The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1919-11-01

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normal in this section Of the country,
and the men who have gone into eteSn-
itv will not return to take up things IN
this world, but must be eontented where
they are, for return they will never
| can only say the Lord hath given
them to the world, sin and indiseretion
hath taken them away, blessed be the
name of the Lord.
IL is hard 10 tell where q white man
is going to stop when he gets excited.
and when he is fearing death you don I
know what he Is liable to say which
will not truly represent the truth. The
whole world was shocked when they
read the Negroes organized to kill
white folks That is as far from be
ing the truth as heaven Is from the
place where the wind wss never known
TO blow, and where the people have
never had any ice water. The man
who sent it out wanted TO get sympathy
in his onslaught, in his taking Of hs-
man life, in his destroying life and
property of my people. and thought that
the white people from the states around
would Join him if it got a little warm.
The sooner the devil reaches up and
takes TO his home that class of people,
the more love and respect I will have
for his satanac majesty, the devil. That
place is almost too good for them, and
for that boob, who put it out that they
had captured so much ammunition and
guns at the Branch Normal college.
which was the headquarters of the or
ganization.
The truth of the whole thing is that
the Government had some guns and |
ammunition at the institution, because
it had been one of the schools that |
was used during the war. and IL is now
one of the few r. o. T. c.. for our PEG
pie. This is right now But under cN-
citement, the mayor Of Pine Bluff knew
that they were there, and he rushed
out and took them up, for fear that
they might be used, and then some one,
/ don I know who IL was furnished the I
information to the press that such had
been the ease. The whole country then |
read what was read, and YOU can get
but slight idea what was created in
the minds of the people. ! thank God
that the Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock. !
and the Pine Bluff Graphic, both nailed
this false, and nailed il hard.
Branch Normal is one of the institu- |
tons in the south that is preparing our
people for manhood future. At the
head of this institution Is one of the
brightest young men Of the race, Prof. !
}. G. Ish lie has the confidence of the
government, of the state. Of the city
and then he enjoys the confidence OF |
his people. He is a refined cultured
young man, and is pointing our young
people to the highest possible citizen
ship. He is teaching them true man
hood and wOmanhOOd, and doing his
whole duty. We must all admire such
a man, and condemn any effort that
might be put forth IL destroy his use
fitness. lie lives for the people.
l have been the rounds Just little
bit, for when wrote to YOU last /
was some where in this world. and |
am still in the world, but it Is hard to
tell how much longer ! am going TO be
able to stay down here. but if the Lord
should call me tomorrow will be
ready and willing TO go.
But then let US see where / am and
where ] have been. have been TO
Palestine, Texas, as you know and there
is where the Baptist Missionary and
Educational convention had their meet. |
and where they did make some show
of. for they put on the table about
$4,000 for their work. This rep
resented the work Of the two eonVcn-
lions, mean the convention Of the |
state, represented by Rev. A. L. Boone.
ID. d., president, and the women 5 con
ventiOn which met at the same time.
represented by Mrs. Edna Strickland. |
of Pittsburg, Texas, president These
two bodies are going side by side. as
God would have them 90, and are
putting forth every possible effort to
make things go and go in the right /
direction at that. They are working
for the uplift of our people, and meet
ing with success.
want TO commend DR. A l.. Boone,
Mrs. Edna Strickland, and Secretary NJ
N. Rodgers, Of Dallas, for the great
work, and will include in this the other