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THE PRIMARY ELECTION
A relatively heavy vote was
cast at the primaries, but large
as it was, a larger proportion
of the registered voters should
have cast their ballots. There
is evidence, however, in the in
creasing primary vote of grow
ing appreciation of the duty
and privilege of voting. This
is as it should be. People
should express their prefer
ence for candidates at the bal
lot box. Those who voted
Tuesday, and the number has
been placed around 40,000,
expressed their preference
most decidely.
The administration slate,
called the “Square Six,” was
the choice two to one, its
average vote being above
22,000 against 11,000, over
the “Civic Alliance” slate, its
strongest competitors, backed
by various organizations. The
vote was a strong endorsement
of the present city administra
tion, headed by Mayor Dahl
man, and a rebuke to that sin
ister and cowardly organiza
tion which is seeking political
power and control.
The independent and un
slated candidates were really
not in the running. Karl
Kehm, who, for example, had
a strong backing and an ener
getic organization, polled only
5,513 votes, and Robert P.
Samardick, who was on a
slate, and with Kehm, regard
ed as a probable winner, poll
ed only 5,747 votes. Veteran
campaigners like Charles Unitt
polled under 2,000. In the
light of these facts the vote
received by our race candi
date, Charles J. Solomon, of
1,024, was a most creditable
one. He stood thirtieth among
the forty-three aspirants andj
no one who voted for him
threw his vote away.
Despite the fact that the
present commissioners receiv
ed such an endorsement at the
primaries the real fight now
begins. “Security is mortals’
chiefest enemy,” says Shakes
peare, and the Bible voices the
same warning when it says,
"Let him that thinketh he!
standeth, take heed lest he
fall.” No political battle is
won until it is won. So from
now until the polls close on;
election day in May there must
be no abatement of interest
and let no one delude himself
that he can at this time pick
the winners with certainty.
LINCOLN NEWS
Magnolia Court No. 10 will cele-1
brate Palm Sunday in Masonic hall,
1022 P street next Sunday, April ;
10th, at 3 p. m. All members and i
friends are urged to be present.
The dinner given by Co-operation !
club at Mount Zion Baptist church |
last Friday night was a fine success.
The dinner given by the trustees
of Quinn Chapel last Thursday night
is reported as having been a success.
Mrs. Margaret Lyons has returned
home from the hospital and is much
improved.
Last Sunday was Women’s Day at
Quinn Chapel, and services were held
all day. The program was carried
out entirely by women. All of which
is said to have been a credit and a
neat sum was realized from collec
tions.
Sunday was Covenant and Com
munion at Mount Zion. Praise arid
Covenant at the morning hour. A
fine sermon by the pastor at night
was followed by ordinance of the
Lord’s Supper. A series of revival
meetings are in progress for the next
ten days or until Easter day.
The carnival given by the Blue
Ribbon club in Masonic hall last Wed
nesday and Thursday was fairly at
tended.
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ONE HUNDRED YEARS OLD
Centenary Celebration of Negro
Newspapers of America
Announced
New York, N. Y.— (Special)—One
hundred years have passed since the
first publication edited by Negroes
in the United States appeared from
the press. It was March 16, 1827
when John B. Russwurm brought out
the first edition, The Freedom Jour
nal. Such is the subject and text
of an especially prepared article ap
pearing in The Amsterdam News,
of New York, written by William N.
Kelley, its editor, on the one hun
dredth anniversary of the Negro
newspaper. He was discussing the
National Negro Press association,
matter with the secretary of the
Henry Allen Boyd, who was in New
York recently, the 12th, just four
days before the one hundredth an
niversary of the Negro newspaper.
The facts, as related by Mr. Kel
ley, and as are well known from re
search in the archives of Negro his
tory, will be treasured by members
of the fourth estate, editors and
quill-pushers of America.
The data in substance and in a
concrete form, as put out by Mr.
Kelley, shows that The Freedom
Journal was the first Negro news
paper established in America. It was
horn in New York City on March 16,
1827; it was brought into existence
or being, it was fashioned and shaped,
it was conceived by John B. Russ
wurm, its first editor, manager and
guiding hand. This editor, this man
of many parts, was born in Jamaica,
B. W. I., in the year of 1799. He
had associated with him as publisher,
Samuel Cornish. The two worked,
as has often been said, hand in
hand, side by side. It developed
that Mr. Russwurm also was the first
Negro graduate from any American
college, he finishing in the year 1828,
just one year after he ventured upon
his journalistic career. After spend
ing some time in America, and same
hard work on the Journal, Mr. Russ
wurm went to Liberia, W. C. A., as
he was interested in a colonization
movement, and in the establishment
of a government or a republic for
Liberia. After Mr. Russwurm left
America, Mr. Cornish continued as
publisher, but saw fit to change the
name of the paper from that of The
Freedom Journal to that of The
Rights of All. Mr. Russwurm then
became editor of The Liberia Herald,
published at Monrovia, Liberia. He
continued to be active, and at the
time of his death, he was governor
of the Province of Monrovia in Li
beria.
The National Negro Press associa
tion has been much interested in the
history and data thus presnted.
Do good and leave behind you a
monument of virtue that the storms
of time can never destroy. Write
your name by kindness, love, and
mercy on the hearts of thousands
you come in contact with year by
year, and you will never be forgot
ten. No, your name, your deeds will
be as legible on the hearts you leave
behind as the stars on the brow of
evening. They shall shine as bright
ly on earth as stars of heaven.
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