The Black Dispatch (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Ed. 1 Friday, August 8, 1919 Page: 4 of 8
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Mayor Walton is to be commended lor the efforts that he has put forth
this week to maintain law and order in Oklahoma City. The air is pregnant
everywhere, in these days with race strife, and clashes. It is extremely Im-
perative and necessary that the executive head of this city and of all cities
in America where there iH a considerable number of whites and Negroes be
11 man with the moral courage to do the thing that will establish contldence
in the hearts ot UOT1I RACES that law and order is to be maintained
Of course it is just and proper to do anything that will prevent ratfe
clashes, but the man who only attempts to avoid the effects of race .animos-
ity, is doing about the same thing that a man would do who attempts to
cure smallpox by applying salve to the outside eruptions. The only method
by which a victim of smallpox can secure permanent relief is to get some-
vet ind°imivT^oV. wi" g0 t0 tl,e 10018 of th? 1,oi8on £ount in the
One of the causes of the, racial friction in this town and in almost
every town is the white newspaper that wilfully distorts the truth when it
comes to the publication of news as it relates to the black man, for ex-
itmp e, lake the shooting ol the policeman during the past week. There are
hundreds oi Negroes in this city who know that tlip story as published in
the daily papers was not true lo the actual facts, there was no WHOLESAT l«'
T11,° NI':(i,!(,KS THK FA IRGROUNDS WSTRICT TO
WALNUT GROVE BECAUSE OP A PEAK OP A RACE RIOT. In fact no
tlle wllito newsl,U>°i- that published that statement was only
SUGGESTING TO THE LAWLESS ELEMENT OP THE WHITE RACK
™ATt"EY SHOULD START A RACE RIOT AND INDICATING THAT
J HE NEGRO WAS ALREADY ON THE RUN.
.. , Kvery Negro in Oklahoma City wants peace, but there is no denying the
act that here is a certain amount of bitterness in the heart of black masses
because ol the action of some of the other race towards them, that is con-
trary to any idea of liberality and fairness. Take for example Ihe celebra-
tion that the Negroes held at Riverside Park last Tuesday. Gen Roy Hoff-
man came down and made a splendid address, and came there at the request
of the editor of tills paper. Dr. Young and Rev. Perry made excellent ad-
dresses, in which (here was a plea for observance of law and order THEY
INSISTED THAT WHAT EVER HAPPENED THE NEGRO MUST ENLIST
HIMSELF ON T1IE SIDE OP LAW AND ORDER, and yet while thev were
making such addresses on one side ot the grounds, white policemen entered
irom the other side and began a search of all of the Negro men for firearm's
men who never carry guns and our very best citizens, had to stand up be-
lore their wives and children and permit a white bully, (POIt THE MAYOR
SAYS NO SUCH ORDER WAS GIVEN) to finger all over his person for a
weapon that lie would not have thought of bringing down among the hun-
dreds of Negro women and children who thronged the grounds.
It ought not be a hard task for the dominant class to recognize this
lact, that all the Negro contends for is his constitutional rights as an Amer-
ican citizen. He has the right to peaceful assembly, such as was intended
in Riverside Park last Tuesday, and lie has the right to bear arms in his
home, under the Rill of Rights, that guarantees to every man the right to
protect his home from outside aggression and which is one of the wisest pro-
visions of the Bill of Rights.
If the authorities who control the affairs of this city and state will de-
vote a portion of their effort to relieving the cause of racial disorders rather
than attempting to restrain and suppress the evil generating therefrom, they ,,u... „ ........... -
in 1 '"l" 01 slate8,,,en' a vision larger than that of Ihe mere ings to pale into insignificance. Whether official cognizance of this assem-
pollician, and will do more that will eventuate more substantially to Ihe bene- blage and its intent will bring about its forestalling cannot be told,
lit and gain of the masses, BOTH BLACK AND WHITE. .
Prejudice is Ignorance, and it shoulcj be stamped out just as we do all
other low order ol things. II can never be eradicated bv the fellow in auth-
ority who "SETS HIS SAIL TO CATCH EACH PASSING BREEZE" It will
be destroyed in this nation when the white man with humanity and a eon-
science sits down in council with the thoughtful black man and attempts in
the field of reason to reach Ihe proper adjustment.
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On top of (he race war in Washington conies the news of an outbreak
on the streets of Chicago, resulting in a score of deaths. When will the
country understand the significance of this? When will it realize that it
must talk a. great deal less about Bolshevism in Russia and a great deal
more about anarchy in America? Already some of our blind editors, like
I hose of The New York Times, are proceeding precisely as the Russian news-
papers did in regard to the Jewish pogroms, for they see in these two out-
break the results of Bolshevist propaganda, or pro-German propaganda, and
invraiably place the blame upon the Negroes. At bottom, the blame lies
elsewhere, as The Nation has so constantly pointed out. The world war
has left the colored people of America inflamed to the highest degree because
of the denial of their fundamental rights as American citizens. The Nation
prophesied these riots; it prophesies more and more bloodshed until this
question is settled right. Meanwhile, as long as editors encourage lawless-
ness as cynically as the editor of The Washington Post, there can be no
hope of averting 1110b violence anywhere. On the morning of the worst day
in Washington, when mobs led by men in United States uniforms were
dragging innocent .Negroes from street cars and brutally beating them, The
Washington Pout printed this on its first page:
Mobilization for Tonight t
It was learned that a mobilization of every available service man sta-
tioned in or near Washington or 011 leave here has been ordered for tomor-
row evening near the Knights of Columbus hut on Pennsylvania Avenue be-
tween Seventh and Eighth Streets. The hour of assembly is 9 o'clock, and
tiie purpose it a "clean-up" that will cause the events of the last two even-
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THE BOOSTER.
I don't pose as any martyr for the
cause of Fatherland,
Never made a speech in Congress.
never took a leading hand
In these politics and platforms, but
jes speaking in the rough-
I'm a plain, progressive Booster—
fion't you think I hat good enough.
You hear people right around us who
just grumble and relate
That, "They never have my order and
(he styles ai*> out ol' date."
Then they brag about their nobby suit
(brot from foreign lands)
While the local tailor worries with a
debit on his hands.
Who complains that their home town
is dead and "beastly slow"
If you wish it more progressive, why
not help to make it so?
And this one bare fact w ill combat all
Ihe argument you made—
If 'tis worthy of your living in, 'tis
worthy ol' your trade.
We had just as well set down before the NAKED TRUTH; hypocrisy will
not serve us now; there Is really no need of blaming any one lor the condi-
tion that now exists between the races in this country, the thing to do is lo
determine Ihe cause and eradicate it. Then and only then will the symptoms
of unrest that have developed chaotic conditions in various cities over the
country disappear.
But since in ihe daily press there has been various reasons assigned for
the Race Riots that have sprung up, seemingly over night, and since almost
all of the comment has been calculated lo blame the Negro for something
and place "THE FAULT IN THE STARS." it is now proper lor Ihe Black
Dispatch to point lo Ihe fault in some of these utterances.
One dispatch says that the riots in Washington are due to Ihe numer-
ous attacks on white women; another says that the trouble in Chicago was
due to the Negroes' political manipulations and etc. In every instance there
has been a tendency to find some fault in Ihe black man, and to fix the blame
there rather than a serious attempt lo study Ihe situation from the light
nugle so that ihe truth might be located. Among the many statements made
on this subject, we think that "THE NATION" in its issue of the 26th strikes
nearer tho truth of things when it says:
"Speaking of Mexico, is there anything in the situation in the District
of Columbia which warrants (he United Stales in assuming a superior at-
titude as lo lawlessness in Mexico? On the third day ol' the race-rioting un-
der the shadow of Ihe Capitol, six people were killed and more than three
hundred injured. The aggfessors were soldiers and sailors taking the law
Into their own hands, out of revenge because of reported atlacks of colored
men upon white women. As was the case in the recent rioting in New York
City, both the military and naval authorities distinguished themselves bv
their inefficiency and slowness to move. As for the police, if they did not
actually connive at Ihe wrongdoing, they showed themselves quite unable to
cope with the disorder, llow can the country hope to make headway against
the lynching evil when rioting or this kind is permitted at the seat of the
Government? There is no doubt whatever (hat it could have been suppressed
the first night had there been Ihe slightest official exhibition of vigor and
force. One of the natural but alarming features of this riot was the shooting
back of Ihe Negroes. This bears out what The Nation said editorially a few
weeks ago that Ihe patience of the colored people is reaching the breaking
point and that the doctrine ol meeting force with force Mr. Wilson's "force
without stint," as applied lo the Germans—is making headway among the
colored, partly because of their bitter disappointment that their services in
Ihe war have ameliorated their conditions of life not at all. and partly be-
cause of the mistaken teachings of some leaders. This increased race bitter-
ness in America is one of Ihe terrible heritages ol th accursed war."
But if one studies closely, he finds that the investigations made by James
Weldon Johnson and others show that only one Negro was accused ot several
assaults and that the Double had been brewing from anti-prohibition forces
who thru the newspapers of Washington were anxious to show that crime was
more rampant in the Capitol since the ban was placed on liquor than before.
Truly the Nation aptly describes the mind of Ihe Negro when it sa>s
that the patience ol the Negro has just about reached the breaking i>oint.
are we to be booted about and made to pose, as the cause of every national
woe, is there no limit to the attempt 10 discredit the most loyal unit thai
this government had during our recent National crisis, do certain members
of the other race think that Ihe black man cannot *ee that there is a propa Sunday School was good, as usual.
£anda afloat today that would destroy hi* good name and attempt to do Fleven o'clock services fine. Rev. Mr.
away wilh all of the noble credits that black sons of toil brought hack Hamilton preached a wonderful ser-
Irom France? Again the "Nation" sounds the warning and talks straight1 mon. Our hearts burned while he
from the shoulder to the white journalist who has been sowing in the winds j spoke to us. At 4:45 p. m. Rev. J. H.
fit prejudice, wiw* in a later issue they say: jGrinault, pastor Bethlehem, preached
Patronize the hometown merchant,
boost the neighbor right at hand.
Let him know you wish to help him
by your helping, understand?
Don't be like Ihe foolish sailor looking
for the stream afar.
Save your time, your strength, your
finance, "Drop your bucket where
you are!"
a great sermon on the greatness of the
church. Now come a great hailstorm
of dollars and pennies. Clubs reported
as follows:
1. Deacon J. Suber $47.00
2. Deacon S. H. Flowers 41.00
3. Deacon N. Jenkins 34.30
4. Deacon B. Rose — 22.87
5. Deacon L. Rockmore 15.00
General offering 15.00
Total $174.41
Rev. Stanley of this city has just'
returned from a thirty days' trip from
Kansas City, Kansas, where he has
been conducting a revival meeting. We
are also informed that lie lias been
called to pastor a splendid church in
Kansas. The Reverend gentlemen is
a very able minister and well experi-
enced. If he goes to Kansas this state
will lose a good man.
HOWARD METROPOLITAN
C. M. E. CHURCH
As usual, last Sunday, the members
and visitors came out in goodly num-
bers to this church, and after a splen-
did Sunday school service under Su-
perintendent Hallida.v, the morning
services began by excellent music by
the church choir led by Mr. William
Washington. After Ihe preliminary
service, the pastor, Rev. Dr. W. H.
Nelson, took up the subject of race
riots, and w hen he got through speak
ing over thirty minutes concerning the
same, it appeared that much good had
O you hear some firey speeches ami l 1,6 ?! Tde to feel
some advocations line. th"' he had accomplished great good
When the busy season rolls around to ' whhen1nlany Pe°P|e of the
some election lime. church came to him after the sermon
If you want a splendid government, on !?£! m,S exPrfessin«
this one point "stand pat " Iel'pht Ht h,,8.c™ and l0r the
Just choose the unassuming man who's ^1 °f ,he
boosting where he's at. mauer.
don't i ose a sany martyr for the
cause of Fatherland.
Never made a speech in Congress.
never took a leading hand
In these politics and platforms, but jes
speakin' in the rough—
n a plain, progressive Booster.
don't you think (hat good enough?
—Eva Alberta Jessye.
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Mrs. Eula Parker, Prop. 1 3]5 S. Broadway
large crowd in attendance and every
bodv enjoyed themselves.
Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Stokes left
Tuesday to attend the B. Y. P. U. con-
vention at Tatum, Okla.
Mrs. Birdie Fueller was a week-end
visitor in Ardmore.
LAWTON LIGHTS.
The trustees of Galilee Baptist
Church made a $100.00 payment on
their lot Monday.
Mrs. Mary Seals has returned from
Arkansas.
Musician John Lilly arrived from
Camp Pike Saturday to the delight of
his many friends.
Rev. C. A. Hamilton was a Lawton
visitor last week.
Rev. C. A. Hamilton was a Lawton
visitor last week.
Mrs. Frank Strauther and children
are visiting relatives at Palestine, Tex
Mrs. Madge Owens of Ardmore is
visiting Mrs. Clara Small wood.
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SHILOH NOTBS.
MARIETTA, OKLA.
Rev. G. W. Hester was absent from
the city attending a revival during the
week.
Mrs. C. French and Mrs. Mary
French of Deuion. Texas, are visiting
Mrs. Hattie Wilson and Miss Eliza
Davenport.
Misses Eastora Higgs. Willie M.
Gaines attended a masquerade ball in
Ardmore recently.
Miss Ixvene Opines has returned
from a risit in Guthrie, Okla.
Privates Joe Owens and Denten
have returned from overseas. The peo-
ple of Marietta and vicinity enjoyed a
picnic at Ran, Okla. T here was a
City Visitors
Mrs. A. J. Muldrew of Little Rock
and Mrs. G. Nelson of Chicago are the
guests of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Oates. 1
936 E. 7th.
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