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, 1920-07-28
Ch~ristiansted, July 26' 1920.
Editor St. Croir Avjs
Dear Sir

D6dF Sir
AS was stated in the Colonial Coun-
ell by their representa- yes, the people nf
ST. Croix have full confidence in His
Excellency the Governor of these islands,
and verify believe that he is wise enough
to know whether the liquor bills should
be sanctioned or vetoed. We believe
that he has no personal motives in doing
whichever pleases him, but that which
ever he does is for the general benefit of
the community. He as the representative
of the Mother Country. must certainly
know better than any one else from a
legal standpoint what can ne dUne In
these islands and what not. We as
natives, therefore might keep quiet and
await results were it not for foreigners,
some of whom with THE usual cunning,
have got certain unwary and ultr alb
stinent (fr0m strong drink natives to
join with them or have joined themselves
with such natives and from purely selfish
motives are ~endeavoring through the
press and by unwarranted petition to
rive the world and His Excellency a
wrong impression of the peoples use of
strong drink in St. Croix. 1t is therefore
time we put a stop to this.
Some of those thus placing a stigma
D 0 the community know comparatively
next to nothing as regards the peoples
use of strong drink here, and it is nothing
short of q base falsehood and an insult
to US to thus brand US as d~runkards.
That there have been some cases of
drunkenness cannot be denied, but can
there be any comparison between hose
few and the hundreds, nay, thousands OF
cases in the very native homes OF some OF
those raising the hue and cry here? Char
ity begins at home, and since it is for the
sake Of humanity why don't our esteemed
friends go home and start a campaign
where there is a broader field and where
inebrietv and it's consequent evils have
been and are still notorious?
There seems to be quite a owe for the
people in this particular case.
Strange it was not manifested IN
nvery other case! The reasons are how
ever too we'll known to every intelligent
man or woman to need explanation.
We cannot instil virtue by removing
evil nor are the Creators gifts to man
, 1920-07-28
SOBRIEIY
To those of the st. Cro1U CJorgy
engaged IN a Prohibition Campaign.
Gentlemen

Gentlemen
On the basis of the Christian
theory that the Creator endowed man
with a free will to choose good or evil
and that, although God could have made
man immune to temptation and thus
precluded sin and it's consequences, He
elected that man should by his own eff
forts ard struggles improve his condi-
ton and attain ultimate perfection; and
by virtue of the fact that there is not a
single passage in the Holy Scriptures
wherein Almighty God is shown to have
exercised coercion in order that man
should desert his (man's) own paths, or
follow the guidance of the Divine Mas
ter, it is, to say the least of it, astc nish-
ing that a campaign for prohibition, a
law whereby man is, unquestionably,
deprived of the God given right of choice,
should emanate with the accredited do
ers of the Holy Word, and it is in all
sincerity and with the utmost due respect
for your motives, brought to the attention
OF the reverend gentlemen associated
with the movement to petition His Elk
c~ellency the Governor to withhold his
sanction of the antiprohibition bill. to
make clear your position, from 9 reli
gious point Of view; and to explain the
apparent lack of consistency, and the i'm
possibility to reconcile with Gods word
your action in the present question, all a
puzzle to
MANY RATIONAL MINDS.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-04-03

man species, no more, no less: but
tie Sophisl who is opposed to wo-
mans right to govern her own life.
finds a rich field in anli-suirage
arguments" Indeed there is no
question more inviting to the So
phist-unless il be the Negro uues-
tion. Many white men reason alike
on women and On the Colored races:
The fundamental error is the as
sumption that they are reasoning
about a different order of beings
from themselves.
The South, which has already fiji
itself to sonhistry on the Negro
question, is naturally the best train
ed for crooked reasoning on this
woman question. For example, the
editor of the Richmond, Va, Times
Dispatch benevolently objects to
giving the vote to millions of wo.
men who do not want it," He does
not want to force women to vote.
That is SO gallant. That is the mer-
est sophistry; nobody could give
the ballot to any man or woman who
does mot want it," Nobody is to
be compelled TO vote. 1t is the put-
pose of suffrage to allow the vote
TO those who have sense enough to
want it: None of the privileges of
thc mot want it's is to be taken a.
way. But those who do want il,
are to be gwen the same liberty (no
HOre) as those who do not want it;
namely, to freely exercise their own
wants. When voting is allowed,
then for the first time, those who
want i! and those who do not want
1t, will be on terms of equality. AT
present we have those enslaved who
want it, while those who do not
want it are perfectly free. Why
should we be juSter to the one class
than to the other and what objec-
tion is there TO being equally just to
beth? But why argue with So
phist?
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-04-03
BOOKER WASHINGTON
SCHOOL NEWS

The Langston girls basketball
team, accompanied by Mrs. Mar
guess, wife of the president, and
MISS Thomas, Physical Director, in
Naded Tulsa Friday, March 10, aud
in thrilling, holly contested game,
brought gloom TO the Washington
High School camp by coming out
on the long end of a 1912 score.
| The game was no diScredit TO the
local team as the score clearly in
dicates and, though outplayed on
this particular occasion, it is by no
means certain that Langston has The
better team.
The game was anybody's until the
last part of the second half when
Tie Tulsa girls, making a brave up
bill fight aided by the vociferous
roofing of the home crowd, were
unable to overcome the three point
lead of the visitors. Langston's
length" especially at center prov
ed too big an obstacle for our girls
TO overcome. Our girls are still
champs in the high school division.
A win over LangSton would have
given an undisputed state champ
ionship title.
4 Athletic relations between the two
schools have been firmly establish
ed since the playing of the two
games, one at Langston with the
boys and the other here. The treat
mcnt accorded the Tulsa party at
Langston was such that we not on
ly didn't want to leave but we can
hardly wait for the time to come
for us to go again. All members o.,
the party were greatly impressed
with the beauty, efficiency and
spirit of the institution. The large
student body of nearly 600 seemed
to be happy, contented and full OF
"Langsion." President Marquess is
bringing things to pass that can on
ly be appreciated by visit to the
school.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-04-03
THE TIME OF UNREST

CA. n. p. Service).
The Tide of Unrest is about to
flood the entire world. In every
direction there are the lurid signs
of rabid discomfort and unwhole-
some social disruption. In fact the
modern social structure is being
shaken to its very foundation stones.
We cannot halt our disquietude
by any academic flourish of speci-
Gus argument. The situation must be
looked squarely in the face or else
the great catastrophe" is very near
to us.
Mere name has no genuine Signili-
canoe aside from the impressmenls
oc association. Successful Bolshev-
ism may be only another name fof
an American Revolution or the be
heading of a Charles or Louis of
kingly fame. What we really need
is relief from the situations out OF
which there has been wantonly
created the social instruments now
threatening the life and being %
The present social order.
Social unrest comes when Socia
disease spreads and threatens the
lrucr social impulse of the lowe
strata of social organization. lie
it lie in Russia, Africa or in III,
/ southern United States of America
ii comes whenever social oppres
sion is carried TO the place when tn,
burden can no longer be borne will
reasonable safety and comfort.
Modern society is reaping what i
has sown. A worldwide tide of un
res. is upon us. We must see clear
fight strong, live true or else the It'd,
will become a flood. God save IL
! from the flood.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-04-03
MCCORMICK DISCUSSES
SOUTHERN AND
BRITISH TYRANNY
The Illinois Senator Makes a Fine
Point in His Address on
Egyptian Liberty.

CA. n. p. Service).
WASHINGTON, ID. c., April q
In recent speech in the Senate on
the Egyptian situation Senator Me
Cormick of Illinois said, Mr. Prosi-
dent there is another authority who
might be consulted while the de
bate turns upon Egyptian right TO
liberty. In the third verse of The
seventh chapter of Matthew it is
written: Why beholdeSt thou the
mote that is in they brothers. eye
but considerest not the beam thai
is in thine own eye?
at is true that the net result of
British Government in Egypt has
been the material development of
the country to the neglect of the
education of the people and their
political advantages. But, Mr.. Pre-
sident, if we are not to guarantee
The government of Egypt, it is hard
! ~ a matter for our intervention. II
would become us to inquire if in
some measure we have not been re
sponSible for a like neglect of some
| dark people with whose welfare we
are charge under The Constitution Of
the Nnitcd States. My friend the
Senator from Oklahoma, Mr.. Owen,
speaks of the imposition or the
Withdrawal of the protectorate in
/ Egypt as an assumption of right on
the part of the British, right
which does not exist. | cannot
quarrel with him on that ground;
but while we discuss the course Of
the British Government in that re
gard, | think we might inquire Of
our own conscience if we have done
all that duty requires of us in re-
gard to some 100000 of people
living under the Constitution of the
Union.
at is written in the Constitution
of the Republic that no citizen shall
be diSfranchised by reason of his
color; it is written that if there be
any general disfranchiSement there
shall be a diminution of the repre-
sentation Of the States effecting the
dIsfranchisement. But these provi-
sions of the Constitution are as
dense as the liber of Egypt. But
putting aside the question of polili-
cal rights, consider that the country,
North and South, during the last
year has witnessed disgraceful mob
murders. There have been four
score lynchings in the Union dur
ing the II months last passed. MY
own state of Illinois, has been the
scene Of violence on as great a scale
as that in any other state in the
Union during the last year.
"As we sit in judgement upon
others, SO let us judge of our own
duty. 1t does not become us to
speak only of the dereliction OF
other people. If this Senate is to
consider resolves upon the State OF
abe people of Egypt, lit it make
ready to resolve against mob mur-
der and lynching in America"
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-04-03
SOCIETY LEADERS FORM
BETTER MOTHERS" LEAGUE
Their Plea is: Lets Keep Children
Children" But Oversee and
Reform Their Pleasures.
(Slar News Service).

(Slar News Service).
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April g.
The Colored Mothers of Oklahoma
and elsewhere should take heed of
one of the most interesting expert
ncntS ever undertaken in the United
States by women of the highest So
Cial prominence, that experiment
being the one in which the Better
Mothers" of Philadelphia have just
enrolled. Society has frequently
been accused of setting the pace in
extravaganza and elaborate enter
tainments, but in this instance it
is taking the lead in checking the
tendency toward extremes which
was so markedly stimulated in the
period Immediately after the ending
Cf the war.
In New York, Philadelphia, Bos-
ten, Baltimore, Washington and
other cities of the East, women of
the wealthiest families are banded
! together in an effort to simplify
amusementS for their children. il
is proposed to provide more ration
al and simple amuSements and also
| to supervise the kind of plays chill
dlen will be permitted to see at
theatres. Particular attention will
he paid to reducing the number of
late parties given and attended, and
a reform in the eXtravagant dresses
of young misses, dresses far beyodd
their years, will be attempted. BET
-. AIAIInrgp do UInnn "a hon
mere fun, but they do expect to
emphasize use of common-sense and
rri.Son in amuSementS.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-04-03
criber to The Weekly Star.

Scriber to The Weekly Star.
BY Special arrangement with the
publishers of The Weekly Kansas
City Star, we are able to offer the
Tulsa Star and The Weekly Kansas
City Star at a special low rate. The
regular price of the Weekly Star is
30 cents a year; the price of The
Tulsa Star is $500 a year. The
price for both papers one year IS
500. If YOU are already sub
SCriber to either or both papers,
your time will be extended one year
under this offer. Subscription prices
all over the country are advancing.
Take advantage of this unusual in
dacement. Bring or send your
ORDER to The Tulsa Star office to.
day.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-04-03

Rev. +. l.. Barber, Mayor of Red
Bird. pastor of the First Baptist
Church at Tallahassee and the Coal
Greek Baptist Church at Yahola,
was in the city Wednesday attend
ing district board meeting of the
Northwest District Association, and
while here called at the Star Office
and left an order for a large supply
of printed matter. Rev Barber is
one of the foremost Race men OF
this state and is an influential lead
er in his church circles.
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-04-03
HE WANTED TO BUY A PUP

81 am writing at the suggestion
of my little boy. He wants a dog
and would like to know if the In
tellectual Pup is for sale"
That was the tenor of letter
written recently to The Weekly
Kansas City Star. Do you follow
the Intellectual Pup pictures? The
Pup is not for sale but he will visit
your home and dispel gloom fifty
two times a year if you are a sub
The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-04-03
SUFFRAGE AND SOPHISTRY

(By William PickenS.)
G.. \. p. ServiCe).
We can verbally oppose anything
which we want to oppose, even If
We have to use sophistry to do it.
Women are the females of the hu-
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Como Sc diUierten los
Jdboneses
lDe ri obrero Msxicano

~
n algur@ persona se IL ocurTiera
en- este pals abrir Una sala Dc espec.
taculos c0n Ell solo objet0 de salir al
~escenario y contar IN cuento, reiatar
con mayor 2 menpF EK4clA, una aerie
de episodes Yerfdicos q Inventados,
es cast SECURE de que prcnto tendrfa
que dejar 81 negocio, y los teatros y
"cinea' no tenblaran por 10 eompe-
tencia.
I'm Ell Jap0n no saeede asI; ei cuen-
tistay Ell narrador de historias y cuen-
tos es ~considerado on 81 pals det 5ol
Naciente como un actor cualQulera, y
So aEte le ~proporciona las mas gran
des ovaciones con que pnede sonar
un h%istrf6n; y unas no despfeciaDles
sumas con que atender q necesl'
dades y q las de. su familia.
Para 81 pueblo letrado Jap0nes, 81
le~spectaculo ee 10 que para nOsotros
up diario, ! a1evista o la i~tustracion,
v en- 81 encuentra IN entretenimient0
mas barto cue a teatrc, Los concler
t0s y a6n Ell scine"
Mo hay audiencia que como Ia a,
ponesa sepa apreciar las deiclas &c
bun cl1ento bien narrado, pues Los 3as
pOneses desde su infancia estan Q enc
Iacostumbrados, y aunQue 81 teatTo y
81 moderno cine tiene su puDllcos
los s'y0seba" continuan sienuo Aos III
cares preferidos de las classes ba1as
ljapohesas.
Los s'y0seba' o salones donde ha-
blan los cuentistas no ion grandes,
pues los mayores no tieneH sitio para
mas de trescientos especteadores.
IDA espectaeul0 pc anuncia por me
do de grandes faroles de papel pasea
dos por las GALES, y en- clos va q
anuncio con Ell nompFe del artista
v eli tema o ttulo del cuento.
Es tan popular y tan del agrado del
p1blico japones esta diversion que
solo en- Toxic hay 100 sy0sebas"
Despues de pagan Ia entrada que
nunca pasa de treinta centimos de pc
.MEseta, pn acomodador entKega al es'
pectador un paquehn0 almohadony en-
lei due Sc sienta para escuchar las pa
labras- del Orador o contemplar sus
muecas y posturas.
III artista tiene en- su repertoire
|, cuentos morales, alegres, c0mic0s
muItitud de c~hascarrill0s y episOdios
~hist6ricos. La manera de narrarlof
depende del tema y del mayor Q me
. nor talent0 y arte del narrator.
Unas veces la defamation es 50
llemne, persuasive, vfbrante con adei
names mesurad0s D f~uertes; otras sc
lconvierten en- verdaderos payasos ac
lclonando exageradamente, g~rotesca
El Nuevo mexicano., 1920-06-10

- - N4A48 -ER
hombres earicias de nadre ~abnegada
menos al Libertador. Para Ell mundo
entero eral dulce y misericordiosa;
pero era ihsensible y cruel para quien
mas rendidamente Ia adOraba. Sus
de vfrgen atribulada Sc movfan
ante el Libertador, frios y dominado-
res; su frente perdfa la hlancura per
fumada de- los nardps para tOmar la
.,blancura implacable de La nieve: en-
su boca, que para los demas morales,
tenfa Ell tinte y 81 aroma de los tere-
bintOs de Galilea, para ell Libertador
solo tenfia Ell SAILOR amargo J ell olor
acre de la sangre.
Y Ell 1~dbertadory a pesar de las
crueldades de que era vfstima, la a.
maba Q TODD su coraz6n.
I'm dfa lie dij0 la Libertad.
Dame la tranquilidad de tus dfas
~ Ell sueno de tus noches; necesito
que acaudilles una conspiraci0n en-
contra de la tiranfa.
Y el Libertador sin vacilar I'm mo
mentoi empez6 a acudir a citas mis-
~teriosas en- s~er6nditos lugares. BESIDE
aquel instante no volvio a saber 10.
que era repbso. III insomnia fue su
lalmohada Ia sombra, su ~coaseiera:
el peligrO, su compahero inseparab1e.
La intrahquilidad empez6 d trazaF
h0ndos xurcos 81 su frente limpia de
sohad0r; la inquietud puso nn seHo
de ironfa en- sus lahios que POGO q
POGO perdieron ell carmfn; la zozobra
plated algunos de sus cahelIos y do
bio sus hombros herculeos de 1ucha-
DIR poro 81 nnuur IA 4od~ aaosafn
amanda a la diosa con TODD su cora
ION.
Otro dfa lie diio Ia Libertad:
Dame tn fortuna. Tengo neeest-
dad de caudales para organizar i'm
moyimiento armada que acabe o Ia
esclavitud.
Y Ell Libertador sacrifice SUE pala-
clos, sus ioyas y sus ~haciendas. y fue
a depositar TODD el orc recaudado .
los pies de la Libertad. Y desde aquel
dfa troc6 Ell manto do la ~0pulencia
por los aharapos del mendigO, sup0
de los tormentos del hambre y de las
cesolaci0nes de Ia miseFia: pero 81
q pesar de TODD, Begufa amanda q IA
diosa con TODD 81 e0raz6n.
Otro dfa ie dijo la LibeFtad.
dame tn honor. rs precise cue
asesines a IN protector tuyo que slfVe
q Ia causa del despotismo. Hasta
hoy has esgrimido Ia espada frente
4 frente de IN muertes pefo ahora de
ben blandir 81 puhal y bnscar Ia pro-
tecclon &c las tinieblas.
IA Abertador. vacil6 IN instanks:
perO las aOmbKas de- BrutO y do Casio
pasaron delante de sus 0jos atormen-
tados. y "a, que se habla Beparado
eonriendo dc 81 t~fanquiiidad y III Ter.
tuna, entreg6 hOrando los ~sirones De
81 hcnra.
Otro din le do Ia Libortad.
Necesifo a ~ madra. . u eenosa ,
a taa hiios: las primeras me sagYifan
para espiar q mis- adversarioa y los
sogundos mfliiarhn a ia lado como
aoldsdos Dc mi ei6rcito. Damcloag
Y q Libersador 4 ynplic0 conmopi.
Se mo pidaa ESQ. porQee mf Rant
ia ea d dnlc0 maall que "a hA val.
vndo del tfumendo naufrakio our por
q he sufFido 0sdana para nj 81
mas ~espantoao snplirio q tnsiante -
raa ~obedeclda
Iansonees i IAhersad 10 con,eass
cotfiea,
a ~pntriAFca Ahraham eaimha r..
anrlio q ~engFeEar 81 hiio 4 EHaa
cpando y Ia gffsaaf9. nrase mal6
. ana hiioa ea ans a. "A 4assfria, y
20 e etlesea a ef9ah 4 nis
. u Ltlsgtaaf
Y 81 LtsnaHef hst4h 4fania ,
osui4 Coco . - matse y 4 -
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-23
stenographic Work Superintendent Of
n iqrWayS.

Supervisor Bell stated that the Mis-,
cellaneons Claims Committee had 4
bill of Miss Helen Mayo for SIS for
stenographc work for the Supt.
OF Highways and asked he board Ia
pass on the matter, On motion OF
Supervisor Wylie, and seconded. the
bill was ordered paid out of the mi;
cellanecus Iund by the following vote
Ayes; Andrews, Breucr, Breuninc
Bronson, Callacan. Charley. Clark.
tonnerton, DaVy, Driscoll, Doyle
Dunn, EelIs. Farley, Farnsworth,
Goedtner, Hall. iIawley, liealy. Hill,
Hearty, Holland, Hunter, I<a8icnbciu,
Kelley. Kuhn, Langley. Larson. Mar
shall, N.tschelm, O'Domeil Pool
Reed, Richcy. SChcrer. Seipp. ShadeN-
ack, smith, Spencer, States. Trumbu
Tadych, Willsey. Winans, Wyhc
iockey, Zolphey,
Nays: None.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1920-01-23
Committee to Secure Pictures OF
Judges.

supervisor Boil stated that by re
quest the following had been sclccto,
as members ct the committee to Sc
cure pictures of the former Judge
George +. Bell +. +. RiChcy NJ. i
Charley John O'DOnncll. {. Spencer
f. f. States and NJ A. Bronson. anG
with this committee moved the adou
'lou Of the motion made in relatiu'.
thereto at this mornings session
Motion was carried by the following
vote.
Ayes; Andrews Bell Brcucr Brcu.
ming, Bronson Callagan. Charley
Clark, ConnCrlon Davy, DriScOiL
DOYLE, Dunn, Eells, Farley, Farm
worth, GCedtner, Hail, fIaWlcy, Heal,
Hill Hearty, Holland, Hunter, kas-
tcnbein, Kelley Kuhn. Langley. Lar
son, Marshall Nitschelm, ODonnell,
Pool Reed, Richcy, Schcrer Scipp
Shadcnsack, Smith, Spencer, States.
Frumbo, Tadych Willscy, Wilans.
ockey, Iolphcr,
Nays: None