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SEVENTY-FIVE PER CENT OF THE COLORED MEN AND WOMEN Throughout the State of Illinois; Will On Tuesday April 13th, Record Their Votes In Favor of the Nomination of General Leonard Wood, For President of the United States (3) MAJOR GENERAL LEONARD WOOD. Steadfast and uncompromising champion of equal, civil and political rights for all American citizens, regardless of their race, color or nationality, who is dead-set against "Jim Crowism," secregation, disfranchisement, mob and lynch law; who stands very high in the estimation of the colored people in all parts of this country; who is far in the lead at the present time for the nomination for President of the United States. MUCH HOPE FOR DR. CAREY. There is much interest centered around the election of Rev. A. J Carey, the presiding elder of the Chicago district, as one of the bishops of the A. M. E. connection who will be elected at St. Louis in May. TO HOLD SERMON Great preparations are being made by the general committee of U. B. F. and S. M. T. for their annual sermon which will be held the fourth Sunday in May. ```markdown ``` [Name] HON. HARVEY A. WATKINS. Treasurer of Bethel A. M. E. Church, populal real estate dealer, strong supporter of Geo Wood for President of the United States, who the great meeting in honor of General Wood Phillips High School Sunday afternoon, April 11 of Bethel A. M. E. Church, popul dealer, strong supporter of Ge- president of the United States, who met in honor of General Woo School Sunday afternoon, April 11 Treasurer of Bethel A. M. E. Church, popular and successful real estate dealer, strong supporter of General Leonard Wood for President of the United States, who will preside at the great meeting in honor of General Wood at Wendell Phillips High School Sunday afternoon, April 11, at 3 o'clock. THE BROAD AX WILL SPEAK Mr. Charles Scatchel Morris, Jr., the well known orator of Norfolk, Va. will speak before the regular monthly meeting of the Virginia Society Wednesday evening, April 21, at Bailey's Hall, 3638 State street. GOES TO CANADA. After spending considerable time in the city where she was called suddenly on account of the death of her aunt, Mrs. Ida P. Thaddeus, Mrs. M. Strothers has returned to her home in Toronto, Canada. THE BEST OF THE WORLD A. Church, popular and success-supporter of General Leonard United States, who will preside at of General Wood at Wendell afternoon, April 11, at 3 o'clock. Governor, Frank O. Lowden Failed to Respond to the Following Letter Forwarded to Him By Julius F. Taylor General Leonard Wood to Speak on the South Side As the race riots in this city drew to a close, the latter part of July and the first part of August, 1919, and after the atmosphere had been somewhat clarified, the writer forwarded a copy of the following letter to the present chief executive of the great state of Illinois, but never received any reply or response to it. The letter was as follows: Chicago, August 12, 1919. Hon. Frank O. Lowden. My Honorable Sir: It has been stated through the columns of the public press, that owing to the recent "race riots" in Chicago, that you are in favor of creating a Race Commission, composed of an equal number of white and colored men; that you have publicly expressed your desire to have the commission to arrive at some kind of a tacit understanding or secret agreement, whereby the colored people must be restricted or segregated in districts by themselves, which would mean "Jim Crowism" in the fullest sense or term of that word. In view of the fact that there has been so many conflicting reports or statements concerning your views on this far reaching and important question or proposition, that I would deem it a great favor if you would set forth your views, in an article over your own signature, for publication in The Broad Ax, in relation to the segregation or the separation of the white and colored race along "Jim Crow" lines in Chicago and throughout the State of Illinois. I remain, respectfully, your most obedient servant, JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Editor of The Broad Ax. 6206 S. Elizabeth Street. No sane person can ever accuse us as being unfriendly to Governor Lowden although he made a very bad Sunday afternoon, April 11, at 3 o'clock, Major General Leonard Wood, the most prominent Republican candidate for President of the United States will be present and speak at the Wendell Phillips High School 39th street and Prairie avenue. It will be one of the largest and far THE MUNICIPAL VOTERS LEAGUE WENT DOWN TO DEFEAT TUESDAY AFTER BEING DEALT SOME TERRIBLE UPPER CUTS AND SEVERE BODY BLOWS BY MAYOR WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON. Tuesday, the head ducks, all milionaires, the owners and the heads and the fronts of the Municipal Voters' League were rushed on down to defeat by Mayor William Hale Thompson in the nine wards in which aldermanic contests were held and the following aldermen who were the tools and the abject slaves were cast aside in their respective wards Earl J. Walker, Joseph I. Novak, John H. Bauler, George Pretzel, and Herman Krumdick. The following old and new aldermen were elected: *5-Ald. Robert J. Mulcahy...1,118 *8-Ald.Martin A. Funman...2,315 *9-Ald. S. W. Govier...1,399 12-Joseph Cepak...3,872 22-Leo C. Klein...1,846 21-Charles J. Agnew...2,280 *24-Ald. John Haderlein...1,023 26-Thomas R. Caspers...4,791 27-Christ Jensen...1,924 In the Eleventh Ward John C. Kruse and Dennis A. Horan go to a supplementary election in May. The star indicates the re-election of old aldermen. The Municipal Voters' League received its first real black eye and from henceforth it should not be permitted to dictate to the aldermen how they must vote to suit or to displease the bosses of the Municipal Voters' League. OF THE CO Tuesday April 13th, Ree Wood, For President I.O. Lowden Failed ing Letter Forwarded to Julius F. Taylor and disgraceful record in attempting not to handle or conduct the military arm of the authority or power invested in him by the people of the great State of Illinois, in connection with the "race riots" at East St Louis, Illinois the first part of May, and the first part of July, 1917, and not possessing the backbone nor the courageous manhood to discharge his sworn duty at that time. Like unto Governor Morrow of Old Kentucky, when he ordered his soldiers to shoot to kill in order to stamp out mob and lynch law and to restore and uphold law and order and the orderly administration of justice, will cost Governor Lowden thousands of votes among the colored men and women in this city and state Tuesday, April 13, for there is no power on earth that can compel the progressive colored people who dearly love law and order to vote for Governor Lowden for the nomination of President of the United States. In passing we want it distinctly understood that we never have in the past requested Governor Lowden to do one thing for us in the way of placing us in a cheap job and we do not entertain the slightest ill feeling against him, but we honestly feel that out of the more than three hundred thousand colored people in this state, that Governor Lowden could have without trying very hard found one of them worthy of being appointed to some representative position for from every point of view a first class position was due the colored people when we take into consideration the solid colored vote of this state in 1916. Only once did we attempt to call on Governor Lowden at the State House, Springfield to pay our respects to him as one of the humble citizens of Illinois. That was the latter part of August 1917, we have letters of intro- reaching mass meetings ever held in this city. General Wood desires to have a heart to heart talk with the colored people of Chicago. Capt. Marshall Field, chairman of the Leonard Wood Campaign Committee for Cook Country and Senator Charles F. Hurburgh. INTERCHURCH WORLD MOVE MENT. Dr. S. Earl Taylor, General Secretary of the Interchurch World Movement, makes public the following statement, authorized by the Executive Committee: "The Interchurch World Movement declares statements recently made to the effect that 'millions of dollars are being poured into the churches for repressive campaigns against various industrial groups' are false. "It is not a part of the program or policy of the Interchurch World Movement or of its Industrial Relations Department, as has been alleged, that legitimate grievances of manual workers should be ignored, or that such toilers should be blocked in their efforts to obtain amelioration of unfavorable conditions under which many of them work. "Justice for all—for employer, for employee and for the public, and the arousing of the Christian conscience of the nation to bring about a rule of justice, constitute the immediate objective of the Industrial Relations Department of the Interchurch World Movement. The study of conditions affecting employer and employee is a part of the program of the Industrial Relations Department. These studies take cognizance of the discontent which exists. The department is working to discover the factors which produce it. "The report of the Commission appointed to investigate the general problem of industrial unrest and certain specific manifestations of this unrest in several of the basic industries of the country is nearing completion. In due time this report will be published." duction to him from Hon. Samuel A. Ettelson, State Senator and corporation Counsel of Chicago and the other letter was from Hon. Martin B. Madden, member of Congress from the First Congressional District of Illinois. On entering the large reception room we presented our card to his head secretary, Mr. Sutton, who entered Governor Lowden's private room with it and on re-appearing he informed us that the Governor would see us after while. For over two hours we sat and waited and then waited some more and in the meantime fifteen or twenty men who had entered the reception room long after we had were ushered into his private office and after sitting and waiting for almost three hours Governor Lowden came rushing out of his private office and as we approached him with our hat in one hand and the letters in the other hand he coldly bowed not condescending to shake hands in presenting the letters to him, he placed them in his pocket without stopping to read their contents, stating that later on he would do so and instruct his secretary to write to us. There is never no desire on our part to force or compel high public officials to make any special fuss over us nor to show us any favors which they would not freely shower down upon other decent and respectable citizens white or colored, and with great pleasure it can be truthfully stated that when Hon. Charles S. Deneen and Hon. Edward F. Dunne held forth at the State House at Springfield as governors of Illinois that white and colored citizens alike always took their turn on being ushered into their private office. Seemingly for some cause or other Governor Lowden has not been able to work himself up to that point in his official career. vice-chairman of the Leonard Wood National Campaign Committee for Illinois, will be among the other speakers. Mr. Harvey A. Watkins, will serve as chairman. All seats in the Wendell Phillips High School will be absolutely free. Ladies are especially invited to attend the meeting. FRED'K DOUGLASS FOR HALL OF FAME. New York.—Nominations received for the Hall of Fame at New York university, to which fourteen names will be added this fall, include Barbara Frietchie, heroine of Whittier's poem; Susan B. Anthony, pioneer worker for women's rights, and Frederick Douglass, Negro publicist, statesman, and journalist. The nominations, which close May 1, will be considered by the senate of the university and the names approved will be submitted to the board of electors. Douglass is the first Negro suggested to have his name made immortal by being inscribed in the colonnade at the university. The name of Barbara Frietchie was urged by many women's patriotic organizations. BOMB EXPLODES IN FRONT OF NEGRO FLAT BUILDING. A black powder bomb was exploded last Sunday night in front of the vestibule of a four-story flat building at 423 E. Forty-eighth place, occupied by Negroes. The building is owned by Robert B. Jackson, who lives on the second floor. He recently purchased it from Louis Cohen. The apartment is in a neighborhood peopleled mainly by whites, and the police believe racial differences are responsible for the bomb. The explosion did slight damage. None was injured. Thursday evening, April 15, Miss Helen Hagan, who has studied music abroad and who is an expert and exquisite pianist, will appear in recital at Kimball Hall. See ad in another column of this paper. 72 The able and liberal minded attorney for the cation, who will not permit any of the teachers of this city to discriminate against any of the on account of their color or nationality; who is Republican candidate for Committeeman of the whose thousands of loyal friends feel confidence, Tuesday, April 13. all liberal minded attorney for the will not permit any of the teacher discriminate against any of the their color or nationality; who i candidate for Committeeman of the ends of loyal friends feel confiden April 13. The able and liberal minded attorney for the Board of Education, who will not permit any of the teachers in the schools of this city to discriminate against any of the school children on account of their color or nationality; who is the Thompson Republican candidate for Committeeman of the Third Ward; whose thousands of loyal friends feel confident of his re-election, Tuesday, April 13. MAYOR WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON, HON. MICHAEL G. WALSH AND OTHERS CONTEND THAT HON. THOMAS J. HEALY DOES NOT LIVE IN THE THIRTIETH WARD. THAT HE RESIDES IN A MODERN FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLAR FLAT BUILDING AT 5000 DORCHESTER AVENUE. The fight for Committeeman of the 30th Ward between Hon. James W Breen and Hon. Thomas J. Healy grows more bitter as each day rolls around, and the indications are, that after the fighting is all over, that Mr. Breen, with the aid of Mayor William Hale Thompson and the Colored voters, will be elected Committeeman of that ward. Mayor Thompson and Hon. Michael G. Walsh and other speakers at the great meeting in the interest of Mr. Breen, which was held at St. Paul's C. M. E. Church two weeks ago, all declared that Mr. Healy does not live in the 30th Ward; that he resides among the silk stocking element in a fine fifty-thousand-dollar flat building at 5000 Dorchester avenue. Mayor Thompson calls on all his Colored friends in the 30th Ward, and white friends as well, to rally to the support of Mr. Breen on Tuesday, April 13, and elect him Committeeman of the 30th Ward. ```markdown ``` 1930 [Name] Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chicago son candidate for Committeeman of the who will make a desperate effort to win Tuesday, April 13. sporation Counsel of Chicago a for Committeeman of the T a desperate effort to win out 13. Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chicago and the Thompson candidate for Committeeman of the Thirtieth Ward who will make a desperate effort to win out at the election Tuesday, April 13. Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chicago and the Thompson candidate for Committeeman of the Thirtieth Ward who will make a desperate effort to win out at the election Tuesday, April 13. attorney for the Board of Edu- ry of the teachers in the schools inst any of the school childre- nality; who is the Thompson mitteeman of the Third Ward; ds feel confident of his re-elec- vators, will be elected Committeeman of that ward. Mayor Thompson and Hon. Michael G. Walsh and other speakers at the great meeting in the interest of Mr. Breen, which was held at St. Paul's C. M. E. Church two weeks ago, all declared that Mr. Healy does not live in the 30th Ward; that he resides among the silk stocking element in a fine fifty-thousand-dollar flat building at 5000 Dorchester avenue. Mayor Thompson calls on all his Colored friends in the 30th Ward, and white friends as well, to rally to the support of Mr. Breen on Tuesday, April 13, and elect him Committeeman of the 30th Ward. [Image of a man with a dark background, wearing a suit and a bow tie. The man's face is partially visible, with a neutral expression.] of Chicago and the Thompson of the Thirtieth Ward port to win out at the election, In this city since July 18th, 1899 without missing one single issue. Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, Single Taxes, Priests, infidels or anyone else can have their say so long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year .....$3.00 Six Months .....$1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX $900 So. Elizabeth St., Chicago, Ill. Phone Wentworth 2507 JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher DR. M. A. MAJORS Associate Editor 4700 South State Street Phone Drexel 1416 Vol. XXV. April 10, 1920 No. 29 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago. IL. Under Act of March 3, 1879. THE MUSIC CABINET. Articles pertaining to music and musicians will be found in this column each week. Matter intended for publication must be in not later than Tuesday. Address all communications to the Music Cabinet, 6450 Champlain avenue, Chicago, Illinois. NEGRO FOLK MUSIC. The songs of the Negro, a peculiarly American product, are of undoubted worth. From the advent of the Negro into America, may be traced influences which have a marked effect in the production of music both of a popular and of a more pretentious character. The Negro brought his own crude songs when he was imported to this country from his native land. It is claimed that of all the undeveloped races, the African Negro seems to have been the most gifted musically, for his primitive melodies resemble those of the Caucasian more closely than do those of any similar people. In his native home, the Negro made use of music in his incantations and religious observances much after the same manner as the Indians in America. Connected with these rites were many weird chants which served to form the foundation of music which developed under his new environment. In spite of other influences, the Negro melodies as we have them today still retain to a great extent their exotic traits. The Negro melodies are frequently formed on the pentatonic (or five toned) scale, in which the 4" and 7" tones are omitted. The Negro songs were born of a people under oppression and naturally express, both in words and music, a spirit of resignation touched with yearnings to reach a better land which promised freedom from bondage. In order to form a true conception of Negro songs, it is necessary to hear them sung by their creators, for there is that peculiarity in the Negro voice which it is hard to imitate, and a manner of singing which is characteristic. In speaking of the unique harmony produced by a chorus of untrained singers of Negro melodies, one writer remarked: "It is strange how these untrained singers, in spite of their apparently hapazhard way of 'joining in', will always keep the most perfect rhythm and will rarely produce discords." The prevalent use of the minor mode is another characteristic of his music. Triple time is rarely used, the majority of his songs having either two or four beats to the measure. Another feature is the common use of "syncopations" such as are found in the so-called "rag-time" music of today, which feature found its source in the Negro melodies. Song was to the Negro the only means of expressing his emotions and feelings, and from these songs may be formed the truest idea of his character and disposition. In them is expressed a childlike simplicity and faith of a people yet on the borderland of enlightenment. It is song which is intimately connected with the singer's work and play, his joy and sorrow, his expression of things temporal and spiritual. While religious emotions called into being the larger part of the songs, there are others which picture conditions of slave life. They were those sung at dunk when returning from work, and these show the dark side of slavery. There are others which show (Continued on page 3) 1920 ATTORNEY DAVID I. SWANSON. Deneen Republican candidate for Committeen Thirty-first Ward, who was born and raised in the is putting up the fight of his life to be elected Com Tuesday, April 13. Deneen Republican candidate for Committeeman of the Thirty-first Ward, who was born and raised in the ward; who is putting up the fight of his life to be elected Committeeman, Tuesday, April 13. Attorney David I. Swanson, the Deneen Republican candidate for Committeeman of the 31st Ward, was born and raised in the ward which he hopes to represent on the Cook County Republican Committee; being born September 24, 1884, and for all of those years he has resided with his highly respected parents at 542 West 57th place. Being ambitious to make something of himself, Mr. Swanson was forced to go to work after emerging from the grammar school, in order to assist his parents. Later on he took up high school work while employed by Swift & Co. After successfully completing the same, he began the study of law at the John Marshall Law School, graduating from it with high honors in 1912, but in order to fully master some high school studies he did not take the bar examination until 1913, passing it more than successfully, and shortly before that time he was connected with Swift & Co. for twelve years, holding several important-positions, such as figuring the position of meats, accounting, sales department, and prior to securing connections with that firm he was assistant to the head of the department of a large wholesale concern; since that time he has held responsible positions in the law department of a large furniture store, was also in the real estate and insurance business for himself and prior to going into the law business was office attorney and adjuster of claims for a large association. Mr. Swanson engaged in the law business on May 1, 1918, with Joel C. Carlson, formerly Assistant State's Attorney, with law offices on the sixth floor of the Otis Building, with branch offices at 5926 S. Halsted street. The following are some of the many warm and steadfast friends of Mr. Swanson who are plugging for him in his fight for Committeeman of the 31st Ward: Hon. Carl Lundberg, former Senator 11th Senatorial District, now Cashier United States Bank, 60th and Halsted Sts.; Congressman William W. Wilson, Washington, D. C.; William J. Lindsay, Master in Chancery, 6 N. Clark St; Mabel Sykes PHOTO W. H. Smith Sr. Class 1900 Nabel Sykes PHOTO W. A. C. SMITH, D.C. HON. WILLIAM H. DELLENBACK Popular and prominent lawyer, Master-in-Chair Circuit Court of Cook County and the Deneen candidate for Committeeman of the Fourteenth looks like a winner with both bands down. date for Committeeman of the horn and raised in the ward; who life to be elected Committeeman Hon. James A. Kearns, Clerk of the Municipal Court, City Hall; Hon Charles S. Deneen, personal friend and neighbor, 29 S. La Salle St.; Hon Joel C. Carlson, former Assistant State's Attorney, 10 S. La Salle St. Hon. Frank P. Sadler, ex-Judge, now Senator 11th Senatorial District, 69 W. Washington St.; Earl C. Hales attorney-at-law, candidate in the last judicial election for judge, 19 S. La Salle St.; Herbert A. Schryver, attorney-at-law, 112 W. Adams St.; William H. Cruden, now State Representative and member of Constitutional Convention, 10204 Wallace St.; Edward B. Lucius, attorney, now State Representative 11th Senatorial District, member of firm of Goodnow, Matthews, Lucius & McNabb, 38 S. Dearborn St.; John S. Rydell, merchant, 60th place and Halsted St.; John A. Nylin, vice president Fidelity Trust and Savings Bank, a new institution on the north side; Dr. W. R. Hepburn, president Englewood Business Men's Association, 6230 S. Halsted St.; E. P. Strandbridge, contractor, 111 W. Washington St.; Rev. R. Keene Ryan, 5614 S. Green St.; Rev. Olaf Heden, 2240 W. 107th St. Mr. Swanson is a member of the Englewood Business Men's Association, and chairman of committee, as well as associate member of several other committees and has taken an active part in all their activities for the benefit of the district. He is a member of the Covenant Baptist Church, 60th and Normal avenue, as well as a member of the Judson Bible Class of the Englewood Swedish Baptist Church, 59th and Emerald avenue, and a member of similar class in the Englewood Baptist Church, Englewood and Stewart avenues. Enlisted in the Motor Transport Corps and was sent to Camp Meigs, but armistice stopped further activity. Mr. Swanson is an honored and prominent member of the following lodges and has held responsible positions in them: John Ericsson Lodge No. 361, I. O. O. F.; Masonic Lodges, Compass Lodge No. 922, A. F. & A. M., Normal Park Chapter No. 210. 1930 er, Master-in-Chancery of the and the Deneen Republican of the Fourteenth Ward, who ends down. The following letter has been sent out broadcast in the Third Ward in the interest of Hon. William A. Bither for Committeeman of that ward, who is the friend of Mayor William Hale Thompson at every stage of the game. Chicago, Ill., April 9, 1920. was some more of Levy's campaign propaganda. That same Bob Levy My Dear Sir: The Colored people of the State of Illinois are at the cross-road of fate. Your vote for Ward Committeeman means more to you than any vote you have cast in the last fifty years. Our Mayor, William Hale Thompson, is fighting to preserve the Constitution and to protect you and me under Amendments 13, 14 and 15. That element of the Republican Party, known as the Brundage and Deneen factions, also known as the Lily-Whites, are opposing him with thousands of dollars and every sinister influence possible, backed by the commercialized press and the State's Attorney, to steal or buy up your rights. If you vote against the Thompson candidate at the solicitation of hired agents, and if your vote should be instrumental in placing Bob Levy, the tool of the Chicago Tribune and Daily News, into power, it means one vote against the enforcement of the Constitution and it also means one vote against the policies of Mayor Thompson and the seating of our colored delegates at the National Convention to be held here this June. Remember our delegates to the last National Convention were only seated through the heroic efforts of our Mayor, who was the National Committeeman from Illinois. Your vote to uphold the traditions of that wing of the Republican Party means more in this election than it will mean November 2nd. Remember Bob Levy is a native of Louisiana; the instinct of segregation and race discrimination is innate, which spirit he has always shown in the management of his string of movie shows. It was only a few years ago the same Bob Levy that is now seeking to buy up the colored voters or mislead them by making flattering promises, who owned the Avenue Theatre at 31st and Indiana avenue, was sued under the Civil Rights Bill by some of our most reputable colored citizens for refusing to seat them where their tickets entitled them to sit. The same Boy Levy now owns movie shows along 47th street that will not accommodate Race patrons. Just a short time ago he absolutely refused to permit any picture to be put on in his house that carried a colored operator. Mr. Charles Strong, 4217 Indiana avenue, one of our most prominent colored operators, suffered bicycott by Levy. Just a few nights ago he threw a white audience into consternation by declaring Bither, the Thompson candidate, was encouraging Race people to move into the Third Ward east of Indiana avenue, and if Bither was elected, there was a company already formed with a capital of $200,000 to buy property for Race tenants, which, of course, R. A. M., Woodlawn Council No. 92, R. & S. M. Mr. Swanson has many warm friends among the Colored people residing in all parts of the 31st Ward who will assist to put him over the top for committeeman of the 31st Ward Tuesday, April 13. REV. JAMES GARFIELD WALKER IS LOYALLY SUPPORTING HON. WILLIAM H. DELLEN-BACK FOR COMMITTEEMAN OF TH 14TH WARD. Many Colored men; in fact more than half of the three thousand Colored voters residing in the Fourteenth Ward, are cheerfully and willingly supporting Mr. Dellenback for Committeeman of that ward, but none of them are more loyally supporting him than Rev. James Garfield Walker, the wide-awake and progressive pastor of St. Paul Presbyterian Church, Washington boulevard and Robey street. In fact all the members of his church are working and shouting for the success of Mr. Dellenback at the polls, Tuesday, April 13. Rev. Walker feels confident that his labors are not in vain; that Mr. Dellenback, who is very broad and liberal-minded, and who is ever ready to befriend the Colored people, will meet with success in his efforts to represent that ward on the Republican Central Committee of Cook county. ALDERMAN JACKSON AND AL DERMAN ANDERSON SECURE LARGEST PLAYGROUND IN CHICAGO. The largest playground and athletic field adjoining a public school in Chicago, will soon be a reality at Wendell Phillips High School, 39th street and Prairie avenue, in the 2nd Ward. All the property lying north of the school between 37th and 38th streets and the alley and Prairie avenue, has been ordered purchased by the Board of Education for this purpose. The new addition will be equipped with the latest playground equipment and the Athletic Field will be laid out along the lines of the most modern Campus. Alderman Jackson conceived the idea and unfolded his plans to his colleague, Alderman Anderson and Hon. Edward H. Weidtje who joined was some more of Levy's campaign propaganda. That same Bob Levy is busy on the west side of the ward, buying up agents to mislead the colored people into voting against themselves. It behooves every colored man in Cook County to think twice before he casts his ballot next Tuesday. If there are enough men of the type of Bob Levy elected, it will not make much difference how you vote this Fall, for you will have the Lily-Whites on one side and the Democrats on the other. It is simply a toss-up, one is about the same as the other. If you are misted by hired agents at this crucial point in our history, it is sure to cause millions of our colored brethren to suffer in heart pangs and curtailment of opportunities in future years. For the sake of the little children to corae, be loyal to yourself in this terrible crisis and vote for William A. Bither, the staunch supporter of William Hate Thompson and his policies, that means equal rights for all and protection to ourselves and children and the future generation. ALONZO J. BOWLING, 4117 Vincennes Avenue, JOSEPH HADDOX, 4559 Wabash Avenue, EVORT BYRON BRISTOL, 4556 St. Lawrence Avenue. It can be truthfully said, to the everlasting credit of Mr. Bither, that he knows no color line in the discharge of his duties as Attorney for the Board of Education; that the parents of colored children who have complaints to make, against some of the teachers in the public schools on account of their race prejudice and narrow-mindedness, always receive the same high consideration at the hands of Mr. Bither, which he freely accords to any other class of American citizens. Within the past few years, Mr. Bither has in a quiet way, assisted any number of colored people, to save their homes, where the mortgages were on the eve of being foreclosed against them, and has either had the old loans extended or secured new loans for them. Mr. Bither has at all times been bitterly opposed to the bombing of the homes of colored people and recently he called on the Honorable State's Attorney of this county and presented him with some valuable information, which would lead to the arrest and conviction of some of the bombers; but so far the Honorable State's Attorney has failed to act on the information presented to him by Mr. Bither. These are some of the reasons why all the colored people residing in the Third Ward should vote for him for Committeeman on Tuesday, April 13. —Editor. diately set the wheels in motion to accomplish his ideals. This school and Ward improvement can be said to be-the greatest achievement of our Aldermen and our new Committeeman. The Broad Ax offers its congratulations to our worthy representatives. —"C." MISS HAGEN IN RECITAL F. Wight Neumann announces Helen E. Hagan in piano recital at Kimbal Hall Thursday evening, April 15, at 8:15 o'clock. Prices: One dollar and a half and one dollar, war tax ten per cent. Box office sale on and after April 11. Exchange tickets can be had from Mr. Cary B. Lewis, 3159 State St Phone Douglas, 3339, and M. M. O. Bousfield, 4230 Champlain Ave. Mail orders will be filled in qrder of receipt. Send self-addressed stamped envelope to F. Wight Neumann, Room 1400 Kimbal Hall—Advt. IMPROVED Mrs. Bettie A. Givens, 27 E. 44th street, and Charles Delaware, 4219 Prairie avenue, are improving after an illness of several days. Boston - Thomas S. Fletcher, 28, colored, world war veteran, native of Cambridge, Md., was married to Miss Mae McLean, 22, of Everett, a white nurse. Miss McLean was born in Glass Bay, Nova Scotia. BACK FROM THE WEST After conducting a most successful revival campaign ever held in the west, Rev. T. L. Scott, pastor of Grant's Memorial Chapel, 46th and Evans avenue, has returned to the city much pleased with his trip. MRS. BUSBY HOME Mrs. Grace Busby, niece of Mrs. Harriet Pharim of Evanston, spent some time at the bedside of her aunt who has been quite Ill. Mrs. Busby says the condition of her aunt is much improved. 94 WARREN B. DOUGLAS for WARD COMMITTEEMAN SECOND WARD Warren B. Douglas resides at 520 East 36th street, Chicago; has been a citizen of Chicago for the past fifteen years; is a member of the Illinois bar and actively engaged in the practice; is serving as member of the 51st General Assembly, to which he was elected in November, 1918, from the Third Senatorial District. Among the more important measures introduced by him in the assembly were the following: A Bill to make the city and county responsible for destruction caused by bomb outrages—H. B. 450; and a Bill to give injured working people compensation from the third day of injury instead of from the eighth—H. B. III. The daily press had this to say of his record in the General Assembly: PLEADS FOR ALMA MATER In order that the remaining $2,184.10 of the $9,325.00 paid for 28 1-2 acres of land presented to the school by the Alumni Association of the Virginia Normal and Industrial at Petersburg, Va., the president, M. T. Bailey, 3638 State street, has sent out an urgent appeal to the graduates, members and friends of the school to assist in raising this amount to pay the obligation in full at the meeting in May. 1920 M. HON. DENNIS J. EGAN. Chief Bariff of the Municipal Court of Ctatic candidate for re-election for Committee Ward. Chief Baiff of the Municipal Court of Chicago and Democratic candidate for re-election for Committeeman of the 20th Ward. "Representative Douglas is one of the most forceful debaters in the entire Assembly." As President of the United Cair League Representative Douglas opened up avenues of employment to colored people which seemed infinitely forever closed: e.g., eight colored men were placed by him with the People's Gas Light and Coke Company as gas meter inspectors; twenty men secured employment through his efforts in the installation department of the Commonwealth Edison Company and eight men were placed in lucrative positions with the Chicago Telephone Company. These positions alone carry with them salaries agreeing gating $50,000.00 annually. VISTING DAUGHTER Mrs. E. J. Taylor of St. Paul Minn., is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Pearl Blevins, 4423 S. Dearborn street. Mr. and Mrs. William Bartee, 331 Federal street, own a nice two-frick building at that number, where they also conduct a neat grocery store, and they are making money by selling everything real cheap. Mr. and Mrs. Bartee are both members of various secret societies, Masons and Odd Fellows, and they are strong supporters of this paper. 1920 Court of Chicago and Demo or Committeeman of the 20th as 3 al ny 4 | MR. MORRIS LEWIS. Property owner, Major General, Uniform Rank of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, private secretary tc Hon. Ferdinand W. Peck, and Republican candidate for the Legislature from the Third Senatorial District of Hlinois. Mr. Morris Lewis is one of the best known and most highly respected members’ of the colored race in Chicago. He and Mrs Lewis and their children reside in a lovely home of their own’ at 3633 Forest Avenue, and for many years they have been faithful members of the Institutional A. M. E. Church. Mr. Lewis succeeded the late Major John C. Buckner as major general, commanding uniform rank, Grand United Order of Odd Fellows; he is also an honored member of Golden Fleece Lodge of that same order. a He served for two years as expert typewriter operator with L. L. Burke, law reporter, four years clerk and stenographer with At- torney Luther Lafiin Mills, special messenger to Governor Altgeld with important documents in attempt to save George Painter from hanging, twenty years private “secretary to Hon. Ferdinand W. Peck, served as private secretary with Mr. Peck while commissioner general to the Paris Exposition during 1900, with headquarters at Paris France; organized and managed office force, building cam- paign for colored Y. M. C. A.; for over 15 years secretary of the Second Ward Republican organization; alternate delegate, repub- lican National Convention, 1916; member Senatorial Committee, ‘Third Senatorial District; one of the founders and secretary of the People’s Movement. 7 CANDIDATE FOR REPRESENTATIVE, FIFTY-SECOND ASSEMBLY, THIRD SENATORIAL DISTRICT, IN THE 1920 FALL ELECTON. VOTE FOR X MORRIS LEWIS ENDORSED BY THE PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT and SECOND WARD REPUBLICAN HARMONY PROGRAM + —Adv. TaN HON. PATRICK J. CARR. high chiefs of the Democratic wt Trustee of the Sanitary Dis! for re-election for Committeer One of the high chiefs of the Democratic Party of Cook Copett pavatne Coen: Mie Eesteet Pee et eee) ee nee Fifth Col. James Touchem Up Quick attended the Re- Men ta ce ae eee etek Se ee ee eee ‘of Hon. eppasispietveniesy Sorte Foire very badly needed some money and he then and there boldly ran his fingers into the vest pocket of Mr. McCormick and ‘extracted fifty dollars from it. In the past Col. Brewington has experienced much pleasure in relating that incident to his many friends. At that same state | Convention Col. Brewington was elected State Organizer of the Colored Republican Medill McCormick League of Hi- » eis. Shortly after returning to this city from Springfield, Col. Brewington dressed up in his Democratic coat and made __ the head bosses of the Democratic Committee in the Sherman House believe that he, Dr. M. J. Brown, and Robert H. Har- per controlled ten thousand colored votes in the Second Ward. On the strength of that statement the short sighted Democrats gave him (so they say) two hundred dollars to make a trip to Washington, D. C., and paid a printing bill | paper Union, amounting to five or six hundred dollars and _ from that timé to his defeat, Hon. James Hamilton Lewis ‘was supported for United States Senator through the col- . ums of the Plain Double Crosser or the Plain Double Dealer. No person on the face of the broad ‘green earth at the present time would ‘be capable of writing a true story of ‘the double crossings and the double |dealings of Col. James T. Brewington, whom we would not trust any farther ‘than we could heave a bob tailed mule ‘by the tail, and the boss devil him- self or none of his little swift footed imps of hades will ever be able to run fast enough to successfully connect MCol. Brewington up with truth and honesty for at every stage of the game he is a rank stranger to truth and honesty. It won't do any harm at this point to shed a little light on the past dou- ble dealing and double crossing polit- ical career of Col. Brewington as it will make mighty interesting reading. It must still be borne in mind that Col. Brewington attended the Repub- lican State Convention at Springfield Illinois in September, 1918 where at that time he was still posing as a Re- publican on the surface but under the cover he held himself out as a ram- pant Democrat. According to his own statement which he has frequently re- lated to his friends, he brazenly walk- ed up in front of Hon. Medill MeCor- mick and after informing him that he was awfully hungry for some money and he then and there boldly ran his slimy fingers into the vest pocket 0 Mr. McCormick and extracted fifty dollars from it At that same time while attending tine Republican State Convention, Col. Brewington, who is almost unable to look an hénest person straight in the eye, was elected State Organizer of the Colored Republican Medill Me- Cormick League of Illinois and not long after returning to this city from Springfield, Col. Brewington who will almost do anything that is mean, for money dressed up in his Democratic coat and wended his way with Alderman Michael Kenna to the Destiocratic headquarters in the Sher- man House and Col. Brewington, who does not stand ace high with the de- cent and ‘the best thinking colored people in this city. Dr. M. J. Brown and Col. Robert H. Harper made the Boss believe that they ab- setetely Babtidan th dibidsd col ered votes in the Second Ward which to the Dem- One flr tse fh monde co ored men and women would do their bidding and vole the Démocratie ticket straight from top to bottom at anes seceaaeee tow. sop to See . 7 HRGRO FOLK MUSIC. ‘the brigfiter side, when dancing was permitted in the, evefing, and unre- strained laughter resounded around the cabin Gre. There are also love songs which depict deep emotion, and still others which very nearly ap- proach the epic in character. (Negro Folk Music Continued Next seas Week) - CHICAGO. MUSIC ASSOCIATION ELECTS OFFICERS. held its annal mecting last Monday evening at the Wabash Ave. Branch, YY. MM. CA, and elected the follow- ing named officers for the ensuing year: President, Mrs. Nora Douglas ‘Holt; V. Pres, T. Theo. Taylor; Secy, Mrs Maud Boosfeld; Asst Sec'y, Miss Naomi Pasks; Treas, Mrs. Antoinette Garnes. The Board of Directors is as follows: Martha B. Anderson, George Arthur, Mildred Bryant Jones, James A. Mundy, fary_Oddrick, John Wesley Jones, prge R. Garner, Jr. “ The Association is planning » mon- x toucert in the near future. ee ee a be held Monday, April 19, at which time the Oratorio and Mass MRS. TYREE IN RECITAL. A fait sized “audience firned out Tuesday at Lincoln Center to hear Mrs. Bertha Dickerson-Tyree in Song -Mecital. Mrs. Tyree shows marked. improvement in her work since last we had the opportunity of hearing her sometime ago at Bethel played by Sirs. George R Garner, Jr. ghe see ctndered: piano tumbers THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, APRIL 10, 1920. ‘Those statements on the part o Messrs. Brewington, Brown and Har per sounded mighty good to the Dem ocratic leaders of Cook County and i is contended that the bosses of th Democratic party promised Messrs Brewington, Brown and Harper, i they could deliver ten thousand col cored votes to the Democrats in the Second Ward, that in case the Demo jerats won out that they would be al lowed two positions which would pay ot less thai? two hundred per month ‘which would enable them to run the plain double dealer and keep it alive Jand in line for the contest for mayor in 1919, and it was further understood 0 it is maintained that the Democrats paid a printing bill which had been ‘contracted with the Western News- paper Union amounting to almost six hundred dollars and that the Demo- crats set aside one hundred dollars each week to assist Messrs Brewing- ton, Brown and Harper to continue to publish their plain double dealer. The wise Democratic bosses also coughed up two-hundred dollars in real money which they say was shoved over to Col. Brewington which enabled him to make his famous trip to Washington, D. C. where he scat- tered a whole lot of red paint around that sleepy old town and on his ar- rival in Chicago the plain double dealer wheeled into line for Hon. James Hamilton Lewis for United States senator from Illinois. It was also further agreed or un- derstood that Messrs. Brewington, Brown and Harper were not to run the cuts of any of the white republi- can candidates in the columns of the plain double dealer prior to that elec- tion and when it or the plain double dealer made its appearance Saturday, November 2, it contained the cuts of 25 Democratic candidates for the vari- ous offices in this city and county. It also contained the cuts of Judge Brassa and rough and ready Col. Charley Ringer. Then the boss Dem- ocrats unbosomed themselves of some tall cussing or swearing and after the ‘votes bad all been counted in the Sec- out Ward wht it wis figured out that Messrs. Brewington, Brown and Harper had failed to deliver aE Gees & uk Lic al hn sos sand. The head Democrats cussed so long and loud that it was no trouble ‘to hear their echoes ten thousind eniles away fréun the Ghibbiitis Hedee. with taste and showed good musician: ship. ‘The artists deserved a larger andi fence, but-what the audience lacked in numbers, they made up in enthu- ee ‘THE AMATEUR MINSTRELS. The annual show staged for the benefit of the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored People was as usual ‘a success from every standpoint. Long before the time appointed, the crowds began to wend their way tc the Eighth Regiment Armory, an¢ when the Minstrels in all their glory marched in, standing room was at 2 premium. To those among the audience who had witnessed the maiden efforts oi this organization, when a few cour ageous men without special training or experience, and with nothing but a laudable purpose as an asset dared to face criticism, or still worse, pos- sible ridicule, and launched the first shout of the Amateur Minstrel Club, the affair last night was a source of extreme gratification; for truly the Amateur Minstrels are Amateurs no longer as was evidenced by the clever clean-cut performance last night Esch and every member deserves praise for his effort; for every detail was worked ost 10 a nicety whith comld only have been accomplished ire gat eons Via: has been fo. injected*into the ation, let us = y who came be- fore se s sis prove ‘the: ep standard set by the pioneers of so worthy and noble a cause, and know oe ao > can wie’ 2 ap ee ee TO THE VOTERS OF THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS. I have made my canvass through the press, pulpits, theatres, halls and ‘other agencies as best I could for the office for which I wish to be elected. ‘This office does not carry any salary with it whatever, but its infleace is ‘of the greatest value 40 my people; as Trealizey and all well thinking people should realize, that a grave condition confronts the colored peo- ple of America. No one State in the Union can ameliorate that condition, No one congressman \can do likewise from any state in the Union. But the great National Republican Convention which convenes in Chicago will have an opportunity to do something great for humanity, and the colored race if properly approached and appealed to. T hold that the many colored dele- gates coming from the Southern part ‘of our country will have but little chance to exert their independence in the interest of the race, even though they will outnumber the colored del- egates of the North, because these gentlemen must return to the old Bourbon South, where they must face the same conditions and circum- stances that confronted them before Teaving for the Convention; thus while their hearts may be in accord with justice, this fact puts a bridle on their independence and little can be said by them for the better interest ‘of the race. Therefore it behooves the colored people to have in the Convention men from the North with batkbone, nerve, independence and freedom from po- litical intrigue or bossism, to speak! in bold terms for the rights of the| race. My record in this behalf, in a small way, as I have been able to show, has been an open book to the world, char- acterizing my stand in behalf of my people. The race riots in Chicago, the Hunter Bank affair, all of recent date, stand out as beacon lights, while on the other hand my opponents, both of whom have held public offices of honor, given them by the suffrage of our people; but neither can point to a single accomplishment in the inter- est of the race. There should be a plank in the Re- publican Platform against the many evils that are heaped upon our people, especially the outrageous lynching, burning, mobbing and disfranchise- ment propaganda that seems to be on the increase rather than the decrease! in free America, and it shall be my endeavor and it is my intention to be! instrumental in placing such a plank in the Republican Platform during| this memorable Convention. “ My opponents proclaim that they do not have to have a platform. They expect on election day to buy their| way into the Republican Convention,| and as a result of this pre-arranged| intention or thought they owe noth-| ing to their constituents. Z If my people expect to rise to a higher plane in American civilization, it is absolutely necessary and essen-| tial tp put a lie to such insinuations, reflections and evil intentions by vot- ing for the right man fegardless to} the price offered or paid. Therefore I ask your hardy co- operation and support on next Tue#- day by giving me your vote for the| office of Delegate to the National| Convention. AUGUSTUS L. WILLIAMS, Candidate for Delegate to the Na- tional Convention, 184 W. Washing- ton St, Main 2017. | Mr. Williams and Mr. Warren B. ‘Douglas are both putting up red hot fights in their efforts to ride over ‘their opponents, Mr. Williams _ for Delegate to the National Republican ‘Convention and Mr. Douglas for ‘Committeeman of the Second Ward. ‘Their meetings in the Second Ward ‘and at other points in the district have been largely attended. Last Sunday afternoon they held a rousing meeting at Olivet Baptist ,Church, ist and South Park averiue Fully {fifteen hundred people attended. |The gentlemen runsing against them have held four Big: mectings by the regular Republican organization of the Second ‘Ward, one at the Pekin Theatre, Entertainers’ Hall, People’s Movement and the Eighth Regiment ‘Armory. Less than ome hundred ‘were present at the Pekin Theatre; Hall, 90 persons were pores oe sees we three hundred were in evidence, and at the Eighth Regiment Armory where Mayor Thompson held forth less than three hundred people were present. It it goes without. saying Williams continue to Bp some ‘Mr, Kenneth Howard and Miss Lilfian Manney were quietly united in marriage recently by Rev. E. T. Mar- tin of Bethesda Baptist Church. Osly the immediate relatives of the bride witnessed the ceremony. They are re- ‘siding at 41S Wabash avenue. pO SRS & EaSeee aa ae a ie oR as a i Wee Gs ee, SS SSS Lapa ik BSS a Ea eae ae a ~ a Bs Ss 6 4 EN SSS | ATTORNEY AUGUSTUS L. WILLIAMS. Republican candidate for delegate to the Republican Na- tional Convention from the First Congressional District of linois, issues the following appeal or address to the voters of thet district: SS J i LORE Aye Re ABN ae a yi 2A ea ey a! , W m3 aaa y | hit Sie ae, a a) ae emg po ie tah ag Bee ¥ a a pe ee =e ' By the Golden Ruite | not by the rule of Gold CT SIRTY decominations of the Chorch uniting in Tis sipatancos camenigs the wo & Aoed ‘They are uniting because the task before the Church is too great for any one denomination; because there must be no duplication of effort; io waste. ~ ‘These churches ktiow that the world needs many things; but it needs Faith most of all. ‘They know that there can be no final solution of our economic problems that is not a spiritual solution, based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and His Golden Rule. ‘They have had the courage to survey the whole task, and to ask for a budget large enough to sustain (1) the - ‘work abroad, (2) the work at home inciadiog the church's part in the huge task of Americanization, (3) the colleges ‘and (4) hospitals supported by the Churches, (5) the reli- gous training of the young, and to provide (6) a living ‘wage for the Church's ministers, ‘The budget is largein the aggregate; yet if each person who loves America would increase his contribution by only a few doliars the whole amount would be easily subscribed. fal ‘Weace the taskof rebuilding the world. | julia / Let the cornerstone be a strong and vital church in every American community ; Ei) ‘and the measuring rod by which the builders build must be the Golden Rule. | i zs | As vienoci oe el Campaign ‘May 20d cht ; I ae We aS : a BE TL SA ge ae = ae eee (Cards are out announcing the Sil- ver Anniversary of Mr. and * Mrs. Ruben G. Bell of $727 Lafayette ave- nue, Saturday evening, April 17th. Mrs. Elizabeth King Parker enter- tained at a dinner party Sunday aft- ernoon at her home, 5200 State street. Covers were laid for eight. Houses, Apartments, Buildings and Stores' For Rent and For Sale If there is anything you need in the Real Estate line on the South Side, call or consult Mr. Binga for Real Bargains. Up-to-Date or Modern Houses, Apartments and Stores to Rent 3101 COTTAGE GROVE AVE. Corner 31st Street, Chicago **Argo-Phosphate, the New Herbal Remedy, New Endorsed by Local People** If the digestive organs are not properly performing their work, they are damaged to them; then nutrition, which is absolutely essential to the recovery of other diseased parts, is not performed. A permanent relief. When bodily nutrition is normal, the stomach digests the food, the blood absorbs and carries the nutrients to the body causing the various organs to properly perform their functions. 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Madison St. The Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company Telephone Wabash 6000 Michigan Avenue at Adams Street Telephone Central 5832 Residence Douglas 2616 Mrs. Warner Painless Chiropody 15 Years' Experience Opposite Palmer House 120 So. State Street CHICAGO TELEPHONE GEORGE F. H REAL Up-to-Date or Modern and Store 3101 COTTAG Corner 31st S FROM THIS DATE ONWARD THE BROAD AX CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND ON SALE AT THE FOLLOWING NEWS STANDS: Edward Felix, Notions, Cigars and News Stand, 3002 S. Dearborn street. George W. Boyd, News Stand, Laundry Office and Shoe Shining Parlors, 3620 S. State street. Mrs. L. Myers, Notion Store, Laundry Office and News Stand, 5012 S. State street. Thomas Bell, News Stand, Ice Cream Parlors and Laundry Office, 17 W. $3rd street, near State. ILLINOIS TRUST & SAVINGS BAN Le Salle & Jackson & Chico Stop the "FLU" Sterilize Nose with Minthol Vapo-Cream. During Epidemic in London in 1891 Menthol and Oil Eucalyptus Proved Most Effective. Mintol is a salve containing both Menthol and Oil Eucalyptus, together with other Antiseptic and Healing Oils which prevent the germs from spreading. Boston, Mass., October, 1918. Physiologists here have found the most effective fluenza is apply hot clothes to the chest and throat and on the back of the chest and between the shoulders for 5 or 10 minutes. The cream or salve contain such ingredients as are found in Mintol Vapo-ral or salve. The cloths and arrange them loosely over the chest so that the vapors arising may be inhaled and the healing oils of the mucous membrane of the healing the mucous membrane of the throat and nostrils. Its action is to prevent the germs from producing their deadly work. Rub a little Mintol on the back of your tongue and will aid in the sterilizing treatment. Special Notice...-MINTOL. VAPO-CREAM, so extensively used and recurrent, restores the registrists throughout the country, is a remedy of exceptional merit and contains Menthol. Camphor. Eucalyptus clans everywhere use for inflammation and congestion of every description. The reason the remedy has met with success is that it contains exceptional merit and wonderful healing properties. It contains the ingredients of the epidemic of Spanish Influenza in England, and Spain, where the epidemic originated. It is the best antiseptic forsterilized use of chickens in the country. Healing of Mintol in your home. It is as necessary for your protection as insurance for your health. It is inexpensive and can be secured from your drugrist.-Advertisement. DOUGLAS 1 HARDING, JR. RESTATE Own Houses, Apartments to Rent E GROVE AVE. Street, Chicago R. T. Kirby, Shoe Shining, Hat Cleaning Parlor and News Stand, 20 E. 35th street, near L Station. F. Bishop, Cigars, Tobacco and News Stand, 8 W. 27th street, near State. A. D. Hayes, Cigars, Tobacco, Notion, Stationery and News Stand, 3640 S. State street. Dodson's Shoe Shining Parlors and News Stand, Southwest corner 35th and State streets. News items left with any of the above news agents prior to Wednesday mornings of each week, will find their way into the columns of The Broad Ax. A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118 N. La Salle Street CHICAGO Residence 3829 Wabash Ave. Telephone Boulevard 18007 JAMES G. COTTER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 145 NORTH CLARK STREET SUITE 407 Telephone Central 8884 CHICAGO Formerly Assistant Attorney General State of Illinois Residence 8646 Grand Boulevard Phone Douglas 4397 ATTORNEY AT LAW 86 W. Randolph Street Corner Dearborn St. Suite 402 Delaware Building F. Dunn, J. B. McCahey, Trustees Tel: Oakland 1552, 1551, 1550 JOHN J. DUNN Established 1877 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL COAL Fifty-First and Federal Streets CHICAGO Residence, 1262 Macallister Place Tel. Monroe 2714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW SUITE 818-320 REAPER BLK. Clark and Washington Streets Phone Central 1230 CHICAGO Notary Public Phones: Office Main 4183; Residence, 4753 Champaign Ave. Phone Drexel 8718. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 708—184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO Residence 8419 South Park Ave. Phone Douglas 9354 WM. J. LATHAM ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office Phone: Calumet 875 2 EAST THIRTY-FIRST ST. Suite 7 CHICAGO Acidence 3855 Prairie Ava. Phone Douglas 9128 Phones: Main 2017 Auto 82-395 A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmenich Building 84 W. Washington Street CHICAGO Telephone Oakland 246 E. K. CALDWELL Successor to C. E. KREYSSLER DEUGGIST 5007 South State Street Near 51st St. Not On the Corner CHCAGO "Exelento Will Make Your Hair Long, Too" EXELENTO FOR KINKY HAIR "Every woman can have a beautiful hair. May May Gilbert. My hair has grown 28 lands using your wonderful EXELENTO QUININE POWRADE Don't be fooled by fake Kink Remover. Too much of it works. Our formula long. Our formula youenis dandruff, fashs the of the hair and makes it grow long and slick. We make Exelento Gin Beautifier, as additional formula for skin. Used in treatment of dandruff. PRICE OF EACH 25 in STAMPS or Coin AGENTS QUOTED EVERYWHERE EXELENTO MEDICINE CO., Atlanta, Ga. ```markdown ``` THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, APRIL 10, 1920 Chameleons' Food. CHALETTE OF FOOD. The proper diet of camelosons and bandes consists of flies and other insects; also meal worms, and the common idea that sugar and water will serve in winter is incorrect. A good many of these animals refuse food in the winter months and all of them need warmth and sunshine, as well as water. They are difficult to keep in health, and if not given their natural food will starve to death in time, though their ability to fast for long periods is well known. Soiludes of the Earth. The Bushmanland desert, in south-west Africa, is but little known. A few nomads—some of Europe and some of mixed descent—hang on its fringe. Here and there mat-house villages, whose dwellers depend on the sparse bounty of the sky, will perhaps be found for a season. Otherwise it is a barren desert of 50,000 square miles. West En- Ashland S CAPITAL AND S 1610 West-63rd Street COMPARATIVE STATEMENT LAST SEVEN November 18, 1915 November 17, 1915 November 17, 1914 November 17, 1915 November 17, 1916 November 17, 1917 November 18, 1918 November 17, 1919 OFF JOHN BAIN, President MICHAEL MAISEL, V. EDW. C. BARRY W. MERLE ARTHU Largest Labor of Negroes "Every Craft of Railro West Englewood Oakland State B CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $300,000 63rd Street ATIVE STATEMENT OF DEPOSIT LAST SEVEN YEARS November 18, 1912.....$ 836,605 November 17, 1913.....988,386 November 17, 1914.....912,005 November 17, 1915.....1,059,400 November 17, 1916.....1,132,750 November 17, 1917.....979,377 November 18, 1919.....1,284,084 November 17, 1919.....2,359,636 OFFICERS N. President HAEL MAISEL, Vice President DW. C. BARRY, Cashier W. MERLE FISHER, Assistant ARTHUR C. UTESCH, West Labor Organic Negroes in the W Craft of Railroad Work Repr West Englewood Ashland State Bank COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF DEPOSITS FOR LAST SEVEN YEARS JOHN BAIN, President MICHAEL MAISEL, Vice President EDW. C. BARRY, Cashier W. MERLE FISHER, Assistant Cashier ARTHUR C. UTESCH, Asst. Cashier. Largest Labor Organization of Negroes in the World "Every Craft of Railroad Work Represented OVER 20,000 MEMBERS OVER 150 LOCALS OVER SIX YEARS OLD This association has done more for the railroad man of o than all other labor agencies combined. ation has done more for the railroad labor agencies combined. This association has done more for the railroad man of color than all other labor agencies combined. ASK THE MEN WHO KNOW Now housed in the magu the Appomattox Club—recent ters. Railway Men' Benevolent Indust ]General Headquarter Appomattox Club used in the magnificent home form of the Fox Club—recently purchased as o away Men's International Agent Industrial Assoc Central Headquarters, 3441 Wabash Club Now housed in the magnificent home formerly used by the Appomattox Club—recently purchased as our headquarters. Railway Men's International Office Phone: Douglas 8285 KERSEY, McGOWA CHICAGO'S REAL UNDER Finest Establishment GEO. T. KERSEY D. A. Mc Proprietor 3515 INDIANA AVENUE SEY, McGOWAN AND MORE CHICAGO'S REPRESENTATIVE UNDERTAKERS Finest Establishment in the U. S. SEY D. A. McGOWAN WM. S. Proprietors NA AVENUE CHIC KERSEY, McGOWAN AND MORSELL CHICAGO'S REPRESENTATIVE GEO. T. KERSEY D. A. McGOWAN WM. J. MORSELL Proprietors NEST H WILLIAMSON BUDGETAKER THE Cunningham Car World's Tea Consumption. The world's consumption of tea, exclusive of the countries in which tea is grown, is about 800,000,000 pounds a year. Lines to Be Remembered. When a man has no longer any conception of excellence above his own his voyage is done, he is dead.—Beecher. Lumberjack's Appetite. We heard some time ago that the managers of the lumber camps had decided to refuse fret feeds to the vagrant lumberjacks, drifting from camp to camp, but not till we saw a lumberjack eat did we understand the fine impulse that led to the decision. After eating his fill, if one of the fellows should try to push his way down a logging road, he would get stuck between the trees and probably stay there until he starved.—Detroit News. Anglewood State Bank URPLUS $300,000.00 MENT OF DEPOSITS FOR BEN YEARS $ 836,605.23 988,386.38 912,005.69 1,059,400.64 1,132,750.71 979,377.47 1,284,084.24 2,359,636.62 PACERS Service President Cashier FISHER, Assistant Cashier R C. UTESCH, Asst. Cashier. are for the railroad man of color combined. s International strial Association s,3441,Wabash Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. BEN AND MORSELL PRESENTATIVE TAKERS ment in the U. S. GOWAN WM. 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