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DARK RACES TO SWAMP EUROPE READ EVERYWHERE BY EVERYBODY THAT'S ANYBODY THREE BRANCHES OF METHODISM IN GENERAL CONFERENCE A. M. E. Conference A. M. E. Z. Conference at St. Louis at Knoxville (Special to THE WHIP). Over 1200 Delegates Meet In A. M. E. Conference at St. Louis. St. Louis, Mo., May 3. — The General Conference of the A. M. E. Church opened what indications point will be an epoch making session last Monday at the Coliseum. Pursuant with custom the various bishops will preside at the different sessions, the rule of seniority by 2011. — Making Bishop Is late today surfer of the jail at Mulberry, near the size an unidentified colored man, charged with being an accessory to an attack upon a white girl here its morning and hanged him to a telegraph pole. The mob made no attempt to molest a white youth identified as having committed the attack. The colored man is said to have watched for the white boy while the crime was being committed. The girl was found lashed to a tree with her throat cut. A railway switch crew located the two several miles away from the scene. They were taken to the Mulberry jail where the white girl identified the white man as her assailant and the colored man as his 'watcher.' The white youth gave his name as B. F. Workman, of Springfield, Ill. Break Lily White Back Bone In Tenn. Jim Crow Republicans Repudiated at Rep. State Convention at Chattanooga. Chattanooga, Tenn., April 14.—Dreams of a lily white party in Tennessee were shattered in the Republican State Convention here today not only by the recognition of Bob Church's delegation from Shelby County, but also by the election of a colored delegate at large to the National Convention in Chicago. The delegation was instructed to vote for Leonard Wood for president as long as his name is before the convention. Church's fight was by far the most interesting feature of the convention, and his recognition came as a sharp rebuke to both the credentials committee and the state committee which yesterday threw out the colored men in making up the temporary roll call. Following this discrimination, a meeting of 200 colored delegates from various organizations all over the state was called, and there resolved to carry their fight to a successful issue, or bolt the convention and throw their strength solidly against the Republican ticckt next fall. The stand of the meeting had its effect and the next day the Shelby county delegation was seated. Robert R. Church has the strongest and most effective Republican organization in the South, and the bolting of his organization from the Republican standard would have the effect of nullifying the Republican vote in that state. The Chicago Whip AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY Knoxville, Tenn., May 3. — Four hundred delegates from 42 Conferences in the United States, Africa and South America gathered here in the 26th Conference of the A. M. E. Meridian, Miss., April. Carrie Hatcher, an eighteen year old white girl was found choked to death in a pasture close to her home and her body thrown into a shallow brook, where it was found late last night by the father and a party of searchers who gathered when the girl failed to return home at dark. Circumstances surrounding the murder lead the authorities to believe that it was the result of an attempted criminal assault by an unknown assailant who choked her to death in an effort to silence her cries, then becoming frightened, carried her body to the brook, and made his escape. No Clues To Murderer. No clues were found to indicate the identity of the murderer, no outcry was heard, nor was anyone seen acting suspiciously, but the whole countryside is in a foment upon the assumption that the crime was committed by a colored man. The shred of circumstance upon which this assumption hangs is the fact that a colored man was seen sometime during the day to pass in that vicinity. This groundless prejudice persists in spite of the fact that the colored man was seen to pass along a public highway where scores of other men passed. The suspected criminal happened to be the only colored man to pass at that particular time. Mob Spirit In Air. The woods are being scoured day and night in the hope of finding a colored man who cannot give a detailed account of his actions on the day in question. It is the consensus of opinion that if such a one is found, he will not be allowed to prove his innocence at the bar of justice. Y. M. C. A. Student Shoots Self; Youth Turns on the Gas. Phila.. Pa.. April 20th. Edward A. Weems, aged twenty-seven, a student from Talegaed School of Music, who had been a roamer at the Y. M. C. A. on Christian street for the last three months, becoming despondent over his inability to secure sufficient funds with which to further pursue the musical studies, shot himself twice in the head at his room Tuesday night about 9 o'clock and died shortly after. His people in New Haven, Conn., were notified and as he was a Mason in good standing, that organization wired that they would take charge of the body. Young Weems bore a sootless reputation, was unassuming and was well liked by all who knew him. Just before the Secretary he had been talking to the Secretary Porter, who smoke of him in the highest terms. Wilbur K. Williams, aged twenty-five, of 5826 Arch Street, committed suicide by turning on the gas at his home some time Tuesday. His body was found Wednesday morning. Soldiers Quench Lynch Thirst 25 SECONDS FOR MAIL THEFT Landis Lenient to Man Who Stol Letter from Wife to Another. "Hum—she seemed kind of friend ly to this man," mused Federal Judge Landis as he read a few lines of letter Jesse Nash, 3012 South bash avenue, had handed to Nash was of Arkadelphia have organized an association which has for its purpose the quelling of race trouble and the prevention of crime. It is called the Colored Business Men's League. Fourteen charter members were admitted at the first meeting. The league will meet once monthly and reports will be made of any brewing disturbances of any nature. The influence of the league will be used to stop trouble in its inception. Slayer Mills Pays Supreme Price. Dies on Gallows to Astone for Double Murder in Loop. Denies Guilt to Last; Faces Death With a Calm Smile. William Yancy Mills, convicted of as brutal a murder as to be found in the bloodstained annals of criminology, after having spent a peaceful night, and eaten a hearty breakfast, with a firm and unfaltering tread, and a smile of calm resignation upon his face, was ushered out of this world and took his stand before the judgment bar of the Great Chief Justice of the Universe, Friday, April 16. Denies All Guilt Prior to his execution Mills made a sweeping denial of all the crimes with which he was charged, rumors that he had confessed to a third killing to the contrary not withstanding. Mills was found guilty of murdering Anthony Brizzolaro and Isadore Ganski last October 12. The murder was committed in such a gruesome manner as to rival the accounts of the "Murders in the Rue Morgue." After breakfasting heartily Mills called for a writing pad and penned a last legacy of grief and sorrow to his little tear-stained girl, saying to those around him, "She'll find out I was innocent some day." Rev. A. L. Harris, the condemned man's spiritual comforter, then came in, and the two knelt in prayer. As he approached the gallows the clouds which seemed to have obscured his reason for a long time cleared away, and he faced death with a boyish smile. Sweaas His Innocence. "As God is my judge, whom I hope to see in heaven, I am as innocent as a baby of those murders for which I am about to pay the supreme penalty." As to this talk of a third murder, I can assure you that there is onthing to it. I have made no confession of any sort." Mob Spirit Subsides. Soldiers Play Baseball and Have Close Order Drill. SAVANNAH, Tenn., May 2.—The first womens, whituvary occupation run down yesterday morning by an automobile driven by Lowe. The shooting occurred in a confectionery at 963 S. Thirth St., where Lowe was employed. Riding a bicycle, William T. James, 15 year old son of the slayer, was struck by a truck at 9 o'clock yesterday morning on Third St. The truck was driven by Lowe. The boy suffered only slight injury. Lowe reported the accident to one of the proprietors of the confectionery where he worked. The proprietor said he called the family and offered to pay the damage. Slayer Fires On Sight. Yesterday the elder James called at the confectionery and called for "the d—m nigger who ran over my son." "What do you want with him?" the proprietor asked. "He'll find out soon enough," James is said to have replied. When Lowe entered the store James drew an automatic and started firing. Lowe fell, mortally wounded. He died while being taken at the city hospital. Held on Murder Charge. After committing the murder James was allowed to walk calmly out of the place and go his way. He was arrested a short time later at his home, and jailed on charges of umrder and malicious shooting. James was an officer during the Spanish-American War and an ex- pert revolver shot. He is also said to be an ardent Negro-hater. Was his Second Murder. More than twenty years ago James shot and killed a colored man in a haberdashery store conducted by his brother. James refused to make any statement regarding his second murder other than that his conscience was clear. Feeling High Among Colored People. Feeling is running high among colored people throughout the city on account of the cold-blooded nature of the murder. Many indignation meetings have been held, and an insistent demand has been made for absolute justice. KILLS NIECE; SHOOTS SELF. Washington. D. C., April 20.—"Uncle was drinking something from a jug", said little Benjamin Jackson, jr., six years old, "and he shot sister because she wouldn't put away some boxes. He told her if she didn't put 'em away he'd kill her." This is what was said of George Jackson, colored, thirty-three years old, who shot and killed his nine-year niece, Agnes Jackson, at her home, 1117 Seventh St., Southeast. The police say that a Jackson was probably crazed by drinking a homemade alcoholic preparation, a jug of so-called "jump-steady" and two glasses being found on a table in a rear room. The form of Jackson who had fired a bullet into his head was found in the room. Four shots had been fired. The wounded man was taken to Freedmen's Hospital. 72 YEARS FOR HOUSE-BREAKING Houston, Tex., May 3. — Raymone Smith, colored, was sentenced to 75 years in the state penitentiary here today after being convicted for burglary in 14 cases. A separate jury was selected to try each case. The seve- rences aggregated 72 years. At the colored peo-ler, oneenth case Smith Senator Harding, oneenth case Smith who replied, said that it was try the consistent with his views to take up the categorical questions put by the association. Senator Poin- dexies stated that he was "in a Mry for the four The questionnaire was sent to the following men: Herbert Hoover, William G. McAdoo, Governor Goodrich of Indiana, Nicholas Murray Butler, president of Columbia University, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, Senator Hitchcock, Governor Cox of Ohio, Senator Warren G. Harding, Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illinois, Senator Hiram W. Johnson, Senator Miles oPindexter, Governor Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts, and General John J. Pershing; Senator Pomerene, James W. Gerard, Senator Underwood, General Leonard Wood, ClarkHomeBombed Again. Rich Restauranter's Kin Freed In Spite of Incriminating Evidence. Edwin Thompson, relative of John R. Thompson, rich Chicago restaurant owner was taken in custody, Tuesday night April 13, when his car was seen speeding away from the home of Mrs. Mary Byron Clark, 4404 Grand Boulevard, immediately following the explosion of the 8th bomb that has been hurled at her home sine she has been living there. John R. Thompson, himself resides at 4415 Grand Boulevard, almost directly opposite the Clark home, and, it is claimed, resents the presence of colored people in his block. The bomb was thrown from the rear of the home and was deflected by a telegraph pole which caused it to strike the Clark garage, thus eliminating possibly greater damage to the Clark home. Bomb Car Identified. Witnesses swear that a sedan car with white wire wheels had been seen driving slowly around the block which contains the bombed home, and was attempting to speed away immediately following the blast. The occupant of the car proved to be Edwin Thompson, who gave an indefinite and incoherent reason why he was acting so queerly. It is claimed that the car in which Thompson was riding closely resembled the same white wire-wheeled sedan which has been seen speeding away from several bombings. Freed In Spite Of Evidence. In spite of this evidence young Thompson was freed by Chief Garrity. White Woman Finding Only Failure In Two White Husbands Tries Colored Husband. South Side May Day Disappoints Thugs and Agitators SEVERE TROUNCING OF UNKNOWN MAN AT 47TH AND STATE MOST EXCITING EVENT OF DAY. May 1, long heralded by prophecied bombings, race riots, red outbreaks, and hoodlum violence in general, came and went with no more excitement than the severe trouncing of an unknown white man at 47th and State Sts. by a throng of angry colored men for insulting a colored woman. Much Newspaper Agitation. Several Chicago daily papers carried bas, the so called "black belt" as she stood for her thins. the doctrine that bond should be made commensurate with the alleged offense, and not with reference to the state of mind of certain groups toward the alleged offender. The decision was a distinct rebuke to Judge Hugo Pam who refused to lower the bond. On a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed in the Supreme Court, the Supreme Court ordered Sheriff Peters and other Cook County officials to appear and show cause why the bond of $50000 should not be reduced. Arguments on the writ were heard in Springfield, and the cause shown by Sheriff Peters and the other Cook County officials present was not deemed sufficient to hold the policeman in $50,000.00 bonds. Chambliss is charged with conspiracy and abduction of Bertha Weibock, now dead, and alleged to be up to the time of her death a character in the notorious "black and tan" underworld of the South Side. The Chambliss case has elicited much interest by reason of the fact that the Chicago daily papers attempted to make the incident a racial issue and to try the accused policeman at the bar of "yellow journalism" before his case was heard in court. So successful was this campaign of prejudice that Chambliss was held in default of $50000 bond in a simple case of abduction. NEW INDICTMENT RETURNED. The decision of the Supreme Court was answered by the returning of a new indictment against Chambliss.—The new indictment will supplant the old charge and contain two additional counts. Under these circumstances bond must be set against for Chambliss as the case loses its old status and is treated as an entirely new case, and it is probable that the Prosecuting Grand Rapids, Mich., April 20—Mrs. Goldie Southernland Devries because she fbound the treatment of her husband, Jacob Devries, to be no longer bearable, left him and married a colored man John Sleet. Since her marriage to John Sleet, Devries has annoyed her in every way possible and has at last brought charges against her of bigamy and has her held under $500 bond. It is rumored that Mrs. Goldie Southernland-Devries-Sleet (John Sleet is her third husband) says that she has given her own race ample chance and in each case she met with failure METHODIST CONFERENCE SPECIAL World Warned of Impending Doom World Warned of Impending Doom Author Sees White Races in Danger of being Submerged as Vast Numbers of Asians and Africans Stand Ready to Break Thru Barriers. "The White World stands today at the cross-roads of life and death. The war was nothing short of a headlong plunge into white racial suicide." "As colored men realized the significance of it all, they looked into one another's eyes and there saw the light of undreamed hopes. The white world was tearing itself to pieces, white solidarity was riven and shattered. Through the bazaars of Asia, ran the vibrant whispers, 'The East will see the West to bed.'" Thus is headed a full page article in THE NEW YORK TIMES, on Lochrop Stoddard's "The Rising Tide of Color," which has created a sensation in his escape through a world. Mr. window for parts unknown. A stray bullet struck a bystander in the restaurant and probably fatally injured him. Tobacco Hands Sulky. Colored men working in the tobacco factories are worked up and are prepared for reprisals. A general understanding among the workers that they will quit the factories in a body and paralyze the industry in order to be prepared for any struggle that might follow. Mrs. Kate White Sues for $25,000. Mrs. Kate White, 3419 Forest Ave., wife of Fred White through her attorneys George W. Blackwell and Richard E. Westbrooks, filed her suit in the Superior Court of Cook County for $25,000 damages against Abe Cohen (white) and his wife. The declaration charges that Mr. Cohen is a prominent broker and resides in 4734 Michigan Ave. That without any cause whatsoever the Cohens had city detectives to take in custody Mrs. White; that the Cohens claimed to have lost a diamond ring for which they claimed insurance and valued the same at more than $500. In an interview with a special representative of this paper the attorneys stated that after the Cohens could not collect insurance for the ring they immediately produced the ring. The attorneys state that this case will be fought to a finish as an example in having race men and women arrested for no fault whatsoever and on the slightest pretense. Attorney will again ask Judge Pam to fix $50,000.00 as the amount of the bond, and thus nullify the decision of the Supreme Court. as both of her white husbands were mean, abusive no account men and that she would under no circumstances have another white man for her husband. But at the same time she desired a husband and had a perfect right to have one and from careful observation she saw better prospects of kind treatment and a more dutyful husband in the colored race and she saw fit to give some one of that race a trial. Her former husband Devries says she married a colored man for spite, so he is seeking his revenge in prosecution. : HIP OF THE Ay cree (lg Sie,» & oe / ae MO acN =i gr r rN oe a | wf SiS 2 een SSE FN Those “society” ladies that visit restaurant — the private booths and then proceed to smacls and seek out, tex.danis so loud that their osculations are he « their male at-| of dishes and the playing victrola. And* th“ard above the din| those companions of yours? {fien, too, what about | * * *, | Those “Harmonizers and Compr frontery to tell us that the time is »/ misers” who have the ef- gressman. Maybe when “Massa fot ripe for a colored Con dry and his bank account deple’ George Harding’s” cellar is another leg or really makes a /-uted, or when Madden rove time will be ripe or rotten. "Sincere speech in Congress, the | sere! ___(boi0w is the accepted time, we =| Those mentally casty” * * excruciating ordeal by/~~ated individuals who make recitals an ber or sit chattering ¥ "éntering during the rendition of a num-| not go to a movie, vchroughout the entire performance. Why <Rivhere you won’t disturb the actors. Those threwir * * * who persistent reputable (?) business men in the community with the lady(Tly make a qualification for employment a date to work dgiapplicant. Remember that every woman that has husbandéy/ses not have to sell her honor. Some of them have, s 4 too. X & 3° “he Franklin Trust and Savings Bank at Michigan Avenue ve Street, supposedly an auxillary of the S. W. Straus Bank- t J) and Brokerage House for their failure to take sufficient in- _erest in malsing loans on property in the neighborhood where it receives its support if this property happens to be owned by a - colored pérson. . * * That Pullman Porter that spends the major portion of his salary and the other source of his income trying to buy out the cabarets. It can’t be done, brother, the more you spend the less cabarets you have. : * * * Those unthinkingly vicious and lewd persons who went to the Dreamland and made a sight of themselves much to the dis- gust of even the most hardened. The proprietor might take steps to more closely watch the actions of some of his patrons who trickle in if he wishes to have the patronage of those who are looking for clean enjoyment. * * * ‘That banker and “His Circle” who have collected some $1,000.00 to help protect him in his home from the bombs after eit EEE TREOI~ ute PROBING. JDK. «Why. pat. tell the people what you are doing. They would like to know as they, worked hard for the money, and want to know how they are |; going to be “protected”. a lll ll OPEN SATURDAYS FROM 9 A.M.TO 8P.M. | Statement of Condition | Lincoin State Bank of Chicago 3105 SO. STATE ST. (UNDER STATE GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION) AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS, Dec. 31st, 1919 RESOURCES LIABILITIES 5 Loans and Discounts...-.--.--..$ 958,243.37 i SA Pete te x Sera) sat mreeren br oF cet Partin ty pee OA ie Bonds and Securities............ 617,048.00 Biotect: depostta, ‘First-class Municipal, State and Surplus ...sseesinsssseeereses 20,000,00 | Corporation Bonds. Additional protection to deposits Bae ans eaiees Nala Oe tenae Undivided Profits «+s 0:nsssover 440612 Furniture and Fixtures........+ 9,861.50 Reserved for Taxes and Interest. . 9,916.89 Other Resources........++-++++ 40,496.14 Other Liabilities .........++0+0% 1,441.72 ‘Cash on Hand and Due from Banks 522,593.81 DEPOSITS ........++ese+e00++ 1,987,650.09 Total... ccccnsesceereees 2y199,492.82 Total .nccceccecececeeees 25199,492,09 Increase in Deposits $811,199.04 Since January Ist, 1919. * ‘A Bank of Strength and Durability 3% Allowed on All Savings Accounts _ SAFETY DEPOSIT VAULTS---BOXES $3.00 PER YEAR AND UPWARDS Safety Vault Space to Owners of Liberty Bonds---FREE 2 Y. M. C..A. SCHOOLS FOR EX-SERVICE MEN. Honorably Discharged Soldiers Elig- ible for ¥. M. C. A. Scholarship. Ex-serviee men who may be unable to afford the kind of education they would like to have, ean secure an education without expense to them- selves by taking advantage of scho- larships provided for their benefit by the Young Men's Christian Associa- tion. This scholarship plan has been in effect since November 1, 1919, and is financed by the unexpected balance of funds raised for eduea- tional work in the war work cam- paign. This balance amounts to $5,000,000. ‘Two million dollars has been appropriated for use in 1920. For the administration of this fund the country has been divided into five regions, with state committees in each state and local committees in the local communities. Committees are composed of representatives of both races. A bulletin. issued by the Y. M. C. A,, entitled “Free Educational Ser- viee for Demobilized Men”, states that approximately 70,000 scholar- ships for both races are available for deserving applicants. Ex-service men, it is said, may have opportunity for instruction in Y. M. C. A. schools, but also, free scholarships are offered in other approved schools of similar grade in technical schools, colleges and universities. Correspondence courses in the Extension Division in Y. M. C. A. schools are offered ap- plicants unable to attend school or college. Ex-service men haying an honor. able discharge from the United ‘States military or naval service, who are qualified to enter the course de- sired, may apply to their local Y. M. C. A. If there is no local “Y" in his community, nor an educational service committee, the ex-service man should write to the State Educational Service Committee of his state. “NOSEY” SEES “ALL KNOWS ALL HTT Re ca = i | 0 <M | L epee) eg a> | Vara | HILE Iwas looking around W out in the southern end of the _town, I chanced to W stroll gently into one of these small composite stores that our people are wont to have. A store where you see almost everything on the shelves, but wher you find that al- most everything you ask for is not to be had. In speaking of the WHIP ‘to the lady in charge, I was informed that THE WHIP was too radical “Too radical”, I exclaimed in sur- prise, “Yes”, she replied. “They tell the truth and say ANYTHING!” Then I understood and I saw the light. 1 asked her if the cause of our race was not just. She agreed. I asked her then if there was any need to dodge issues. She like many others said, “Oh, well, we ought not to talk about some things even if they are wrong and we are persecuted. TIME WILL CHANGE ALL THINGS”. 1 then said some things, and then x few more things. First she objected then was artly convinced and ther agreed that the WHIP was radically right if facing facts fairly and squarely without fear was RADICAL T smiled, uttered such a prayer ot thanks as I was capable, pressed he: hand and departed leaving a stack o' Inst week's issue—Amen. ENRY, the postal clerk, H who lives on Indiana ave- nue had just left to take up his “eight hours" of night work at the Post Office. He had scarcely got on the car, when I saw Clarence calmly approach the house insert his key in ™ rev [enter with assurwaper? i Galled at’ the same house an hor later to call on Mrs. Henry and rang’ the bell. Mr. Clarence came to the door in his shirt sleeves and petulant- ly demanded my wants. I timidly in- formed him that I had a message for Mrs. Henry. I was informed that he would take my message. I gave it, turned and departed. I am glad I re- fused a position in the Post Office. WENT into a store on 47th | Street to make the usual Sat- urday night purchases like I hHVave been doing for some time. I was in a new neighborhood as I had moved like the rest on May Ast into the “proscribed zone”. I saw a nice red apple of ordinary size, almost hidden in the customary white tissue paper. I selected one. 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I watched the Baseres of a lady of our group as she elbowed her way through the throng which stretched across the space which Was certainly intended for pedestrians, 1 saw the lustful glances, Le the lewd remarks, Isaw “ie insulting glances, I heard th€ loud guffaws of the more bold ones, T-gaw the little brown lady's cheeks "¥edden, saw her hasten her steps in her fear and embarrass. ment and T guffered with her and for our group when I thought of the evils |which grew out of this patent ack jof respect for our womanhood. — |Pleace, gentle “strollers”, let ~ the \ladies feel comfortable when the} | pass the corners. Some of them maj he attending to their own busines: Jand are Mot going to keep a date al the flat xine. you saw someone whe |te oked Hike her.—Pleage. gen. Be | Cvome days ago, last Thurs (OME days ago, last Thurs- Se to be exact, I tried to get a check cashed in the jinga Bank, or the Binga State Bank, I think cet say. At least thre is a BINGA in it, any way. I was informed that all of the bank officials were down town in court in answer to the suit of re CHICAGO WHIP. I hastened down to Judge Hayes’ Court and arrived just in time to hear one of the Edit- ors testifying about Mr. Binga’s un- popularity on the south side because of his introduction of profiteering in real estate and the exhorbitant rent charged by him. I heard the learned (2) Dr. Binga Desmond, Binga’s pro- tege contradict himself in his con- fusion, trying, I suppose to tell the story that Binga’s white lawyer had schooled him in for weeks. I noticed the sentiment of the Judge change from his fixed opinion evdidently forced on him by Binga and his white lawyer before the case began. Atty. Pollard, the colored lawyer represent- ing Mr. Clark and THE WHIP, had completely proven his ease with ex- ception of setting forth the pre- cedents. The judge allowed him to have a new trial and set it for next week and indications point to a large crowd at this trial as the news has spread that Binga is fighting his own again. I could not help but smile as I noticed Mr, Binga’s mouth framing Catholic swear words when the testi- mony was going against him. J alsc saw the huge drops of perspiration come out on the brow of Dr. Dismond as he squirmed under the cross-ex amination and as became confused His confusion was reflected upon the faiv brow of the white attorney whc [has served Mr, Binga so long, wher the Doctor became so mixed. I couk |but admire the fighting and uncom | promising spirit of the Editors and 1 |was confirmed that the opinion hel |by so many of colored people abou [Mr Binga was certainly correct, i lhe would spend so much time anc | money rather than pay $150.00 that ‘he had attached to someone to whon lit was lawfully assigned. 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Mr. Emmet Anthony, one of the comedians, has simply got the audience at his command, all he has to do is to crook a finger, and give one of those devilish facial expressions, and, well, the natives just yell. Broadway Rastus will continue until Sunday night, May 10th, adn on Monday, May 11th, the Company will present a new show. THE MONOGRAM. Billy King's little company of players are presenting this week a farce comedy entitled "His Nephew's Baby" headed by Cliff Ross, a fine comedian. Pretty girls and good music and comedy make the eveing one of real pleasure. THE STATES. Thursday and Friday, May 7th and 8th, the management will present one of the race's best photo plays "Loyal Hearts" acted by an all colored cast starred by Sidney P. Dones THE VENDOME Wednesday and Thursday, May 5th and 6th—Houdini in "Terror Island" a smashing melodrama. See Houdini escape from a nailed up box forty fathoms under the water. Friday and Saturday, 7th and 8th. Paulina Frederick in "The Woman in Room 13." THE PHOENIX Coming Thursday May 6th — Tom Mix in "The Speed Maniac" Saturday May 8th, Leah Baird and James Morrison in "The Window Opposite" Sunday, May 9th, Bert Lytell in "The Right of Way." With the Actors Jerome Johnson and Billy Starko, are having success with their new act. They are placed next to closing on all the bills and hold that spot with much credit. They will soon leave on a big time route. Dunbar's Old Time Darkies, composed of Geo. Conley, tenor, Ed Good Bar, 2nd tenor, Lons Johnson, baritone and John Turner, bass, are in the city for a three day lay-off. They play the last half of the week at Terre Haute, Indiana. The Four Harmony iKings, those wonderful exponents of harmony, played the Riviera Theatre in Chicago last week and cored a hundred per cent record. The Elite of this exclusive neighborhood, were so well pleased with the Kings that the management has given them a return date to be played in three weeks. Jerry Mills will stage the Great Musical Comedy Play "The Man From Bam" to be produced at the Grand Theatre in the near future. Bobby Kemp, the actor is fast recovering from his recent illness and will soon be back in harness. Olie Burgoine and her harem girls are rehearsing their act at the Halls, in the loop. Maurice Giwald, the producer is putting the in condition to play his Circuit. The Tasmanian Trio, were a South side play house, with a lesque show this week. S. R. Dudley, is very busy the days looking after his great circ Dudley is doing a great work for performers, opening a way by which they can produce and play their act He will soon make a tour of the circ. Melody Mart Daniel A. Parker, trap drummer at the Grant Theatre for the past four years, died at his home on the West Side, on Saturday night last. Mr Parker has been ill for the past year but just recently taken to his bed. He was a member of the Musician's Local No. 208. Elgar's Band, will play the Municipal Pier this summer. Ralph Brown, the Saxophone artist with Broadway Rastus Co., is an accomplished musician and hails from the Sunny South. W. A. Berry, financial secretary of Musician's Local No. 208, is gradually improving. He recently underwent a serious operation. Raymond A. Whitstis, cornerist of The Grand Theatre Orchestra, is again The Grand Theatre Orchestra is again back on the job. He was indisposed for a week. Dave Peyton has opened his new Studios in the Loop End Building, State and Lake Street and will be glad to render first class service in Woodard Chicago Scene From "BROADWAY RASTUS" music arranging, copying and transposing. I specialize in creative melodies for your poem! Phone Central 4634. Opportunity is a horse bridled and saddled. The knock comes at every door once in a lifetime. If ready—mount and it will carry you to success and honor. Hesitate but a moment and it is gone — and the clatter of its iron hoofs echoing down the course of time reminds you forever of what you have lost. Colored Man Receives Carnegie Medal. North Carolina Fireman Receives Award for Heroism. PITTSBURG, PA., May 1.—Twelve acts of heroism have been recognized by the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission, it was announced today. Walter Ross, colored, of West Spencer, N. C., was one of the recipients. Ross' deed of heroism is described by the Commission as follows: Walter Ross, colored; West Spencer, N. C.—Thirty-four; locomotive fireman; attempted to rescue Roy L. Riley (colored), nineteen, driver, from a runaway, Greenville, S. C., July 19, 1916. While Riley was driving a horse hitched to a wagon, the lines fell to the street. He reached for them and fell on one of the thills, striking the horse and causing it to run away. Ross ran into the street in front of the horse, reached for the bridle, but was knocked down, Riley on top of Ross and a wheel of the wagon ran over Ross' right leg. Riley was not injured, but Ross' leg was broken. THE CHICAGO WHIP AGI PUBLIC MORAL AND PUBLIC STAGE "BROADWAY GE AND PUBLIC TASTE GE RE DWAY RAST Negroes inSouth Helping Own Cause. The Negroes of the South are spending $1,000 a year on schools which are controlled directly by them," states an appeal to Northern Baptists issued by a special committee following a survey of educational conditions among colored people in the South. As a result of the report, $1,05,000 will be spent on improvements and $4,000,000 used as an endowment. The report points out that the South provides no higher education for the Negro than the grammar schools except in a few localities not more than half a dozen high schools exist below the Mason and Dixon line, it is said. Two of these a county and a high school are at Chattannaoga, Hamilton County, Tennessee one of the most progressive of Southern communities in the line of educational facilities for both white and Negro children. "The South has not yet become convinced that the solution of its great problem lies in the education of these words," states the report. "They must still depend upon their friends in the north to provide the higher education for them." There are now fifteen schools of high grade which depend on THE AMUSEMENT PAL The Beautiful R THE AMUSEMENT PALACE OF CHE The Beautiful Royal 459 East 31st Street Phones Douglas 146 and 147 DANCING, DINING, ENTER Prompt, First Class, Courteous S The Largest and Fastest Dance Floor , DINING, ENTER apt. First Class, Courteous S st and Fastest Dance Floor i DANCING, DINING, ENTERTAINING Prompt, First Class, Courteous Service The Largest and Fastest Dance Floor in the City VIRGIL WILLIAMS, Proprietor JAS. F. 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I., at Petersburg, Va., on May 27th and 28th. There has been much sadness in the home of Mrs. Emma Davis, 1940 Walnut St. Mrs.' Davis just lost her sister, Mrs. Mary Bickett, formerly of Virginia and is leaving Monday for Boulder, Colo., to be with her brother H. R. Jackson, who is confined in the hospital. It is expected that Hon. John T. Oatneal of Washington Courthouse, Ohio, will attend the National Republican Convention in June. Mr. Oatneal is a leading attorney of Ohio and was recently elected to the bench. Rev. W. A. Blackwell, pastor of Walter's A. M. E. Zion church, left during the week at the head of a large delegation for the general conference at Knoxville, Tenn. The Virginia Soicety will render an interesting program on its next meeting date, May 19th at Bailey Hall, at 3638 State St. All Virginians as well as the public are requested to be present. The Vaudeville Show given by the American Legion at the Community House grows in popularity. The Programme on Monday consisted of Character Songs and Dances. Monologue by Hannibal Skerlock which, as usual, was very good. Vocal Solo by Miss Virginia Wanda was very good; she has a sweet soprano voice. Her selection from Madam Butterfly was very well dendered and much appreciated by all present. The team of Russel and Ware was something out of the ordinary and versatile as it was rare. Miss Gladius Russell showed ability in her tambourine song and dance adn as a male impersonator she was very good Miss Louise Davis' musical number was very good and much appreciated. Miss Milhred 'White gave it' dance and also rendered a violin solo showing rare ability and both performances were much enjoyed. Miss Ethel Fulk, who so successfully established the Y. W. C. A. in East St. Louis, is now engaged in Social Service work in Chicago. Dr. H. Reginald Smith and Dr. Bousfield have gone to New York and Boston for a month. Mr. Fred Gregory from Decatur, Ill., has been in Chicago on business for a few days. In company with her little grandson, Master William Demery, Mrs. Amela McGavock, 4415 Dearborn St., left Sunday evening for St. Louis Mo. where she will spend some time with her sister. Hon. Giles B. Jackson, leading lawyer of Richmond, Vn., will attend the National Republican Convention in June. Mr. Jackson is widely known throughout the United States. Rev. T. L. Scott, pastor of Grant's Memorial Chapel, together with a large number of Chicagoans left the city Sunday evening for St. Louis, Mo., where he will attend the general conference. On account of the severe illness of her sister, Mrs. Adela Terrell, clerk in the Wallace Bakery Co., will leave the first of the week for Canton, O. Atty, Walter M. Farmer, 184 W. Washington St., and M. T. Bailey, 8363 State St., spent sometime in Waukegan, Ill., during the week on business. Many old Chicagoans will be sorry to hear of the death of Mrs. Mamie Schooler, wife of Louis Schooler, the publicity man. She had lived in Chicago for the past twenty years, sixteen years of which Mr. and Mrs. Schooler lived as one, with happiness complete to the last. She died as she had lived, a good Christian woman. She leaves two sisters. Mrs. Edward Warren, of New York City, and Mrs. Lydia Polly, of Chicago, and three nieces, Mesdames Midge Young, Lillie Gerald, and Pinkie Cooper, and her husband to mourn her demise. Mr. Joseph S. Davis, one of Chicago's most enthusiastic politicians and Street and Alley Inspector, leaves the city Friday for St. Louis to attend the A. M. E. General Conference and will return by way of Springfield where he will attend the Republican State Convention. Mr. Davis is a great supporter of Auditor Andrew Russel of Jacksonville, Illinois and Mayor William Hale Thompson. Announcing the Opening of the Woodard Portrait Studio Thoroughly modern Completely equipped 302 E. 35th St. Phone Douglas 3679 Patients recovering from illness or operation may now find convalescence at the Butler Sanitarium in Evanston. Impressed by the large number of race men and women who could not find quarters for convalescent care, Dr. Arthur D. Butler agreed to set aside a portion of his well equipped sanitarium for this purpose. A very moderate fee, arranged with Dr. Butler by the Urban League, will be charged. It is thought that the arrangements will soon be made to assist those unable to pay the full amount. No chronic, contagious or communicable cases will be accepted. For the present, applications for admission to the sanitarium are to be made to the Urban League, 3032 S Wabash Avenue. '40' Club Royally Entertained. Drs. Reginald Smith and F. G. Trapp, prominent members of the '40 Club, acted as hosts for the club members with their lady friends Friday Evening at the palatial home of Dr. and Mrs. W. F. Lawton, 3736 Grand Beaulevard. The luncheon served consisted of chicken salad, sandwiches, olives, coffee, ice cream, cake and candy and the Elite tripped the light fantastic toeill the tiny hours came. An evening with the '40's means being the royal guests of King Pleasure and his attendants. Drs. Smith and Trapp left nothing undone in the way of eats and the beautiful home of Dr. and Mrs. Lawton was the proper place for such a gathering. The guest of honor was Mrs. Curtis, wife of Dr. Curtis, of Washington D. C. Y. W. C. A. NOTES The Assembly room of the Y. M. C. A. was filled to capacity Sunday at time that Dr. C. E. Bentley spoke very ably to the Women's Campaign Committee who are promoting the drive for the Young Women's Christian Association. Much enthusiasm was created. Appropriate music by Misses Sarah Woods, Pearl Saulanders and Mr Goodrich was followed by a stirring appeal from Mr. G. H. Arthur which resulted in the enrollment of a number of workers. Come Sunday to the last meeting before the drive. It will be held at 3. Park, M. E. Church, 33rd and South Park Ave. at 3 P. M. Sunday, May 9. The drive extends from May 14 to 25. Next Thursday evening, May 6. Miss E. Eckman has invited the coaches of the Englewood Dramatic Club to take charge of the program. The Club is under the direction of Mr. R. Williams. A good program is expected. Come and join us on that evening at 8 o'clock. Girls' Work Department. The beautiful Kermess "The Spirit of Youth" will be given Monday evening, May 19, at the Argyro Grotto Temple, eighth and Wabash Avenue. Over 100 girls will take part. Don't fail to be present. Tickets on sale at the Indiana Ave. Branch, 5541 Indiana Ave. Proceeds of this Kermess will represent the Colored girls' contribution to the Million Dollar drive of the Y. W. C. A Hop out by buying a ticket for yourself and your friends. Community Notes. At the meeting of "Le Cercle Francais" on last Friday the members were so pleased with their singing of La Marsellehase that during their one hour meeting they sang it four times. Mr. Dickerson's address "C'est La Grande" was warmly received. Mrs. Smith, Link, Dr. Diamond, and Mr. Williams won well merited applause by their interpretations of the characters in Les Frances. La Clava Espagnola opened its meeting with the Spanish version of America, sung by Miss Lillian Speed. This song was followed by the Lord's Prayer in Spanish. Then the members inudged in catch-questioning after which the club studied "Depeps de la lloevis" by Vincent Social Workers' Club was formed last Thursday. The officers elected were, President, Miss Resie L. Crowder; vice-president, Miss Charlotte L. Tervalon; secretary, Mrs. Jennie Speed; treasurer, Mr. Benjamin F. Beyd. The club was much pleased with Mrs. Lawson's lecture, "The Child As a Point of Contact." The Social Workers' Round Table Club, which was revived on Monday, April 26, will have a dinner-meeting on Thursday, May 6, 6 P. M. at the Community Service House. A speaker has been engaged for a twenty-minute talk. We are about ready to plow. Have you selected your garden spot? If you want plowing done, let the Y. M. C. A. know where your lot is located. We shall appreciate your kindness if you will act at once we may have no delay in finishing the big task. Armour Glee Club meets every Tuesday evening at 7:45. Morris Glee Club meets every Wednesday evening at 7:45. Prof. J. U. Turner's Bible and French Study classes meet every Thursday evening 7 to 9. Friday night is Community Night, everybody welcome. Moving pictures and games. The Big Annual Gymnasium Exhibition will be staged on Saturday night, May 8th. Everybody is welcome and parents are urged to be present. The Englewood Dramatic and Musical Club renders a program at the Y. M. C. A. the second Friday night in every month. Adults especially are asked to attend these programs. The admission is free and you will not regret having spent an evening with us. You will enjoy the music, "Twilight" a splendid drama will be the feature for Friday evening, May 14th. Recent arrivals at the "Y". Harild M. Kingsley, N. Y. Chancellor B Jones, Indianapolis, Ind. Willis Wilson, Shreveport, La. Forrest Martin, Cedar Rapids, Ia. W. Lafont Brown, New York. Wm. Wilson, Seattle, Wash. Dr. F. E. Norman, Belvit, Wis. Jack Kingsbury, Kansas City. Orange Kingsbury, Jr., Kansas City. J. Kelly Knifow, Kniewille, Tenn. A Real Amusement and Recreation Park. The park at the corner of 33rd St. and Wabash Ave. owned by the late Beverage Gardens, has been leased and taken over by the Crescent Amusement Company, under the management of Ollie Scales, a man of unlimited experience along park and amusement lines. The company proposes to make many changes by adding new paraphanialia. In fact the site at 33rd St. and Wabash Ave will create much interest to those looking for an up-to-date out-of-doors amusement. The place will be very Cosmopolitan. The park will be known as the Community Recreation Park. The manager will spare no pain or expense in making this park merit its name Recreation. It will become very pervasive. The kind of amusement and entertainment will be on the program. This park will have the appearance of a Chataquai as it will be lined up with all new tents, beginning at the North West entrance and ending at the South terminus. One of the grand features will be, the beautiful dancing pavilion which will be about 40x100 ft., the floor being entirely new, of the very best oak and prepared especially by one of Chicago's best dancing masters. The music will be rendered by Geo. Felici Synaptoed orchestra, delivering the very best dance music. Other amusements will be the Band Concert of 50 pieces every Sunday afternoon from 2 till 5 P. M. There will be the very latest type of merry-go-round, ocean ride, ferris wheel, Venetian Swing and many other summer amusements. There will be every kind of refreshment and food served in this park. The manager expects to do and add everything to please the public. The park will be illuminated by the Great Commonwealth Edison, giving a brilliantly to none. For further proceedings, concessions, and information write or call the manager, Ollie Scales, 3941 Indiana Ave., Phone Douglas 6522. The gates of this park will be opened to the public on May 15th. We hope to meet you at the Community Recreation Park. Crescent Amusement Co. AMERICANLEGION. Lift Off Corns! Doesn't hurt! Lift touchy corns and calluses right off with fingers Apply a few drops of "Freezone" upon that old, bothersome corn. Instantly that corn stops hurting. Then shortly you lift it right off, root and all, without pain or soreness. Hard corns, soft corns, corns between the toes, and the hard skin calluses on bottom of feet lift right off—no humbug! Tiny bottle of "Freezone" cost but a few cents at drug stores KEYSTONE DETECTIVE AGENCY Private & Criminal Investigation Business Strictly Confidential SHERIDAN A. BRUSSEAUX, Principal 129 East 31st Street, Chicago, Ill. Douglas 5350 " 5351 Managers: Walter St. Clair, Enrest Smith. THE CHICAGO WHIP the cause of right and unity. Get down, cast aside your grudge, get busy—JOIN THE AMERICAN LEGION—show them and the world that you stand for the same, and will assist in carrying out their purpose by helping to present a solid front, as man with man, against wrong, in the open, and through the George L. Giles Post, 3201 Wabash Avenue. George L. Giles post is doing its share in the state membership drive of The American Legion, which opened Sunday with sermons in churches of all name in Illinois and gathered impetus yesterday (Monday) with the arrival in Chicago of National Commander Franklin D'Olier. Thousands of new names will be added to the membership rolls during the week in Chicago and the succeeding two downstate, State Commander Milton J. Foreman hopes The Giles post, which has its headquarters at 3201 South Wabash avenue, is conducting an aggressive house-to-house campaign to round up the ex-service buddies of the neighborhood and sign them into the Legion. The post, commanded by Franklin R. Denison, 3132 Calumet avenue, has established booths at crowded corners. From these booths the veterans of the great war will be solicited into membership in the Legion. Miss Charlotte Tervalon is in charge of the Legion stands in State street at 31st street and 35th street and in Forest avenue at 35th street. A score or more of pretty girls, relatives of legionaires, are assisting her in putting the Legion's rosette in the ex-doughboy's buttonholes. Thursday will mark the climax of the local drive when State Commander Foreman will address a mass meeting of former service men and women at 3201 South Wabash avenue. He will tell of the Legion's purposes and ideals and explain what the organization is doing for the man who served. There will be a vaudeville performance in addition, with the entertainment provided by members of the police and relatives of the men. Illinois leads the world in Legion membership gains proportionate to the resident veterans. This drive will hold this enviable lead, it is hoped. Our busy president; Mr. Wattkins, is in Evanville, IL, attending to club and private business. All prominent visitors to Chicago, are invited to make Appomattox Club their headquarters during their stay. Visitors last week, Miss Glendora Collins, Corinne Smith, Geraldine Campbell and Ernestine V. Oidham. All committees hard at work—Kelly cruiser cruiser than—Ellen, Col. J. H. Johnson and Dr. L. W. Lewis have joined the "Klazies." Read next week's poem—get the back numbers—keep them—you may be mentioned next. Our grand opening will be announced—soon! Gen. Wood was wise enough to throw a civilian hat and not his army cap into the presidential ring. The cap will come in mighty handy after that Chicago convention. Musical Notes MARIA MILLER-DRAKE'S RECITAL. The Contralto Recital given by Mrs. Maria Miller-Drake, student of Prof. C. A. Hutter at Y. M. C. A. on Tuesday evening was a tribute to her painstaking and thorough instructor. Mrs. Drake charmed her audience with her personality and the rendition of her selections. She possesses a deep rich feeling contralto voice. Prof. Hutter was very well pleased with the results of Mrs. Drake's first public recital and all agree that a bright future in the musical world is awaiting Mrs. Drake. She will continue her diligent study. Mrs. Drake was supported in the recital with a quartette also from among Prof. Hutter's students who rendered in a wonderful manner "The Seven Last Words of Christ." A large gathering of Chicago's musical loving people were present. Conscious of Error. A little girl was asked, upon her return home, how she liked the singing of the congregation in the church. "I liked it very much indeed," she said, "altho all the people said it was bad." "All the people said it was bad! What do you mean, my dear?" "Oh, it was so bad that I heard the people praying, 'Lord, have mercy upon us miserable singers.'" FOR SALE Strictly modern 9-flat building. 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Cascarets work while you sleep; they cleanse the stomach, remove the sour, undigested, fermenting food and foul taste, make sure bite from the liver and carry out of the system all the constipated waste matter and poison in the bowels. Cascarets never gripe, sicken or cause inconvenience and Cascarets cost so little too. Chicago's Largest Cut-Rate Drug Store 3501 State St. Cut-Rate Prices That Startle "These are Walgreen's"Saturday Specials Courteous Treatment - - - Quick, Efficient Service Ice Cream - - Soda Water - - Light Lunches The Churches May 2, 1920. Dr. Williams is host to Dr. Batta of Omaha, Nebraska, who will preach during the Revival at the new church home. Aust. pastor Revs. Branham and H. B. Hawkins delivered sermons during the day. Symphonie Ode Chorus was quite a success. Rev. G. R. Wilson is filling engagements at Galesburg, Ill. Welcome to Revival Services at Olivet. Watch for street meeting. Welcome to Olivet. DR. JAMES HUNTER McCLURE. 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DRUGS WITH All unissued articles, manuscripts, letters and pictures sent to the CHICAGO WHIP unit, sent at enquiries or responsibility for their safe custody or return. All communications must be sent in the name of the CHICAGO WHIP. No attention whatever paid to unsigned matter, must accompany all queries and manuscript. Term of Subscription (Payable in advance) One Year, $2.00; Six Months, $1.28; Three Months, $75c. "SYRUP OF FIGS" Look at tongue! Remove poisons from little stomach, liver and bowels Accept "California" Syrup of Flgs only—look for the name California on the package, then you are sure your child is having the best and most harmless laxative or physic or weight gain. stomach or the delicious fruity taste. Full directions for children's dose on each bottle. Give it without fear. the. Give it with pride and Mother! You must say "California." THE WORLD OF SPORTS THE WORLD Written On The Cuff Coca Cola at 11 cents, coffee, 10 cents and ye Hot Dog, 10 cents. Oh, well, it simply can't last. The old prescription is coming down and who will care about a substitute. Risberg of the White Sox has been in "the offing" as far as hitting the pill is concerned, but is now getting his stride. He has little Leibold backed off the boards for connecting. Of course, you can't tell as the season is still in the "making". We wish that gentleman who has the habit of taking rabbits out of a hat on the stage would help us get some improvements out of landlord. Some tell me that this is Spring, when I get into the old fur line bag that has served me so many weary winters and I laugh, 'cause I heard Rube Foster say some funny words at the Park last Sunday when the cool breezes were making it hard to stand still "on the green". FAMOUS THIRD BASEMEN. Of them all Jimmy Collins had no superior. A wonderful fielder, a sure, hard hitter and a ball player with all the ease and grace of a hawk. Collins was a rare product, and with it all one of the best managers in the game. Close behind Collins came Bradley and Devlin. Neither could quite hit with Collins, but both in the field were almost as good. They were sound types, capable of going to the right or left, knocking down a drive or coming in for a bunt. Joe Jackson and Claude Williams attended theatre in the St. Louis vaudeville houses Saturday night and on the way home were running to catch a street car. Mound city coppers suspected evil and confronted them with their blue barrels. Barfoot Joe and Lefty had some trouble proving their identity as well as innocence. The Modern Crop. The four best third basemen of modern years were Frank Baker and Larry Gardner up through 1916, wherein Heinie Groh and Buck Weaver step in. Weaver worked at third last year. He was a fine shortstop, but an equally fine third baseman. Groh has been a star ever since he became a fixture with the Reds. There was little to choose between Weaver and Groh last season, not enough to count. Clark Griffith goes even further in Baker's case. "Take him for his batting, his fielding and his steadiness, and he's the class of them all for all time," remarked Grif some time ago. "For all around purposes I'll take him for mine." Los Angeles, Calif., May 3. — The Los Los Angeles White Sox opened their park and played their first game of the season Sunday, April 25th and with success, having a crowd of about 4000 fans. The White Sox played a good game from the start, but weakened in the 6th inning allowing the visiting team to gain a lead they could not overcome. Scott, a new pitcher did some good work on the mound, but it seems he did not have good control of his curves. Baker, the Johnny Archer of the Pacific coast, was there with the good behind the bat. THE AMERICAN LEGION. The service department of the American Legion in Illinois has plans to assist every service man in securing a satisfactory adjustment with the government in all cases of Insurance Compensation, Vocational Education and other difficulties and claims resulting from service. All claims of this nature will be given immediate attention if referred to this post. Athletes of all kinds will be a very important factor in American Legion activities during the season. This Post will take an active part and invites all ex-service men who are interested in athletics to send their names in to the Post Headquarters at once. There will be a call meeting of the George L. Giles Post, Thursday, April 29th, 8 P. M. at the Soldiers' and Sailors' Club, 3201 South Wabash Aenace. Lunch will be served after the meeting. Regular meetings of the Post on the first and third Thursday of each month. Leonard T. Speed. Adjutant George L. Giles Post No. 87. Rough Work. "Yes, I'm continually breaking into song." "If you'd ever get the key, you wouldn't have to break in."—Life. Stars Win Fourth Straight Victory Cowpers Put Up Good Argument, But Lose by 6 to 3. Detroit Stars knocked off the Cowpers at Mack park Sunday before a large crowd, 6 to 3. Both teams put up a corking good game, the Stars winning the game by mixing hits with Tamier's wildness in the fifth inning, five runs resulting. Cooper, the colored champ's star left-handler also was wild, but kept the west siders from hitting with men on base. Tanner held the Stars to five hits which is very creditable considering the fact that Ted Blount's team boasts seven regulars batting over .350. Captain "Pete" Hill sent in two runs in the fifth with a beautiful drive to deep center. Jimmy Lyons led the attack for both teams with three hits. L. Duquay has the honor of being the first player of the visiting teams to deliver a home run at Mack park this season, the Cawper outfielder poling the ball out of the park in the sixth inning. Hewitt and Cooper were the fielding stars, "Joe Bill" starting two double plays and making a circus catch in the first inning while kneeling on the ground. Score: Totals ..... 31 3 24 14 Detroit Stars ..... 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cowpers ..... 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3 Runs—Warfield 2, Howitt, Lyons, P Hill, Moore—6; T, Dugray, L, Dugray Tanner—3, Error—Maile, Monk, Pet way, Shultz, Two base hits—P, Hill, T Dugray, Tanner, Hits—Off Cooper 3 Thompson 5. Home run—L, Dugray Sacrifice hit—Wesley, Stolen bases— Nichols, Lyons 6. Moore. Bases on balls— Off Cooper 6. Thompson 2. Tanner 11 Struck out—By Cooper 3. by Thompson 3. by Tanner 3. Double plays—Starts 2 Cowpers 1. Texas Editor Hales G. O. P. Into Court STATE ORGANIZATION RE QUIRED TO EXPLAIN DIS- CRIMINATORY ACTION Houston, Texas, May 3. — Judge Charles E. Ashe granted motion of the petitioners in mandamus proceedings in the eleventh district court here today which seeks to compel Roy B. Nichols, chairman of the Republican County Executive Committee to furnish Editor J. B. Grigsby of the Houston Informer, with the names of the precinct chairmen. Grigsby is a candidate for election as a delegate to the republican national convention from the Eighth Congressional district, and claims that Mr. Nichols refused to give him a list of the precinct chairmen. In the petition presented to Judge Ashe, other negroes, named as candidates, are plaintiffs in the case. Mr. Nichols denied that Grigsby had applied for the information sought and said he had furnished a list of the names of the precinct chairmen to all who asked for them, with the exception of the editor of the Informer. The G. O. P. in Texas as well as the other southern states has shown an inclination to conduct the present presidential campaign to "get along" without the colored constituency to the extent that it actually employs illegal methods to hamper colored activity in its proceedings. "I refused this information to this negro editor," Mr. Nichols said, "because he and his associates are trying to stir up race prejudice on the ground that they are being discriminated against, when such sentiment is inimical to the best interests of all the people." Counsel for the petitioners pointed out that not one of race feeling, but one involving simply the rights of one member of the organization against another. A decision is expected tomorrow morning. NEGRO ATHLETES NEGRO ATHLETES By Charles P. Howard. At Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, on April 24, 1920 was held the 11th annual Drake relays. At these relays 523 athletes competed before more than 6000 spectators. Four records were broken and the famous Ames two mile relay team came within 1-5 of a second of equaling the world's record. For that event, half Higgins who ran second for Ames, not stumbled, apparently on the curve inside the track, Ames would, possibly, have established a new world's record, the time being 7:53 1-5. The 100 yard dash was the feature event of the day. In this event was entered Sholtz of Missouri, Prescott of Illinois, Losch of Michigan, Colby of Iowa, Drew, the Drake Colored spinner, Lodwich of Ames, who was credited with 10 seconds the Saturday before, Cleeworth of South Dakota, who has an unofficial record of 9 2-5 seconds and many lesser lights. So many were entered in the special 100 that it was necessary to run it in heats. In the first heat were Sholtz, Colby, Losch, Prescott and three others. From the crack of the gun Sholtz jumped into the lead and was never thereafter in danger. He eased up at the finish and was given 10 seconds for his heat. Colby finished second, Losch third. In the second heat, Drew used the same tacies; at 75 yds he made eight reconnaissance of his field, and, finding himself comfortably in the lead, he eased up and was given 10 2-5 seconds. In this heat, Lodwich finished second. Cleeworth finished third. In the finals Lodwich drew the pole Scholtz was No. 2, Drew No. 3, Cleeworth withdrew, leaving the 4th lane vacant, Losch had No. 5 and Colby had the outside track. At the crack of the gun Drew and Sholtz jumped into the lead, the latter having a little the better of it, and before we could think any more about it they were within 2 yards of the tape. Here the unsuspected Colby put on a wonderful burst of speed and beat Drew to the tape by less than inches, being about 2 feet behind Sholtz who won in 9:4. Bath Colby and Drew did a fast 10 seconds. Without the participation of Drew, our race would almost have been wholly unrepresented, as there was only one other athlete of color competing, he being the writer. Besides competing in the special 100 yard dash, Drew also ran as Anchor man on the Drake half mile relay team. This is the smallest number of Colored athletes that have competed in these relays since 1915. VICE PRESIDENT IN TIMELY WARNING TO CHURCHES Marchall Arraigns It for Insincerity. Washington, D. C. May 2.—Vice President Marshall today arraigned the church for backsliding and insincere engagement at a massmeeting in the interest of the Interchurch World movement. Urging to church to clean house and to resume functions it has turned over to the state, such, as looking strictly after enforcement of the moral law, the vice president fired broadsides at church elders who work children to death in their factories and deacons who make church contributions out of excess profits. Should turn New Leaf. "Gentlemen may cry 'Peace! Peace!'" the vice president said, "but there will be no peace until the church resumes its functions, renews its faith, and proves its faith by its works. "It is idle to legislate for purity if the priest above his book is to leer at his neighbor's wife. "It is vain to enact laws panning murder if the elders are to continue working with children to death. "It is useless to forbid lawyey if the deacons make large church contributions out of excess profits wrung jointy from labor and the ultimate consumer. "The church, with a complacent smile, has turned over to the state the enforcement of the moral law, and the state has failed, as it always will, to enforce it, while the man on the street sneers at the church. Consistent Conduct is Urged. "Awake, O Zion, and if you really believe in the communion of the saints, prove it by consistent conduct. This is no holier than thou message. I myself am a sinner. "The man on the street is not tired of the words of the Nazarene. When the church taeks back the disciplining of the moral and religious life of its members, when it trains up its children with fixed views, when it proves its faith in the communion of the saints by its works, its courts will be thronged with worshipers and there will be no need for patchwork legislation to reconcile labor and capital, nation and nation. April 1 was such a favorable opportunity for Germany to have renewed her promise to prosecute those war criminals named gy the allies, we wonder she didn't take advantage of it. THE STATE STREET FURNITURE COMPANY HOME OUTFITTERS We solicit your business and can assure you better values than any other furniture store in Chicago, either for cash or credit. Our reference is over 50,000 satisfied customers. Reasonable Prices -- Prompt and Efficient Service -- Special Prices Given to Banquets and Private Parties -- Personal Attention to All Orders. -- Home Cooking Our Specialty -- Give Us a Trial -- Thank You! 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THE CHICAGO WHIP ORTS BY Marshall Issues Challenge "Strangler" Frankie Marshall, Colonel "Bill" Hayward, a famous fighter athlete has announced his return to the mat and challenges all lightweight colored wrestler to wrestle for the championship of the United States in the lightweight division. Any legitimate 155 pounder will be considered. Having served with honor on the battlefields of France and Germany, the former Sergeant Major found plenty of time to try his hand with whom he came in contact and outside of throwing every mean of his weight that he met he also developed into quite a boxer. He would like to hear from the manager of Abston, the North Carolina Boy. Here's a chance for Sam Langford in his new role. Wilberforce Defeats Marcos Dayton, O., April 24.—The College boys materially aided by errors of Mgr. Taylor who seemed to have an off day in the field making two costly errors at critical stages and a timely hit by Lane the fast third baseman of the Collegians with the bases loaded spotted undoing of the day for the Mareos. Both teams put up a good article of ball and the game was a pitches' battle between Gray of the Mareos and Lowry of Wilberforce and was marked with great effectiveness on the part of the coming moundsmen. The former allowing but three hits while the latter was touched up for a quintet of binges, however he unmanaged to keep them well scattered and tightened up when in a hole. The New Ball Field (Special to Whip.) New York City The new $30,000 baseball field of the Bronx Giants, at Westchester avenue and Evergreen, the Bronx, will be ready for the first game on Sunday, April 15. It will be the largest full park in the county, gaining larger dimensions than the Polo Grounds, and will have a seating capacity of 5,000. Former President of the Board of Aldermen, Robert L. Moran, John Kadel Irving Crime, Liberty Loan Executive, and Gene Sennigf are back of the project. The team will play Saturday and Sundays, booking the leading attractions of the east. Manager Dick Jee has signed up the following stars: George Lynch, former N. Y. Fire Department pitcher; Ray Scanlan, old Boston National's star and a brother of "Doc" Scanlan, Brooklyn twerker, Jack Berrigan and Jimmy Irving. "The Store That S THE STATE FURNITURE HOME OUT We solicit your business and co any other furniture store in Chicago Rebuilt & Refinished Peerless, Stevens Duryea, Raulang Electrics People of Chicago: Send your name and address to our office, and we will send you a present that we know you will appreciate. FREE! NO STAMPS required UNIVERSAL NOVELTY ADVERTISING CO. 3941 Indiana Avenue Phone Douglas 6522 --- Spring Furnishings Ben Stillerman Ladies' and Gents' CLOTHING and FURNISHINGS Prices to suit your purse. Suits made-to-order. Fit guaranteed. Unusual Values Low Prices WE DO CLEANING, DYEING and REPAIRING WORK CALLED FOR AND DELIVERED. 3544 SOUTH STATE STREET 3544 SOUTH STATE STREET PHONE DOUGLAS 9194 By "Full of Pep" Boss Barbers Yield to Journeymen The dream of the barbers has come true. In the words of Caesar they came, they saw, they conquered. At a monster mass meeting held at Unity Club House, 3140 Indiana Ave. Monday night, the Boss Barbers of Chicago willingly agreed to the closed shop on Sunday. There were two exceptions, Mr. Branch and Mr. Wm. A. Buckner, who offered a suggestion that they keep open one half day on Sunday, saying, however, that they would abide by the will of the majority. After the Chairman, Mr. W. L. Ried called on all of the Bosses to speak. He responded thru the vice-pres. of the Union, Mr. Hundley. The Bosses were retired and the Journeymen proceeded with their business. The following resolution was offered: We, the Journeymen Barbers of the Unity Club, wish to convey to the public all barber shops will be closed on Cunday in the future, with the hearty co-operation of the majority of the Boss Barbers who met with the Journeymen Barbers Unity Club on the above date. Be it resolved that the Boss Barbers make such efforts as to carry out God's most sacred law-rest on the Sabbath day. Respectfully submitted, Jas. E. Maxwell, John P. Sneed, J. T. Bass, S. M. Simmons, G. E. Washington. WHICH WAS FIRST THE HEN OR THE EGG. Settled Once and for All. The old question about which came first, the hen or the egg, was answered some time ago by biologists, who decided that the egg started it. Now, one goes furether. He says the hen does not even create the egg in turn, but that eggs contain the cells from which new eggs are created. The hen merely is an incident in the cycle from egg to egg. Those who keep chickens will follow him part way, at least. They will agree that in a distressing number of instances hens do not produce eggs and nothing can make them do it. Neither threats nor inducements, persuasions, arguments, promises, reproaches or pepper in their expensive feed! Little Delaware threw away its one best chance to do a little glittering in the big sisterhood. It wasn't big enough to rise to so momentous an occasion. Saves You Money." STE STREET RE COMPANY UTFITTERS and can assure you better values than Chicago, either for cash or credit. ilt & Refinished less, Stevens Dury Raulang Elec Selection of All High Grade Ca Terms, Cash or Trade. Used Cars Department etic Motors Corpor 2349 Michigan Ave. Big Selection of All High Grade Cars Terms, Cash or Trade. Used Cars Department of Chicago: Send your name address to our will send you a present that we appreciate. EE! NO STAMPS SAL NOVELTY ADVERTIS na Avenue Phone H. P. UNOIS CAFE That a Restaurant Should Good Quick DUNOIS CAFE "All That a Restaurant Should Be" 5058 SOUTH STATE STREET Phone Oakland 2876 Your Interest is my Interest You Want Good Clothes I Want Good Patrons Your Interest is my Interest You Want Good Clothes I Want Good Patrons TRY ME THATS ALL WEISS TAILORING CO. 3512 SOUTH STATE STREET Four Doors North of Dreamland STYLE, SERVICE AND UNUSUAL VALUES IN Phone Calumet 7110 5 H. P. SPEIGHTS zg Maasai WHITE RACES IN DANGER ‘OF BEING SUBMERGED BY THEIR DARKER BROTHERS. eo —— WSs cen a ereacy 1 pole, inter-racial differences end, for the time at least to be burned away Before the supreme fact of white po litfeal_ world domination antipathie: within the colored world must ineyit ably recede into the background. Only Outlet for Japanese America. Turning,,to the far east where he eG, everywhere the marks of Jap: ahese supremacy, he says: Whether the Japanese imperium over China maintains itself or not, ont thing is certain, future white ex- pansion in the far East has become sae Any such attempts would instantly weld together Japanese Im- perialism and Chinese nationalism in a-sbcial union, where result would ptobably be at the very least the prompt expulsion of the white man trom every foot-hold in Eastern Asia, Res what will probably come a ‘as soon asJapan and China, impelled by over crowding and con- séious of their united potentialities shall havo arrived ata genuine un- derstanding. $ ‘The question of en outlet for the greatly increasing Chinese population is not so serious as is that of the Japanese. China may send her im- migrants to the Brntish Straits Set- tlements, North Borneo, French In- do-China, the Duicn East Indies, the Phillipines and Siam. uBt the Jap- anese cannot go to these regions, they cannot adapt themselves to foreign climates as ean the Chinese. The only natural outlet for Japan is Austra lia, Latin America and the vast un- Populated plains of the Western part of the United States. But these dic- trieta are all rigorously closed. “There lies a danger not merely to the Far East but to the peace of the world. Fired by a fervent patriotisin, resolved ot make their country a lead~ er among the nations, the Japanese writhe at the constriction of their present race bounds, Blaced on the flanks,of the Chinese giant whose portentious growth she can aceurate- ly forecast, Japan sees herself con-| demned to ultimate renunciation of her grandiose ambitions unless she can ‘somehow broaden the vacial as well as the political basis of her pow- | er. In short Japan’ must find lands where Jaanese can breed by the tens: of millions if she is not to be auto- matically overshadowed in the course: PRR Cea TT not sufficate or blow up from conges- | tion” before "that time arrives. | This is the sectet of her aggressive foreign | policy, her chronic imperialism, her extravagant dreams of conquest and, world dominion.” Pan-Colored Alliance. The author harps on the tendency of the Asiatic and African to forge! their religious differences ina cons mon cause, He pictures them as hav- ing for twenty years. watched with eager expectation the gfowing dis ititegration of the white races an¢ the contrasting jumps in the number: ‘of the colored. He reviews the professions of al truism the Allies altered during the war and the effoct the treaty of Ver sailles produced upon the minds of the Asiatice, a treaty so flagrantls in violation of the Allied Moral Prin cipals, He says the Far East sav better than ever before the materi alistic desires of Europe, “When therefore, the East saw 4 Peace settlement based, not upon the high, profession, but upon the impe- rinlistic secret treaties, it was tire¢ by a moral indignation and a sense of outraged justice never known before. A tide of impassioned determinatior began rising which has already, set the entire East in tumultous ferment and which sees merely the premo- nitionary ground swell of a greal storm. . ‘The author points out a Pau-Col red Alliance between Asin and Afri ea, be traces the spread of Moham. medism. thtdugl Africa, and _ the growth of the Christian Ethopian Chateh, frankly Anti-white, in char acter. He closes his book with an impassioned .ples..to the white rece: to Waken: to its dangers and adop' ‘what measures they can to check the match of events. ie ee SLAIN MAN IDENTIFIED BY FATHER. Houston, Tex., May 3. — The col- oted man who was killed Monday midfning at Hutchinson St. and Texas Ave. by a Santa Fe passenger train was later identified by his father as aes of Bellville, Tex. Reese was formerly. an employee of the Sin elair Refining Co. His bedy was sent to Hempstead, Texas, by the Houston Undertaking Co., for burtal. “ad rather be a dog and bay at tie Big a Willjams of I ip & senator”, And Fue to form, one James K. Vardaman of the same state holds & directly contrary view. Robinson Attains Success aa ee £ Pe | a ae s eg eae | aah sca a H Pee a seen Vee pee O. E. ROBINSON The above is a likeness of Mr. 0. E, Robinson, General Menager of The Universal, Profit-Sharing Stores Co. with general offices at 520 East 39th Street. Mr. Robinson has by his un- usual business ability attained this en- viable prominence in business civeles after a residence of only three years in the city of Chieago, coming from New York City in 1917. He has forged his way to the front winning the respect and admiration of all classes and creeds and today stands shoulder to shoulder with the loading busines? men of the race thru- out the country. Mr. Robinson has invested largely in almost all of the race enterprises, both those in process of formation and those of long standing. He is a member of the Chicago Business League ond several fraternal organi- zations, He beais the proud distine- tion of being one of the three prime movers in ihe founding and develop- ment of the Universal Profit-Sharing Stores Company of which he is now General Manager. This organization in the oldest. co-operative concern in the race and has blazed the trait and made the road easy for the many others that have since started. Many watch with interest and pride the progressive snecess of Mr. Robir- son in this enterp: ..c and count him a tremendous asset t. the business ne ETE WHAT SHALL WE NAME IT? Weis a well appointed piace wnere folks can spend their leisure hours. It is located at 320) South Wabash Avenue. It ahs been recently or- ganized for the purpose of putting “unity” in community. It is a place where folks (men, women, boys and girls) may express themselves in music, art, dramaties, recreation, and all things that make for better citi weg and a happier community. During the war we called it “The ‘South Side Soldiers and Sailors Club" and used it for comfort, welcome and cheer to the soldier boys who spent many happy and profitable leisure hours with ux. We then bore the insignia of WAR CAMP COMMUNI. TY SERVICE. | Now that our peace time program jig much Jarger and more inclusive, and our insignia is to be that of COMMUNITY SERVICE, we are ask- ing the people of the community, ‘whom it is our purpose to serve, to ‘give usa name, The name must in- jelude the words, “Community. Ser- viee” and should not contain more than five words. Kindly send proposed name at once to the office of COMMUNITY SER. VICE, 3201 S. Wabash Avenue. LOUISIANA DOCTORS MEET. NEW ORLEANS, LA, May 1, — The Louisiana State Medical, Den- tal and Pharmaceutical Association will hold a three day’s session in the Pythian Temple in New Orleans dentists from all sections of the state ave expucted to attend the conven. tion. starting May 4. Many physicians and At the opening session Tuesday night, Dr. F. M. Nelson of Patterson will address the delegates on the high cath rate of the negro race. Dr. L. B. Landry of Meharry Médieal Col- lege also will address the delegates. School hygiene and home sanita- tion will be the principal subjects dis cussed during the convention, PLAYS TO LOSE Sc; LOSES LIFE. Birmingham, Ala., May 3. — Re- bert Huntley and Frank Carnell, of this city, both colored were indulg ing in a quiet skin game Sunday afternoon at the camp of the Wood: ward fron Co. near Oxmoor. The limit was 5c. Huntley decided that he would show Carnell that a game of “skin” is not always « skin game when he is alleged to have questioned Carnell’s honesty regarding some of his methods of handling the card and shot him through the heart, The police are still looking fo ‘Huntley. ASPIRIN Wee ase) MiilitGnes | ° omnes | Beautiful Millinery Complete Line of Lingerie THE PRETTIEST CREATIONS OF THE SEASON At my establishment and at your price, Dainty hats for My Lady. | give my personal supervi- 3 sion to every customer. Mrs. RAY PRYOR, Milliner 3147 So. State Street. delat needa yaaa cade POOOOC DOOD OOO: The Prescription Drug Store igi EMG 3337 So. State Street ————— "Phone Dougiag 140 ent e We nbaolutly seri ing of Tote Artelon Patent Macicice Cigars, Candies and Hydrox Ice Creat } JOHNSON & DILLARD ! Phone Boulevard 6921 Calls Promptly Answered J. H. GREEN - Successor to R. W. Green FUNERAL DIRECTOR —————<—_—— | 3832 S. State Street én atet Cbicnan, Ail. SOY SRE ATE ITALERI SOLD ITO RTT TT ESTED PORSDAT RTO D SLOT SATS KING & HILL NOTARY PUBLIC ) Edward T. Hill Funeral Director Phone Boulevard. 1687 3604 SO, STATE. ST. Morris Brown Commencement. ‘Chuihe See Atlanta, Ga., April 30,—The com huencement exercises at Mortis Brows University held today in the aud. torium of Bethel A, M. EB. church attracted many people irom all parts of the state, and a large number of visitors from other states, IL was the largest in the history of the school, and many students had been ‘turned away during the year who applied for admission, the dormitories being crowded, Over three hundved were unable to get in - The graduates from te various dopartments were Classical Theoto. gical 1; English Theological 8; Col- lege. 4; Normal 21; Commercial 38; Musical 1; Sewing 2; Domestic Science 22; Printing 2. Bishop Levi J. Coppin, of Phila- delphin, delivered the commencement sermon Sunday afternoon at Bethe! to over 2,000 people. It was prac- tical and directed to the young peo- ple, givitig them some real common sence advice. The Rev. Dr. J. G. MeGill delivered the annual addres: to the literary societies, and S. M. Pitts delivered the annual address to the Alumni Association, Tuesday morning the Trustees met, and the report of President W. A. Fountain was said to be the best made in the history of the school, and showed that many improvements had been made, and that Morris Brown University was being felt throughout the nation. Its students were from 11 states, and al! had made good records. Looking forward to being of more service to the people, ‘a house and lot had been purchased at a cost of 85,000 and the same would be used for community ser- vice, Morris Brown takes its place by the side of the siate schools, and for the firvt time in its history the normal professionel class had been examined by the state supervisor, passed and were given state certi- “THE CHICAGO WHIP' —— ==] SOS Inicates. ‘These were presented by Bi eg |saon J. S. Blipper. There was 2 healthy finaneial zeport made by the |president, showing the collections n-|? {from board and tuition and the ex-. ge, i| penditutres of the same on | The president's reception was in- py .g eed a unique affair. Wednesday «jp 5f/ aS commencement day, and Thors-| my day, was farewell day. The students |, ve | have left for the their homes, and the a 4 it | delegates will Jeaye early in the week | es for St, Louis tg attend the General, }" 10 aie ob liti n, (conference at which time end place 3 Dr. W. Ss. Pountain will be made one: * of the bishops, £ a oe the ‘THE PRESIDENT OF COLUMBIA |‘! "| UNIVERSITY SPEAKS AT |) “HOWARD UNIVERSITY. 9°? Washington, D, C. — President Nicholas Muna¥ Batler of Columbia University addressed the students of Howard University, Monday morn. ing March 29th, in Andrew Rankin Moworial Chapel, Ds. Butler spoke with vory great clearness and defin itoness of the responsibility resting upon students privileged to attend an institution sueh as Howard Univers ity, We traced in chaste language the stepe one must take to reach th station of “educated men and wo- men”, ond then devoted himsel? tc a discussion of the value and inpestance of the judgments whieh such men and women inust make in their contact with the problems of life. Dr, Butler was warmly received by the whole student body when he arose to speak and was tremen- dously applauded at the conclusion ot his eloquent remarks. That Georgia primary is not com- pletely a faiee inamuch as the name of Gen. Mitch Palmer is on the list of entries. German authorities are still rearch- ing in vain for'those 800, more or less, offeyders whom the allies de- mand must be tried for high crimes. It is very often almost, impossible. to find somethings don't: went: “LILY WHITE” TACTICS BRING G. O. P. SPLIT. “MERCHANDISE WITH A REPUTATION” 0. 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Alfred Lawless Jr, general super- intendent 6f the extension work of the Con- ‘eregational Church in the South, left the elty on Thureday for New Orleans, his for- mer home, where he will epend a fortnight fand return, bringing his family ‘with im Dr. HH. Proctor was in the city last Sundap. (Dr. Proctor is from Brooklyn, N. Y. He was the former pastor of the First Con ‘nregational Chureh of this city. Mrs, John Alexander of Richmond St. lott SFridwy to attend the A. M. E. general con- ference, which will convene in St. Lovie, ‘Mo. Before returning she will visit friends in Dayton, Chicago and Detroit. Dean L. B. Moore, of the teachers’ collexe of Howard Unfversity, Washington, D. C., ‘was in the city this week. ‘The Annual Herndon Contest was held between the students of Atlanta University ‘Monday ight, April 26th. ‘Those winning prites were: Miss Harriet Sharp of New York, 1st prize; Mise Alma Deas of Mismi, Fin, 2nd prise; Miss Winnie Thomas of Sa- vannah, Ga., 8rd prize. Among the younx men, Mr. Arthur Standard of Atlanta, 1st prise; Mr. A. Grimes of Atlanta, 2nd, and ‘Mr, E, Emerson of Atlanta, grd prize, Mr, Everett Harris from Harvard Univer- sity hits been added to the faculty of More- house College. Dr, LC. Crowman spent last Sunday visite ing in Cartersville, Ga. Mrs, Lucy Holmen Jett the city Friday fo: ‘Chiengo, where she will make her future home. MEADVILLE. PA., NOTES. ES al SOD Hh hence Myenue uh *se ‘Oth Ward, has returned to the city after fs three weeks" visit in the South. He states the crepe leck very Prosperous thrown the parts ef Alabama, Tennessee and Mississint Mr. dohp.Deraey, who resently was moved from the eity with one of the Erle rallod otflla's car to Chicano, stopped in the elty for.» day or two on his way to Herne New York, where he will be located. for favtll, Me. Dorsey connected himself with Bethel A.M. E, Church last Sunday eve, the 26th. The N. A. A.C. P. gave a srand social Just Monday night, April 26, 1920. The prosram rendered "wns rand. _ Profestor Serpent, professor of the Meadville Public Sehools, (white), made an excelent address, and Rev. 8. D. Middleton, president of the RA. A.C. P. responded. The Colored Boy Stouts of Meadvfle performed a wonder(ul feat ln the prowram. ‘The charter was pte: sented by Mr. Samuel Warren, « pupil of the Meadville High Sehoo!, FRENCH LICK SPRINGS NOTES. On Tuesday eve, Ape, 27, 1820, © tect Ing was eld at the A.M. E. Church to eraaniae « foen) branch of the N, A. A.C. F nd wan well atieged, ‘The following ffl ere were elected; Pre, Herold J. McKinnen, Viee Pres, Mrs, Bevsle Jones, Secretary John Le Thomas, Treasurer Robe. J. Holden ‘We hope to do « great work in the com- munity and Southern Indiana thro this ranch. The jatead vormon of th K. ot P. Proserpine Lode No, 27 was held st the A.M. E. Church on last Sunday afternoon. Rev. C2 W. Cadpenter, the pastor, excelled da his actoias of LATE to ibe Bvih ate SPRINGFIELD, ILL., NOTES. Mr. 8. J. Morton, So. 16th St., is on the sick Ilat, being a vietim of pneumonia. Mra, Belle Burns, South 17th St., in vis- iting in Chicago. ‘The arrangements for the fo-thecominx Natlonal Baptist 8. 8. World Congress arc being perfected. and homes for over 1500 delegates are being, secured. 4 ‘The financial comittee hus been selected. ‘The following is the personnel of that eom- mittee: Rev. M. L. Porter, J. Rdw. Thomp- ‘sun, Grant J. Martin and Thos. W. Warrick. Mr. J.-B. ‘Thompson has been selected chairman of the committee on Location and Housing and the headquarters have been Joeated at the Social Center, 1127 E. Monroe St, AU persons willing to and desirous of taking some delegates will eall on or .write 4, Edw. Thompson, 1127 Fant Momtoe St, Springtiel, I, ‘Mr. Adams, son of Jas C. Adams, So, Pasfleld St, is very ill at this writing, April 0th. Mr, Adams is over 76 years of ase. ‘The Greater Springfield Band has been re ormanized ‘the K. of P. Annual Sermon and Mem= orial Services were held at Grace M, E. Church May 2nd. ‘The Odd Fellown’ Annual Sermon will be held at St. Paul A.M. B, Church, Sunday, May 9th. Grace M. B. Church has launched a f\- nancial rally to raive $1,000 by July, 1926. LOS ANGELES, CALIF, NOTES. bee Me Wie mk 1 On. Jest Monday, ‘April 26th the funera! of Mian Susan Thompson,, foster mother of Hditor J. B. Buss of the California Engle way held from gtk and Town ave. Church under the auspices of Queen of Sheba Chapter of the Eastern Star. Strs. Thom- non had reached the ripe age of 90 years and was indeed a highly respected citizen of Topeka, Kans. Had only 19 months ago came to California to spend her Inst days with her som whom she adored to the highest Mr. FW. Borders, formerly of Chicago, fs now. connected with the Pacific Coast Industrial Federation. Mr. W. T. Curtis, who has been living in Los Angeles for the past then years, has returned to Chicago to make his future Wome. Mrs. G. H. Wiliams and Son Herbert of 8760 Rhodes ave., Chicago, are spending ‘A very pleasant visit to Lox Angeles and Southern California. GREAT DEMAND FOR TRAINED ‘TEACHERS. Washington, D. €.—The School of Education of Howard University has not been able during the past year to supply more than one-fourth of the requests made upon it for teach- ers for secondary schools and col- lees. This means an average of four positions for every graduate which we turned out during the past year. Graduates of this school are scattered numerously throughout the country as debns of colleges, prin- cipals and teachers in high and nor- mal schools, elementary schools and kindergartens, Universal Artificial Limb Co. ae Sy iS) Manufacturers of . efe e e Bs bo Artificial Limbs fi fe | Authorized a ae Government ‘aes 3 # Perfect Fit Guaranteed ‘. * All Makes Limbs Repaired ‘ 159 North State Street “ed Central 4475 Hundreds Hear Dr. Bundy. Sunday afternodp at 3.30 sharp hundreds of Chieago’s most. intelli- gent citizens forged their way into the beautiful M. E. Cathedral at 83rd and So, Park Ave. to behold and to listen to oratorical excellence of Dr. Leroy N. Bunday of East St. Louis and at the same time to show him that believed that he was innocent ‘of the charges held against him. DE PRIEST PRESIDES. | ‘The most unique and gratifying part of the affair was the fact that all schools of thought, all different factions in ‘polities and religion placed their differences aside and joined ‘hands to assist the worthy cause which Dr. Bunday represented. Hon. Oscar De Priest presided. Among the other platform satelites who thundered their protest against the “unjust and un-American way that Dr. Bunday and other leaders have been treated were Col, Otis B. Ducan of Springfield, Ill. The leader of the gallant 8th Ill, N. G., Mr. Taylor, Dr. MeDowell and Editor Wm. C. Linton. *) BUNDY AT BEST. Despite the fact that Dr. Bunday’s lips are sealed on account legal barriers, he delivered a masterful ad- dress, If the rapturous and financial response was a testimony of the merit of Dr, Bundy’s talk it was more than a masterpiece. He made a thorough analisis of the industrial, economic and social stutus of the negro. ‘The audience was. so completely satisfied with his message, they could hardly wait for the call of the chairman to Jay dowh ‘their moneys. A. Watkins 6.6... eee eee BO Fi Ms BIR cock cee ce 4% 5 BA. SHAW oisesseescvercese & BD WUE ieee ciiescireey Si Bieler esc cons cance oO Johnson & Scurry ....s....8. 8 G,G. Buhdy occ. cc ceeesevene & Johnson & Rollins...........6. 8 Mrs. J.D. Russell.....00...0.0 6 Bede MING cep cevescccatscene: 6 W. Wickerson oo. ...ccevees 5 Won chivton vsctevwrrevrnwe of HyO: Wynchits ages testers HeMUGrean sis, 00s cavenccuson® Chicago Defender .............50 Among those who contributed $1 were: Prof. Alex Simpson, M. C. MeDowell, E. Jackson, Mrs, Brown, Messrs, Taylor,Oatneal, Jesse Cherry, Ficher, W. Riley, Morris Lewis, 8. C. Perkins, N. Baker, E, Nance, R. Terry, J, Stoval, W. A. Glen, Red- wood, Mrs. Webb, Mr. Brazell, J. A. Damons, P. F, Johnson, Susie Allen, Mrs, Chandler, Allie Maxwell, L. B. Jones, Spencer Withers, Col. Patton, Associated Negro Press, L. Lang- stone, Sam. White, William James, J. Humble, G. Tinsley, Ed, Mitchell, Sarah Gibson, W. 4. Saxton, J. Ba- ker, Gilbert Jones, L. Godwin, Mrs, M. Howard, Jno. M. Young and many. more whose names we did not get, and many who would not leave their. names contributed $1.00. JOINT MEETING OF THE MEMBERS OF THE VINCULUM COOPERA- TIVE SOCIETY, AND THE UNI- VERSAL COOPERATIVE MERCAN- TILE ASSOCIATION. Meeting was held Sanday April 25th, 1920, ut the Soldiers” and Sailors’ Chit, 3201S, Wabash Avenue; called to order at g:15 P. My by acting Chairman, A. K. Foote, Secretary-Treasurer of the Vin- culum Cooperative Society. The purpose for which the meeting was called was to consummate a mutuel merger between of the two societies, which was a recommendation embodied | in the Joint Commissioners report, and submittel in the form of a Resolution. ‘The various details’ in connection ' with the proposed! merger were brought out in talks ‘niade on real cooperation.: | te aa Af =" i} . Et | fe : i LE i La & ka ay Bae i Rig ee ea tema ee ip eae FRI is ge Choa eee e. cee re eon ae | ae Bre npn eae ake ke el 2 mamma pile a he Seon ee a Beg A gl ee iia Se : hee Seal eee Re Ee a ae nee eA ess | as =i eee ae tg ond Sadat. oe oo | : an ean Se ee Ere uae ee te ELGIN OVERFLOW AT ARGO PLANT. ELGIN DECLARES {alization ofthe company from $8,500=|rink, It grow 20 raptdly that FIVE PER CENT foo to $10,600,000 to provide for large| ter ie6dl White sadilional CASH Deere nee to the plan gs wore being erected. Tt began — Nearly every state in the union was|assets of out $100,000, while the Stockholders Advised of Substantial) represented at the meeting, which was) sets on April 1 were mor ane $4) Yondition of Firm. held in one of the e lo! rome of the! 00 (Daily News—By Walter Bermingham.) At a stockholders’ meeting, whieh re: sembled a politieal convention, the offi- cials of the Elgin Motor Gar Corpora tion. announced yesterday that a 5 per cent cash dividend would be paid out of the earnings of the first three month’ of 1920, and if strikes or other abnor: mal conditions did nog interfere, addi- tional eash dividends would be paid from time to time during the year. An extra stock dividend will probably be paid in the near future. The stockholders, by a unanimous vote, approved an increase in the capi- /Mr, Rafael Mallen, a speaker from the Nutional Cooperative Wholesale, was Present, and delivered a splendid ad: dress on the value of the cooperative movement, and its tendencies to relieve the producer und the latimate consumer. | Baitor Wm, C, Linton of the Chicago Whip, iu his talk, brought out many ‘important points in connection with the Cooperative Movement, and made it ‘clear 10 the members of moth societies ‘that in order to be a ‘real eooperator””, it is inevitably necessary that they he shores ght imbued with the splat of Cooperation, and in_summing up the aiffrenees, both imaginary and real, ‘that might exist in the temperament, as ‘well as the notions of different groups of people, after all, the spirit is essen- tially necessary for the ultimate success of any undertaking. The meeting being the result of 2 Joint Committee's report relative to the proposed merger, the following Commis: sioners: J. H. Frazier, W. H, Mont- gomcry, A. EB. Lightfoot, and A. Weav- er, of the Universal Cooperative Mer cantile Association, and A. K. Foote, Henry Sherfie, and J, P. Brown of the Vinewlum Cooperative Society, deserve the unblased support of the members. of their respective organizations in what they undertook by way of bringing the efforts, energies, and finance of the two organizations into one common plane, that would tend to accelerate the eifords of both organizations, and ul- timately pat into evidence @ strong Co- operative Institution that would bo e9- operative in alkof its features, and of lasting benefit pe masses of wage earnore of the rae CHICAGO COMMERCIAL IN- STITUTE RECIEVES AP- PROVAL FROM U.S.A. ‘That the Chicago Commercial In stitute which is affiliated with the Metropolitan Business College of the loop is a deserving institution in which the business subjects so ur- gently needed by many of us to fill $100-°° REWARD! IB wera TO SUIT YOU GEORGE W. 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More than 2,00 stoekholders were present ©. 8, Rieman, president and general manager, reported a steady increese in the volume of business and showed that during Mareh the company had built and sol more than $1,000,000 worth of cars, “Net profits for thet month, ae: cording to his report, were at the annual rate of approximately 52 per cent on the company’s outstanding stock, while for the first quarter of 1920 the net carnings were at the rate of 37 per eent. The company began oparation about four yeats ego.in a made-over skating he | the many available positions is shown | th as| by the unusual recognition given oy/ ‘ ee United States Government in ap-| of ve|pointing Mervin J. Treadwell, ° the| sc ve|manager of the school as Counselor] w -r.|for the colored disabled soldiers in| se o(llinois, Wisconsin and Michigan, | ny | Who have expressed a desire to study) jy, he|the Commercial Course and in send-| yg it}ing to the school those disabled) gg os {soldiers from the A. E. F. 1s »,| Another point of interest is the| n pe recognition givenby the mail order)? of houses where our iets are employed | sp ein large numbers® Through the ef-| af u1,| forts of Mr, Treadwell, the superin-| fo as,tendent in ehitge of the Sears, Roc- ps| buck “ahd Co,, office at 310 West n-| Washington Street has given the| he sq] school the unusual privilege of dis-|R playinif @ shiow-card in the hallway | m | of the buildig and ope ing Adi he ee Ne — t+] | $100:2° R. °, 100 | | —— IF WEF at ” TO SUIT B ———_—_—_—_— $ 9°: eee Sample Watch Free: 9 a eee comple Watch Free els ee espe SR Nts tte beisatee. Se ee ae a Sent giashtaetnd Mar NTChe Satine te tia Bee RTH ATE Rs We take pleasure in advising the public of the opening of our Drug Store 3100 South State~ Street Carrying a full line of Drugs, Sundries Toilet Articles, Rubber Goods, Perfumes, Patent Medicines, Cigars and Cigarettes. Our Prescription Department® is complete and operated by Registered Pharmacists. with Years of Experience. Courteous and prompt service. Soda Fountain Ice Cream We Solicit your patronage. R. M. STOKES, Ph. C.. Mgr. HARRY KELLY, Druggist Phones Douglas {4482 3100 So. State Street rink, It grew so rapidly that cireus tents were used while additional build- ings were being erected. It began with assets of about $100,000, while the as- sets on April] were more than $4,000,: 000. ‘The company now owns seventeon neres of land, four acres of which have ‘been recently acquired for further ex- pansion. The floor space covers practl- ca five acres, ‘The company now has 15,000 stockholiers. | * Mr, Rieman announced Wat the total volume of sales for 1919 was approxi: mately $6,500,000, Business for 1920 is axpeeted to be more than double that amount. Great applause was clieited when Mr. Rieman announced the un- broken chain of vietories scored by the Elgin ear in various track, road and Hillolinibing events: the school as a worthy enterprise. The school is now in a position to offer to its students free employment service extending into that line of work for which they with to fit them- selves, Students in Shorthand, Typewrit- ing and Bookkeeping are being en- rolled for classes to start each Mon- day. ‘The school is located in the Avenue Theater Building at the cor- ner of 31st Street and Indiana Ave. ‘The public is invited to call and in- spect the school and is open Sunday afternéons from two to five P. M. for this purpose. YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WANTED Thousands of young people wanted for lifetime positions, Salaries ranging from $25.00 to $75.00 a week. io Light pleasant work, short hours, 80 days vacation. Departmental Clerks, postal clerks, railway mail clerks, letter carriers, filing clerks, listing clerks, policemen, ete. ete, We train you and give you a written guarantee. Call any Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 7 to 9 P. M. Full information free. O'BRIEN CIVIL SERVICE SCHOOL, Sal TS fh eam ra Perhaps Mx. Hoover decided that he would prefer to take over the Republican party because that party most needs reformation and good SWAG onde ee Coe | ‘ ° . . The Co-Operative Society of America Needs Your Help. We now have in our cape over 300 or- ganizers. We want 700 more before the first of July. ia Our people make a good deal more than a meager iving. ‘ If you are interested in helping your neighbor reduce the high cost of living, JOIN US NOW! It makes no difference what line of work you are now engaged in. We can teach you from the very beginning so that you can earn more than you are ear ning in your present position. Call any time before 9 P. M. at 6317 South Halsted Street or 6301-09. South Park Avenue Telephone Wentworth 1555. ASK FOR EMPLOYMENT MANAGER. , . J. W. COLEMAN The Old Relisble Employment Agency | yell wil save tne and worry Syeaing my ak. fel scloitn hog an fer me the contidanes of le those who want colored help. ’ r LAW AND COLLECTION AGENCY Placed over 35,900 ee Colored in the last Office 211 E. 2nd St.—Res. 2916 New Jersey St. ‘14 years LOS ANGELES, CAL. snuhanemaia: a -edmemibiguon diszdn eeaclke te eee DAY AND EVENING CLASSES . STARTED EVERY MONDAY ‘ : —AT THE— ; CHICAGO COMMERCIAL COLLEGE ; 129 East 31st, Street, Corner Indiana Ave. Bed OE ee) oy ) Metropolitan Business College *~ ; Courses in Shorthand, Typewriting and Rookeeipng | MERVIN J. TREADWELL, Manager Phone Calumet 1860 EDITORIAL PAGE OF THE CHICAGO WHIP The Chicago Whip An Independent Newspaper Published Every Week Vol. 2 May 8th, 1920 No. 19 Published by THE CHICAGO PUBLISHING COMPANY (Not Incorporated) CHICAGO OFFICE: 3457 STATE STREET, PHONE: DOUGLAS 7623 JOS. D. BIBB, L. L. B. 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ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION WITH DUE REGARD FOR RIGHT, WITH PURITY OF MOTIVE IN OUR EXPRESSION, WITH CONSCIENTIOUS COMPASSION FOR STRICKEN HUMANITY, WITH UNSTINTED CREDIT TO THOSE WHO MERIT, WITH TRUTH AS OUR GUIDE POST AND LOVE AS OUR INSPIRATION, WE HAVE COMMITTED OURSELVES TO THE WORLD OF JOURNALISM. WE HAVE DEDICATED OURSELVES TO PUBLIC SERVICE. The Betrayers Ever since the beginning of man. Ever since the formation of groups, tribes, states and nations we have had the Betrayers of Mankind mixed up in the scheme of affairs, whether our perusal be in Classic Lore, Profane or Sacred History, we find the inevitable Betrayers, the Sneaks, Traitor's and Slimy, Crawling Venoms who break the faith and commit Treason to their causes. It is impossible in this age of International intrigue to leave the national and racial affairs open and in Public Notoriety. Altruism may lead us to hope for the day when the affairs of the nations, the private interests of races can be kept in an open book like unto the life of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This is the hope of high and lofty thinkers. At the present time during national and racial jealousy, during 'secret treaties' and mysterious diplomats, it is incumbent upon us all to act in the light of present facts and not through the vapor of Altruistic philosophy. The Negro in the United States needs more secretiveness in his methods of Collective Planning and Collective Bargaining. If upon the Chess Board of Modern Diplomacy where the stakes are racial destiny if the Negro tips off all of his moves, and is continually tricked by hire, infidants, he will remain where he is, checkmated in life, liberty and justice. The American Negro has two classes of Betrayers—the so-called leaders and the small servile type that occupy menial positions. The American Negro has been unable to formulate an intelligent programme because he has been betrayed in the constructive periods. The so-called leaders have been guilty of breaks of trust, double crossing, calumny and lies. They have betrayed the race by bargaining for things that have kept the great mass in thralldom. They have sanctioned measures that devitalized their people when diplomacy and shrewdness was needed. Money, Lust and Avarice has caused a complete surrender and the race has been made to occupy the precarious and undesirable position that now humiliates them. The groans of the despised group, the piercing cries of the persecuted should strike remorse in the hearts of this class of Betrayers. The leaders have sold out the information of every new circle that ventured to solidify straggling groups. The "leaders" have sold out the inner workings of all race organization and now they are stained with the blood of their brothers. The first class of Betrayers have bargained for love of money and the love for race has been subjugated. The Second Class, the menial working class, both in ignorance and stupidity have blabbed everything good or bad to their white benefactors. Everything that has been built up by years of organization and effort has been emasculated because of the traitors who have whispered into stretched and evil ears the inner workings of their race. We all know how many Negroes have been lynched in the South before justice could take its course because so many tattling, hair-brained maids or porters gave away the fugitives' hiding places. So the story runs and the white man derisively says, 'the race cannot become a power because every move, every effort for strength will be told to us and we will block it.' When the stoicism of the Spartan, when the diplomacy of the Jap, when the courage of the Indian and the love of the African becomes ingrained into the betraying element, the race can begin constructive advancement, but the Traitors of both classes must first go. Now is the time for the whole race to keep wisely silent on issues that concern plans for political and economical uplift. The Programmes must be a race programme because the good sought for is race deliverance. The activities must be safeguarded because the obvious jealousy and prejudice of the dominant white race will not permit race solidarity without opposition. The lines of least resistance to full citizenship can be traveled if the betrayers are eliminated. Let the message of our race be good will to all. Let this mmsage be carried broadcast. How we expect to get the good will should remain a silent issue. "Lend every man thine ear but few thy voice." The Tragedy of the Half Loaf The strongest races of men, and the most indomitable characters of history have always either uncompromisingly demanded every scintilla of their just rights, or, being denied the fullest measure of attainment of their ideals have spurned even life itself. THE CHICAGO WHIP Patrick Henry in crying out for "either liberty or death", voiced the sentiment of the Pilgrim Fathers, who preferred the unknown horrors of the great uncharted Western ocean and the savage-ridden land beyond to religious oppression in a comfortable home. But the American Negro is apparently satisfied with the HALF LOAF. For 250 years he was told that he was entitled to NOTHING—that he even enjoyed life itself by sufferance. His mind was so deliberately dwarfed and stunted that he could not even think to the contrary. So well was this psychology ingrained into him, that even TODAY, Race Leaders, of the OLD SCHOOL, finding it impossible to break away from this log cabin philosophy, "handed it down to so called free men". He was so thoroughly robbed of his mentality that he complacently helped manufacture the shot and shell which enabled his masters to keep him in slavery. When Liberty and Citizenship were granted him, his child-like mind could not grasp their significance. He took what was given him with a thankful heart, thanks to "the teachings of the OLD SCHOOL". He has not yet demanded unequivocally all that is due him! He fears to refuse acceptance of the Half Loaf and demand the whole, trembling, lest he be denied any at all. With apologetic mein and smirking smile, he renders gratitude for Jim Crow Settlement Houses, Jim Crow Soldiers and Sailors Clubs. Jim Crow Y. M. C. A., Jim Crow Officers' Training Camps, Jim Crow churches, fraternities and politics. He thus plays the "beggar's role" in spite of the fact that he has proven himself to be an indisoluble and indivisible entity of the whole warp and woof of America, economic, political, military and social. He is the economic backbone of the South. He holds the balance of political power as he is beginning to learn. He has always been the fangs of the American army. His blood, suspected and unsuspected flows in more veins than any other one strain in America. He is still a slave if he accepts anything short of the fullest unstinted measure of recognition and respect. THE NEW NEGRO, breaking away from the false doctrine of the OLD SCHOOL will never again be satisfied with EQUAL RIGHTS when they are not the SAME RIGHTS. The NEW NEGRO, repudiating the teachings of the LOG CABIN PHILOSOPHERS, who have led him into a quagmire of peonage and serfdom, MUST and WILL spurn the Half Loaf and lay hold on the WHOLE LOAF, so "help him God". Material For The Bishopric It is admitted by Christians the world over that the Church is appreciably losing its hold upon the people. Those who have delved into the causation, claim, and justly so, that the failures whatever they may be are not attributable. The fallabilities of the principles of Christianity but lie in the arbitrary methods of applying these principles. The colored church has not lost its influence among the colored people. This is not due, however, so much to the lack of misapplication of the Christian principles as it has been to the ignorance of the constituency of the colored church. The character of the colored churchgoer and worshipper is changing. The colored worshiper of yesterday was irrational and sentimental. Today the attitude of the average church worshiper is practical and intelligent. At the last General Conference of the A. M. E. Church it was evident that this church was keeping pace with the trend of sentiment by the selection of such men as Dr. J. S. Flipper and others as bishops. This era of reconstruction and adjustment calls again for careful selection of those who are to stand at the helm and direct the destinies of this Christian phalanx. Of the many aspirants, Rev. William A. Fountain of Georgia is one who should receive serious consideration if merit is to be a determining factor. He is a thorough student, of ecclesiastical and secular affairs. As an educator, he ranks second to none in the entire convention. His work at Morris Brown College is one of the many proofs of his ability in educational matters and his genius for constructive organization. As a pastor, Dr. Fountain has made a reputation for making two sprigs grow where only one grew before, able sympathetic, a Christian whose influence follows his presence and whose works have stood the test. There may be others who are more scholarly, some who are better politicians, but the future of the church cannot be trusted to empirical theorists or politicians. Christianity in its truest sense has never functioned. If it ever operates it must be through upright intelligent organization that is able to tear to shreds the threadbare conventions that have handicapped it. Men of lesser all around ability than Dr. Fountain are unfit for the task. Few are his equal. None his superior. Therefore, he should be elected. THE NEGRO AND CHICAGO, PAST AND PRESENT By Lieut. J. E. Hawkins Civil War and the mother was left with five children to raise and managed to give them a good grammar schooling; later she moved the family to Washington, Iowa, where 'Bob' Motts remained until he was about eighteen years old. Bob was ambitious and decided that if he wanted to accomplish things he would have to get into a larger sphere so he decided that he would try St. Louis, Mo. He remained at this place but a short while and then struck out for Chicago and reached here in the early "80's". He worked at odd jobs and finally got a job as a coachman and worked at this trade for about four years. He had been raised to know the value of a dollar and al- Robert T. Motts, born June 24th, 1861, died July 11, 1911. He' was the son of Thimas Motts, a coal dealer of Muscatine, Iowa, his mother was of Moorish decent and born in the State of New Jersey. Mr. Robert T. Motts was one of the most wonderful characters of the negro race, and his life's work and endeavor will long live in memory and serve as an inspiration of those of the race for many years to come. The history of this great character's life would fill volumes but owing to space the author will not attempt more than a brief synopsis of some of the many wonderful accomplishments of this man. Robert's father died during the HEALTH HINTS. Yellow Fever—as defined is an acute, specifie, infectious disease of unknown origin, characterized by a continued fever etc. Because of its nature it has been termed "Black Vomit". This is one of the few acute infections said to be of American origin; orientation in the Antilles. It is believed that this was the disease that attacked the expedition of Christopher Columbus, and was conveyed by his crew to Europe in 1492. Early Spanish Colonization suffered most as result of this disease. Newly settled towns were shrouded because of disastrous epidemics—Cuneca in 1508, Sevilla in 1569, Melilla in 1510 and Oristan in 1510. Slave traders carried the disease into West Africa—this disease was not known there before—the first outbreak there occurred in Senegal in 1759. P. D. Terte gave the first clearly written description of the disease in 1635 at Gandaloue. An outbreak of Yellow Fever was reported by Joan Ferreira da Rosa in 1690, at Ondina in Brazil from 1687 to 1694. Yellow Fever broke out in or around Central America during the 17th Century—aprcending over Cuba in 1648, Jamaica in 1655, Santa Domingo in 1656. It demolished Martinique in 1688 and perilled Vera Cruz in 1690. In this country Boston was the first city visited with a disastrous outbreak—in 1693, Charleston and Philadelphia suffered in 1690, Rioux Bay in 1762, Mobile in 1765 and Pensacola in 1765. The outrages of this disease in and about New Orleans in the 19th century have been read by some of us. The first disastrous event in Europe occurred in 1723 and Malta in 1741. Labon was hit in 1723 and Malta in 1741. Seville, Murcia, Jamilla and Madrid were visited during the 19th century. The specific cause of yellow fever is not known it is, however, highly infectious and deadly. The infecting agent is conveyed by the Mosquito. Cases of Yellow Fever are rare in North America (at one time the cite of the greatest epidemics) thanks to the advancements of medical sciences. These short articles about diseases will be given with the idea of enlightening the public concerning health matters and to show what great work medicine has done in wounds out of diseases of this kind that have at one time grimmed entire sections and destroyed thousands of lives. This column will be gilled to answer questions relative to health and disease. The column will give no specific professional recommendations or treatments. Eating porcupines has been suggested as a method of reducing the high cost of living. Each porcupine, too, will furnish its own tooth picks. LIBERTY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY CAPITAL, $100,000.00 The LIBERTY LIFE is the FIRST OLD LINE or LEGAL RESERVE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ever incorporated under the Laws of Illinois that will be OWNED and CONTROLLED BY NEGROES. 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This building was connected with the old structure known as 2700 State Street; when finished it was about seventy-five feet long and fifty feet wide, or, one large square room with a thirty foot ceiling, a rostrum ten by twelve feet, and furnished with seventy-five round tables with four chairs to a table after the custom of the Paris Music Halls. There was no dressing rooms and the orchestra pit was a number of chairs placed surrounding the rostrum. In the rear of the hall, midway between the floor and ceiling, I had a small balcony that ran straight across the hall; this accommodated about twenty-five people. ways managed to save a goodly portion of his wages, and thru this fact he was able to, enter business. Shortly before the World's Fair of 1893 he bought a third interest in the saloon owned by Snowden and Beasley, 2700 State Street, and later he bought the interest of his partners and began to develop along more legitimate lines until the time of his death when he had perfected the property of the Pekin Theatre. The Pekin Theatre was one of the best known play houses in the world, and very few theatres in America can boast of as many celebrities coming under their roofs as could the Pekin. The Pekin Theatre stood unique as being the only theatre in the world that was owned, controlled and operated by a colored man, and the only group of actors known to give one show while rehearsing another and in doing this they were wonderfully successful. As to how he conceived the idea of going into the theatre business is best told in the language of Mr. Motts, who before his death gave the author the following statement: This place was finished in 1905 and was a success from the minute that the doors were swung open. I charged no admission but made my profits from the drinks that were sold during the play. The acts were of a vaudeville nature and I took especial care in selecting the performers and saw to it that nothing obscene or vulgar was used—either in song or word. The resort proved a success beyond my fondest expectations and eighteen months later I was forced to rebuild the property into a modern theatre." "I made a visit to Europe in 1901 and while visiting the City of Paris I was much impressed with the "Cafe Chantants" or as they call them in English "Music Halls", and I wondered if one of them would pay in Chicago. I had the property at 2700 State Street on my hands and had been operating it as a saloon—and I must say that I never fancied being in the saloon business and neither did I like the disfavor that went with it. I came out of a good industrious family and had a good Christian training and the only reason that I ever went into the business was because that it was the only thing left for a colored man to make money out of. In operating the saloon I had to cater to the gambling element and eventually I fitted up the second floor for gaming purposes, the 2700 State Street became famous from end to end of America as one of Chicago's big gambling houses. When I returned from Europe I had my mind made up to change the nature of my business and build up something that would be a credit to the race I was a member of as well as myself. I then had the building on To be Continued. Next Article "Pekin Theatre". General Seward Dies. Son of Lincoln's Cabinet Officer Passes At Age Of 81. Auburn, N. 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