The Broad Ax
Saturday, March 20, 1926
Chicago, Illinois
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HON. GEORGE FRANKL
One of Chicago's most extensive real e
popular with all classes of his felle
Barrett, Brundage, Thompson and l
idate for Treasurer of Cook Co
firmly believes in Home Rule for th
throughout the State of Illinois.
County, he will save millions of o
payers.
M. GEORGE FRANKLIN HARRISo's most extensive real estate owner with all classes of his fellow citizens. Brundage, Thompson and Harding, R. Treasurer of Cook County. Serves in Home Rule for this city, Cook the State of Illinois. As Treasurer will save millions of dollars to
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HON. GEORGE FRANKLIN HARDING
One of Chicago's most extensive real estate owners; extremely popular with all classes of his fellow citizens. The Crowe, Barrett, Brundage, Thompson and Harding, Republican candidate for Treasurer of Cook County. Senator Harding firmly believes in Home Rule for this city, Cook County and throughout the State of Illinois. As Treasurer of this County, he will save millions of dollars to its small taxpayers.
3000 WOMEN DEMAND ANTILYNCHING LAW
Conscience of Mississippi Stirred in Behalf of Justice—Interracial Leaders Encouraged
students of the State College for Women, with the result that the student body voted approval of the anti-lynching resolutions and several hundred personally signed the petition.
Members of the interracial commit-
Jackson, Miss.—Thousands of Mississippi's white women have gone on record publicly against lynching, and 3,000 of the number have signed a petition asking the legislature to enact more stringent laws against it, as the result of a tour of the state by Mrs. Maud Henderson, of the Commission on Interracial Co-operation. Mrs. Henderson visited twenty cities and spoke from one to three times a day to selected groups representing the best leadership of the several communities. In a number of cities the desire was expressed for the immediate organization of women's interracial committees and the inauguration of a program of co-operation.
Every girl's college in the state was visited with one exception, and the students were found to be keenly interested and responsive. At Columbus, Mrs. Henderson addressed the 1,200
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Republican candidate for renomination for the Municipal Court of Chicago, Tuesday, April Fetzer, who stands ace high in the Masonic u society world, has many thousands of true fr rally to is support on primary day.
candidate for renomination for the Court of Chicago, Tuesday, April 20 stands ace high in the Masonic arld, has many thousands of true fr support on primary day.
Republican candidate for renomination for Judge of the Municipal Court of Chicago, Tuesday, April 13. Judge Fetzer, who stands ace high in the Masonic and in the secret society world, has many thousands of true friends who will rally to is support on primary day.
Republican candidate for renomination for Judge of the Municipal Court of Chicago, Tuesday, April 13. Judge Fetzer, who stands ace high in the Masonic and in the secret society world, has many thousands of true friends who will rally to is support on primary day.
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the real estate owners; extremely this fellow citizens. The Crowe, and Harding, Republican can-book County. Senator Harding for this city, Cook County and Illinois. As Treasurer of this tons of dollars to its small tax-
students of the State College for Women, with the result that the student body voted approval of the anti-lynching resolutions and several hundred personally signed the petition. Members of the interracial committee are greatly pleased with the result of the tour and are planning to follow it up actively. They are much encouraged by the wide interest recently manifested in Mississippi in the suppression of mob violence and the betterment of race relations generally.
VISITS MOTHER
Ernest Suttler, of New Jersey, is in the city visiting Mrs. Mary Freeman, his mother, at 5224 S. Dearborn street.
Mrs. Julius F. Taylor has been confined to her home all this week from the effect of a severe cold and neither member of the Taylor family were able to attend the Fourth Annual Fashion Show held at the Eighth Regiment Armory Tuesday evening. At this writing Mrs. Taylor continues to improve and by the first of next week she hopes to be able to be out again.
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nomination for Judge of the
go, Tuesday, April 13. Judge
in the Masonic and in the secret
thousands of true friends who will
try day.
Hon. George F. Harding Proclaims it to the Whole World "That the Banking Combine are Endeavoring to Defeat Him in His Race for Treasurer of Cook County"
Senator Harding Denies the Charges of Tax Dodging-that He's Ready and Willing to Go to the Mat with Hon. John F. Devine All Along the Line
Never in the history of Cook county nor of Chicago have the big politicians been wrought up or heated up to the same extent as they have been for the past three or four months. For the biggest and wisest and the long-headed politicians have eagerly and willingly branded each other as bare-faced liars and all kinds of liars, and through the columns of the daily press they have freely accused each other of boldly walking away in broad daylight with hundreds of thousands of dollars in dead easy money, and before the hard and bitter fighting comes to an end April 13, we expect to see a big bunch of politicians rounded up and headed for the Cook county jail house.
It seems that the bitter fighting between Senator Harding and Mr. Devine will continue to be the main headlines in all the leading newspapers and they are receiving thousands and thousands of dollars' worth of free advertising while the newspaper boys are engaged in the pleasant task of holding the bag.
On Wednesday morning St. Patrick's Day, Mr. Devine fired his greatest bomb, at Senator Harding which shook the whole town; but it did not knock the underpinning out from under the feet of the south side fighting statesman, and on Thursday morning Senator Harding hit back at him in the following story from the Chicago Tribune—and no libel suits.
Republican candidates for county treasurer still man the front firing lines for their respective factions. Wednesday George F. Harding, from the Crowe-Barrett-Thompson stronghold, fired a broadside into the Deneen-Lundin camp. It was an answering bombardment to John F. Devine's charges accusing Harding of being a tax dodger. Mr. Harding told how some of his inher-
TIDRINGTON REGISTER OF
THE TREASURY
Washington, D. C.—There seems to be no doubt in Washington that the registries of the Treasury will be handed over to Mr. Ernst Tidrington of Evansville, Indiana, at an early date. The office force of this department has been cut measurably from 700 to about 300, and there are to be further cuts on the first of July. All of the Kluxers with which the the office was invested have been shifted elsewhere, or are going to be shifted.
ited property got on the delinquent lists and how he got it off.
But along with that he sent an attack on Devine, whom he termed "the hand-picked candidate of a political banking combine that hopes to continue its lucrative brokerage business in public funds."
Challenge Unanswered, Harding Says
To Harding's challenge and promise to put an end to what he calls an interest collecting system in the treasury that costs the city and school board in the neighborhood of $2,000,-000 a year, Mr. Harding remarks that Mr. Devine makes no reply.
"The list of political bankers who have found control of the county treasury a road to fortune in the past and who back Mr. Devine as a means of continuing that profitable control for the future reads like a roll call of Senator Deneen's political organization," Harding said.
"As directors of banks that handle these public funds behold Roy O. West, Thomas J. Healy, Edward R. Litsinger, Charles A. Deneen, useful son of a provident father, Isaac N. Powell, and Percy B. Eckert, law partner of Mr. West, with other less important cogs in the machine.
"That Mr. Devine's insinuations against me are maliciously false let me once and for all state the facts. My father died in 1916. At the time of his death my own personal holdings of real estate in Chicago were greater than his. At that time, also before and since, the taxes on all property belonging to me were paid as they became due and no piece of property belonging to me ever carried any back taxes.
Explains Delinquent Taxes
"On the other hand, my father during his lifetime had allowed all of his real estate holdings to become clouded by an accumulation of unpaid taxes covering in many cases more than 25 years. For this I was in no way responsible. Upon his death this en-
Mr. Tidrington was in the environs of the National capital a few days ago, but made his campaign a la Jim Watson, and there was no heraldry nor proclamation. Senator Frank B. Willis of Ohio, who has been sponsoring Harvey V. Speelman all these years, is understood to have sent him a telegram in Florida telling him to look for another job, and Speelman has read the hand writing on the wall.
Senator Jim Watson, out in Indiana, has 162,000 colored voters to look out for and they have brought the necessary pressure to bear to put Mr. Tidrington over, it is said. When the
cumbered property came to myself and six brothers and sisters and upon a large part of it the accumulated taxes and penalties amounted to far more than its then value.
"In the settlement between the heirs I assumed the burden of paying off these back taxes and this was done as rapidly as was possible in view of the tangled condition of affairs and the litigation in which it was involved. At the present time practically every piece of my father's property has been cleaned up of taxes. The insinuation that friendship of the state's attorney has enabled me to compromise in a tax settlement is absolutely false.
"The taxes on this property of my father have been settled upon exactly the same basis as all others who have had to struggle with back taxes and forfeitures, that is upon the payment of the taxes in full, plus interest to date of forfeiture plus penalty of 25 per cent, plus costs."
Charges Deliberate Deceit
"Mr. Devine's whole statement is deliberately intended by insinuation to deceive the public. This is a plain statement and covers everything Mr. Devine may seek after to misrepresent.
"I do not, however, propose to permit Mr. Devine nor the political-banking combine to shift the only issue involved in the race for county treasurer. The issue is, shall the group of politicians whom I have named continue to do a brokerage business in public funds? The taxpayers who are losing by the operation of this system will easily understand why Mr. Devine and his backers are so anxious to find something else to talk about."
There has not been the slightest desire on our part to get mixed up in the Devine-Harding fight, for both of them have been treated fair in the columns of this newspaper, but at the same time we feel that George F. Harding, who has been a warm friend of the writer for more than 26 years, will be the next treasurer of Cook county.
appointment will be made is difficult to forecast at the present time, but it is expected to be somewhere near the Ide of March.
Mr. Tidrington is one of the best men that could be selected for that important position. About one year ago Col. Robert S. Abbott donated four or five columns of his wonderful mud-slinging greatest newspaper in the world to Dr. R. A. Williams and to his wild past career and if the things are true which Col. Abbott said about Dr. R. A. Williams in his double sheet at that time, then Dr. Williams should not be considered for registry of the Treasury.
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The ideal and honest Treasurer of Cook nominated and elected Sheriff of the hands down, for thousands of Republ waiting to vote for him in November.
and honest Treasurer of Cook County, and elected Sheriff of this county, for thousands of Republicans are to vote for him in November.
The ideal and honest Treasurer of Cook County, who will be nominated and elected Sheriff of this county with both hands down, for thousands of Republicans are ready and waiting to vote for him in November.
Actuated by an earnest desire to help the school children and to relieve the financial difficulties of the Chicago Board of Education and other school boards of the county, County Treasurer P. J. Carr and his assistant, Jacob Lindheimer, went before the last general assembly and procured the adoption of an amendment to the state law providing for the payment to school boards of interest earned on school taxes.
The passage of the above amendment in a very commendatory resolution by unanimous vote of the Board of Education of Chicago, a copy of which was sent to Mr. Carr and Mr. Lindheimer.
The new amendment to the law in effect since July 1st, 1925, has enabled the County Treasurer already to turn over to the Board of Education of Chicago $107,000 in interest earned as of December 1st, 1925. The school districts outside of Chicago in Cook county are being paid their pro rata share of interest earned on school funds. Efficient business administration dur-
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HON. CHARLES KRUTCKOFF
President of the Norris-Ward Coal Co., honorable member of the Board of Assessors of Cook Co. and steadfast friend of Hon. George F. Hardy. Krutckoff freely predicts that Senator Hardy nominated for Treasurer of Cook County Tues.
in the Norris-Ward Coal Co., honorable
of the Board of Assessors of Cook Co.
Belfast friend of Hon. George F. Hard,
of freely predicts that Senator Hard
and for Treasurer of Cook County Tuesd
President of the Norris-Ward Coal Co., honorable and popular member of the Board of Asteasors of Cook County, warm and steadfast friend of Hon. George F. Harding; and Mr. Krutckoff freely predicts that Senator Harding will be nominated for Treasurer of Cook County Tuesday, April 13.
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measurer of Cook County, who will be led Sheriff of this county with both thousands of Republicans are ready and them in November.
to help ing Mr. Carr's incumbency resulted in ave the a saving of $750,000, despite the fact Chicago' school that the work has been increased 10 per cent each year.
The cash registers and auditing machines installed by Mr. Carr have enabled the County Treasurer to audit and balance his records daily, and this year, for the first time, he will be able to make a complete and final distribution of all taxes collected at or before the end of the fiscal term, December 1st, 1926. This will prove a tremendous benefit to all the taxing bodies in the City of Chicago and Cook county, as it will enable them to retire their tax anticipation warrants at an earlier date, thus saving thousands of dollars of interest which had heretofore accrued and in addition making it possible to meet all their financial obligations promptly. This in itself is the most remarkable improvement ever achieved in the office of the County Treasurer.
These cash registers and auditing machines above referred to were the first machines manufactured and installed for the collection of taxes.
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Ward Coal Co., honorable and popular and of Assessors of Cook County, warns of Hon. George F. Harding; and Mr. predicts that Senator Harding will beurer of Cook County Tuesday, April 13
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it, can be truthfully said that the colored people have never had a better nor a truer friend
in the halls of Congress. than Hon. Martin B, Madden, and on Tuesday, April 13, he will)
‘again be nominated for his highly honored position.
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The National Association
for the Advancement of
Colored People Endorses
Congressman Hamilton
Fish’s Bill for a Monument
to Negro Soldiers
SPECIAL RECOGNITION
ASKED FOR COLORED sOL-
DIERS ATTACHED TO
FRENCH ARMY
New York—The Board of Directors
of the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, at its
meeting this week, endorsed the Bill
introduced in Congress by Representa-
tive Hamilton Fish of New York, pro-
viding for a monument costing $30,000
to be erected in commemoration of the
valiant service in France of three
American regiments composed of col-
ored soldiers. The monument is pro-
posed to be erected near Sechault, in
France, and the regiments whose
bravery is thus to be commemorated
are the 369th, the 37Ist and the 72nd,
all three of which were attached to the
Fourth French Army.
“The Bill,” writes Representative
Fish in a letter to the N.AA.CP., “is
practically the same as the one which
was favorably reported out of the For-
cign Affairs Committee of the House
last year... . I believe it would be
effective if you would ask your readers
to write to every Congressman no mat-
ter what district they represent in be-
half of the tardy recognition of the
colored people.”
In the favorable report on the Bill
by the Committee on Foreign Affairs
of the House of Representatives, it is
stated: “Threg of these regiments had
their colors decorated with the French
War Cross fog gallantry on the field of
battle.” The fegiments together with
the 370th hac killed and wounded
amounting to 40 per cent of their men.
The four regiments received more than
400 individual decorations for extraor-
dinary heroism under fire, officially
proving the gallant conduct of Negro
troops in modérn warfare. The report
further states:
“These colored soldiers belonging to
these combat units demonstrated that
if properly trained, equipped and led
that they will equal the best soldiers in
any army in the world for bravery and
fighting qualities. They endured all
the hardships Yow a murmur, slept
in the cold and rain, and faced death
from high explosives, shrapnel, gas and
machine guns with the same fortitude,
loyalty and courage as the other
American divisions. These colored
regiments were known to the French
as ‘Les Joyeux,’ or the happy ones, as
they carried out orders without grumb-
ling and always made the best of the
FIRST BOSTON MASSACRE DAY
PROCLAMATION
Secured by National Equal Rights
League for 1926 Attucks Day—
Has Drawn the Fire of the
Preseri® Day Boston
Tories
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
By His Excellency Alvin T. Fuller
‘Governor
One hundred and fifty-six years ago,
on the fifth day of March, there oc-
curred what is known in history as
the Boston Masascre. Resentment
aroused by unjust taxation without
representation had created a bitter
feeling between the citizens of Boston
and the British soldiers quartered with-
in the confines of the city. It cul-
minated in a crisis out of which re-
sulted the killing of five citizens out-
right and the mortally wounding o
two more by the soldiers who had fired
into the crowd.
‘The beloved Paul Revere, arriving
too late to prevent the terrible tragedy,
turned to his friend Crispus Attucks
lying in the snow crimsoned by his
life's blood and said: “Ah, Crispus, if
only reason could have tamed that mad
heart of thine. None truer ever beat
Freedom has lost an ardent friend this
day. God grant that this blood has no
been spilled in vain.”
Stirring times, of which this event
was one, praceded the great struggle
which finally gave us our liberty anc
independence. The lesson taught is
that right makes might. It teaches u
also the necessity of even-handed jus.
tice in dealing with human rights
which if denied makes sacrifices neces
sary to secure these rights. The name:
of Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick
James Caldwell, Patrick Carr and Cris
pus Attucks come down to us througt
the years as men who died for love o
their country. ° Their souls go march.
ing on. It is an inspiring lesson.
Given at thé Executive Chamber in
Boston this first day of March in the
year of Our Lord, one thousand, nine
hundred and twenty-six, and of the In
dependence of the United States o
America the one hundred and fiftieth
ALVIN T. FULLER.
By His Excellency the Governor
Frederic W. Cook, Secretary of the
Commonwealth. God Save the Com
monweslth of Massachusetts.
GOES TO WASHINGTON
Atty. S. A. T. Watkins, member of
the law firm of Denison, Watkins and
White, left the city Tuesday morning
for Washington, D. C., and appeared
before the Supreme Court of the Dis-
trict of Columbia on Friday, March
19th, on important matters in which
the K..of P.s are concerned, for which
organization he is supreme counselor.
conditions with which they had to con-
tend.
“There were over 400,000 Negro sol-
diers in the United States Army by the
armistice and about 40,000 on the bat-
tle line. ‘The erection of the proposed
monument would be a wonderful in-
spiration not only to these 400,000
colored soldiers but to the entire Negro
race in America, amounting to 12,000,-
000 people, who contributed their blood
and their treasures to help win the war.
It would be a constant source of inspira-
‘tion for future service to their country
‘both in times of peace and war, Such
‘a monument would not only teach loy-
alty and patriotism but would carry a
message to the Negro race that there
is no discrimination for the soldier
who wears the United States uniform
and is willing and glad to lay down his
life for his country; for the life of a
colored soldier is just as dear to his
mother, his wife or his family as that
of any other soldier that was ever
born. The record of these Negro In-
fantry regiments entitles them to the
grateful recognition of a grateful re-
public.” -
FOR SWEET CHARITY'S SAKE
‘Those who miss this year's produc-
tion of the Amateur Minstrel Club
will be their own enemies. From re-
sults of observations made at some of
their rehearsals, it is adduced that this
will be undoubtedly the best of the
club's many years of effort.
The old-time minstrel ensemble has
been discarded in favor of a’ show more
of the type of a musical comedy pro-
duced under the very able direction of
Dave Peyton, Chicago's own product.
The action takes place on board the
S. S. Charity, and there will be officers,
sailors, passengers, and ete. One oi
the features is a burlesque wedding
scene, caricaturing well-known local
personages. COME OUT AND SEE
IT.
DATE: Easter Monday nighit, Apri
5, 1926.
PLACE: Eighth Regiment Armory
35th and Giles avenue.
ADMISSION: One Dollar.
BENEFIT: The Old Folks’ Home
COOLIDGE KICKS THE “NE
GRO” AGAIN
Rev. Solomon Porter Hood of North
Carolina was ordered home from Li-
beria, Africa, recently, by the State
Department, and his successor was ap-
pointed by President Coolidge before
our minister to that country could
land in this country from the boat on
which he immediately took passage
home. All because he (Minister Hood)
had not served the purpose of “big
business” as it wanted him to, even
though they (the purpose) were tnimi-
cal to the vital interests of the little
black African republic. Worse still:
Coolidge has appointed a white man
by the name of Reid Page Clark
(“‘charge-de-affiairs”) as Rev. “Hood's
successor—the first time in the history
of this country such a thing has been
done. Again does the President show
what little respect, if any, he has for
‘the wishes or desires of our people of
this country, and the whole world, for
that matter. “Negroes” who support
the Coolidge candidacy should cut the
foregoing out and paste it in their hats,
for future reference. Oh, yes, he's go-
ing to be a candidate again. Judge
Gary, president of the U. S. Steel
Trust, “big business’” spokesman, says
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MARCHING CLUB PREPARING
FOR TRIP
The Ft. Dearborn 1926 Marching
Club, known throughout the jurisdic-
tion of Elkdom for its past record, is
Preparing for the great trip to Cleve-
land, Ohio, where they will go next
August with banners high and flags
flying.
SEND BACK TO CONGRESS, ELLIOTT W. SPROUL, THE
MAN_TO WHOM HON. NICHOLAS LONGWoRTH,
‘SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTA.
‘TIVES, WROTE IN A PERSONAL LETTER:
“te ia very gratifying for me to say that I think that your attendance j
Congress is as nearly perfect as the similar record of any member, aad
Sour ceuslarity on all party mpasures is beyond question. I would tong
em ec one.of the reliable Republicans.”
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REPRESENTATIVE ELLIOTT W. SPROUL, at the solicitation of administration
leaders in Washington and of business and civic leaders in the THIRD CONGRESSIONAL
DISTRICT, fs again a candidate for renomination in the REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES,
April 13, 1926.
For the past five years Mr. Sproul has served bis District faithfully and well, de
voting his entire time to the servicty of the people and giving his constituests the
benefit of more than forty years of business experience. HIS POLICY OF SERVICE TQ
CONSTITUENTS IS UNCHANGED. HE KNOWS HOW TO MAKE THAT POLICY
EFFECTIVE IN WASHINGTON.
‘As a member of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, one of the fev
major Committees of the House, Mr. Sproul was largely responsible for the enactment
of legislation granting a salary increase to 350,000 employes of the postal service.
He has personally investigated the claims and procured the settlement of hundreds
of cases for disabled ex-service men, and through his efforts many Civil War and
Spanish-American War veterans and their widows have received increased pensions. No
case of an ex-service man has been called to Mr. Sproul’s attention without recevig
Prompt attention, and, with few exceptions, « successful and satlefactory settlement.
EVERY ONE OF THE THOUSANDS OF LETTERS WHICH HAVE COME TO HIM
DURING HIS TERMS OF ORFICE RECEIVED PROMPT CONSIDERATION AND COUR-
TEOUS REPLY.
Mr. Sproul has been an administration stalwart, having consistently stood with Pre
dent Coolidge in his economy program whereby taxes have been reduced more than One
Billion Seven Hundred Million dollars. His counsel ta sought by his party leaders and
Lis colleagues value his judgment on matters of business and political policy.
VOTE TO KEEP THIS EFFICIENT PUBLIC SERVANT IN CONGRESS WHERE HE
HAS MANY FRIENDS AND NO ENEMIES.
Primaries Tuesday, April 13, 1926.
(Signed) REPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE.
Washington, D. C. hdr.
THE 30TH BIRTHDAY ANNI-| A highly interesting program was
VERSARY OF THE PHYLLIS) rendered &nd the best of refreshments
WHEATLEY WOMAN'S CLUB | were served, and as a token of friend-
Wednesday evening the Phyllis
Wheatley Woman's Club, under the
far-seeing leadership of Mrs. Eliza-
beth Lindsay Davis celebrated its 30th
birthday anniversary at the Greater
Phyllis Home, 5128 South Michigan
avenue.
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HON. ADOLPH MARKS
One of the strong and prominent leaders of the Republican
party on the South Side, who on Tuesday, April 13, will be
renominated for State Senator from the First Senatorial
District: of Illinois.
A highly interesting program was
rendered &nd the best of refreshments
were served, and as a token of friend-
ship and good will each person attend-
ing the pleasant affair laid down one
silver dollar on the table.
Mrs. Davis, President of the Phyllis
Wheatley Woman's Club, has accom-
plished a great and lasting work dur-
ing the past thirty years in behalf of
the ‘wornanhood of ‘IBinois.
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High Mason, one of the most honorable Judges of pal Court of Chicago, who can easily count the thousands, will be renominated for his pro position April 13.
High Mason, one of the most honorable Judges of the Municipal Court of Chicago, who can easily count his friends by the thousands, will be renominated for his present judicial position April 13.
Hon. George B. Holmes, who is one of the best and most far-seeing judges of the Municipal Court of Chicago, is so well and favorably known that he needs no long introduction to the many readers of this newspaper. He has been one of the highly honored citizens of this city since 1885 down to the present time, and during all of those years he has been actively interested in every movement pertaining to its adjournment.
He was admitted to the bar in 1890 and practiced law continuously from that time until elected to the Municipal bench some ten or twelve years ago.
He served with distinction as a member of the First Illinois Volunteer Infantry at the siege and capture of Cuba in 1898. Judge Holmes is a member of the United Spanish War Veterans, Veterans of the Foreign Wars, Society of Santiago de Cuba. He is a high Mason, Odd Fellow, Knight of Pythias, Loyal Order of Moose, Amer-
ARSONIST GIVEN LONG TERM
Man Who Admits Setting Ozark Fire Sentenced to Serve 82 Years
(Portsmouth, New York Service)
(Freston News Service)
Ozark, Ark., March 19.—If Less McPherson serves all the time in prison to which he was sentenced here today in the Franklin County Circuit Court, he will be an old, old man when he regains his liberty. McPherson was one of the three men held on charges of robbery and arson growing out of the disastrous fire here a week ago. When he appeared in court to answer to the charges he pleaded guilty to everything of which he was accused and for each offense the court imposed a maximum penalty. A compilation of the sentences revealed that he has 82 years to serve in the state penitentiary. He is 28.
McPherson was held on seven charges of arson and the maximum penalty of 10 years on each charge made a term of 70 years. The court added five years for grand larceny and seven more for burglary, bringing the total prison term to 82 years.
Two Others Released
Two other men held with McPherson, were far more fortunate. They are Frank Oliver of Clarksville and Sonnie Scott of Coal Hill, both of whom were ordered released and were set at liberty.
Although McPherson pleaded guilty to all charges, he made no specific admissions and implicated no one in a plot to destroy the city by fire.
Practically all of the buildings on the north side of the town-square were destroyed in the fire which is said to have followed the robbery of the Wakefield store and which caused a loss of $150,000. Soon after the arrest of McPherson it was reported by officers that
onorable Judges of the Municiican easily count his friends by minated for his present judicial
ican Brotherhood, Chicago Lincoln Club and many other organizations. Judge Holmes has always discharged his sworn duties without fear or favor and has made good all along the line. He stands at the top notch of Judges of the Municipal Court and none of the judges are more popular than he.
He has honorably served in every branch of the Municipal Court in all parts of this city, and being well grounded in the law and it is seldom that any of his cases are turned upside down by the judges of the higher courts.
Judge Holmes, who stands high in the estimation of the colored people residing in this city, has thousands of friends and supporters among the people residing in all parts of this city, who frequent his court rooms from time to time, and they admire very much his fair, square and reasonable treatment which they receive at his hands, and it goes without saying that they will assist to re-nominate him for judge of the Municipal Court of Chicago, Tuesday, April 13th.
he confessed that he had robbed the store and had set fire to the building. It also was reported that he had implicated three other men and that he had told the officers that they had been hired to set the town on fire. He said that they had been employed by an unidentified white man. Among the buildings destroyed was that of the defunct Peoples' Bank, which recently suspended operations.
GIVEN MAN WHO SHOT
OFFICER
(Preston News Service)
Pittsburgh, Pa., March 18.—Lawrence Horton, 22 years old, of Duff street, found guilty of felonious assault and battery for the shooting of Patrolman Alfred Morris, was sentenced to three to six years in the workhouse by Judge James R. Macfarlane in criminal court. Horton also was found guilty of charges of carrying concealed weapons and pointing firearms.
Horton, it was testified, last October 8, shot Patrolman Morris in the right arm near the Center avenue police station, where Morris reported, after a cab driver had entered the station and called for an officer.
STREET HEADS BIG COMMITTEE
J. B. Street, worthy master of North Star Lodge No. 57, U. B. F., was elected general chairman of a joint committee of 100 on the annual sermon of U. B. F. and S. M. T., to be held the fourth Sunday in May. This meeting was attended by many of the past state grand officers and other officials. Other officers elected were Mrs. Minnie M. Robinson, secretary, and Mrs. V. S. Rogers, treasurer.
THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MARCH 20, 1926
COLORFUL NEWS MOVIES By THE CAMERAMAN
1. Anglo-Saxon Democracy.
2. The Words of Two Senators.
3. Amending the Constitution.
4. German "Kulture" Kicks.
5. Colorgrams.
1. Anglo-Saxon Democracy
Again we are informed by that race "purist" publication, the Dearborn Independent, that the greatest differentiations in the world, in tastes and practices, exist as between racial groups. The Utopian pages of the Dearborn Independent admonish the world to "understand that a thing may be true of one race and untrue of another," which is entirely true when there are taken into consideration all the direct and indirect causes and influences which repeatedly assert themselves for or against a race. However, the "gem" of thought in the Dearborn sheet's latest explosion is found in the following terse sentence: "Democracy is not congenial to every race; it (democracy) will probably fail all along southern Europe and among the Slaves; it is not their instinctive method. IT WILL NOT FAIL among Anglo-Saxons; for it is their natural and instinctive method."
When one becomes attentive to reason long enough to refresh one's historical recollection of the Norman Conquest, and of the pre-period when certain immigrant tribes moved into southern and eastern England from Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) who, with other human tiers coalesced with the Frisians, the Dutch, the Danes, and the Saxons so as to form later the "Anglo-Saxons", it can be easily seen that talking of the "natural" and "instinctive" methods of the Anglo-Saxon race calls for a super-elastic imagination and a deal of charity. Be that as it may, however, we beg to point out to the Dearborn Independent that modern democracy is what the world is interested in most. And in the claim that "Democracy is not congenial to every race," there should be an addenda to the effect that "Democracy, AS DEFINED BY THE ANGLO-SAXONS, is not congenial to every race"; which is to say that the Anglo-Frisian-Dutch-Dane-Saxon descendants of today have set up a double standard by which they measure Democracy and mete it out to contemporary racial groups. In this practice the Anglo-Saxons, in all their "purity" revert to the "natural" and instinctive impulses of the days of the Norman Conquest, when group annihilation was their objective. Indeed, they rivalled the Romans in their lust for mastery.
Today, however, Democracy must, if it would live, meet the standards of world measurement; and Education and Christianity must define it, far in preference to "natural and instinctive methods." Along this trend, the Anglo-Saxons can perform a great world service by at once doing away with their double standards of Democracy—one for them, the stronger, and another for all the weaker groups.
2. The Words of Two Senators
Senator J. Thomas Heflin, of Alabama:
"There is no better way of serving the community and no better way of serving the Negro everywhere than being entirely frank with him and telling him the truth and the whole truth regarding an evil and a crime that lies at the bottom of nearly every race riot that has occurred in our country, and that is the crime of rape. When that crime is committed in the South the Negro who commits it dies; but we never harm or permit anyone to harm an INNOCENT Negro."
Senator William B. McKinley, of Illinois;
"Those who are in the habit of justifying or apologizing for lynching defend the practice on the ground that it is a fit punishment for rape. The figures available entirely REFUTE this contention. Of the whites lynched the largest per cent, 46, were accused of murder, while 8.4 per cent were accused of rape and 'attacks upon women.' Of the Negroes 35.8 per cent were accused of murder and 28.4 per cent of rape and 'attacks upon women.' It is thus to be seen that of the whole number of lynchings not more than 19 per cent of the victims were accused of rape, while the remaining 81 per cent were accused of other crimes or misdemeanors, or even of NO CRIME at all, the newspaper accounts being that some of these victims had been guilty of no other offense than that of being LAZY or exhibiting BAD MANNERS. While it appears that lynching is practiced in all parts of the country and upon both races and sexes, by far the greater number of victims are of
the negro race." The colored people accordingly are the greatest sufferers from this form of lawlessness." BES. IPSA. LOQUIZER
3. Amending the Constitution
Not a few thoughtless colored people are jumping on the band-wagon of a dominant group of equally thoughtless whites and urging the recall of the Eighteenth Amendment of the U. S. Constitution, which puts the ban upon John Barleycorn and his alcoholic family. These ardent agitators, while deeply sincere in their wishes to hear the clinking glasses and see the foaming cups of yore, are undoubtedly moved by the anti-prohibition wave which is sweeping the country at this time. In their zeal, however, they leave overlooked the sad, sad precedent which would be established were the recall of the Eighteenth Amendment accomplished. The precedent of tampering with the Constitution would be just the fodder the Solid South would joyously absorb in its vigorous desire to waive the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments. Indeed, with happy laughter this particular section of our Federal Commonwealth would point to the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment as a reason why the Fifteenth should be forthwith set aside. It is the belief that the South was the most active advocate of the Eighteenth. Surely, however, every brother knows just how dormant the same section is with regard to the Fifteenth.
In joining the bandwagon of repeal of the Eighteenth, the brethern of the dark cloth are indeed skating on the thinnest of ice. It has been well said that the U. S. Constitution affords no standing ground for extremists; and if anyone thinks that the Eighteenth Amendment was put into that historic document by the extremist group, that is no reason why it should be taken out by another extremist group. If the white man wants repeal, let him set himself to the job in his own way; but let it be unsaid at the consummation of a Constitutional repeal, if such an ill event ever takes place, that any black man was a party to it. The boomerang of repeal might pass the white repeaters on its backward course; but no one can deny the probability of its bringing with it an era of harm for those citizens whom the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, are sworn to protect. BEWARE!
German "Kulture" Kicks
According to the usually accurate New York Times, German culture is singing the blues over the fact that its erstwhile proponents have lately weakened under the strains of Negro jazzers and the offerings of Negro actors, who, say the ex-Kaiser's people, are a detriment to German social and cultural policies. The Times quotes the official organ of the German Nationalists, which, in a recent issue, said: "The contortions of these exotic guests has not any connection with art and culture. German artists who have undergone long years of training are starving, while troops of colored performers are gattling enormous salaries."
Thus, there is sounded a new tune to the future of colored American performers abroad, who were once wont to find a warmer welcome over there than, at times, they received upon the American stage. In fact, London and Paris music halls, along with Berlin centers of amusement, have long since given our musical and theatrical aces the glad hand. Is this a genuine protest, based upon unemployment difficulties and industrial depressions which now abound in Germany? Is it a back-thrust on account of memories of the American Negro troops who, during the World War, made quite a dent in the German army? Or is it a subtle, semi-secret motivation of some unseen bloc which is stealthily endeavoring to innoculate Europe with an increased hatred toward the darker races? It is of little moment whether a colored actor or cabaret singer is permitted to entertain a single unit of German culture; but it is of supreme importance that German culture and that of all the other countries of Europe, Asia, Australia, etc., be made to recognize the fact that the world is tiring of dealing in colors; and that the modern trend will be to deal with men as men, in peace or in strife.
"Intelligent" white residents of Lexington, Ky., recently paid $2.00 per head to witness the hanging of a convicted Negro. "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing," financially speaking.
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It is stupid for men to rave and rant about injustice and oppression and then to leave unused the most powerful weapons known to the age—organization and buying power.
Now that an attempt is being made in the New York Legislature to bar mixed marriages between whites and blacks, young millionaire social sportsmen can prepare for a season of legalized open hunting—that is, if the bill passes.
The President of Indiana University says that the time will soon come when the holding of a high school diploma will be a requirement to obtain a marriage license. Gee whiz! It'll be tough on our people in Mississippi, Georgia and Florida, won't it?
Harry Greb (white), deposed middleweight pugilistic champion of the world, is greater in defeat than "dodging" Jack Dempsey, heavyweight champion, will ever be in victory. For corroboration, ask "Tiger" Flowers and Harry Wills, champion and challenger, respectively.
Two colored "Who's Whos" are on the printer's press—one the product of the Phyllis Wheatley Company, and the other the product of the Inter-Racial Board of Council, both of New York. Talk about putting A. N. Marquis & Company in the shade! Who is who?
Tearing off his glasses and hammering the pulpit, Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes (white) of Chicago, is quoted as saying, recently, at the New Jersey Methodist Conference: "The silly modern movement against Negroes is allied to Protestantism in America. We are driving the Negro into the Catholic Church, which is welcoming him; yet, we have had no finer Protestants in this country than the Negro."
What's in a Name?
Her name was, Orange Grove. When she was married one of the little nieces who did not know her very well heard members of the family calling her Aunt Orange. She said: "Is there an Uncle Lemon?"
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HON. ADELBERT H. ROBERTS
Honorable member of the State Senate from the Third
District of Illinois, who will be renominated for
high position Tuesday, April 13.
DEATH OF FRANK H. LEWIS years old, who will so
help to his mother.
Honorable member of the State Senate from the Third Senatorial District of Illinois, who will be renominated for his present high position Tuesday, April 13.
The first part of this week, at his home, 4033 South State street, Frank H. Lewis, who was well known to the old-time sporting citizens of Chicago, very peacefully closed his eyes in death.
Funeral services were held over his remains Thursday morning at 930 o'clock at St. Elizabeth Roman Catholic church, 41st and Wabash avenue.
Mr. Lewis is survived by his late good and dutiful wife, Mrs. Lewis, and their five children, the youngest being 9 years old and the oldest son, 14
The Williamson Funeral is distinguished by the up-to-date designs of its Cunningham Limousine Hearse and Cars
Senate from the Third Senatorial be renominated for his present 13.
years old, who will soon be of much help to his mother.
Heart failure was the direct cause of the passing out of Mr. Lewis.
The good Sisters of St. Elizabeth church have promised Mrs. Lewis that they will assist her to raise her children.
PREPARE FOR ANNUAL VISIT
Mrs. Georgia E. Harding, 3710 Indiana avenue, state grand princess of Illinois of S. M. T., is making great preparations for her annual visit to the temples in the city, state and jurisdiction. This visit is always looked forward to with great interest by the Temples and Juveniles.
Seven people were killed and 107
wete injured through automobile acci-
dents for the week ending March 13th
From January Ist to March 13th,
152 were killed as a result of auto ac-
eidents. For the same period in 1926,
90 were killed.
Careful analysis of the above figures
shows that the majority of these acci-
dents were caused by wanton careless-
ness, and a total disregard of the speed
laws.
This terrible toll of life is tittle short
of criminal. No business is 80 im-
portant that justifies driving at a rate
of speed greater than is reasonable and
‘Proper.
Better to lose a train than to lose
‘one’s fife. Always drive slowly in con-
gested districts. Don't pass street cars
‘on the wrong side of the street.
Pedestrians should look both ways
before crossing the street. Do not
cross in the middle of the block. Be
careful when getting off a street car.
Do not walk from behind a street
car without being on the alert from the
opposite direction. Trying to save a
few seconds’ time may cost you, your
life,
REMEMBER THAT THERE IS
NOTHING AS PRECIOUS AS A
HUMAN LIFE. AID US TO PRE-
VENT THESE MURDERS. IT IS
THE DEPARTMENT'S MOST
SERIOUS PROBLEM. y
Thursday evening, March 18, the
Red Caps’ Club, which is composed
of the Red Cap men connected with
the various railroad depots in this city,
celebrated the grand opening of their
new club rooms, located at 3699 S.
Michigan Avenue. It was a very
pleasant affair and it lasted until well
‘on to one o'clock and the officers and
members and their lady friends were
on hand to greet their many friends
‘and to see that they all greatly enjoyed
themselves.
The following officers and members
of the Red Caps’ Club were in evidence
‘on that lovely occasion and assisted to
celebrate the great event of moving
into their elegant new home.
Directors—E. Langston, Jas. Wal-
den, E, F. Shepard, R. I. Hodge, F. F.
Shreve, M. G. Haynes.
Officers—Sandy W. Trice, Presi-
dent; Otho Robinson, Treasurer;
James Walden, Financial Secretary;
C. L, Smith, Corresponding Secretary.
House Committee—A. A. Neal,
Chairman; Chas. Collins, Chester Wil-
kins, James Robinson, E. Brady, Jas.
Simmons, Earnest Robinson.
Entertainment Committee—S. H.
Harris, Chairman; Boyd Atkins, James
‘Walden, Ed. Rollins, William Spring-
er, Jessie Pitts, Otho Robinson, Orin
Link, Joe Davis, Louis Goodgame, J.
‘W. Lyons.
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Vol. XXXI No. 27
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BULLETIN NO. #—FOR YOUR
SAFETY
By Chief of Police Morgan A. Collins
THE RED CAPS’ CLUB HELD
ITS GRAND OPENING AT ITS
NEW HOME THURSDAY EVE-
NING
OUT AGAIN
Dousas ; he
Nationa! Bank and treasurer
of the Pyramid Building and Loat as-
sociation, who has been confined to his
ie ered er Se
able to be out again shaking hands and
greeting his many fraternal and busi-
nes friends.
REV. THEODORE STEPHENS
HAS BECOME THE INSTRUC.
TOR OF HIGH FRENCH AT
THE DOUGLAS SCHOOL COM-
MUNITY CENTER
It will be recalled that near the first
‘of October, 1924, that His Royal High-
ness, Prince Kojo Toudor-Houenon, of
‘Dahomey, Africa, arrived in this city
and for four or five weeks thereafter
the Prince was wined and dined by
many of the royal blooded colored
people in this city and during those
happy days of wine, the dear sweet
ladies and song, Rev. Stephens served
as the private secretary and interpreter
for-His Royal Highness, but when the
Prince of Dahomey, Africa, ran away
from Chicago with a beautiful white
lady a loving and a charming blond
with large, wicked blue eyes, Rev.
Stephens closed his ministerial eyes,
came to a dead standstill and bid the
notorious Prince a long time farewell.
Rev. Stephens prayed over the seri-
ous situation for a long time and at the
end of his praying he finally decided
to cast his lot with, the godly people
of this city and for several months past
through some of his well-made friesids,
he has been teaching French two or
three times each week at the Douglas
School, 32nd St. and Calumet Ave.
In a very shott space of time he has
become the eloquent and brilliant pas-
tor of the Church of the New Jerusa-
lem (Swedenborgian), holding services
every Sunday morning at the South
Side Community Center, 3201 S. Wa-
bash Avenue. Rev. Stephens is also
the editor of a newspaper and he con-
tinues to come right to the front in
Chicago.
THOUGHT FINAL DAY HAD
COME
Negro Family Hide Under Bed After
Blast Laid to Angry Husband
(Preston News Service)
Lillington, N. C, Mch. 17—“Yas,
‘sah, I sho thought Jedgment Day had
come,” exclaimed Eliza Hill, who lives
about one mile from Here, Tuesday,
when Deputy Kyle Matthews arrived
at the woman's house to conduct a
probe into the dynamiting of the Hill
home about 1a. m. Tuesday. Deputy
Matthews stated that the Hill woman,
her daughter and two of the Hill chil-
dren hid themselves under a bed, think-
ing that the last day had arrived. The
Harnett deputy was successful in ef-
fecting the arrest of John Hill, son-in-
law of Eliza Hill, who is charged with
attempting to blow his mother-in-law,
his estranged wife and two children
into eternity. He is held in the county
jail in default of a $3,000 bond.
According to‘ stories told Deputy
‘Matthews, John Hill, who parted with
his wife a little over a week ago, had
become enraged over something and
sought revenge by blowing up the
home of his mother-in-law, knowing
his wife was sleeping under her
mother’s roof. He is charged with
planting a stick of dynamite under the
Hill home.
‘The explosion tore one of the rooms
off the house and scattered the fur-
nishings in every direction. Parts of
the bed and other furnishings in the
room were found in the adjacent fields.
Deputy Matthews stated that the
Hill family had been accustomed to
sleep in the room under which the
dynamite was placed, but for some
reason they had moved into another
room last night. This probably saved
them from an awful death. The fright-
ened Negroes had hidden themselves
under a bed and had remained there
for six solid hours until the officer as-
sured them that Judgment Day had
not arrived. It took much persuasion
on the part of the Deputy to get them
to leave their hiding'place.
URBAN LEAGUE ANNOUNCES
FELLOWSHIPS
New York City, March 6, 1926—
The National Urban League announces
that its Annual Fellowship Awards for
colored students will be made in June
at the following schools of social work:
‘The New York School of Social Work,
The Graduate School of Social Admin-
istration of Chicago University, The
Pennsylvania Schbol of Social Work,
The Boston School of Social Work and
The University of Pittsburgh.
- Applications for these Fellowships,
which amount to $70.00 per month and
tuition, must be filed before April 30,
shortly after which time competitive
examinations will be given as a basis
for‘ selections.
Any person who has had a college
education or its equivalent, or who is
to be graduated at the close of the
spring term, is eligible. Application
blanks may be received by addressing
retary, National Urban League, 127
East 23rd Street, New York City.
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Pittsburgh, Pa, Mar. 17—A man,
suffering from a broken leg, was car-
ried from his home, and 28 others fled
in their night clothing when fire
damaged a large two-story frame
building at 45-53 West Roseridge ave-
nue, Bellevue, at 4 o'clock last Friday
morning. The loss was estimated at
$3,000.
William Davis, 45 years old, who
was confined to his bed with a frac-
tured leg, was carried from the burn-
ing building by firemen. The blaze
started on the first floor, between the
apartments of John Hargrove, at 49
West Roseridge avenue, and Rufus
Gordon, of 51 West Roseridge avenue.
FALLS BY THE WAYSIDE
| Mrs. Josie Williams, one of Chi-
cago’s pioneer citizens, after more than
‘eight months’ illness, passed away at
‘her residence, 4158 Calumet avenue,
early Saturday morning, March 13th.
Funeral services were conducted from
Mt. Vernon Baptist church, 39th and S.
Dearborn streets, Tuesday afternoon,
the pastor officiating. Kersey, Me-
Gowan and Morsell in charge of the
remains.
Patriot’s Death
William Ledyard, the heroic Amer
fean Revolutionary officer, whe gal
Yantly defended Fort Griswold, near
New London, Conn., was run through
the body with his own sword by the
British Major Bromfield. .
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Keep Watch on Tongue
Many mem have talked themselves
{nto good publié offices, but they are
by Re mi¢dhs so ndnfefous a8 thé mén
who have talked themselves out of
g00d jobs.—New Orieans States.
Big Coffee Consumption
‘The ann-al consumption of coffee
in the United States is about §1,000,-
000,000 pounds. The annual consump-
tion per capita is over nine pounds
per year.
Not Really Hemp
Manila hemp, which is used in mak-
ing rope, is not hemp at all, but @
coarse fiber, eight fo ten feet long,
found in the stalk of the abaca, a
fruitless sort of banana plant.
It Helps the Other Side
“Profanity,” said Uncie Eben, “is a
way of showin’ dat you hasn't any ar-
gument of yoh own an’ ain't got no
respect for nobody else’s.”—Washing-
ton Star.
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(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 ugon development of the initiative
on part of the student.
EXPENSES SURPRISINGLY
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T. R. DAVIS, PRESIDENT
Nashville oe Tennessee
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any for us—Philadelphia Inquirer.
Poor Way to Pray
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Shake Well
Jimmie (about to take medicine)—
Here, mother! T want grandma to
give me my medicine tonight! Her
hands shake so.
Too Much to Expect
He that would please all and him
self, undertakes what he cannot do—
Dutch Proverb.
Pack Silver in Flour
Pack silver in dry flour when stor
ing It for some time and it will not
tarnish.
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