Northwestern Bulletin-Appeal

Register Saturday,October4;Vote Saturday,November4 Established To Secure Justice and Equality to All ANTI-KLAN LAW IN NEW YORK STATE MAY JAIL KLUXERS The Walker Anti-Klan law, backed in New York legislature by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, will be invoked in the prosecution of members of the Klan in Erie County and in Buffalo. The prosecution has already succeeded in having the lists of Klansmen made public and the Klan roster for Erie County, according to the N. Y. Times, "is now an open book for any person who may wish to go to police headquarters to study it." Warrants for Klan members will be asked in the city court of Buffalo on October 1, and Henry W. Killeen, a local attorney, is reported as saying he would prosecute not only Klan officials but members of the rank and file. The Walker law, violated by the Klan, provides for the filing with the Secretary of State, of membership lists by fraternal and other bodies. LEWIS OF BOSTON POLITICAL INGRATE (By the Associated Negro Press) Chicago, Sept. 25.—William H. Lewis of Boston announced in the New York Times, Democrat, a few days ago that he proposes to support the ticket of Davis and Bryan, rather than the ticket of Coolidge and Dawes. Observers are wondering whether Lewis is nursing a personal peeve in striving to put his all against the terrors of the degenerating Klux. Lewis comes from Massachusetts, the state of Calvin Coolidge, Republican nominee for President of the United States. Lewis is a graduate of Harvard, and likewise of Amherst, the alma mater of President Coolidge. The records show that Lewis has on occasion, paid his respects to President Coolidge at the White House, and has been cordially received, as other good American citizens. For a number of years he has not been "active in politics," whatever that may mean. Prior to the naming of a director of the division of colored voters, the name of Lewis was discussed along with that of many others. It is understood on high authority that there is a letter of a date late in July from Lewis in which he urges his fitness for the position of director of racial voters. Now, since Attorney William C. Matthews of Boston, also a Harvard man, and having offices in the same building that Lewis holds forth in Boston, has been named for director, is Lewis sore, and getting back at the party that brought him out of obscurity in this manner? Regular G.O.P.Men Make Clean Sweep In New York State Regular G.O.P.Men Make Clean Sweep In New York State New York, N. Y., Sept. 18, 1924. In Tuesday's primaries, the regular Republican organization made a clean sweep. In the Harlem districts, all the regular nominees were chosen. The nomination of Dr. Charles H. Roberts as Republican congressional candidate from the 21st New York district was accompanied without opposition. In the 19th Assembly district, Abraham Grenthal, regular designee, triumphed over Dr. Julia P. H. Coleman and Miss Nannie Burden, independents, by a large majority. In the 21st, Pope B. Billups, regular designee, was opposed by James F. Fall, who was supported by a group of independents. In only one election district, the 12th, did Ifall get a majority. Totals as capitulated Tuesday night gave Grenthal 1,310 votes, as against 270 for Dr. Coleman and 79 for Miss Burden. With the vote in 23rd and 28th Election districts not counted, Billups had 845 votes while Ifall had polled only 249. BULLETIN-APPEAL Church Uurges All Race Members to Support Race Press Washington, D. C., Sept. 25.—The Bureau of Public Affairs, inaugurated at the recent General Conference of the A. M. E. Zion Church, with Bishop E. D. W. Jones of Washington, D. C., at its head, sends out, in its third weekly release, an appeal to the ministers and laity of the church to subscribe, support and aid Negro newspapers. The Negro church and the Negro press must work together in the education of the race, not only in religion, but in politics, in social dealings, in economics and in general uplife movements. The Bureau urges its constituency in particular and the race in general: First—To read Negro newspapers. Second—To create a demand for them at news stands in the country to sell Negro papers by asking for them weekly. Third—To aid Negro editors to secure news of the race, its progress and ventures by becoming a voluntary reporter in your community. Expose injustice; tell of relationship between the races; give out important happenings and let the world know us through our own mediums. We are not in position, just yet, to become members of the great press associations of the world, but we are able to form a voluntary news gathering association among ourselves. No town should be without such a reporter. Fourth—To subscribe for Negro magazines. Five More Race Men Of the 24th Infantry Are Out on Parole Leavenworth, Kan., Sept. 17, 1924:—Five Negroes, former members of the 24th infantry, who were sentenced to life imprisonment in connection with the Houston riots, were released from the federal penitentiary today on parole. They were sentenced to life imprisonment with 67 other Negro soldiers for disobedience in time of war and assault with intent to murder. Thirteen others were hanged. Forty-nine of the convicted rioters remain in prison, four having died and the others being paroled. The five men released today had good records during their nearly seven years of confinement. Griffiths in St. Paul Rev. W. H. H. Griffin, D. D., former pastor of St. Paul's Church, Des Moines, Iowa, has been appointed to St. James' A. M. E. Church in St. Paul. He was considered one of the strongest figures in this conference. For nine years Rev. Griffin was a successful pastor at Hyde Park, Ill. Under his pastorate at Des Moines, Iowa, during the past four years, he succeeded in reducing the debt of $32,000 to $12,000. His wife and three children accompany him. Mrs. Griffin was formerly Miss Mary A. Lewis, and is an accomplished musician playing both piano and pipe organ. She is up-to-date and active in church work, diminutive in build and has a pleasant personality. Both Rev. and Mrs. Griffin are destined to have a pleasant and successful career in the church and community life of St. Paul. The Bulletin-Appeal extends a hearty welcome. Rev. Griffin will deliver his first sermon Sunday morning. Sunday evening he will review the two armies that are in a rally for the completion of the ground floor of the new church. C. H. Miller and G. W. Brooks are Colonels of the armies. On October 6th, the Sterling Club will give an entertainment in the Town Hall at St. Paul Park. This affair will be entirely different from the ones that have been given by this organization, in as much as we have held rigidly to "Costume de Ritur" as appropriate attire. The unique feature of our coming entertainment will be that every one will be requested to don such wearing apparel as would be appropriate to farm life. Farmer Silas and his good wife are busy getting the Old Barn in shape for the revellers and say, Come Early, and have a heck of a time till he sends his cows to pasture. ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1924 STAUNCH DEFENDER OF CONSTITUTION ACCLAIMED BY MINNESOTA MULTITUDES NEA CHARLES G. DAWES Republican Candidate for Vice-President FAMED RACE TENOR BACK FROM EUROPE FOR AMERICAN TOUR Mrs. M. Charles St. Paul Re Dies on Mrs. Mattie Charles wife of Charles E. Ch ed into rest Saturday s a lingering illness. New York, Sept. 25.—Roland Hayes, famous tenor and winner of the Spingarn armal for the "most noteworthy achievement of a person of African descent in 1923," arrived in New York aboard the S. S. Paris, direct from Europe, alone. This dispelled the rumor, which has gained strength since his departure last spring, that he sailed to Europe to wed an English beauty. Mr. Hayes spent the week-end at the Park Avenue Hotel, Park avenue and 34th street, and left Monday for Boston to make arrangements for his American tour, which will begin in early October and last until March 27, 1925. The tour will take Mr. Hayes as far West as Oregon. During his forthcoming American tour Mr. Hayes will appear four times in New York, as follows: Carnegie Hall, October 25; Carnegie Hall, November 28; Carnegie Hall, January 29, 1925, with Boston Symphony Orchestra, and in Brooklyn, January 30. He will conduct his own tour under his own management, in connection with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Mr. Hayes will formally receive the Spingarn award which he won last June at some time, yet to be decided, during his tour. It was received by proxy at Philadelphia on July 1. At the same hour the medal was being presented Mr. Hayes was singing before the king and queen of England. Mr. Hayes is enthusiastic over his recent European tour, which closed in late June, and reports one of the most successful he ever had. He has been on vacation in Italy since the tour closed. MARKET AND GROCERY OPENS IN MINNEAPOLIS The Sanitary Market and Grocery recently opened for business at 627 7th Ave. No., Minneapolis. This new place of business is one of the most attractive, sanitary and progressive appearing establishments opened by our group in this city. The store is equipped with new and modern fixtures throughout and carries a complete line of groceries, meats and toilet articles. The Sanitary Market's motto is: "Reasonable prices, good service and sanitary foods." Pay them a visit. --- Mrs. M. Charleston, St. Paul Resident, Dies on Saturday Mrs. Mattie Charleston, beloved wife of Charles E. Charleston, entered into rest Saturday at 4 P. M. after a lingering illness. The Bulletin- Appeal extends sympathy to Mr. Charleston, our highly esteemed citizen. Alice Nelson Dunbar Supports J.W.Davis New York, N. Y., Sept. 25.—Mrs. Alice Dunbar Nelson, wife of Robt. J. Nelson, prominent Negro of Delaware, and a writer of note and distinction, has announced that she will support the candidacy of JOHN W. DAVIS for President. She will also make speeches in his behalf. Mrs. Nelson's first husband was the late Paul Lawrence Dunbar, poet. Mrs. Nelson is an author and a speaker and contributes to the leading periodicals and magazines. She was Associate Editor of the Willmington Advocate from 1920 to 1923. In 1920 she was head-of the work of colored Republican women in the State of Delaware and on the National Speakers' Bureau. She was also a member of the Republican State Committee of Delaware in 1922 and was elected last April to the Republican State convention. Mrs. Nelson has been won over to the cause of Mr. Davis because of his friendly record on the Negro question. Southern Truth Club In First Card Party The Sojourner Truth Club opened the fall season with a brilliant card party at the Henrietta Hotel Tuesday evening. The generous response of the many St. Paul and Minneapolis friends contributed to the affair being a complete success. The first prize, a $2.50 gold piece, was won by Mrs. Ella Shepherd; second by Mr. R. McGee, and the consolation by Mr. Lyle Jackson. Mrs. Harry Esters is president of this club, which was formerly the Charity Sewing Circle. The club is planning on assisting many worthy projects during the coming year. Mr. and Mrs. Cesar Harris, formerly of 348 N. Dale St., have moved to 597 Rondo St. REPUBLICANS OPEN STATE CAMPAIGN Candidate for Governor Outlines Party Platform In Keynote Speech. Madison, Minn., Sept. 19—Theodore Christianson, Republican candidate for governor, formally opened his campaign here tonight before an enthusiastic crowd that packed the Armory. After discussing war and post-war conditions which resulted in a drop in the price of agricultural products while taxes remained high, Mr. Christianson said: Is it any wonder that the farmers of Minnesota were confronted with one of the gravest crises in the history of agriculture? Relief for Agriculture. What steps did the government take to relieve the farmers' situation? What steps could it take? 1. It took action to reduce the interest burden of the farmers. Through a decision of the United States Supreme Court the validity of the Federal Land Bank Act was sustained, and the banks resumed operation. In Minnesota, a constitutional amendment which I sponsored, was adopted, authorizing the creation of a state credits system to supplement the activities of the Federal Land banks. The object of creating these governmental functions was not to give the farmer more credit, for much of the farmer's trouble arose from the fact that he had already used too much credit. The object was to reduce interest rates in order to lighten the burden of the farmer's indebtedness. And that object was accomplished, for immediately the interest rates on first farm mortgages dropped 1½ to 3 per cent. The saving from reduced interest rates alone, if applied every year on the principal, would in the course of twenty years discharge every farm mortgage in Minnesota. Expenditures Reduced. II. The government set itself to the task of relieving the people of the burden of excessive taxation. Much of that burden, to be sure, was fixed and could not be removed. Obligations had been created upon which interest must be paid. Salaries had been raised to meet increased living costs, and official salaries are rarely reduced. New instrumentalities of government had been created, often at the demand of the very groups that now criticise the government for increased expenditures. Public institutions had to be created or enlarged to repair the physical and moral wreckage of the war; and public improvements were made on a more lavish and expensive scale than before in response to an extravagant—and irristible—public opinion. But despite these handicaps, which were almost insurmountable, progress has been made toward normalcy. In Minnesota, the legislature by refusing approximately $15,000,000 in requested appropriations, held the 1928 budget down to $40,000,000, at the same time appropriating nearly $5,000,000 more for state aid to schools than had ever been appropriated before. If this additional state aid had not been given, the 1923 appropriations would have been almost $2,000,000 below those of 1921. Thus it may be seen that there has been a reduction in the cost of conducting all of the state's activities during the present biennium of about $1,000,000 per year below that of the previous two-year period. Favored Budget Plan. The financial achievements of the national administration, during the same period, have been phenomenal. A budget system has been established and the judgment of an impartial and disinterested agency, not the opportunities of the recipients of congressional appropriations, determines the amounts to be made available for departmental expenditures. The result has been a reduction of such expenditures from more than $5,500,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, to less than $3,500,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, and a reduction of the national indebtedness during the same period by $2,750,000,000. This record demonstrates the efficiency of the budget system as an agency of tax reduction. I have long advocated the establishment of a budget system in Minnesota. At three different sessions of the legislature I have, in collaboration with the present Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, presented and secured the passage of a budget bill through the House of Representatives. I elected governor of Minnesota, I shall use the influence of the executive office to secure enactment by the legislature of an effective budget law. Co-operative Marketing. III. The Republican party has helped agriculture in Minnesota by enacting legislation to promote cooperative marketing. The first effective step in this direction was taken in 1919, when a co-operative marketing law was passed which not only recognized but specifically guaranteed to the farmers of this state the right to bargain collectively for the sale of their products. It is a source of satisfaction to have been a member of a legislative group that drafted and introduced this measure. No longer can farmers be put in jail for doing 1 THEODORE CHRISTIANSON Republican Candidate for Governor what men in the organized labor movement have been permitted to do for a generation. The Minnesota cooperativa marketing law led to the enactment of similar legislation by the Federal Congress. Not only has our legislature enacted laws that make it possible for farmers to co-operate, but it has created a Department of Agriculture charged specifically with the duty of assisting them to avail themselves of these laws. Education. The greatest safeguard of a state is an enlightened citizenship. Minnesota has recognized the obligation of education by making liberal contribution to the support of schools. Of the $40,000,000 appropriated by the 1928 legislature, $21,500,000 was for education. Appropriations for state aid to high, graded and rural schools increased from $8,500,000 in 1918 to $12,000,000 in 1928. If the increase in state aid were deducted from the 1928 totals, the increase of appropriations for 1928 would be 66 per cent over the appropriations for 1918, an average increase of 6 per cent per year. The increase in school aid for the same period has been 248 per cent—more than 24 per cent per year. Highways. Minnesota's record in the building of roads is one of achievement. The 7,000 miles of Trunk highways have been improved and maintained with great efficiency, without the appropriation of a dollar from funds provided by the general taxpayer. Owners of motor vehicles have furnished the funds. It is a source of gratification to the people of Minnesota that the administration of its great road fund has been at all times above suspicion. A great responsibility was placed in the hands of one man, and that responsibility was not misplaced. It is the hope of every good citizen that the highway department be kept out of politics in the future as it has been in the past, and that capacity for service and integrity of purpose be the sole consideration in the appointment of men to administer its functions. There can be differences of opinion as to policy. There can be no differences of opinion as to the need of character and capacity in those who are chosen to do the work of the state. Conservation. Minnesota is rich in her inheritance of natural resources. In fertile fields and iron mines she leads the civilized world. Large stands of virgin timber yet remain in the northeast section of the state, and our responsibility at the present time is for their future. If elected governor, I shall use every power of the office to conserve our public domain, and our wealth in minerals, timber, land and power. The state's iron must be made to yield its greatest revenue through the benefaction of low-grade ore. Our timber must be conserved by solving our pressing problems of fire prevention, conservation of immature timber and reforestation. Relief From Tax Burden. Relief from the burden of excessive taxation presents the predominant issue of the campaign and the subject of most vital interest to the people of Minnesota. It is true that less than 10 per cent of the tax burden is imposed by the state government, but the state government owes the duty of setting an example to counties, cities, villages, townships and school districts. Wherever excessive and unnecessary local expenditures are made necessary by state laws, such laws should be replaced or amended. One of the largest items of governmental expenditure is interest on bonded indebtedness. In Minnesota public indebtedness has increased 283 per cent in ten years and now aggregates $300,000,000. Practically all of this is indebtedness of counties, cities, villages, townships and school districts. In fact, the indebtedness of the state government, exclusive of rural credits bonds, is only about $15,000,000—of which twelve millions are soldier bonus certificates. Communities have voted bonds, often in utter disregard of Shop Every Week in the Bulletin- Appeal The Dependable Medium PRICE: FIVE CENTS the inevitable day of reckoning. Bond issue has been pyramided on bond issue, until the interest alone necessitates a large tax levy. Other states have had the same experience. In Iowa the percentage of increase in ten years has been 229, in Michigan 508. If the tendency of the last decade continues during the life of the present generation our posterity will face a burden that will present the alternative of confiscation or repudiation. The remedy is to compel the generation that creates indebtedness to discharge it. Enact legislation that will make null and void bonds, issued for any purpose except refundment of existing obligations, which do not carry with them a definite tax levy running over the period of the bonds sufficient at the expiration of that period to discharge those bonds. It is said that the total public indebtedness of the American people at the present time is $40,000,000,000, and the wealth of America has been estimated at $250,000,000,000. It appears, therefore, that our public indebtedness is 16 per cent of the national wealth. We must set our faces resolutely against proposals that will necessitate large increases of bonded indebtedness. The so-called Farmer-Labor party and its candidates are committed to "public ownership of transportation, including stockyards, large abattoirs, grain elevators, terminal warehouses, of principal natural resources, such as coal, oil, natural gas, mineral deposits, large water powers and large commercial timber tracts." It is impossible even to estimate the result on public indebtedness of the adoption of this program in its entirety, for there are no satisfactory statistics available as to the physical value of the property used in all these industries. We can, however, estimate the result of the adoption of a relatively small part of the program—that part which contemplates government ownership of railroads. If the government were to acquire the railroads, it would have to buy and pay for them, for we have a constitutional provision that private property cannot be taken over for public use without just compensation. That provision we dare not abrogate, because if the government could confiscate a railroad it could likewise confiscate farms, shops and homes. What would it have to pay for the railroads? Admittedly it would not have to pay for "watered stock" or good will, but it would have to pay the actual value of all physical property used in transportation. What is that value? One valuation has been made. As a result of that valuation it was ascertained that the physical value of the railroad properties of this country in 1915 was $18,900,000,000. Since that time several billions of dollars have been added, and it has been estimated that the value today is $22,000,000,000. To be safe, let us put it at $20,000,000,000. That is 8 per cent of $50,000,000,000, the estimated national wealth. Bonds have to be issued to provide the money, and these bonds would constitute a first lien on all the property in America, for the interest thereon would be collectible as taxes, and taxes take precedence over any mortgage or other lien. Your share, Minnesota farmer, if you own a $50,000 farm, would be $4,000. Would you willingly appear before a notary public to sign and acknowledge a $4,000 mortgage on your farm in order to furnish the money with which to make a dorbful experiment in public ownership of railroads? Would you give anybody a power of attorney to execute such a mortgage for you? You would not. But that is just what the candidates of the no-called Farmer-Labor party ask you to do when they ask you to vote for them. And they are asking you, not only to give them such a power of attorney, but to consent to a doubling of the state tax on your farm. At the present time the state of Minnesota derives $8,500,000 a year from a tax on the gross earnings o. railroad companies. If the railroads became government property, the state would lose that revenue, or it would be futile for the government to tax its own instrumentality. The revenue thus lost would have to be made up by an additional levy on all other property in the state. An additional one-mill levy would raise less than $2,000,000. In order to make up the $8,500,000 of lost revenue, there would have to be imposed on every farm and every other piece of property in Minnesota practically four mills in additional taxes. The average state tax rate during the past decade has been only a little over four mills. Therefore, Minnesota farmer, when the candidates of the so-called Farmer-Labor party ask you to vote for them, they not only ask you to put a $4,000 mortgage on your farm but to consent to a doubling of the state tax-rate thereon, not only for the next year, or the next decade, but for all time to come. And let it be noted, that however disastrous government ownership of railroads would be, it would be relatively harmless compared with the adoption of the entire public ownership program of the so-called Farmer-Labor party. It will undoubtedly be contended by advocates of the public ownership idea that the publicly-owned enterprises would return to the government sums adequate to compensate for loss of taxes and to pay the interest on bonds. There is no basis for such a contention if we may judge from the experience of the neighboring state of North Dakota in the operation of its flour mill. Not only has the mill failed to return its operating expenses; not Continued on page 41 CECIL NEWMAN ..... Manager PERCY L. TURNER ..... Circulation MARY WILLIAMS ..... Circulation and News Member of the ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS "First in Service" ENTER OPPORTUNITY In another column we outline Opportunity, the official organ of mits to Negro writers. This of opportunities, if not the greatest race having literary genius or of stimulate and encourage creative but not so wide in scope, have excitation of Colored Women, under Mrs. M. T. B. Williams of Tuskog which always seeks to encourage life and by Negro authors as a racial peace as well as promoting contest sponsored by Opportunity and encourage interest in the literature about Negro life, drawily rich sources; to encourage thely because they are Negro author literature and because literature for Negro writers, and for literature bring these writers into contact to which they have been for the strangers; to stimulate and foster which shakes itself free of deli Some phase of Negro life must be that this restriction will tend to be attained. The writer has be find a niche in the elementary fie she might fit, and welcomes this critical eye of the splendid array of John Farrar, Editor, The Bo Century Magazine; Montgomeryics, Howard University; Robert Zona Gale, author and friend to m author and instructor, Columbia. The literary genius will, perf $60, $50, etc.; but of far greater monetary values will be the help able judges. This advantage abor writers to submit offerings. Come ye writers and would-throng. Details of Opportunity' will be found on another page of IN OPPORTUNITY'S LITERARY CENTER In column we outline the Literary Prize, the official organ of the National Urb writers. This offer embodies one of not the greatest, that has comedy genius or of literary bent. On encourage creative literary effort in scope, have emanated from the need Women, under the Department of Williams of Tuskogee, chairman, and seeks to encourage reading of litera-ro authors as a potent factor in the well as promoting self culture within by Opportunity very properly seek interest in the serious development Negro life, drawing deeply upon the two encourage the efforts of Negro writers are Negro authors, but because whaecause literature is interesting; toors, and for literature by and ablers into contact with the general have been for the most part timid to simulate and foster a type of writelfree of deliberate propagand Negro life must be dealt with, andation will tend to best promote the writer has been for some time the elementary field of Negro literals and welcomes this opportunity to the splendid array of authors and edi-Editor, The Bookman; Carl Varne; Montgomery Gregory, Departriversity; Robert Hobart Davis, Eor and friend to mankind; Blanche Structur, Columbia University. the genius will, perforce, carry off the out of far greater benefit to contest will be the helpful, constructive cis advantage alone should be an init offerings. writers and would-be writers and job of Opportunity's Literary Prize another page of this issue. ENTER OPPORTUNITY'S LITERARY CONTEST In another column we outline the Literary Prize contest which Opportunity, the official organ of the National Urban League, submits to Negro writers. This offer embodies one of the greatest opportunities, if not the greatest, that has come to those of our race having literary genius or of literary bent. Offers intended to stimulate and encourage creative literary effort among Negroes, but not so wide in scope, have emanated from the National Association of Colored Women, under the Department of Literature, Mrs. M. T. B. Williams of Tuskogee, chairman, and from the Crisis which always seeks to encourage reading of literature of Negro life and by Negro authors as a potent factor in the cause of interracial peace as well as promoting self culture within the race. The contest sponsored by Opportunity very properly seeks "To stimulate and encourage interest in the serious development of a body of literature about Negro life, drawing deeply upon these tremendously rich sources; to encourage the efforts of Negro writers not merely because they are Negro authors, but because what they write is literature and because literature is interesting; to foster a market for Negro writers, and for literature by and about Negroes; to bring these writers into contact with the general world of letters to which they have been for the most part timid and inarticulate strangers; to stimulate and foster a type of writing by Negroes which shakes itself free of deliberate propaganda and protest." Some phase of Negro life must be dealt with, and we are not sure that this restriction will tend to best promote the ends desired to be attained. The writer has been for some time endeavoring to find a niche in the elementary field of Negro literature into which she might fit, and welcomes this opportunity to come under the critical eye of the splendid array of authors and editors of the type of John Farrar, Editor, The Bookman; Carl Van Doren, Editor, Century Magazine; Montgomery Gregory, Department of Dramatics, Howard University; Robert Hobart Davis, Editor, Munseys; Zona Gale, author and friend to mankind; Blanche Colton Williams, author and instructor. Columbia University. The literary genius will, perforce, carry off the awards of $100, $60, $50, etc.; but of far greater benefit to contestants than these monetary values will be the helpful, constructive criticism of these able judges. This advantage alone should be an incentive to Negro writers to submit offerings. Come ye writers and would-be writers and join the ambitious throng. Details of Opportunity's Literary Prize Contest Awards will be found on another page of this issue. THE CRISIS AND DR. MOTON No thoroughly appreciate the sterling city of Robert Moton, successor to Bington, read with unbounded satire comment in the Crisis, upon the resent struggle centering around the Great Tuskegee, in the beginning of the felt that a good pail of milk shows, especially since Robert Moton, the action of "false white friends." both races, have been encountered Unity Contest W real Vast Literary [ include first, sec- ] Those who so thoroughly appreciate the sterling character and wonderful ability of Robert Moton, successor to the immortal Booker T. Washington, read with unbounded satisfaction the extremely favorable comment in the Crisis, upon the attitude of Dr. Moton in the recent struggle centering around the Hospital for Disabled Veterans at Tuskegee, in the beginning of the article. Likewise, regret was felt that a good pail of milk should be subjected to football tactics, especially since Robert Moton cannot be held accountable for the action of "false white friends." Unfortunately, false friends of both races, have been encountered by others beside Dr. Moton. Opportunity Contest Will Reveal Vast Literary Talent For the next ten best stories, poems, plays and essays there will be free criticism by competent authorities in each field of letters. The winning stories will be published. Prize winners will be formally announced at a special meeting in New York. Rules of the Contest. This contest is designed to stimulate creative effort among Negroes and quite without any notion of discrimination is confined to Negro contestants. Short Stories. The stories must deal with some phase of Negro life, either directly or indirectly; otherwise there are no restrictions. They may be romantic, realistic, humorous, and will be judged upon their quality as a good short story. These stories must not exceed 5,000 words. Poetry. No restrictions are placed upon the themes of the poems. ```markdown ``` Short Stories. THE LITERARY CONTEST The Literary Prize contest which the National Urban League, subscribes one of the greatest, that has come to those of our literary bent. Offers intended to be literary effort among Negroes, manicated from the National Assoc. the Department of Literature,ree, chairman, and from the Crisis the reading of literature of Negro potent factor in the cause of interself culture within the race. Thevery properly seeks "To stimulate serious development of a body of deeply upon these tremendous efforts of Negro writers not mere-ers, but because what they write is interesting; to foster a market feature by and about Negroes; to with the general world of letters almost part timid and inarticulate over a type of writing by Negroes liberate propaganda and protest." The dealt with, and we are not sure best promote the ends desired to enn for some time endeavoring to add of Negro literature into which is opportunity to come under the of authors and editors of the type Okman; Carl Van Doren, Editor, Gregory, Department of Dramat-Hobart Davis, Editor, Munseys; Bankind; Blanche Colton Williams, University. Force, carry off the awards of $100, benefit to contestants than these ful, constructive criticism of these should be an incentive to Negro writers and join the ambitious Literary Prize Contest Awards in this issue. preciate the sterling character and buton, successor to the immortal an unbounded satisfaction the exe Crisis, upon the attitude of Dr. ering around the Hospital for Dise beginning of the article. Like- pail of milk should be subjected once Robert Moton cannot be held the white friends." Unfortunately, seen encountered by others beside Contest Will Literary Talent Plays. The plays must deal with some phase of Negro life, either directly or indirectly; otherwise there are no restrictions. They may be romantic, realistic, humorous, and will be judged upon their quality as a good play. The object here is simply to bid for a much abused type of literary expression, in the hope of finding some examples of recognizable literary merit. The contestant will strive for clarity of diction, forcefulness, and originality of ideas, logical structure, deft and effective employment of language, accuracy of data, and economy of words. The subject may be of the contestant's selection but must relate directly or indirectly to Negro life and contacts, or situations in which Negroes have a conspicuous interest. These essays are limited to 3,000 words. Personal Experience Sketches. These sketches must be an actual experience and relate to some incident or situation or circumstance of personal life which makes it possible to understand how one feels and acts in the presence of a particular life problem. The contest will strive for complete frankness and self-scrutiny, truthfulness, and clarity of expression. These will be limited to 2,000 words. Any story, poem, play, essay, or personal experience sketch that has already been published is ineligible for this contest. The contest will close December 31, 1924. This contest reserves the right to reject all manuscripts in any division ```markdown ``` Plays. Essays. If the contributions are deemed below a reasonable standard of quality or insufficient in number. The wedding is announced of Mrs. Vivian Crawford and Prof. J. Lark, faculty member, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tenn., and will occur on Sunday, Sept. 28, at the home of Mrs. J. Mitchell, Elliot Ave. The bridal couple will start on a motor trip to Nashville on Monday morning. Mrs. Crawford is the niece of the late Mrs. Glover Jackson and daughter of Dr. John W. Crawford, former supervisor of public schools, Nashville, Tenn. Mrs. A. McNier of Chicago, Ill., is the guest of her sister, Mrs. Blanche Genetto, 3900 Fifth Ave. So. The Owl Club gave their first dance of the season Monday evening at Arcadia Dancing Palace. Mrs. E. B. James left Monday evening to visit friends in Milwaukee, Wis. Mrs. Joe Thomas is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Thena Chaney, in Duluth, Minn. Miss Laura L. Dixon, a charming young woman from Sparta, Ga., returns to the Twin Cities to spend a few days as guest of Mrs. Mary Ingram, 610 Jewett Place. Miss Dixon visited here last summer and made many friends. Mr. Albert Morris, 3553 4th Ave. So., returned from his boyhood home in Virginia and brought his sister for an extended visit. Letters to the Editor HAVE YOU PAID? Interest in the return of the Bulletin-Appeal continues to grow and congratulations still pour in. This is good moral support but has no bill-paying value, and bills, like Tennyson's Brook, go on forever. If your subscription is due will you not kindly send in your check, and see that your neighbor does so? This will enable us to continue to place the Bulletin-Appeal in your hands, thus assuring you a medium for keeping in touch with local events as well as with the outside world. Beginning this week we will publish each cash subscription. Will you contribute your share toward meeting the expense attendant upon its publication? Dr. Robt. S. Brown, big, public-spirited citizen, says, "I will," and as proof of his good intentions, sends in the first cash subscription. I am indeed glad to see that the N. W. Bulletin-Appeal has come again to meet the public demand. 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It is with sincere appreciation of the courtesy extended me in your splendid paper, although my subscription will not expire for a few months, that I am enclosing you check for $2.00. "Absence makes the heart grow fonder" was certainly true of the paper when it did not reach us. I feel sure that each subscriber will send in a renewal at this time, regardless of date of expiration, in order to help the Bulletin-Appeal to function without financial embarrassment. We owe you, as publisher, a debt of gratitude for being willing to take up the burden again, and as we have felt what it was to be without our paper, I believe you will find the majority of our citizens appreciative of your action and willing to do his share toward paying the bills. Yours for success of the Grand Bul- Yours for success of the Grand Bullein-Appeal and the G. O. P. W. T. FRANCIS, Chicago, Ill. Also, Mrs. J. W. Willis, wife of Hon. J. W. Willis, president of the locan branch of N. A. A. C. P., came into the office of the Bulletin-Appeal last week to take care of indebtedness on the paper. We appreciate these tangible responses, and shall continue to give publicity to the support rendered us. THE NORTHWESTERN-BULLETIN APPEAL ALERT MINNESOTA REPUBLICANS TO WIN HARD FIGHT Everywhere in Minnesota, Republicans, Republican newspapers, candidates and ex-candidates, men and women, are mobilizing for the fight, regardless of prejudices of the past. They are enthusiastic believers in the capabilities of each Republican candidate, and in bespeaking support for them they have no apologies to make. Republican Forces Alert. At the Ramsey County Republican headquarters in the Globe Bldg., on Wednesday evening the atmosphere fairly bristled with enthusiasm over the coming campaign. In a manner that would have cheered the heart of General Dawes, the committee promptly buckled "down to brass tacks" and the formation of a Ramsey County Republican club, to be social as well as political. Enthusiasm was noticeably high among the women members, and it is predicted that they will make this the most effective campaign in their experience as voters. Mr. R. G. Thoreen, state central committeeeman, urged definite plans for getting out the vote, with particular stress on registration of the delinquents. Politics discussed over the afternoon teacup or with coffee noir is advocated, by the Republican national headquarters, the lemon to be passed to the other political parties with generous service. Men and women are to meet on a common plane for the discussion of Republican issues and plans to put over a Republican victory. Dues will be eliminated. H. J. Hadlich, chairman, urged perfecting ward organizations and calling meetings, either in the nature of afternoon teas or evening conferences, also ward mass meetings. Mr. Thoreen reported favorable comment on Coolidge and Dawes, with Theodore Christianson and Representative Thomas D. Schall in popular favor. Dr. Orr, Edw. Parish, O. Mundt, S. E. Hall, Mrs. C. A. Severance, president, Ramsey County Republican Women's Club, Miss Eloise Callahan, Mesdames H. A. Tomlinson, Mark Coffin, David Walbloom, E. Goff, W. T. Francis and Miss Hester Pollock, chairman of Speakers' Bureau, who is the Minnesota director of the special movement to interest women, were among the members who took active part in planning an early "Get out the vote" drive. The Ramsey County Republican General Committee includes three colored members—Mrs. E. Goff, S. E. Hall, Mrs. W. T. Francis. The plans for the newly formed organization contemplate affiliation with the Women's Republican club, already organized. Upon requests for reports of activities in ward or precinct, Mrs. W. T. Francis reported plans in embryo for an Eighth Ward Republican Women's Auxiliary, to be held on Tuesday, October 30, at 8 P. M., place to be announced later. This is the initial effort to interest Eighth Ward women in affiliating with the regular ward organization which consists of both men and women. Speakers will explain campaign issues and there will be musical numbers. Republicans organized in the Seventh Ward Monday night at a meeting at the Church Club. Bruce Sanborn was re-elected chairman. Mrs. L. P. Wolff, vice-chairman; F. S. Bryant, secretary; A. J. Viegel, treasurer. The plan of work is one man and one woman to make a canvass of each block in the ward. Other wards are expected to make an effort to organize by October 2, Chairman Hadlich announces. Mrs. Sarah Carter, 606 N. 7th Ave., had as her house guests, her sister, Mrs. Mary Garmen, Mr. and Mrs. Turner, Mrs. Freeman, all of Kansas City, Kan. Mrs. Wahue Dunlap and daughter, Star, 722 Bassett Place, left this week for Omaha. The Needle-craft Club will meet Tuesday, Oct. 7, at Mrs. E. B. James,' 4044 Fourth Ave. So. Mr. Henry and Edward Beasley were guests of their brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Beasley, 2836 34th Ave So., last week. You can buy the Bulletin-Appeal in Minneapolis at Williams' Barber Shop, 602 Lyndale Ave. No.; Palace Barber Shop, 627 6th Ave. No., and Allen's Grocery store, corner 7th Ave. and Lyndale. If your newsdealer doesn't carry it, ask him to get it for you. Ramsay, the sign man, is soon to open an art shop. New business places are the Ever Ready Cafe and the Sanitary Market. If you want big crowds at dances and entertainments you should advertise in the Bulletin-Appeal. UP-TOWN Sanitary Shop OWEN HOWELL, PROPRIETOR "The Home of Service" FIRST CLASS: Shoe Repairing Shoe Shining Tailoring Pressing Dry Cleaning Shoe Polish and Cleaners in every Wanted Shade. 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Is it possible that the citizens of this great government, 25,356 of whom are listed in the 1924-25 "Who's Who in America" and forty-four of this number, by race identified with this noted character, who recognize the distinguished service rendered the government, humanity and a people; who know that he graduated from West Point with honors; that he served in Haiti and made a map of the country that is in use by the government at present; who have not forgotten the occasion when he rode his favorite steed from Xenia, Ohio, to the national capitol to prove his fitness for service in the late war; who remember when the late Theodore Roosevelt, with whom he served in the war with Spain, recommended him for promotion; who recall his untimely death while in active service at his post in Sierra Leone, West Africa—will stand supinely by and let memory of this noble character fade into oblivion with only a wooden slab to mark his grave in Arlington? Shall we in America, under the influence of an advanced civilization display such gross ingratitude? A memorial committee should be appointed and subscriptions taken to erect a lasting tribute to commemorate the sacrifice and noble deeds of this scholar, soldier, statesman and musician. If the valor of this martyr is forgotten after a few years, we shall bear the blame and shame. May some super-power prevent such a reflection from falling upon so great a self-loving people. LEANDER RAYMOND HILL, M. D. Valdosta, Ga., Sept. 18.—Warren Woods, alleged to have shot and killed a white city official, was killed by a mob of white people and his bullet riddled body was carried a short distance from the center of the town to a skirt of woods where a funeral pyre was erected by the irate whites and the body cremated while the crowd vented its indignant feeling in a wild exultation at the alleged cold-blooded murder of the city official. Woods was employed as a house servant at the home of J. L. Horne and it is said that Woods created a sort of disturbance during Sunday morning which attracted the attention of the city marshal, who threatened to place Woods under arrest, and then an argument ensued in which Woods is alleged to have taken a pistol and killed the officer. The shooting attracted a large crowd of people on their way to church. Instead of going to church the people engaged in a wild orgy of killing and cremation. Vander Bies Office: Cedar 0508 Res.: Dale 2047 Res.: 678 St. Anthony Ave. MRS. T. H. LYLES Successor to T. H. LYLE UNDERTAKING CO. 150 W. Fourth St. St. Paul When in Need of Fur Coats and Fur Chokers See Us Also Repairing and Remodeling We Can Save You Money DOROSHOW FUR CO. 444 St. Peter St. Cedar 2919 Use Cosby Auto Service and Ride in Comfort Day or Night Phone Dale 1966 587 Rondo St. O. E. ZANDELL PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST 879 Rice, Cor. Milford St. Paul, Minn. Kodaks, Films and Supplies S.REDD, Pres. 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She returned from the hospital on Monday. Dr. O. D. Howard is much improved, having been in the hospital on account of bruises received when hit by an automobile. The little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Cage, Elizabeth, is much improved. She was the victim of an automobile accident a few weeks ago. She is still at St. John's hospital. Mr. George E. Butler, salesman for the Minnesota Building and Loan Association, had a serious accident on last Sunday. His car turned over near Rosemount, Minn., but fortunately he escaped being injured. The Adelphal Club met on Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Jeanette Kelly, 950 St. Anthony Ave. Sunday, October 5, has been assigned to the club to hold its Vesper Service at the Y. W. C. A., 598 W. Central. Captain and Mrs. W. R. Godette of Albermarle St. have gone on their annual hunting trip for ducks in the northern part of the state. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Giles of Pillsbury Ave., Minneapolis, accompanied by Mrs. Geo. W. Wills, St. Paul, motored to Boston, Cleveland and other eastern points in their new Hudson super six. Rev. J. W. Anderson, Secretary National Baptist Convention, Western States, filled the pulpit at Pilgrim Baptist Church on Sunday. Rev. Anderson is the successor of Rev. E. W. Moore, who recently visited the city in the interest of work of the denomination. On Friday, Sept. 5, the friends of Rev. and Mrs. W. D. Carter, former pastor of Pilgrim Baptist Church, and who is now pastor of the Zion Baptist Church, Seattle, Wash., gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Hall, 996 Iglehart Ave., on the occasion of the twenty-fifth anniversary of their marriage. Short addresses were made by Messrs. Geo. W. Wills and Geo. W. James. A beautiful silver flower basket was presented to them from their many friends. Rev. L. W. Harris presented the token, after which fitting responses were made by Rev. and Mrs. Carter. Delightful refreshments were served by Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Wills. Mr. and Mrs. Edmund M. Hill, 1373 University Ave., motored to Duluth to attend the A. M. E. Conference. In the party were the following persons: Mr. and Mrs. Edmund M. Hill, Mrs. Annabel Harris, Mrs. Hazel Craig, Mrs. Wm. Bowen and Mrs. Nancy Fox. All had a pleasant stay in Duluth and a pleasant trip. Mrs. A. S. Foster, 1393 Sherburne Ave., has returned from Atlanta, Ga., where she spent a month visiting her mother. She also spent a few days at Savannah. Mrs. Charles Bradley, 934 St. Anthony Ave., left Tuesday evening for Chicago, Ill., to attend the funeral of her grandson, Master Elmer Bradley. Mr. F. L. Miller of "Runnin' Wild" is the guest of his aunts, Mrs. T. J. Irvlin and Miss Malinda Fogg, 714 University Ave. The preliminary meeting of the executive committee of the Community Chest Drive was held at noon on Wednesday at the Athletic Club. The committee solicits the assistance of all the captains of last year, as we hope to do our work through the lodges, churches and clubs. The drive begins on October 20. S. E. Hall, chairman. Mr. Gibson, formerly of Follings & Gibson Express Co., has inaugurated a new taxi service and is operating with Twin Packard cars. The Self Culture Club held its first meeting of the season on Wednesday afternoon with Mrs. Ida Smith, 864 St. Anthony Ave. Mrs. Cora Cuthhert Wallace and Mr. Crockett Rose were united in marriage on Tuesday. The Ideal Whist Club will hold their next meeting with Mrs. Edward Hatton of Arch St. Mr. Geo. Gooden, former resident of St. Paul, who has lived in Alaska for many years, has returned to the city and will reside with his family at 514 Fuller Ave. Leslie Lawrence Post No. 497 met Wednesday evening at the club rooms, 355 Robert St. The Alpha Kappa Sorority of the University of Minnesota will give a Rustice Dance in the near future for the benefit of its scholarship fund. An important meeting of the executive board of the Everywoman Progressive Council will be held on Thursday evening, October 2, at the home of the president, Mrs. W. T. Francis, 606 St. Anthony Ave. Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Lewis, 222 W. 6th St., are enjoying an outing at Lamphrey Pass, Forest Lake, Minn., for a couple of months. Rehearsals of the Mu So Choral Club for its seventh year will begin Monday night, Oct. 5th, at the Wells Memorial House, 11th St. and Western Ave. A few more members will be accepted. Any one who is desirous of joining, please report at the above place and date for a tryout at 8 o'clock, or telephone Colfax 0172. W. C. Jeffrey, Director. Minnehaha Temple No. 129, Daughter Elks, recently gave a reception in honor of Grand Recording Secretary, Mrs. Nellie McCullough, who has the distinction of being the first Northwestern woman elected to a Grand Lodge office in the Daughter Elks. The reception was a fine tribute to Mrs. McCullough, who has long been a prominent member of the Twin City Daughter Elks, being Past Daughter Ruler of Minnehaha Temple, Minneapolis. After a vacation of two months, the Wayman Circle met with Mrs. W. J. Gilliam, 2828 5th Ave. So. Rev. and Mrs. Lillian Porter Jones were out-of-town guests. Rev. and Mrs. Jones are on their way to Edmonton, Can., where they will take charge of a large mission field for the A. M. E. conference. Mrs. Lucretia Knox of the "Runnin' Wild Co." spent last week with her aunt, Mrs. Laura Martin, 4110 E. Lake St. Mrs. Knox is a graduate of Fisk University, and a singer of note, well known in Chicago and throughout the South and East. Mr. John La Coste returned last week from a seven weeks' vacation trip in Maine. Mr. La Coste was a guest at the summer home of Mrs. Elizabeth Magee, former owner of Hotel Magee, St. Paul. The Villa of Martin, Maine, where Mrs. Magee's home is located, is an exclusive gathering place for many of the prominent eastern people, with every facility to enjoy seashore life, such as yachting, motor boating, deep sea fishing and automobiling. Mr. La Coste was able to enjoy the many pleasures that this beautiful state affords. The return trip included stops in Boston, New York and Chicago; while in New York, the Wills-Firpo fight was seen by Mr. La Coste. Miller and Lyles and their "Runin' Wild" Company were well received in their Twin City debut at the Metropolitan last Sunday evening. The theatrical critics of all of the daily papers were loud in their praise of the aggregation. AMONG THE FALL MOVERS Mr. and Mrs. J. Cunningham have moved from 620 Rondo St. to 683 Rondo St. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Graves, who formerly lived at 350 Dale St., have moved to 620 Rondo St. Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Grice, 605 Aurora Ave., have taken an apartment at 665 University Ave. Mr. and Mrs. Courtney Hilyard, 792 St. Anthony Ave., are now residing at 905 Marion St. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Rhodes, 665 University Ave., are now living at 694 Carroll Ave. Mr. and Mrs. Frank King are now occupying the residence of Mrs. Ida Broyles, who will reside in Chicago, permanently. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jeffrey, 874 Rondo St., have moved to 348 North Dale St. Mr. and Mrs. L. Jackson have purchased a home at 499 St. Anthony Ave. AMONG THE VACATIONERS Mesdames E. O. James and family, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Saunders, Mrs. Lillian McKnight, Mr. and Mrs. Hiram Gibbs, Mrs. Eva Gaskins and Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Walker. Miss Martha Bradley, 934 St. Anthony Ave., who has been confined to her home for the past three months with an attack of heart trouble, is able to be out again, to the delight of her many friends. Mrs. L. W. Webb arrived in the city last Wednesday morning from Chicago for a few days' visit with her school chum, Mrs. Geraldine Pickett, 1045 Cross Ave. She will visit several days in Seattle, Wash., before returning to her home in Great Falls, Mont. The Y. W. C. A., 598 W. Central Ave., will resume its fall activities about October 1. Mrs. C. L. Sharp, 521 Rondo St., has returned home from an extended trip in Detroit, Mich., and Chicago, Il. Master Calvin Webb, 696 Carroll Ave., who spent the summer with his grandmother in Kansas City, arrived home Monday. THE NORTHWESTERN-BULLMEN APPEAL Walter White's New Novel The "Fire in the Flint" Was Published September Fifth Subscribe to the Bulletin-Appeal and Keep in Touch with the Social Activities of Your Local Group Employment Information Rooms Social Agencies Community Organizations 61 East Sixth Street Phone Garfield 6667 E. H. Carter, Executive Secretary Member Community Chest "The Fire In the Flint," a novel on the Negro question by Walter F. White, Assistant Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is being published on September 5th by Alfred Knopf, 730 Fifth Avenue, New York. At the time of publication, the publisher gave out the following comments on the book by people who had read it before publication: Carl Van Vechten, the novelist: "This bitter arraignment of a pseudo-civilization, written by a Negro, would arouse the latent sense of injustice even in the soul of a United States Senator. . . . The plot is most ingeniously articulated, the characters well drawn. In certain nervous passages the novel achieves a power, through the use of a curiously subtle variety of restraint, that almost lifts it into the realm of art. I defy any one to read it without emotion." Zona Gale, novelist and playwright, author of "Miss Lula Bett," "Birth," etc.: "Until I read Walter White's 'The Fire in the Flint,' I was so ignorant of my own land that I did not know that 'share cropping' exists as it exists in the South, or that there are those who use the system to practice peonage. . . . And 'The Fire in the Flint' is an effort to handle this contemporary material with the dispassion and detachment of the recorder. The book is to be judged, therefore, as a novel and not as a revelation. Neither the indirference of the North nor the prejudice of the South can touch this work, on its own ground, as a novel. On that score the book is a remarkable performance." James Weldon Johnson, Secretary of the N. A. A. C. P.; "In 'The Fire in the Flint' Mr. White has taken the hard, cruel facts of race conditions in the South and woven them into a dramatic story. These facts have been used by writers before, but most of these writers, lacking the power and imagination displayed by Mr. White, have turned out propagandic treatises or pathetic pleadings instead of interesting stories. Everything in Mr. White's story is true. Those familiar with the condition described will immediately recognize in the main incidents of the book things that have happened time and again. But Mr. White has not made a mere record of facts or a plea for the Negro. He has taken his material and made it into a moving, gripping drama. In the first half dozen pages he gets the interest of the reader in Kenneth Harper, the young colored physician and surgeon, and he holds that interest and intensifies it through to the tragic end of the book. The passages relating Bob Harper's vengeance for the rape of his young sister by white hoodlums form a bit of staccato writing, rising at a heart-breaking pace to a climax, that has not been surpassed by any contemporaneous American novelist. Mr. White has indeed done a rare thing; he has written a real novel on the Negro Question." GREAT NORTHERN IS PREPARED The territory served by the Great Northern Railway harvests its crops and ships to market its heaviest load in the fall season. This year the Great Northern is prepared to handle a larger traffic than ever before. It has purchased many large, new locomotives of the most modern type; it has purchased and rebuilt thousands of new freight cars; it has built new track and improved old; it is equipped to do the people's work well. Its Oriental Limited Train and other passenger trains are the acme of perfection in passenger service. 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So prepared the Greatate service to the Northwest It appreciates your patronage you help it to and damage Chairman of the Board. Let a man fall in business, what a wonderful effect it has on his former friends and creditors! Men who had taken him by the arm, laughed and chatted with him by the hour, shrug up their shoulders and pass him with a chilling "How do you do?" Every trifle of a bill is hunted up and presented that would not have seen daylight for months to come but for the misfortune of the debtor. If it is paid, well and good; if not, the scowl of the sheriff, perhaps, meets him at the corner. A man that never failed knows little of human nature. In prosperity he sails along, gently waffled by favoring smiles and kind words from everybody. He prides himself upon his good name and spotless character, and makes his boast that he has not an enemy in the world. Alas! the change. He looks upon the world in a different light when reverses come upon him. He reads suspicion on every brow. He hardly knows how to move or whether to do this thing to the other, for there are spies about him and a writ is ready for his back. To understand what kind of stuff the world is made of, a person must be unfortunate and stop payment in his lifetime. If he has kind friends, then they are made manifest. A failure is a moral sieve—it brings out the wheat and shows the chaff. A man thus learns that words and pretended good will do not constitute real friendship. A real, genuine friend in need is a friend indeed; no matter be, whether he may be fortunate or unfortunate, such a friend will always stand by him—Scottish Rite Bulletin. Patriotism an Essential Virtue. Patriotism an Essential Virtue. What is patriotism? Is it a narrow affection for the spot where a man was born? Are the very cloaks where we tread entitled to this ardent preference because they are greener? No sir; this is not the character of the virtue, and it soars higher for its object. It is an extended self-love, mingling with all the enjoyments of life and twisting itself with the minutes filaments of the heart. It is thus we obey the laws of virtue, because they are the laws of virtue. In their authority we see, not the array of force and terror, but the venerable image of our country's honor. Every good citizen makes that honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious, but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense, and is conscious that he gains protection while he gives it-Fisher Ames. Field Mouse Builds Nest Skillfully. The tiny field mouse can give the birds a few pointers on how to build nests. Among the reeds this little animal skillfully fashions the home that two or three times a year shelters a litter of five or six mice. The full-grown rodent is only a trifle more than two inches long, reddish brown on the back, yellowish on the sides, and white on the under side. It builds its nest of swamp grass and stalks of reed, shredded into long fibers by its sharp teeth. The fibers are skillfully woven into a spherical basket, open at the top, lined with thistledown and silky fibers from the seed pods of other weeds. The nest is merely the summer home of the mouse, where it rears its young. Point for Scientists Some interesting comparisons have been made between the spectrum of the wonderful variable star Mira and that of titanium oxide. It is found that the two spectra are, for the greater part, identical. Especially the curious bands seen in the spectrum of Mira are shown to be due to titanium oxide. There has also been found evidence of the presence of vanadium in the same star. The lines of titanium and vanadium have likewise been discovered in the light of sun spots, leading one astronomer to remark that the sun spots and the star Mira are evidently very closely connected in physical condition. PUT YIR TRUBBELZ in YIR COAT POCKET BE A ZHIRTWARTE man Messrs. Charles Adams, Earl Fortier and Jack Gilbertson, all of Boston, Mass.. were visitors at the Minneapolis office on last Thursday. Webster, the Real Estate man, is sojourning in the Windy City at present. Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Onque's new address is 3741 4th Ave. South. Mrs. Frances Peebles and daughter Marion, 629 Aldrich Ave., returned recently from a brief visit to her mother at Grand Forks, N. D. Mrs. M. Clark, 2742 Pleasant Ave., who has been ill for some time, has improved wonderfully. Mrs. Geo. DeVaughn, wife of Attorney DeVaughn, left Tuesday for Washington, D. C., accompanied by her sister, Miss Eliza Shipper, who has been a house guest of the DeVaughns this summer. Both Mrs. DeVaughn and Miss Shipper will teach in the Washington, D. C., schools. As a fitting climax to the most notable convention in the history of St. Paul, delegates to the American Legion and Ladies' Auxiliary were honored at a farewell reception and dancing party given Friday evening by the Leslie Lawrence Post No. 497 and Auxiliary at the beautiful home of Mesdames Melker and Brown, 455 St. Anthony Ave. Early in the evening the handsomely gowned ladies and well groomed gentlemen assembled to meet the distinguished guests, while the strains of a six-piece orchestra furnished entrancing music for those who wished to trip the light fantastic. The ladies of the Auxiliary acted as hostesses and received the guests. The spacious rooms were artistically decorated throughout with the National and Legion colors. Festoons of red, white and blue radiated a soft hue from the chandeliers and silk flags covered the various floor lamps. The rooms were redolent with the fragrance of chrysanthemums, gladiolas and daisies, which were presented by the National Headquarters for the occasion. Commander George W. Hamilton and Lieut. Samuel L. Ransom, and Miss Jeska Oden welcomed the visitors, each of whom responded with a speech of gratitude for the hospitality accorded them during their stay in the city. Refreshments were served. The guests of honor were: Mr. and Mrs. John Williamson and Mrs. George Gross of Denver, Colo.; Herbert Spencer and Chester of Kansas City, Mo.; Mr. J. G. Lindsay of Iowa; Messrs. Coleman and Dunn of Indianapolis; Lieutenant D. C. Mathews and wife of Los Angeles, Cal., and Mr. Geo. Lee, Memphis, Tenn. to be without a colored newspaper, and the revival of the Bulletin-Appeal brings joy to the hearts of all loyal, appreciative and patriotic citizens.—Joseph E. Johnson. Please accept my best wishes for your highest success in your re-entry into the field of journalism, and kindly accept, too, the faithful pledge of my humble support in your endeavor to give to the Twin Cities, the Northwest and to the entire country a colored weekly whose high journalistic accomplishments will win for it the inestimable reputation of being the ranking Negro newspaper of America. —Atty. Geo. D. DeVaughn, Minneapolis, Minn. I received the report of the coming issue of the Bulletin-Appeal and the news is very gratifying, realizing the vast importance of this journal to the community. You can rely on me for support. —Dr. L. R. Hill. THE WEE HOUR INN OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Specializing in HOT DOGS, POTATO SALAD MEXICAN CHILI HOT and COLD DRINKS At 888 Rondo St., The Busy Corner Specials Served Every Day Phone DALE 8807 L. W. THOMPSON, Prop. Keystone Hotel Barber Shop UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF E. N. MARTIN Ladies' and Children's Work a Specialty Ladies' Hair Bobbing by Appointment. Dale 8601 379 Carroll St. Paul, Minn. USED CAR EXCHANGE All Makes Used Cars We Buy, Sell or Trade 343 No. Exchange G. S. NEUTSON, Prop. Subscribe for the BULLETIN APPEAL Republicans Open State Campaign (Continued from page 1) only does it not pay any taxes on its property; but the taxpayers of the state are required to meet an interest charge of $1,000 per day on the bonds issued to build and equip it and to finance its business. Surely he would be an optimist who, with knowledge of the record of public ownership elsewhere, would expect publicly operated industrial enterprises to bring to the people anything but higher taxes, increased public indebtedness, impaired credit and industrial stagnation. Instead of adopting policies which would increase the burdens of the people of our commonwealth, let us take steps to reduce those burdens. Let us make government simpler, not more complex. Born and raised on a farm I share the aspirations of those who labor. My sympathies are not with the drones of society but with its workers, for I have always had to work myself. When I am in the executive chair, the farmers and workers of Minnesota will know they have a governor who understands them because he is one of them. The Republican party enters this campaign with confidence, knowing that its record of achievement justifies faith in the sincerity of its present promises. It presents in Calvin Coolidge, its candidate for President, one who, entering the office of Chief Executive under conditions as trying as those that ever confronted any man, has won the confidence of his fellow citizens everywhere. For Vice-President it offers in Charles G. Dawes, not a second-rate figure, but a statesman who has achieved eminence, first, as director of the budget, and, then, as chairman of the commission which formulated the plan for the establishment of economic peace in Europe of which Chancellor Marx of Germany has said: "I like to compare the Dawes scheme with a great architectural blue-print for which the world owes the draughtsman its gratitude." It would be immodest to appraise myself,—I leave that to the electorate of Minnesota. But of the rest of the ticket I can say that it is composed of men who are deserving of every confidence that the people of Minnesota can bestow. It is a ticket with merits and should insure a complete victory for the Republican party in November. Tel. South 7954 Established 1905 W. SQUIRE NEAL FUNERAL DIRECTOR Successor to O. A. 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