The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-10-26

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who think of us only as serfs. II
One John Francis Beckwith, pro-
fessional love pirate" who through
love letters victim
lied prominent women of the coun-
try for over $4,000, is doing time
at the Atlanta Federal prison, with
fifteen years of confinement and
fine of $4,000 to work out. Beck
with has had checkered career as
a poet, novelist, soldier, adventurer |
and love-letter writer. His finish is |
another warning that no man is |
smart enough to carry pitcher to /
the criminal well very long and get |
away without breaking it, Love
letters" like dynamite, are danger
Gus playthings,
AS the further evidence of the cos
mopolitanism of our war. we are to
enlist Porto Ricans and Indians for
military duty.
No one needs to be out of a job
these days. Read the Help Wanted"
columns of the dailies in any city
and go to it,"
Prof w. S. Scarborough, president
of WilberfOrce University, Ohio, is in
the East on a campaign that is max
ing that great institution brighter
spot on the map after each illumin-
ating address on education and its
value as race lever Wilberforce is
now more than a church influence;
it is backed By the Methodists as the
leading school of the Payneites, but
! it is also endowed by the State of
Ohio and is so broad in its scope as
to purpose and attendance that it is
national" school in every sense
of the term. Prof. Scarborough has
Given Wilberforce the best that is in
him, and the work is growing at a
rate that is surprising to the most
sanguine friends of the great seat of
learning. The country has heard
buch of this splendid man; it will
hear much more in the future.
The Supreme Lodge of the Knights
of Pythias is to build 100000
temple in Chicago in the near flu
ture.
The National Labor Agency, 22S
West Eighth street, Cincinnati, Ohio,
is filling large orders for colored
laborers and miners in Western
Penns lvania, Tennessee, Alabama
and Ohio.
The Shriners will no longer allow
liquor dealers to be members of their
order.
Buy that Liberty Bond today.
The suspension of the Afro-Ameri-
can page of the American Press AS
ISOLATION, is calamity to the Negro
Press. This plate service, the best
the cOlored people have ever enjoyed
was founded in 1909 by N. Barnett
/ DodsOn, a writer of rare discrimin
tion and an excellent judge of read
able matter and has been circulated
continually up to the last two weeks.
Upwards of 100 papers were sub
scribers at one time and the low
rate gave out editors an associated
press service of six columns weekly
at nominal cost. The suspension of
the page is due to the sale of the
news feature of the American Press
Association to the Western News
paper Union the former devoting it
self entirely to the advertising field
1t is the sincere hope of the colored
press that the Western Newspaper
Union will see its way to continue
the page, with Mr.. Dodson as its
editor 1t is up to the press to make
the argument and to indicate that
they will make the venture paying
, proposition.
Apropos of the Campaign for the
second Liberty Loan, it should not be
overlooked that the owner of a Lib
ertv Loan Bond holds written tan
gible evidence of being a preferred
stakeholder in the United States the
most glorious, the most honorable
and the most successful corporation
in the world He holds the certifi-
, cate of being citizen willing to
support his Government and to lend
money to his country when it needs
| and calls for it, Buy bond today
: and become a stakeholder in this
J grand corporation!
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J Stevedores have an important place
: in the scheme of military operations
J and the value of their service should
| not be cried down, even while seek
ing the more dignified lines of duty.
Thousands of lusty young colored
men, who have not had the ad-
vantages of liberty training and who
| do not care to go on the firing line
( will find an excellent oppOrtunit7 tC
= render effective service by handling
the supplies and performing neces'
Isary tasks that call for physical
rather than mental virility. There
e is a place for every man, whatever
e his training or limitations. Let thai
!, place be sought in spirit of the
e highest patriotism.
t The designation of Emmett j
C Scott to the post of adviser to thu
n Secretary of War is positive indi
e cation that the Negro is wanted il
o this world war for liberty and de
mocracy. Mr.. Scott, as special as
sistant, to handle problems peculia
n to the colored Americans, is on pa
y with Hoover, Garfield, Lippman
Frankfurter and other near-Cabine
officials, delegated to unravel com
! plcated administrative tangles II
h connection with the war The Scot
o appointment is far and away tn
most responsible post ever assigne
to a member of our race.
|, Rev. D. Leroy Ferguson, of Louis
e Vile, KY, has our sincere congratu
S, latlons upon reaching the 18th an
t. niversary of his service as rector G
3, the Church of our Merciful Savior i