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The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-07-13
THE TEST OF PATRIOTISM.

If you should meet a man today and
he should accuse you of lack OF
patriotism, you would be fighting mao
in a minute. If he we're to tell you
that you are lending aid and encour-
agement to the enemies of this coun-
try you would probably call him liar.
But the fact remains that many peo-
pie who are, no doubt, patriots at
heart are not acting the part just
now. Many people are by their words
or their actions making the task of
their own government harder and so,
in very direct way, aiding the enc
my. That person who is still repeat
ing a lot of blithering nonsense about
this not being our fight; who goes
about saying that Americans should
have stayed at home and let the ma
lions Of Europe fight it out; who
would be wonderfully brave "if fore
! ign foe landed on our Shores" bu
who is opposed to sending American
troops to Europe; who has nothins
but fault-finding and abuse for thu
men who must bear the burden of thu
war, is lacking in either patriotism o
common sense.
The young man who is trying t.
shirk military duty while other youn
men are risking their lives to protec
the country and him may be patrio
at heart, but he is something else i,
deed.
The mother who would hold ow,
sons at home and let other women
die on the battlefield to make theT
safe may be good mother" but sh
is too stupidity selfish to be goo
citizen.
The man who is able to offer hi
. country in its time of need little {
, his wealth, and who Will not even blu
the bonds of his government, or VIII
: will try to evade and shift to Other
{ the taxes necessary to conduct til
I struggle that is for his own prote
ton, may call himself patriot
+ whatever else he chooses, but he
v really weakness and danger to tt
n nation, and besides most pitiab
= specimen Of humanity.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-07-13
TAKE OATH OF ENLISTMENT

Thousands of persons witnessed
the taking of the oath Of enlistment
Inv OO0 of the best educated Negroes
of the country Sunday afternoon
lime 18th, at Fort Des Moines. Men
from every state of the union repre-
santing all professions are among
those taking training. The giving Oh
the oath by Col. G. c. Ballou was
most impressive ceremony. Prellm-
mary to administering the oath he
said in part;
In administering the oath OF en-
listment to candidates for commls-
sions mustering them into the serV-
ice of the United States for the per-
iod of this training camp, | wish TO
saw q few words to YOU concerning
vour work here and its consequences.
The course of training that YOU
will be required to take is the result
# the study, experience and Juds-
ment of the best military MINDS III
America and Europe. Not one detail
has been prescribed without careful
| consideration. You have the great
advantage of numbering among you
large number of the most experience
ed and best non commissioned olncers
of the regular army, who Will anOru
the inexperienced constant assistance
by their example of sOldierly deport-
ment and procedure. Your instruc-
tors are selected officers of the regu-
lar army, of exceptional qualifica-
tions for their work. But these men
cannot carry you on their shoulders
to success. Success, If achieved, must
result from your own zeal, your own
intelligence. your own industry, your
!, own behavior and character.
, | desire further to impress every
candidate here present with the fact
/ this this is momentous hour, and
, that the establishment of this camp
is an epochal and unprecedented
event in the history of the colored
. race. You have been summoned here
to demonstrate your fitness for cit
izenship by your ability to learn to
discharge the highest and most i'm
/ portant duty of that citizenship-the
I defense of the rights and liberties OF
- your country.
r would impress upon each anC
n every one of you the serious reflection
e on your race that will necessarily
n follow your failure in this crucia
n test, and the far-reaching results
?. that will flow from your success.
:, Your race will be on trial, will
Il you as its representatives, during thu
n existence of this training camp, ant
: to succeed there will be required o
is you strong bodies, keen intelligence
10 absolute obedience to orders, unfag
~ ging industry, exemplary conduct an
III character of the highest order. Il
striving for that success you will b
a. fulfilling your obligation to your
lie selves, to the colored race, and, abov
It. all, to our beloved country,
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-07-13
NEGRO PUBLIC LIBRARY.

Vacation-iMost people plan to ira
vel during their vacation but the
great upheaval caused by the war,
finds most Of us at home. Do not be
disappointed. Your Public Library
can give you years travel about the
business world in few score pages of
print. Travel opens the mind, but
so does print, and print Is the cheap.
est mind opener there is and the
best. If your vacation falls in July
spend a few moments in the Library
travelling, improving you line of work
or draw the books and take them to
the parks with you.
We advocate the Playground but
at the same time we do not think q
child should be allowed to get out
of the Library Habit" during vaca
ton. A habit is best acquired in child
hood. Your Public Library has rec
ords of human life at hand each chile
can study all men of all ages ant
races and find his place among then
and discuss the work for which HI
is best filled. Bring your child to the
library at least once a month during
vacation and encourage other moth
ers to do likewise.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-07-13
NATIONAL BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL
SEMINARY AND TRAINING SCHOOL
Constructive Work Being Done Financial Campaign
Waged.

Ever since the announcement
that the Baptists of the United
States had acquired Boscobel Col
lege, one of the most beautiful loca-
tions for a school in the state, en-
thusiasm has been at its pitch and
speculation has been ripe as to the
actual time of the opening of the
school. 1t has been known all along
that Nashville has been in the mark.
ct for the location Of a theological
and training school and it was held
at one time that Nashville had lost
and the school would be located else
where, but some of the leading Bap-
lists this week stated that some years
ago, when the convention met at
Memphis, it was voted then and there
that the school should be located in
Nashville and now that the site has
been secured and the splendid build
ings with the well-Situated campuses,
people are beginning to want to know
when the school will open and when
the real theological and missionary
training will begin.
Some well-informed Baptist leaders
in the state affairs declared this
week just before going to the state
convention at Smyrna that one whole
day in a real educational rally would
be put on at Smyrna and hard pull
made to raise funds to augment thai
which will be raised by other states
and reported at the National Conven
ton, unincorporated, which is to be
held in Atlanta, Ga, in September
1--WE are going to open this Theologi
cal Seminary and Training Schoo
without any further delay. We ar,
simply waiting for the meeting o
our national body and the action o
our Educational Board and to ge
down to business" declared the Rev
Mr.. Harding, just before leaving 70
the state convention this week. Then
too, it was learned that the Rev. MI
David Abner, who is secretary of tn
Educational Board, and Mrs. w. +
Fuller, who is corresponding secreta
ry of the Women's Auxiliary, ar
both out on a campaign in the intel
est Of the theological seminary. A
any rate, from what can be picked VI
there is to be a president elected an
o faculty chosen at the earliest po
sible date. 1t is understood fuTthe
that arrangements for opening tn
school are well under way and thu
by November, at the latest, Nashvill
will have it's first real theologici
seminary and training school and til
Negro Baptists through their Natio
al Baptist Convention will be opera
ing something they have been agita
ing and trying to get under way +,
nearly twenty-five years.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-07-13
MORE PEP" NEEDED TO MAKE
Y. M. C. A. AN ASSURED
SUCCESS.

The young men arc rapidly grow
ing to appreciate the privileges of
the Association. TIE largest rooms
to be found in any Association. are
found here. In fact the young men
who are stopping here from other
Associations know better than the
home boys the points of advantage in
Nashville's COlored Association over
some other cities. The location when
compared with other cities puts the
local Association in class all alone.
The rooms are larger by far than
rooms of modern Associations. The
standard size of the modern associa-
tion room 1t about 7X14 feet. There
is probably not a room in the entire
building so small. According to the
architects plan for remodeling, the
swimming pool will he outside the
building in an open court and will
equal If not excel many others. The
gymnasium will be the largest vet
built. The dining room and kitchen
will be located on the first floor Just
beneath the gymnasium with a dumb
waiter provided for banquets which
can be served in the spacious gym.
naSium.
There is on ething needle dhowever
to make this in its present form com
pare favorably with the leading asso
cations in the cOuntTy-more pep
on the part of the local young men
That of course cannot come from out
side sources. 1t must be left with the
young men themselves to supply thi
need. They must get vision of tn,
possibilities of the Association. The,
must stand by the men who know
how to plan its future. STANDARD
plans fail where young men do no
show a willingness to put them int
operation. Membership must be tn
first step toward making this move
ment for young represent them cred
tably. The membership privilege
cost the small sum Of $500 a year,
paid cash, $500 year-less tina
- 10 cents a week. Young men j
Nashville have normal taste and tel
, denotes and are not different from tn
. young men of such cities as Kansa
/ City, indianapolis, Chicago, Phil
, delphia and other cities where Ass,
citation buildings are in operation.
, The following new men are in til
building this week: Messrs. A.
!. Foster, of Wilberforce, Ohio; S.
: Mayberry of Franklin, Tenn; JOB
r O. Griffith, Nashville; Walter JAG
son, Nashville; Rev. G. w. Woodbe
San Diego, Cal; w NJ Brooks, Kno
vile, Tenn; l.. L. Campbell, Kno
J vile, Tenn.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-07-13
SIXTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF
CHRISTIAN RECORDER TO BE
CELEBRATED. FOUGHT FOR
ABOLITION.

Philadelphia, July 1O.-Members of
the African Methodist Episcopal
church are making preparations to
celebrate the 65th Anniversary of
The Christian Recorder published at
Philadelphia, Pa. The Anniversary
will be held during the last week in
July. At the recent meeting of the
Bishops held at Wherefore. Ohio. a
proclamation was issued calling upon
the members of the Church and it's
friends to celebrate this anniversary
in appropriate fashion.
The Christian Recorder is the old
est race journal now in existence. It
was founded in 1852 in Philadelphia
where il has existed ever since. 1t
is the only race newspaper which
helped to fight for the abolition of
slavery which is now in existence.
Some of the most brilliant men of
the race have filled its editorial chair
Its first editor was Rev. Marcelus
NJ. Clark, who was one of the very
few Negroes to graduate from college
during the first half of the 10Th cen
fury; Rev. afterwards Bishop ia.
baz P. Campbell, Rev. Elisha Wea-
yer, Rev. NOW Bishop B. T. Tanner
Rev. (now Bishop B. F. Lee, Rev
II. T. Johnson. The present editor is
Rev. R. R. Wright, Pb. d., who serves
, in the double capacity of Editor oil
the Christian Recorder and manager
Of the Book Concern. When DR.
Wright was made editor at the age
of thirty. he was the youngest mar
ever so honored by the Church. tho
! from the point of view of education
he was one of the best prepared
having made for himself quite al
enviable record as a writer on socio
logical topics prior to his election tt
this position. He is a Doctor of Phil
osophy from the University of Penn
sylvania, and studied in the Univer
stiles of Berlin and Leinsig. Germany
The Christian Recorder is the ma
tional organ of the "A. M. E. Churcl
and is circulated in all parts of thu
United States, in South America ant
the West Indies and South Africa
and numbers among its contributor
some of the ablest men and womel
of the race.
According to the Bishops Procla
nation every one of the seven thous
and African Methodist Churches
called upon to celebrate this ann
versary in very tangible and hell
full way by helping to pay off tn
debt of $4,000. Indications are the
this debt will be paid off on the da
named, the fifth Sunday in July. A
ready many have subscribed, man
of the Bishops .thesmelves leadin
off, with 500 or more.
General Officers have subscribed
and leading men both ministers an
laymen of the Church, in Georgi'
Texas, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee
. South and North Carolina and othe
, states have subscribed from IS t
$1OO. The purpose is to pay Off tn
debt so that 1t will give DR.. Wirgf
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-07-13
VISIT NAT. BAP.
PUBLISHING PLANT
Summer School Teachers
Go Fro m Pit to Dome"
Delighted With Trip
Warm Welcome.

Under the chaperonage of Prof.
Eberhardt, a large delegation of
teachers attending the summer school
at A. & |. State Normal visited the
National Baptist Publishing Board
last Saturday. A special invitation
had been extended to the student
body, president and faculty and it
was arranged that at four o'clock
Saturday this invitation should be
accepted. The Secretary of the Pub
fishing Board, the assistant secretary
and the entire force of employees
met these teachers as they reached
the Publishing House and in COM
pany with special guides they were
shown Nashville's ana the United
States greatest religious publishing
concern. The long line of teachers
wound their way through every de-
partment and every building of the
mammoth concern. They had an OPP
portunity to see Negroes writing
Sunday school literature, because
they visited the editorial department
and were introduced to DR.. Ellington
Then they saw this manuscript sci
up on linotype machines, the latest
and most improved models. -Four o.
these high-class type-setting ma
chimes are in a row with the bes
operators setting the type. They saw
the composing room department
where these forms are imposed
where the jobs are set up and where
the most delicate as well as mos
huge type is handled. They wen
into the proof reading department
and saw the lault-lindGrs as they reat
the proof by copy. They visited tn
EOok-binding department and saw tn
members of the race turning out tn
best and most completely boun
5 volumes They saw the high grad
! boOk-binding machinery They |er
= into the press room and saw TIL
n mammoth printing presses in oDer
ton AMI we've struck with admiratio
e as they watched the revolutions
g the big rotary press They WEI
e into the cabinet department and sa
( the furniture and church supple
/ being manufactured In fact the
e saw the National Baptist Publishir
\ Boards mammoth plant. Using Il
J. term of one of the teachers, they sa
:, it from pit to dome. In this deleS
$. ton of teachers from the SUNNI
+, school there were Representative
g. from every county in Tenness
II where there are teachers. At t
= conclusion of the visit it was t
ID concensus of opinion that this W
" the most profitable trip they h
s. made on their pilgrimage through t
ID city.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-07-13

ed out at Camp Meade, Penn, May 20,
1899. Immediately afterward he was
appointed Lieutenant of the Forty
ninth Infantry and was made a Cap
tain just before sailing for the Phil
ippines on November T. 1899. He
suffered a bolo wound in the fight
attending the capture of Aquinaldo's
secretary. He was mustered out of
service at the Preside, California, in
May, 1901 He graduated at the Uni
versity of louisiana after attending
the Military, Agricultural and Me-
chanical School of that state, He
was commissioned Major of the Sec
ond Battalion of the Provisional Regi-
ment, now the Fifteenth New York.
in 1913. His grandfather served I'M
der General Jackson in the Louisiana
Native Zouaves against Lord Paken-
nam at New Orleans in 1912, and his
father served under General Butler
in the Civil War at Port Hudson, La.
and was killed by the Ku Klux Khan
in the Tech Country during the recon
struction period
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-07-13
MAN WHO WEEDS NEGRO LEARNS
HE IS WHITE.

Special to the Globe:
Paris, KY, July IA man without
race! Stunned by his white rela.
tives, pitied by his friends, white
and black, Make Kohler, well-to-do
Paris contractor, a white man, and
his Negro family are today facing a
dilemma which threatens to wreck
his life and break his wife's heart.
Kohler, who until few days ago be-
lieved himself a Negro has discover
ed he is white His sister and other
relatives, from whom he has been
separated since childhood and who
recently discovered his whereabouts,
Mortified by his interracial Marriage
changed their addresses and refuse
to communicate with him.
Marriage Is Illegal.
In the face of all, driven from his
adopted race by circumstances over
which he had no control, his mar
riage made illegal by the Kentucky
law, avoided by his own race, Kohler
declares he will not desert his wife
and babies. Kohler's life is like a
page out of fiction. When eight
years old he and his sister were
taken from a Cincinnati orphange
and adopted by Nat c. Rogers, veal
thy Kentucky land owner. Their
early childhood with the Rogers
family was happy When their fos.
ter father died they went to live with
his son, Roseberry Rogers, where
they were again treated as members
of the family.
Told He Was CoIored.
The boys happiness was short
lived. After the death of Roseberry
Rogers, he was driven from the
house, he was told ne was a Negro
and must associate with other Ne
groes on the farm. He did not know
what became Of his sister Kohlel
was too young to investigate the
statement as true, went to work as
a farmland and lived with the blacks
on the farm.
About twelve years ago he left the
farm and came to Paris, where he
became a brick mason and later Ell
tered the contracting business. HI
prospered, married and accumulated
mOueSC fortune.
Has Two Children.
His home was happy one, he wa!
a good husband and a kind fathe,
to his children, 5-year old boy ant
11-months old girl.
Then came the knowledge he wa
born of white parents. The medium
was a Cincinnati newspaper carry
ing an advertisement asking infor
nation of his whereabouts. He an
swered and in few days received
letter from small town in Oklaho
ma The writer was his sister.
In the correspondence which fo
lowed Kohler told her of his suppose
Negro blood and asked her TO
proofs that he was really a Caucs
sian. The answer included photo
graphs of his father and mother an
convinced Kohler that he really wa
white. Letters from other relative
( confirmed this. Then Kohler wrot
of his Negro wife and babies. TIL
answers broke his heart. His rels
tives changed their addresses and +,
fused to have anything more to d
with him.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-07-13

We must face the facts. The older
has passed away. The easy patriotism
of last year Of the long years before
will not now answer. The patriotism
of action is called for. We must win
this war or the Republic Of Washing
ton and Jefferson and Lincoln will
cease to be. The man who does not
do his part to help win the Wharf.-The
man who is not willing to give what
ever he has or is to help save his
country and the principles for which
it stands, is good American" in
name only.
There is but one test Of your pa
triotism this year, and that is the
thing you do.-Southern Agriculturist
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-07-13
MRS. M. NJ. HADLEY CALLED TO
CHICAGO,

Mrs. NJ. M. Hadley was called to
Chicago, ILL.,, on account of the illness
of her son, B. J. Hadley, who has
been residing in Chicago for 10 years.
She found him better. He is greatly
improving.
Mrs. Hadley will remain in Chicago
visiting her sister-in-law and two sons
for some time yet.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-07-13

opportunity to develop a paper IN
keeping with the greatness of the
A. M. E. Church, and give it a sub
scription list of one hundred thous-
and.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-07-13
SUMMER SCHOOL At A. AND |.
STATE NORMAL CLOSES
Splendidy Attended Successful Session-Excellent
Work Done.

Thursday evening the State Nor
nal Summer School closed a most
successful term. The spacious audi
forum was filled with friends and
patrons of the institution to witness
the brilliant exercises. Prof. w. j.
Hale, the erudite president, deserves
to be congratulated upon the able
way in which he has conducted the
affairs of the school, which is one OF
the most prosperous and substantial
of its kind in the country The
teachers of the school are scholarly
and past masters of the art of i'm
parting instruction. The following
program was rendered:
Processional-"On Christian
Soldiers"-Fnller Festival Tune
! Invocation-Rev. j. r. Evans, Dean
Roger Williams University
, Response-"Who Shall Not Fear
/ Thee"
Negro Melody-There's a Meeting
4 Here Tonight
Commencement Address-Prof, Eu-
gene Clyde Brooks, A. B., Trinity
College, Durham, n. C.
Chorus-"Faus Waltz -. (Gounod)
Remarks-Hon. S. W. Sheriff. Sup
erintendent of Public Instruction
Chorus Lord, want TO be SOL
der
Presentation of Diplomas and Certi-
fcates--Ilon. p. l.. Harmed, Presl-
dent of the State Board of Educa-
ton
Chorus-"America"
e Observation-Disclosures. r H. Boyd, Bap-
list Publishing House
Bell Tone Amen
+ Here is the Summer School Glass
,, roll for 1917 who received diplomas;
Glass Motto: Service.
i Class Officers.
q T. NJ Billingsley ........ Presiueht
- Frank Hamm ....... wee PreSlueh'
Ne Lowe Dismuke .......... Secretary
r. Noyella Davis .... ...... treasurer
N Class Colors; White and Gold
Bnlingsley, Z. NJ, Brown, Mrs Sa
m rah A. Blanton, Mrs, g. l.. brown
nc Uober H.. Caruthers, Matte Wilker
o. son. Crews. Mrs Pearl, Davis, Novel
a., la Davis. r. r. Daugherty, Nioli
Field. Mrs. Cora H. Gay, jacob
Green. Bertha L.; Henderson, Mrs
K A e.: Johnson, Bessie; Locke, Per
in nina e; Lewis, Willie Mae; Porter
nd Mrs. Mamie; Page, Parthenia; ihue
lg Tromas. A.; Ross, Mrs. Narc'ssa
a Robb. Lula; Shelton, b. b.; Smltn
Striebv s.. Taliaferro, Mrs. Inlet
ar WASHINGTON, Mrs c P; Wilkins
is Mrs. Lula; Scruggs, Baxter; Ande'
nd son, Blanche; Cash. Mrs, Georgla
Of donaldson. Eta; Dismukes, Low
Blake: Hamm, Frank L.; Hollln'
Mrs. w. H.; Haygood, Lottie; Lar
es don, Mrs w. P; Oliver Mrs. p. M;
SIS Porter. Emma; Swami. j, T.; Clart
a Mrs. B. L.; Donahue, Ada; Donald
he son, W; Grant, Mrs NJ. b; Ledtor'
~ T. r.; McLemore, Mrs. T. D.; Lo'
er ing, Mary; Rhue, Mrs T. A; Ran
sew, Gertrude; Ramsey, Florence
ed Tartte. jamie; Tilman, Edna; DoWei
oh Mrs. l.. "; Thompson, Mamye'
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-02-16

repaired He is in good company VIZ
that old veteran, Mr. W. H. Blats.
Miss Kate Porter of Newberry has
been the guest of Mrs. S. j. Black
we'll for several days.-Marion Star.
]. ". Wheeler of New5erry spent
the week END with his mother, Mrs.
S. A. Whecler-Cool Spring Cor,
Saluda Standard.
DR.. P. G. Ellesor has returned from
New York. his many friends will be
glad 10 know, ready to resume the
practice of his profession, after fln-
ishing his course of study at the Poly
clinic hospital fully prepared for
work.
Mr.. Howard j. Taylor returned We'd
nesday from Marion, Ind. He was
called to his home recently on account
of the illness of his father and some
feared that he would be unable to re-
turn this year. He is captain and
manager of the college basketball
team, and the college correspondent
of the News and Courier says he Is
ranked by the experts as the fastest
forward in the State and was the un-
animous all-State choice for this po-
sition last year.