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The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1915-11-13

\ S the opening of the school year comes
~ apace, we are confronted with the
= task of selecting suitable schools and
providing proper and adequate instruction
for our Negro boys and girls. 1t is easy to
make serious mistakes in this connection,
if we fail to comprehend the true purposes
of education Primarily, education means
the systematic training and developing of
the common faculties. Secondarily, it
means the preparation of the mind and
hand for some useful pursuit in life.
The educational needs Of the Negro are
peculiar, especially with reference to his
special or vocational training. The reason
is found in his peculiar social and economic
condition. In America he comprises a well
defined social class, whose fortunes are so
inevitably welded together that the rise or
fall of q single member affects the whole.
Each member of the c.ass must be trained
in a manner conducive to the greatest good
Of all. In determining then, what is useful
as Il vocation for Negro boy, or in pre-
scribing his proper special education, we
must first determine what is best for all Of
us; or, what is most necessary to our ma
terial advancement; remembering always
that our status as a class is practically
fixed and irrevocable.
Booker T.. Washington,) through his
scheme Of industrial training, has done
more in the last quarter Of a century to fa-
cilitate the solution of this problem than
any other agency The influence of Tus-
kegee Institute is not confined to the immc-
date benefciarics Of the school II extends
to the four quarters of the earth White
and black men alike, have been compelled
to realize the potent force of the "Tuske-
gee Idea" and the Institute where work
and study are so happily blended has be
come the educational wonder Of the times
| desire to point ont the utter ine1icacy
of all systems Of education, which do not
embody the industrial element, and to show
that Negro colleges where general classi-
cal and scientific education is "imposed"
upon us, are ont Of consonance with our
social needs and economic requirements.
In the North, mixed schools for white
and colored children furnish an element
which further retards our progress. Let
us consider this moment. Mixed educa-
ton in America is bad Bad because it is |
mixed, and bad because it is inadequate A |
separate socialand commercial status, calls
for separate training. A white boy goes
through school with the assurance of OPP
portunities limited only by his individual
merit A colored boy is forcd0omed bv
class and racial distinction to narrow,
restricted field Of endeavor He can never
rise above his kind. In mixed schools he .
finds no sympathetic bonds between him
self and his white teacher, or between him
self and his white schoolmates. He is no
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1915-11-13


excrescence, suffered by the system, to sat
isfy an academic principle of democracy.
He learns to cherish the ideals and to fos-
ter the hopes and ambitions Of his more
fortunate co-students. For him, these
ideals are unattainable, and after gradua-
ton, he finds himself utterly crushed and
disheartened by cruel, inexorable laws of
separate existence. He is prepared for
that which he cannot get, and gets that for
which he is not prepared. A further or
lection is that he is deprived of the oppor-
tunity Of developing his racial excellence
If there is any superior racial trait, charac-
teristic or talent inherent in the Negro, it
can be brought out and developed only un-
der the stimulus Of race idealism; and
where in any white society is the Negro
race idealized? So much for the mixed
school system.
High classical and scientific education is,
generally speaking, among the very least
Of our needs Of today. Even as teacher
the danger is that The recipient is almost
always educated out of hearing of the cry
ing needs Of his people Very often he be
comes a professional graduate, and lives by
the tinse!ed pomp and glamour of his scho-
!astic achievement His graduation is the
end and not the commencement of his use
fulness. In this asppct, he is an un4esira-
bic factor, and only too fast is becoming
peInicious faction.
Our one great universal need is the cult
walton OF thriftiness Thrift is the never
ceasing endeavor to acquire material
wealth and advantage Thrift is economy
both domestic end rof+ivoi. Tfrurc are
many thrifty Negroes, of course but as a
people, we are inclined towards improvi-
dence, and Indifference to the common.
rules Of progress. The remedy is a consti-
tutional one. We must acquire the habit of
work and make it a racial attribute, or for
ever remain an inferior, eXecrated people.
Since the idea is foreign to our domestic
lives, we must impart it to our young
through the medium Of the school. The
thought that work is simply commodity
to be sold aa so much per day or hour must
be dissipated. Work is as much a neces
sary element of life as food and sleep.
When we cease to work, we suffer both
physical and moral decay When we cease
to work, we must die, racially and individ-
ually. High classical learning can never
supply this basic ingredient. Let him who
loves to work, attain to whatever heights
he will. But since the proportion of those
who hate to work is as ninety-nine to one
hundred let us apply the proper remedy
and perform the operation of infusing into
our veins the great specific Industrial
Education
Let us encourage and patronize indus
trial schools for Negro boys and girls. Tus-
kegee is the model and the standard
want to suggest, however, that there NAV
be TOO much freedom of election in the vo
cational departments and that closer in
sight into the first requirements of all the
people would direct general, uniform and
compulsory course of study.
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1915-11-13
The Negro and The
COLLEGE
by j. III. Lillcy
by j. III. Lillcy

Reproduced by Permission Of the Souherr
Educational Tract Society
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1915-11-13

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The worst cases no matter Of how long standing
cured by the wonder ful. old reliable Dr.
Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. IL relieves
Pain and Heals at the same time. 25c. Soc, sLet
The Muskogee cimeter. [volume] (Muskogee, Indian Territory, Okla.) 1901-19??, 1915-11-13
o Cvre \ Cold in Ono "a,

fake LAXATIVE BtROMO Quinine. 1t s.vps ,ht
Consh and Headache aud works eG the Cold
Druggists refund money 4 il Isiis 70 cure,
T.. W. GROVES signature ou eAch bsN. s5e
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-04
PLANS FOR SIX CRUISERS.
First Vessels Whose Design Has Been
Influenced by the European War.

Washington, Aug. 1.-Plans for six
big cruiser destroyers. authorized by
the last congress, have been ap-
proved. They will be the first ves-
sells whose design has been influenced
by the European war. Naval infor-
nation from abroad was scrutinized
closely by constructors before the
plans were drawn. says a department
statement.
The vessels will have a maximum
sustained sea speed Of 80 knots; they
will displace 1,125 tons, measure $40
feet over all, have a width Of 80 feet
Z inches, and a mean draft Of 8 feet
Each destroyed will carry four
triple torpedo tubes, a main battery
Of four 4-inch guns and two 1-pound-
er anti-aircraft guns. Bids for con-
struction will be opened October 6. %
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-04
BishOpville Iniirmary.
.eader and VindicatOr.

Leader and Vindicator.
The Lee County Hospital Associa-
ton has opened an infirmary in a
large building situated in a beautiful
grove near the edge of town. This
fills a long felt want which
has been needed for some time and
is established solely for the purpose
OF enabling us to do our work more
thoroughly and efficiently, and care
for the sick Of all classes which have
been neglected heretofore. Only
those fortunate enough in this worlds s
possessions could get such treatment
before, but the management of this
institution proposes to treat the poor
as we'll as the rich.
The delegation in it's wise delibera-
tOns has created a small fund for
the medical attention of the paupers
and INDECENT persons of the county.
and there will come a time not in the
distant future. when every county in
the State will DO likewise. Most of
the larger towns and cities have al
ready this.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-04
BUILD LONG HIGHWAY.
Volunteers Work on Paducah- Mem.
phis Road.

Paducah, KY, July 30.--When TO-
600 volunteer workers engaged in
construction of a highway between
Paducah and Memphis put down their
picks and shovels tonight they had
completed in its most important de-
dails the entire roadway over it's
length of $50 miles.
Finishing touches will be put to
that part OF the road extending from
Paducah to the Kentucky State lire
tomorrow.
congressman, judges and city and
county officials We're among the most
active of the workers. Dinner was
served by the women Of cities and
towns along the route.
The new highway passes through
Mayicld and Fulton, Ky, and Union
City. Dyersburg. Ripley and Coving-
ton, Tenn.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-04
DEER CAME UP WITH COWS.
And Was Driven Into Lot by Sons
Of Robert Webster Tuesday,
Pee Dee Advocate.

Pee Dee Advocate.
phone message to the Advocate
Tuesday told of the capture of a fine
deer in the upper part of Dillon coun-
ty by A. H., w. D., C. NJ. and E. G.
Webster, sons of Robert Webster
MIR. Webster has a river pasture on
the Little Pee Dee. and the young
men found the deer herding with
the cows Tuesday. They drove the
deer and cows into the lot, where they
now have the deer in confinement.
Numbers of people have been to see
1t and they invite all their friends 10
come and see the deer.
Last week deer tracks were seen
crossing the new Cheraw road which
was being built across the planta-
ton of l.. ID. Graham. in Smithvllle
township. 1t seems that deer are in
creasing In this section. and If the
game laws are enforced, there may
soon be many of them in the lowlands
OF the Pee Dee.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-04
WILL TAKE OVER VESSELS.
Foreign Steamers Purchased for
American Transatlantic to BE Adj
mittCd to Registry.

Washington, July 30.-Admission to
american registry Of II foreign
steamers purchased for the American
transatlantic company was assured
today when Secretary Lansing trans
mitted to the department Of commerce
written memorandum holding that
neither international law nor policy
stands in the way Registration is cx-
pected to be granted without delay.
Despite the bureau of navigation's
information that the transactions
were financed by a capitalist of Essen.
Germany, the State department con-
cluded that neither this government
nor the prize court Of belligerent ma
tions could go behind the bona fide
ownership OF the vessels by an Amer
lean company and that mortgage
held by citizen Of a belligerent coun-
try on ship would not justify its
seizure If the ownership was neutral
Eleven of the vessels were originally
OF Dutch, Norwegian or Greek owner
ship, but six of these since their pur-
chase by Albert Jensen, agent for
SHINES, have been placed under the
Danish flag One vessel is under con-
struction in q German shipyard.
The vessels are at various ports
now. Some arc in European waters
and three are in Hampton Roads
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-04
RALLY FOR PROHIBITION
Women OF PaXviIlc Plan for Big
Meeting August 11th.

The Women's Christian Temperance
Union convened at the home of Miss
Jessie Curtis Tuesday afternoon.
Christian citizenship was the subject
of the meeting. A cooperative meet
ing of the w. c. II. U. and Mission
Societies Of the town and community
was planned. This meeting, the OBJ
Ject being to create strong temper
ance sentiment, will be held at Home
Branch church Wednesday, August
llth, at 1890 a. m. Lunch will be
eaten in groups, SO all are urged to
bring we'll filled baskets. Ice water
will be served by the union. The
programme to be, used on this occa-
sion was the one planned by the W.
&. T. u. Of South Carolina. At this
time medal contest for the young
people will be held. The speakers for
the day are Mrs. Joseph Sprott, State
prcSidcGr OF The W. e. r. U; char
ton burant, recently elected Senator
from Clarendon county; and John X
Brecdin. Ministers OF all denomiha-
tons AMI all interested in the coming
election are urged to be present and
help push forward the prohibition
cause.-Manning Herald.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-04
Hereford Bulls Have Arrived.

Two pure bred Hereford bulls wcrc
brought into Orangeburg county this
week. One was purchased by the
Four Holes Livestock association. the
other. was bought comparatively by
men of the Limestone section. i;y
using these registered sires. the stock
already on hand can he graded ~ "a
produce good beef cattle.
n Is an excellent idea for farmers
of community To cooperate in this
manner. The cost on each man H.
small. and the plan Is about as salts.
factory as II he personally owned ;hC
anlmal.-Timcs and Democrat
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-04

FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE - Full
blood Jersey bull calf, five months
Ola, cam twenty quart registered
COW. Will sell, or exchange for
we'll grown heifer or young cow.
Apply DR.. c. p. Osteen, Sumter,
S.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-04

Mrs. w. j. Davis, former resi-.
dent of Sumter, who for the past two
years has been making her home at
Lane, :. c., died at that place Oh
July 2lst, after an illness OF some
time. Mrs. Davis had made many
friends i'm Sumter who will regret to
hear of her death. She is survived by
three sons, j. A. w. IT,. and ID. B.
Davis. and two daughters, Mrs. James
Guess and Mrs. l.. u. Powell.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-04
winthrop Scholarship Awards.

Announcement has been made by
President IL. u. Johnson OF Winthrop
College OF me award OF scholarship
To Winthrop College. from Sumter
sumter county. Miss Katie Hinso1.
Miss LeOnora Dick OF Hartsvillc, Sc
cured the scholarship for the State at
large and Miss Lilly Gregg. Sumter,
and Miss Matte Matthews. York
county. were awarded the Wylie
scholarships. they having had the
highest average OF any of the 53S
applicants throughout the state.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-04
Three I'm One.

We suppose ii Is pertinent to spec
ulate now, as to whether the State
case before Judge Watts on the tax
commission question would have been
more successful If Hon. d. Fraser
Lyon had "staid in" The Supreme
Court will try three cases i'm one on
the prospective appeal-Thc case OF
the Asst. Atty. General. the case OF
Judge Watts and the case of the Tax
Commissions. FLORENCE Times.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-04
Swat Him.
Newberry Observer.

Newberry Observer.
The birmingham News says that
pessimists are doing the South great
harm. There is no doubt of that.
What stranger would want to come to
a country that is represented by it's
own people as always on the verge of
starvation? Swat the calamity howl
err
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-04
Death of an Infant.

The two-year-old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. NJ. Bradham. who live on Mr..
l.. ID. jennings place ON the State
burg road. died on Thursday night
and was buried Friday at Home
Branch church.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-04

Becker has been electrocuted.
Frank Is In prison and Thaw is free.
now let us have a rest. The press
associations would do the country a
service u they would quit exploiting
criminals OF this type.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-04
England's War at Home.

EhSanNS war at Home.
III one will take a file of English
newspapers and study them for an
hour. one can then begin to grasp
the reason why England's re-
sources of men. money and material
are ineffective. and why England has
done no serious offensive work on the
continent.
We have before us copies of the
London Mail. the Belfast Whig, The
Witness and other representative
English newspapers. The Mail de-
votes an editorial every day to u
fierce denunciation of the British
cabinet. 1t dcvotes half it's news COL
umns to contributions from critics.
The Mail runs a column under the
caption of How to Win the War;
the Peoples Crusade Against the In.
competents." Every arm Of the SER
vice is criticised. The editorial man.
ager I'm charge Of this sheet is
clever enough to eliminate any criti
cism OF the soldiers in the trenches.
A well-trained writer Is given an
other column, in which he tells what
the people at home are doing. The
British government gives to the fam
lily of every one who enlists a certain
amount of money. Instead Of those
thus assisted attempting to add more
to their store. they do little. Some of
them abandon positions and depend
entirely upon the government bounty
for subsistence.
Northcline iudicts Kitchener i'm
every line. but not by name. Ho
gets BY through perfervid declare %
tions of patriotism. This man, who
was once a very plain fellow, but
amassed money by printing cheap
newspapers and blood and thunder
weeklies. got himself made a lord,
and now he SENS to be using every
situation as fodder for his vanity.
ahV "ibHCoo 10 a. hcWSDdptT
ed in Ballast. 1t is semireligious
publication that is filled with politics,
controversial articles and what not
II prints a column in which 1t al
leges that the pope and the kaiser are
In league. IL says that. the kaiser is
determined to become the material
lord OF the universe and the pope the
spiritual master OF the seven seas.
Naturally the injection of religious
controversy into an issue of war is
not calculated to increase the enthu-
siasm OF the Irish Nationalists to-
wards getting themselves shot.
The political war at home in Eng
land is fiercer than the trench war In
Flanders. The English are fighting
more with their mouths than with
their fists. The politicians are fight
ing each other and paying little at
tenUon to the Germans.
III England expects to accomplish
anything worth while, some strong
man at home must have the nerve to
procure a declaration of martial law
put the whole country on war foot
ing and suppress about nine-tenths
of the newspapers and censor the
rest. The first prominent politician
or Journalist breaking the rules
should be court-martialed and put in
Jail; the second offender should be
backed against wall and shot Then
the anger of the English peo' '"
should be directed against the com
mon foe rather than against indivi-
dual members of the empire.-Mem.
phis Commercial-Appeal.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-04
TO INDICT GUILTY.
Federal Inspectors and Officials of
Eastland to BE Named.

Chicago, Aug. 2.-When the feder-
al jury convened today it was report
cd that federal inspectors and ohi-
Gals of the Eastland will be indicted.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-04


The News and Courier observes
that only newspapers with Blease af-
hliations are rejoicing over the an
nouncement of Solicitor II. A..
Cooper's intention to enter the race
for Governor next summer. Last
year the Bleasites and Blease news
papers we're the Jubilant ones when
IL appeared probable that Cooper
would be in the second race with
Richards.
Becker has been electrocuted,
Frank is In prison and Thaw Is free.
now let us have a rest. The press
associations would do the country a
service if they would quit exploiting
criminals OF this type.
The wonderful campaign OF the
Germans that has resulted in the re-
covery of Gallcla from the Russians
and the conquest of practically all of
RUSSIAN Poland. including Warsaw.
and large part OF the Russian Bal
tic provinces. ends another phase of
the great war. Reports today state
that the Russian armies have success
fully made an orderly retreat from
Warsaw. carrying with them their
heavy artillery and immense quanti-
ties OF munitions. The official report
from Petrograd asserts that the Grand
Duke Nicholas has skillfully escaped
the German trap and that his armies
ere fighting successful rearguard
actions with undimished spirit as
they retire to the second line of de-
'inse. II 10 he true that the Russian
mics retired intact TO the fortress
iarded front. extending from the
Grew to the Bug river. it may be
down as "a fact that the German
drive into Russian territory will now
be definitely checked. The battle line
that the Russians will have to defend
is much shorter than the Warsaw
line and Is said to be stronger in ev-
cry respect. Military critics say the
Russians can hold this line indefinite
ly against any force the Germans can
throw againt it-provlded the supply
of ammunition holds out. Conversely
tho Germans can hold the Russians
on this shorter line with one-third or
at most. one half the immense force
they have used in the great offensive
movement TO expel the Russians from
Galicia and Poland. IL the Germans
adopt the plan OF merely holding
what they have gained from Russia
with the smallest force possible. they
VIII be able To- release probably two
million men for offensive movements
In France and on the Italian battle
line. This Is exactly what the mill
tary critics predict will occur. there
terrific lighting OF unexampled mag
nitude on the Western front is to be
expected within tho next few days
The French and English armies have
had temporary respite. but they will
now be put To the severest test they
have yet been subjected to.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1915-08-04

A license To marry has been issued
to r. W. Wilson and Anita Kcndrlck.
Kembert.
Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1915-current, 1915-09-29
THE RAVEN FEMALE.

once evening med nsedate
over proofshee by
Up the
Soon there gentle at my door,
An exchange fend It's the
Only this and nothing
to
open then swung the portal,
of
Not the least
But with air had beenth
TOOK stand beside
Quoth
Rejected
squeeze hee nore my antnque
BY the heaven
o. you female fend incarnate! ghos it
Do you alese ever squeezed that form
Get hence
will
to ExpIaI
Can of comprehension dul
Tis the life of Abner
Ihat I'm around here %
lis the best before
And the tiles