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The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-01-16
SEGREGATION.
(By Prof. Kelly Miller.)

The eternal Negro question has
been disturbing element in public
and national discussion from the
foundation of the government down
to the present hour. The public mind
may seek temporary relief by focus
ing attention on economic material
issues; the perplexed statesman may
put it aside for some more con-
venient season; yet ever anon it re-
ours with undated aggrevation.
Even the carnage of the war of
nations entailing the most awful toll
of death that the world has ever ex-
perienced, and which has for the past
few months shunted from public con-
sideration and discussion every other
issue of national or international in
terest, has not been able to relegate
the Negro question to the back
ground
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-01-16

city since 1907. He is a former visit
Ing dentist to the St Francis de Sales
institute at Rockcastle. Va.
He is identified in an active capacity
with many public interests in this city.
Besides his profession, he Is a notary
public, secretary Of the George MasoD
School improvement league and a val
'ued member of the faculty of the Rich
mond hospital training school. DR..
Brown has served as section secretary
and chairman and state vice president
Of the National Medical association, Of
which he Is a member.
The other organizations with which
he is a member are the Robert T. Free
man Dental association of the District
Of Columbia, Old Dominion State
Dental association, Tri-State Dental
association of Washington, Maryland
and Virginia and the Richmond Med
ical society and associate editor Of the
Journal Of the National Medical Asso-
citation.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-01-16
AN HONOR TO THE RACE.
Steady Advance Of Dr.. Roscoe c.
Brown of Richmond, Va.

Steady Advance Of Dr.. Roscoe c.
Brown of Richmond, Va.
Richmond, Va.-The timely interest
which many Of the busiest professional
men Of our race take in movements
for the advancement Of the race along
various lines of work Is one Of the
most encouraging signs Of progress
among us. The above statement Is
true in letter and spirit of DR.. Roscoe
@. Brown of this city. He was born
in Washington thirty years ago. He
is a graduate Of the M Street High
school and the dental department Of
Howard university in his native city.
DR.. Brown holds a certificate from
the medical examining boards of the
District of Columbia and the state of
Virginia. He received the degree of
doctor Of dental surgery upon his grad
uation from the latter school and has
been practicing his profession in this
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who profit by the presence Of the ear.
nest teacher In their midst. Mothers
conflde their perplexities, the minister
presents his difficulties, the civic officer
seeks conference.-the entire village
looks to the Spelman teacher and finds
In her a counselor and friend.
Among the daughters Of Spelman
who have entered upon q life of self
forgetting labor is Mrs. 8. 9. ]. Bryant
Of this city. She completed the high
school course in 1901. Later she took
the degree Of bachelor of theology at
Morehouse college. Her husband, Dr.
p. ]. Bryant, Is pastor Of Wheat Street
Baptist church, the membership Of
which Is something over 5000. Mrs.
Bryant Is a woman Of many and va
ried interests, being state president Of
the Woman's Missionary and Educa-
tional society and vice president Of the
national Baptist convention.
Besides being leader in church mat
ters, she is also vitality active mem
Der Of numerous committees for the
betterment Of the home, the school and
the community. Despite the manifold
demands upon her time and strength,
she has added to her cares by starting
q preparatory and Industrial school.
Her inspiration came from seeing men,
bers Of the Wheat Street church. keen
~ anxious to be about the Kings bust
ness, burning with zeal, but unable to
plan, to execute, to bring to fruition,
because Of the lack Of proper training
Looking into their eager faces, she
read her masters message.
On Sept. 4, 1909. the Bryant school
was opened in Eve small rooms over a
grocery store. The enrolment that
year was 175. with four teachers. The
brave spirit Of this woman, her clear
vision and wise management, gained
for the school friends who made it pos
sible to close the year free Of debt
Now there are eight teachers and 275
pupils. Thirty-eight Of these are in the
kindergarten department.
A recent visit to this school at night
was Of unique interest. The rooms
over the grocery store, in which the
school IL still held, are in size IL by Is.
Two classes were being conducted in
each. There are no desks in these
rooms, and the blackboards are very
poor. From 7:3O until 10 O'Clock these
grown people who have worked hard
oil day pore over their books with an
eagerness which Ii pathetic. Some Of
them walk six and seven miles to get
here. One woman, who conducts a
school Of her own Of sixty pupils dur
ing the day, attends here at night and
seizes with avidity every possible scrap
Of knowledge 50 az to have q bit Of
new mental food for her children on
the morrow. ~
One man, long grown. Ia now able to
manage his business owing to three
years. drill with Mrs. Bryant and her
helpers. Among other things which
impresses one Is the marvellous pa
tience of the teachers, for to instruct
men and women Of the age of sixty
FIVE and over In the rudiments is not
calculated to s0othe the nerves. The
hours which most Of these teachers
devote to their profession are from
$50 a. m. to 10 p. m. and all this for
the princely salary Of SIS a month or
leAai
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-01-16

of equality as its basic principle
which should deliberately debase the
weak and helpless among its own
citizens would be an anomaly in the
eyes of the nations of the earth.
Amid all of the passions and tumult
of the anti-slavery conflict the
Federal statutes were kept free from
the odium of race distinction. The
obiter dictum of Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court which injected race
distinction into the decision of that
tribunal was swiftly repudiated by
the moral indignation of the aroused
conscience of the American people.
For this government, today, to de-
clare that the Negro shall not enjoy
identical rights and privileges with
the rest of his fellow-citizens would
be equivalent to the re-establishment
of the discredited dogma of Judge
fancy. Indeed the principle involved
is just as vital to the ideal of the
nation today as it was sixty years
ago, although the public conscience.
my be less keenly alive to it.
The Far-Reaching Significance of
Segregation.
To the casual observer the assign
ment Of space in government build
ing to handful of colored civil serv-
ice employees would seem to be
matter of trivial Importance. But
closer inspection reveals a deeper
significance. 1t is but the thin blade
of the wedge whose entrance threat
ems to split the log asunder. Should
the National Government adopt this
seemingly simple provision it would
thereby sanction all of the discrim-
inatory legislation on the statute
books of the several States and would
suggest and justify all such enact
ments in the future.
The Plight of the Negro.
The present plight of the Negro
is significant commentary on the
doctrine that the white race is good
enough to become the beneficent gov
ernor of the Negro without his con-
sent or participation. There are
100000 Negroes in the United
States who are rapidly progressing
in intelligence and wealth and in re-
sponsible elements of power. He has
no voice in making, administering
or interpreting the laws by which he
is to be governed.
Men in the highest public place,
whose positions rest upon the basis
of Negro constituency, denounce
their black constituents from the seat
of public power in language not to
be found in the lexicon of decency.
There is no voice answering back
Legislation is proposed ito humiliate
and degrade the Negro such as no
officer of the Government would dare
whisper concerning any other ele-
ment of the nation. But the Negroes
tongue is tied and his voice is hushed
because Of his political nullity.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-01-16
GOING BACKWARD

II Christianity is the highest
type Of civilization = and who
can deny it?-then is II not true
that we are retrograding instead
Of advancing on certain lines?
We glory in our system Of uni
versal education, In our enor-
NOUS wealth and in our terrific
rial expansion. But these ad-
vantages are not evidences Of
Christian progress. Two thou
sand years ago pagan Rome had
all these temporal advantages.
The wealth Of the nations pour
ed into her lap. Her empire ex-
tended over three continents. She
far excelled us in arts, in ora.
tory, poetry. philosophy and lit
erature and in all the refine
ments Of cultivated society. Her
paintings and sculpture, her lit
erary productions, are still our
models. And yet while she was
In the zenith of her material and
intellectual splendor she was in
q state of moral and political de-
cay. In fact, she was lapsing
into barbarism.-Cardinal Glib
bons-
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-01-16

Where the Color Line 10 Not Drawn.
Three colored men are members Of
the chamber Of deputies In Paris.
They are well educated and influential
in the political affairs of their respec-
tive districts. M. Gratien Candace rep
resents Guadeloupe. He is scientist
by profession. The other two deputies
are from Senegal and Guadeloupe re-
spectively. -.
France never has draw The color
line. 80 Il In said. and In parliament
the Negroes are received on an equal
plane. There should he no disrrimina.
ton on account Of race, color or creed
among the citizens Of any free coun.
try.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-01-16
OPEN LETTER ON
FREEMASONRY
New York Grand Lodge Secre-
tary Makes Statement
THREE OBJECTIVE POINTS.


Harry A. Williamson Enlishtsns the
Grand Orient of Lusitania In Lis
bon, Portugal, Of Conditions AZ They
Exist Between the White and Color.
cd Members Of the Order In America.
Brooklyn.-Right Worthy Harry A.
Williamson. grand secretary of the
most worshipful grand lodge of the
state of New York, Free and Accepted
Masons, in a letter to the grand master
Of the United Grand Orient Of Lusi-
tania, In Lisbon, Portugal, not long ago.
among other things says:
In looking through the American Free
mason note that your grand orient has
issued a call for an international Masonic
conference or congress and that one Of the
topics for discussion Is 1.-THE Position Of
the Black Race In Masonry" That topic
interests me considerably because Of the
fact that this grand lodge In which hold
membership Is composed entirely Of black
men. otherwise designated as American
Negroes. and l wondered whether the SUBJ
ject for discussion is to deal primarily
with the black people Of American birth
the territory governed by your grand
orient
do not presume you are very well in
formed concerning the relations existing
between the white and black races Of the
United States. It is true that at one time
many millions Of the blacks were slaves
Of portion Of the whites. It Ii equally
true there were several millions Of blacks
that were known as free Negroes"
whose ancestors were never bound by the
chains Of human slavery. It was through
this class that Freemasonry among the
American Negroes came into being by
virtue of q document issued in 1874 by the
grand lodge Of England at London. Those
black Americans transmitted the sacred
rites and ceremonies down through vari-
Gus generations Of other free Negroes"
to the present generation.
The white American grand lodges re-
fuse to give US that brotherly recognition
due all regular Free and Accepted Ma
sons upon at least three grounds-first, be-
cause In their minds there exists an abom-
Unable prejudice because of our dark skin:
second to sustain the sentiments Just
noted these grand lodges fall behind the
30 called American doctrine-i e.. that no
two grand lodges Of Freemasons can ex-
ist In the same territory at one and the
same time; third. that our ancestry az
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-01-16
Mr.. Trotter's Interview.

The recent interview of Mr.. VIM.
Trotter, the intrepid agitator for the
rights of his race, with the President
of the United States, has served as
occasion to bring this issue into keen
public consideration and discussion.
For twenty years Mr.. Trotter has
been the most outspoken agitator of
his race, standing out in CONSPICUOUS
and acrid opposition to the more
passive and pacific spirit and doctrine
of Booker T. Washington. In the in
tensity of his ardor he has been so
violently denunciatory and so bitter
ly intolerant as to ALLEVIATE the SYM
pathy and cooperation even OF the
radical spirits of his own race.
Courtesy of Utterance.
1t is to be deeply deplored if Mr..
Trotter, carried away by zeal for his
cause, indicated any unbecoming
temper or feeling in the presence of
the President of the United States.
The Negro will wisely preserve be-
coming constraint of manner, and
carefulness and caution of utterance,
even though he labors under burdens
which would cause any other element
of our population to violate accepted
ceremonies of procedure in urging
demands. The just claim of the race
will hardly be advanced by spectacu-
lar methods like those of the suffra-
gettes in England.
Courtesy Does Not Indicate Con-
cession.
On the other hand, the American
people should not be led to suppose
that the race has settled into COM
placent satisfaction with unjust dis
elimination because it fails to pre-
sent it's cause in terms of spectacular
and dramatic appeal. Albeit, the Ne
gro is 1ong-suffering; nevertheless
he suffers long. The temper of the
spokesman bears but incidently upon
the cause which he represents. Mr..
Trotter headed the delegation to pro-
test to the President against the
growing practice of segregation of
the Negro in the civil service of the
United States.
Federal Statutes Free From Dis
elimination.
The Federal statute books, so far,
are free from race or class legisla-
ton. AT the time of the founding
of the Constitution one-fifth of the
was of African blood and
servile status. But the far-seeing
wisdom of the founder omitted racial
designation or discrimination in the
organic law. A government Boosting
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-01-16
Followed Copy.

Father Ito little son returning from
horseback ride)-Got a fall, did you2
Well, I hope you didn't cry like baby.
Son-No, dad. didn't cry. just said
one word--the same AZ you'd have said.
London Punch.
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-01-16
BIG FACTOR IN
UPL|fT WORK
Wide Influence Exerted By
Sp0Iman Seminary.
ENERGY OF THE STUDENTS.

Bryant, a Graduate Of speInan, L.
Doing For Our People Through the
School Which She Founded Five
Years Ago. ...-f
Atlanta, Ga.-Spelman seminary con-
tinues to exert wide and uplifting In
fiuence upon the people Of this commu-
nifty. The message sent on New Years
day, 1914, by General Booth to his
great army, condensed into the single
word "Others," may be said to be en-
graved upon the heart Of every Spell
man girl as she goes forth to perform
LIES duties. Not only is she willing to
do for those less fortunate, but her
training has made her also capable of
helping the needy. ...
So well known is the character Of
this school that when the announce
ment is made in q community that the
new teacher is Spelman student no
young person remains at home for any
reason whatsoever, not even to pick
cotton. Nor Is it the children only
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1915-01-16
Excuses.

Excuses.
Before venturing to give an excuse
consider whether you would take It.
Albany Journal.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-01-09
AMARILLO DbIF COURSE
~ TINE CONDITION

81 I .rg.u vas ono Hl tho
r.. r..r.... cen nn tu, SOLE linz
FrHtt If'.. on and those so 'N
IL. .fr.a.f report chat DIS work
s.. rr hotter than Is frequently
f.. .s.. r... pmat,ur- OTHERS ti
d.. rr.r.. teriav Included ID o.
l.u.r. g. f.. Hardin. IS O. VII
nms ur T. Roger and Guy
TsUsr T.. course iu une con
.If.4H ANA tht weather remain.
. rla..art .. it is % pro eut BE- g.
..rsrt.r .H the crowds 40 fh,
.-..rH .# continue 90 Increase
rh. U.. club uor hiss "a mem
.s-.... H. bout OTIS and -isl'
enthusiasts bunch 70 is generally
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-01-09
.rN~Du>A lGgIGATION
PROJECT FEASIBLE

% d. go. I,. OF F1r' Worth cH'sf
.ret..r .u tue Fort Worta q Den
... HH..H.. Was iu This ,.y Thurs-
#.. rIeH business iu connection
f. f. eafIor rroItf a. Tas.
.rsa rf. PROPOSITION is looked lp-
feasible pHe. hF MANY
HH. H.H. rVesiirutet ~ and ~ BE-
believed 4. within another year o.
1850 . con. cradle trace Of land lll
H .Hfar reesfrl cultivation iu
'taf sir.r
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-01-09

The subjects discussed
A banquet viii be served on We'd
uesday from 90 so D. m.
The association meets twice each
year AID one OF these meetings rs
usually held In Amarillo
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-01-09

Nr- ~ " ElrVelI rs rorurIsi
gg.to ul 10 hrr home .nD9 Taylor
street.
Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1915-01-09

Build Concrefe Silo w''h to-
rearr Guarantee See T.. . ftaarr ~
pragalt0n. prvo- 80 1881
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-07-23
MAKING FARMING PAY

~ VERY farmer hopes to make poh the
10 os t9fy an" t ana spares no trouble to see that his crops
ton and taking 1t altogether he has few minutes
be all reap our
do not share but in the making " which
added value Of his holdings they desa
n neEhborl oodinc
land
afford additional profitable Of
can be no need Of market h.r. ia nothI"o 70 % no, SC ,r %
profitable rale vnless there tss right
THOSE WHO TEl To MAKE THE MARKET BETTER ARE ENTi
T1FD THANKS FARMER all try
'r best " bring about such condition and this help make
thing return Ard when the thourh carefully anSed will be
he herinr US by dono that which ask
We ask the buy his
home ~ o"ntagouf his orders
point his need all Of the money town
need for the rurp of business and we need the business that he
their We
sumOton but we nd for the goods need the local
help help the local merchant It is
cn' h rc reciprocal conditions that
proximity a
poht of goods
a II utI
home market which tend, to Eetp d"n land values DULL MARKET
they helping
home en nen which n'ssrs' with the growth 0' the community
and VI "'9 m the & PIoIoy ] Of S s',y S-" % s o. % I1a and tho , ~
by the "nopo and hep on bufness conditions Every farmer has
ye Conditions IN the town he Is by the conditions his
ToN %D M CNyNoT Ioor FOR PRospERITy II aE noes NHT
LIVE IN 4 PROSPEROUS COMMUNITY.
whose similar his shortsghtodness
fully Its application
Make helping boost town vow
YOUR MERCHANDISE
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-07-23
Another Big Well

K. W. Elliott has completed
another well for J : Anderson,
which is "A No The well was
drilled 10 a depth of 25O feet and
the water stands within eight
feet of the surface II was
tested out Wednesday afternoon
and produced y flow of 1900
gallons per minute, lowering the
water in the we'll only two feet,
making a ten foot lift. The well
is in the vicinity of the IallOck,
Pearce, Carl and other Anderson
wells and is on the same order
as those wells
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-07-23
Ladies Met With Mrs. Richie

Mrs. w. r. Ritchie entertained
the Ladies' Aid with social tea
ON Wednesday afternoon at her
home. There were twenty ladies'
present and a very enjoyable
afternoon followed. A guessing
contest, The life Of Cornelia, -
had been planned and furnished
much amusement. Mrs. Dean
won the prize, guessing the cor.
rect answers to the greater
mum ber of questions. A two.
course lun IN WAS served by the
hostess
The next meeting of the aid
will be- held with the MISSES
Stantield ON Wednesday, August
4th, and it is hoped that there
viii he Il large attendance of the
mem bprS.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-07-23
We Were Late Last Week

On account of press break
down last Friday We were un.
able to mail the Courier until
Sunday. An accident happened
To our press and the broken
parts had To lr taken To- HI Paso
To be repaired. The Brown
Welding Company of FL paso
welded the broken parts back 10.
gether and We were able to run
off the Courier Sunday morning.
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-07-23
Dry Land Farming

The following, taken from the
HI Paso Morning Times. gives
an idea of what is being don. at
Clovis, NM. The climate ron.
ditions at that place and tins are
practically the same, and the
fact that thev are making larm.
ing a paying business there
helps tu emphasize the puSSlbil-
tieS uf tn" Lower Min br's.
The Morning Times l. u.eply
interested in the prosperity and
development OF eastern New
Mexico, and notes with profound
satisfaction that the dry land
farmers of that section are
making good They ar, not
only bringing that section into
prominence ~ a deslrabl. loca
tiun Tor the individual in search
OF cheap homes, but they are
building up substantial bank
accounts which furnish eloquent
testimonials 10 the deSiraOllity
OF home making on the eastern
slope. Here are some striking
evidences:
j. Il. Vivian, of Clovis, N NJ
making affidavit TO the TACT that
he Is the owner ot 1850 acres of
land two and one half miles
northeast of Clovis. During
the year OF 1913 he raised anC
sold from his farm $1,000 wortl
Of grain, and in 1914 he ralseC
900 bushels of maize, besides
all that he ted to his cows anC
work stock.
j ID. Hopper, three and one
half miles southwest ot Clovis
Swears that hr made an ayerag,
o. 37 bushels ot katii corn on /
acres Ji land IN 1914, ana ha
never had crop failure sine
The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1915-07-23

1908, the year he located there.
ID. l.. Moye, located four miles
southwest of Clovis, swears he
has raised nine crops on his land
in succession and has netted
each year from 81 10 Sl- per
acre ON his land, and has made
enough money tO buy 500 ad
ditional acres of land.
NJ. c. Box, of Plain, Curry
county, SwearS he SOwed 30
acres in wheat in 1913, which
yielded him l,25O bushels of
wheat, which tested ~ pounds
to the bushel.
Joe Davis, residing two and
one. half miles north of Clovis,
swearS that in the year 1914 he
raised an average of ~ , bush.
rlS of kaffir corn per acre on his
farm, and on the same land he
has gathered an Indian corn
crop that averaged 10 bushels 10
the acre.
Cyclone Jones, who farms -
miles north of Cows, swears
| that from wheat crop of 275
acres this year he has threshed
I6,0O3 bushels of wheat, and he
has never had a failure in wheat
during the four years he has
been planting that grain.
Such evidence as this must
direct the attention of the world
70 the fact that New Mexico dry
land farmers have solved the
problems confronting them, and
are now making good