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EXTRA THE BROAD AX EXTRA Hon. William E. Dever, After a Spirited Race, Elected Mayor of Chicago, by 103,748 Majority. He Carried the Second, Third and Fourth Wards and the Other Strongholds or Wards Where the Colored People Reside. HE RECEIVED 387,961 VOTES AS AGAINST 284,213 VOTES FOR HON. ARTHUR C. LUEDER. THE GREATEST WEEKLY NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD UTTERLY FAILED TO CONTAIN ONE LINE OR WORD IN ITS ISSUE OF MARCH 31 IN FAVOR OF THE ELECTION OF HON. WILLIAM E. DEVER FOR MAYOR OF CHICAGO. THIS NEWSPAPER HAD THE MORAL COURAGE TO STAND BY HIM TO THE BITTER END AND AT ALL TIMES FREELY PREDICTED HIS ELECTION. Tuesday, April 3, 1923, was the second political emancipation day for the vast majority of the colored people residing in all parts of this wonderful city, and it remained for Hon. William E. Dever to become the real political emancipator of the colored race here and his influence in that direction will be felt among the colored people in all parts of the United States north of the Mason and Dixon Line. It is almost impossible to realize the fact that after fifty years of political serfdom on the part of the colored people in this city that they should suddenly wake up all at once, throw or cast off their slavish republican political yoke which they had been proudly wearing around their necks for, lo, these many years and in the twinkling of an eye, as it were, and march on to victory under the Democratic banner of Hon. William E. Dever for mayor of Chicago. Sometimes it seems to us that an electric spark, some way or other came in contact with every colored person in this city, and that that electric spark or that some strong, unseen power grabbed every colored man and woman, giving them a good shaking up, stood them on their feet and, without the promise of slipping one dime or one dollar in real money to them, marched them off to vote the Democratic ticket. For it is estimated by the wisest cold blooded and selfish politicians that fully sixty-five per cent of all the colored people in this city recorded their votes in favor of the election of Hon. William E. Dever and his running mates, Hon. John A. Cervenka, the newly elected City Treasurer, and Hon. Al. F. Gorman, the next City Clerk. That at least ten per cent of the colored people remained at home and refused to vote at all; that about twenty-five per cent of them voted for the Hon. Arthur C. Lueder; that between 30 and 35 thousand colored people scattered throughout this city voted for Judge Dever; that every vote which he received from a colored person counted two; that the votes which he picked up in that direction amounted to 60 to 70 thousand; that without that vote his majority over Mr. Lueder would have been in the neighborhood of forty thousand instead of 103,748 votes. The colored people, in order to show Mayor-Elect Dever and the head leaders of his party that they meant business and that there would be no mistake about it as far as they were concerned, the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 32nd, 28th, 42nd, 14th, 16th wards and all the other wards which contain large or small colored populations were turned over to Judge Dever by the colored people residing in those respective wards. The colored people have shown or proven their friendship for Mayor-Elect Dever; they loyally stood by him when he needed votes and greatly assisted him in every way to become the mayor of the second city in the United States and have assisted to make it possible for him and the leaders of his party to handle millions and millions of dollars worth of patronage each year for the next four years. Therefore, we have every reason to believe that Mayor Dever will freely invite his colored friends and followers to march under the victorious banner with him and help to share the spoils of victory which has for many years been one of the main slogans of the Democratic party. Vote by Wards for Mayor of Chicago The following is the vote in the various wards for mayor: Ward Dever Lueder Cutnea Plurality Dever Lueder 1. ... 10,858 1,599 240 9,259 2. ... 8,269 3,714 367 4,555 3. ... 9,218 7,119 594 2,099 4. ... 8,017 7,996 542 21 5. ... 7,455 9,139 553 ... 1,684 6. ... 7,977 8,983 614 ... 1,006 7. ... 7,112 6,300 503 812 8. ... 7,259 8,030 830 ... 771 9. ... 4,701 6,069 1,131 ... 1,368 10. 4,851 4,576 606 275 11. 8,253 2,560 529 5,693 12. 8,809 5,216 869 3,593 13. 7,039 894 181 6,145 14. 11,216 3,124 460 8,092 15. 10,213 5,885 1,316 4,328 16. 9,566 6,733 899 2,833 17. 7,321 8,657 636 ... 1,336 18. 8,940 6,889 942 2,081 19. 7,683 10,715 725 ... 3,032 20. 7,312 2,037 222 5,275 21. 7,179 2,482 637 4,697 22. 7,922 2,606 994 5,316 23. 8,019 4,288 1,212 3,731 24. 8,828 1,965 590 6,863 25. 6,973 2,759 785 4,214 26. 8,887 1,187 541 7,700 27. 8,994 4,990 579 4,004 28. 8,215 5,683 869 2,532 29. 12,741 5,786 1,028 6,955 30. 14,247 6,539 914 7,708 31. 6,702 1,218 330 5,484 32. 6,655 2,896 620 3,759 33. 8,356 1,537 517 6,819 34. 6,260 2,669 1,699 3,591 35. 4,724 6,213 1,664 ... 1,489 36. 5,208 7,309 1,522 ... 2,101 37. 8,710 11,624 1,165 ... 2,914 38. 7,262 5,370 1,079 1,892 39. 9,213 6,585 1,438 2,628 40. 6,269 10,463 1,531 ... 4,194 41. 5,492 8,111 1,193 ... 2,619 42. 7,822 3,606 384 4,216 43. 5,698 5,236 860 462 44. 5,674 6,911 720 ... 1,237 45. 7,059 5,623 1,194 1,436 46. 5,201 7,668 847 ... 2,467 47. 6,802 10,175 1,299 ... 3,373 48. 5,945 7,836 390 ... 1,893 49. 8,870 10,923 479 ... 2,053 50. 5,965 7,748 326 ... 1,783 THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1923 17-12-1920 The Newly Elected Mayor of Chicago Who Was Loyally Supported By This Newspaper and Who Received the Votes of Thousands of Colored People Who Look Upon Him As the Second Booker T. Washington of the Colored Race. MAKEUP OF CHICAGO'S FIRST COUNCIL OF FIFTY Many years ago, when we first began publishing the pictures of Democrats who were friendly disposed towards colored people. They, the colored people, rose up in all of their might and madness and they were in favor of running us out of town, or of starving us to death, and they branded us as a rank enemy and traitor to the colored race. In every way possible we were insulted, humiliated and almost spat upon by the poor, short-sighted colored people whose unreasoning or unlink- THE AMATEUR MINSTREL BOYS HELD FORTH AT THE EIGHTH REGIMENT ARMORY MONDAY EVENING IN ALL OF THEIR GLORY IN THEIR TWENTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL MINSTREL AND DANCE. IT WAS THE BEST SHOW SO FAR RENDERED BY THE BOYS. DESPITE THE RAINY EVENING, THE PLEASANT AFFAIR WAS ATTENDED BY WELL ONTO FOUR THOUSAND PEOPLE. Monday evening, Easter, the Amateur Minstrels, whose members were loaded down with salt and pepper, real live jokes, and with a lot of snap and ginger, and with many new specialties or attractions, held forth in their twenty-seventh annual show and dance at the Eighth Regiment Armory. —Geo. S. Harris; Oscar Randall—Sister Kate. Specialty, Dancing Fool—Leonard Roane. Song, Got to See Mamma Every Night—Floyd Cardwell. Solo, Some Day You'll Pay—Charles W. Settles. Song, Take It Daddy. It's All Yours—Charles C. Fielding. Closing Chorus—The Com- Regardless of the downpour of rain, fully four thousand people had crowded into the Armory to witness the show, and to join in the dancing which followed it. At no time in the history of Chicago has there been such a large gathering of representative Afro-Americans under one roof, for it can well be said that the brains and wealth of the race in this city was in evidence at all times and many handsome gowns worn by the ladies, including Easter hats and other ornaments for the head could not be surpassed in elegance and brilliance. Once each year, or the Monday evening after Easter, the Amateur Minstrel holds forth at some of the large halls in all of their splendor, for the benefit of the Old Folks Home, which is a worthy cause and which is an institution highly deserving of generous financial support, and the public at large are well aware of the fact that every dollar which they lay out for tickets to attend the Amateur Minstrel Show will be well expended. Hence the large attendance at their annual frolics. The following snappy program was delightfully 'tendered: Tambos (left): Chas. C. Fielding, Geo. S. Harris, H. Geo. Davenport, Howard Cornwell. Tambos (right): Major, R. R. Jackson, Bernard B. Lewis, Floyd Cardwell, Clarence Mayo, Interlocutors: Isaac N. Dunlap, W. H. Jackson. Program Opening Chorus, Company; Octette, Selected—Messrs. Serris, Yancy, Childress, Harris, Edwards, Oldham, Brown and Hagen. Song, Toot, Toottoie, Good-Bye-H. George Davenport. Solo, Love, Send a Little Gift of Roses—R. Offord Edwards. Specialty, Salome—Edward White. Song, Aggravatin' Papa—Bernard B. Lewis. Solo, Out of the Shadows—Albert E. Taylor. Specialty, Lost—A Wonderful Girl—Robert H. Hardin, Jr., assisted by Reginald Hardin. Song, Crying Out Loud—Major R. R. Jackson. Solo, Any Old Port In a Storm—E. H. Hagan. Song, I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate ing minds have for so many years been poisoned by the wily or oily politicians who have simply wanted to use the colored people as a door mat or footballs to retain them in office for their sole benefit and not for the benefit of the colored race. Notwithstanding all of the harsh treatment and the many insults which were constantly heaped upon our head, we never complained and we always met the insults and taunts with a pleasant smile, for we felt deep down in the bottom of our warm, liberty-loving heart of the great bulk of the colored people in this city did not know what they were doing; that every race of people are always 25 to 100 years —Geo. S. Harris; Oscar Randall—Sister Kate. Specialty, Dancing Fool—Leonard Roane. Song, Got to See Mamma Every Night—Floyd Cardwell. Solo, Some Day You'll Pay—Charles W. Settles. Song, Take It Daddy, It's All Yours—Charles C. Fielding, Closing Chorus—The Company. At the close of the above program fully four thousand ladies and gentlemen were on the main floor attempting to dance at the same time. It was a grand sight to behold and it was an enchanting panorama which will long be remembered by those who were present on that delightful occasion. All in all it was by far the best show and dance so far given by the Amateur Minstrel Club. The following are the officers and members of the Amateur Minstrel Club: The Amateur Minstrel Club of Chicago, Officers Charles W. Settles, president; Clarence W. Mayo, vice-president; Oscar Randall, secretary; Bernard B. Lewis, assistant secretary; Edward Hagan, musical director; Wm. H. Jackson, stage manager. Members — Herman K. Barnett, Lewis V. Berry, Arthur A. Brown, Eugene N. Burdette, Floyd Cardwell, Wm. G. Kelly, Andrew Childress, J. Franklin Cooper, Howard Cornwell, O. C. Daniels, Jack Doyle, Isaac N. Dunlap, H. George Davenport, R. Offorede Edwards, Chas C. Fielding, B. J. Farnand, David B. Green, Reginald Hardin, Robert H. Hardin, J. A. J. Harman, Geo S. Harris, Lawrence Harrison, David Hawley, H. H. Horsley, Edward Hagan, Macon Huggins, Mai R. R. Jackson, Wm. H. Jackson, D. R. Lawrence, Bernard B. Lewis, Clarence W. Mayo, D. A. McGowan, Ernest Oldham, Geo. Proctor, Oscar Randall, Leonard Roane, Chas. Settles, Albert E. Taylor, Howard B. Thompson, Lincoln L. Tondee, Geo A. Turnbull, Elliot Washington, Edmund G. White, Geo R. Woodson, Julius Wrightson, Isaac T. Yarbrough, Rush N. Verby, Sterling Yancey, Honorary Members — Samuel Alston, F. L. Coffee, Jesse Binga, Alld. B. L. Anderson, Hon. Oscar DePriest, Horace Bronson, Howell B. Holmets, W. J. Kelly, Geo F. Mayfield, J. Edgar Mitchem, Frank Waring. We, the Amateur Minstrel Club, wish to thank our patrons for their liberal support in this show and shows that have passed and shows to come. behind their writers and advanced thinkers; that the colored race is no exception to the rule in that respect. So after 25 years of writing or preaching on our part the colored people in this city have at last slowly arrived at the point in their steady progress upward and onward where they will no longer permit the tricky politicians to tell just how they are going to vote by the color of their skin. That is all that we have been manfully contending for, for the past 25 years, and we feel exceedingly glad that in our weak and humble way we have been able to render a lasting benefit to the colored race in Chicago in that direction. In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue. Re. publicans, Democrats, Catholics, Pro- dels or anyone else can have their say as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. ‘The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platiorm is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind, It isy neither Demo- cratic nor Republican. It is. strictly or absolutely independent in politics. Local communications will receive attention, Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in ad- vance. Gae Yone ge cts- sods rass-0 e820 Six Mouths: ...n-o-s-0+---+0 $100 Advertising rates made known on ‘application. Adaress all commpnication to... THE BROAD AX 620 do. Elizabeth St, Chicago, II. Phone Wentworth 2597 JULIUS F, TAYLOR Réiter and Publisher Associate Editor DR. M. A. MAJORS ‘Vol, XXVIII. No. 29 Chicago, Ill, April 7, 1923 = Botered as Second-Ciass Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago, TM Under Act of March 8, 1879. —_—_— ee PRAISES N. A. A. C. P. FOR MAKING MEASURE KNOWN THROUGHOUT COUNTRY Representative Leonidas C. Dyer of Missouri, who was sponsor for the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill in the last Congress, will reintroduce the meas- ure at the next session, according to announcement made by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 70 Fifth avenue, New York City. Mr. Dyer so informed James Weldon Johnson, secretary of the N. A. A.C. P. during the latter's visit to Washington, on March 29, where he spoke, together with Mr. Dyer, at a mass meeting held by’ the District of Columbia Branch, N. A. A. C.-P. In the course of his address ‘Mr. Dyer said: “The National Association for the Advancement-of Colored People has done great work in acquainting the people of this country with their needs. This work should be carried ‘on, not only by the members of the Association and their officers, but by the pastors of the colored churches of the nation. The people of the colored race should pass the word onto their representatives in the national éapital before Congress convenes, so that a stronger foundation’ may be had, when this subject comes up again.” Present plans are to have the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill introduced simul- taneously in the Senate and the House of Representatives. According to Rep- resentative Dyer, the prospect is ex- cellent for the passage of the bill a second time in the House of Repre- ‘sentatives, and it is hoped that steps will be taken in the Senate to revise ‘the rules of the Senate in a way to make such a filibuster as was. carried y > a E io ee io - .. 2 oe ee ES “ - ge Sf. . ae. rN cae ao So “ ca ge ee s ee ae i. Nat Vl as HON. CHARLES SCRIBNER EATON Re-elected to the City Council From the New Sth Ward THE BROAD AX Published Evéry Saturday j v Fs Ne aie ’ Fi la ; HON. WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON Mayor of Chicago, the Second Abraham Lincoln of the Col- ‘ored Race in America, Who May be Induced to Enter the Race for United States Senator from Illinois in 1924, in Order to Rebuke The Chicago Tribune and the Leaders of - the Republican Party for Driving Him Out of the Race for Mayor. The Colored People in This City Loyally Stood by Him, and Voted for Hon. William E. Dever for Mayor of cago. on by the southern Democrats impos- sible. In announcing the new campaign in behalf of the Dyer Bill, James Weldon Johnson, secretary of the National As- sociation for the Advancement of Colored People, said: ‘ “The N. A. A. C. P. has told -col- ored Americans that the Dyer Anti- Lynching Bill was not a dead issue. In fact, it is more alive than ever. Since the bill became an issue, in- formation on-it has been spread broad- cast? Public, sentiment has: been crystallizing about it, and the convic- tion has gained ground among white as well as among colored people that this measure ought to be enacted. The interest the Dyer Bill has aroused is comparable only to the intense inter- est in the slavery issue, which was not allowed to rest until it was set- tled and was settled right.» The lynching issue must be settled and settled right. Until that time, it wil continue to be agitated. “The National Associatiofi for the Advancement of Colored People will ad keep in closest touch with the ‘situation in Washington, will inform colored Americans of the status of the bill, and will devote its most strenuous effort to carrying the fight to a suc- cessful conclusion. In this fight, we want the co-operation of every col- ored man and woman in the United States, and of every organization, re- ligious, secular and fraternal. This is a fight for American civilization as well as for the Negro.” Mrs. Bettie Given, 4101 State street, past princess of Ruth Temple, S. M. T., is improving following illness of sev- eral weeks, THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, APRIL 7, 1923 HAMPTON INSTITUTE GLEE CLUB WINS NEW HONORS R. Nathaniel Dett, “Composer-Pianist, "Conducts Concert in New- port News Student Artists Make Good Clarence Cameron White, Composer- Violinist, Charms Hampton Audience . By Wm. Anthony Aery | Hampton, Va.—A large, representa- tive, and enthusiastic “audience of white and colored citizens attended the concert of the Hampton Institute Glee Ciub, which was recently given in the Academy of Music at Newport News, Va., under the direction of R. Nathaniel Dett, well-known Negro composer-pianist, who was assisted by three of his pupils—Burke M. Mathis of Boley, Okla, tenor; Aubrey W. Pankey of Pittsburgh, baritone; and Gerald B. Wilson of Salem, Va, pianist. The thirty members of this glee club and the assisting artists did yeoman missionary service in making white and colored men and women realize the fact that Negroes can master the intricacies of difficult musical compositions and can pre- sent a wide range program with ar- tistic finish and extraordinary. self- control. The Hampton Institute “Glee Club program, which follows, included reli- gious classics, American Negro folk- songs and their derivatives, and mod- ern compositions, including the work of such Negro composers as Cole- ridge-Taylor and John W. Work of Fisk University: Religious classics: “Sanctus” bschu- bert), “From Thy Throne” (Gluck), and “Beside the Manger” ee carol); Negro folksongs: “’Tis Me,” “Let Us Cheer the Weary Traveler,” “Balm in Gilead,” and “Daniel Saw the Stone”; Negro Folksong deriva- tive: “Babylon's Falling” (Dett); Modern compositions: “Bedouin Song (Foote), “Silver Lanterns of the “Night” (Redding), “With You, Dear” (Scott), “Her Rose” (Combs) “Drake's Drum” (Coleridge-Taylor), “Old King Cole” (Forsythe), “Viking Song” (Coleridge-Taylor), “Lullaby’ (Work), and “On, Hampton” (Anony. mous). | R. Nathaniel Dett played several of his own compositions, including thé “Barcarolle” and “Juba Dancé” from “In the Bottoms” suite; “Song of the Shrine” and “Dance of Desire” from “Enchantment” suite; apd two en. cores; “Mammy” from “Magnolia” suite and “Honey” from “In the Bot toms” suite. He also played severa accompaniments: “Canst Thou Be lieve?” (Giordani), sung by Burke M. Mathis; “Zion Hallelujah” (Det), “Poor Me” (Dett), and “DinalKnead- ing Dough” (Dett), sung by Aubrey ‘W. Pankey. Gerald Eien: Bere tea Ge votte in B Minor” (Bach). and, an encore, “Arabesque” (Leschetisziy), |Luther T. Purvis of Georgetown, S. C, recited two of Daly's well-known Italian dialect poems, “Between Two Loves” and “I've Got Her.” ihe Hampton Taste Glee Club ba Onl bape baa BOOK CHAT, BY MARY WHITE OVINGTON, CHAIRMAN, BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE AD- VANCEMENT OF COLORED PEO- PLE. Z “NEGRO YEAR BOOK, 1921-1922” | paragtaphs, a confusing method of ar- Sie Wwe ee epee pees The Tuskegee Institute, Tuskegee, | ures, of the political, church and edu- Ala. Price: Cloth, $1.00; paper,| cational history of the race in 50c; postage Mc extra. | America. This is’ followed by long I presume the “Negro Year Book” is known to the majority of my read- ers, but I doubt whether the majority know what a mine of information this compilation is and how essential such an encyclopedia is to every Negro household. This is the sixth annual editioh, and it is better than its predecessors in typographical make-up and in the ex. tent of its information. It rises to the dignity of a first-class bodk of refer- ence. : I have never, until recently, been able to fathom Mr, Work’s method of arrangement. He moves along in or- derly fashion, and then, in the midst of a series of census figures, say on the property holdings of Negroes, oc- curs such an item as this: “Negro makes a success at raising hogs. One weighs 1,000 pounds.” Or after a long list of the bequests of whites for pub- lic education, comes the news: “Ne- gro makes new world’s record laying bricks.” But I have decided that his idea is to make a book not simply for reference, but one that can be read Page after page without losing inter- est. Hence the interspersing of bright little mews items. They stimulate the flagging interest. The book opens with an optimistic note, on account of the various inter- racial committees to bring about bet- ter conditions in the south. It then recites progress along economic, reli gious, educational and social welfare lines. It tells of the happenings of the year, of Harding’s speech at Bir- mingham, as well as of lynchings and of riots. There is considerable mate- rial, much of it new, upon East, Wes! and South Africa. B The book has no chapter headings and no divisions beyond headings o! ium, at the University of Richmond, at the Virginia Medical College, and in Ogden Hall, Hampton Institute. At Hampton the assisting artist was Clarence Cameron White of Oberlin, O., well-known Negro composer-vio- linist, who made a direct and winning appeal to a large audience, with whom he early established cordia? relations, ‘on account of the beauty of his tone in playing‘Legende” (Bohm), “Polon- naise” (Mlynarski), “On the Bayou” (White), “Pizzicatto” (Thome), “Ber- ceuse” (Juon), and “Scherzo” (van Goens). N. A. A.C. P. SPOKESMAN FOR NEW NEGRO, SAYS “AMERI- CA,” CATHOLIC WEEKLY . REVIEW The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 70 Fifth avenue, New York City, is cred- ited with being in the forefront of Negro militancy fighting for justice, according to an article in a recent is- sue of “America,” which is perhaps the leading Catholic weekly review of the country. , According to the article in “Ameri- ca,” which is entitled “The Impor- tance of Negro Patriotism,” the new militancy of the Negro is more highly organized than any previous and more conservative program of Negro lead- ers, The writer continues: “Its greatest strength probably lies in its principal spokesman, the Né tional Association for the Advance- ment of Colored People, This organ- ization has its national offices in New York ‘with subsidiary branches in practically every city of importaice in the United States. Its official report for 1921 gives detailed account of every important accomplishment dur- ing the year. It tells of work on na- tional legislation, particularly on the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill; of the many cases of legal defense, including the Arkansas cases, the Tulsa riot cases, the numerous extradition cases, and other notable legal work; of Iynchings and race riots and of the part played by the N. A.A. C. P.; of Peonage; of discrimination in labor and hospitals; of the fight against the infamous Ku Klux Klan; of the an- ‘nual conference in Detroit; of the Pan-African Congress; of publicity; of work for Haiti; of the interesting ‘work of the branches, and of the usual financial statement for the year.” AT HOME Mrs. Elnora Taylor of Robins, I is at her home, where she is some- what improved following a severe ill- ness which confined her to the home ‘of her daughter, Mrs. Josie Coburn, 3606 Wabash avenue, for several days. paragraphs, a confusing method of ar- rangement. But what is really, the second section ‘tells, in succinct’ fig- ures, of the political, church and edu- cational history of the race in America. This is’ followed by long lists of books written in 1921-1922 by the Negro and books on the Negro written by ‘whites. There are para- graphs on music and art, on sports and on the theatre, with’a list of all the ‘colored theatres in the United States. If you want to know of the Negro inventor, here is the place to secure all available information, or if you are more’ interested in learning what the Negro has done in business you will find many pages describing their fifty years of progress. One of'the interesting bits of odd information is that of the Negro towns in our United States. There are sixty-eight of these towns. The largest, Buxton, Iowa, 5,000 popula- tion, has approximately 1,000 whites. That, in itself, is an interesting item, id one would like to know of the re- lations at Buxton between black and white. The next in size are Brook- lyn, Ill, and Boley, Okla., 3,000 each. Mount Bayou, of which we once heard much, has only 750. New Jer- sey has a Negro town, Snow Hill, with a population of 1,250. Another intensely interesting page is an esti- mate made by the editor of the ex- tent of yearly sickness and death among Negroes. He shows that in the south about 450,000 Negroes are seriously ill at the time, and that this means about 18 days a year of sick- ness for cach Negro inhabitant. It ends by proving that it would pay the south to spend $100,000,000 annually to improve Negro health. The book has a remarkably full and valuable bibliography, not only of books upon the Negro, but of maga- zine articles. Indeed, it is a well of information, and the deeper we look into it the more we find. One must be exceedingly grateful for such a laborious, painstaking piece of work. HAMPTON STUDENTS PRE- SENT VAN DYKE’S “HOUSE OF RIMMON” Sophoclean Dramatic Club Sets High Standard of Attainment Religious Drama Well Received Oriental Costumes and Attractive Stage Settings Add to Effectiveness of Excellent Student Acting By Wm. Anthony Aery Hampton, Va.—The Sophoclean Dra matic Club of Hampton Institute it its recent presentation, in Ogden Hall before a large and enthusiastic audi. ence, of Dr. Henry van Dyke's four act religious drama, “The House 0 Rimmon,” set a new high standard o} student dramatic attainment. The principal roles of this drama— a drama dealing with the valor of Naaman, a captain of the armies o} Damascus, who was the victim of 2 faithless wife, and the self-sacrifice of Ruahmah, a captive maid in Israel who cared for Naaman in his blind- ness and leprosy, and who finally brought her master to Elisha for treatment and restoration — were played by Isaac O. White of Alex- andria, Va, and Emmy B. Churchill of Baltimore, Md. These players were ably supported by ten other im- portant characters and by supple- mentary groups of well-trained sol- diers, sentinels, dancers, priests, and citizens. Incidental music was fur- nished by members of the Hampton Institute Orchestra. ‘The costumes and stage settings were appropriate to the period—850 B. C.—when Assyria was carrying out her ruthless policy of aggrandizement and when Benhadad, the aged king of Damascus, was undecided about ac- cepting the Assyrian challenge of was or her offer of peace with degrading snbmission. Then it was that Rezon, high priest of the House of Rimmon, persuaded Naaman’s wife, Tsarpi, to offer her husband a poison cup, which in time brought Naaman, the victori- ‘ous one in battle, to blindness and leprosy. “Ruahmah’s belief in Jeho- vah and love for her master, however, won the final victory.. Naaman at last killed. the false priest of Rimmon and accepted Jehovah as his God. Picturesgueness was added to this drama,-not only by the Oriental cos. tumes, but also by the rapid shift of Scenes, including night in the garden ‘of Naaman at Damascus, the audience jhall in’ Benhadad’s palace, the fore. of the house of Rimmon, Naa- among the mountains néar ee Naaman's camp ee ithe ianer court of the house of Rim- ae. PSE ie ares, "Some of the leading’ characters fol- c= GN a oS Me ee he MR PS Ae WEE Cag Bos oa BES A Se Tiga 3 Tn eS Ne ee Se a i Me SN ae ee nape aS Bp ia Ne Py chiiait See AS OSS Ce SO EET oo no Ee be a a ty CIS Mpediccrs os on eg aN eel FO Sess ie. Wes Se oe EE eee HON. MORTON DENISON HULL Elected to Congress From the 2nd Congressional District of Illinois ts low: “Benhadah,” king of Damascus, THOMPSON AN ASSET Willard L. Adams, Preston, Ma; | —- “Rezon,” high priest of the house of| Noah D. Thompson, the race rep- Rimmon, Leonard McFadden, Fay-|resentative in Pacific coast journalism etteville, N. C.; “Saballidin,” noble of | by virtue of the editorial place on The Damascus, Reuben F. Jones, Balti-| Los Angeles Daily Express, has been more, Md.; “Shumakim,” the king's |f great service to the amusement fool, Eugene L. Quallo, West Orange, | interests of both races. He has func- N. J.; “Elisha,” prophet of Israel, — 7 — rs McKinley B. Williams, Washington, |Dth groups a better understanding of Va.; “Tsarpi,” wife of Naaman, Hattie |O"€ another. He has sponsored visits M. Winston, Hampton, Va. gee Hoaretet ee ce | setae Each year the Sophociean Dratnatic| {7'sio* 2 Chas. Gilpin, our actor: Club, whose present president is Le-| vith, Mrs, B.T. Washington, the Roy S. Smith of Orange, N. J., pre-|oninant woman of the ace” and sents some a dramatic work.| suing Prof. Duboiv’ recent tear of In recent years the club has staged|tne West he escorted him to the Hal Stephen Phillips’ “Ulysses”; Sophocles’ | Beach studio with Anita Thompson, “Philoctetes” (translation of Sit | who is engaged in film tithing. George Young); Ruth McEnery} While largely social in character Stuart’s “The Golden Wedding” (dra-| these meetings are bound to prove matized by Cora M. Folsom); Sopho-| immensely valuable to all who have cles’ “Oedipus at Colonus”; and|been involved, and thru them the Sophocles’ “Antigone.” amusement field as a whole, since the eee visitors’ technical knowledge has been WHITE WOMAN HELD FOR|improved and the showfolks have FORGING NEGRO VETER- | been accorded a more intimate know!- AN’S CHECKS | boi of the better-clements of our Washington, D. C—Mrs. Margaret B. Buchanan, former private secre- tary to Representative Kendall of Pennsylvania, was held to the grand jury last Thursday afternoon on charges of having forged endorse- ments on three veteran’s bureau checks payable to Mrs. Martha War- field, whose son died overseas during the world war. These checks aggre- gated $1,600, and were drawn to the order of Mrs. Warfield, who was a servant in Mrs. Buchanan's home. ON BUSINESS Mrs, Cora Franks of Lake Forest, IIL, visited the city on business dur- ing the week. ea Te ow ae Sg Na a ee te ’ a £ Fh e i aa ae le | 5 i - oS a es % ge i. * oe HON. TERENCE F. MORAN Re-elected to the City Council From the New S Re-elected to the City Council From the New Sixteenth Ward | THOMPSON AN ASSET Noah D, Thompson, the race rep- resentative in Pacific coast journalism by virtue of the editorial place on The Los Angeles Daily Express, has been of great service to the amusement interests of both races. He has func- tioned as an intermediary in giving both groups a better understanding of one another. He has sponsored visits to the Hollywood motion picture studios by Chas. Gilpin, our actor; Mme. Leila Walker, a woman of wealth; Mrs. B. T. Washington, the dominant woman of the race, and during Prof. Dubois’ recent tour of the West he escorted him to the Hal Beach studio with Anita Thompson, who is engaged in film titling. While largely social in character ‘these meetings are bound to prove immensely valuable to all who have been involved, and thru them the amusement field as a whole, since the visitors’ technical knowledge has been improved and the showfolks have been accorded a more intimate knowl- se of the better elements of our group. Mr. Kellogg, circulation mane ager of The Billboard, has also been the recipient of Mr. Thompson's cour- tesies and greatly appreciated meeting him—The Billboard, Los Angeles, California. DR. GEORGE C. HALL ARRIVES HOME FROM FLORIDA Monday evening Dr. George C. Hall, 3638 Grand boulevard, arrived home from~ Jacksonville, Fla, and other points in that state just in time to take in the amateur minstrel show and dance at the Eighth Regiment Armory, where the minstrel boys handled him without gloves. Dr.. Hall greatly enjoyed his trip south. : J. HON. JOHN H. LYLE Re-elected to the City Coun 500,000 RACE WOMEN PROTEST ERECTION OF "MAMMIES" MONUMENT to the City Council from the New Ward WOMEN PROTEST FRENCH GOVERNOR OF "MAMMIES" NEGRO'S PIC NUMENT Re-elected to the City Council from the New Seventeenth Ward Greenville, S. C.—Miss Hallie Q. Brown, of Wilberforce, Ohio, president of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, is having a triumphant four of the southern states, and is everywhere acclaimed with great enthusiasm. Miss Brown has issued a statement of protest against the erection of the so-called "Black Mammy" statute in Washington. The statement in part says: "In the name of 500,000 intelligent, educated colored women, citizens of this country, we register our strongest protest against the erection of a statue in the capital of this republic, by the Daughters of the Confederacy, which is to be dedicated to the 'Black Mammy' of the South. One generation stones the prophets and the next builds monuments to their memory. One generation held the black mammy in abject slavery; the next would erect a monument to her fidelity." APPOMATTOX DAY BY THE APPOMATTOX CLUB Annual Appomattox Day celebration and dinner, Monday evening, April 9, 1923, 8:30 o'clock. Guests of honor, the former presidents, Edward H. Wright, R. R. Jackson, Ferdinand L. Barnett, William Emanuel, Louis B. Anderson, William R. Cowan, John R. Marshall, James H. Johnson, David A. McGowan. Appomattox Day address by Hon. Adelbert H. Roberts. Music arranged by Mr. Charles S. Settles STILL SICK Mrs. Margaret Henderson, 10844 Glenroy avenue, Morgan Park, is still quite sick and confined to her bed. [Image of a man in a suit with a white shirt and black tie]. M. [Name] HON. JOSEPH HIGGINS SMITH R-elected to City Council From the 32nd Ward Wi Aid of the Colored Voters Residing in His to City Council From the 32nd Ward Ward of the Colored Voters Residing in His R-elected to City Council From the 32nd Ward With the Great Aid of the Colored Voters Residing in His Ward R-elected to City Council From the 32nd Ward With the Great Aid of the Colored Voters Residing in His Ward til from the New Seventeenth ard FRENCH GOVERNMENT BUYS NEGRO'S PICTURE In the field of art the work of an American Negro, Henry O. Tanner, is receiving, high praise on two continents. One of his pictures, "Christ and the Disciples at Emmaus," has been purchased by the French government and hung in the Luxemburg Gallery. A collection of his pictures is being exhibited in American cities and receiving high praise. ADDS ANOTHER COUNCIL Hon. Wm. H. Fields of St. Louis, Mo., passed through the city during the week, enroute to Danville, Ill., where he added another council to the Chicago jurisdiction, which council had been worked up under the instructions of the state grand queen, Mrs. Eliza Jackson. LEAVES ON EASTERN TRIP Attorney S. A. T. Watkins, supreme attorney for the K. of P.'s, left the city during the week on an extended trip east on legal matters. He will visit New York, Washington and Richmond, Va. Attorney Watkins is a member of the law firm of Denison, Watkins and White. BUSY ON THE JOB J. B. Street, president the Joint Building Association of U. B. F. & S. M. T., is working hard on plans for the securing of a building for the lodges and for the upbuilding of the organization in the city and state. 10 in the 32nd Ward With the Great ers Residing in His Ward THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SATURDAY, APRIL 7. 1923 COL. CHARLES E. STUMP, THE REGULAR OLD TIME TRAVELING CORRESPONDENT FOR THE BROAD AX, IS STILL BASKING IN THE BRIGHT AND BEAUTIFUL SUNSHINE AT MANATEE, FLORIDA. Manatee, Florida.—An effort to lynch a man and have a human barbecue landed thirteen white men in jail down here in Florida, and the bond fixed at fifteen thousand dollars each and their inability to furnish this enormous sum causes them to be on the inside looking out like a bird in a cage, while instead of being cooked and his meat wasted, Arthur Johnson, who is accused of killing a white man is in Jacksonville jail known as the Duval County jail waiting for a judge and jury to say whether or not he is guilty. It looks to me like the south is about to wake up, and execute law, and protect human life and property. I don't give a Sam Hill about the property if they will just protect life and let me have a fair chance with the other fellow. If they will just furnish a cell for a few of the lynchers and supply them with some state suits, this thing will be stopped. That it can be stopped there is no question in my mind. The thirst for human blood has been cultivated on my poor race and now they are turning on the poor white man and some of them who are not so poor are being sent into eternity. Some of them are going to heaven and some to the other place. I think that there is an equal distribution. I thank God for Governor Hardee, Sheriff Hagan who was slightly wounded while protecting his prisoner, and for them I am proud. They are men, and the highest type of manhood. Of course, you remember where I was when I took my pen in hand to write to you last week, and you see just where I am today. Way down in Florida, and I was in Florida last week when I wrote to you, and the guest of Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, and there were guests in the same home Mrs. Booker T. Washington, Dr. Julia H. P. Coleman, Mrs. Addie Dickerson, and Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, and Miss Amie Chadrick—and you see I must have been pretty hungry when I got up from each meal after sitting with all these women at the table and I was the only man there. On the last day, President Nathan B. Young, Dr. I. Garland Penn and Dr. J. Seth Hills, came along and that made things a little better. I told you in my other letter about the dedication of a dormitory for girls costing just $60,000 and that means a building for school girls to sleep and abide in while in school. It is one of the finest of the kind I have ever seen. I take off my hat, coat and all to Mrs. Bethune who is a wonderful woman. Into Jacksonville, was the next thing, and it was a pleasure to step into the city and see what was going on there. The people are still rejoicing over the success of Charles H. Anderson, who was being persecuted by a few men. Like many men who met with setbacks in business, but that's nothing, he has been tided over. There were some would-be smart alces who would like this young man right behind the bars—in fact they did have him arrested, but bless your soul, honey, Anderson made them duck their heads in shame. He proved without a doubt that he was innocent and intended to do the right thing and every dollar would have been paid had it not been for his enemies. But enough for that. I had the pleasure of meeting on this trip W. E. Robinson, who is promoter and general manager of the Negro National Education and Industrial Exposition, which is to be held in Jacksonville, Fla., in August of this year, and my people are going to be there in full and we are going to show to the world some of the things we have accomplished in the past fifty-two years. The general commissioners for this are John W. Jones, Jacksonville; H. H. Williams, Hastings; D. W. Perkins, Jacksonville; James R. Polkinghorne, Pensacola; J. H. Stays, Fernandina; B. V. Gonzalez, Key West; J. A. Colyer, Orlando; G. H. Holden, Jacksonville; George P. Norton, Tampa. We have made progress in education and industry and we are willing to show the world about this. I did not tell you that W. E. Dancer, was general secretary, and C. H. Bolden, is the recording secretary. Before leaving this Exposition business, permit me to tell you that it has the indorsement of the Mayor of Jacksonville, the County Commissioners of Duval County, the Florida United States Senators, the Governor of the state, and many other officials, and my people are just taking hold of it. I was not in town long, for I got there at 8:40 in the morning from Daytona, and left that day at 12:01 for this place. I was still in company with big men, for there was Rev. Thomas W. Carter, the man who is teaching preachers how to preach, dean of the Theological department of Edward Waters college; Dr. J. S. Murray, secretary of the Board of Trustees of the same college, and a man of much learning and ability. We left on the Seaboard Air Line, and had to change at Turkey Trot or some other name, but I don't want you to accuse me of doing the turkey trot for I did not, I just shook a little until I got on the other carriage drawn by the Seaboard iron horse. It was 8:25 that evening when we stepped off in Manatee, this fine fruit section. Just as soon as I got off, there was G. W. Dabney, right there to meet me in his automobile car carriage and toted me up to the church where the conference was in session, and they were listening to the annual sermon. He was one of the stewards of the church, and believe me, honey, he is one of the men of wealth in this section of the world, and he has gotten it in this said down here. He owns two groves groves, ships celery by the car loads, and gets out of the ground peas, and everything else. Grape fruit is included among the oranges. He is a human that has the respect of all the people in this section of the country. He has lived well and served God. Mr. Dabney is a friend to education, and truly a man of his race. He is constantly doing something for his own, and always found at his post at St. Stephens A.M.E. church, and in the week he is kept busy now shipping celery and oranges and grape fruit. They have a lovely home, and you must believe me when I tell you that there is a queen in that home. Mrs. Dabney is a woman of training, and one of the musicians of this section of the country. She is going fifty-fifty or side by side with her husband in working for her people. I was fortunate to get in their orange grove and I liked to have busted open eating them oranges and grape fruits. But now I am here to attend the conference of the A.M.E. church, known as the Central Florida conference and presided over by Bishop John Hurst, the wizard, and man of affairs. He is doing things down here and his whole life is devoted to the uplift of his own people. This conference has been doing great things and we are proud of it and of them. Of course, Mrs. Hurst is here with the bishop, and she is doing her part of the work. She is working with the women, and they love her just like a mother, and really she is "Mother Hurst" for women and the ministers. But I am sure you will be pleased to know that Bishop John Hurst is not only presiding over the conference, making speeches, and seeing that the laws of his church are carried out to the letter, but he is trying to help to make the preachers more efficient. He wants that his preachers measure up with any other preachers in this world of ours saying nothing about race or color. He wants that they shall have the spirit of Christ Jesus in their hearts, and knowledge of things and affairs in their heads. They shall be both spiritual and intellectual. Looking to that or to the intellectual side he has arranged for them to attend Edward Waters for six weeks during the summer, and some of the best trained men have been engaged for lectures and to instruct them. This is a rare treat, and it will be a school for preachers only, hence will be taught by preachers only. Dean Thomas W. Carter is in charge and of course Bishop Hurst will be on hand. He will deliver some lectures. It will be a treat. I do not know who the others will be, but just as soon as I learn I will let you know. If you have a lecture worth while that you want to get off, and if it is worth while, get paid for it, just write to Bishop John Hurst, Edward Waters college, Jacksonville, Fla. The world knows that this intellectual giant, John Hurst, is in it, and the general conference will know that he is there. He has made a new Florida for African Methodist. Church work and educational work were way down at the heels when he came here, but, believe me, honey, it is up with all the others and passed many. You can now class Edward Waters college with Wilberforce, Morris Brown, Allen, Payne and others. Visiting this conference I find Dr. R. C. Ransom, the tall intellectual giant who is to be one of the bishops of his church; Dr. S. S. Morris, the secretary of the Allen Christian Endeavor League; Dr. D. M. Baxter, the business manager of the A.M.E. Book Concern. And this brings to my mind that Dr. S. S. Morris is now planning for the session of the 5th connectional Young People's Congress of the A.M.E. church, to be held in Birmingham, Alabama, August 15-20, and he is urging right now that all religious workers begin to prepare and pray for success. Bishop A. J. Carey of Chicago, will preside. He is the chairman. If you remember, Bishop W. A. Fountain, is in charge of the work in Alabama now, and Bishop B. F. Lee is in California. You know that everything which Bishop Fountain touches means success. Here we are down here getting ready for the affairs of life. Dr. R. A. Grant, will be the bishop from his place, Dr. R. W. Mance will come in from South Carolina; Dr. John A. Gregg, from Ohio; Dr. A. L. Gaines, from Maryland. I will have more to say later. The National Race Congress will meet in Washington, D. C., May 2. I wish you would get ready for this. It is important that you be there this time, for we are going to plan for the 1924 campaign already. Will we support President Warren G. Harding? Your personal interest in yourself should prompt you to either be there or send some one to represent you in answering this question. We must not put it off until too late. Now is the time for action. Things are getting ready for the National Sunday School and B.Y.P.U. Congress, and I am informed that the Pythian bath and sanitarium will be fully opened March 15, and it will be another great event. You may get ready to be there. I am informed that the Sanitarian of the Woodmen's Union, of which John L. Webb is Supreme Custodian, is crowded. They are doing good things. Write to me 1821 Myrtle avenue, Jacksonville, Fla. CHARLES E. STUMP. STATEMENT OF THE OWNER SHIP, MANAGEMENT, CIRCULATION, ETC. Required by the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912 Of The Broad Ax, published weekly, at Chicago Illinois, for April 1, 1923. State of Illinois, County of Cook, ss. Before me, a Notary Public, in and for the state and county aforesaid, personally appeared Julius F. 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GORMAN Elected City Clerk of Chicago With a Large Majority at His Back PLAN BUILDING Ike Jackson, who purchased several lots two years ago through the Bailey Realty Company, 3638 State street, is planning to build a cottage at an early date as his future home. Plans are being considered to produce "The Awakening," an N. A. A. C. P. play, written by Miss Mary White Ovington, chairman of the national board. Chicago society talent will make up the cast. The play will be given at the Eighth Regiment Armory. A. M. M. H. HON. P. A. NASH Member of the Board of Revie in the Highest Esteem by West Side. Mr. Nash S The Board Ax, March 31 Which Were Distributed Every Colored Man and His Re-election to the Cic the Board of Review of Cook County highest Esteem by All the Colored de. Mr. Nash Secured One Thou- ward Ax, March 31, for Hon. Joseph Were Distributed in His Ward— Colored Man and Woman in It Vote selection to the City Council. Member of the Board of Review of Cook County, Who is Held in the Highest Esteem by All the Colored People on the West Side. Mr. Nash Secured One Thousand Copies of The Board Ax, March 31, for Hon. Joseph Higgins Smith, Which Were Distributed in His Ward—the 32nd—and Every Colored Man and Woman in It Voted in Favor of His Re-election to the City Council. N. A. A. P. C. NOTES Joint meeting of the special citizens' membership committee, majors, captains and lieutenants, members and friends of the Association will be held Thursday, April 12th, at 8 P. M., at the Wabash Avenue "Y." Five divisions, headed by majors, have been organized to canvass the 125,000 colored people of Chicago, in an effort to reach the goal of 5,000 members for the branch. Giles Charity Club recently subscribed for a $50.00 membership as a memorial to its first president, Mrs. Salina J. Gray. Dr. Frank V. Plummer is interesting himself in perfecting an active division in Englewood. Mrs. Emma Lewis, major, has the Woodlawn district well in hand. Good results are anticipated. R. L. Mays has accepted chairmanship of the special citizens' membership committee. Among the active workers at this time are Mrs. Nana Jackson, Mr. Rufus Foster and Mrs. Berana Anderson, all possessors of silver cup prizes won in former membership efforts. J. H. H. ew of Cook County, Who is Held All the Colored People on the secured One Thousand Copies of for Hon. Joseph Higgins Smith, in His Ward—the 32nd—and Woman in It Voted in Favor of my Council. This young lady gives all the credit for her beautiful hair and complexion to EXELENTO preparations A wonderful preparation has been discovered that changes short, course hair into long, glossy sheen. It puts glowing health into hair. This transformation isitching hair. This transformation preparation is It has given thousands the beautiful long, soft, silky, lovely hair which is one of their chief attractions. 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Cash on Hand and Due from Banks Total.....$1 LIABILITIES Capital Stock.....$1 Surplus.....$1 Undivided Profits Reserved for Taxes and Interest Other Liabilities French Revolutionary Leader, Georges Jacques Danton (1759-1794) was one of the leaders of the French Revolution and foremost in organizing and conducting the attack on the Tulieries, and bringing, together with Robespiere, royalty to the scaffold. He afterward was condemned by the revolutionary tribunal as an accomplice in a conspiracy for the restoration of the monarchy and was executed. Measurement Almost Perfect. Electric pyrometry, as the measurement of temperature by electric means is called, has been so far perfected that it is applicable from near the absolute zero—about 500 degrees Fahrenheit below the ordinary zero—to the temperature of melting platinum, more than 3,000 degrees above zero. Historic Herb House. It is not widely known, except to the trude, that Madison, Ind., has the largest and perhaps the oldest herb house in the United States, which has existed since 1854. It collects from various parts of the country and distributes to many parts of the world approximately 100 varieties of leaves and roots known in the business as crude drugs. As It Seemed to Dick. When Dick's uncle was married the second time he came to Dick's home on his honeymoon. Seeing that congratulations were in order, the boy stepped up to his uncle and, extending his hand, said with great earnestness: "Hello, Uncle Frank! You must like to get married awful well, don't you?" —Chicago Tribune. NE DOUGLAS 6351 V LUCAS y-at-Law 355th Street Yards 27 ITURE dns, Electric Washers, stoves, Paint, Oil, Linoleum TUCKART CHER AVE. HARDING, JR. E GROVE AVE. street, Chicago RESOURCES Bank Discounts.....$1,435,897.70 Limited and approved by Board of Directors.) 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Five great intellectual professions have hitherto existed in every civilized nation; the soldier's, to defend it; the pastor's, to teach it; the physician's, to keep it in health; the lawyer's, to enforce justice, and the merchant's to provide, and all these men, on due occasion, to die for it—John Ruskin. H. P. Pres. Rice-Pres. Telephone Calumet 805 Morris-Ward Coal Co. YARDS AT South Park, I. C. R. R. and Canal Sts., C. B. & Q. R. R. Root St., C. R. I. P. R. R. Roscoe and Racine Aves., C. M. 6 COTTAGE GROVE AVE., CHICAGO OUT OUT THIS SUBSCRIPTION BLANK AND MAR. Telephone Calu- Norris-Ward YARDS AT 26th St. and South Park, I. C. R. R. 18th and Canal Sts., C. B. & Q. Root St., C. R. I. P. R. Roscoe and Racing 2556 COTTAGE GROVE CUT OUT THE SUBSCRIPTION B THE BROAD AX 6206 S. Elizabeth Street, Chicago, Ill. JULIUS F. TAYLOR, Please enter my name AX. I enclose herewith Two Dollars, the a Dollar for six months. Name___ Town___ Date___19. 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