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RACE PRESS COMMENT
ON PRESENT CRISIS
Will Protect Country, Though Denied
Rights.
If the Negroes were so void of
manhood as to forget the injustice of
the present administration against
them they would not be possessed of
that loyalty to the American flag
which they have defended with honor
in all of this nation’s conflicts and al
ways respected in times of peace.
This is the only home of the Amer
ican Negro and he will defend it,
though denied his rights.—Twin City
Star, Minneapolis, Minn.
Above All, Be Loyal.
Colored folks should be patriotic.
Do not let us be chargeable with be
ing disloyal to the flag simply be
cause a democratic administration is
in control at Washington. They are
making many blunders up there, but
it is because they are new at the busi
ness. Above all, be loyal! If you
wish to express your feelings, do so
behind closed doors. — Richmond
(Va.) Planet.
Can Be Relied Cpon.
The spontaneous outburst of pa
triotism on the part of Colored peo
ple in every section of the United
States is evidence of a loyalty and
devotion to the flag of the country
unexcelled by any other element of
the population. The Negro is the true
American and can be relied upon to
do his duty in every emergency.—
The Citizens’ Advocate, Los Angeles,
Cal.
How They Must Feel.
What must the “white poi-tion of
American citizenship” think, when it
is brought face to face with the fact
that the very people who are de
spised, mistreated and denied their
rights as men, are the people after all
whose devotion to the country and
whose loyalty to the flag cannot be
shaken ?
How they must feel, it will take
the Divine Maker to tell. It certain
ly must be a mean feeling for a fel
low to suddenly realize that he has
been abusing and villifying his best
friend.—St. Louis Argus.
MILITARY TRAINING AT UNI
VERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia, Pa.—Despite the fact
that Negroes are denied admission to
West Point and Annapolis, the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania, this city, ha3
opened a department of military
science and tactics which was insti
tuted under the provisions of an act
of congress aprpoved June, 1916, and
Major William Kelly, jr., of the
United States cavalry, was appointed
as head of this department.
This is a chance for young Colored
men to get four years’ course which
is prescribed by the War Department
to prepare the students to perform
the duties of commissioned officers
in the armies of the United States.
MISSOURI WILL NOT HAVE
“JIM CROW” CARS AT ALL
Jefferson City, Mo.—The state
legislature will not enact a “Jim
Crow” law during this session, ac
cording to democratic leaders who
have given a delegation of Negroes
such an assurance. Even if the bill
passed in the house it would fail of
passage in the senate.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
TO MEET IN WASHINGTON
Washington.—The annual confer
! -nee of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People
will be held at Metropolitan A. M. E.
church on May 16, 17 and 18, instead
of at Cleveland, O., as had at first
been planned. Roy Nash of New
York, secretary of the association,
was here this week making final
plans for the meeting.
Prominent speakers of both races
are expected to address the meeting
and a large attendance is expected.
The Spingam medal will also be
awarded during the session.
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CORNELL STUDENTS ARE
PREPARING FOR WAR
Ithaca, N. Y.—The fever of pre
paredness has taken a firm hold of
the many students from all parts of
the country gathered at Cornell uni
versity. Military- drills are being
carried on with unflagging zeal and
efficient drillmasters. Eight of the
Colored students are strenuously
drilling, in anticipation of going to
the front. They bid fair to makegood
material to supply the need of offi
cers of the race to command Negro i
troops.
TO MOBILIZE VIRGINIANS
Richmond, Va.—The thousands of
Colored people living in the rural sec
tions of Virginia are to be “mobil
ized” in a general preparedness cam
paign, according to State School In
jpector Arthur B. Wright.
A large part of the work of getting
the masses in line for the campaign
will fall upon the shoulders of the
fifty Colored supervisors of county
schools.
WASHINGTON WOMEN FORM
RED CROSS BRANCH
Washington, D. C.—The Colored
women of the District of Columbia
have organized the Harriet Tubman
Branch of the Red Cross and are pre
paring to be ready for any eventuali
ties of war. The officers are as fol
lows: Dr. Marie B. Lucas, chairman;
Miss Bertha McNeill, secretary; Mrs.
S. C. DeNellotiz, vice chairman; Mrs.
J. Hayden Johnson, treasurer.
MASONS TO BUILD
Philadelphia, Pa.—Local Masonic
lodges are planning to build a large
hall, and have already filed notice for
the incorporation of the Masonic
Joint Stock and Building Association.
N. Z. Crawford, formerly of Brook
lyn, N. Y., has been appointed a dep
uty sheriff of Noank, Conn. He is
the first Colored man to receive such
an appointment.
OPENS SHOE SHINING SHOP
—
William H. Brooks has opened an
attractive and well equipped shoe
shining shop at 1504 Harney street.
There is a private stand for ladies
and special attention is given to white
and fancy shoes. Clarence Brooks is
manager. Mr. Brooks has secured a
splendid location in the very heart of
the business district and deserves to
succeed. Courteous attention is given
to all patrons. The Monitor extends
congratulations and wishes the new
business venture success.
GENERAL RACE NEWS
Mayor Curley of Boston has ap
proved of the appointment of Lucius
Sumner Hicks as assistant registrar
of voters at a salary of $1,400 yearly.
There is considerable talk of send
ing a Colored man to the city council
from the Eighteenth ward, Nashville,
Tenn. Tins is a Negro ward, and if
rot for their vote it would be demo
cratic.
A certificate of incorporation has
been issued to the Texas Polytechnic
al Institute, which will be devoted to
the higher training of Negroes in
Texas.
A. T. Hedgebeth, 78 years old, en
joys the distinction of being the old
est employe in point of service on the
payroll of Henderson-Ames company,
Kalamazoo, Mich. He went to work
for the firm February 2, 1882.
Plans are under way to organize a
grocery store in San Antonio, Tex.,
with a capital stock of $5,000. G. W.
Bouldin, the moving spirit of the
project, says the Colored people of
that city spend $15,000 monthly.
At the instance of Governor Bickett
Planting Day was observed in
Greensboro, N. C., Thursday of last
week. The students of the A. and T.
college were given plots on which
hundreds of gardens were started.
Through the efforts of the Negro
Business League of San Antonio,
Tex., Spanish will be taught in the
Douglass High school.
A memorial to the spirit of service
of the ante-bellum Negro will be
erected at Durham, N. C., in form of
a hospital for members of the race,
lames N. Duke, the tobacco manu
facturer, has given $40,000 and the
ermainder of the $50,000 required
has been pledged. «j
W. J. Johnson is a second-class ma
chinist aboard the torpedo boat de
stroyer Monaghan. He has been in
the United States navy twelve years.
The D. & H. railroad has brought
150 Colored men from the South to
work near Saratoga Springs, N. Y.,
as section hands and take the places
made vacant by Italians who went
back to Italy to fight in the war.
The Colored Citizens’ Patriotic
l eague of the United States was re
cently organized in Richmond, Va.
One of the aims of the league is to
arouse the Negro in the interest of
national defense.
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