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The Hall Wesleyan to Gora to JUST RECEIVED HAGE FOUR TIE WOK SURDAY, JANUARY 1921 Watch Night SerTHE WORKMAN vice at Colon The Watch right service in Conection with the simpner dges (ETON 2435 ide of No. 22 Central Avenue. Panama City Colon, No 2776. Cisswillpad 04, Loyal Princess No. 2807 and Rose of the Isthnu) unter PHONE 692.
the Colon District No. 210 was heid in the Lige Hall 4th and Streets on the evening of Dec.
2411, 1919 This service was presided over Groceries!
by Bro. Tuintenso P.
which was a most suita din.
The Liberty of the Press is the palladium of our rivuts. JENIS Addresses on Slowpherdry were We Carry a full line of Groceries: Chocolates, delivered by the Chairman, Bros SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1920 Wynter, Meeks aud sisters Household Hardware, Cigars, Special line of Jamaica Jackson and Seaton ineeting was originally in Sons of Sihiopia, Eyes Froni. tended for only the members of Cigarettes, Toilet Articles, Etc. Etc. Etc.
the Lodges; but the service being a yearly one people look forThe second year of the Negro Rennaisance has dawred.
ward to it with much interest There stands a sun in the Eastern horizon rising in the rear by year, consequently the in and out to was thronged glory of diamondine radiance. It is a sun that will know no Drop in and inspect our Stock or phone your order, its utmost capacity setting. It marks a new era, a new spirit, a new people, a The service came to a close nev history. This second decade of the twentieth century we make. free deliveries.
shortly after midnight when prewill see the birth of events never before witnessed in the parations were made for the pro cession Preceded by a well history of man, and especially, of that race of man with known band of Not musi; they started at 45 a. m, for the the ebony hue.
This race that is sometimes called NEGRO and some Open Until p. on week days Church where an appropriate sermon was the time COLORED has come forth into a prominence that has Parker searched haing over, made all other peoples put their hands under their chins Sundays until 12 Noon.
they wen ded their way to and wonder with grim amazement. The feeling called hate ernor Reuben Areia residences has been increased in the breast of a race that abhors sna the British Consul and everything black except ink and dress goods, and a feeling presented each with an address known as defiance has been born in the breast of a people to which suitable replies were who have been intelligently instructed, and who know that given. The addresses are given below, the replies will appear celor, like nationality, is only an accident, and that all nanext week.
After the delivery tiens of the earth have been made of ONE BLOOD.
of the addresses the procession With this spirit of defiance the Negroes of Panama paraded the streets returning 10 the fall at 15 thus bringing to have entered upon the field of battle and have taken up a close the finest and largest pro a strong position. We have not started a war of opposicession of any faternal society in tion or aggression; ours is one of defense and self preserva Colon tion, and as we have begun we shall continue marching onBOOTS and SHOES REYNOLDS ward to the sound of the most glorious order: EYES Address to Governor Arcia.
FRONT! Our orders are not the blundering accents of Calen, Dec. 15th 1919.
for Balaclava, but the immortal words of historic Trafalgar His Excellency parodized The Negro race expects every man to do his Senor Dun Ruben Arcia, duty. But we canno: make another successful step unless Young Men, Boys and Girls Governor of the Province We keep our eyes in front.
of Colon, We must all use the past for inspiration by MODERATE PRICES Republic of Panama, those acts and experiences that are calculated to help and May it please Your Excellency.
encourage. The experiences of hurtful memory should not Come and have a look at the assortment.
We, the officers and members be thrown aside, and we should think in terms of success of the following lodges, viz for the future. We are keeping in line with our marching Effort No. 2335, Pride of orders mindful of the fact that the tender footed and Colon No. 2776, Cass willpold weak kneed will always straggle or drop out of the No. 2804, Loyal Princess. No EDUARDO VALENCIA 2997 and the Rose of the Isthmus ranks.
Guvenile) under the jurisdiction The tirades against the spirit of independence which, Santa Ana Plaza Next Hotel Metropole of the Colon District No. 210.
pow and then, appear in the columns of a local contempoall of which being of the Loyat lary purporting to be from the pens of colored writers Order of Ancient Shepherds, are too basely nonsensical to evoke anything more than the Unity, Friendly Society desire to to express to you the ordinary sigh of disgust; yet it seems natural for one to benching you the Cbief Execu: it attords us in aplieve that, in most cases, these writings are really the fulminations of enemy propaganda like the famous (or rather Editorialettes the greatest brains and cali is the subordination of insu tive of the Province of Colou at infamous) James Biathwaite vituperations of five years bre among us, and it is to lar ideas and the emphasiz. Nativity of our chiet Shopherd this the Anniversary of the ago, when a gold employee of the Panama Canal, in his these men that the intelli ing of the better interests of in wishing you, and through you act of boosting the white locals disguised his lingo by em Leadership: gent people are looking for the race. If there are any the President of this republic ploying a combination of West Indian rusticisms with the Not much manifestation is leadership. To overlook such true signs of coalition of the and other officials the compliuse of a non de plume and a fabulous metal check.
sho vn as to the possession of men of dignity and influence islanders, it should be the ef ments of the season.
It will never pay to take notice of the inconsistent qualities for leadership and select characters from fort of every Negro from We desire further to express the estimation and appreciation fakes hand out now and again; especially when such quacks whose ambitions and ainis last nail into the coffin of the the spirit of co operation by wcho note with extrane and fakes ask questions and make public insinuations are far beyond the dimen Negro hopes. It is the most we want to ford ahead, and Satisfaction that you do not con against the integrity and ability of the W. and sions of their natural capa nonsensical thing to expect to do so as rapidly as we sider sider yourself too exalted to atR. L. to help the colored people on the Isthmus. The man biiities. iu viher words, there that West Indians of note can. Lagging, will not help tend to the coinplaints of the amongst us; who can see the good that the Union is doing is either an is a marked display of igno would ever submit to the di us; nor will insularity, nor aremal vente veiling and we are you do egregious jack ass, a duppy crab, or an idiot. rance in which certain well rection of a clique of unde. will partiality. This commu be associated with any movement What the Union is doing could not be accomplished known rear enders are en sirables, whose tolerat ion nity is cosmopolitan and it that tends for the betterment by any other institution organized in this country. What deavouring to force them among respectable West In takes men with bigger brains and uplitt of tiie poorer classes the Union can do is a question for bright intellects to an selves upon the canvas before dians is the fact that they than a political quack to and especially at this time when swer. The faith of ninety nine hundredths of the silver an audience that knows the are colored people, and thus make any enterprise among in over the whole world where Wave of social is passemployees is riveted in it, and the pessimism of a handful difference between a jack deserve some amount of ra the race profitable. First, in order to new Negroes of lugubrious nincompoops will not be able deflect the in daw in borrowed feathers cial sympathy and pity. find out if the thing is worth Clamouring and strimin e for alle Aluence which it now sways over the most intelligent of the and a pea cock. It will never Nothing more.
notice and support, and when recognition amongst other races, be possible for men of ques. Keep it Up: convinced, boost it and keep we place implicit confidence in men on the Silver Roll.
support morally and other.
your The officers and members of the Union are too sensi tionable motives and reputawise.
Whenever one has ble to be bluffed into a controversy by the rotten bait of tion to palm off sucessfully as We also note with great satisfaction and pride the fact that an impostor who writes under an inapplicable non de leaders of any race. Corne on a good thing the Nineteen Twenty: with the advent of three great plume, or masquerades in cog as a Negro laborer. They clean is the shibboleth of accomplish it successiu ly An old friend passed away organizations The United Bro fession that his cranium is so impervious to information leaders of the race keep dirty suspend its progress, just let are now in the year 1920 and Improvement Association and Universal and facts that he is in ignorance of the doings the Bro hands there will never be any it alone The future of our if the brilliance of a tropical African Communities League real progress. The people in organizations depends more sun betokens anything, this and The International Long therhood.
bust at this time the leaders of the Brotherhood are Panama know who are quali opopfile abilitzer ein kleine he will be a most prosperous ahoremen Association in us passing through the busiest period of the organization fied leaders; and are deter people together than on the life; they are working on an important matter that means mined to follow them all the big speeches and great pro year for the people in Pana Republic, you have given the premoters your unqualified all to the Brotherhood. The duty of every member should time; beyond this, no one mises pledged by the so called the The day obroke fine, and under de manera todhesupport in thrusting up supporters of the schemes. dor all the day. Not a sign our way.
the sun shone in splen prises have placed no obstacle in be to keep his eyes in front and follow his captain; not loaf will on the sides and grumble like a hopeless turn coat. on the community a gang of Many of us possess our These matters, Your ExcellenWe will admit that it is time the members became time servers and parasites own opinion of the boasted of rain, was seen anywhere.
Pleasure seekers West In about and spooners joy hope and pray that your life ofte roamed cy, tend to endear you more closely to us all, and we slacerely somewhat impatient, on account of the unfulfilled pledges whose first and last principle unification of which have tantalized them; but the circumstances sur is GRAFT. We have men of dians. But what is desired rode and danced all around. cial career might be a long and rounding the operations of the Union are not yet of the Mirth and happiness walked prosperous one, and that the ciw character that could provoke distrust or aggravate inter is the expression of the aspirations of nearly sixteen thous hand in hand and sat to (Continued on Page 6)
gether around banquet tables nal dissatisfaction. Everything, so far, is going on nicely and alien employees on the Panama Canal.
with the Union and the present situation might be comEyes Front! is the order of the day. There is where and bill boards, chatting ascend in price. Which. We pared to the darkest hour which comes immediately before the success lies; not in dubious reflections nor pessimistic freely over prognostications will either be relieved from the dawn, utterances, but in an unshakable confidence that an or and forecast of the year. It the present dying condition, The brightest future lies before the Brotherhood, and ganization which has included in its membership the great will either be better or worse or otherwise starke to death a surprise that will embitter the enemies of the Union is in est brains on the Isthmus will not live as unfruitful a life as than the past year, that a If the routlook Pise no better store for them all. Nothing that they can do will thwart one that was composed of a string gullible soft heads hauled cinch. Articles of first neces than it was twelve months the progress of this movement li hich, as it stands to day, around and bamboozled by a bunch of iron faced crooks. sity must either descend or ago, murder!
Ashton