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THE NASHVILLE fiLOBE, FRIDAY. JULY 5, 100T. The Nashville Globe. Published Every Friday in the Yew, Kooia 1. Odd Fellowi Hall, No. 447 Fourth At nue, isortn, ivasimlle, lean., Y THE GLOBE PUBLISHING CO. Telephone 43JJ-L. J. O. BATTLE Editob Entered a second-cIaM matter Tanuary 19, 1906, at the post office at Nashville, Tennet ee, under the act of ConfreM of March j, 179. No Notice taken of anonymoua contribu- bona. SUBSCRIPTIONS IN ADVANCE. One Year $1 60 One Month 15 Single Copy G5 Notify the office when you fail to get your paper. ADVERTISING RATES FURNISHED UPON APPLICATION. tADINQ MATTE! IATIS. i cft per line for each insertion. 8 cent per line for each inaertion (black tace). Contract for 1,000 line to be taken in a year, made at 3 centa per line. Advertising copy shouii b iu the office lot later than Tuesday 9 a. m. of each week. , ,, . TO THE PUBLIC. Any erroneous reflection upon the charae ter. standing or reputation of any person. firm or corporation, which may appear in the columns of THE NASHVILLE GLOBE will be gladly corrected upon being brought to the attention ot tne management. Send correspondence for publication so as to reach this office Monday. No matter in tended for current issue which arrives as late as Thursday can appear in that number, as Thursday is press day. All news matter sent us for publication must be written only on one side of the pa per, and should be accompanied by the name of the contributor; not necessarily for publi cation, but as an evidence of good faith. THE POLICE INVESTIGATION. The official conduct of Chief of Po lice Curran and Sergeant Sadler have been investigated and, following the usual procedure of the Civil Service Commission, they have been exoner ated. The trial was interesting, but the outcome -was not surprising. Who, for instance, was so unsophis ticated as to even haxbor the faintest hope that Sergeant Sadler, the "Ter ror of Black Bottom," would be ad judged guilty of the charges preferred against him? Oh, no! Sadler has beaten too many Negroes to be con victed of infractions of the rules of the police department The evidence, though, brought out the fact that some of these "terrors" who are so fierce that their very pres ence produces order, these heroes in miniature, who know no other law while in "Black Bottom" other than the dictates of their own conscience, became so tame when tbey reached the portion of the city Inhabited by the elite gamblers that they would eat out of the hands of men suspected of violating the law so tame, in fact, that after eating they would walk off without paying their bills! One other feature of the investiga tion tends to confirm the oft-repeated assertion that when an alleged crimi nal appears before the City Court and his prosecutor is a policeman, his chances for justice are slim. One of ficer in his evidence said that he would not believe another upon oath. We have heard that there is honesty among thieves; surely the same thing holds good among policemen. YARD AM AN. , The report which received wide cir culation, that Gov. James K. Varda man had, to use the vernacular, "got religion," appears to be untrue. The young, long-haired individual, who be forehis advent into politics was an editor, is too thoroughly acquainted with the value of newspaper adver tising to be converted at the first re vival meeting he attended. He, like most other hardened sinners who have an eye to the main chance, pre fers to be on the anxious seat where he can attract the attention and en list the sympathy of the elect. But, even if Vardaman should pro fess a hope in Christ would it change his attitude toward the Negro? We think not. The race question is his chief political asset in his fight for the United States senatorshlp and, knowing the better results to jbe achieved from appealing to prejudice j-ather than to reason, he would scarcely be guilty of throwing away his trump card in a game where he has for an opponent one of the shrewdest men sent from Mississippi for a quarter of a century. The fu ture life presents fewer attractions for Vardaman at this juncture than the senatorial toga. If young Mr. Vardaman not "Old Man Vardaman," as some of our con temporaries seem to think does en ter the fold and should practice the teachings of Christ sufficiently tq tell the truth upon the hustings concern ing the Negroes of Mississippi, it would be one of the greatest surprises or recent years. The conversion would be like that of Saul of Tarsus There have been so many followers of the lowly Jesus whose panaceas for solving the race problem is based upon their Individual prejudices, in stead of upon the teachings of the Master whom they profess to serve, that the long-haired individual from Mississippi will find himself in good religious company, no matter how far he may go in his denunciation of the Negro. Religion would not change Vardaman. He wants to be a senator. STATE RIGHTS. San Francisco's display of her petty jealousies or prejudices toward the Japanese will do more to arouse sen timent for a strong centralized gov ernment than all the pronuncia nientos of Roosevelt and Root As we have pointed out here tofore, the people of the country, as a whole, like the Japanese and wel come them to the confines of the United States. Yet, a few cities on coast " controlled by labor unions would bring on complications that are liable to embroil the whole coun try in a war. In the event that these complica tions which seem to be on the in crease, should involve this country in war, what position would the Negro take? Would he forget that the Jap anese would be fighting to break up the very thing against which we as a race have complained, take up his gun and defend "old glory?" Or, would he, naturally sympathizing with Japan, aid that country? Or would he remain neulral, simply tending to his own business as a private citizen? If "state rights" and city rights to volve this nation in a war with a first class foreign power such as Japan Is, the race problem will take on an im portance never known before in this country. Georgia celebrated the inauguration of Gov. Hoke Smith, the one man mbre than any other, excepting only the editor of the Atlanta News, upon whom the responsibility for the At lanta massacre will fall, by lynching a white man at Dalton. Gov. Smith in his inaugural address said that the su premacy of the law must be upheld and lynchers punished. Let's see if he will punish these rascals at Dalton. We were only using or attempting to use sarcasm when we referred to the current reports that "respectable" white men were guilty of social crimes Any married man guilty of crimes of which some white men are accused in this city are beneath re spect. Sheriff Johns should round up the whole layout and lock them up. There shouM be no favoriteism shown in enforcing the laws. If only Southern born Negroes are eligible for positions as teachers in the colored schools, then why not ap ply the same rule to the white schools? Was Superintendent Web ber born in the South? Does he understand the peculiar conditions here in the South? Let efficiency be hanged we must have teachers born in the South! We want none of these Northern notions! John Temple Graves has drifted from a monomaniac to a common lu natic. Roosevelt carry Georgia and Tennessee! Brownsville was a great hit with the South, but it will not bal ance the Booker 'Washington lunch. Perhaps, though, there is method in Graves' madness. lie talks like an editor looking for a sinecure. "Last chance" and "First chance" have moved from the corporation lines to the heart of the city. The po lice ought to break up the hullabaloos easily now and keep the women from saloons. The Gazetteer and Guide is out for Fairbanks as the next republican nominee for President. We thought Editor Ross a democrat and that he wanted Ben Tillman to be the next chief Executive COMMUNICATIONS. A DAY ON WHITE'S CREEK. Last Sunday just we three an no more drove out in the cool morning air and bright sunshine to spend the uay in the woods. After tne dust, noise, and dirt of the city, how tresh aud grten the grass and trees looked, and now inviting the shade. We passed by farms well cultivated, over nvers iiowing to the sea, by hills rais mo lueir wouy crests in imposing grandeur. It was indeed delightful when we came to White's Creek we lound all along its winding banks veJ hides of outing parties taking advan tage of this beautiful spot of nature, We leit the woods, and coming out in the clearing, found a very large tree that soemeu to oaer shade aud suelter. we rested Here, untied our horse, and turned him out to graze, and then gave ourselves up to tne deiight ot the situ ation, and the enjoyment of the hour. Down the slope at our feet the creek ran with a gentle, murmuring ripple. so delightful to the ear. Further away from us under a tree a man was feed ing his cows and mules, and still fur intr away under another large tree was a party of pleasure seeiiers a wagon full of a merry crowd. About noon the siiy became dark. and a heavy gust of wind blew, and everything looked very threatening; but it blew over after a few drops of rain had fallen, and all was serene again, lhe bracing air' soon made ua feel like eating, and we soon had spread out on newspapers, of which we were well supplied, some nice dain ties, suitable for such an occasion. Af ter lunch we went to watch the fish, utie minnows, and large fish swim ming in the water. I gathered some pebbles as a remembrance of one of the happiest days 1 have spent. w e went home in the cool of the evening, refreshed, light-hearted and full of the joy of a day spent near to the heart of nature. One thing that struck me most was why is it that so few of our people take aavantage or these quiet spots outside our busy, dusty city? Do not we, most of us who have to work for our daily bread, need recreation most of all? Do not we need to get out in the fresh air, and God's pure sun light, and stretch our lungs, open our hearts and expand to the joys of na ture? JUDY WINKS. DR. POLK ON NEGRO EDUCATION. Dr. Wm. M. Polk, of New York, and dean of the modioli faculty of Cor nell University, delivered an address Sunday, June 23, a,t the semi-centennial exercises at the corner-stone of the University of the South, lo cated at Sewanee, Tenn. The sub ject of the address was Education of the Negro. Dr. Polk's address was but an im passioned rehash of the same old plat itudes with reference to fie Negro which have been trotted out so many times to do service before Southern audiences, to tickle their prejudices and gain their plaudits. Dr. Polk, in his address, followed in the same old well-worn ruts made deep and sleek by the mental wheels of the vehicles used by his predeces sors in hauling about their ideas, opinions aud prejudices Negro ware for exhibition before Southern audi ences. Ho did not utter a single new or original word, phrase or thought, that the public has not heard a dozen times over from 'Jeff Davis, of Arkan sas; Vardaman and his side partner, Dickson, author of "The Black Wolf's Breed," of Mississippi; Preacher Penny, of Texas; Tom Dixon, of South Carolina; John Temple Graves, of Georgia, and a host cf other ambi tious but smaller luminaries. The speech of one is the speech of all. But the purpose of this comment on Dr. Polk's address Is to call attention to his downright poor reasoning. The address, like the water-monster in habiting the Loarnean marshes of Ar golis, known in Grecian mythology as the Hydra the monster with one body but many heads so was Dr. Polk's address, it had as many inconsisten cies as the fabled monster had heads. Let Dr. Polk speak. Read carefully and listen attentively as you follow him through the following rambling and inconsistent paragraphs: "The tmth is, these people are children, and there is no more to ex pect or fear from them than from children. Pouroxl into this country in its almost primitive state, they are scattered through it. in large bodies. Where the proportion of white to black was so small it needed but some spirit of aggression for them to rise r 1 J Closing Out Sale - FOR THE NEXT 30 DAY We will close out all spring and summer goods regardless of price. Men's and Boys' Clothing, Hats and Furnishing Goods, Men's Ladies' and Children's Shoes, all up to date styles; must be sold. Come and se for Yourself. Remember we are Sole Agents for W. L. Douglas Shoes. I. B. ELLIS, Cor. Public Square and Cedar St. t W. II. PATTON, DEALER IN Staple and Fancy Grocer ies ol all Kinds. Goods received fresh daily and all orders Promptly attended to. Please give us a call. 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The masses probably give it no spe cial thought, at least not along the lines just outlined, but their better minds must be dwelling upon this, the problem of their race, and I do not question that one of the remedies therein suggested is amalgamation; and right here let it be understood that that remedy, of doubtful benefit to the black race and ruin to the white, is more threatening than any other outcome of the racial contact "The purest stream bactUa.bs u unchecked contamination. Such re sults are not the work of a day, a year, or even years, but can be niaikeu by decades and centuries, but they progress as surely as the rising and il.u of ihe sun. Do not think this danger lies in the aggression of the blacks, for they rest upon tho loose morality of the outlying elements of the white race. First and foremost, see to it that their women are left alone. If there is one fact more than another which -has been beaten in upon our race in dealing with subject peoples, it is this dictum. Therefore in this matter let the laws be as sav age as those of Draco. We can scarce ly go too far in1 devising means to stamp out the curse." In the first sentence of the first par agraph Dr. Polk says that "these peo ple are children and there is no more to expect or fear from them than from children;" but hold these last words in your mind and then read these uttered in the same paragraph: "The masses probably give it no spe cial thought, at least not along the lines just outlined, but their better minds must be dwelling upon this, the problem of their race, and I do not question that one of the remedies therein suggested is amalgamation; and right here let it be understood that that remedy, of doubtful benefit to the black race and ruin to the white, is more threatening than any other outcome of this racial contact." These two declarative sentences dia metrically opposite in meaning, yet uttered in reference to the same ob jectthe Negro show Dr. Polk up as not being a very logical rcasonor, and that he depends upon his subject tho Negro and the trick or manner of delivery and not on correct reasoning to catch his audience. Listen, he says in one breath that tho Negro is no more to be feared than a child, and in the next he magnifies a great fear of him, pointing it cut with great stress and emphasis and calling it M. W. BUFORD, FIRST-CLASS BARBER. Hair Cut 25ds. Shave lOcts. Clean Shop. Courteous Attention. 117 FOURTH AVE. S, Nashville, Tenn- raoe PARK OWNED BY Colored People. OPERATED BY Colored People. FOR Colored People. i. W. SHERRILL, GROCERY. CO. FRESH MEATS, FRUITS VEGETABLES. All Kinds of Canned Goods. Telephone, 4776. 107 8th Ave., S. . Incorporated Un,1er the laws of Tennessee. OneCent Savings. CAPITAL STOCK, $25,000.00. 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