The Broad Ax

United States Senator Hiram Johnson Has Opened Up His Presidential Headquarters in the Congress Hotel, and Mr. Edgar J. Cook and Other Supporters of the California Senator Will Be on Hand From Now Until the June Primaries and Extend the Glad Hand to All Comers. The Republicans and Democrats of Cook County Held Their Respective Conventions Monday; Hon. Henry Stuckart, City Treasurer of Chicago, Was Elected Chairman of the Democratic County Committee. Hon. Robert M. Sweitzer, During the Meeting of the County Convention, Paid a Splendid and Glowing Tribute to the Memory of His Bosom Friend, the Late Roger C. Sullivan. Mr. Virtus C. Rohm, Former City Purchasing Agent, Was Elected Chairman of the Republican County Committee; Mayor William Hale Thompson, Addressing It, Made a Great Hit or Home Run in Favor of One Hundred Per Cent Americanism. Laying all jokes gently aside it must be honestly admitted by the wisest Republican politicians that United States Senator Hiram Johnson continues to raise old ned and is kicking up a great deal of dust in his onward march towards the White House at Washington, D. C., and if Senator Johnson did not reside in the extreme part of the wild and woolly west he would become the strongest contender of all of the candidates for President of the United States. For there is no question about it, he seems to be growing every hour in the estimation of the voters in all parts of this country and if he keeps up his present pace or fast dog trot from new until the National Convention in June, it will be very hard to tell what the outcome will be. The Republicans and the Democrats in this city and throughout this county are waking up and are getting ready for the great or bitter fight which will be staged between them and their army of camp followers this coming fall, for on Monday the Republicans held their county convention in the LeSalle Hotel and the Democrats held forth at the Sherman House and there was no knocking down and dragging out on the part of the delegates attending either one of the conventions, for everything in connection with both conventions was as silent or as smooth as the beautiful river which flows on and on between its banks without a ripple or murmur into the deep blue sea. The Democrats elected the following persons to boss or rule over them for the next two or four years. Democratic County Committee. Chairman—Henry Stuckart. Vice-Chairmen—John E. Traeger, Jacob Lindheimer, Joseph Kostner, Henry Erickson, Joseph Bushkewicz, Henry Zender and Frank H. McCulloch. Recording Secretary—Timothy J. Crowe. Assistant Secretary—John F. Quinlan. Financial Secretary—Emmet Whaclan. Treasurer—Clayton F. Smith. Sergeant-at-Arms—John J. Legnard. Chairman of Executive Committee—Dennis J. Egan. Republican County Committee, Chairman—Virtus C. Rohm. First Vice Chairman—Francis P. Brady. Second Vice Chairman—Robert J. McLaughlin. Secretary—William H. Reid. Assistant Secretary—Penn Carolan. Treasurer—P. H. Moynihan. Clerk—Robert J. Lyman. Sergeant-at-Arms—Richard J. Jackson. Mayor William Hale Thompson addressed the convention and he spoke in part as follows: "Let us get out of Europe and stay out." Europe will have quarrels which are none of our affairs. Every great statesman and president until Woodrow Wilson has indicted this funda- A bomb was exploded at 425 E. 48th place at 12:30 o'clock Saturday morning, shattering the windows and damaging the porch—total loss, $1,000. The building is a stone-front two-story flat, in which Mrs. Isabel Seymore, colored, runs a rooming house. Nobody hurt. No claw. On April 3 a bomb was thrown at the house next door—483 where Robert S. Jackson, explored, employees of the post office, lives. It does seem to us that common sense would teach the colored people whose homes are being constantly bombed to wake up and unite their forces in the way of raising some money which should be expended to se THE BROAD AX mental. It remained for him to say that Washington, Lincoln, Grant and all the rest were wrong and he alone was right. "It is a citizen's right to object to laws and seek their repeal by lawful means. I shall exercise my constitutional right by not only disagreeing with President Wilson but in condemning him." The Mayor then condemned the League of Nations in any form and declared that he hung his head in shame "when United States Senators said one vote for the United States was as good as six for Great Britain and that we should become dependencies of Great Britain." Against Military Training. "Bring home the boys who are serving in foreign lands and bring them home at once. "We are against militarism and compulsory military training. "I advise that a strong plank for naval preparedness, the greatest protection against foreign invasion, be placed in the platform. "Free speech must be guaranteed by the Republican party. Free press and freedom of assembly likewise must be guaranteed." "Congressional representation should be revised until each congressman represents an equal number of people. Then there can be no encrachment on personal liberty, such as now exists. "Federal taxes are a great burden, particularly upon the little fellow. Taxes on incomes less than $5,000 a year should be abolished. "Federal income taxes of $400,000,000 are collected in Chicago, while the city can collect only $40,000,000 with difficulty. Prison for Tax Dodgets. "State laws should be passed providing a prison term for those who file false schedules to uncover the millions that now escape taxation. Then the city cannot go through such a crisis as we did recently with the firemen. "We favor the conscription of American excess war profits. "Laws should be passed to prohibit combinations raising prices above the pocket of the ordinary citizen. There should be jail sentences for offenders and the bituation would be speedily relieved." In concluding, Mayor Thompson reviewed the fight for five cent street car fare and demanded legislation that would enforce contracts. "There is a tendency to establish two classes here as in some other countries," he said. "The very rich and the very poor." Just as the Demperats were winding up their convention Hon. Robert M. Swetzer, delivered a splendid and glowing tribute to the memory of his very best and warmest friend the late Roger S. Sullivan to his worth as a patriotic citizen, enterprising business man, laving husband, kind father and a true friend to humanity. Mr. Swietter is heartily in favor of starting a movement of erecting a monument to his memory at the conclusion of his sane or timely oration he was warmly applauded. cure ten or twenty detectives for that matter to guard their homes day and night with instructions to blaze away at the first poron who attempted to toast a bomb into their homes.—Editor. Alderman Thomas F. Byrne, of the 29th Warc, who can always be depended upon to champion the cause of the laboring people on the floor of the City Council and who is one of the most popular and wholesouled members of that body, has been canned to his home the past three weeks with ill-nam. He is again able to answer to roll call, although he is still a little pale around the gills. J. B. President of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association, who is also successfully engaged in other lines of business, who would make a splendid Republican candidate for Trustee and President of the Sanitary District of Chicago. THE FINAL DRIVE IN THE INTER CHURCH WORLD MOVEMENT. With an impressive period of silent prayer in which approximately 30,000,000 of church-goers throughout the United States participated, the financial campaign of the Interchurch World Movement was inaugurated in this city the first of this week. In this movement thirty of the greatest church bodies of the nation for the first time in the history of the Christian Church have associated themselves together in a co-operative movement to advance the work of—the church throughout the world. Acting through the agency of the Interchurch, a survey of the social, religious and economic conditions of the world has been made; and these thirty denominations, forearmed with scientifically accurate information as to the wants and needs of mankind, are this week asking church-goers and non-church-goers as well, to pledge for the needs thus ascertained, the sum of $336,777,572. As explained by the leaders of the movement, the Interchurch does not propose a union of churches, but a union of church effort. In the scheme of ogrination each denomination and each church in each denomination retains its own identity as all as the control of its own budget funds—the thirty different budgets of the participating denominations being the sum total of the full amount which this week is being raised by the Interchurch. Otherwise, thirty different campaigns would be in progress instead of the one, co-operative campaign under the agency of the Interchurch. It is a movement in the direction of efficiency and economy in church affairs—a coming together of more than 60 percent of the total Protestant Church membership of the United States, to avoid duplication of effort and economic waste. Each co-operating denomination prepared its own budget in which it set out the share of the common burden which it was prepared to assume. These budgets were then reviewed by the heads of the various co-operating denominations and the Board of Review of the Interchurch World Movement. After months of consideration of these individual budgets the general budget of $336,777,572 was finally decided upon, and according to Professor Ernest DeWitt Burton of the University of Chicago, this represents the irreducible minimum that is necessary to meet the duties and take advantage of the opportunities which face the Christian Church in the New Day. Of the total of the $336,777,572 which is being raised this week, $175,448,349 is to be paid in this year. As illustrating the character of the work which is proposed, it is to be set aside for foreign missions, which includes health, education, and the teaching of democracy throughout the world; the care of lesmen; the elevation CHICAGO, SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1920. HON. JOHN M. GLENN. of the Illinois Manufacturers' Association only engaged in other lines of business, w aid Republican candidate for Trustee a military District of Chicago. of womanhood; the teaching and maintaining of colleges and universities. For the home field $109,949,037 is apportioned for an immense Americanization program, as well as the program for meeting the problem of congestion and the lack of sanitation, and poor housing conditions in the big cities, the stabilizing of the great mass of people who are now stirred by unrest, the problem of the colored people, and such other problems as are presented in the great metropolitan centers of the nation. For American education the sum of $78,838,431 is set aside; for religious education $5,931,925; for hospitals and homes, $5,116,465; and finally for ministerial relief which includes an increase in the pay of ministers, who suffer now under an average salary of less than $1,000 a year. Provision is made in these sums, which will be spent by the participating denominations in accordance with their plans, for 28 hospitals and homes in addition to 95 indoored for inclusion in local denominational budgets. The question has been asked of Dr. E. E. Braithwaite, Illinois Director of the Interchurch, "Why should the churches appeal to the public for so large a sum of money as is represented by this general budget?" In reply Dr. Braithwaite said: "There are 58,000,000 people in the United States who are connected with no church. If these people wanted to attend church they would be unable to do so for not more than one-third of the population of the United States has the opportunity to attend church regularly Sunday by Sunday. "Pastors are paid on the average throughout the country, $937. This is the explanation of the dearth of young men willing to enter the ministry, and hence the fact that thousands of young people are connected with no Sunday School and get no regular ethical training. Roger W. Babson the statistician speaking recently on business principles declared, that 'the greatest factor in business life today is religion' and that, 'Your real security is the integrity, the righteousness of the people of the community.' "All over the world the non-Christians outnumber the nominal Christians by two to one. The enlightened races are Christians, the backward are non-Christians. The backward races, so long as they remain backward, constitute a menace to the ideals and institutions of the more enlightened people. A simple illustration shows this. From time immemorial plagues have originated from the backward nations and spread from them to the more civilized. Today the medical missionary in India or China may be the means of saving thousands of lives in America and Europe by checking the disease at its source." As to the reason why the churches have joined in this co-operative appeal, Dr. Braithwaite said: "The answer is for the sake of greater efficiency and economy. As a result of their co-operative effort through the Interchurch World Movement these various denominations have taken council together regarding their plans. Their budgets have been adjusted one to the other in order to avoid over-lapping of competitive enterprises. They are based on exact information supplied through the survey. In other words the churches have applied to the making of their plans the fundamental principles of any great business enterprise." MR. AND MRS. C. N. LANGSTON OP NASHVILLE TENNESSEE WILL MAKE THEIR FUTURE HOME IN CHICAGO. FOE FOURTEEN YEARS MR. LANG- STON WAS THE CASHIER OF THE ONE CENT SAVINGS BANK OF THAT CITY. With much pleasure it can be stated that Mr. and Mrs. C. N. Langston and their little son are to become permanent residents of Chicago. Mr. Langston is already here, while Mrs. Langston and her son, stopped over at St. Louis, Mo., to visit for a short while with her relatives and many friends. For some years past Mr. and Mrs. Langston have been the most prominent social leaders in Nashville and throughout the south. They resided in a beautiful bungalow which they sold lately, where they entertained in the most lavish manner, the most prominent men and women of the race, in this country. Their costly automobile and their rich and elegant household furnishings have been shipped to Chicago and just as soon as Mr. and Mrs. Langston can get their bearings in this city, they will move into a new home of their own. Mr. and Mrs. Langston, both spring from the oldest, most highly respected and prominent families in the south. For fourteen years Mr. Langston was the shrewd and far seeing cashier of the One Cent Savings Bank of Nashville, Tenn., which has developed into one of the most solid and strongest banking institutions among the colored race in this country. It is strongly rumored that Mr. Langston will become cashier of the Binga State Bank, which expects to be ready for business, on or about June 15, as many of the most substantial, enterprising and race loving citizens, are rapidly subscribing to the bank stock. Dr. U. Grant Dailey, Dr. H. B. Smith, Anthony Overton and Charles S. Jackson, will be among the directors. It is said that the Binga State Bank, when fully organized, will clear through the First National Bank of Chicago. The Presidential Candidates, Both Democrats and Republicans, Fail to Answer Questions. Only Two Answer Questionaires Forwarded to Them. General Leonard Wood Is the Only Presidential Candidate to Assume a Bold Stand Against Mob and Lynch Law and Against the Disfranchisement of the Colored People in This Country. It will be re-called that several months ago that the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, sent out questionaries to all of the Presidential candidates, with the view or object of learning just how they stood on the seven main issues which colored people all over this country regard as fundamental. "The questions asked by the Association on behalf of the colored people of America," says the Association in its statement, "are regarded by colored voters as vital national issues to twelve million American Negroes failure to reply to these straightforward questions will be regarded by the colored people as a distinct erosion of So far as it will be noted further along that only two of the Presidential candidates paid the slightest attention to the questionaires. The questionnaire asked whether they were in favor of the enactment of federal laws against lynching; whether they would advocate congressional enforcement of the 14th Amendment by reduction of representation of states which disfranchise their citizens, or whether they would advocate as an alternative the appointment of United States Commissioners to enforce the 15th Amendment; whether they would endeavor to bring about the abolition of Jim Crow cars in interstate traffic; whether they would urge National aid to elementary education without discrimination against Negro children; whether they would favor the apportionment of Negro soldiers and officers in the army in proportion to their numbers in the population; whether they would abolish racial segregation in the civil service of the United States; whether they would withdraw armed or other interference with the independence of Haiti. The two candidates who replied to the Association's questoinaire were Senators Harding and Poindexter, the former stating that it was not consistent with his views to take up the categorical questions asked by the Association, that conventions are called upon to enunciate platforms and policies and that the candidate selected must be expected to stand on the platform thus made. Senator Poindexter stated that he was "in favor of maintaining the legal rights and opportunities of all our citizens regardless of color or condition." Despite the repetition on March 12, of the questionnaire, no further replies have been received except acknowledgements of the receipt of the questionnaire by secretaries of five of the candidates. ANTI-MOB LAW SIGNED BY GOV ERON MORROW. Kentucky Law, Will Dismiss Officers Who Do Not Protect Prisoners. New York—In view of the lynching on March 29th of Grant Smith, a Negro, at Millersburg, KY, by a mob which overpowered the sheriff and the police chief as they were taking their prisoner to jail, it is interesting to note that only one week prior to this occurrence Governor Edwin P. Morrow, of Kentucky, signed a bill providing for the punishment of lynchers and for the removal of the peace officer who surrendered his prisoner. The bill was signed in the presence of a committee of colored citizens headed by Dr. E. E. Underwood, president of the Frankfort branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, to whom the gold pen used by the Governor was presented. The bill makes the penalty for lynchship death or life imprisonment and that for attempted lynching confinement in the penitentiary for not less than two years nor more than twenty-one years. The fight to secure a lynching law in Kentucky began with the legislature of two years ago, when a bill was passed submitting to the people a constitutional amendment to make it possible to effect the automatic removal of any peace officer who permitted a mob to secure a prisoner in his custody. The bill submitting the amendment was championed by a committee of colored citizens, who succeeded in securing its passage without a single disentangling vote in either branch of the legislature. INCREASED POPULARITY. The Idlewild Hotel, 33rd and Wabash avenue, is enjoying an increased popularity under its new management Delegates to the Republican National Convention as well as from Virginia and other states will stop at the Idlewild. "The questions asked by the Association on behalf of the colored people of America," says the Association in its statement, "are regarded by colored voters as vital national issues to twelve million American Negroes failure to reply to these straightforward questions will be regarded by the colored people as a distinct evasion of the issues upon which they feel deeply." The questionaire was sent to the following men: Herbert Hoover, William G. McAdoo, Governor Goodrich of Indiana, Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, Senator Hitchcock, Governor Cox, of Ohio; Senator Warren G. Harding, Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, Senator Hirn W. Johnson, Senator Miles Joindexter, Governor Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts, and General John J. Pershing, Senator Pomerene, James W. Gerard, Senator Underwood and General Leonard Wood. It must be said to the everlasting credit of General Leonard Wood that he is the only Presidential candidate who has had the courage and the manhood to come out open and above board and take a firm stand against mob and lynch law. The following are some of the many reasons why General Leonard Wood goes big with the colored people: 1. Because he stands by the principles of his life long friend, Theodore Roosevelt. 2. Because he is the only candidate to include in his platform a plank for law and order. 3. Because he is the only candidate to publicly say, "I am absolutely opposed, and always will do everything in my power to oppose the iniquitous lynch law." 4. Because he has the courage to champion the cause of 13,000,000 people whose loyalty and 100 per cent Americanism has never been questioned since Crispus Attucks fell on Boston Commons leading his white country men. 5. Because he gives the colored soldiers credit for unsurpassed loyalty and devotion to the country's cause of freedom, justice and equality of opportunity. THE FOLLOWING LETTERS SOUND THE PRAISE OF THE BROAD AX AND SPEAK FOR THEMSELLVES. St. Anne's Church, 153 W. 55th Street, Chicago, Ill. Chicago, Ill., April 26, 1920. Mr. Julius Taylor, Editor of The Broad Ax. My Dear Mr. Taylor-- I want to thank you for and congratulate you on your very splendid article on the occasion of the death of our dear friend, Roger C. Sullivan. It was full of kindness and loyalty and showed a debt of genuine friendship. Chicago, Ill., April 28, 1920. Julius F. Taylor, Editor of The Broad Ax, Chicago, ll. Dear Mr. Taylor—As a friend of the late Boger C. Sullivan, I am deeply grateful for the kindly words written, and the way the description of the last tribute by a sorrowing city was handled by your paper. Again I thank you for your appreciation. PRICE OF WIVES IN AFRICA IS RAISED BY OLD GEN. HI COST. Louden—Lord Dewar, who has just returned from central Africa, in giving an account of his travels there said the increased cost of living in the district he visited was reflected in the higher price for wives paid by the natives. Whereas a fine, sixteen hands high wife cost four spearheads in pre-war days, she now costs eight spearheads, Lord Dewar said. In the cattle districts the price of a wife at present in eight cows instead of four. Advertising rates made known on ap- plication. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 6006 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. May 1, 1920. No. 32. Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, Ill. Under Act of March 3, 1879. Three diseases not listed among those of major sanitary importance killed 8,437 people in Chicago last year. They are cancer, 2,523 deaths; organic heart disease, 3,881 deaths and chronic nephritis, 2,033 deaths. Cancer, as is now understood, is largely preventable; that is, surface or external cancers are easily curable, if taken in the early stages of development. Medical authorities are agreed that delay in diagnosis and surgical treatment is responsible for most deaths due to cancer. And because this is true, people are urged to seek the physician's advice in cases of sores or abrasions which refuse to heal or that do not yield readily to simple treatment. It is also well recognized that an operation, usually simple and not painful in character is the remedy to be employed. Drugs and ointments are of no value and, as a rule, do more harm than good. Organic heart disease, while not in the preventable class, is in many cases a result of incorrect habits of living and the strenuous life. The driving pace set by many men in the whirl of the business world tends to greatly hasten the breakdown of the human machine in its most vital parts, which, with less overcrowding and proper care, would last much longer. To a large degree, too, overwork, nervous stress and strain and the rush, hurry and worry of modern life have a very important relation to the deaths due to nephritis. In fact both organic heart disease and nephritis are the common signs of breakdown when the human machine has been mercilessly driven at high speed and over all kinds of roads for years; and whose owners have not thought it worth while to lay up for either a much needed rest or repairs, or an overhauling of any kind. When the machinery in your automobile begins to show signs of a breakdown and fails to work as it should, you send the car to the experts to be overhauled and put into good running order. Why not then, when heart, liver and kidneys are not functioning as you know they should, take your human machine around to the medical expert and have him look it over. In other words, go to the doctor while you can. Don't wait until he has to come to you, for it may then be too late for him to do more than just patch you up here and there; when, if you had gone to him sooner, he could probably have made you good as new. The trouble is too many people wait until, figuratively speaking, they are ready for the scrap heap. The doctor can't do any more with a human machine which is "all shot to pieces," than the skilled mechanic can with a battered up flier that is ready for the scrap heap. Any kind of mechanism to be efficient and durable needs care, attention, and frequent overhauling. Don't neglect your machine. Statistics show that from 1907 to 1912, 10,567 deaths occurred in individuals exposed to street dust. In this group were street cleaners, drivers, teamsters, coachmen, street car conductors and motormen. Of the deaths mentioned, consumption caused 23.5 per cent, other respiratory diseases, 11.9 per cent, at ages of 15 and over. Among street cleaners, however, the mortality due to consumption was only 12.9 per cent as compared with 35 per cent among street car conductors, which would indicate that the dirty air in the street car was twice as dangerous as the dust in the streets. C. D. D. HON. THOMAS CAREY. President of the Carey Brick Co., wealthy and prominent citizen, who was one of the Democratic candidates at the primaries for Mayor of Chicago in 1919, and his bride are spending their honeymoon in their beautiful home at Los Angeles, Cal. Monday, Hon. Thomas Carey, who has worked his way on up from a Stock Yards employee, where he earned $10.50 per week, to one of the wealthy and leading business men in this city; was happily united in marriage to Miss Laura M. Wall at Holy Angels Church. The wedding was private, only a few of his close friends being present; George J. Terrell, one of his many colored friends, being included in the number. tice and hundreds of former service men found positions through Mr. Carey's influence. He has always been an ardent boxing fan and was one of the backers of the bill to legalize the sport in Illinois, beaten by a narrow margin in 1918. Was Candidate for Mayor. Mr. Carey was a candidate for Mayor on different occasions and has been a big figure in Chicago's business, poli- Bishop McGavick performed the wedding ceremony. Mrs. Mollie Finn, sister of the bride was maid of Honon and Mr. Frank O'Connell, served as the best man. Miss Wall was a sister of Mrs. Margaret Carey, second wife of Mr. Carey, who died December 18, 1918. She has been a teacher in the public schools for some time. On their return from their wedding trip they will reside at the Carey home, 4427 Grand boulevard, where Miss Wall has made her home for some time. Mr. Carey has seven children—Mrs. S. A. Collins, Eugene, Ruth, Margaret, Robert. Helen and William. Starting by "washing necks" in the yards, Mr. Carey has amassed one of the large fortunes of Chicago. His first experience in the yards nearly cost his life. He was attacked by a steer—a "long horn"—and badly gored. He still wears scars from the encounter. Aided Returned Soldiers. He did great work for the returning soldiers after the signing of the armis- Offer New and Advanced Courses—Collegiate Training for Promising Agricultural Students. Hampton, Va.—Hampton Institute, recognizing the need of giving more advanced training to Negroes and Indians, who will soon be called upon to lead in securing better race relations, has thoroughly revised all its courses and "is now prepared to enter upon a new epoch of usefulness to the country," according to the current "Hampton Bulletin," which contains an announcement of new and revised courses for five distinct vocational schools and an academic (preparatory) department: (1) Normal School—a course of two years based on four years' work of secondary grade, which aims to train teachers; (2) Agricultural School—a collegiate course of three years (36 months based on four years' work of secondary grade, which aims to train teachers of agriculture and county agents; (3) Trade School—a course of four years based on eight grades of elementary-school work in each of eleven trades, together with a short course in each of three trades; (4) Business School—a course of four years based on two years' work of secondary grade, which aims to train men and women for business and as teachers of business subjects; (5) Home-Economics School—a course of two years based on four years' work of secondary grade, which aims to train teachers of home economics, home-demonstration agents, and industrial supervising teachers; (6) Academic Department—a secondary course of four years based on eight years of elementary work, which aims to prepare students for the Normal School, the Agricultural School, the Business School, and the Home-Economics School; also (b) a preparatory course of one or two years, which will enable students from communities where the public schools do not extend through eight grades to make up any deficiencies that they prevent their entering at once upon the academic or some trade course. Jack Co., wealthy and prominent Democratic candidates at the primi 1919, and his bride are spend-beautiful home at Los Angeles, tice and hundreds of former service men found positions through Mr. Carey's influence. He has always been an ardent boxing fan and was one of the backers of the bill to legalize the sport in Illinois, beaten by a narrow margin in 1918. Was Candidate for Mayor. Was Candidate for Mayor. Mr. Carey was a candidate for Mayor on different occasions and has been a big figure in Chicago's business, political and sporting life for years. He was part owner of the Hawthorne race track when racing flourished here. One of his biggest interests at present is a brick plant. His battle for the nomination for Mayor against Robert M. Sweitzer last year is well remembered, his chief plank was the proposition to take over the gas plant and run it as a municipal institution. His salary when he started in the Stock Yards was $10.50 per week. His board was $4.50 a week and he proudly asserts that he saved pretty close the remaining six dollars each and every week with all his political and sporting affiliations he never drank, and to this feature Mr. Carey attributes much of his early success in life. Unto this day Mr. Carey states that his first and best boss he ever had was a colored man. The writer joins with their other warm friends in wishing Mr. and Mrs. Carey unbounded joy and happiness throughout their wedded life. Short Course in Agriculture. Besides the collegiate course in agriculture, Hampton Institute now offers a short course of twelve months for those who have not the time or money to spend for a longer course. This short course is so arranged that the student may work on the farm, in the field, and in the various departments, including the dairy, poultry department, and horse barn during the year, and also receive some class-room instruction in agriculture. The course will start on September 1. Students taking this course will be assigned to one of the school farms. There will be some opportunity for those electing this course to secure work in single departments, but, as a rule, short-course students will work in several departments. This one-year course will give a promising student an opportunity to associate with other men who engaged in the regular agricultural course and to receive considerable special instruction which will enable him to do better farming when he returns to his home. Whenever a sufficient number of students apply to justify it, special short courses in poultry raising, dairying, vegetable gardening, etc., will be given. Hampton's object in offering this short course in agriculture is to give a chance to those who cannot take a college course to get some good, practical knowledge of agriculture and some valuable farming experience without any expense to themselves. Students will spend seven or eight hours a day in farm work and two hours in class work. The class work will be wholly agriculturall. Mrs. Bufus Mitchell, 1808 Lucas street, Cairo, Ill., writes after returning home that her stay was an enjoyable one in the city with her many relatives and friends. ENJOYS STAY. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MAY 1, 1920 Articles pertaining to music and musicians will be found in this column each week. Mattter intended for publication must be in not later than Tuesday. Address all communications to the Music Cabinet, 6450 Champlain Avenue, Chicago, Illinois. THE FISK JUBILEE SINGERS At the close of the Civil War, an energetic effort was made toward the founding of schools for the betterment of the condition of the four million freed slaves, and the establishment of Fisk University at Nashville, Penn., in 1866, was the result. Realizing the Negro's innate love for song, the management decided to make music a special feature and so engaged a Mr. George L. White to give instructions in singing. His efforts were successful from the start, and in the spring of 1867, he had the students to give their first concert and in 1868 another program was given which included the cantata "Esther." Mr. White then took a part of his choir to Memphis and Chattanooga meeting with considerable success in both cities notwithstanding the great amount of prejudice which existed. When the National Teachers' Association met in Nashville, arrangements were made for the choir to sing, and this arrangement proved so successful that a demand was made for the singers at every session during the convention. From this effort was born the idea that perhaps the choir might be made the means of earning the funds needed to further the work of the University, and on Oct. 6, 1871, Mr. White started out with his choir of thirteen members. Notwithstanding the many discouragements both to director and singers, the first three months' work brought a considerable sum of money to the University treasury. An invitation extended to the singers to take part in the World's Peace Jubilee, gave renewed encouragement and thither they wended their way. A spirit of antagonism which went beyond all bounds of civility and decorum, prevailed for the moment, but was soon swept away by the patient forfeance and unperturbed demeanor of the singers. "The Battle Hymn of the Republic" was to be sung to the tune of "John Brown" by some colored singers of Boston, but unfortunately the key was pitched too high and the singers had some difficulty in singing the first few lines. It is said that the Fisk singers, owing to the good training Ney had received, found no difficulty with the high notes and when their cue came for joining in on the words "He hath sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat," they took up the song as if by a wave of inspiration. At the chorus "Glory, glory hallelujah," the whole audience of twenty thousand people rose on masse and waving their handkerchiefs, the men throwing their hats in the air, cheered and shouted, "The Jubilees, The Jubilees Forever." From that time until now they have been known as the Jubilee Sailgers, not because they sing plantation melodies as many suppose in these days, but because that name was applied to them at the World's Peace Jubilee where they raised such a sensation with their beautiful singing. Their fame traveled abroad and London became anxious to hear them, and A. [Portrait of a man in a suit with a tie]. REV. WILLIAM T. VERNON. The hustling and widely known pastor of Memphis, Tenn., who is making a splendid fight Bishop of the A. M. E. Church at the General St. Louis, Mo. The hustling and widely known pastor of Avery Chapel, Memphis, Tenn., who is making a splendid fight to be elected Bishop of the A. M. E. Church at the General Conference at St. Louis, Mo. so they made two trips to foreign countries singing before crowned heads and moistening the eyes of those who heard them. Some English musicians became skeptical as to the originality of the Slave Songs and tried to prove by research that the Negro had plagiarized the church music of the Caucasian, but their efforts were futile, and later we are told that England borrowed one of her most popular Sunday School tunes from the African music, the melody to "There is a happy land," belonging to the primitive music of the Negro. In Holland it is said there were no halls large enough to accommodate the crowds who desired to hear the singers and so the cathedrals were opened to them for concert purposes. In Germany they were received by the Emperor and the Domkirche where the royal family worshipped, was placed at the disposal of the visiting singers. Franz Abt the composer and conductor placed at their disposal the hall in Brunswick where he gave his own choral concerts. Critics raved over their wonderful shading and declamation the superb crescendos and decrescendos to the point of acknowledging themselves debtors to these wonderful singers. Jubilee Hall one of the most imposing buildings on the campus at Fisk University, stands as a monument to the efforts of Mr. White and his aggregation of dispensers of original folk song for as a result of these efforts, one hundred and fifty thousand dollars were raised to erect the building above mentioned. All of these who were a part and parcel in the making of the history above recorded now are sleeping with their fathers excepting one, who was at that time a very young girl. She is Mrs. Eliza Walker Crump, the manager of the Walker Jubilee Singers and resides at 3554 Vernon avenue this city: a splendidly preserved type of the refinement, and stability which Fisk has been the means of instelling into her sons and daughters and which they seem to retain though years come and go. At the Chicago Music Association recently the following program was rendered: Definitions of Oratorio, Mass, and Cantata, Papers by Mrs. Jesse Smith, "The Crusaders," by Gade; Mrs. Carrie Warner "Requiem Mass," Berlioz; Mr. George Hutehinson, "The Beatitudes," Caezar Franck; Mrs. Ethel Gavin, "The Messiah," Handel. Miss Mary Jones sang "Come Unto Me" from the Messiah. Mrs. Martha Mitchell is chairman of the Program Committee. Hiawatha's Wedding Feast, by Coleridge Taylor, was given recently at the Capitol Theatre, New York, George W. Stewart manager and producer. This is one of the most fitting tributes recently accorded the works of a Negro composer. Whitmark & Sons have published two new songs by R. Nathaniel Dett. They are "A Thousand Years Ago" and "Magic Moon of Molten Gold." Both songs have to do with the mythical. The critic says that "A Thousand Years" is set to music of a strangely haunting type. Only for an intellectual singer with a good range, and equally capable pianist. Of "Magic Moon," he says: "That it is so big in outline that it almost capable pianist or orchestra to support it." The monthly musical held at Berean Baptist Church was highly interesting ```markdown ``` own pastor of Avery Chapel, g a splendid fight to be elected at the General Conference at . . . HON. MARTIN B. MADDEN. Congress from the First Congressional District may become the Thompson candidate for Senator from Illinois at the forthcoming election. Dr. A. W. Williams press on his Observa- tive was introduced by Musical numbers Leon Smith, violi- ner of the 8th In- tudent, and the Berean bough, director. Ac- e furnished by Mrs. Smith and Miss The conditions may be such as to prevent his nomination by the con- vention of 1920, but he may be elected Governor of Illinois, and then U. S. Senator and then in 1928, the Appal- pines predicts he will be the candidate of the united Republican party for Pres- ident and will be triumphantly elected —From the Appeal, St. Paul, Min. April 24, 1920. ATTORNEY J. GRAY LUCAS IS NOW LOCATED IN HIS NEW SUITE OF OFFICES AT 129 IN 31ST STREET. The Avenue Building at the corner of 31st street and Indiana avenue, has been transformed into one of the best office buildings on the south side. All of the second floor, is at the present time occupied by many of the leading professional men among the race in this city. Attorney J. Gray Lucas being among that number, occupies Suite 16-17, in the Avenue Building, and at all times Mr. Lucas is amply prepared to look after the legal business of his friends and clients. BOMB PARTLY WRECKS NEEM OWNED BUILDING. A black powder bomb partly wrecks the vestibule and first floor of a three story building owned by Creed Hibbard, colored, at 4331 Vineennes are nue, Monday night. Damage of $500 was done. No one was injured. Charles Satchel Morris, Jr., the bovorator of Norfolk, Va., delivered an address before a large number of people on April 21, at South Park M.E. Church his subject "Colored Heresy" wds well delivered by Mr. Morris. SLEAKS TO VIRGINIAN'S At the regular monthly meeting of the Virginia Society on Wednesday evening, April 21, Mr. Charles Satchle Morris of Norfolk, Va., spoke before the meeting and paid a glorious tribute to the Virginians. Mr. Morris became a member of the society at the conclusion of the meeting. SPEAKS IN CHICAGO Hon. William Monroe Trotter of Boston, Mass., spoke Monday evening at Walter's A. M. E. Church to a large audience despite the inclement weather. Hon. Trotter told his trip to Paris and the treatment of members of the race in America. Rev. W. A. Blackwell, pastor of Walter's A. M. E. Church, 3300 Dearborn street, has returned from Salisbury, N. C., where he delivered an address before the graduating class of Livingstons College last Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Maud Gray, 3545 Indians ave. left the city during the week for St. Louis, Mo., where she will spend tendays as the guest of Miss Estella Buckner, 4145 Papine street. Attorney Walter M. Farmer, 184 W. Washington street, has gone to Nashville, Tenn., where he was called on legal business. and entertaining. Dr. A. W. Williams delivered an address on his Observations in France. He was introduced by Dr. Julian Lewis. Musical numbers were furnished by Leon Smith, violinist, Sargeant Tucker of the 8th Infantry, saxaphonist, and the Berean Choir, L. T. Yarbrough, director. Accompaniments were furnished by Mrs. Helm, Miss Vivian Smith and Miss Estella Bonds. The program concluded with a reading by Mr. Bert Bratton and remarks by the pastor, Rev. W. S. Bradman, who sounded a note of warning to colored Americans to "be up and doing with colored heart for any fate." In other words to be prepared to meet any emergency that may arise to curtail "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." Hermes Zimmerman, the young composer of "The Chief Corner Stone," seems to be putting Hadley, Ill., on the map; for we learn that he appeared recently at Gary, Ind., in a recital, the program of which was made up almost entirely of his own compositions. Mrs. Clara Hutchinson has received a letter of commendation from President Felix Borowski of the Chicago Musical; College for her splendid work in the contest recently held at the college. FROM A PLEASED READER OF THE MUSIC CARINET. We are in receipt of the following from Mr. Henry L. Grant of Washington, D. C., President of the National Association of Negro Musicians: My Dear Mrs. Anderson—I have been reading with very keen interest your very capable Studies in Negro Folk Music appearing in The Broad Ax of recent dates. It is a part of the N. A. N. M. to propagate and spread an intelligent understanding and appreciation of Negro Folk Music. Your work, therefore is indeed of timely assistance to the idea. I am happy to see our writers of matter concerning music, alive to their duty in this respect. To influence a better understanding of our one big asset—Folk Music—is a great work. Please accept again the assurance of our great appreciation. Sincerely yours, H.GRANT. THOMPSON FOR PRESIDENT. Mayor William Hale Thompson of Chicago has triumphed over his many political enemies and has carried 34 out of 35 wards in that city thus putting him in complete political control of the second city of the country. By combining with a downs-tate leader he will be able to control the great State of Illinois and will name the delegates at large to the Republican National Convention. The imbecile Republicans who endeavored to read Thompson out of the party, charging him with being pro-German during the war, have been Beked to a frazzle. It is very gratifying to the Appeal to note that Thompson has been able to win in spite of the opposition of the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Daily News and other hypocritical newspapers, which for political reasons questioned his loyalty. Mayor Thompson is a great American, absolutely devoid of racial prejudice, the representative of all classes of Americans. He is headed for the White House. The Appeal nominates William Hale Thompson of Illinois for President of the United State. DELIVERS ADDRESS RETURNS [Name] WILLIAM G. ANDERSON One of the many new men of Elks, Odd Fellows, also men of Pythias, who honorably se late Roger C. Sullivan while he One of the many new members of the Great Lakes Lodge of Elks, Odd Fellows, also member of the Masons and Knights of Pythias, who honorably served as private secretary to the late Roger C. Sullivan while he was clerk of the Probate Court. THE LATE BOGER C. SULLIVAN WAS ELECTED CLEK OF THE PROBATE COURT IN 1890 WITH THE AID OF THE COLORED VOTERS OF CHICAGO. In our article last week on the funeral of the late Roger C. Sullivan, short reference was made to his selection of William G. Anderson, as his private secretary and at this time we feel that it will not be out of place to shed a little more light on just how Mr. Sullivan was elected Clerk of the Probate Court in 1890 with the aid of the colored voters. him that if he was elected that he would put a colored man in his office as a clerk. As Mr. Sullivan was never known to break his word as his word at all times was his bond, the colored people throughout Cook County and Chicago voted almost solidly for him and he was the only Democrat elected in Cook County in the great Republican landslide in 1890. His election as Clerk of the Probate Court with the aid of the colored voters was the corner or the foundation stone of his future political and financial success. If our memory serves us correctly Thomas W. Sennott was the Republican candidate for Clerk of the Probate Court and at the beginning of that election a delegation of colored Republicans called on Mr. Sennott with the view of ascertaining that if the colored people loyally supported him at the polls and if he was elected would he appoint a bright and intelligent colored man to a responsible position in his office. Right off the bat Mr. Sennott, frankly and fairly informed the delegation of colored Republicans that he would do nothing of the kind, that it was alright for colored people to vote the Republican ticket but the time had not yet arrived for them to be employed as clerks in any of the offices and that "he could be elected Clerk of the Probate Court without the aid of the "Niger vote." His last remarks fired up the colored people in all parts of this city and they held public meeting all over Chicago and passed resolutions in which they very bitterly denounced Mr. Sennott. In the midst of the election that some delegation of colored men headed by the late J. E. W. Thomas and the late John Q. Grant, called on Roger C. Sullivan and secured a promise from COLLECTIONS MADE EVERY-WHERE. The Milton Mercantile Agency, 3638 State street, of which M. T. Bailey is general manager, is in position to take care of collections in the United States and Canada. CHIPS. Madam M. Callaway-Byron, 3300 Rhodes avenue, is home again after appearing in a song and piano recital at Cleveland, Ohio, the first of this week, with Miss Helen Hagan, who will continue her tour through the east for several weeks. Mrs. Sadie De Armond-Cotter has moved into her new or old home, 3342 Calumet avenue, where she will be pleased to meet her many friends and also the many friends of her husband, Attorney James G. Cotter, ex-Assitant Attorney General of Illinois. The pupils of Mrs. A. C. Cone, 633 Bowen avenue, gave a concert or recital at the Abraham Lincoln Center last Tuesday evening. Each one of the pupils did very nicely, which prove that Mrs. Cone is a splendid instructor along musical lines. Monday evening, May 5, a musical benefit for Baby Ward, Provident Hospital, will be given under the auspices of the Giles Charity Club, at the Blue Triangle Club Booms of the Y. W. C. A., 3541 Indiana avenue, Mrs. Norn E. Lee, chairman; Mrs. Mattie F. Lowe, ```markdown ``` CHIPS. him that if he was elected that he would put a colored man in his office as a clerk. As Mr. Sullivan was never known to break his word as his word at all times was his bond, the colored people throughout Cook County and Chicago voted almost solidly for him and he was the only Democrat elected in Cook County in the great Republican landslide in 1890. His election as Clerk of the Probate Court with the aid of the colored voters was the corner or the foundation stone of his future political and financial success. In consideration of the splendid vote which Mr. Sullivan received from the colored Republicans of this city he appointed Mr. William G. Anderson as the official stenographer of the Probate Clerk's office and his private secretary that responsible position Mr. Anderson filled with great credit to himself and to the colored people during the four years that Mr. Sullivan honorably served as Clerk of the Probate Court. Mr. Anderson after he had finished his duties for the day attended law school at night finally graduating as a full fledged lawyer prior to becoming connected with the Probate Clerk's office Mr. Anderson had for some time filled an important position as stenographer to Judge John Barton Payne, who is Secretary of the Interior under President Woodrow Wilson. On retiring from the Probate Clerk's office was admitted to the Bar of Illinois and in a short time he made himself famous as the Great Habeas Corpus Lawyer of Chicago. It was the political downfall of Thomas W. Sennott, when he was defeated in his race for Clerk of the Probate Court in 1890, for at the present time he earns four dollars per day as one of the extra clerks in the rooms of the Board of Election Commissioners. Mrs. Moses Ratcliff, 3739 Elmwood avenue, has been confined to her home the past two weeks, with a severe cold; at the present time, she is improving and the first of this coming week, she hopes to be able to resume the sale of The Broad Ax, as she disposes of fifty copies of the paper among her friends each week. Lighthouse Apparatus of Metal. Lighthouse Apparatus or Metal. The optical apparatus of the lighthouse of Galta, an island off the coast of Tunis, is entirely of metal. The great parabolic reflector, the largest metallic mirror in any lighthouse, is of glided bronze 7 feet 5 inches in diameter, with a focal length of 26 inches, and its 202,000 candle power flash can usually be seen 30 miles at sea. Infallible Method. An amateur farmer answered an advertisement headed "A Sure Way to Make Hens Lay." This is what he got for his money: "Tie a stout string around the hen's body, place the bird on her side on a board and fasten the string underneath. If it is thought desirable, a pillow may be placed under the hen's head."—Boston Transcript. Stars of "Dipper." The stars of the "little dipper" are all constantly moving at tremendous velocities and mostly in different directions, say astronomers, but so vast is their distance from us that they have not changed their relative positions to any appreciable extent within the memory of man. The Buny Househusband. Probably no other system will ever be devised for losing long and valuable lead penclips out of one's white-water-coat pocket which will quite equal for efficiency shaking down the furnace—Ohio State Journal. Bene Stronger Than Oak. A piece of human bone will support half as much weight again as a piece of the best oak of the same thickness. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MAY 1, 1920 Building Character. It's folly to build with neutral materials. Character demands touch with God and co-operation with one's fellows. There may be some with desire to be considered clever who dare to assume positions that throw them into the limelight and the ridiculous. They may conjure up cute-sounding phrases trimmed to capture itching ears without giving a thought to what real meaning they may convey. It's dangerous to vent wholesale disaster upon those of other faiths. If men be given to folly it's your part to lead them to the truth.—Grit. Dillgence. Our word, diligence, is from the Latin, "diligencia." It means the quality of being diligent; interested and persevering application; devoted and painstaking effort to accomplish what is undertaken; assiduous industry; careful attention. Industry has the wider sense of the two words, implying an habitual devotion to labor for some valuable end, as knowledge or property: Diligence denotes earnest application to some specific object or pursuit which more or less directly has a strong hold on one's interest or feelings. Chinese in Java. The standard of living is probably higher in Java than any other Chinese community in the world. The houses are clean and well furnished, the people dress in European clothing, and every one has a great deal to say about dirt and sanitation. There are Chinese families in Java which have been there for five centuries, but the great majority of the 300,000 who live on the island have come there or are descended from those who came there in the last fifty years. Snowstorms Form in Warm Climates Snowstorms Form in Warm Climates. Potentially snow storms form in general region of warmth, strange as it may seem. The area of low barometric pressure, or storm sea, comes whirling eastward across the Gulf states and then generally takes a twist northward along the Atlantic seaboard. When sufficiently far north these warm air currents are chilled and the moisture becomes snow, very often being borne to the earth by the back draft of east wind. Character Revelation. Not merely speeches prepared, oretions delivered, sermons preached, but what a man says and how he says it to his neighbors friend, to his acquaintance or customer, to his father or mother, his wife or child across the breakfast table; this is what counts, for it reveals him off his guard and taken unawares, not as he would wish to be, not even as he would actually be, to be, but as he actually is, and it marks him with an indelible mark.—Exchange The Peanut. The peanut is a member of the pea family and the "nut" is more accurately described as a pod. It is grown from seed in many tropical and subtropical lands, a long warm season being necessary for its maturity. It flowers above ground, then the stem bends downwards, the young pod enters the soil and there matures. No roots are ever attached to the nut; the fibers, mistaken for them, are from the stem. Indians and Japanese. Professor Mena, Mexican scientist, went to Tehuacan in 1983 to investigate a story that in small towns near by Chinese talked in their own tongue to the Indians and were perfectly understood. He found the legend false. Japanese scholars visiting the Mexican museum have been surprised to find articles used by the Indians exactly the same as those used by Japanese peasants. Peculiar "Drum F'sh." In the Indian ocean is a curiosity called the "drum fish," which the island and fishermen of the Seychelles, Amrantes, etc., often take with hand lines and which is highly esteemed as an article of food; it has earned its name from its habit of making a booming noise when pursuing or pursued; in size and taste it is not unlike the cod. Remarkable Meteor. Numerous observations of the brilliant meteor seen in the early evening of October 21, 1919, show that it had the long horizontal flight of 385 miles from over a point of twenty miles northeast of York, England, to thirty miles southwest of St. Valery, France, according to the Scientific American. It traveled at a speed of about thirty-three miles a second and its average altitude was seventy-four miles. Forged Camera. Hundreds of trained camels and intaglios, for which large sums have been paid, are spurious, although many of them are masterpieces of art. To such an extent have camels been forged that, after a certain French count had spent $25,000 in forming a collection, so many forgeries were found among them that, in despair of separating the false from the true, he parted with the lot for a fraction of what they had cost him. Foot Square and Square Foot. A mathematician says there is no difference in area or quantity of surface between a foot square and a square foot, but there may be a difference in shape. A foot square must be a rectangular surface having four equal sides, measuring one foot long each. A square foot may also be a foot square, but it may be irregular in shape, say six inches wide and two feet long, or any shape so long as the area is equal to 144 square inches. Filii the Wife's S'stun. In the Philippine islands, when women marry, they go into partnership with their husbands. While the men handle the workers, the women attend to the finance, act as cashiers, pay the workers and oversee much of .e business. They also have equality with the men in everything except mother. For State Builders They who preach patience to the peoples as the sole remedy for the ills by which they are oppressed, or who, while they admit the necessity of a contest, would yet leave the initiative to be taken by their rulers, do not, to my thinking, understand the state of things coming upon us . . . It is not enough to precipitate a monarchy into a guilt; the guilt must be closed up, and a durable edifice erected on its site.—From "Faith and the Future," by Mazzini. Oddities of Chinese Market Day. Market day in China usually affords many quaint sights to the foreigner. As the country is one largely devoid of vehicles, the commodities to be offered for sale are carried to the market places in many odd ways; by wheelbarrow, on manback, polished on the heads of women, or swung to a pole borne on the shoulders of two carriers. Breakfast for Doughboya The French cooks could never get in line with the American breakfast which was demanded by the American soldiers and others from this country who were called to France during the war. The French breakfast consists of a roll and coffee, while the American demanded eggs and bacon as well. What Is a Peddler? The word peddler is derived from an old English word, "ped," as in Spencer's "Shephards' Calendar." "A bask is a wicker ped waler then they use to carry fish." It has no connection with the Latin peds, a foot, as often reported. A peddler is, therefore, one with a ped, basket, or pack, and it has been held in law, one who has the identical article he sells in his "ped." It is, simply speaking, incorrect, therefore, to call an itinerant merchant, who simply takes orders for goods bought from seeing samples he carries, a peddler. Hairy Elephants Historians tell us that, in prehistoric times, mighty mastodons and mammoths were covered from head to tail with a very coarse hair which, in many cases, grew long. So the elephant's forefathers had long hair but, as the world changed with regard to weather conditions, from the bitter frosty glaciers that were encountered to the modern climate of extreme heat and cold, the elephant gradually defied his overcoat. The hair sometimes seen on the top of his head alone remains as a reminder. Curious Name Explained The warders of the tower of London were first styled beetlefeters in the reign of Edward VI. The word was probably derived from the French buffeter, signifying literally "to eat beef." It was used in connection with the yeomen of the guard, originating at the coronation of Henry VII, in 1485. So Driver Won't Mix Hie Dates A stop watch that has been invented for the interior of a closed automobile is electrically connected to one on the instrument board to remind the chauffeur of an engagement. The Mind of a Woman. "A woman is more religious than a man," says Dr. A. T. Schofield in "The Mind of a Woman." There is more of the emotional and the mystic. Women, being more emotional than men, are pre-eminent in the spiritual life, for love is their nature more than it is that of men. Sensitive Pendulum. The pendulum of the great clock in the tower of the house of parliament in London is so delicate that a small weight of only one ounce placed on a particular part of the apparatus will alter the rate of the clock one second per week. Negro Superstition Important Commercial Discovery It has been discovered that the hot mineral waters of Bath, England, will permanently-tint glass, and it seems possible that the well-known health resort may become a famous glass-staining center. Poor Time Ahead. Mother was going to take Billy visiting with her, so while dressing him she said: "You must be good today, exceptionally good, because Aunt Hatt is going to be there and she doesn't like nolys boys," "O. gee," said the youngster, "I see where I'm going to have a rotten time." Killed by Peashooter "Shot to death with a peashooter," was the verdict of the coroner's jury investigating the demise of Mrs. Jessie Archer in London, England. It was found that she ruptured the aorta when the vegetable, shot from a boy's artillery, hit her in the face. Slight Mistake. Some men found guilty of robbery confessed, the other day, that they did it in order to start business. They had better kept to the usual procedure and started business first—London Passing Show. Make Themselves Miserable. It is not so much happiness as impatience that from time to time possesses men, and then they choose to call themselves miserable.—Goethe. Be Charitable to the Living. Defer not charities till death. He who does so is rather liberal of another man's substance than his own—Stretch. A lover of the cranberry says it is a fine anticorbital. Now, we had never thought of that—Arkansas Gazette. Markets in China China is a land of markets. They are held in every city and town, and even in the small villages. Where there is no regular market place, much of the buying and selling is done out of doors. But there is hardly a village that hasn't its regular market plot, in the larger towns and cities there are several. Hapsburg. Hapsburg, meaning "Owl's Castle," was a castle which stood in the canton of Aargau, Switzerland, the reputed cradle of the Hapsburg dynasty. Stood for Religious Toleration. On the 6th of February, in 1631, Roger Williams, founder of Rhode Island, arrived at Boston. He was the first advocate and leader among the Puritans for the principle of religious toleration. The Cynic. A cynic is in many instances a super-idealist who believes the world could be perfect by rectifying a few slight errors which he takes the trouble to point out. Sleep All Winter Long. When raccoons sleep away the cold snake in the winter, says the American Forestry magazine of Washington, it is not an uncommon thing to find a whole family, or maybe several families, curled up together in the hollow of some big tree. Twentieth Century The first century comprised the years 1 to 100 inclusive; the second century, the years 101 to 200 inclusive, and so on to the twentieth century, which is the period beginning with 1901 and extending to the year 2001. Something Like a Memory Billie w's heard to say to his pal Jack: "I can remember everything I did since I was three weeks old." After some hesitation Jack replied: "Oh, that's nothing. I can remember from the time the doctor said to me: 'Stand up, Sonny, and have your eyes put in.'" Soap Bubbles A mixture of castle soap, glycerin and ammonia with rain water or distilled water, gives a bubble that can be blown very thin and will last a long time before bursting. For especially good results make the mixture three days before it is to be used. Invisible Ink The simplest of all invisible inks is milk or, better still, buttermilk. It used with a perfectly clean new pen and on unglazed paper, it will not show. The easiest way to bring it out is to iron it with a hot flatiron. Read Ruskin Occasions A goat is derided for eating newspapers, yet many a man feeds his mind on nothing else. Very Old Superstition. It surprised me to find on investigation that "touching wood" as a supposed safeguard from the consequences of e lation or boasting is a superstition of ancient origin. Authorities on these mythological matters tell us that "it dates from the time when the oak, the ash, the rowan (or mountain ash) were held sacred to the gods of the heathen." Doing Away With Fear. The cure of fear will have begun when realization comes that worry is economically and otherwise unprofitable. Many a neurasthenic has been cured by learning to drive an automobile, to ride a horse, to swim, or by accustoming himself to great heights, in such ways sustaining courage for fear. Leather-Stocking Leather-Stocking is the nickname of Natty Bumppo, one of the favorite characters drawn by the American writer of Indian and sea tales, James Fenimore Cooper. The bearer of the nickname is a half-savage, half-Christian chevalier of American wild life of almost a century and a quarter ago. Leather-Stocking reappears and closes his career in Cooper's story, "The Prairie." CUT THIS OUT. Special Notice: Dr. Frederick Jacobson says that phosphates are just as essential to any woman who tries easily to eat a balanced diet with little out looks haggard and pale, to make a strong, robust, vigorous, healthy body, as they are to make corn, wheat of any vegetable plant grow strong and healthy. The lack of phosphates is the cause of all enemic conditions and the administration of 5-grain Argo-Phos-cheta Tablets will increase the strength and endurance 500% in a few weeks' time in many instances. STRENGTH SUCCESS Don't Spend It All Every dollar you save now will buy two dollars worth when the high cost of living has been adjusted. Why should you be urged to save money under this the most favorable time for the creation of a surplus fund? You may open a Savings Account here with $1.00 or more—we pay 3% interest. Don't put this off—start now! NEW BANKING HOURS FOR SAVINGS Daily 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. ILLINOIS TRUST & SAVINGS BAN La Salle at Jackson...Chicago --- JOHN H. HARRIS REV. W. SAMPSON BROOKS The eloquent and hard working pastor of B Baltimore, Md., who is slated to be elected one of the A. M. E. Church at the General Conference gins in St. Louis, Mo., this week. The eloquent and hard working pastor of Bethel Church, Baltimore, Md., who is slated to be elected one of the Bishops of the A. M. E. Church at the General Conference, which begins in St. Louis, Mo., this week. Josephine's Horoscope. Is there such a thing as seeing into the future? Yes. Here is one of the many testimonials to the solemn gift: When the Empress Josephine of France was a girl in Martinique, an old colored woman, named Empheuila, "told her fortune." "You will marry a fair man. Your star promises two alliances. With your first husband you will have a tragical lawsuit. Your second husband, a dark man of slander means, will fill the world with his fame and glory. You will be greater than 'queen.' You will die unhappy." The entire prediction came true. Cling to Savage Customs. Throughout the islands of the New Hebrides many of the primitive ceremonies are still performed. The "sing sing" ground is still kept in readiness for the periodical outbursts of feeling, when the islander dances his wild and sacred dances to the ghastly music of the drums. Watching one of these wredd revels followed by an orgy of eating, or more correctly stuffing, it seems to the observer that the New Hebrides race is destined to continue until it dies out a savage, or, at best, semi-civilized people. ? How much should I give to make this a better world? A CERTAIN man in New York filled out his income tax report. It showed an income so large that his tax was 53%. And his total gifts to church and charity for the year were $148. Think of it—thousands spent for luxuries and pleasure for himself; and $148 to leave the world a little better than he found it! Most of us do better than that; but not so very much better. Our average daily gift for all church causes is No wonder that 80% of the ministers of America are paid less than $20 a week. No wonder that the church hospitals turn away thousands of sick people a year. No wonder that China has only one doctor for every 400,000 people. No wonder that every church board and charity society is forever meeting deficits, forever passing the hat. It isn't because we are selfish; it isn't because we don't want to help. It's just because no one has ever put up a great big program to us, and asked us to think of the work of the church in a systematic businesslike way. The Interchurch World Movement represents the united program of thirty denominations. They have surveyed their whole task, no business could have done it better. They have budgeted their needs; no business could have a more scientific budget. They have united to prevent the possibility of waste and duplication. At least a million dollars will be saved by the fact that thirty individual campaigns are joined in one united effort. biking pastor of Bethel Church, to be elected one of the Bishops General Conference, which beek. Cling to Savage Customs. Throughout the islands of the New Hebrides many of the primitive ceremonies are still performed. The "sing-sing" ground is still kept in readiness for the periodical outbursts of feeling, when the islander dances his wild and sacred dances to the ghastly music of the drums. Watching one of these weird revels followed by an orgy of eating, or more correctly stuffing, it seems to the observer that the New Hebrides race is destined to continue until it dies out a savage, or, at best, semi-civilized people. 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The horn book, invented in 1450 and used considerably up to the close of the eighteenth century, was the usual text book of the elementary schools. A thin slab of hard wood was covered with parchment on which were printed the capital and small letters, numerals, and some elementary syllables and words. Over this a thin sheet of transparent cow's horn was placed and firmly bound so that no moisture could penetrate. Rejecting a Compliment. A well-known member of the stock exchange, who is now giving up the close of a strenuous life to philanthropic efforts, was in his heyday a tremendous gambler in stocks, and, incidentally, he and his partner were rather expert in the gentle art of making enemies. One of these accosted him with the pleasant remark: "Look here, you are the biggest thief on the stock exchange," "Ah," was the answer. "it is evident you do not know my partner."-London Tit-Bits. TELEPHONE GEORGE F. H. REAL Up-to-Date or Modern and Store 3101 COTTAGE 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. Mra 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. 53rd street, near State. Mra Moses Ratcliffe, President of the Willing Workers' Club, of St. Catherine A. M. E. Zion Church, 3739 Brownwood street. --- Primitive Fire Prevention. Primitive Fire Prevention. In the early days of the fire insurance business each company in London maintained its own fire brigade. In those days a citizen might go out into the street and shout "Fire!" as loudly as he liked, but unless he had paid his insurance a premium no man would lift his finger or a bucket to save his possessions from burning. Wanted Blame Properly Placed. Wanted him in the park. Rosemary, aged four, and her twin sisters, aged two, were left in the care of a friend who also had three children of about the same ages. During the afternoon the friend heard one of the children in her pantry and, thinking to frighten the child out of the pantry without going in, said: "I hear one one in my pantry." Rosemary quickly walked over to her and said: "It's not any of ours; it's one of your own." No-Mistake Check A California man is the patentee of a baggage check made in two parts, which must be placed together to form its number, preventing mistakes caused by checks with similar numbers. Scottish Center of Industry. Scotland Center of Dundee ranks as one of the leading industrial and commercial centers in northeastern and central Scotland. The district of Dundee is the center of the jute industry in the United Kingdom and practically all the raw jute imported into the country, which averages 1,200,000 bales annually, is consumed there. It is the staple industry of Dundee and employs normally about 35,000 workers. Largest Organ. It is just about impossible to say where the largest organ in the world is, because there is always one being built that is bigger than the last. There are many large organs in England, and in the United States. Sydney, Australia, claimed, some years ago, to have the largest organ in the world, but, like ships, they are always increasing in size. The Muggletonians. This peculiar sect, founded by an English tailor named Muggelon in the seventeenth century, is not extinct. Muggelonians, one of whose chief beliefs is that the "place of hell will be this earth when sun, moon, and stars are extinguished" still meet in London and Derbyshire. Remarkable Flight of Pigeon. Remarkable Flight of Pigeon. A homing pigeon bearing the name of Ben Bolt was announced as having established a new long-distance flight rec rc' of 2,200 miles in the summer of 1915, from Norwalk, Ohio, to Los Angeles, Cal. The bird made the trip in five days nine hours and thirty-one minutes, arriving at Los Angeles August 30. The Baby Giraffe. At the time of its birth the giraffe measures six feet from its hoofs to the top of its head. DOUGLAS 1 HARDING, JR. RESTATE] Turn 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, Cigara, Tobacco and News Stand, 8 W. 27th street, near State. A. D. Hayes, Cigara, 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 THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, MAY 1, 1930. A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW 118] N. La Salle Street CHICAGO Residence 8220 Wabash Ave. Telephone Boulevard 18207 JAMES G. COTTER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 145 NORTH CLARK STREET SUITE 407 Telephone Central 8364 CHICAGO Formerly Assistant Attorney General State of Illinois Res. 3646 Grand Boul. Doug. 4397 ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 129 E. 31ST STREET Suite 16-17 Phone: Douglas 6351 CHICAGO 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 318-320 REAPER BLK. Clark and Washington Streets Phone Central 1230 CHICAGO Notary Public Phones: Office Main A183; Residence, 4753 Champaign Ave. Phone Dreskel 8178. ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 708-184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO Residence 3419 South Park Ava. Phone Douglas 9354 WM. J. LATHAM ATTORNEY AT LAW Office Phone: Calumet 878 2 EAST THIRTY-FIRST ST. Suite 7 CHICAGO Residence 3855 Prairie Ave. Phone Douglas 9188 Phones: Main 2017 Auto 82-396 A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmenich Building 84 W. Washington Street CHICAGO Telephone Oakland 248 E. K. CALDWELL Successor to C. E. KREYSLER DRUGGIST 8007 South State Street Near 51st St. Net. On the Corner CHICAGO EXELENTO FOR KINKY HAIR "Every woman can have nice long hair." says May Gilbert. "All hair be grown." 38 inches long by using your wonderful EXELENTO QUININE POMADE Don't be fooled by kinky hair. You can't stagnation your hair until its pet and long. For people who desire, jack the knob and silky. We make Exelento skin Beautifier, as a treatment for dark, skin tones. Use in treatment of skin troubles. PRICE OF EACH S.E. IN STAMPS OR COIN ADDRESS WOOTED EVERYWHERE EXELENTO MEDICINE CO., Atlanta, Ga. --- Chameleons' Food. Chameleons Food. The proper diet of chameleons and birds 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. Solitudes of the Earth. The Bushmanland desert, in south-west Africa, is but little known. A few nomads—some of European 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 End Ashland S CAPITAL AND SU 1610 West 63rd Street COMPARATIVE STATEMENT LAST SEVEN November 18, 1913 November 17, 1913 November 17, 1914 November 17, 1915 November 17, 1916 November 17, 1917 November 18, 1919 November 17, 1919 OFFICE JOHN BAIN, President MICHAEL MAISEL, V EDW. C. BARRY W. MERLE I ARTHU Largest Labor of Negroes Every Craft of Railr West Englewood Highland State Bank CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $300,000. at 63rd Street NATIVE STATEMENT OF DEPOSIT LAST SEVEN YEARS November 18, 1912.....$ 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. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF DEPOSITS FOR LAST SEVEN YEARS IN, President AEL MAISEL, Vice President EDW. C. BARRY, Cashier W. MERLE FISHER, Assistant ARTHUR C. UTESCH, A Best Labor Organi Negroes in the W Craft of Railroad Work Repro 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 than all other labor agencies c ASK THE MEN Now housed in the magna the Appomattox Club—recenters. Railway Men's Benevolent Industry General Headquarter Appomattox Club Office Phone: KERSEY, McGOWA CHICAGO'S RE Association has done more for the railroad than labor agencies combined. ASK THE MEN WHO KNOW housed in the magnificent home form ofattox Club—recently purchased as one Halway Men's International Plent Industrial Assoc. General Headquarters, 3441 Wabash Club Office Phone: Douglas 8285 SEY, McGOWAN AND MORGAN CHICAGO'S REPRESENTATIVE 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 magnificent home formerly used by the Appomattox Club—recently purchased as our headquarters. General Headquarters, 3441 Wabash Ave. Appomattox Club CHICAGO, ILL. KERSEY, McGOWAN AND MORSELL CHICAGO'S REPRESENTATIVE UNDERTAKERS Fineest Establishment in the U. S. GEO. T. KERSEY D. A. McGOWAN WM. J. MOR Proprietors 3515 INDIANA AVENUE CHICAGO RSEY D. A. McGOWAN WM. J Proprietors ANA AVENUE CHIC GEO. T. KERSEY D. A. McGOWAN WM. J. MORSELL Proprietors ERNEST H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER STONE WENWOOD 456 OCT. 5, 1910, 5090 N. State Street 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 Appetita. Lumberjacks Appreciate We heard some time ago that the managers of the lumbar camps had decided to refuse free 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 OURPLUS $300,000.00 Chicago RENT 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 PROCERS Office President Cashier FISHER, Assistant Cashier R C. UTESCH, Asst. Cashier. Organization in the World Load Work Represented more for the railroad man of color combined. MAN WHO KNOW Sufficient home formerly used by only purchased as our headquar- Is International Industrial Association Lars, 3441 JWabash Ave. CHICAGO, ILL. Douglas 8285 MAN AND MORSELL PRESENTATIVE NEST H.WI UNDER 5098-5099 OFFICERS CHICAGO, ILL. Phone Douglas 8020 The Mission Billiard Hall GEO. W. HOLT, Propr. 3504 SOUTH STATE STREET CHICAGO, ILL. Phone Prospect 427 JAMES H. RYAN Real Estate, Rent Loans, Insurance JAMES H. RYAN & CO. Real Estate, Renting Loans, Insurance 6244 SO. ASHLAND AVENUE CHICAGO. There's no monopoly of soul vision, it's not particular about the residence of its beneficial. It finds the simple Mald of Orleans and makes her a great factor in history. It takes the youth, Luther, and makes him the reformer of religion. It has taken men from the plow, the garret, the sculery and raised them to eminence. It has also used the son of the mansion. It knows men as fit expressions of its purpose and not as individuals. It is limited only by the power of the soul to match itself with the great need.—Exchange. Sound Waves. The term "sound" is often mistakenly restricted to the sensation involved in hearing. The term sound is actually applied to those aerial or other vibrations which, were they to reach the ear, would be audible. Sound is made of waves in material things of earth, like air, metal, water, or wood. A falling tree produces sound waves which vibrate symmetrically about it in much the same way as the ripples on a lake caused by throwing a pebble on its surface. Cut out this Subscription THE BROAD AX 6206 S. Elizabeth St., Chicago, III. IULIUS F. TAYLOR. Please Cut out this Subscription Blank and Mail it to JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Please enter my name as a subscriber to THE BROAD AX. I enclose herewith Two Dollars, the annu subscription to same, or One Dollar for six months. 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I once saw a dog jump into a river and swim down to another younger dog, which had been swiped along by the current and who was trying in vain to make a landing when the bank was steep and slippery. If every attempt his claws slipped; he was losing his head; he was growing weak. The older dog pushed his downstream to a safe landing, as he went on about his business, as if it were a mere dotall.—American magazine on Blank and Mail it to se enter my name as a subscribe herewith Two Dollars, the annu lar for six months. ..... CHICAGO, ILL Canine Altruism $1.00 FOR 6 MONTH $2.00 PER YEAR