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Newspaper
The Tulsa Star
Location
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1914
Page
4
A Tulsa area opinion piece argues Oklahoma Negroes are prosperous yet fail to develop cooperative businesses in oil and gas coal and wholesale sectors. It blames white patronage and race leaders for missed opportunities and praises farmers like JH Hamilton Bristow for success. The writer urges investing in land and safe ventures to solve the race problem and calls for neighborly support.
A letter from A J Smitherman rebuts Rev McConnell's views on Black literacy and morality. He cites 70 percent literacy today versus 5 percent fifty years ago, notes Black professionals, banks, newspapers, and homes expanded since emancipation, and argues for equal opportunity and racial pride amid charges of degeneration. He calls for public debate on the Colored question.
A reader quotes Rev Me Connel accusing African Americans of crimes and inferiority. The writer condemns the sermon as ignorant and unscrupulous, defends racial equality, and urges prayer and moral righteousness rather than bigoted rhetoric. The letter insists blacks seek fair chances across all walks of life and notes the existence of both good and bad within every race.
Public notice of candidates PAT MALLORY seeking Congress in the First District and J W WoopronD running for Tulsa County Judge, both subject to Democratic primary on August 4 1914.
A series of notices announce candidates for Tulsa County offices subject to Democratic primaries. I H Scharffer seeks County Judge in 1914, BD Dalton for County Treasurer in 1944, J W Wooley for Sheriff in 1914, and another Sheriff bid in 1914, all clarifying primary dates.
Multiple staged notices announce candidacies for Creek and Tulsa county offices including County Clerk County Treasurer and Superintendent of Creek county. Names include Lewis B. Cline Stella Con Carlos Cox Herman Killebrew Henry Clay King and J Fox Sapulpa and Tulsa region. Primary date August 4 1914 and August 1914.
Charles Barrett announces his withdrawal from the Democratic nomination race for congressman in Oklahoma's Fourth District while Chas Barrett Bhawnos, Oklahoma, seeks support. Mrs C K Maddox announces candidacy for Creek County Clerk and ex officio register, subject to August 4, 1914 primary voters.
The text asserts God made all nations to dwell on earth and condemns an attack on white residents. It defends the speaker against accusations of prejudice and cites a claim that governmental statistics show 70 percent literacy among a race, framing the issue as a defense of white superiority and public insult.
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