Gary American

GAY PUBLIC LIBRARY 6TH AVE JEFFERSON "The Truth-Quick" In our humble way we strive to serve the Colored people of America by giving them a truthful story of local and world news. Publish Ballad About Licorish, Vestris Hero Lionel Licorish, Negro quartermaster of the ill-fated Lamport & Holt steamship Vestris, who saved sixteen people after the steamer sank, is the subject of a poem, "Ballad of the Golden Hands of Lionel Licorish," by Sarah N. Cleghorn, in the October Survey Graphlc. Licorish's deeds of heroism were published by newspapers before and after the steamship company and the ship's officers tried to blame the disaster on colored members of the crew. Quartermaster Licorish was tendered a reception by the mayor of New York, at which a brief address was made by James Weldon Johnson, N. A. A. C. P. secretary, and Licorish and the other colored members of the Vestris crew were triumphantly vindicated of the charges made against them. Finish Plans To Entertain Bishop Clair Plans got under way this week for the coming here of Bishop Matthew W. Clair of the Covington area, one of the two Negro bishops of the Methodist Episcopal church, who will be a guest of Trinity church next Saturday and Sunday. A special program has been arranged for the occasion. Saturday afternoon, following his arrival, he will be conducted on a tour of Gary with a view to studying the local field and its needs. That evening a special meeting with the church trustees has been scheduled. Sunday morning local folk will get their first chance to hear Bishop Clair, who is described as an unusually capable speaker. He will preach at the 11 o'clock morning services. That afternoon he will be a guest of church officials at a dinner. Vesper service, held at 6 o'clock, will feature a special community program including social and religious sides. Rev. Miller, pastor of City church, white, will be present at the evening meeting, according to Dr. F. S. Delaney, pastor of Trinity church, as will many members of his congregation. Bishop Clair will deliver an address at those services. In addition, there will be choir and solo numbers on the program. Dr. Delaney is urging Garyites to attend these services and aid in the welcome Trinity is preparing for the bishop. JEFFERSON CITY.—The license of Dr. F. N. Goodson, St. Joseph, physician, was revoked by the Missouri State board of health, it was announced here Thursday. Dr. Goodson was charged with violation of the federal narcotic acts. Mustard When I hug you call me Joe when I kiss you call me Bob when my real name doggone it is Sam? People do say you're absent minded and I've been thinking lately that maybe you go out with other boys. . . . A RECENT DISPATCH FROM MILWAUKEE TELLS US THAT 5,000 POUNDS OF LIMBURGER CHEESE WERE MANUFACTURED THERE LAST YEAR. THAT'S QUITE A PHEW. Sign on the side of a hot-dog stand: HARRY KEEPS THIS PLACE Sign on the other side of hot-dog stand: THIS PLACE KEEPS HARRY STENOGRAPHER'S BLUES A pretty young typist from La. Met a man while vacationing in Pa. Quite happy, she said, "Supposing, instead I'd gone, as was my notion, down to Fla." Milk: Will you join me in a cup of tea? Shake: Well, you get in, I'll see if there is any room left. Well, with all the fracas in the police department, a man can always tell the judge that he didn't know whether the cop who arrested him was working for the city or just pulling a strong arm job. VOLUME II No.47 Uncover Case Of Peonage in Golden State Asks for Wages to Send To Sister; She Gets A Severe Beating Boss Warned Her Death if She Told Girl, 19, Brought from New Orleans to Los Angeles as Peon LOS ANGELES.—A case of peonage which started 11 years ago in New Orleans was brought to light here this week when Pascal Guccione, a recent arrival here, was arrested on the testimony of 19-year-old Eva Cooper, his Negro domestic servant. Miss Cooper told officials that her life's savings during 11 years with the Gucciones amounted to $13.75, all of which was spent in preparation for her trip here on Sept. 23. Asked about her salary since coming into California, the young woman stated that she had been given 25 or 50 cents on occasions when she went to church, but she was always told to bring back the change. Recelves Letter The expose of this case of peonage came following Miss Cooper's receipt of a letter from her baby sister in New Orleans asking for money. The yyoung woman asked her employer for part of her salary, but it was refused and resulted in a flogging for her impertinence. She was also threatened with death if she told any of the local Negroes that she had been beaten and threatened. Realizing that she was in a state where peonage was not winked at, Miss Cooper told her condition to friends she had met here. This resulted in the jailing of her employer. His trial will come up later. Incendiary Fire Causes $400 Loss to Building Fire of incendiary origin caused $400 damage to the building at 2129 Broadway, Sunday afternoon. The fire, which was confined to the basement of the flat occupied by Don Smith, at a time threatened the entire apartment, but was soon extinguished with a slight loss. The cause of the fire was undetermined but it was started from rubbish in the basement, firemen stated. KILLED BY OVERTURNED CAR GULFPORT, Miss. — (ANP) — Caught beneath an overturned motor car near Fontainbleau, Miss., 23 miles east of here on the Louisville and Nashville railroad, Clarence Hamilton, truck worker, was killed, a white section foreman seriously injured, and three laborers hurt. THE WISEST CRACKS IN AMERICA HELLO, EVERYBODY! Little Dickie Dishwater, the office pest, has suggested that we serve you up some old stuff that appeared in this here colyum in days gone by. He was very insulting, saying that it wouldn't make much difference what it was, as nobody would read it anyway. OUR STATISTICAL BUREAU If all the motor cars in the world were placed end to end, the driver of the last one would honk his horn. If all the rubber bands in the world were placed end to end, they would stretch. Inhabitants of Siam do not walk on their elbows. Paula Pullet, noted inventor. Born 1877—his first experiment was with a cuckoo clock—he took it apart and put it back together—then the thing "cooed" before it "cucked"—his latest invention is a device that will keep rumble seats from looking silly—he accomplished this by laving out rumble seats altogether. Interviewed by a reporter for Mustard, he said, "I have no real vices. I don't smoke nor chew nor drink but gee! How I do love onions." Jim: Goin' bear huntin' today? Jem: No. I ain't lost no bears. "YOU NEVER CAN TELL," SAID THE BANDIT AS HE BUMPED OFF THE LAST WITNESS TO THE ROBBERY. How come Sally that when I dance you call me Jim when I talk you call me Fred The Gary American SERVED RED HOT EVERY ISSUE McFarlane Speaks Editorial ROOSEVELT School's prize won considerable deserved. Apparently seeking new wi last week before the local Re speechmaker and Voice of the well received he was asked to before the Lions club. It is respite of Mr. McFarlane's implicit approval of thinking Negroes. Assuming the role of spoke is, in the first place, practically foster disagreement. When a piece of all Negroes along the sume a fallacious position. can truthfully do is correctly beliefs or ideas of a particular "modern Negroes" with conflict. If there is any real funda Aframerican and the Caucasi carefully hid. Boaz and Hersa after years of study, that the differences. But perhaps ourther into the mysteries of an world-famous scholars. As a that color is incidental, for he meant pigmentation by his as. It is pitiable to see an ocept segregation with a lover's condones it—nay, begs for it. gation fosters suspicion and work only in harmony when. This understanding comes only more harmony and less friction dominant races are not kept e where segregation is more co Incidentally, the fight against other organizations has never. As for social equality, we do himself knows just what is me meanings as users. This is a Mr. McFarlane cannot be disobey nobody knows what he means. The principal's speech is unnecessary prominence given fact that representative Gary taken his sophomoric utterance Negro intelligentsia. It also some education and promise sakes his field and steps into ignorant. Mr. McFarlane will do we addresses to subjects which him as an educator, but as a little more than a clearing ho Only Negro Congro Dines at Confab ROOSEVELT School's principal, F. W. McFarlane, has won considerable deserved fame locally as an educator. Apparently seeking new worlds to conquer, he appeared last week before the local Rotary club in the dual role of speechmaker and Voice of the Modern Negro. He was so well received he was asked to repeat his speech Wednesday before the Lions club. It is regrettable that the address, in spite of Mr. McFarlane's implications, does not meet with the approval of thinking Negroes. Assuming the role of spokesman along sociological lines, is, in the first place, practically impossible. Inexact sciences foster disagreement. When a speaker tries to be the mouthpiece of all Negroes along these lines, he immediately assume a fallacious position. The best that Mr. McFarlane can truthfully do is correctly term his statements personal beliefs or ideas of a particular group. There are other "modern Negroes" with conflicting ideas. If there is any real fundamental difference between the Aframerican and the Caucasian in America, it has been carefully hid. Boaz and Herskovitz, both authorities, claim after years of study, that there are no fundamental racial differences. But perhaps our local pedagog has delved farther into the mysteries of anthropology than either of the world-famous scholars. As an afterthought, we might add that color is incidental, for fear Mr. McFarlane may have meant pigmentation by his assertion of difference. It is pitiable to see an otherwise intelligent Negro accept segregation with a lover's kiss. Our learned educator condones it—nay, begs for it. He does not realize that segregation fosters suspicion and intolerance, and that races work only in harmony when each understands the other. This understanding comes only from association. There is more harmony and less friction in the North where the two dominant races are not kept entirely separate; in the South where segregation is more complete there is more trouble. Incidentally, the fight against segregation by the press and other organizations has never been stronger than it now is. As for social equality, we doubt whether the Gary scholar himself knows just what is meant. The phrase has as many meanings as users. This is about the only point on which Mr. McFarlane cannot be disputed—and that only because nobody knows what he means. The principal's speech is important only because of the unnecessary prominence given it in the daily press and the fact that representative Gary whites have probably mistaken his sophomoric utterances for the real thoughts of the Negro intelligentsia. It also shows how ridiculous a man of some education and prominence can become when he forsakes his field and steps into one of which he is apparently ignorant. Mr. McFarlane will do well in the future to confine his addresses to subjects which he knows. The city respects him as an educator, but as a social scientist he seems to be little more than a clearing house for ante-bellum asininities. Only Negro Congressional Medalist Dines at Confab With Herb Hoover BOSTON. — Representing Washington, D. C., at the National American Legion convention here is George H. Wanton, 65, the only living Negro ex-soldier possessor of the Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest military honor in America. Mr. Wanton, veteran of the Spanish-American war, the Philippine insurrection, and the World war, left Washington on the Federal express, Saturday night, to participate in the celebration, the first in which the 86 living recipients of of the Medal of Honor have been assembly since the burying of the Unknown soldier, shortly after the close of the World war. Mr. Wanton saw service in the Tenth U.S. Cavalry. The only colored man who boasts of the same medal as that bestowed on Colonel Charles Lindbergh and Commander Richard Byrd, is in possession of invitations to the ceremony, signed by city officials. He is a guest of honor of the city of Cambridge. To Dine With Hoover On Monday Mr. Wanton was in attendance at a special dinner at which President Herbert Hoover was the honored guest. This was the first occasion that a Negro has dined with the President of the United States since early in the 125 School Heads Hold Meet at Alabama State Montgomery, Ala.—More than 125 high school principals, county training school principals and Jeanes supervising teachers were in session at the Alabama State Teachers college here Thursday in their annual conference which was presided over by J. S. Lambert, director of the Division of Negro Education for the State Department of Education of Alabama. This was the fifth annual conference being held within the past five years at the Alabama State Teachers college, H. Councill Trenholm, president. TO TALK AT TRINITY Mrs. Dayse Walker Booker, well-known public speaker and orator, will give the address at 11 o'clock Sunday morning at Trinity M. E. church on one of her best known subjects, "As a Man Thinkk So Is He." She comes well recommended by both white and black alike. She has received favorable comment in some of the leading newspapers of the country, including the Chicago Evening American. WHITES STUDY JANITORING KANSAS CITY, Mo. — School board officials revealed last week that 65 white men have enroiled in the night classes for janitors at the Lathrup trade school. principal, F. W. McFarlane, has and fame locally as an educator. Worlds to conquer, he appeared literary club in the dual role of the Modern Negro. He was so repeat his speech Wednesday regrettable that the address, in situations, does not meet with the messman along sociological lines, by impossible. Inexact sciences speaker tries to be the mouthseese lines, he immediately as-the best that Mr. McFarlane term his statements personal ear group. There are other noting ideas.imental difference between the man in America, it has been Skovitz, both authorities, claim there are no fundamental racial local pedagog has delved farthropology than either of the man afterthought, we might add dear Mr. McFarlane may have assertion of difference. Otherwise intelligent Negro acts kiss. Our learned educator He does not realize that segre-intolerance, and that races each understands the other. by from association. There is man in the North where the two entirely separate; in the South complete there is more trouble. segregation by the press and been stronger than it now is. doubt whether the Gary scholar agent. The phrase has as many about the only point on which putted—and that only because important only because of the man it in the daily press and the new whites have probably misses for the real thoughts of the shows how ridiculous a man of once can become when he for-one of which he is apparently full in the future to confine his the knows. The city respects social scientist he seems to be use for ante-bellum asininities. Professional Medalist With Herb Hoover twentieth century when Booker T. Washington broke fast with the late ex-President Theodore Roosevelt. Clara Bow's Latest Coming to Broadway Clara Bow has discovered that love is just as exciting among the millionaires as it is with ordinary folk, and the "It" personality is at its finest in the sparkling, comedy-full musical romance, "Love Among the Millionaires," showing at the Broadway theatre for two days, starting Wednesday, Oct. 5, next, as it was when confined to the fleet in "True to the Navy." "Love Among the Millionaires" is one of the most enjoyable pictures Clara Bow has ever made, and Clara really gets a chance to sing. Those who heard the "It" voice in "Paranount on Parade" and "True to the Navy" will want to hear the Redhead sing "Believe It or Not," "That's Worth While Waiting For," "Love Among the Millionaires" and "Rarin' to Go." Clara sings with her voice, her eyes, her red hair, her whole body. She handles a song like she handles a man, with pep, personality and enthusiasm. Jazzin' The News (THE WEEK'S NEWS IN VERSE) By F. Marshall Davis McFarlane talks before two clubs, ...his speech comes under the hammer Garyites visited about big game 'tween 'force and Tuskegee, "Alabammer" Woolworth heads bow to demands, use Negro clerks in stores DePriest here; will make a talk to aid the fall campaign Grab each issue of The American if knowledge you would maintain! Solve Eternal Triangle With Slaying of Rival Solve Eternal Triangle With Slaying of Rival INDIANAPOLIS. — The eternal triangle claimed another victim here Tuesday when Jack Harriford, 40, was fatally stabbed by his 23-year-old rival, William Nunley, in a fight over the affection of an unnamed woman. As a result, Mrs. Edith Harriford, the slain man's young bride of only three years, is prostrate with grief. Nunley is charged with stabbing the other man to death with a long bladed knife. He is being held in the Marlon county jail in connection with the killing. Newsman Goes A-Snooping; He Learns Little Listens-In on Talks on Street Corners and Public Places Politics and Hard Times Not Topics People Talk Mainly of Everyday Happenings In City of Gary What do people talk about? When you see them congregating on street corners, what is it they discuss? Politics? Hard times? Or just things in general? For the purpose of understanding the thoughts of people at large, your reporter was assigned the task of snooping around street corner talks and finding out what it was all about. He did. In a barbershop on 17th avenue, between Broadway and Adams, the trend of discussion was the local police situation. The time of the conversation was before Mayor Johnson issued his proclamation "ousting" Roach from the police department. The question was asked "when will the local police situation be settled." One rather informative gentleman, quite prolific on local affairs, stated "as soon as Mayor Johnson quits playing sick and returns to his desk." McFarlane Discussed McFarlane Discussed Overheard at a general confab on the street corner at 19th and Broadway, a round-robin discussion of the lecture made by Principal MacFarlane at the Rotary club meeting last week. One statement, heard above all others, was "MacFarlane has hurt the whole Negro race in Gary with his speech." The answer to that statement, coming from another side of the group, was "what he said will not hurt us materially, because the white folks in this town have it all planned what they are going to give us." If the walls of the Broadway theatre had ears they would have overheard the conversation between two ladies, while watching and listening to one of the latest talkies. The first lady said, "Where have you been for the past two weeks?" Her friend replied, "That d—'black squad' hid themselves in the areaway by my house, waiting and watching for me to do something. I had been watching them do it for a week when I 'cussed' them out about it. They had be locked up for disorderly conduct. I wish they would fall over something in that dark passageway and break their d—necks!" Journeying to 22nd and Broadway, your reporter listened to two men engaged in a heated discussion. He drew closer. "At last," he thought, "surely some matter of weighty import is being discussed with all the deep logic of a philosopher." And then he heard one man say, "I lost forty bucks last night playing black-jock. I'm going to cut that foolishness out." All of which leads your reporter to believe that the local residents aren't worrying themselves too much over unemployment and politics, which is not a bad idea after all. Prepare to Crown King of Abyssinia ADDIS ABEBA, Abyssinia.—This ancient capital of Ethiopia is undergoing a great change in appearance as preparations are made for the coronation of the Emperor Hailie Sellassie I on Nov. 2. The Emperor formerly was known as Ras Tafari before he ascended the throne. A special church for the ceremony is being built as an annex to the Cathedral of Saint George. Even new roads are being built for the imperial carriage to use on the occasion. Large trees are being transplanted to provide a suitable arboreal setting. Electric lights are being installed on the main streets. Everything for the ceremonies will be new—from the soldiers' uniforms and hats of lions' manes to the shining crown intended for the imperial head. Arrangements are under way to bring tourist parties to the big show that will be staged in the little known and almost inaccessible Addis Abeba. Tent cities are being built by the government and by foreign powers for the accommodation of the great throngs of visitors. Hunting expeditions and race meets will be added attractions for the foreigners who come here for the coronation. NICE WHITE BOYS NEARLY KILL HIM LIBERTY, Miss.—(ANP)—Eddie Torrence is near death at the Natchez hospital from being clubbed over the head a few miles south of here by two white boys of a prominent family. Marion Again Seeks Lynch Party; Cops Spirit Man Away America Needs Missionaries. Says African Prince in Talk Tuskegee Men Visit Garyites On'ForceGame Tuskegee Men Visit Garyites On'ForceGame Tuskegee Grads Plan to Attend Chicago Game In Single Group The Tuskegee-Wilberfore football game, which will be played at Soldier Field Stadium, Chicago, on Saturday afternoon, October 25, is taking on an air of great importance. Representatives of Tuskegee institute, working in the interest of the game, were in the city on Friday and called on a number of local residents. R. S. Barnaby, secretary of the Tuskegee Athletic committee, said the game attracted nation-wide attention last fall and predicted that 50,000 would witness the game this year. Tuskegee has a large group of graduates in Gary and already plans are being made by them to attend the game in a body. Among those who compose the Tuskegee group are: T. J. Bush, Charles N. Greene, Mrs. Leana Carter-McCain, John H. Warrick, Alderman Hardaway, Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Whittlock, Charles Johnson, Mr. Fuller, the Dungy brothers, and Miss Hattie Reynolds, formerly a teacher at Tuskegee. Mr. Darnaby was accompanied by John H. Calhoun, who is engaged in the insurance business in Chicago. Indianapolis Gets Another Principal INDIANAPOLIS. — To succeed Thomas J. Anderson, who resigned his post as Crispus Attucks high school principal under pressure after serving there only a few days, Russel Lane, formerly head of the department of English, has been named principal. Mr. Lane holds an M. A. degree from Indiana university. He is a native of Baltimore, Md., and received his early education in the public schools of that city apart from havong studied at Brown university, Providence, R. I., and at the University of Hiedelberg, Germany. Mr. Lane is a graduate of the University of Dayton, Ohio, where he received the degree of LL. B. He taught for a number of years at Frederick Douglass high school at Baltimore, and was principal of Wilberforce high school from 1924 to 1927. Cop Shoots Bojangles As Actor Chases Thief PITTSBURGH. — Bill Robinson, 54, theatrical star famous for his stairway dance, was shot today by a policeman who mistook him for the Negro purse-snatcher he was pursuing. Robinson was wounded in the left arm. The wound was minor and he left for New York later in the day. Robinson had been starring in an all-Negro show here. He was leaving his hotel to drive to the railroad station when Mrs. Annie Bies, white, screamed and pointed after a Negro youth fleeing with her purse. Robinson dropped his bags and gave chase. HERNDON, Va.—Prince Bullano Cetwayo, a native African and said to be a grandson of a noted Zulu chief, Cheka, on invitation made an address before the pupils of Herndon high school and incidentally told the students that from conditions in this country he was led to believe that instead of Americans sending missionaries to Africa, the Africans should send them to America. This incidental remark so upset the "good white people" of Herndon and vicinity that they at once proceeded to prove that the Prince was right in his remark. On Tuesday night a crowd of some twenty kidnaped him and deposited him on the steps of the home of W. T. Woodson, divisional superintendent of Fairfax County Schools, who had given him per- News while is is news—and a complete Illustrated Feature Section with each issue of the paper. Delivered to any part of the city. in Seeks ty; Cops in Away NEA Congressman DePriest To Address G.O.P.Meet Oscar DePriest of Chicago, representative of the first congressional diistrict of Illinois, will be the principal speaker at the opening rally of the Gary republicans Saturday night. The meeting, which will be held at the 113 Engineers armory, 11th and Madison streets, will mark the first big meeting of the republican candidates of this district, and will be addressed by a majority of the state and county candidates. Congressman DePriest, who has created quite a furore in the halls of Congress and on a nation-wide lecture tour, is a candidate to succeed himself in the election in Illinois next month. He is the first Negro to be elected to congress from any state in the northern section of the United States. He was first elected in 1928. Catch White Girl With Negro Man; Both Jailed PHILADELPHIA.—Having been found with a fifteen-year-old white girl whom he declared was his wife, Julius Fuentis, 28, was arrested Tuesday night and charged with enticing minors for immoral purposes. Fuentis is said to be a Negro. The girl, who was also taken into custody, gave her name as Frances Hart. They were arrested after the patrolmen became suspicious at the time they were about to enter Fuentis' home, where they had been living as man and wife, it is charged. At the station house they declared that they had been married in Elkton, Md. The police later found that the girl had been missing from her home since August 26. Her parents refused to have anything more to do with her after they had been informed of the circumstances under which she was found, police say. Fuentis was arraigned before the moral's court Wednesday. His alleged bride has been sent to the house of detention. NO INTERFERENCE IN HAITIAN ELECTIONS WASHINGTON, D. C.—A handsoff policy regarding the elections in Haiti was announced by the State Department. The United States marines, which have supervised Haitian elections in the past, will be maintained in barracks on election day, October 14, it was announced. mission to speak to the pupils. The group of kidnapers, organized at a drug store, lured him outside and then carried him by auto to Woodson's home. The African was told not to return to Herndon, but was not injured or mistreated, he told Woodson. Superintendent Woodson said: "Prince Bullano is a very intelligent and interesting person who bears endorsements of the British embassies and numerous school and university officials and that he was an Oxford graduate." Prince Cetwayo has been in the United States for several years and has lectured extensively without any molestation heretofore. The sheriff of Fairfax County refused to take any action against the white rowdies. Price 5 Cents Two Cops, Stepdaughter Shot by Man as He Goes on Rampage Lynch Talk Rouses Police to Action Near - Victim Stepfather Of Youth Mob Didn't Get in August MARION, Ind.—More careful because of the national indignation with which responsible citizens viewed their actions on Aug. 7 when two youths were taken from their charge and lynched, police Sunday rushed Ezekiah Burten, 47, to the Pendleton reformatory, 40 miles from here, following threats of lynching after he had shot two white officers and his stepdaughter. Burten, stepfather of Robert Cameron, who narrowly escaped lynching in August, was lodged with the youth in the reformatory. Cameron had been rushed there secretly after his alleged companions were kiled. Rush to Scene When Burten shot his stepdaughter in the lift arm, Lieut. Don Eberhart, Sergt. Tony rienepin and Policeman Ted Marley went to the scene. As they approached the house, Burten barricaded himself and opened fire, wounding Lieut. Eberhardt in the right hand. Marley was wounded by a charge of buckshot in the back of the head. By this time Chief Louis Lindenmuth and Assistant Chief Roy Collins arrived and Burten fled. Wounded and Captured He was cornered half a mile away and shot in the right leg. Police took him to the Marion hospital, but removed him in an ambulance when "the talk of lynching" started circulating. The lynching here in August was accomplished by a crowd of 75 armed men and was seen by 5,000 persons. Shipp and Smith were taken from the jail, shot and hanged. Cameron was also taken from his cell, but convinced the mob he had no hand in the crime of which Shipp and Smith were accused. He was beaten. Shipp and Smith were charged with murdering Claude Deeter of Fairmont. PreacherHuntsCop While Slayer Waits Wife Slayer Laves When No Police Are Found Police in Gary and Chicago this week were on a belated lookout for an alleged wife slayer who escaped from the home of the Rev. H. R. White, 2572 Pennsylvania, last week-end because no officers could be located in a two hour search by the minister. The alleged slayer, Herbert Smith, 34, apppeared at Rev. White's home and asked if he might park his car while he made a trip to Chicago. Smith had bloodstains on his coat and admitted, upon questioning, that he had just killed his wife. He had known the local minister in South Bend. Two trips to police headquarters by the minister were fruitless. He could find neither a patroioman nor a detective. Two hours later, however, he did find a policeman but Smith, suspicious, had gone. Gary Girl Is Senior at University of Illinois Miss Ernestine L. Campbell, daughter of Mrs. Mary J. Campbell, 2441 Jefferson, has returned to the University of Illinois to complete her senior year in the college of liberal arts. She taught one of the primary classes in the public schools system at Mounds City, Illinois, last year. During the summer months Miss Campell' was stenographer and bookkeeper in the office of The Gary American. FILLS NEW HOPE PULPIT New Hope Baptist church, 3939 Drummond avenue, East Chicago, is having its pulpit filled by the Rev. A. Upshaw. Reverend Upshaw preached Sunday to a congregation which met his offerings with much approval. Several joined New Hope at the time. Next Sunday J. D. Carr, manager of the new Twin City News, which is scheduled to soon make its bow, is to make a short talk there. rmuD q tot)o anoitg rgeregldh,la PAGE TWO First Clock in America Built By Negro Man 3,000 Patents Owned by Negroes in Bureau; Inventions Many When in 1754, Benjamin Banneker, noted astronomer, constructed the first clock to be made in America, he was probably looked upon as being a very extraordinary Negro and as having done something that would be duplicated by very few of his race. Yet in the United States Patent Office there are estimated to be 3,000 inventions by Negroes. One Elijah McCoy of Detroit, Michigan, has a record of fifty-seven patents to his credit. The patents issued him extend from 1872 to 1920. James Forten of Philadelphia, who died in 1842, is the second inventor. He invented an apparatus for managing sails. About this time Robert Benjamin Lewis of Cardier, Maine, invented a machine for picking oakum, that is said, in all its essential particulars, to be still used by the shipbuilding interests of Maine. The first Negro to receive a patent on an invention was Henry Blair of Maryland, who, in 1834 and 1836, was granted patent on a corn harvester. A number of inventions are thought to have been made by slaves. It has been claimed, but not verified, that a slave either invented the cotton gin or gave to Eli Whitney who obtained a patent for it valuable suggestions to aid in the completion of that invention. In the year 1858 came the first setback and attempt to discourage the Negro as an inventor. The Commissioner of patents ruled and the Attorney General of the United States ruled that a slave could neither take out a patent on his invention nor assign an invention to his master. The same question came up in connection with the invention of a boat propeller by Benjamin T. Montgomery, a slave of Jefferson Davis, president of the confederate states. Having unsuccessfully tried to have his slave's invention patented, President Davis had the Confederate Congress pass a law permitting a slave to assign his invention to his master. The law was: ".....and be it further enacted, that in case the original inventor or discoverer of art, machine, or improvement for which a patent is solicited is a slave, the master of such slave may take an oath that the said slave was the original and on complying with the requisites. .....shall receive a patent for said invention or discovery and have all the rights to which a patentee is entitled by law." Some time after the Dredd Scott decision, 1857, the Patent Office refused a patent to a Negro of Boston on an invention on the ground that according to the decision he was not a citizen of the United States and therefore a patent could not be issued to him. December 16, 1861, Senator Charles Sumner, on behalf of this Negro inventor, offered the following resolution in the Senate: "Resolved, that the Committee on Patents and the Patent office be directed to consider if any further legislation is necessary in order to secure to persons of African descent, in our country, the right to take out patents for useful inventions, under the Constitution of the United States." The committee made no report on the resolution. It was a case for interpretation rather than legislation. The matter was settled in 1862 by an opinion of the Attorney General, relating to passports, that a free man of color born in the United States is a citizen. It is reported that near this time ice cream was invented by Augustus Jackson, a confectionery dealer of Philadelphia. There are any number of Negro inventors in the country at the present time. Of these, Elijah McCoy (mentioned before) has the greatest number of patents with a total of fifty-seven on many different objects, although his main work has been along the line of lubricating machinery. He was a pioneer in this field. The McCoy lubricating cup was famous forty years ago as a necessary equipment for all up-to-date machinery. John Joseph Matzeliger, born in Dutch Guiana, 1852, and who died in Lynn, Mass., 1889, contributed materially to the process of manufacturing of shoes. He was the inventor of the first machine that performed automatically all the operations involved in attaching soles to shoes. His invention marked the beginning of a distinct revolution in the art of making shoes by machinery. Matzeliger realized this and tried to organize a stock company to market his invention but died before his plans were completed. But the patent and much of the stock of the company were Lower-Merritt DECORATING CO. Expert Interior Decorators 566 Washington St. Phone 2-6277 The Lincoln School of Music is opening a branch School to teach Hawaiian Guitar and Instruments, given free woth Course. For further information phone The Gary American. What Do You Know About-- J. Sylvester English, Registered Pharmacist He operates a drug store at 2100 Washington. One of Gary's greatest optimists, he always turns a deaf ear to the prevailing talk of hard times. Three years ago he came here and immediately established the pharmacy that he successfully operates at present. His knowledge is based on many years experience, including four with the Walgren chain of drug stores in Chicago. He likes sports, and football particularly. He played as halfback on the Meharry Medical college football team in Nashville while a student there for four consecutive years, beginning in 1911. As a motto, he has composed the following for the neighborhood druggist: "The doctor's friend, the patient's need; shows skill by his deeds." It's against his strictest rules to compound a prescription in a haphazard fashion. He prides himself on the care he takes. He is still a young man, just 36 years old. Incidentally, he plans to put in Bryant Flays A.M.E. Church In Convention Bigotry and Intolerance Rampant, He Says; Hits Bishops NEW YORK CITY.—Denouncing the A. M. E. church as a hot bed of bigotry, arrogance and intolerance, Ira T. Bryant, secretary of the Sunday School union and firebrand of church officials, declared in a forty minute address before the First Episcopal Educational chautauqua held here that there was no freedom of speech or thought in the congress. "The African Methodist Episcopal Church has become a breeding spot for cowards," declared Mr. Bryant. "There is no freedom of thought or speech in either annual or district conferences. The men have degenerated into mere pup- bought up by a group which laid the foundation for the United Shoe Machinery company, the largest and richest of its kind in the world. This corporation sponsors a school at Lynn, Massachusetts, where boys are taught exclusively how to manage the Matzeliger type of machines. Joseph Hunter Dickinson of New York specializes in the line of musical instruments, particularly player pianos. His various inventions in player piano mechanism are adapted to the construction of some of the finest player pianos in the world. He has more than a dozen patents already, and is devoting his energies to that line of invention. The late Granvill T. Woods, another modern Negro inventor, took out some fifty or more patents on a wide variety of subjects. His inventions relate mainly to electrical matter and some have, for valuable considerations, been assigned to the foremost electrical corporation, such as the General Electric company and the Bell Telephone company, both of New York. The years 1922 to 1924 were puite fruitful ones for Negro inventors, almost everything being tried. Allen Dixon, of Nashville, Tennessee, invented a mouse trap out of old bailing wire which he sold for the sum of $25,000. All were, however, not so successful in a financial way, although Morris Harris of California, inventor of the "Harris Safety Check System," and Henry W. Warmick of Michigan, inventor of a device for stopping automobiles traveling at th rate of 50 miles an hour in the space of 30 feet, may be considered among the successful few. IVAN C. DUNLAP Jeweler Successor to Stringfellow's Jewelry Department Expert Watch Repairer 548 Broadway 35c to Chicago Comfortable, convenient Transportation. Shore Line Motor Coach Company BUY NOW AND SAVE Suits and Overcoats MADE TO YOUR MEASURE $22.00 Ready Made Overcoats All Colors and Designs $12.50 Collegiate Pants for Young Men ALL COLORS Real Art Tailoring Co. 1616 BROADWAY a luncheonette in connection with his fountain this coming week. Johnson Bros. Barber Shop 2104 Washington Only 14 weeks old, this business has a clientele many other older older institutions might envy. Much of its success is due to its manager, Robert Johnson, who has been in the business many years. He came here two years ago from Helena, Arkansas, and began working at the Juliatine Beauty parlor. He eventually decided to go in business for himself. In addition to a modern and well equipped barber shop, there is a pressing and a beauty parlar in the same place. An efficient manicurist and a shoe shiner are also ready to take care of anybody's needs along these lines. Unlike many business men of the same nature, the furnishings are all new and the latest models made. There is plenty of space and an attractive decorative scheme used. The manager is giving employment to eight people, which means something in times like the present. NEXT? MAYBE YOU! pets, who move to the pull of the bishop's string or the push of his button." "The ministry has nothing to fear in equal laity representation," further declared the speaker. "The yoke is only going to be taken from the neck of ministers by the help of the laymen. I have never known a worthwhile preacher to be embarrassed by a layman," he said. Mr. Bryant predicted that secret ballots would predominate at the next general conference. "No honest man has anything to fear from a secret ballot," he said. "It is only the crooks and cowards who fear publicity." Retire Bishops For forty minutes the fiery secretary addressed the immense audience amid rounds of applause. Speaking of electing more members to the bishopric, he said that only would such a procedure be wise if five or six of the present incumbents wer retired. "The A.M. E. bishops supervise less work than those of any denomination," he declared. The educational congress and chautauqua is being conducted under the auspices of the first episcopal district, with Bishop J. H. Jones presiding. Financial proceeds from the meeting will go to benefit Wilberforce University. RESISTS ARREST: SHOT RESTRIST ARREST, SHOT Columbia, Miss.—(ANP) —Running amuck, Dick Murray burned one of the tenant houses on F. L. Gregory's plantation and when officers attempted to arrest him, assaulted them. The outcome was that Murray was seriously wounded. J. J. Humble, white, suffered a broken nose, and Sheriff J. W. King and Dr. S. H. Brown, both white, were bruised in a free-for-all fight. THE GARY AMERICAN. GARY. INDIANA Europe Tourist Tells of Passion Play and of Famous Anton Lang By Anna Cooke Just now there are two things that hold the focus of my attention and thought—the Passion play that we saw at Oberammergau, and Italy. Many Americans are inclined to slight the centuries-old tradition that still exists in the little Bavarian village of Oberammergau. But only those people who know nothing of the group or who have never come up into the little community that sits rather precariously in the Alps and have not been met by its people can do such. Upon stepping from your compartment and walking just a few steps into the group, something new and strange strikes you, something that gives you a queerish but warm feeling that clings with you the days you are there. Every one wants to see Anton Lang, the man who has played the role of Christ for thirty years. It is difficult to believe that he who has been interviewed so and who has such a reputation can be so plain and easy with visitors. He is, though. We went to his workshop and there he sat carving a piece of wood. Very simple and homely, this great man. I talked with him for a few minutes and then rather shyly (I hate to ask for autographs) asked him to autograph two pictures. It seemed to give him pleasure to do such a small thing. I guess big people grow humble. The Passion play had its origin many hundred years ago when the land was visited by a plague. As a kind of penance the villagers have acted the life of Christ every ten years. It is the ambition of each child to become Mary or Christ. With few exceptions, the entire populace has some place in either the speaking parts, the crowds, the chorus or the orchestra. However, any person who has a moral charge brought against him became ineligible for the production. It is evident then that the spirit of the life of Christ becomes the guiding principle and law of the people. The physical geography seems to enter into the spirit for there is a huge, black crag of the mountain that casts a grey shadow over the village. At the very top of the crag has been placed the plague cross. When the sun crawls over the mountain, it is never quite strong enough to entirely obliterate the shadow. After Oberammergau we moved by rail into the Tyrol Mountains of Austria and from thence to sunny Italy. WE HAVE ALL THE LATEST HITS IN BLUES Sheet Music and Rolls Hear the Latest Records Here At Your Favorite Music Shop Roosevelt Music Shop 1446 Broadway - Phone 6424 OSCAR De PRIEST COMING TO GARY TO SPEAK AT BIG REPUBLICAN RALLY Saturday Night, October 11th Eight O'Clock at 113th ENGINEERS' ARMORY 11th and Madison Streets EVERYBODY WELCOME Excellent Band Music ALL CANDIDATES WILL BE PRESENT ALSO State Witness Missing; Trial Next Month Arthur Lee, charged with the murder of James Carrothers on April 19, was granted a postponement for a month when his case was called before Judge Crumpacker in Porter circuit court last Monday. The case will be heard during the November term of court. Floyd Vance, deputy Lake county prosecutor, who has been assigned to the case, notified Judge Crumpacker Sunday night that an important witness for the state had not been located. When the case was called for trial Monday morning, Judge Crumpacker continued it. In an effort to get an early trial for his client, a representative of the law firm of McAleer, Dorsey, Clark and Travis of Hammond, counsel for Lee, sought to have the case reset for the present term of court. Judge Crumpacker stated that there was no open date on which to set it until the next term of court. SUES FOR HUSBAND'S SALARY Monroe, La.—(ANP)—A civil suit for 32½ per cent of a weekly wage of $18 for 300 weeks was filed here by Mrs. Lavinia Wright Brown, who states in the petition for damages that her husband was drowned while in the employ of the United Carbon Company, defendants in the suit. It was charged in the petition that while laying pipe across Bayou DeSiard on September 20, 1929, Mrs. Brown's husband fell, or was knocked, into the bayou and drowned. Read The American. Church and 'Y' Called Bad as Klan'in Talk Rouse Whites in Confab By Tirade; Chairman Tries to Hit Back GLEN ROCK, N. N.—Declaring that the church and the Y. M. C. A. were as bad as the Ku Klux Klan, L. F| Coles launched a heated tirade against both organizations Sunday before 1,800 people, mostly white, at the New Jersey Y. M. C. A. state conference. Coles was the only Negro speaker scheduled. In an attempt to hit back, the chairman of the meeting called attention to stories of appointment and progress he had read in the various Negro newspapers throughout the country. He declared that the Negro group needed to be "more thankful and pray more, as prayer makes the darkened clouds withdraw and helps one climb the DELICIOUS FOOD WELL PREPARED PERFECTLY SERVED Reasonably Priced Labor Lunch 1016 BROADWAY Dad gets the dope! "We beat them 14 to 7, Dad! In the last quarter Luck Brady ran sixty-seven yards for the winning score . . . you should have seen him travel!" Dad telephones his boy at school and "gets the dope" on all the games. Father and son talk over studies, too, and—need it be said—finances! Mother says "hello", too, and these little telephone visits keep her happy while her boy is away in a distant college town. Sons and daughters away at school can telephone home and have the charges "reversed". Make a habit of "keeping in touch" by telephone all through the school year. Long Distance is Quick . . . Clear . . . Inexpensive! Bell Lines Reach Everywhere ILLINOIS BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY BELL SYSTEM One Policy - One System - Universal Service ladder of Jacob." No Y. M. C. A. There is no such thing as a "young man's Christian association," declared Coles. "You can express what exists only in terms of "white Y. M. C. A," or "Colored Y. M. C. A." or "Central Y. M. C. A." In his address, which raised the ire of several of his white listeners, Coles cited the case of the dismissal of Samuel Morsell from the secretaryship of the White Plains "Y" because he lived in the house of a doctor who insisted on keeping a home he had bought in a white neighborhood. "Neither the church nor the Y. M. C. A. has ever taken any definite stand against segregation. jim THAILAND TELPHONE 086-22-2222 crowing nor lynching," he said. "The Negro press is doing a great service turning the light on organizations like this which take the attitude of the Ku Klux Klan on the Negro question and they must be fought with all the impetus we can muster." The audience was made up of men and women engaged in Y. M. C. A. work and Coles was the only Negro speaker scheduled. He spoke on the subject, "The Negro and the Republican Party," pointing out that Negro voters were deserting this organization whereever it swerved from their best interests. He cited the opposition to Hastings in Delaware because he voted for the confirmation of Judge Parker, and declared that for the same reason Hamilton F. Kean, Jr., would The Cary American Daily morning in the King Company, Inc., B. Whitlock, Presi- president; Fritz W. 1819 Washington NY 6134 Year in advance; for five cents. 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III SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1930 No. 47 Our Daily Changes Our Daily Changes AFTER using the word "colored" to scribe those individuals of African cent who break into the news, the Post-Tribune has suddenly reversed its icy and now uses the word "Negro," with capitalizing the initial letter. For many years now, Negro newspapers and organizations have fought to have racial designation begin with a capitalter. As a result, most of the leading Newern publications now print the term should be printed. The reasons for this protest are obvious: "Negro" designates a race, as does In Caucasian, Mongolian, Aryan, Nordic, itic, and a host of other words. Rule correct English require the capitalization proper names. Failure to capitalize one to believe that a petty attempt is made to belittle a race. The Post-Tribune gains nothing by putting our racial designation in small leet. To those acquainted with modern practice it seems as if the daily paper is either priced or exceedingly careless. The American hopes that the editor the Post-Tribune will give to those who the largest individual racial unit in their due courtesies, for failure to do soates no good will for the paper from the gro. As for the daily's white subscriber means little or nothing to them either. AFTER using the word "colored" to describe those individuals of African descent who break into the news, the Gary Post-Tribune has suddenly reversed its policy and now uses the word "Negro," without capitalizing the initial letter. colored" to de- of African des- news, the Gary reversed its pol- Negro," without gro newspapersht to have this in a capital let- leading North- the term as it rest are obvious. as does Indian, in, Nordic, Sem-ords. Rules of WHED (Balti The report cation as to t of each 1,000 of the first time Victory Life I The report, Out of 1,000 1,000 will re- 830 will re- 710 will re- 634 will re- 343 will en- 246 will re- 181 will re- 150 will re- For many years now, Negro newspapers and organizations have fought to have this racial designation begin with a capital letter. As a result, most of the leading Northern publications now print the term as it should be printed. The reasons for this protest are obvious. "Negro" designates a race, as does Indian, Caucasian, Mongolian, Aryan, Nordic, Semitic, and a host of other words. Rules of correct English require the capitalization of proper names. Failure to capitalize leads one to believe that a petty attempt is being made to belittle a race. The Post-Tribune gains nothing by printing our racial designation in small letters. To those acquainted with modern practices, it seems as if the daily paper is either prejudiced or exceedingly careless. in small letters. modern practices, is either preju- the editors of those who are in unit in Gary are to do so cre- er from the Nee subscribers, it them either way. 35 by leaders agree, of his thirty-. It is signifi- kept is the only ever promised to was passed one of lynching. bings this year now be-whiskered These figures to think about lege boys wear take courses in control. They to be different boy and girl w the eighth grade Americans that, despite m private auspice the problem o solved. Compulsory solved it. Nobody like boys and girls grade, (1) beca because they they have to public does no. This last "b munities in the groees are few elementary gr The American hopes that the editors of the Post-Tribune will give to those who are the largest individual racial unit in Gary their due courtesies, for failure to do so creates no good will for the paper from the Negro. As for the daily's white subscribers, it means littletle or nothing to them either way. HERBERT HOOVER, party leaders and has fulfilled thirty-four of his five campaign promises. It is si cant that the only pledge unkept is the one made to Negroes. Hoover promises see that federal legislation was p against the American pastime of lynch What is even worse, 28 mobbings this have brought forth only a few be-whish Societ HERBERT HOOVER, party leaders agree, has fulfilled thirty-four of his thirty-five campaign promises. It is significant that the only pledge unkept is the only one made to Negroes. Hoover promised to see that federal legislation was passed against the American pastime of lynching. What is even worse, 28 mobbings this year have brought forth only a few be-whiskered boys and girls grade, (1) because the they have public does. This last munities in groees are elementary Society deploring the fact that bad people must live in the flat above or below them, that their children show signs of acquiring the undesirable habits of other children with whom they must be associated at school; and yet we seldom find, in a community, a group of people who have enough real heart interest in all mankind to step a bit aside from the regular routine of their daily lives and do some real social welfare work for which their only reward will be the rescuing of some erring one. Let us in Gary revive our interests in our social workers, lend them a hand, give them our best encouragement, but not forget that we all should have a part in this great work of uplifting of humanity and that to neglect it, is to fail in our own social standards. Politics About to Politics is about to take the center of society's stage. Dame Grundy is putting aside her bridge engagements in order that she might attend political meetings and sharpen her wits for the political influence she will be called upon to wield in the coming campaign. Think well, Dame Grundy, for truly must our votes be as carefully cast as must our card be carefully played. Among the delegates attending the Social Welfare conclave during this week were, Mrs. Emma Duval, Mrs. Lillian Lot, Mrs. Emma Baker, Mrs. Elizabeth Andrews and Mrs. Sue Artis of Indianapolis. Gives Bridge Party At Apartment Mrs. Albert Edwards was hostess to visiting guesssts at a bridge party given Saturday night at her beautiful Harrison street apartment. To Entertain Society Club Mrs. Iles will be hostess to the So-Lit club on Saturday evening at her home on Tyler street. Mrs. F. W. Alexander entertained at breakfast Sunday morning honoring Mrs. Elizabeth Andrews and Mrs. Sue Artis of Indianapolis and PAGE FOUR TELEPHONE GARY 6134 BRANCH OFFICES Promise No. 35 THE SOCIETY NEWS DEPARTMENT of The Gary American aims to give a correct and comprehensive picture of the social life of the "Steel City." Persons desiring to have news inserted in this department may do so by calling Gary 6134 and giving the news they wish to insert to the telephone operator, or call Mrs. Florida J. Leeke, society editor, Gary 6096. By Florida J. Leeke Gary was honorod this week with having as its guests an army of social welfare workers coming from all over the state. We wish to express our pride in having had the privilege of extending to them a hearty welcome and helping to make their stay an enjoyable one. Then, too, we wish to express our gratitude and appreciation to them for the very fine work they are doing and for the many messages of hope and encouragement they left with us. Perhaps we do not give enough thought to the great work these people are doing for society. This meeting gave us fuller information on which to base intelligent and authoritative public opinion. Several welfare authorities in their speeches at the conclave told of the progress of social reform and of the very efficient work being done by the workers over the state. It was surprising to learn how little interested the general public is in the vital problems these welfare workers are called upon to solve for us. It has been frequently said that the American home is the foundation of the country's greatness. This being true, we American people should seek to assume greater moral responsibility toward those members of society who become problems for social workers and whose homes constantly require the guidance of a social worker. We are too given to leaving the matter of social reform to those who draw salaries for doing the work. Good people go around deploring the condition of their city. platitudes calculated to offend no one by the President's secretary. Our beloved President has made several appointments this year. But these have been made only to placate Negro voters angered because their senators attempted to get Judge Parker on the Supreme Court bench. When William C. Hueston was given a government handout and Henderson of Kansas City was tossed a similar plum, The American immediately saw the reason for their appointment. Watson of Indiana and Allen of Kansas, pro-Parker, did not care to lose their Negro constituency. Last week Coage was named recorder because Hasting, another Parkerite and Delaware senator, faces a hard fight for re-election. Another appointment is expected from Ohio where the N. A. A. C. P. is waging a heated fight against Senator McCulloch, another Parker man who wants to keep his seat. These appointments represent the Hoover activities since being in the White House. Lynching legislation is conspicuous by its absence. The South, you understand, must not be offended. At present the onetime engineer can look the white citizens all over the country in the eye, but to the Negro Hoover can give only a list of impotent names. Hoover's thirty-fifth promise grows bigger each time the reprot of another lynching is made. No one knows exactly what proportions it may assume by next election. Other Papers Say WHERE IS YOUR CHILD? (Baltimore Afro-American) The report of the Federal Bureau of Education as to the future educational careers reach 1,000 children who go to school for the first time was published recently by the Factory Life Insurance Company. The report, in part, declares: Out of 1,000 chldren entering school— ,000 will reach fifth grade. 830 will reach sixth grade. 710 will reach seventh grade. 634 will reach eighth grade. 343 will enter high school. 246 will reach second year. 181 will reach third year. 150 will reach fourth year. The report of the Federal Bureau of Education as to the future educational careers of each 1,000 chiliden who go to school for the first time was published recently by the Victory Life Insurance Company. The report, in part, declares: Out of 1,000 chiliden entering school 1,000 will reach fifth grade. 139 will graduate from high school. 52 will enter college. 31 will become juniors. 23 will graduate from college. These figures give everybody something to think about. They make it plain why college boys wear fancy pants and college girls like courses in cigarette smoking and birth control. They cannot help feeling themselves be different from the average American boy and girl who stops school at the end of the eighth grade. Americans ought to be shocked to learn out, despite millions spent under public and private auspices for schools and colleges, the problem of education has not been solved. Compulsory education laws have not lived it. Nobody likes the picture of 66 per cent of boys and girls out of school after the eighth grade, (1) because they don't like school, (2) cause they "can't get along," (3) because they have to go to work, (4) because theolic does not provide a high school. This last "because" concerns many committees in the South where schools for Neese are few, poor and rarely beyond the elementary grades. These figures give everybody something to think about. They make it plain why college boys wear fancy pants and college girls take courses in cigarette smoking and birth control. They cannot help feeling themselves to be different from the average American boy and girl who stops school at the end of the eighth grade. Americans ought to be shocked to learn that, despite millions spent under public and private auspices for schools and colleges, the problem of education has not been solved. Compulsory education laws have not solved it. Nobody likes the picture of 66 per cent of boys and girls out of school after the eighth grade, (1) because they don't like school, (2) because they "can't get along," (3) because they have to go to work, (4) because the public does not provide a high school. This last "because" concerns many communities in the South where schools for Negroes are few, poor and rarely beyond the elementary grades. Miss Anna Cooke. Covers were laid for eight. Hostess Eentertains With Bridge Luncheon Mrs. H. Theo. Tatum entertained visiting guests with a bridge luncheon on Monday night. * * * * * * Autumn Leaf Club Holds Meeting Mrs. Lena Harris entertained the Autumn Leaf club on Wednesday evening. Has Regular Meeting The Jolly Twelve met with Mrs. Leatherwood, 2395 Jefferson, last week. After the business routine, came the social hour during which the hostess served a delicious luncheon. The prize was captured by Mrs. Emma Harper. The next meeting is scheduled for next Wednesday at the home of Mrs. McKnight, 2604 Washington street. An Advertisement In The American Brings Results. SILENT AUTOMATIC SILENT AUTOMATIC The oil burner with the wiping wall flame—was designed to meet the needs of any home from cottage to mansion. Let us show you more about SILENT AUTOMATIC — its wonderful heating efficiency, its Cleanliness, how it keeps an even warmth in your home without a thought or worry on your part, how quietly it can be installed in your own furnace and how easily its purchase can be financed. If you will telephone or come in we will be glad to put all the facts before you. Gary Home Appliance Co. 440 Washington St. Phone 2-6563 THE GARY AMERICAN. GARY. INDIANA Giants Annex Ball Title in Second Match Play Dixie Nine Sunday To Determine Champs Of Steel City Behind the sterling pitching of Gray, who allowed Jack' Army Bears only three hits while fanning thirteen men, the Steel City Giants won the championship of the Lake county baseball association and the Herman Werber Cup, Sunday. The game, which ended in a 1-0 decision for the Giants, was played on the Merriville diamond.. Brooks, pitching for the Bears, whiffed six men while allowing five hits. With the Lake county championship tucked safely away under their belts, the Giants will go forth Sunday to do battle with the Dixie Dairy club. This contest will be for the championship of Gary. It will be a three game series, the first game to be called at 2 p. m. Sunday at Merriville, 45th and Broadway. Free bus transportation to park. Jack Schonfield, manager of Jack's Army Store, who has been handling the affairs of the Steel City Giants for the past two months, in addition to supporting his own club, will present a silver trophy to the winner of the series between the Giants and Dixie Dairy boys. According to an announcement from Mr. Schonfield, he will support the Steel City Giants next season. He has taken over the affairs of the club completely. In a statement to an American reporter, Jack said: "I have been interested all season in the fight exhibited by the Giants. I am taking them over for next year and will furnish then, with a complete new outfit of suits and equipment. I believe them to be the strongest semi-pro club in northern Indiana." FOOTBALL SCORES Last Week Froebel, 19; Hammond, 0. E a s t Pulaski, 6; Roosevelt (white), 0. Roosevelt High, 36; Terre Haute, 0. Avondale, 0; East Chicago Boost- ers, 18. Games This Week Avondale vs. Tolleston Orioles (Sunday afternoon). Small's Repair Shop 1725 JEFFERSON STREET Repairing of all kinds of Furniture and Decorating Rummage Sale on Saturday A Service Weight Hose, full fashioned, per pair 69c A pure Silk Service Weight, per pair . . . 89c A pure Silk Chiffon, full fashioned, slightly irregulars of our own better grades, per pair 89c Neumode Hosiery Store Palace Theatre Building Fred C. Eakin, Prop. GUARANTEED ALL YEAR ROUN Franklin County BIG LUMP $6.50 EGG 6.50 NUT 6.50 MINE RUN 6.00 ALL YEAR ROUND PRICES ON COAL Franklin County BIG LUMP $6.50 EGG 6.50 NUT 6.50 MINE RUN 6.00 Pocahontas LUMP $8.50 EGG 8.50 MINE RUN 6.50 CAR LOAD $6.25 Little Betty EGG $6.00 OIL COKE $5.25 WHEELING 25c CARRIED 50c Kentucky BLOCK $7.00 EGG 7.00 These prices are on load lots over five tons. Pennsylvania Ice & Coal Co. 300 W.21st.Avenue Phone 9467 Thought for Sunday One of the most beautiful of the many beautiful memorials erected in Massachusetts this tercentenary year is the stone and bronze reproduction of "The Captain's Well," in the town of Amesbury. Whittier's poem, "The Captain's Well," tells the story of Captain Valentine Bagley, of Amesbury, who was shipwrecked off Cape Morebet, fell into the hands of savages, and he with the crew of thirty-five men, deprived of all that they had, journeyed four hundred miles afoot over the hot sands of the Arabian desert to Muscat. Only Bagley and five others reached Muscat. On the way, nearly overcome with thirst and hunger, the captain vowed that if he ever reached his well-watered homeland, he would construct a well for passers-by, that no one should suffer for thirst as he had. That vow he fulfilled, and now it is perpetuated in this memorial. Every Christian, the Saviour said, may become a well of living water. Every Christian may be a constant spring of refreshment and joy to those around him. Every Christian may do, in a very real way, what Captain Bagley did for the people of Amesbury. "I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink." Read MATTHEW 25:31-40 WELFARE CLUB MEETS The Welfare club met this week at the A. M. E. church, 3939 Beardor street, East Chicago, which is pastored by the Rev. L. P. Powell. This club, organized for the purpose of helping the needy in East Chicago, has a membership which includes business and professional men as well as religious workers. FALL AND WINTER MERCHANDISE Dry Goods and Shoes at ½ Price Eagle Dry Goods Store 117 W. 25th St. V W.L. AMERICA'S BEST KNOWN SHOP DOUGLAS SHOES You cannot buy smarter style, greater comfort, or better quality than you get in W. L. Douglas Shoes. Moderately priced too. $6.50 The Home of W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES GARY SHOE MART 1104 Broadway Trade With Jack and Save Some Jack New York Purchase Sale Now Going On A very lucky purchase enables us to offer you these wonderful bargains that will fill our store with thrifty shoppers. Included in this sale is our entire stock—brand new fall and winter merchandise reduced to ROCK BOTTOM for this sale. JACK'S ARMY STORE "Trade with Jack and save some Jack" JACK'S ARMY STORE 1060·4 Broadway, Gary, Ind. There's only one Jack's Army Store located at 1060 Broadway, near 11th Ave. We have no connection with any other store in Gary. Suede Cloth Men's Jackets A real wind breaker. For this time of the year these garments are ideal. They come in tan and gray, all wool knit bottoms, adjustable cuffs ... $3.98 Corduroy Breeches Genuine Calfskin Leg- gins on sale $1.98 Blue velvet, corduroy, double seat, a practical garment for all outdoor .wear, Will wear like iron. Specially priced ..... $2.69 Men's Sweaters You very seldom see a pure wool sweater like this for less than $5.00. If you need a sweater, come right in and pick yours out. All colors and sizes. Greatly reduced to only .... $2.98 M. H. Save on your leather Jackets at Jack's. You will have to act quickly to get this bargain for there's only a limited quantity. $10 values at only ... $5.95 Wool mixed athletic slipover sweaters ... 59c Blanket lined work coats ... $1.98 Men's Corduroy work pants ... $2.39 GARRETT SNUFF 10c size 4 for 25c 35c bottle 4 for $1.00 There's only one 11th Ave. We have 1060 BROADWAY, GARY, IND. --- Made of a heavy quality snow white bleached sheeting. Regular 79c value specially priced Men's Sweaters MUSEUM OF ART Mixed wool long sleeve coat sweaters, two pocket style. In brown and green. Sizes 36 to 46. F Bear Brand 'Bearskin' hose — all perfect quality. Sizes 6 to 11½. Regular 35c value, special, pair Men's Combed Yarn Hose ```markdown ``` "Vill a Rica" brand in black, navy, grey and other colors. In sizes 10 to 12. 35c values. Special A 8|4 piece style caps, rayon silk lined. Full leather sweat band. All sizes, $1 value, special at Men's Handkerchiefs ```markdown ``` Plain w h i t e h a n d k er chiefs of full s i z e. Neatly h e m stitched. Regular 6½ c value, special, 5 for Your choice of Lucky Strikes, Chhes terfields, Old Golds or Camels. Tin of 50 cigarettes for only PAGE PAGE ```markdown ``` NEW Gillette BLADE THE PUBLIC PRESS October 11, 1930 Shirts and Drawers 10 For men. Heavy ribbed cotton, Long sleeve shirts, an kle length drawers. Sizes 36 to 46. Ecru, white e random. $1 value, each 75c Women's Slippers MARY JANE Ribbon or pom pom trimmed Soft padded soles and heels Variety of colors. All sizes Special 39c Flannel Shirts X Famous "Parker" work shirts of heavy suede cloth, double ventilated back, coat style. Sizes to 17-$2 value. 98c Palmolive Shaving PALMOLIVE SHAVING CREAM Particular men prefer this brand. Regular 35c size. Priced this sale $26^{c}$ Headlight Overalls HEAD LIGHT Made of heavy non - shrinkable blue denim; new pair if they shrink. Sizes to 42. One pair limit. $1.39 Ingersoll Pocket 10 JUNE BOLL These famous Ingersoll watches for men and boys. Good timekeepers. Priced for this sale Velvet Tobacco Velvet A soft and smooth smoking tobacco, preferred by many men. Special at 1-lb. can 79c Big or Baby Ben Clocks 10BIG BEN Famous Big Ben or Baby Ben alarm clocks gu a r anteed timc keepers. Very specially priced, $1.98 Cowhide Footballs Genuine cowhide leather, re i nforced throughout with pure gum bladder and lace. Put up in neat container. Football 59c SAYMON SOAP Box of 3 bars 35c value, 25c = =: FS — ame = i i : iy