Blames Silk Shirts for Social Unrest Atlanta, October 19. Born as a slave, and now reputed to be one of the wealthiest and most respected negroes in the South, David T, Howard, 71 years old, to-day celebrated his golden wedding anniversary and made it the occasion to give some advice to_members of his race, Having begun on a legacy of $450 loft by his former master Howard now owns a business rated as the fourth largest of its kind in the city, and financial institutions readily make loans on his name. have never wasted time, never went in for wild oats, never saw a baseball game and never danced a step but always attended amy business," said Howard, "No social equality for me; no sane-thinking negro wakfs it."
The negro today, Howard said, wanted justice in the courts, better accommodations on railroad trains and more schools for his children.
"Too many silk shirts and, too much good time," he said, were the causes of racial unrest.—"New York Times."
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