The broad ax., 1925-03-21
COL. CHARLES E. STUMP, THE REG
ULAR OLD TIME TRAVELLING
CORRESPONDENT FOR THE
BROAD AK, CONTINUES TO BASK|
IN THE BRIGHT SUNSHINE. AWAY
DOWN IN FLORIDA.


last week that | did not write to you,
but believe me that John A. Andrews
Memorial Hospital at Tuskegee Insti-
tute, and Dr. Eugene H. Dibble Jr.,
and Miss Mary S. Booth, Mrs. J. L.
Reed, and all the others are still on
my mind, yet ! am away from that
part OF the country, and will be away
Tor sometime unless there happens to
Be some other trouble.
It strikes me that the last letter
sent you was in New Orleans, and
| went from there to Houston, and
back to New Orleans, and then I got
myself together and stepped into Flor
ida, the land Of flowers and good time
1t Is down here where the wealthy
people come from to keep away from
the cold, and you see a few Of Us
under wealthy people come down here
too, for they must have their walters,
their servants, and the preachers must
follow them with the light. Now what
am doing down here, you don't know
and l think it is none Of your business
In New Orleans I found the people
getting ready for a legal battle, and
it is to be fought out in Washington
in the Supreme Court Of the United
States, from whose decision there is
no appeal except to arms. The ques-
ton has been decided once in the Ken
lucky case, but it seems that there are
some mossbacks who are not satisfied,
and they continue to hammer away at
It.
Here comes that same damphule-
ishness, Segregation" trying to say
where l shall and shall not live,
or, at this high day of civilization
trying to separate the races. / wish
this had been done many years ago,
but since it has not, and it is impos-
sible by law or any other way to sep
arate human beings, and am citizen
of the United States and have helped
to make it what it is, then why in
the hen feathers don't they let me
alone, and let me continue to help to
build up this country? do not carry
around yellow fever, smallpox or any
of them other death destroying dis
eases, and have fast color which
God has guaranteed that it viii neither
run nor rub, and why should any
man white or black object to me living
next door to him, since / attend to
my own business, select my own social
friends, and invite into my home those
desire to have come in, and | do
not 60 where am not wanted?
have many colors from which may
select, from ebony to alabaster. I
have no reason to worry, and even
my brother in white has been very
liberal in his contribution to me and
mine.
I have been told to get education,
get money, get culture and refinement,
and the more Of these civilizing things
1 get, the more humiliation IS heaped
upon me, but like the Christ, accept
it, and say Father forgive them"
Now 1 am asking Father to give me
courage to contend for living chance,
for an opportunity to educate, and en-
JOY the comforts Of life I want to live
where I get light police protection,
protection from fire, paved streets,
good schools for my children, and then
goes forth the inhuman cry, He wants
social equality" Why brutalize, inhu
MAMIE me and mine
The ministers Of the city Of New
Orleans are working, and this is one
OF the hardest cities in the world. but
am not going to discuss that now.
attended the meeting, heard some Of
the addresses, and made few scatter
ing remarks myself, and was on my
way to See some more Of the city.
have told you before that while
there I was the guest of the Porches,
and had fine time ia their new home.
But l did not 60 there to stay all the
time. 1t was on Thursday morning
that the Rev. B. G. Dawson drove up
to the door in his automobile car car
rage to tote me to the L. & N. stable
where I was to start for Florida that
very morning, leaving the city at $50
Mrs. Edwina Thomas, of Kentucky
accompanied me to the station stable,
and they delivered me to the L. & N.
people, and off I was for Florida. 1t
was a real good long ride, and ] was
able to make it. I had to make two
changes, one at Flomaton, and the
other at Pensacola, and then on to
Tallahassee, where ! alighted at Fl
o'clock in the morning, and found the