The Black Dispatch (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 6, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 29, 1921 Page: 4 of 8
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The Black Dispatch
Box 68, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Phone Maple 818
(fettered at the Post Office at Oklahoma City, M second «lus mail,
under act of March S, 1879.
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ROSCOE DUNJEE - -Editor
DRU3ILLA DUNJEE-HOUSTON. Contributing Editor
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FIRST IN
SERVICE
THE STATE FAIR VS. THE NEGRO
At the Guthrie Fair last week the Negroes took all of the premiums,
Agricultural, Domestic Science and Educational. We mean they actually re-
ceived the blue ribbons. Throngs of Negroes filled the fair grounds during
the days and nights of the fair. The Association has many dollars in its
pocket which came out of the coffers of black folk. Then too the prize corn
and hogs, the meritorious excellence in domestic science and the standards
set by the Negroes in education are credits that belong to Logan county, re-
gardless of race, it is the citizenship achievement of the county. Incidental-
ly black faced citizens happened to make the high score.
At the Muskogee Free State Fair, one can go each year down the path-
ways of the grounds and find it thronged with black folk. They enter merit
orious exhibits and spend their dollars with the Fair Association and in the
end find themselves better citizens because of the competitive and educative
influence under which they are thus thrown.
The Oklahoma State Fair, here in the capitol, presents an entirely dif-
ferent aspect. Go out to the fair grounds this week and you will find Negroes
almost as scarce as the proverbal "Hen Teeth." There is a reason for this
change of attitude. We discussed the attitude of the Oklahoma Negro as it
related to other fairs in Oklahoma, so that we could be sure to locate the
trouble at the State Fair here. Along last spring the Fair Association sent
out a questionaire to newspaper editors asking, among other questions, what
could be done to create a larger interest in the State Fair, attendance and
etc. The Black Dispatch immediately answered. We jumped right on the
question of the seeming desire to slight the Negro, by the Fair Association
We said that if the Fair Association would make it possible for the Negro to
feel that he was really wanted out there, he would be on the job. We indi-
cated how this could be accomplished. We said that a Negro woman wanted
the same chance at a rest room and nursery as did white women, especially
if they came from across the state. Enterprising Negro business men would
like to have concessions granted them in sections of the park where the
crowds were and not in some out-of-the-way place where the folk would have
to actually hunt for tliem. They would like to attend the various amuse-
ments without being faced with the information that "This is for whites on-
ly," and finally, Negro business men of the city would take a larger interest
in advertising the affair if they were shown the same sort of consideration,
in the way of "Passes" and "Comps" as is enjoyed by the white business
man.
It is a well known fact that the late Prof. F. W. Bruner and his Man-
ual Training classes at Douglas High, used to take prizes yearly at the state
fair. Most excellent exhibits have in years past been on display from over
the state, the result of black effort, but each year the interest wanes. We
are desirous that proper view be taken of the Negro's attitude towards the
state fair, for we are sure if this explanation were not made, there would be
a class of folk who would attempt to show that the Negro does not take a
proper interest in the things that work for constructive citizenship.
Everyone knows that the attendance at the state fair this year has not
been up to the standard. The Fair Association has been hard put for money
to handle the big proposition. It looks to the Black Dispatch like putting too
great a premium on prejudice, to be looking for money, and overlook 12,000 hu-
man beings, with money and raring to spend it. That is what you call "cut-
ting off your nose to spite your face."
And that is not all that is lost. The profit of a state is net in the
making of dollars, but in the MAKING OF MEN. Whenever you deter the
black man from the inspiration and the desire to make better corn and hogs
and cotton, the state has lost just that much good corn, good cotton and
hogs. Improved farm machinery make for larger and better crops. Burring
the Negro from the inspiration to raise fine stock, fine poultry and to help
raise the standards of civilization in the end makes inferior men. It is the
state that loses the most. It is the state that will finally awake as did Rus-
sia, who went to war boasting of its teeming millions of men. .War taught
Russia that she had teeming millions of human cattle, a millstone around
her neck in the time of her greatest need.
NO SEPARATE LIBRARY
The action of the various organized bodies of the city, in condemning
the Separate Library scheme and the Negroes who have permitted their
names to be used in connection with the creation of a certain misnomer,
is a vindication for the Black Dispatch and its attitude towards this Un-
American and outrageous plan of the city officials. In fact, the Black Dis-
patch appreciates the immediate and almost spontaneous response that came
as soon as the editorial appeared in print.
Some sort of legal action ought be taken to prevent the denial of the
Colored youth to access to the almost priceless wealth of knowledge to be
had at the Carnegie Library. The Black Dispatch believes that injunction
proceedings in the court would bring around the proper relief.
In any event, we like the statement of Dr. Haywood, made in the Sun-
day meeting: If we cannot get what we want, LET THE WHOLE THING
GO. We have reached a condition, in race solidarity and race conscious-
ness where we can depend on our group, almost to a man. LET'S BOYCOTT
the whole miserable Jim Crow affair and let the city pay some pandering
Negro a cheap salary to do EXACTLY NOTHING. Here is the place where
we can do as Mr. J. T. Jones expresses it, "swap jawbone for backbone."
One thing that the white man always gambles on is the idea that the Negro
will always lay down, in everything, after emitting a few squawks.
Another thing: We have Negroes connected with this sell-out, who are
officers of the N. A. A. C. P. We believe that President Whitby would be
justified in asking their immediate resignation as officers from that body.
The N. A. A. C. P. is an organization outstanding against unfairness and un-
American practices. It is unthinkable that we would have anyone as an of-
ficer of the branch in Oklahoma City so out of touch with the sentiment
among our group as to identify himself with such an effort to hamper the
race.
All of us will take a grain of salt when we hear expressions from
among our number that we have not formed an idea about segregation. ALL
THAT ANY NEGRO HAS TO DO IS TO THINK OF TULSA TO FIX HIS
MIND ON THAT ROTTEN SUBJECT. It is said by a prominent colored
Tutsan that former Mayor Hubbard, of that city, stood the next day after the
riots and looked upon the ruins and desolation of the segregated area and
said: "WELL, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN FAVOR OF SEGREGATION,
BUT I'M AGAINST IT FROM NOW ON."
Anybody knows, who has a grain of sense, that there is a vast differ-
ence between VOLITIONAL SEPARATION AND OBLIGATORY SEGREGA-
TION. THE FIRST IS THE ACT OF A FREE PEOPLE, THE OTHER IS
THE MANDATE to human slaves and cattle. Any Negro who has reached
his majority, but who has not cleared his mind up on this point is also lucky
that he has not been placed in the detention house at Norman, and should be
regarded as a fit subject for that institution.
We repeat, we the Negroes of Oklahoma City, want to go to the Carnegie
Library, not because we want to mix with white folk, but because we know
the City of Oklahoma is not joing to put the same class of books over in a
separate junk-heap (that they would be forced to create with their miserable
five thousand dollars) that is to be found in that (300.000.00 institution at
Third and Robinson streets, and where for many years we have quietly
gone and attended to our own business without any race friction. Any other
interpretation placed on the attitude of the Black Dispatch and the Negroes
of this city in connection with this matter is a misrepresentation of the facts.
Saving Our Young Girls
By Drusilla Dunjee Houston
President Oklahoma Training School
Address before the N. W. Creek As-
sociation and the Collate Associa-
tions.
No race can rise higher than its
women. Whateven the young girls
of this generation are, the men and
women of tomorrow will be. When
we look upon this beautiful galaxy
if young girls of today and see how
little value they set upon themselves.
we wonder how it can be that with
their added charms and their greater
chance to gain an education, that so
many of them throw themselves away.
I am going to talk plainly to you fa-
thers and mothers. If you wish to
make the most out of your daughters
you must find out what is responsi-
ble for these conditions and take the
surgeon's knife to effect a cure. The
iituation demands more than kid-
glove handling.
Before the war men were not mar-1 snard girls,
rying. The young men of my town
were showing gray hairs yet had not
taken any man's daughter In lawful
matrimony. The war popularized
marriage: but the times ahead of us
jails for a peculiarly developed wo-
man-moral, temperate, and economi-
cal, to help men meet the strain of
today. The old systems of rearing
ind training girls will not meet these
imperative needs. When 1 first took
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MADAM JESSIE CARTER
as a denomination, stands on the hill
at Sapulpa in the TRAINING
SCHOOL for WOMEN and GIRLS.
The first person in charge told me
that you could not keep young girls
from card-playing, dancing and SLIP-
PING OUT. We have run for four
years without the starting of these
things. We pay the fare home out
of our own pockets of the girl whose
conduct is scandalous, when ABSENT
from the school. In a quiet Christian
way we have through the years sent
this kind of girl home. Until our
school-headB can have the courage
and backbone to do this, TO TAKE
THE ROTTEN APPLE OUT OF THE
BARREL, we cannot have good
schools.
We nave teachers almost in majori-
ty, who have given up to these con- t
ditions, who say that nothing can be
done to change them. Such take this
view because they do not possess the
ife close to Christ, that gives power
->r they do not possess the race-love
-o pit their energies against that
which will destroy us as a race. The
world in this generation faces appall-
ing impunity. Just glance over the
pages of the white paper if you do
not think so. God holds each of us
responsible for these conditions in
3ur community. We must not give
up the struggle. We are less than
nen and women if we do.
Because I believe these conditions
:an be changed, I am at work at Sa-
pulpa. I have not a lot of plans a-
bout saving girls but we are actually
saving them, NINE OUT OP TEN.
We are working out things that are
sven helping other schools to try to
save them. We received girls the!
first year, who would almost tumble
aut of the windows on their heads if
ihey saw a boy approaching, but with
proper training nine out of ten of our
girls are dignified and balanced in
the presence of men. They are hap-
py here and get angry when we talk
ibout putting them in a school with
boys. Do not take my word for it.
Come up here and ask them. These
.hings have come about because you
iave prepared here a place to safe-
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I have not been tea-partying a-
round and giving the wolf a chance
lo get at these girls. I have in my
desk the letter of a girl in charge of
i prominent Christian woman. In
^he letter she speaks of getting
DRUNG in rowdy company. She has
lanced all night at pt|blic picnics.
Money would be wasted to send this
^irl away to school, when the home
.ias made no effort to save her from
charge of the work of training young uo "
women at Sapulpa, I went most be- I 3Uch degredation. It is alright to do
:ause I had friends of spotless life
.vhose hairs were rapidly whitening
before their time, because they did
not see in the face of low moral en-
vironment, how they were going to
iiiake it with their girl.
race work but not at tiie sacrifice of
the character of our children. O Wo-
manhood! Do you realize what it
means to be a MOTHER. The sacri-
fice of our personal desires and am-
bitions to stay by our children until
.heir character has formed. I shall
(lo very little state work until I have
trained a faculty to KEEP UP WITH
GIRLS.
As I came down on the train. I saw
groups of littles misses, from thirteen
to Bixteen years. TRAVELING A-
LONE. They entertained us in loud^
tones about their "BROWNS." They
accepted treat* from men they did dis(.inles Wp have iaree sleen-
not know, raising the windows at ™ disciples We Have large sleep
stations, they carried'on conversa- Hgh dormitorie8 In each of these
Hons In a high key with station loun- is HEAD GIRL, selected for
gers. These girls were ignorant of
proper manners. They thought they
Our school is so systematized that
j it is a hard matter for the bad girl to
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2761 Glsnarm St, Dsnver, Col.
Madam Jessie Carter!
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THE MELROSE
For the Best
SERVICE IN THE CITY AND STATE
Twenty-four Cool, Clean, Newly Decorated Rooms
A HOTEL OF QUALITY AND SERVICE
For the Weary Colored Travelor
MRS. A. L. SMITH, Prop.
Notice
Shrine meets the first Friday in each
Ala Raf Temple No. 20 of Ancient Egyp-
tian Arabic Order of Nobles of the Mystic
Shrine meets the first Friday in each
month. There will be a class of Novices
Thanksgiving day. For further information
write or call A. L. McKay, 311 East 2nd
Street, Recorder.
H6r refinement and love of girls. She
keeps careful watch over the conver-
sation, modesty, and acts of the girls
of her room. We have no small
rooms, (except for our Juniors and
Seniors) where any kind of iniquity
can go one. There is a sleeping room
for small girls, girls in the early
teens and so on up. Thus we keep
constant supervision over the conver-
sation and actions of our girls. I have
almost as perfect control over them
after school hours as during lesson
periods.
were making a big impression on their
fellow passengers. How did It hap-
pen that they were on the train alone?
This represents the condition of a
large proportion of our young people.
Who is responsible? Ignorant par-
ents and we. the intelligent, who
leave them unwarned of these dan-
gers.
I do not blame these children. I
blame their parents. We have been
busy so long in this state amusing
ourselves in social' i We keeP our Kirls busy employed,
were neglecting our . ? Jtn 1 We have for the opening of school a
lars of ^dges and miss onanes to beautiful exhibit here, of the
other people s chiWren while we were dren,g taIIier work ^ 8tud
neglecting our own that we have lost | period good ^ are read ^
control of the homi . . tfo rag-time music ispiayed. We do
have these ">ner du neelect' not a,low naked, transparent dressing,
these outside things 8 ,1 silks and satins. Here intellectual
of their children Another group of, jnd gpiritual development is the
us, in our eagerness 5ttire in ! crown. Every year all the students
fine furniture and cost]ly att're, in I brought to Christ. Our older
large measure we have d gjriB cause a great deal of comment
home, and our chl1^ • qnrime i because of their ability and refine-
mothers constant care have sprung | t They do not worry about the
'ip like weeds. Church a j mnvjn0 niMnH .hnu. who** srhnni
can do but little if there is no founda-
ion on which to build.
I think it is my duty to make some
moving picture show. When school
closed half of them did not want to
go home. Some of them wrote back
iiome, "Cooking is not like school
Dr. W. L. Moore
9 a. m. to 1 p. m.
Phone Maple 5319 Hours: 2 p. m. to 8 p. m.
Sundays, 9 a. m. to 12
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(Continued from page one)
NORTHWEST CREEK DISTRICT
ASSOCIATION AT SAPULPA
were elected: Rev. W. M. Drake,
Moderator, 10th year; Rev. Z. H. Hick-
erson, Vice-Moderator; Prof. J. J.
Hammond, Recording Secretary; Dea-
con B. P. Blackwell, Cor. Sec'y.; Rev.
For four years our school has run c Richardson, news reporter; Rev.
self-supporting. The denomination T 3 Flannigan, Missionary,
nas given a few hundreds on the The Women's Convention elected
building, nothing for maintenance. Mrs. H. Roberts for President; Vice-
We have increased the under-teach- president, Mrs. A. Patterson; Record-
ers' salaries above what we used to jng Sec'y. Mrs. J. T. Pierson; Cor.
>ay. We must have competent teach- sec'y., Mrs. Sarah Harper; Treas.,
of you see the things with which your ! cooking," which we know is not true,
children contend more dreadful than ! but they wanted to be partial to the
fabled monsters of old. One Sabbath j school.
morning i sat at a church window and
heard a group of average girls talk
ing at the close of Sabbath school
They were from thirteen to sixteen
and the topic was HOW TO COVER
DISGRACE; how to walk on the crim-
son pathway without paying the pen-
«ny^ Sw!rk<Wh!mB 'rn There are 8ome things we ac' Mrs." L. C. Harris; Missionary, Mrs.
filled with such wick^ness shall it need The roof t on by the Bearle Vann; District Director, Mrs.
vnnr^Llf* Iniri Council Father- S inner superintendent was too flat A. Weathers.
your wife into1 council. Father,]«„♦ and had always leaked on the side The people of Sapulpa and the mem-
rV'ji w^pratlnn^rowln* uif^n where the teachers stay' Thls is bers of Mt. Olive Baptist Church treat-
We have a generation growing up ln I growing WOrse. The water running ed the delegates royally. Better (By the Associated Negro Press)
down to rot the foundation timbers meals were served than at the Na-1 Newport, R. I., Sept. 29.—The Re-
of the building. This must be cor- tional meetings. Those who gave connaisance Francaise. a bronze med-
rected, to be taking care of the prop- this excellent service were ler by al, has been awarded by the French
We have a generation growing up
both races GETTING BY in morality.
There is organized instruction today
how to cover up a life of shame. Our
children here may apparently make
ready to play our part on God's pro-
gram. The oppression upon us today
falling because we do not recognize
God. Rev. Drake is our finest histori-
cal scholar and his sermon following
these lines was out of the ordinary.
GUN CLUB SCORE
Some most excellent shooting was
done at the Revoli Gun Club grounds
Tuesday evening. R. D. Hoskins led
the trap shooters with a score of
22 out of 25. Frank Burch followed
with a score of 20; Curtis Parker, 12;
Hugh Wilson, 9; Paul Ezelle, 2. The
ladies present at the Gun Club were
Mrs. R. D. Hoskins, H. Wilson, Miss
Helen Walker. Two' men spectators
in the person of Mr. Jack Claridy and
H. J. Build, were also present.
, ... erty. I do not feel that we will let Bro. A. B. Brown and W. H. Furrie, government to Dr. Harriet A. Rice, a
It but at aeain wuipiicn neau lore ^ 8chool from whjCh we are getting with Bro. J. W. Davis in charge of the ' colored woman, for her services in
most into eternal torment.
One young girl made me a confdent
as to the careless, revolting, conver-
sations carried on at school by girls
out of seemingly BEST HOMES.
such large results suffer for any ac-
tual need.
serving. Invaluable help was render-1 French military hospitals during the
ed by Brothers W. I. Nail, W. M. Rob- war. The medal reached her through
erts, A. B. Hollis and Sisters Stella the French embassy at Washington.
My brethren in charge of our Kingston> s Blackwell. Minnie Phil-
niineiy aCj0l nu i . churches, what are you really doing ,ips A B Hollls w. L Nalli l8abeu
There was conduct too obscene to CroweU. A. Patterson. F. Patterson.
be put into language, card-playing.
vulgar dancing. She said: "I might
is well be sent to school in the 'IN-
FERNAL REGIONS."' Your daugh-
ter and mine, because of the inherited
spirit of leadership, shall out-do other
'hildren in wnatever environment we
place them, and become leaders in
close your hearts to our denomination- Rosa Smit|,( p. jj. Davis, M. Furrie.
al needs, if you close your heart to A j Howell, M. O. Austin. W. John
the call of education, so the people's 80n A Davi8i L. Glass, C. Davis and
hearts will be closed to you. As they others.
hear you cry out for Christian educa- The convention closed with the an-
tion and the mission field, they will nual sennon on Sunday by Rev. W.
recognize the nobility of your char- Drake. His subject was "God's
acter and their hearts will awaken to soverignty and Salvation." He show-
YOUR NEEDS. There is just so much ed how ti,e great nations of the past
the swift current leading to disgrace j * hat they are going to give you and which refused to play their part in
nd shame. These conditions are to , NO MORE. For other appeals they God's program went down to ruin be-
be touna everywhere. What are we have more to give.
is parents and teachers doing to re-
move them?
What is the remedy. Your answer,
Our youth are cause they did not recognize the sov-
watching to see us really maintain erignty of God. so we as a race might
schools, when we do THEY WILL be recognized in America as a need- j
FLOCK IN. ed factor of the nation if we were
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