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The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-10
WILL AFRICANS EVER GOVERN
THEMSELVES?
Wilson S. Naylor.

Will the blacks OF Africa ever be
self-governing? Possibly the answer
may be best approached by indirec-
ton
Two thousand years ago the armies
of Rome sent captives home from the
island of Britain. Don't take one of
them" wrote the great Cicero to his
friend Atticus, they are not fit for
USE" Today descendants of the an
cient Britons have built a government
greater in both extent and sound quail
tiles of government than that of
Rome.
Five hundred years later a man of
wider vision than Cicero, when told
that the white slaves from the same
island were called Angels, said, Good,
they have faces of angels; and such
should be made joint heirs with the
angels in heaven" Thus it happened
that Gregory, Pope of Rome, sent
Augustine to civilize the Britons.
Work like Augustine's went before
and after his time, changed the brutal
and degraded, wild and savage Briton
into the self-governing ruler of today.
The stories of the peoples of Europe
and Asia bark back through the cen
turies to many of the same customs
and practices found in Africa today;
human sacrifices, blood revenge, slav-
cry, polygamy, excessive cruelties in
war, infanticide, witchcraft, tribal gov
ernment local gods, world of shades
after this life, crude conceptions of es-
cape from sin, as by scapegoats to
cock, sacred harvests; these and more
show that when passing through sim
liar stages of development peoples of
widely different races exhibit similar
social, religious and governmental
characteristics.
The application is apparent. The
African is child yet in his gocart.
Give him time; there is hand that
guides.
Give him as muchstime, after the
his hands, as. the Briton has had give
him a thousand years, yet five hun
dred years, and from all precedent of
the rise of all nations, from the cas-
sest barbarism, who has reason to say
that the African will not run with even
pace the race of self-government?
Native government in various parts
of Africa will compare favorably with
the governments of the primitive peo-
pies of the Anglo-SaXon and Slave
lands two thousand five hundred years
ego. And where there is people that
within one generation from barbarism
had produced men of more solid quail
ties than Cowther, born in African
bush, rescued from slavery and edu-
Gated in England, honored with the
doctorate from Oxford University, and
ministered to his own people as Bish-
op of Niger; or Khama, King of the
Bechuanas, born in barbarism, con-
verted to Christianity, who ruled his
people with firmness of a Roman and
the consideration OF CHRISTIAN fatner,
or Booker T. Washington, constructive
educator, astute financier, wise execu-
tive and yet-just "up from slavery"
Certainly this is not a categorical
answer as to whether the African will
ever govern himself, but who could
have given a better answer to a sim
liar question concerning any other
race at similar stage of develop
ment?
If it be asked why progress has
gone out into the rest of the world
and left Africa. remaining stagnant in
barbarism, it needs only to answer
that the same question could have
been said of the Egyptians. Greeks,
The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-10
(The Washington Post.)

Editor Post: The present serious
aspect of German-American affairs, in
connection with the fact that just now
the national patriotism is being recon
secrated through anniversary memo
rial services for the dead heroes OF
the Maine, is pregnant both with fact
and suggestion to the thoughtful
American mind.
Readers of the Post will recall how
its columns were made to reflect the
attitude of the different groups of our
citizens and the personal opinion oil
the individual on the momentous
crisis thrust upon the nation through
the dreadful tragedy in Habana har-
bor nineteen years ago.
These letters were eloquently force
full in the expression of unanimity
of loyal purpose and the pledge of
support that knew no reservation. One
of the letters embodying this thought
in behalf of the colored race, written
by this writer, was published in the
Post of February II, 1898.
Now, as then, and indeed as was the
case in our first great international
conflict. when Crispus Attucks gave
up his life on Boston Common, the
colored man has been fatefully in evil
dence and has borne with conceded
heroism the part allotted him in de-
Tending the prestige of the flag and
protecting the liberties of his country
men.
In the light of events which have
emphasized the colored mans devo-
tion to the ideals and institutions of
his country and in spite of civic
status that is manifestly inequitable,
it must now be realized that any ques-
ton of his loyalty can only come from
the grossly ignorant or the willfully
vicious.
What more positive evidence of his
anxious readiness for patriotic service
than not so long ago was shown in
his prompt rally to the colors when
the various colored units of the mill
tia were fully recruited and ready for
service on the border before all others.
But If the state is to derive the
largest returns of service it can little
afford to be invidious in the distribu-
tion of its work from the standpoint
alone of class or caste.
Yet Notwithstanding denials by high
officials, this is actually the procedure
of our great navy department with
reference to the enlistment of colored
men in that branch of service.
At present and for long time past,
the recruiting of colored men for the
the servant or mess man branch, and
under the present system it is hui
manly impossible for a colored man,
even though he were. endowed with
the genius of Houdini, to break the
bands of these restrictions.
There is no regulation to this ef-
feet, and the matter of discrimination
is specifically denied, and yet, when
not so long ago a number of young
and vigorous colored men applied to
seacoast recruiting station for enlist
ment, the report of their worth and
qualifications was duly sent forward
and instructions asked. The fact THAI
all of these young men finally elected
to choose some other calling than the
sea seems significant.
Now, is it wise or necessary to pur-
The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-10

Los Angeles, Cal. l.-Cleveland
Buchanan, a graduate of Tuske-
gee, has been appointed criminal
Investigator in the Office of the
District Attorney of Los Angeles
County, California.
The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-10

Jersey City, N. j., March z. -
Harold A. Coleman, 26 Harmon
street, has been promoted to din
ing car conductor by the Lehigh
Valley Railroad.
Tallulah, Ga j. w. White,
who has been writing and lectur-
ing against the exodus, in order
to get the white peoples SYM
pathy, has told them that he has
received letters threatening mob
violence. Instead of his people
wanting to mob him, as he claims
they are not going to hear him
speak and are tearing up his lee
lures. He has gone" so far as to
write ministers in the South to
preach on STAND Still and See
Salvation,' and they have an
swered him. They are going to
preach on Bound for the Prom
ised Land" The members of
the Baptist Church of which he
is pastor are leaving the church
because of Rev. Whites stand on
the exodus question.
Dublin, Ga. That Negroes
are being enlisted rapidly in the
army of England, in Canada,
was the statement of Congress
man-elect w. w. Larson, who re-
turned this morning from a bus
mess trip to Canada. cat Wind
sor," said Judge Larson, Il was
surprised to see a large sprink-
ling of Negro soldiers among the
recruits who were being prepar-
ed for services in Europe. |
mentioned it to the man with
whom | was transacting business
and he told me that several hun
dred colored troops from the
southland had been enlisted re-
Gently at Windsor and would be
sent to Europe with the other
troops. He told me they were
all from my section of the coun-
try. ITO my surprise also, l
found them scattered among the
white men promiscuously, and
not in separate companies. Both
whites and blacks seemed to be
on good terms with each other
and as chummy as soldiers gen.
orally get.
Philadelphia, Pa. John c. Jor-
dan, who lives at 1926 South Mole
street, this city, was retired re-
Gently from the United States
Navy, after thirty years service,
having attained the rank of chief
gunner's mate. He entered the
service on June II, 1887, at
Washington, D. C. He complet-
ed the course at the Gunnery
School, Washington, in 1893, and1
was the first Negro to do so.
Mr.. Jordan was on the Olympia,
Dewey's flagship, at the battle
of Manila Bay in 1898, and later
The Colorado statesman., 1917-03-10

Jersey City, N. j., March g.
Harold A. Coleman, 26 Harmon
street, has been promoted to din
ing car conductor by the Lehigh
Valley Railroad.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-06-01

seven dollars per capita. That is not
large loan to make in this most
holy of all wars. On that basis, Maury
county should take $280,000 of the
bonds. Considering the wealth OF the
county that is relatively a small sum-
There surely ought to be 1000 men
and women of the county who VIII
take $500 worth of the bonds. That
gives us 100000. The banks Will De
liberal subscribers and there should
be hundred or more patriotic indl-
yiduals and firms who will subscribe
for 81 900 each. Altogether it should
not REQUIRE much of an effort to OBJ
tain subscriptions here for $2SO,0OO,
No patriotic Maury countian would
have his county fail. Remember too,
that this is not contribution to the
government; it is loan, every dollar
of which will be repaid, but If it were
direct gift it should be made freely
for in this war not only must our lives
but our fortunes be dedicated to the
nation. An immense over-subscrip-
ton to this war loan will be a great
moral victory for America.
In this emergency peculiar and
exceptional obligation rests upon all
government officials and employees.
Those who are the direct and immedi-
ate beneficiaries of government, ma
tional, state, county or municipal are
obligated to buy at least one OF these
Liberty Loan bonds. The post office
employees of Nashville alone have pur-
chased $4,000 worth of the bonds.
Maury county employees and officials
of government should follow this
notable example of patriotism.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-06-01
REGISTRATION DAY,

Every good citizen, loyal to his coun-
try and ready to do it some service
for the protection of life and liberty
it affords him. owes It to the nation to
aid in every way possible to make the
registration of the chosen few on next
Tuesday absolutely complete in every
respect. Not only should he busy him.
self this week in spreading the news
of the registration, but he should take
a day of next Tuesday and personally
see that all come to the voting place
just as he helps to get out the vote
on election day. This is going to be
an epoch in the history of the nation.
June will live longer in memory
than any election day in the life of
the country.
There should be a willingness and
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-06-01
MILITARY REGISTRATION.

There should be upon the part Of
every patriotic citizen, the fullest
measure of cooperation with the sher-
i'll in his efforts to make a correct reg.
istration and return Of all who are be-
tween twenty-one and thirty years of
age, both inclusive, on June 5. On
that date it will be the duty of every
citizen of the favored ages to register
in order that the government may
know what to do with him in this
great national emergency.
The nation has singled out those
who are so fortunate as to be between
the ages mentioned for a special and
honorable duty. The great burden Of
this titanic contest for human liberty
and universal democracy is placed
upon them. They will make up the
nations roll of honor. They are the
chosen of the land. They should
proudly register upon this sacred roll,
because from it the country's defend
ters will be drawn until probably this
war is over.
There should be no disposition to
evade the registration or to conceal
facts with respect to ones age. Pun.
dBhment, sure and swift and most as
Enredly deserved, will come to any
man who would falsify his age, or
fake an excuse in order to keep his
name from the roll of hoonr. 1t will
be the solemn duty of every good citi.
zen to aid the officers of the govern.
ment in detecting and reporting any
OF this kind They deserve and will
receive little consideration.
Every citizen should do all that he
can to see that those who are liable
Tor registration are informed of the
date. Two weeks is ample time to
disseminate the information if every
one will do his part The Herald ex-
poets to give all possible publicity to
ahe date others should do the same
thing. 1t should be made an epoch
dn the history Of the county, of the
state and of the nation. Flags should
ny and banners should wave as an
earnest Of the purpose of our people
10 shirk no duty; to evade no respon.
sibility.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-06-01

Hogs-Receipts. $500 head; market
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-06-01

an enthusiasm about those who do
register. Likewise they should be
slow to claim exemption from service
The appeal of the government is that
they do not hide behind women and
children to avoid their duty to their
country. Remember that unless your
wife and your children would be de-
prived of support if you were sent to
war you should not make them an
excuse for avoiding solemn duty. May
the Lord pity the man who will hide
behind the petticoat of his wife.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-06-01
FOR THE RED CROSS.

A campaign to increase the member
ship of the American Red Cross to one
million members is being waged all
ever the country. Chapters are be-
ing organized in hundreds OF small
towns. In Dyersburg, Tennessee, a
city of smaller population than Column
bia. three hundred members have al
ready been enrolled. The Red Cross
is going to have to meet enormous
demands as a result Of this war. 1t
is one of the noblest organizations IN
all the world. 1t works for humanity;
It is international, worldwide, recog-
MIXING the universal brotherhood of
man.
Columbia should have and must
have q Red Cross chapter. One in
this county should have not less than
500 members. That would be only a
little more than one member to every
twenty-five of the population. The
good women of the city should COM
nence without delay an aggressive
campaign for subscriptions to the Red
Cross. Unquestionably there are hun
dreds in the county who would like to
make contributions to this cause and
they will make them, but they would
prefer doing so, through local chap
ter.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-06-01
DON'T BE A STACKER.

One of the speakers at mass meet
ing in Louisville, declared that the
man or woman who was able and did
not buy at least one liberty loan bond
was Stacker, hit the nail squarely on
the head. 1t is the patriotic duty the
solemn obligation of every man and
woman who possibly can get the mon
eey or the credit to do so, to buy one
OF these bonds. There should be the
greatest over-subscription of this two
billion dollar loan that the world has
ever known.
This duty is especially emphatic
with those who are going to remain
far from the battles front. Every
one cannot go to war; all should not
go, but it is fallacy to think for
moment that every citizen of this re-
public is not at war. No matter how
many bonds one may buy, how much
OF sacrifice it may be to buy them,
he has not done as much for his eoun.
try as the youth who bares his breast
TO the bullets of kaiser in defense
of the principles that gave America
birth. Surely those who remain at
home will not be slackers, while their
own flesh and blood are on the firing
line, thousands to yield up their lives
shat our glorious nation may not per.
ish from the earth.
Tennessee is expected to take SIS.
DOC, 900 Of this issue. That is about
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-06-01
A NEW CONSTITUTION.

objection is made to voting for a
constitutional convention next July
upon the ground that this is not a
good time to hold convention. There
is really very little argument to be
advanced against new constitution
not much anyway that is entitled to
serious consideration. Tennessee's is
the Oldest state constitution probably
in the Union, assuredly the Oldest OF
any Southern state. The necessity
FOR change and improvement is appar-
ent. The proper time" will never
come for the reactionaries, those who
are constitutionally opposed to prog
ress, who cling to the past simply be-
cause it is the past. They like what
they have for the good reason that
they have already had it unmindful
apparently of the fact that if every
one took similar position the world
would be right where it was when the
morning stars first sang together
There is some merit, some plausi-
bility in the argument that because of
the war, the interest that the people
feel in the great world struggle and
their anxiety about the safety of the
nation there might not be sufficient
ly wholesome interest in the election
of delegates to constitutional con-
vention to elect the ablest and most
patriotic citizens. On its surface and
without further consideration this
claim has some weight. But upon
more mature consideration, when one
thinks of the good that will come from
this war, which will far outbalance the
bad, he is persuaded that more op-
perfume time than this fall could not
be found for new organic law. The
war is going to bring the people closer
together; it is going to place them in
a more self-sacrificing frame of mind
The war will still for a time the voice
of craftsmanship Men will act as they
never did before for the public good
and not to serve personal interest or
gain factional advantage. The people
are going to look at problems of gov
in broader and more gen.
erous spirit.
1t 10 the judgment of The Herald
that convention held this year will
be of higher and stronger and bet
Ter personnel than would one held
when the country is satiated with |
and enmeshed in selfish |
hess for they are usually twin COM
,anions. One accompanies the other.
Where we find sacrifice there we find
The convention held
n this time of national and world
'risis will have better, a higher and
! nobler atmosphere than would be
he case were all at peace The pub
ic good, the welfare of all the people
will be the dominant note of a con-
ention held under existing circum-
tances. Men of brains and of states
nanship, who under ordinary circum.
tances, would refuse to make the
acrifice necessary to attend a con-
ention, will be easily persuaded to
o so now.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-06-01
LOUISVILLE LIVE STOCK
MARKETS.

(By Bourbon Stock Journal.)
Special to The Herald.
LOUISVILLE, KY, May 31.-The
cattle market was steady today and
hogs were again cents higher.
Sheep and lambs had the expected
slump and were from Is cents to so
cents lower.
Cattle-Reecipts, $50 head; market
steady.
Hogs-Receipts, $500 head: market
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-06-01

8 cents higher. Tops, $3.50; lights
$14.30; pigs, $10.S5 to $12.1O; roughs
$14.40.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts, 61Oo
head; market rs to so cents lower.
Lambs, 17h cents; sheep, II cents.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-06-01
WHEAT LOWER
BY -FOUR CENTS
JULY OPTIONS CLOSE At UNDER
TWO DOLLARS-CATTLE
STEADY.

For the first time in several weeks,
July wheat options closed at less than
81. The close today was $1.97As
which is loss of four and one-half
cents as compared with the close yes.
terday.
Hogs were five cents higher today,
but the expected slump in sheep and
lambs materilized with a loss of TWEEN.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-06-01
FLOUR AND GRAIN.

Quotations furnished by Columbia
Mill & Elevator Co., Ashton's Mills
and City Mill & Grain CO..
Flour-Best patent. SLABS; second
grade, $13.75; bran, per ton, Se
shorts, $50.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-06-01
Cattle were

ty-fve to fifty cents. Cattle were
steady.
Local egg and butter and poultry
quotations are unchanged and the wool
market continues firm with a large
portion Of the crop already sold.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-06-01
PRODUCE.

Eggs, 30c; butter, 24c; turkey
gobblers, lac; turkey hens, 16c; COX
Nc; spring chickens, soc; hens, l6c'
geese, 1Sc; dux, 12c.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-06-01
Machine Oil

Five gallons best automobile oil,
$3.50
1t Street, Martin & Vaughan Co.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1917-05-15
RADISHES AND LETTUCE.
Attractive Additions to the Table Of
Any Household.

Attractive Additions to the Table Of
Any Household.
prepared by United States department Of
agricultural
Lettuce does not Withstand heat
well and thrives therefore in the early
spring or late autumn. In order to
have the leaves crisp and tender it is
necessary to force the growth of the
plant. The usual method Of growing
the plant for home use Is to SOW the
seeds broadcast in the bed and to re-
move the leaves as rapidly as they
become large enough for use. 1t is
better, however, to SOW the seeds In
rows fourteen to sixteen inches apart,
and when the plants come up to thin
them to the desired distance. With
the heading type this should be about
twelve inches apart. This will result
in the formation Of rather compact
heads, and the entire plant may then
be cut for use.
Radishes are so hardy that they may
be grown through the winter in cold
frames in the latitude Of Washington
eAAA AAAtACA SOutu III tuC OpSA SIOuuu
In the north they require hotbeds, but
can be sown in the open ground as
soon as the soil is moderately warm
They should be planted in drills twelve
to eighteen inches apart and thinned
slightly as soon as the plants are up
On quick. rich soil some Of the ear
lier varieties can be matured in from
three to four weeks after planting. II
the plants are allowed to remain long
in the open ground the roots loose their
crispness and delicate flavor, and in
order to secure a constant supply sue
cessive paintings should be made ev-
cry two weeks. One ounce Of radish
seed is sufficient to plant 100 feet of
row. A large percentage Of the seed
terminates, and If the sowing is done
carefully later thinning may be IN
necessary. The first radishes to ap
pear may be pulled as soon as they are
of sufficient size. and this will leave
enough room for those that are little
later. The plant is not suited to hot
weather, but should be planted in the
early spring and late autumn.