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SOCIETY NEWS PUBLISHED FREE Vol. XXXII. THE NEW YORK TIMES M. E. H. MR. JESSE BINGA President of the Binga State Bank of money power behind the Binga Arcade constructed at 35th and State. Wh stand as a living monument to the nam dent Binga. the Binga State Bank of Chicago ever behind the Binga Arcade, which at 35th and State. When con living monument to the name and a. President of the Binga State Bank of Chicago, who is the money power behind the Binga Arcade, which is now being constructed at 35th and State. When completed it will stand as a living monument to the name and fame of President Binga. PRESIDENT HOPE TO ATTEND GENEVA CONFERENCE Atlanta, Ga. (Special to The Broad Ax)—President John Hope of Morehouse College sailed last Saturday for Geneva, Switzerland, to attend the World Committee meeting of the Y.M.C.A., which meets here the last of this month. President Hope is the only colored representative to be at this meeting. In his last appearance before the Summer School student body, which has an enrollment of 330, President Hope stressed the need for teachers of exemplary personal character and efficiency in correcting maladjustments of the community in which they labor. dian Colonies are working together for the education and development of over two million natives of Liberia. Dr. Paine is a native African tribesman, who was educated in America at Walden University and Meharry Medical College. After completing his education, he returned to his country where he practiced medicine. Mr. Clark Foreman, a member of the Inter-Racial Commission, spoke to the Summer School student body or methods of bringing the races together. He outlined several ways, which, if followed up, would do much to better the feeling between the two races. Prof. B. T. Harvey, Director of the Science Department, who has recently returned from Columbia University Among other prominent speakers before the Summer School was Dr. W. B. Paine, secretary of Public Instruction for the Republic of Liberia. Dr. Paine gave a very interesting talk on the history, industry, people customs and products of his country. He also stressed the fact that the Negroes of America and the West In- 5 [Name] [Name] One of the big Republican politicians in Cook O still in the public eye, and in 1928 he may enter the race for Coroner of Cook County. ing Republican politicians in Cook County public eye, and in 1928 he may grace for Coroner of Cook County. One of the big Republican politicians in Cook County, who is still in the public eye, and in 1928 he may be induced to enter the race for Coroner of Cook County. Vol. XXXII THE NEW YORKER Bank of Chicago, who is theega Arcade, which is now beingstate. When completed it will to the name and fame of Presi- dian Colonies are working together for the education and development of over two million natives of Liberia. Dr. Paine is a native African tribesman, who was educated in America at Walden University and Meharry Medical College. After completing his education, he returned to his country where he practiced medicine. Mr. Clark Foreman, a member of the Inter-Racial Commission, spoke to the Summer School student body on methods of bringing the races together. He outlined several ways, which, if followed up, would do much to better the feeling between the two races. Prof. B. T. Harvey, Director of the Science Department, who has recently returned from Columbia University, where he secured his Master's degree, spoke of General Science with reference to its organization and place in the high school curriculum. Prof. N. P. Tillman, head of the English Department, spoke about the cultural background of the Negro and the respect which he is gaining in American life through the works of Du Bois, Chestnut, Brawley and Braithwaite. ```markdown ``` ticians in Cook County, who is in 1928 he may be induced to of Cook County. THE BROAD AX 5 CENTS PER COPY who is the now being meted it will one of Presi- Sec Be On Co Job in Hu One Secret Met i ging Desp Thing of TH or U --- Secret or Trial Marriages Seem to Be Rapidly Increasing in Chicago. Only a Short Time Ago a Wealthy Colored Gentleman, in this City, Jolted His Unknown Son-in-Law in the Jaw When He Found Him Hugging and Kissing His Daughter in the Dark. One Far-Seeing Lady Was Engaged in Flirting With Two Secret Husbands at the Same Time and When They All Three Met in Her House There Was Much Knocking Down and Dragging Out. Despite the Fact, That Newspapers Are the Most Dangerous Things to Fool With in the World Many People Will Pour All of Their Family Secrets, Their Scandals, and Their Unsavory or Unmoral Conduct Into the Ears of the Editors, Feeling Confident That They Will Never Betray the Trust Which They Have Reposed in Them. The Late Col. William Jennings Bryan While Addressing the Iowa Editorial Association at Clinton, Iowa, Some Years Ago, Declared "That There Is More Honor Among Newspaper Men Than Any Other Class of American Citizens. That in His Long Experience in Coming in Contact With Them He Only Found Two Who Had Violated the Confidence Imposed in Them. Not so long ago, while the writer was visiting one of the branches of the Municipal Court of Chicago and was engaged in conversation with the Judge, just as he was winding up business for the day, a very beautifully looking colored lady very proudly stalked up to the bench, holding her head high up in the air. The Judge looked down on her for a few moments and slowly said: "My good lady, what seems to be the trouble with you?" The lady responded. "Judge, I want to get a divorce from my husband." Unmindful of the fact that Municipal Court judges cannot sit in judgment on divorce cases and the Judge smilingly said, "Lady, on what grounds do you want a divorce?" and the elegant lady replied, "On these grounds right here." The Judge spoke up and said, "Lady, does your husband treat you well and take care of you in good shape?" The lady shot back at the Judge and loudly exclaimed, "He had better treat me right for I will have him arrested if he fails to do so." Then the Judge came back at her once more and said, "Lady, you admit that your husband treats you well and turns over his earnings to you every Saturday and provides a good home for you all the time, then, why do you want a divorce from him?" The lady paused for just one moment, then she filled the eyes of the Judge full of salt and pepper by replying, "Judge, I have no more taste for my husband, that's the reason I want a divorce from him." In this rapid age it seems that the vast majority of married couples, both white and colored, have seemingly lost their taste for each other, hence the great rush all the time to the divorce courts on the slightest provocation and from the divorce courts there is only one step to secret and trial marriages, which seem to be constantly on the increase in Chicago. Many bad, far-reaching and very dangerous mix-ups, murders, deaths THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 23, 1927 and other black and horrible and revolting crimes follow in the wake of trial or secret marriages. Only a few years ago a highly cultivated young colored lady, who was attending one of the highest educational institutions in this city, without letting her parents know one thing about it, ran off and entered into a secret marriage with her girlhood lover, and for over one year they successfully succeeded in preventing their parents on either side from knowing one thing about it, until finally they became bolder and bolder in their loving and embracing in the dark corners of their homes. One evening the father of the young lady, who was quite wealthy, returned home rather suddenly and the first thing he beheld on entering his fine home was his highly accomplished daughter and her unknown husband to him hugging and kissing to beat the band, and without waiting one minute, he hauled off, jolted him two or three uppercuts in the jaw and ordered him out of his home. The young lady ran out of her home in order to save her life. In the meantime her father cut her off in his will before the mother of the young lady was able to induce her husband to relent and forgive their daughter for her rash or thoughtless act, and as time passed, her father began to look at things in a different light. When he had finally made up his mind to permit his only daughter to return to her home, he was suddenly taken ill and passed on out of this world. His wife and daughter are still mourning his death, for his doctor claimed that too much excitement and worry caused his death. That was a sad secret marriage for that young lady. One lady whom we have known for some time, who has the most bewitching, brilliant, black, snapping eyes that we have ever beheld was flirting with two trial marriage husbands at the same time and frequently the lady would laugh and say "how easy it was to play two men fools, one against the other, at the same time, that both men were willing to spend their money as freely as taking a drink of water in order to make her happy and contented." Her trial marriages worked to perfection until finally one evening both of them met at her home at the same time and then there was an awful time. The men jumped at each other like unto two blood-thirsty, maddened, fighting bull-dogs and they came near breaking up and destroying everything of any value in her finely furnished apartment and the lady was forced to call tip the police and force both of her trial husbands out of her home. Some of the readers of this article may contend that the picture is overdrawn or colored up too dark, but that is not true, for there are many scenes like these all over this city among those who believe in secret or trial marriages. In this connection it can be truly said that despite the fact that newspapers are the most dangerous things in the world to fool with, yet thousands of people will dump all of their family troubles or secrets into the ears of editors. Many times we say to them: "Why do you tell me about your family secrets, your scandals, your unsavory conduct?" And they generally reply by saying: "We have confidence in you and know that you will never breathe them to any other living being." And, come to think of it, the late Col. William Jennings Bryan, while addressing the newspaper men at Clinton, Iowa, several years before his death, among other things, declared "that there is more honor among newspapermen than any other class of American citizens; that in his long experience in dealing with them he never came in contact with but two of them who had violated his confidence." That is one reason why so many people greatly delight to pour all of their family secrets and troubles into the ears of newspapermen. In conclusion, if editors would publish scandals involving immoral preachers, as well as other prominent church members, and the unsavory doings of other hardened respectable sinners, those who claim to be lawfully married, they, the editors, would wake up the dead, and murder and suicide would stalk broadcast throughout the land. K [Name] HON. ALBERT B. GEORGE One of the most honorable Judges of the Mum Chicago, prominent Mason, Odd Fellow a Pythias, who will be in evidence to receive the Knights of Pythias when they meet in this most honorable Judges of the Muni prominent Mason, Odd Fellow and no will be in evidence to receive the Pythias when they meet in this c One of the most honorable Judges of the Municipal Court of Chicago, prominent Mason, Odd Fellow and Knight of Pythias, who will be in evidence to receive the distinguished Knights of Pythias when they meet in this city in August. CAPT. NICHOLAS HUNT RANKS the City Hall Square Building, 139 AMONG THE OLDEST SUB- N. Clark street. Being broad and lib September I, 1899, Capt. Nicholas Hunt, who is one of the greatest thief catchers in the world and an unrelenting foe to criminals, began his subscription to this newspaper and during all those years he has promptly paid his subscription to it. Each Saturday the paper finds its way into his lovely home at 5732 Kenwood avenue. At that time Capt. Hunt was Inspector of the Hyde Park police district and he ran everything on the square in connection with his inspectorship. He would not permit his officers to beat up colored people and throw them in jail just for the fun of it, without a just cause and when it became known that he adhered to that policy he became the most popular police official in Chicago. Thousands of colored people in all sections of this city have from that time to the present looked upon him as one of their truest friends. Some fourteen years ago Capt. Hunt severed his connection with the police department of Chicago and established The Shippy-Hunt International Detective Agency, with headquarters in ```markdown ``` PETER H. M. HON. S. A. T. WATKINS Supreme Attorney of the Knife world; chairman of the Bo National Bank; member of kins and White, who will at the laying of the corner on Monday, August 15. orney of the Knights of Pythias Sirman of the Board of Directors of Bank; member of the law firm of White, who will serve as master- ing of the corner stone of the new day, August 15. Supreme Attorney of the Knights of Pythias throughout the world; chairman of the Board of Directors of the Douglass National Bank; member of the law firm of Denison, Watkins and White, who will serve as master of ceremonies at the laying of the corner stone of the new Pythian Temple on Monday, August 15. SUBSCRIBE FOR THE BROAD AX No. 45 the City Hall Square Building, 139 N. Clark street. Being broad and liberal minded, Capt. Hunt employs three or four colored men all the time. In conclusion, we simply wish to state that Capt. Hunt is numbered among our many good and true friends in Chicago. HON. EDWARD H. WRIGHT CONTINUES TO REGAIN HIS HEALTH Some three or four weeks ago Hon. Edward H. Wright, member of the Illinois Commerce Commission, was suddenly taken ill while in Springfield, Ill., and he was conveyed to this city from there to St. Elizabeth Hospital, where he has been confined ever since. After undergoing an operation he has continued to improve each day and Dr. Monahan states that within ten days or two weeks he will be able to walk abroad. His devoted and dutiful wife, Mrs. Wright, wends her way each day from their pleasant home, 3844 Calumet avenue, to St. Elizabeth's Hospital, where she spends considerable time in assisting to nurse her distinguished husband to good health. While in conversation with her this week she heartily thanked the writer for keeping the public informed as to his true condition through the columns of this newspaper. A. the Knights of Pythias throughout the the Board of Directors of the Douglass umber of the law firm of Denison, Wat- wo will serve as master of ceremonies corner stone of the new Pythian Temple 15. COL. OTIS B. DUNCAN Saturday, July 30, the famo command will begin its tou Camp Grant, the full progr of this newspaper. Saturday, July 30, the famous Eighth Regiment under his command will begin its tour of two weeks' encampment at Camp Grant, the full program appearing in another column of this newspaper. KREEGER BROS. HAVE SUCCEEDED THE FORMER WELL-KNOWN DRUG STORE OWNERS, HYMAN BROS., 259 EAST 35TH STREET At all times they will continue to carry a large stock of the best and most reliable drugs and toilet articles and so on that can be found in Chicago. Phone Douglas 0053. The merchants and other business men up and down either side of East 35th street last week very much regretted to learn that Hyman Bros., who had successfully conducted a well-stocked and up-to-date drug store, located at 259 East 35th street, has been succeeded by Kreeger Bros. Drug Co. which will continue to conduct the store or the business in the most up-to-date manner. THE EIGHTH REGIMENT, ILLINOIS N A T I O N A L GUARD HEADQUARTERS, 3517 GILES AVENUE Chaplain and Captain William S. Braddan was on June 15, 1927, promoted to Major and Chaplain of the 8th Infantry, Illinois National Guard, Chicago, Illinois, after 14 years commissioned service as Captain by special authority of the Militia Bureau, Washington, D. C. Major Braddan began writing his military record back in 1888. He served in the 10th U. S. Cavalry from May 9, 1888, to August 29, 1890. After he was honorably discharged he enlisted in the 8th Regiment on October 3, 1902, and served as Private, Corporal and honorably discharged as Sergeant to accept a commission on November 15, 1912. Commissioned Chaplain and Captain November 16, 1912, which rank he held from 1912 to June 15, 1927. Major Braddan served on the Mexican border in 1916 in Federal service and during the World War in France. During all major engagements he was right with the boys and helped share the big "Berthas" with them. When the Hindenburg line was broken he was ready to march down the streets [Name] [Name not visible] REV. WILLIAM S. BRADDAN Major and Chaplain of the Eighth Regiment, Illi Guard, who fought on the battlefields of Fr honor and glory of the United States. Major and Chaplain of the Eighth Regiment, Illinois National Guard, who fought on the battlefields of France for the honor and glory of the United States. Julius F. Taylor, Editor, The Broad Ax, Chicago, Ill. At all times they will continue to carry a large stock of the best and most reliable drugs and toilet articles and so on that can be found in Chicago. Phone Douglas 0053. For many years Hyman Bros. have been warm friends of Col. Otis B Duncan, commanding the Eighth Regiment, Illinois National Guard, and Col. Duncan urges all his staff and field officers and the rank and file of his regiment in this city and his hosts of loyal friends to continue their patronage with the Kreeger Bros. Drug Co.; that at all times they will be treated fair and square; that their patronage will be highly appreciated and there is nothing in the store too good for Col. Duncan and his friends. of Berlin, had not the Armistice stopped their progress. Major Braddan is still "Charging Hell with a Bucket of Water," ready for some more war. Federal Inspection The results of the annual Federal Inspection held during April are back. The companies made excellent showings which pleases the War Department and especially our regimental commander, Colonel Otis B. Duncan. Enlistments The regiment has its full quota of enlisted men to take to camp. Very few vacancies exist in the organizations. However, a few men may be accepted for enlistment. A vacancy exists in the Medical Detachment for an experienced ambulance driver and mechanic. See Major Spencer C. Dickerson, Medical Corps, on Thursday nights. Only qualified men need apply. Annual Encampment The regiment is busy preparing itself for the annual Federal Encampment at Camp Grant, Rockford, Illinois. Entrain Saturday morning, July 30, over the C. B. & Q. R. R, and return over the same line Saturday, August 13. Division Field Day and Visitors' Day Sunday, August 7, is the 33rd Division Field Day and also visitors' day. Each year thousands of visitors from Chicago and nearby towns visit the camp to see their husbands (?), sweet-hearts and relatives. This year is expected to break all previous records [Name] eighth Regiment, Illinois National battlefields of France for the United States. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 23, 1927 Hon. S.W. Green, Supreme Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias thruout the World, Issues His Universal Proclamation to the Members of that Order Requesting them to Assemble in Chicago, Illinois, from August 13th to 20th, at the Corner Stone Laying, August 15, 1927. The Proclamation follows: Office of the Supreme Chancellor, New Orleans, La., July 18, 1927; The Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. To the Officers and Members of the Supreme Lodge, Officers and Members of the Supreme Court, Order of Calanthe, Major General and Members of the Uniform Rank, Imperial Potentate and Members of the Knights of Omar of the Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. You are hereby notified to assemble at the corner of Thirty-seventh Place and State Street, Chicago, Illinois, on Monday, August 15th, 1927, at three (3) o'clock P. M., to participate in the Ceremonies of the Laying of the Cornerstone of the National Pythian Temple for the Knights of Pythias of North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa and Australia. The following is the Program for the Ceremony: Introduction of Master of Ceremonies and Chairman of the Building Committee. By Sir S. A. T. Watkins, Supreme Attorney. Address—By Dr. Walter O. Taylor, Supreme Representative, Massachusetts. Address—By Sir N. J. Frederick, Grand Attorney, South Carolina. Music. Address—By Sir J. R. Jefferson, Grand Worthy Counsellor, West Virginia. Laying of Cornerstone—By Sir S. W. Green, Supreme Chancellor. Prayer and Benediction—By Rev. J. M. Mundy, Supreme Representative, Kentucky. Greetings: You are hereby notify Place and State Street, (at three (3) o'clock P. M. ing of the Cornerstone of Pythias of North Am. Australia. The following is the Introduction of Massing Committee—Master of Ceremonies Invocation—By Rev Music. Address—By Dr. W. chusetts. Music. Address—By Sir N. Music. Address—By Sir J. Virginia. Laying of Cornerstone Prayer and Benedict tative, Kentucky Attest: E. E. Underwood, Supreme Keeper Those coming by automobile take State route No. 5, Washington boulevard, from Chicago, this will bring you to Rockford, Illinois, from there the rest is easy. It is advisable to leave as early as possible to avoid highway congestion and to avoid accidents. Don't hurry, take your time as the boys will be in camp when you arrive. (a) Track Events, 9:00 a. m.—100-yd. dash, semi-final and final; 120 low hurdles, semi-final and final; 220-yd. dash, semi-final and final; 1* mile run; 800-yd. relay race. (b) Field Events—Shot put, running broad jump, running high jump, tug of war. Each regiment and separate battalion will be entitled to two (2) entries for each track event. (c) Mounted Events, 2:00 p. m.—Pyramid team, obstacle race, rescue race, Roman race, Guidon race, Cossack race, 3/8-mile race. The mounted events are for the 106th Cavalry, Hinois National Guard. There will be $x$ classes in boxing and two classes in wrestling. The elimination bouts and matches for Division Championships will start at 8:00 p. m. August 11. The semi-finals and finals will be held on August 11. This regiment expects to brick back the bacon. We have a number of good men. Dinner at 2:30 P.M. Dinner at 2:30 P. M. Each officer and enlisted man who have guests will be served as follows: Officers' guests in the Officers' Mess; enlisted men's guests in the battalion mess halls. Regimental Parade and Guard Mount About 5:30 p. m. the regiment will form for parade on the regimental parade ground area. Immediately following parade the company detailed for guard will mount guard on the parade ground and march from there to the guardhouse. Here is where the boys do their stuff. Those alignments --- Yours Fraternally. held by the different companies won't quit. Later on in the evening when the sun has set in the golden west, our bank under the direction of Warrant Officer James B. Tucker, will render a band concert over near the boxing ring. The band concert concludes the program for the day. Special Train to Camp Grant, Ill. A special train will be run from Chicago to Camp Grant via the C.B. & Q. R. R., from the Union Station at 8:45 daylight saving time, Sunday, August 7. This train makes no stops between Chicago and Camp Grant. Tickets are $2.50 round trip on sale at 3532 Indiana avenue. The stork visited Lieutenant and Mrs. George W. Ellison on July 1, 1927, and left a baby girl. Mother and baby are doing fine—George W. Ellison, 1st Lieuten, 8th Inf., Ill. N. G., Publicity Officer. KILLED HEFLIN "JIM CROW" BILL Washington.—The recent declaration of Congressman Martin B. Madden, of Chicago, chairman of the powerful Apo to the effect that "the people do not propriation Committee of the House, care whether Mr. Coolidge serves one term or ten," and that "the people cannot do better than follow the present program by keeping Coolidge in the White House," has awakened considerable interest and occasioned much favorable comment among colored citizens throughout the country, all of whom realize that Representative Madden has always espoused their cause and consistently STOOD UP in Congress and elsewhere for the rights of persons—the right of property, as well as the rights of life and liberty. In this connection it has been recalled that only a few years ago when the House had under consideration the Helfin "Jim Crow" Amendment to the S. W. Green, Supreme Chancellor. District of Columbia Street Railway Bill, Martin B. Madden came to our rescue in a masterful effort that renewed our faith in the general principles of the Republican party. He said: "The amendment offered by the gentleman is un-American. It is unjust. It is discriminatory. It is indefensible. It is lamentable and this House will not, I am sure, permit it to be enacted into law. This is the Nation's capital. We would be derelict in the performance of our duty as representatives of a free people if we permitted the perpetration of such an outrage upon a liberty-loving and God-fearing people." Thus was the Heflin "Jim Crow" street railway bill killed by the man in whom colored citizens, generally, repose great confidence. LITTLE GIRL GETS AWARD OF $65,000.00 Seven-Year-Old Hilda Morris Is Awarded Huge Sum for Loss of Her Leg New York.—One of the largest sums ever awarded in a damage suit for personal injuries was granted a seven-year-old colored girl Thursday for injuries suffered when she was run down by an automobile. The girl, Hilda Morris, received a verdict of $65,000 in the Supreme Court, Queens, before Justice Mitchell May. The judgment was awarded against A. H. Hewes Company, pottery makers of Brooklyn. In the plaintiff's petition it was charged that she was struck by a truck owned by the defendants as she was on her way to school on March 18. The accident was blamed upon carelessness and speeding. Little Miss Morris lost her right leg as a result of the accident. [Name] HON. EDWARD D. GREEN Ex-member of the Legislature of Illinois; author of the Anti-Mob and Lynch Law for the State of Illinois; secretary of the Pythian Temple Commission throughout the world, who will cut a wide swath at the meeting of the Knights of Pythias in this city in August. COMMISSION ON INTER- RACIAL CO-OPERATION, 409 PALMER BLDG., ATLANTA, GA. New York School of Social Work. He has had wide experience in both public and private social work in local and national fields. He was the first direct R. B. Eleazer, Educational Director Atlanta, Ga.—Many good paying positions are now available in social work for young colored men and women who have had proper training, according to Prof. Forrester B. Washington, who has just taken charge of the Atlanta School of Social Work, the only institution in the country devoted solely to the preparation of Negro men and women for this interesting profession. Positions as probation officers, community center and settlement executives, boys' club leaders research directors, Urban League secretaries, welfare workers in industrial plants, case workers in family societies and child welfare agencies, and research investigators are among the opportunities pointed out by Prof Washington. To prepare his students for these positions Prof. Washington is laying out for the coming school year a thorough-going program of study and experience in both the class room and the field. The school has been asked to assist in a state-wide research project in co-operation with the State Department of Welfare. In addition the students will study first hand the field work of the Family Welfare Society and other social agencies of the city and under competent direction, will actually carry on the activities of an important community organization. It is hoped thus to fit them to organize the colored population of whole cities and counties for the betterment of the housing, health, recreational and industrial conditions of Negroes. Training for real community leadership is the goal of the school. Previous college training is not required for entrance, but is highly desirable, according to Prof. Washington, who desires to correspond with any who are interested. The Atlanta School of Social Work was established some five years ago and is located at 239 Auburn avenue. It is supported by the Laura Spelman Memorial, the Russell Sage Foundation, and the Atlanta Community Chest. Its board of managers is interracial. The secretary of the board is Miss Rhoda Kaufman, secretary of the Department of Welfare of the State of Georgia, and the chairman of its Finance Committee is Will W. Alexander, director of the Inter-racial Commission. Well known colored members of the board are John Hope, president of Morehouse College; Willis J. King, Gammon Theological Seminary; M. S. Davage, president of Clark University, and Jesse O. Thomas, Field Secretary of the National Urban League. Forrester B. Washington, the new director, is recognized as one of the leading workers of the country. He received his Master's Degree at Columbia University, and did graduate work in the social sciences at Harvard University and the University of Michigan and further specialized at the New York School of Social Work. He has had wide experience in both public and private social work in local and national fields. He was the first director of the Detroit Urban League, and later was appointed supervisor of Negro economics for the states of Illinois, Michigan and Missouri, under the United States Department of Labor. He next became supervisor of Negro labor with the General Motors Corporation whence he was called to direct the Research Bureau of the Detroit Community Chest. From this position he went to the executive secretaryship of the Armstrong Association of Philadelphia, probably the largest local branch of the Urban League. In 1925 he organized and directed a survey of the Negro population of Detroit. In 1924 he directed a survey of the living conditions of Negro employees of the Pennsylvania Railroad throughout the fourteen states which this system covers. 48,318 COLORED ON MARYLAND FARMS Baltimore, Md.—There are 48,318 Marylanders listed as farm population, 28,408 of whom live on farms they own, according to the United States Census of Agriculture report of 1925 recently issued by the Department of Commerce. Prince George county has the distinction of having a larger farmers' population than any county in the state, there being 4,867 in that county. Anne Arundel County comes next with 4,674 and Charles follows close with 4,424. The largest number of owned farms is in Anne Arundel county. Farmers' population in this county numbers 2,999, or more than half of the 4,674 in the county. All told there are 18,423 tenant farmers in the state, Prince George county leading with 2,219. The report also shows that 1,488 persons living on managed farms and that of the entire adult farm population of 35,039 more than half, or 18,782 are males. There are 16,257 females and 13,279 children under ten years of age. Alleghany county registers only 3 on farms and Garrett 21. MAJOR ROBERT R. JACKSON Major-General of the Uniform Rank, Knights of Pythias, throughout the world, who will on August 13th to 20th proudly march through the streets of Chicago at the head of his real live soldiers. [Name] HON. WILLIAM T. FRANCIS The newly appointed Minister to Liberia, West Coast of Africa, by President Calvin Coolidge. MEETING OF THE FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS OF ILLINOIS CRIPPLED WHITE BOY GIVEN BLOOD TO SAVE NEGRO PAL By Elvie L. Stewart As a representative of The Broad Ax, I had the pleasant opportunity of being one of the party composed of Mesdames Minnie E. Roach, Lucy McGill, Ida D. Jennings, Elvie L. Stewart, who had gone to Rock Island, Illinois, to attend the annual session of the Illinois State Federation of Colored Women's Clubs. While they were deliberating in their sessions, I was given the opportunity to visit points of interest and acquaint the citizens of the tri-cities of the feasibility of becoming acquainted with the oldest newspaper in Illinois of our group. Among the acquaintances formed was that of Mr. Harold LeRoymion and his charming wife, Mrs. Dorothy Allen Morrison. Mr. Morrison's familiarity with the general conditions in the city afforded the avenue which gave an entry to meet men and women in every walk of life. He is spoken of in high terms by the general public. We visited Monmouth, Illinois, and on our return we had the pleasure of having the company of Mr. John T. Peoples, Jr., to Rock Island and passed a pleasant week end. No person should visit Rock Island without making the acquaintance of Mr. Morrison, who is the only colored letter carrier in that city. There is no more pleasant hostess throughout the state than Mrs. Belle Taylor, wife of Will Taylor, who is the trusted custodian of the Masonic Temple and has the most profound respect of the people of that section. He is a member of all branches of the Masonic organization and his pleasing wife was the leading factor in making the guests of the city welcome. It was mainly through her energy that the Federation was a success in every detail. In visiting the Prince Hall Masonic & O. E. S. Home as the guests of the Taylors, every point of interest was pictured of the future grandeur which is intended by Grand Master J. C. Ellis. At this point let me call to the attention of the Masonic Order throughout the jurisdiction of Illinois that they owe it absolutely to the Grand Master and the Worthy Grand Matron of Illinois for their united wisdom in putting through the plans which will in short complete the only monument worthy of mention dedicated to the principles of the order. It will be a burning shame and an eternal disgrace for any set of men who have taken the degrees in this organization to attempt to replace Grand Master Ellis at the next Grand session. The worth and character of his work should re-elect him until he voluntarily retires. The next session of the Federation will presumably be held in Chicago. HOLD FUNERAL SERVICES FOR MR. HOLMES Joseph Holmes, 243 N. Maplewood avenue, well known in this city and in Nashville, Tenn., his native home, passed away suddenly at his home Tuesday afternoon, July 12. Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon, July 16, from Friendship Baptist Church, Rev. Brown and Rev. Knight officiating. Last fraternal rites were conducted by Stimpson Lodge No. 117, F. & A. M. and Oak Park Lodge, K. of P. The deceased is survived by his widow, Mrs. Parlee Holmes, well known in church and fraternal circles; a brother, Jim Holmes of this city, and a sister, Mrs. Mabel Brown of Nashville, as well as a host of relatives and friends in Chicago and Nashville. Burial was at Lincoln Cemetery. CRIPPLED WHITE BOY GIVES BLOOD TO SAVE NEGRO PAL Brooklyn Lad Saves the Life of Hospital Friend by Volunteering for a Transfusion. Both on Road to Recovery New York.—Jimmy Murphy, an eleven-year-old Irish boy who was crippled by infantile paralysis when he was a baby, was a hero last Sunday to all his neighborhood and all the neighbors, both colored and white, came to his house at 198 Watten street, Brooklyn, to say so. Luck Smiles on Jimmy Jimmy had just returned from Long Island College Hospital, where he underwent an operation which the surgeons thought might help him walk. He was getting about for the first time in his life on crutches. That alone, of course, was enough to make everybody who knew Jimmy—and everybody, it seemed knew him—happy over his good luck. But their happiness over Jimmy's good fortune was mingled with pride in him when they learned what Jimmy had undergone, not merely for himself but for a friend whom he had met in the hospital. Showed Real Friendship The friend was Jim Blunt, an eleven-year-old race boy, of 2308 Seventh avenue, who had come to the hospital for a minor operation and had been placed in a bed beside Jimmy Murphy. They became fast friends, lying there, talking with each other. Jimmy Murphy was sitting up in bed in a brace when Jim Blunt was taken out for his operation. They waved and smiled farewell to each other. But things didn't go well with Jim Blunt in the operating room. A surgeon came from the room, announcing that Jim Blunt was so weak from the loss of blood that an immediate transfusion was imperative to save his life. Jimmy Murphy, sitting in his brace, volunteered without hesitation, and in a few minutes the transfusion was made. All the Same to Jimmy So the neighbors, calling to pay their respects to Jimmy Murphy as a hero, found him red with embarrassment. "I didn't do anything," he protested. "The doctor said Jim would die if he didn't have blood. I just told him he could have all the blood he wanted from me. He said something about getting my parents to consent, and I told him we were Irish, and the Irish liked to help other folks." And Jim Blunt, still at the hospital but getting better, was happy. "I've got Irish blood in me," he said, grinning. "Just wait till I get back to Harlem and give them a look at a colored boy with Irish blood in him!" U.B.F. & S.M.T. IN SESSION The 20th triennial session of the national grand lodge session of United Brothers of Friendship and Sisters of Mysterious Tens, of which Hon. Wm. H. Bledsoe is national grand master, is in session at St. Louis, Mo., during the week. Delegates and national grand officers from all the United States are in attendance. Among the Chicagoans noted were J. B. Street, state grand master; Mrs. Georgia E. Harding, state grand princess; Mesdames Eliza Jackson, Hattie Sawyer, Rebecca Wilson, Emma Jenkins, Alberta Bailey, Serilda Jackson, Elizabeth Rochon, Fannie Buffin, Mamie L. Ross, Jennie Rice; Gentlemen Harvey A. Shaw and M. T. Bailey. THE BROAD AX. CHICAGO. ILLINOIS. JULY 23. 1927 Ever Since the Days of Old By DOROTHY DOUGLAS (Copyright.) BETTY BARROW'S maid came in with the cup of steaming cocoa with whipped cream which she always had before going down for her evening performance at the theater. "Oh, Miss Betty, just you look what I done find in this hat I bought me this afternoon." And the faithful Cora displayed a large linen handkerchief with signatures of every description embroidered on it. "It was tucked in the brim of that there hat and I couldn't get my head in nohow." "Cora, perhaps we're on the edge of romance," cried Betty and examined the handkerchief. "Why, this is one of those bad handkerchiefs we all had about ten years ago. I had one myself. We used to get all our friends to write their names on them and then embroider over them. Oh!" Betty bobbed up from her comfortable position in so great a hurry as to jeopardize the whipped cream and cocoa. "Cora! Can you believe it? Here's the name of my best girl friend in those days—look—Alice Moore—I never heard of anything so exciting. Where did you get this hat? I shall try to trace Alice and see how the world has treated her." "I got that there hat down at a second-hand store in Seventh avenue," said Cora, "and I paid one dollar for it." "Well, you hop right along and offer him another dollar if he will find you the name and address of the girl who sold him this hat." As a matter of fact, Betty's own name was also on that handkerchief which was like a breath from the days of old, but she didn't at the moment want to tell Cora all about it. Ten years before, when Betty was just sweet sixteen, and living in the Mid-West, there had been the usual private theatricals of a small town. Betty, and the others whose names were embroidered on the handkerchief, had given a fine performance of "Robin Hood." The kindly reception Betty had got at that time had been the stepping stone to the rather splendid position she now occupied in the hearts of New York theatergoers. "It also," thought Betty a trifle wistfully, "was the stepping stone which enabled me to bridge that River of Love and leave it far behind. I wonder how and where Donald Is and if he ever thinks of his sweetheart of sixteen who turned away from his love to follow her career?" Betty glanced back into the past for a fleeting moment and was looking into the blue, blue eyes of Donald Crawford—merry, love-lit eyes—eyes that had grown terribly shadowed when Betty firmly bade him good-by. "Something tells me it is best," she had said. Cora was more than successful in her effort to get the name and address of the girl who had sold the hat originally. When, at four o'clock that afternoon, Betty Barrow's card was handed on a dainty tray to Mrs. Alfred Dray, that lady wondered what on earth the well-know actress was calling on her for But the two girls, when they looked keenly at one another, flew into each other's arms. "You're not—you can't be that little Bridget Bennett," exclaimed Mrs. Dray, putting Betty off to have a second look at her. "I'd have known you anywhere, Alice," laughed Betty. "I must have changed dreadfully," she added. "Not dreadfully," said Alice, "you're just a dream. It's no wonder the public is mad about you. But tell me," and she dragged Betty down on the big chesterfield beside her, "how did you get my address, and—" Betty pulled out the big handkerchief from her bag. "My maid found this in a hat she bought." "Well, of all things," laughed Alice unbelievingly. "Do you know—I was going out in a rush one day right after I had my hair oosled and all my hats were oceans too big, of course, and I stuffed in the first thing that came to hand. Can you beat it?" And she punctuated her remark with a great hug which Betty returned. In the very midst of this great loving party on the chesterfield, a big blue-eyed man stepped on the scene. Both girls looked up. "Don, you'll never guess who's here! Look!" She pulled the now blushing Betty up and Don looked deep into the only eyes he had ever loved. "Oh Don—you know it's Bridget—I can see it in your face! And she's been right here in New York all this time—they's the famous Betty Barrow!" It was Don who spoke first. "Yes, I've always known Bridget Bennet was Betty Barrow. I've been night after night to the theater—just to look at her." "Don Crawford!" cried Betty, finding her voice at last and very near to tears it was, "do you mean to tell me you knew where I was all this time and didn't look me up!" Alice, because she was filled with human emotions herself and knew real love when she saw it, perhaps because she and her husband had found it. slipped swiftly off to arrange with the mald for tea. "You said good-by to me once," sald Don. "I couldn't stand it again, little Bridget—you mean too much to me." A tear splashed from Betty's eyes and a second later she was swept into Don's arms. "I never loved anyone but you, Don—ever since the days of old." It Might Be Perhaps it is diversity that makes diversity—Shoe and Leather Reporter. SOMEWHERE ON THE NEW COAT THERE SHOULD BE A SMART BOW M URBAN LEAGUE AWARDS SO CIAL SERVICE TRAINING FELLOWSHIPS The National Urban League, through its Executive Secretary, Eugene Kinckle Jones, has announced its Fellowship awards for the 1927-28 school year. Miss L. Genevieve Lomax was awarded the "Ella Sachs Plotz Fellowship" at the New York School of Social Work. Miss Lomax is an honor graduate of Howard University, Class 1927, having graduated with Magna Cum Laude. She is a native of Bluefield, W. Va. The Joint Fellowship maintained by the New York School of Social Work and the National Urban League, was awarded to Cecil D. Halliburton, graduate of Lincoln University in Pennsylvania, class of 1923. He is a native of Hickman, Kentucky. The third award was to Floyd J. C. Covington, native of Topeka, Kansas, and a graduate of Washburn College, Topeka, Kansas. He is assigned to the University of Pittsburgh, where his field work will be associated with the Urban League of Pittsburgh, which pays one-half of the fellowship. These students will receive tuition scholarships from the school to which they are assigned and their living expenses from the Urban League—the total value of the fellowships amounting to around a thousand dollars each. There were seventy-five applicants for the fellowships, of which fifty-two took the competitive examination based upon which the final selections were made. During the past sixteen years the League has had about fifty "Fellows" in training practically all of whom are actively engaged in social work, many of them leaders in their field. WHITE MEN AND COLOREE WOMEN TAKEN IN A RAID Philadelphia.—Seven white men and five colored women were arrested last Wednesday night in a raid on a beauty parlor at 1501 Christian street, where they were staging "a little party," and held for hearing on a charge of indecent conduct. Breaking in the doors of the place, police found a number of men and women scantily clad and some nude. The place raided was operated by Pocahontas Owens, who had been ordered out of town following numerous raids on her place. SOMEWHERE ON THE THERE SHOUL WHEN buying that new coat for the vacation trip, see to it that there is a handsome bow somewhere in its make-up. The interesting part of the new bows are they keep one guessing as to where on the coat they will choose to locate. A bow is just as apt to be positioned on the shoulder as at the back of the collar or perhaps it may find placement where the coat fastens to one side, as instanced on the model here pictured. This coat of beige kasha is all that fancy would picture when it comes to patrician style as attained in exquisite line and smart detailing. As to swagger bow-trimming it elects to place little bows even at the wrists in addition to the self-material bow where it fastens. That is another fascinating eccentricity of the modern bow, it is no respecter of fabrics, it would as soon be of the cloth of the coat as of ribbon or mayhap it will be of velvet or, more --- Southside Arcade Building to be Completed Next March BINGA The Binga Arcade will be erected by the A. B. C. Bond and Investment Company on the northwest corner of 35th and State streets. It will cost approximately $400,000 and will be unsurpassed in modern architecture. It will be five stories high. On the fifth floor there will be a large auditorium. Joseph Sheiliter is the architect. Plans call for the building to be finished by March, 1928. The first floor is to contain exclusive shops and stores as will the second. The third and fourth floors will be arranged into modern offices, each one having a reception room and locker accommodations. This plan indicates that business men still have confidence in the business future of State Street. The Binga Arcade will be erected by the A. B. C. Bond and Investment Company on the northwest corner of 35th and State streets. It will cost approximately $400,000 and will be unsurpassed in modern architecture. It will be five stories high. On the fifth floor there will be a large auditorium. Joseph Sheiliter is the architect. Plans call for the building to be finished by March, 1928. The first floor is to contain exclusive shops and stores as will the second. The third and fourth floors will be arranged into modern offices, each one having a reception room and locker accommodations. This plan indicates that business men still have confidence in the business future of State Street. Joseph Sullivan, 3638 S. State street, died suddenly Tuesday morning, July 19, at his home, having just returned from his work. Heart trouble was given as the cause. Mr. Sullivan had been in Chicago some time and made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Henry James. Miss Juanita Simpson, of Louisville Ky., niece of Mrs. George Chapman 6142 S. Elizabeth street, is spending her vacation with her aunt and other friends she made while visiting in this city two years ago. Miss Simpson is one of the most popular young ladies of her home town and she will soon graduate from the Louisville High School. THE NEW COAT D BE A SMART BOW interesting still—of fur. A flat fur bow-trim at the side or back of the neckline is the newest thing out for coats. Another stunning effect is for the shawl collar of fur to finish at the low waistline with a bow of the fur tied in one loop with two sash ends. Often the same shawl-collar and bow treatment is followed, substituting moire or faille silk or crepe satin for the fur. The new summer coat models are most alluring, both as to fabric and color. There is a lovely new creamy beige shade which appears its hand-somest in heavy double-faced satin—used reversibly. The effectiveness is heightened by clever manipulation of the material. A coat of almond-green velveteen or of beige is another of the mode's novelties for summer. JULIA BOTTOMLEY, (© 1927, Western Newspaper Unions.) ```markdown ``` In loving memory of my beloved husband, Charles Stewart, and mother, Mary F. Washington, who left me for a brighter shore July 13, 1925, and July 19, 1926, respectively. As the days grow longer their memory grows sweeter. HAMPTON TO ENTERTAIN NATIONAL TENNIS TOURNAMENT By Charles H. Williams The stage is all set at Hampton Institute for the eleventh National Tennis Tournament, August 15-20. Arrangements have been perfected to the minutest detail as to supplying tournament equipment and completing arrangements for an extensive program of recreation and entertainment. A great deal of time and money have been expended in getting the eight courts in perfect playing condition. They are ideally located with regard to the sun, running north and south, with sufficient space on the sides and ends; a special preparation of Dowflake calcium chloride is being used to harden the surface of the courts and to insure the participants fast playing. Seating accommodations will be provided for a thousand spectators and special provisions have been made for parking cars. Hampton Institute is also planning to accommodate both players and spectators to the limit of her dormitory capacity and the largest school dining room will be available for the players and other visitors. The entertainment for the week will start Monday evening. August 15, with a reception for the visiting women at Katherine House, the teachers' club. Tuesday evening there will be a watermelon feast on the lawn, when the visitors will have an opportunity to meet the staff and teachers of Hampton Institute, as well as the students of the Summer School. Later in the evening there will be a dance at Bay Shore Hotel. One of the large Cape Charles steamers, accommodating 650 people, will be used on Wednesday evening for a trip over Hampton Roads and the historic James River. On Thursday evening the musical and dramatic talent from among the players and guests will render a program in Ogden Hall which will be followed by a dance at Bay Shore Hotel. On Friday evening the grand reception and dance will be held at Bay Shore Hotel. A special sightseeing trip will be conducted over some of the places of interest, such as the National Soldiers' Home, Old Point Comfort, Fortress Monroe, Langley Field, Hampton and Newport News. Yorktown, Williamsburg and Jamestown are within a few hours' ride of Hampton. From present indications the coming tournament will have the largest entry list in both singles and doubles in the history of the organization, as well as the largest attendance. Requests for rooms from tennis fans from all parts of the country are now coming in daily. The second session of the Summer School will have an enrollment of about 500 people this year, many of whom will be interested in tennis both as players and spectators. An unusually large delegation is expected from the south since this is the first time the tournament has been held in the south. "CHICAGO'S HEALTH" Weekly Bulletin, Chicago Department of Health CONQUERING THE SUN By Herman N. Bundesen, M. D., Commissioner "Sunlight is life-light, for sunlight has almost magical powers to cure certain diseases," says Dr. Bundesen, in his latest bulletin. "Sunshine makes health shine, because it cures tuberculosis of the skin and prevents rickets, that scourge of babies. The sunlight affects the nutrition of the body and gives vim, vigor and vitality. Without sunshine all living things would sicken and die," continues the Commissioner. "You can have sunshine in the home. Experiments show that an ordinary 300 Watt electric lamp gives off ultraviolet rays which are the rays that do the work. "The best way to get sunlight is directly on the skin," states Dr. Bundesen. "Ordinary glass prevents the ultra-violet rays from going through. That's why babies do not do well if exposed to the rays of the sun with the windows shut. Smoke in the air also prevents the ultra-violet rays from getting to the place where they are most needed. A clean, smokeless town, with the right use of the sunlight, has the healthiest babies, least disease and the lowest death rate. "Every person should get a dose of health rays every day, out of doors. In cloudy weather, turn on a large size electric light bulb and get a fair substitute. Anyway, get your ultra-violet rays," concludes the Commissioner. M. T. BAILEY VISITS ST. LOUIS M. T. Bailey, president of The Bailey Realty Co., 3638 S. State street, has just returned to the city from St. Louis, Mo., where he visited with friends after 20 years. He visited in Clayton, Webster Grove and Kirkwood and was highly entertained by friends. Owing to the pressure of business, he was forced to return to the city early during the week. my beloved husband, Charles Bary F. Washington, who left July 13, 1925, and July 19, 1926, is grow longer their memory Elvie L. Stewart and Son. Williamson's CUNNINGHAM FUNERAL CARS Are distinguished by their Style and Elegance but foremost by the protection to passengers guaranteed by proper Insurance. USE THE WILLIAMSON FUNERAL Protect Yourself BY USING OUR Latest Style Leatherback Indemnified Hearses and Cars NAME OF ASSURED: ERNEST H. 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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, even claiming the editorial right to speak its own mind. It is neither Democratic nor Republican. It is strictly or absolutely independent in politics. Local communications will receive attention. Write only on one side of the paper. Subscriptions must be paid in advance. One Year .....$2.00 Six Months .....$1.00 Advertising rates made known on application. Address all communications to THE BROAD AX 6206 S. Elizabeth St., Chicago. Phone: Wentworth 2597 JULIUS F. TAYLOR Editor and Publisher Vol. XXXII No. 45 Chicago, July 23, 1927 Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug 19, 1902, at the Postoffice at Chicago Ill. Under Act of March 8, 1879. Diseases Caused by Mind We should be surprised if, suffering from rheumatism, we went to a doctor and, instead of being given medicine, we were told to cease our cynicism and the rheumatism would depart. Yet that may be the procedure shortly, for it has been established that certain diseases are caused by the action of the mind—the thoughts we think and the feelings and emotions thereby raised. Dog Adopts Lion Cubs Deserted by their mother, three lion cubs, born in Oakland, Calif., were adopted and fed by a Spanish settler, says the Dearborn Independent. All in the Game A New York husband sought a divorce because his wife slapped him at a bridge game, but the judge disregarded the little slam BULLETIN No. 14—WARNINGS TO THE PEDESTRIAN By Chief of Police Michael Hughes From July 9 to July 15. 12 persons were killed and 278 were injured in Chicago through motor vehicle accidents. Of this number eight killed and 129 injured were pedestrians. These figures show a wanton carelessness on the part of pedestrians for their own safety. The enormous amount of traffic on the streets should be a warning to the foot traveler to always be on his guard. When alighting from a street car, satisfy yourself that oncoming traffic is going to stop. Always pause and look both ways before crossing the street or boulevard. Hundreds of accidents could be avoided if pedestrians would substitute caution for recklessness. Never pass behind a vehicle without a clear view of traffic approaching from the opposite direction. Always cross the street at the nearest corner. The middle of the block is always an invitation for an accident. Traffic signals must be obeyed by the pedestrian. If there are no signals use common sense. Never figure that the driver of a vehicle is going to stop to let you pass. Be sure of it, or wait until he passes. By your watchfulness for your own safety, help the police department to cut down the appalling number of deaths and injuries by motor vehicles. RETURNS HOME After attending the funeral services of her brother, Joseph Holmes, Mrs. Mabel Brown left the city Sunday evening for Nashville, Tenn., her home. 'Nuff Said! "Keep quiet, you idiot!" shrieked a parrot in court. And everyone present did.—Saginaw News courier. THE BROAD AX, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, JULY 23, 1927 THE SIXTH ANNUAL POLICE FIELD DAY WILL BE THE BIGGEST EVENT IN TOWN Bigger and greater than ever before will be the Sixth Annual Police Field Days to be held at Comiskey Park and Wrigley Field, August 13, 14 and 21. There will be several new and spectacular features this year. A police championship baseball game will climax the program each day. The proceeds of the Police Meet go to the Policemen's Benevolent Association, which takes care of the widows and orphans of policemen killed in the line of duty. SUES HARLEM JIM CROW CABARET New York.-Harlem and amusement circles here are aroused over the report that Mrs. Geraldine Dismond wife of a prominent local physician will institute suit against the Cotton Club for alleged color discrimination last week against her and James G. Cotter, assistant district U. S. Attorney. The two went to the club on the night of July 3 in company with a Jewish couple. It is said that the management gave police orders against mixed couples as the reason debarring Mrs. Dismond and Cotter. The Cotton Club, though in the heart of Harlem, at 142nd and Lenox avenue, has never catered to colored people. It has employed race bands and revues during the five years of its operation. Mr. and Mrs. Harris B. Gaines, 3262 Vernon avenue, and their two fine sons, Harris B., Jr., and Charles Ellis Gaines, made a most enjoyable visit last Sunday afternoon to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Julius F. Taylor. 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