The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1920-12-25

where l spent the night at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Matthes. They are
two proud people over the success of
their daughter, Miss ANNA Maize Mat
thcs. the trained nurse. from Chicago.
who is Just rs busy as can be. and the
wcalthic>t white people in the town are
calling on her "a render service in the
time of sickness. She knows her bust
ness.
The next morning when I went down
to get on the wagon. found that IL was
five hours late. hence l have to take
another one to Shreveport. Ia. where
| spent n part Of The day. gcttin. Their,
~ noon. and leaving az O'Clock over
III" Louisiana Railway and Navigation
for New Orleans. where I got the Mex
morning At 500. and going direct ..
the parsonage Of St. James \. VI. F..
Church, Rev. Edward Wittcnburg pas
tor. He and his wife received me Just
like was real brother. and soon had
me- NJ breakfast. I went out with the
pastor to see the town.
We found our way at 1880 to
Straight University. but I don t care if
| never go there again. don Z know
whrrr TO place the blame. but believe
mc IL was most disordcrly crowd.
tried 10 talk TO them on the invitation
Of the president. but they were so dis
orderly that l was forced TO stop try
ing to talk to them. Why this I can
not and could not tell in this age. We
were accompanied by Editor Milton s.
Hampton. of the Negro Advocate. who
used his automobile ear carriage to
tote us around. Well. left the school.
for it was then lunch time, and the
President rushed away from us, for
fear we might want TO eat. and invited
us to come again. OF course he could
not invite us to eat, for he was white.
and YOU know who we were.
Now You want to know what hap
Pcncd? II was suggested that we 60
to the New Orleans High School. At
the head of this school is one of our
own men. Prof. Hoffman. a noted edu-
Gator and man of long experience. I
have known him in the school room for
long time, for he was at one time in
Louisville. Ky. at the State Univer-
sity. They have 400 young people at
this school. I mean at the High
School There was a. much difference
in this bunch as there is between night
and day. They wcer all ours, our
teachers. our pupils. our students, our
visitors. and there was a something
which demanded or commanded order
from the time we entered. Three times
or more as many as were at Straight.
and vet they were orderly. The ques-
tiOn is whether or not the white man
is not thing of the past in Negro
schools I 10 not say this. but it is
Question for discussion now.
We are getting way up the road now.
don't know what. DR.. Wittenburg
thought. for he i a deep thinker. and
the same Is true of that young editor
If I had some way of looking into
their thinkers IL is hard to tell what
would be revealed. I am proud of the
young people, and some day DR.. Wit
tenberg is going to be one of the bish-
ops of his church. It will take little
time. We rode around in that carriage
automobile, and landed me at the L. &
VI. stable. was looking out the win
dow, when some one approached me
from behind and held my head fast for
n few minutes. and when I looked, be-
hold in nv sight were Bishop and Mrs.
w. D. Johnson, headed for Georgia.
We spent the night together headed
for Montgomery. He has gone on home
and I am still in this place, going to
Louisville, and other places. expect
to see young Morris marry next week,
and will tell You about it. God bless
you.
I think I will bring this letter to a
stop for this time.
Charles f. Stump.