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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ASKED TO STOP LYNCHING THE AFTERMATH OF CHICAGO'S RACE RIOTS ILLINOIS METROPOLIS QUIET AFTER REIGN OF LAWLESSNESS: CULPRITS TO FEEL LAW'S ARMS BLACK FRENCHMEN PROTEST TREATMENT ACCORDED POILU BY AMERICAN MILITARY POLICE (By the Associated Negro Press.) Chicago.—What it is hoped may be an everlasting flag of true pride in Chicago. It was a war as deadly in scape and purposes as any ever fought. The "song of hate" was never more bitterly rendered on either side, but while the entire community gets the discredit the singing on both sides has been by the minority and not the majority. And to the extent that Chicago has been a series of racking disorders. Many things have been learned, and much should be profited from it, both for Chicago and every other city in the nation. Every record shows the indisputable fact that the whites, both in deaths and wounded, fared somewhat worse than the colored people. It demonstrates beyond question a "do or die" spirit on the heart of the people, so no means pleasant to contemplate, if subjects of racial friction are not smoothed out. While the battle raged, it was had a chance in the belt. There was no discrimination on either side in this respect. So serious did conditions become that after the fourth day the people in the "black belt" of Union drivers, white, refused to go beyond the "dead line," speaking literally, indeed. At last a plan was worked out by which food in great trucks was taken to certain appointed districts by coaches and when driven to thoroughly be coloured, thieves. For the first time in the history of Chicago a colored man in the great business "loop district," was/an actual novelty, gazed upon with kindness, credulity, or fear, according to chronicles he coloured. These were run, at least three murdered, and a number beaten up. Never before had the "color of a man's skin" played such an important part in life. There is an amusingly interest-creating reference to this. The real light of this person had both his advantages and disadvantages. There are num- BLACK FRENCHMEN TREATMENT AC BY AMERICA Paris, France.—The government was 'interpolated in the chamber of deputies this afternoon on the rough treatment of the French soldiers, who are alleged to have received from the American military police in French ports. The questions were asked by Mr. Boineseuf and Mr. Lagrosilliere, Negro deputies, respectively, from Guadeloupe and Martinique. The debate that ensued ended with the unanimous adoption of the following resolution: "The chamber, faithful to the immortal principles of the rights of man, condemning all prejudices of religion, caste or race, borne and minded alike, and the unequality of all men without distinction of race or color and their right to the benefit and protection of all the laws of the country. The chamber counts upon the government to apply necessary penalties for their in- bars of instances where light colored people went where they desired in the "loop", without molestation, but as soon as they attempted to go into the "belt" they were arrested. The patrol wagon and big covered motor trucks were used to transfer hundreds of colored workers to their work. More than 1500 men and women are employed in the main postoffice and the police department, and are needed to put in a call for federal troops if the mails were interfered with to any serious extent. The street car strike in Chicago added to the general confusion, although the car men did not know how to form a force to reach their demands. The attitude of the police officers and the public officials is one that has caused considerable comment. Mayor Thompson and Gov. Lowden each were on the job constantly, but they were politically entered into the delay of ordering the troops into action before the fourth day of the riot. Governor Lowden saw several color- Jules Pams, minister of the interior, added that the American government had not hesitated to express regrets in terms that did France the greatest honor. Mr. Pams asked Deputy Boisneur for reasons of 'high diplomacy' to drop the subject. The deputy said he would not speak of questions that involved diplomacy, but he protested against the complicity of the French military authorities in these incidents. He then read a confidential circular to French officers attached to the American army, setting forth how American opinion did not tolerate "familiarity between whites and blacks." This America that wants a society of nations," interjected Charles Bernard, a deputy from the Seine. "The circular wasn't signed by Wilson," shouted Deputy Mayeran in reply to Mr. Bernard. (By the Associated Negro Press.) There is quite a bit of irony connected with the Chicago Hots. But it is going to work out all right, at that. They say that one of the contributing causes is the "housing situation." The colored people have been moving into "white neighborhoods," whatever that may mean. The first house ever built and owned in Chicago was built and owned by a Negro. That is a historical fact, and the spot is marked now by the Chicago Historical Society. The city has followed that colorful citizen and patriot, and yet those of his kindred who would continue to better their condition are told that they are "without favor." Throughout the entire world, Chicago has always been known as the "Wonder City of Opportunity for All People." In America, every city has yielded to Chicago with reference to the honor of being first in social advancement and civic opportunity. From the early days of Chicago, the shades and degrees of thinkers, leaders, and people with ambitions for greatness, ease and comfort, to enjoy the full measure of opportunity. Chicago is filled up with men and women who have been GREAT in their home town. Many of them are active here but of course their influence is not as generally known as they are. Because there are so many of them. In the midst of all these facts and conditions: IT HAPPENED IN CHICAGO! It had happened in Washington, and, also, ial municipality is not immune. It is not a subject of geography but condition. At the very beginning is the prevailing social unrest throughout the world. Added to this condition is the paradoxical, inconsistent, hypocritical attitude of the American population and the idea of quitting side world, and acting entirely another way at home. The consciousness of this state of affairs has been driven home to the minds of the most illiterate person, in every section of the country. This act has been performed not only by the thinker, leader, news-paper and the life of quip. The last two years, well known thinkers, leaders and newspapers of the white group, in all sections, have pleaded for real justice and the larger freedom for us. All of this has had its effect. It has not only encouraged editors. The Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Evening Post, both had editors' advisers race against the impression or act. Added to this was a statement issued by B. F. Moseley, an attorney disbarred for life, in which he claimed that the white man is the superior of the Negro country." This statement has brought down the wrath of the community on Moseley. The Chicago Journal has been inclined to be neutral. Aldermen L. B. Anderson and R. R. Jackson; the majority of instigators, Mrs. Idl B. B. Barsband, Mrs. C. Jebra, Jejbins and several others demonstrated efforts of leadership that caused favorable comment. Oscar DePriest, former alderman, has come to see out of the fray with the greatest amount of credit to his name as a fearless leader. In many respects there has been much disappointment with reference to many who have posed as community leaders "IN WERE WEIGHED IN THE BALANCE AND FOUND WANTING AND MISSING. The attorney general, the county prosecutor and special grand juries, with hundreds of service men, are at work running the guilty hulmums who are responsible for the orgy of blood, murder and fire. Mayor Thompson, in a public statement, claimed that the calling out of the troops frustrated an organized group of Side district. It is claimed by eye witnesses that much of the damage by the whites was done our ambitions, but it has created a new determination—a determination to measure up to the best ideals, and to work them cut at all hazards and costs. We come from the diminishing element of human-haters and radicals whose object it has been to throw every possible obstacle in the way. It is this small element that has fanned the fire of hatred in Chicago, and every place else. It is noisy and sensational and terrible while it lasts, but it is not. On the other hand, our own group has three distinctive elements that are to be reckoned with; the ignorant hoodlums, the white man's parrots, and the ultra radical. The first are a bane, as well as a pain, in the plan of adjustment. But their ignorance and insensitivity to the term of deprivation and oppression which are the blot of our American civilization. The second element in our group who unhesitably sell the birth-right of the people for a means of potage; they brush principle aside with a wave of the hand, and curry to the favor of the prejudiced white. The third element, but are disapprovers to the cause of peace. The world is not going backward, it is going forward. Out of the grind of war, murder, riot, stifle and desolation there will come peace. Our group is superlatively conscious of violations in Washington, Norfolk and Chicago and we are to be enclosed in the conscience of that grand army of American whites, who have failed, until now, to regard existing conditions between the If Chicago will take no backward step—and she will not—and will set to work valiantly to put her house in order, in this task the patient and unfitness assistance of the patient will be abundantly applied. We ask punishment, severe and impressive of all evil doers, of all classes, without exception; we ask the splendid grand army of right thinking whites to get a better understanding of the right thinkers of our group; we ask that good American common sense, on both sides, and not hatred, on either side, be used as the basis of the program of reconstruction—for that the job. Then these upheavals, whose effect will be abundantly applied, will not have been in vain. "By this sign we conquer." LOUISVILLE IS HOST TO BIG NATIONAL RELIGIOUS MEET HOUSTON WELL REPRESENTED by Southernners, who had been sent to Chicago from some mysterious source in order to bemirch Chicago's fair name. At least two of these have already been given body fines and civil sentences by Chicago judges, one a certain Richardson, the judge calling him a "typical rioter." Governor Lowden has arranged to appoint a commission of people given body fines and civil sentences a careful study of conditions and work out some plan of co-operation. An attempt was made to appoint a commission last legislative term, but the bill was defecated by our legislators on the ground of "cheap bribery." The tremendous influx of people from the South during the last two years has undoubtedly made an acute problem for Chicago, as all other Northern LOUISVILLE IS HOST NATIONAL RE HOUSTON W Special to The Informer Louisville, Ky.—The National Assembly of the Church of Living God, Incorporated, began their great meeting here Monday morning and will end next Wednesday, August 13. Delegates are in attendance from all parts of the country and very lively and interesting sessions are being held. Dr. J. A. Edmondson, Athens, Texas, is moderator of the assembly; Dr. E. J. Cane, Louisville, Ky., is secretary; Elder cities. While the majority of these are industrious, naturally an idle and shiftless element has also come. This element lives on its wits, and there is much bitterness and hats, just as was gambling that has been going on in the district. A score or more organizations, including the large churches, the Urban League and the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. have been working to pension and hats, just as they have expended thousands of dollars, they could use thousands more in the vitally necessary work. It is believed by all thoughtful people that a newer and better Chicago will rise out of the ruins of pension and hats, just as was done out of the ruins of the great Chicago fire. Chicago has the greatest economic need for the Negro. IT TO BIG LIGIOUS MEET WELL REPRESENTED James Pendleton, Houston, Texas, is assistant secretary of the church extension department. Elder L. G. Snell, Athens, Texas, moderator of the assembly in that state known as the "Snell assembly," is here with a sense of perfecting unity and joining forces with the regular body. Texas is well represented here, three delegates from Houston being present, viz.: Elder and Mrs. James Pendleton and Mrs. A. Butler. NEW RECORD ESTABLISHED BY COLORED NEWSPAPER; RUN MADE ON LAST ISSUE YARD CLEANING AND SANITATION CONTEST REMAINS OPEN TILL SATURDAY, AUGUST 16, 1919 New York City - Demand for an investigation by congress of mob violence and lynching in the United States is made in an "Address to the Nation" signed by 160 citizens of New York City and 100 members of the President's Trial, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, Dr. Henry Van Dyke, governor of several states including Governor A. H. Reagan of Tennessee, every living ex-commissioner general of the United States the heads of California, Illinois, Princeton, Western Reserve, Indiana, and Wisconsin, the governor Charles W. Eldert, Elinor Rock, Charles Evans Hughes, J. R. Bingham of Winnfield and Senator Arthur Capper of Canyon Valley in the Nation's is an outcome of the National Conference on Lynching which was held in New York in 1918. The people of the United States suffer justly under the grievous charge that they continue to tolerate mob violence. In 1918, 87 persons were done to death without a trial properly proclaimed of law, having been denied the right to live their lives. State constitutions to all citizen. We are indebted with the guilty plea to the cruel inflictions of mob violence. Mobs have been invented some years and private numbers have been used to lynch the mob. NEW RECORD ESTABLISHED BY COLORED RUN I Last week's issue of The Houston Informer was certainly in demand, as evidenced by the street sales and number of new subscribers. No race event this year, and such rapidity nor has any one article ever appeared in any colored journal this past month or more toward that much popular event, mason, as the one of last issue on Much Ado About Nothing or "A Team That Is Not Good," "Race Leaders Take Cold Feet." Hardly before the ink was dry on the cover Thursday, the Informer office, one man purchasing 22 copies at 6 p.m. per copy to distribute and soon as a easeless line of purchasers and subscribers wended their way informerward. The Informer office and several extra thousand were printed and every copy was sold by 6:30 p.m. Saturday and S. O. S. hung out on all new subscriptions of 92 new subscriptions were secured by 8 p.m. Monday. The Informer's local church and all new subscriptions of race papers combined and the end is YARD CLEANING AND S CONTEST REMA SATURDAY Next Saturday, August 16, is the last day for entrants in THE HOUSTON INFORMER'S BIG CHANGE IN CONTEST CONTENT, which ends Saturday, August 30, 1919. See conditions of contest on page 3 and contest in open to every subscriber of The Informer and to those who shall subscribe before expiration. Local Poet-Orator To Tour Country; Has Live Message Hon. R. W. B. Gould, Houston's celebrated poet and orator, through the aid of a friend not of the race, will tour Texas, Louisiana and other eastern states, delivering his great gestures: "Our Southland," "Beneath death from shock of a pattern that day operated upon. "Patriotic citizens throughout the country felt the shame which yongchens have assumed partial responsibility for this shame by their silence and their lack of concern some when the citizens of the United States can no longer contemplate with their suffering at night of the fundamental human rights which their citizenship is based. Among the Southern signers of the Charles J. D. Warren of Maryland, John J. A. Arborone of chat; George M. Bailey, editor Houston Dean; William B. Sutton, Dean of Education of Edmundson, University of Texas. Among the signers from New York are the editors of the Newspaper; MADE ON LAST ISSUE. not yet. It is no wonder that there is much unseasonal and politic in certain quarters here. The newspaper, with the courage, many newspaper, and the courage, many newspaper, and the Infirmier, they aver, fill the bill to a queen's taste. The group, leading grand church in the city Sunday our agencies were swamped in Sunday our votes that every member of the congregation would subscribe and support race newspapers. All of our foreign agents have increased their orders, as well as local agents, thus proving that POWER is a boost. Fully to call calls have been made at local agents, thus proving that these, but these cases were compelled to leave disappointed. To those who has something good in it every week and if you would practice 'safety' stock directed to your subscription list, POWER has one 1925 and one of us will call and add your name to the list of information sub SANITATION MAINS OPEN TILL DAY, AUGUST 16, 1919 This is the first time in the history of any colored newspaper in the South, that great work has been launched and conducted for civic improvement and sanitary environments. Several persons, with well kept yards, have entered the contest and others who desire to enter can do so by gifting in cash with The Informer office. Don't delay, but DO IT NOW! the Surface," "Justice—Not Favor." Mr. Gould, though beetle of his eyesight, is perhaps one of the most forceful and eloquent speakers in the race and beseted has written several poems, the most noteworthy one captioned "The Negro As a Patriot." In this poem he recites the history of the race from Boston Commons to Metta, and it is indeed a poem. Both he and his audience, he boering this great speaker. oa ee ee = a eee Pam UO a-Si e i aR aR a an TTS gl ONT UN Oc TNE OL as 4 , rom ee es, ' eee ee ‘ , . oe a eee * ss i ‘nm E Biren "THE HOUSTON INFORMER, SAMBO, AUGUST 9, 1919 a LESSON Mutual — Benefit Association Incorporated Paid’ to Beneficiaries Over $579,000.00 “Tester of nat it Soot Sencar eras ns LESSON FOR AUGUST 10 ‘wisdhow CORES ie stand hovon exo em, tsb ymin ere eer ete ne Sit esSeee sare race oes rene oo eee es % IaTe TOPIC — Witnessing EEE are, some corer feet ae se SRE sass 1. Paul Called to Macedonia (Acta ee “hic of ln ce easels Erp fe tng ewan a oes naar Se at Sotaaseti a he ae srt aera ictal Sa an Sate seeds Sen sea et en ase ano Peon Dec moa set a 22 Sac ss Sade PS aarti c'on ae Stu pag is ea Sea ac Set EP a ect agate Soca sclnet® Sr ns Sa i SP ee delay action, “Christ, the Divine ser" Raise retoarers se cl wci, rma to ete ca ta Sain ie nt tet ea ar Se ay fy eae yo od cece ne, Seam eet ae aa Seat te ‘yin nee fod ca a ina Seen ecen et"S ea rat prin on aa met aca Pra tee wert ra ae Ta oes thera pe SGOnie Gu Saeens oe eta Se Per mer itedance at the place ae Tilt ote grace ca ks Saeed tot er 1 Be weet 1, RSS, titi ie oe 9 Sn ssc a | ‘hq beinem of routing tthe acai oe as Soin!“ ent secanes ates Sattar [Christ came to save the lost (Lake 30m, Weel pe Chats te mS rena Sian a Ee ote atari i cee Shc. sates” a eS ae Pat Oa a an ace te eet ein are a Ta bate oe Bom a Sots Sones dS a" a raison» mioch that. gue Tiwaetar ane al ee saute oa ik Mae are oot ec" ine" Snces orey Ce Se Sa Ss Se sce ae i ate Ponsa tie eae soiree erator Seite epee en (Paims 103:12), He remembers our Pains 300:32).” He remembers our b = ‘ 7 ai al ei te ot f q ‘5 4 They Are Making a Place For Me. Open to the Light. ‘me heart of a true Christian ap pears tke such a Hetle white owe tawe en fn the apeing af the yon low and humble on the ground: open Ing its bosoe to receive the picasa beams of the son's glory: redoing anit were in a calm rapture? difue fag arvund a sweet fragrance; stand ing. peacetully aod lovingly Inthe midst of ‘other flowers asad shot ail n like manner opening thelr bo wim to dea inthe Hight ofthe aun a ee Help Make It Possible to Give Em- ployment to Negro Men and Women Even as God for Chriat’s Sake. ‘Ove of the delights of Christian ex: pertonce is ' sete of the forgivieg frecien of od. How happy. it the reconciled heart! What soa-pence feigast What new deterafnation te created {0 serve God more loyally! If God thor pardons tt for Jesus eke hall be. oot for Me sake forgive others? We can carry to these, who have humiliated us the ease bappl teas that we have 40 freely received or Gol. Acroat the ferment and coo tention of the ages rings the apostolle cry. vfs ye Hind one to another to derteneted, foreiving one another even as God, for Christ sake hath ae on cen *s-Wilans Go. Alias. Home Office 419 1-2 Milam Street J. B. Grigsby, Vice President and General Manager Wn. Nickerson, Jr., Secretary Phone Preston 3288 God Pours Out His Graces, ‘nen God finds a sou! permeated with a tlviog faith. be pours nto it his cen end. his favors plentfaty. 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AIM AND OBJECT Tr cONTaa? iaedie vs CLEANING AND SANITA- TION CO! ‘among our people in this city, The Houston Informer is mindful of the fact that “Right- eousness and healthfulness exalteth a nation, but sin ‘and sickness are a carte to any people.” ‘This is a preventive rather than a curative age. “An ‘ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” ‘This contest is not launched to cheat the undertaker ‘out of his means of a livelihood, nor to bankrupt the physician; but to prolong the lives of many members we sea Gabi’ totck preamiee sex taluieay deaths, due to insanitary and unhealthy conditions ex- ‘The prizes do not represent much in monetary value, but it is a mew departure for race newspapers im this part of the country to stage such a campaign and the ‘success of, this one will mean larger prizes mext year. ‘The incessant rains during the past months have grown weeds and bred mosquitoes and other carriers of disease, death, desolation and despair and we must do our duty to prevent the breaking out or spreading ‘of any epidemic or disease, by cutting the weeds and grass, draining all ditches and cleaning up our ises generally. ‘We mest aafoguard not ony the health ‘af ourselves and immediate family, but the enfire cit Pe 1, This contest io open to every bond paid-up sus acinar eshdon tafatne isthe Cera Houston Al subscribing on. or before SATURDAY, August 16, 1919, will and is 90,3919. ‘ 4, Contestants mist cut all-weeds and grass; drain all stale water off the premises; clean out ditches in front or fo the se of thls property oF residence; place and main- ‘tain their yards in ‘anitary condition, 5. 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POTTS AUTOMOBILE MECHANIC AE JOHN W. HUBERT © Blacksmith and General Mechanie |, | ‘Commercial Truck snd Automobile it al Kinde TOLN.San Jacinto St auton, esa 8 ae gaxs| || i go aac (ean yi ana } Le wa Ye Fr ep qe % . N + Pe Ne QUEEN “For Hair and Skin” q Better than the Best | Nie, Queen Whitenes and Cleanser fe ie’ Gunen Creu Powder—5 Shades fl Nac Oocen Cold Cream | Te See ani Cone a N= Queen Cream Balm fe “Nae Gace gud Powe i Ns'Goce Sinmpoo fe ‘Manufactured by the ik i a siasouiceck * Deptenes CHENG or tle a al. dru stor and et Bl Sooo ee ol Ce CLITTON P. R. RICHARDSON.....Editor Publisher B. W. WILLIAMS.....City Editor C. A. PAILLET.....City Circulator TELEPHONES: Office, 8:00 a.m. to 7 p.m......Preston 1923 Nights and Sundays.....Capital 1458 Preston 4100 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: One year.....$2.00 Nine months.....$1.50 Six months.....$1.00 (No subscription taken for less than six months, either in or out of the city. All subscriptions must be paid in advance.) IMPORTANT! (Make all checks, drafts, money orders, etc., payable to and address all communications to The Houston Informer, 807½ Prairie Avenue, Houston, Texas. NOTICE TO ALL SUBSCRIBERS: Always demand a receipt when paying your subscription to The Houston Informer and pay no subscriptions to unauthorized representatives. All duly appointed agents will have receipt books. Protect your interests, as well as ours, by insisting upon a receipt and then keep it. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS. (All Matter Copyrighted) Entered as second-class matter May 28, 1919, at the postoffice at Houston, Texas, under the Act of March 3, 1879. THE INFORMER'S PLATFORM: 1. Democracy, both domestic and foreign. 2. Playgrounds for colored children. 3. Better educational facilities, both teachers and physical properties, for colored youths. 4. Educated, consecrated ministry. 5. Development of the Houston Ship Channel, thereby making Houston the South's premier city. 6. Co-operation between the white and colored races on all matters of vital importance and less racial animosity and antagonism. 7. Good streets, better streets and sanitary toilets for entire urban population. 8. Federal investigation of, and Federal legislation to suppress, lynching. 9. Equality before the law for all men and equal railroad accommodations for all passengers. 10. Racial co-operation, teamwork, advancement, betterment and solidarity. BIOT SPIRIT RAMPANT IN AMERICA. The late racial riots in Chicago, perhaps the blackest page in the history of the second largest city in this country, following close on the heels of the Washington disorders, bring home to us the seriousness of these regrettable affairs and prove conclusively that much work must be done at home in removing from the breasts of our citizens those lessons taught them as they trained for war and contended in battle. Upon the battlefield custom has made it permissible and admissible to kill your enemy; but when fellow-citizens stage deadly battles in the public thoroughfares and institute a reign of terror, lawlessness, murder and arson, it were time for the strong arm of the law, reaching out and forming permanently such disturbers and culprits. The law must be majestic and supreme and men must have respect for law and order. Without it no government is safe nor are its citizens immune from peril. This spirit of unrest, discontent and rioting is not confined to any particular section of the country. In fact the South-seldom stages a race riot, the Atlanta disgrace being about the most outstanding domestic disturbance. That is one reason why we never did put any credence in the unfounded and ungrounded riot rumor against the city. We have no good man in this city has advantages and opportunities possessed and enjoyed by the race in no other purely Southern city. The white citizens of Houston, almost to a man, are ever ready and willing to do something tangible for the race. Our great trouble is, that we do not talk to the white man more and about him less. We do not ask for enough. He does not know until we are in danger of the fire here. Even when plied and having been arrested for criminal assault upon a white woman recently, which every right-thinking colored American deplores and depreciates, there was not even any mob-spirit prevalent here. The law took its course and he received the extent of the law, which all appreciated. What is causing all this riot and spirit of unrest and why is it unmanaged? In Russia was torn asunder by internal strife and domestic revolution, and I did not condone and abet, the reputed overthrow of the classes and the resultant uprising of the masses, better known as the bolahevki movement. In other European countries this spirit of revolution was played up and given front page prominence by our newspapers and many editorials appeared, both pro and con. Most assuredly it has had its effect. The seed of destruction, both of life and physical property; the desire on the part of the masses and oppressed to come into possession of a larger freedom and greater liberty; their resorting to any means to accomplish said purposes—all these acts have served as the germs to a contagion and epidemic now fast sweeping the entire earth. It is also a fulfilment of the Scriptures and man or set of men the inexorable immutable law of heaven and earth that he reap the whirlwind. We have temporized with and apologized to wrong too long and thus we are paying the price for our folly and cowardice. The Mexican situation is a fine example of this. Despite our spirit of tolerance and refusal to "clean up things" across the border, we pay the price for harsh and attitude by the slaying of American citizens and destruction to physical property of Americans both in Mexico and along the border. Three factors, diametrically opposite and antagonistic, played no small part in the Chicago riots, viz: Foreign element, American racial prejudice and Southern colored immigrants. These foreigners come to our shores and settle mostly in the large cities, where they establish their ghetto and immediately become hostile to American ethics, customs, practices and manners. They also establish their foster-country, they still retain and cherish their ideals and ideas. Being exponents of discontent they are smoldering volcanoes, whose eruption at any moment is calculated to wreak havoc to our body politic. To this general rule Chicago is no exception. American racial prejudice and antipathy, superinduced by ignorance and fanned by hostile and insidious anti-Negro prophecies, is considered lightly in the Prairie State's disgrateful domestic dispute. American antagonism is ceasing to be sectional and is now grimpling other parts of this country with direful results. The "song of bate" When the exodus began northward thousands of South-colored Americans went to Chicago, carrying with them ideas and practices incompatible with their new surroundings and environments. Many of them had heard of "social equality" in "the Ch'i" and consequently sought every opportunity to put themselves on other racial groups. As a consequence of the increased colored population housing facilities became inadequate and insurgent and thus black families began to move into white neighborhoods. The black community worked out a racial riot while the plot thickened with fistulcies and placing of deadly bombs in homes and apartments occupied by black Americans. Many of these ex-Southern race men would board the street cars in their dirty and filthy work clothes and immediately take a seat beside women of any race, often assuming an arrogant and haughty attitude. Despite facilities for bathing, cleaning up and changing clothes where they labored, thousands of these ex-Diploided men did as most of their brothers worked out a racial riot against soap and water at their place of employment, and thus their conduct not only created contempt for themselves, but for native Chicagoans. The transition from the repressive and oppressive customs and practices of the South to the free and democratic air of Northern Illinois—a new condition for which they were neither prepared by training or experience—worked detrimentally to the race and racial clashes became frequent and serious. They were the daily press and predictions made of racial riots. Such predictions generally come true, for the wish is father to the thought. Many of these former Southern residents, being ignorant and untrained to the wiles, ways and manners of urban life, were easily trained in the schools of vicious criminality and committed many offenses that gave the race the "black eye." All these factors and many others laid the fuse and the beach incident was the result of a catastrophic explosion and its resultant destruction, disaster, death and despair. Mobbism, like weeds, can thrive in almost any community; but it requires a real cosmopolitan community to grow democracy and its kindled plants. As long as American citizens are disfranchised, segregated, jim-crowed, lynched, brow-beaten, intimidated, held in contumely and contempt, victims of lawlessness and mistreated generally because of their color, the riot spirit will be rampant. As is the marker, the riot spirit will be rampant on all sides, an attempt to throttle the organs of free speech will not help the situation one bit, but rather aggravate it. Having been promised democracy, it is inconsistent and preposterous for one to expect Americans to be satisfied with autocracy, mobocracy and their pre-war status. The shelving of the race question simply postpones and defers but does not settle, it; which action makes it all the more dangerous and raucous and racist and ill-mannered. If we were peace and the ill permanently. An operation or our body politic by a skillful political surgeon is imperative! No sensible person can find anything to exult over in the series of domestic disorders and racial clashes. The colored press and pulpit has continually and continuously sounded the warning, but no heed was paid to the utterances of either. As Americans we are prone to look at color too much and at Americanism far too much. We are not aware of the importance through the instrumentality of Christian education and the daily application of the Golden Rule—the foundation stone for our boasted democracy. Both the citizens and officials everywhere should be on the alert to nip any such outbreaks and disorders in the bud. Our people must be discreet, tabooing any deed or utterance calculated in the least to start trouble. Protection must be given all people, but particularly our people, who are generally of an age of 18 or older, as well as violence. If it were possible for the two races, as American soldiers, to get together and remain together sufficiently long enough to repel the German hordes and save civilization from the greedy, avaricious, militaristic and autocratic Huns, is it impossible for us to get together over here and remain in order that this country will not appear as a hypocrite to the outside world? The antidotes for race riots, domestic disorders, mob-violence, massacres, and mass graves of harming with well-governed, are Christianity and education, which will remove prejudice and ignorance and institute democracy and Americanism. In Fish, Fruits and Vegetables. Everything Fresh and Palatable PHONE CAPITOL 2315 804 SAN FELIPE JONES TAILOR SHOP Our cleaning and pressing department is managed by experts in that line. AMONG THE CHURCHES YOU ARE WELCOME Antioch Auxiliaries. Rev. F. L. Lights, Pastor. Bethel Baptist. REV. J. R. BURDETT, Pastor Services at Bethel were parcel-equivalent Aug. 3rd. Several visitors were present. The Sunday school was at 10 a.m. on Aug. 3rd. The Sunday School Carnival was postponed on account of excursion which had taken place in the fall of 1997 and in August. A grand musical will be staged with the Sunday school children and music pupils of the kiddies. Everyone who goes on the excursion will be helping the Sunday school children on the trip. Sunday school will open and close on time Sunday morning, Aug. 17. The J. L. Blackshear class will visit the school to help fall to hear it. Mrs. E. S. Kennard went to Marlin to visit her mother. Religious service will be held in religious service Bethel any time. Brown Chapel A. M. E. Rev. P. D. Sadler, Pastor. BROWN CHAPEL A. M. E. BEGINS DRASTIC CAMPAIGN AGAINST INIQUITY. Not many weeks ago Pastor P. D. Sadler announced that there was now a greater need than ever for a genuine missionary condition, but a pointed need was the sincerity that was vividly impressed. It was not an attack upon physical sanitary conditions, but a pointed need to define the temples in which the souls of men dwell. To accomplish this end, the missionary had to be throughout the week, ending Aug. 2. This served as the first step towards accomplishing the purpose. Thoughtfully, he was an unusual number of participants. Upon his return Sunday morning, he was an unusual number of participants. Upon his return Sunday morning, he was an unusual number of participants. Twenty-four hours fight resumed Monday night in three conversions: Messas, Henry Williamson, and John C. Stubbs, with heart to heart talks with sinners, soul to soul communions with Christians, and soul to soul communions with Christians. The pastor seems to lay great stress on one petition, that is—Bring some sinners. Weekly service adjuncts at the church, with rivals from overseas this week include Mr. C. Stubbs of 3208 Alkmar Street, Mr. H. Valley, 509 Lakin, returned after a short vacation. Services at Brown Chapel, 3208 Washington Avenue, even though sincerity was vividly impressed. THE INFORMER—"OUR PAPER." Damascus Baptist. REV. D. H. RANKIN. Pastor The order of service for Sunday, August 10, 1919: Sunday school, 9:30 a.m. a m.p. prescribing, 8:30 p.m. m.p. prescribing, 9:30 p.m. will conduct Sunday school, as Supt Willis L. Washington will be absent Convention at Wharton. We are expecting him back in our midst Sunday, Aug. 17, with his report from the convention at Wharton. We are treating Thursday for the convention. The services last Sunday were well attended. Austin, of an Antichoc Ghost's product, preached the morning sermon, preached the morning sermon, nobly. At 4 p. m. covenant meeting was opened and many enjoyed them. Austin preached the preaching the pastor was in the stand preaching a very strong sermon of the Lord's Sufferer was sitting at a glorious hand-shaking, and dismissed. Mrs. A. M. Flanken left the Lord's Sufferer at the R. Grand Lodge at Sherman, T. Miss M. W. Johnson deserved the city mission many points in the West She will be visiting the summer visiting friends and relatives. Mt. Vernon M. E. REV. E. H. HOLDEN. Pastor Sunday school is still growing in interest as is shown by the large attendance. The 11 a.m. m. service was held on Friday, and is ever master of the situation and gains his hours from the start. Mrs Beauchamp, Mrs. Mitchell and Mrs. Brennan were reported $2 raised for the week. Are you boosting your class by your presence every Tuesday* night? **Might** you be in THE INFORMER every week. Mount Zion Baptist Sunday school was well attended Sunday, Supt. Booker and his staff of teachers filling their usual post of teaching a glorious lesson that was friends a glorious lesson that was The 11 a.m. news service started after short preliminary with an eager and enthusiastic H. E. Dark, Chicago, IL, Law. J. Vance Lewis, who spoke to us in wonderful tone, drawing on his vocabularies of grammar, he guzzled wonderingly upon his statue of refinement. At 4 p.m. the house of the school was speaking meeting. Many hearts were SOUTH'S GREATEST RACE NEWS maude to rejoice. Immediately after speaking at meeting, Prof. Catchings president of the church took his stand and asked the minister to remain an驳倒 in another meeting that shall and must be climbing the church ladder and teacher of the Union Sunday evening, giving us many encounters and teaching us to say he gave us one of his poems that stoked the church to their vary degrees. White among us and hope he will make it a hasty return. White among us and hope he will set the house in a spiritual blaze, a sermon that shall be remembered and remembered that were present. Reports were rendered from the delegates returning to the meeting of Prof. Hicks and Mr. Guyton. The Association is with us for another year with our pastor as an instructor.-B. J. Star Light Band, Sister V. A. Bouldin. Devotional exercises conducted. Devotional exercises conducted. Shell Hall. Operated by Ed Robertson, Sister Marian Remarks, by Sister K. Smaller, assistant Marian Remarks, by Sister K. Smaller, assistant Marian Remarks; Recitation, by dida Hastings; Instrument Solo, by Deslineo Johnson; Song, by Choir; Remarks, by Sister J. Bouldin, ada Bouldin, under the direction of the choir. SATURDAY NIGHT B. Y. P. U. President Jones presiding. SUNDAY, August 17, 1919 Sunrise prayermeeting, Rev. B. and Lewis. Sunday school 9:30 a.m. supt. Jill Williams. 11 a.m. sermon. mon. Rev. F. H. Cook. D. D. of Pleasant Grove Baptist church. 6:30. B. Y. P. U. Jones. 8:30. p. m. sermon by pastor. MONDAY NIGHT Banquet, admission free. H. H. Lethartt minister to all members of the church to donate $1.00. All pastor and their congregations are cordially invited. Rev. W. M. Clark, pastor: J. H. White. St. James A. M. E. church closed its revival Sunday night. Dr. E. M. Brice, pastor, conducted service with the congregation nine converts. Mr. Tony Graves, Caldwell, well, made the THE INFORMER and act accordingly. Mr. Lewis Jones left for Ft. Worth Saturday night. Mr. Brice, pastor, conducted service with the citizens, as a lover of "our paper." Anything in the line of confectioneries and ice cream will be found at Mrs. Brice. Kate Robinson was in Summerville Friday. Help fortify your own business concerns and strengthen the race commercially. Buy your groceries from Kate Robinson. Milam Street, phone Fronte 7061. St. John Baptist. INSTALLATION PROGRAM. MONDAY NIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT SUNDAY. August 17. 1919 MONDAY NIGHT LYONS NEWS. W. M. C. Dickson, A. B., J. B., J. M. Attorney and Commissioner at Law. Has no superior in preparation for his profession. Gives efficient services in land titles, estates of decada, contracts, damage suits, as well as divorces and other general practice. Office, 409½; Millan St. Phone Preston 1459. CIMBEE'S RAMBLINGS # That ain't all; before I got to our office, I was called Cau and George; I guess they mean George Washingto. I don't know why you see why I don't know who or what I am; Boy, Uncle, Cau and George, one short, one lawsupper, I come to work and plain MORTUARY LIST. Mrs. W. M. Mimis, sister of Mrs. Wm. O'Neal, 1610 Pannell, died in O'Neal, August. Her remains were shipped to Worth, where in interment occurred. Her niece, Mrs. Mary Armstrong, left Wednesday for her home. Decased was a loving sister, ardent church worker and loved by all who knew her. The Informer extends sympathy to the beavered. Mrs. Annie M. Higgs, 1292 Pannell, for more than one year one of the pillars of the Vernon M. Higgs. Decased suddenly Tuesday morning and was buried from the church Wednesday afternoon. Pastor Holden officially buried. Vernon M. Higgs, H. of F, No. 565, under whose auspices she was buried. Mr. Arthur Donnelley, Sr. 210 Gravy was buried from his residence Wednesday afternoon under the auspices of the F. & A. Mw. C. K. Brown V INDEPENDENCE HEIGHTS DEPT. SOUTH'S BEST RACE NEWSPAPER W. M. Cummins The Old Relia- tive Cut Rate Grocery and Meat Marke Come to see me and Give me a and Another Trial, if You can satisfied we will satisfy you. The Handle Everything in F proceries and Meat. W. M. Cummins, June Taylor 2599 Independence Height MOVED TO COLUMBIA AND 31ST STREET WILL PRESTON ICE CREAM PARLOUR oda water, candies, chewing gum, electric par- ly sight. Plenics for churches, clubs and in Make it a Rule to Stop and Get Cool. First Class Service—Just Open HOT FISH, CAKES AND PIES In Fact a Complete Short Order Restaurant MRS. ELLA BROWN, Proprietor Norris Building, 33rd and Houston Aven 100 W. M. Cumming The Old Reliable Cut Rate Grocery and Meat Market. Come to see me and Give me a Trial and Another Trial, if You can be Satisfed we will satisfy you. We Handle Everything in Family Groceries and Meat. MOVED TO COLUMBIA AND 31ST STREET. WILL PRESTON ICE CREAM PARLOR Soda water, candies, chewing gum, electric park, open every night. Picnics for churches, clubs and individuals. Make it a Rule to Stop and Get Cool. First Class Service—Just Open HOT FISH, CAKES AND PIES In Fact a Complete Short Order Restaurant. MRS. ELLA BROWN, Proprietor Norris Building, 33rd and Houston Avenue Avoid the Perils of Malaria Poison have germs of malaria in your system you are in p which warning as chills, sudden fevers, headaches, la symptoms indicate that the germs are getting the are destroying your blood's life principle. 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BOX 1068, HOUSTON, TEXAS BREAD, CAKE AND PIES 2504 McKinney Avenue HOUSTON, HOUSTON, TEXAS CLARK L. DOW BAKERY Devoted to the interests of the Religious, Social and Industrial Classes. Official organ of the City of Independence Heights. OFFICIAL STAFF W. R. Kux. Editor H. S. Dotson. Secretary and Treasurer J. E. Horton. General Manager City Happenings Mirna. Virginia Thomas has been on the sick list for two weeks. Mirv. Ivory Jones, son of Mrs. Walker, has been on the sick list. Mrs. Fraction, daughter of Mrs. Patten, has returned to the city again. Mrs. Augusta Butler and daughter. Miss Beatrice, left this week for the summer's vacation. Mr. Wille Brooks is in the city where hands with many friends. He has been on the sick list of United States boy. Little Miss Glades, daughter of Mrs. Cornei Bunt, has returned from her vacation in Reaumont. Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Simley last week for their vacation in El Paso, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Dillard have moved to Houston to their home on Yale Street. Mr. Sam Johnson has returned team, and is greeted by his many friends. Mrs. Betty Hill broke a needle off in her hand Saturday, which was very painful. Mrs. Annie Alfred will leave for a short vacation in different points in Louisiana. Mr. A. Allen has about completed spaces hall that is ample to care for our city's amusements and lodges for many years. Mrs. Ann Washington is yet reported ill and in a sufferer condition, and she will visit the bed side of this aged widow. Rev. H. P. Porter, P. E., of the San Antonio district, was in the city to visit his family but found Ms. Bernice improving. Mr. Bernice has been called to the pastorate of the church in the Freemain's Addition. Rev. Dean was ordained a few weeks ago and is a prosperous business minister. Mr. L. G. Jr. left for Galveston Sunday morning where she was called to the bed of her sister-in-law. Mrs. Till Burney, who is yet in hospital, hospice care. Messra, Booker and Edwards left Saturday for El Paso. Mr. Booker will continue his work there. He was royally esteemed in the home of Prof. and Mrs. O. L. Hubbard last week; only intimate friends attended the affair. The students were at the Cummings Lumber Company brought several spans of mules home Saturday night and plowed out the pitches on 37th, thereby showing his interest in the business and especially his neighbor welfare. Mr. John S. Radford of the Oriental Textile mills, and Mrs. Radford, mortored about our city Sunday and aparted from our company. Mrs. Knox. They expressed surprise and admiration at the progress of our work and had not pure artesian water and good drainage. Mr. Knox is forman of the cleaning and blending department and good drainage. The largest of its kind in the world. With the return of favorable weather the Emmenbach Park playground and the shouts and laughter of hapiness with the telephone has been kept quite busy the past. "Do we answer answering such questions?" "Has the play ground opened again?" All coming from little tots. "What is the playground?" Sunday was a great day. Over 75 registered, 29 of which were adults. Varsity sports were held. Sunday evening, August 10th, a community sing will be conducted by Mrs. John L. Blount. The conventions of all the churches are cordially held on Sunday folk songs, plantation melodies and patriotic airs. Mr. John L. Blount will sing. T. R. Brown the clover club and Miss Ruby Lockhart the kodak club. Special entertainments for little children. OFFICIAL STAFF EMANCIPATION PLAYGROUND. THE HOUSTON NCH CE H This beautiful combination twostory store and residence for sale by owner, hall a block from car line; modern conveniences; corner lot 501x120; plenty of shade, cement sidewalk. A bargain if taken soon. We have many other well located 4.5 and 6-room cottages for sale on easy terms. Don't make your selection, don't put up your earnest money until you see what we have. Call at our office. C. M. MITCHELL, 807% Prairie Ave. 208 Burlingan Bldg. Phones: Office, Preston 1243; Residence, Taylor 926. CONCORD NOTES. Rev. L. G. Alexander, Pastor. department of the colored branch of the Social Service Bureau Wednesday night, Aug. 13, at colored Carnegie Hall and general sanitation; especially with cutting drainage and wall buildings. Those of the different wards who are that* interested and willing to attend, G. B. M. Turner is president. M. H. BROYLES Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law General practice in all courts State and Federal. Prompt and faithful service. 4149 Travis St. Houston, Texas. LADIES! To remove dandruff, tetter, eczema, seal hair. Hair growing a special. We will give you instruction in shorthand typewriting, millinery, violin. A student of Wiley University. Phone Taylor MRS. W. H. CHRYRAT 36th and Courtlandt Sts. INDEPENDENCE HEIGHTS A. D. STERRETT Sells For Less His prices are the BEST. His groceries will stand the TEST. MILTON'S WOOD YARD We handle Oak and Pine cords, heater and stove prices. Prompt delivery, Regular prices. 306 35th St. M. BROACH Artistic Tailoring—Suits and pants made to your measure. Fit, workmanship and material guaranteed. Why wear custom-made clothes when my prices are cheaper. 605 East 34th St. Hours 9 a. m. to 12 m. to 2 5 p. m. Phones: Preston 15128; Reson. H. 3556 C. A. GEORGE DENTIST Office: Rooms 203-4 Lincoln Theatre Building. Residence 2413 Dowling Street HOUSTON, TEXAS. MRS. W. R. KNOX. Special attention given to Piano and Vocal Music lessons. Terms reso- nable. Days to suit convenience of pu- pla. Lessons given at residence, 71st Fest 37th, Independence Heights, Tex. STOP At AARON DEAN'S Blacksmith Shop Blacksmith, Horseshoeing, Wheellight and Tinsmith. All Work Guaranteed. Yale Street. --- R. SATURDAY, AUGUST 9, 1919 HEIGHT "LET'S FINISH THE JOB!" ing was she a night of all one of the four rooms for $500 dismissed on Sunday night at Compton their house their house their house preferred will be fa- First Ward Property. One room in Edwards St. all on $200 One 4-room house, all modern on Spring Street for $150 house on Bingham St. for $500 Five 4-room houses on Beach Street one 4-room house with ball on Hous- one 4-room house with $200 door stay these Two f-room houses on Schwartz St. One f-room house with hall on Fannell St for $250 down. One f-room house with hall on Fannell St for $250 down. Street, all modern, with gas, electric or the health $400 down. One house on Meadow Street car lot branch of one house on Meadow Street car lot --- LADIES! Eleven years ago, this month, we started out to build up a strong insurance company. The Houston incorporators named "America Mutual Insurance Company." The reader, have you contributed toward its success? We hold the record on you and urge that you (Houston edition) contribute. Especially NOW as we are contesting with Ft. Worth and San Antonio for state approval. Don't wait until the next week, office. 411% Milam Street. Ask for W. R. C. Mathews, Surd, and do your kind of help by a policy of some kind. Office: 3238 Broom 16, U. B. of F. Bldg. THIRD WARD PROPERTY. One 5-room house, Jefferson Avenue for $250 One 6-room house on Cahoun Avenue for $125 down One 6-room house on Campson St. for $50 down One 5-room house with electric for $500 down One two-story house, all modern, on (b) car line on Pease Avenue for $500 down One 6-room house on Charlize all modern on car line for $500 down Fourth Ward Property. One 5 room house and one 4 room house with hall on Ruthvon Street for $200. Four houses on St. Clair Street with electric lights, all modern, for $50, with four houses on Lamb Street with four house on Lamb Street with hall and electric lights for $25 down. Sixth Ward Property. One house on Wichman Street, 4-room with hall for $175 down. One house on Brown Street with hall for $175 down. Fifth Ward Property. One 4-room house with hall on Nance Street for $200 down. One 5-broom house, all modern with electric lights and three lots, fronts on Bayon Street, corner lots, for $500 cash. Second Ward Property. One 4 room house with hall on McAlpine Street for $150 down. Harrisburg lots on the boulevard for $160 down. One 8 room house with barn, well, three lots, close to Port Houston for $150 down. The owner wants to sell. We need the money. We loan money on real estate. We build houses on installment plan. Call at 411-826 Travis Street and tail to Bob Roberts or phone Presson 2394. Phone Capitol 2705 CONFECTIONERY AND COLD BRINGING Regular Price Courtese Service DR. J. C. FOX, Proprietor. 2608 McKinney Avenue. F. F. IBSCH Groceries, Notions and Feed Phone Taylor 272 22nd and Yale Houston Heights, Texas LOOK! LOOK! Now is the time to prepare yourself in the following business courses: Shorthand, Typewriting and Bookkeeping. Special couse in Civil Services Day School. Prairie Ave. BRANCHS BUSINESS COLLEGE Phone Preston 4181, 8075 Prairie Ave. Prof. J. C. E. Branch, Instructor Houston, Texas. J. J. HARDEWAY Real Estate and Rentals Loans, Notary Public Thirteen Years' Experience 4091; Milton, Texas. Phone Preston 2662 W. A. BEINHORN Meat Market and Groceries Phone Taylor 2429 28th and Yale Streets Houston Heights, Texas. For pure cows' milk, see Mrs. H. Davis, 36th and Houston Avenue. Sweet milk, 10 cents per quart, butt 80 cents per quart, butter 60 cents a pound. LITTLE WONDER MEAL MILL We grind Table Meal Grits, Chops and Mixed Feeds. Prices the Lowest. We also Grind Chunks, Stove Wood and Charecoal. Get our Prices Before You Buy ROBERT CLOUD Cor. 37th and Arlington Sts. Independence Heights. WANTED:—WHAT? A LIVE WIRE, WHERE? IN EVERY COMMUNITY By selling OIL stock of a company having some of the richest holdings $10 invested in the Lucile Oil Company brought back $1000.00 $10 invested in the Home Oil Company returned cash commissions of $4000.00 TAX NOTICE. M. B. Lilly, Tax Collector, gives out the following notice: By order of the City Council, the Tax collector hereby gives final notice that the incorporate limits of Independence Heights must be paid. Those whose names appear in the following list will save themselves money to see the city. J. R. Misner A. D. Serritt Oscar Wascar Wm. Treadwell Wm. Treadwell Tom and Myth Whitaker Tom and Martin Robbins Vill Robertsen Rav H. P. Porter W. R. Porter John Hamm John Hamm Washington L. W. Butler Elmore and John Smith Elmore and John Smith Rufus and Lenn Cooper Hubert Cooper Doyle O. P. DeWalt Streerla Johnson Streerla Johnson Elintrud Lott Jella Bolden Willie Robinson Sam Stevenson V. S. Shaw V. S. Washington Frank Brown Shep Browden Brae Davie Wiley Edwards W. H. Chrysay W. H. Chrysay Henry Mayhew A. Corrall A. C. Atkinson G. Cummings Della Engleton. Notice to Subscribers Mr. Wni. Cumming has taken stock of the new furniture and will handle collections for same. See him and pay your sub- payment and will pay six months, $2.00 for one year. mon Joe Price, whose residence is unknown, by making publication of this Citation once in each week for four Business Phones: Preston 7005, 1078 Residence Phone: Taylor 3088 C. V. MEADE W HUDSON FURNITURE NEW FURNITURE E2 I Sell on Commission and Wou Present This Card Or Call for NEW FURNITURE EXCHANGED FOR OLD I Sell on Commission and Would Appreciate It If You Would Present This Card Or Call for Me When Making a Purchase OLIVER MUSIC HOUSE Go or MR. C. E. OLI Ten Ten, Texas Ave When in Need of Music LUMBER HARDWARE LIME PAINTS Honest Treatment : : : : PURDY GUINAL 4th and Yale Streets Go or write to MR. C. E. OLI VER, Proprietor Ten Ten, Texas Avenue, Houston, Texas, When in Need of Music or a Fine Piano. Honest Treatment : : : : : : : : : : Reasonable Prices HURDY GUNN LUMBER 4th and Yale Streets Taylor 400 BUY LAND from those who can surround you guard—who can deliver to you w dollars is back of every contract COMPANY. You are safe in the promise and contract sacrificed to finges with US know this to be true, who make promises, not intending is full of concerns who are not no financial responsibility behind fill their contracts. Tell your friend The Wright Land Company and get at the right price, and be safe, than and be sorry. from those who can surround your investment with every safety-guard—who can deliver to you what you pay for. Half a million dollars is back of every contract issued by THE WRIGHT LAND COMPANY. You are safe in their hands. They carry out every promise and contract secretly to the letter. You who have had dealings with US know this to be true. You also know there are a plenty who make promises, not intending to carry them out. The country is full of concerns who are not "on the square," and as they have no financial responsibility behind them, they can not be made to fulfill their contracts. Tell your friends it is better that they buy from The Wright Land Company and get the right land in the right place, at the right price, and be safe, than for them to buy of some one else and be sorry. WHEN YOU BUY LAND SEE THAT THE CONTRACT YOU GET IS DIRECT FROM THE WRIGHT LAND COMPANY, AND THAT THE CONTRACT BEARS THE STAMP OF THE SEAL OF THE WRIGHT LAND COMPANY. Phone Preston 2394. Herein fall not, but have before said 80th Judicial District Court, at its inception. You must with your return thereon, show how you have executed the same. Witness, O. M. Duckel, clerk of the District Court of Harris County. The court issued a seal of said court, at offices in Houston, the 21st day of July, A. D. 1919. Houston, Texas, July 22, 1919. I hereby order this writ written informer for the time specified therein. T. A. BINFORD, Sheriff of Hidalgo County, By J. A. HERRING, JL. Deputy. ANNOUNCEMENT. All members of the Ladies' Progressive Club of Independence are requested to attend the school house Monday, August 11-19. Visitors are also invited. MRS. L. L. KELLY, Press. De-Ro-Loc Directors, Notice. The members of the De-Ro-Loc Exposition and Carvary Exhibition are requested to attend the handcounters, 600% Milsan B. Sunday, eight o'clock, 1919, at 10 a.m. Milan B. Sunday, eight o'clock, 1919, at 10 a.m. Milan B. Sunday, eight o'clock, 1919, at 10 a.m. Attend: W. E. JONES, Pres. H. C. D GALLET, Secy. FURTURE COMPANY EXCHANGED FOR OLD Would Appreciate It If You Would Me When Making a Purchase MUSIC HOUSE I write to BILVER, Proprietor venue, Houston, Texas, or a Fine Piano. FENCING BUILDING MATERIALS CEMENTS SCREENS : : : : Reasonable Prices IN LUMBER CO. Taylor 400 your investment with every safe- what yo up pay for. Half a million issued by THE WRIGHT LAND circ hands. They carry out every the letter. You who have had deal- You also know there are a plenty going to carry them out. The country "on the square," and as they have them, they can not be to ful- lands it is better that they buy from get the right land in the right place, in for them to buy of some one else OTTOS LOAN OFFICE All loans strictly confidential. Watches and Jewelry re- quired. Bargains in unredeemed pledges. Money loaned on Watches, Clothes, Plistols, Sewing Machines and Diamonds. 818 Preston Ave. Phone Preston 848 S. B. BEVERLY 2513 Mc FISH, CRABS, OYSTER REPAIRS OLD FURNITURE AND Phone B HARMONS' D Can satisfy all your wav line of Hair Goods and patronage solicited. 2513 McKINNEY AVENUE FISH, CRABS, OYSTERS AND SHRIMP IN SEASON, HAIRS OLD FURNITURE, COOK STOVES, ICE BOXES, AND IRON WARE. Phone Preston 6651 HARMONS' DRY GOODS STORE satisfy all your wants in the Dry Goods line. A of Hair Goods and Notions ALWAYS on hand. onage solicited. 2513 MERRINET AVENUE FISH, CRABS, OYSTERS AND SHRIMP IN SEASON. REPAIRS OLD FURNITURE, COOK STOVES, ICE BOXES, TIN AND IRON WARE. HARMONS' DRY GOODS STORE Can satisfy all your wants in the Dry Goods line. A full line of Hair Goods and Notions ALWAYS on hand. Your patronage solicited. J. H. HARMON, PROP. 423 San Felipe St. Houston, Texas. 423 San Felipe St. Phone Preston 5491 PANTS MADE ON 10 HOURS' NOTICE SUITS MADE TO ORDER Cleaning and pressing done with Hoffman Sanitary Presser. HOUSTON, TEXAS Everything in Drug Line, Toilet Articles and Che CITY DRUG STO cleaning and pressing done with Hoffman Sanitary S. Presser. HOUSTON, TEXAS everything in Drug Line, Toilet Articles and Chemical ITY DRUG STOR Cleaning and pressing done with Hoffman Sanitary Steam Presser. Everything in Drug Line, Toilet Articles and Chemicals CITY DRUG STORE PRESCRIPTIONS A SPECIALTY 701 SAN FELIPE YOU CAN BUY IF YOU TRY A LOAD OF WOOD GOOD AND DRY N. O. Patten's Wood Yard WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Phone Capitol 391 People's The home of efficient fresh drugs only employ Spend the hot hours Full line of toilet arti stock. Automobile deliv G. R. M. N People's Pharmacy the home of efficient and proficient prescription fill with drugs only employed. spend the hot hours at our soda fountain and forg full line of toilet articles and sundries always carri k. Automobile delivery to all parts of the city. R. R. M. Newman, Pro The home of efficient and proficient prescription filling; fresh drugs only employed. Spend the hot hours at our soda fountain and forget it. Full line of toilet articles and sundries always carried in stock. Automobile delivery to all parts of the city. G. R. M. Newman, Prop. 815 PRAIRIE AVE. WAR HAS CEASED But the price of leather is Have your old shoes repaired THE LIGHTN 41 Equipped with the best manual your work is make it all right Work called for and debt Pho the price of leather is advancing. Economy is the watch for your old shoes repaired now by THE LIGHTNING SHOE REPAIR SHOP 417 Milam Street guipped with the best machinery purchasable and expert man. If your work is not satisfactory, return it and we will all right. work called for and delivered. Phone Preston 5373. But the price of leather is advancing. Economy is the watchword. Have your old shoes repaired now by THE LIGHTNING SHOE REPAIR SHOP 412 Milam Street Equipped with the best machinery purchaseable and experienced workman. If your work is not satisfactory, return it and we will make it all right. Work called for and delivered. Phone: Preston 5373. REVENUE SHRIMP IN SEASON. STOVES, ICE BOXES, TIN ARE. on 6651 GOODS STORE The Dry Goods line. A full ALWAYS on hand. Your PROP. Houston, Texas. 418 $ \frac{1}{2} $ Travis St. Hoffman Sanitary Steam EXAS Articles and Chemicals G STORE PHONE PRESTON 2555 Pharmacy Efficient prescription filling; da fountain and forget it. hundries always carried in parts of the city. man, Prop. PHONE PRESTON 6256 Economy is the watchword. REPAIR SHOP sreet purchasable and experienced factory, return it and we will S373. *************************** Dr. W. J. Howard, one of our leading dentists, who answered the call of Mr. B. J. McCormick in the $57th Engineers as battalion dental surgeon, is back in the city wearing the khaki and will resume his work at the Prairie Ave., employing rooms 223-3. He extends an invitation to all his former clients and prospective ones to pay him a visit in his new office. Practice the habit of calling the Former OUR. He treats the former and in truth. He fights OUR battles and pleads OUR cause. CITATION BY PUBLICATION. No. 82535. THE STATE OF TEXAS. To the Sheriff or any Constable of Harris County, Greeting: Plaintiff is a resident of *Harris County, Texas*, that plaintiff is an inhabitant of said county and state, and as such therein continuously inhabitant of said county and state, the six months and the State of Texas for the 12 months next preceding the filing of this petition, and that defendant is married and the city of Dallas, Dallas County, Texas. For cause of action plaintiff would have about the 31st day of October, A. D. 1919, *k*t Houston, Texas, plaintiff married and thereafter lived together on a husband and wife, until on or about the 5th day of June, A. D. 1914, separated. Plaintiff lived apart. That though plaintiff were smart and well prepared did all that he could to support the defendant; that the defendant was lazy and indolent, plaintiff's means, nor would he keep his clothes clean and in repair, that the defendant was of a very quarrelsome abusive language at times. That while plaintiff was the first from home, the defendant so conducted herself until all good people questioned her great mental pain and worry. Plaintiff alleges that the entire married life with defendant prior & their mother, who has acted as a guardian for her actions and conduct towards him generally were of such nature as to (even were she to return) render her husband and wife, and insure, appropriate, premiums considered. Therefore she plaintiff pays the court that defendant be cited to appear and answer herein and for judgment dissolved said marriage relations, for costs of suit and for such other re组成, for damages in equity, that he may be justly entitled to, etc. not, but have before said 80th Judicial District court, at its aforesaid next regular term, this writ, with your return thereon, showing her interest in the case, Witness, O. M. Duclos, clerk of the District Court of Harris clerk of the District Court of Harris. Given under my hand, and in seal of the House of Houston, this the 14th day of July, A. D. 1919. (Seal) DUCLOS. Clerk District Court, Houston, by B. J. W. Deputy. S. H. CAVIT, Attorney. This the 14th day of July, 1919. I hereby order this writ published in The Houston Informer for the time specified therein. A. B. INFORD. Sheriff of Harris County, Texas By J. A. Herring, Jr. Deputy. Newsboys Wanted! Reliable and energetic newbies can earn nice money selling The New York Times. Houston every week. This is a splendid opportunity for boys who want to make some easy money. Want to make at Room 208, 807/ Prairie avenue DR.G.W. ANTOINE Physician and Surgeon Office 41319 Travail Residence 2418 Dowling Office Phone Preston 5501 Res Phone Helen 3282 USE REGINALL COCOA BALM AMERICA'S GREATEST HAIR GROWER F Memphis, Tenn, now Located at 1712 WEBSTER AVENUE First Class Service. Home Cooking Our Specialty. Short Orders at all Hours. Regular 25c Meals. Give Us a Trial and be Convinced. 503 San Felipe Street WE BELIEVE IN RACE PRIDE Do you stand by and support progressive race enterprises? Short Orders at all Hours—Quick Service Public Attention, Mezzanine Floor for Parties Ice Cream and Cold Drinks 715 PRAIRIE AVENUE J. H. DORN LUCIUS W. LOMAX ROBT. ORGEN BARBER SHOP THROUGH THE BLOCK" CIUS W. LOMAX ROPT. 8. ORGEN BARBER SHOP THROUGH THE BUCKLE LUCIUS W. LOMAX ROBT. S. SCOTT ORGEN BARBER SHOP "THROUGH THE BLOCK" 808 PRAIRIE AVENUE-413 MILAM STREET 2--Entrances--2 15--Chairs--15 Cigars, Cigarettes, "Satisfactory ROBOT. PHONE PRESTON 3097 Parker Phone Preston FOURTH W We satisfy all your dandruff, promoter ing, cure all scalp dis a specialty. A full aprons, men's jump tion. MRS. A. Mme. 1104 SAN FELIPE Automobile Servi FRED Quick and Pl 411 WALKER AVE DRY GOODS, NO. 71 PH Cigar Stands—2 Shine Stands—2 Cigarettes, Shines, Chewing Gum, Baths, Newsagency "Satisfactory Service" Our Slogan ROBT. S. ("BOB") SCOTT, Manager ONE PRESTON 3699 HOUSTON, TEXAS Earlier Phone Preston 4430 Residence Phone Capital FOURTH WARD BEAUTY PARIS We satisfy all your wants in the line of beauty. We dandruff, promote the growth of your hair, stop it, cure all scalp disorders. Manicuring and facial m专利. A full line of human hair goods, cross suns, men's jumpers and dust caps. See us for s专利. MRS. A. G. ROBERTS, Proprietress Mme. N. A. Franklin's System 04 SAN FELIPE ST. HOUSTON, TEXAS Automobile Service for Weddings and Special Traits Day and Night TRED NETHER Quick and Polite Service; Reasonable Rates WALKER AVE. PHONE PRESTON 2—Shine Stands— Cigars, Cigarettes, Shines, Chewing Gum, Baths, Newspapers. "Satisfactory Service" Our Slogan ROBT. S. ("BOB") SCOTT, Manager PHONE PRESTON 3699 HOUSTON, TEXAS Parlor Phone Preston 4430 Residence Phone Capitol 1848 FOURTH WARD BEAUTY PARLOR We satisfy all your wants in the line of beauty. Rid you of dandruff, promote the growth of your hair, stop the falling, cure all scalp disorders. Manicuring and facial massage a specialty. A full line of human hair goods, cross stitched aprons, men's jumps and dust caps. See us for satisfaction. MRS. A. G. ROBERTS, Proprietress Mme. N. A. Franklin's System 1104 SAN FELIPE ST. HOUSTON, TEXAS Automobile Service for Weddings and Special Trips ' Day and Night— FRED NETHERS Quick and Polite Service; Reasonable Rates 411 WALKER AVE. PHONE PRESTON 5744 Everything in DORY GOODS, NOTIONS, GENTS' FURNISHED AND SHOES 713 San Felipe Street PHONE PRESTON 4099 Extracts From the DRY GOODS, NOTIONS, GENTS' FURNISHINGS AND SHOES Financial Statement for 1918, of Standard Life Insurance Co. Capital Paid Up .. Surplus to Policyhol Total Admitted Asss Insurance in Force Premium Income .. Paid to Policyholer Reserve required by No Life Insurance and insuring only o of growth and strent Capital Paid Up ..... $ 125 Plus to Policyholders ..... 148 Total Admitted Assets ..... 478 Insurance in Force ..... 8,208 Premium Income ..... 339 Did to Policyholders ..... 79 Reserve required by law ..... 291 No Life Insurance Company operated by colored and insuring only colored risks can show a better growth and strength. Capital Paid Up ..... $ 125,000.00 Surplus to Policyholders ..... 148,305.22 Total Admitted Assets ..... 478,781.02 Insurance in Force ..... 8,208,720.00 Premium Income ..... 339,327.77 Paid to Policyholders ..... 79,733.47 Reserve required by law ..... 291,003.88 No Life Insurance Company operated by colored people and insuring only colored risks can show a better record of growth and strength. Home Office 200 Auburn Ave., Atlanta, Ga. HEMAN E. PERRY, Pres. HARRY H. PACE, Secy.-Treas. MAN E. PERRY, Pres. HARRY H. PACE, Secy. HEMAN E. PERRY, Pres. HARRY H. PACE, Secy.-Treas. Scalp and Hair Treatment System Once and You Will Call Again BYRD'S CAFE DORN'S CAFE H. SCHAFFER KELSEY & MURPHY BEAUTY PAILORS. Hair Dressing, Manicuring and Massaging—Mme. Frank- lin system. Satisfaction guaranteed. 3204½ Washington. Soft Drinks, Ice Cold Melons, Ice Cream, Fruits, Vegetables and Cigars. Fine Place to Spend Your Evenings. 115 SAN FELIPE STREET Cleaning, Pressing, Repairing, Dress and Shirtnmaking. 218 Taborian Building 807½ Prairie Ave. Houston, Texas The Coolest Place in Town MITCHELL'S 3206 Turner Street (Next to Columbia Tap R. R.) Groceries, Merchandise, and Dairy Products. our cozy little cold drinks and ice cream parlor is place to refresh yourself after an outing or on the wife from church. MRS. L. MITCHELL, Prop. Hadley 4190 et R. R.) Dairy Products. cream parlor is just outing or on the way Prop. S 3206 Turner Street (Next to Columbia Tap R. R.) Groceries, Merchandise and Dairy Products. Our cozy little cold drinks and ice cream parlor is just the place to refresh yourself after an outing or on the way home from church. MRS. L. MITCHELL, Prop. Hadley 4190 Wholesale and Retail Grocer Meat Market in Connection. Prompt delivery to all parts of the city. Country or on special attention. Our reputation is our best ad- vtor. O. BOX 63 PHONE HADLEY 313 ******************************* city. Country orders ation is our best adver- DONE HADLEY 3130 Prompt delivery to all parts of the city. Country orders given special attention. Our reputation is our best advert- WOOD AND CHARCOAL Now is the time to get your winter supply of Dew. Don't wait till the price advance, Ozark, and Pine in any quantity. Prompt delivery is available. RUCKER BROTHERS PHONE PRESTON 6063 WAY J. J. HARDEWAY Phone Preston 2662 REAL ESTATE AND RENTALS, LOANS NOTARY PUBLIC Fourteen Years Experience % MILAM ST. HOUSTON, TE Smith's Restaurant HOUSTON, TEXAS taurant Smith's Restaurant A. SMITH, Proprietor OPEN DAY AND NIGHT BEST OF SERVICE BY EXPERIENCED HELP Drop in and be Convinced 415 Milam Street Burt F. Taylor & Co. Manufacturing JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS COMPLICATED WATCH REPAIRING A SPECIALTY 1 San Felipe St. Houston, Texas Phone Preston A WOMAN'S HAIR IS HER GROWING BEAUTY POR & CO. MEDICIANS REPAIRING Phone Preston 7563 DWING BEAUTY Burt F. Taylor & Co. Manufacturing JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS COMPLICATED WATCH REPAIRING A SPECIALTY 311 San Felipe St. Houston, Texas Phone Preston 7563 A WOMAN'S HAIR IS HER GROWING BEAUTY MADAM HENRY G. ANDERSON Hair Grower. Hair Dressed and Pressed, Scalp Treated Phone Preston 7551 Agents Wanted. Baer Street HOUSTON, TEX all good things to eat Come to THE PALACE OF SWEETS A. Gaskin & R. B. Haynes, Proprietors Males, Cigars and Tobacco; all kinds of Cold Drinks and Ice Cream CAKES AND CREAM HOUSTON, TEXAS E OF SWEETS Proprietors Cold Drinks and Ice Cream LEAM A. Gaskin & R. B. Haynes, Proprietors Candies, Cigars and Tobacco; all kinds of Cold Drinks and Ice Cream CAKES AND CREAM Phone Taylor 3043. 3206 Washington Ave. Houston, Texas. I. WILLIAMS "Heavenly Houston The Workshop of Texas, Where Seventeen Railroads Meet the Sea the job is completed) without a terminal in the South and destining the city as the premier municipality of the South. Warf and terminal facilities owned by the city, constructed of reinforced concrete, late style rat-proof buildings, costing $3,000,000. Free wharfage maintained. Two modern office buildings. Has one of the best water systems in America. Those who drink this excellent water are never anxious about leaving this city for any other, either of this world or of the world to come. Is the convention city of the Southwest, possessing a City Auditorium built by the municipality at the cost of $400,000 without issuing a single bond. It has a seating capacity of 6000 and can accommodate 10,000. It is fire-proof throughout and is often employed by colored churches, schools and other special occasions. Has a Colored Carnegie library, being one of the few in the country or world. Colored citizens purchased the land for $1500; Andrew Carnegie furnished $15,000 for the building and city contributes annually for its upkeep. Has one of the best educational systems in the South for colored children, operating 16 elementary schools and the high school, employing about 150 teachers and supernumeraries. Public schools form a mark in the leading colleges of the country. Has more churches than any other city its size in America, practically all of the denominations being represented. Gives all kinds of employment to colored men and women and has one of the greatest colored citizenry to be found anywhere in the world. More colored people own their homes, or are buying them, than in any other American city. Has the richest colored motion picture house in the South. Only city in the South that has a park maintained and supported by the city for the race; it is known as Emancipation Park, located in the residential section of the Third Ward. One of the few Southern cities operating a home for delinquent girls of the race, as well as one for the boys. Maintains both male and female officers for incorrigible youths. Also employs a colored social service worker. Possesses a Young Women's Christian Association Recreational Center, settlement house and Young Men's Christian Association Center for returned soldiers and sailors. Why waste time, money and energy? Why not try a good scientific scalp treatment? Why not try a good scientific scalp treatment? Why not try a good scientific scalp treatment? We guarantee the growth as well as beauty. Try our scalp treatment once and you will call again. THE LEWIS HAIR GROWER BRINGS RESULTS For information and particulars, write MADAM GERTRUD 2307 Dowling St, Houston, Texas. AGENTS: L. V. LAWYER CIVIL PRACTICE 807% PRAIRIE AVENUE Residence Phone Hadley 2856 Office Hours: 9 to DR. W. E. Physician Formerly with American B Residence 3210 OFFICE: TABORIAN BUILDING BRANCH'S BUS HOUSTON DAY AND NU Shorthand, Typewriter, Book and Literary subjects; also 807% PRAIRIE AVENUE PHONE OR CONSULT PRO FOR PARK THE WABASH TAP NADAM GERTRUDE LEWIS-BIRDWELL Eng St., Houston, Texas. Phones Ha- AGENTS WANTED L. V. ALLEN LAWYER-NOTARY CIVIL PRACTICE A SPECIALTY. RIE AVENUE Phone Hadley 2856 Office Phone Pre- Office Hours: 9 to 11 a.m. 2 to 5 p.m. DR. W. E. TAYLOR Physician and Surgeon Formerly with American Expeditionary Forces, France. Residency: 3214 Pierce Avenue. BOBARIAN BUILDING HOUSTON BRANCH'S BUSINESS COLLEGE HOUSTON, TEXAS DAY AND NIGHT SESSIONS Northland, Typewriting, Bookkeeping and other business Literary subjects); also Civil Service. RIE AVENUE PHONES PRESTON ONE OR CONSULT PROP J. C. E. BRANCH, PRESS FOR PARTICULARS THE WABASH TAILORING COMPANY MADAM GERTRUDE LEWIS-BIRDWELL 2807 Dowling St., Houston, Texas. Phone Hadley 2955 80714 PRARIAE AVENUE Residence Phone Hadley 2856 Office Phone Preston 3554 Office Hours: 9 to 11 a. m., 2 to 8 p.m. DR. W. E. TAYLOR Physician and Surgeon Formerly with American Expeditionary Forces, France. Residence 314 Pier Avenue. OFFICE: TABORIAN BUILDING HOUSTON, TEXAS HOUSTON, TEXAS— DAY AND NIGHT SESSIONS Gorthland, Typewriting, Bookskeeper and other business and literary subjects; also Civil Services 807% PRAIRIE AVENUE PHONE PRESTON 4181, 2159 PHONE OR CONSULT PROF. J. C. E. BRANCH, PRES. FOR PARTICULARS THE WABASH TAILORING COMPANY MR. WM. H. HUDSON who was here prior to his entering the army, is back again. We are in position to give you satisfaction in Unique Tailoring and all kinds of Alterations. Our Cleaning and Pressing is unexcelled. Cleaning, Pressing and Altering PHONE CAPTOL 2019 Hours: 9-12 a.m. 2-5 p.m. Phones: P. 5128 H. 3556 DR. C. A. GEORGE Bestseller Office Lincoln Theatre Bldg. Res., 2413 Dowling St. J. H. RIERAS Civil Engineer and Architect Modern Homes and Public Buildings, Plats and Maps, Macadam Drawings, Multi orders solicited Houses H. 2722 2621 Tusam Ave. The W the j mode world capac build num home War youth Assoc "Heal The Workshop" Offers unexcelled induce Greatest cotton center in Largest island town toto Oll center of the South Cottonseed center of the Largest primary rice m Has a ship channel 50 m Government recently ap the job is completed without a Wharf and terminal fac modern suction dredges, costing Has one of the best war world to come. Is the convention city o capacity of 6000 and can acco Has a Colored Cunegie building and city contributes as Has one of the best ed numeraries. The Houston grie Has more churches that Gives all kinds of emph homes, or are buying them Has progressive colors Colored people are eng Two colored fraternities Has the finest colored Only city in the South Ward. One of the few Southe youths. Also employs a colo Association Center for return FOR FURTHER INFO HOUSTON --- LEWIS-BIRDWELL Phone Hadley 2965 WANTED ALLEN NOTARY E A SPECIALTY. BOOOM NO. 213 Office Phone Preston 3554 11 a. m., 2 to 8 p. m. TAYLOR and Surgeon Expedientary Forces, France. Pierce Avenue. HOUSTON, TEXAS BUSINESS COLLEGE N. TEXAS. W. TEXAS. KEEPERS AND other business Civil Service. PHONES PRESTON 4181, 2159 F. J. C. E. BRANCH, PRES. TICULARS CLORING COMPANY B. R. PETERS, Optomiser 815 Prairie Avenue WEAR KRYPTO INVISIBLE LENSES Phone Preston 6256 Phone: Office: Taberian Bldg. P.O. Box: 732 House: P. 388, 388 Office: 10.7 S. Suite 219 House: 10.7 S. Suite 219 Appointed: DR. R. ROBETT Physician and Surgeon Specialists in Surgery and Lungs. Five years practical hospital experience and experience in Surgery and Lungs of Women's Health. Heavy Workshop of Offers unexcelled industrial operat Greatest cotton center in the S Largest inland port cotton mark Oil center of the Southwest Cottonseed center of the Southwest Largest primary rice market in Has a ship channel 50 miles long Government recently appropriat b is completed) without a parallel Has a Colored Cotume Library Wheat and terminal facilities ove suction dredges, costing $200, Has one of the best water syste to come. Is the convention city of the So ity of 6000 and can accommodate Has a Colored Cotume Library ing and city contributes annually f Has one of the best educational arries. The Houston graduates Has more churches than any oth Gives all kinds of employment tha has progressive colored physica Colored people are engaged in Two colored fraternities own tha Has the finest colored motion p Only city in the South that has One of the few Southern cities s. Also employs a colored soci ization Center for returned soldi FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Offerss unexcelled industrial opportunities to the *ct lored man*. Greater创办,亲切地和 the man stage is exported via the Houston Ship Channel, being handled by colored longshoremen and screwmen. Largest island port cotton market in the world. Oil center of the Southwest, being near the producing wells of Texas and Louisiana, employing hundreds of colored men. Cottonseed center of the Southwest, all plants employing a large number of colored laborers. Cottonseed center of the Southwest, all plants employing a large number of colored laborers. Cottonseed center of the Southwest, all plants employing a large number of colored laborers. Colored people are engaged in all avenues of business and some have made a very creditable showing. Two colored fraternities own three large brick buildings in the business area of the city, in a block adjacent to the City Hall. 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