The Afro-American Review du lieu suivant : Pittsburg, Kansas • 7

REVIEW PAGE SEVEN. TERICAN every day life. evelopement. of good manners dren depends upon the presgood manners in the home. fection and personal solicitude ch others' comfort controls the of the elder people that ar fund the hearthstone the little ildr in will not be long in catching les pirit as well as the action.

hilden reared in such homes are kually easy and self possessed in IV company. They are not obliged put on when among strangers. TI re may be occasions when childen ed to be reminded that they are etur or selfish angry or boisterIS ward or obsrusive thoughtless el, uncouth or vulgar, impertnel or disrespectful. There are when they need to be shown ow be gentle and considerate, to ontr their temper and to respect the hts of others, to be self-sacfic and generous, to be modest Ind kiring. child is entitled to be taught he manners of form in table hanne in entering and leaving ther homes, in meeting people on the treet, in inviting or accepting the company of others, in welcoming and Intertaining guests.

These virtues at the very basis of good manners. A. N. Wright. Principal of Douglas School, Pittsurg, Kan.

Iola, Kansas, June Samuel Barrett of the Afro-American Review lectured in the 1st A. M. E. hurch Rev. Green, pastor, on subect of "The Race Problem in Ameria.

and the Part That We Must Play 30 its Nolution" to a large audience. ill who heard the editor agreed that de was not only an able orator, but ave us many things to think of. OBSE VATIONS ON RACE CONDITON IN COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS. Cof ville, Kansas is in the exreme southern end of the state. The general population is estimated at About 20,000.

One thousand is a conerv: ive estimate of the number of Americans residing in the city. were very much pleased to learn the matter of the accumulaproperty our people were making a great showing; fully 95 per cent owned their own homes; and a deal of this material wealth great was owned by young people. Coffeyville has one police officer of the race who is very efficient and gives excellent satisfaction. Coffeyville hasn't as many and as varied business enterprises among people as it should have, but it our has a few. There is the E.

and M. Drug Co. which has been in operation a year. It was started by two young men of the race, Mr. Frank D.

Eagleson and Mr. David C. Morris. Mr. Eagleson is a native of Topeka and is the son of the founder of the Topeka Plaindealer.

Mr. Morris is a native of Coffeyville. The drug store is a very creditable one, jand both of young men believe in supporting race enterprises. They are genial, pleasant and have business sense. They have a good trade and when the race learns more race pride they will get more.

They have the stuff that wins. There are three grocery stores, but neither one of them are loyal to race enterprises. They are always finding some frivolous excuse for not patronizing race industries. There are a couple of restaurants. One does not know how to treat its customers and is unfriendly to race enterprises, by refusing to aid them, and the other overcharges.

The result is that they are not getting the trade they would get if they studied their business better and treated their customers so that they would come back again. A large number of our people are simply forced to patronize restaurants that are more reasonable in their prices, and who cater to their trade. There are two lawyers in the city. There are two doctors in the city. Both are able and efficient men and while they get a fair practice they deserve more.

There is an upholsterer in the city also, a hat cleaner, There is a merchant tailor in Coffeyville, good and efficient and yet, notwithstanding that he has been there for years he does not get anythink like a reasonable portion of our people's trade. There are seven churches in the city, four Baptist and three Methodist But the race in Coffeyville is not together. There is considerable jealousy among them. We have been informed by reliable men that our people don't like to see one another rise and instead of encouraging those who are trying to do something, they do all they can to discredite and discourage. Afro-Americans in Coffeyville ought to have sense enough to know that the race can only succeed in proportion as all succeed.

And no one man can succeed alone. He must have the help and cooperation of his brethren. The race here is standing in its own light when it fails to push along every individual and every movement that has for its object the betterment of race conditions. Each man and woman if he or she is of the right kind of material when he gets on top will lift the other fellow on top with him, Certainly that must be the spirit if we are to do anything anywhere. The grasping man, the man who wants it all, the envious man, the man who does all he can to keep the other fellow from making it has no place in the present development of the race and must eventually be relegated to the rear.

FAKE AFRO-AMERICAN NEWS. PAPER MEN. The Afro-American who goes thru this or any other state representing publications which don't exist or without authority and who collects money for the same should be exposed as a fraud. Nothing has given us more annoyance as we have gone thru the state to have people of both races tell us of these fake newspaper men. And while every newspaper man is not by any manner of reasoning a fakir, the dishonest conduct of these dishonest newspaper men has a ter dency to weaken confidence and retard the progress of legitimate publications.

The Wichita Broadax, The Hutchinson Blade, The Times-Herald and the Topeka Plaindealer ought to take a hint and help to protect the profession from disreputable men..