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The Thirtieth Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax, As Set Forth In These Columns From Time to Time Prior to September 12, Far Surpassed All Other Special Editions of This Newspaper and Reached the Highest Point In Artistic Journalism In This Country. SOCIETY NEWS PUBLISHED FREE The Thirtieth Set Forth in September This News Journalism IT COST ALMOST ONE DOLLARS TO BRING THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BROOKFINEST AND THE INSIVE AMERICAN IN ABERDEEN BOOK USED IN ITS PRODUCTION. THE NEW CUTS OR ILLEGAL COST ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS. ONE THOUSAND AND DRED COPIES OF CURED BY THE HITOP NOTCH POLITICAL CITY HALL AND COING. FIVE HUNDRED COPIES CURED BY PROF. HOLTZCLAW, PRUTICA INSTITUTE, AND HUNDREDS AND OF COPIES WERE PARTS OF THE UNIVERSITY. IT CONTAINED EIGHT TIFUL HALF - TONES PICTURES REPRESENT BLOODED NATIVE ICANS, IRISH - AMERICAN-AMERICANS, ICANS, SCOTCH-AMERICANS, AMERICANS, SWEET ICANS, COLORED WHO BELONG IN THE WITH THE AMERICANS. NO OTHER NEWSPAPER WORLD HAS EVEN PLISHED A FETE IN HOW THE THIRTIETH SARY EDITION OF AX WAS WHIPPED. IT COST ALMOST ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS TO BRING FORTH THE THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE BROAD AX. THE FINEST AND THE MOST EXPENSIVE AMERICAN HALF-TONE ABERDEEN BOOK PAPER WAS USED IN ITS PRODUCTION. THE NEW CUTS OR ILLUSTRATIONS COST ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS. ONE THOUSAND AND TWO HUNDRED COPIES OF IT WERE SECURED BY THE HEAD LINE OR TOP NOTCH POLITICIANS IN THE CITY HALL AND COUNTY BUILDING. FIVE HUNDRED COPIES WERE SECURED BY PROF. WILLIAM H. HOLTZCLAW, PRINCIPAL OF UTICA INSTITUTE, UTICA, MISS., AND HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF COPIES WERE SENT TO ALL PARTS OF THE UNITED STATES. IT CONTAINED EIGHTY-TWO BEAUTIFUL HALF - TONE CUTS, THE PICTURES REPRESENTING FULLBLOODED NATIVE BORN AMERICANS, IRISH - AMERICANS, GERMAN-AMERICANS, POLISH-AMERICANS, SCOTCH-AMERICANS, JEWISH - AMERICANS, CANADIAN - AMERICANS, SWEDISH - AMERICANS, COLORED - AMERICANS, WHO BELONG IN THE SAME CLASS WITH THE AMERICAN - AMERICANS. NO OTHER NEWSPAPER IN THE WORLD HAS EVER ACCOMPLISHED A FETE LIKE THAT. HOW THE THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE BROAD AX WAS WHIPPED INTO SHAPE. --- It is freely admitted by the head officials of the second class mailing division of the Chicago Post Office "that not in many years has there been one publication in the way of a newspaper passed through the post office at this point to compare in any way with the 'Thirtieth Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax.'" That speaks volumes when we take into consideration the fact that there are more than two thousand newspapers and other publications published in this city which pass through the post office in this city once each and every week in the year and all of those with few exceptions are owned and controlled by white men with millions of dollars at their back or at their command. In view of these facts we naturally feel very proud of our great fete when we remember that we THE BROAD AX 5 CENTS PER COPY ARTIETH A TH IN THE ER 12, FA newspaper a sm In Th ONE THOUSAND BIRING FORTH THE ANIVERSARY EDIBROAD AX. THE THE MOST EXPEN- N HALF-TONE OOK PAPER WAS PRODUCTION. FOR ILLUSTRATIONS HEDRED AND FIFTY AND TWO HUN- OF IT WERE SE- SE HEAD LINE OR POLITICIANS IN THE COUNTY BUILD- COPIES WERE SE- ROF. WILLIAM H. PRINCIPAL OF STE, UTICA, MISS., S AND HUNDREDS ARE SENT TO ALL UNITED STATES. RIGHT-TWO BEAUTONE CUTS, THE PRESENTING FULLIVE BORN AMERAMERICANS, GERNS, POLISH-AMERAMERICANS, JEWENS, CANADIAN-SWEDISH-AMERED-AMERICANS, IN THE SAME CLASS AMERICAN-AMERI- SPAPER IN THE EVER ACCOM- TE LIKE THAT. NIETH ANNIVER- OF THE BROAD PED INTO SHAPE. hailed from the swamps and backwoods of old Virginia and that we have never been accused of knowing very much, that it was possible for us to go up against the best brains in the newspaper world in this great city and far surpass all of them in bringing forth one of the most artistic, one of the finest and most expensive publications which have appeared in Chicago for many years. It is far from our intention at this time to enter into all the details as to how the Thirtieth Anniversary Edition was whipped into shape long before Saturday, Sept. 12. Many persons who always think that they know so much freely predicted that we did not have enough sense to bring forth a twenty-page newspaper and that it would be in every way far beyond our ability to do so, but we have proven THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SEPTEMBER 26, 1925 M. B. One of the high class Judges of the Circuit Court of Cook County who has a whole army of friends who would be highly delighted to see him enter the race for Mayor of Chicago in 1927. far beyond a reasonable doubt that no weekly newspaper published in this city has ever had any flies on the T hirtieth Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax. Its twenty pages were filled with good, live reading matter and its 82 beautiful half-tone cuts, as stated above, represented the highest and the wealthiest class of successful American business personages residing in this wonderful city, and it is almost safe to state that no other human being in this city could have accomplished that same fete. Right here at this point we must pause for one moment to express our everlasting gratitude to our many warm white and colored friends who so nobly contributed to the great success of the Thirtieth Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax, and each and every one of them will continue to occupy a warm spot in our heart to the end of time. As before stated it contained 82 beautiful newspaper cuts and for four days and nights we stood right by the side of the make-up man and not one cut nor article was placed in the forms without our O. K. For four nights in rotation we did not arrive home until three o'clock in the morning, but we would ring in the next morning at 8 o'clock, ready for work, just the same. It came forth from the presses in five sections of four pages to each form or section and five days were consumed in running it through the presses and as each section came from the press it was laid away to dry without handling it any more than possible and the drying process caused the ink to become well set and you could run your hands up and down on every sheet without one particle of ink adhering to your hands, causing HON. FRANK JOHNSTON, JR. high class Judges of the Circuit C who has a whole army of friends w eighted to see him enter the race in 1927. it to resemble the highest class of book printing. Ten hours after the last section came from the press, five girls, ex- perts in their line of business, starte to insert the various pages from one to twenty and when it was completed it opened up and closed up like into a large book. Two days were con- sumed in getting it ready for the mails. Each copy of the Thirtieth Anni- versary Edition weighs one half pound. The mail carriers kicked on it for the large bundles were so heavy that they could not make much head- way in delivering them. So Mr. Charles Stewart, Jr., with his fine, Ford Sedan, delivered thousands of copies of it to all parts of Chicago. Mr. Stewart delivered one thousand and two hundred copies of it to the big head line or top notch politicians holding forth in the County Building and the City Hall. In conclusion we most heartily wish to thank not only Mr. Charles Stewart, his mother, Mrs. Elvie L. Stewart, 4823 Calumet avenue, Mrs. Martha B. Anderson, 4935 Champlain avenue and Mrs. H. L. Patterson, 4421 Indiana avenue, for assisting us in every way they possibly could in bringing forth the Thirtieth Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax. SOME OF THE MANY LETTERS SOUNDING THE PRAISES OF THE BROAD AX The following letters make highly interesting reading: Office of the Secretary Springfield, III. September 21, 1925. Mr. Julius F. Taylor, The Broad Ax, 6206 S. Elizabeth Street, Chicago, Illinois. My dear Mr. Taylor: I am pleased to acknowledge receipt of several copies of your paper and I want to thank you for the article which you had pertaining to myself. I also want to compliment you on the appearance of your paper and the pressmanship. It is far above the average. Any time that I can be of service to you in any way, do not hesitate to call on me. —H. L. Williamson, Secretary Ill. State Press Assn. Wm. Sulzer Counselor At Law 115 Broadway, New York September 22, 1925. Mr. Julius F. Taylor, Chicago, Ill. My dear Mr. Taylor: Your Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax is a cracker jack, and it does you and your associates great credit. Congratulations. Many thanks for all you say about me, and I appreciate it more than words can tell. Send me a dozen or two copies and I will distribute them here where they will do you some good. With all good wishes for your health, as ever, Very sincerely your friend, —Wm. Sulzer The Asheville Enterprise 44 South Market Street Asheville, N. C. J. D. Carr, Publisher September 19, 1925 Mr. Julius F. Taylor, Editor, The Broad Ax, Chicago, Illinois. My dear Editor: Accept my congratulations on your thirtieth anniversary edition of The Broad Ax. I hope for you thirty more years of progress. Please send me ten copies of the anniversary edition, September 12, 1925. I will appreciate it very much --- SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BROAD AX No. 2 Ad Ax, As the Prior to Editions of In Artistic Insurance if you will send me a cut of yourself, I would like to use it in connection with a story of your thirtieth anniversary edition. Will you please send me the name of the engraving company that makes your cuts. With best wishes for your success, I am, Sincerely yours, —J. D. Carr, Editor-Pub. P. S.—Will send remittance for papers on receipt of them. Please send bill—J. D. C. Dr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Davis Chicago, Ill., Sept. 21, 1925 My dear Mr. and Mrs. Taylor: Please accept our hearty congratulations on the splendid Anniversary Edition of your excellent paper. It is a masterpiece, representing thirty years of honest and efficient hard work. May The Broad Ax brighten the homes of America many more years. Sincerely your friends, —Dr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Davis, 3710 Indiana Ave. W. M. B. WADLEY, THE SONG WRITER. WAS WELL PLEASED WITH THE THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION OF THE BROAD AX The 30th Anniversary Edition of The Broad Ax was greatly admired by its many readers and friends in every section of the country; but no one liked it any better than W. Matthew B. Wadley, the song writer and music composer, 3644 Federal Street, who secured and forwarded his check for one hundred copies of The Broad Ax, of that issue, which he sent to his friends in all parts of the country. In closing his letter, Mr. Wadley states: "I heartily congratulate you on your great accomplishment in bringing forth the 30th anniversary edition of The Broad Ax. May God continue to bless you. "Very truly yours, "W. M. B. Wadley." STANDARD LIFE, PRIDE OF COLORED RACE, REDEEMED St. Louis Underwriters Corp., to Take Over Entire Business of Old Insurance Company. Deal Closed Early Part of This Week. Business Will be Taken Over on or Before October 1st. Details Not Given Out at the St. Louis Office Announcement has just been made from the offices of the St. Louis Underwriters Corporation, 2803 Pine boulevard, that contracts were signed this week, whereby the Standard Life Insurance Company of Atlanta, Ga., becomes the property of this group of St. Louis business men, thereby bringing back to the race this organization which was their pride. It is understood that the business is to be turned over to the Corporation on or about October 1, 1925. The deal represents approximately twenty-four million dollars worth of insurance in force. Together with the business comes assets of close to three million dollars and a monthly income of close to one hundred thousand dollars. The transfer is made, including good will, the entire agency organization and clerical forces of the home office and branch offices in thirteen states. The St. Louis Underwriters Corporation, which is responsible for the redemption of the Standard Life, was founded by the President, who was formerly an agent of the Old Standard Life Insurance Company and who cherished the hope of being instrumental in bringing this gem back to the colored people. It will be remembered that at the time the Standard Life Insurance Company passed into the hands of the Southern Life, a promise was made by Mr. Will G. Harris, president of the Southern Insurance Company, agreeing to sell the company back to any group of reputable Negroes within the next ten years. Several of the officers of the St. Louis Underwriters Corporation, particularly the president, had been instrumental in disposing of a large amount of stock and insurance of the Standard Life, and were naturally interested in its salvation. With this in view, Mr. Harris was approached and after several conferences in Nashville and St. Louis, the deal was finally consummated. Among the personnel of the Corporation are leading business and professional men. The officers and directors are as follows: W. O. McMahon, president; W. H. Mosby, secretary; A. C. Maclin, treasurer; R. F. Crenshaw, C. A. Pittman, Dr. T. J. Jackson, Dr. C. M. Powell, J. E. Mitchell, Dr. R. C. Haskell, M. L. Sanford, L. S. Williams, Dr. S. P. Stafford, Rev. B. F. Abbott, Dr. H. B. McMechen, Prof. J. B. Coleman, Dr. Wm. J. Thompkins, Willis G. Mosely and Attorney Jos. L. McLemore, Counsel. MRS. NORENE DAVIS PLEASANTLY ENTERTAINED DURING HER VISIT TO CHICAGO Mrs. Noreen Davis, Kansas City, Kan., Worthy Grand Counsellor of the State of Kansas and Supreme Lecturer of the Grand Courts of Calanthe of the World, who has been the house guest of Mrs. Charles Stewart, 4823 Calanthe Ave., for the past week was highly entertained by the Grand Officers and Worthy Counsellors, present and past of Chicago with a round-the-table Incheon Friday afternoon, September 18, 1925 at the Phyllis Wheatley Home, 33rd Street and, Rhodes Ave., from 2 to 4 P. M. Among the Grand Officers present were Mesdames Mamie Irvine, Mamie Shivers, Lettie Fitzpatrick, Mary Harsh, Bessie Brooks, Sallie Steele, Luanna Terry, Ella D. Hamilton, Irene B. Moore, and Dr. M. R. Bibb. The Worthy Counsellors and members present were Mesdames Lena Stevenson, Armstrong Mahone, Georgia Reeves, Montgomery, Mary Davis, Clara Wagner, Jones Thomes, Nina Clay, Maude Dolman, Mamie R. Ford, Josie Coburn, Willie Nevells, Jennie Amos and Mrs. Ida M. Laws. To the strains of a beautiful march played by one of the residents of the home, the party headed by Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Stewart, marched to the dining room where they were served with tuna fish salad, crackers, olives, coffee. After partaking of this delicious repast and it was indeed delicious, the party marched back to the parlor where they listened to a soul inspiring address given by the Supreme Lecturer, also talks by Mesdames Irvine, Shivers, Steele, and Dr. Bibb. Mrs. Irene B. Moore acted as Mistress of Ceremonies and in her own fascinating way, lent color and vivacity to the occasion. Mrs. Davis was loud in her praise of the Mistress of Ceremonies and the entire gathering in her honor, saying she had never spent a more pleasant two hours. RED CAPS' CLUB NEWS The regular meeting of the Red Caps' Literary Club will be held on Sunday, Oct. 4th, at 3:30 P. M. Mr. Julius F. Taylor, Editor of The Broad Ax, will deliver an address on "The Power of the Press." He will be introduced by Mr. George T. Kersey. We invite all of our friends to be present. -Sandy W. Trice, Pres. 2 THE BROAD AX Published Every Saturday In this city since July 15th 1899. Without missing one single issue. Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, Single Taxes, Priests, infidels 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 Democratic nor Republican. It is stricty or absolutely independent in politics. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year .....$2.00 Six Months .....$1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to Vol. XXXI No. 2 Chicago, September 26, 1925 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post office at Chicago. III. Under Act of March 8, 1879. NEGRO SCHOOLS TO STUDY IN FRENCH THE STORY OF TOUSSAINT LOUVERTURE Dr. G. R. Simpson has done the race a great favor in editing for school purposes Gragnon - Lacostee's biography of Toussaint Louverture, the Negro soldier, statesman and martyr of Haiti. Here we have a valuable book subserving a double purpose. It facilitates the study of a foreign language by presenting matter of immediate interest to the Negro student. At the same time it supplies him with valuable information about one of the greatest figures in history regardless of his color. This book, then, meets a long felt need; for what stimulus can there come to a Negro student of French when he reads of the deeds of Louis the XIV, or to the Negro student of history if he is to restrict himself altogether to the study of Caesar, Napoleon and Gladstone? In this story, however, one will not find propaganda. It is merely the narrative of the unusual deeds of an exceptional man. With little opportunity for development, the hero of the story made himself a leader of men. Against tremendous odds he hurled his ill equipped soldiers at the military force of France, representing the proudest blood of Europe. He humiliatingly defeated these Frenchmen, and laid the foundation of an independent republic. No story is more fascinating than this. Few writers have written a narrative as gripping as this of Toussaint Louverture, the warrior, the hero, the savior of his country. To appreciate the worth of this man and the importance of drawing upon his career for impressive lessons to develop the character of the Negro youth, one cannot do better than bear in mind these words of Wendell Phillips: "I would call him Napoleon, but Napoleon made his way to empire over broken oaths and a sea of blood. This man never broke his word. 'No retaliation' was his great motto and the rule of his life; and the last words uttered to his son in France were there: 'My boy, you will one day go back to San Domingo: forget that France murdered your father.' I would call him Cromwell, but Cromwell was only a soldier, and the state he founded down with him into his grave; I would call him Washington, but the great Virginian held slaves. This man risked his empire rather than permit the slave trade in the humble villages of his dominions. . . Fifty years hence, when truth gets a hearing, the muse of history will put Phocion for the Greeks, Brutus for the Romans, Hampton for England, Fayette for France, choose Washington as the bright consummate flower of our earlier civilization and John Brown as the ripe fruit of our noonday; then, dipping her pen in the sunlight, will write in the clear blue above them all, the name of the soldier, the statesman, the martyr, Toussaint Louverture." The book is well printed and neatly bound. It contains a useful map of Haiti. It has a number of exercises for composition and conversation in French and also a useful vocabulary. It is a handy volume containing 139 pages, sold for $1.10 by the Associated Publishers, 1538 Ninth street, N. W., Washington, D. C. COLORFUL NEWS "MOVIES" By the Cameraman (Preston News Service) 1. The Law and the Mob 2. Pullman Porters Organize 3. American Education Week 4. The Leak in the League In Detroit, Michigan, the same law which defines a mob as being an instrumentality of lawlessness has held eleven race people for first degree murder, all because two alleged units of a mob, said to be bent upon shattering the hopes and the home of a Negro who had exercised his constitutional rights by purchasing property upon a site which suited him best, were shot to death somehow, somewhere, by alleged defenders of the home and the Constitutional rights of the colored tenant. The mob was Hell-bent upon a lawless errand. The police wing of the law was, as usual, too heavy for light work and too light for heavy work. By precedent, police, sheriff and other makeshift protection usually available to parties confronted by mobs (usually Negroes) is very, very thin; and colored people are, little by little, realizing that self preservation is the first law of nature. Anyhow, the Law, which failed miserably in the great city of Detroit to prevent the formation of a cowardly mob, failed equally in giving full and equal protection to the citizens of its Commonwealth. And in some way, two souls were prematurely given the password to the cemetery. Now, says the Law, this is murder in the first degree, which is unlawful in this state; and its perpetrators must be duly punished. One of the deceased, says the Law, was an innocent bystander, bent upon a peaceful mission and within his full constitutional rights was entitled to protection—as much, we presume, as the. Negro tenant, buffeted and terrorized by the mob, unhampered by the Law. The Law also says that just one step by a mob looking to the consumption of an unlawful objective is ground for defense. The law does not define just what that defense shall be. That is a question for a jury. But a child of tender years just what defense eleven terrorized Negroes, could, would and should make when opposed by five thousand "Brave" patriots who were trying to protect their block from invasion by the unwelcome members of a proscribed race. The Law will decide the fate of these eleven "murderers" who tried to defend their lives and property. Who knows but that, like Loeb, Leopold and Harry K. Thaw, they may have been insane; or that they, as principals of the first degree, and accessories before and after the fact, without just cause therefor, with felonious intent did entice the mob to their midst and there and then did wantonly take the sacred lives of two of its most ardent members, against the peace and dignity of the state. Is a man's home no longer his castle? Has the full and equal protection of all the citizens of the state and of the United States gone to the four winds? Before jumping into the Atlantic Ocean, we will await the answer of the Law. Lusty Harlem, New York, reports a tremendous drive for organization of the faithful Pullman porters; and in two weeks it is estimated that two thousand of these colorful railroad men have banded themselves together for the promotion of their united work welfare. Similar drives, it is said, are contemplated in six or eight other metropolitan areas, with the ultimate view of enrolling every Pullman porter into a compact body for the purpose of being able better to bargain collectively. When, some time ago, the Pullman Company appointed a special agent, C. Cornelius Webb, to perform mediatory work up and down the lines operating Pullman cars, it was probably evident that no united petition or appeal could be forthcoming from the more than 20,000 train and Pullman porters, who had neither head nor tail to express their united wishes and desires. The unification of the Pullman porters is the answer to this need, in order that the wealthy Pullman Company can be made to see itself as its employees see it. In all, there are approximately 136,000 Negro rail hands who are directly engaged in handling or safeguarding the transportation of persons or property over the lines of the various steam railway carriers of the United States. This total includes 97 telegraphers, as well as engineers, firemen, inspectors of way and structures, telegraph and telephone linemen, conductors, baggagemen and freight agents, switchmen and flagmen, foremen and overseers, boiler washers and engine THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SEPTEMBER 26, 1925 [Picture of a man in a suit with a tie]. One of the many well and favorably known lawyers in this city who would make a splendid Republican candidate for Judge of the Municipal Court of Chicago in 1926. hostlers, brakemen, laborers and miscellaneous workers. Nevertheless, it is more than apparent that in none of their occupations, save that of straight Pullman porters and dining-car waiters, does the Negro railway employee enjoy the merited fullness of his occupation in wages, advancement and conditions of labor. There is no good reason why, as public servants, the Negro railway hand should not be permitted to rise to the heights of the particular occupation which he plies. Collective bargaining is at least a start on the way to work independence; and it seems to us that the Pullman porters would do well to promote, as auxiliaries, such organization as could be formed of their brethren who are zealously working at other railway trades. This variant race of ours, so necessarily dependent upon the sweat of its brow, must rise in its entirety upon an all-together basis. So long as a stevedore or a household domestic is quelled in his work ambitions, just so long will the race be overblasted with discouragement and apathy. To remove these motes is one of the jobs of organization. *** Hon. John T. Tigert, U. S. Commissioner of Education, has announced the promotion by the Bureau of which he is chief, of American Education Week, November 16 to 22, 1925, under the joint auspices of the National Education Association and the American Legion. The Commissioner has announced a splendid program and states in his announcements: "I am suggesting that additional emphasis be placed upon such phases of education as are being specifically stressed in our program this year. Among them are respect for authority, patriotism, better trained and better paid teachers, the improvement of rural schools, more adequately equipped school buildings, conservation of national resources and thrift and health education." As affecting the Negro school student there are certain outstanding items which we desire briefly to emphasize as worthy of unstinted stimulation, both during and after American Education Week: 1. Improvement of Rural Schools; 2. Better Trained and Better Paid Teachers; 3. More Adequately Equipped Buildings, and 4. Greater Public Interest, through representation and through money allotments. The Negro school should be more sympathetically represented in the public offices which determine its livelihood and its directorate. Negroes should be appointed to public boards of education for the purpose of interpreting the peculiar needs of their school group to those who dispense funds and shape school courses. Discrimination in funds and school.provisions is, too, a most beneficial check upon the aspirations of Negro school youth, to whom every public educational avenue and utility should be available upon the same terms as to any other people. American educational methods and practices, as affected by public interest, have been too frequently influenced by voluntary and involuntary prejudice, upon the part of those whites who promote distinction, and upon the part of a few Negro educators and teachers who, for a lucrative job, will readily trade the public school rights of their constituents. HON. SHERIDAN E. FRY This is an evil which has advanced rapidly during the past decade. In effect it fully matches the inferior rural schools and the poorly equipped buildings, the open result wherever separate systems for white and colored are maintained. The school student and the public are reciprocally accountable to each other; and the latter must not be allowed to shirk its duty as it has so frequently done in the years past. Zeal to "keep the Negro in his place" has no place in the public's program for its State, County or City educational plans; and it is up to the Negro parents and guardians of America to bring this fact to public notice at all times. American Education Week should mean more than a week of celebration to us and our group. It should be the occasion for pledging constructive aims and efforts toward the further emancipation of our youth from the slough of ignorance. *** The League of Nations, coddled pet of the late President Woodrow Wilson and other Twentieth Century Utopians, has sprung a leak by revealing the startling and unwelcome truth that it is a defender of slavery. In fact, slavery is a legal institution in Abyssinia, a member nation of the League, and in two other countries, Hedjaz and Afghanistan, which, says the League's commission on entrance, "seem to be eligible for admission." So far as can be learned, the League has expressed no antipathy towards the barbricatic practice of slavery; nor is that institution considered any blot upon the uplift status of a combination which loudly proclaims the lesson of love and calls upon the nations of the world to pledge themselves to peace, eternal peace. As one statesman has said, perchance the League's announced policy to concern not itself with the domestic affairs of nations is the cause of its failure to disavow the most baneful practice the world has ever known. And yet, says another, the League has, time and time again busied itself with complaints against the drug traffic, ammunition, arms and other natural fallacies of domestic concern. But slavery? Nix! This simple practice is of no international concern. The bleaching bones of warfare the League would banish, forever and ever; but the bleaching bleeding bodies of human beings are not of much international concern. While walking down the street of Peace the League of Nations pauses to admonish drug addicts and perilous trade economists. But slave drivers? Never! As to them, the League of Nations, with a Utopian smile, blandly passes them by, like the ostrich who sticks his head in the sand and leaves his ponderous body for the Ghouls of Civilization's graveyard to plunder. ANDREW HARMON GETS SEVEN YEARS FOR SHOOT- ING MAMIE CAMPBELL Mays Landing, N. J., Sept. 25.—For shooting out one of the eyes of his sweetheart, Miss Mamie Campbell, when she refused to go to Philadelphia with him, Andrew Harmon, aged 34 years, of Pleasantville, was sentenced to the state prison for a term of 7 to 12 years. Harmon pleaded guilty. MR. J. V. LANIGAN, MR. C. C. CLARK AND MR. G. G. TRUES- DALE SOUND THE PRAISES OF MR. SANDY W. TRICE The following letters speak for themselves: Chicago, Sept. 9, 1925. Mr. Sandy W. Trice, Chief Usher, Ill. Cent. R. R., Central Station, Chicago. Dear Sandy: I have before me a copy of The Broad Ax of September 5th and note on page 2 your photograph together with notice of the fact that you have been chosen Chairman of the Transportation Committee, Imperial Council, A. E. A. O. N-M. S. and D. of I. Not only do I desire to congratulate you on the recognition of your ability but I feel that your order has made a wise choice. You may be assured of the fullest co-operation on the part of the Illinois Central in connection with any transportation arrangements wherein we may participate. Yours very truly (Signed) G. G. Truesdale, Assistant General Passenger Agent. Chicago, Sept. 11, 1925. Dear Sandy: I read with much interest of your appointment to the position of Chairman of the Transportation Committee at the Imperial Council recently held in Kansas City. You are to be congratulated and I know you are ably fitted for this position. With good wishes for your success, I am. Yours very truly, (Signed) J. V. Lanigan. General Passenger Agent. Illinois Central Railroad. THE MICHIGAN CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY Passenger Traffic Department 437 La Salle Street Station Chicago, Sept. 8, 1925 Mr. Sandy W. Trice, Chief Usher 12th Street Station, % Mr. J. I. Nolan, T. P. & T. A., Chicago, Ill. My Dear Sandy: The September 5th issue of The picture of yourself and also the information that you have been honored as Chairman of the Transportation Committee, Imperial Council Ancient Egyptian Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine and Daughters of Isis. This is indeed a just recognition of your years of hard work in your organization and I am sure that your many friends, both in and out of the railroad profession, will be glad to learn of your continued rise to positions of importance and honor in your lodge. Yours truly, (Signed) C. C. Clark, General Passenger Agent. NEGRO PROMOTED Washington.—Prof. Lafayette M. Hershaw, who has been employed in the General Land Office of the United State Department of the Interior for 35 years, has been promoted to the position of Assistant Law Examiner, the highest position ever held by any colored man in the Land Office. Joseph Henderson GENERAL CARPENTER Plastering—Concrete Work Orders Receive Prompt Attention ESTIMATES FURNISHED CHARGES REASONABLE 4033 Indiana Avenue Chicago Phone: Drexel 2268 WALDEN COLLEGE (Formerly the literary department of Walden University) An Approved School in an Educational Center Modern in methods and thorough in scholarship. Throws Christian influence around the student. Places emphasis upon development of the initiative on part of the student. EXPENSES SURPRISINGLY MODERATE Session Begins September 21 For further information, address T. R. DAVIS, PRESIDENT Nashville -- Tennessee NEGRO HISTORICAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION DOING MUCH FOR RACE CONSCICUSNESS (Preston News Service) Washington, D. C., Sept. 25.—The celebration of the Tenth Anniversary of the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History Research which closed here last week has brought to light many important facts, a general knowledge of which, will arouse in the race a seriousness fraught with omens of a greater future. The untiring work of Dr. Carter G. Woodson, aided by a group of forward looking men and women of this country, in garnering, translating and putting into intelligible form facts and figures for the guidance and information of present and coming generations cannot but prove beneficial in developing a sound foundation for a substantial race consciousness that will bring the American Negro to a sense of seriousness. It developed at the conferences that Dr. Woodson is making a tremendous financial sacrifice in order that this important work be accomplished. Prominent race men and women from all parts of the country see the importance of such an array of genuine facts as Dr. Woodson is collecting and have pledged themselves and are asking members of the race everywhere to give financial support to this worthy cause. The offices of the association is located at 1538 Ninth St., N. W., Washington, D. C. The association publishes a quarterly magazine, The Journal of Negro History, which is chuck full of worth while information which all Negroes should know. Dr. Woodson fills each issue with historical facts—facts that the American whites have kept hidden from us—facts every Negro man, woman and child should know. OBITUARY After a prolonged illness which she bore with Christian fortitude, Mrs. Lulu Burke passed into the other life on the 19th day of September, from the Provident Hospital where she had successfully undergone an operation. The deceased who was just in the prime of life, 43 years, was a native of Mobile, Alabama, and had resided in Chicago for the last five years. She was a member of Bethe, A. M. E. Church, which connection she most highly prized. A devoted mother, she is survived by a likewise devoted and affectionate daughter and son, Hazel F. Burke, and Alonzo K. Burke, to whom we tender our deep sympathy and condolence in their hour of bereavement. R. L. P. MARCHING CLUB ORGANIZES The 1926 Marching Club of Ft. Dearborn Lodge No. 44, was duly organized Sept. 20 at Fountain's Hall, 3336 Indiana Ave., at which time S. J. Fountain was elected president; Prince A. Glanton, financial secretary and David Bishop, treasurer. UDGDE CONDEMNS CHILDLESS WIFE SEKING ALIMONY New York.—Justice Selah B. Strong of the Supreme Court announced last Saturday that he did not intend to help in any scheme of a childless woman to force alimony. In this day of equality of the sexes, he said, there was no reason why divorced husbands should be compelled to contribute to the support of wives who had borne them no children. Justice Strong said that recently a man who had been impoverished by the payment of temporary alimony appealed to him to compel his wife to move her case against him for immediate trial. For five years, said Justice Strong, the husband had been paying alimony pending trial of his wife's suit for separation and in all that time she had made no effort to press the case. "I do not believe in awarding alimony," Justice Strong said, "unless there is good and sufficient reason. No fliess excuses will avail before me. In these days of equal rights there is no reason why a woman should be awarded alimony. I except cases where there are children. "If a woman tires of the marriage bargain or decides she does not love her husband or cannot stand his treatment, let her separate from him. There is no law compelling a woman to remain in his home. "Of course, where there are the children the husband must expect to support them and the law forces him to do so. Generally it is the mother of children who is the last person to appear in the divorce court. "But I find there are twenty separation suits started to every divorce. Women only want alimony. They tire of their husbands, get rid of them, but still hold out their hands for cash. Imagine the predicament of a man who is compelled to pay temporary alimony for five years to a woman who hates him but who will not divorce him! It is nothing short of slavery." All the poor married men in this country should stand up as one man and loudly bless Justice Strong for possessing the manhood to speak right out in open court in behalf of the men folks. He is right, for the lazy ladies who hate their former husbands only hang onto them in order to continue to feast on the fat of the land, on the blood money on which they shake out of the pockets of those whom they promised to love to the end. And it will not do the lovely ladies one bit of harm if they should happen to be turned out to pasture and be forced to earn their living.—Editor. DARNELL-HALL WEDDING Dr. James Madison Hall, 4406 S. State Street, and his new bride, who was Miss Nancy Leanora Darnell, will hold their wedding reception on Saturday, October 3, at 6354 Stanford Avenue, Detroit, Mich. Later on they will be at home, 4821 Calumet Avenue, Chicago, Ill. The many friends of the contracting parties wish them a pleasant voyage on the sea of matrimony. (Copyright.) WARDER MURPHY grounded his rifle and looked dreamily across the ten-acre patch of vegetable garden that surrounded Berlinghurst penitentiary. A dozen "trusties," short-sentence prisoners with full good conduct marks, were working in a line that stretched across the potato field, and Warder Murphy formed the extreme left wing. On the right was Warder Finnerty, and between these two living obstacles in the path to freedom, the squad of convicts toiled industriously. Murphy's conscious mind became aware of the fact that No. 307, known to his prison companions as "The Rat," had moved a few paces to the left toward a little stream that trickled over a gravel bed, and was then busy with an empty tomato can washing a few handfuls of the sandy soil. The warder was astonished. He moved rapidly toward the prisoner and angled ordered him back to his work. "The Rat" turned a weak cunning face up to his guard and made a motion for silence. "There's gold here, Mr. Murphy," he whined. "Gold, real gold, sure!" The warder's eyes blinked suspiciously, but he choked back the threat that was on his lips. The prisoner twirled the can vigorously, while his eyes and tongue pleaded with the officer. "Let me just wash this tinful," he whispered, hoarsely. "I know there's gold here, Mr. Murphy; I've been a miner and I know the looks of the ground." With a final twirl "The Rat" jerked out the last of the muddy water that the tin contained, then he peered at the silt in the bottom. "Look!" he cried, "didn't I tell you there is gold here?" Murphy grasped the tin with trembling fingers. In the bottom of the can were three little yellow pellets that glistened in the wet sand. Murphy emptied them into the palm of his big right hand and eyed them greedily. "It's gold," he gurgled. "Sure thing." affirmed the prisoner. The warden gloated over the find, and "The Rat" watched him closely. Presently Murphy looked at his watch. "We'll be going in to dinner directly," he said, excitedly. "What about this?" He nodded at the three pellets in his hand. The prisoner considered a moment. "Gold is no good to be," he muttered, sadly. "I can't get out to spend it, but I'll tell you something that I can use. What do you say if I'm willing to take a plug of tobacco instead of the yellow stuff, and then I'll keep mum about the find." Murphy was foraging in his pockets before "The Rat" had finished his proposition, and he hastily slipped an untouched plug to the prisoner who eagerly closed his hand over it and looked inquiringly at the face of the guard. "Tain't much for three lumps of gold," he mumbled. "I'll get another plug off Warder Finnerty and give it to you," stammered Murphy. "But hold your tongue about the gold whatever you do." The second plug, which Murphy immediately obtained from Finnerty, reconciled "The Rat" and he wore a smile upon his white cunning face as he marched in with his eleven companions when the jail bell rang for dinner. But Warder Murphy had no appetite. Visions of gold in unweighable quantities came up before his mental eye. But now the knowledge had to be put to good use. Murphy had no money, and he rapidly ran over in his mind those of his friends who had capital to invest. Welsier, the German Jew, who owned a watch repairing establishment near the penitentiary, had money, and ten minutes after the prisoners had been locked in their cells for their midday meal, Murphy was in the shop. And then it dawned the fear- stricken warden how No. 307 had obtained the necessary material to salt the mine in the potato patch. "Drink" Sunlight By the use of a new ultra-violet light machine perfected in London the curative powers of sunlight can be administered internally, says Popular Science Monthly. Applied in the mouth and throat, the treatment is reported to have been beneficial in cases of a number of diseases. Taking Joy Out of Life There's small choice. When a road is freed of all other hazards there's a speed con—Duluth Herald. CALL FOR 18TH ANNUAL MEETING OF NATIONAL EQUAL RIGHTS LEAGUE On to Baltimore, to National Race Mass Convention for Racial Get-Together on United Organized Racial Program and Plan of Action Against Deprivation of Rights and Protection by American Government and People—3 Days Open Convention, Oct. 7-9. To Fellow Members and all Fellow Americans of Color: The Fall of this year of Our Lord, 1925 finds Americans of African descent still unprotected by our Federal government from the lynching mob, not vouchsafed political rights in fact in the South nor civil rights in the District of Columbia, and the National Capitol building. It finds us still subjected to racial discrimination, injustice and elimination in the Civil Service, as also in the army and navy schools and service, even under Republican administrations. Even more menacing stands out the continuance of positive color segregation of government employees in the Executive Department of Federal government—even whole Colored segregated sections, a special low status for race. Very widespread—and naturally so, under such a governmental example—has become color discrimination and deprivation, with other consequent maltreatments and molestations. The white American movement to create a color caste, the only public caste in America, is making headway. To an alarming extent we are being singled out alone from all the many races of Americans for public segregation in education, transportation, places for service and accommodation and in industry. This ostracism threatens to make of us the only American civic outcasts. Public contempt results, and denial of livelihood. Colored America, thus dangerously circumstanced, a race 15 million strong in possession of education, of churches, businesses, property and money reaching into billions, the National Equal Rights League calls to its manifest duty, that of doing what every other oppressed class which won relief has done, to assemble in national convention to consider ways, means and method of action on its own account, initiative and conception to combat these menacing wrongs. "Who would be free, themselves must strike a blow." The world today and in history respects even oppressed races who, however otherwise aided, through self-respect and power conduct some fight of their own. Therefore and hereby this League, which expressed admiration for all of the race who did otherwise while at its last annual meeting advising the race to nationally support Republicans, invites all at its 18th Annual Meeting one year after, in the Trinity Baptist Church, Druid Hall Avenue and McMechen Streets, Baltimore, Rev. Luke D. Reynolds, pastor, October 7-9, 1925 close to the seat of the Federal government, to assemble in an open National Race Mass Convention, there to be held by it, for a general racial get-together on where we are at, and what we as a great race should ourselves say and do in organized resistance, as one asset of relief added to any and all other forms. Come one and all to racial conference; as far as possible let all racial bodies, religious, fraternal, literary, civic, civil rights, send delegates, and especially let there be delegates sent by the general colored citizenry in every place, through meetings called by Citizens' Committees, by Equal Rights Committees, or Equal Rights League branches, even ones newly formed for this object. Any desired particulars can be attained from the corresponding secretary, Wm. Monroe Trotter, 9 Cornhill, Boston, Mass. Sincerely yours for Equality for my race, —Wm. A. Sinclair, President. 2403 Montgomery Ave., Philadelphia, Penn. ON TO BALTIMORE National Race Mass Convention October 7 to 9 Boston, Mass.—The National Equal Rights League has issued a stirring call for its 18th annual meeting in Holy Trinity Baptist Church, Druid Hill and McMechen Sts., Oct. 7-9, inviting all race-loyal workers, also urging all racial bodies, religious, civic, etc., and every local citizenry to send delegates to an open race mass convention for a real get-together when the race may devise its own definite program as to wrongs and redress, facing the issues. Rev. Luke G. Reynolds, the pastor, as chairman of the local committee, is arousing much interest in welcoming the convention. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SEPTEMBER 26, 1925 LINCOLN STATE BANK OF CHICAGO Under State Government Supervision 31st and South State Streets Telephone Victor PHYLLIS WHEATLEY HOME Primary election was held Sept. 15. Mrs. Naola Smith and Mrs. Lulu A. Sanford are the newly elected members of the Board of Directors. The annual meeting will be held Thursday, Oct. 15, 2 to 5 P. M. Mrs. Nellie Ransom, Kentucky, now a student of Dramatic Art at Cleveland, Ohio, and Dr. Jasper Phillips, formerly of Nashville, Teun., were guests at dinner Sunday afternoon, afterward delightfully entertaining the girls with musical and literary selections original and otherwise. Miss Ida Odom, the efficient super- intendent is meeting with encouraging success in the campaign for a thou- sand young women and girls to be- come members of the Auxiliary Association; you are invited to enroll. Mrs. Bessie Lewis, Chairman of the House Committee, and her wide-awake workers are planning big things for the year's activities. Mrs. Irene McCoy Gaines, the tal- ented Director of girls' activities, an- nounces the first meeting of the season of the Health School, Mrs. Amelia Brooks Chase, Instructor at the Home Thursday, Oct. 1, 8 to 10 P. M. The Knowledge Seekers' Club will meet Saturday, Oct. 3, at 8 P. M. Visitors are welcome. The Phyllis Wheatley Woman's Club held its open meeting Wednesday, Sept. 16, election of officers; appointment of committees; reports of State and City Federations were given Mrs. Howard, Phoenix, Arizona spoke interestingly of the splendid work the club women of that city are doing for the Tubercular strangers who need care. Installation of officers at the next meeting, Wednesday, Oct. 7. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, Pres. Etta Johnson Jones, Sec. HAMPTON INSTITUTE LI BRARY SCHOOL OPEN TO MEN AND WOMEN Hampton, Va.—To the number of library schools already established there has been added one more. Hampton Institute Library School which will open this fall. It offers one year of professional study to men and women who have completed a year of collegiate work. Provision is made for a few special students who may offer experience in teaching or in library work, as a partial equivalent of the freshmen year in college. Several of the students already accepted for this year's class are the recipients of scholarships from the General Education Board. There is a marked increase, in recent years, in the opportunities open to both men and women, as librarians of colleges and normal schools, and as assistants in the branch libraries of city systems. MOVES INTO HOME The Ft. Dearborn Lodge No. 44, I. B. P. O. E. W., of which James C. Martin is exalted ruler, will move into its new home at 3920 Grand Blvd., on Oct. 7, which is the first meeting night. The building is to be thoroughly remodeled. Statement of Condition At the Close of Business on April 6, 1925 LINCOLN ST OF CHI Under State Govern 31st and South Telephone Vi ATTORNEY HARRIS B. GAINES SELECTED AS ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY OF COOK COUNTY. The first of last week, Hon. Robert E. Crowe, State's Attorney of Cook County, selected Mr. Harris B. Gaines, who has met with much success in the practice of law in this city in the last eight or ten years, as one of his assistant State's Attorney of Cook County. Mr. and Mrs. Gaines, and their two bright little sons, Harris B. Jr., and Charles Ellis Gaines, reside in a lovely home of their own at 3262 Vernon Avenue and their hosts of friends聪 that he is eminently qualified to discharge the duties of his new position. At the present time he will hold forth at the Clark Street police station. ORGANIZES COMMITTEE Hon. Wm. H. Fields of St. Louis, Mo., national grand master of A. U. K. & D. of A., accompanied by Dr. George M. Carthell, national grand secretary-treas., and Miss Ozella M. Porterfield, assistant to the secretary, came to the city Sunday where they organized the grand session committee for the purpose of entertaining the 19th annual grand council session and 4th national encampment to be held in Chicago, August, 1926. Mrs. Eliza Jackson, state grand queen of Illinois, was elected chairman of the committee; Mrs. Elizabeth Rochon, financial secretary and Mrs. Serilda Jackson, treasurer. Hon. Fields spent the week in the city but Dr. Cathrell and Miss Porterfield returned to headquarters at the close of the meeting Sunday. MR. SANDY W. TRICE ORGAN IZED A MASONIC CLUB AT IDELWILD, MICHIGAN The past two weeks Mr. Sandy W. Trice, 4536 Calumet avenue, passed away at Idelwild, Michigan, and while spending his vacation with Mrs. Trice he organized a Masonic club there with 16 members joining at the request of Mr. Charles Grace which included Rev. H. Franklin Bray, Mr. Charles Scott, Mr. G. H. Webb and Mr. Grace, the last three being successful contractors and builders and as stated before 16 joined on that evening and it is expected that more than 30 will be enrolled at the next meeting. CLUB ENTERTAINS FOR MRS YERBY The Breakfast 500 Club gave a special breakfast for Mrs. W. J. Yerby on Sept. 16, at the residence of Mrs. George T. Kersey, 656 Bowen Ave., at which time the guest of honor was presented with a beautiful present. Mrs. Yerby will soon sail for New Rochelle, France. ALONG NORTH SHORE Atty, Walter M. Farmer and M. T. Bailey of The Bailey Realty Co., 3638 S. State St., visited Waukegan and Lake Forest, Ill., during the week on business. RESOURCES Loans and Discounts.....$2,002,602.57 Bonds and Securities.....925,863.84 Bank Building and Annex.....152,646.08 Furniture and Furniture.....18,685.52 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 Proofs.....18,536.13 Reserved for Taxes and Interest 6,208.58 Other Liabilities.....44,438.85 Deposits.....3,208,229.93 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. Interest at the rate of 8% is allowed on all savings accounts. Savings Department open from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturdays. GEORGE F. LEIBRAND, President CHARLES A. WHITE, Vice-President GEORGE S. CAMPBELL, Cashier GEORGE S. CAMPBELL, Cashier MAURICE H. WOLPE, Ass. Caterer C. E. GILLELAND, Mgr. Savings Dept. STATE BANK CHICAGO Government Supervision South State Streets e Victor CIGARETTES SODAS Ernest H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER ERnest H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER 5121-28761 E. H. WILLIAMSON Charles E. Dawson JOHN D. 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. Get It Up Immediately This is a picture of any Summer evening, in any neighborhood, any night of the week. Folks are all out on the streets, strolling around, looking in display windows, dropping into stores. 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Any woman who wants beautiful hair and facial loviness should get Exelento Quinine Pomade and Exelento Skin Soap at once. They can be obtained at all drugstores, only 25¢ each, or will be sent, postpaid, upon receipt of price. Send your name today and get our valuable book of beauty helps, and liberal samples of our preparations, FREE. EXELENTO MEDICINE CO., Atlanta, Ga. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE Write For Particulars RECKLESS WHITE AUTOIST KILLS AGED NEGRO MAN AND SPEEDS AWAY (Preston News Service) New Orleans, La., Sept. 25.—Alexander Etiene, aged 70 years, was struck and died a few minutes later in the Charity Hospital Thursday afternoon. Etiene was struck while attempting to cross North Clabourne avenue near Esplande street and knocked to the sidewalk. The machine in which two white men, said to be strangers in this city, rode, failed to stop after the accident. Pedestrians who witnessed the accident said they could not ascertain the license number of the machine because the men were driving at such a terrific speed. Etiene's skull was fractured. WASHINGTON JUDGE RELEASES FIRST DEGREE MURDER DEFENDANTS ON BAIL Washington, D. C. Sept. 26—Judge Hoehling released James Bostick and James Sample on bail. The men are charged with murder of James Robinson. The Judge said that the indictments against Sample and Bostick were unfair. It appears that the evidence brought out at the coroner's inquest showed that the men killed Robinson in self-defense after being attacked with a butcher knife. Bostick was put under $5,000 bond and Sample under $3,000 bond by Judge Hoehling. VISIT SISTER Mrs. Lenora McGavock, 4423 S. Dearborn Street, and Mrs. Lucille David, 3759 S. State Street, spent Sunday in Louisville, Ky., with their sister, Mrs. Sarah Turner, who has been quite ill, but who is improving somewhat. Alfalfa From Asia The original home of alfalfa seems to have been in southwest Central Asia. The word is Arabic, meaning "the best fodder." In southern Europe it is known as "juccera" and the name was used for a time in several sections of the United States. Persia was apparently the first nation to grow alfalfa. The Persians took it with them when they invaded Greece in 490 B. C. Gradually it was introduced into other European countries. The Spaniards in the Sixteenth century took the pivot to Mexico and South America, and it gradually found its way into what is now the southwest part of the United States. Not until after the middle of the last century, however, did its value become known as a product of irrigated lands, and extension over the West begin—Kansas City Star. Poison for Pigs The cocklebur, long known as a bothersome weed, but not regarded as poisonous, has been convicted of causing the death of numerous hogs as well as other farm animals, by experiments conducted in the experimental pens of Purdue university. It is poisonous, however, only in its youngest stage, when the two thick, fleshy seed leaves are all the foliage it has. Later, when the true leaves make their appearance, its poisonous qualities diminish. Telephone: State 3278 A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 813, Ashland Block 155 N. Clark Street CHICAGO, ILL. --- VAGARIES OF THE MODE INCREASED attention given to details in design and a partiality for plaits for the purpose of elaboration appear in the new blouses arriving from Paris. In these matters they are simply following the lead of the mode in other outer garments and are especially noticeable in tailored styles. Here plaits can be introduced without cleaning clean, mannish lines and it is a nice discrimination that makes it possible to elaborate the tailored mode without the "fussiness" that has no place in it. Practically all of the new blouses are long-sleeved, but there is quite a variety in these sleeves and in neck treatments. In the latter the line high at the back and "V" shaped in front is found to be very generally becoming. High collars buttoning up the front, and high-necked scarf treatments and the tie neck finish are all Modern Purse Traced to Rome and Greece Purses were known to King Solomon or he would scarcely have warned the young man of his day against casting their lot together so that they might all have one purse. But the exact kind of purse meant is not known. It may have been a purse of chain mail, a bag of netting or a pouch of leather or some other skin. The biblical references to purses are numerous, but none throws any light on the shape or construction. The first authentic description of purses comes from ancient Rome and classic Greece. There the first purses were little bags of leather which could be closed at the mouth by strings. At a somewhat later date these bags were made of network and were put to all kinds of uses, on which, to a considerable extent, depended their size. Some were worn over the hair by women, from which practice is derived the fillet of modern times. Then, again, others were used by hunters as game bags. From this purpose to one of general use as a convenient receptacle for carrying the lawyers' papers or merchants' provisions, the net bag grew until its proportion became immense and for purses, as such, custom reverted to the little leather pouches first used.—New York Times. Weight Great Factor There, can be no doubt that weight is an important factor in the production of a horse that can pull a heavy load. This has long been recognized in America, where for many years draft horses, pure bred and commercial, have been sold by weight; and it has recently been definitely proved by the dynamometer a machine for measuring the pulling power of a horse.. It has been abundantly shown that a pair of horses cannot exert a tracive pull greater than their own weight. A tracive pull is not merely the pulling of a heavy load over a required distance, but the maintenance of the pull required to start that load over a distance which is now fixed at $27\frac{1}{2}$ feet. Thus the weight of a horse is undoubtedly; a limiting factor to what it can accomplish. Moreover, the fact that a horse can make a tractive pull of nine-tenths of its own weight is significant; and these two points, taken together, show that breeding for weight in horses is no mere fad or "fancy point." Why They Hesitated An inspector of schools at Natal, South Africa, after inspecting a small farm school, situated at the mouth of one of the rivers on the coast, invited the boys to join him in a swim in the lagoon. The boys accompanied him to the lagoon, watched him undress and go in, but themselves remained on the bank. After a long and enjoyable swim, the inspector cam. out and proceeded to dress. He chaffed the boys for not coming in, and said: "I suppose you are afraid to bathe with an inspector?" "No, sir," said one of the boys, "but we saw a crocodile in this lagoon yesterday." THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, SEPTEMBER 26, 1925 style details that have been indorsed. Paris sends over the blouse pictured as a good example of one phase of the tailored modes in blouses. It is made of silk crepe and depends upon narrow plats and small incrustations of embroidered net for its garnishment. Presumably it is to be regarded as a substitute for the severely plain tailored blouse of silk crepe which has borne the plain tailored suit company heretofore. It will be noticed in this model that the overblouse has increased a little in length and that the narrow girdle made of crepe like the blouse shows a bit of embroidered decoration. Below it the plats are free A shirt-bosom front very much lengthened is indicated by a band of the crepe garnished with groups of narrow plats. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. (© 1925, Western Newpaper Union.) Aunt Harriet's Share in Her Grand "Party" Aunt Harriet lived in a remote Kentucky village, and was locally famed for kindness of heart and good will toward her neighbors. For many months she had been saving her slender means "to give a grand party," she said. At last the great event came. All Aunt Harriet's friends, dressed in their best, were present, and the evening was most enjoyable, the only drawback being the mysterious absence of the hostess. Meeting her the next morning one of the youthful guests of the night before spoke rapturously of the party. "I'm certainly glad you enjoyed yourself," returned the old lady, beaming with satisfaction. "So it really was a success? Yes? My! I certainly should like to have seen it." "But why were you not there, Aunt Harriet?" "My Lord, child," answered Aunt Harriet, her face still shining with delight, "had to stay in the kitchen and wash the dishes."—Everybody's Magazine. Bill Collector Used Method That Worked A manufacturer of Union City, Ind., known to his friends as Bob, tells how he has made a reputation around Union City for collecting bad bills. He says: "I had a bill against a man in this vicinity, and it had been standing for so long that it had grown whiskers. I decided to send the man a statement every morning for an entire month, so every day my office girl addressed a 'dum' to him. At the end of the month I sat down at my desk and wrote my friend a little note and sent it to him by registered mail. The note read: "For heaven's sake, man so down "For heaven's sake, man, go down to the post office—you've got mail." "And on the following day the fellow appeared and made full settlement of a bill I thought would never be paid." - Indianapolis News. Says Earth Stands Still An instrument which, the maker says, proves that the modern ideas of the solar system are wrong, has been invented by Chang Chung-Shan, a Chinese astronomer. He says his Instrument demonstrates that the earth does not move, but stands still, suspended in air like a soap bubble. He says further, he can prove with it that the sun and other heavenly bodies revolve around the earth. With the aid of two colleagues he has written a book in support of his theory, but it has not yet been translated into a foreign tongue. Had No Fear of Man The Buddhist religion forbids taking of life. Members of the Mount Everest expedition found the animals and birds of Tibet so tame that they gathered about the party, especially near the villages. Despotic Regulations In ancient Filipino laws, payment of money explicated the most heinous crimes. Chieftains were absolute. "Ye shall obey!" is an injunction to the common man very frequently repeated. JOHN J. DUNN COAL CO. Telephone Oakland 1550 1 Street CHICAGO enwood 6309 COLN GARAGE L. Johnston GENERAL AUTOMOBILE STORAGE AND REPAIRING Day and Night Service 4621-23 So. State Street L. Johnston GENERAL AUTOMOBILE STORAGE AND REPAIRING Day and Night Service 4621-23 So. State Street PETER H. Jes R. White, M.D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Street TELEPHONE VICTORY 484 Us: 9 to 11 a. m., 2 to 4:30 and 7 to 8:30 p. m. Sundays 11 a. m. to 1 p. m. 908 Michigan Ave. Phone Wentworth 1656 RY 4678 Spencer C. Dickerson Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat 8601 South State Street, Chicago Face Hours: 11 to 3 p. m., 7 to 8:30 p. m. James R.J. 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