The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1915-12-04
Charles E. Stump Still
Continues His Tour
Through Mississippi,
Visiting Meridian and
Other Points In That
State

| the people speaking to me. White
folks said "Good morning parson,'
and the Colored folks said 10000
morning parson. They said new
preacher was in town. Hence had to
preach. It is long distance from q
Kansas farm to a newspaper write,
and then to the pulpit.
I must not forget to tell you that the
trip from Lexington to a place called
Tchula was made in chair wagon over
the Illinois Central system. Of course
your readers will know about this road
because it is in Chicago am told. But
10 and behold, when I changed al
Tchula I was placed in the end of a
baggage car, and it was not clean. But
I Just rode and let them know that a
man was riding in baggage car. This
was the best I could do. They can
not crush my manhood by this Jim
Crow business.
Monday morning started for Jack
son. had to spend two hours in
Durant, and I shall never forget the
time spent there. visited the school,
and the children seemed to be in
charge. There was but little order.
The building looks like masonic hall,
but it is regular school building. I
viii not attempt to tell you about the
professor.
For teachers in Mississippi the pay
is very small in most places, and the
best trained men and women seek 9th
er places. In the small towns they
don't put up much. Say a teacher
getting SIS to $50 a month will not do
much. 1 think I told you about Miss
Mabel Clopton, being one of the best
trained teachers 1 have met on this
round, but will meet others before 1
am through. I saw a man driving a
wagon full of turkeys, selling hens for
81 and goblers $.25 and $3.50. 1
thought of what the people were pay
ing for them in other places.
At Durant, got what they called
No. 3, train direct from Chicago, and
it did not make but one stop before it
landed me right in Jackson. It was
the runningest train I have been on
down here yet. That thing just snort
ed, and pulled and grunted like it had
the collie or something like that. It
looked like it was going to run away
with itself. I held my peace until I
got off at Jackson
I know you have heard of Jackson.
It is the head of the state. This is
where they come to make the laws to
"Keep them Niggers down." You
know of some of the laws that have
passed down here. You recall when
Vardaman was governor of the state,
the first thing he did was to close up
a school, and would have closed Alcorn
A. & M. college, but because of the
National appropriation he could not.
Well he performed all he could. 1
saw the old state house, where Jim
Hill was once the secretary of state,
where men of our race had been in
charge and helped to make laws, where
Hyram R. Revels was elected to the
United States Senate, and 1 think
Z. Bruce was elected from the
same place. thought of what had
been and then asked myself "wil it
come againf"
I was met at the stable by President
2. T. Hubert, Of Jackson college. He
is some college man and is doing some
work here. I will tell you about the
schools of jackson in my next letter.
I have made it from Jackson here.
Prof. Hubert carried me to Pearl Street
A. NJ. E. Church to hear Rev. R. c.
deliver an address. He made
some talk too. DR.. W. T. Vernon has
made it to Avery chapel, and is now
in charge. I have not heard from Ar
kansas Baptist convention yet. Look
put for my next letter.