The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-07-12
NEGRO WAS
HUSTLED OUT
Ncartisss 81 Mr.. Roosevelt Did
Not Deter Oyster Bay
n Barber.
MAY APPEAL TO II PRESIDENT d ! !
.Itlcensed Blacks Think Pastor
Had Right to be Shaved
BY White Man.
MAY APPEAL TO PRESIDENT
.fspe,clal q 8rhe mines. pisps tch,, 4

# (Specl al to The Times Dispe tch) sss "a
OYSTER BAY. N. 7. July 81 hero
is intense feeling among tho negroes OF
the village because a negro clergyman
was put out Of a white mans barber
shop here Saturday night when he it,-
sisted upon being shaved by a white bar
Tier.
d 1t Is believed by many to have been q
carefully planned proceeding on tho part
Ct the negroes to give expression to the
declaration of q more liberal policy to v
ward the negroes In the Republican, ma
tional platform, At3any ratio, the negroes
sayEtliey Will make an effort 70 have the
MA tier laid before the President Mt once.
and they are confident no will uphold
them. 33s4 ils5sS V. XIV ss5 5
The Rev. James I. Gaskin, pastor OF
the African Methodist Episcopal Church,
entered David Newport's barber shop last.
Saturday night, and said he wanted q
shave. " M i 4. HI q
sorry, sir. but you cannot be
shaved Iii this shop, said Newport.
why not asked the negro. ,S3fi
Z, Because said Newport. your color. lis,
against yon.,, % KS b 5tsl
Gaskin turned to the patrons Of the
shop fandsasked: AZ s
Are you gentlemen going to allow: a
iChristian#man sBof { cllarac ter and scdu ca
ton to be trca ted in this way Just be-,
cause OF his color r.
u The spectators made no reply. Newport
then told the preacher politely that he
could mot be shaved there, and asked
him to leave the shop. Il, he
~ insist, sir, as a Christian and n
gentleman, that be shaved, said the
clergyman n. 81 M % e Il 81 us (. 5saS s ~
81 insist, sir. as the proprietor Of this
shop, that you get outside, re piled New
port. s55l s5.
THE mex moment the clery srnan found
himself & on the &walls. Il He declares that.
the proprietor aof the shop took q po-.
l,ceman's club from behind theftntrror
and Threatened to strike sliirn.3 Witnesses
deny his. ISL S5;. 83 4
me Rev. Gasl<in Immediately called
upon Walter Franklin. Justice sof the
peace, and asked ~ for n rs warrant 385 Mr.
Franklin told him N Ia t while he might
have the basis for "a Civil action al ainst
newport It was unwise to stir up the
ina liter, as II might weaken his influence
IN his church and the communlty.s
3s The Rev. Gaskin said last night.
Sc II regret very much that this thing
should have happened In the Presidents
own town. While X dc not believe in
the social equality Of he "a ccs :-tha 7. is,
1 do not believe in the social inter-
5Iningling q the races-I do believe, wit l1l
!, President Roosevelt. that honesty and
integrity should make all men equal, at
least ,nS public places. This q flair, h oN'-,
ever, had nothing to do wi tn the tFresi-
dent, and 81 do not wish tot connect him
3withSit IN any way. It Is something that
might have happened anywl here. "a
Deacon Thomas Leads. 9 the Zion.
Church, was more pronounced In his
Views. The3 President is. our FRIEND, y ne
Feaid, "arid while we realize that he is
willing to help, us as a. IA &c, we re Rret
very much that an fair like this lsh
nave taken place at Ills very door.