Phoenix tribune., 1919-07-26
GEORGIA'S GOVERNOR
SPEAKS TO 10000
C0L0RED PYTRIAkS
(Ry Associated Negro Preas)

ATLANTA, Ca, July 21- Governor
. Hugh Dorsey addressed an assembly
Of 10000 Negroes last night at the
Auditorium-Armory, when the opening
session of the Both annual convention
Of the Knights Of Pythias and the
courts of Calanthe were held. There
were 500 grand representative of the
Knights of Pythias and SIS represen-
tatiyes of the courts of Calanthe pres
ent, besides many visitors and almost
"a complete assemblage of the local
membership of the two organizations.
THE Negroes Of George have Just
cause to be proud of their race" said
Governor Dorsey They have proven
themselves loyal and they, too. gave
their every effort to bringing the war
TO a successful close, and those mem
bers of the Race who went to France
added a dignity to their names which
the years cannot erase"
Major Key also addressed the CON
yention outlining the accomplishments
of the Race and pointed out the great
possibilities of the future if the Ne
groes of Georgia develop themselves
along the proper lines
A mammoth parade was staged in
The downtown streets. There were
25,000 participants, which made it one
Of the largest events of its kind ever
seen in Atlanta.
The aggregated wealth cf the lodge
is $1.571 goo and in the state of Geor-
gia it has $4,000 male members and
2S,00O women members. Since the
United States declared war they have
purchased $S50,0OO worth of Liberty
bonds and invested $150.OOO in War
Savings stamps.
including the "men on the job" ought
to be able to take protracted vaca-
tons for time. as the result of their
era of prosperity, The railroads are
tagging in making the purchase of
steel, and the director-general is fol-
lowing the footpaths of his predeces-
sor in having arranged for two-thirds
of a billion. dollars from Uncle Sam to
take up a deficit, or slack, Of years
operations, and to provide for essen,
tiaIs in betterments and replacements
OF the properties
But some day this muddlesome mud,
die occasioned by government opera
ton will END; and it will be a gala day
for the nation when the private own
ers of railroads resume charge and
restore decrepit roadbeds and rolling
stock. and get the great steel high
ways back to normal condition. But
while the railroads are down in low
speed, the automobile business is on
high, and the steel men are finding q
pretty good output for their goods in
that direction. Even house building
is on the gain. and unemployment is
not half as serious as some agencies
would have one believe. Our condi-
tions contrasted with those that exist
abroad should produce optimism of
the keenest kind. Raw materials and
machinery are lacking in the war zone
and millions of men are idle in con-
sequence, while the discomfort that
ages is causing further industrial
stagnation because workmen are de-
manding new systems in industry that
will furnish them little taste of the
democracy that. they have been dy-
ing for.
Ye gods! we are lucky race, and
our debts and debtors can be easily
forgotten, for the United States is
richer than it was before the war; it's
manhood and womanhood have been
rejuvenated through the short season
Of struggles that they have endured.
There are no longer British syndi-
Gates owning our flour mills, or Ger
man syndicates owning our breweries,
or British and German syndicates
financing our railroads. as in the olden
days. Uncle. Sam is now the chief
banker of the world; and all the civ
ilized nations take off their hats to us.
1t is time to feel little cocky oyer
our position in the affairs of the uni
verse. Incidentally, every community
that whoops it up in giving their re.
turning soldiers big welcome, and
then goes on the way, battling for the
peaceful conquests of the future and
forgetting the sob-stuff, will make
progress towards the realization of a
world free for democracy's sake.
COLUSA. Cal-Silo owners who