The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1917-01-27
Charles E. Stump Writes
on Some of the Pro-
posed Jim Crow"
Legislation Which Will
Effect the Afro-Amer-
leans Residing in Many
of the States. He Con-
tinues His Travels
Through the South Land

people, but here and there you will fine
the White man who will impose on us
For instance changing at Benton, 1 GO
on the main line and the first thing tt
attract my attention was the vendel
sitting down putting his smoke in the
face of two of our women. Now al
though l am jet black, 1 turned REQ
in the face, and at once protested
against this kind of treatment He
wanted to know if 1 was the superin
tendent, and of course 1 told him nc
and he told me to go back and sit
down. 1 had started to him to pay my
respect, when one of. the train crew
came and 1 demanded that he stop, and
that man ordered him to cut it out, and
he just walked from one end of the
car to the other end, looking at me.
1t is strange how White men will
make laws, and then break them and
protest against us when we want them
to keep it. Such is life.
/ have told you no doubt about the
Pythian bath house under the manage
ment of John T. T. Warren, and many
other things there. Now L am RICH:
here in Texarkana, and then to Clarks-
vile, Texas. In this 1 had the pleas
ure of meeting some real men in town.
1 met DR.. G. NJ. Munchus, one of the
best physicians, and a man who is a
mingler with his own people. He is
some pumpkins, in this affairs of life.
Then on to Sherman, and in this
town 1 met the grand Chancellor of the
Knights of Pythias, DR.. A. N. Prince,
who is some doctor himself, and born
leader of men. 1t was a pleasure to
touch this wonderful man, and to see
what he was doing for his people. He
is Just one of the men who is making
things 60. DR.. Prince, went into the
saddle sometime ago when the Grand
Lodge was without big money or any
thing else, but he knew how to organ
ize men, how to put them to work, so
he declared like Lord Nelson, "The
Pythians expects every man to do his
duty,' and it has been done. Now if
he should retire from his present posi-
tion, he would leave them in good
shape. ] told you about that temple
which was erected under his admins
tration, and which is a monument. The
history of the Pythians Of Texas can
never be written without the name of
A. n. Prince, and he is a prince, be-
lieve me. The building is easily worth
$lSO,O00. Now you see what we are
doing.
! The Lord has been kind to him. He
has a companion, that is a wife in the
broadest sense of the word. She is
standing right by the side of her hus-
band, and then there are two boys to
bless their home.
1 had the pleasure of spending an
hour in his office, and could not count
the people who came in to "sult" with
him as a physician, and then he toted
me around in his automobile for a
while that 1 might get a good sight at
his sick people. Then 1 saw his mail
for one day, but he has a man there
who can turn it out like oiled light
ming.
1 talked with Mrs. Prince, and met
many other people there in the town,
and then off to Marshall, Texas, to
visit Wiley University. DR.. NJ. W..
Dogan, the president was away, so L
talked with Dean Randolph, and others
of the faculty, and had a fine time.
Now YOU see am in Dallas, and here
1 am with Prof. NJ. NJ. Rodgers, Grand
Keeper of Records and Seal and great
big man. 1t is wonderful to see how
busy this one man is. I will have to
tell you many things about him in an
other letter.
But here, I must say just a few
words of sadness, much to my regret.
Information comes to me that the wife
of Rev. R. E. Jones, editor Of the
Southwestern Christian Advocate, is no
more. She has paid the debt we all
must pay. She was indeed good
woman, but God has so ordained that
the good and the bad, high and low,
rich and poor, must all some day die,
and it behooves them all to be ready
alike.