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SOCIETY NEWS PUBLISHED FREE HON. WILLIAM HALE The greatest political war-horse and cl the common people in the United S Tuesday for Mayor of Chicago. opposition in his onward march on hand writing on the wall, withou least bit, plainly indicates that he of Chicago. NION. WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON first political war-horse and champion of the common people in the United States at the city for Mayor of Chicago. He trampled on in his onward march on the City Hearing on the wall, without jollying on it, plainly indicates that he will be the Cityago. 334 HON. WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON The greatest political war-horse and champion of the rights of the common people in the United States at the Primaries on Tuesday for Mayor of Chicago. He trampled down all opposition in his onward march on the City Hall and the hand writing on the wall, without jollying ourselves the least bit, plainly indicates that he will be the next Mayor of Chicago. CITIZENS GIVE BISHOP BROOKS $1,222 Citizens rallied to Bishop W. Sampson Brooks in a final reception Friday, Feb. 18, at Baltimore, Md., at Bethel Church and contributed $1,221.96 towards his work in Africa. This makes the total of his campaign nearly $20,000. Bishop Brooks sailed Thursday from New York. Rev. C. H. Stepteau, who headed the committee of 100 in charge of the reception went to New York to see him off. Contributions were reported as follows: Metropolitan—Dr. Ernest Williams, $183; Ebenezer—Rev. Waldron, $102; Payne Mem.—Rev. Briscoe, $44.50; St. John—Rev. Manokoo, $55; Link of Twelve, Trinity—Dr. Thomas, $50; Centennial—Rev. Briggs, $43. H. S. Delaney, $100; Dr. J. O. Spencer, Morgan College, $10; Dr. A. O. Reid, $5. Bethel Church, general collection, $290.50; African Redemption Club, Mrs. Florence Saunders, $103; Mrs. Florence Hawkins, $75; Capt. George Brown, $50; Mrs. Carl Murphy, $20; Bishop Brooks Penny Club, Mrs. McCowan, $15; Poinsetter Circle, Mrs. Galloway, $10; In Memory, J. O. Curtis, by his sister, $10; Mrs. Kitty Watt, $10; Progressive Circle, Mrs. Whar- ```markdown ``` [Name] M. B. HON. BERTHOLD A. CRONSON At the end of a highly exciting contest re-elected Council from the 4th Ward of a highly exciting contest re-elected Council from the 4th Ward At the end of a highly exciting contest re-elected to the City Council from the 4th Ward Vol. XXXII. 5 CENTS PER COPY MALE THOMPSON and champion of the rights of United States at the Primaries on Chicago. He trampled down all arch on the City Hall and the without jollying ourselves the that he will be the next Mayor ton, $5; Mr. Charles, $5; Mrs. Gass- away, $5; Dr. R. Coates, $3.50—Total for Bethel, $555.50. Dr. C. H. Stepteau was president of the committee, Carl Murphy, secretary. BISHOP BROOKS DEPARTS FOR AFRICA Philadelphia, Pa.—Bishop W. Sampson Brooks, on last Thursday, sailed on the West Irmo Steamship of the American-African Line, direct to Sierra Leone, W. Africa. The Bishop has been in the United States for almost a year, and has been interesting the people of his country in his educational institution which he started there. Large meetings were held for him all over the country. Perhaps the largest of these meetings, not strictly of his denomination, was that held in this city by the college men and women's fraternities and sororities which held a joint meeting for him at the Gibson Theatre, at which over $400 was raised for his work. Mrs. H. L. Patterson, 5161 S. Michigan avenue, has just recovered from the effects of a very severe cold and at this time we wish to heartily thank her for the little tokens of friendship received from her. 11 g contest re-elected to the City the 4th Ward THE BROAD AX THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 26, 1927 Hon. William Hale Thompson Nominated for Mayor of Chicago by 180,000 Majority, Capturing 15,000 More Votes Than Was Received by All of His Opponents. Hon. Edward R. Litsinger Raked in 162,240. Hon. William E. Dever Caught Onto 136,000, and Two or Three Other Candidates for the Nomination for Mayor Received a Few Scattering Votes. The Following Aldermanic Candidates With the Great Aid of The Broad Ax Successfully Jumped Over the Aldermanic Hurdle on Tuesday. Aldermen Robert R. Jackson, Berthold A. Cronson, Charles S. Eaton, William R. O'Toole, Terrence F. Moran and Joseph Higgins Smith. Hon. Charles S. Deneen, United States Senator from Illinois, Has Come Out in the Open and Above Board, and Has Let the World Know that He Will March Under the Banner of Hon. William Hale Thompson for Mayor of Chicago. Many of the Supporters and Followers of Senator Deneen Will Also Fall in Behind Former Mayor Thompson. Captain Daniel M. Jackson Routed Hon. Edward H. Wright in the Second Ward, and Mr. Jackson Turned Over on Primary Day at Least Ninety Per Cent of the Colored Vote in that Ward, and the Outcome of the Primaries Were Sadly Disappointing to Mr. Wright. Hon. George Franklin Harding, Hon. Robert E. Crowe, Hon. Charles Ringer, Hon. Charles V. Barrett and a Few Other Prominent Republican Politicians Made It Possible for Mr. Thompson to Be Honored with the Nomination for Mayor February 22nd, 1927 will be a day long to be remembered by the new and old time politicians and would-be statesmen and that other class of pinheaded, wise or high mucky mucks, who labor under the impression that what they do not know about politics is not worth knowing at all. It was that class of politicians and so-called wise statesmen who were stood right square upside down on Tuesday referred to, for at the close of the polls the vast majority of the citizens of Chicago had cast their primary vote for Hon. William Hale Thompson for mayor of Chicago, and it was the first time in many, many years that any candidate, Democratic or Republican, seeking the nomination for mayor of this city, has ever received such a tremendous vote which was bestowed upon Mr. Thompson. As a matter of fact, the voters of this city had firmly made up their minds to convince Mr. Thompson that they were with him, tooth and toe-nail, hence the great vote which he received for fifteen thousand more votes were cast for him than the combined vote cast for Hon. Edward R. Litsinger, Hon. William E. Dever and the other mayoralty candidates and the greatest of all the voting for any of the candidates for mayor of this wonderful city simply indicates that Mr. Thompson will head off or successfully stand off all comers on Tuesday, April 5. The other candidates seeking the votes of the people follow: For Mayor — Republican — William Hale Thompson, 342,279; Edward R. Litsinger, 162,240; Eugene McCaffrey, 1,788. Thompson's plurality, 180,039. Democratic — William E. Dever, 149,422; Martin Walsh, 13,260. Dever's majority, 136,162. Total Democratic primary vote for mayor, 162,682; Total Republican primary vote for mayor, 506,307; Grand total primary vote for mayor, 668,989. Thompson's majority over all—Litsinger, Dever, Walsh, and McCaffrey, 15,569. The following aldermanic candidates received a majority of the votes cast in their wards and will not have to engage in the supplemental fight on April 5. This list also includes the wards in which there were no contests. 1st ward, Ald. John J. Coughlin, 6,091; 2nd ward, Ald. Louis B. Anderson, 3,031; 3rd ward, Ald. Robert R. Jackson, 3,818; 4th ward, Ald. Berthold A. Cronson, 2,533; 5th ward, Ald. Charles S. Eaton, 26; 6th ward, Ald. Guy Guermsey, 1,265; 8th ward, Ald. William D. Meyering, 3,349; 9th ward, Ald. Sheldon W. Govier, 6,951; 11th ward, Ald. John P. Wilson, 197; 13th ward, Ald. John B. McDonough, 1,879; 14th ward, Ald. William R. O'Toole, 2,076; 15th ward, Ald. Thomas F. Byrne, No Contest; 16th ward, Ald. Terance F. Moran, 1,711; 17th ward, James G. Coyle, 137; 18th ward, Ald. Patrick F. Ryan, 818; 19th ward, Ald. Donald S. McKinlay, 3,443; 20th ward, Ald. Prignano, 1,762; 21st ward, Ald. Dennis A. Horan, 5,216; 23rd ward, Ald. John Toman, 1,635; 24th ward, Ald. Jacob M. Arvey, No Contest; 25th ward, James B. Bowler, No Contest; 27th ward, John A. Van Norman, (Continued on Page 2) K 77 SUPER HON. WILLIAM E. DEVERE Democratic Mayor of Chicago, who will be for the greatest political fight of his life in one former Mayor William Hale Thompson from the City Hall shortly after Tuesday, April possession of the Mayor's chair for not less time SURVEY OF NEGRO COLLEGES PLANNED (Preston News Service) CONNECTICUT MEASURES "" (Preston Ne Mayor of Chicago, who will be for the first political fight of his life in ordnary Mayor William Hale Thompson from Hall shortly after Tuesday, April of the Mayor's chair for not less than MEGRO COLLEGES ANNED News Service) CONNECTICUT OR MEASURES "B" (Preston New Democratic Mayor of Chicago, who will be forced to put up the greatest political fight of his life in order to prevent former Mayor William Hale Thompson from marching into the City Hall shortly after Tuesday, April 5, and taking possession of the Mayor's chair for not less than four years. Washington, D. C., Feb. 25.—A national survey of Negro colleges and universities will be made by the United States Bureau of Education, it has been announced. The survey is expected to evaluate the work of 138 institutions, scattered throughout the nation. The Bureau plans also to make a special survey of the seventeen Negro land-grant colleges, as a part of the general land-grant inquiry authorized by Congress. "The general survey will include sources of financial support, training of staffs, size and character of student bodies and the admission and graduation standards. The bureau explains: "Marked progress has been made in many Negro schools during the last ten years. A large number of the presidents of Negro colleges have urged that a new estimate of their work be made in order that progress may be measured and interpreted in terms of changing standards." BAR NEGRO BARBERS FROM SERVING WHITES Columbia, S. C.—Senator Martin's bill prohibiting Negro barbers from serving white women passed the Senate and was sent to the House. W. K. M. H. WILLIAM L. HON. GEORGE F. HARDING The little fighting Treasurer of Cook County, whi six months worked hard day and night to friend, Hon. William Hale Thompson for May ating Treasurer of Cook County, whi is worked hard day and night to con. William Hale Thompson for May The little fighting Treasurer of Cook County, who for the past six months worked hard day and night to assist his old friend, Hon. William Hale Thompson for Mayor of Chicago. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BROAD AX No. 24 Chicago, who will be forced to put up fight of his life in order to prevent Hale Thompson from marching into Hale Thompson from marching into after Tuesday, April 5, and taking doctor's chair for not less than four years. LEGES —A na-ves and United it has evaluate scattered Bureau survey of int coll land-ongress. include training student grad prog- CONNECTICUT GIVES KLAN MEASURES "BLACK EYE" (Preston News Service) Hartford, Conn., Feb. 25.—Unfavorable reports by the Judiciary Committee on the Ku Klux Klan marriage bills were explained by Judge Peck of Bristol in the House of Representatives Friday and all three bills were rejected unanimously. The first bill prohibited inter-marriage of whites and persons of African descent, declaring all such marriages null and void. The second forbade persons who perform a marriage ceremony from inducing the parties to enter into an agreement as to the education or religious training of their children, and the third was "to prevent the derogation of the sanctity of civil marriage." HARRY WEBBER BECOMES EDITOR PENNSYLVANIA GUARD Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 25.—Harry E. Webber, who for some time was connected with the Pittsburgh Courier, has taken the position of editor of the Pennsylvania Guard. Mr. Webber is a graduate of the school of business administration, and also a course in journalism at the University of Pittsburgh. He has had considerable experience as a journalist. S. rer of Cook County, who for the past hard day and night to assist his old Hale Thompson for Mayor of Chicago. No.24 391 HON. WILLIAM R. O'TOOLE After a hard fought battle re-elected to the City Council from the 14th Ward BULLETIN No. 97.—BEWARE OF FAKE STOCK MARKET SCHEMES picious looking deal in which you are invited to take part. Our advice and assistance is at your service at all By Chief of Police Morgan A. Collins Thousands of dollars are lost every month by investors seeking to make easy money, who fall into the hands of fake stock selling schemes. Usually these swindlers hide behind an imposing suite of offices, with high sounding names and a general air of pressing and important far reaching financial dealings about them. Money is flashed before the unwary eye of the excited victim who imagines it is being used legitimately in the promotion of the business. Reputable brokerage houses do not use these tactics nor do they hide behind the elaborate "props" of the "con" man. Citizens are warned to communicate with this office when approached by anyone who offers them fabulous sums in return for their investments. "Sure thing" stock operators, fake oil stock dealers, wire tappers, and other crooks are out to get your money. A call here may forestall them. It will cost you nothing to acquaint this office with the facts in any sus- 1910 1910 M. With four or five live and active candidates in the him, Alderman Moran was re-elected to the with both hands down. the five live and active candidates in the German Moran was re-elected to the hands down. With four or five live and active candidates in the field against him, Alderman Moran was re-elected to the City Council with both hands down. With four or five live and active candidates in the field against him, Alderman Moran was re-elected to the City Council with both hands down. picious looking deal in which you are invited to take part. Our advice and assistance is at your service at all times. All such information will be held in the strictest confidence if desired. The police department is willing and anxious to serve you at all times and in any way possible. THE RED CAPS' LITERARY CLUB On Sunday, March 6, at 4:30 p. m., the Red Caps' Literary Club will hold forth at its club house, 3639 S. Michigan avenue. At which time Rev. Joshua Arthur Bracett, D.D., will be the principal speaker. Miss Rosie Lee Robinson, musical director, has arranged a delightful program. Everyone is invited to attend. Sandy W. Trice, president. Dr. and Mrs. J. Madison Hall, 237 E. 51st street, occupy very comfortable quarters at that number. Dr. Hall maintains his offices there, which is very handy for his many patients in that neighborhood. Mrs. Hall, who is a graduate of the Lincoln Hospital, New York City, is one of the most expert trained nurses in Chicago. [Image of a man with a bald head and glasses, wearing a suit and tie. The background is a plain white surface. There is no text or additional details visible in the image.]] we candidates in the field agains us re-elected to the City Council THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 26, 1927 Hon. William Hale Thompson Received Fifteen Thousand More Votes than All of His Rivals Combined in the Race for the Nomination for Mayor of Chicago No Contest; 28th ward, Ald. George M. Maypole, No Contest; 29th ward, Ald. Albert J. Horan, No Contest; 30th ward, Ald. John S. Clark, No Contest; 31st ward, Ald. Stanley Adamkiewicz, 1,728; 32nd ward, Ald. Joseph H. Smith, 2,560; 34th ward, Edward J. Kaindl, No Contest; 35th ward, Ald. George Seif, 2,193; 36th ward, Ald. Eugene L. Nusser, 1,595; 38th ward, Ald. Max Adamowski, No Contest; 39th ward, Ald. Frank Ring, 5,021; 41st ward, Ald. Thomas J. Bowler, No Contest; 42nd ward, Ald. Dorsey Crowe, No Contest; 43rd ward, Titus Haffa, 32; 44th ward, Ald. Albert E. Loescher, 3,622; 46th ward, Ald. Oscar F. Nelson, No Contest; 47th ward, Ald. John J. Hoellen, 8,293; 48th ward, John A. Massen, 627; 49th ward, Ald. E. I. Frankhauser, No Contest. To Run April 5 Following are the names of and the votes received by the two leading candidates in the wards which failed to elect an alderman last Tuesday. The two leaders must fight it out at the supplemental election on April 5: BRILLIANT DANCE AND RECEPTION BY THE ALVERNO SOCIAL CLUB You have heard it said that occasions in February carry with them marked distinctions which contribute in every form things which leave a picture which would carry to the future, scenes and sounds that bring joy to the soul. The fifth annual assembly of the Alverno Social Club wrote a new page in the history of social gatherings last Saturday evening at the Alvin Dansant, Fifty-first street and Michigan avenue. This gathering brought together the elite of society. The guests began to arrive as the hands of the clock pointed to the hour of ten. The decorations were most artistically constructed. They carried with them the effect of a home which evidently the artist had in mind the picture of the time when the members of the Alverno had taken for themselves their mates for the future in the peaceful joys of life. The dance program consisted of fourteen numbers. Beginning with No. 1, each couple danced to a joyous measure increasing in pleasure on to No. 7, which led to the grand march, which was led by Leo E. Spillman and Miss Mary Oliver. The other officers of the organization followed in their order, Ernest A. Tomatis, vice-president; with Miss Flossie Howard; then Ralph W. Anderson, secretary, and Miss Dorothy Scurlock; Robert N. Landrum, financial secretary; Augustus B. Geddes, treasurer, and Miss Ruby Dominick; Edward W. Hanson, manager, and Miss Zonita Jeffries, Robert W. Hall, sergeant-at-arms. During the progress of the march, favors were handed out to all persons present. During the intermission, Miss Laverta Holt sang "Where My Caravan Has Rested." Following this number, Ethel Williams gave a ballet dance which was greeted with deafening applause. At this point Paul (Stompy) Evans of Tate Orchestra of Vendome fame, featured several saxophone solos among which were "Deep Henderson," "Butter and Egg Man" and an encore brought forth other popular airs. At the conclusion of the intermission the dance proceeded again with seven numbers more till a late hour. The general expression of the invited guests was of the highest appreciation for having been among the number selected to participate in this fifth anniversary which was of such character that all hoped to live in full favor of the members in order that they might receive invitations for the annual anniversary to be held in 1928. Many of the former members of the club expressed the hope of renewing their membership. Much credit for the success of the club must be given to Mrs Hannibal R. Scurlock, the sponsor who, by her untiring effort has developed each feature and has giver (Continued from Page 1) 10—William A. Rowan (4,731) and *Ernest M. Cross (3,507). Frank A. Sloan (2,922). 33—*Joseph Petlak (3,992) and George M. Rozezynialski. 37—*Wiley W. Mills (10,068) and Bert Fairchild (5,581). 40—*Christ Jensen (5,562) and John C. Chapman (5,232). 45—*Leo M. Brieski (5,582) and William H. Feigenbutz (4,947). 50—Carl L. Lundquist (4,759) and As stated before, Hon. Charles S. Deneen, United States Senator from Illinois, and his strong and prominent leaders will not hesitate for one minute in rushing to the support of Hon. William Hale Thompson for mayor of Chicago. untiringly of her sagacity and guidance for the success of each effort attempted. Prominent among the three hundred guests present were Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Blanchett, Mr. and Mrs. Francis E. Cook, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Andrew DeLuc, Mr. and Mrs. D. W. Simons, Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Wadell, Mrs. Grace Johnson, Miss Roma Lawson, Miss Glynn Phillips, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Abernathy, Miss Maybellie Walket, Misses Catherine and Marguerite White, Lydia and Eleanor Sayre, Amye and Dorothy Gordon, Messrs. Howard Stevenson, Nathaniel Lofton, Earl Renfroe, Richard Salter, Thomas Verdell, Glendon Blanchett, Jack Brooks. The citizens of Chicago, regardless of religious proclivities, gasped in deep surprise at the announcement last Wednesday evening of the demise of the Reverend William Edward Williams, pastor of the Hope Presbyterian Church in Loomis Boulevard at Sixty-first street. His illness was of a short duration and as the end seemed near, fully conscious of his condition, he requested that notice be sent to the absent member of the family that she might be present with the other members who resided in Chicago. Rev. Williams was a man of constructive character; he was a builder for the highest social and religious conditions; his work in an effort to construct a community house, to build up a better relationship for the people, to understand themselves in a better way. His loss to the community in which he lived and worked for so many years, brings deep regret. His service within the church will always stand out for the general betterment of religious advancement. He was deeply interested in the Boy Scouts in an effort to make them constructive citizens; the church not only in Englewood, but his general association with the powers which control the Presbyterian work will be missed and a vacancy will remain which will be hard to fill. Funeral services were held at the Hope Presbyterian Chureh Friday, Feb. 18, at 1:30 p. m., after which the body was shipped to York, Pa., his former home. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Amelia Williams; two sons, William and Edward; a daughter, Mrs. Fannie B. Howard and several grandchildren. HAYES RECEIVES $3,200 PER NIGHT Washington, D. C.—Figures based upon guarantees for one-night paid concert artists in cities around 300,000 population, as published by "Variety," the organ of the stage and screen, show that Roland Hayes, the colored tenor, often receives a nightly guarantee of $3,200 and that Paul Robeson often receives a guarantee of $1,250 per night. These two colored artists are ranked with such concert artists as John McCormack, Fritz Kreisler, Paderewski, Mary Garden, Mme Schumann-Heink and Geraldine Farrar. The McCormack guarantee is $5,000 per night. Hon. Louis B. Anderson Will Fill Up on Black Crow It will be recalled that Hon. Louis B. Anderson set himself up as the floor leader for Mayor Thompson in the years that have passed on into eternity and as such he was ordered or commanded to put up a stiff fight against the "infamous water meter ordinance" and the Hon. Louis B. Anderson defeated its passage on the floor of the City Council. It will be further recalled that during the summer of 1926 that Hon. William E. Dever, mayor of Chicago, ordered the Hon. Louis B. Anderson to preside over the City Council at which time the most damnable water meter ordinance was securely fastened around the necks of the people of Chicago with heavy chains and Hon. William Hale Thompson has already pledged his word that if he is elected mayor of Chicago that one of his first official acts will be to "Repeal the infamous water meter ordinance" and the Hon. Louis B. Anderson is getting ready to gulp down a big pot of real black crow. "CHICAGO'S HEALTH"-INFLU ENZA AND DIRTY DISHES Weekly Bulletin, Chicago Department of Health, by Herman N. Bnde- "Official reports of the League of Nations show that influenza is now epidemic in Europe. During the influenza outbreak of 1918, researches by the U. S. Public Health Service on influenza among 66,000 soldiers, showed that hand-washed dishes were a principal means of spreading the disease in the army camp studied. Moreover, in a study of 21,000 civilians having influenza, 84 per cent was found to be among those who had eaten from hand-washed and hence unsterilized dishes," says Dr. Bundesen, in his latest bulletin. "While Chicago leads the world as a healthy city, she should not be caught napping in overlooking reasonable precautions against disease. It is, therefore, essential at this time that all restaurants, public eating-places and beverage parlors follow closely the Health Department regulations requiring disinfection of dishes by heat or chlorine. Most restaurant owners cooperate fully with the Health Department in safeguarding their patrons, but those who find the rules irksome must remember that disease is spread from person to person by eating or drinking utensils that have been carelessly washed or not washed at all, between the time they are used by one person and served to another," points out the Commissioner. "The housewife also faces the same problem of preventing the spread of sputum-borne diseases within her family. The Chicago Department of Health will furnish copies of the rules for washing and cleansing of dishes on request and will appreciate reports by the public of any eating places in which these regulations are not being properly followed," states Dr. Bundesen. CAB BANDITS SENTENCED TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON (Preston News Service) Pittsburgh, Pa., Feb. 25.—William Gillette and Alfred Gibson, who were placed on trial Monday morning, charged with the shooting of C. R. Connors, taxi driver, last December 20, and holding up three others, pleaded guilty Tuesday and were sentenced to serve from 20 to 40 years in the Western penitentiary. The Harmon Foundation, among other things, calls attention to one of the greatest needs in Negro life—business training. Negro business executives are constantly lamenting the scarcity of trained subordinates. There are thousands of positions open for the trained ambitious young Negro. Every time some Negro tells you that there is no need for higher or special education, just tell him that all of the large Negro business enterprises are crying, praying, hoping for trained young Negro men and women. 1 HON. CHARLES SCRIBNER EATON BUILDERS MEET IN ANNUAL CONFERENCE The fifth annual Builders Conference, with delegates coming from Boston, Baltimore, Washington, Nashville, Atlanta and other southern points, was opened Feb. 14, at Hampton Institute by Robert R. Taylor, vice-principal and director of industry at Tuskegee Institute, who led a round table discussion on short-cuts for the builder. Charles E. Coles of Charlottesville, Va., and Calvin McKissack, architect and builder of Nashville, Tenn., who, during the month of January handled one-half of the city's building permits, in terms of value; made practical suggestions to the conference. Professor I. H. Cowdrey, department of applied mechanics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, made tests of common structural elements of building on the 100,000 pound testing machine. Members of the conference nailed together ledger boards and scaffolding such as is customary on the job and the material was tested on this machine. The annual builders banquet was held in the carpenter shop of the Trade School when Robert R. Taylor, president of the aNational Negro Builders Association, acted as toastmaster. On the second day a successful builder of Louisville, Ky., Mr. Samuel Plato, discussed out of his experience the problem of cost accounting for the builder. Mr. Plato's simplified forms, it was found, worked equally well for the one-man builder or the firm doing thousands of dollars worth of business a year. Two talks; "The Problem of Labor," by Mr. B. H. Van Oot; State Director of Vocational Education in Virginia, and "Problems Connected with Voca- THE NEW YORKER IRELAND HON. JOSEPH HIGGINS SMITH Re-elected to the City Council from the 32nd tional Education Under City Administration," by Mr. T. G. Rydingsward, pointed out that workmen were not making the most of their opportunities for advancement, and that the builders present should do everything in their power to urge the men to join these classes in trade-training which the government is helping finance under the Smith-Hughes Act. At the annual meeting of the National Builders Association, the following officers for the coming two years were elected: Mr. Charles E. Coles, Jr., Hampton ex-'06, president; Mr. Samuel Plato, vice-president; Mr. A. L. Manly, Hampton ex-'87, Mr. W. T. Jones, Hampton ex-'07 and Mr. G. L. McKissack, executive committee from the north, south and west, respectively. The conference closed with a talk on "Architecture of Building," by Mr. C. Howard Walker, architect, Boston. Early Montmartre Montmartre, the hill of Paris, derives its name perhaps from the Latin, mons martyrum, but probably from the fact that back in the Roman days a temple of Mars was located on the summit, says the Independent. For many years it remained a little village famous for its windmills and gypsum quarries, then a convent for Benedictine nuns was erected where the temple once stood. In 1800 the wall separating Montmartre from Paris was destroyed and little by little artists began to congregate there because living was comparatively cheap. Montmartre awoke to a new life. It became the cradle of the nation's art. It was frequented by such men as Dumas, Daudet and Verlain. Beranger dodged desperately about its streets. It saw Gautier in scarlet trousers and Baudelaire, reeking in fifth, pouring forth his beautiful verse. Cafes were the main source of its inspiration. IRELAND cuncil from the 32nd Ward THE MONTHLY ENGINEER'S COMPANY HON. ROBERT R. JACKSON A Pittsburgh Mass Meeting Recently I attended a meeting in Pittsburgh, called—as is usually the case with Negro meetings—to protest against something. This particular meeting was called to protest against the policy of the Board of Public Education of not hiring colored Training School graduates in the public school system. Of course there was the usual blah and call to arms from a whole platform of preachers and other wind-jammers. I don't know how the session ended as I left just as the collection was being raised in a true Baptist style. So much time was taken out for the offering that the main issue was in danger of being obscured. It seems that it had never occurred to the chairman—responsible for calling the meeting—that all this money raising should have been attended to in advance of the meeting. In the words of Hamlet, the whole proceeding was "words, words, words". This matter of colored teachers has bothered Black Pittsburgh for some time. The Superintendent of Schools has taken the position that there will be no Negro teachers. To make the matter worse the authorities have arranged that no colored girls shall graduate from the Training School for teachers. Of course, this Training School is part of the public school system and supported by public taxation. To further complicate the situation, there are Negroes here—"O. P.'s,"—which being interpreted means, Old Pittsburghers, mostly persons who arrived from Virginia from ten to twenty years ago—who don't want colored teachers in the schools. Then there is another crowd who want separate schools. And last, but not numerically least, there is the group who don't want anything and have no articulate interest in such trivial things as schools and teachers. There was at least one sensible remark made in this meeting. One of the ministers told the audience that the whole program was a "layman's problem" and that it must be solved by Negro laymen. That was really a "mouthful" to use the purest diction of our best flappers. I was amazed. It was the first time in my life that I had ever heard one of our preachers admit that there was any problem under the sun that was not the province of the gentlemen of the cloth. However, this problem—along with numerous other problems—will NOT be solved by the laymen of Pittsburgh. At least not in the near future. A similar situation may exist in other communities, for all I know, but I do know that Pittsburgh has no outstanding layman sufficiently interested, unselfish and in the public confidence enough to grapple with any of our major racial issues. We are a community of glorified iron puddlers, sambo politicians, joiners and shouters. The absence of Negro teachers in our schools here, is the result of the same causes as result in our absence from other places that are ours theoretically and by constitutional right. We have very little and we don't know much. We don't use collectively what little we have. Our problem in Pittsburgh—as elsewhere—is to understand and sympathize with the group and not just look at the end of our individual nodes. What does any board of education care about a handful of Negroes protesting against a policy that has the beaking and sympathy of the organized white wealth and mind of a community? And as a rule what do the Negro protestants represent? Oftentimes the committee represents only itself. Looked at another way it represents tumble-down shacks, impoverished wage earners, imprecuous professional men, and a discordant hodge-podge of individuals who know not what they want and have not the means to enforce their wants even if they knew what they were. Dr. R. R. Wright, Jr., Funny Dr. R. R. Wright, Jr., of Philadelphia and the Christian Recorder, made a speech in Baltimore last week in which he assumed the role of anthropologist, ethnologist and an expert in anthropometry. Dr. Wright declared that the Negro is superior to the white man physically, that the Negro's long arms enable him to beat white men in prize fights and that kinky hair is advantageous because it stays put while the straight hair of the whites is easily disarranged. The logical reply to this sort of quackery is to say that a mule is also physically superior to a white man, that a gorilla also has long arms that would make it the victor in a fight with a white man and that the stickers on a cockle-burr will stay put and never become disarranged. Perhaps Dr. Wright was attempting to be facetious. At any rate he succeeded in being real funny. Sister Aimee Eastward Sister Aimee takes her way and the crowds and the dollars continue to roll in to her and Ma Kennedy. Aimee asked the mob in Washington, D. C., which they preferred to hear about, "the second coming of Christ," or the "story of my life?" The plurality was thousands in favor of the story of Amiee's life. Of course, and just so. What healthy Americans would elect to hear some desexed, metaphysical discourse on a highly problematical future event when right before them—in the hot flesh stood a highly emotional and fairly pulchritudinous lady recently returned from a pilgrimage in the grove of Abrodite? Think of the hundreds of young and older women in the audience with suppressed desires to go and do just as Sister Aimee. Fearing, of course, the wrath of husbands or fathers or public opinion, the next best thing was to listen to Aimee,—fill in between the lines and let one's imagination have free reign. "Put Self Last" (?) In line with the times, churches are beginning to advertise. They do it billboardwise and otherwise. Last week I saw the following advice on the board outside one of our white churches—"God First, Others Second, Self Last." If this legend had appeared outside a colored church there would have been no cause for surprise. "Take all THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. ILLINOIS. FEBRUARY 26. 1927 LIBERIA EDUCATION DISCUSSED BY MISSION BOARDS AND SOCIETIES Conference at Hampton Brings Interested Agencies Together to Shape Constructive Program BY ALLEN B. DOGGETT, JR. Hampton Institute, Va.—In an endeavor to plan a program of education for Liberia based upon community needs, twenty-five missionaries and educators from the Republic met Feb. 8-18, at Hampton Institute, under the leadership of James L. Sibley, educational advisor to mission boards and colonization societies interested in Liberia. Both white and Negro organizations having missionaries and teachers in Liberia were represented at this conference. The interest of the conference centered in methods of education tried successfully in America, especially in the South by the Jeanes supervisors, as typified by the work of Virginia Randolph in Henrico County, Va. It is realized, according to Mr. Sibley, that the work of the missionaries must shift from evangelical work to educational work and that the various groups in the field must fit themselves to bring to Liberia the type of education that will help in community life. The first week of the conference was devoted to discussions of educational work carried off in America by the public health nurse, the rural school teacher, the Jeanes supervisor, and the farm-and-home demonstration agents. The second week, spent largely in visiting schools and other community work, presented practical applications of the problems discussed the first week. Vital Subjects Discussed Among the interesting series of topics brought before the conference might be mentioned: Co-operation between missionary agencies and the government in the educational program; redirection of educational work, with emphasis upon community needs; reorganization of mission schools in keeping with these needs; selection and training of workers in the Liberian field; a suitable curriculum for Liberian schools; and the preparation of textbooks for use in these schools. The conference discussed the reorganization of mission work in the field of primary education and in that of the high school and college, while technical trade and agricultural work were recommended as supplementary. The groups represented are committed to the development of at least two colleges with courses in liberal arts for the training of leadership. These colleges are expected to supplement the work of the national college which the government will develop at Monrovia. the world and give me Jesus" has been our motto for sixty or more years. But the white folk haven't developed this far yet. Our white friends, of course, will have no trouble with the "God First" part of the motto. The concept of God as a spirit takes care of the situation nicely. A spirit can't put up a factory, pay low wages and work children long hours. This same spirit would find it impossible to organize a spiritual army in Heaven to grab parcels of land from weak nations or organize disembodied political cliques to stuff ballot boxes at election time. Not only will this spirit God not do any of these things, but to date He has never interfered with the doing of them by white men. Hence our Nordic brothers are always willing to put God first. However, when it comes to putting "Others First," that is another story. It isn't done. And "Self" is never last. The preacher who puts out this little piece of bunkum knows that such things are not done. He doesn't want any such assinine situation as this to exist. The building of fine cathedrals and the paying of fancy salaries are possible because men put Self first. By all sorts of financial scheming and trickery; by unethical industrial management and squeezing, we make large profits. Then to salve our consciences we turn over a large part of these profits to the church. This we call putting "God First." In the Glacial Age It is impossible to say how long a period the glacial waters of Lake Agassiz covered the greater parts of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, North Dakota and Minnesota. The lake, from its earliest measurements, appears to have been 110,000 square miles, with a length of 700 miles, width of 250 miles and a depth of 700 feet. Beaidea the reclaimed land now known as the Red River valley there remains still of Lake Agassiz the shrunken remnants constituting Lakes Winnipesq, Manitoba, Rainy lake, Lake of the Woods and Red lake. A textbook for Liberian children, now being prepared, was presented to the conference for criticism. The children of Liberia have never had a textbook of their own. On account of the numerous dialects, none of which has been reduced to writing, the preparation of a textbook has been a problem. The books imported from the United States, according to the conference, are entirely foreign to the needs and even the imaginations of the Liberian children. Special emphasis throughout the conference was placed on retaining much of native culture, and the building up of an appreciation of native resources, rather than to implant upon Liberia an American culture without regard for the values inherent for hundreds of years in native civilization. Firestone Attends "Liberia has reached a turn in the road economically," said Henry L. West, president of the American Colonial Society, "due to the advent of the Firestone Company. The reason we welcome Firestone is that out of the revenue Liberia will get, she will be turned from a bankrupt country to one that can pay its debts. We are going to get a country that will make education a certainty. With economic development comes religious development and educational development. This is Liberia's test—if Liberia can stand this prosperity and absorb this new blood she will enter into a new era. It will prove to the world that the Negro, when thrown on his own resources and given a chance, can assure himself of a place among all nations." Harvey Firestone, Jr., was a guest of the conference and gave assurances that his company was interested in the social welfare and permanent development of the Liberian people. Mr. Firestone took no active part in the conference discussions, but used the opportunity afforded by the conference to become acquainted with workers in that mission field and to further his plans of co-operation with those interested in the welfare of Liberia by a closer knowledge of the problems discussed. A number of secretaries and representatives of interested boards visited the conference. Among these were representatives from the Protestant Episcopal Church, Lott Carey Society, Methodist Episcopal Church, United Lutheran Church, African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church, Phelps-Stokes Fund, Slater Fund, General Education Board, and the American, New York and Boston Colonization Societies. MICHIGAN GOVERNOR RE- FUSES EXTRADITION (Preston News Service) Lansing, Mich., Feb. 25.—A sheriff from Georgia came to Detroit last week asking for a requisition for an alleged Negro criminal, whom he stated had committed murder in the State of Georgia ten years ago. The southern officer was not quite sure as to the identity of the alleged criminal, but said that he thought that the Negro in question was the man wanted. The alleged criminal denied having ever lived in Georgia, stating that his original home was in South Carolina. He produced witnesses to this statement. He also proved that his name, which had never been changed, was not the same as that of the man wanted in Georgia. Governor Green reviewed the case carefully, conferring with the best legal talent of his official personnel in the matter. In reviewing the case, the lack of positive identity, the alleged criminal's attested denial of having ever lived in Georgia, coupled with his ten subsequent years' excellent record as a citizen, constituted a preponderating weight of evidence in his favor. Governor Green, after an intensive review of the case, refused the requisition and the Negro was released from custody. Atty. Robert J. Willis represented the defendant. Governor Green's decision shows him to be an executive of rare ethical culture. Humming Birds In regard to the materials used by humming birds in constructing their nests, I wish to say that no hair or feathers are ever used. The nests are built of lichens and attached to the limb which is as nearly as possible the exact color of the lichens used, hence the difficulty in locating the nests of humming birds with the human eyes. The nest is never hidden but merely cunningly camouflaged. — Pathfinder Magazine. COLORED RACE UNITES IN PRESENTATION OF PETI TIONS TO PEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND WHITE HOUSE AUDIENCE FOR HOUSTON MARTYRS Washington, D. C.—Monday, February 14th, 1927, Douglass Day, marked a brand new epoch in the history of the colored race in America. For on that day prominent representatives of five racial organizations and five religious denominations visited the White House, the U. S. Senate and the U. S. House of Representatives and presented petitions regarding segregation, lynching, peonage, disfranchisement, and the Houston soldier prisoners. These delegations went out under the auspices of the National Lincoln-Douglass Conference, which was perfected by Thomas H. R. Clarke, and Jas. L. Neill of Washington, D. C., and William Monroe Trotter, officers of National Equal Rights League. Officera Elected The National Lincoln-Douglass Conference of Colored Americans meeting in Washington, D. C., February 12th, 13th and 14th, elected T. H. R. Clarke (third vice president of National Equal Rights League), president; Rev. W. H. Jernagin (president National Race Congress), first vice president; Mrs. Julia West Hamilton (president of Washington Division of National Association of Colored Woman's Clubs), second vice president; Neval Thomas (president Washington Branch of N. A. A. C. P.), third vice president; James L. Neill (recording secretary of Equal Rights League), recording secretary; Mr. A. S. Pinkett (secretary Washington Branch of N. A. A. C. P.), corresponding secretary; Miss Nellie M. Quander (legislative chairman of Greek letter sorority), assistant recording secretary; Rev. E. B. Taylor (member of National Race Congress), treasurer; and Maurice W. Spencer (treasurer Equal Rights League), chairman of program and press. Lincoln Night Saturday evening, February 12th, the Lincoln service was held in the 12th Street Branch of the Y. M. C. A., Mr. T. H. R. Clarke presiding. Rev. Dr. J. Milton Waldron delivered a thoughtful address upon "Some Vital Aspects of the Race Question." Three delegation committees to draft petitions were appointed, one to the president, to House and Senate. At Homestead February 13th, Sunday afternoon, the delegation visited the Douglass Homestead at Cedar Hill, Anacostia, where a session was conducted by the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, Mrs. Julia West Hamilton, presiding. Rev. Alice Winton, vice president of the Philadelphia branch of the Equal Rights League offered prayer. Reminiscences on Frederick Douglass were given by Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, honorary president of the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, and Thomas H. R. Clarke, president of the Lincoln-Douglass Conference, both personal friends of Douglass. Mr. William Monroe Trotter of the Equal Rights League delivered a tribute to Douglass as one of the great Americans, librator of his race. Monday Session On Monday morning the conference assembled in the Metropolitan Baptist Church on R' Street. After prayer by Rev. H. B. Taylor of the Presbyterian Church, President Clarke put Rev. W. H. Jernagin, president of the National Race Congress in the chair. The minutes were read by the secretary, Jas. L. Neill, Esq., of the Equal Rights League and adopted. The two petitions were read and adopted and with all procedure arranged, M. W. Spencer led the delegation to the White House arriving at exactly 11:45. At White House M. W. Spencer, as program chairman, was master of ceremonies, introducing the 40 delegates to the president, the Lincoln-Douglass Race Conference representing the National Equal Rights League, the National Race Congress, the N.A.A.A.C.-P., the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs, the National Political Study Club, and prominent Methodist, Baptist, Presbyterian, Episcopalian, and African Orthodox clergymen assembled. He then presented Rev. George Frazier Miller, president of the Equal Rights League as chairman spokesman. He explained that the delegates came in the names of Lincoln and Douglass, emancipator and black race librator, to ask redress, that they, personally were not segregated but they felt the sting, the stigma, the humiliation, because it was aimed at the whole I2-000,000 colored people, that the matter was one of great importance. He then presented A. S. Pinkett, secretary of the local N. A. A. C. P., as secre tary of the conference, who read the Lincoln-Douglass petition, asking abolition by executive order of segregation, that the president send to Congress a special message for the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill and have the attorney-general investigate suffrage conditions in the south. President Miller then introduced Rev. Thomas S. Harten, national organizer and soldier pardon drive director of the Equal Rights League, the soldier spokesman, who presented a petition with 20,000 signatures from 30 states for the parole of the remaining 20 soldier prisoners of the Houston riot. He made a most eloquent plea for the soldiers, citing the valor of colored soldiers ever. Among other things he said: "We are the only group ever sent 3,000 miles to fight for democracy and then to be denied it on returning home." He said, "We were told to get education, property, money, character. We did this and had the patience even of Job, only to see the handcuffs of prejudice the more tightly fastened upon us." President Asks Questions President Asks Questions When the president had asked the number of prisoners at present and said he would take up the matter with the secretary of war, Rev. Miller resumed against segregation. The president asked about the number of colored employees, named a big figure and was told only one-tenth were in Washington and then asked how many complained. President Miller told him in classic language they do so inwardly but not outwardly for fear of losing their jobs. Then T. H. R. Clarke, the president of the Lincoln-Douglass Conference; James T. Neill, recording secretary of the Equal Rights Leagues; Neval Thomas, president of the Washington branch of the N. A. A. C. P.; Rev. W. H. Jernagin, president of the National Race Congress, and Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, presented facts regarding segregation, also W. M. Trotter, of ten clerks in even the Department of Justice. All spoke in the names of their organizations, incidentally showing union of the race. The House Then the delegates divided in two groups and visited congress. William Monroe Trotter, the chairman, and Rev. J. V. King, the secretary, led the delegation which presented the petition to Congressman George Holden Tinkham of the House of Representatives. The Senate Rev. W. H. Jernagin, the president of the National Race Congress; Mrs. Mary Church Terrell and Prof. George A. Parker, the secretary, Ted the delegation, which presented the petition to Senator Frederick Huntington Gillett and interviewed Vice President Dawes in his private office. The Petition The petition to the House of Representatives and the Senate closed as follows: To those ends and in honor to the memories of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass at the natal anniversaries of these noble servants of the republic, we do petition Congress for legislation. (a) To reduce state representation in the Federal House in proportion to adult disfranchisement. (b) To forbid denial of accommodation or segregation, by or for race or color, in interstate carriers and in all public places and facilities in federal property or in other federal domains. (c) To more quickly detect and more adequately punish the crime of peonage. (d) To make mob murder and lynchings a federal crime and, finally (e) To refuse to seat those elected under conditions of disfranchishment because of race and color. A splendid meeting was held at the Metropolitan Baptist Church on the evening of February 14th, under the auspices of the National Lincoln-Douglass Conference, as a part of the program staged in the observance of the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglass. Federal Petition Commission Federal Petition Commission in motion of Mr. Trotter, resolving the meeting into an Equal Rights League one, Mr. Clarke was elected chairman of the Federal Petition Commission of the Equal Rights League. THE DELEGATIONS tion The following members of the Lincoln-Douglass conference visited the White House—Dr. George F. Miller, chairman, New York; A. S. Pinkett, secretary; Rev. W. H. Jernagin, Prof. Neval Thomas, Wm. Monroe Trotter, Mass.; N. W. Spencer Rev. T. S. Harten, New York; T. H. R. Clarke, James L. Neill, Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, W. W. Ray, Rev. J. U. O. King, Prof. W. H. Ferris, Rev. H. F. Taylor, Mrs. Katie Jenkins, Rev. C. C. Somerville Rev. Joseph H. Lee, Mrs. Julia Christian Collier, Rev. H. T. Medford, Rev. Alice V. J. Winston, Penn; Rev. K. A. Taylor, Rev. John B. Pharr,conn, Mrs. M. D. Butler, Mrs. Henrietta Neely, Mrs. John Saunders, Mrs. Peachie Colbert, Rev. J. L. S. Lolloman, Miss Bertha Kelley, Miss Irene F. Davis, Rev. F. A. Young, Rev. S. A. Young, Prof. George A. Parker, Rev. W. R. Moorehead, Rev. R. Alvin Fairley, Rev. Canon C. S. A. Drecke, New York, Rev. Nortis DeVere Stuart, Rt. Rev. R. G. Barrow, New York, Rev. S. S. Robinson, Rev. C. C. Somerville, Mass. Senate Delegation Rev. W. H. Jernagin, chairman; Prof. George A. Parker, secretary; Mrs. Mary Church Terrill, Rev. T. S. Harten, New York; Dr. George Frazier Miller, New York; Rev. H. T. Medford, Rev. J. L. S. Holloman, Rev. Alice Winston, Penn.; Rev. C. C. Williams, Rev. F. T. A. Young. House of Representatives Delegation W. Monroe Trotter, chairman, Mass.; Rev. J. U. King, secretary; Rev. C. Somerville, Mass.; Mrs. Katie Jackson, Mrs. Julia C. Collier, Mrs. Melissa Saunders, Bishop Reginald Barrows, New York; Rev. George S. A. Brookes, New York; Rev. Hartin D. V. Stewart, Mrs. Marion Butler, Miss Henrietta Keely, Mrs. Peachie Colbert, T. H. R. Clarke, Maurice W. Spence, Prof. W. H. Ferris, A. M. Curiosity Has Played Big Part in Progress From time immemorial women have been branded as being more curious than men. Now we are told by a London clergyman that man far outnumber women in the inquiries they address to him during the "Question Hour" he has instituted at his church. One cannot say that one sex is more curious than the other, but they are interested in totally different matters. Feminine curiosity is lighthearted, and less searching than masculine. Few women are ashamed to admit their desire to know the cost of a dress, but the majority would be reluctant to admit their ignorance of some important event in history. The opposite is the case with most men. They feel it is bad taste to be curious about personal matters, but they rarely mind asking for information about public affairs. Curiosity often becomes a vice with some people. Most of us are familiar with old malds and bachelors who spend all their time probing into the affairs of others. Such people are an object of terror and dislike to the other inhabitants, and the originators of countess petty scandals and quarrels. Lack of any real occupation drives them slowly, as they grow older, into indecent prying into their neighbors' concerns. We are apt to condemn curiosity as an unpleasant quality, and few of us will acknowledge that we are led and tempted by it. We forget that it is an instinct which is one of the most valuable and beneficial assets of humanity in the battle of life. It is the driving force behind the work of all scientists, doctors, and explorers. Without it the world would still be in a state of barbism—Vancouver Province. Found Begging Paid A beggar on the streets of Buenos Aires can make $1.25 in an hour. An unskilled laborer draws about $2 for eight hours of work. The working classes contribute 80 per cent of the money that beggars collect, and domestic servants give more than all the rest put together. Young girls are more charitable than older women, and widows more than women whose husbands still live. Among all classes, women contribute most to the beggar's hoard, giving more and more frequently than men. Among men, cart drivers are more liberal than chauffeurs, and clerks more free-handed than their employers. This cross-section of the privy purse of Buenos Aires was drawn by a reporter who disguised himself as a "down-and-out" and then spent a lucrative day begging in all sections of the business and shopping district. During the five hours he made $3.25, which was four times as much as he made working 15 hours as a reporter for his newspaper, which, he remarked to his friends, as he changed back to necktie and spats, would soon be looking for a man to replace him. Beaten Path Monotonous Our associations are greatly responsible for our lives. Happiness or otherwise follows upon the heels of our companions. The mighty help us to prevail. The great create an atmosphere for us. Train the heart and mind to be at home in the great places and to live on the broad plains. The superlative alone can give us cheer. Get away from the hundum and regular. Sometimes have courage to depart into the country unknown. Remember, if a rolling stone gathers no moss, a fixed one gathers little else. It is earthbound.—Exchange. Watchful Waiting Louella is a careless tot and usually loses her penny before she gets a chance to spend it. The other day her next-door neighbor met her on the street and Louella, as usual, explained that she was on her way to the store to spend her daily penny. Just then her little brother came along and pined up; "Wun along Louella, Pee wight behind you an' fidders is spendera." Ernest H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER ERnest H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER 5181-23-25 E. H. WILLIAMSON Charleston Dawson THE BROAD AX Published Every Saturday In this city since July 15th, 1899, without missing one single issue. Republicans, Democrats, Catholics, Protestants, Single Taxers, Priests, infidels or anyone else can have their say as long as their language is proper and responsibility is fixed. The Broad Ax is a newspaper whose platform is broad enough for all, ever claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. It is neither Democratic nor Republican. It is strictly or absolutely independent in politics Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year .....$2.00 Six Months .....$1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 0206 S. Elizabeth St., Chicago. Phone: Wentworth 2597 JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher Vol. XXXII No. 24 Chicago, February 26, 1927 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug. 19, 1902, at the Post office at Chicago, Ill. Under Act of March 8, 1879. Notary Public Phonings: Office Main 4153; Residence, 4751 Champlain Avenue Phone Kanwood 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 #13, Ashland Block 155 N. Clark Street CHICAGO, ILL. WILL COLORFUL NEWS MOVIES By THE CAMERAMAN The Williamson Funeral is distinguished by the up-to-date designs of its Cunningham Limousine Hearse and Cars South State Street 1. Complications of Color 2. Onward Christian Soldiers 3. Fritz Kreisler's Art Complications of Color Congressman Anthony J. Griffin of New York, in addressing the House of Representatives last week upon the subject of schools of the District of Columbia, took occasion to call attention, very frankly, to what he termed "the peculiar school situation of the school problem in Washington." Said the Congressman: "The Board of Education is compelled to provide for separate schools for both the colored and the whites, and that means, both colored and white teaching and supervisory staffs. The normal schools and the high schools are kept separate in the same manner; that is on the basis of color. That constitutes a serious problem." Of course, up in Congressman Griffin's cosmopolitan and democratic city of New York, no such serious problem exists. But in Washington, D. C., the seriousness of the problem has been made manifest in gross discriminations as to space, money, equipment and teaching corps, in favor of the whites, as against the blacks. It is always so, from New Orleans, La., up on northward as far as segregated schools are the approved and customary instrumentalities of education. Negro America needs to view with alarm, the growing wave of segregation, both in the schools and otherwise. And having viewed it, our group needs to formulate an effective sedative to quell the wave. The trend has strongly pervaded such hitherto stalwart cities as Philadelphia, Atlantic City, Cleveland, and other northern points, where there is no reason at all for bending to the cry of social excellencies. Unfortunately, the Negro group has been a particeps criminis to the trend, because of job-hunters who did not have the heart to seek pedagogical employment upon the ground of merit alone. The appeal has frequently been made, rather upon the ground that the THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, FEBRUARY 26, 1927 "colored children needed the sympathetic touch of their own race scholars." The theory is utterly false. Being outnumbered upon an approximately ten-to-one basis, colored people of America need, in order to acquire normalcy, nine-tenths of the Anglo-Saxon visualization to one-tenth of the African. In color, at least, it appears that this ratio is rapidly becoming fairly well maintained and it ought to be the same in education and otherwise. It is too late now to set up a separate kingdom for the Races here. That period of possibility ended shortly after the death of Abraham Lincoln, and no one is thinking strongly of returning now to Africa. America is our Africa, and the whole theory is an antiquated one which ought to be thrown in the discard of Americanism's chaff. At least, let us not be willing parties to the tragedy. Rather, may we, even if no one else will, uphold what democracy pretends to be and what it really is, so far as we are concerned. Onward Christian Soldiers The religious Education Department of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church has just closed a successful national conference in Chicago, Ill., for the purpose of revising the standards in religious education and improving methods whereby its quota of the church-loving group may be better prepared, educationally, in the approach to a thorough knowledge of religion. The results of the conference will be observed with much interest and concern, especially by those who feel that the Negro group, as a unit, has given too much attention to certain phases of religion and too little to certain phases of the bread-and-butter proposition. This column is quite neutral in this view; but we do, however, take off our hats to the A. M. E. Zion group, which, to our mind, has shown a constructive initiative in religious matters far greater than the average church group. The A. M. E. Zion people, and such progressives among them as Bishops Blackwell, Clements and Kyle, are forever and anon "starting something" to inure benefits to their loved denomination. It is seldom, if ever, that they make any missteps in the advancing progress of their charge. The A. M. E. Zion group has an untrammeled radius which not all of its sister denominations have. And with due respect to all, the A. M. E. Zion group shows a spirit of independence which might well be emulated by many of the other denominations, colored and white. As we said before, the question of Religion vs. Economics is an open and mooted one; but the initiative of the A. M. E. Zion Church is a well settled truth. We bow our head in deepest respect to the Zionists. Onward Christian Soldiers. With Fritz Kreisler, Austrian wizard of the violin and bow, greatest living violinist, and sole successor of Paganini, Art is greater than the man. Hence, Mr. Kreisler, whom it was our privilege recently to hear, makes no distinctions in programing and playing the works of Mozart, Hubay or Bach, along with those of our own soulful violinist-composer, Clarence Cameron White. And Kreisler's renditions of Mr. White's compositions conclusively show that musical art knows no color line. Mr. White's themes, expressed either through his own bow or that of Mr. Kreisler, tell the same story—the story of art, beauty, love, and of the souls of men. Like Burleigh, the Negro, who assisted Dvorak, the Russian, in his later works, the blending of Kreisler and White is silent as to any display of race. It should bring a bit of chagrin to the new world to know that the old world still sets the example in Art. The music masters of the old world, whose works have brought so much peace and harmony to the new world, have not paused to delve into the selfishness of racial supremacy. It is good that there remains yet among us the dominating spirit of true art, which with Kreisler and the majority of his European fellowmen, is color blind in revealing its soul to those who hunger and thirst for themes—melodious themes—w h i c h bring peace and repose and make us Res. 5400 Washington Blvd. Branch Office: 606 Racine MILES J. ATTORNEY SUITE 318-320 R CLARK AND WA Telephone CENTRAL 1239 WEST ENGLEY AND SAVIL Cor. 63rd Street and JOHN BAIN, President Vice-President; EDWA President and Cashier; Assistant Cashier and T 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, Vice-President; EDWARD C. BARRY, VicePresident and Cashier; W. MERLE FISHER, Assistant Cashier and Trust Officer. 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A half hour later they found the body of Sallee beside the road, with a bullet wound below the heart and another in the wrist. Sallee had been employed by Richard Martin for years. Mrs. Sallee said that her husband had been in Danville to a lodge meeting. He was about halfway between Danville and his home when he was killed. NOTICE NOTICE NOTICE At the regular meeting of the stockholders of Binga State Bank, held January 3rd, 1927, the following amendments to the by-laws were authorized: That section 1 of the by-laws be amended to read "The Capital Stock shall be Three Hundred Thousand Dollars." That section 3 of the by-laws be amended to read "The corporate powers of this association shall be exercised by a board of Eleven Directors, etc."—C. N. Langston, Secretary.—Adv. Phone Main 2017 A. L. WILLIAMS ATTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Suite 706 Firmenich Building 184 W. Washington St. CHICAGO Residence 3646 Michigan Ave. Phone Douglas 9133 Res. 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