'' The Loyalty of the Colored American to the Flag is Still without Parallel! in the World's History
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VOL. (;
DISCUSSES A LIVE
The Negro in
WarTime
"Kycry yyhilc m.-iii is ;im oiifinj tn
llii! Negro What our rare needs
is nimv iiuirls is nioic iih'ii win)
when III. mo i nun's will light hack
regardlos of llii'ii own safely and be
rm-i'l'iil (inl Unit more 'rrarkeis'
than Negroes :uv killed In ihe
beginning of llii- win- lhi Iil.it-iv troops
from Afrk'ii tin- Singnlcst- wen-
flHIIIll lighting III HKItlS points noyv
llii'.v lire ronccnlraled nl out- point.
I'i'w of ou know- tin- icnson lint mi
nil have heard how grcal wns Hit
liiorliililv among oriit't'i-s in tin- nil I)
liuit o' lite of tin- win-. Tin. t-splii.
iiiitiim wns Unit tin- C-riiniii sharp
shooters could pick IIii-iii up easily In-I'iilist-
then tlii-ir imirorm litli-r from
lliosi- of ini-ii . 'Hit- h-ui- it-iison w:is
quite ililli-n-nt. Two li.ullv wouiiilt-tl
' Smgalc.M' wi-ro in :i liospilnl with
rorly w'ouiult-il while ini-ii. Kycry
morning scycral of llu-st- wliili- ini-ii
Herman uml Allii-il soldiers iiulist-riin
iiuitt-Iv were found (tend killed ilur
ing Ihe night. The Singalcse being
at death door no .suspii-iou iitl:ii-lii-i
to tin-in tiulil ti eel lain morning when
mil' of llieni wns found lying ili:ul
on tln lioilv or tin- moil lit- h:nl killed.
'I In- oth-r SiiiKiilt".? was llii-n tortui-il
until lie confessed lltitl his people
made il i practice to kill nil while
nii'ii i-spi-i-inll.v nfllccrs. lit- saidd:
'The white iiiini hns liroken into Afi i--:
with a llihli-to stenl our wt-iilth.
We nre getting evenl' "
The spenker stood on 11 sti-plnddiT
nt ii str-'i't i-orner in :i Negro ipinrli'r
in New York lie s:is almost white
lutil good features iiud had evidently
n reived a fair edticalion lie used
good Hnglish and spoke ealnily and
ileliherately He advised Negroes to
trade only with Negroes. Hii-h Ne-
groes -iddeil to the iiiiportiuu-e of the
rare and would Rive hu-rative employ
itictil to eiliii-ated Negroes so thai Ne-
gro College men mignt hope In hc-
ecme something helter than bellboys
in down town liolels. "If this is (li-r-niiin
propaganda" he esplalncd "I
hojie to hear more of it. We arc ask-
ing no more than our rights." I
quote from memory tithe sense rath
i-p than the words. He spoke with
ptiile of Ihe woik of the Aitierii-an
Negro soldier ahroad and Ido not he-
licye il was his intention to advise
them to kill while nfllccrs though
Ihat thmight once pl.inted mighl well
hear fruil on more lliahn one rori-ign
liattlelleld. I do not helieve that this
man wosnny more Pro-Herman than
the Hast SI. Louis rioters or other
erowds which hae hitched Negroes
hut I do helieve Ihahl he and thev
nlike pursue tin if respeclive ends
without considering the war and care
less of how their acts ni.i airecl Ihe
force of the hlow America is i rcpnr-
ing to deal (U-rman milllarlsm. It is
with llieni cr much as il Is with Ihe
Hussiu't HolshcUki and Ihe Irish Sinn
Friners. I-'rnm the same stunip an-
other Negro told us that Ihe d iy of
Ihe white man was passing. He had
.sinned out his right to dominate and
the Negro the Japanese and Ihe
Chinese were lo inherit his power.l
All this lalk plays so well in the
hands of Cieriuan Ihat it ma well
he secretly promoted l (icrnian in-
fluence and i emote as .such n con-
tingenev may scent to nr unsuspi-
cious minds we ma nil thai niaiiv
' Negro lynchings are in fact fomented
or aggravated hy (icrman spies and
that the sullen ultitunV and the more
imperative demand for hctler trent-
sliient nolieeahle among Southern Ne-
WEEKLY MHIL EDITION
kiois ol laic is fed fromo that souru-
II is not haul lo keep an open snore
running.
We of the South have made light
if (ieriiu.n propagnmi K u. N-(
glocs for we liae lliouglil o- il us in-
linded It. promote ;i geneial iiisuirec
lion agilnsl lln- goeriini-nt of Ihe
I'liilcd Slates which Ihe Negro con-
Milcrs his onl. friend. Hut hi-roie
the war is won we ma. discoxcr
me olluv uielhods h which Auierl-
can power i-iiu . lessened methods
williin easy it-acli o the Negro as
w-ll as ofi'M-rx other suhjivl rat e
ii.ilhods in seeiee and sullcniicss
li'.nl. l'l'illlenlioiiall perlinis lull
none the less incvitahlx. In open
clashes .is in Kasl St. Louis. I'nless
we speedily awaken lo Ihe situation
litis example will he rollowed in do-
ens of other places hefore this ear is
Mr and wiilespieml sahninge n-
moiig .Negro woikcrs in mine and
workshop can In- espt-cled lo follow.
A piomiPt-iit ami wenlil). Mississippi
Negro showed me : well prinlcd post
aid quolin gn paragraph from m
Kaslcrii magazine ili-nouncing a re-
cent Knelling in unmeasured terms.
II hore the Vicksdurg. Mississippi
postmark hut had clearly not heeii
printed in an. Negro joh ortlce of
that (own. and of course no while cs.
Jahlishmcnl there would have turned
it out. It had hcen prinlcil in thhe
North and was no tlouht hcing mailed
f oui main places.
The recipient said to me: "This Is a
(ii'imaii propaganda. II is not horn
of a dedre to slop hitching or it
would liaxe hcen sent to while peo-
ple who tan stop it and mil to me
who am without power. Whosoever
sent this card knows lh.it I need no
urging. ICvery Negro is opposetl to
l liehini'. The purpose was lo make
me disloMil. to reduce if posihle m
aithit in the sale of l.iherlN llond':.
fund and all forms of war acliit."
kkliliowjoaslheehx hgkMlll. inIll
Here are illuslralious or the iitli-
tmle or Ihe Negro. A house servanl
said to ii ho rriend of nilne:"When
Ihev hnclted a nerutan in Illinois the
Cnhiiicl had a four-hour meeting n-
hout it. hul no Cahinel eer had a
riMir-minule meeting alioul thhe
Iwichiug of hiiudreds of Negroes."
A Negio chauffeur weni wilhoul sup-
per al an aviation camp to which he
had laken some Y. M. C. A. perform
ers hceause the suiter outside Un-
gate when asked lo sell hint a sand-
wich answered gruffl : Yes. I'll hand
i' to miii through the window. You
lau'l roine in Itere." The man said
Ii. me: "1 told him I had not expccl-
ed lo e-it it in Ihere. hul I didn't like
lo feel I wasn't good enough ecn lo
go inside his shack to Imv it." 1
have know this Negro man for .ears
mill am sure this feeling or Ihe will
lo show il is of recent growth uml
the fact that he went supperless for
its gratification shows hat it is held
villi some lenacilv.
The Tennessee law requires whites
to he sealed in street cars from Ihhe
finnt hark ward. The Negroes oh-
serve this law fairly well partly no
douht Ihanks lo Ihe altitude of Ihe
wide conducor. Hut the while peo-
p'e heing usually greatly in Ihe ma
jority and riding usually when there
I mo fe if any Negroes ahoard often
take seats In the middle when there
nre nvinv scats unoccupied ahead of
I them. This occasions inconvenience
lo Ihe Negroes only In llu rush of
I'l'LSA. OKI .A.. SATl'HDAV. h TIAI HKK 7 11) IK.
hours when it some lime happens
lli.il some of hi-iu nre si. Hiding in the
rear o tin- e.irulnle llu-ie ale acaut
seals in thai pail or the cur occupied
h the while people. Ihat this is
due to thoiiKlillessness r.illu-r th.i.i
intention is indicated In die fa I
that not fiequcnlly while people
under such conditions gin- their
lo Negroes uml moM-In seals in the
frnl I' the cur.
Not long ago in a Tennessee t its
the newspapers lepoiled the follow-
ing: A Negroo woiiiait coming into a
car in which Negri's were standing
were standing although Ihere were
ucant seals t'oi-waul passed thhroiig
the standing Negi oes. h the sealed
whiles ami look a seal in fionl of lin-
ear. Such a thliliiug had newr hap-
pened hefore. The moloun.in was
ahotil lo strike l.er wilh his heavy
mtal switch bur wltheii u Negro man
intcrfearcd. lie was killed in Ihe nf-
frn. presumably by one of the
while passengers so lar unidentilled.
Notwilhst. imliiig Ibis 1 had the lot-
lowing esperienee a few wicks later
in Ihe same city. When I eulcied
Ihe ear it was almost full of Negroes
Ihe while people occupying ul
Ihrcc oof tin- front cross scats. Tin-
extreme front seats running parallel
with Ihe cur being unoccupied I
should have sal then- hut I do not
care lor those seats uml so I occupied
the cross seal seem! from lite l"ronl
the fird and Ihii'ti cross seals being
abeaih occupied l while people.
Presently the while people in the
seal behind me got out uml t (tills
scat was occupied by Negroes and
hefore I had realized il a rather en-
erable Negroeouple Uniting no vacant
seats h.u k of me had passed my seal
and were sealed on the empty paral
lei seats to which Ilia vcieferri'il
and ahead or the while people. I
could see the old man did not relisii
what he was doing hut was hciig
shamed into il b Ihe old woman.
With vi'ions of a ileutullcrcalioit. if
not worse I was al their side in an
Install! telling them I lake m scut.
I he lod man tiiocil ;it mice hut evci
then the old woman rollowed. leluc
tuutl clearlv showing Ihat what she
wanted was pot a seat hul asteiie.
Here we hne two such everdences
of u changed attitude on Ihe part of
the Ncgio in one cil within a Tew
weeks and there may have been oth-
ers not reported in Ihe papers be-
cause .like thhe oone in which I took
p. nt il was not rollowed h am se-
rious consequences.
The Ncgr is not 'is jolly cure-free
and ns good Matured us he once vn-.
Ills leaders especially or the north
through the Northern Negro Press
nro slianiinn; him into a new atti-
tude htul many of his women nt-
seconding these efforts. I'l'i'liit'i.
half a million nf Neuroi's hiive iimv
ed North since 1!M I. Some have
returned brinuiny i t-yvs of tl.i
Northern attitude and all have
written To Uiis movement Hie
coirespoudcncc are due to the
Mi'ittlv ini'rciiseil eireiilation of
tlie more rn'lieal Nortbern pupern.
This press presents eyer.v lynehiug
in its worst I'speet. often impl.viiii'
that it Net;ro was lvnclicd to cover
tlie ri'nl criinnal yvho was a while
mnn. or that the Nero yvas fryinr
I merely actinu in defense The
yvnr lias slinyyu the Negro that l
Continued in
Porc.
RACE
THE NEGRO
AT BOLEY
Sept.
a Revelation of the
Race's Progress.
Every Dotuil Jitis boon WorRed
Out whereby the Fair will
bo the Greatest JB vent
Ever held in State.
It will he just a few more days be-
fore the IlKi l-'Allt al Itoley will open
ami Ihe Hiaiiagcmi-iil already has
ey cry thing in lip lop shape to eitler-
laiu he immense crowds who will
be pieseut. Amuseuienls of all kinds
w II be had ami in fuel Ihe progi ess or
our race will he exhibited.
I'tioimoiis sums of moyey an- he-
ing spent lit securing ntlrarlious ami
the people are Joining in with Mr.
Johnson in winking up Intel est.
A deal of inlerest is being uiunirc-
teil in th- Holey fair all oyer Ihe st.de
ami ninny are planing to take in tin
full three days. A special car will m
MOMtOi; TltOTTLIt UUIIHS
KDITOKTOOIKiAM.K 1.1' (. I T
I'liNa i Ahki'il In St'iiil Dili'galt's iii
World Di'iiioracy ( nay t-iilion
'Ihe editor of Ibis p qui li.i  .1
receiyed a letter Iroui 1 iitn Mo .
Trollcr secrclary of hu S .ill. I
hapi.il llights League avknu loi. t .
'all lite Culm cd people ol lid I 1
gather for Ihe piupwv of tint
delegates lo (he World Ileum 1  .
Conyenliou lo he held 11 hi. ..v-
the 17 K and P.) of tins nnuilli
'I he letter III fill follows
Huston Mass.. Sept 11 1 '
Dear Comrade Smill1c1-111.u1
Helter Ial. III. in in
I boil intended long ago Intoiiui 1-1
late you upon your publish lpioti t
to (inv. Williams. Ido so a. .w I ib
lished the arlicle in lb. ii 1 udi
I trust you yyill i-iiil .nlin-iv by
Sunday or Ihe uctii e mu-m .nut sy '
orgiiine an I -! 1 j 1 1 : 1 1 lliulits I 1 e 111
Cmiuuitlee and come lo I lie
the World Deinocrai y (cumuli-. -l
tilt- l.cngue.
Yours for ruhis
WM. MONIttll rm I It l
Comply ing wilh Ihe aboyt- ieoi" I
the true race men and yyouieit of Ihe
city of Tulsa and yicinily arc hereby
requested lo meet ill III. Star olfb
tomorrow (Sunday ) afternoon -it 'J 
elm k for tin- iiiiroose or circling del
egales lo this important r.ue mccluie
Yours for the race
A J. SM1TIII HMN
QUESTION!
25 to 28 to be
all prob.ibibly luke Ihe Tulsa hiimh
CM-cpl those who inlcml to go thru
the country in autos A number of Un-
ion ns throughout Ihe .lute will i
ii-prcsculi'd by auto pailu-s.
Illixillg Clllltl'hls
One ol' the I'ealurcs or the biir aside
finin the eshiliils ami laces will be
i the hosing contests lo lake place al
I the fair grounds Thursday and Sal-
jurd.iy. September lid and '2H. llollt of
these limits will be among the best
ever seen in the slate as in each ease
J Ihe bouts will he well mulched be-
tween some of the best known bos
ers in the k.iuic
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I The above t'cniletnan who is president of the Colored Fair to
be held u lioley is not leovinp. a stone unturned to make it a suc-
cess 1 he Pair opens September 25. Dotijt fail to attend.
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FAIR
OKLA.
orriciTH Will Pli-nm-d
' 'I he officers of Ihe fair association
aie yery much pleased wilh Ihe pros-
' pet Is or a large altemlaitce and nolli-
jiug is being left undone' by them ami
the local coimuitlcc at Holey to make
the fair u gigantic success.
I This yyill he the second annual fair
the first having bieu held in .Musko-
gee last year. .1. Coody Johnson of
Weyyoke is president and founder or
Ihe association and W. II. Twine or
Muskogee is secretary. The associa-
tion yyas born for Ihe pjrpose of in-splriii-!
r.u ial progress