The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-07
Cambridge is the Place.

Macon Telegraph.
 The Boston Herald not long since printed an interesting list of Afro Americans who hold elective or ap- the city of Cambridge, Mass. We re- fer to this list partly because The Herald fraternally comments 1t to the attention of it's Southern contempora- ries, and dares them to print 1t, as fol- lows: Tt Is very much to be doubted if any of them would venture to re- produce it. although 1t would be ex- tremely interesting. not to say illumi- hating, for the people of that section of the country"
 We. therefore. proceed to illuminate this section by printing the list in full:
 A black Alderman, sitting in board with ten white colleagues. and elected by voters, 95 per cent of whom are white.
 Two negro Representatives in the Legislature, chosen by constituencies in which the colored vote is relatively small.
 Seven members of the Common Coun- cil of African descent.
 A negro chief of a fire department in which he is the only man of colof.
 A black policeman. patrolling streets occupied mostly by white residents, for nineteen years in succession.
 A negro at the head of the city de- pertinent of bacteriology.
 negro member of the public library
 
 A black commander of white post of the Grand Army, And
 woman of nearly pure African blood acting as principal of gram with six white teachers and several hundred white pupils under her charge.
 We trust that all the Afro-Ameri- cans now moving Northward will see not only are ready cheerfuiiy to in form them of the opportunities thus shown to be open to them in Massachu- setts but willingly add for their. fur ther information that there are thous- ands of abandoned farms in that State which can be purchased for a song, and upon which all who fail to become all dermen or 1egislators can make an in- dependent living. Some of the emil grants may be interested to know fur ther that in Massachusetts. according to The Herald's own admission. white women are marrying black men at the rate of about fifty a year. (Some say at the rate of 2.o00 a year. but The Herald thinks such an estimate exces- sive)
 We have long heen of the opinion that 1t would he better for all con- cerned if the Afro-A American population ont the country But the receotton eiven the immigrants from the South in such States as Illinois, Indiana. Ohio. etc. has often been so much too warm that there has heen danser of check ing the movement altogether. and we have been trouhied to know whether 't was quite rirht to continue to urge it For this reason The Herald's infor- nation Is roo-t welcome and 1t will hot he nur fnuIt if if Is not widely dts- seminated throughout the South. We can now with clear conscience re- commend that the whole stream of Afro A n, orica~ emigration he turned .ovard New Froland in reneral end Nrasea ohueetts. Ror+on ard Camhrid~a ,n rarticu'ar. Tr that section the black neopIe will avoid the troubles that are ont +o he thPirs in othn~ parts of the North for there thev will be welcomed F-ith oren arms and find their true howe.
 rr The HArald has arv more facts such as those given above shall ouidarce of all the irt~0dinP Afro. >rsA~'can emierants of this and adjoin- 'nr States