The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1913-06-13
FORMER CLAIMS THAT LATTER HAS
IMPOSED ON HIM
Mullins Name Used Without His Per-
mission - Jonah Sought Mullins
Aid-Asked Him to Go North
with Him-Jonah Tries to
Establish Rival Town
Says White Folks Will
Discriminate Against
the Blacks.

What appeared to be relationship |
that would be of long standing in our
congenial nature has come to an
abrupt ending.
Mr.. j. B. Mullins, founder of Hor-
tense, a town in Dixon country whose
population is to be exclusively Ne
groes, has broke relations with Rev.
Jonah, a white man who has been
in Nashville several weeks on
mysterious mission.
The break came about it seems
through the too free use of Mr.. Null
Inns name by Rev. Jonah. Mullins is
pushing Hortepse and he says that
Jonah came to him and asked that
he CMullins) join with him (Jonah)
in a similar work; from what could
be learned the working agreement
was gone into. Jonah was to help
Mullins and Mullins was to help jon
ah. Just in what way the help was
/ to be rendered was not made clear
| by the, conversation, but it seems
that each was to help the other in
moral support.
In few days after this CONVERSE
ton, it seems a letter head appeared
in Nashville, headed 1--WE are coming
with train load of Negroes products
The train was scheduled to visit
Chicago, New York Washington, Bos
ton, and Philadelphia.
j. B. Mullins name appeared as
general manager; this was done Mr.
Mullins said without his consent OF
knowledge. Following close after
this came an announcement that Rev
Jonah and Mr. Mullins were to es
tablish a town in another part o
Dixon county about twenty-five miles
from Hortense When Mr.. Mullin!
learned of this he condemned it in the
strongest terms, and said that Mr.
Jonah had no right to use his name
as he was bent on establishing Hor
tense on that the ground Jonah wa
speaking of, is not as good a grount
as his. Jonah says that Mr.. Mul
Inns would not succeed, because it i
not on a river, he says that Ne
gro town to succeed must have {
waterway 50 that they could fight tn,
railroad; he said that the white fel
lows on the railroad would work dis
elimination against the Negroes il
rates, so his purpose is to establish
town of his own.
r 1t Is not known whether or m
t Mr.. Jonah being white man, will
: live in the town or not 1t is pre-
sumed. however that since it is Il
, be a Negro village, and after Mr.
Jonah organizes and sells the land
, he will withdraw from the communi
| ty. Be this as it may the breacl
: between Jonah and Mullins seems t.
grow wider and wider, as every plal
} is to be carried out in his own way
!. Rev, Jonah came to Nashville sew
5 eral weeks ago and has since beel
! here advocating what he calls the Ne
2 gro Emancipation. He terms himsel
i as the Moses of the Negro race.
! What he intends doing, nobody seem
to fully understand except himself
: He has published a book, many cor
les of which have been sold II
: Nashville. He visits every meetin
! among the colored people and If Civ
4 en- chance will get in his say, bu
I. :. nobody seems to be able to find hea
A., nor tail to Mr.. Jonah's plans; he ha
visited other places in the countr
and at one time had some trouble a
Brownsville, Tenn. He came t
: Nashville from Memphis, which cit
= he describes as being the meanes
: place on earth, but he speaks we
: of Nashville however, and says tina
: the condition between the white an
q black people should be changed an
: that he is the man to do it.
The difference between Rev. Mu
Inns shows no signs of helping a
: Mr.. Mullins is a determined man
!, is not expected that he will give Il
!. the scheme that he has long chez
n ished and surrender to Mr.. Jonah.