The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-12-22
Charles E. Stump, the Kansas Farmer,
Newspaper Man, the Regular Trav-
cling Correspondent for The Broad
AK, Has Come to Life Again
Lately He Has Visited Many Places of Interest in
All Parts of the South and Southwest, and
Notes the Progressive Tendencies on the Part
of the Colored Race.

Topeka, Kansas think it is time
for me to turn my attention to the farm,
and in the case I do then the readers
will not have the benefit of my travels.
1 have not sent a letter to the office
for long time, and now it is time for
me to do some of it. Of course I have
been exceedingly busy trying to help
our country to plan to win this war, and
now that we have our plans laid, and
we are going to win, 1 must say a few
things to your readers once more.
am delighted to sit myself down in
a chair and take my pen in hand to
write you to let you know that am
well and doing well, and hope when
these few lines come to hand they may
find you the same. 1 have been doing
some little getting around these months,
and it would take up a whole paper if
1 should attempt to tell you where l
have been and what have seen, so 1
will just tell you little and stop.
note with regret that some people
have died this year who never died be-
fore, and think will never die again.
And we have received recognition in
our government that we have never re-
eeived before, and if we will now get in
this war game and do our duty we will
have some other things come to us. Eff
ieiency and worth is the standard by
which our great President, Woodrow
Wilson, is measuring men today, and /
think he has the right standard. With
Prof. A. U. Craig at the head of CO.
operating organization of the United
States Food Administration, Charles
Stewart at the head of bureau, and
Emmett ]. Scott right next to the Sec
rotary of War, we can shout and ex-
claim as did that fellow in the Bible,
"The Lord hath done great things for
us, whereof we are glad"
1 want to see the American Negro
bell the kaiser and bring him over here
and present him to our government. If
this could be done the war would soon
be a thing of the past, and we could
all exelaim, "Behold how good and how
pleasant it is for brethren to dwell
together in unity" We have lost
enough young men in this world, and
yet but few of our men have died yet,
and we are praying that they will not
die, yet We do not know what is going
to happen in this world or in the world
to come. / have been one more busy
man. When we strike at Germany we
are going to strike hard, and of course
he is going to strike back, but we must
strike hard and fast and get in our
work first. We are going to meet him
at sea, under the sea, on land, in the
air, and in any of the other places he
may see fit to go for a fight
While war is going on men are work
ing to save mems souls. There is
Harry Abbott, one of our best news
paper writers. He worked for a short
time with the Tulsa Star, when he was
drafted into the army service, being
with the Y. NJ. C. \. He is doing good
work in that part of the world and
going right into the hearts of men. 1t
is a nice thing to get into men in this
world and to have them think well of
you.
I have been in many places and have
seen many people during these few
months 1 have been in a few eonven-
tions and conferences and other places,
and all of this seems to fit me better
TO help our government win the war.
The Eighth Illinois can be no longer
seen upon the streets of Chicago, but
they are way down in Texas getting
ready to 60 into the trenches. Col.
Franklin A. Denison will do his duty
and he will win for his race laurels.
As a lawyer, so he will be soldier.
1 have been to Fort Smith, Ark, and
there I. attended the meeting of the
Arkansas conference, presided over by
Bishop ]. II. Conner, D. D., of Little
Rock. That man is making some good
in that part of the world. 1t is a nice
thing for a man to be able to go right
into his home town and make good. 1
when he was pastor of big
church in that town, the church where
the conference was held. His home
people showed some appreciation to his
return, for Mrs. Joshenburger put down
one hundred dollars to assist in the edu-
eational work there.
1 had the pleasure of being the guest
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Steve Blackburn. Mrs.