The broad ax., 1919-07-26
CHARLES E. STUMP TOURING THROUGH OLD NORTK
CAROLINA HE DISCOVERED PROF. A. D. REED,
Who ENCOURAGED THE WHITE SUPER
NTENDENT OF SCHOOLS AT WILSON,
NC, TO SLAP The FACE OF
THE COLORED WOMEN
TEACHERS

IN the presence OF others he admitted
thai he mad witnessed it. It was then
that almost every teacher offered her
resignation, and walked out That
broke Up the school for the next day
in Ssct for that year. This human
Stake al the grass went down to the
bank and had the payment of the
checks stopped / am told for q .it..e
while. bat it would not last long. The
teacher quit, some of them have work
at otherplaces, some have married, and
still others are staying at home. As
TO Miss Euell, / don't know where she
is
am saying all this, in order to
say that just few days ago, a white
man treated the professors daughter
the same way either on the streets of
Wilson or in the post Office. Here is
what l got out of the daily paper
about it:
Wilson, N. c.. July 22.-TGesday
afternoon while being waited on at
the stamp window in the Wilson post
office, Mr. W. D. Rufin, a merchant,
slapped Thelma Reed, the ten year
old daughter of Prof. J. D. Reed, and
this morning was fined S25 by Mayor
d. N. Hill, Mr.. Rufin gave notice of
appeal and gave bond for his appear
ance at the September term of Wilson
Superior court"
believe in law and order, and I
want the law to take its course in this
case and that viii not be Of any worry
to heaven or the other place either to
receive new occupants.
These things are unfortunate any
time they occur. Now while we are
treated in this manner, there are
Negro men who would say that the
Negro must not take a manly stand.
Of course manhood is not in a big
revolver in your pocket, or the "Johny
get your gun" style, for / have never
carried one myself, and there are
thousands Of gentlemen the same
way, but just to take q place of a
real man. Tell the white man what
you expect Of him and in return YOU
expect to give your community law
abiding citizen. That you are going
to help to build up your country, and
viii give your life for the protection
Of the flag Of your country. That you
believe IN the protection of woman
hood, whether the woman be black or
white. / will join hand with him and
60 right into hell if need be to pro-
tect worthy woman. Now mark you
I said worthy woman and nothing
about color.
Do not think me OF this week, but
/ have been thinking. I want to con-
tinue to think. Lynehing going on,
and there are men who would help to
have some Of their best killed or chas-
ed out Of town by trying to stand in
with white folks. I have seen some
of these ! don't know what to call
them. have met them in the school
room Some Of these little cheap two
by cipher "fessors" who viii do any
thing and suffer anything in order to
hold q cheap Tossing" job. Now
am not making q direct charge un- I
less I am called upon to do 20. ! have
heard Of men wearing the stripes and
then being put at the head of Negro
schools in the south. Whether this Il
true or not I am not altogether pre-
pared to say, but Just a. soon Is I
can get in the state ! am going to look
it mp. God forbid. It is an unfOrtun-
ate thing that any man should be
clothed IN stripes, but when it hap
pens he must not expect to be the
leader in society, the leader in
thought as before. II this kind of
thing is done then men would be en-
eOuraged to go to the "pen."
lam in North Carolina this week.
and 1 have had the pleasure Of seeing
some Of our big men, shall have
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