General Race News
PROTEST AGAINST “BIRTH OF
NATION”
Duluth, Minn., Nov. 5.—Armed
with a petition bearing more than
100 signatures, a delegation, headed
by Rev. George I. Holt, pastor of St.
Mark’s A. M. E. church, appeared be
fore the city council again last Mon
day afternoon to protest against the
showing in Duluth of the photoplay
“The Birth of a Nation. “The picture
is prejudicial to the black race and is
apt to incite race riots,” declared
Rev. Mr. Holt. “It pictures condi
tions that never existed. The objec
tionable parts cannot be eliminated
without making the production mean
ingless and unattractive. It has been
barred in many cities and states.
Noted authorities have declared that
it is a disgrace to the white as well
as the black race.” Extracts from
opinions of writers, who condemned
the picture, were read to the council.
"I will see the picture in Superior,
Wis., before it is shown here and will
then pass judgment on it,” was the
assurance of Commissioner Silber
stein. Manager Morrissey of the Ly
ceum theater has already promised to
eliminate any objectionable features.
CLEVELAND ELECTS
COLORED ALDERMAN
Cleveland, O., Nov. 12.—Attorney
Thomas W. Fleming was elected here
on Tuesday, November 21, at the gen
eral election as a member of the city
council. He will represent in that
body the Eleventh ward. Mr. Fleming
was the candidate on the non-partisan
ticket, being opposed by five candi
dates, all white. The Eleventh ward
is largely populated by white voters,
there being only about one-fourth
Afro-Americans of the voting
strength of the ward. This is the first
time in the history of the ward that
it will be represented in the city
council by an Afro-American. Attor
ney Fleming is prominent in frater
nal circles and is regarded as one of
the most brilliant lawyers at the
Cleveland bar. His victory is general
ly regarded as a signal triumph for
the Afro-Americans in this city.
YOUNG COLORED WOMAN
LEFT VALUABLE ESTATE
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 12.—Miss Wil
helmina Tait, the young colored
woman who was accidentally killed
by an automobile recently, left real
and personal propetry worth several
thousand dollars, besides $12,239.49
in cash on deposit in two banks.
No will was found, and the proper
ty will he divided among her mother
and four sisters. Mrs. Callie M. Ed
wards is the executrix and she has
filed an inventory of the estate with
the probate court.
COLORED LAD WINS SCHOLAR
SHIP.
Yonkers, N. Y.—Master Willie H.
Butler of this city, the clever boy
violinist, has been given a scholar
ship in the Musical Settlement school
in New York city and will train un
der the celebrated David Mannes,
who thus acknowledges his gratitude
to the Negro race, he having been
taught the violin by the famous Ne
gro violinist of New York, Douglass,
many years ago.
THE COLORED MAN AS AN IN
VENTOR
The exposition at Chicago, August
22nd to September 16th, in celebra
tion of the fiftieth anniversary of the
emancipation of the colored race in
cludes an exhibit of more than a
thousand patents which have been
granted to those of that race. Mani
festly the list will be incomplete, as
it is impossible to determine from the
patent office records whether an ap
plicant and patentee is white or col-,
ored, but much effort has been made
by Henry E. Baker, who has been
detailed by the commissioner of
patents in charge of the patent ex
hibit to make it as complete as possi
ble. Mr. Baker, himself a colored
man, is an assistant examiner in the
patent office, having entered such
office in January, 1876, as a capyist.
He was appointed to the examining
corps in March, 1883, and has been
promoted from time to time to his
present position as second assistant
examiner. Another colored man, Ed
ward O. Clarke, was appointed to
the examining corps in August, 1893,
but resigned to accept a professor
ship in a college.—Scientific Amer
ican.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
IN SERIOUS CONDITION
New York, Nov. 9.—Dr. Booker T.
Washington, principal of Tuskegee
:nstitute, is confined to a local hos
pital, suffering from a nervous
breakdown, it became known tonight;
While his condition is said to be seri
ous, physicians said that it was not
necessarily critical.
The Negroes of Alabama held a
state fair at Tide Water Park Oc
tober 25 to November 3. G. W. A.
Johnston, president; A. R. Mosby,
secretary.
CONCERNED ABOUT WHITE
RACE.
“My interest is not at all in the
effects of this play on the Negro
race in our country. The Negro race
is taking care of itself and it has
proved that it is wonderfully capable
of so doing. It is the mental condi
tion of the white race that I am con
cerned about, because of the false
teaching of history, the false teach
ing concerning American ideals of
liberty and justice, and the prever
sion of those ideals which this play
contains.”
CHARLES W. ELIOT,
Ex-President of Harvard.
“One of the most unfortunate
things about this film is that it ap
peals to race prejudice upon the
basis of conditions of half a century
ago, which have nothing to do with
the facts we have to consider to
day. It is both unjuBt and untrue.
The producer seems to have followed
the principle of gathering the most
vicious and grotesque individuals he
could find among colored people, and
showing them as representatives of
the truth about the entire race. The
same method could be followed to
smirch the reputation of any race.”
JANE ADDAMS.
“It is a loathsome calumny of the
Negro race and an insult to the
south as well as to the north.”
ADELENE MOFFATT.
GIRL DOES FARM WORK
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Miss Rose Williams, who, owing to
the shortage of labor, is working on
her father’s farm at Wisborough, near
Rillingshurst, England. She found
skirts a hindrance, so she wears her
brother’s flannels working in a hay
Held.
HIS WIFE IS HIS “ANGEL”
Indiana Farmer, Visiting State Fair,
Saves $50 When He Takes
Her Advice.
Columbus, Ind.—William Dawson, a
farmer living east of Columbus, de
cided to come to Columbus and attend
the fair recently. He had $55 in
bills in his purse, and his wife told
him to beware of pickpockets. Daw
son insisted he was a grown man, and
he would like to see anybody take his
money away from him.
After Dawson came here and saw
a big crowd of people he thought per
haps there might be something in the
pickpocket stories. He went to a
local bank and deposited $50. The
other $5 he retained for spending
money.
Then he went to the Pennsylvania
station and saw a big crowd. A train
came in and a man bumped against
him. He reached for his purse later
and found it was gone. Dawson says
he was glad he took his wife’s advice.
It saved him $50.
YANKEE TARS ASK NIGHTIES
70.000 Perfectly Good Suits of Pa
jamas Are Scornfully Rejected
by Sailors.
Washington. — The “old-fashioned
man who wears a nightshirt,” long
sought by newspaper humorists, has
been found in large numbers in the
United States navy. The tfcrs refuse
to wear pajamas, and the navy depart
ment is therefore “stuck” with 70,000
suits, which will be offered at auc
tion.
Two years ago orders were issued
that pajamas be provided for enlisted
men, for it was assumed that this garb
would soon become very popular.
Something like 100,000 pairs were pur
chased, and the sailors were informed
that they could draw them whenever
they liked.
For a time there was no demand,
but finally some of the men discov
ered a use for the garments. About
30.000 pairs were distributed. Then it
was found that the seamen were using
the pajamas as underwear. Others
wore them while coaling ships.
Something Like Foundries.
“What are them kitchenettes I hear
tell of in the cities?” asked Deaeon
Hyberbole Medders, the somewhat
honest agriculturist.
“They're the places. Uncle Hy,” ex
plained Upson Downs, his city nephew>
“in which are molded or cast or some
how produced a flat dweller’s daily
round of mealettes.”—Judge.
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