Document 6496906

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THE
The
The Periscope
My
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AwtMiabtd
Napa
Prart
jBy Eiicien V. Alexis
nieh of 'tetters there wilt
Amine American
soon appoar the New'
'"IlVwpTjuc.' marked hj'^n analytic proclivrty dirccied with
exerw-uluu* effect' npoft 'Chrudiunity anil democracy.
His most iiN.-gro.
citjtiiig characteristic will lie a desire to se% to know men, things,
and mov citterns as they ate— fr« from the vcifecr put upon theni by
an tirviionment dominated hy-Christiaiiity and democracy.
If in his analysis, ba.ed upon the experiences of a people, tho"two concepts yield' sufficient .life to Negroes, this new man if powwrfu'
influence ^iH'rally to th? cross 'ami the fiag that race of men known
as dcVout tt» ail ideal, loyai to a causs. and supple (o influences of onviionmenT. If, howeveti, he fitwN thai those, two concepts stand between
the \'e*;r<» :md larger life, h- will teach the brushing aside of t lirisiianiiy
ii'id de •««.»( ey for swell new concepts as he, in the tight of hi* American
ewperi nee. liiay evolve from his environment or as he may arise from
the loud batterings of socialism, bolshevik ism and atui-chri>.iinm -m.
Th*f most i'rrestble weapon, offensive and di?i'e!i*iw, ''if this new ma:
of letter, \iilll* his'htnuor. his ever poking fun at black Americans for
environment from which other' tares, of men bavc
Won so miiv'h .and at white Americans for their friability to make tli^v
pi.-utiee in "eligion, government, and life fjibe to their vaunted theories.
Compelled by the experience of tie* American Xcfjjrn to the conclusions
thai neither is Oiristinnity the last word in religion nor democracy the
hi word in tortus of t>ovemmont. this neve teacher, while waiidethu*
through, the lost or neglected literatnro ill Negro life, will chide with
kuxhini; frankness the weakness of a people wlnv-e htiiptiise, religion,
barbaric government .and ipodr of personal life will till how the African
impiVeuce
thi -*r
FRIDAY, APR.
wumLrful; they were bright ami
8,
PAGE ELEVEN
1921
witty
mv\ sh nved a disposition to naturalness.
But every one of titer
orations delivered by theie graduates showed that ihe hands of. their
stiiieriprs had helped lo sliape them, anil thai those master band- luil
THE NEW Man of letters
...
LOUTS ARGUS
ST.
Colu-etJ graduates were
Home Of The
White Hair Preparations
Lilly
he>u.guided more by eOnsiilyntion of that part of-the audience uliirlv
numbeteii fifty thmi by any regard of that part of the audi-.'nee uhtch
nuinlwred two thousand,
Thfef is a visible pity; it fettered the n.'itLiralness 'iid curbed (Jie puwer of these children!
?
Filially the vait'diel orian, as a soft of s'ar witness, eamc on with
li carcfvlly denatured oration
on this suhject: "ii'hy jfmcnVn Slmnld
Bff f'r.jTi,' pf tht''Xf<l>~fi."
The child was a good speaker; and Inbriins, but they had been vfammed into uatrow channels.
W." md give here? from memory suine of ihe./'iu'iiAf nude in the
-pecc|i. b.V'-ause they have stuck, not so much in our memory as in
.i.ir ivu:,-.
In (he parenthesis we simply indicate nor mental innnueut
>i
lie time,
Thf oiiitnr Pumnwal up:
"Ameiiet should lie proad of the Negro—
revolutionist 1" (licorge \Vas|iinglnii and
1. 'Iic-rni.se he is not a
*
i'hi.im;i'-. jiiTersonh
i
N^
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J.
"Itcausv
lit'
'"It'rause b/r
;1.
does nnt rebel!' (General t-ee and Jefferson Hnvi-i
U not an agitator!" fSusan II. Anthony and the
"rohilwrtoiiiatsf)
i. '*tk-i'ftn«<
3,
hy
he belief,
"ih'T inventor*,
iiid all
"!V-ause
ihe uoodness of labor!" (Thonin- l\di<nu
try to inaki- uiachints
'"i''causc no never bvliev
I),
iD'Ce, fir'.'
t" the ullcnno'-l
"ll-eatKe be
7.
of
fret
do the wort.';!")
( Robert" Hrown-
or worry!'"
F.zra !"
rind RuLjUI lien
in- ail
in
why
ifoej no) (bntlil
In-
Iji-liw-.
1-
es.
force!" (AVooilrow Wihuut and
in
\J
!*')
in
racial integrity!'.*
(Three million miib
»
latmsl
S.
tiU
lli'cr.uss-
he lives by 'he sweat
^
k„
'•lie.-ntiR' he is not n
Ard the 1'r-*>ident i.f
•>.
'
ra.li.al
ot"
brow!" (jews and
his,
•
(ica-
'*!'"
Fjesits
Chr&tiJ
the Si-hooilward spoke appro.; nr.Ie. tlic
"and trilial indirpctidcitec, jpive way to lle- Co ores! l-rincipHl loobwl «tfe„and the white fifty- clap|x:<l and Bo*l-.l
udes-.-ndinqlv. and the Colored audience— talked for week= after
hkUgua^r. ihe religion, and die serfdom ni America.
Yc\ with fcawes*^ tinn- la untile humor, the New X^cro will jw
of ( "hrviian'ty and democracy It y since the African Negro, even though
tiv compulsion, surrenders so couiplct fy to them do they hrenk down
Involved in thi,
whin black men seek the efticicacy <if their terfents.
A -hort while siuc<-. at Clyde, G?or^a, .Vegrr
yro posseirren
the town ;h»E for the iiar(i'-;itar'por|.tiSe
epp vtkstiing.- whkh_-thtg.-X.rw man wilt prompt among his mnt penpk
one uf ihc-ir
lynch on
will be the passing of 'he dominion of while Americana over the thought w;i- charged with tin- crime ni raj
young i 'okircd >
6* black 'Vmerkans, a dominion which palintes." veneers, and covers, "irtitn.
I'rimin.il violaiinn ot vv(iniaivlu«»l is met with ^uninu
He will teach. ;>h',m'!il in llw Smihlattd.
t,\ t the- breaking down of those two master concepts.
gen-rally
This pimi-'lmient
aaaimw^M
jiie.iih, write, and sing of desirable tusrflfl life as life not based en
n Jodraiiintic aspects nf ;i lynching bee.
It was meet, thircforc.
Christianity and democracy ot at least as li fe not based upon Christianity !h;-l the Odored tnen of Clyde, (icorgi;i, should visit the jail. taJte
cii.i-ect,
fetishism, triba
I
life
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V
THEY CAME TO SLAY
m
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fnimrlM
1
Taught h;.
democracy as. per the dictum of white Americans.
the esperi..'iBM of Negroe* in America that common language, common
i'i
r- lijjioii i—mmcm country t'oes not, cannot bind black ami (K>)t9 men
New Negro as man of letters with his rharacicristic
1 ruthe''<oo<l. the
analvtic proclivity will mii.klv j;rasp and jjlorify the conclusions coutcolor
transcends
language,
p-.Hed hy the ways of whi'e Americans:
r*tigicin, dwaocracy, anderjtmtry taken singly or coml»ii»?d ; men^awetcrna'ly of two classes, white and black— master and man Christian and
future
t!te
long,
ln-flg
arc
determined
t«tftsk
Americans
democritk whfte
wad him
out the culprit,
ot
from whose bourne no traielVr returiv?.
It
veas a short step from resolution to action.
To this was
intly ail led the sensitively adjusted moral temper of the white ciii/cns
ni Clyde.
Lynching was the handy legal- instrument brought out,
burnished lad oiled, in til.- comiTion instances wherever Negroes were
charged with the crime -of rape hv the whites all over Georijii. ij.igic
lieing logic, what better thing to do than go to the jail, apprehend
ihe culpiii, then off to the nearest trec,and "ciu up^Jike^whin- folks 5
Ihi: ibt better ^nature of the Race liegan-to' assert itself immed-
;
that etertud division:
--iiiiily
Inter-racial Race Commissions
(By DruMlla Dutijec Houston)
l^clifiu.
of these comSnissions over the South, to study
to help ltriujj tliem to e>]u>tahk'
th'.' relat^'Hs lielwwn the races apjd
nd ) nst nh ;il. is ih* most h^ieful sign in liftv years of reaching a true
I'rohkin.
Fifty-five
years ago tie..vjlnlioii
if Ihe
Xet;ro
slaves.
giv- up lier
Sooth IlY
R)R('F. was compelled to
SLAM-BANG! Down Go The
«**
FOR
10
DAYS ONLY
Then it iv;i- t hnt the gun tni--cd tire.' 1'ray-jr meant Terejection suggested mercy, and mercy saved ttie culprii.
A W.ir.l
1UII.Y.
'Hi- ethae of rape. tSlwatpyse it is leg.'liv* detertninerl. should b'
ThSc* h.i.l
'.JKmetl bv the eAtrcm.-.-t i«ratties providvd by I be biw.
suffer alike,
i'e
Full
the
&„
Plate
Upper
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Dr.
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II
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11
RENT REMEDY
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r-'a'pi'ltj
hm
i
How
STKOXOEK THAN
SKNTIMKN T
to
be
Hk
day
A spirit of justke can
'iom the Negro bv CAUCMNY.
is turne*
The sword of truth is the
only ho wwh for Him by the TKLTH.
only wea:wi given Ws by the ^Fa^e^.
AVYbavt ha<i two extreme wings. i»f leadership. Those who would,
L'nder siKh guidane.-.
iarepl ha'f 'a kaf rather than nime at all,
we will indeed lose atf- Tlien we have the class who forget the
Tbcs? would have
of Christ, "See thai ye WKSiSl norxyit/'
psychological. Let
position
is
not
tab? an AX to white folk. .Such a
us come d.iwm out o£ the *i«ds of torrid oratory upon the grounds of
eitn»inon Muse and consider the trat rounds «4l 'he ladder of ratT-huildIhcm, what power op earth can keep u^ fro-n
ing. ami when we
Beautiful
v*» -i.Iei.uate housing csidi lions. Sail, the relief hi tl.ire-peel i" *wt ^nb-taijital.
The *hoe continne.s to pinch.
Xetttier lias the nuir^'lit purchasitig of residential pr'qierty by
poptdariBBi
dotv wry much to relieve the high rent i>re?sure. "TilFundus" unM sudden, oyenvhelming, conv-iucing.
It sapieezcl the
t'i (I nniinc out nf communities, that hithena' wore not unkindly di-pored toward our race.
Ttie r--nlts were that rents and sour nature
went =k;vmrd and sullenly refused lo budge fn-m the heights.
..
lhn\ 'ueulcatrtbYra remedy of some 'sort. mint 1m orSeeefl in th:hop* tha: ihis really heavy bnr>let#niay l»c lifted from the a-onomir
-houbb.-rs of the* Kacc in the large cities.
More, ibt M%wd preenn•
ee;stion-.i of many places art being strained to tin- hrc.-tking point and
^otng np?
Hence?,
ITiert was an hour, just behind us, when every unit of Km; Race uutowani friction lias asstmed sinister aspects a= a rcsuitant.
,•
needed tc hammer iM«w 'tic gates of injustice, to wake the sleeping iM -morjiitHMediate necl for" a remedy that wiJ! work.
That woek has been well tlone: hut mm to
of stihiirhan sites ahd the erection tberenn of
conscience of Awerica.
t TMT-\ urchasiug
the leader who does not now praltw that this hpuT calls for more thatt liMl Hy priced aiwt eomf(ffta!»le Itotnes with pKisant stirroii.ndtiigs
''Aiiwita is aw.ikv to the realtKttion that th? N'ejjrt* of nifjTit help to settle the difficufly.
a^if
Complaint Js various and «xiti^
iueisidtiah
Wfr
m
Just how to be be&u.
1
sire of
for
*
>"it'-
Were spent
of the e* -1 t.rfec's of -erowded living c'nirlit>4i"s"iwev;uli"g in Hi- Lir:-.men .-hies among the Colored ^-ments. This would t>e a step this side of
has struct for the "t'aek"-tf>~ih£-fa!m"' |>leas and yet wotdd fee efc>se enough to Uiiwet whs can only whine over lb* Nefftos or the white matt's' wrongs. healthier Tu'twral^jfetlucnves'of targe ciiy Hfe to make liiV'lieaolljIe Vi
EvTry^pronkm awst ih*- following amongst us,
Uadershtp today calls tot eotwtriKtive twen.
livin™
who have a dee|;>-rontvd aversion
Witt the tntsrs»r«f «H- to the mastery of wisdom ami perseverance.
>
The hour
CoBWisaionS be
enjual to fiwling the
key
?
The
root
of
in rhe-'vf»«d>-
all this
the h*«r.er types h»M failed to find solutkiuw. the hiwer classes, are
Itying to solve the Negro proWem in tlteir own iniqttitotts ways, «t the
^Jurtie >d this great- (lotionlie tragic picturesque South, etesolaterf fey war. and today aa*
hatef
What more needful th»« in this nariua than
sfaved hy
her fatal point*
that we t*y to uu. Jerstand her and that the South
«' weakness.
Sinee the war the etsarsc and Heightened white, few
tw»«i pofeiaJ and commerciai supr?i«aty. Their only mental iptiuV
They are the answer fur
IkattoB beii* pMWr to TBtfy *e Negro.
spint of the Oatk A*;*.
%t« wius-t i«t«Ma»ion of Ae Aouth, maHing the
'
Frotn ihe sfaoefc of cml strife, the toss of weahh and the errors
Anyhow
'levaus:' it
a plan l&c 'Be one we are offering, would reduce rents
recluee the defnand for houses for our people in ihe
wowhi
emrgest->d districts of ttvc
b^
cities.
Every
-
lace
'
.
««
bin
has not yet «4ttW*«A fe format
the restoration of \n*w and fortune, the
hept, South foe a B="erat»n have m*.
Xegr» race who canr**
U, ml ei¥k duty
broHe« it> the %4rt pf SuVsySVriag has not the l»readth for real teaO>
natton s
fa*o»lUiC« *»d error today atooe teisper wfeh this. ttV
i-f hip.
dywawk profe*e.n. when th* fees* mmds ef Aafcrie* can s«lv< it
•
tte Sosch fra«s to the Xfjffo hi* Stood hoMsht n«hft*.
rf reeuustiuctMw, the true
BB*m*m of Wadrrship
toe*
totcefiri
m
«%fc*.
%
-
Syntken Gem
i*^. FREE
sK^k
in the effort
charms
— to make the skin, b*i£ht,
soft and youthful.
W
mwbteTiesiB (he failure of the better type in froth races to uuoV
As
maud h*W to reach and lift th* depraved classes of either race.
years.
to increase their
L
ratx
hundreds of
Many hours each day
ftexautse she least, she si*nd=
C'lpies the j4aeev 0f serf in*this nation.
wa tiit" for Sf *lt'TI*)NS..f how Uj lift the Rate totlie statute of
RE.\DY WITH THHM.
has been the dealmost all women
tiful
KNOW
•
frM-tal
eeuis
Wl.
Tii..
q. in
!i
»=
H. C. Downing, Dentist
'
AREWK
flnir
or Lower
:
powerfut
tHe
t-'llJi.ie.
'I'..
SrXltAT
wonuin black kor white. ' And yet i'l
he Clyde «w» wv art unSfalhaa glad. that "Tln-y who eamc to -lay
\maineil U pray.'
Failh ml work will vet save ihv nation.
vliite *-bnuid
listrl ti|>on tlic
not
n.iw
:
Prices
—
AiiK.liMta
..
ami
Callmmi
logic
of
nay. Waster
crjfl^jyifccct of human slavery, this nation today
Th miesftou of rc'it has become a serious problem.
Negro.?
"BPjHfcfrlwinrl of hate, beeaosc we forced
exactioiis an>
site
rnf^ni
have
been
\V<
>N'
to
do.
The
day h.i« in 'he big cities have l«.'e;t "i-allcd Upon to wr.--atle.witli ils
the Soiittt to do what
"
struggle ranch the worse for helteriiii
they
come out
passed f<JC eomprofBise.
The work that Cby, Webster, and Calhoun failed to do lies before :uii! lit- lacfrhjg wear.
SMte
S^gpaJimta for remedy Imve cine fast and fnriotts.
VVj need pass no snare few: s «nni>el)itHi tlw" South to justice,
u*
ihing of » -"hiti.-n iftsstSB&ti itself in the organization of realty com
IS
tti^i is not the wisest way.
To banks in New V"rk Cite, Chicago, fhiladelphia and other larg
Ittter-Hacial Compulsions most diaojju s-«timeat
LVW.
porjJOM.' of providing ilicir inereaSnjj Colon''
th.' hearts of not ontv the South, hut of th« average Aroeric.iu ettie= with the-fi-W"!
1'ad
btvn
n*Td
XtntoH
'
,
jr.iin.
Th« appointment"
!•/;
cri'ntli
liuii.ft-.--l
the land
iately fplh.wing the gfring over of ilw culprit in tlv,' outraged possen\-n bv ihe i-itually snre-sol*d custodian of the due processes nf \:v\. the
-ierilf
SoMcons in the crowd was fmjlhardy enough to ftuggea
iravcr a^ ji fining |(relude to the main fi-atnre of the evenirr;"- [irn-
SOLVING THE NEGRO PROBLEM
The
ai
to the nearest rr>«^and give
'i-at
him a quick pa-^age
;iul
ts
woman knows
impfjssible
blotciiy.
tl
that beamy. ottbe
the skm is pimfjy.
unw gi
blemnhn.
make the hue. neck, arms and haocb
bnght. soft and smooth, the** * noihm*
the
f
1
1
y skin
better t har, ihese tn«> well-known buury
prrpj rat ions- Black and White Ointment
iuid Black
and White Soap.
E'ack and White' Ointment whiten* the
and removes those ugly little putt-
skin
pies,
DnpMH bumps and other blem-
ishjeSWiiilr you?>!crr.
Vou lira! wish the
vety warm watet and Black
ami While Soap. Dry thoroughly Then
rax and apply Black and White Ointment. The next mormnqi TOu again
ckanx the skui with warm water and
Black and r mt Soap.
dun with
dark and tough.
Tu remove
Follow this Beauty Treatment for several nights and you wtfl know the joy at
j bright, smooth,' baby-bwe'Mn.
Sow*
lit
w *e
chinrtera of the
TWnwintta
tum
*te shall not SerseW be tec.'
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The Awseated Nefr»
"
s
Pnt»*
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tf-hSM*
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?ou-Faot Powder :Sc:Forthehan,
QiMniae pomade. &, and HatrDrew-
,L,_K»
awwtw-IS-mw^
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