davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Washington bee., 1907-07-27
GOING MAD
-ratory.

There are some white peoplesgo-
ing mad on the color question. 1t
seemed to have struck them as a
'isease has struck some nations.
The citizens association of Brook
land filed protest last week with
the Commissioners. opposing the
building OF a schoolhOuse for the
accommodation of colOred children.
The protest is that it is too near
and it should be erected on Bunker
Hill road or some other hill. This
color fever is having a dangerous
effect on some white people This
objection arises among the poor
white trash. The most refined and
educated white people. no matter 70
what political party they belong or
heir faith. make no objection to
responsible and respectable colored
people. 1t will be a fearful thing
f these poor white people happen
10 find no color line down in HI.
The Bee is OF the opinion that the
white people who are intelligent
would have no objections in the
least drinking from the same cup
that his coIored brother drinks
from. There is another strong
thing. Hundreds Of white people
in this city leave every summer for
Harpers Ferry, w Va, and so
lodging. Camp Hill is occupied
from the beginning of school term
by colored students, and these very
same white people will 90 to Har-
pers Ferry every summer and Oc-
cupv the self-same beds and sleep
under the self-Same sheets that
have been used BY the cOlOred stu
dents, and yet these white people
object to having a colored school
fifty feet away from them Where
is the white mans consistency:
The Washington bee., 1907-07-27
TRIUMPH OF RIGHT.

From the. Birmingham Wide-Awake.
The people have wont Hon. C. a.
Howe and his executive board smote
the enemies of the people in hip and
thigh, and regained the honor given
them by the people Judge Benners Of
the Chancery Court dissolved the IN
junction. sustaining the contention OF
the regular District Grand Lodge Off
GERS. On the 3Ist day of May, Johnson,
Breeding, Jackson and others petltioned
the court OF chancery. praying that {.
A. Howe. District Grand Master Of
District Grand Lodge No. q, G. u. y.
OF O. F. of Alabama, H. A Knox, En-
dowment Secretary, R l. Douglass,
Treasurer; P. J. Crenshaw, D. D. G.
NJ; II. s. Chadwick. Grand Secretary,
and 7. w. Owens, Grand Director, be
restrained from using the title of their
respective offices or in any way exer-
cising the function thereof, which was
temporarily granted Prior to the issu-
ing of the injunction the Howe admin
istration was paying off the claims Of
the widows and orphans OF the loyal
Odd Fellows as fast as they could geI
to them, and was making an average
monthly distribution to those to whom
ii was due Of more than $500. The
other fellows, who, according to the de-
cision of the court, were laying false
claims to the offices, were not then nor
now paying one FIVE cents to the widows
or orphans for endowment, though we
have been informed that some = or go
are depending on receiving their $500
from them. God still reigns and the
people rule. Truth though crushed to
earth shall rise again.
The Washington bee., 1907-07-27
THE POLL TAX.
m the New York AGE.

From the New York Age
Atlanta. Ga-Our people in the State
Of Georgia are sparing no pains to pro
tect their rights. 1t is probable that the
State Legislature will Try to pass Iaw
which will have for its object the dis
franchisement of a large portion of the
Afro-American people OF course, be-
fore this becomes a law, it will have to
be submitted to the votes of the people
of Georgia To meet the issue meetings
are now being held in different parts OF
Georgia for the purpose Of urging our
people to pay taxes and register, so as
TO be prepared when the proper time
comes. In this way they hope to be able
to engineer a large vote against the
measure in case 1t is submitted TO the
people Several important meetings have
been held In the city Of Atlanta recently
In making a canvass TO find out Just
where we stand in the matter of votes in
Georgia we have been surprised very
much 10 hnd that many Of our most
prominent men, who talk great deal of
voting, are not on the voting list, be-
cause they have not paid their poll tax
and are not registered. Among them are
Prof Dubois and Mr. L. NJ. Hershaw.
Both Of these men spend a great deal OF
time discussing the ballot. and you can
imagine the surprise OF our people when
they found ont a few days ago that
neither Prof. Dubois nor Mr.. Hershaw
had even paid their poll tax, and neither
of their names was down as a registered
voter. Any man who wishes to do so
can pay his poll tax and register in the
State Of. Georgia There Is no reason
why these two men should not set an
example IN this respect to our people.
The Washington bee., 1907-07-27
TROUBLE TO BREW.
Booker 7. Washing

Philadelphia, July Oil the so-z
'colored Elks" Of Philadelphia psrsi,
wearing antlers, elks' teeth. and q
insignia of the Benevolent and Pro-
i've Order of Elks during the big
vention here July 1870, It Is prob
that they will hasten a legal battle VI
will undoubtedly be authorized BY
Grand Lodge.
Moreover, it is likely that any a
tatious display on the part Of the 4
ored Elks' may provoke yiolsaa
the Elks, both North and SOuth, !
been greatly annoyed by the iniai
order, and the Southern dslegstas
particular might make a personal Ei
of it if they were to see a Negro 4
ing emblems of the order.
For the last eighteen months th. 4
have been busy disclaiming any a
ton with the Improved BeneyOlsr1
tective Order of Elks of the Wrl
which is the name the Negroes have
en- to their organization.
In some cIandestine manner TIE
groes have actually succeeded il 4
hold OF some Of the ritualisnc Uo-iI
the EIks, patterning their own rl
ceremony after it. Although rd
chief reason, this was one Of tie
sons that prompted the Elks 70
a new ritual. which went into s-a
January.
So persistently have they sad'a'
to provoke a conflict that in many
laws have been passed making
offense to appropriate or copy ~
sigma Of a secret society SUCH
was passed by the Legislature oi
sylyania at its last session.
This law affects Negro Aas'4
well as Negro Elks.
In several other States, where
laws have been passed, test ca''.
been brought, resulting Do inc '-
ton of the rights of the .eg-.-
der OF Elks and the suppression
imitation Negro order
The Washington bee., 1907-07-27

if he will take the advice of those
who are sincere and wish him sue
cess he will eventually come out
on top. Just as certain as he fol-
lows the advice of those who have
personal axes to grind he will be
defeated and disgraced in the next
B. NJ. c. His pretended friends
are plotting his destruction, and he
should retrace his steps before ii
is too late.
The Bee firmly and truly believes
if he IS let alone and follows his
own convictions he will come out
ali right.
The decision in the Alabama and
Georgia eases viii appear next
week in full.
The Washington bee., 1907-07-27
THE
HE SUBCOMMITTEE
MANAGEMENT.

If the members of the Grand
United Order of Odd Fellows M
America don't call an immediate
halt in their subcommittee of man
agement the order will be in de
moralized condition. That alleged
one hundred and twenty thousand
dollar building that is alleged to be
in course of erection is a gigantic
farce. A building of the same size
and dimensions can be erected in
this city for at least twenty-five
thousand dollars. Already there IS
a great deal OF dissatisfaction. an6
at any moment the order is liable
to be thrown into demoralized
Grand Master Houst~o
is being slaughtered by those who
are ambitious for his place. al
The Washington bee., 1907-07-27
THE NEGRO AND WASHING
TON.

in a stenographically reported
speech delivered by Prof. Booker
7. Washington, delivered at Nash
vile, Tenn. March 20, 1907, to the
faculty and members of the thee
logical department OF Vanderbilt
University and ministers. he stated
among other things. that the Ne
gro was forced into this country
against his will. No truer words
have ever fallen from the lips OF
my man than the above. This
speech is full OF wholesome and
sound advice. This is one among
the many speeches that should be
read by every american in this
country. 1t must be admitted that
DR. Washington gives ONE good adj
vice at times. and the advice that
he gives in this speech, if needed,
would certainly be OF service to ev-
erybody. 1t is true that the col
ored man was brought to this coun-
try against his will 1t is also true
that the two races will live in peace
and happiness in the South one of
these days.
The supposed friends of the COLI
ored race are responsible for the
ill-feelins existing between the two
races in the South. 1t IS believed
rs Dr. Washington states that the
white man of the South will even
tuallv live side by side in harmony
with the colored man. Why should
they not2 He can certainly be
trusted. He is obedient and if he
is fairly treated The Bee is conf
dent that he will be loyal and true
In speaking of the recent race riot
in Atlanta Dr. Washington stated
that gentleman OF much promi-
nence had charged the students of
the colored colleges with being
guilty of hiding colored criminals
in that riot. He readily and man
fully refuted the charge and de
clared that no college of color was
in session during the progress of
that riot. How often are the col
The Washington bee., 1907-07-27
I'M CROW RELIGION.

In religion as well as in every
thing else there is a great deal of
Jim Crowism. The white Young
Mems Christian Association that
claims to serve the same God that
the colored Young Mems Christian
Association claims to serve has con-
sented to support or give aid to its
colored annex, provided that it re
mains separate and distinct Just
why intelligent colored men will lc-
galize themselves to a separate in
stitution is surprising to intelligent
people This action is placing the
stamp OF inferiority upon certain
race in this city that is objected to
on account OF color. Now if such
acts were perpeTated by ignorant
people there would be some eX-
cuse. The heads of this Jim Grow"
annex are all highly educated men.
Many of them are the equals if not
the superiors of the whites intel
lectually. 1t seems to The Bse
that the more intelligent the young
colored man gets the greater are
the blunders he commits and more
foolish are some of his acts. The
Bee believes in that religion that
knows but one God, one worship
and as many churches as may exist,
but it doesn't believe in that relig
ion that the white Christians fol
Iowa separate worship There
is too much Jim Crow religion
and religious hypocrisy among the
white Presbyterians, Baptists and
ALethodists. The Bee wonders if
here will be a Jim Grow depart
1ec-If I'm HI
The Washington bee., 1907-07-27
PRESS COMMENTS.
THE YOUNG SMART SET.

THE YOUNG SMART SCI.
The Kentucy Standard.
One of the prettiest parties OF the
season was given June II by the Iwen-
tieth Century Knights, a club compose.
of the younger set of men, IN honor OF
Miss Vivian Lucille Thompson, who
leaves in company with her mother for
Washington. d. c, to join her father
Mr.. R. w. Thompson, for future resi-
dence. About two dozen responded to
invitations for a goodbye party from 5
to 10. The boys in black and the girls
in white and dainty pHks and blues
made Odd Fellows Hall look like d
veritable flower garden. An impromptl
program was rendered during the even
ing, interspersed with dancing, gameo
and toasts. Mrs Bessie C. Jones and
Mrs. Grace Lucas Thompson chaperon-
ed the party f'young people. The Off
GERS Of the club are Willis Miles. presi-
dent; George Miles, secretary; Robert
Knight, treasurer.
The Washington bee., 1907-07-27
IOINS LuGULAR VEIN

DR.. "A. W. Williams d.. -a.,-=
acquired fame by successfully
ing-a surgical operation upon .' + +
heart, has again distinguished
with his woudcrfu. skill
Broadax -.
Charles Jackson. ssh. "-- T.
the throat with q rala b.. 4e- 81
while both were ATTENDING q.'2 .
by Amy Goodloc at 5l4
D. improving.
Jaclsson's throat wa- -.i .
ear. severing his jugaIar ra.n aa' D
in that condition he was aiken 70 j.
dent Hospital and Dr. a. 81 .r ~' 4
Williams. with his surrsa. sa'- =.
or Joined the two paris 1- ne II
vein together and thereby =
sons life. who is on the
cry ID
What DR.. William ra.
plish in the surgical w. ~
is not worth accompl.5 "g
Commissioner Nc Farlznd h2' !, =
mended that the months % JL',' J,. j /
and September Saturdays 'aal' .-ri
ed as half day against the l
Of District emplOye-
The Washington bee., 1907-07-27
BRO. CHASE ON THE NEGRO
EDITOR.

From the Atlanta Ga, Independent
We have just read " Calvin Chase
on the Negro editor BROTHER Chase
draws pen picture of the Negro editor
and sums him up as a cowardly sycO-
phant without views, trucking for ia
vors. Brother Chase remarks that the
Negro editor will take a position today
and recede from it tomorrow if it will
serve his purpose. Forgives the wrongs
and pardons the infamy heaped upon his
race for the hope Of reward. He tells
you to be patient with the wolves that
deyour you. Brother Chase sums up
by sizing up the average Negro editor
as an opinionless coward with price
upon his head. The Independent quite
The Washington bee., 1907-07-27

as brutes Give them a chance to work
out their own destinies. Educate them.
Try TO make men of them. They are
susceptible OF development. / heir skins,
it is true, are black, but -elr hearts, IN
most Instances, are white. The more
they are educated, the whittier they ap-
pear to those that are interested IN their
welfare, and the more useful they be-
come to their kindred and associates
The higher up they go in education, the
cleaner will be their bodies and their
shirts. and the farther they will get away
from the idea. that because they are
freemen. they are as good or better than
their white neighbors and associates. l
do not believe in social equality, nor
do believe in Jim Crow railroad
cars, nor IN prescription Of any sort. l
am an American, and l firmly believe IN
the American doctrine OF giving every
one a square deal, whether his skin
IS black. or red, or yellow, or white. My
belief today IS, that in the proportion
that the education of the colored people
goes up, race prejudice and race lntol-
erance will 90 down 1t seems to me
that if we are halfway honest, halfway
fair, and halfway reasonable and just,
as the dominating power in our Repub-
lie, the Negro problem, in the United
States, viii solve itself
If our people can work themselves up
to the view point OF common fairness,
and will set their feet vigorously upon
race prejudice. not only in the South,
but everywhere, then Judge Lynch
will himself be lynched, and our laws
which were made for the protection OF
all classes, will be universally respected;
and the more they are respected, the
more Vigorously will they be enforced.
I have no sympathy with or respect Tor
the man or men who preach the false
doctrine that the laws of the land were
not made for the protection OF the black
race as well as the white. We read IN
the 18th chapter of the Acts Of the
Apostles. and al the 10th verse these
words = And lhe) hath made OF one
blood all nations of men for to dwell on
all the face of the earth and hath de-
termined the time before appointed, and
the bounds of their habitation.' Upon
this platform l have always stood in the
past, and upon It l shall continue to
stand in the future, sink or swim, live
or die, survive or perish"
Mr.. Lincoln concluded his great speech
at Cooper Institute, New York City,
February p, 1860, in these memorable
words, which should be needed now:
Neither let US be slandered from our
duty by false accusations against us, nor
frightened from it by menaces of de-
struction to the Government nor of dun
geons to ourselves, Let us have faith
that might makes right, and in that faith,
let us to the end, dare TO do our duy as
VIC understand It Pardon me, my
friends, for adding that utterance OF
our greatest Of all Americans, will live
as long as the Republic endures, and
do not hesitate to say that it deserves
to live forever
The Washington bee., 1907-07-27
WHITTIER'S BIRTHDAY Il
VERSARY ''N'1
July 10. ro9-
To the Editor OF The Bee.

July I9, 100
To the Editor of The Bee
Through your newspaDerTt..
to the attention of our Dr1ara n.
that December u 1907. will De- III. ,
hundredth anniverssry Of the E-s
John Greenleaf Whitd,r / need -.
mind the Negro people Of the rr..s
labors rendered by this great irf.-l
to the cause of freedom and Il.
perpetuation of the Union. Ogr :
owes him a debt Of gratitude urS
will be difficult for us to repay
1t seems to NE thar it would r. ]
fitting if we would begin now n =.
preparations to celebrate this anr;ys-s
in a beftting manner Such a GA.
ton should be arranged for IN So
churches, by literary Organizations
various other organized bodies.
| am just in receipt Of a letter h
friends Of the poet living in Ans..
Mass, his old home, advising Of d
now being perfected fer the csleb-sa
Of this great event in AmesburL
l trust that our people everything /
let the world know through a prog
celebration Of the event how much d
honor the memory of the santed ID
tier.
Yours faithfully,
Booker 7. Washing
The Washington bee., 1907-07-27

.red people charged with ofenses
Of which they are not guilty? The
Bee believes, and in fact ii knows,
that the time has come for the col
ored press to dispute the many false
charges that are made against him.
The Nashville speech is worth
reading. 1t is masterpiece OF
oratory.
The Washington bee., 1907-07-27
week in full.
WHY i'm CROWED?

1t does seem strange to the IN
telligent. refined and educated citi-
zen why another class is Jim Crow
ed. Some people say 1t IS because
a certain class will not use water
and soap more freely. Why should
this argument hold to a certain
class: There are others in the
more fortunate classes who are as
much in need of plenty OF soap
and water as the more despised in
diyidual The Bee knows from
personal contact, that is to say, per
sons Of the more fortunate classes
nave been seated upon cars dressed
in the height of fashion, but, o.
what have we experienced: SO it
can be seen that it is not the color
of a persons skin that should make
him Objectionable as much as it IS
the uncleanliness of his person,
While it may be true that more OF
the unfortunate classes are guilty
of the offense, yet when the law
OF Jim Crowism is applied, it should
cover all classes, no matter what
their nationality NAV be.
The Washington bee., 1907-07-27
THE ODD FELLOWS IN ALA
BAMA.

From the Birmingham Reporter.
The G. u. o. of O. F in Alabama will
get down to serious business next week,
beginning Monday, July p. The rebel
lions spirit will meet the supreme body
and give an account of their steward
ship in Alabama. Some say that expul-
sion of some of the brothers is sure.
The Reporter feels if the law is worth
anything some serious things will hap
pen. We hope, however, that the ). {.
NJ. will use its best judgment IN handling
the 4nen, and it has in the past and we
feel that the G. u. o. of .. F will be
perpetual in the grand old State of Ala
bama. We only ask for what is duly
ours, and that is justice to the subordin-
ates. For this we will forever advocate
The Washington bee., 1907-07-27
JUST WHAT WE WOULD LIKE.

From the Freeman.
w. Calvin Chase is eligible to front
seat in the church of modern thought
and methods. He was an eager partici-
pant in the proceedings of the Afro
American Council at Baltimore, is a con-
sistent friend of the higher education
as exemplifed at Howard University,
and subscribes heartily to the industrial
training as carried on by DR.. Booker I.
Washington at Tuskegee.
The Washington bee., 1907-07-27

THE GREAT REPUBLIC
The caption OF an address de-
livered by Ex-Governor George w.
Atkinson before the Moundsville
(West Nirginia) Chautauqua As
sembIy, July 9, was The Great
Republic. In speaking of the Ne
gro, the ex-GoernOr stated, as DR..
Washington stated in a speech to
which The Bee calls the attention
of its readers, that the Negro was
brought to this country without his
will, etc. He is right when he
says this. Again the Ex-Governor
says: He cannot be deported."
"He should not be deported." He
is a citizen He Is a man" He
must be reckoned with. He can
not be ignored" " 1T is claimed that
he is inferior TO the white bro
ther. True; many Of his race are,
and yet many of them, so far as
education and real ability are con-
cerned as standards, are not " The
distinguished gentleman says fur
ther that No longer can it be truth
fully claimed that the Negro as an
individual is in any sense an in.
ferior parsonage. Give equal op-
portunities, and the Negro will take.
his chances with his white brother
and bide results i'll any reasonable.
contest"
If the Negro had the same con-
fdence in himself as Ex-Governor
Atkinson has in him, what great
individuals would exist among.
theml
The Ex-Governor has great fail.
in the possibilities OF the colored
Americans. He believes that
time, patience and a square deal
will solve the great question. If
we had white men in this country
like Ex-Governor Atkinson, the con-
dition of the colored Americans in
his country would never be ques-
ioned.
The Bee wants every true Am
erican TO read read this speech, or
the following excerpts from his
speech, and say to themselves, if
he is not the kind of a man the
people want in the White House,
in the event Senator Foraker is not
successful We need to support
men who are human as we'll as
brave.
GOVERNOR ATKINSON.
Ny friends, believe firmly that time
patience and "a square DEAF will save
the Negro people. No one pretends to
claim that the Negroes as race are
equal to the Anglo-Saxon as race. A
race of people in bondage for centuries
ought not to be regarded as if It's sub
jects had been, all that time, upon an
Anglo-,axon basis, and especially is such
comparison unjust when they have been
allowed freedom for only about forty
years. with piecemeal opportunities for
education handed ont to them in those
sections where they are most numerous. !
and where practically nearly all Of the
superior race" still regard them as
serfs and slaves. Don't hang them, |
without Judge or jury. Don't burn them
at the stake Don't spit upon them
merely because their skins are black. :
God made them so. Don't regard them
The Washington bee., 1907-07-27

agrees with Col. Chase IN hi.
sions and indorses what he ,sr.-
Celebrates that there are o1I,- v
half dozen Negro editors IN -.
who have opinions Of tbsir ,,.-, '.''
moral courage to express tb.-
quite true, too, as Brother Oh. Z
tinues, that these few editors ~, !
to express opinions Of ghs;-
make legitimate criticisms Of f..
officials, are called defan=-s ~ 1
ter and fighters Of evervbo4v a. '''
thing. '''I
The Negro editor in this c,,.-.
has the moral courage to- s-7rT
give expression to manly yier,
hard row to travel He is M. - =
an enemy to the public H4rf,-.t
he essays to expose crime and ~
ity in high places. Ra-ar.- 49,
and points ont the traitor, -o H.
he IS called a chrome kicker D.
Chase. you are right
The Washington bee., 1907-07-27
TO UNIoNIzE NEGRO COOKS.

Nashville. Tenn, special.-Labor agi-
tators from Chicago are here for the
purpose of organizing union among
the Negro cooks of Nashville. The OBJ
iects of the movement are 10 secure
more money. shorter hours and Sundays
of
The Washington bee., 1907-07-27

Railroad at Richland, S. c, last Thurs
day His many friends throughout the
South will rejoice TO know that his IN
iuries were not serious, and hope that he
will soon be circulating among them
again.
The Washington bee., 1907-07-27
Mr. !. w. LYONS.
he Atlanta Independent.

From the Atlanta Independent.
Capt Judson w Lyons, formerly
Register of the United States Treasury,
while enroute TO Washington, was pain
fully hurt In wreck on the Southern
The Washington bee., 1907-07-27
Mr.. John W. McGAW.

The appointment of Mr. McGaw
as member of the Excise Board
would be hailed with delight by
the people in this city.
He is man of great good judg-
nent. and it is evident that he
would give all applicants Square
deal.
The Washington bee., 1907-07-27
PUBLIsHD AT

IIO9 Eye ST, N. W., Washington,
D. c.