The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-11-06

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Greenfield Circuit, P. J. Nelson; Jack
son Circuit, A. J. Collins; Humboldt,
G. s. Smith; Brownsville, E. w. John
son: Tiptonville, L. d. Swain.
Rev F. W. Gardner, of GAINESVILLE,
was transferred to the Tennessee Con
ference and stationed at Shelbyville.
TWO TYPES OF NEGRO TWoNs.
From Leominster (Mass) Enterprise
The following will be found of gen.
eral interest. This is true as a fact
and also. because the story illustrates
the truth that the color of the person
makes very little difference in the pO-
litical outcome Where politicians
rule there is corruption, whatever be
the color:
Interesting examples of towns act
ually governed by Negroes may be
found to-day. One of these is but nine
ty miles from Chicago and ninety
five miles from Detroit known as Cal
vim, Cass County, Mich. It's history is
characteristic. The Quakers among
its founders made it haven of refuge
for the fugitive slaves on their way
to the Canada borders, so that by 1860,
Of the 1868 Negroes in CaSs County,
795 lived in Calvin township. They
were in fact the majority of the popu-
lation, and have continued to be so
ever since, being in fact sixty per cent.
of the population (about 1900 to-day.
1t was not, however, till 1875 that the
first Negro was elected to Office, and it
is only within the last fifteen years
that the town government has been
chiefly in the hands of Negroes. The
officers of the municipality are super
visor, clerk treasurer, road commits
s1oner and school directors. All these
except the treasurer are colored. The
Negroes who make up the township
are as a rule landowners, and the
market value of their property is
about 100000. A majority of the
pieces of property owned are farms
of between twenty and eighty acres,
raising corn, wheat, oats and potatoes !
But there are no professional politi-
clans" in the community, and the Ne
grOes themselves reject any idea of
dominating" the township They
are proud of the fact that the offices
have so generally fallen to colored in
cumbents.
There is another Negro-governed
which presents a very dark
contrast to this agricultural township
ruled by Negro farmers. 1t is. the
suburb of East St Louis called Brook
Ign, Illinois. This Negro town also
rose from an early station on the
underground railroad" for fugitive
slaves Many of the runaways re-
NAMED in Brooklyn instead of CON
tinuing the flight to Canada and the
population is estimated at over 1000
.o-day The Negroes of Brooklyn are
railroad hands and labor
ITS in the stockyards and steel works
here, There is a standing offer to
he chiefs of police of the surrounding
owns for all the Negroes they can
send to Brooklyn, so lively is the de-
nand for coarser kind of day labor.
The corrupting influences of the large
corporations have produced the type !
II Negro politicians who fix property.
AS the paper in the Southern Work
nan, (organ of the Hampton Insti-
ute), from which these facts are !
lrawn, says: Instead of paying the
AK, l am informed that the corpora
ion often buy off Negro politicians, so
hat they have only small tax to +
'ay. The politicians permit an en- {
'loyee Of the company to be elected as t
essor, so as to assess the companys 3
property. Thus, as in hundred other \
where politicians rule, I
eruption is rampant" Then the en- I
orcement Of the liquor law by Gov ?
rnor Folk has driven the saloons and I
Their evil resorts and their patrons G
rom st. Louis across the river. The f
olored ministers are in despair over 7
he situation of their town, although v
he mayor, treasurer, clerk, inspector h
I streets, fire chief and chief of police h
nd the six members of the village /,
ouncil are all Negroes. r,