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The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-02-07
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sble. The people may be scourged
for a while by the lash of tyranny,
but when once aroused they always
make Rome howl, so to speak.
Edwin Markham in his great poem,
The Man with the Hoe" points out
the resultant outcome between over
Tearing tyranDs and their enraged sub
iects in the following lines:
How will the future reckon with this
man,
How answer his brute question in that
hour
When whirlwinds of rebellion shake
the world?
How will it be with kingdoms and
with kings
With those who shaped him to the
thing he is
When this dumb terror shall reply to
God
After the silence of the centuries?"
JADECEE.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-02-07

of that party, strong movement has
been started for an educational quail
6cation which will result in the dis
Reimbursement of the Negro, The move
ment was started by a signed state
ment of Chairman John Early and an
interview of Percy Wilson, who was
defeated for Register on last Thurs
day"
Taft and Early disfranchisement
and palliation of disfranchisement!
Verify, while the delegates we're asleep
someone with the voice of Jacob, but
the hand of Esau, has received the
coveted blessing!
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-02-07
SECRETARY OF MAURY FAIR AS
ISOLATION IN THE CITY.

DR.. ]. w. Whitfield, of Mt. Pleasant,
proprietor of the firms of Whitfield &
Co., and the Whitfield Grocery Com
pany and prominent as a Grand Lodge
officer in several secret societies,
spent several days in the city this
week on business. Dr. Whitfield, be-
sides being one of the leading physi-
evans of the thriving town of Mt. Pleas
mt is actively interested in all the af-
fairs of the race in Maury County. He
S Secretary of the Maury County Col
ored Fair Association, which is prob
ably the most successful venture of its
Kind in the state. While in the city
he was in conference with several
Dembers of one of the local fair as
cciations, looking toward a plan of
cooperation whereby it will be pos
sible for the fair of which he is an Of
icer to work in harmony with the
state fair AS a Grand officer of sew
eral secret societies DR.. Whitfield has
caused those with which he is idenu
fed to make strides forward in Maury
County that will compare favorably
with any other county in the state
While in the city he visited the Globe
ffice and several of the leading bust
less institutions run by our race.
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cation, but a. an evidence Of good faith.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-02-07
THE LET VA WHIST CLUB.

Miss Ada Dickerson was hostess Of
the Let VA Whist Club last Thurs
lay evening at the home of her par
cnts, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Dickerson.
The table was of unusual beauty. In
the center was Dresden bowl with
fruit and touches of green ribbon
which made a pretty center Mrs.
Whiteside being the highest score,
won the first prize. Miss Bessie Wash
ington kept score. The place cards
were heart-shaped valentines A menu
# three courses was served. Among
the guests were Misses Minnie Darby,
Frances Moore Johnnie Wilson, Lille
Webster, Beulah Jackson, of Column
liza Bessie Washington and Minnie
Dickerson, Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph White
side Mr.. and Mrs. A. T. Ransom
Messrs. Major Peterson, Ed Hender'
on, VIM. Fox, Harry Wright, Jno. Nc
~Olley and VIM. Kelly.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-02-07
DIVINE poWERs OF ROOSEVELT.

DIVINE POWERS OF ROOSEVELT.
"Then Peter opened his mouth, and
said, Of truth l perceive that God
is no respecter of persons. Acts 10:
81. eve act in no vindictive spirit,
and we are no respecter of persons. -
President Roosevelt in his special mes
sage to Congress.
God is no respecter of persons.
Roosevelt is no respecter of persons
Since things equal to the same thing
are equal to each other then Roosevelt
must be a god.
Therefore, being a god, Roosevelt
possesses divine powers to dismiss
without honor" abuse without license
and break any precedent of mere NOR
tai man! Quod erGt demonStrGndum
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-02-07
THE VOICE OF JACOB.

With all the fervor of band OF
Dervishes following fanatically where
ever their leaders direct, the members
of the premature county convention
with almost unanimity proclaim,
"slept on their rights" The leaders
or some of the lesser lights in the po-
litical armament, nebule, as it we're
waxed eloquent in their effort by ora
torical flights to dodge the issue that
the convention was born ahead Of its
time.
But, granting that the majority of
the republican voters of the county,
uniformed as to the program laid down
by the executive committee, because
all of its the public movements of the
committee were SO timed as to prevent
the publication of their conclusions in
any republican paper of the county,
did sleep upon their rights, does that
relieve the committee of the odium of
exceeding it's rights? Again, the ir-
regular convention-irregular, in the
first place, because the act that brought
it into being was Observation-Disclosures
delegates to the state convention be-
fore the State Executive Committee
has decided what shall be the basis Of
representation in the state convention
1t would appear that even those who
have been Grating upon the delectablC
theme, "Slept upon their rights" have
been asleep themselves and allowed
some one to play the David-Esau ac
upon the whole convention. We cal
not believe that the Davidson Count,
Convention nor the Robinson Count,
Convention which met on the sam
date, endorse Acknowledgement of tn
Negro, yet both of the bodies en-
dorsed Mr.. J. H. Early for Governor
Mr.. Early's position on this question
ought to have been known by the cor
vention. For the benefit of those VIII
are unacquaintcd with Mr.. Earlys rec
ord we quote the following associate
press dispatch sent from Chattanooga
August 5, 1906. ;
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-02-07

Chairman Sanders, of the State Ex-
ecutive Committee, has issued call
for a meeting of the committee in this
city on the 18th instant for the pur-
pose of considering the calling of the
state convention. Davidson County,
though, has held its convention, elect
ed and instructed delegates to the
meeting that has. not been called. Yet
there be those who are so dull as not
to scent trickery in the recent manipu-
lations
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-02-07

Rev. w. H. McRidley, A. M, D. D.,
LII. H., Phi. d., editor of the Cadiz In
former, President of the Cadiz Insti-
tute, and holding a few dozen other
positions, is a candidate for delegate,
from the state at large from Kentucky
to the republican National Convention.
He ought to have it. Any man sport
ing as many titles as the Rev. Prof. Dr.
McRidley ought to have anything he
asks for.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-02-07
NEGRO WOMAN SHOOTS YOUNG
GIRL

Matilda Thomas, colored, aged 16
Years, was shot in the head with a %
calibre ball fired from baby hammer
'e,ss revolver in the hands of Anna
: thompson, also colored. The Thomas
woman was not seriously hurt, al
Tough the pistol ball struck the left
side of her head about a half inch
above the ear
She was taken to the City Hospital
where an effort was made to locate the
bullet. After making careful search
t could not be located and it is thought
Il must have glanced off her head in
stead Of entering.
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COMMUNICATION.
lettering Throne of Portugal.

The assassination of the King and
Crown Prince of Portugal is a traglcal
horror that amazes the world and has
but few parallels in the annals OF his
tory for the audacity and success OF
its execution. 1t lis another sad CON-
mentary on the differences which ex-
list between a king and his subjects,
when the latter have grievances, real
or imaginary, which the former refuses |
to listen to or redress. The govern |
nlent that depends for its existence
upon iron ruling and rigorous despot-
ism, is a miserable failure and is sure
to totter to it's fall. The sovereign
who attempts to govern his people by
tyranny is either a cOnceited Weakllng
or the victim of some shrewd cabal.
He will as surely come to grief as ne
tdheres to such a course. Before ana
since the Barons of England rose UP
and forced old King John to sign the
Magma Charta at Runnymede in lib,
the people of many governments nave
signalized their displeasure at oppres-
sion and an encroachment upon their
natural and conceded manhood rights
and privileges They have signalized
their displeasure in different ways,
but each has left in it's wake trail OF
l. God and death. Despite the horrible
examples of the killings of Gods
amounted" with which history teens,
as showing the desperation of
the people at oppressive and re-
plessive government, yet ever and
anon there arises some crowned weak
| Ling who will try to stem the peoples
, wrath by crushing them, but who in
turn is crushed or destroyed. Uneasy
lies the head" some one has truth
fully said, chat wears crown" This
is only too true as history testifies
But it is true only in those cases
where sovereigns are swayed by
: unprincipled ministers and naughty
scheming courtiers, who are
ever ready to bleed and prostitute
}, the masses to advance their own self
q ish purposes. Portugal was throttle(
+ Ly the iron hand of Franco, the dicta
tor and the King and the Prince, hei
apparent. paid with their lives the pen
e atty of the peoples wrath for Franco
e unbending rule of folly.
V Russia is facing similar condition
e as those which have stirred the mud
= sills" of Portugal, as one of her grea
&c paper has intimated in language bu
IS thinly yelled, which is an unusua
n thing to do in the land of the Czal
d where frozen Siberia and its dreade
90 mines tower up mighty horror
-, ghostlike, to alright and silence tn
= bold and aggressive.
m Wherever men are crushed down b
k, the iron heel of power and oppression
IS there is unrest and there is DANCE
~ They may be cowed for while, for
- long term of years, but when ono
81 driven to desperation, they will VI
Ii roar the general veal and pour tn
e. milk of concord into hell. While thi
o. has been verified from age to age
tie va}ld's annals, yet there al
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asks for.

1t will soon be said that the white
folks are getting more like colored
folks every day. The Fish-Harriman
squabble and the effort being made
to control the gas company of this city
remind one of church row that all
are so familiar with.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-02-07

Mr.. Roosevelt's latest special mes
sage to Congress has the full approval
of Jeff Davis, of Arkansas. Another
message of the same tenor, and per-
haps Vardaman will get friendly.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-02-07

aundry Company where the shooting
took place. The Thompson woman
claims Eelf-defense. She is locked up
at the police station on charge Of
assault with pistol with intent to
commit murder.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-02-07

There are more people interested in
the empty dinner pail these days than
in malefactors of great wealth.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-02-07

The ground hog went back into his
hole. He must have heard that this
is the year for a presidential election.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-02-07

Secretary Taft, it is said, feels hurt
that the Negroes from all over the
country and especially those in Ohio,
are opposing him for the republican
nomination. He claims that his posi-
ton on the "war amendments" to the
Constitution is misunderstood; that he
is and has always been friendly to the
race, and that he is being purposely
misrepresented. Mr.. Taft himself is
responsible for the opposition of the
Negro voters and if he will read his
speeches delivered at Tuskegee and in
North Carolina, in 1906, he will find
the basis of the opposition. Likewise
he will probably learn why such emf
nent radicals as Hoke Smith, Tom
Watson and Representative Hardwick
who was elected to a seat in Congress
on a platform demanding the repeal Of
the Fourteenth Amendment, prefer
him above all other republican candi
dates. If Mr.. Taft is being misrepre
sented to the Negroes by his enc
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-02-07

They do things differently in Louis
Vile, and our courts and Civil Service
Commission might we'll pattern after
that city. During the holidays a Ne
gro who was under the influence of
liquor was stopped by two policemen
and when he resisted was shot by one
of the officers, from the effects of
which he died At the trial last Satur-
day the officer claimed that the man re-
sisted arrest, and in fighting the two po-
licemen, drew knife and attempted to
cut the one who fired the shot. A careful
search of the body, though, failed to
show that the victim had weapon Of
any description upon his person. A
score of witnesses, all Negroes, sworC
that the officer had beaten the mar
with his club and when he attempted
to flee, shot him. The trial judge hell
the policeman without bail, to thu
Criminal Court. If such a thin!
should happen in Nashville the star
would fall. Nevertheless, we mention
the matter hoping that some day tn
Civil Service Commission may find
case that will at least justify it in it
opinion in reprimanding one of gu
! autocrats.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-02-07
|. AND M. CLUB.

On February 5th the L. and NJ Club
had a social meeting at the residence
of Mrs Mary Walker 410 Ninth av-
enue, North, The following program
was rendered:
Address. .......Dr. s. S. Edwards
Solo ............... Miss Leila Shields
Duet ..........
Mrs. e. L. Moore and Miss Walker
heading .......... ....... Mr.. Sloan
Recitation ...... Mr.. T. ]. Turner
Solo ...... ..... Miss Addie Swift
Piano Duet 49,. Miss Mary Walker
Owing to pressure of business Mr..
j. G. Napier could not attend the bank
ers' meeting in Memphis this week.
Mrs. Dena Tucker, of 931 Warren
street, the mother Of Miss M. B. Tue 4
|rar I..4.at
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-02-07
BANKS.

The statements from various banks
run by colored men in different Sec
lions of the country that have been ap-
pearing in The Globe deserved to be
carefully read by every student of the
race question. They demonstrate be-
yOnd cavil that no matter what may
be said derogatory to our ability to
cope with modern business conditions
and our inability to trust each other,
we are going ahead in a modest way
it is true when comparing these re-
ports with those of older institutions
of the other race,-saving and invest
ing a part of our money and trusting
its keeping in the hands Of men of the
race. We are uniting our mites and
giving the latent business capacity of
the race a chance to exert itself.
How many persons, we wonder
knew that there was a bank in the
United States owned and operated ex
clusively by Negroes that has resources
upward of half-million dollars? How
many knew that there were more
than thirty banks owned by the race
Who was prepared to believe that {
bank less than year old would be thu
repository of the funds of 80 per cen
of all the secret societies of it's hom
city? How many knew that there i
bank over which a woman of tn
race presides? Yet all of this is true
and the half has not been told. Thes
reports are inspiring and should caus
some of the chronic kickers who poin
to the Freedman's Bank which faile
before many of them were born, t
join hands with our local bank an
help make it the strongest institutio
of its kind in the country.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1908-02-07

Preston Taylor.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-05-16
The Water Lily,

In the Shiny bed of sluggish mire
Its roots had humble birth:
And the slender stem, as it upward
grew,
Was coarse of fibre and dull OF hue,
With naught of grace or worth.
The jellied fish, as it floated ty,
Saw only the vulgar stem;
The clumsy turtle, padding by,
The water-snake with its lidless eye.
1t was only weed to them.
But the butterfly and the honeybee,
The sun and the sky and the air.
They marked its heart of virgin gold,
And its satin leaves of spotless fold,
And its perfume, rich and rare.
So the fragrant soul, in its purity,
To a sordid life tied down,
May bloom to Heaven, and no one
know
Seeing only the coarse, vile stem be-
low,
How God hath seen the crown!
james jeffrey Roche
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-05-16
Out in the Fields With God.

The little cares that fretted me.
l lost them yesterday.
Among the fields above the sea-
Among the winds at play;
Among the lowing of the herds,
And rustling of the trees,
Among the singing of the birds,
The humming of the bees.
The foolish fears of what may happen
/ cast them all away
Among the clover-scented grass,
Among the new-mown hay,
Among the husking of the corn,
Where the drowsy peoples nod,
Where i'll thoughts die and good are
born,
Out in the fields with Col.
Mrs. Browning.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-05-16
The Two Bells.

Long years ago, so runs the ancient
story,
Two bells were sent from Spain to that
far cline
New-found beyond the sea, that tc
Gods glory
And in His house together they might
chime,
And to this day one bell is safely
swinging
Within its sheltered tower, where, clear
and free,
1t hallows each day with it's mellow
ringing;
The other bell, its mate, was lost at
sea.
And when in gentle chime the bell is
pealing,
The people listen, for they say they
An echo from the distant ocean steal
ing
It is the lost ones answer, faint, yet
clear
Oh, love, like those two bells we sail
ed together,
And you have reached your holy work
and rest;
But stormy was the way, and rude the
weather,
And ] was lost beneath the waves
white crest.
Over my buried heart the white waves
glisten;
Across my breast the seaweeds wave
and Irvine;
Dead is my souls best life save when
/ listen
And hear your spirit softly calling
mine.
Then the old longing wakes; l start; I
shiver;
I try to break the bonds which hold
me dumb;
turn, 1 strive, with many a throe and
CULVER
I feebly answer, but l cannot come.
The Century.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-05-16
WHY DOUBT?
The Earth Itself Is Constantly Furn-
ishinq Proofs of Resurrection.
(From de Sacred Heart ReVi

(From the Sacred Heart Review)
Why are there any doubterS in the
resurrection of our bodies from the
dead? We look in March Oh the leaf
less trees; in May they are alive with
leaf and bud and bloom. We put the
hard, small seed of corn into the hard.
dark ground; that seed springs up into
beauty and fragrant life; we grind the
wheat in the mill and the flour is made
from it, and bread is made from the
flour, and we eat it and grow strong
All about us, in many ways Of our or
binary everyday existence, life comes
from death, strength comes from weak
ness, and we prove, over and over
again, the gain that comes through
loss.
Why, then, should it even appear TO
us strange, let alone incredible, that
our bodies will rise again? Has the
God who gives life to the tiny seed, the
frost-bound branches, the Snowclad
earth. less power to raise the dead,
and to make of that clay-cold body
majestic and glorious body, forever
free from pain or loss?
Why, too. should we not Elee5 again,
and talk again and abide in holy love
forever What, after ALL is death but
a curtain behind which orr friends are
whileliving; one goes TO Alaska. an
other to Australia; the seas, the rivers,
the oceans divide us; but love abides
Well, the river of death may separate
us, the unknown paths of another
world than this may be trodden by
those we love; but as on earth we
write, we pray, we love, though absent
by many miles from one another, so
we may pray and love, and meet in
God, though sundered by deaths pow
er. "One never loses" said st. Angus
tine, "one never loses those whom one
loves in Him Whom he can never lose"
The Lord watches over all of US.
That child, that parent. that friend.
whom He takes from US, shall we
grudge them to Him who loves them
best? Shall we act as though all was
lost, and life was blasted, because one
we love has gone to Him Who should
be our first and truest love? BY and
by, it viii be face to face" for us; not
face to face with God only, but with
all who are His own.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-05-16
The Home Grounds.

At many places, much attention is
paid TO the identifying Of the front
and side yards, while. in nearly all
cases, the rear yard is pretty much
left ITO take care of itself. Now and
then, perhaps, a spasm of tidiness will
flash forth, but the result is as tempo
rary as the care given, yet the condi-
tioR Of the rear premises is of vastly
more Importance TO the neighborhood,
as well as to the family, than that of
the front, because of the liability Of
contagion, or disease being encouraged
by its neglect. In many homes the
blame should rest on the shoulders best
fitted to bear the burden, and to do the
cleaning up; but in others the women
OF the family are the delinquents. The
health of the family in most cases the
charge of the housewife, and even
though she should not do the heavy
work of clearing and cleaning, she
should make it her business to see that
all manner of offensiveneSs is kept
strictly outside of the house grounds.
Men become accustomed to the sights
and smells of the stockyaTds, and are
not so quick to see the unfitness of
such conditions about the dwelling of
family, but if their attention is drawn
to it, and care insisted upon the con-
ditions will be remedied willingly, in
most cases. Tidy house grounds are of
money value to any premises, and
should be encouraged.