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WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
PAGE FOUR
THE HOUSTON INFORMER, SATURDAY, SEPT. 15, 1923.
SOUTH’S
THE HOUSTON INFORMER
BOUTH’S GREATEST RACE NEWSPAPER
“It Gets You Told—Nothing Else!”
Published every Saturday at 41c Milam Street, Houston, Texas.
Entered as second class matter May 28, 1519, at the postoffice at Houston.
exas, under the Act of March 3. 1873.
C. F. RICHARDSON
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resorted to by one of the factions in a vain and futile effort to stave' JAIISTAN DV wrnG
off defeat of their ticket. NIVUSIUN DVI WEDS
The Baptist denomination is the largest single religious body s turn n A A sops
among our people in America, and it is to be regretted so many Al 1 KOMANCE
of their leaders are so full of selfishness, meanness, politics and, A 4 1 *2VA
machinations that the cause and work can not get a decent hearing
and fair chance. -----------------------------
In this connection, permit us to state that, unless the Baptist |
leaders, especially the preachers, assume a different attitude and o
adopt and pursue a new program, it will not be long before all the A 1 3
intelligent and upstanding young people are going to either become
religiously dormant or forsake the Baptist fold.
They are tired, sick, disgusted and exasperated with the past
and present trend of affairs in the Baptist churches and organiza- .”
tions, and they are demanding a new deck and a new deal.D
Let these Baptist splitters, autocrats, grafters and politicians icmeviial, ,
bear in mind that “in union there is strength," and victory; butP+ suai
in disunion and division there is weakness and ultimate disaster Pop-h ■
and defeat. Selah! romau
AMERICA URGED
(Continued from page 1»
ored world war veterans, upon ground
given to the nation by Tuskegee Imn-1
stitute, be manned entirely by a call-
ored personnel.
We ask that the American pergdle dle-
mand the release of the fifty four mem-
bers of the Twenty-fourth Infantry now: .
incarcerated at Leavenworth fiederall
penitentiary for their connection wiltih
the Houston, Texas, riots of 1917, a
riot provoked by continued insults and
contumely and finally by wiidilemnce per-
petrated upon colored men wearing the
uniform of the United States and ded-
icated to the service of their country
in war time.
To American citizens of African de-Deer Gus:
ES RAMBLINGS
COTTON PICKERS HARD TO GET.
■cent we have a special word the saw:
The time has come when aillegiiemre
to any party on historical grounds is
no longer required or expedient. We
IMPORTANT!
Make an checks. Cafts, money orders, etc. payable to and address ad com We were talking to a white planter one day this week, who had
munications to The Houston Informer. 410 Milam Street, Houston. Team | about become disgusted with his inability to secure colored cotton
Dis heinr de weak jis perceedin’ de
apenin” ww skaol in dis town, an’ dis
mume bein” de openin’ munt fer er
good mimy skoals an kolliges thruout
de kuntry, makes my mine run beck
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HOUSTON, TEXAS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1923.
OFFICER, THEY'RE AT IT AGAIN!
According to reports brought back to Houston by delegates and
visitors to the National Baptist Convention, unincorporated, which
met in Ft Worth last week, the Baptists are still up to their old
'tricks of splitting and dividing.
With a delegation that fell far below the one thousand mark,
it is alleged that the Jones forces and the anti-Jones forces agreed
: to disagree and thus another National Baptist Convention sprang
into existence; the wrangle and disagreement being precipitated
over the offices and the spoils that go with them. Police officers
were even dispatched to the church to maintain order.
If this report is true (and we heard it from supposedly reliable
! and authoritative sources), then the colored Baptists have again
brought disgrace and contumely upon their race and denomina-
tion and played into the hands of critics and enemies, who contend
i that the colored race is incapable of self-government, self-determi-
' nation and self-improvability.
i The first split, which occurred in Chicago some few years back,
was uncalled for, unprovoked and unwarranted and played no
: small part in disgusting intelligent people with the denomination
1 and its affairs.
Why do the colored people split so much? many will and do
inquire.
Reduced to its final analysis and stripped of all superfluous
trimmings, it is because there are too many selfish egotists, mis-
fits and incompetents clamoring for leadership and positions of
power and trust; it is the insane and insatiate desire to attain
such offices where one can feast at the pie counter; where one can
build up a powerful machine and perpetuate himself and friends
in office.
The Baptist church is fast drifting into an episcopacy, or bet-
te* still (or worse, for the good of the cause and race), a refigions
autocracy and plutocracy—where a few men, holding office by the
choice and vote of the people, become intoxicated with their power
and endeavor to run rough shod over the will and wishes of their
pickers, despite the fact that he was paying $1.25 per 100 pounds
and board thrown in for good measure.
This, he insisted, was a top-notch price for picking the South’s
famous staple; yet he found precious few who would accept his
gracious offer.
It seems that a large number of colored cotton pickers are like
the eoMred brother in Chicago from Mississippi.
A certain white Mississippian had gone to the Windy City in an
effort to induce some of the “colored boys” to come back to the
Magnolia State and help their “white friends” mill the logs that
were rottening in the water.
In the midst of his speech, a colored brother arose and remark-
ed: “Boss, I tell you what to do—just ship those logs to State
Street and we’ll saw ’em for you.”
It is beginning to look like most of the former colored cotton
pickers in this section are perfectly willing to pick cotton—if
they’ll bring it to Milam Street.
Now, our white friends must not be too hard and harsh on these
colored people who are refusing to go to the rural districts and
pick cotton as in previous years, and that despite good pay and
better food—maybe!
Most of these colored people have frequented these sections and
picked cotton in previous seasons, and, like the little boy who was
in misery, after eating green apples and being told by a Christian
Scientist that his pains were all imaginary, shot back this hot re-
joinder: “I have inside information!”
With the rural conununities infested and infected with the klan
and utter disregard for law and order and the poor police protec-
tion afforded colored people in these country precincts (as most
of the peace officers are either klansmen or klan' sympathizers),
it is going to take more than even $1.50 per hundred and choicest
of food to entice these “inside informationists” to these cotton
plantations.
Instead of trying to make conditions so that colored people can
go to these plantations and work without let or hindrance, several
planters are trying to employ Mexicans and other foreigners,
seemingly unmindful of the fact that an affinity has grown up
between the colored brother and the fleecy staple during all these
years, and that the cotton will not respond to the manipulation of
any hands like those of ebony-hued sons of Ham.
The South is great at elimination by substitution and its sad
and sorrowful economic plight, today, is due largely to this back-
ward policy and failure to remedy existing evils.
It may console some of our white friends to get off some of
their excess gas by “cussing” and discussing the colored race be-
cause members of our group have refused to go to the cotton
fields and pick cotton, but until they make and maintain the
rural districts safe and secure for these people, we are afraid some
of their cotton will rot in the stalks, if they wait for colored people
to pick it.
We hate it, but are powerless to help the situation one bit We
respectfully “pass the buck" to our white friends, particularly
those in the mobs and klan, who are chiefly responsible for this
state of affairs. Anthar! Kotop!! -.
constituency.
Democracy—the rule of the people—is becoming a faded mem-
ory among colored Baptists in this country. (Let us pray!)
Ministers and religious leaders are being delegated with too
much power and authority, and, where same is not delegated un-
to them, they proceed to delegate or arrogate same unto them-
selves; then pass edicts, issue ultimatums and assume a tyranni-
cal and despotic attitude on all matters that fail to meet their
“holy and divine” approbation.
The laymen have indulged in entirely too much hero-worship,
with the result that an alarming large number of our preachers
and high churchmen seem to think that they are gods and, as
such, can make no mistake nor commit any error.
The Informer has steadfastly contended that the annual meet-
ings of the Baptists constitute a criminal waste of time and money
and utter extravagance; for the national body is not legislative and
therefore can pass no laws governing the state conventions, dis-
trict associations nor local churches.
"NEGRO MUSIC WEEK"
The Informer is in receipt of a letter from W. Henry Hackney
of Galveston, calling our attention to “Negro Music Week," which
will be observed in Texas during the month of October.
Every city in the Lone Star State that has any musical follow-
ing, is requested to ask their music dealers and phonograph shops
to display, conspicuously, in their show windows songs, records,
and piano-rolls by Negro composers and artists.
The pastors of the colored churches are requested to devote one
service during that week to the religious songs of race composers.
In his letter Mr. Hackney makes this observation:
“Im this way you will not only help to advance the talented
Negro who is making a hard fight just now for a high place in
the music-making of this country, but you will give encourage-
ment to the hundreds of white music dealers, right here in the
South and in our own state, who have spent hundreds of dollars
to advertise our talents.” *
The following slogan has been adopted for Negro Music Week:
“Buy more of the music you love and understand best”
This is a worthy and meritorious movement and meets The In-
former’s unqualified and unstinted endorsement.
The music dealers, however, can render far more co-operation
during that week, if they will advertise these songs, records and
rolls in colored newspapers; not only will they be aiding the move-
ment but they will also be making a fine business stroke, for such
publicity will certainly bring customers and make sales.
The colored race has produced some of the world’s really great
Each local Baptist church is sovereign within itself; at least,
fundamentally and constitutionally this is true.
’Since these annual gatherings are nothing more or less than
wholesale vacations and “good-times” occasions for the majority
of the ministers; and, since the people are footing the bills and
serving as the goat, the suggestion of biennial conventions falls
upon deaf, unresponsive, and unsympathetic ears.
It is not surprising, then, with such a carnal spirit permeating
the atmosphere and pervading the meetings, for men to resort to
political tricks and tactics to retain or gain office and then when ______________________- .___
they see defeat staring them in the face, sound a clarion cry of musical artists and Dr. Frank Crane, the noted editorial writer,
the “people’s rights,” “too much bossism,” "czarism," etc, and pays the race a tribute by saying that “the only typical American
lead out certain dupes and nincompoops into another convention.---= AT---“”
* It requires little or no brains to tear down, but it takes an hom-
est-to-goodness, genuine M-A-N with much brains and a big heart,
to build up a movement or organization and then labor unselfishly
and zealously for its success, permanency and perpetuation.
Selfish leadership and intoxicated egotists will spell defeat to
and seal the doom of any movement or organization in church or
state.
Why, things have come to such a pass in Baptist circles that
ministers and leaders in high places have reached the stage in
their career where they believe that they own the churches they
pair F or do or tip a er lion, just let some loen Baptist church
try to unhorse its pastor, even for conduct unbecoming a minis-
ter, and then watch this gospel expounder tear up the church and
lead a large number of the members out and start a new church.
Why do the colored Baptists have so many local churches and
such a superabundance of associations and conventions? Just to
give a large number of the “Lord’s annointed” a job or a sinecural
position.
The Informer is deeply pained that our Baptist brethren have
: so disgraced themselves, their race and denomination by their
i recent split and division at Fort Worth, when tactics that would
have put ward heelers and designing politicians to shame, were
music is Negro music.”
Any number of the famous American white concert singers have
a number of colored compositions in their repertoire and often
bring down the house with their rendition.
While there has been a great disposition on the part of our
people (and other races, too) to purchase any number of colored
“blues” hits and jazz compositions, some of the better and more
classical numbers of colored composers and artists have not en-
joyed such good sales.
Of course, most music dealers have put their major efforts on
selling these jazzy and light numbers, working along the line that
it is their business to give the people what they want.
It would be a splendid idea to have a program of Negro songs,
sung by well-trained voices, at the City Auditorium or some place,
daring Negro Music Week and let the net proceeds go to some
charitable and laudable undertaking or movement. at
The Informer hopes that this suggested program will be exe-
crted in Houston and all Texas cities and towns that have any
colored musical following, during some week in October; for our
as and.mposers are worthy of andidererve all that we can
Let’s get busy and make Negro Music Week an epochal occasion
and thereby boost the stock of our sinters, artists and composers.
They deserve it and we can put it over! What say ye2
I urge them to a new political emari-
1 pation. We urge them to momullgatte
I their demands upon the tanfo off tibelloer quite er few yeers w'en we, ‘bout
I welfare of the entire race ami ta carstt-" _ _. ___.
I ing their votes in the coming election" tme er yeer XI ter cure
I to hold that welfare paramount to all-"P aur son toes so es we cood ware
■ legiance to any political party. *
We urge every man and warmnam off meckemmember, daan yu, Gus, dem ole
a color in the United Stakes te mealliim
auir sics an” git out ter skool. Yu
PERCY L. WILLIAMS, youngest son
of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Williams, * 1412
Cleveland Street, who has been resid-
ing in New York City since the sum-
mer of 1920, was recently married to
Miss Rosa A. James of New York City.
They are now spending their honey-
moon in Detroit. The groom is a
graduate of Houston high and under-
graduate at New York City College,
now connected with New York post-
office as clerk. The bride is a native
New Yorker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
James, 588 Lenox Avenue, was educat-
ed in the public schools and is also
clerk in the postoffice.
The wedding is the culmination of a
postoffice romance, and their many
friends wish them well.
The groom's father, S. B. Williams,
is a member of the editorial staff of
The Houston Informer and vice prin-
cipal of Gregory school; while his
mother is recognised as one of the
city's best seamstresses.
BOOZIER_____________
(Continued from page 1.)
full.type and not simply the letter “U”
as heretofore used by me, or any other
abbreviation of word “United;” this
shall apply to all stationery.
I further promise and agree to at
once destroy all letterheads, and other
stationery of every kind whatsoever
on which is printed or in any manner
written or stamped the words “Most
Worshipful King Solomon Grand
Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted Ma-
sons, and Queen Esther Grand Chap-
ter of the Eastern Star and Duaghter
of the Sphinx”;
And I further promise and agree to
at once destroy the seal I am now us-
ing;
I further promise and agree that
if any mail comes to me addressed to
“Grand Master of Most Worshipful
King Solomon Grand Lodge, A. F. and
A. M.,” or any similar address without
the word "United” thereon intended to
said Grand Master or Grand Lodge,
I will at once forward same to C. L.
Mitchell, 801 West Travis Street, San
Antonio, Texas, or his successor.
I am now in jail for said contempt of
court and make the above promises,
agreements and statements, which I
will in all things faithfully keep, for
the purpose of purging myself of said
contempt, and for the purpose of being
released from said confinement
(Signed)
N. N. BOOZIER.
Filed September 7, 1923.
OSCEOLA ARCHER,
Clerk of the District Courts, Bexar
County, Texas.
By G. Goldwaithe, Deputy.
Certificate.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, )
COUNTY OF BEXAR. §
I. Osceola Archer, clerk of the Dis-
trict ‘Courts of Bexar County, Texas,
do hereby certify that the above and
foregoing is a true and correct copy of
original statement of Nelson N. Boo-
zier, in cause No. B-26351, wherein C.
L. Mitchell is plaintiff, and Nelson N.
Booster is defendant, as the same ap-
pears on file in my office.
Witness, Osceola Archer, clerk of
the District Courts of Bexar County,
Texas.
Given under my hand and seal of
said courts, at office in City of San
Antonio, this 10th day of September,
A. D. 1923.
that this is an age in which power cam
be exerted only through organized ef-
fort, and that the most effective in-
strument that we have now for exert-
ing this power is the National Asso-
clation for the Advancement off Call-
days w’em de feller whut cood count
de mar” wo’es on Ma feet an’ legs wuz
de mawr pap/lar feller in de gang?
Well, dem wuz de good ole days,
Gu, and I sumtimes wunder whut’s
cun over de wurl dat has maid sich er
chalinge in de raisin’ an” teechin’ uv
ored People. We therefore appeal ta
all persons in favor of common justice
and equal opportunity to unite wiltih u____—, .___,____— -
and join this organization. It is mot saiom thing wen I wuz cummin’ up,
Ment. 07 ch. woe, ne er ana te =mn s. 1 -* -userea muthim new.
But she muff, Gus, I offen wunder
wilue has becum uw de cute IH guris
wid dere pig tales, ant de II’l boys wid
sich gaad manners, dat dey noed how
tar tip dere flop down hata fer de old-
er fokkes. Whut’s becum uv de bigger
hays and guris whut yuseter no de
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possible in any brief document ttm die
so. For the sake, however, of recalling
to colored Americans and te Umilted
States citizens generally what we
stand for, we desire te meiterate our
insistence upon the following pro-
gram:
righto for the America nagis • me
exercise of the ballot, before the lam,
in the courts, in the protection and
sanctity of life and property riigjhis, to
the use and in the accommodations off
public conveyances and to plinces off
public resort whether mailrads, street
cars, restaurants or places off amo
ment.
2. Respect for the colored Armeriicam
citizen aa an individual iin accordlamre
with his achievements and his moriit,
and respect for the race to wiles off ills
leled anywhere an the -aha - my
time.
3. We denounce the use of the word
Negro in connection with crime iim
nantly raise impression that the Negro
ia more prone to commit crime than
any other race, and especially the lie
that the Negro is by mature a rapist.
We make this appeal to Mm poigile
of the United States ta the interest all
oar beloved country realizing as mill
good citizens will realize tank mace
hatred aad prejudice founded upm is
norance and oppression are demperus
to every citizen, white and black, amd
that it is the duty of every chfiimem to
co-operate with us ta holding that true
Americanism consists in tnileramne. me-
spect snd a determination #
the human aa well as the d
rights of every man and
whatever race or creed.
at
This conference unanimously me-
solves that this program be sent to the
president of the United States, to hack
houses of congress, and tihedt SI be
given to the press of the country.
4
SESSUMS
Oftadlim
The Kirby cadets, under the lender-
ship of Captain John H. Sessums, wihe
helped to put Houston on She mupp alt
the Odd Fellows grand lodge in Sun
Antonio last month, plan another tintip
in the near future, according an Cap-
tain Sessums.
These youngsters covered then-
selves with glory at the Allan Chy
' and then returned overland the Hous-
ton, stopping in several towns and glw-
ing exhibition drills, which the porgile
heartily appreciated.
(Seal) OSCEOLA ARCHER,
Clerk, District Courts, Bexar County,
Texas.
By A. W. Harios, Deputy.
Though a veteran both in age and
in the drilling game, Captain Sessums
still retains the fire and vigor off ream
and can keep pace and step wiltih the
liveliest kid, as was demonstrated am
their recent jaunt.
Elvidge Jackson is president ef the
cadets’ organization and James BL wii-
llama of The Informer is business mum-
ager.
Houston Singer, Member
A. M. B. A. Staff, Won
Honors at Ft Worth
During the recent National Baptist
Convention, unincorporated, held at
Fort Worth, Mrs. R. O. Lyles, betas on
program, sang “Carmena,” “Let Noth-
ing Between," and other selections.
Her voice, which is a highly cultivat-
ed contralto, rang out with such sweet
melody that the entire convention
vociferously applauded. From now on
Mrs. Lyles has the honor of being
styled as a national soloist. Houston
and the state of Texas look upon
her with marked and pronounced ap-
preciation. red -
The Informer predicts for her an en-
country. She has won laurels for Mt;
Olive Baptist Church, of which she is
the organist, as well as her host of
friends who are loud ia their praises
of her.
Mr. and Mrs. Alfred S. Smith, 911
Andrews, have returned from their va-
cation spent In Mexico, having visited
at Monterey, Matamoros, Mexico City
and other points. “Pards” says that
“Mexico to truly the land of freedom”
_ and that “allmen are treated alike
..^ in the land of Montezuma.”
EAUMAX MXLME
terurban . Care teaae ktatamten'
Round trip: *145. P *
two coupler or Rouses kw taj
ah Must % ‘&!-
uel Green, Geo. S
Don L ewis. - Com
A. Ph
Eark
kidis. My gran’ma yuseter say de
es maim aydll de preserdints? Dey use-
ten mo wool de mul’plerchasun tabuls
2. An” reed! My, my, Gus, dey yuse-
ter be sum gaad reeders to dem days,
a” touz ex treet the set ste heer ’em
spell ever wurd frum B-a-ba, ker,
holker ter Camprestibility, widout evun
en mutch ss lackin’ to sr book.
But now, Gus, yu kaint hardly fine
sr • skaol seenyur whut kin tell yu
de capertul ww 3 staits outside sr tore
cam. Am” dey weeds and spells lack er
..--- ME
er juz steps anr blues, evun ef dey
kalie sing 2 vurses uv as Sundy skool
y Am, Gus, has yu notissed how de
sit
mild nespeck ter whut wun shood think
2EFMS * kit
a
shters well dat I wuz taut dat
thing I shood no,wuz dat out
ee miledge to de wurl I had er
ikk te dey <MWt impress yu
B E Bretek ss start is #
Am” din poain” es “no awis” to dun
2-nt Cuesta adere *=.
Ya ma, Gus, dere wuz er time way
back yunder, les after de brake up, dat
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site wuz laked om es de hi cockolorum
ta Be rellun uw eddicashun, an’ twont
mo mor fer dem ter lurn. But lu dese
silly graduates it maiks me sick an’
tired ter heer sich fokes shootin’ off at
die mauf erkout whut “I noes” ate whut
“Iris dium” “I Fesser So an’ So,” an’
die lick.
Amr ng beteher ef he’s er darter, he
ain’t got emuff mederkul jurnals in
his wBmm mer liberty ter start de morn-
iint’ls fyar, an” ef he’s teeching he doan’t
weed muthinn” but sumpin” he had put
to die sersiely callum uv sum cullud
mewspager‘bout hisse’f. An’ef yu
tawilk ter ’em ‘bout gwine tor skool
engin, they wanter no, “fer whut, didn’t
I graduate frum Possum Truk Acad-
emy ta 18761”
Awll un whitch "minds me uv whut
I heart dat er surtin good sister sed
diss las” summer, w’en she heerd uv
achate 60 uw de teechers uv dis tewu
gmire off ter skool ter try ter keep up
er ketch up wid de times. She sed,
“Wy. chille, I thought awl dem fokes
wur eddicated, and heer dey awl to
glime ter skoal tryin” ter git aum
I sedi ter myse’f, “Po” chile,” dat jes
ZE ter git her tore
dial eddicashun, lack sanctifercashun,
is ex steddy guo/th. Dere’s awlways
zoom at die the. Tweed be er mitey
our pesergogs, anr docters 2, wood
spear er few jits on ar summer co’se,
anr ketch up wid Ba pressint aige in-
* - F EL drers, "*‘
■ amilee heerd dat wun ‘fesser sed
eddicated 2 durn
task sstast weed “1 look lack
id sun uw my un’er teechers
pupils?" I kin tell him he’d
A.=*
t tai 5 Bus, mis
nee good thing ter lev,
ere eyes offer it longer-
I dat dry in rapidly loosin’
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