sitting on
a sofa playing hands with his girl,
time Travelled like an express train, but
if you dumped a lot of engine sparks
on the pine roof of a dry building in
summer time four minutes were ample
time to settle the fate of the structure
in spite of all efforts to save it. There
were some incredulOus smiles at this.
The attorney took out his watch and
handed it to Juryman L. S. Harlan, a
banker of Clifton Hill, Randolph cOun-
ty, and requested him to signal when
four minutes had passed. The jurymen
leaned over and looked down at the
watch; then they got tired and settled
back in their seats. Mr.. Harlan low
cred his hand and rested it on his
knee. The attorney shifted his feet a
few times and sat down in a chair.
Judge Adams looked at the clock and
then out of the window.
"A deputy marshal put his head in
at the door to see what the matter was
and waited the result of the curious
scene. Nearly every man in the room
that had a watch was studying its
face. Ihe speaker was. sacrificing four
minutes of his allotted time, but he !
felt that it was well invested. At last |
Juror Harlan announced the four min |
utes had expired and handed the watch |
back to Mr. NortOni. Only four min T,
utes, and yet to every man in the room |
it had seemed, under the suppressed |
tension, to have been twice as long. |
The court remarked after the case had |
been decided that it appeared fully |
fifteen minutes. The wearisOme sus-
pense was an effective object lesson to
the jury and was startling exposition
of what might transpire in that time.
The jury found that the defendants
engine had ample time in four minutes
to fire the restaurant building, and they
brought in a verdict for the plaintiff
for $14, l0S.2S-the exact sum her proof
showed her loss to be-"
The case had been pending in the
courts ten years.-Kansas City Journal.
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
The old RuGer lInan,t Gone.

Canon Stratton, the vicar of St.
Paul's. Leeds, now in his eightieth
year, is a generous philanthropist, and
many stories are told i'll Leeds of the
manner in which the good man has
been imposed upon. One night as he
fingered for moment in house where
he had been visiting very bad case"
he heard the invalid jump vigorously
from his bed and call out:
Has the old buffer gone? What did
ne leaveP
''The old buffer hasn't gone" cried
the canon, "and he doesn't intend to
leave a2ythirg?'
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
Bret Harte.

AprOpos of the filing of the will Of
Bret Harte in London, NJ. A. P. says:
1T is Il surprise that the greatest of all
American short story writer's should
have left so little money. for, apart
from what he made by his books, his
serial rights We're very valuable. l re-
member the editor of the Idler remark
ing to me some years ago that every
thousand words Bret Harte liked to
write for a magazine could be changed
for 20 sovereigns as easily as a Bank
of England note for that amount. 1t is
curious that his son should have re-
ceived the name Francis, which his fa-
ther had practically dropped, instead Of
the other Christian name by which his
father was known all over the English
speaking world
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
American Unity.

A foreign diplomat is credited with
the remark that there is nothing in his
tory like our American forgetfulness Of
the civil feud of forty years $50. A
statue of General Lee at Gettysburg,
built by the joint action Of Pennsyl-
vania and Virginia, would be new evil
1ence.-Elmira Gazette.
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
E1otora IN .he Desert.

The recent trials by the Egyptian
government of motors for desert use
having been concluded, 4 greater revo-
luton is said TO be il store, for trial is
to be made with new ship Of the
desert" This vehicle is to be propelled
by wind ana sail, there being plenty Of
the former in the desert, which, it is
believed, can be turned to good account.
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
The Duties of Peace.


George Washington knew that the
duties of peace are of vital Importance
and farreaching in their results. As
president elect he lifted his hand over
the opened Bible and promised to up
hold the constitution of the United
States with as solemn conservation
and reverence as when he drew his
sword as the commander of the RevO-
lutionary armies. He knew that the
work OF the pez ,eaE Just as important
as the work CT the sword. On his way
to Inauguration lie made this sugges-
tive entry in his diary: April 16, 1879
About 10 o'clock ba1e adieu to
Mount Vernon. With mind oppressed
with more anxious and painful sensa-
tiOns than l have words to express l
set out for New York. with the best
disposition to render service to my
country, but with less hope Of answer
ing its expectations IS NJ stood
taking last farewell of his beloved
Potomac and with anxious eyes tried
to look into the future George Wash
ington fully realized that his acts as
first president of the United States
would make or destroy nation. And
yet some people suppOss that the only
great work George Washington did for
his country was as a soldier and not
as statesman, as a lender of armies
and not as a leader in the greater work
of the initiation and administration Of
laws.
AS George WashingtOn's memory is
cherished for what he did as the first
president of the United States. so may
our memory be hOnOred for the bravest
deeds of herOism accomplished by us
in times of peace. We may often be
able to serve our country and people
in the store and the home as unseltish-
ly and bravely and nobly as if we don
ned soldiers uniform and marched
up to the carnon's mouth. When
George Washington, as young man,
was being thanked by the Virginia
house of burgesses for his gallantry
during the French war and for having
saved the remnant of BraddOcks army,
he could not speak a word. He stood
up in the aisle, stammering and blush
ing and trembling all over like a child.
With that. Speaker Robinson, noticing
his embarrassment. came to his rescue
and said: sit down, Mr.. Washington;
sit down. Your mOdesty is equal to
your valOr. and that surpasses the pow
er of any language that l possess"
So, like the modesty of Washington,
our deeds in time of peace may equal
any deed of military conquest We
may be heroes and herOines in civil
ian's garb. George Washington up
holding the financial policy of the sec
retary of the treasury. Alexander Ham
jlton, just as important to American
history as George Washington leading
his troops across the Delaware: George
Washington in the political councils of
state. just as important for American
success as George Washington under
the famous elm of Cambridge.
George Washington lived and died a
Christian gentleman. If you knew
of the principles of navigation
and should see a ship sail up New
York harbOr, you might be surprised.
You might say to the commander of
the ship: Captain. how was it posi-
BILE for you to steer your ship through
the trackless deep? Miles and miles
away is England, and yet you have
pointed your ships prov straight into
the Narrows of New York harbor."
Then the captain would take you to
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
NAV. I would rather be

Former ArchduKe TO En.or y. y. Army,
Vienna Feb. 24.-Former Archduke
Leopold Ferdinand, brother of the for
mer Crown Princess of Saxony, has tel
egraphed to his parents at Saizburg
that he intends to become an officer ip
the limited States naYY.
Milford chronicle., 1903-02-27
DR.. LnsI,er nm Chess.

'There are two great SCHOOLS of
chess - says Dr. Lasl0er. generally spO-
ken Of as the old and the new. OF the
members of the old school brilliancy is
the battlecry. They believe in concen-
trating all their forces for IL single at
tack. in burning bridges behind them.
in forcing the fighting and pushing on
to glorious victory or utter defeat Not
so the followers of the new school.
Carefulness. prudence, moderation, are
the mainsDrings of their action. Tie
accumulation of small advantages is
what they aim at. a little pressure
here, Il little pressure there, until the
opponents line is weakened Rusliin,
who l1ved the game, inveighed strong
ly against the new style of play when
it first grew popular. He called it pet
ty and duh and fancy sitting and said
in effect. as another of his cOuntrymen
puts it,
Nay. I would rather be
The fool who for some momentary bliss
Spurns all he was. all that he hopes to be-
OF the old style MoIphy is the great
eXemplar - brilliant, impetuous, DASH
ing; of the new style, Lasker.-Balti-
more News.