The broad ax., 1916-08-12

that skin does not make a man. He
should have known that a Negro
is not afraid of buzz-saw, and
1t matters not where he is he would be
willing to fight the devil if he got in
his way. A black man is not afraid
to die.
L wish that the white people of this
country, especially down in Balm
would learn this lesson. OF course it
is easy thing after you get any kind
of man behind prison bars and divest
him of every thing that looks like de-
Tense, then take a few hundred men,
go in take him out and hang him, burn
him at the stake or things like that. 1
suppose that is what you call brave
man. am not abusing any one, but
just speaking out some of the things
in my heart. The United States ear
ried them men down there to fight Mex
leans, but Texans must not bother
them. 1t is certainly an unwise and
unsafe proposition. AS black as 1 am,
and the great reputation 1 have as
soldier, I would not do it. You re-
member just a few weeks ago 1 put
100000 to death in one battle, and then
put the others on the retreat, and am
now on my way back to Kansas to see
how things are there. 1 will be there
next week during the session of the
National Negro Business League.
Now 1 am of the opinion that DR.. E.
P. Jones could have been a greater
man, if he had just had of thought a
little bit and remembered that he
could not go into big convention like
the National Baptist convention, and
without even qualifying as a member
take it, and have the whole Baptists
of the country follow him. 1t was this
unguarded moment that caused him to
find out that he was not the only
pumpkin on the vine, and even his own
state turned him down few days ago,
and it is liable to do so again. He
will go to Kansas City with hand full
following him, but the Mississippi peo-
pie will flow to Savannah by the hun
dreds.
You see have been through Missis-
sippi, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas,
Tennessee and I will be in this state
few days longer, and then will leave
for Kansas. I spent few days at the
home of DIR. E. C. Morris, or at least
in his home town, and stopped with
some busy people, Mrs. Coleman, Mrs.
Elizabeth johnson and Mrs. Lulu
Kineheon. Mrs. Coleman is the mother
and the other two are the daughters,
and believe me, Mrs. Johnson is deal
ing with the Poro college treatment.
She is turning it into account. She is
Just one busy woman. Then Mrs.
Kincheon is working on the heads of
the other folks, fixing their hair up in
the latest improved style, fixing up
their fingers, and in any way improv-
ing them. Both are busy, while they
are working in opposition or in oppo-
site directions they have an under
standing and are reaping results.
L met some real sure enough big
men down there. 1 shook hands with
DR.. Sutten E. Griggs. who is now Wis
iting Chicago. Rev. W. II. Moses, went
to the home of the wealthiest woman
of our race in the south, Mrs. A. II.
Miller. She is as rich as cream, and
very devoted to her people. She is just
in reach of them and has no desire to
get away, but closer to them. She car
ries the Arkansas Baptist college, and
puts up at least $4,000 for which she
holds a mortgage against the property
for protection of her own interest.
She has got some money and property
too. She is a benefit to Helena.
Getting away from there, 1 found my
way around to other places. 1 went to
the Vira college. This is operated by
Madam R. C. Douglass, formerly of st.
Louis. She has discovered a way to
make hair grow instead of making
wigs, and she is teaching it to our
girls, thereby making something for
them to do. It was a pleasure to see
her busy, to meet many of her agents,
ride in her car, the car in which she
herself made the trip from Helena to
st. Louis and returned. She passed
over the Ozark mountain, and in some
places was just like a circus, because
she went through counties where none
of us lived, and it was just like an