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SOCIETY NEWS PUBLISHED FREE Vol. XXXII. 333 333 MR. HARRY E. HOFF Republican candidate on the Deneen-Litsing political combination for City Clerk of C who has a fine business record behind him tried to the highly accomplished and bea Hon. and Mrs. Joseph F. Haas. candidate on the Deneen-Litsinger-B combination for City Clerk of Chicago a fine business record behind him is the highly accomplished and beautiful Mrs. Joseph F. Haas. Republican candidate on the Deneen-Litsinger-Brundage-Haas political combination for City Clerk of Chicago. Mr. Hoff, who has a fine business record behind him is happily married to the highly accomplished and beautiful daughter of Hon. and Mrs. Joseph F. Haas. Like Hon. Edward R. Litsinger, the choice of the Deneen-Brundage group for the Republican nomination for City Clerk is a native Chicagoan, Mr. Harry E. Hoff. He was born here in 1878. Mr. Hoff has a public school education besides a business college course and the cumulative knowledge of just how public offices of an administrative character should be conducted that comes from a quarter of a century in important branches of public service. For eighteen years active in public affairs and in Republican party politics, Mr. Hoff who is at present Chief Deputy Recorder of Cook County, has had exceptional experience in the city attorney's office and that of the election commissioners to qualify him for City Clerk. As the chief assistant to County Recorder, Hon. Joseph F. Haas for the past ten years Mr. Hoff has rendered invaluable services in raising the standard of efficiency and economy in the Recorder's office to the recognized high plane it rests upon today. He has in fact been credited chiefly by Mr. Haas, with putting into prac- 1917 Member of the City Council from the 16th Ward to be re-elected to it on Tuesday, Feb. 22, f he has stood by the plain or the poor people stand by him on election day. The City Council from the 16th Ward elected to it on Tuesday, Feb. 22, for good by the plain or the poor people him on election day. Member of the City Council from the 16th Ward, who is bound to be re-elected to it on Tuesday, Feb. 22, for all the time he has stood by the plain or the poor people, and they will stand by him on election day. Member of the City Council from the 16th Ward, who is bound to be re-elected to it on Tuesday, Feb. 22, for all the time he has stood by the plain or the poor people, and they will stand by him on election day. Vol. XXXII. 5 CENTS PER COPY ```markdown ``` Veneen-Litsinger-Brundage-Haas y Clerk of Chicago. Mr. Hoff, lord behind him is happily mar- shed and beautiful daughter of haas. tical effect all of the ideas regarding real economy of administration worked out by the recorder and efficiency experts with whom he has cooperated during the decade past. Throughout the entire ten years Mr. Hoff has been chief deputy County Recorder and Registrar of Titles he has had full charge of the large force of clerical workers and highly skilled examiners of titles, copiers and recording clerks in the county building department which The Chicago Daily News during Mr. Haas' last campaign for reelection called "the best conducted public office in Cook County in 1924." Mr. Hoff is secretary of the National Republican Party—the Deneen group—in the present campaign he has rendered remarkable service as secretary to the Litsinger-for-Mayor general campaign committee. He is married and has one son, a freshman at the University of Illinois. He lives at 2548 Logan boulevard. He is a member of the Hamilton club, Pistaqua Heights Country club and the Pistakee. Yacht club. A vast army of voters will march on to victory with him at the polls Tuesday. February 22. 1920 am the 16th Ward, who is bound Tuesday, Feb. 22, for all the time the poor people, and they will try. THE BROAD AX THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 5, 1927 Honorable Louis B. Anderson Has Run Out From Under Hon. Edward H. Wright in the Second Ward and Has Left Him Hanging High and Dry. Since Mr. Anderson's Flop Away From Mr. Wright it is Intimated That He Will Have A Hard Time in Breaking Back Into the City Council. In the Meantime, Policy Games and Other Forms of Gambling and Fast Houses are Flourishing in the Second Ward Like A Green Bay Tree. Attorney Augustus L. Williams Highly Endorsed By Many Business Men of the Second Ward for Alderman. He Continues to Hold Many Largely Attended Meetings Each Evening. The big and little small fry politicians residing in the second ward are still fighting and scrapping over the fact that the Thompson-Barrett-Crowe-Harding and Jackson combination had ordered Hon. Edward H. Wright to march out in the open and fight for the nomination of Hon. Wm. Hale Thompson for mayor of Chicago. Some of the hustling politicians or would-be statesmen contend that the big white bosses should have at least consulted or conferred with the big colored politicians before they selected a colored boss to succeed Hon. Edward H. Wright, for it must be admitted by all fair minded men that for the past twenty or thirty years Mr. Wright has worked very hard for the upbuilding of the Republican party and for its success at the polls at all times. It is further conceded on the part of the small statesmen and by others who feel that an attempt was made to ease a raw deal over onto Mr. Wright, that he is the best known and the most Attorney Au Endorsed By Second Ward He Continues to Meetings Each I We have a few words to say to you of vital importance to our common interests. We do not speak as politicians but as friends, desirous of seeing our race uplifted in order to reach that height due us all. Election day approaches. Now is the time to decide upon the best man to elect as Alderman of our ward. A. L. Williams is a man of high ideals and strong character. He will serve the second ward as he did during the time of the riot. His position as Alderman will make it possible for him to serve you better. During the year of Nineteen, Hundred and Nineteen, after our homes and so many of our lives had been taken from us, he placed a petition before our present alderman and asked him to get consideration from the city council to recompense those who lost property and the relatives of those who lost their lives. This Mr. Anderson refused to do. Mr. Williams did not stop here. He went to a democratic alderman, who of course was white and pleaded our cause to him. As he was --- prominent colored Republican in the state of Illinois today. It should be perfectly plain that a personage of his standing, power and influence does not deserve to be treated like a common tramp of slave by the white political powers that are in the saddle at the present time. There is another class of the little wise headed politicians who do not claim to know very much who insist that whenever the white political bosses decide to toss a big colored leader overboard they should permit the rank and file to have a voice in assisting to name or pick out their new colored leader, for it must be remembered that in several wards in this city the white political bosses would not amount to a "tinkers damn" without the votes of the colored people; that political slavery is as dead as a door nail in this country; that Mr. Wright richly deserves to receive the highest commendations from his fellow citizens for possessing the courage and the manhood to stand up for political freedom and justice. Augustus L. Wit Many Business for Alderman to Hold Many L Evening. a reasonable minded man, he took the matter under consideration and introduced the measure to the city council. This fight for your rights and mine was without compensation. He fought that fight and he won. If he was just a man and did that much good for us what could he do as alderman? We were the chief sufferers from the riot and today we are the main sufferers from filth in alleys and from unemployment. When the gas company opens our streets they must get a permit from the alderman. The telephone company, the various factories, grocery stores and building contractors must all get permits from the alderman. Mr. Williams will ask them for employment of our people instead of the usual hand out that goes to the alderman. We do not believe that any great mass of the voters of the second ward are to be purchased by promises or by a bag of gold. We believe in their sincerity and their intelligence and in order to secure that belief we have in them, we are asking that you forget --- It is intimated that "for many years the Hon. Louis B. Anderson, who is fully capable of riding two separate and distinct political horses in opposite directions at the same time," stood on the corners of the streets of the second ward, and he would shout it to the whole world "that Hon. Edward H. Wright is the biggest and the greatest colored man in this country, that he should be proclaimed the new Moses of the colored race in the middle west," and so on. That was all very well as far as it went, but it did not go far enough, for just as soon as it appeared that threatening political clouds were settling around Mr. Wright, the Hon. Louis B. Anderson flopped right over and hot-footed it out from under Mr. Wright and left him hanging high and dry and lately the Hon. Louis B. Anderson has been spending his time in wending his way back to the front seat on the mourners bench, while policy games, gambling, fast houses and vice of every kind continues to flourish over him like unto a green bay tree. Williams Highly less Men of the an. argely Attended faction politics and judge only the qualities of the candidates. There will be no individuality under A. L. Williams, administration, should he be elected. He is a man who believes in a square deal for all. Once again let us say that Mr. Willaims is undoubtedly the most able man to hold the office of alderman of the second ward. From our association with him we believe he will administer the duties of this office in a broad, liberal and unwavering manner. You will be able to see Mr. Williams. He has assured the people of the second ward that he will place at their disposal a special office in the second ward for their use in filing any complaints. He is our, alderman, if elected by us, and he has vowed to serve us all. Yours Very Truly, The Business Men of the Second Ward. By Earl Furgerson, Secretary. Mr. Williams seems to be making great headway in his candidacy for --- ORNEY AUGUSTUS L. WILLIAM candidate for Alderman of the Sec st army of friends and supporters fee will be the next member of the City Co l. ATTORNEY AUGUSTUS L. WILLIAMS Republican candidate for Alderman of the Second Ward, whose vast army of friends and supporters feel confident that he will be the next member of the City Council from that ward. alderman of the second ward. He is electrifying the voters in every section of the ward where he is called upon to speak each night and his meetings are largely attended or crowded down all over the ward with voters who are dead anxious to keep abreast of the times. Wednesday afternoon Mr. Williams addressed the Douglas Civic League, which meets at Olivet Baptist church, Thirty-first street and South Parkway. The meeting was largely attended. Many of its members, including a number of Baptist preachers, were present and were well pleased with Mr. Williams' timely talk on the local political conditions which are prevailing in that ward at the present time and they were all loud in declaring that he looked good to them for alderman of the second ward.—Adv. FAIL TO INDICT LOWMAN LYNCHERS (Preston News Service) Aiken, S. C., Feb. 3—The Aiken County grand jury investigation into the lynching last October of the three Lowman Negroes reported late Friday that it did not find sufficient evidence had been submitted to it to warrant any indictments. Demon, Clarence and Bertha Lowman were taken from the Aiken County jail and shot last October after one had been ordered freed and the others had been granted a new trial for murder. There was virtually no official investigation until a staff correspon- ```markdown ``` M. M. HON. LEONARD J. GROSSMAN Able and eloquent orator, Assistant Corporation of Chicago, who is extremely popular with a large fellow citizens, is a Democratic candidate for the 5th Ward. eloquent orator, Assistant Corporation, who is extremely popular with a large citizens, is a Democratic candidate for the Ward. Able and eloquent orator, Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chicago, who is extremely popular with a large class of his fellow citizens, is a Democratic candidate for Alderman of the 5th Ward. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BROAD AX AUGUSTUS L. WILLIAMS for Alderman of the Second Ward, friends and supporters feel confident next member of the City Council from Thirty-first street and South Parkway. The meeting was largely attended. Many of its members, including a number of Baptist preachers, were present and were well pleased with Mr. Williams' timely talk on the local political conditions which are prevailing in that ward at the present time and they were all loud in declaring that he looked good to them for alderman of the second ward.—Adv. dent of the World brought to light the story of Mrs. Lucy Mooney and others who were in the jail, that officers of the law, including the sheriff and a Governor's constable, had helped the lynchers take the prisoners from their cells. Those who told their stories before the grand jury included seven prisoners who were taken to the state penitentiary for safe keeping some time after the World's story had resulted in official action. The case went before the regular grand jury Wednesday, former Governor McRae deciding not to call a special grand jury to hear the case before his term expired. M. tor, Assistant Corporation Counsel or emely popular with a large class of his Democratic candidate for Alderman of [Picture of a man in a suit and bow tie]. HON. CHARLES SCRIBNER EATON Highly honored member of the City Council from the 5th Ward, his thousands of warm friends scattered throughout his Ward freely contend that on Tuesday, Feb. 22, that he will be returned to his same old seat in the City Council. Talks on Tuberculosis, By C. O. Probst, M. D., President, Ohio Public Health Association Twenty-five years ago, one person in every seven who died in the United States died from tuberculosis. Today it is less than half that number. It still kills about 100,000 of our people every year. Since 1900, more than two millions have died in the United States from this disease. The money loss, counting loss of wages, sick, care and burial is estimated at ten billions of dollars. But think of the sorrow. How many homes it has broken up; how many orphans it has made. And yet it is a preventable disease. You doubtless all know that tuberculosis is caused by a tiny germ or seed that gets into the body where it may grow enormously in numbers and thereby causes sickness, and often death. Without this particular germ there can be no tuberculosis. This germ doesn't live long outside the body of man or some animal. The cow is the only animal of much importance to us because a tuberculous cow is apt to have the germs in her milk. Most of us have acquired great resistance against tuberculosis. The germs get into the bodies of most of us but they don't grow there. It is like sowing flower seeds in pure sand. But there is this difference: We may abuse our bodies in many ways so that they lose this resistance or immunity. The germs that were there, alive but harmless, may then begin to grow and cause disease. Many conditions tend to break down this resistance, such as long hours of hard work, combined with over crowding, bad ventilation in shop and home, and especially insufficient or bad food. Tuberculosis increased greatly after the great war in those countries where food was scarce. It may be some other disease, like "flu" or especially measles in children, that breaks down our resistance and brings on tuberculosis. We no longer believe that tuberculosis is inherited, but we do believe that to be well born, from a health standpoint, usually gives us much greater resistance against tuberculosis and many other diseases. To come from a long lived healthy stock is a great asset, and we should do our best to hand this on to those who are to follow us. "CHICAGO'S HEALTH" Weekly Bulletin, Chicago Department of Health—Moisture in Heated Houses—By Herman N. Bun-desen, M. D., Commissioner "You may have noticed that shortly after the heating season begins, some of the furniture comes apart; the walls crack and the paper on the walls starts to peel. "The reason for this is that there is not enough moisture in poorly ventilated and overheated rooms. "Just imagine what it does to the human machine! Dry, hot air dries out the protective secretions of the delicate linings of the air passages and permits the germs to do their dirty work," says Dr. Bundesen," in his latest bulletin. "Colds, coughs, bronchitis and consumption are winter diseases. Living indoors in still, hot and dry air, decreases our resistance to these diseases. Lack of proper moisture in a heated house causes added expense for it takes five to ten per cent more fuel to make a higher temperature for comfort in a dry air than it does when the right amount of moisture is present," declares the Commissioner. "At a temperature of 64 to 68 degrees, Fahrenheit, rooms should have about 40 per cent moisture. Put a large pan of water on each radiator and keep it filled, so that at least one-half gallon of water per day is evaporated for each room of average size. For health and comfort, watch the moisture rather than the temperature of your room," advises Dr. Bundesen. THEOSOPHICAL NEWS Pioneer Lodge met last Friday night, January 28, at the headquarters, 3262 Vernon Ave., at 8:00 p. m. A nice size group gathered to hear Mr. Walton, who is a member of Arban Lodge in the Fine Arts Building, give a lecture on "Control of the Mind." Pioneer will have its regular meeting Friday night, February 4, at 8:00 p. m., 3262 Vernon Ave. Visitors are always welcome. BARBARA BALDWIN, 3201 Wabash Ave TONGUE BITTEN OFF Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 4.—Miss Lily Williams, of 966 Houston street, this city, 23 years old and good looking, had about a third of her tongue bitten off last Sunday morning by David Williams, a friend of hers. They first met last July and subsequently became good friends but it seems that they did not get along very well of late. On Sunday morning Williams returned to her home to see her and when she rebuked him saying she did not want to see him any more, he became enraged and struck her knocking her down in the bed. He then commenced choking her and while in this furious temper he noticed a heavy gold chain with a locket around her neck. This he commenced twisting around her neck and while in this agony of choking her tongue was forced out of her mouth. Williams, upon seeing this, got hold of it with his teeth and completely severed it. The police are looking for Williams and it is hoped that he will be apprehended and punished in a manner befitting such a crime. Mrs. L. Paris, 4133 Calumet Ave., is improving and hopes to be out at an early date. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 5, 1927 HON. JAMES A. KEARNS, CLERK OF THE MUNICIPAL COURT OF CHICAGO, CAN BE CLASSED AMONG THE BEST FRIENDS OF THE COLORED RACE IN THE CITY, AND A GREAT MANY OF THEM, BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, ARE EMPLOYED IN HIS OFFICE. By Charles Stewart, Jr. Queer circumstances seem to have arisen in the war like monarchy of China. The Emperor has implied that all foreign inhabitants must vacate regardless of treaty relations. It has been found necessary by the British and United States governments to send marines with the best equipped guns to protect their subjects. This condition has convinced civilization that the "Pussy-footing" supposed peace makers of the United States have jeopardized these lives by their influence with congress which has left the United States in an unsafe condition in these crucial hours. Trouble with Mexico, with China, with Nicaragua and the unheeded advice of Colonel Mitchell, who was silenced by the board of strategy, who now appear to have had antiquated minds on the subject of war and the necessity for a nation's preparation. It would be wise for some philanthropist to have a few million copies of the late President Theodore Roosevelt's speech on preparedness put into the homes of the men and women who believe in the defense of America, and not that prayer can civilize those nations who want activity with fire arms to destroy all other than those who believe as they think. Congress wisely, against the protest of the economic president Coolidge voted the construction of three naval fighting ships which is a pigmy beside other fighting nations which have kept intact their army on land and sea against the agreement made just after the war to keep only a certain percentage fit for service. The sensible people of the United States have been unable to conceive in the slightest form what school of analysis the three shell men came from. Attorney-General Carlstrom, Con Doyle of Peoria and ex-solicitor General Beck when they try to take out of the uncultivated cells of their supposed brain matter some character of construction of the law that would convince the United States senate that they have not the right and title to say who shall be a part of the senate of the United States. Sate rights or no state rights, a group of decent people have a right to tell a state that they have sent to become a part of their body a character unworthy of their association, and therefore it is the high privilege to refuse them the right to besmirch their garments by association with any one sent by any state. Therefore in the rejection of the senator from Illinois a new status will be given to the capabilities of the senator sent to become a part of the greatest legislative body in the world. In making a survey of the local political condition I chanced to go into a meeting of the 16th ward Republican club last Thursday night out in West 63rd street. Upon inquiry I found that James A. Kearns the astute silent politician of that ward was conducting a meeting in the interest of the Deeneen-Brundage group who have for their candidate for mayor the fellow who came up from the common people and by his frugality and untiring efforts earned sufficient means to take the worries from the home of his mother and the other five children, these people had gathered to hear this story. I inquired who the speaker was who was picturing the strains of poverty in the absence of a father. He was tall, giant like in appearance and swung has arms back of the words he uttered like the old smithy with his anvil. Each word meant a reasoning point for those present to think from. He made a deep impression. In listening after the meeting to remarks made by the audience as they passed out you could hear them say "Beebe has made votes for us tonight." In inquiring who "Beebe" was, I ascertained that he was a lawyer who had struggled like Litsinger and could strike the key to the word which would sink deeply into the hearts of the people who must tell the story tomorrow and on until this battle shall have been won. Walter E. Beebe is the ex-president of the Hamilton club, the largest Republican club in the United States and at this point there came down the aisle a man who had the appearance of a "parson." Nosing in I found his name was James A. Kearns, clerk of the Municipal Court who had been three times elected alderman from the old 31st ward and he too, had struggled along the same lines as our candidate for mayor, but the most potent thing to our group was, that I received correct information that Kearns has employed in his office and other places thirty-five men and women of our group. The informant so impressed me with the financial worth to our group thru Mr. Kearns' fair and just division of the patronage that I went further into the matter and I find that a group of citizens are making arrangements to inspire the boys and girls of our group of that ward to build up better lawns and cultivate flowers which shall add admiration to passers by as they speed through Loomis Blvd. next year. This unannounced group will in a short time give forth their plans which will repaint the homes and show the productive flowers which will add beauty and fragrance as the German pictures it from his own front and back yard. Under an act passed by the legislature some time ago the aldermanic situation was taken out of the party circle and candidates are elected as non-partisan and it was believed that whether a man was a Democrat or a Republican if he had the qualifications and served the people of his ward regardless of race or color with that careful and uncompromising service that party politics ladened with unholy prejudice would not drift in simply because the ward was a Republican or Democratic ward. Out in the 16th ward, Hon. Terence F. Moran has served the people faithfully and well, but now comes the political hi-jacker who stoops to any particular class of sculduggery which would breed into the minds of people, hatred and false doctrine. They have started out with an unknown quantity labeled Thompson-Crowe-Galpin, with a cry that Moran is a Democrat, but in fairness to the man regardless of his party affiliation, reason for yourself the character of service and the willingness to serve which has been given to the residents of this ward by Alderman Moran, and do not let these self constituted hypnotists deduce your minds and polute the waters with this untried subject that they propose to defeat Alderman Moran with. As the campaign passes on we will endeavor to furnish a more complete statement of the worth of Mr. Moran HOLDS PUBLIC INSTALLATION The various lodges and temples of U. B. F. & S. M. T. held public installation of their officers on Jan. 27, at The Alvin Dansant Hall, 51st and Michigan Ave. The hall was much too small to accommodate the large number of officers to be installed, members of the organization and their friends. The brothers were installed by L. B. Browne, member of the Endowment Board. The sisters were installed by Mrs. K. L. Cosby, past state grand princess, assisted by Mrs. Elizabeth Crawley. At the conclusion of the installation, a public program and reception was held downstairs in the dining rooms. The principle speaker was Hon. Walter M. Farmer, well known Chicago lawyer. Others to take part were J. B. Street, state grand master; Mrs. Georgia E. Harding, state grand princess; M. T. Bailey of The Bailey Realty Co.; Mrs. Elizabeth Rochon, R. R. Hocker, W. B. Crawley acted as master of ceremonies. Mrs. Harding was presented with ten dollars in gold from Queen City Temple of which she is princess; also a beautiful basket of flowers from friends throughout the state. J. B. Street was presented with ten dollars from North Star Lodge No. 57, which he has served for many years as Worthy Master. The organization will dedicate their new home recently purchased at 3118 Giles Ave., Sunday afternoon, Feb. 6. A splendid program will be rendered and the entire membership as well as the general public is urged to attend. IN CITY Detectives Robert Forgy and Clayton Brown of Philadelphia, were in the city for the return of Ormie Williams and Clarence Davis on statutory charges. While here they were the guests of Sergt. and Mrs. Julius S. Glenn. 11301 S. Bishop St. THE NATIONAL NEGRO HISTORY WEEK CELEBRATION FROM FEBRUARY 5 TO 13, INCLUSIVE, RICHLY DESERVES TO BE OBSERVED BY THE COLORED PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES Schools, churches and social agencies will pause during this second week of February to invite attention to the long neglected record of the Negro. This week, which covers the birthday of Lincoln and approaches that of Douglass, is a most appropriate occasion for this timely observance. Around the story of these great characters and others who have worked for the benefit of humanity and for the Negro in particular, the brilliant record of the Negro may be so dramatized as to inspire the Negro youth to noble deeds. To invite attention to the romantic story of the Negro, there have been engaged throughout the country, numerous teachers, ministers, professional men, and leaders of business, who will participate in various exercises held throughout the week. Public schools will use the hour of assembly for this purpose. City and state school authorities have set aside special days of this week and social uplift agencies will hold appropriate exercises in the evenings. The enthusiasm has decidedly increased since last year, when this celebration was held for the first time, and the preliminary reports from the field indicate that it will be in every sense of the word a national celebration. The people throughout the country have been called upon to do certain definite things. They are asked to organize their community through committees for the celebration, to appeal to their board of education for the adoption of Negro history textbooks, to interest their library and school in securing a shelf of scientific works on the Negro and pictures of distinguished men of the race, to urge everyone to write the Association all he knows about Negro family history and to send it any important documents bearing on the record of the Negro. This is not a money raising effort. The Association requests that the efforts now being made to assist it in raising funds be disconnected altogether from the celebration. The week is to be observed as a purely racial uplift effort. He who uses the occasion to charge for singing a song or delivering a discourse does not catch the spirit of the movement and should be avoided. If any money is raised, it should be used to do some of the definite things suggested, especially that of purchasing for local schools and libraries pictures of distinguished Negroes and useful books bearing on record of the race. The Negro must either convince the world that he has a record as glorious as that of any other race or remain content with a fixed status of inferiority. The greatest scholars of today are saying that there is no such thing as race in science and that there is nothing in anthropology or psychology to support such myths, as the inferiority and superiority of races. These truths, however, will have little bearing on the uplift of the Negro, if they are left in the state of academic discussion. There must be an actual demonstration. The Negro must learn his past and publish it to this prejudiced world. PAYS $50,000 TO OBTAIN DIVORCE Muskogee, Okla., Feb. 3.—Miss Exie Fife Tolleson, Eufaula, Okla., Indian girl, early in 1924 signed away $50,000 of the funds held in trust for her by the Federal government to obtain $500 in cash and a divorce from her white husband, Berlin Jackson, she testified in Federal district court here Thursday. T. A. Chandler, of Tulsa, former Congressman, and seven Eufaula, Okla., attorneys are on trial charged with conspiring to defeat the government's guardianship of the Indian girl in making an excessive charge for the divorce. MOVE SOUTH Mr. and Mrs. J. Rochon have moved to their home at 5828 Indiana Ave. where they will be glad to see their many fraternal friends. HOLD LARGE MEETING The Ancient United Knights and Daughters of Africa held a big meeting Sunday afternoon, Jan. 30, at Bailey's Hall 3638 S. State St., at which time the executive heads of all departments were present. M. H. HON. JOSEPH HIGGINS SMITH Member of the City Council from the 32nd Ward, who has for many years been a faithful public servant of all the people of Chicago, and on Tuesday, Feb. 22, he will be re-elected to the City Council from his old Ward. THIS WEEK Mr. Aaron Malone, Mrs. Annie Malone's husband and a former book agent and small town school teacher is making a grand effort to destroy Poro College and all that goes with it Malone is attempting to get one-half of something that he doesn't own and something that he has done very little to help build. Poro College is the brain child of Mrs. Malone. The business is the result—almost solely—of her determination, grit and ability. As far as I can learn, Malone was something of a parasite, a gentleman who got the glory and gained wide popularity due to the fact that he had married a woman who was smart enough to build an enterprise that really brought in-the dollars. Such marriages are seldom successful. Usually the man in the case chafes under such conditions and ends up by making an ass of himself. It seems that Malone has done just this thing. Not only this, but his course will do no good to Poro College. White men have entered into its innermost workings and will come away with a large part of the income and the working plans of the organization. This will put the receivers or some of their friends in position to start the same kind of business. Malone is taking advantage of a provision of our archaic legal system. He will probably get something. I don't believe, however, that he will be able to build anything as lasting and as worthwhile as Poro College. Mrs. Malone and the rest of us would have perhaps been better off if he had continued teaching school and peddling books. The public is being subjected to spectacle after spectacle in the form of filth slinging divorce trials. Lita, Charlie, Daddy and Peaches are the latest. Nothing is too nasty, lewd, and salacious to be told and aired in court before the degenerates that crowd in to hear and giggle. It seems that the United States is rapidly becoming a real Moronia. Added to the sickening dementia of the principals in the scheming and conniving of the lawyers. They are the real fly in the ointment. They help frame these cases and make them as dirty as possible. The worst of perverted sexual practices is paraded. The wives of Chaplain and that constant scoundrel, Browning, have said things about their husbands that are not fit to print or read. According to these mentally backward young women, they and their husbands have been living in slime and filth. There was no limit. The most disgusting sexual practices were the order of the day. The lives of these two couples, according to the testimony of the wives—were as far from normal as possible. I should think that this sort of thing would drive more than a few healthy judges from the bench. Mr. Malone—The Ass Divorce Filth Our State Department Mr. Kellogg and the White House spokesman—having settled affairs in Mexico and Nicaragua to the partial satisfaction of the oil companies and certain New York banks—have now turned their attention to China. The Secretary tells the Chinese that American lives must be protected, also American property. He says that he is willing though to make some concessions. For instance, China should be free and self-governed. Mr. Kellogg said that he is also willing to concede that Americans should be subject to the laws of China and be tried in Chinese courts. Of course, the State Department will have nothing to do with Canton Communists. They want the militarist dictator of Peking to be president of a united country. Chinese will never submit to this because the most enlightened of them know that such a change will NOT give their country freedom. They know that the allies will back the military dictator and conditions will be no different from the present. I hope that the Cantonese will fight until they have driven every foreigner out and set up a free government of the Chinese, for the Chinese and by the Chinese. "Quick-On-the-Trigger" Preacher The. Rev. J. Frank Norris, Texas killer, is out and free. To be sure, no one expected him to be convicted. Human life is cheap all over the United States. It isn't worth anything in Texas and other points south. Gun "totin," even among preachers, is regarded as a mark of social eminence throughout the south. It is perfectly proper to slay one's enemy. When Norris left the court house he was met by thousands of his ferocious followers. Jehovah had answered their prayers and their beloved "medicine man" was free again to vociferously hurl his poisoned darts at evolution and the Modernists. To date, however, it has not been reported that the Rev. Dr. John Roach Straton sent a message of congratulation and consolation. The states that comprised the Confederacy have 22 per cent of the white population of the United States and furnish 27 per cent of the officers in the United States army. Virginia leads the group with one officer to every 3,360 of its total population. While inspecting the dynamo of his car, a Pullman porter on the Canadian National Railways was left on the ground when his train started. Frantic at being left in the winter wastes he seized the hand rail of the Pullman door and clung to that rail for twelve miles. When the train stopped he was still clinging but his hands were frozen. There are said to be 3,424 spoken languages or dialects in the world, distributed as follows: America, 1,624, Asia, 937; Europe, 587; Africa, 276. A minister in a church in Houston, Texas, was recently arrested and fined $25 for disturbing the peace by his loud and frequent hallelujahs. The neighbors could not sleep. * * * Mary MRS. HARVEY A. WATKINS Prominent in social circles on new members of the Metr the Y. W. C. A. MRS. HARVEY A. WATKINS BECOMES ONE OF THE NEW MEMBERS OF THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE Y.W.C.A. Last Friday evening at the Central Branch, 59 E. Monroe Street, Mrs. Harvey A. Watkins, 3657 S. Michigan Boulevard, was elected one of the members of the board of directors of the Y.W.C.A. She and Mrs. Albert B. George are the only two colored ladies in this city to be thusly honored. Mrs. Watkins has served with dis- Prominent in social circles on the South Side and one of the new members of the Metropolitan Board of Directors of the Y.W.C.A. MRS. HARVEY A. WATKINS BE-COMES ONE OF THE NEW MEMBERS OF THE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE Y.W.C.A. Last Friday evening at the Central Branch, 59 E. Monroe Street, Mrs. Harvey A. Watkins, 3657 S. Michigan Boulevard, was elected one of the members of the board of directors of the Y.W.C.A. She and Mrs. Albert B. George are the only two colored ladies in this city to be thusly honored. Mrs. Watkins has served with dis- tinction on the committee of manage- ment of the Indiana Avenue branch of the Y.W.C.A. ever since its first in- ception and she has devoted much of her valuable time and contributed some of her means to further its laudable aims and objects. Mrs. Watkins and her associates of the Indiana Avenue branch of the Y.W.C.A. have a new dream, namely, that the year 1927 will bring forth a new and modern edifice, as a new home for the Indiana Avenue branch of the Y.W.C.A. which will include a new residence, swimming pool and everything which goes to make up a modern Y.W.C.A. THE PASSING OF SENATOR HEFLIN Washington, D. C.—According to political prophecies, Senator Heflin, of Alabama, is due to learn at a very early date that there is a vast difference between standing on Main Street in the village of Lafayette, Ala., lustily singing to disfranchised, exploited and "Jim Crowed" colored citizens, "Bye, Bye, Blackbird," and standing in the Senate of the United States bitterly denouncing the Catholic Church. There is no worthwhile "thrill" resulting from the song to his helpless colored constituents; but for his intolerant oratorical effort in the Senate in which he attempted to present the Roman Catholic Church in an unfavorable attitude upon the question of this country's relations with Mexico, the Senator will doubtless receive a miscellaneous assortment of "thrills" that will injure his political activity in the councils of his party and probably cause his retirement from the national political game. As a distinct party liability he will be useless to Democracy as a campaign orator in the doubtful Northern States, and as a Chauntqua lecturer, anywhere north of the Chattahoochee River he will be exceedingly unpopular. Although it is generally believed that the Heflin assault upon the Knights of Columbus was prompted by his opposition to the presidential ambitions of Governor Al Smith of New York, who is a Catholic, his uncalled for and very bitter speech in the Senate not only had the effect of solidifying the large Catholic Democratic vote, but also served as an excuse for the 'istate Senator Reed of Missouri to throw his hat into the ring a few weeks prior to the scheduled time. It caused Governor Ritchie of Maryland hurriedly to broadcast a statement to the effect that Governor Smith is the "outstanding Democrat of the country," and drew the pronounced censure of several leaders of Democracy. Down in rural ALABAMA, inspired and captious criticism of Catholics, Negroes and Jews may be a pleasant and profitable diversion; but in the Senate of the United States it is an ungracious, unstatesmanlike performance. LINING UP HOMES M. T. Bailey, president of The Bailey Realty Co., is still busy lining up homes on reasonable basis for members of the Race in the city. the South Side and one of the opolitan Board of Directors of tinction on the committee of management of the Indiana Avenue branch of the Y.W.C.A. ever since its first inception and she has devoted much of her valuable time and contributed some of her means to further its laudable aims and objects. Mrs. Watkins and her associates of the Indiana Avenue branch of the Y.W.C.A. have a new dream, namely, that the year 1927 will bring forth a new and modern edifice, as a new home for the Indiana Avenue branch of the Y.W.C.A. which will include a new residence, swimming pool and everything which goes to make up a modern Y.W.C.A. BULLETIN No. 94.—GUARD YOURSELF AGAINST FORGED CHECKS By Chief of Police Morgan A. Collins Approximately $100,000,000 is lost by the American public annually because of carelessness in writing and cashing checks and drafts. Nearly ninety-five per cent of the nation's business is transacted by check and draft. The keenest minds in the criminal world are active in this field, yet little is done toward their detection and punishment. True some protection is afforded by check protection devices and check paper that defies alteration, yet, neevr should a check or draft presented by a stranger be accepted as genuine unless it has been vouched for and properly identified. In many cases of check raising the word "and" has been made to call for thousands by the forger writing "thous" before it. Write your figures close together and in a position where no numeral can be placed before or after them. Always start the wording at the extreme left hand margin, write close together, and draw a line to the word "dollars." Do not leave a particle of space where an addition or change can be made. A check containing the word eight may be easily altered by adding the letter "y" after the "t" and by the addition of a numeral to the figure "8," and so on. Always make your signature clear and distinct. An indistinct or illegible signature is the easiest to forge. And remember, every time you write a check without keeping these precautions in mind, you lay yourself wide open for some check raiser to wipe out your entire bank balance. STOOL PIGEON ARRESTED Baton Rouge, La, Feb. 3.—A Negro giving his name as N. Bibbens, was being held by police here last Wednesday after he is said to have revealed to Negro under-cover police agents that he had killed three white persons in Birmingham last week. Arresting officers said Bibbens approached the police "stool pigeon" with a plea for financial aid, declaring that he had to have funds to get farther away from Birmingham immediately, as there was a $2,000 reward out for him there. --- THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 5. 1927 (TOM CARR) a was hustling American, but it took more than a pusher from Yankeeeland to get in to London on that morning after the big strike started. It wasn't his entire business career that depended on his getting to the city on that Wednesday morning, but mighty near it. His need for getting in was acute, since it involved either the loss or gain of a big contract. Carr could have walked the eighteen miles easily—in a day. Somewhere in France he had done double that—but now he was hampered by a leg that couldn't quite do its pre-war mileage. Business men and girls, determined to get in to town, were clinging like files to the scant few trains that had gone in from Snaresbrook. Lorries, taxis, wagons—all were filled to overflowing with their laughing human cargo. Carr braced his shoulders and determined to stop every vehicle going Londonward until he should be squeezed into one. The quickly painted signs amused him. "Going East Cheap Way," "Going Monument Way," "All Aboard for Holborn District," and many "Full Up" signs met his glance. There were too many of the latter to suit Carr and in desperation he finally halted one already well packed that was going Strand way. It was a private motor. Perhaps it was because the driver was a girl and her sympathy for a slightly lame man asserted itself Anyway she drew alongside Carr. It was a tight squeeze, but the crowd already packed in made room for one more and Tom Carr breathed a sigh of relief. Only a bomb or two could disdodge him now or prevent him getting in to secure that contract. With mind intent on his business, he still had time to notice the girl at the wheel who drove with so steady a nerve through the worst traffic jams he had ever witnessed. All that he could see of her beneath the brim of her powder-blue hat was softly feminine. Carr fell to wondering how he could repay this girl for helping him in his emergency. Hers was one of the "free lift" cars and to offer fare would be to insult the owner. As they drew into Holborn, Carr got out and slipped swiftly into one of the many shops. Traffic was more slowly conducted than the movements of a snail. He had no difficulty catching the dull red Austin as it crawled along with the rest. Quickly, so that she could not protest, he tossed into the car a bulky package, then with a wave of the hand and sincere thanks for the lift Carr went his way. He remained in town, keeping on the job until he put through the big contract, then sailed on Saturday back to New York. And often during moments of rest he gave himself over to memories of the girl who had driven him in to London, and wondered in just what spirit she had opened the magnificent box of candy he had given her. As a matter of fact, Alice Larkin had opened the box with great anticipation, which gave place to a little shriek of joy when she saw the exquisite flaxen-haired doll surmounting an exquisite box of cardy. She recalled vaguely the clean-cut young man with a slight limp and wished she had had a word or two of conversation with him. Then one day, many weeks later, she saw an item in the newspaper that interested her more than all. This was short and to the point. It was in the Personal column of all the papers. "Will lady who drove lame man from Snaresbrook to Holbrook Circus during strike please phone Wanstead 2448?" Alice flushed as she read it and showed it to her father. "In't that funny?" she questioned. "I wonder if I should telephone him?" She glanced at her father and saw amusement in his eyes as well as consent. "So long as you meet him here—in your own home—it is quite all right," he said. And when the lame man and the flaxen-halred girl were made known to each other over the wire, Carr asked quickly, "Are you married—or anything like that? I'm not," he added. Alice laughed. She considered it rather thoughtful of him to let her know at the start that she would not be playing with fire, that there was no real reason for friendship should not carry on. "Fine," returned Carr, upon hearing that she was not matrimonially involved. "Can I meet you and tell you about all the good things that have happened to me since you were so kind? I should have lost much—if I failed to get in that city. I owe a lot to you and want to tell you all about it." "And I must thank you in person for the lovely—" "Make it soon—I'll come around this evening—if I may?" this morning. "You may," said Alice, and it was a bit of a pity that Carr missed the lovely color. "Or better still—come to tea—now." Being a hustling American, Carr lost no time. A record for comets discovered was made in 1925, when 11 were noted by astronomers. Laugh Reworks Character Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable- Goethe. COLORFUL NEWS MOVIES By THE CAMERAMAN 1. The Promised Land. 2. Literary Prominence. "The Promised Land" Harlem is no longer "Niggen Heaven." According to Rudolph Fisher, our own stpry writer, it has become the "Reg'lar promis' lan'—Canaan hitself—Promise money lakgrown' on trees—Promis' wukf dem what want wuk—Promis' freedom from d' whi' folks." Carl Van Vechten's "Niggen Heaven" may well serve as a foil to Rudolph Fisher's "The Promised Land," published in the January Atlantic Monthly. All that one is, the other is not. Each author portrays conditions in the sordid life of Harlem, but quite a different feeling is left with the reader, at the end of each story. Fisher's "Mammy," with her Bible and her old time religion, is a lovable old soul and the common little gold-digger, Ellie, is at least interesting though impossible. In fairness to the author of "Nigger Heaven," we cannot claim that he tries to make viciousness attractive—but Fisher makes it pathetic, heartbreaking, something to be shunned. Both authors have doubtless written about Harlem folks as they found them. Each has selected a very different group from different walks of life. Yet each group has a common meeting ground, "night life in Harlem." There is a subtle charm and pathos to "The Promised Land" that one does not find in Van Vechten's NATIONAL NEGRO HISTORY WEEK CELEBRATION (Preston News Service) Washington, D. C., Feb. 3.—Schools, churches and social agencies will pause during the week of February 6 to 13, inclusive, to invite attention to the long neglected record of the Negro. This week, which covers the birthday of Lincoln and approaches that of Douglas, is a most appropriate occasion for this timely observance. Around the story of these great characters and others who have worked for the benefit of humanity and for the Negro in particular, the brilliant record of the Negro may be so dramatized as to inspire the Negro youth to noble deeds. To invite attention to the romantic story of the Negro, there have been engaged throughout the country numerous teachers, ministers, professional men, and leaders of business who will participate in various exercises held throughout the week. Public schools will use the hour of assembly for this purpose. City and state school authorities have set aside special days of this week and social uplift agencies will hold appropriate exercises in the evenings. The enthusiasm has decidedly increased since last year, when this celebration was held for the first time, and the preliminary reports from the field indicate that it will be in every sense of the word a national celebration. The people throughout the country have been called upon to do certain definite things. They are asked to organize their community through committees for the celebration, to appeal to their boards of education for the adoption of Negro history textbooks, to interest their library and school in securing a shelf of scientific works on the Negro and pictures of distinguished men of the race, to urge everyone to write to the Association all he knows about Negro family history and to send it any important documents bearing on the record of the Negro. This is not a money-raising effort. The Association requests that efforts now being made to assist it in raising funds be discontinued altogether from the celebration. If any money is raised it should be applied definitely to some of the objects mentioned above, especially that of purchasing pictures of distinguished Negroes and useful textbooks bearing on the record of the race. There must be an actual demonstration. The Negro must learn his past and publish it to this prejudiced world. MUCH IMPROVED Mrs. Lucille G. Robinson, 4312 Vernon Ave., the sister of M. T. Bailey, who has been quite ill and confined to her home for several weeks, is much improved and convalescing rapidly. book, although there is no lack of pathetic incidents—even tragedy itself. * * * Literary Prominence It is of considerable importance to the race to know that one of us has attained distinction in the field of literary work. We are proud to learn that Dr. W. E. B. DuBois is listed among the contributors to the thirteenth edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica. It is only human for us to glory in the achievements of our men and women and we as a race should be especially proud of those of us who are able to distinguish ourselves and thereby reflect credit upon us as a whole. We must be broad enough in our views and liberal enough in our criticisms to forget the individual and see only the good done by the individual. No one can do anything unto himself alone—his actions reflect either good or evil on those around him. So it is with this honor that has come to Dr. DuBois. It is not a distinction for himself alone, but it honors the whole race—the whole country. This is the first time such an honor has come to a member of our race. The Encyclopedia Britannica is the most comprehensive set of books of its kind in the world. Its contributors are people prominent in the literary, scientific, political, economic and religious world, each one being a specialist in his particular field. Dr. DuBois' contribution is on American literature—in part. BEGINS LIFE TERM PRAISING THE LORD (Preston News Service) Little Rock, Ark., Feb. 3.—The passengers on a Cotton Belt train out of Little Rock the other night were amazed and amused at the spectacle of a Negro convict who appeared suffering from an overdose of happiness as he was being whirled along to begin a life of imprisonment. He was clad in stripes and hand-cuffed to a guard, which ordinarily does not constitute cause of rejoicing. Yet, at frequent intervals, the Negro gave vent to exuberant hallelulahs which resounded with full-lunged clarity above the roar of the train. "Glory to God," he shouted, "God bless everybody." The passengers stared. "What's the matter with that boy?" they inquired of one another. "Dunno. He's going to the state farm at Cummings." "For how long?" "Life, I hear." "Gosh! And he's happy about it." The amazement of the passengers changed to understanding when they learned the identity of the noisy passenger. He was none other than George Alexander, who was saved from the electric chair on the morning of Nov. 5, even as the machinery for the current rumbled its death message and the witnesses waited wide-eyed in the adjoining chamber. When George was called from the death cell and informed that he would not have to die, that his sentence had been commuted by the governor to life imprisonment, he blinked his eyes stupidly and whispered: "Says which?" Now George comprehends but he has been unable to say much else since that memorable morning except, "Praise the Lord" and "God bless everybody." He considers the life term ahead of him a mere lark compared with the fate he so narrowly missed. The guard who escorted him to the Cummings farm last week returned to the walls yesterday. He reported that before the train reached Cummings the other passengers had showered George with $7 or $8, probably the last coin of the realm he will handle for many years, and maybe forever. Crowley M1 13m8pt 2-3 BEAR WINS (Preston News Service) Norwalk, Fla., Feb. 3.—A Negro hunter whose feet wouldn't coincide with his brave intentions, quit a bear's den hurriedly, after firing three charges of buckshot into the animal. Two minutes later and a half mile away he came on other hunters. A party of seven returned to the scene and brought from the den a 400 pound black bear. M. B. HON. ROBERT R. JACKSON Member of the City Council from the Third Ward, who will be re-elected to it in spite of all of his opposition, on Tuesday, February 22. (Preston News Service) Columbus, O., Feb. 3.—"Elevation of the social plane upon which the black and white races now meet is the secret of better race relationship," Rev. E. A. Clark, pastor of St. Paul's A. M. E. church said in an address before the Columbus Urban League, Friday evening at the Opportunity School. "Police courts or in places of such social level is where the majority of the contacts are made by the two races," he said. "Mexico and Race Relations," was the subject of Dr. H. A. Miller of the Department of Sociology at Ohio State university. "There is no race question in Mexico, there they ask only that a man be a Mexican; they do not question his color." he said. Miss Bertha Eisenbeis, principal of Opportunity School, told of the work the Colored Big Sisters Club of Columbus has done and outlined its plans for this year. This is an independent organization, sponsored by the Urban League. An address, "An Approach to the Problem of Crime Prevention," was given by L. W. Shaw, social worker for the Friendly Service Bureau. Mr. Shaw also read the annual report of this organization, which is sponsored by the Urban League. The annual report of the League was read by N. B. Allen, executive secretary. Board of Trustees elected were: Judge Homer Z. Bostwick, J. B. Kahle, Miss Ara Warren, Mrs. T. H. Winters, L. H. Godman, T. W. Dyer, Judge D. H. Sowers, Mrs. Julius F. Stone and Rev. J. H. Pius. Elected to as many vacancies on the board were: Perry Denune, Rev. Mr. Clark, Mrs. Romeo Johnston and Rev. Wesley Chinn. PEONAGE CASE HEARD Corpus Christi, Tex., Feb. 4.—A special venire of 75 men is being summoned for a jury to hear the three peonage cases that will be heard here shortly. The cases were transferred from the Brownville division of the southern district of Texas by Judge J. C. Hutcheson, Jr. The first of the three indictments charges peonage and conspiracy practices on the part of C. S. Stockwell, J. H. Chadwick (alias Jack Chadwick) Raymond Teller, Frank Brandt, N. H. Stockwell, Floyd Dodd and R. F. Robinson. The second indictment, which reads "unlawfully holding persons in a condition of peonage," is against Frank Brandt, Carl Brandt, Raymond Teller, R. F. Robinson, Floyd Dodd and R. D. Reisdorph. A conspiracy charge is also made in this indictment. The third indictment names Raymond Teller, Floyd Dodd, Lloyd Barnett, John Swanner, William Hargrove, Frank Brandt, and R. F. Robinson. The charge in the third indictment is "unlawfully conspiring to hold persons in a condition of peonage." Section 37 of the penal code, which is cited in the indictment, makes each party to a conspiracy charge liable to the acts of the other parties. The charges are said to have grown out of several arrests for vagrancy. MAN GIVEN HEARING ON CHARGES OF FRAUD (Preston News, Service) Baltimore, Md., Feb. 3.—J. Franklin Johnson, a porter, was held under $2,500 bail for action by the federal grand jury, by United States Commissioner J. Frank Supplee, Wednesday, following a hearing on charges of using the mails to defraud. Postal inspectors charged Johnson with being the "moving figure" behind the Co-operative Service Company, which, he said, has perpetrated a fraud on several newspapers in large cities, on magazines of national circulation and ambitious authors throughout the country. The advertisements brought to the attention of the Commissioner, represented the Co-operative Service Company to be the consultant of authors, revisers of manuscripts, song writers and publishers. Mrs. Lulu H. Etler, Govanston, who described herself as a "housewife with literary ambitions," told Commissioner Supplee that she saw one of the ads in a motion picture magazine and sent to the Co-operative Service Company a poem. Later she said she received a letter requesting $3.00 for the publication of her poem by the company. Mrs. Margaret L. Grant, of Rock Hall, Md., told of sending him $4.00 to cover the cost of publishing her poem, "The Coon Hunt." The poetry has never been published, she said, nor the money refunded, although she has requested the return of both. Mrs. Grant testified that she saw an advertisement in a magazine and sent her first novel, "Billie, or Her Brother," to the Co-operative Service Company, for publication. Following this she said she received a letter from J. Franklin Johnson, which stated that the novel would "get the public hearing it deserved if published by his company," but that $375 would be necessary to cover the cost of the first thousand copies. She did not send the money, she said. CITIZENSHIP'S RIGHTS RESTORED Columbia, S. C., Feb. 4.—The first act of executive clemency of his administration was performed by Gov. Richards, Wednesday, in restoring to Heyward Martin of Aiken, his citizenship rights in order that he may testify before the Aiken grand jury concerning the Lowman lynching. Martin was convicted in Aiken County Court last October of receiving stolen goods and was sentenced by Judge Martin McMann to serve 60 days. No part of this sentence was remitted in the governor's order, as Martin has completed serving the sentence. The pardon restored citizenship rights in view of the fact that the State may need his service as a witness. Fault-Finding Cheap Nothing is easier than fault-findings; no talent, no self-denial, no brains, no character are required to set up the grumbling business.—Robert West. Ernest H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER ERnest H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER 512-7223 E.H. WILLIAMSON Charles E. 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Once it was the dwelling place of a pacific Buddhist hermit salent. Pilgrims from all parts of Japan climb its steep slopes. They are dressed in white robes, carry staffs and rosaries in hand, and chant a Buddhist prayer as they climb. An avenue of scarlet lacquer "toril," or gateways, guides the pilgrim to the shrine on the summit. Near the peak is a bare patch of rock, overhanging a steep precipice. On this rock is a heap of swords, daggers and other weapons, rusted with age. In ancient times a man who had committed a deed of blood made a pilgrimage to Nantai San and offered up his weapon in expiation of his crime. To the Samurai, the warrior, his sword was his most prized possession, and the murderer who sacrificed his precious sword gave up in atonement what he valued more than his own life. This heap of ancient sword blades, daggers and other weapons can be seen on Nantai San at present, a relic of fengal times. The Woman visited a friend at a sanatorium the other day—one of those places in the country where they try to make convalescence bearable. She had to wait until she could see her friend, so she sat down on the porch. At the far end a group of women patients were talking with absorbed interest. The one in the wheel chair evidently had a great deal to tell. The Woman wondered what it could be about. She knew the story of those particular patients. All three had been invalids for years; they always would be bound to their chairs and crutches. Just then she was called, and as she passed the group she heard: "When I bake tomatoes I fill them with bread crumbs and butter and . . ." "That's just the way I fix peppers, and my husband used to say . . . ." The Woman went inside. She was "smilin' round the mouth, but sort of teary around the lashes" when she thought of that hopeful, remissible group of cooks—New York Sun. "Voicing" Piano In voicing a piano the hammers are softened in order to make the tone more uniform. This process does not prevent a piano from being tuned afterward. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 5, 1927 Miles Darden, who was born in North Carolina, in 1798, and died in Harden county, Tennessee, January 23, 1857, was the world's biggest man, claims the North Carolina Historical Review. He was 7 feet 6 inches tall and weighed a little more than 1,000 pounds. Thirteen and a half yards of cloth one yard wide were required to make him a coat. When he died 24 yards of black velvet were needed to cover the sides and lid of his coffin. This was 8 feet long, only 1 inch less than 3 feet deep and was 32 inches broad. Miles Darden lived a quiet, uneventful life; apart from his world record size he seems to have been a hard-working, ordinary man. Not Worth Saving A Scottish gille who had accompanied a middle-aged and corpulent Englishman on a fishing expedition returned alone and announced that the visitor had fallen into the river and been drowned. "The first time he cam' up I grippit him by the hair, but it was a wig and cam' awa' in ma hand, and doon he sank. He cam' up again an' I grippit him by the collar, an' it was a dickie and cam' awa' in my hand, an' doon he sank. A third time he cam' up an' I grippit him by the leg. Losh, it was cork, an' cam' awa' in ma hand, an' doon he sank. So I said to myself, 'Weel, ma chapple, I'll let you droon. Ye're nothing but a bag o' remnants.'" Embroidering Long Known The girl who uses an embroidery needle today is practicing an art that was highly developed in Egypt 3,000 years ago. The accomplishment was brought from Egypt to Europe, and was also highly developed in early Greece and Rome. The women of medieval days in Europe were excellent at it, and many splendid ornaments were made for churches and monasteries. At the present time the Orient leads in the art, with the work of the Chinese probably being the most elaborate. Always Polite The manager of the isolated factory had received a letter from a woman stating that her husband, who worked in the factory, had sent her no money for weeks and weeks. So the manager, a kindly man, sent for the delinquent there and then. "Jackson," he said, when the man made his appearance, "do you ever send your wife anything when you write" "Oh, yes, sir," answered the other, brightly, "always my kindest regards." To the back veils of South Africa there penetrated one day a traveler, who possessed many treasures the old farmer had never seen before. Among them was a mirror. "Where did you get that?" asked the farmer, as he gazed into it; "that picture of my father?" The traveler did not explain, but gave it to him as a souvenir, and it became his most cherished possession. Every day he looked at his "father's picture," and kept it carefully locked up, showing it to no one. But there came a day when he left his keys behind, and his wife, who had long wondered what it was he kept so carefully, started rummaging and found the mirror. "Oh," she murmured, as she gazed into it, "so that's the cat he's after, is it?" Abbey Is Battle Pledge Battle abbey, near Hastings, England, was built to fulfill a novel pledge made by William the Conqueror just before his victory there on October 14, 1066. When William was arming for the fight he is said to have inadvertently put on his shirt of mail with the hind side in front. Partly in order to avert the bad omen, he vowed that, if victorious, he would build on the very site of the battle a great abbey. It was finally dedicated by William Rufus in 1064. At the dissolution of the monasteries under Henry VIII, the buildings were given to Sir Anthony Browne, who added to the Abbot's lodge a west wing for the use of his ward, the Princess Elizabeth. The abbey still is in excellent preservation. —F. G. Brabant, in "Rambles in Sussex." He dwellel among his kind and talketh confidently of his art. He leteth his hair grow long and discourseth of Freud. He shaveth not, but he understandeth the futuristic. He laugheth to scorn the conventions and prateth of free love. He derideth industry. And yet, being hungry, he buyeth sustenance with money which his father hath earned. For he remaineth esthetic only so long as he is comfortable. So we mock him, knowing in our hearts that we, too, would be esthetic. But for the absence of rich fathers,—Kansas City Times. A scientist says a new drug may abolish the habit of sleeping. A new baby has the same effect.—Altoona Mirror. Res. 5400 Washington Blvd. Branch Office: 606 Racine MILES J. 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Telephone 0 5100 Federal Street Little Sermon Nothing New Precocious Children Dante wrote a sonnet to his Beatrice at nine years; Tasso wrote poetry at ten, and Pascal was a profound thinker at the age of thirteen. Jonathan Edwards was famous at twelve. Goethe wrote a story in seven languages when he was ten; Voltaire was busy as a writer at thirteen, and Calderon was writing poetry at the same age. Victor Hugo composed "Istamene" at fifteen, and by the time he was twenty had published four of his volumes. Pope wrote his ode to "Solitude" at twelve, and his "Pastorals" four years later. Moore translated "Anacreon" at thirteen, and Byron was already writing verses at twelve, and by the time he was eighteen years of age he had published his "Hours of Idleness." Birthstone Old Ornament Birthstones are among the oldest forms of jewelry. The group of 12 stones, one for each month of the calendar year, may have been related to the 12 stones in the breastplate worn by the High Priest Aaron as described in the Book of Exodus. Each of the 12 stones represented one of the tribes of the Children of Israel and the name of the tribe was inscribed on the stone. As early as 4000 B. C. another high priest, this time in Egypt, wore a breastplate of 12 small stones or crosses. Ancient Egyptian carvings preserve this interesting bit of history. A relationship between the breastplates of the two high priests seems probable.—New York Times. "Oh, doctor," cried a wild-eyed man, "I am dreadful afflicted. The ghosts of my departed relatives come and perch on the tops of the fenceposts all round my garden when dusk is falling. I can look out onto the gloaming any evening and see a couple of dozen spooks sitting on top of the posts, waiting, waiting, waiting! What shall I do?" "Sharpen the tops of the posts," came the cool reply. 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