The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1910-05-05
AIliI[llllllosit,y. il n / 'jit ! !.
Responsible j! ! K
FOR THE FIGHT BEING wAGED
AGAINsT N ORRIs BROWN
COLLEGE. ...:,c... .....
Cause 6t Friction.
Appears to he failure Of objectors to
~ get everything they wapted.---In-
dust,'ial department of school
shows improvement. ~,.>
(Horace ID. Slater.)

Atlanta, Ga, May 2.-It does seem to
the casual obseryer that with disputes
in ali OF the Neg1o churches. this pre-,
late and that pIelate under charges,
ugly rumors circNlated against reputa-
BILE men with a view to lessentng their
usefulness, big plblishin" houses and
other concerns the subjects Of bitter
wrangles, the ~ydrious secret. orders
throughout the South in the Courts
because of the alleged misuse of funds
on the part Of some official or the in
competence Of an6ther-all these mat
ters coming at this time, make. one
stop and ask the question, Where are
we at?"
OF course, in attempt to let oneself
out of dispute, One would be excused
from arguing that there are some
things and some men for that matter
who ought to be fought viciously--for
example, such silly nonsense as, the
color line in a Christian Church and
it's promoters-but when one gets into
the sorry details Of the fuss and mess
that has been raised against Bishop
Charles Spencer Smith and DR.. E. w.
Lee. President Of Morris Brown Col
lege, down here in Georgia, he is more
and more led to believe that many of
our so-called big men are weak in the
upper story or are a lot Of selfish
scheming and designing mercenaries
The whole frontand force of Bishop
Smiths offendingFa certain coterie of
little fellows in Georgia has been that
he has not been able to give them, just
what they wanted. Rev. r. D. Stin.
son, sometime financial agent Of Nor
ris Brown College and one or. two of
his friends, Gin round numbers there
would not be aixD have held Bishop
Smith and DR.. Lee up to the ridieule
of the public. I'D hesitating ,to,~say
those things in the public" c"prints' that
were even calculated to turn the white
people Of this city and state against
Bishop Smith. Ask yourself the ques-
tion if any Negro in Atlanta stands
in such an unenviable position with
the white people that he has eternal
leave to reside in that beautiful South
ern city The Negroes of Atlanta have
recent riot, and here comes a Negro
who in some kind of manner can get
in the Constitution to write news mat
ter about colored folk, and proceeds
at once to turn the Constitution and
all the influential white people against
a man, who as much as any other man
in Atlanta, is able to be of incalculable
To
This is the thing R. D. Stinson has
been doing. He appears to be kind
of "white folks Niger" if you please.
q "nlgger' who can run up with hat
off, scratching the head, despicable at
titude, saying,
white folks dis here Bishop Smith
is bad kind uf niger, he is. He
comes down har whar us good niggers
is, fun way up Nof, un he don't no
nufing bout good niggers business. Dis
har Bishup Smith sa's niggers ought
n work and dat dey mus know Latun
un Greek lax da white folks. He's a
bad nigger eny how, un yer white folks
oughtn run him way FUN har. Cos'e.
he keeps me fun gittin my hams on a.
few dollars un dem niggers on his
trusty bod would'n lee me no mo, but
Iain't gin him fer dat; he jes amt
no. show nuf Georgia niger"
If you think this does not repre-
sent the truth Of the matter, turn to
the files of the Atlanta Constitution
for January and February or if you
please, note the following clipping ta-
ken from the Atlanta Georgian, one of
the two papers most responsible for
the Atlanta riots. The story was ta-
ken from the Atlanta Georgian of Feb
ruary 10Th, and sure speaks for itself:
Morris Browns Fuss Breaks Out
Afresh.
"The Morris Brown College sduab-
Hle broke out afreSh Friday afternoon,
and from all appearances it will con-
tinue to wage hotly until won by either
one side or the other. With Rev Stin-
son, Bishop Turner and Bishop Flip
per on one side and President Lee and
Bishop Smith on the other, the fight
has been smoulderng for some weeks
until it was famed to a fame Friday
afternoon by the action Of G.. s. Smith
head bishop Of the Negro diocese Of
Georgia in taking out permit for
$4,000 repairs on the Morris Brown
building.
1t is claimed by Stinson that this
permit was taken out by Smith with