The broad ax., 1917-03-31
Charles E. Stump Dec
lares that the So-called
Best White Friends of
the Colored Race of
Miami, Florida, Treat
the Better Class of the
Colored People in the
Most Savage and Brutal
Manner !; Hence Their
Migration to the North

mldml, IA am 1Orced TO ask some
questions this week, that I don't like
to ask, and one of them will be "What
is civilization f." 1 am told that this
country of ours represent civilization
in the highest, and if it is true, then ]
have been misinformed as to what civ.
ilization is. For they kill and cook
human beings here, but they differ
from the cannibals, in as much as they
do not eat them when they are well
done.
But 1 do not want my feelings to
get into this letter this week, but must
go right on and tell your good readers
what is going on in the world and
how it is going on, and when I am
through you will be likely to say that
L know just a few things, and you
may be forced to use some words which
are not in the vocabulary of a Sunday
school lexicon, or used by teacher in
the Sunday School or a preacher of
righteousness. 1 do not want you to
sin, for 1 have sinned myself, and 1
have been doing some heavy "cussing'
which would make the devil take in his
sign, and give the laurels to me. When
you can not "cuss" the devil then you
are going some sure 'nuf "cussing. -
For some little bit, 1 have been in
the land of sunshine and flowers, the
land where you can come in the win
ter to keep warm without having to
use blankets or wear heavy under
clothes or top clothes. The land where
wealth and splendor assemblies, because
you can get here quicker than going
to California. 1 am going to California.
You see where am myself as 1 write
to you this week, and if you have been
reading newspapers any, then you are
ready to understand why 1 have COM
manded my religion to lay on the shelf
for a little while, while 1 express my
self and words which were not selected
for the Sunday School lesson. They we
never been used by that great Sunday
school writer, DR.. J. T. Brown, and
may never be used by him.
Miami, is the place where in the
UNITED STATES POST OFFICE,
they have a special window for White
folks, and one for Colored, then they
have White desk and Colored desk,
and they have a White town and a
Colored town, run White bus and Col
pred bus, and they are trying to have
White air and Colored air, White water
and Colored water, I believe, although
have not heard of them introducing
It yet. They are the father, mother,
md all the sisters and brothers of seq
.egation, and is as full of prejudice as
you can find in the world. Of course
ike all these questions, the Negro must !
zoe the mark and come up to the law
While the White man is permitted to
10 as he sees fit and you must not say
/ word about it, and if you do there
will be some trouble.
They do not allow Negroes to drive
for White people, declar-
ng that it is a White mans job.
little over a year ago, a young man
f our race came from Roanoke, Va,
With Mr.. Stone, driving his car, and
'efore he realized what had happened
e found himself face to face with
cath, and had to flee for his life. The
My crime he had committed was that
% belonged to this race, and was driv-
ng a car owned by White man, there
y filing a White mans position.
A few days ago, there was fair in
own, and Mr.. Alexander, young mail
Jerk was standing on the street listen
10 to the music-on the public street,
nd a policeman walked up and said
Niggers are not allowed to listen to
lusic in White town, and you must
love on or 1 will club HI out of you"
he young man moved away in a hurry.
[e was unmolested. What was his
rime, he belonged to this race and was
OF born White.
Worse still, Jenkins & Sampson run i,
pop factory in Colored town, and
ley are industrious young men, attend