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SOCIETY NEWS PUBLISHED FREE Vol. XXXII. [Name] 11 DEC He and his many friends firmly believe that he elected Mayor of Chicago on Tuesday, any friends firmly believe that h Mayor of Chicago on Tuesday, A He and his many friends firmly believe that he will be re-elected Mayor of Chicago on Tuesday, April 5. ORDERS JERSEY SCHOOL TO LET NEGRO BOY IN River school, and moved to a school established in a Negro church at Bush (Preston News Service) Trenton, N. J., March 25.—Supreme Court Justice Frank T. Lloyd, here Friday signed an order asked by John F. Raison, a Negro, directing the board of education of Berkeley township to admit Raison's son, Frank, 10 years old, to the Toms River public school, or, failing that, to show cause on April 6, next, for refusing to admit the boy to that school. While Raison was asking for this order, State Senator Alexander Simpson, Democrat, of Hudson County, introduced a bill in the Senate, making the segregation of children "by reason of color, race or religion," a misdemeanor. To Unsanitary Building Raison said that his son, Frank, had been attending the Toms River school for the last two years. On February 1, last, Frank and 21 other Negro children were taken out of the Toms [Name] [Image of a man with a mustache and a suit and tie]. [Name] HON. ADOLPH SABATH Member of Congress from the Fifth Congression Illinois, who always votes on the side of the in the House of Congress. Congressman Sa all he possibly can to re-elect Hon. Will Mayor of Chicago. congress from the Fifth Congression so always votes on the side of the use of Congress. Congressman Sussibly can to re-elect Hon. Will Chicago. Member of Congress from the Fifth Congressional District of Illinois, who always votes on the side of the colored people in the House of Congress. Congressman Sabath is doing all he possibly can to re-elect Hon. William E. Dever Mayor of Chicago. 5 CENTS PER COPY ```markdown ``` ly believe that he will be reo on Tuesday, April 5. River school, and moved to a school established in a Negro church at Bushwick. The church building has walls without plaster, retains moisture, is cold and damp, poorly heated, and unsanitary galvanized pail, Raison said in an affidavit. Color Discrimination "I believe I have a right to have my child educated in the school nearest his home," Raison said. "That is, the Dover township school at Toms River, a half mile from where the boy lives. My son has been and still is excluded from that school because he is a Negro which means he is excluded because of his color." LEAVES FOR EAST J. Finley Wilson, grand exalted ruler of Elks, editor of The Washington Eagle, after spending a few days in the city the past week, left for Washington, D. C., much pleased with the meeting of the national educational meeting and the grand board of trustees which also met March 17 and 18 Fifth Congressional District of on the side of the colored people Congressman Sabath is doing e-elect Hon. William E. Dever THE BROAD AX THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MARCH 26, 1927 Hon. William E. Dever, Mayor of Chicago, Who Is Being Forced to Wage the Political Fight of His Life in Order to Re-occupy the City Hall Four Years Longer In the Past His Friendship for the Colored People Has Been Very Good and Many Thousands of Them in this City Voted for Him at the Election in 1923 He Has Been Broad Minded Enough to Appoint in the Past Four Years Quite a Few Colored Men to Legal and Responsible Positions and Some Colored Women Are Also Holding Responsible Positions Under Mayor Dever Through Alderman Robert R. Jackson, Dr. George C. Hall, Head of Provident Hospital, Was Appointed by Mayor Dever as One of the Trustees of the Chicago Public Library, and It Is the First Time That Any Colored Person Has Served in That Capacity Alderman Louis B. Anderson Also Has Had the Honor of Placing Mrs. Burke and Other Colored Persons in Good Positions in the City Hall In October, 1926, Col. Robert S. Abbott, Head of the Greatest Newspaper in the World, Received Three Thousand Dollars from the Democrats for Boosting Hon. George E. Brennan for United States Senator from Illinois It seems that at every election held in this city that the oily and smooth politicians will in some way or other drag in the infernal or hellish race question, which has for its sole object to stir up racial bitterness or strained relations between the white and colored races, who as a general rule, get along fairly well in this city without any serious trouble and without much innocent human blood being spilled. The colored people are just as guilty as the whites are in that respect for it will be re-called that at the election in this city four years ago that the candidates for mayor of Chicago were Hon. Arthur C. Lueder, Republican, and Hon. William E. Dever, Democrat, that at that time the colored people were the first to set up the hew and cry "that Postmaster Lueder was a Negro-hating German-American; that he would not permit any colored man or woman to get up as high as the third floor of the Federal building; that he absolutely refused to advance colored men and women to the best civil service positions even after they had successfully passed all the examinations." Believing all of those wild cat stories the colored people were so worked or wrought up and excited that they were in favor of waylaying every colored person who intimated that they intended to vote for Hon. Arthur C. Lueder for Mayor of Chicago, and the result was that thousands and thousands of colored people throughout this city openly and above board voted for Hon. William E. Dever, Democrat, for mayor of Chicago. The great majority of the colored preachers held Democratic meetings in their churches in honor of Judge Dever, the colored lawyers including Lawyer Louis B. Anderson, who became one of the big tolored men in the Democratic meat house, and thousands of other colored men and women fearlessly boasted of the fact that they had marched on to victory with Hon. William E. Dever. Not long after that city election had passed into history the colored people suddenly woke up in this city and it dawned upon their minds that "all the falsehoods and down right, bare faced lies which they had swapped around from mouth to mouth in relation to Hon. Arthur C. Lueder, would bounce back like a rubber ball and strike them right square between their short-sighted eyes. Passing over all the elections from that time to the present we are now in the midst of another race fight and bitter or hot words are constantly passing on the side of the whites and on the side of the colored people; words and acts, which are more than likely to bring on the worst kind of trouble or conflict before it is ended. If we had our way and the power we would promptly jail every white and colored person who would attempt to ride around on the political back of the race question in this city. It must be said to the credit of mayor Dever that in the past he has been fairly or friendly disposed toward the colored people; as stated above since he has been in the city hall, he has appointed quite a number of colored men and women to good and honorable positions; that Hon. Louis B. Anderson greatly enjoyed the fullest confidence of Mayor Dever and many of the followers of Alderman Anderson, who is one of the high cocks of the walk fell into fat jobs in the city hall. Mayor Dever richly deserves to be highly praised for many years to come for selecting Dr. George C. Hall through Alderman Robert R. Jackson as one of the trustees of the Chicago Public Library. Many civic improvements have been made in this city by Mayor Dever, which will for many years to come be of lasting benefit to the colored people residing in this city, therefore he is entitled to receive fair consideration at their hands at the ballot box Tuesday, April 5. Col. Robert S. Abbott It would seem that it is about time for Col. Robert S. Abbott, head of the greatest newspaper in the world, to make another drive or dive into Democratic politics for it will be recalled that in October, 1926, that Col. Abbott raked in three thousand dollars for assisting to boost Hon. George E. Brennan into the United States Senate from Illinois. Thousands of other colored people, SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BROAD AX X No. 28 [Picture of a man in a suit with a tie]. HON. GEORGE E. BRENNAN One of the most widely talked of personages in For 27 years he has been a steady supporter paper and hundreds of all classes of colored on him when he ran for United States Sen He feels dead sure that Hon. William E. Dev next Mayor of Chicago. most widely talked of personages in the years he has been a steady supporter of hundreds of all classes of colored people when he ran for United States Senate, dead sure that Hon. William E. Deveror of Chicago. talked of personages in this big town. been a steady supporter of this news- of all classes of colored people called in for United States Senator in 1926. that Hon. William E. Dever will be the go- all parts t. Bren- ns L. Wil- erman of permitted to cast one honest vote at the forthcoming election. Miss Ruby L. Williams, stenographer and secretary to Mr. Williams, will greatly assist Mr. Williams to clean up the second ward in that respect. One of the most widely talked of personages in this big town. For 27 years he has been a steady supporter of this newspaper and hundreds of all classes of colored people called on him when he ran for United States Senator in 1926. He feels dead sure that Hon. William E. Dever will be the next Mayor of Chicago. including many preachers in all parts of this state, fell in line for Mr. Brennan at that time. Attorney A. L. Williams Recently Lawyer Augustus L. Williams, late candidate for Alderman of the second ward, was selected by the big Democratic bosses to clean up the second ward and see it that every person entitled to vote will be freely permitted to cast one honest vote at the forthcoming election. Miss Ruby L. Williams, stenographer and secretary to Mr. Williams, will greatly assist Mr. Williams to clean up the second ward in that respect. Mr. Williams is firmly of the opinion that Hon. William E. Dever will be re-elected mayor of Chicago or Tuesday, April 5. EDUCATIONAL MASS MEETING AT BETHESDA BAPTIST CHURCH, 53rd STREET AND S. MICHIGAN AVE., AND PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH, THIRTY-THIRD ST AND INDIANA AVE., SUNDAY AFTERNOON educators of the colored race in this country and the people in this city should highly honor themselves by attending the two educational mass meetings. THEOSOPHICAL NEWS This coming Sunday afternoon, March 27, Dr. John Hope, president of Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga., will be the leading speaker at an educational mass meeting to be held under the direction of the Morehouse Spelman Club, at Bethesda Baptist Church, 53rd street and Michigan avenue, at 3 o'clock p. m., and at Pilgrim Baptist Church, 33rd street and Indiana avenue. Dr. Hope is one of the foremost THE NEW YORK TIMES [Image of a man in a suit with a tie]. [Picture of a man in a suit and tie]. HON. EDWARD H. WRIGHT Illinois Commerce Commissioner; Republican C of Second Ward, who is supporting Jno. Dill Mayor, because he believes the success of Thompson will result in putting the colored place of political inferiority. Commerce Commissioner; Republican C and Ward, who is supporting Jno. Dill because he believes the success of ion will result in putting the colored political inferiority. Commissioner; Republican Committeeman; no is supporting Jno. Dill Robertson for believes the success of William Hall in putting the colored people in a inferiority. Illinois Commerce Commissioner; Republican Committeeman of Second Ward, who is supporting Jno. Dill Robertson for Mayor, because he believes the success of William Hale Thompson will result in putting the colored people in a place of political inferiority. Mr. Williams is firmly of the opinion that Hon. William E. Dever will be re-elected mayor of Chicago on Tuesday, April 5. educators of the colored race in this country and the people in this city should highly honor themselves by attending the two educational mass meetings. THEOSOPHICAL NEWS Pioneer Lodge of the Theosophical Society has its regular meeting Friday night, March 18, at 3262 Vernon avenue. Miss Olga Rudholm gave a very interesting lecture on psychology, dealing with dreams. Next week Friday night, March 25, Miss Alice Boyd will give a talk. Visitors are always welcome. Barbary Baldwin, 4840 Evans avenue. 71 HON. JOHN DILL ROBERTSON Independent Republican candidate for Mayor of Chicago continues to hold largely attended meetings in the city each night and his vast army of frier porters confidently feel that on Tuesday, April run far ahead of all of his competitors and Mayor of Chicago. CHICAGO'S HEALTH Weekly Bulletin, Chicago Department of Health THERE IS SPRING IN THE AIR! By Herman N. Bundesen, M. D., Commissioner PROGRESSIVE ENTERTAINMENT The Progressive C Mrs. Mary Pollard is Elizabeth Rochon is secr ternained on last Sunday the home of the secr diana avenue. After th Independent Republican candidate for Mayor of Chicago, who continues to hold largely attended meetings in all parts of the city each night and his vast army of friends and supporters confidently feel that on Tuesday, April 5, he will run far ahead of all of his competitors and be elected Mayor of Chicago. "Spring is here! So indicates the calendar. And the weather, too, has had the spring temperature and sunshine. The winter's shut-in citizen is sniffing the tangy air as his eyes are beholding the wondrous rebirth of Nature," states Dr. Bundesen, in his latest bulletin. "The good health which you want can be yours. Claim it as your own. Claim your right to the joys of health. "Take what spring offers you; walk, ride, play, sing, in fact, do anything that pleases you, but do it outdoors," advises the Commissioner. "Get rid of the accumulated fat; reduce your waistline, for your belt line is your life line; fill your lungs with fresh air and get into your body the greatest of all tonics—sunshine. "Take an inventory of your physical condition; find out how far you can go safely and go to it. "But don't be in a hurry to take off the heavies. It may be spring, but there may still be a few parting shots from Old Man Winter, so clothes seasonably," says Dr. Bundesen. NEGRO DEPOSITORS STAGE RUN ON UNCLE SAM'S BANK West Palm Beach, Fla., March 24. Preposterous rumors that "the government was going broke" caused a run, principally of Negroes here throughout the day on the postal savings department of the West Palm Beach post office. Wild reports circulated widely throughout the Negro sections Tuesday brought forth more than 100 persons at the opening of the postal savings windows at 7 o'clock and two hours later the line had been augmented by others seeking to withdraw their funds. The crowd, numbering many whites, increased so rapidly that for a time police were summoned to insure order. The run followed closely after the financial crisis here in which three West Palm Beach and one Palm Beach bank suspended operations within the past two weeks. It is said that English and African are the principal languages spoken in South Africa. In 1918, the last date on which data was available, 30 per cent of the white population spoke English, 27 per cent African, and 42 per cent both languages. late for Mayor of Chicago, who attended meetings in all parts of vast army of friends and sup- t on Tuesday, April 5, he will is competitors and be elected PROGRESSIVE CLUB ENTERTAINED The Progressive Club, of which Mrs. Mary Pollard is president; Mrs. Elizabeth Rochon is secretary, was entertained on last Sunday afternoon at the home of the secretary, 5822 Indiana avenue. After the transaction of business, a very excellent program was rendered after which a several course menu was served. Among the specially invited guests were Gentlemen Chas. Hunter and M. T. Bailey of The Bailey Realty Co., and Mrs. Sarah McCall. Among the membership of the club were Mesdames Eliza Jackson, Henrietta Dean, Mary Pollard, Elizabeth Rochon, Josephine Kemp, Elizabeth Gulley, Grace Patillo, Anna Hall, Annie Caldwell and Mrs. Chas. Hunter. McCOY MONROE FREED OF 9-YEAR MURDER CHARGE Washington, D. C., March 25.—McCoy Monroe was exonerated Wednesday by a jury in criminal court of a murder charge nine years old. He shot his wife, Lillian Monroe, December 22, 1918, and was held to be insane shortly afterward. Monroe was certified by hospital authorities as cured, but no formal adjudication of his return to sanity has been made. The jurors reported that Monroe was not guilty by reason of insanity. He was not released from custody because of the failure to have a jury declare him returned to mental balance. TO GIVE EASTER BALL The 1927 Marching Club of Ft. Dearborn Lodge No. 44, Elks, of which J. B. Deveaux is president, Chas. E. Mathews, secretary, is making elaborate preparations for a big Easter anniversary ball at the West Side auditorium, Taylor and Racine avenue. This is to be a grand affair and many people from suburban towns, Elks and friends, will attend this ball. Thos. H. Jackson, pioneer member of Ft. Dearborn Lodge, is chairman and general manager of the affair. BLOOMING WITH SPRING The beautiful suburb of Morgan Park has begun to bloom, people are making preparations for their gardens; new homes are being erected and many changes are being made. Mrs. Sarah Benton, 1420 W. 109th place, David L. Jackson, 11353 Racine avenue, representatives of The Bailey Realty Co., are pushing the special home development department and every Sunday afternoon from 2 to 5 p. m., you can find them with M. T. Bailey at 1300 W. 111th street, where they are offering lots free for gardens and home lots cheap. --- THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MARCH 26, 1927 SOCIAL RESEARCH Delegates from the National Urban League and its forty branches are to meet in St. Louis, March 29 to April 2, to discuss the subject "Readjustment of Social Programs in the Light of Research." This, the sixteenth annual conference of the Urban League, is to be participated in by leading white and colored public welfare workers in addition to the executive secretaries, industrial secretaries and other Urban League field workers. Reports on social studies will be made by investigators who have made social surveys in many cities and programs to meet the social needs revealed will be presented and discussed. Among the speakers listed for the evening sessions are: John W. Davis, president of the West Virginia College Institute; Howard R. Knight, general secretary of the National Conference of Social Work; Judge Albert George, of the Chicago Municipal Court; Professor J. R. E. Lee, of A. & M. College, Tallahassee, Florida; John Hope, president of Morehouse College, Atlanta, Georgia; Lloyd Garrison (the great-grandson of Garrison, the librator) treasurer of the National Urban League; Eugene Kinckle Jones, executive secretary of the National Urban League; and A. Philip Randolph, general organizer of the Brothhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Professor Ellsworth Faris, head of the Department of Sociology of the University of Chicago, will discuss "The Relation of Biological Experiments to Sociology of the Negro." Charles S. Johnson, director of the Department of Research and Investigations of the National Urban League, will outline the principal social studies of the past year or two with an analysis of the results obtained therefrom. Forrester B. Washington, executive secretary of the Armstrong Association of Philadelphia, will present the findings of the recent survey of the Negroes of Detroit which study he supervised; and T. Arnold Hill, director of the Department of Industrial Relations of the National Urban League, will present the industrial needs of the Negro on the Pacific Coast as observed by him on his recent tour. The League is inviting representatives of social service organizations and students interested in Negro welfare to join its staffs and board members in a discussion of plans and methods for improving the social work among Negroes and in meeting the new demands of the fields of industry. The headquarters of the conference will be at the People's Finance Corporation, Jefferson and Market streets, St. Louis, Mo. Further information may be secured through the National office of the League, 127 East 23rd street, New York City, or the St. Louis Urban League, 615 North Jefferson avenue, St. Louis, Mo. M. T. BAILEY ASKED TO SPEAK M. T. Bailey, president of The Bailey Realty Co., 3638 S. State street, and for many years president of the Alumni Association of The V. N. & I. I. at Petersburg, Va., has been asked by Hon. John T. Oatneal, judge, and his many Ohio friends, to deliver an address at Washington Courthouse, Ohio, in the early spring. Hon. Oatneal is a graduate of the V. N. & I. I. and a member of the Alumni. ELKS HOLD SPECIAL MEETINGS The board of education of the grand lodge of the I. B. P. O. E. of W., met in a special session as the guests of Ft. Dearborn Lodge No. 44, 3920 South Parkway, March 17 and 18. The following board members were present: J. Finley Wilson, grand exalted ruler; Col. John R. Marshall, Edward F. Berry, Chicago; R. E. Pharrow, Atlanta, Ga.; Dr. D. T. Cardwell, Gary, Ind.; and Judge W. C. Hueston, commissioner of education, Gary, Ind. The principal business considered was the arrangements for regional oratorical contests and the confirmation of scholarships awarded to boys and girls since the session in Cleveland, Ohio. Regional oratorical contests in six regional districts have been scheduled for the near future. The winners will meet in Washington, D. C., in a national contest, June 5. Scholarships will be awarded and prizes in cash, amounting to $1,000 will be given. On Thursday evening, Ft. Dearborn entertained with a reception at the club parlors to honor the visitors and a pleasant evening was spent by all. [Name not visible] DR. GEORGE CLEVELAND HALL One of the most eminent M. D.'s in this city, who is a great credit to the colored race everywhere, one of the Trustees of the Chicago Public Library. He was appointed to that honored position by Mayor William E. Dever. NEGRO WORKER SAVES MAN'S LIFE, BUT FIRE COMPANY HOGS CREDIT (Preston News Service) Cincinnati, Ohio, March 24.—Frantically digging and shoveling to save his fellow worker's life, who sank in a 12-foot cave-in, Neal McCracken, a Negro worker succeeded in liberating his man by working from top down, getting him clear and out of the cave-in, with life still going. At this moment the fire department arrived on the scene and transported the injured man to a hospital. The next morning an item appeared in the daily papers, telling of how the fire department crew saved the life of the man. It played up the hero part of the firemen and cheated the Negro worker life-saver of his just credit. His name, nor the part he took in the rescue of the man was not even mentioned in the news story. BULLETIN No. 101-GUARD YOURSELF AGAINST THE HIGHWAY-MAN By Chief of Police Morgan A. Collins Pedestrians and motorists who travel late at night must at all times be vigilant. Upwards of 80 per cent of Chicago's hold-ups occur at night. Darkness is the silent partner of the foot-pad and automobile highway-man. Here are a few suggestions on how to guard yourself against this type of criminal: Don't display a large sum of money, particularly at night time in the presence of strangers. Pedestrians and motorists should avoid using poorly lighted thoroughfares as much as possible. Be ever on the alert crossing dark alleyways. Don't shortcut through deserted prairies or dark lots. A desire to save a moment's time may cost you your valuables. If followed by strangers late at night, either on foot or in automobile, seek a lighted spot and stay there until you satisfy yourself that you are safe. A lavish display of jewelry at the theatre and other forms of amusement is always an invitation to the hold-up man. Many of our so-called vestibule robberies are traced to this cause. And remember, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. We are trying to protect you. BUSINESS MAN AND BALL PLAYER KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT (Preston News Service) McKeesport, Pa., March 25—Robert Wilson aged 38, a prominent tailor of Dravosburg, and Charles L. Seahorn, aged 29, of this city, the latter a former member of the Homestead Grays baseball club, were killed instantly Sunday morning when a Dodge coupe in which they were riding skidded and crashed through the railing of the Kennywood Park bridge on the Duquesne boulevard. The machine fell 110 feet to the Union railroad tracks below. The automobile was wedged between two freight cars and employees of the railroad company experienced considerable difficulty extricating the bodies of the dead men from the wreckage. Wilson was said to have been driving the machine. The men were said to have been en route home after spending a while in Homestead. Wet car rails on which the machine skidded were blamed for the accident. The first conference of Negro librarians from various schools, colleges, and public libraries, representing twelve states, met at Hampton Institute from March 15 to 18, under the direction of Miss Florence Rising Curtis, director of the Library School at Hampton Institute, to discuss problems of library expansion and management. Topics on the program dealt with library work from the choosing of the site, the materials for building and equipment, the organization of the staff, library service for children and in the high school, to the place of the library in the community. Among the speakers were Miss Ernestine Rose of the Harlem Branch of the New York City Public Library; Miss Mary E. Hall, Girls' High School, Brooklyn; Mr. Edward C. Williams, librarian of Howard University; Mr. Herbert Hirschberg, Ohio State Librarian; Mrs. Harris and Mr. Thomas Blue, colored department of the Louisville Public Free Library. At the close of the conference the following decisions were reached: That there is renewed interest on the part of the cities in providing branches of public libraries; that high school branches cannot give adequate service to many communities; in states where libraries for colored citizens are distinct from the public library system, it would make for greater efficiency to link up with the city library with its many advantages; there is a great need in Negro colleges today for better library service and to that end there should be buildings provided and an increase in the trained staff. Mr. Smith of the Rosenwald Fund, presented for discussion the subject, "Library Aid for Rural Communities Through the Agency of the Rosenwald School." It was a sentiment of the conference according to Miss Curtis, that this work might be carried on by the co-operation of the Jeanes teachers and home-demonstration agents and with the help of state departments of education. A feature of the conference was a talk by Miss Rose on "Harlem." In part she said: "Harlem is inspiring not so much for what it has achieved, although that is notable, but because of its possibilities. It has been called the 'mecca of the new Negro.' I think we are saying a good deal that is trash about the new Negro. The new Negro is the old Negro relieved of certain restrictions, expressing himself as he would have before, if he had had the opportunity. Harlem is the center of experiments. When you read the sort of thing you do read about cabarets and night life in/Harlem, remember that it is the superficial life of any group of people. Over that is the steady, growing, stabilizing life of the majority of people, without which I do not believe we could have a Countee Cullen or a Paul Robeson today." When asked her opinion of Carl Van Vechten's "Nigger Heaven," Miss Rose said that adverse criticism has advertised the book unusually well. "No doubt all the incidents in the book are true, but they are not typical incidents. Drawing them together into one book has focused attention on [Name] HON. GEORGE T. KERSEY Highly honored member of the Legislature from the Third Senatorial District of Illinois; Republican Committeeman from the Third Ward; one of the head leaders of the Republican party on the South side, who is doing everything in his power to elect Hon. William Hale Thompson Mayor of Chicago. HON. LEN SMALL, GOVERNOR OF ILLINOIS, HAS SELECTED HON. GEORGE T. KERSEY AS CHAIRMAN OF A SUB-COMMITTEE OF THE LEGISLATURE OF THIS STATE TO INVESTIGATE THE AFFAIRS OF THE KANKAKEE ASYLUM was urged to take plenty of time and with the aid of the other members of his sub-committee to lay in his hands a complete report of the amount of money expended in connection with the Kankakee Asylum, within the past two years. It is estimated that more than one The first time in the history of the State of Illinois has a colored man, as a member of the Legislature of this state been selected to serve as chairman of an important sub-committee of the House of Representatives of this state, and that high honor has been conferred upon Hon. George T. Kersey recently by the chief executive of Illinois. In placing that high responsibility on the shoulders of Mr. Kersey, he out of perspective." Visitors at the conference included Mr. Jackson Davis, General Education Board; Mr. S. L. Smith, Julius Rosenwald Fund; Mr. Cresham, Superintendent of Colored Schools of Virginia; Miss Leslie Stevens, Library Extension, State Library of Virginia. The delegates of the conference were: Miss Allen, Washington, D. C., Miner Normal School; Mr. Thomas Blue, Head, Colored Dept, Free Public Library, Louisville, Ky.; Mrs. Lillian Childress, Dunbar Bar, Public Library, Indianapolis, Ind.; Mrs. Rose Clifford, Douglass High School, Baltimore, Md.; Mr. J. H. Daves, Free Colored Library, Knoxville, Tenn.; Miss Jauncey De Vaughn, State College, Orangesburg, S. C.; Miss Mollie Dunlap, Teachers College, Winston-Salem, N. C.; Miss Mildred Gaines, Booker T. Washington High School, Atlanta, Ga.; Miss Emma Lou Goff, State Normal School, Montgomery, Ala.; Miss Odell Greene, Normal and Industrial Institute, Petersburg, Va.; Mrs. Rachel Harris, Colored Dept, Free Public Library, Louisville, Ky.; Miss Elizabeth Hill, Agricultural and Technical College, Greensboro, N. C.; Miss La Perle Howard, Tuskegee Institute, Ala.; Mrs. Kate Brown Hunter, Free Colored Library, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Mr. Henry James, Phillis Wheatley Branch, Public Library, Greenville, S. C.; Mrs. Sadie Peterson, U. S. Veterans Bureau Hospital, Tuskegee Institute, Ala.; Mrs. Clara Savoy, Collegiate Institute, Institute, W. Va.; Dr. Shute, Johnson O. Smith University, Charlotte, N. C.; Mrs. Hattie Walker, Stowe Branch, Public Library, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mrs. Hattie Wooten, Colored Library, Durham, N. C.; Miss Virginia Young, Le Moyne Institute Branch, Gossitt Library, Memphis, Tenn. Rush L. Daugherty, a graduate of the electrical engineering department of the University of Pittsburgh, employs five electricians regularly. He has been in the contracting business 20 years. His establishment is in the wealthiest section of Pittsburgh, and his clients are practically all millionaires. the Legislature from the Third Disis; Republican Committeeman of the head leaders of the Re- s side, who is doing everything William Hale Thompson Mayor was urged to take plenty of time and with the aid of the other members of his sub-committee to lay in his hands a complete report of the amount of money expended in connection with the Kankakee Asylum, within the past two years. It is estimated that more than one million dollars has been expended in various ways in connection with that state institution and Governor Small has put it up to Mr. Kersey to make a complete report pertaining to its affairs and render it unto him. This newspaper loyally supported Mr. Kersey in his race for the Legislature in 1926, putting him over the plate against the bitter opposition of the other weekly newspapers in his district and it is proud of his brilliant career in the legislative halls at Springfield, Illinois. Condensed from Weekly Sermon of of Rev. Henry Hugh Proctor, D. D., Pastor of Nazarene Congregational Church, Brooklyn, N. Y. (Preston News Service) 1. The man who does not make enemies does not make much else; for the man of force of character will make enemies. 2. Some men are to be loved for the enemies they make. 3. The acid test of a man's character is the way he treats his enemies. 4. The substitution of love for hate in the treatment of enemies is the greatest moral achievement of the last two thousand years. 5. One of the things that will help us to treat an enemy with love is to recognize him as a brother; for mankind is one great brotherhood. 6. Another way is to pray for him; prayer is the ladder up which we may climb to this great height. 7. To be tolerant toward an enemy, and speak well of him is another sure way to help toward substituting love for hate. 8. The man who fails to forgive his enemy carries the heaviest of the load. 9. The best disposition of an enemy is to make a friend out of him. 10. The greatest revival is on the way but it will not come by one man exhorting but by the many living the true life, and one of the best ways to live that life is by loving one's enemies. Governor Dan Moody of Texas, has urged the Texas Legislature to enact laws to comply with the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court in striking down that portion of the Texas laws that forbid Negroes from voting in Primary elections. It appears that Texas Democrats want a "lily white" party. John L. Clark, who for many years conducted a column entitled "Wylie Avenue, Pittsburgh," has again resumed writing for the Pittsburgh Courier. Mr. Clark is assistant layout man in one of Pittsburgh's largest white printing concerns. ```markdown ``` _- at F : % ~A rs & - ie HON. MORGAN A. COLLINS Head of the Police Department of the City of Chicago, con tinues to urge his friends night and day to work early anc late and assist to bring-about the re-election of Hon. Will iam E. Dever for Mayor of Chicago. 2 CHIEF MORGAN A. COLLINS/lins more than one thousand colore WAS NOT GUILTY OF CAUS-|men and women-had been falsely ar ING THE ARREST OF ONE| rested and sent to jail without a jus THOUSAND LAW ABIDING| cause and those wholesale statement MEN, WOMEN AND CHIL-| turned out to be nothing but wind an DREN bluster, for on Thursday morning th committee held its second session a route E : which time Chief Collins was give Well onto three weeks ago it W931 ctean bill of sale and he was de stated before the sub-committee of the clared of not being ghilty of tramplin committee on police and so on of the}on the rights of the citizens of Chi cxy council, that’ throm) Chili Gel- laneo dk that divectioe,_ THIS WEEK Exnest: Rice Mecisoan ‘The Poro College Meeting There is nothing that Negroes have done this year that makes me feel so happy and joyous as the meeting re- cently held in St. Louis, to give moral support to Mrs. Malone in her fight to save Poro College, and lick that assi- nine litle husband, Aaron. It was good that the leading Negro editors were present. Mrs, Malone teeds our papers now as never before. It was good also that Mrs. Bethune was there, representing our great women's organizations. Mrs. Malone isa fighter and doesn't mince words. Every Negro in America should write Mrs. Malone a letter—not to be an- swered, of course—and let her know that she has the unreserved support of all decent colored citizens. The others, of course, will side with the “dude” husband. And, of course, there will bea few who will feel that thevjackass ofa receiver—who is now in charge of Mrs. Malone's business—is a very nice man. These will be the job hunters seeking to oust Mrs, Malone's trusted employees. I believe that Mrs. Ma- lone will win and can only hope that her victory will come quickly. acs. ie be -— i a ts “State Senator from the Fourth Senatorial District of llincis, who should be re- tlected City Clerk of Chi- €g0. He richly deserves to be re-elected on his past rec- ord, for more than 27 years he has been a warm and constant supporter of this Riwpaper and one of the t friends. of its. editor. X2e, for him on Tuesday, pril 5. lins more than one thousand colored men and women-had been falsely ar- rested and sent to jail without a just cause and those wholesale statements turned out to be nothing but wind and bluster, for on Thursday morning the committee held its second session at which time Chief Collins was given a clean bill of sale and he was de- clared of not being ghilty of trampling on the rights of the citizens of Chi- cas Sik Sie icin | Deserves Third Term, Maybe No matter what one may say or think of Mr. Coolidge, he has certainly added considerable light thinking matter to our benumbed populace and has also greatly increased the gayety of nations, groups and individuals. For who but Cal could have dragged the “White House Spokesman” from the White House medicine chest and used this elusive gentleman so effectively? It is said that prior to being made President, Mr. Coolidge had done nothing but break the Boston police strike (which he didn't), But now he has accomplished something which all patriotic Americans will concede en- titles him to a third term. Any man who can hide so effective- ly behind himself, who can express one opinion as the President and a contrary opinion as the “White House Spokes- man” is certainly proficient in the arts and wiles of diplomacy and statecraft. On a certain day Mr. Coolidge will call in the reporters. He will talk for a while and then in the twinkling of a reporter's eyelash the “Spokesman” will step in and muddy the pool. It is ‘a great stunt and could only succeed ‘in our blessed boobiana. Free Advertising for Ford Continues Henry Ford goes merrily on getting more real advertising free than any other business man gets with a million dollar appropriation. He got it from his peace ship, from his “history is the bunk” libel trial, from stage jokes, and now Sapiro, the Jew, has stepped in to help him rake in another billion. OF course, Ford has libelled the Jews and lied on them. He has said ail manner of silly. things and has al- lowed himself to be taken in by all sorts of adventurers and forgers and fakirs. But I do not believe any hon- est-to-goodness American jury of twelve good Nordics and true, will find in favor of Mr. Sapiro no matter what the evidence. It's something like a Negro trying to collect damages from a white man in Mississippi. Such things simply are not done these days. TO HOLD BIG MASS MEETING United Brothers of Friendship and Sisters of Mysterious Tens, have been called in a monstrous mass meeting Sunday afternoon, March 27, at 3 o'clock at U. B. F. Hall, 3120 Giles avenue, by the state grand master, J. B, Street. Hogging the Pictures French lawyers must not pose with criminals, hereafter, for pictures. Did their clients complain that the law- yers were taking more than their ghere?. z THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MARCH 26, 1927 By THE CAMERAMAN “PPDDD2LD9DDD OPPDPDDDDD 22D DDL DDDDLIDDIDIIDIIIDIDIDS 1. National Urban League Conference | amendments, tried the Race's faith 2. Judicial Sunshine the fullness of the new emancipatio 3. Watch the Jews (They're Loaded)| Then came gloom again when t 4. “Different” Samenesses Supreme Court found unconstitution 5. In Dear Old Georgia the famous civil rights cases, growit ‘National Urban League Conference. “Readjustment of Social Programs in the light of Research,” is the general subject announced by the National Urban League for discussion at its an- nual ‘conference, to be held in St. Louis, Mo., March 29 to April 2, 1927. Under this general head, such absorb- ing sub-topics as “Social Service Needs in the North,” “Race Relations in the New South,” and related questions will be analyzed and discussed by a host of Urban League delegates and friends, from far and near, who are actively engaged in endeavoring to pour oil upon the troubled waters of inter- racial relationships in America, ‘The National Urban League, as the name implies, deals with the so-called race problem in congested areas, while keen competition for wealth and posi- tion accentuate the suspicions, fears and antagonisms which continue to Brow out of racial contact. In the cities, of course, as nowhere else the doctrine of the survival of the fittest, imaginary and otherwise, is the twen- ty-four-a-day creed throughout a life- tinie. Straining might and main, the Negro urban groups, in northern urban centers, at least, make themselves felt. They buy property, oftimes in sections which would bar them. They become taxpayers. Their children attend the public schools. They ride the inter- urban transit lines. THEY VOTE. They seek to rise to the full span of American manhood and womanhood. And in the terrific competition which ensues, they are judged, first as Ne- groes, and last as American citizens— all due to the premium placed upon color. It is into this maze of unwarranted misunderstanding that the National Urban League and other organizations and individuals are striving to turn the rays of Light, Knowledge and Hope— not only for the sake of the Negro but as much for the salvation of those who are wasting their talents in trying to submerge the Negro, who refuses to be submerged. America should feel grateful for the National Urban League and all similar organizations and individuals who are tempering Fear, Suspicion and Preju- dice with common sense and mutuality ‘of respect, as between the races—for after all, what significance will attach itself to any race when Gabriel blows his trumpet? The individual, NOT THE GROUP, will answer the roll call. Why not prepare NOW to live the life which comes hertafter, for what we are at the end of this life we shall be when the next begins. Within the same week, the United States Supreme Court has twice re- asserted the Constitutional truth that no citizen may legally be denied the equal protection of the’ law because of his color. In the first instance, the Court spoke against the Texas primary elections, from which Negroes had been barred by statute. In the second case, the Court held unconstitutional the New Orleans ordinance which sought to restrain Negroes from living in city areas in which the bulk of the population was white, and vice versa. For its finding in the latter case the Court relied upon the Louisville case, otherwise known as Buchanan vs. Warley, and reported in the U. S. re- ports, volume 245 at page 60. It is interesting to review briefly the trend of sweepiig judicial decisions which have affected Negroes nationally ‘during and back of the past half cen- ‘tury. The case of Scdtt vs. Sanford, better ‘known as the Dred Scott case, decided ‘March 6, 1857, and holding that the ‘Negro slave remained a slave notwith- ‘standing the removal of his master and himself into free soil, cast gloom over the race. It strengthened the opposition ‘of the Southland toward Negro free- dom, and made the slavery issue one of absolute permanency in national af- fairs at that time. In judicial decisions moving forward from 1857, there were such important ones as Strauder vs. West Virginia, in which it was decided that Negroes could not be excluded from trial juries; ‘Neal vs. Delaware, in which the same finding was had with respect to. a cele- brated Delaware case. Rives vs. Vir- ginia, the Berea College case, and sundry other State and Federal cases involving. interpretation of the Thir- teenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Judicial Sunshiz amendments, tried the Race's faith in the fullness of the new emancipation. Then came gloom again when the the famous civil rights cases, growing out of Congressional effort, chiefly made by Senator Charles Sumner, of Massachusetts, to have equal rights in commerce, inns, hotels, theatres, etc. fully granted to the freedmen. And, when later, the U. S. Supreme Court upheld the Jim Crow railway statutes passed in feverish haste by state after state, it seemed that the veritable last straw had broken the back of the race. On down through the years until now, including the Curtis case, in which the rights of whites to covenant against Negroes in the sale of property was held legal and valid by the Court, gloom rather than sunshine has come down, seemingly, from the Bench. But now a new judicial era seems tobe at hand. Within one week the trend has swept again toward a brighter and broader interpretation of the Constitu- tion, in favor of the Race. And if this trend but continues the next half cen- tury will witness decisions which will undoubtedly establish for good and all time the equality of all men before the law; for Negroes are seeking the courts more than ever, and they are seeking judicial comfort with a degree of energy, knowledge and logic such as they have never before shown. of energy, knowledge and logic such as they have never before shown. cee ‘Watch the Jews (They're Loaded) It is alleged that he libelled the Jews and that is why Henry Ford, billion- aire builder of “fivvers” is being sued for a million dollars by Aaron Sapiro, a Jew, of Chicago, Ill. Mr. Sapiro has pride in himself and his race, and he is personifying that pride by a million- dollar order upon the Dearborn Inde- pendent which he is asking the Mich- igan courts to okay. Mr. Ford could pay the alleged de- mands and still have enough money left over to keep the wolf away from his door until Halley's comet has ap- peared three or four times. But, if Mr. Sapiro wins the suit, from then on Mr. Ford will be scrutinizingly careful as to what his official organ carries concerning Jews and their al- leged shortcomings. He knows al- ready that Mr. Sapiro has enough pride to energize every “flivver” that ever “fiivvered,” and then some. Save from the viewpoint of right and justice, it doesn't matter much to us who wins the suit; but it isa healthy lesson for us to absorb that the Jews are puffing over with pride; and they have a right to. They're go-getters. When someone injures a Jew, he's going to ‘look right square into the muzzle of a gun loaded with serious consequences. It wouldn't hurt if we were more like the Jews. sae “Different” Samenesses Conclusions, based on evidence de- rived from a study of the Bantu peo- ples of Africa, show that “there is no reason for supposing any essential dif- ference exists between the mind of the white and black man,” according to Professor Hoernle in the January, 1927, issue of the Journal of Philo- sophical Studies. The writer thinks that it is fear, due to the remarkable ability of the black man to assimilate the white man’s civilization, that has caused “color bars” to be erected by the Nordics in self-defense, and for self-protection, lest this ascending group, becoming their peers, usurp the throne of Caucasian supremacy and “superiority.” ‘That the black man has successfully sought and attained higher education and professional training, shows con- clusively, according ‘to Professor Hoerale, that racial differences are not due to difference in type or degree of intellectual capacity—but rather to dif- ference in social traditions. What: do we really mean by the term, “Racial Differences?” Do races really differ fundamentally? Do we not find traits and tendencies in each race, common to all of the races. Are not trait differences more a matter of the individual than of a race? Is not human nature the same tegardless of color or even social traditions? Do we not find a group with criminal tenden- cies and proclivities in every race re- gardless of the pigmentation of the skin? Are abnormalities peculiar to race alone? i It may be true that a greater per- centage of certain traits are found in one race than in some others, but may not this be due to opportunity or lack ‘of it? As yet scientific investigations have not been able definitely to settle ‘know from the Scriptures, “And earth. . .” tee In Dear Old Georgia Georgia is in the lime-light again, and, as usual, it is an unenviable posi- tion which she occupies, Not satisfied with her injustices toward the Negro, it appears that she now thirsts for the blood and hide of her own pale-face It is alleged that ‘an average of more than eight floggings a month have oc- curred in Toombs County alone, ac- cording to newspaper investigations, and that these floggings have been af- flicted not only upon Negroes but white men of the same standing, who have happened to meet with the dis- approval of certain cowards. Many of these victims, either through shame or from fear, have been silent concern- ing this treatment. In Truetlen Coun- ty a “liquor gang” which is said to control the polities there, almost beat fatally a newspaper editor who had at- tacked their alleged illegal traffic in his newspaper. In Toombs County, it is reported that an attorney was se- verely beaten for having defended liquor traffickers and having helped to prosecute four men accused of killing a man they only intended to “whip.” Another alleged offense against the at- torney was that he indulged in intoxi- ants too much to suit the “moral forces” of the community. What is a man to do? If he defends the “liquor gang” he is beaten and if he opposes the “liquor gang” he is beaten too. A sheriff has been arrested, accused of being a party to some of the flog- gings. Some administrator of law and order he must be. Can a Negro pos- sibly expect to live in peace, let alone hope for justice, in such a state where no individual or group is punished for crimes perpetrated against defenseless citizens who may happen to displease them? Were Cicero a citizen of Geor- gia today, well might he cry, “O tem- pora, O mores.” Eyes of Earthworms Dr. Walter N. Hess of Johns Hop- kins announces that earthworms have eyes in every section of their bodies, ‘With « smali beam of light he found every segment sensitive to it. He was able to identify the skin cells that respond to light. Calhoun’s Record Stands ‘On December 27, 1832, John C. Cal- houn, vice president of the United States under the first administration of President Jackson, resigned. This was the only resignation of the office throughout the history of this country. Long Terms of Office ‘The longest term of office of any government official is that of the comptrolier general and the assistant comptroller general, who each hold office for fifteen years, according to ap answered question in Liberty. In That Case, Always An oil magnate who collects carpets says you can live with one for five years and find something fresh in it every day. Especially if you've got a young family who are careless at meals, says the Office Boy. Great Engineering Feat In Los Angeles it was necessary to move a 6,000-ton bridge to make way for another structure. The bridge is one of the main traffic arteries, and so It was Jacke} up and put on rails, It was moved while traffic continued over it. Witches’ Meeting Place Brocken, the traditional meeting place of the witches on Walpurgis night, April 20, is in the Hartz moun- tains’ in the province of Saxony, and is the highest peak in northern Ger- many. Its height is 3.745 feet. South Seas Drink Intoxication without aleohol is pos- sible throngh the use of a South seas plant known to the botanist as “Piper “Mysticism,” a shrubby species of pep- per, which the Polynesians use by crushing the root. Early Golf Balls ‘The gutta-percha golf ball did not come into use until the late "40s. Orig- inally the balls were made of wood. Later, leather balls stuffed with feath- ers were introduced. “As He Thinketh” No one is higher up or lower down in the scale of righteousness than his thoughts are. ‘They are, therefore, the standard of his mortality.—Andalusia (la.) Star. Huge Station Scotland’s greatest station, Waver- ley, Edinburgh, covers 20 acres, and deals with over 1,000 trains a day. Its largest platform is nearly one mile in length. - Chameleon Like ‘We are told that healthy bables should be a delicate pink. Most are also robust yellers,—Wall Street Joornet ae 4 3 aa i) | | | > aa Fo HON. CLARENCE S. DARROW One of the best and the greatest steadfast friends of the col- ored race in the world. INTELLIGENT MINDS FRIENDS | For them it is too hard work to work. OF COLORED MAN, DAR- | The way out for the Negro is through ROW SAYS education and acquirement of wealth.” - —— He described education as a mis- Only Morons Negro’s Foes He Tells | fortune to everyone, especially to a Before 3,000 While 5,000 Wait | Negro, but as a necessary misfortune a for racial development. “If you don't Darrow Receives Ovation know what's going on,” he said, “like (Preston News Service) Washington, D. C., March 24.—That the scientists, the intelligensia and the artists of the world are all friends of the Negro, and the morons of the world his enemies, was asserted in an address on “The Ramparts of Civiliza tion,” by Clarence Darrow, of Chicago, last night at the Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal church at a meet- ing held under the auspices of the local branch of the National Association for Advancement of Colored People. More than 3,000 taxed the capacity of the auditorium, while more than 5,000 strove in vain to gain admission. ‘An overflow was organized at the John Wesley church, and Dr. Charles Edward Russell and Bishop E. D. W. Jones held the audience there until they could be greeted after 11 o'clock by Mr. Darrow. The association be- gan its annual membership drive under unusual auspices, pledges and subscrip- tions being received in basketfuls. Ovation for Darrow * Mr. Darrow was introduced by Ne- val H, Thomas, president of the Jocal association, and given an ovation case, which Darrow won last year in Detroit for the association. He analyzed color prejudice not so much as hatred of white people for colored as an insistence that the col- ored man “know and keep his place,” the position ascribed to him by master ‘and slave psychology of a generation ago, which 60 years of freedom has been insufficient to destroy. That the real racial barrier is not color, Darrow said, but was proved by attention lavished on Swamis, of India, and on men of China and Japan. The formula for racial prejudice he adduced as the Ne- gro's previous condition of servitude coupled with the Anglo-Saxon’s habit- ual moron conceptions. ‘White Man Headed Toward Slavery ~ Prejudice, he said, was not due to poverty or ignorance of colored people. The whites, he stated, had a monopoly of intelligence, or else failed to show it, despised people of color in’ direct proportion to their own lack of mental faculties. He called on the American Negro to rejoice because he was head- ed toward greater freedom, while the white man is headed toward slavery by reason of fool laws made by fanatics and intermeddiers.” “In no place in America, north of south,” said Mr. Darrow, “is the col- ored man treated as a strict equal. At no time is he treated on strict equality except in time of war. He is convict- ‘ed in the courts of every state in the Union on evidence upon which a white man would go free, and for this reason the penitentiaries and jails have four times as many colored men in them as should be there; according to thei numbers. < “The American Negro is lynched in court and out of court, everywhere in ‘America. But 2 Federal anti-lynching law would do no good. What must be done is to reach the hearts of the peo- ple, and they haven't any. The white people want colored people in Amer- fica, Somebody has to do the work and the Nordics are not going to do it For them it is too hard work to work. The way out for the Negro is through education and acquirement of wealth.” He described education as a mis- fortune to everyone, especially to a Negro, bat as a necessary misfortune for racial development. “If you don't know what’s going on,” he said, “like a fundamentalist, you're saved. If you know what's going on, you're, unfor- tunate. Education teaches that all there is to race and color is scientific selec- tion and adjustment of people to cli- mates. Black people survived in hot climates and white people in cold cli- mates. The morons, who run the affairs of this part of th world never heard of that theory—they have been too busy otherwise parading in sheets and making fool laws. Pure Blood Pure Nonsense “They are too busy keeping the blood stream pure. But if you take the 100 per cent pure blooded American back a few generations you not only find the blood mixed with all races, but ‘vith that of the lower animals, the monkey and the ape, the carnivora and fishes of the sea. Pure blood is pure nonsense.” The trade of the Negro politician was described as a scurvy one, leading the race to slaughter. The Negro was urged to be independent in politics to cast his vote independently to settle municipal, state and national elections where possible. He was pledged the support of the intelligent American in proportion to his ability to help him- self. On the platform were G. C. Wil- kinson, Maj. West A. Hamilton, Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, Mrs. Milton Francis, Mrs. McGuire, Mrs. M. Madre Marshall, Mrs. M. C. Terrell, Mrs. W. H. Wilson, James A. Cobb, Arthur G. Froe, A. S. Pinkett, and the Rev. W. H. Brooks. Mrs. Darrow was pre- sented with flowers by women of the organization. Mr. Darrow stated to reporters that press accounts of his being escorted out of Mobile, Ala., on account of his racial views, were “purely fictitious.” Primitive Road A corduroy road is one constructed ‘over bogs or swamps by laying logs side by side across the track. ‘The road is so-called from its similarity of construction to the texture of corde ed cloth known as corduroy. Belief and Originality ‘The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity. ‘The belleving man is the original man; whatsoever he believes, he believes it for himself, not for another.—Carlyle. Another Long-Felt Want Some genius should invent a device ‘which, when a person who fs alone in the house gets into the bathtub, will automatically disconnect the telephone ‘and doorbells. Heat in Resinous Woods Resinous woods, like pine ‘and fir, have greater heating value per ton than nonresinous woods, because a pound of resin gives off about twice As much heat on burning as 8 pound ‘of wood. Tamper With His Color Father Time is a great artist, but women do not admire his line work— Boston Transcript. Irish Proverb “Better own a trifle than want @ great deal.” 2 3 Ernest H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER ERnest H. WILLIAMSON UNDERTAKER 5121-29-25 E. H. WILLIAMSON Charlest. Dawson THE BROAD AX Published Every Saturday In this city since July 15th 1899, without missing one single issue. 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It may be changed, re-arranged, adapted, in innumerable ways, but this does not involve actual creation. Fat and Diabetes According to data submitted by physicians and insurance companies, about one in every ten fat individuals develop diabetes. This, of course, causes premature pathologic old age. Man Who Counts There is a better thing than the great man who is always speaking, and that is the great man who only speaks when he has a great word to say.—William Winter. National Meeting Place NATIONAL PLAZA The Galata bridge, Constantinople, is sometimes called "the Crossroad of the East" because it is said that here one may in 12 hours see all the nationalities of the world. Decline to Mix "Young blood and old brains" are said to be a good combination. The trouble is to get either one of them to find any use for the other.—Boston Transcript. He Should Be Shot A lecturer in New York is going about telling women how to remain seventeen years old indefinitely, as if there weren't enough permanent adolescents in the world already. Aim High Who shoots at the midday sun though he be sure he shall never hit the mark, yet as sure he is that he shall shoot higher than he who aims at a bush.-Sir Philip Sidney. Many Married in Cave Twenty-six marriages have been performed in the Luray caverns of Virginia, according to the Dearborn Independent. Detour Accurately Defined The detour is the muddiest distance between two points.—Pittsburgh Gazette-Times. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, MARCH 26, 1927 Big Viola Is Found A viola found in Edinburgh, Scotland, has a body $17\frac{1}{2}$ inches long, or $2\frac{1}{2}$ inches longer, than the average viola. It was made by Hierononymous Amati, the master of Stradivarius. Goodness Is Its Own Reward Great minds, like heaven, are pleased in doing good, though the ungrateful subjects of their favors are barren in return.—Rowe. Proverb Corrected The old proverb about having too many irons in the fire is an abominable old lie. Have all in, shovel, tongs and poker.—Adam Clarke. Mexican Superstition The Mexicans have a superstition that whoever partakes of food that has been gnawed by rats will be falsely accused of wrongdoing. Complaints They Never Make Complaints They Never Make "I was very incorrectly reported," said the public speaker. "The press credited me with a much better speech than the one I actually delivered." Or Hammond A woman recently related that her husband always quoted Shakespeare at breakfast. Bacon at that hour is far more suitable—London Opinion. Fortune in Short Order The popular song, "Rock Me to Sleep," which brought its composer a fortune, was the result of but ten minutes' work. Beyond Redemption "Making Plants Grow Better" is a headline in a current magazine. "We are sure that the poison ivy just wouldn't do it," says Montague. Suggestive When a girl begins to think that some fellow is all the world to her, it has been suggested that she should take a trip and see more of the world. —Hudson Register. To Tell a Man's Age If you would know a man's age discover whether he thinks a life insurance agent a misuse or a benefactor.—New York Telegram. World's Best Knitters Women of the Shetland islands are claimed to be the best knitters in the world. Divergence of Opinion The debate as to whether the country is prosperous amounts to little. The fellow who hasn't got it knows he is not; the fellow who has got it knows he is. And it is always that way—Houston Post-Dispatch. "Blue Ribbon of Turf" Blue Ribbon of Turf. Lord Beaconsfield, England's famous novelist and statesman, is credited with having been the first to designate the Epsom derby as the "Blue Ribbon of the Turf." Early Street Lighting The first street lighting system was started in London in 1414, when house and store owners on certain streets were required to hang out horn-sided lanterns at sunset. Parking Space New telescope is to bring the moon within ten miles of us. Good! The next thing will be a suspension bridge and a lot of new parking space.—Boston Transcript. Canine Manners "Believe me, sir," said the dealer, "that dog's the best bred animal in the world. Why, he won't even 'ave is dinner without 'is collar on!"—Tit- Bits. Sugar From the Palm By tapping the Nipa palm, which grows in the Philippines, good white sugar can be obtained at a cost said to be less than that for producing a cane sugar. Patriotic Roman The first Brutus, the famous Roman, put his own sons to death for disobeying orders during a military campaign, according to an answered question in Liberty. Uncle Eben "Children," said Uncle Eben, "ought to obey deir parents, but some of 'em ain't g'ineter do so unless de parents quit tryin' to act frivolous."—Washington Post. Plea for the Wicked Great God, have pity on the wicked, for Thou didst everything for the good when thou madest them good— Saadi. "This may hurt a little," said the absent-minded dentist as he changed to his nibble, "but it will be over in just a minute." 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. 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