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Rev. Charles Stewart, D.D., Better Known in the Newspaper World as "Charles E. Stump," "J.O. Midnight," or "The Rambler," Closed His Eyes in Death at the Park Sanitarium, Guthrie, Oklahoma, Monday Morning, July 13, at 10:30 SOCIETY NEWS PUBLISHED FREE Rev. Charles World as "bler," Clos Guthrie, C HEART FAILURE WAS CAUSE OF HIS PAIN HE HAD BEEN DI HEALTH FOR SEV HIS REMAINS HAVE HIS HOME IN THE CALUMET AVE., AND SERVICES WILL BE THEM AT 10:30 O'CLOCK MORNING, JULY 20 BAPTIST CHURCH, AND SOUTH PARKMENT AT LINCOLN CHARLES S. JACKS DIRECTOR, IN CHA FOR FIFTEEN YEARS REGULAR TRAVEL SPONDENT FOR THE PER AND MADE M FRIENDS FOR IT THE COUNTRY. HIS LAST ARTICLE FOR THIS HEADING, WRITTEN ONLY A BEFORE HE ARRIVEND OF THE ROAD NEY THROUGH LIFE HEART FAILURE WAS THE DIRECT CAUSE OF HIS PASSING AWAY. HE HAD BEEN DECLINING IN HEALTH FOR SEVERAL YEARS. HIS REMAINS HAVE ARRIVED AT HIS HOME IN THIS CITY, 4823 CALUMET AVE., AND FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD OVER THEM AT 10:30 O'CLOCK MONDAY MORNING, JULY 20, AT OLIVET BAPTIST CHURCH, 31ST STREET AND SOUTH PARKWAY. INTERMENT AT LINCOLN CEMETERY; CHARLES S. JACKSON, FUNERAL DIRECTOR, IN CHARGE. FOR FIFTEEN YEARS HE WAS THE REGULAR TRAVELING CORRESPONDENT FOR THIS NEWSPAPER AND MADE MANY LASTING FRIENDS FOR IT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. HIS LAST ARTICLE FOR IT FOLLOWS THIS HEADING, AND IT WAS WRITTEN ONLY A FEW HOURS BEFORE HE ARRIVED AT THE END OF THE ROAD OF HIS JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE. --- Park Sanitarium, Guthrie, Oklahoma.—I have not stepped into glory yet, hence Damon Lodge No. 1, K. of P., Prince Hall Lodge No. 52, Masons, Talma Chapter No. 2, O. E. S., and several others have not been called upon to look into my face and say he is with us no more, nor has the preacher been called upon to say: "He has fought the fight and now gone home to rest." We have in this world some wise guys who will work hard to keep you here, and there are others who will take your life for five cents, and smile over your death. The men who feel that they were not born to work. But when we have such men as Dr. George Cleveland Hall, of Chicago, who has fought hard to keep me down here, and not let me go home, for he realized that while heaven was my home, I was not homesick, and in this hot battle he was joined by Dr. Horace W. Conrad of the Park Sanitarium, who is some real fighter himself, and you will remember that last winter Dr. Dibble of John A. Andrews Hospital, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama got in the battle and some real fighting has been done. The bugs have not been wise enough to outwit them. It was about a month ago that these bugs got busy, and this time they started after my walkers, and got one of my legs as big as my body, and as I walked down the street the people would say, "Ain't that preacher got a noble leg?" I felt like telling them to go where it was perpetual summer and where the wind was never known to blow, but I concluded that would not be the proper thing to do, so I just made it from Beaumont to this place when I entered the Park San- THE BROAD AX 5 CENTS PER COPY ARLES STEVEN "Charles Closed His Oklahoma WAS THE DIRECTOR PASSING AWAY. IN DECLINING IN SEVERAL YEARS. AVE ARRIVED AT THIS CITY, 4823 E., AND FUNERAL BE HELD OVER O'CLOCK MONDAY Y 20, AT OLIVET BORCH, 31ST STREET PARKWAY. INTERCOLN CEMETERY; JACKSON, FUNERAL CHARGE. ARS HE WAS THE TRAVELING CORRESPONDER THIS NEWSPAPE MANY LASTING IT THROUGHOUT. HE FOR IT FOLLOWSING, AND IT WAS BY A FEW HOURS ARRIVED AT THE ROAD OF HIS JOURNAL LIFE. itarium as an inmate. Dr. H. W. Conrad, that wonderful young man, received me with open arms gladly, assigned me to a room all by myself. I was in my room and in what I considered my own bed when Sylvester Frazier came along and wanted me to get out of bed and follow him, and I wanted to protest, but I could see fire in his eyes and that he meant business, so I just obeyed. One of the virtues in healing the sick here is the water. It is some kind of healing water, and this man Frazier just carried me to the Sanitarium broadcasting station, and when that was over, he invited me to the bathroom, and he gave me a bath inside and out, and right away I felt some better. He is a remarkable young man, full of information as well as inspiration. He has been connected with it for a long time. But the past week has been one more busy week around this place. Dr. J. E. Perry, of Kansas City, Missouri, one of the great surgeons of the race, has been down here taking people to pieces and putting them back together again and letting them keep on living. It is remarkable how he can do this. I wonder if you would like to know anything about him. He came into this world back yonder in 1870 via Clarksville, Texas, back out in the country. His parents had been slaves, yet they felt that since emancipated they could make it on the farm. There came into this home Little Johnnie, who was to be the flower of the family, and a shining star in the race galaxy. They were not out distributing beauty when little Johnnie was born, but they had plenty of brains to spare. There had been such THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 18, 1925 THE LATE REV. CHARLES STEWART, D. D. Better known as Charles E. Stump, who for fifteen years was the Regular Traveling Correspondent for The Broad Ax, closed his eyes in death on Monday and started on a long western journey. a large run made on beauty and little Johnnie had to accept just what he could find. When he was old enough his parents had him in a one-room, log cabin school, one with one teacher, and that would have been enough for he was only only, but there were so many other ones. They taught him to say, "Now I lay me down to sleep," and later the Lord's prayer. They started by putting into his early life religious principles, and he became a Christian in his youth, before the evil days got hold of him. One Sunday at church, they spoke of the building of a college in Marshall, Texas, and it was the father of little Johnnie who subscribed the first dollar in Clarksville, when he said, "I will give twenty dollars." That was not empty talk, but he planked down the money to back up what he had said. Then off to college little Johnnie went, and remained until he got his college degree, then off to Meharry Medical College where he thought he could become a doctor, and he made good as his thought. He selected Missouri, and that was a good state, and by courteous actions, politeness and being friendly he got into the clinic department of the Missouri University, right in Columbia, which is located in the rankest Democrat hole in the state. This young man, so black until he could emit black ink from his pores, with his wonderful ability made race prejudice stand aside and it was no longer "Little Johnnie," but Dr. J. E. Perry, and he is that today, and is classed as one of America's greatest surgeons. He made every day count for something. He had decided not to be a plodder, an excuse or a question mark, but a real man, every inch a man, depending not on color but mind. A trained mind at that, one so trained that it could direct a skilled hand in the saving of human life when necessary. He remembered his hard time, his efforts at getting a foothold and wanted to make it easier for other young physicians, hence he established the Perry Sanitarium, in Kansas City, Mo., which later became the Providence Wheatley Hospital, which is now one of the best equipped in America owned by the race, and they are constantly adding to it. It has the stamp of approval from the College of Surgeons, all white men and who have the last word on hospital efficiency. In recognition of the wonderful ability, integrity and honesty of this young man Perry, a philanthropist set aside $90,000 for the development of the plant. They have a special department for the training of men for the classic treatment of children. It is helped by some of the most eminent men of the white race in America belonging to the profession. I would like to tell you more, but time will not permit me. He came down here a few weeks ago, operated on Mrs. Hattie Tillman, the wife of a farmer from down about Langston, and honey, that woman has been full of the Holy Ghost ever since, and will soon be ready to go home. Her hus- band is a man who knows how to put it in the ground and get it out, and he is doing it too, and he knows how to plant chickens and make them grow. Ever since the operation he has been in to see his wife daily. It was just this week that he came down and performed two operations. He is a surgeon for the Kansas City Street Railway Company and for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company. Did you know we had any such recognition? It doth not yet appear it shall be. He has had many honors from time to time. I find that Oklahoma is making wonderful efforts for the education of its youths, and just to think there are in the Langston University about 500 teachers this summer getting ready for greater things. They have a fine man at the head of the school, Prof. I. W. Young, and he is the right man in the right place, and if they will just follow him they will be able to do greater things for us all. I want to pause to express my sincere thanks to Mrs. G. V. Banks, the wife of President W. R. Banks of Texas College, Tyler, Texas. She sent me a paper nurse, who told me that she waits on de sick sometimes, and under her apron she had concealed a check for $5.10 for me, waiting on the sick sometimes. I have not suffered. I have today a check for $10 from Damon Lodge, and Dr. A. M. Johnson, the wizard from Oklahoma City, pastor of the Calvary Baptist Church, who used to be down in Mississippi, sent me five dollars. It SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BROAD AX No. 44 Newspaper 'The Ram-anitarium, at 10:30 --- is a great thing to have friends in a world like this. Will the boy of today be an improvement on his father? Dr. J. E. Perry has a son in the University of Michigan, who says that he is going to be an improvement on his father, and Charles Stewart has a son in Chicago studying journalism and writing, who says that he is going to be an improvement on his father. I am going to watch both of them. It is an easy thing to talk, but had better get busy to accomplish something. Bishops are back from California, and I think Bishop John Hurst will succeed Bishop Chappelle. One by one we are stepping in laying down our war implements and resting with our Savior. The Rev. S. B. Butler, of Austin, a friend of mine, has gone in. This information comes to me this week from Mrs. Juanita Charlton. Thanks, I am coming to meet thee. I think I have said enough for this week. CHARLES E. STUMP. On Tuesday morning the mailman brought the writer a stack of letters from the various parts of the country and on rapidly running through them, our eyes fell upon one from Charles E. Stump, or Rev. Charles Stewart, D. D., who had for fifteen years served as the regular traveling correspondent for The Broad Ax, and laying it aside for a few moments in order to enable us to read the contents of some of the other letters and just as we had finished glancing over them and was in the act of opening and reading his letter, the door bell rang, and on opening it, in walked his son, Charles Stewart, Jr. He had come on the sad errand to inform us "that his father had closed his eyes in death at the Park Sanitarium, Guthrie Oklahoma, at 10:30 o'clock Monday morning, July 13. That he had been discharged from the sanitarium, that he was in the act of walking down stairs to use the telephone when the angel of death lit upon him." Just as soon as we could recover our breath and wits, for it was a horrible shock to us to learn of his death, we exclaimed, "why I thought your father was greatly improving, Charlie, for I received a letter from him only a few moments ago. Then we ran and grabbed the letter and opened the letter. It was dated, Guthrie, Oklahoma, July 11, 1925, and these are the last words that he will ever pen for us in this world. "My dear Brother Taylor, hope you are well. I will leave here in a few days, please send me some papers containing my regular news letter to New Bern, N. C. Yours truly Charles Stewart, D. D." It is indeed a very hard task for us to pay the proper tribute to the memory of Mr. Stewart, which he so highly deserves. Who was not born with a silver nor golden spoon in his mouth, but by his own sheer force, ambition and energy, he continued to work his way up, never permitting himself to look to the right nor to the left but straight ahead and at his death he had become one of the best and most prominent newspaper men in the United States. He came into this world which is always full of so much pain and sorrow, at Frankfort, Ky. He was the dutiful son of Mr. Henry and Mrs. Harriet Stewart, who were among the most highly respectable and honorable citi- zens of that city. He received his early education in the schools of his native city, later on attending the Baptist Theological Seminary at Louisville, Ky., in time graduating from it with high honors. In 1884, he headed for Chicago and shortly after arriving in this city he found a position at the Old Grand Pacific Hotel in the day time and attending the Metropolitan Business School in the evening, where he drank in much valuable information pertaining to his newspaper training, which in time become a part of his very being. He has the great distinction of being the first colored man to write or report all kinds of important happenings for the daily newspapers in this city, he was the first and only colored man to become a member of the Associated Press and to serve on its staff. At various times he was one of the writers for the Chicago Dispatch, Chicago Inter Ocean, Chicago Record-Herald and the Old Chicago Times-Herald. Aside from being a member of the Associated Press, Mr. Stewart was at the time of his untimely death a member of the National Negro Press Association, the Associated Negro Press, the American Press Association and the Preston News Service. He was a member of Damon Lodge No. 1, K. P., Prince Hall Lodge No. 52. Masons, Talma Chapter No. 2 O. E. S. and of several other secret societies. He leaves to mourn his death his constant and devoted wife, Mrs. Elvie L. Washington Stewart, one son Charles Stewart Jr., two brothers, Mr. John Stewart, Mr. Clifton Stewart, one sister Mrs. Julia Morton and troops of warm friends to lament his passing on to the next world. Editor. EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS IN TENNESSEE COUNTY-$35,000 APPROPRIATED AND ERECTION OF NINE NEW SCHOOLS PLANNED Union City, Tenn., July 17.—Out of a school bond issue of $90,000, which has just been authorized, Obion County will set aside $35,000 for colored school buildings and equipment. During the following twelve months the school authorities plan the erection of nine Rosenwald schools. This program is being promoted by the County Inter-racial Committee, of which the County Superintendent of Education is Chairman. LEAVES FOR WESTERN MEETING Mrs. Joanna Snowden-Porter, 4131 Calumet Ave., has gone to Cheyenne, Wyoming, where she will preside over the meeting of the Northwestern Federation of Women's Clubs, of which she is the president. Many Chicago club women accompanied the president on this trip. LEAVES HOSPITAL After many weeks of confinement at the Provident Hospital suffering from injuries received in an automobile accident, Rev. George Anderson has left the hospital and is able to be out again. MR. AND MRS. STEPHEN WOOTEN The first of this week the writer received a note from Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Wooten, late of this city, who are now residing at 246 W. 129th St., apartment 15. Any of their friends visiting New York City will be cordially received. i ii THE BROAD AX Published Every Saturday In this city since July 15th, 1999, <ithout missing one single issue. Re- yiblicans, Democrats, Catholics, Pro- testants, Single Taxers, Priests, infi- 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 platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. It is neither Demo- cratic nor Republican. It is strictly er absolutely independent in politics Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in ad- vance. One Year sis: .eeccece0seee0 $2.00 Six Months «2.20. 02...+---++-$1.00 Advertising rates made known on application, ‘Address all communications to THE BROAD AX - 6206 S. Elizabeth St,, Chicago. Phone: Wentworth 2597 JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher SSS Vol. XXX No. 44 Chicago, July 18, 1925 eee ee: Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post office at Chicago. Ml Under Act of March 8, 1879. COLORFUL NEWS “MOVIES” By the Cameraman 1. American Negro Labor Congress. 2, Illustrious Men—Carter G. Wood- son. er ae (Preston News Service) Headed by Mr, Lovette Fort-White- man, supported by its organ, “The Negro Champion,” and advocating a maze of objectives involving school attendance, tenant and share-farming, organization, child labor, peonage, so- cial life, ete, the American Negro Labor Congress has launched its campaign, to culminate in @eonven- tion at Chicago on October 25, 1925. Exhaustive propaganda is being used to depict the aims and purposes of the A.NL.C., and reports indicate that the Congress is using intensive methods to foster and promote its program. Not heing informed, at first hand, of the merits or demerits of the A.N.L.C. movement, the following comments are uttered in a neutral tone, based upon the actual propaganda and opin- jon being used for and against the movement. The propaganda of the A.N.L.C. has a dual personality. It resembles that of the Marcus Garvey movement, and, at the same time, is not unlike that of W. Z. Foster (white) who heads up the so-called Workers’ Party of America. In fact, says an organ of the American Federation of Labor: “Whiteman has been delegated by the Workers’ (Communist) Party of America, which takes orders from the Russian Third International, to or- ganize an American Colored Labor Conference. It is the purpose to model the ‘Congress’ along the lines of W.. Z, Foster's privately-owned Trade Union Educational League, and now that his (Foster's) bunco game is playing out as a money getter among white folks, Foster has turned his at- tention to the colored brethren and has begun an active campaign to sell his quack political nostrum to that class of American citizens.” On the other hand, the propaganda of the AN.LC. purports to depict genuine relief to the working classes of the world, aiming at “Imperialism” and holding itself forth as the curative of industrial oppression. From New. ‘York comes the rumor that A.N.L.C. is largely composed of unnaturalized West Indians and other aliens who have no claim to the title “American.” Foster's activities, now on the skids, are well remembered, and the impetus which the so-called communistic wave gained in labor circles some years ago has died out. Then, too, it cannot be seen how any movement in the labor world which has aroused the ire of the American Federation of Labor, can hope to succeed. Nevertheless, the A.N.L.C. will be carefully watched by many groups of American work- men; and if it is on the square it will receive support. On the other hand, “if it is merely the vehicle of a de- Juded group which desires to pervert American labor institutions, it will, like its predecessors, be broken up on the rocks of safe and sane American solidarity, not perfect by any means, but the best that could be perfected up to this day and time. x : aoe 5 To live in the present and tot the records of the past is but to be ae en ge ee PE ere ee |Borious and scientific work of research into the buman exudation from Africa that we have been able with any de- gree of pride to look into the past and fortify ourselves against the “su- premacy” club which the Anglo- Saxons have long had over our heads. Like Topsy, historically we just grew; but Dr. Woodson has woven into his pages of Negro history sufficient facts to convince the world that this dark content of America, with its varied hues, can authentically point to the Past with as much consolation as any other race, z ‘The work Dr. Woodson has per- formed has called for unending self- sacrifice. A poor boy himself, engaged in the laborious work of the hand, he saw the vision of education, which ended in his having conferred upon him the highest degree from Amer- iea's most renowned university. In the interim he was inspired to take up the burden of reducing Negro history to practicable record form, in which work he is still engaged. After almost tearful persuasion to enlist the sym- pathy of others who saw the tremend- ous value and influence of Negro his- tory, and amid trying difficulties, Dr. Woodson set himself to the trying task of compiling facts concerning the Negro, both in his native land and in America. His work has been well done, and the pages which he has wrought out of the dark past of the Negro, in themselves, make one of the most signal services which any Negro has ever porformed in behalf of his people. Dr. Woodson's historical works are being used in many Negro schools in the United States. By right they should be absorbed by every liv- ing American Negro, who should see himself and his ancestors as Dr. Wood- son sees him and them. Dr. Woodson is a profound scholar, a Christian gentleman of high ideals, and one of our strongest proponents of unselfish service to the race. His life and his work are outstanding and are loved and cherished by all who have intrinsic pride in high endeavor and the unselfishness of real service. No greater baneful destroyer of racial hopes exists than the skeptic — the brother who lacks confidence in himself and his race. We have met several different varieties of this mem- ber of the Four Horsemen, and it is both painful and pitiful to see him ap- ply his extinguisher to the comiort- able warmth of racial advancement. One skeptic, a physician, said he never paid any attention to what he read in Negro newspapers,—that it was all bunk, and he could get enough real news by reading the white dailies. An- other, a Negro business man, said he had no use for Negro lawyers, all of whom were N. G. A modest washer- woman whose rent was being raised every quarter or so, said she'd rather pay her rent to a white agent; while another prominent doctor, with a lu- crative practice among his own people, always “cut in” a white undertaker whenever he could. Still another skeptic said he did not have much use for colored dentists; and most of the brothers and sisters living near the young colored druggist om the corner, went down town for everything ex- cepting ice cream sodas and postage stamps. Skepticism is the withering fire which is devastating to racial endeavor and economic independence. Its. pro- ponents continually cut off their noses to spite their face, for sometime or other skepticism comes home to roost, ho matter how unwelcome it may be. ‘It is readily admitted that charlatans, quacks, and inefficients are present in ‘overwhelming numbers, a condition ‘which exists among all racial groups. ‘But this should bring no solace to the ‘withering trail of the skeptic who, here and there, dashes cold water on Negro business and Negro profes- sional life. The skeptic is a simon- Pure criminal void of pride and soul- lessly impotent, and he should be driven from the household of racial ‘effort. For this is a day of optimism for those whose faces are set towards ‘the day of economic emancipation. Producers must be equalized by os sumers, and knocks must be given ‘away to boosts. Else, what new hopes Willian Jennings Bryan, now of Florida, ardent advocate of grape juice, free silver, 16 to 1, and counsel for the state in the Tennessee evolu- tion case; has again taken to broad- casting. This time, we note, with some satisfaction that the ex-Nebraskan has added the Constitution to his program, THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 18, 1925 - we Po Se re BA 4 r eae oe : a fe 2 : a + gf oo 27. 24 Ps Pe — 28 a i The High Sheriff of Cook County is willing to let the whole world know that Col. Robert S. Abbott dished him up a raw deal prior to the primaries, Tuesday, April 11, 1922. and upon the historic paragraphs of that document the Commoner has spoken long and earnestly; but, as usual, without much logic. After sparkling references to the case of Dred Scott, the escaped Negro slave who in the fifties, although having reached a free state, was held to be subject to the laws of the slave state from which he had fled, Mr, Bryan says: “Who made the Courts? Who made the Constitution? The People! The people can change the Constitu- tion, and if necessary they can change the decisions of the courts.” One of two things is true of Mr. Bryan's little red wagon, at least so far as his adopted balliwick is concerned; and that is, either as in Genesis of old, the people rested after their arduous tasks of providing a magna charta for all the people, or else, as usual, Mr. Bryan is mistaken, We modestly think that probably the substitution of the words “Some of the people” would remove all chances of Mr. Bryan’s having violated one of the sacred Command- ments, At any rate, down in the Floridian everglades, some of the people are pro- tected by the Constitution, and some— a very large “sum"—are not. Testi- mony taken before the House Com- mittee which investigated a Florida election showed that because some of the people wanted to have the privilege of the voting benefits of the Constitu- tion, they were run out of the state; while others, on sort of a 1 to 16 plan, were beaten up and intimidated. And neither the courts nor the Constitu- tion of Mr. Bryan's state gave fullest protection to those poor black people who merely sought the right of the electorate, that they might have a voice in the choices for public office to. serve all—not some—of the people. Poor Mr. Bryan, used to. defeat, mistaken though he is, would perform @ national service in his fealty to the Constitution and to the people by re- turning to the everglades of Florida and reiterating his statements there, at the same time urging his fellow citizens to practice what he preaches. This might bring about an evolution in Florida far more valuable to the country at large than the one which ‘Mr. Bryan is butting into in Sunny Tennessee: PENNSYLVANIA BOXING COM- MISSION FORMS NEW ALLIANCE (Preston News Service) Philadelphia, Pa., July 16—Accord- ing to word received here last week an alliance has been formed between the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commis- sion and the Athletic Commission of Connecticut through the efforts of Thomas E. Donohue. Charles Fred White, race member of Commission, Chairman W. H, Rocap, both of this city, and H. J. Boyle of Pittsburgh, are said to have unani- mously approved the coalition. BACK FROM DETROIT Attorney J. P. Harden, the Over- ton Building, 3621 S. State St, has returned from a few days’ stay in Detroit and Clement, Michigan. HON. PETER M. HOFFMAN URBAN LEAGUE EXECUTIVE ENCOURAGED BY PROS- PECTS IN WEST Eugene Kinckle Jones, Executive Secretary of the National Urban League, has just returned to New York after a 7,500 mile trip to Pa- cific Coast cities where he investigated the social conditions among Negroes and inspected the work of the Urban League in cities of the middle west. While en route, he visited Denver, where the National Conference of Social Work, of which he is the only colored member of the Executive Board, held its annual meeting. Front Denver Mr. Jones visited Los An- geles, where there is a thriving Urban League supported by the Community Chest to the extent of $11,300, San Diego, San Francisco, Oakland, Port- land and Seattle. He found a Negro poputation of 3,000 in Portland, of 4,000 in Seattle and San_ Francisco, Oakland 10,000 and San Diego 3,500— all fertile fields for Urban League work. Mr, Jones states that the League further plans to stimulate interest in the Urban League's plan of organiza- tion in these coast cities, In Minneapolis, Mr. Jones ad- dressed the students of the Depart- ment of Sociology of the University of Minnesota and in St. Paul spoke on the subject of “The Negro in the North” from Radio Station WCCO maintained by the Washburn, Crosby Flour Mills in co-operation with the Chambers of Commerce of Ss. Paul and Minneapolis. Mr. Jones also ad- dressed Urban League mass meetings in St. Paul and Minneapolis, where the Minneapolis Urban League was formally launched with Mr. A. L. Harris, former “Fellow” of the League and teacher at the West Virginia Collegiate Institute, as Executive Secretary. The Urban League is now sup- ported by community chests in twenty cities. There are twenty-nine Urban Leagues with offices and staffs, re- quiring the expenditure this year in the neighborhood of $400,000, includ- ing the budget of the national office. Tn speaking of the National Con- ference of Social Work, Mr. Jones states that in his opinion this organ- ization is one of the most democratic ational movements in America. In addition to having set speeches on the Negro by three colored persons, therc were two important addresses by prominent white members of the con- ference, on the “Menace of Racial and Religious Intolerance.” Throughout the conference, there was woven into the fabric of the discussion a thread of racial interest which indicated that the more than 3,000 delegates there were thoroughly aroused to the im- portance of developing better relations in interracial contacts that our demo- EDIE Bas TLE AEE BENT ON THE GO AGAIN Mrs. George E. Harding, state Grand Princess of S. M. T. of Illi nois and jurisdiction, is able to be on her official visits to the various *tem- ples in and out of the city after being confined to her home for months on account of prolonged illness. THIS WEEK By Ernest Rice McKinney (Preston News Service) “Attend that little girl first.” These are the words of a Negro Pullman porter. He is dead and white America calls him a hero, The Pullman Com- pany has cited him for unusual and extraordinary heroism, as they say in the army. This man Daniels threw himself in the way of some scalding steam trying to keep a door closed in order that the passengers might not get burned, There was a wreck on the road and the boiler gave way, throwing hot water and steam every- where, Daniels refused medical aid. He told the doctors to look after a little white girl, I wonder what Pat Har- rison, Tom Heflin, the Imperial Wizard, all the southern crackers and all the northern copperheads—includ- ing those high up in the Pullman Company—will say to this? As Ben Tillman and all his ilk look up from Hell, what will they say? Because, if Daniels—in the living flesh—had run true to America’s esti- mate of him, he would have saved himself and attempted to rape this little girl as he caught her wandering amidst the wrecked train. For—says America—the Negro is a rapist, an inferior, unmoral half-man. And Daniels was a Negro. I can't grow enthiisiastic over what the Pullman Company has done. It costs nothing to reward and praise a dead man. Ever since this thing happened I have been asking myself, “WHAT WOULD THE PULL. MAN COMPANY HAVE DONE TO REWARD DANIELS IF HE HAD LIVED?" He would have been no less a hero, no less self-sacrificing, no less de- voted to duty. But I am of the opinion that the Pullman Company would have done similar to the Russian lady told of by William Jones. You re- member this lady sat in the theatre and wept at the misfortune of the hero, on the stage, while her own coachman froze to death on the out- side, - For he was only a coachman and Daniels was only a Negro. And so, knowing white America as I do, I just can’t lose my head when- ever our native 100 per cent Nordic countrymen make these constantly re- gestures in our direction, Why should I throw my hat in the air when I stop and think and know and feel that Daniels alive today would be nothing more than a slorifed “GEORGE,” forever and ever, to the end of the Pullman ears. FOUR BEING HELD IN MURDER CHARGE (Preston News Service) Pittsbargh, Pa, July 16—Two white men, alleged to be implicated in the murder of William Thomas, whose body, with four bullets in it, was found under the Wilmot Street bridge early Thursday, are being held pending further investigation. Miss Helen Williams and Alexan- der Washington are also held as suspects. The Williams woman, the last known to have been with the murdered man, was turned over to the coroner Friday. John Scott and James Ryan, both white, of Philadelphia, are the men held. They claimed to have arrived in Pittsburgh from Philadelphia after the crime. They will be held until their stories can be verified, officials said. The Williams woman implicates them as the two men who attempted to rob Thomas and herself while they were on their way to a house in Scotch Bottoms after she had called Thomas out of a cabaret almost two miles from where the body was found. AUTO RACE FANS TURN EYES TOWARDS INDIANAPOLIS (ciniiek Mae Sarvten’: Indianapolis, Ind., July 15.—Auto racing fans the country over have turned their eyes towards the big Hoosier Capital, “Shrine to Speed” of America, as they make their plans to meet old friends and renew acquaint- ances at the running of the second annual renewé! of the Gold and Glory Sweepstakes, America's premier 100- mile dirt track championship auto racing classic, to be held here Sat- urday, August 8th, in which all com- peting drivers are members of the group. The smaller races staged through- out the country this spring and sum- mer have merely served to whet the appetites of the dyed-in-the-wool fans for the real display of speed and thrills that are found to obtain when fifteen dare-devils of the group face the starter’s flag at “the State Fair Grounds here, with the roar of thou- ‘sands of speed-crazed spectators ring. ing in their cars. Fratemal Visitors to Witness Event The big race this year was moved back a week by the management jn order that the hundreds of delegates and visiting friends of the A. U. K. & D. A., one of the largest fraternal organizations in America, may have the opportunity to witness the run- ning of the big event. Inquiries Pouring In Interest in the big affair is doubled this year, directors of the Indianap- olis Colored Speedway say, basing their statement on the numbers of inquiries regarding the race which have been arriving daily at the office 401% Michigan St,, following the first newspaper story of the race plans a week ago, They further base thei faith in the permanence of the race as an annual institution on the great ‘amount of activity among auto builders and drivers throughout the Middle West. "Already a local young man of the group has completed and in readiness to try out his car, built especially for this race, while another resident of the eastern section of the city will be ready for the first tryout in a few days. HUBBARD TO APPEAR AT EX- HIBITION MEET— ACCEPTS HOOSIER INVITATION FOR FRATERNAL EVENT Indianapolis, Ind., July 17—With no little elation, the local grand lodge entertainment committee of the Knights of Pythias, Indiana jurisdic- tion, has announced the acceptahce of De Hart. Hubbard, 20th Century Athletic marvel, to appear at their Annual Gala Day field meet, in this city, on July 29th. Hubbard's acceptance will make July 29th and the event at the State Fair Grounds the outstanding feature of the four days’ sessions of the Grand Lodge here. Holder of the world’s record, of national record and inter- collegiate records for track and jump- ing records, young Hubbard, who is star for the University of Michigan athletic crew, has been a headliner in all the sports pages of the country for the past few months since he set a mark for a broad jump which athletic experts say cannot be beaten unless it is by Hubbard himself. He has appeared in every big athletic event of the country in the past year, among collegians, and to have him appear in the local event is considered no little honor and triumph for Hoosierdom in general and the Knights of Pythias, Indiana jurisdic- tion, in particular. In addition to Hubbard, a number of High School athletes who have gained renown in _ Interscholastic events will appear and try for the handsome trophies offered by the com- mittee. As the National Association of Colored Musicians will be in ses- sion here at the same time, the local Music Promoters are joining with the Grand Lodge entertainment committee in planning for the reception of Mr. ‘Hubbard and it is predicted that the thousands of visitors and delegates who will attend the meet and the at- tendant festivities will carry away a lasting impression of Hoosic: hos tality and gaicty. HOUSTON CITIZENS SEEx coy, ORED HIGH SCHOOLS_app)_ DITIONAL COLORED Poricg ALSO ASKED BY INTER R,. CIAL COMMITTEE Houston, Texas, July 17—Tie Jy. ter-racial Committee of this city at y Fecent meeting decided to 2:5 vi cixy administration for the addition of fye colored men to the police force of Houston, and also for the establish. ment of a senior high schoo! and two junior high schools for coloved chi, dren. ‘The meeting was held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms and was attended by @ group of represcntatiyg white and colored leaders, nostiy business and professional mes. \rong the white men present were tl former Secretary and president of the schoo} board and one of the city’s civil service commissioners, The colored group was represented by & number of teachers, ministers and physicians The fullest freedom of expression was encouraged and committees were ap- pointed to take up with the city aq. ministration the matters agreed upon Editor Love, of the Texas Freeman, @ local eplored paper, com on the meeting, says: “The editor observed that the men constituting the committee were hon est and sincere in their efforts to get together on a common level, to har- monize their differences, and to stamp out friction wherever and wh«never it bobs up.” DAVE HEADEN FOUND DEAD; WIFE'S FRIEND HELD Suse yay lal aaah dha Siler City, N. C., July 16.—The body of Dave Headen was found in the woods about three miles from here Tuesday morning by Wade Foster on whose land Headen was a tenant Headen had been missing since Friday night. 3 John Brooks was arrested as prin- cipal and John Craven and Will Mat- thews were arrested as accessories to the alleged murder of Headen. Brooks was suspected because it was known that there had been enmity between him and Headen because of Brooks’ too great friendliness with Headen's wife. Headen had been slashed in the face with a razor, but the coroner's jury decided that death had resulted from a blow in the back of the head admin- istered with some heavy instrument. The skull had been crushed in, ‘There were evidences that the body had been dragged a distance of a hun- dred yards. A razor was found near the body, having been left there by the murderers, it is believed, with the Purpose of trying to create the impres- sion that Headen had committed sui- cide. GIVEN SURPRISE BANQUET About two hundred members of Ft. Dearborn Lodge No. 44, I. 3. P. 0. E. W., gave a surprise banquet at the Huntington Hotel, 37th and Lang- ley Ave. on July 11th, in honor of the Exalted Ruler, James C. Marta An interesting program was rendered with Frank W. Henry, gencral chair- man of arrangements, acting as toast- master. The principal address was delivered by Senator Adelbert H. Roberts, who paid a splendid tribute to the administration of Exalted Ruler Martin and his worth to Elks in gen- eral. Others paying the honored guest tribute for his great work were L. A Newby, district deputy; H. 8. Wik liams, J. B, DeVaux, J. E. Jackson, W. C. Wilson, Thos. H. Jackson, Dr Jas. M. Fitzbutler, Prince A. Glanton, Dr. Wm. H. Davis, George W. Gray; James M. Brooks, president of Ft. Dearborn 1925 Marching Club and general promoter of the affair; M. T- Bailey, chairman of the Transporta- tion Committee “On to Richmond.” The guest, Exalted Ruler Martin, thanked the brothers for their pat ticipation in such a testimonial of their appreciation for the services fie had rendered them and was made to feel very happy at such a pleasant affair tendered in his honor. MR. JAMES H. CLAYBON Mr. James H. Claybon, of Kanses City, Kan, who conducts the largest and the most prosperous grocery store in that thriving city, and who ranks among its wealthiest citizens, is visit- ing his brother-in-law in this cty, Mf. and Mrs. William H. Montgomery, * 4735 Indiana avenue. Mr. Claybon is very much pleased with his pleasant visit to Chicago and thinks it a wonderful city. The Thirtieth Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax Will Ap- pear Saturday, September 12, 1925. It Has Been Published in oe for Twenty-Six Years, Without Missing One single Tecia ee oa be ee ee 4 oe ee 3 ae ao : ’ 4 ot F . - | Be Si a po s | ’ S ; | : y ) | ' PROF. J. WESLEY JONES President of the Chicago branch of the National Association of Negro Musicians, Vice President of the National Associa- tion, who will attend its seventh annual convention to be held at Indianapolis, Ind., July 26 to 31. MUSICIANS WILL MEET IN IN Wednesday, 8 p. m., Phillips Me- DIANAPOLIS; NATIONAL ASSO-} morial Temple program by visiting CIATION TO MEET IN INDIA | representatives. NAPOLIS, INDIANA, JULY 26-31 ‘The important event of the week A most interesting and pleasing event is in store for Indianapolis, July 26th to 31st. It is the seventh annual convention of the National Association of Negro Musicians. Artists, students and instructors will be in the city from the forty-eight states of the Union. Aside from the business sessions and conferences, the convention prom- ises to give Indianapolis a week of continuous recitals by professional and student talent. Regular sessions will be held at Simpson M. E. Church. ‘The Indianapolis Music Promoters, of which Lillian M. LeMon is president, will act as host to the national organ- ization, This is ‘the first time the association has met in Indianapolis. A thousand delegates and visitors are expected to attend: The program for the week is as follows: Sunday, July 26th, 3 p. m., Caleb Mills Hall. Songiest by church choirs. R. Nathaniel Dett and J. Wesley Jones, musicians of national note, will act as guest directors. Monday, 8 p. m., Auditorium of School No. 26, Columbia Ave. and 16th St. Program and Reception for National Officers. Public invited. ‘Tuesday, & p. m., Phillips Memorial Temple, N. West and Drake St Program by Indianapolis Music Pro- moters: Public davited: THE QUESTIONNAIRE By Miss Louise Bond 1. What is radium? By whom was it discovered? sae 2. Who discovered oxygen? When? eee 3. State the composition of water. eee 4. Give the melting point of alumi- num; iron; carbon. sae 5. What is the common name of oxalic acid? copper? sulphate? calcium oxide? sodium chloride 1. Radium is a remarkable chem- ical element discovered in 1898 by M. and Mme. Curie of Paris. Whether free or combined, it is continually breaking down into other elements and giving off three distinct kinds of Answers Wednesday, 8 p. m., Phillips Me- ‘morial Temple program by visiting representatives. ‘The important event of the week will be Thursday at 8 p. m., when al Caleb Mills Hall, North and Penn- sylvania Sts, there wili be a grand recital by artists of the National As. sociation of Negro Musicians. Ar admission fee of $1.00 will be charged Many of the noted musicians of the country will take a leading part in this affair. Conferences, business sessions, stu: dent recitals and presentation of new talent will take place at Simpson M. E. Church,-N. Missouri and Mth St, 9 a.m. and 4 p. m. daily. Public invited. Officers of the Association are: R Nathaniel’ Dett, president, Hampton Institute, Virginia; J. Wesley Jones vice-president, Chicago, Illinois; Henry L. Grant, executive secretary, Wash- ington, D. C.; Alice Carter Simmons, secretary-treasurer; Lillian M. Le Mon, assistant secretary, Indianap- olis, Indiana; Camille Nickerson, New Orleans, Louisiana; Fred J. Work, Bordentown, N. J.; Martha B. An- derson, Chicago, Illinois; Mildred Bryant Jones, Chicago, Illinois; Clar- ence Cameron White, Institute, W. Va ‘A special train will leave Chicagc for the convention on July 27th with a monster representation. Reserva- tions may be secured by calling Dr. I. H. Holloway, Atlantic 2532, or J ‘Wesley Jones, Oakland 7459. Ge your reservations now or you may be ae = rays which move at enormous speed. ‘The alpha rays are particles of the element helium; the beta rays; nega- tively charged particles are called electrons; the gamma rays are similar to very powerful X-rays. ~ see 2. Oxygési was discoveed in 1774 by Joseph Priestly. = sa 3. ‘Sixteen parts by weight of oxy- gen always combine with 2 parts of hydrogen to make 18 parts of water. eae 4, The melting point of aluminum is 659 degrees C., 1218 degrees F.; of iron 1530 C., 2786 F.; of carbon 3600 C., 6500 F. 3 see 5. Oxalic acid is commonly called salts of lemon. Copper sulphate, Vit- chloride, salt, common. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 18, 1925 IT WILL REACH THE HIGHEST WA- TER MARK IN’ ARTISTIC AFRO- AMERICAN JOURNALISM IN THIS COUNTRY. IT WILL BE PRINTED ON AMERICAN HALF-TONE ABERDEEN BOOK PAPER, THE PAPER COSTING 15 CENTS PER POUND SPOT CASH. IT WILL CONTAIN A COMPLETE RE- VIEW OF ITS REMARKABLE CA- REER AND BRILLIANT ACCOM- PLISHMENTS DURING ITS THIRTY YEARS OF EXISTENCE. IT WILL CONTAIN MANY BEAUTIFUL HALF-TONE CUTS OF THE MOST PROMINENT BUSINESS AND PRO- FESSIONAL CITIZENS OF CHI- CAGO, BOTH WHITE AND COL- ORED. NOW IS THE TIME TO SECURE AD- VERTISEMENTS AND WRITE-UPS IN IT AND TO ORDER EXTRA COPIES OF THAT ISSUE OF THE PAPER TO SEND TO YOUR FRIENDS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES. ; of Illinois Central Chicago & Northwestern and Polk Street Stations Contributed to the Support of Y. W.C. A. oad d PHYLLIS WHEATLEY HOME From Illinois Central 12th St. Station... . .$86.50 By Sandy W. Trice and R. I. Collins. From Chicago and Northwestern Station... 31.50 By Otho Robinson. From Polk St. Station.............:-..+. 18.00 By B. F. Sheppard _—— Total amount..............+... $186.00 Cash to Y. W.C.A..........$ 68.00 Cash to Phyllis Wheatley Home —-.4..--<.5.:...-- 6800 . $136.00. | “I WAS SICK AND YE VISITED ME” Atlanta, Ga., July 17—The Sunday School of Druid Hills Methodist Church, this city, is endeavoring to carry out a program of real religious education, practical as well as theoretical. On a recent Sunday committees of the Sunday School chil- dren visited all the hospitals and car- ried flowers to the patients, The colored patients in the city hospital were given exactly the same attention as those in the white wards. It is an open question whether the patients or the visiting children received the greater blessing. REV. WATSON HAS PASSED AWAY ‘Thursday morning, Rev. Samuel E. J. Watson, pastor of the Pilgrim Bap- tist Temple, 33rd st. and Indiana ave. passed away at his home, $60 East 36th street. MRS. SANDY W. TRICE LAV- ISHLY ENTERTAINED SOME OF HER MANY FRIENDS Mrs. Sandy W. Trice, 4536 Calumet Ave, entertained on Wednesday night, July 8th, at her home in honor of Miss Libby Boyer of San Jose, Calif, who is visiting in the city. Twenty or more friends were precent and a most enjoyable time was spent. Mrs. Trice proved to be a charming hostess. Mrs, Trice left the city on Sunday p.m, the 12th, for Idlewild to spend July and August. Her many friends wish her a most delightful sojourn in the Michiaan clime. Many Ailments Cured by Diet of Grapes ‘A diet of grapes has taken its place among the treatments recommende: for various allments. ‘The grape treat ment 1s recommended for obesity various stomach troubles, _ chronic Dronchitis and some chest affections ‘There are several places in Europe te which patients go during the grape season for treatment. At first sight the treatment would appear to be ap exceedingly attractive one, since it consists merely in living largely oD these luscious fruits. In practice, how- ever, most people find the reverse the case, for after a time @ constant dlet of grapes palls on the appetite, and people taking the cure are frequently heard to say that they come to hate the very sight of them. ‘The patients generally begin with a few large, luscious grapes by way of dessert at the end of their meal. But ‘uring the four to six weeks which is the general length of the cure, the weight of the grapes is gradually in- creased until the individual may be eating as much as eight pounds a day, with little or no other food. In the more ordinary cases, how- ever, when in full swing, the treatment 1s generally a pound or a little more of grapes three times a day, from half ‘Sacma bier beleek s0etk: Brigand of Balkans Modern Robin Hood Brigandage is still a profitable pro- fession in the Balkans, but its prac- tice presents pitfalls to the novice. Not only has the brigand of the Near East to face the dangers inseparable from armed lawlessness, but he has to observe a rigid code of professional etiquette. ‘This was shown when a Greek ex- cabinet minister was captured by brig: ands near Salonika, He offered all the money in his possession to the chief of the robber band. But the latter in- dignantly refused to accept it. “We are brigands, not thieves!” he exclaimed. ‘When the ransom arrived, part of It was returned to the ex-minister to drink the health of his captors. This, ft was explained, was the invariable custom of the “best brigunds.” ‘The robber chief in this episode claims to be a sort of Robin Hood. He told his prisoner that part of the pro- ceeds of his brigandage was set aside to give money to the poor and provide dowries for penniless girls. He also seemed to be of a religious bent—like the brigands who captured the late Lord Muncaster and his party in 1870, and took them to church on Sunday. The Best Judge _ | She. trust gad depepeenes wa ‘characterized Rev. Doctor Smith's at- ‘titmde towards his wife's Judgment in ‘all practical affairs were sometimes ‘touching, but occasionally they were ‘amusing. “Tam sorry you have been troubled ‘with the toothache.” said the family dentist, when Doctor Smith appeared in his office one das. “I gave you the first minute I had free after receiving your wife's telephone message. Let's ‘tee, which tooth is it that’s | -oubling your" “It’s not aching Just at present,” said Doctor Smith after a moment's hesita- tion, during which he made a cautious investigation with his tongue. “Didn't ‘Mrs. Smith mention to you which tooth it was? I always rely on her in such matters.” His Language In a little town in Tennessee Broth- er Mac is trustee of the school, direc- tor of the local bank and a pillar in the church. He is especially noted for his avaricious tendencies. ‘On the might when the congregation were to hear the annual report of the officers of the chureh, Brother Mac had dropped off to sleep during the sermon. His wife noticed him asleep while the secretary and treasurer was reading his report. She touched bim Just as the officer was saying, “Leav- ing a cash balance in the treasury of $126.20." Upon hearing this, Brother Mac ‘rose and said: “Mr. Chairman, make ‘8 motion we declare a dividend of 6 per cent."—Forbes Magazine. For the Poor A party of minstrels went to a.coun- try town and advertised a perform ‘ance for “the benefit of the poor, tick- ets being reduced to sixpence.” The hall was crammed full. The next morning a committee for the poor called upon the treasurer of the concern for the amount the com- pany had netted. The treasurer ex- Dressed great astonishment at the de- mand. “I thought,” said the chairman of the committee, “you advertised this concert for the benefit of the poor?" ‘The treasurer replied: “Didn't we put the tickets down to stxpence #0 that the poor could all come?'—Royal Magazine. Hon. Peter M. Hoffman, the High Sheriff of Cook County, Can Freely Test- ify Pertaining to the Raw Deal He Received at the Hands of Col. Robert S. Abbott, Prior to the Pri- maries Tuesday, April 11, 1922. Col. Abbott Refused to Loyally Support Him at That Time But Went Down to Defeat With His Republican Oppo- ment, H. C. W. Laubenheimer. It will be recalled by the wise birds that several weeks prior tc the primaries Tuesday, April 11, 1922, that Col. Robert Lincoln Taylor who expects to become one of the head officials in the election com- missioner's office some day, Col Robert S. Abbott who loudly boasts of the fact that he is able to slap all the colored lawyers in this city in the face and make them grin and show their teeth to him while his car- pet bag brother-in-law, Hon, N. K. McGill, holds down a position in the State's Attorney's office which one of them should be filling. Lawyer F. S. Delaney, Col. William R. Cowan, Col. George H. Walker and Col. John R. Auter and several other big Colonels |and colored men, headed by Col. Tay- |Ior, called on Hon, Peter M. Hoffman, at that time Coroner of Cook County and Republican candidate for Sheriff. That prominent delegation of colored gentlemen during the general talk which followed informed Mr, Hoffman that they proposed to send out a gen- eral letter or an address chrough the columns of at least one great colored newspaper published in this city, urg- ing all the colored people residing in this city and county to rally to the united support of Mr. Hoffman, that he had manfully stood by the. colored people during the race riots in this city during July and August, 1919; that as"he stood by the colored people at that time that they, the colored voters, must show their true colors and stand by him at the polls on primary day Tuesday, April 11, 1922, Col. Abbott blowed off a whole lot of gas or froth as to what he would do to aid Mr. Hoffman through the columns of the greatest newspaper in the world from that time to the primaries. But Col. Abbott was sim- ply talking through the top of his thoughtless hat for he was struck with sleeping sickness just as soon as it was whispered around that four or five hundred dollars could not be picked up from the floor of the Hoff- man headquarters. It is true that Saturday, April 1, 1922, Col. Abbott did permit three or four lines to appear on the editorial page of his blood and thunder news- Paper in favor of the nomination of ‘Mr. Hoffman for Sheriff of Cook before the primaries. At the ‘time he ran a amall cut of Mr. He t j Sang which was run in the fifth or sixth column on an inside page, it being arranged or placed behind the big cut and advertisement of H. C, W. Laubenhimer, his Republican op- ponent, and every person was forced to read all about him before they could behold the cut of Mr. Hoffman. It is said or contended that Mr. Hoffman was held up or shook down for one hundred dollars in connection with that raw deal. It might be well to state right here that Sheriff Hoffman, who has been @ constant supporter of this newspaper since Jan, 1, 1904, down to the pres- ent time, that he is one of the main cogs in the political wheel of Barrett, Crowe, Brundage and the late Senator Medill McCormick, and yet Col. Ab- bott has the gall and brass nerve to bat those would be wise politicians be- tween their owl eyes and so far he has absolutely refused to support any of their candidates through the col- umns of his ten-story newspaper. With this shameless, double dealing, political record before or behind him ies gat wonder ht he et ‘struck stone dead when he wildly as- serts that the leaders of the Republi- can party sneaked his brother-in-law, Mr. N.“K. McGill, into the State's Attorney's office to reward him for his faithful services rendered that party in this city and county in the past, In conclusion it must be distinctly junderstood that The Broad Ax was the only newspaper published in the interest of the colored race in this city which loyally stood by Mr. Hoffman to the end and marched on to victory with him at the primaries Tuesday, April 11, 1922. MR. AND MRS. HARRY WILLS SAIL FOR EUROPE (Preston News Service) New York, July 16—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wills sailed for Europe on the Berengaria Wednesday. Scores of his friends and admirers were at the pier to see them off. Wills and his wife will visit in France, Germany and other European countries. Punished for Pugnacity ‘Thomas Mowbray, duke of Norfolk, was banished from England by Rich: ard }, in 1298, for challenging and pre- paring to weet in single combat Henry Bolingbroke, earl of Hereford, after- ward King Henry IV. 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SCOTT, Manager Licensed Undertaker MRS. MARY E. WILLIAMSON Licensed Undertaker J.E. BISH 33d Degree PR W.D.G.M. Bookkeeper Embalmers Apprentice No.194 Unexcelled for AUTOMOBILES KEN The Williamson Funeral is distinguished by the up-to-date designs of its Cunningham Limousine Hearse and Cars Happiness Half the world is on the wrong scent in the pursuit of happiness. They think it consists in having and getting and in being served by others. It consists in giving and in serving others.—Henry Drummond. Era of Good Feeling The "era of good feeling" in this country is the name given to the period from 1816 to 1824, which was marked by the absence of bitter party strife and the presence of general internal harmony and contentment. Term of Opprobrium The term Yankee, according to Bombaugh, is not Indian, but Dutch, and means to snarl and quarrel. It was applied by the burghers of New Amsterdam to the invaders from Connecticut. Cork Insulation A combination of cork and concrete for building houses is the latest innovation being tried out in England. It is claimed that the combination insulates the houses, both against cold and noise. English Royal Motto "Dien et Mon Droit" ("God and My Right"), which is the official motto of the kings of England, was adopted as a royal motto by Henry VI, who was king from 1422 to 1461. Original Loving Cup A silver mug fashioned in 1757 and presented to Mathew Bains of Northallerton, England, in 1839, is said to be the first railroad testimonial ever given to an employee of a railroad. Land Made Fruitful British West Africa is no longer a "white man's grave," but a healthy land of unlimited sunshine, generous rainfall and abundant harvests. The Master Mind The measure of a master is his success in bringing all men around to his opinion 20 years later.—Ralph Waldo Emerson. Unsubstantial A trump in a very ragged coat was asked what material it was made of. "I dunno," he said, "but I think it's mostly fresh air." Two Good Ideas Two Good Ideas Try to see through things and see things through.—Good Hardware. Ernest H JAMSO THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 18, 1925 Foolish Man Primitive man in this age has been described as one that enjoys all the modern inventions for increasing comfort and won't spend ten minutes mending them when they get out of order. Beginning of Cricket There are some evidences of a similar game having been played in the Fourteenth century, but it is probable that cricket was not known until some time in the Sixteenth century. Two Old Academies Phillips Exeter Academy was founded by John Phillips at Exeter in 1781 and became known as Phillips Exeter to distinguish it from Phillips Andover, which was founded in 1778 through the gifts of the Phillips family. Egyptian Ruler's Crown The rulers of ancient Egypt wore around their heads a snake-head band in honor of the cobra, which represented goddiness and immortality. The snake head was worked in gold and adorned with precious stones. Odd Use for Elephants Elephants were used to keep the crowd of curious natives from the airplane of an air exploring party in India recently, but the animals had to be watched to keep them from sitting on the plane. Five Sundays in Month The month of February, 1920, had five Sundays. It began on Sunday, and 1920 being a leap year, had 29 days. This strange fact will occur again in 1948 and 1976 if the present calendar continues. Knowledge Is Power Learning makes young men temperate, is the comfort of old age, standing for wealth with poverty, and serves as an ornament to riches.—Exchange. Protection for Shoes The copper-toed shoes of sixty years ago were invented by a Maine farmer who found they lasted longer than three ordinary pairs. Blessed Sleep Now, blessings light on him that first invented sleep. It covers man all over, thoughts and all, like a cloak. Christopher Marlowe. Tide in New York Harbor The average rise and fall of tide in New York harbor is 4 feet 5 inches. Funeral" hed by designs Bingham earse rs e and Price Caskets as Low as $25 state Street Europe's Highest Point The Lighest point in Europe is Mount LJ Bruz, in the Caucasus, having an elevation of 18,465 feet. Some authorities do not include this mountain within Europe and give Mount Blanc, 10,781 feet, as the highest point. Nobleman Served America Nobleman Served America Claude Henri, Count de Saint-Simon, the founder of French socialism, served as a volunteer in the American Revolution. His noble birth prevented his taking an active part in the French revolution, which he favored. If One Only Could A six-year-old hospital patient full of pain and distress after an appendicitis operation said, when the nurse had cooled his hot little face and his hands with a cool moist cloth: "Now, wash my pain." - Hygiene. If you have a mind to adorn your city by consecrated monuments, first consecrate in yourself the most beautiful monument, of gentleness and justice and benevolence.-Epictetus. Splendid Lega! Library There are 52,718 volumes in the Alabama Supreme court library. It is said to be one of the most complete legal libraries in the country. Had Her Cinched She-"The cook says she won't leave the house without a recommendation." He-"Good! Then she's here to stay." Topics. Ozark is a corruption of the French word aux arcs, and means "with bows." a term descriptive of the Indians who formerly inhabited the country. Corner Worth While What a great and glorious thing it would be if some enterprising man would corner the trouble market. Sixteen ounces of gold are sufficient to gild a wire that would encircle the earth. It is as difficult to get a man to admit that he sneaks as it is to get a woman to admit her age. Learning One's Self Most Men Can Do That A man's mind must be very barren of ideas if he cannot tell his wife of some way in which he thinks she can economize.—Boston Transcript. Was Once "Wyandotte" The original name for Kansas City was Wyandotte. JAS. B. McCAHEY, President FRANK J. DUNN, Vice-President ESTABLISH JOHN J. DUNN COAL CO. Telephone O 5100 Federal Street Statement of Condition At the Close of Business on April 6, 1925 First Requisite The "Ozarks" Reach of Gold Weak Humanity Condition God grant that not only the love of liberty, but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say, "This is my country." —Benjamin Franklin. Phones: Office Main 4153; Residence 4751 Champlain Avenue Phone Kenwood 5611 ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 708—184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO Phone Main 2017 A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmen building 184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO Residence 3655 Prairie Ave. Phone Douglas 9133 W.G.Anderson Attorney At Law 17 North La Salle Street CHICAGO NOTARY PUBLIC Suite 560 Watson Bldg. Office Phones: Deerborn 7094-7098 Res. 3354 Vernon Avenue Phone Douglas 6045 Residence, 126? Macalister Place Telephone Monroe 2714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 318-320 Reaper Block Clark and Washington Sts. CHICAGO Telephone 1-822-1234 Telephone Central 1239 Telephone: State 3278 A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 813, Ashland Block 155 N. Clark Street CHICAGO, ILL. PHILIP J. DUNN, Secretary H. X. COMERFORD, Treasurer ABLISHED 1877 ne Oakland 1550 CHICAGO RESOURCES Loans and Discounts.....$2,002,602.57 Bonds and Securities.....925,886.34 Bank Building and Annex.....153,640.06 Furniture and Fixtures.....15,688.52 Cash on Hand and Due from Banks.....550,558.71 Other Resources.....77,015.27 Total.....$3,727,394.49 LIABILITIES Capital Stock.....$ 400,000.00 Surplus.....50,000.00 Undivided Profits.....18,586.13 Reserved for Taxes and Interest.....6,208.58 Other Liabilities.....44,438.35 Deposits.....3,208,220.93 Total.....$3,727,394.49 This Bank invites you to avail yourself of its complete facilities. First Mortgage Gold Bonds—approved safe investments — yield 7% interest. Boxes in our completely equipped Safety Deposit Vaults rent for $4.00 per year and upwards. RESOURCES Interest at the rate of 3% is allowed on all savings accounts. Savings Department open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday. GEORGE F. LEIBRANDT, President CHARLES A. WHITE, Vice-President GEORGE S. 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