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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-02-03
Washington, d. c.
Jan. 20, 1910.

Jan. 20, 1910.
Washington is having little re-
lief these days from the strenuous ex-
element of the last month. Things
are still moving right along, but
there is not a crisis every day, rs
seemed to be the case before. Ten
denotes which have already been not
ed are working themselves out, and
in some cases are laying up a large
store of trouble for certain promin-
ent personages.
The one sensation of the week has
been the Ballinger hearing. and while
it is true Mr.. Ballinger and his friends
have not been heard yet, it is GER
tain that Galvis has made statements,
and proved them, which will call for
angle iron, reinforced concrete ex-
plantations Mr.. Ballinger has not been
the only one hit. The charges against
him are about the same as the pub
lie is familiar with-that he was not
active in investigating charges of
fraud against men for whom he
had been counsel and that he illeg-
ally, or at least dishonesty, ordered
their claims TO be allowed, when he
knew or ought to have known, that
the claims were illegal. But other i'm
potant men have been brought into
the cast. Land Commissioner bennett
is severely compromised by lot Of
letters he wrote about the case. These
letters also compromise Ballinger, but
of course are not as good evidence
against him as against the man that
wrote them. Sen Hepburn of Idaho
has been involved, just how much it
is still impossible to tell, and it has
been proved that at least two con-
gressmen had interest in fraudulent
claims, and were trying to get the
law changed to allow the claims TO
go thru. This is all so far. 1t looks
as if the fuss would last all the win
ter, and ruin a good many reputa-
tions.
Meanwhile the great effort Of
the land-grabbers. is simply TO pre-
vent legislation of any kind. If they
can do this they are likely to win out
as the old laws are not strong enough
They are preparing to work all
sorts of games, and it is plain that
they had hoped to keep the work
back till after the Ballinger inquiry.
Whether they will be able to do this
or not depends largely on Pres. Taft
If the work goes over till next win
ter, when the public interest has
cooled and after the election. it is
not likely that anything will be done
at all-and Heaven knows what
would happen after that time. So the
land sharks are fighting for delay all
along the line.
The situation has been complicat-
ed this week by an offer of Seattle
man 20 take over big coal land lea
SEES in Alaska, paying the Government
80 cents ton for all the coal on the
land as he mined IT, This would
make several million dollars, for
this piece of land alone, and a total
of over EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS
for the Alaskan coal lands alone. He
imposes certain complicated conditions
Now, it would undoubtedly be very
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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-02-03
COMING REVIVAL SERVICES

DAILY Except Saturday.
D. m-Bbe Readings 730 p. m-Preaching Service
TO hour follow
Bril- yourB atermeetng
MID-WEEK SABBATH
600 A. m.-Praye Meeting p m.-Bible Reading.
M Service 73O m-PTeaehing Service
Buswell with atermeeung
SUNDAY
m-Sunday I. m.-Bbe Reading
usual. OILS m.-Joint meeting Of
m,-Preaehing Service Christian Societies
by Mr. BuswelL $50 m.-Preachng Service
with atermeetng
will probably be held Wednesday night
The ,imeis shor any o meetings.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-02-03
WASHINGTON LETTER. In OUR OWN STATE

Business Booming Along, and Com
mittees Busy-BalIinger Hearing
Starts in with Hot Shot Against
Secretary-ActivitY in Congress In
dictates Intention to Please Taft.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-02-03
BIG REVIVAL STARTS
SWELL DRAWING CROWD TO CHAPEL

Series of Meetings MadeMany Converts
Already andM Shown-Every Church in Town
Win Benefit Students Being Referred to Their Own De-
Homes.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-02-03

Russian Population Grows.
The population in Russia is increas.
ing at the rate of 100000 a year.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1910-02-03

knowledge is power-and the
way to keep up with modern
knowledge is to read a good
newspaper.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-01-06
ECONOMIC
I. I. NOT SOCIAL {;
i is THE PROBLEM OF THE NORTH
iEItN: NEGRO, SAYS WRIGHT
" -, BEFORE ACADEMY r.
DUBOIS ALSO SPEAKS
Docs not Think that Systematic De-
ception In the South on Part of
Negro or Whites will in the Long
Hum Help the Situation.

Washington, Dec. 29. - (Special)
The problem OF the Negro in the
noEtu 10 economic raruer Inan social
Philadelphia, in an address this morn
ing beiore the American Negro Acad-
e1ny, In session at Lincoln memorial
church, l1th and II streets north
west. =. %r-&-.yf ,..''
N." Wright has made considerable
inquiry into the status Of the Negro
IN Lue nOrCu. lie received the degree
OF doctor from the University Of
Pennsylvania Last June Ior aoclologl-
can lilVesllgaucn. ..
Northern Negroes Achievement.
AT the outset OF his address Dr..
Wright said it was the norUnern NE
gross wli6' tiEst, starIed newspapers,
lnu:ssazin IS ca dfches ana iraternal .or-
T. nera for their people. Richard Allen,
loDeLt PurYls, Mllllam- Sill, Ereder-
1ck Douglass ana ADsalom Jones were
advocating the, abolition Of slavery
several generations ago, be saiu.
In the horth," said Dr. Wright,
' soTtar rs ctVIc pr iv1tey,es are cUncern-
Ell, the Negro has the same rogal stat
US as a Wnite man. He has free en-
tire TO the ScEouIs and colleges, aud he
enjoys an unrestrained franchise.
but the real serious pro b1em is the
one OF making LIVING. Race prey
Juice Is not SO much In matters So
sial as above indicated, as in matters
a33f faJS3ff =
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-01-06
~---------------.
NEGRO ENUNIERATORS
Are to be Used In TalHng Census in
Negro Districts, 'Tis Said.

; Washington, D. c., Dec. 4.-The
employment Of Negro enumerators to
take the population in districts Of
which wo fifths or more are colored
Is required in letter of"instruction
by Census Director Durand to the
Supervisors. He does not consider it
advisable that in the south Negroes
should enumerate In many enumera-
tion districts to appoint both white
and Negro enumerators.
In carrying out this policy 1t is not
thought that over 25 colored emu
merators will be needed In Ohio. In
some Of the wards where there Is a
large colored population in Cincinnati
1t IS thought that few Negro emu
inefators will be employed. There
will also be some places for Negro
enumeratOrs in Columbus and Xenia.
In Kentucky large force Of col
ored enumerators Will be engaged.
There will be places for rs in Louis
Vile, where according to the last
census there is a population Of over
10000 Negroes. Bourbon, Boyle,
Christian and Fayette counties Wilt
require large proportion of Negro
enumeratOrs because the population
is over 25 per cent co1ored.
Quite force Of Negro enumerators
VIII Be used IN Charleston and Hunt
ington, w. Va, as we'll as in Jeffer-
son and Mcdowell counties Of that
state. In Mcdowell county 81 per
cent Of the population are Negroes
and in jefferson a little over rs per
cent. Director Durand thinks the
census will show approximately 10,-
100000 members Of that race In the
, United States,
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loud and long and vehemently it as
serts, makes It's claim true, but the
facts upon which the claim rests. =
After saying that the monuments
to Dunbar, at Dayton, Ohio and that
TO Frederick Douglas at Rochester
n. Y, We're memorials to two men
who had reached the summit, he con-
tinued, - '..-...
prom the jungles of Africa to the
heights of American civilization in
250 years. said q prominent southern
minister e4s the -swiftest and greatest
Journey ever made by any SeopIe 3"
He might have shortened the time
over fiye-sixths the number Of years
for slavery for ESQ years perpetuated
the low and hopeless conditions of
jungle life, If indeed, it did not inten-
sify them. ...-- e. ------ ..-.---.--
'sShe race had done alone all it has
done, since Emancipation, 46 years
ago. AS Of Lincoln, so Of the Negro,
1t may be said, From such depths de-
rived to such heights ascending his
flight mocks the eye Of reason 1t
mnst-not be overlooked as to the COM
pelling call Of Righteousness for s,spe-
r1or place in the consideration of the
needs Of the race, moral mastery pre-
ceeds all things in the making Of the
race. The racial demands Of the
hour are confidence, enterprise, con-
secrat1on and Righteousness"
During the year Rev. J. r. l..
Olggs, president Of the Virginia Bap-
tist Seminary, at Lynchburg, Va;
Prof. E. G. Wilson, teacher at the
washington High School, and Rev.
Dr.. l.. Il. Johnson, pastor Of the Mad
1son street Presbyterian church, Bal
ttmCre, were elected to membersh iD.
Officers were elected as follows:
Archibald Fl. Grimke, Boston, Mass,
president; Prof. Kelly Miller, WASH
1ngton, first vice PRESIDENT! Rev. M.
w. Anderson, Philadelphia, Pa, Sec
ond vice president; Prof. w. H. Crog-
man, Atlanta, Ga, third vice presi-
dent; Bishop J. Albert johnson, Cane
Town, South Africa, fourth vice pres
ident; Rev. Francis j. Grimke, Wash
1ngton, treasurer; Prof. Kelly Miller,
Rev. w. S. Tunnel, Rev. J. 3. Moor
land, Prof A.. A. Craig and Prof. G..
C. Cook, all Of the District Of Column
b1a, executive committee.
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: TO | Pr ! / | O.l'T:|ECT ] !: 4. u. !.
!. I. .F['RI'A'llII''Tl|ERNlIIlIEs';' I''' \ / 5
is THE oBJEl5r OF CHICAGO OR.
{ IN. i. G&ANIlATtON. I5l n. !
National FrateFaal Congress- organiz.
ed to look After Welfare of all
Secret Societies Anliong Negroes.

~ o>iii1ee'So' ,t'tti otln ualy 4-tSpeclal)----
The delegates Of several fraternal
organizations in Chicago, met, Mon
day in this city, and organized the
National Fraternal Congress of the
United States. The object and pur-
pose Of this National Congress is to-
unite permanently all the regular
and legitimate ,fraternal and benefit
societies for the purpose of mutual
information, benefit and projections.
After several addresses were, made.
the following Grand Officers were
elected for the period of two years,
and It was ordered and. agreed that
the next Session Of the National
Congress be- held at New Orleans,
Louisiana, on the 18th. Of October,
1910. The following are the Grand
Officers: Robert j. Fetcher, Presi-
dent, Sacramento, California;; Rev.
r. Amos, D. D., First Yice-President.
Little Rock, Arkansas:a Mr.. w. M.
Farmer, Secand Vice-President, Chi
tpago; A. McMt11an, Third v1ce-Presi-
dent Shreveport, Louisiana; W.T..
Blue, Fourth; Wce-PrAsident, Cleve-
land. Ohto.. w, r, 7sladaoe IFiftb
Vice President. ;; Marsha1l, Texas. r.
| A. Carter -Sfxtf1- Vfca-.p praa7da,F
Louisville. XIV. Mrs M r, sannbo
Seventh Vice President Tjtt1a Roof
Arkansas. r d. Peonfes GRAND Au.
ditor. BatesviI1e M;asisainD}. VIII
! liam Grant. National Stat;afician
New Orleans. I I,ouislana. Tobn n
Jones. ATTORNEY Chicapo T,tino,a. i.
Mrs, M C. Hogan Grand Traaenro1.
lCanbfid Id saa eh4satts. Rau-.1,
D. Conn org. Grand i. secrat ayy
tGarysyille. Louisiana. Mrs M TJ
Spight, : Assiafanf Grand Secret q ~
Little Rock. Arkansas ,t.1>y% $G !,
| i Executive "a 5t.ornitfaa. ..Mrs r.ano
Ritter a tt..4 Al i; sx,,,s, mi I.
e. Lewis. fioss arta .rsaI 4 fYorn3a :. .
Miss C. Webb New Orleans r ,G,,.
isiana; MIR. Samuel II. Prather chi
cago, Illinois: Mr.. r M Steward
Needles, California: Mr.. A Hodqes
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II / 1 l||lI NJ
,REVIEWF: GlI Tt,tD1KIaSt u
, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES i;iS e
49, 3 D1lA p RoIs n q slEl 4
MUCH IfiNllFlORMATjII0N n


Booker w as
recognized as I
past and presd
a2large per ce
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neighbor and sitting In. car sur
rnnndeu- by. colored peopteS2 =.
In most cases he works FOR white
men; but not in all, as he may work
for a colored man or a colored fam
lily. Even If he works for white
man his fellow work1nen, men with
Whom he comes In contact, are all
cololed. With them he eats his din
ner and returns home at night.
"Once a week ne reads colored
paper He Is insured in a colored in
surance company. He patronizes a
cOlored school with colored teachers,
and a colored church with g. colored
a place freQuented and usually run
10y colored people. He is buried by
colored people in a -colored grave
yard. -, g = =
In his section of the city few or
no white people live, consequently his
children grow up with colored COM
panions. In his home, a white person
seldom, If ever, enters. All the fam
lily meals, amusements' and ceremo-
MES are among his own people.
A Separate People. Is. j."
.s"Now, such situation means more
than a mere separation from white
people. it means, as I have intimat-
ed before, not simply separation, but
organized provision for, the service
Of this colored group. ~-'~., '..l
'The group must see to it that re-
ligion, education, amusements, etc,
are furnished it's members. While
some Of these things are left to
chance, more and more such groups
are consclentlously exerting themsel-
YES in these ways. And this is what
I mean by integration.5
The place, however, where the
separation cannot be made more per-
feet is in matters Of work of economic
cooperation. Here the Negro of At
lanta- occupies one Of the two-xery4
different positions. .
HE may be, and often is, one of
those engaged in the. service which
the group as such deman ds-that is,
a teacher, lawyer. physician, a
druggist, an artisan whose clients are
cOlored or a servant for colored peo-
pie. This group Of employers is
growing rapidly, but it is a. small
grollp and q grQup naturally paid
sJt1 1JsTyJ JJyrIcJ
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AEEXANDER "A BANQUETTED.

Baltimore, Md, Jan. 4.-(Special)
ReY, DR.. w. M. Alexander, president
of theE Maryland Suffrage League,
which vas an i'm perta tasaiks factor In,
IDrIng1hg about the recent defeat or
the disfrancnisement amendment,
was rendered a complimentary ban
quet last Thursday night Toasts
were responded to as follows: "Our
Honored Guest" Rev. A. l.. Gaines;
Possibilities Of the Maryland Ne
gro," John Henry Smith; ''The Saw
lngs Bank and the Negro" P. C. Glib
son; "The Legal Profession" w. c..
McCord; '"The Progress Of the Ne
gro as a Farmer" Rev. Joseph C.
Bryant; "Our Schools" Heber E.
Wharton; "The Negro Business
Man." Cornelius H. Jones; "The
Medical Profession" DR.. H. F..
Brown; ''The Minister" Rev. A. B.
Coils; '"The. Negro's ADVANTAGE in
the State Capital" and THE Press
Hugh G. Macbeth. L. II. Davenport
served as toastmaster
DR.. Alexander, in graceful
speech, said, in part: "To hold our
place as an element of civil society
We, the leaders Of our race, must see
to it that our young people receive
the advantages Of the public schools
and private educational institutions
and that the masses are reached
and brought In association with our
churches and taught to understand
how to appreciate the value Of the
Christian religion and to apply it
as their rule for thought and daily
service"
The BALTIMORE Assembly, a lead
ing social organization, gave q bril-
| liant reception in the pink reception
room Of the Lyric last Wednesday
night. The reception was attended
| by leaders in local social circles, and
a number of out-of-town guests.
! Shortly after ten o'clock, Mr.. and
Mrs. j. Clarence Chambers led the
grand march, and then until mid
might the festivities kept up, with q
short intermission for the, serving Of
supper.
! The great Southern Temple of
Daughters of Elks Is holding a con-
gress Of all nations at the hall of
Monumental Lodge Of Elks. An at
! tractive program is being rendered
/ nightly. ; &
Rev. G. r. Uncles, the only color
! cd Catholic priest in this city, has
returned from visit to- st. Charles,
III.
s. p. Mcdonald, a noted tenor
singer Of Philadelphia, Pa, gave a
private recital at the residence of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Brown, 937 Ar
| gv1e Avenue, Friday night. Mrs
, Theresa Stewart was the accompa.
mist. sd
-------@-~e--o------
Golden TeXt--In that he has suf
! fered being tempted, he is able to sue
I cor them that are tempted. Heb
j2:1S.
Verses IS, t4.--Why did Jesus
want to DO baptized.
! What reason IS there for the opin
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Smaff wages.
On the other hand, the great mass
Of this city group are persons whose
employment makes them part Of the
whole economic organization Of the
south and the nation, These are. the
great mass OF iabera1s, porters, 8, se1st e1astszs
wants and artisans.S Their contact
with the white group is considerable
and constant, and In that contact en-
ters and necessitates continual exist
ence of social intercourse.
Where Race is a Question.
ut is hdfe that the great battle Of
| the race question is ght-but
fought, as you will perceive, not by
the most highly educated and able
members Of the group, but usually by
the middle-class workingman., Often
too, the tendency is to separate that
group Of men from it's natural intel
lectual leaders.
This in the southern city group
of yesterday was possible, but is today
being made more and more il A,OsSi-
BILE. These natural leaders are seek
ing economic Improvement as lead.
ers Of the integrating forces of the
race.
They depend therefore, upon this
| mass Of WOrkingmen for their remu-
neration and upon the loyalty which
| this mass of Workingmen cooperate
in organization. They must, there.
! fore, cater to the whims and dislikes
OF the mass of the Negro people
This draws physicians and their kind
like teachers, preachers and lawyers
to the mass Of their people by strong
| cords Of self-interest, because their
! bread and butter lies in the hands OF
: the. mass. On the other hand this
| same mass Is tremendously dependent
| upon this intellectual aristocracy fol-
| such organization Of it's life as viii
| makes that life more pleasant and en-
! durable.
Few Social Cbasms,
! consequently there has grown uI
In the south among the city group:
! Of Negroes certain we'll defined socia
conditions, but with comparatively
! few social chasms."
! Rev. w. V. Tunnel of Howard
University In a paper on "The Rehe1
influence Of Race Prejudice" de
clared that as prejudice wanes in The
south its economical and educationa
development will increase.
Rev. DR.. l.. j. Johnson, Of Belti
more, read paper on SONG Socia
Demands Of the Hour"
At the outset Or. Johnson review
ed the anti-race feeling as exhibited
in the recent Georgia railroad strik,
and the recent decision Of Justice
Dugro, of New York, who, handel
down decision that q colorcd man
reputation could not be damaged al
that of white man.
THE Negro needs, he continues
to concentrate his gaze within ant
! realize the full humanncss Of powe
and capacity Of intellect With thos
or other races. He must hold con
hdence in himself upon the grount
OF like uniform humanity with al
others, that makes him verify cap
able OF belonging and doing as excel
lently as the others have become ant
done. Not assertion simply, howeve
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-01-06

HeaW Busy Year Book a Niagara
Walng I'm Bazl' Attracts
of Honor a banquet
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gro I1iseass s.aai.a..tea-Aeainst..

- The almost unanimous attitudes
or the labor unions OF the north is to
exclude the Negro. But, the attitude
OF the exclusion IS not counneu to the
LABOR union: alone, Tor Negroes do not
j., have any better show wing lin trades
WHICH are3not u11fontzeh and I'd shops
which are open than they do when tile
unions are In full power.
The competition which the Negro
in the north has to meet is the fierc-
est possible, and keeps him eternally
at it to make both ends meet. The
result Of this economic stress is re-
tiectcd in every phase Of the northern
N@gro's life. ..-
He looks at education from the
point Of view Of what 1t will bring
rather than It's cultural effects. He
looks at the great social bodies, such
as fraternal orders, from the point Of
view of the money. they will provide
in time Of need rather than of their
principles. And even the church
takes on an economic aspect as we'll
as a religious one:"
Race Group i'm Southern City.
DR.. w. e. B. Du Bois of Atlanta,
Ga, in a paper last night on THE
Social Evolution Of the Black South, ;"
said he did not believe that system
attic deception in the south ,>either on
the part of black men or white men,
will in the long run help the situa-
tion single particle" and that your
Tillrnans and Vardamaas represent a
certain disgusting but honest igno-
rance which acts upon its Information
and some day, when they get the right
information, they are going to act
right
After speaking of the influence Of
the house servant and the slave me-
chanic in ante e-bellum times, DR.. Du
BoiS continued:
IF We would know the social con
dition Of the Negro today, we must
turn our attention to the city Negro.
No matter how much we believe the
country the place for the southern
Negro, or consider It's certain advan.
tages to him there, the black man
who can take advantage of those op
pOrtunities Is represented in the coun-
try districts in small numbers, and
cannot, under present circumstances
be represented by large numbers
save through conscientious, system
attic group effort.
Progress in Civilization.
at is the city group Of Negroes
therefore, that Is more civilized and
advancing. 1t Is that group whose
eocial structure we need to study. II
is in the south above all the segre-
gated group.
Let me illustrate the possibilities
Of black man in city like Atlanta
today. He may arise in the morning
in a house q black man built and
which he, himself owns. 1t has beer
painted and Dapered by .blbck men
The furniture was probablyjbought a
u white store, but not necessarily
and, If 1t was, it was brought to the
house by a colored drayRan.
'J1is provisions are fought at g
Negro grocery For thu most par
his morning paper is delivered by {
colored boy. He startk to worl
walking to the car willy q coloret