The Black Dispatch (Oklahoma City and Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, September 28, 1917 Page: 1 of 8
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VOL. 4 No.36
Oklahoma City, and Guthrie, Oklahoma Sept.28 1917.
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS OF N A * A v A A am ~ - —
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Miller Talks To Our
Boys Of 'Undergoing'
Says Black Men Today Must Sub-
marine To Justice And Victor *
Black Officers Deeply Imprest With Message
sw nKEL^ MIL,LER AT DES MOINES TRAINING CAMP.
•,t v™ ti «> e*'( ?ept" 20~Sunday last, the candidates in' training
foit Des Moines, together with a large number of persons from nearby
DeLnS Mnier ttraVwre^ by I)ean Ke"y Miller of Howard University
Dean Miller was at his best and was closely followed by (he large audience
*s h delivered his profound address. g ftuuiente
t''^J°ur milltary instructors and previous speukers at this camp have
p etty well covered the field of subjects," said the Dean, "I am left little
•Jioice of subjects, so I shall speak as my thoughts flow." And he did
and in a manner distinctly logical and impressive. He told of the estab-
lishing ut the Training Camp, which the rookies now enjoy, as being out
most of all, to the activities of Howard University students who left no
ffed" in diff0rent SeCt'0nS 0t the C°Untry 10 hBVe canip e8tab
"Be loyal to your country—as a race trait; and loyalty means fealtv at-
tachmoii and devotion," said the speaker. "You soldiers are God's instru-
men. in the present conflict." He admonished the offlcers-to-be against
' v" ,St th6ems0elvesWith a Shr°Ud ab°Ut them~soeing but «* observing;
"Be men of character in this great work of race uplift and race reclama-
tion. Charactei is founded on three elements, piety, filial love patriotism
I,™? A™° °< lh W « neolor, SooJir.™ (Profound Ap-
"We do not always get what we want by overcoming," said the speaker
Papoleon Bonaparte 'overcame.' the Alps; today men un.^rgo' the AlpT
The British had a navy which was' the pride of the world; the Germans met
success by 'undergoing* It in submarines Germans met
•1TJlS w,le*t 800n KOt the wind ot the Washingtonian's analogies mil
similes. 'This twenty-five cent piece," said the speaker "is insignificant
when compared with John D. Rockfeller's wealth; but it has a re Be value
lit is more valueable to me than it is to him " eiauve value,,
"I know the Negro Is oppressed and outraged in a thousand wavs " con-
tinued the speaker. His country seems to forget his loyalty and sacrifices
throughout the years that have gone, and justice seems far away but this ^
1.18, hour of supreme sacrifice. He must, as indeed he will meet his tel?
ffi&ssjr—■— •-"snsurAM
sSSHSSHSTSirrr RoscofcJamison
Stars and Stripes across the sea. This is absolutely essenttaltoeye^m™
who would truly serve a great country and a great cause "
Tuesday evening Dean Miller again addressed * ...
Tuesday night he was the guest of the Howard link-oral^ !■ can p.
at a well appointed banquet °Ward Unlverslty contingent here
*skY?;.
Hon. T.M. Haynes
sa^ofSmelter StockinthemSSte? ind! a7anRing forthe
erected at Bookertee. Mr Haynes planslo hlnit ?nt "0W being
thru Wal men and h„. Interested V. iM^r.KdTvS
NEW YORK MILLINER :AT THE
GOLDEN RULE HAT SHOP.
Did you attend the fashion show
last week? If so did it occur to you
that we didn't have one display of our
owja. As I looked at the living mod-
els displaying the newest millinery
, anft ready to wear apparel I wondered
why we did not have a dry goods
store and have our beautiful girls
show the correct styles. And I won-
dered why some of our so-called big
Negro men do not open a ready-to-
wear store for our women any way.
Our women here spend lots of money
to beautify. Have you ever noticed
them in public gatherings out of town
Tin y are always the talk of the con
vent ion or association, etc. They
hav taste We cannot say that our
men 1 aven't the money not if you go
on Grand avenue and see the line au-
ton.' lee parked, and see inside their
love g>mes
T 'Jay our people will not patron-
. is a mistake, see the num-
■f *• '.k stores they support. If sa-
n- vv opened here tomorrow our
m-' would spend thousands of
',1*' •'*' fixtures alone to say noth-
:ne wet gods. They know no
9 -pending to degrade our race.
■ won't tome man open a dry
I store and employ these girls
who finish every year and lok until
they are old for employment as teach-
ers. We need more business among
ourselves. If some Negro will be
ready for the next fashion show he
will not lose money because the Ne-
gro nowadays who thinks that he is
too good to trade with a Negro is
simply lacking in the upper story.
We have at our little shop a girl who
didn't want to teach. She came to
us Sunday direct from New YorK
City where she has studied millinery
three years. She is an artist. See to
It that she makes your hat. She can
make any hat you wish. Maybe you
have worn some of her hats because
■ she has worked in large wholesale
houses. I take great pleasure in in-j
troducing to you Miss Blanche Wal-
ter. Give her a call.
We want you to look in our win-
dow Sunday it will be filled with hats
made by her. We have been able to
please you. We promise better serv-
ice. AH next week we will give a dis-
count on all hats ordered beginning
Saturday. We will sell any felt hat
In the house for 98 cents. A lovely
line of velvets and ready to wear all
reduced. Trade with us npt because
*e ar® Negroes but because of prices
*>«at them all.
200 N. WALNUT ST.
MRS. L. R. BUCHANAN, Prop.
The poems of one of Oklahoma
(ity s former young men is receiving
so much attention thruout the natioh
that we gladly refer to him this week
and below publish a letter thai is at
once patriotic and gives one a touch
J have received letters from a num-
ber of notables complimentary to it.
Three already have I received from
William Stanley Braithwaite of Cam-
ridge, Mass. He will stand sponsor
ior my first book of verse, which is to
be published in January.
Write me all the news. Tell Dun
Jee I often think of him. Tell him to
FAILURE OF UNITY
Masses Tired Of Selfishness.Promo-
ters Lacking In Leadership
Christ Found His Apostle, In Galilee. Not In Jerusalem
WHY OUR ORGANIZATIONS FAIL
... . , By DRUS1LLA-JUNJEE HOUSTON
problems 'that' face^us 'almost ctmmef u^ToTtruwl ^ "W eco"°mlc
oi hoirw, 'ttnr, churches and our nm/ I !trUK*,e fnl' self, in th building
•;a*ed that those att, "uLsTi thint« iL8.i« 8l1Baw,u we ,mve heavily
been dwarfed. You wil, (h.A J conur on ext.'u ° ' beRt good t0 oth«™ have
to organise movements of vita' • . r? tlmong ",lr P*>Ple for failure
haps to not realize that all of the vital'wnrL"'"?'^ ^ln,l These per-
busiest people in the world ho wo,'lcl ls done by the very
losing ground hfnmraUtud'VrttSf'de"^ '° mate,"l, we are
fc&s. vn ars? a ar =«" «
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mass, the helpless of the race Orean'i^ h" ilu"fferen('0 <o the needs of the
cause it was a little too hot, orwet or L orK'"'Nation has died be-
sssPHsr
in the Negro race in very unbusiness hL« K ,leaI °r business is done
sr""" :a.*,ns
A Prnni mm...
^ n iuuvii jfiq j
and inner knowledge of the life and I write I am h.,vi„ . u
.„e Amerlca, t,ral„ i K j,™,nburTL;t,f7,;„„.;
The Black Dispatch has long since reX want to J'T.t, 1Sometime8 1
acclaimed Roscoe Jamison as a bril- a J .i f k " woul(l be
« in isz srrsrara'y:
the past printed some of his lines the
letter follows:
The contributing editor of the New
York Age, Mr. James Weldon John-
son. credits Mr. Jamison with having
written the greatest poem since the I
outbreak of the war. Some time |
soon we shall publish a poem of Mr
Jamison's that was written at a time' Bookertee ""m' B°nT J' M Haynps>
when there came to him . gfeat or "!"rjr.Clfrk' 1"ole^ A. E.
. mvu oi a nine
when there came to hijn a great sor-
row. entitled "The Passing of 1911."
We think that it is one of the finest
things he ever wrote.
Schneider Building.
St. Joseph, Missouri.
September 2uth, 1917.
Mr. Rob't. S. Jacobson. Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma. ^ (
My Dear Kried: It seems to me an Muskogee
age since last I bad the pleasure of a i
au . 7 '"sis
ait down and write me a long letter
Remembers me kindly to al mv
friends.
Sincerely your friend,
R. C. JAMISON.
AT THE MELROSE.
F- L. Knox. Boley; T. M. Haynes,
zatlon.
o io organt-
*he>ni> the°leaderahip. PWas')ChriB/ab1e ^CaU86i 'hey ^
compHshment. "fhere1 is'^mlch T0' moveraen'«°h2ve'sprung forth "o'ac'
world's pharasee classes to get them ^'frlJ,1vet'0Us,"'HH nd selfishness In the
o hers. O you would be leader £'down^ Wn« f°r th« ""vanCS
of the masses if you would win any remL r, ? h(!nrt of the people
Galnlee not in Jerusalem. You will flnd^nfh.' , found his apostles in
gratitude in the men and women on life's humhi88"1! e"ergy' Kenero 'ty and
Sometimes our organisat on. Ii.T' humbler places. ' "a
when you' Pulnh^TrTng.^We^wam men^fmSf Wone,t''^"^'""^longe'
P-e represented more upon the stafT of ornniM I i01" of the P|a' Peo-
waut people of integrity to st-imi i>v «i >,anizat'<|n in the Negro race W
want to forget «elf moVanT?oveVo® Tlm^v k,,",,inB 0f the Wo
sweep our selfish ambitions out of the wa? oMw'"™ce 0t"erS °r °°d WiU
I
Aldridge. Boley; L. L. Dolph, Boley;
J- S- Manning and wife. Boley- A C
McCormick, Boley; H. R. fhambers,
Like Greek Matrons
J. D. DAVIDSON (Our "Buddie.")
When the United States declared
war on Germany. Congress deemed It
necessary to bridle the tongue of the
American people and to constrain
them to become temperate in their
oating and drinking. This enactment
annuled the right of free speech and
freedom of the press. We are going
to defend the flag. A million black
Boley; Dr. E L Greear t V ,, l"e fla* A million black
Mt 'thews Miles.' Tulsa w l fw/ Ire, T , " *hlle n,en ar" wi"'nK «"d
st n and wife Lawton- nr a \ X 0W ,hemselves into the
' ^ t0n- Dr A A W " breech and fight with desperation as
\V firth- nnlv <nan(.AJ
Ku r ui ' A- W«*
' hicago. Albert Jones. Ft. Worth;
airs a. « Johnson. Denison. Tex.-«
A- Harris, st Louis. H. A. Hortridge.
only Inspired men can. Yes Black
women like the famous Greek mat-
rons wil] buckle on their sons the
arms of defense, with a prayer to the
God of battle and bid them go forth
a pure democracy w
The old flag cannot meet distinction I earth and their will be fi
bo long as black men are *.l • « i.«j - . ^ J
tho they criminally abused him; he
'rely g|ve his |,fe that they m| j
live. So it is with the despised Ne-
gro, seggregated, Jim crowed, disfran-
chised and massacred by the scores;
yet we will go to France and flght in
the death trenches and be as loyal aa
ever to the country of our birth.
When black men defend their
hearths against mob violence as they
did at East St. Louis and Houston,
they are called murderers yet wltn
these same guns if they defend this
rn"!,rylaKa,nst a fore'W foe. they are
heroes. We are going to fol-
k !!!* ** "10 we may beneath
her like shattered roses after a tem-
P«at blast. When peace Is establish-
ed jn the heartH of men and all im-
perfect government has passed avay
tnen a pure democracy will circle t'A
earth and their will be ir«<i . ^
letter from you. Should old acquaint- SPECIAL unrirr
ance be forgot and never brought to Pear Brethren 0T,CE-
SIS- rSH
Se0meLomer,ehy.°vUe s^e^fri T mwh Zn te^J" -/^^h he'wM^f^r* t^r^ryTre
se eral friends ance demands your immedute at| -> to InterpreL fast wearing the pantalette hou*e «IL
^ ~ | Aa a simple i'lustratlon of the neces-1 —Portland Orcgonlao.
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in the training camp of whim I am i tion
very proud Did you notice the By reque«i
Poem: "Negro Soldiers" in the Crisis*
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Dunjee, Roscoe. The Black Dispatch (Oklahoma City and Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 4, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, September 28, 1917, newspaper, September 28, 1917; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc152048/m1/1/?q=led+zeppelin: accessed May 31, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.