The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-03-17
COLORED SOCIETY
NEWS AND OPINIONS

The OcaIa Star says: Dixie ham
mers the Times-Union about its ne
gro edition straight along. but has
little to say about the negro page of
the Metropolis since the latter pa
per came out for Stockton"
Now. l don't believe my friend
Benjamin wrote that stuff in the
Ocala Star. | know that Benjamin
is fair and the statement above is
wrong. The files of Dixie show that
Dixie had contained over four COL
oils for its negro society news and
these four columns appeared in Dixie
after that paper came out for
Stockton"
The difference. Brother Benjamin,
in the two papers is that the Me-
tropOlis publishes a lot of disgusting
rot about social stunts of negro.
washer women while the Times
Union allows its negro editor to
abuse Southern white democrats and
advocate white teachers in negro
schools. The Ocala Star does not OBJ
ject to the negro pages, as ii SAYS
so plainly. l differ with it because
| do not believe a white newspaper
owned by white men should feature
negro society news nor allow a ne
gro editor to urge white teachers in
negro schools. The Star says my
criticisms is a good deal OF bosh."
The Star may endorse these sort Of
things because it has failed to see
the negro editions of the Times
Union, which is putting a lot OF
deVilment in the heads of negroes. |
wish the Star could read some of the
editorials / have complained of, be-
cause | know it would agree with me
that they are dangerous to white
men and women Of the South-Dix-
ie.
The Star begs Dixie.s pardon, but
unless it greatly mistakes, Dixie has
been a right smart milder with the
Met. since that paper declared for
Stockton that it was before. We
haven't counted the lines, but it
doesn't seem to US that they are as
| numerous as they were few short
months ago.
The Star has never read the Me-
tropolis' colored page, nor seen a
copy of the negro edition of the
| Times-Union. The Star, which by
! the way is as southern and demo-
cratic paper in its policy as anyone
couraged the colored people to build
| up a society of their own. 1t. thinks
| it is best for them to take as much
| interest as possible in their church,
natural for them when they have
wedding. reception or ball, church
social or any other affair in which
they take pride and interest, to
| wish to see an account of it in print.
And if they are willing to pay to
have such things printed, and some
| one is willing to print them, it
| seems to the Star that it is as legi-
| innate to sell them such printing as
| it is to sell them -four and bacon.
| The Star has always held that
washerWomen. ditch diggers. roust-
abouts and all other people who
make a living by hard work are
useful members Of society and just
as honorable as those who preach,
write, expound the law or sell rib
bons. So the Star thinks, if colored
| washerwoman gives a party to her
friends, and can get a notice of it in
| paper that she pays Is cents a
week of her hard-earned women for,
she is within her rights: and more
over. the Star believes that in doing
such things she and her neighbors
are helped and encouraged in way
that does good rather than harm to
the body polite.
Neither can the Star see why
|, these notices should be an offense to
!, white people. They are on page
by themselves, plainly marked, and
!; white people have no need to read