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SOCIETY NEWS PUBLISHED FREE Vol. XXXI. 5 C M. M. HON. GEORGE F. HARDING One of the largest real estate owners in Chicago candidate for Treasurer of Cook County, returned home from a two months' pleasure parts of the Old World, where he secured son of art for his great art collection. largest real estate owners in Chicago for Treasurer of Cook County, home from a two months' pleasure to the Old World, where he secured son this great art collection. One of the largest real estate owners in Chicago, Republican candidate for Treasurer of Cook County, who has just returned home from a two months' pleasure tour to several parts of the Old World, where he secured some rare pieces of art for his great art collection. NEGRO SEAMEN IN ENGLAND MARRY WHITE WOMEN New York—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has received from London a clipping from the Spectator in which a correspondent reports that Negroes employed in British merchant ships are marrying white women in British ports. Although the writer deplores the tendency she states that her investigation disclosed the white women were well satisfied with their lot. The Spectator's correspondent writes: "The writer once asked a gentle, refined woman with three children of various shades of color, all with woolly hair, how she could have brought herself to marry a black man, and what sort of future she expected for her children, and this was the answer: don't mind them in the schools. They won't hurt." The writer further reports that "that apparently was the prevailing attitude in those South Wales ports." WHITE MAN INDICTED AS DIC-TATOR IN DOUBLE KILLING (Preston News Service) Macon, Ga., Aug. 13—Bars Davis, held in connection with the slaying of Miss Hilda Smith and E. W. Wilson on July 10 last, was indicted Tuesday by a special grand jury on charge of accessory before the fact and of principal in the second degree. Each indictment contained three counts. The first, having employed Ed Glover, Negro, to commit the slayings, having been present when the crime was committed and having committed the slaying himself and without assistance from any one. "They make good husbands, those men. They are so thankful to us women for marrying them that they treat us like queens. They give us plenty of money; they don't drink; they are good to the children; the pay is regular while they are away, and they always come back to us. There's many a woman with a white husband worse off. The children? Well, there are such a lot of them now that nobody seems to think much about it; they --- 82 HON. WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON Ex-Mayor of Chicago whose legions of friends in all parts of this city have all ready started his boom for Mayor of Chicago in 1927. Vol. XXXI. 5 CENTS PER COPY HIV owners in Chicago, Republican of Cook County, who has just months' pleasure tour to several here he secured some rare pieces action. don't mind them in the schools. They won't hurt.'" The writer further reports that "that apparently was the prevailing attitude in those South Wales ports." WHITE MAN INDICTED A DIC TATOR IN DOUBLE KILLING Macon, Ga., Aug. 13.—Bars Davis, held in connection with the slaying of Miss Hilda Smith and E. W. Wilson on July 10 last, was indicted Tuesday by a special grand jury on charge of accessory before the fact and of principal in the second degree. Each indictment contained three counts. The first, having employed Ed Glover, Negro, to commit the slayings, having been present when the crime was committed and having committed the slaying himself and without assistance from any one. Glover, confessed slayer, has been convicted and sentenced to die in the electric chair Sept. 9. Davis will be placed on trial this month. Solicitor General Charles H. Garret said. Wilson and Miss Smith were shot to death with a shotgun and their bodies thrown into a swamp a few miles from the city. They went riding on Saturday night, July 10, and were not seen again until their bodies were discovered the following Monday afternoon. --- THE BROAD AX THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AUGUST 14, 1926 Only $150.00 was Raised at the Forward Movement Educational Meeting, Held at Quinn Chapel Last Thursday Evening to Aid Bishop W. Sampson Brooks in His Laudable Educational Work in Africa. Col. Robert S. Abbott Presided Over the Meeting and Contributed $5.00 to Aid His Brethren in Africa. It was recently heralded through the columns of the greatest newspaper in the world "that on Thursday evening August 5, that a forward movement educational meeting would be held at Quinn Chapel, 24th and Wabash Ave.," that the object or the sole purpose of the meeting was to assist Bishop W. Sampson Brooks in his educational work in Africa. Thousands of small cards were sent out through the mails and otherwise, announcing that fact and it announced the further fact that Col. R. S. Abbott, editor of the greatest newspaper in the world would preside over the great meeting or serve as its chairman. It appears that a laymen's meeting was held and it is said that Col. Abbott would not warm up to the meeting unless he was chosen as its chairman and the promoters of the meeting thought that would be a dandy idea, that by selecting him as its chairman that he would dig up at least two hundred dollars for Bishop Brooks and his educational work in Africa. That amount would indeed have been small enough for him to cough up, when we take into consideration the fact that he and his newspaper received a whole lot of free advertising at the time the cards were sent out through the mail advertising the meeting and the further fact that Col. Abbott must always be the first big dog in the meat house or there is nothing doing with him. After the meeting had been called to order by Col. Abbott, who greatly needs to be operated upon for the enlargement of the heart when it comes down to doing anything for the benefit PROMINENT SPEAKERS ON BUSINESS LEAGUE PROGRAM Tuskegee Institute, Ala.—Prominent speakers of both races will address the twenty-seventh annual session of the National Negro Business League, which meets in Cleveland, Ohio, August 18, 19 and 20, according to announcement made here this week by Albon L. Holsey, Secretary of the National League. On the opening night of the session, Dr. R.R. Moton, President of the league will deliver his annual address. Senator Frank B. Willis of Ohio will speak at the same meeting. The program provides for a series of special sessions at which the following problems will be discussed: The Organization and Function of the Local League; Business Building; Negro Migration and its Relation to Business and Health. There will be one meeting known as an All-Ohio session. The trophy cups offered by Mr. R. W. Emerson, secretary of the National Clean-up and Paint-up Bureau for the National Negro Health Week will be presented at the Friday morning session, August 20, by Miss Virginia R. Wing, director of health education of the Cleveland Health Council. At the same session Dr. Algernon B. Jackson, director of the School of Public Health, Howard University, will deliver an address on "The Need of Public Health Education Among Negroes." Home ownership and home building will be discussed by successful real estate men including Mortimer M. Harris of Washington, D. C., Logan H. Stewart of Evansville, Indiana and others. of the colored race anywhere and the time had arrived to lift the collection, Col. Abbott, who always blows off a whole lot of steam or foam about himself and his newspaper, before he can be induced to talk about the meeting in question or to open his mouth on any other subject. It seems that Col. Abbott urged those who were present to contribute freely of their money to aid Bishop Brooks in his forward movement meeting and that while the good bishop was engaged in looking in another direction in the church or was busy in thanking some of the true friends for their larger contributions, that Col. Abbott eased an old worn out five dollar bill on the table and that act caused him to feel that he was the greatest living real colored man in the whole world, but when it was voiced around that Col. Abbott had only separated himself of five dollars and had received more free advertising in connection with the meeting than all of his dupes combined, they gradually woke up and it finally dawned upon their minds that he had slipped a hot one over on all of them. Under his poor and stingy chairmanship he only raised the small sum of $150.00, which was no money at all for Old Quinn Chapel to raise for it's the oldest church among the colored people in Chicago and on other visits of Bishop Brooks to it he has collected as high as three hundred and fifty to four hundred dollars and on last Friday evening at the Ebenezer A. M. E. Church, Evanston, Illinois, its members and friends raised Bishop Brooks three hundred and twenty-five dollars which Banking, Newspaper Advertising, Promotion of Sales Campaigns, Financing Business Enterprises, Life Insurance, are among the subjects to be discussed by experts in the Business Building session. The influence of Negro migration upon Negro business in its various aspects will be discussed by Mr. Robert L. Vann, editor of the Pittsburgh Courier; Mr. T. Arnold Hill, industrial secretary, National Urban League, New York City; Mr. John C. Dancy, executive secretary, Urban League, Detroit, Michigan; Dr. Harold L. Kingsley, Cleveland and Dr. C. V. Roman, Nashville, Tennessee. Chandler Owen, editor of the Chicago Bee will discuss, "Opportunities in Journalism" and there will be interesting reports from active state leagues. Roscoe C. Dunjee, editor of the Black Dispatch, Oklahoma City, John L. Webb of Hot Springs, Arkansas; George W. Cox, Durham, North Carolina and H. L. Price of Cuney, Texas, are among the presidents of state leagues who will be present and speak. Addresses of welcome on behalf of the Cleveland colored citizens will be delivered by Miss Jane Hunter of the Phyllis Wheatley Association, Councilman Thomas W. Flemming and Mr. J. Walter Wills, Sr. From present indications the attendance this year at Cleveland will set a new record. This is due in a large measure, says Secretary Holsey, to the fact that there has been unusual interest manifested in National Negro Trade Week campaigns, the unusually large number of local leagues which have been organized or revived and to was much more in proportion than was contributed by the members and friends of Quinn Chapel. It will be recalled that Col. Abbott would not publish one line for the benefit of the Old Folks' Home and the amateur minstrel show in the columns of his greatest newspaper in the world unless he received his money for advertising in advance. This newspaper was the only newspaper in this city which published its announcements free of charge and it filled the Eighth Regiment Armory to overflowing. Notwithstanding this fact, Col. Abbott feels his oats to such an extent that he labors under the impression that all of the colored people in the United States must fall down and worship him as the new Moses or the King of the Colored People residing in all parts of the world. All of the foregoing seems to indicate that Col. Abbott is horsing for publicity some way or other all the time; that he would not be adverse to cough up five dollars to any one who would have the brass nerve to present him before any public meeting and proclaim him the only simon pure colored man on the face of the earth. At that time or at the time the Amateur Minstrel Club wanted him to do a little free advertising for them, Col. Abbott claimed that he was too poor and money was too tight at that time for him to aid the Old Folks' Home in any manner, shape or form. As long as he entertains such narrow ideas and will not assist the poor old folks either directly or indirectly, he does not represent the better class of colored people in Chicago, for the best class of colored people in this city are filled full of race pride and they firmly believe in supporting the Old Folks' Home. the splendid work done by the Cleveland Committee under the leadership of Mr. Herbert S. Chauncey, president of the Cleveland league, and Mr. Norman L. McGhee, chairman of the Cleveland Committee on Arrangements. COL. CHARLES E. MORRISON WILL SOON LEAVE ON HIS VACATION TRIP Col. Charles E. Morrison, special messenger for His Honor, Mayor William E. Dever, will on Friday, August 20, depart for Boston, Mass., with the Commandery and Shrine. While absent he will visit many of the leading cities in the east, including Montreal, Can, Buffalo, Niagara Falls, New York City and other points in the east. Mr. Morrison conducts himself all the time like a true gentleman, until he has become one of the most popular individuals in the city hall. THE FIELD SPORTS BY THE CHICAGO POLICE Bigger and greater than ever before will be the fifth annual Police Field Meet at Soldiers' Field, September 4 and 5. There will be several new and spectacular features this year. Mounted men will engage in thrilling exhibitions of Roman and pyramid racing and exhibitions of fancy riding. The proceeds of the meet go to the Policemen's Benevolent Association, which takes care of the widows and orphans of policemen killed in the line of duty. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BROAD AX 2 48 S. HON. P. J. CARR The well known and up-to-date Treasurer whose thousands of tried and true friendly city and county, who are willing to w order to assist to elect him Sheriff of own and up-to-date Treasurer of the thousands of tried and true friends in a county, who are willing to work day assist to elect him Sheriff of Cook up-to-date Treasurer of Cook County fried and true friends in all parts of the are willing to work day and night in act him Sheriff of Cook County. The well known and up-to-date Treasurer of Cook County whose thousands of tried and true friends in all parts of the city and county, who are willing to work day and night in order to assist to elect him Sheriff of Cook County. BULLETIN NO. 69—FOR YOUR SAFETY If there are no signals use common sense. Never turn a corner faster By Chief of Police Morgan A. Collins Twelve people were killed and three hundred and twenty-six were injured as a result of automobile accidents for the week ending August 7th, 1926. This is an alarming increase over the figures for last year. From January 1st to August 7th this year—413 were killed and 7,724 were injured through automobile accidents. For the same period in 1925—366 were killed and 7,266 injured. These figures show wanton carelessness. Ninety per cent of these accidents were avoidable. A careful analysis shows that the major portion of these accidents were directly due to a violation of the law. If a car is under control at all times, accidents will be curtailed ninety per cent. Remember, there is nothing as precious as human life. Don't speed. Don't drive recklessly. Always drive slowly when children are seen in the street. Watch the signals and obey them. [Image of a man with a serious expression, wearing a suit and tie. The background is dark, and the man's face is partially visible.] M. J. M. M. B. HON. GEORGE E. BRENNAN The people's candidate for United States Senate who is in favor of light wines and beer. There of thousands of voters scattered throughout believe in personal liberty and who will assist in the United States Senate Tuesday, November candidate for United States Senator favor of light wines and beer. There ends of voters scattered throughout the personal liberty and who will assisted United States Senate Tuesday, November for United States Senator from Illinois, that wines and beer. There are hundreds are scattered throughout this State who liberty and who will assist him to land Senate Tuesday, November 2. The people's candidate for United States Senator from Illinois, who is in favor of light wines and beer. There are hundreds of thousands of voters scattered throughout this State who believe in personal liberty and who will assist him to land in the United States Senate Tuesday. November 2. The people's candidate for United States Senator from Illinois, who is in favor of light wines and beer. There are hundreds of thousands of voters scattered throughout this State who believe in personal liberty and who will assist him to land in the United States Senate Tuesday. November 2. If there are no signals use common sense. Never turn a corner faster than eight miles an hour. Never drive more than ten miles an hour in congested sections. Twenty is plenty in outlying districts. Pedestrians should not cross in middle of block. Do not walk from behind a street car without being on the alert for traffic from the opposite direction. On rainy days-be particularly careful. Trying to save a few seconds time may cost you your life. Don't speed, always play safe; the other fellow may not. Aid and assist us to prevent these murders. It is the department's most serious problem. Mrs. Sandy W. Trice, 4536 Calumet Avenue, is spending her vacation at her summer home, Idlewild, Mich., while her husband, Mr. Sandy W. Trice, will spend his vacation at Boston, Mass., with the Shriners and Knight Templar convention, which convene in the Hub City August 21. Mr. J. W. Anderson, 3231 Vernon Avenue, who is a prince of good fellows around town, eased Editor Taylor a few good cigars before he started on his two weeks' vacation in the east. ```markdown ``` Honorable Member of Congress from the First Congressional District of Illinois, who is held in the highest estimation by all the voters residing in his Congressional district, who will have no trouble on his hands Tuesday, November 2, for his thousands of warm friends will deem it a high honor to march on to victory with him on that date. 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 strictly 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 THE BROAD AX 6206 S. Elizabeth St. Chicago. Phone: Wentworth 2597 JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher Vol. XXXI No. 48 Chicago, August 14, 1926 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post office at Chicago, III. Under Act of March 8, 1879. MR. JULIUS F. TAYLOR CALLED ON HON. MARTIN B. MADDEN TUESDAY MORNING AT THE UNION LEAGUE CLUB, 69 JACKSON BLVD. The middle of the past week, Hon. Martin B. Madden, the highly honored and popular member of Congress from the First Congressional District of Illinois and its able chairman of its committee on appropriations of the House of Representatives and his lovable wife, Mrs. Madden, arrived in this city and they will spend most of the remainder of their vacation at their beautiful summer home, Lake Geneva, and the Congressman and Mrs. Madden are both looking exceedingly well. On Tuesday morning, by appointment, the writer met him at the Union --- NEGRO PREACHERS AND TEACHERS HOLD INSTITUTE Dr. J. H. Dillard Directs Eighth Annual Institute at Bettis Academy in South Carolina. New Friends Are Won for Church and School Work Hampton, Va.—One hundred and fifty Negro ministers—all eager to improve themselves—recently came together for the eighth annual institute at Bettis Academy, Trenton, S. C., held under the wise guidance of Dr. James Hardy Dillard of Charlottesville, Virginia, rector of the William and Mary College board of visitors and president of the Jeanes and Slater Boards, a man of broad sympathy and deep insight into the needs of men, women and children. During the four-day institute the Negro ministers received helpful, simple instruction in sermon-making; the handling of correspondence, including practical work in English composition; methods of improving individual and community health; pastoral services; church work, which considers the problem of improving community life; the handling of church finances and records; and the reading of the Bible. Those who gave courses included the Rev. Beverly D. Tucker, rector of St. Paul's Church, Richmond, Va. B. C. Caldwell of New Orleans, field secretary of the Jeanes and Slater Boards; W. A. Aery of Hampton Institute; the Rev. G. Lake Imes, special assistant to Dr. R. R. Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute; Jackson Davis of Richmond, Va., field agent of the General Education Board; Dr. W. T. B. Williams of Tuskegee Institute, Ala., field secretary of the Jeanes and League Club, 69 Jackson Boulevard and to say the least, we were both very glad to greet each other, for Congressman Madden is not ashamed to let the world know that he is one of our best and truest friends of over twenty-six years' standing. During our pleasant conversation with him, we impressed this one thought upon his mind, namely, that the colored people in the United States have no greater champion of their civil and political rights in the halls of Congress than himself; that if he THE BEST SELLER HON. MARTIN B. MADDEN pass from the First Congressional D y all the voters residing in his Co ords Tuesday, November 2, for his to march on to victory with him on THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AUGUST 14, 1926 Slater Boards; and Dr. J. H. Dillard. Many of those who attended the institute had been present in previous years. The ministers, as never before, showed their willingness to take part in the discussions and to express their own views on the problems which they face day by day in their difficult task of reaching vast numbers of rural people who need help along many lines other than those that naturally radiate from the rural church. In appearance, the men seemed more prosperous than in former years, although many reported that on account of the unfavorable weather conditions the farmers had had a hard struggle to raise their crops. They showed a spirit of friendliness and goodwill which was heartening. They seemed to sense clearly the thought which has always been in the mind of Dr. Dillard and his associates; namely, that the conference is 'intended to bring some helpful information to those who wish to serve their neighbors in a Christ-like spirit and to express without any cant or pretension, the desire of men to share their God-given blessings and experiences in true brotherly love. Th institute membership rejoiced in the recovery of President A. W. Nicholson of Bettis Academy, who through forty years of unselfish service, has served with his devoted wife, the white and colored people of western South Carolina. The co-operative, generous spirit was evident on every hand. The deeply religious atmosphere, as expressed in the early morning prayer meetings and in the singing of the Negro spirituals, was unmistakable. The customary meetings for teachers and ministers were held in the morning at 11:15 o'clock and in the evening. Numerous white and colored should retire from the field of action many years would pass away before the race could find another bold and fearless leader, who would have the moral courage to step into his shoes. For there is only one Congressman Madden, champion of human rights, orator and statesman in America. In conclusion the thousands of warm friends and supporters of Congressman Madden feel that there is no question about his re-election to Congress on Tuesday, November 2, from his present Congressional District of Illinois. friends of Bettis Academy brought greetings and helpful messages relating to the development of Christian living among rural people. Not a few influential men and women were present to endorse the work which Dr. Dillard in a pioneer spirit has undertaken, and to express confidence in present-day Negro leadership. Dr. Dillard through the past eight years has brought to the rural people of South Carolina a message of hope through these institutes. He has urged Negroes to be themselves—their best selves. He has helped Negroes to discover the gifts which they can make to the building up of a Christian civilization in America. He has by example shown men and women how to serve their fellow-men modestly and in a Christ-like spirit. What is said at an institute of this type is much less important than the spirit in which the words of hope and cheer and progress are spoken. What is done is less important than the Christian fellowship which lies behind the word and deed. One can only wish that such an institute might be conducted wherever men and women need to come together to exchange ideas and, in the spirit of prayer and humility, learn how to build God's kingdom in human hearts. The hundred and twenty-five teachers—better prepared than ever before—who were attending the Bettis Academy summer session, appreciated the opportunity of joining with the Negro ministers to find a way out of the maze of misunderstanding to a higher level of thought and action. Quietly, effectively, lovingly, this summer work at Bettis goes forward year by year. Sanity and Christian fellowship of a high order are characteristic of Dr. Dillard's work. Better homes, better schools, better churches, better farms, and better communities are the important by-products of this adventure into the task of building, here and now, the Kingdom of God in the hearts of the common people who are loved by the Father of all. C.M.E. SCHOOLS GIVEN $700,000 IN FOUR YEARS White Methodists of South Rendex Substantial Aid to Sister Church Nashville, Tenn.—According to Dr. J. W. Perry, Home Mission Secretary of the Methodist Episcopal Church South, that denomination directly and indirectly has contributed and secured for the educational program of the Colored Methodist Church nearly $700,000 in the last four years. Among the principal items in this budget have been the erection and equipment of a building for Texas College at Tyler, at a cost of $125,000; another with its equipment costing $100,000 at Haygood College, Arkansas; a building worth $40,000 at Boley, Oklahoma, and one worth $100,000 at the Industrial Institute, Holly Springs, Miss.; a dormitory worth $60,000 and a $50,000 domestic science building at Paine College, Augusta, Georgia; and the projection of a $125,000 science building for Lane College at Jackson, Tennessee, besides $30,000 in endowment for the same institution. In commenting on this assistance rendered by the M. E. Church, South, which is the mother church of the C. M. E. denomination, Dr. Perry says: "Although our help to our colored brethren in their educational program has aggregated much more than half a million dollars in the past four years, we are not expending for them anything approximating what the church expended for its missions to the slaves in 1860, in proportion to its strength and ability at that time. The expenditure then was $160,000 annually. The meaning of all is our people should realize. We cannot minister to Africa and neglect the people of the same blood in America. The work we do for them here makes more effective our ministry in every foreign mission field." HEAT CAUSES DEATH OF CRAVEN CONVICT New Bern, N. C., Aug. 13. — John Wright, convict, died Wednesday night, as the result of a sunstroke, death coming after 8 o'clock, while he was being brought on a truck from the county convict camp to a city hospital. He had worked until 6 o'clock that afternoon, in apparently strong condition, being overcome shortly afterwards. The temperature here Wednesday reached a maximum of 95 degrees. Wright was serving a six month's sentence for having shot another man in the leg. He had started the sentence only about 10 days ago. REWARD OFFERED FOR SLAY ER OF THORNTON SCHOOL PRINCIPAL (Preston News Service) Fordyce, Ark., Aug. 12.—A reward of $500 has been offered and the money is on deposit at the Citizens bank of Thornton for the arrest and conviction of the man who killed Prof. James E. Johnson, Johnson was principal of the Negro school at Thornton and was killed inside the city limits of Fordyce on the night of May 7. Several clues have been traced and some arrests made but no convictions are in sight. The slayer is described as having light ginger cake complexion, medium build, about five feet eight or nine inches high, and weighing about 160 or 170 pounds. He wore a gray crushed-in high roller hat, khaki shirt and trousers on the night of the killing. Persons are asked to notify the officers of Fordyce. The $500 reward will remain on deposit and will be good for six months. CHARLES B. TRAVIS, STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEEMAN, FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT, ILLINOIS Second Ward National Republican Organization, Deneen Group, Headquarters 3333 South State Street W. A. Davis, Committeeman A largely attended meeting of the Deneen Group, representing the National Republican Organization of the 2nd Ward, endorsed for Alderman Mr. Charles B. Travis, who was elected State Central Committeeman from the First Congressional District of Illinois, to succeed the late Francis P. Brady. Mr. Travis has been in the real estate business for the last twenty years, has a vast acquaintance, is a fraternal man of high standing, is a member of St. Mark M. E. Church, was the representative of Local Exemption Board No. 4, at the close of which Board he received a badge for distinguished service from the Civil Legion. Petitions have been circulated MR. CHAS. B. TRAVIS through the business association of the District and have been endorsed by the largest business institution in the Ward. He stands as a candidate purely upon his record as a citizen and the future guarantee of the fullest energy that can be given from man power and to give to the Ward all that could be expected of the service of an Alderman. The opening gun of the Campaign will be fired at a special Labor Day Meeting, at Odd Fellows Hall, 3335 State Street, at which time the various candidates for county and state offices are invited to participate. W. A. Davis, Committeeman; A. A. Torrence, Secretary.—From the Chicago Evening Post, August 9. Everything seems to indicate that there will be a hot time among the big colored statesmen and politicians in the Second Ward from now until the city election in 1927.—Editor YOUTH DROWNS WHILE BATHING IN PART. SET ASIDE FOR COLORED Cleveland, O., Aug. 13.—Race discrimination at the Chippewa Lake picnic arranged by the American Wire and Steel Company, caused Thurman Jackson, 20, to lose his life. Thurman Jackson, in company with his brother-in-law, Joe Holmes, 15, were refused admission by authorities of Chippewa Lake to bathe on the same side of the lake with the other employes. They were told that if they wanted to bathe that skiffs and suits would be rented them but that they would have to go on the opposite side of the lake and bathe by themselves. Both youths went by themselves to the opposite side of the lake. Thurman lost his life by drowning. There was no life guard on the side of the lake where they were bathing. A committee of leading Negro residents is carrying on a probe of this case of race discrimination. Mrs. Bessie Kemp, 5757 LaFayette Avenue, left for a two weeks' vacation at Flint, Mich. C. B. S. HON. WILLIAM R. FETZER One of the high-class judges of the Municipal cago, who will on Tuesday, November 2, sit on the Municipal Court bench. One of the high-class judges of the Municipal Court of Chicago, who will on Tuesday, November 2, succeed himself on the Municipal Court bench. SENTIMENT AGAINST LYNCHING Savannah Tribune Many years ago the only protest against lynching and other forms of lawlessness came from the Negro press and the very few white persons who had the courage of their conviction. In this respect there has been a great change. Today the white dailies and weeklies of the south join with the other law lovers in decrying lawlessness. This has been the cause of the depleting lynching record, especially that of the first six months which compelled the Atlanta Constitution to remark: "The record thus far in the south is a marvelous improvement over that of a few years ago when we usually had more lynchings in one state in six months than is now shown in the entire south and southwest combined. It is a wonderful spirit—the spirit of law supremacy as against barbarism and all that is contrary to civilization and good government. It should be a lynchless year in Georgia, and the last half should see a redeeming record in Florida. We cannot hope to develop and progress enduringly if we trample upon law, and give the mob the right of way. Fortunately the mob spirit, too, is passing. SPEND VACATION IN MICHIGAN Attorney and Mrs. Walter M. Farmer are spending their two weeks' vacation at La Grange and Niles, Michigan and will return the 16th. THE NEW YORK TIMES M. J. HON. MICHAEL ROSENBERG One of the Trustees of the Sanitary District of ocessful business man, who is aiding in every sibly can Hon. George E. Brennan in his race States Senator from Illinois and his great ar predict that Mr. Brennan will be successful Tuesday, November 2. One of the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago; successful business man, who is aiding in every way he possibly can Hon. George E. Brennan in his race for United States Senator from Illinois and his great army of friends predict that Mr. Brennan will be successful at the polls Tuesday, November 2. of the Municipal Court of Chi- November 2, succeed himself ch. AN UNSUNG NEGRO HERO Cleveland Boot Black Who Spent His Life Helping Worthy Boys Recently there died in Cleveland, Ohio, "unhonored and unsung," a man named Joe Lucas. Many people daily saw Joe; but few knew his name or anything about him, and, seemingly, none cared to know. He was a Negro and conducted a shoe shining stand in a large downtown store. He kept at his work, steadily, twenty-six years and never took a vacation. There is little romance in that fact. But Joe had a reason for not taking a rest. He had special use for the money he earned. Working with him were ten colored boys. All of them were attending high school, college, or night school, and Joe saw to it that their tuition was paid. He did not need the ten boys in his work, but the ten boys needed the money for their education, and so thy were given work. They represented only a small number of the colored boys who had received their education through Joe. For a quarter of a century he had been helping boys through school. Joe himself was educated and would have been fairly "well off" if his earnings had not been dispensed so prodigally. At one time Booker T. Washington tried to hire him as private secretary. But Joe felt that he would be of more use to the colored people of Cleveland. So he spent his days shining shoes until he was carried to his grave a few weeks ago "unhonored and unsung."—Our Colored Missions. 1920 nitary District of Chicago; suc- s aiding in every way he post-rennan in his race for United and his great army of friends will be successful at the polls [Name] HON. GEORGE B. HOLMES One of the able and popular judges of the Mun Chicago, who will be re-elected as such Tuber 2. One of the able and popular judges of the Municipal Court of Chicago, who will be re-elected as such Tuesday, November 2. One of the able and popular judges of the Municipal Court of Chicago, who will be re-elected as such Tuesday, November 2. OUTING IN HONOR OF DELEGATES TO THE BOSTON MASONIC CONVENTIONS MISSOURI NEGRO SOLDIER MEMORIAL Boston, Mass.—The large Guardian Picnic Committee of Boston citizens who annually arrange a Testimonial Summer Benefit for the Old Reliable Guardian, conducted by that race agitator, Monroe Trotter, have staged a picnic this year on Saturday, August 21, the day before the International Shriners and Knights Templar Conventions begin here, in honor of the delegates and that they may witness a regular Boston picnic and sample Boston baked beans and a New England boiled dinner. The Masonic Convention officials have recognized this as the opening preliminary pleasure event for early arrivals by the consent of Nobles M. Walton, chairman on housing, Morton Houston, on automobiles, Herman J. Lee, asst. secretary, Dr. A. P. Russell, reception chairman and Capt. H. J. Tolbert, chairman of citizens' committee, to be Honorary Chairman, vice secretary, reception chairman and vice, respectively of the Guardian Picnic at Caledonian Grove. Ill. Imperial Potentate, Ceasar R. Blake is the guest of honor. Transportation from the Masonic Temple is easy by trolleys, autos or buses and delegates are advised of a jolly time if they arrive by August 21. ```markdown ``` [Image of a man in a suit with a tie]. HON. SHERIDAN E. FRY Ex-judge of the Municipal Coun an ideal candidate for Judg County in 1927. Ex-judge of the Municipal Court of Chicago, who would make an ideal candidate for Judge of the Circuit Court of Cook County in 1927. Judges of the Municipal Court of ected as such Tuesday, Novem- MISSOURI NEGRO SOLDIER MEMORIAL Washington.—A meeting in the in- terest of a state-wide movement to erect a memorial building to colored soldiers, on the campus of Lincoln University, Jefferson City, Mo., was recently held at Hannibal, Missouri. Lincoln Institute was founded in 1866 by colored veterans of the Civil War, and was created a university by the general assembly of Missouri under the administration of Governor Arthur Hyde, largely through the work of Walthall Moore, a colored member of the house from St. Louis. For many years the colored people have looked forward to a memorial building on the campus of the university in honor of its founder and the colored soldiers of the State. The present movement seeks to erect a modern brick and stone memorial building to cost approximately $50,000. Mr. and Mrs. King Jefferson, 5640 S. Wabash Avenue, own their own highly improved three-flat building at that number and they also own a nce auto. They are both good thrity citizens in every respect. Mr. Jefferson has been connected with the Chicago Police Department for almost twenty years and shortly after April, 1927 his name will be entered on the pension and retired list at $75 per month. [Image of a man with a bald head and a dark suit, facing slightly to the right]. t of Chicago, who would make e of the Circuit Court of Cook THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AUGUST 14, 1926 COLORFUL NEWS MOVIES By THE CAMERAMAN (Preston News Service) 1. Negro Political Leadership Not a few political zealots of the Race are surfeiting the innocent public with printers' ink describing the brand of leadership which is necessary to rescue the "sinking" black citizen from the drowning tides of political indifference. The political portrait painters are blending a descriptive character comprised of the diplomacy of Booker T. Washington, the aggressiveness of Ferdinand Q. Morton, the judgment of Emmett J. Scott, the organizing ability of Ed Wright, the fighting qualities of Joe Bibb, and the popularity of "Billy" Matthews. This man, the political zealots seem to think, would be such a political Moses as could snap his fingers and have the Anti-Lynching bill passed, Negro eligible voters registered in Alabama, and twenty-five $10,000 appointments made in one twenty-four-hour period—daylight saving time. Even Major R. R. Moton, good man that he is, has recently had the mantle of political greatness thrust upon his heavily laden shouldles by those who ae fiddling while "Rome" burns. As the old legend goes, "there ain't no sich animal" as the political portrait painters have pictured upon the screen. What our group needs to spend sleepless nights figuring out is not so much "who is going to do it" as "how it is going to be done." What we need is not a leader but a unit—a unit of solidarity which will make the leader know that when he moves he has behind him a solid phalanx of supporters—supporters who have AGREED upon some ONE thing at ONE time. The American Federation of Labor with five million members and ONE chief leader gives to him the full AUTHORITY of its content. But, alas, up to this time less than five million negro voters have not seemingly agreed upon the AUTHORITY and UNITY they would give to any one of their 57 leaders. Why not lay our own "cornerstone" and then let the leader proceed; for "leaders" are servants not saviors — directors not builders of unity. 2. The Optimistic Pulman Porter "I'm used to living in a clean home, and I wouldn't be happy riding in a dirty car," said the Pullman porter pleasantly, as he mopped up the floor for the fifth time, between New York and Syracuse. "Besides," he continued, as he carefully wiped out a wash bowl, "On a long trip like this, cleanliness means everything to travelers." "Well," said I, "It's pretty good for you, anyhow—with every berth taken, you'll clean up about $12, or fifty cents apiece." I ventured. "Not on your life," the porter replied. "Did you notice that fellow who just got off at Syracuse? Well, there were his wife and two sons. He gave me two bits. That's not so much, when you consider that I'd just shined four pairs of shoes for him; and, gee whiz, his baggage nearly broke my back." "But, that's out of the ordinary," I responded. "No, no," the porter replied. "I had a fellow coming East last week, who gave me a dime from Buffalo to New York; and he gave me a fit because he got the hot water button stuck in the basin. Hadn't ever see none before," the porter concluded with a laugh. "Anyhow, nothing seems to worry you," I said, as number eight gave a prolonged ring, to which the porter speedily responded, to return only a moment later with a broader smile than ever. "That was from my new boss," the porter explained "He wanted to know if I'd sure be on the job next Monday morning." "But you're already on the job, and tomorrow's Sunday. Won't he give you even one day's rest." "Oh, sure," the porter almost shouted: "You see, Im civil engineer, and on Monday I'm beginning with the Jones' Contracting Company which is putting in the new state highway. Jones always liked me because I always kept him clean and comfortable between New York and Buffalo. He told me that on the next trip down he'd have some news for me. I couldn't seem to get a chance down here," the porter said, with just a tinge of gloom. "I've been hoping and waiting for two years—and it's come at last," the porter shouted as he grabbed the mop for the sixth time. *** 3. Clean Journalism A colored woman, Mrs. Nellie Rus- sell, of New Jersey, has just broken into the northern papers because of the material facts of evidence which she has given in the Hall murder case of New Brunswick, N. J. Skeptical and impolite reporters of the northern white press, who, when reporting the connections of Negroes affecting their affairs, slurringly refer to "Mammy" Jones or "Mary" or "Lizzie," would do well by noting the journalistic respect which New Jersey and New York papers accorded to the colored female witness in the case of Rev. Hall and Mrs. Mills. In every instance the witness has been referred to as "Mrs. Nellie Russell" and no descriptive adjective such as "burly" or "black" have been sneeringly invoked to give color to the press reporters. Even the word "Negro" when applied to Mrs. Russell was given a capital "N" as a mark of recognition and respect. Mrs. Russell has a living, throbbing soul, capable of absorption into the helpful annals of crime history of New Jersey. She has character and bears a good reputation in her state. And as she prepares to aid in the painful task of washing the dirty linen of those connected with the New Jersey murder mystery, she is entitled to all the niceties of press courtesy that any other citizen is entitled to. The New York Times, the New York-World and other papers of the North are seeing that Mrs. Russell receives a favorable write-up. We commend them for their fairness in a seemingly small matter—that of CLEAN JOURNALISM. 4. The Late Senator Cummins Outside of the State of Iowa, which in the days of his most marked strength and vigor, the sincere friendship of the late Senator Albert Baird Cumins for the Negro Race is not generally known. In his early days, when the Senator was known as a "radical" a measure of his attitude was largely due to the pronounced recognition which he insisted should be given to the Negro voters of Iowa when the Esch-Cummins Transportation Act was passed, the late Senator conferred freely with Negroes of his state and elsewhere, and when the Watson-Parker Bill, recently passed by Congress, and doing away with the former Railway Labor Board, was being considered, Senator Cummins gave a hearing to two groups of Negro protestants, and volunteered to consider an endeavor to amend the bill on the floor of the U. S. Senate. The late Senator had numerous Negro friends of marked cleverness in his state, among the foremost of whom is Attorney George H. Woodson, former chairman of the Federal Commission to the Virgin Islands, and president of the National Bar Association. A REMINDER THAT THE WORLD IS BETTER In view of the debate constantly going on as to whether the world is better than it was in our grandparents' time it is well to have our attention strikingly directed from time to time to some of the great reforms that have been effected during the lifetime of our grandires. The case of a Negro woman who was found starving and exhausted on the streets of New York City, Wednesday, serves to do so. The police found on investigation that she was formerly a slave, the property of a Virginia gentleman. It seems scarcely credible that within in the lifetime of people still living, human beings were held as chattels in the United States like horses, cattle and other livestock, and were bought and sold just as if they were domestic animals. Yet here is this aged woman in New York, who in her childhood occupied that status herself. It is almost impossible to believe that the United States, founded on the principle that all men are created equal and that liberty is an inalienable right, not only did not interfere, up until Lincoln's time, with slave holding, but actually helped to force fugitive slaves back into a state of bondage. In all America there probably is not one man of standing today who would have the hardihood publicly to defend slavery and recommend its restoration. It is not amazing that seventy-five years ago the citizens of the South were almost solidly in favor of it and that numerous Northerners endorsed it, as was shown by the treatment accorded William Lloyd Garrison and other ardent abolitionists in northern cities. Who can dispute that the world is better?—Pittsburgh Post. BISHOP FISHER DESCRIBES METHODIST BISHOPS' BANQUET (Preston News Service) Washington, Aug. 13.—The California Christian Advocate, in stating that there has been not a little writing on the subject of the Bishops' banquet, which obviously was in advance of accurate information on the subject, publishes an interesting statement, originally prepared for the Christian Century of Bishop Frederick Fisher, who says: "A blush of shame warms my cheek as I write these lines, because I was actually present at the social union banquet in Washington, referred to in editorials in The Christian Century, Zion's Herald, the Northwestern Christian Advocate, and other periodicals. Most of the white bishops were there and one of our number gave a stirring address on international good will. The white bishops were evidently all invited, and any who were absent could not have remained away because the "black" bishops were not invited, because we did not know one thing about the arrangements or the personnel of the program. It was purely a local affair to which we and our wives were invited. It was reported next day that the "black" bishops had accepted invitations to a previously arranged meeting in another city. But it should be borne in mind that the visiting bishops and their wives knew absolutely nothing about the plans or policies. Had they known it, many would have declined the invitation or would have walked out. "After the event was over, and the visitors began to compare notes, it dawned upon them that 'color' might have entered into the plans. There-upon about ten of the 'white' bishops drew up and signed a resolution stating that hereafter we could not accept arrangements for entertainment which involved any discrimination. The resolution courteously meant: 'All of us or none of us,' and future cities were forewarned. When presented to the full meeting of the board it was unanimously adopted. So much for the facts. It was not an editor who discovered the situation, but the guests themselves, and as soon as the discovery was made they placed themselves on records as protestants. "But my shame comes from the fact that I did actually attend the function and did not see the deleted 'black' names; nor was I even discerning enough to sense anything wrong. I still hope the focal committees may be able to show that it was not color that determined the plan. However, no matter what any bishop or any committees may say—it happened. Personally, I repent in sackcloth and ashes for my lack of perception. And several other bishops have expressed to me their shame and sorrow. "This unfortunate circumstance shows how deep-rooted these racial conceptions are; and if it serves to challenge us to our lack of true Christianity, it will be worth the loss which must come to the church because of it. * * * The missionary program today—in fact, the whole Christian program—has ceased to be one of geographical expansion only, and has become a program of necessitous readjustment of individual and social character on the part of the messenger and those who send him." N. C. MAN HEADS NATIONAL TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION (Preston News Service) Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 13.—W. A. Robinson, supervisor of Negro high schools in North Carolina was elected president of the National Association of Teachers in Colored Schools at the annual meeting in Hot Springs, Ark. The next meeting will be held in Nashville, Tenn. C. J. Calloway, director of extension department at Tuskegee Institute was re-elected executive secretary, and R. B. Hudson, of Selma, Ala., was made treasurer. A DELIGHTFUL GARDEN PARTY AT THE NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF MUSIC, 4427 SOUTH PARKWAY Last Friday evening, the Cook County Bar Association, under the active direction of Attorney V. N. Anderson, held a lovely reception and garden party in honor of the lawyers composing the National Bar Association, at the National University of Music, 4427 South Parkway. In every way it was a very creditable social affair. Dutch Navy's Rich Prize In the bay of Matanzas, Cuba, in 1628, the Dutch naval forces under Admiral Pietter Pietterse Heijn captured the Spanish silver fleet with its treasure, which is said to have been valued at 12,000,000 gruden. EVERYBODY in Rockdale—that is, everybody who counted—was filled with that pleasurable excitement which comes to society in a small town when a new and unexpected piece of gossip pops up. Rockdale was not such a very small town, either. It had ten thousand inhabitants and a bank. The bank was a branch of a great financial institution in the neighboring city and was managed by Lorenzo Downing. The news was that "Ren Downing—for Ren had his Lorenzo shrunk on the lips of his fellow townsmen—was going to marry Mary Carfax. Lorenzo was thirty-one and Mary was twenty-eight. It all started from Matilda Lagree happening to see the bank manager and Miss Carfax talking earnestly together in the postoffice lobby. Matilda tried to edge near enough to overhear what they were talking about. She heard—or thought she heard—Lorenzo say: "I have looked forward to this for a long time. We may consider it settled then?" And Mary had dropped her eyes and replied, "Yes." What did it mean? What could it mean? Only one thing, and off sped Matilda to spread the news. What the bank manager and Miss Carfax had really been talking about was the taking over of the local bank at Plympton, a languishing institution six miles away, by the big bank in the city of which Lorenzo's bank was a branch, and consolidating the sald Plympton bank with the branch bank at Rockdale. And Mary Carfax had a large block of stock in the Plympton bank which Lorenzo, as agent for his employers, was anxious to purchase from her. "It's the most surprising piece of news I ever heard," said Mrs. Atherton Gage over the teacups two hours later to Mrs. Roger Fleming and others. "Why, I don't believe they have met each other a dozen times since Ren came back here to take the bank. They used to know each other as children, of course. Let me see Ren went away about ten years ago after his uncle, Judge Peleg Downing, died and did not leave the fortune Ren and everybody else was expecting the boy would get. From that time, until Ren came back, I don't believe he and Mary ever met." Annie White was one of the first to hear the news after it had been promulgated by Matilda Lagree. Annie was a character, an institution. She was to Rockdale what the wandering minstrels were to the Middle ages. When the mistress of the house heard that "Annie White was in the kitchen," she always found an excuse to visit that region. When in pursuit of her calling Annie was afraid of no man. Half an hour after she heard Matilda Lagree's news she met Lorenzo on the street and put it to him plumply: "Mr. Downing, are you and Mary Carfax going to get married?" Lorenzo gasped, stared at his questioner for a full minute in silence, appeared to be thinking quickly, replied "Yes." That afternoon Mrs. Sam Rogers called Mary up by telephone to "congratulate" her. "Why, what are you talking about?" said Mary indignantly. "Oh, it's all over town?" said Mrs. Rogers. "Annie White was just here and said she met Ren Downing on the street and asked him if it was true, and he said 'Yes.'" Mary was "mad clear through." She called up the bank and told the clerk who answered the telephone that she wanted to see Mr. Downing at her house "just as soon as he could make it convenient." "Why did you tell Annie White that we were to be married?" she asked frigidly when Lorenzo put in an appearance. "Because it is true," he replied doggedly. "Now just sit down and listen to me. I have been looking for an opportunity to reopen an old matter between us which was never satisfactorily settled. Do you remember that evening, ten years ago, when you and I watched the sun set from High Rock hill? There was the scent of new-mown hay from a neighboring field; from the woods came now and then the sound of a bird singing its good-night song. The sky was flaming with colors that mingled and melted and faded into a great purple dome in which the stars came out—and we were young." "Yes," replied Mary in a softened voice. "I remember it." "And I asked you to be my wife," went on Lorenzo; "and you laughed at me and said not to talk foolish; I was only a boy; to wait until I was grown up. In the meantime I would probably find some one I liked better—as you were very sure you would find some one you preferred to me. I haven't found anybody I liked better, Mary—have you? "Well, no, I don't think I have, Ren," replied Mary blushing. "But you have been back three years now and never—and I was hoping you would—to tell the truth." "I was afraid to speak, Mary," he answered gently. "The risk was so great. You treated me in such an offish manner. I was too cowardly to take the plunge; it meant so much to me." He reached out and took her hand. "Did I tell the truth to Annie White?" he asked. "I—I—I shouldn't wonder," replied Mary. April Once Second Month April, the fourth month of our year, was the second of the ancient Romans. MERCHANTS & CO. The fashionable two-piece frock is being shown this summer in contrasting colored skirt and blouse. White skirts with gay-colored blouses and blending combinations of skirt and blouse are featured in many of the smart shops. Marceline Day, motion picture actress, in "The Boy Friend," is shown wearing a frock of gray and Kelly green. Shaped Bodice. Tunic Worn by Paris Bathers There is evident in the newest bathing suits an inclination to define the figure with a slightly shaped bodice or tunic, and to give a little fullness to the skirt, however short, says a Paris fashion correspondent. This is done usually with an inverted plank at each side, in some models of crepe or in taffeta a cluster of gathers. The head covering for bathing and the beach is uncommonly attractive this season. A few smart little shapes in leather, rubberized material and silk are shown for women who dress more for the sun bath and beach promenade than for swimming, all of them in pretty flower colors. Soft, floppy little hats of cretonne and other figured cotton are pretty and popular. But the bathing caps most in demand fit the head simply, wound in the manner of a turban or kerchief, with a snappy bow in front, at the back or at one side. Most practical of all are the aviator caps that cover the hair and ears and fasten with a strap under the chin. Tights, Fancy Garters Are Popular Fashions The fancy garter which rather vulgarly came into popularity with the short skirt is not being abandoned by well-dressed women of refinement even in the younger and more active sets. Tights which have feet and therefore are also fitted to serve the purpose of stockings are being worn by those who can afford them. The major who, of course cannot, are supporting their stockings wholly from the waist and are wearing tights to below the knee. But they cling to fancy garter, useless though they be. The one-piece stockings and tights idea is of course from Paris. In very expensive garments, clocks are embroidered and an elastic garter, which becomes a part of the garment, is set above the knee, but it contains no rubber, it is merely a tightly woven section like the tops of some socks for men. Fobs Back in New Guiser Suspended From Bar Pin Fobs have come back, but in a new guise. The new fob is suspended from a bar pin, usually of rhinestones. A fob of grograin ribbon hanging from a bar of rhinestones attached to the breast pocket of the tailored suit adds a smart tone to the costume. But fobs are also worn with dress afternoon frocks, and for this purpose they are of crystal in white or combined with colored stones. For the popular black and white costume there are fobs of white crystals with the bar in onyx, closely set with rhinestones. With an afternoon dress the fob is worn on the left side, a little below the shoulder. Summer Hosiery of Liale Many of the smartest women age wearing little hosiery in the most delicate colors and in a weight almost as sheer as chiffon silk stockings. The colors are exactly the tones which are considered the most correct in silk hosiery. Gold Broche Underdress An underdress of gold broche is trimmed with gold buttons down the front, and shows beneath a long-sleeved overdress of orange greep trimmed with leopard, and fastened with a gold bow at the neck, and a gold ornament at the low waistline. Mr.—"Is this piano yours?" Mr.— "We own about an octave of it."—Pitt Tennant Ernest H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER ERnest H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER 5121-2325 Charles E. Dawson Unexcelled for Quality Service and Price AUTOMOBILES FOR ALL OCCASIONS Caskets as Low as $25 KENWOOD 0455 Madam E. M. Carter, 4509 Prairie Ave., has gone to Atlanta, Ga., to be at the sick bed of her father. She may return in time to fill her place on the program of the National Negro Business League at Cleveland. Psalms of Penitence The Penitential Psalms are the seven psalms in which repentance is expressed and pardon asked of God. In the Authorized Version they are 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130 and 143. It is said that St. Augustine when dying caused these psalms to be written out on the wall facing his bed. The most deeply penitential is the 51st Psalm, known also as the Misereer. They Have Four Eyes Swamps hold many oddities. In the water you will find those whirligig beetles on the surface, says Nature Magazine. Do you know they have four eyes? They need them—confronted with the traffic situation that faces them. See how their legs are put on and perhaps you can account for the whirligig. We Need Abuse The oratory and writing about the smartness, patriotism and goodness of Americans, and which all love so devotedly, is actually a bad thing. We need not compliments, but sound abuse for bad habits.—E. W. Howe's Monthly. He Knew Here are some definitions turned in by a little boy that are worthy the attention of the dictionary makers: "The hen is the bird that lays your breakfast. A cow is the can you get milk from when the grocery store is closed." The Ananias C' "I'd like to live so far north that I could keep the furnace going all year round," declared the man who was sending a check for the last installment on last winter's coal.—Cincinnati Enquirer. NICELY FURNISHED ROOM TO RENT TO MARRIED COUPLE Rooms to rent, all conveniences; first class neighborhood; married couple preferred. Phone Kenwood 0906. WILL UND JOHN D. SCOTT, Manager Licensed Undertaker MRS.MARY E. WILLIAMSON Licensed Undertaker J. E. BISH 33d Degree PR WDW. 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One is 14 feet high and the other 20, rising right out of the prairie, says Nature Magazine. How this sandstone formation got there is a mystery of the ages unless some one in the audience can come forward with an answer. Leading Source of Ivory Leading source of ivory The tusk of the African elephant is the best and greatest source of the ivory of commerce, and it is estimated that 70,000 of these animals are killed each year for the purpose of securing the tusks. Some tusks reach a length of nine feet and weigh more than 200 pounds. Insects' Air Tubes Insects do not breathe through a nose, but possess from two to ten pairs of openings down the sides of the body which connect with an extensive system of air tubes which take the place of lungs. Flee From Tax Collector Flee From Tax Collector Tax collecting is a difficult task in Melanesia, off the east coast of Australia, for when the collector appears, a tom-tom is beaten to warn the villagers, who go into hiding. The collector finds only cold hearthstones and deserted dwellings. Sets Good Example "When we consider how easily a circus gathers up everthing an's gone before daylight, it's a wonder there hainn't more of it done." -Abe Martin. But It Is to Him But it is to Him No man is a hero to his wallet Wall Street Journal. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, AUGUST 14, 1926 Road Builder Honored Zanesville, Ohio, was named for Ebenezer Zane, who, with his brother, Jonathan, and his son-in-law, John McIntire, of Alexandria, Va., was commissioned by congress to cut a road across Ohio from Wheeling to Limestone, Ky., in 1796. Treasure in a Tusk An elephant's tusk filled with gold was discovered recently by a group of explorers in Alaska. During the centuries the tusk became buried and fossilized, and gold nuggets were embedded in the ivory. The tusk weighed 250 pounds. Orange Harvest In Florida oranges are taken from the trees from the latter part of October and the first of November until April. In California they are gathered all the year around. The new crop begins about November 1. Caught Popular Fancy The word "hello" became popular among telephone users soon after the telephone was invented. It is now heard in Japan, Turkey, Russia and even Patagonia. Vegetables Longest Lived Vegetables Longest Lived The vegetable kingdom has the call on long lives over the animal kingdom. The boabab tree attains an age of 4,000 or 5,000 years, while some of the longest lived animals reach only a hundred years. Weapon of Deception **Weapon of Deception** "Why does an editor use the pronoun we?" "As a matter of strategy, If an article gives offense, he doesn't want readers to think it was written by one lone, defenseless person."—Washington Star. Reverse Golden Rule The attitude of most of us seems to be that it is up to others to do unto us as they would have us do unto them.—Boston Transcript. Organ of Paper An organ made entirely of paper is a unique feature of a church in Belgium. The pipes are rolls of cardboard and the sound is said to be sweet and powerful. Japanese Etiquette According to true Japanese etiquette a fan must never be used in the presence of cut flowers. We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know them because we hate them. The friendships that succeed to such aversions are usually firm; for those qualities must be sterling that could not only gain our hearts but conquer our prejudices.—Colton. Fur Seals Are Rovers Fur Seals Are Rovers The fur seals are the greatest rovers of any animals. Fur seals marked in the Arctic have been met with in the Antarctic. Yet when breeding time comes these creatures start back to their familiar beaches, swimming the whole length of the two American continents. Preposterous Fibber There is an awful iliar in New Jersey who maintains that it blew so hard in his section the other night it straightened out a bend in the road. 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