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THE PROFESSIONAL WORLD,
$1.50 Per Year In Advance.
COLUMBIA, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, FEB. 14, 1902.
VOL. 1, NO. 15.
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' SOCIAL EQUALITY.
Rev. G.H. McDaniel Shows That
the Intelligent Negro Does
Not Want it.
This was once a potent weapon
with which to whip into line those
who advocated the emancipation
and civil rights of the
"nigger.
They also said that the
slave, if
freed, would suffer extermination
by absorption, or if not so would
degenerate into African heathen
ism. As to the first prophecy, we
see today, that six-sevenths of the
i race still has blood unmixed with
Caucasian, while 956,989 are half
white, and 105,135 are one-fourth
white, and 69,936 are one-eighth
white. I assert that this degener
ation is almost wholly the result
of an imperious miscegeantion, and
argues more the superiority of the
auction block and the slave driver's
whip than superior endowments
. and greater virtues on the part of
the white man, and especially the
chivalry of "Dixie," who burn men
at the stake, protecting the honor
of women !
Once more I say, let us have the
"Golden Rule" in our social and
domestic life, for then, white worn
en will be safe from "black brutes"
and "white brutes" will let black
women alone.
I confess that I do not relish this
part of this article and would not
mention it, had not black women
suffered imputations and character
izations that were as outrageous
and absurd as they were unjust.
AH the red-headed, blue-veined,
flaxen-haired, blue and gray-eyed,
niond and freckled-faced negroes
have for the most part, been born
of conditions of which no white
man can boast.
Not content with degrading our
women, the white man (many of
them) has exercised his utmost in
ventive genius infabricating and
publishing heinous charges against
the Negro man. Although all the
years of bondage never produced a
Negro rapist, he, after a quarter of
a century, is made to appear so
beastial that a white woman is not
safe with him, at home or upon the
public high-way, day or night. I
am now quite confident that not
more than one in a hundred, of all
the heinous crimes that have been
charged to the jNegro, were com
mitted by him. These foul crimes
are usually committed "with mal
ice and forethought," yes, in the
spirit of criminal conspiracy, by
white men in a suit of burnt cork,
and charged to the Negro. I am
. glad to admit that there are thou
sands of white people, the very
best of them, who do not endorse
these methods of degrading the
Negro. They are opposed to every
form of lawlessness and race op
pression. I confess also that the
Negro has committed crimes
enough, and yet, that he has not
made bon-fires of some of those
cities in which innocent Negroes
have suffered death so barbarous
that they beggar description, is an
evidence of a forbearance, patience
and faith, which has no parallel in
history.
INTERMARRIAGES.
1 want to go on record as nrmly
believing that if every state in the
Union freely permitted the inter
marrying of the white and black
races, such marriages would not
increase 2 per cent in the next 25
years. The argument to the con
trary is only a spectre existing in
the imagination of Negro haters in
the ' South. No, it is not social
equality nor intermarriage that we
want. It is simply an equal chance
in the race for bread, homes and
the common comforts of life. We
ask no favors because we are black,
nor yet because we are the descend
ants of slaves, and we insist that
these are very poor reasons for de
nying us an equal show in the race
of life.
Straws That Tell.
In evidence to the progress
made by the Negro race since the
emancipation Prof. Booker T.
Washington calls attention to the
fact that the Negroes of this coun
try own school property to the
amount of $12,000,000; their
church property is rated at $37,
000,000 ; they own 130,000 farms
valued at $400,000,000, and the
homes not on farms owned by the
Negroes are worth $325,000,000.
He gave the value of their person
al property at $165,000,000. There
are 800 colored physicians and
500 lawyers. There have been
1500 books written by colored
authors. Omaha Enterprise.
How's This?
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that cannot be cured by Hall's
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system. Price 75c. per bottle.
Sold by all Druggists. Testimo
nials free.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Miss Estella Diggs Dead.
After an illness of only a few
days, Miss Estella Diggs died of
pneumonia at her home in Colnm
bia Sunday night. Miss Diggs
was one of the most popular young
ladies in Columbia, and was much
loved by all who knew Iher. She
was a devout Christian and was
conductor of the choir at the M. E
church of which she was a mem
ber.. She was just beginning her
career of usefulness, beine onlv
19 years of age at the time of
her death. Last year she was
student of Geo. R. Smith College
at Sedalia, Mo., where she has
host of friends. She leaves a fa
ther and mother, Mr. and Mrs
Burrie Diggs, and a brother, Wil
liana Diggs, and a host of relatives
and mends to mourn her sad
death. Her funeral was conducted
by the Golden Court of which she
was a useful member. The be
reaved family has the sympathy of
the entire community.
Fulton Notes.
Business interests are improv
ing. Unly a lew houses under
small pox flag. Many have been.
The public schools are increas
ing in attendance every day. Cer
tificates of recent small pox and
vaooination are daily presented.
The Pottery and Brick and Tile
faotory is the greatest institution
of this and adjoining counties, in
that it gives employment to many
who otherwise would suffer. Any
citizen finds employment.
Mrs. Bertie Carter arrived here
last Thursday from St. Paul, where
her husband is employed as pastor
of one of the finest Baptist church
es in the west. We hope to see
her out soon. On her arrival she
was ill.
We are glad to see our prosecut
ing attorney out' again. He had
smallpox badly.
'loooggan sieds and others are
instruments of a great deal of
spore xor tne young people on
Craghead's' hill j the sport basjeon
tinued for about two weeks
We understand from RevJThos.
Henderson, who last Number
went to Guthrie, O. T., that they
are somewhat in need of rain.
Mrs. Jennie Sims is on the sick
list.
Macon Notes.
Mr. James Edwards and Miss
Maud S. Scholan, of Sturgeon,
Mo., were married in this city Feb
ruary 8.
Mr. Will E. Oliver attended the
Tri-county Teachers' Institute at
Moberly Saturday and rendered
one of his famous solos.
The teachers of this city who at
tended the instituto at Moberly
Saturday are Pres. Enos L.
Scruggs, Prof. II. A. Bleach, Miss
Rosa B. Johnson, of Western Col
ege, and Principal T. B. Burris
and Prof. J. II. Bradley, of Dumas
school.
Miss P. E. Jackson, secretary of
the Western Recorder, is in our
city again. ,
Rev. W. T. Osborne and J. L
McDonald tended the funeral of
Rev. Dorsey, pastor of the A. M. E
church at Canton, Mo.
Miss Enjetta Diggs, of Western
College, is spending a few days
with her parents at Moberly
Prof. J. II. Bradley, of Dumas
school, is on the sick list this week
Dr. J. H. Sexton, of Meharry
Medical College, has located in
this city.
Leonard Burton is recovering
from an attack of pneumonia.
Mr. P. A. Wallace returned to
this city Sunday to begin work in
the shear factory again.
WntrhpQ r!nrks nnrt
jcweirv repaired dv an
experienced workman
at Hnnner's Drucr Store
Oberlin College Notes.
The first annual class letter of
1901 came last week. Many of the
class letters have resembled the
college catalogue, in form, but the
'01 letter is more original. It is
bound in green paper and the col
or is printed in red and guilt
The first page contains a very good
cut or the fountain which now
stands in Peters Hall and which
was presented to the college by
this class last commencement.
The day of prayer for colleges
was observed by the students and
teachersin all departments.
The Y. W. C. A. was not large-
y attended on account of the storm,
but those who were present made transportation by rail. A ship
it one of the most inspiring meet- carrying railway is proposed one
ings of the year.
The Y. M. C. A. was well at
tended. They discussed the re
sults of the week of prayer.
Mr. E. C. Carlton, of North Da-
kota University addressed the gen-
tlemen of this institution on Tues-
day and Wednesday, and on
Wfiflnfisdav aveninc h nd1rPBHrt
the whole student body in the col-
Wnfhnnpl.
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A irt.v of th nnlW mrl wnt.
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to Cleveland Wednesday evening
to see Irving and Terry, and twen
ty girls attended the matinee Sat
urday.
Prof. King haa paid a high trib
ute to ux-rresidenc raircmid in
the columns of the February Con
gregationalist.
Prof. Hall is offering a new and
very interesting reading course for
the next semester. Its object is
to give the students a thorough
knowledge of current events. The
class will have access to the best
periodicals and dailies from the
large cities. A comprehensive pa
per on some subject of public in
terent is to be prepared by each
student during the semester.
The many. friends of Zona Raw
aon of the middle academic class
were pained to hear of his death
which occurred last Friday night.
The Students were addressed
last Thursday afternoon by Rev.
Chas. M. Sheldon.
The second games of the cham
pionship basket ball were played
last Monday morning. The first
game was between the seniors and
sophomores, the score being 24 to
13 in favor of the seniors. The
second game wa between the jun
iors and freshmen. These teams
were evenly matched and played a
very interesting game, the score
being 17 to 9 in favor of the jun
iors. Sterling Silver articles
and all kinds of repairine
done at Gilman & Dorsey's,
Notice.
All person who are interested in
the success of The Professional
World will show the same by pat
ronizing the business men who ad
vertise in these colums.
GROWTH OF THE TELEPHONE.
8ucce"' ,or v"y-
It is twenty five years since the
telephone was made known to the
world, but, up to the close of 1891,
the number of instruments in op
eration in this country was only
512,407. January 1, 1901, the total
installation by the American Tel
ephone and Telegraph Company
included 1,952.412 telephones. The
latest fleureSi showinz the maeni-
tude of the business, at the close
of 1901, are given by the Elec-
trical Review. Of telephones con
nected, there were 1,080,000 Bell
machines, 708,717. independent
manriinao aitsl
490,000 identified
lines, and other
:,
intercommunicating systems, all
representing a capital
a capital of four
uuuuimi auu ocrcuiv luxiliuii
dol
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lars. What a story of opportunity
and achievement is incorporated
in these statistics ! How a mighty
business has grown out of what
was called an insane idea!
An engineer in charge of the
construction of the Tehuantepec
Railroad across Mexico asserts
that it will take a majority of busi
ness from the canal. This pro
posed railroad from Coatzacoal on
the Gulf to Saline Cruzon the
Pacific is 190 miles long. They
claim it to be a 2000 mi. shorter
route for the Gulf states in reach-
ing the west than by the proposed
canal route. They say, too, that
canal toll will double the rate of
over which cargo-laden ships may
be transferred from one ocean to
the other.
The engineer says: "The
con-
trading urm of whioU 1 am
member, has been building rail
roads and government works in
Mexico for the last fourteon years.
ihe road will be in operation in a
year. and we shall have all the
freight that we cun carry. The
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time of "ansil, including unload
ing at one end, reloading at the
other, will occupy twenty-four
hours and not more. We shall be
able to carry about 4,000 tons a
week and will probably charge a
cent a mile. The time is not far
off when they will tow boats down
the Mississippi from Chicago to
New Orleans, and then across the
800 miles which separate Coatz
acoal from the mouth of the Mis
sissippi."
Thank God every morning when
you get up that you have some
thing to do that day which must
be done, whether you like it or
not. Being forced t6 work and
forced to do your best will breed
in you temperance and selfcontrol,
diligence and strength ol will
cheerfulness and oontent, and
hundred virtues which the idle
never know. Ex.
NO WHITE MAN.
Minister Crossland Denies the
Report That a White Man
Will be His Secretary
of Legislation.
On February 3 the Globe-Dem
ocrat contained the folloing spe
cial. "St. Joseph Mo., Feb. 2 Her
man Kotbermel, a white republi
can, who came here from Illinois
a short time ago, is to be secretary
to Dr. J. R. A. Crossland, the
new minister to Liberia, according
to a political story, which is accept
ed as good here. The job pays
$1,800 a year."
In order to get at the truth
about the above report, The
American Eagle wrote Minister
Crossland, and received the fol
lowing answer :
THE ANSWER.
Hon. James I). Miller,
American Eagle, 2205
editor,
Morgan
street, St. Louis, Mo.
My Dear Sir I received
your
letter this morning containing
clipping from the Globe-Democrat
as a special from St. Joseph, in
which it was stated, that Herman
Rotherrael a white republican, is
to be my secretary of legation to
Liberia.
You know that I have alwajs
been a stickler for my race. No
white man will be considered or
appointed as my secretary of lega
tion. You may say this much
rlease send me a copy or. your
paper, if anything is said. I
thank you in advance for any and
all courtesies extended.
Yours respectfully,
J. R. A. Crossland, M. D
United States Minister Resident
and Consul General to Liberia
The American Eagle.
AMONG THE COLLEGES.
The Michigan Law Review will
make its first appearance on June
It will be edited by Prof,
Flovd R. Meechem.
Vassar and Wellesley will hold
a joint debate at Wellesley, the
date to be not later than May 1.
The international student con
vention will be held at Toronto
February 26 to March 2 and it is
expected that there will be a good
representation from Missouri.
Pledges for $1,500,000 have
been received for the new women's
college to be erected on the uni
versity of Chicago grounds. Miss
Helen Gould is said to be one of
the doners. This building will
practically end coeducation at the
great Chicago university.
The correct enrollment at Prince
ton is as follows: Graduate stu
dents, 117 ; academic, 7G0 ; scien
tific; total, 1354. The officers
ar e:Trustees, 27; alumni trustees,
5 ; faculty and instructors, 101 ;
university officers, 15 ; fellows, 16 ;
total, 164.
Dr. John Manley, at the head of
the English department of the
university of Chicago, will lecture
at the M. S. U. on February 21,
his subject being "English Miracle
and Mystery Plays."
Dr. J. E. Pope of the state uni
versity, will deliver a lecture be
fore the Greenwod club, of Kansas
City, on March 7 on the subject of
"The Distribution of Wealth."
On the next night he will lecture
before the teachers of Kansas City
on the "Social Effects of Machin
ery."
The first donation of Indian
relics to the state university of
Missouri for the purpose of. es
tablishing a museum of prehistoric
American archaeology has been
made by Mr. O. L. Steele, a mem
ber of the class in ethnology. They
comprise numerous arrowheads
and spearheads, collected in the
of Hartsburg, Boone
President Roosevelt's
county.
After
graduation from Harvard he at
tended the Columbia law school
for some time, and was there
elected to the legal fraternity of
Phi Delta Phi. In 1899 he received
from Columbia the honorary degree
of doctor of laws and consequently
may be regarded as in one sense
a Columbia man, and it is very fit
ting that he should be invited to
take part in the installation services
of April 19.
Efforts are being made through
State Superintendent Carrington
to have the state Board of education
to establish a new summer normal.
It will probably be held at Lincoln
Inst.
NIGHT TURNS TO DAY.
Arc lights are to be established
on the World's Fair site, and work
will be pushed day and night by
shifts except in the coldest weath
er. This announcement was made
yesterday from the office of Di
rector of Works Isaac 6. Taylor,
and is regarded as a solution to the
problem of beating time in the race
toward the completion of the expo
sition. President D. R. Francis, of
the exposition company, has had a
conference with President Robert
Brookings, of Washington uni
versity, relative to the time requir
ed to complete the work on the
administration building and those
equipments of the university plant
which are to be employed to fur
ther the work of building the
Fair, and it is understood that in
creased effort has been promised.
It was announced yesterday that
the electric power plant which is a
part of the equipment of, the uni
versity has practically been fin
ished, greater effort having been
directed to this part of the work,
as it was the first to be needed by
the exposition company. The
lights to be suppplied here were
intended originally for only the
lighting of the administration
building, as the main structure of
the university is known, but the
immediate need of light on the
ground will, it is said, result in
the power being thus utilized for
the time being.
Chief Engineer Richard Phil
lips, who is in charge of matters
on the site, is working out tne
ighting problem with his assist
ants and making final preparations
for the introduction of the arcs.
t is stated that this arrangement
has been understood Dy the con
tractors who have undertaken to
perform seemingly impossible
feats, and that they have reckoned
on almost twice the amount of
working time for their work that
would at first appear in the con
tracts. Night will be turned, into
day and two, or perhaps, thfee,
shifts of men. will be used in all
departments of the work.
The milder weather yesterday
was cause for a geni revival of
plans for the activityvm the site.
The channel and RiveXes Peres
contractors resumed their work
with a will yesterday, ahvl the
forces employed will be rujUdly
increased. In addition to tnVs,
new work will be commenced
most immediately. The Round-
tree Construction company will
have the first of its force at work
by the end of this week, consist
ing of twenty-five men, to drive
piling as a foundation for the
vuried industries building. Next
week 300 men will be added to the
force, the latter to begin on the
work of making staff. The first
supplies of plaster of paris needed
for this work will probably come
from local firms, but arrangements
are being made to secure larger
supplies as needed. In addition
to this, the company has placed
orders for 300 car loads of lumber,
20 car loads of iron and steel, 60,
000 sacks of plaster of paris and
1,000,000 feet of staff. -
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