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THE BROAD AX The One Hundredth and Tenth Birthday Anniversary of the Immortal Frederick Douglass, the Matchless Orator, Diplomat Who Was One of the World's Greatest Personages, and the Head and the Front of the AntiSlavery Movement in This Country. SOCIETY NEWS PUBLISHED FREE Vol. XXXII. The One Hut Frederick Doug World's Great Slavery Mov THE IMMORTAL AND I FREDERICK DOUG He was one of the most gigantic figures so far been spawned upon the short out the coming ages his memory w in the hearts of the Colored races world. 5 CENTS PER COPY One Hundred Frederick Douglas world's Greatest every Movement THE IMMORTAL AND ILLUSTRIOUS FREDERICK DOUGLASS of the most gigantic figures or characters spawned upon the shores of time, and incoming ages his memory will be sacred hearts of the Colored races throughout Hundredth Douglass, the greatest Pe ovement in AND ILLUSTRIOUS DOUGLASS c tigures or characters that has the shores of time, and through- mory will be sacred or revered races throughout the civilized [Picture of a man with a long beard and a cigarette, wearing a suit and a bow tie. The background is plain white.] [The text is not clearly visible in the image. It appears to be a title or heading.] HE was one of the most gigantic figures or characters that has so far been spawned upon the shores of time, and throughout the coming ages his memory will be sacred or revered in the hearts of the Colored races throughout the civilized world. HON. LEONARD J. GROSSMAN IS STILL IN THE RACE FOR ALDERMAN OF THE 5TH WARD Many people residing in the 5th ward have stated that Hon. Leonard J. Grossman, who has proven himself to be one of the best assistant corporation counsels that Chicago ever had, retired from the race for alderman of the 5th ward, which is absolutely untrue, on the contrary he states he will remain in the aldermanic race in that ward right up until the end. Mr. Grossman, who is running on a non-partisan ticket, proudly boasts of the fact that he has hundreds of warm friends among the colored voters residing in all parts of the 5th ward that many of them are working hard for his election; that almost every evening he addresses many of them in their churches and other meeting places, and are working like beavers for his success at the polls Tuesday, February 22. In the past Mr. Grossman has put up a stiff fight against the Ku Klux Klan in this city and greatly assisted to start them on the dead run out of town, showing that his heart beats in the right direction as far as the colored people of Chicago are concerned, and that he will be their friend in the city council from the 5th ward—adv. 1930 ```markdown ``` A. HON. LEONARD J. GROSSMAN Able and eloquent orator, Assistant Corporation of Chicago, who is extremely popular with a large his fellow citizens. He stands high in the ear his hundreds of old time Colored friends who of him in his race for Alderman of the Fifth War olloquent orator, Assistant Corporation who is extremely popular with a large citizens. He stands high in the edifolds of old time Colored friends who o his race for Alderman of the Fifth War Assistant Corporation Counsel of popular with a large class of lands high in the estimation of colored friends who are assisting man of the Fifth Ward. Able and eloquent orator, Assistant Corporation Counsel of Chicago, who is extremely popular with a large class of his fellow citizens. He stands high in the estimation of his hundreds of old time Colored friends who are assisting him in his race for Alderman of the Fifth Ward. HON. LEONARD J. GROSSMAN IS STILL IN THE RACE FOR ALDERMAN OF THE 5TH WARD Many people residing in the 5th ward have stated that Hon. Leonard J. Grossman, who has proven himself to be one of the best assistant corporation counsels that Chicago ever had, retired from the race for alderman of the 5th ward, which is absolutely untrue, on the contrary he states he will remain in the aldermanic race in that ward right up until the end. Mr. Grossman, who is running on a non-partisan ticket, proudly boasts of the fact that he has hundreds of warm THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 12, 1927 MR. DOUGLASS GREATLY ASSISTED TO FREE WHITE MEN FROM THE NARROW BONDS OF RACE PREJUDICE AS WELL AS ASSISTING ABRAHAM LINCOLN TO LIBERATE FOUR MILLION SLAVES. HE STOOD HIGH IN THE ESTIMATION OF PRESIDENTS LINCOLN, GRANT, HAYES, GARFIELD, ARTHUR, HARRISON, AND THE LATE GROVER CLEVELAND. IN MANY WAYS, HE ASSISTED THEM TO CONDUCT THE AFFAIRS OF THIS GREAT NATION. HE WAS THE FIRST TO RECOMMEND TO PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND URGE HIM TO SELECT COLORED MEN TO SERVE IN THE UNION ARMY AND PUT AN END TO THE WAR OF THE REBELLION. ON ONE OCCASION MR. DOUGLASS DECLARED THAT "ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND GROVER CLEVELAND WERE THE ONLY TWO WHITE MEN IN THE WORLD HE HAD EVER CONVERSED WITH WHO DID NOT MAKE HIM FEEL LIKE A COLORED MAN." ON HIS VISIT TO OLD IRELAND, THAT GREAT IRISH ORATOR, PATRIOT, STATESMAN AND LOVER OF FREEDOM, DANIEL O'CONNELL, WADED OUT INTO THE OCEAN IN ORDER TO GREET MR. DOUGLASS AND BE THE FIRST PERSON TO WELCOME HIM TO THE EMERALD ISLE. AT THE TRAGIC DEATH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN, MRS. LINCOLN PRESENTED HIS GOLD HEADED CANE TO MR. DOUGLASS, STATING THAT SHE KNEW THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE BEST AND TRUEST FRIENDS OF HER HUSBAND. THE TRUE STORY OF THE CAREER OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN CAN NEVER BE WRITTEN WITHOUT WEAVING THE NAME OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS INTO IT. BY JULIUS F. TAYLOR today who are earnestly striving to 1842 he took part in the Rhode Island reach a higher goal in their onward campaign against the Dorn accer It is far beyond our ability to paint a true pen picture of the late immortal Frederick Douglass who, like unto a mighty colossus or giant, towered far above the rows of men in his day and generation in intellect, statesmanship, far-sightedness and in all of the grave problems and momentous questions which confronted the brainy men and the most eminent statesmen at that time or during the time that he was such an important figure in the affairs of this country and in the old world. One hundred and ten years ago Frederick Douglass, who in time was transformed into one of the world's greatest characters, was born at Tuckahoe, near Easton, Talbot County, Md., near the middle of February in 1817. He was born in a little log cabin in the midst of the most wretched conditions of filth and poverty, at night he slept on the bare dirt floor in one corner of the cabin with some old rags for covering and his faithful dog sleeping close by his side assisted to furnish some heat to help to keep his body warm. Little did he dream at that time that he would live to see the day or the time when he would sway millions of men in this country and in the old world with his matchless oratory on the slavery question and greatly assist to change the destiny of millions of human beings yet unborn. The stormy career of Frederick Douglass from the slave pen to the lecture platform, the editor's chair and on up to United States Marshal and Recorder of Deeds for the District of Columbia, reads like a true fairy tale, and his long and useful life should be full of hope and inspiration for young colored men and women of today who are earnestly striving to reach a higher goal in their onward march through life. As he approached manhood or in 1825, he was sent to Baltimore to live with a relative of his master, where he remained until March 1, 1833, then was taken to St. Michael's, Md, to live again with his master. In January, 1834, he was sent to live with Edward Covey, a regular slave-breaker, with whom he spent the year, but Slave-Breaker Covey was never able to whip Frederick Douglass, on the contrary he manfully stood up and fought like a free man and successfully whipped Edward Covey. From 1835-36 he was hired to William Freeland and it was in that year that he made his first unsuccessful attempt to escape from slavery, he was sent to Baltimore to learn the ship-calker's trade; in 1838 he hired his own time and worked at his trade. September 3, 1838, he escaped from slavery and went to New York City, where he was united in marriage to Miss Anna Murray, from there he wended his way to New Bedford, Mass., where he assumed the name of "Frederick Douglass." In 1841 he attended an anti-slavery convention at New Bedford and sat in the rear of the hall, finally he was urged to talk and relate his experience on his master's slave plantation in Maryland, and right from the start he swayed the vast audience to and fro with his wonderful and matchless oratory and right there he set the whole nation on fire on the slavery question and the fire continued to burn until slavery disappeared from the American continent. He was employed as agent of the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society; in 1842 he took part in the Rhode Island campaign against the Dorr constitution and continued his lectures on slavery; in 1843 he moved to Lynn, Mass.; took part in the famous "One Hundred Conventions" of the New England Anti-Slavery Society; in 1844 he lectured with Pillsbury, Foster, Phillips, Garrison, Parker and others and in 1845 Frederick Douglass published his narratives. In 1844-46 he visited Great Britain and Ireland, remaining in Europe two years lecturing on slavery and other subjects; it was in Old Ireland that Daniel O'Connell, who was in every way the greatest Irishman that ever lived, waded out into the ocean in order to be the first person to greet Frederick Douglass and welcome him to its shores. Before returning to his own native land, the land of slavery, blood-hounds, branding irons and the whipping post, the warm friends which Mr. Douglass had made in England, presented him with money to purchase his freedom which he did and to establish a newspaper and in 1847 he returned to the United States and removed with his family to Rochester, N. Y., where he established his newspaper, The North Star or Frederick Douglass' paper, which he ably edited and conducted for seventeen long years mortgaging his home in order to raise the money to keep it running each week so that he would be in a better position to fight his terrific battles for his race who were still dwelling in the house of bondage, and when he retired from the editor's chair at Rochester, New York, slavery had come to an end in this country. In 1849 he visited John Brown at Springfield, Mass., and continued his (Continued on Page 2) of the Imme Was One of ont of the A DRNEY AUGUSTUS L. WILLIE ighting candidate for Alderman of and his whole army of friends feel and election. THE MAYOR OF BROOKLYN ATTORNEY AUGUSTUS L. WILLIAMS The hard fighting candidate for Alderman of the Second Ward, and his whole army of friends feel dead sure of his calling and election. (Story on Page 3) HON. TERENCE F. MORAN WELL RECEIVED AT ST. JOHN'S A. M. E. CHURCH SUNDAY EVENING pastor, warmly welcomed them to his church and preached a powerful and very eloquent sermon on "The Hand-writing on the Wall." Last Sunday evening Alderman Terence F. Moran, accompanied by his friends, Hon. John E. Conroy, member of the Board of Assessors of Cook County, and Mr. David J.* Hickey, Engineer of Highways, attended services at St. John's A. M. E. church, 62nd and Troop streets. Rev. David Johnson, the popular and up-to-date ```markdown ``` 1 [Name] HON. ROBERT R. JACKSON Member of the City Council from the Third W be re-elected to it in spite of all opposition, February 22. (Story on Page 2) the City Council from the Third W ted to it in spite of all opposition, 22. (Story on Page 2) Member of the City Council from the Third Ward, who will be re-elected to it in spite of all opposition, on Tuesday, February 22. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BROAD AX the Immortal is One of the of the Anti- UGUSTUS L. WILLIAMS Candidate for Alderman of the Second the army of friends feel dead sure of pastor, warmly welcomed them to his church and preached a powerful and very eloquent sermon on "The Hand-writing on the Wall." At the conclusion of his wonderful sermon, Rev. Johnson informed his hearers that in the past Alderman Moran had greatly assisted him and his church in many ways and as long as he is running on a non-partisan ticket for the re-election to the City Council from the sixteenth ward, he urged his members and followers to cast their votes for his re-election Tuesday, February 22. 1930 council from the Third Ward, who will spite of all opposition, on Tuesday, Story on Page 2) eae ae eo ee 6 es eee eee | — J aoe a?) ae. 4 wy = Ps So - “ e os a : HON. TERENCE F. MORAN Member of the City Council from the 16th Ward, to be re-elected to it on Tuesday, Feb. 22, for he has stood by the plain or the poor people, 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.’ “CHICAGO'S HEALTH” wear rubber gloves when dressing rab- —— bits, and thoroughly cook the meat of Weekly Bulletin, Chicago Department | wild rabbits. If you happen to be out of Health, Herman N. Bundesen, | in the tularemia section, do not handle MD., Commissioner rabbits or squirrels and protect your- —— self from the bites of flies and ticks,” MEETING A NEW DISEASE | advised the Commissioner. “A man in Chicago handling rabbits took sick with a strange disease. I! proved to be the only known case of tularemia (pronounced _too-lar-e-mi- ah) in the city, as confirmed by the Chicago Department of Health,” re- ports Dr. Herman N. Bundesen in his latest bulletin. “Meet the new germ tularense, named after Tulare lake and county of California, where it was first discov- ered. Tt causes tularemia, which ‘means nothing more’ than tularense ‘germs in the blood of the victim. Now do not get frightened; it's not a com- mon disease, but then we never can tell when a certain germ will throw off all restraint and run wild, Ordinarily it is a disease of rabbits and ground squirrels, and is spread by the deer fly and ticks. There is no record of the transfer of the disease from man to man. “In our part of the country the dis- ease may be contracted by the careless handling or dressing of infected rab- bits that come from the south and ‘west portions of the United States,” says Dr. Bundesen. “Eating the cooked meat of infected rabbits does not cause the disease in humans, but cuts or other breaks in the skin, when handling the diseased animals, may. Tularemia is a severe sickness, So to prevent it, be careful or a . | ee es 2 oo i. . ; { eee 8 es i ee —— io“ - , , se Sen HON. WILLIAM R. FETZER cago. The newly elected president of the | ‘Athletic Club, which hes almost four thous aud under the management of Judge Fetzer Sem Pemgan ses Chasen oie Sedge : tas igs bennd 26 Covacre One of the most popular judges of the Municipal Court of Chi- ‘cago. The newly elected president of the Fort Dearborn ‘Athletic Club, which has almost four thousand members, and under the management of Judge Fetzer, the Club ex- Bea eeciges es cascoe vie Set a . Finnegan was vice president and ee ian beard 24 Gowraere Charlotte, N. C—Outlining a pro- gram for the New Year in his addres: before the citizens of this city, Bishop W. J. Walls urged his hearers to sup- port Negro newspapers, to promote business enterprises, encourage educa- ‘tion and work for inter-racial good will, “No Negro,” declared the Bishop “is true to his race who does not have Negro magazines and newspapers coming to his home weekly. The newspapers occupy a place that makes the Negro press the most potent of al agencies in reaching the public con- science. They fight our battles, hold up our ideals, plead our cause before the world, articulate race spirit and enterprise, keep the fires of religion burning on our altars of arts and sci- ence. If you could strike the Negro press and its work from us it would be like Blasting Gibraltar from Con- stantinople, or taking the altar out o! religion.” The speaker decried ignorance and the edutational facilities afforded Ne- gtoes in, many sections of the south, but stressed the importance of chil dren and adults secking to acquire ar ‘education. ‘THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 12, 1927 The Late Frederick Douglass Was One of the Greatest Personages That Has Been Cast Upon the Shores of Times EFFICIENT, FAITHFUL, CAPABLE (Continued from Page 1) lectures on slavery and woman suf- frage, and assisted in the escape of fugitive slaves. 5 In 1852 he supported the Free Soi Party and was elected delegate to the National Free Soil Convention at Pitts- burg, Pa, and delivered speeches along with John P. Hale, the Jeffer- sonian Democrat-who was the nomine¢ of the Free Soil Party for Presidént of the United States in 1852, and who was appointed as minister to Russia by President Abraham Lincoln; in 1856 Mr. Douglass loyally supported Fre- mont and Dayton for President and Vice-President of the United States, established Douglass’ monthly, enter- tained John Brown at his home in Rochester, visited England for the sec- ‘ond time in 1859, Lectured and spoke in England and Scotland for six months and arrived in this country in ‘time to assist to elect Abraham Lin- coln, President of the United States. In 1863 he assisted in recruiting the S4th and SSth Massachusetts colored regiments, invited to visit President Lincoln, who always referred to him as my “Friend Douglass;" in 1866 he was active in procuring the franchise for the freed men, elected a delegate from Rochester to the Loyalist Na- tional Convention at Philadelphia, Pa.; in 1859 he moved to Washington, D.C, and established the New National Era; in 1870 he was appointed Secretary of the Santo Domingo Commission by President Grant; in 1877 he was chosen United States Marshal for the District of Columbia by President Hayes, in that same year he visited his old home in Maryland and met his old master; in 1878 a bust of Frederick Douglass was placed in Sibley Hall of the Rochester University; since that time a huge monument in honor of his memory has been erected in the center of the most prominent square in Rochester, N. ¥., he spoke against the proposed Negro exodus from the South; in 1881 he was appointed Re- corder of Deeds for the District of Like Abraham Lincoln: “I Do the Best I Can; the Very Best I Can; And I Mean to Keep Right on Do- ing so Until the End. If the End Brings Me Out All Right, What Is Said Against Me Won't Amount to Anything. If the End Brings Me Out Wrong, Ten Angels Swearing I Was Right Would Make No Dif- ference.” ROBERT R. JACKSON Candidate for Re-Election, ALDERMAN, THIRD WARD MY PLATFORM Performance—Not Promises. 1—I secured the equipment and opening of Forrestville School play- ground after four years of hard work, the largest school playground in Chi- cago. I have secured an appropriation of twenty-three thousand ($23,000) dol- lars to finish it. this year. 2—I secured the new city play- ground at 37th street and Rhodes ave- nue, and will spend ten thousand ($10,000) dollars more on it this and next year. 3.—I secured the re-surfacing of 41st street, State street to Cottage Grove avenue, and Prairie avenue, 39th street to’47th street, more than 3 miles of new street without one cent cost to ‘the property owners on said streets. 4—I secured a new street top for Rhodes avenue, 35th street to 39h streets without cost to the property ‘owners and will secure additional new work this year, two streets on the east end. S—I caused to be repaired every Dlock of streets in our ward at a cos of $107,961.21 and the records shov that no ward in Chicago had cleane streets and alleys the past year thar the third ward. This record stand unequalled, unsurpassed and cannot b | successfully contradicted. | T caused to be spent last year $109, 832.86 for street and alley cleanin, alone, making a total of a quarter mil Columbia by President Garfield; Au gust 4, 1882, death of Mrs. Fredérick Douglass; in 1884 Mr. Douglass was united in marriage to Miss “Helen Pitts; in May, 1886, he lectured on John Brown at the Music Hall, Bos- ton, Mass.; in September of that year he attended 2 dinner in honor of Wen- dell Phillips’ Club of Boston, ~ In 1886-87 he visited Great Britain ‘France, Italy, Greece and Egypt; in 1889 he was appointed United States Minister, Resident and Consul-Genera to the Republic of Haiti and Charge @’Affaires to Santo Domingo by Pres- ident Harrison; in 1890 he resigned the office of Minister to Haiti; in 1893 he acted as Commissioner for Haiti at the World’s Columbian Exposition at Chicago. February 20, 1895, death of Fred- erick Douglass at his beautiful: resi- dence on Anacostia Heights, Wash- ington, D. C., and”his mortal remains were transported to his old home at Rochester, N. ¥., for interment where as stated before, a substantial monu- ment has been erected to his memory. March 1, 1888 the writer and Mrs. Taylor, while on their honeymoon trip through the East, had the extreme pleasure of attending the 78h birthday anniversary of Frederick Douglass at the Metropolitan A, M. E. Church, Washington, D. C., and for one hour we had the great honor of sitting by his side and we handled the gold- headed cane which he prized very highly, which was presented to him by Mrs. Lincoln at the death of Pres- ident Lincoln and Mr. Douglass re- lated to us some of the trials and hard- ships he endured while lecturing throughout the North and northwest on the slavery question. Among the many things which he said and which left lasting impres- sion on our mind that he declared that of all the eminent or distinguished men that he had come in contact with in all parts of the world, that Presi- dent Abraham Lincoln and the late President Grover Cleveland were the only two among them all who had never made him feel that he was a colored man while he was engaged in Mon Gotars tor my ward. favent i performed? 6—I secured many flash danger lights and distributed them throughout the ward. 42nd and Prairie avenue and Oakwood boulevard and Lake Park avenue, most notable, because two most dangerous corners. 7-1 secured additional street light- ing for dark streets and more for this year. I secured 3 beaches for our ward. The South Park Commission is now building them. The work is there, see for yourself. B—I have sent the sick to the hos. Pital, the disabled to Oak Forest Home ang the needy food and coal. 9—I hve served all my churches well. They can testify. 10.—I gave the three million people of Chicago pure milk (Jackson Milk Ordinance) the greatest health meas- ure passed by the City Couneil in 2¢ years. 11.—I took up the fight of the Chi cago Defender and-removed discrim- ination in the Fire Department. 12—I have taken care of and ad- justed more than three hundred unjust ‘personal property tax assessments. 13—I secured the promotion ané appointment of six (6) of our boys tc executive positions in the Post Office in addition to many appointments by Postmaster Lueder, both temporary and permanent. 44.—I have for two years and am now, protesting long and loud agains unlawiul entry into our homes. This violation of our constitution must be stopped and the vicious state searcl and seizure law repealed. No “alder: man_can be responsible for the con duct of the police department an never has been. 15.—I have been on the job for th people of the ward at my office, hom and place of business the entire tw years and what I have not done o could not do, no other alderman coul do. ~Every department head in th City Hall will back this statement i the interest of your humble servant. 16—I have served all the people o the ward without regard to race, re ligion or color and did, the best | could—Angels could do no more, I am for William Hale Thompso: for the Republican nomination fo Mayor and for harmony in our ward (Signed) Alderman Robert R. Jackson conversation ‘with either one of those two great Démocratic statesmen. . Tt will be recalled that President Cleveland was united in marriage to Miss Frances Clara Folsom in the White House on June 2, 1886, and on June 15, he celebrated that happy event by giving a diplomatic. dinner and grand reception at the White House. The Washington Post, in its issue of June 16, gave an elaborate account of that brilliant social func- tion, the Post went on to say that: “The list of guests incinded some of the most distinguished people in the world. There were present Prince Leopold of Brazil, the celebrated Ar- chibald Forbes of England, Commo- dore Schley, Colonel Bonaparte and General Phil H. Sheridan, There ‘were also the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States and Sen- ators of both political parties and many eminent citizens and social leaders. “Amid this glittering throng, ming- ling with it on terms of social equality, moved Mr. and Mrs, Frederick Doug- lass and President and Mrs. Cleveland paid special attention to them.” It will be found in reading over the history of this country that Grover Cleveland was the first President that had the moral courage to invite a col- ored man and his “wife to attend a similar function at the White House. The last time that we met Mr. Douglass was during the World's Fair in this city in 1893, and as soon as his eyes fell upon us he extended his hand and called us by name as he always prided himself on being able to re- member the names of all persons whom he had met in the past. Mr. Douglass, who was the first col- ored man in this country to contribute an article to the North American Re- view in 1884, never permitted himself to use tobacco, nor strong drink in any manner, shape or form, He always en- tertained the highest respect for all decent women, his language was al- ways as pure or as chaste as the beautiful white falling snow from the heavens and it would be well indeed if all men in that respect would follow in the footsteps of Frederick Douglass. CHARLES STEWART, JR, WRITES ON ABRAHAM LIN- COLN AND THE POST MAS- TERGENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES Today brings vividly to the history of the civilized world the thought that this is the birthday of the emancipator of the American slave and the chief. tain of the army of the '60 who did battle that the proclamation might be- come a fixed part of the organic law of this republic, Lincoln was known tc have been the man that dug out in shorter paragraphs the essential con. structive English which stood para- mount to lengthy arguments on any and all propositions, His address known as “Lincoln's Gettysburg speech” will be read today in the schools throughout the world, that the pupils may drink in food for the build- ing of letters which will represent the monuments of reason. In the parks in the schools and in the halls o fame stand monuments of every char- acter; they will live throughout all ages. Each year historians find some- thing new but if new things could not be found, if new constructions could not be put upon the paragraphs already written the history of Lincoln will stand as an interwoven thought in the minds of the men and women of this nation today as a constructive pie- ture, that by the home fireside the old will tell the story which will be an in- spiting thought to make the child : constructive citizen of that type tha will be befitting for a lesson of better worth and character to become a log ical teacher of the inspiring thought learned from the lessons of the life o! civilization’s greatest emancipator. sae Harry S. New, Post Master Gen eral of the United States, after a scor of years as a graduate from Butle: college, took his old sléuch hat anc packed his grip sack and went dows where he once received a diploma an met the faculty that bestowed upor him the degree which adds to his lif the closing chapter of the school h had long wanted. His service to th nation in developing newspapers an his almost supernatural power de veloped the Post Office departmen beyond the expectation of man when reading the telegraphic new throughout the world of the ‘hono | having been. conferred upon the Pos | Master General, felt the heights of th promotion and thousands of his friend | speeded “on by air mails and other ee ae ee a oS a ee fe, rea 4g a XN A . ae & a Po ee See me. 33 | | | HON. CHARLES S. DENEEN United States Senator from Illinois, who has in a short time _ developed into one of the most eminent leaders in the _ upper house of Congress, and he will soon return home to assist to elect Hon. Edward R. Litsinger Mayor of Chicago. wise messages of congratulations. No| the driver of a vehicle is going to stop man in the cabinet is more worthy and| to let you pass. Be sure of it, or wait has rendered more service to the coun-| until he passes. try and his party than Post Master] By your watchfulness for your own General New. safety, help the police department to =a ut down the appaling number of BULLETIN No. 95—LEARN THE| deaths and injuries caused by motor TRAFFIC LAWS AND vehicles. OBEY THEM —_—_—— ~~ HON. WILLIAM SULZER IS By Chief of Police Morgan A. Collins] STILL IN THE LIMELIGHT From February 1st to 7th, 258 per- sons were injured and 21 were killed through automobile accidents. The total fatalities for the year on account ‘of motor vehicle accidents up to Feb- ruary 7th, are 73 killed and 1,100 in- jured. The biggest contributing factor to this wholesale murder of human be- ings is the reckless speeder. No busi- ness justifies driving a vehicle at a rate of speed greater than is reasonable and. proper. The enormous amount of traffic on the streets should be a warning to the foot traveler to always be on his guard. When alighting from a street car satisfy yourself that oncoming traffic is going to stop. Always pause and look both ways before crossing the street or boulevard. Hundreds of ac- cidents could be avoided if pedestrians would substitute caution for reckless- ness, Never pass behind a vehicle without a clear view of traffic approaching from the opposite direction. Always cross the street at the nearest corner. The middle of the block is always an invitation for an accident. Traffic signals “must be obeyed by the pedestrian, If there are no signals use common sense. Never figure that | x : | eee eee i LO MES ig Se Mad oe Ui Ra ae pal eee co [ec Geta oes » HON. JOSEPH HIGGINS SMITH Member of the City Council from the 32nd Ward, who has for of Chicago, and on Tuesday, Feb. 22, be will be re-elected to the City Council from his old Ward. the driver of a vehicle is going to stop to let you pass. Be sure of it, or wait until he passes. By your watchfulness for your own safety, help the police department to eut down the appaling number of deaths and injuries caused by motor vehicles. HON. WILLIAM SULZER IS STILL IN THE LIMELIGHT AND HE IS ALWAYS TRUE TO THE COLORED RACE The following Telegram (copy) speaks for itself. Washington, D. C., : Feb. 5, 1927. Pioneer Negroes of the World, Mother Zion Church, 151 West 136th Street, New York City. Attention Rev. George A. Weston! Regret exceedingly I cannot be with you tomorrow as I take a deep and abiding interest in the great work you are doing for our fellowman through- out the world, Give my best wishes to all assembled and tell them that in the future as in the past anything that I can do to promote the welfare of the Negroes of the world will always be cheerfully done. When the story of the Negro for the last fifty years is written by the impartial historian it will make one of the greatest chapters ever written in the history of progress and civilization. I wish you success in the efforts you are making for the advancement of the Negro, and I pre- dict that in the coming years you will reap, a reward far beyond your most sanguine expectations. “ WM. SULZER. 333 MR. HARRY E. HOFF Republican candidate on the L political combination for Ci who has a fine business re cried to the highly accompl Hon. and Mrs. Joseph F. H Candidate on the Deneen-Litsinger-B combination for City Clerk of Chicago fine business record behind him is 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- ```markdown ``` M. [Name] MR. HARVEY A. WATKINS One of the live candidates in the three corne Alderman of the Second Ward. ive candidates in the three corner Alderman of the Second Ward. One of the live candidates in the three cornered fight for Alderman of the Second Ward. Deneen-Litsinger-Brundage-Haasity Clerk of Chicago. Mr. Hoff,ord behind him is happily marshed 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. A. in the three cornered fight for the Second Ward. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 12, 1927 ATTORNEY AUGUSTUS L. WILLIAMS, CANDIDATE FOR ALDERMAN OF THE SECOND WARD, PROPOUNDS SOME IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO ALDERMAN LOUIS B. ANDERSON IN RELATION TO PERMITTING ITS STREETS AND ALLEYS TO REMAIN IN AN UNSANITARY CONDITION. Attorney A. L. Williams puts Alderman Louis B. Anderson under the lash. Mr. Williams says if Mr. Anderson can answer the interrogatories propounded to him satisfactorily, he believes the voters of the Second ward would PROBABLY give him another chance. Mr. Anderson states that "He was entrusted with the floor leadership in all administration matters, and demonstrated by his masterly and skillful method of handling the affairs assigned to him, that no mistake had been made in the selection." Query: Isn't it a fact, Mr. Anderson, that being a floor leader is simply a tool for your immediate superior? And as such tool, you simply carry out the orders of your superior officer, and not the wishes of your constituents? The brilliant record as council member for ten years of the present Alderman of the 2nd Ward is best described by the Municipal Voters' League, which is as follows: "Louis B. Anderson serving fifth term. Poor record. Generally held responsible for undesirable conditions in his ward. Still nothing but a mere water-carrier in the City Council. For this latter fact, we should all be duly thankful." Query: Now, Mr. Anderson, do you consider this a record that any one could be proud of? And will you explain to your constituents how you ride two separate and distinct political horses in opposite directions at the same time, instead of boasting of your ability to decide technical questions of Parliamentary Rules and Law? We note that the present incumbent of the office' of Alderman of the 2nd Ward boasts of the fact that he was acting Mayor of the City of Chicago while the water meter ordinance was being railroaded through. We wonder if Mr. Anderson remembers when Mayor Wm. Hale Thompson stated that he refused a half million dollars to permit this nefarious ordinance to be thrust upon the people of the city of Chicago. Under the Thompson administration, we find this little shrewd (2) man opposing this ordinance following the dictates of his then boss, Mayor Wm. Hale Thompson, yet under the Dever administration, we find this same little man boasting of the fact that he helped put it over, which increases the peoples' water bill 500 SCANTY DRESS IS CONDEMNED The Rev. Waldron Sees Modern Fashion as a Menace to Womanhood Washington, D. C. (Special).—Frugal French designs in dress and coifure were denounced by the Rev. J. Milton Waldron at the Shiloh Baptist Church, Wednesday night in a fundamentalist sermon on neuroses of the nation, especially bobbed hair and short skirts. Seeking to convey to his audience the fundamental irrationality of the abbreviated skirt, he apprehended the modern world as a jazz spectacle of moral obliquity rather than a puritanic symphony. Enlarging of legs of trousers by men and greater looseness in fit of vest and coat were cited as a silent but impressive objection to fashions of womankind. In response to his invitation to attend the sermon in interest of modesty in female apparel, he was greeted by an audience of 1,000 evenly divided between men and women. Very few bobbed heads were noticeable in the audience. Alarmed that Parisian fashions decree for Easter wear skirts 2 inches above the knee, he denounced them with a quotation from the late Charles Spurgeon. "London gets her fashions from Paris and Paris gets hers from hell." Short skirts and bobbed hair, he said, take us back in ancient fashion to those who have lost their character. "Women," he stated, "should let their light shine before men, not their legs." OFFICERS ELECTED FOR 1927 Red Cap Club Sandy W. Trice, president; B. F. Shepard, 1st vice president; S. H. Harris, 2nd vice president; C. R. Watson, 3rd vice president; James Walden, financial secretary; Otho Robinson, treasurer; Charles Smith, cor. secretary. Directors: J. A. Peaks, W. Edgerton, R. I. Hodge. per cent. We wonder what changed the character of the legislation between the two administrations, or is it a fact that SOMETHING changed the man? And Mr. Anderson, the voters of the 2nd Ward want to know how many of the thousand homeless and helpless creatures of your own race did you help or even give a job that would give them bread and raiment while you were acting Mayor of the city of Chicago with all the power? Mr. Anderson further states that he procured an allotment from the gross sum appropriated for street and alley cleaning more money than any other ward in the city. Query: The voters of the 2nd Ward wish to know what became of the money that was allotted for the cleaning of the streets and alleys. Isn't it a fact that the streets and alleys in the 2nd Ward are the most filthy of any streets and alleys in the entire city of Chicago? We note that Mr. Anderson boasts of furnishing the people of the ward with a playground at 38th and Prairie avenue and dedicated the same as "Anderson's Park." The people of the 2nd Ward should take it upon themselves to visit this corner and they will find one of the most disgraceful mud holes anywhere in the city of Chicago. Query: Why is it, Mr. Anderson, that this park is not finished and equipped the same as other playgrounds for children of other wards throughout the city? And finally, we find that we have truly tried and faithfully trusted the horse for 10 years (present alderman) and found him wanting, and too small to measure up to the demands for a true representative of the people of the 2nd Ward, it would perhaps be and is a blessing in disguise to have the opportunity to "swap horses" even if it be while crossing the stream and try another faithful servant in view of the fact that we as a people have produced so many men of experience, efficiency, competency and ability, who will represent the interests of the people of the 2nd Ward and NOT THE INTERESTS OF THE BIG BUSINESSES throughout the city of Chicago. And when the job-holding canvassers come to ask you to vote for Mr. Anderson, ask them what is his platform.—Adv. DEDICATE FUTURE HOME Sunday afternoon, Feb. 6th, was a big day with United Brothers of Friendship and Sisters of Mysterious Tens of the city of Chicago and surrounding suburbs. Promptly at 2:30 the meeting was called to order by Mrs. Minnie M. Robinson, princess of St. Julian Temple, No. 103; dedicatory exercises were led by L. B. Browne, member of the state endowment board, assisted by W. D. Crawley, assistant state grand secretary. Very seldom in the history of events gather upon one occasion as many prominent characters as graced the rostrum at this meeting. Among the leading speakers of the afternoon were Hon. J. B. Devereaux, State Grand Master of Illinois and jurisdiction, who has worked like a Trojan in order to secure a permanent home for the organization. Among others to speak were Hons. Louis B. Anderson and R. R. Jackson, alderman of the Second and Third wards; Harvey A. Watkins, one of Chicago's leading citizens; Oscar De Priest, leading financier; Hon. Pat Sherridan; Mesdames Kate L. Cosby, past state grand princess of Illinois; Emma L. Brooks of Aurora and Rebecca Wilson, secretary of the burial fund; M. T. Bailey, president of The Bailey Realty Co., and an active fraternal worker; Hon. William Hale Thompson, America's greatest citizen, patriot, 100 per cent American. It was regrettable on the part of all members of the organization that illness detained the state grand princess, Mrs. Georgia F. Harding, at her home. TAMPA'S TELEPHONES From 700 telephones in 1901 to about 19,000 telephones in 1926 represents the growth of the telephone exchange in Tampa, Fla., in the past twenty-five years. This is equivalent to a growth of 2,600 per cent. BY DOROTHY DOUGLAS (Copyright.) DOCTOR BRUCE, when he took over the big practice in Glen Cove, felt that he simply must have a wife—not a wife in fact but a wife in fiction—one that dwelt on the fringe of the world. An unmarried doctor was inclined to lose out among certain patients. The brilliant idea of having a fictitious wife came to him like an inspiration and so simple it was that he fell into it like a duck to water. The story was rapidly circulated that Mrs. Bruce was compelled to live in a higher altitude than Glen Cove and the tale was so plausible that no one, not even the servants in the house, doubted it. These false matrimonial colors had been flying some two years and Doctor Bruce found himself giving natural reports of his wife to the many patients interested and felt no guilty qualms of conscience whatever. He realized that his patients thought far more of him as a married man and told him their innermost secrets with greater freedom than they ever would have had he been single. There was old Mrs. Kent who sympathized with him so keenly about his wife's health and took so much interest that she insisted on seeing a photograph of Mrs. Bruce and the wee son. This was all very simple until Doctor Bruce was called in suddenly to Mrs. Kent's—who lived all alone well out in the country—in the middle of the night and there he met his Waterloo—as it were. There had been nothing in the past to suggest that Mrs. Kent had been deliberately hiding from her doctor the fact that she had a niece and that Flory Hall was the most exquisite niece that anyone ever had. She had come for a visit with her aunt and been taken ill immediately after her arrival. She was tossing about with scarlet cheeks and flame-lit eyes when Doctor Bruce arrived and her temperature was quite high enough to have alarmed Mrs. Keit. The temperature of Flory didn't alarm Doctor Bruce half so much as the sudden and devastating swirl that he himself.seemed swept into. He knew now why his heart had remained so utterly unmoved hitherto by anything feminine. This tremendous thing had leaped upon him, as surely a thing of flame as the fever in Flory's eyes. Flory's fever would be quite overcome. "Then it's just the flu," sighed Mrs. Kent in relief: "I was afraid it might be brain fever or nervous prostration. Her mother has sent her on to visit me in order to break up an unapproved love affair—I was fearful the worry might—" "Nothing to worry about, Mrs. Kent—we'll see that this lovely niece of yours doesn't throw herself away on some worthless chap." When he had made Flory as comfortable as possible and given full instructions to her aunt, Doctor Bruce reluctantly departed. There was no slightest doubt that the doctor had got himself in a fine kettle of fish with his false marriage tales. And the point was, would anyone ever believe him again? He could hardly kill off his supposed wife, and if he informed people of a divorce they would probably give him up as their doctor. Besides the One Girl would no doubt object to a divorced man to replace that other lover. Flory responded with flattering speed to the doctor's care and had she not supposed him married would have acted just as swiftly in the matter of—well—perhaps a love affair. As it was, she had many moments when the look in his eyes swept away all feeling that he was the husband of another woman and that she herself was supposed to be suffering from a disappointing love experience. Two weeks fled quickly by and more and more the doctor realized that something must be done to ease the situation in which his folly had plunged him. Certainly he was in love with Flory. Of that there was no doubt. And, what was more, he intended to marry her and the sooner it happened the better. Before Flory ventured out after her illness Doctor Bruce asked Mrs. Kent to come for a short drive with him. When they had got to a bit of clear road, Doctor Bruce turned to Mrs. Kent. "Mrs. Kent—I have an extraordinary confession to make. I have fallen desperately in love with your niece, and I want your advice—" "My advice, Doctor Bruce, is for you to take me home at once. You—a married man—to—" "But that's just my trouble—I'm not married—it's all been a terrible bluff. It seems almost impossible to make you believe me, but honestly when you hear it all—I'm sure you'll forgive and—" "Does Flory know about this? There was something rather flattering to the doctor in her surprised eyes. "Certainly not. I wanted to tell you first and get your consent. You see, if Flory and I could go right away and be married, no one need know but that she has been my wife all this time—" And while it wasn't quite so simple to lose a fictitious wife as it had been to invent one. Doctor Bruce was introducing, "My wife" to all his patients in a surprisingly short time. Men show their character in nothing more clearly than by what they think laughable—Goethe DENVER N. A. A. C. P. WINS CASE AGAINST SEGREGATED SCHOOL "PARTIES" Withdraws from Bombing Case When Owner Decides to Sell The Denver Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People reports winning a victory in the Supreme Court of Denver against a ruling by the local school board requiring separate social functions for white and colored students. Suit was brought in behalf of three colored students, who claimed that the school board's order violated the State Constitution which says "nor shall any distinction or classification of pupils be made on account of race or color." The Denver district court sustained the school board but on appeal to the Supreme Court the students were upheld on the ground that the school board's order was clearly "hostile and contrary" to the provisions of the State Constitution. The students were represented by attorneys George Q. Richmond and George G. Ross. George W. Gross, president of the Denver branch further reports that the branch voted to withdraw from the case of E. E. Carrington, whose home was bombed three times, on the ground that Mr. Carrington had begun negotiations to sell his house. SMALL BUDGET FOR NEGROES IN WASHINGTON DRAWS N. A. A. C. P. PRÔTEST The Washington, D. C., Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, through its president, Neval H. Thomas, has written a strong letter to Martin B. Madden, chairman of the committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives, protesting against the small appropriations for colored people in the National Capital provided in the District Appropriations bill. This measure, according to Mr. Thomas' letter, "gives the colored people no relief whatever in the matter of allotment of funds for new buildings and grounds for the coming year. It gives us but $425,000 out of a total budget of $2,750,000, or about 15 per cent, when we have 30 per cent of the school enrollment and attendance. Your committee even eliminated the recommendation of the Bureau of the Budget for $100,000 for an addition to Crummel School and for a site for our Tuberculosis School so badly needed." In his letter Mr. Thomas again urges elimination of the entire appropriation for bathing beaches in Washington because of the exclusion of colored people from Potomac Park bathing facilities. Mr. Thomas urges that colored citizens in every part of the country write to Representative Martin B. Madden, House office building, Washington, D. C., urging both increase of appropriations for colored people and their institutions in Washington, and denial of all monies for public bathing until the bar against colored bathers is removed. INDIANA WOMEN, BROOKLYN DOCTORS, SEND CHECKS TO N. A. A. C. P. New York, Feb. 4.—The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 69 Fifth avenue, reports gifts during the current week of $50 from the Indiana Federation of Colored Women's clubs, transmitted by Mrs. Medera A. Powell of Wishawaka, Indiana, and $15 additional contribution to the Legal Defense Fund from the Provident Medical and Dental Association of Brooklyn, making its total contribution to date $100, transmitted by Dr. George Wright. 1 A Efficiency DOWN the road it is efficient things on w stored inside. Tools are in the and shovels are in their racto its frame and there are p form a sturdy derrick. Sometimes it draws a straight poles. Sometimes cable. Often its load is m The telephone truck gets For whether on the peace-t maintenance or bound to w made for it a battle ground efficiency, economy and hu task of making telephone se dependable. DOWN the road it travels, one of the most efficient things on wheels. Coils of wire are stored inside. Tools are in the snug lockers. Pike poles and shovels are in their racks. A big winch is bolted to its frame and there are pipes of steel from which to form a sturdy derrick. Sometimes it draws a trailer loaded with long, straight poles. Sometimes it bears a heavy reel of cable. Often its load is men. The telephone truck gets many a glance as it passes. For whether on the peace-time job of construction and maintenance or bound to where snow and sleet have made for it a battle ground, it means power, speed, efficiency, economy and human loyalty, united in the task of making telephone service better, broader, more dependable. ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY BELL SYSTEM One Policy • One System • Universal Service ```markdown ``` BROOKLYN BANK DEPARTMENT CORPORATION MILL SPRINGS BROOKLYN BANK DEPARTMENT & BROOKLYN BANK CORPORATION NEW ORLEANS ATTORNEY CONFERS WITH JUDGE COBB ON SEGREGATION Lloys Charbonnet, attorney retained by the New Orleans Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to fight the Louisiana and New Orleans residential segregation ordinances, has visited Washington and conferred with Judge James A. Cobb on the case which goes before the U. S. Supreme Court on appeal, March 7. Judge Cobb informs the National Office of the N. A. A. C. P. that the case is the first on the Supreme Court's calendar that day. Argument in this case will be based upon the Supreme Court's decision in the Louisville Case of 1917, declaring all segregation laws and ordinances unconstitutional. This is the first case on this issue to come before the Supreme Court in 1927. Three cases were won on the Louisville Case precedent during 1926 before lower courts in Indianapolis, Norfolk and Dallas. BOY SCOUT NEWS Leadership Training Course The Leadership Training Course met Wednesday night at the Douglas Division headquarters, at 3201 Wabash avenue, at 7:30 sharp. There was a group of twenty enthusiastic peppy men out and all were very active. The course does not have any long lectures or talks, but plenty of action. The course was carried out like a monster troop meeting with the patrol system used throughout. Mr. R. A. Lucas, Joe Jefferson and Irwin Thornton are the patrol leaders, but next week there will be a new patrol headed by Thomas Tucker. Mr. Foster R. Branch was quite active acting in Rev. Braddan's place. The men were greatly elated over the program and when time to go home came, they were not ready. Next week Rev. Braddan will be out and Mr. Carl Bryan, executive in North West District, will give a ten minute talk on "How to Start a Troop in a Way to Keep it Going." Remember men, the meeting is every Wednesday night at 7:30 sharp and we stop at 9:30 on the dot. It has recently been decided by the leadership training committee that there will be no charges whatever to those taking the course. Troop 426 Troop 426, of St. Mary's Church, at 53rd and Dearborn streets, has a new scoutmaster after Mr. Harry I. Jones resigned. The new scoutmaster is Mr. Matthew Mason. The troop committee is practically new and have bought seven of the boys new scout uniforms. The new scoutmaster is taking the course and we expect great things from them. Troop 532 Is Entertained Troop 532 of St. Thomas Church, the winners of the Binga Bank Efficiency trophy, was entertained with a dinner by their troop committeemen at 7:30 Friday, in honor of their winning Binga Bank Efficiency Trophy. Dr. George C. Hall, one of the influential members of the Chicago Public Library Board and one of the most prominent physicians and surgeons in this country, has started on his annual vacation trip to several points in Florida and the West Indies Islands. ```markdown ``` travels, one of the most wheels. Coils of wire are the snug lockers. Pike poles locks. A big winch is bolted types of steel from which to trailer loaded with long, it bears a heavy reel of en. many a glance as it passes. some job of construction and there snow and sleet have it means power, speed, man loyalty, united in the service better, broader, more --- 3 V 4 | Ernest H. pe reer ee I DR SS = See eee SEG et 5 Ere ee) Caan Ne ane A NT Se NN AAI 2 ee ((keeer ya Hees I on 2} , iH Wie ‘| i id i oe $ be a ee oo .: 99 £—__\ -TheWilliamson Funeral «=~ )) 2s distinguished by Va the up-to-date designs Ax) of its Cunningham vmsserivee Limousine Hearse MRS. MARY E. 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TAYLOR awe, Bar end Poiber__ Vol. XXXII No. 22 Chicago, February 12, 1927 eae Rae Entered as Second-Class Matter, .ug. 19, 1902, at the Post office at Chicago, IL Under Act of March 8, 1879. vt ea aout BSE ae Soe Phones: Office Main4153; Residence, (4751 Champlain Avenue Phone Kenwood 5611 Walter M. Farmer ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 708—184 W. Washington St. ‘CHICAGO Telephone: State 3278 A. D. GASH ATTORNEY AT LAW Suite 813, Ashland Block 158 N. Clark Street CHICAGO, ILL. CLUB HONORS PRESIDENT The Chicago Club of Rust College, Holly Springs, Miss., tendered a re- ception in honor of Hon. L. M. Mc Coy, president of the Rust College, who is touring the country in interest of the work of the school, The pro- gram and reception was held Friday afternoon at the “Y,” at which time several. prominent persons were pres- ent and took part, among these were Rev, I. Garland Penn, field secretary of Freidman Aid Society; Bishop R. E. Jones of the M. E, Church, New Or- Jeans; Rev. Dr. Butler of The Ep- worth League; Mrs, Nannie Mae Strayhorn rendered two musical num- bers. Dr. P. Charles Downs, former president, acted as master of cere- monies. NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE At the regular meeting of the stock holders of Binga State Bank, held Jan uary 3rd, 1927, the following amend ments to the by-laws were authorized That section 1 of the by-laws be amended to read “The Capital Stock shall be Three Hundred Thousan¢ Dollars.” ‘That section 3 of the by-laws b amended to read “The corporate pow- ers of this association shall be exer. cised by a board of Eleven Directors, ete.”—C. N. Langston, Secretary— Adv. DRESS THE SUNDAY EVENING CLUB Judge William H. Harrison will be the principal speaker at the Sunday Evening Club at 7:30 p. m, February 13. His subject will be “Higher Alti tudes.” Prof. J. Wesley Jones, ou musical director, has arranged a won- derful musical program and a rar treat is in store for all who care tc attend. Everyone is welcome. Judge John G. Drennan will preside. Sandy W. Trice, chairman; Dr. W. D." Cook, MAY GO SOUTH Mme. Ezella M. Carter, 4509 Prairie avenue, one of Chicago's active busi- ness women, is confemplating a trip south during the remainder of the win- ter and early spring. ‘THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 12, 1927 PLEASENT SOCIAL EVENTS Miss Dorothy Scurlock, daughter of Mr, and Mrs. H. R. Scurlock, Sr. entertained a few of her young friend: at her home, 6633 St. Lawrence ave- nue, last Saturday evening, with a de- lightful luncheon and card party ‘Those present were Mr.- and Mrs Francis E. Cook, Jr., Mr. Nathaniel Lofton, Miss Lavania Neal of Louis ville, Ky.; Mr. Carl Smith, Mr. Ralph W. Anderson and Mr. and Mrs. H. R. Scurlock, Jr. eee ‘The Alverno Social club will hold its fifth annual formal dance at beau- tifel Alvin Dansant Hall Saturday evening, February 19, 1927. The offi- cers are Mr. Leo E. Spillman, presi- dent; Mr. Ernest A. Thomatis, vice president; Mr. Ralph W. Anderson, secretary; Mr. Robert N. Landrum, financial secretary; Mr. Augustus B. Geddes, treasurer, and Mr. Edward H. Hanson, manager. Mrs, H. R. Scur- lock, sponsor. eee The Alverno Social club has added to its roll call a new member, Mr. Les- ter W. Johnson, very well known and quite prominent in the, basketball end: RINGING OF TELEPHONE BELL ROUTS ROBBERS ‘The ringing of a telephone bell re- cefitly balked a robbery that might have netted the burglars several thou- sand dollars’ worth of silk stockings. Just as he was about to ring the two o'clock safety bell, the night watchman of a silk mill in New Jersey was seized by two masked men, bound and gagged. The burglars had just finished collecting a quantity of val- uable silk stockings when the tele- phone bell rang. Thinking it a burglar alarm, the two men dropped their booty and fied. THEOSOPHICAL NEWS ‘The Pioneer Lodge of the Theo- sophical Society met Friday night, February 4th, at their headquarters, 3262 Vernon avenue at 8:00 o'clock. The next meeting of the lodge will be Friday, February 11th, when Miss De Wick of the Akbar Lodge in the Fine Arts Building, will give a lecture on Res. 5400 Washington Blvd. Res. Phone: Mansfield 5436 Branch Office: 606 Racine Ave., Phone Monroe 2714 MILES J. DEVINE ATTORNEY-AT-LAW SUITE 318-320 REAPER BLOCK ‘CLARK AND WASHINGTON STS. Telephone CENTRAL 1239 CHICAGO WEST ENGLEWOOD TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK Cor. 63rd Street and Marshfield Avenue JOHN BAIN, President; MICHAEL MAISEL, | ‘TELEPHONE DOUGLAS 1 GEORGE F. HARDING, JR. REAL ESTATE Up-to-Date or Modern Houses, Apartments and Stores to Rent 3101 COTTAGE GROVE AVE. Corner 31st Street, Chicago : PRANK 1 DOWN, Vise President « ESTABLISHED 1877 4 JOHN J. DUNN COAL CO. Telephone Oakland 1550 5100 Federal Strest CHICAGO “Numerology.” The time of the mect- ing is 8 o'clock at 3262 Vernon avenue. Visitors are always welcome—Barbara Baldwin, 3201 Wabash avenve. FORUM TO MEET ‘The bi-monthly meeting of The Sunday Evening Forum, under the auspices of Ft, Dearborn 1927 March- ing Club, will be held Sunday after- noon, Feb. 13th, at the club parlors, 3920 South Parkway. J. B, Deveaux, president; Robt. L. Potts, secretary; M, T. Bailey, chairman of publicity; C. T. Hume, M. B. Rogers, chairmen of program committee, will be waiting to welcome the participants and their many friends. The pupils is cordially invited to attend these programs. FACTS ABOUT THE _ TELEPHONE ‘A telephone cable may contain 23 many as 2,400 different wires. Each wire is insulated by being separately wrapped with dry paper. New York City uses the long dis- tance telephone lines much more fre- quently and over greater spaces thar any other city in the world. A telephone transmitter delivers to the line only a few thousandths of a single watt; and frequently over 99 per cent of this power is necessarily dissipated along the line. The Wall Street Journal says: “More business is being done in Wall Street over the telephone than ever be- fore in the history of the financial dis- triét.” American telephone factories pro- duce 110,000 different kinds of parts that go into the making of a modern telephone system. A group of squirrels recently placed ‘one hundred telephones out of com- mission at Winchester, Va. by gnaw- ing holes in the lead aerial cables which resulted in rain dripping through and grounding the wires. World’s Oldest Collece It is said that the oldest college in continuous operation is the University of Oxford in England, which was founded in 1050. Old Palace Haunted by Caligala’s Ghost? In the northern angle of the Pale tine hill stands a palace, which the people of Rome believe to be haunted by the ghost of the half-mad Caligula the emperor who surpassed even Nerc In cruelty and bloodthirstiness, Pierre Van Paassen relates, in the Atlante Constitution. Though the guide re fused to accompany us mid the half moldered ruins, we encountered nc ghost in any of the historic halls, though we half expected to see phan: toms repeat the ghastly scenes that were once enacted here. For here Ca: Ugula, reclining at the banquet table burst’ out laughing, and when asked the cause of his mirth replied: “How easy it would be to have the heads of my courtiers roll over the marble floors.” In this same chamber Claud: tus was feasting when he was. in: formed that his wife Messalina was dead and received the news with 2 Jest, then ordered a slave to pour him @ cup of wine. And here also the same emperor devoured his fatal re past of mushrooms of which Tacitus speaks, a dish prepared by his loving wife and nfece, Agrippina, in order to make way to the throne for her ‘son Nero. THE COMMONWEALTH EDISON COMPANY City’s Glory Departed It is no longer “Antioch the Beau tiful,” splendidly situated though It is. In the Thirteenth century it was stil a considerable city of 120,000 inhabi- tants. Today it is known as Antakia and its population is about 12,000. It never quite recovered from {ts spoll- ation by the sultan of Egypt, nor has it made much effort to repair the dam- age done in 1872 by a severe earth- quake. But it will always be a place of interest to Christians for Its many associations with the earliest periods of their history. 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