Northwestern Bulletin

BUSINESS MEN FROWN RACE SATIRE Twin Cities Fairest in Quest of Victory! VOLUME II, NO. 43 BUSI Twin MOST POPULAR OF LOCAL GIRLS ARE IN HONORS RACE Minneapolis and St. Paul Will Choose Most Popular Girl in Both Cities. COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES PLANS ARE COMPLETED Public Urged to Boost for Success of Undertaking by Local Business Men. The young ladies of the popularity contest which will be held in conjunction with the Exposition and Style Show at the Auditorium are giving much time to securing votes. The following are the Twin Cities fairies who are in the contest: Misses Alleen Moore, Kathrine Winifred, Frances Peebles, Albertina Montague, Lucilla Johnson, Anna Syles, Isabell Castone. These ladies are securing much support from their friends and will, without doubt, make the popular lady contest one of the ever. The committee of promotion have finished their preparatory work and according to Dr. John R. French, chairman, everything will be in grand form when the Exposition opens Dec. 10. Minneapolis will have the honor on the first night while St. Paul will have the second night. Boosters Optimistic. In commenting on the coming Exposition one of the committee says: "Make the League Exposition a success; do your part as a race man. Send your name in and become an honorary member, which guarantees the committee your support. By doing this will make this exposition a greater one and when it is over you can say you did your part in putting it over. Out of the forty booths for exhibits over thirty-five have been taken. Those desirous of space should get in immediate communication with the committee. The speakers for the occasion will be announced in next week's issue. Several of the Cill City's best speakers and an equal number of St. Paul Demosthenes will be on the program. Be sure and come out or you will miss something grand. Uptown Shop Is First Santa Claus Uptown Shop Is First Santa Claus The Everywoman Progressive Club was the recipient of a box containing 12 pairs of Endicot-Johnson shoes for boys, which was the gift of the Uptown Sanitary Shop, 339 Wabasha street, last week. Mrs. W. T. Francis, president of the club, informed other Women's Associations that if they knew of families needing the shoes, to inform the Everywoman Club. These shoes were used as Thanksgiving presents to the needy. Several children were made happy through the beneficence of Mr. O. Howell, proprietor of the Uptown Sanitary Shop. The distribution was made Wednesday and Thursday (Thanksgiving Day) through the Everywoman Club, who expressed their thanks for the generous gift. The members of Harriet Tubman Civic League Club and a number of invited friends will go through the Washburn-Crosby Flour Mills Monday afternoon, December 6. They will meet at Fourth avenue and Fourth street at the Chamber of Commerce Building at 1:00, where they will go through first thence to the mill. Take the Minneapolis and 6th Ave. No. car. THE NORTHWESTERN BULLETIN Pastor's Theory On Migration The North now has a Negro problem, Rev. W. T. McElveen, pastor of Plymouth Congregational church, said Sunday night in answering a question, taken from the church question box as to his opinion on the causes of the Negro exodus from the South. Rev. McElveen said between 175,000 and 200,000 Negroes have left the South and come north in the last year. Without attempting to offer a solution of the new condition, Rev. Mr. McElveen outlined several phases of the problem as he sees it. One phase the pastor discussed at some length, is the possible relation of Negro labor to white labor and to capital. He suggested that organized labor may continue to "draw the color line," and said that if this proves to be the case, the Negro may become "the strikebreaker of tomorrow." YOUNGEST C. P. A. IN STATE WAS A N. H. S. STUDENT Made Record in School in Mil City Before Entering University of Illinois. Mr. Arthur Jewell Wilson, former North high school student, Minneapolis, recently passed successfully the examination of Certified Public Accountant in the state of Illinois, making him the first and the youngest in the state of Illinois and one of the few race C. P. A. in the United States. Mr. Wilson was married about 18 months ago, to Miss Edith Stone, one of the popular young Mill City girls. After finishing his studies at North high school he left for Champaign to enter the University of Illinois. Entering the University of Illinois in 1919, in 1921 he carried off preliminary honors in the college of commerce. In the fall of 1921 he entered the Northwestern University school of commerce and was awarded honorable mention for two consecutive years. He is now assistant in the department of accounting, Northwestern University. - Banker Is Benefactor. Mr. Wilson was offered a position as auditor in the income tax unit, treasury department, and also the position of senior cost accountant in the war finance section, treasury department, by the government. He declined both of these positions. For the past three years he has been employed as auditor for the Overton-Hygienic Mfg. Co. Mr. Wilson, who is a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, attributes much of his success to Mr. Anthony Overton, president of the Douglass National bank. The Overton-Hygienic Mfg. Co., and the Victory Life Insurance, whose encouragement, advice and general guidance has been an infinite source of inspiration to him. Mr. Wilson is the first colored man to become certified public accountant in the state of Illinois, and one of the first in the United States. He is the only Negro certified public accountant actually engaged in public practice. He is also licensed to practice in the internal revenue courts. He is a member of the National Association of Cost Accountants and the National Society of Industrial Engineers. He will soon open offices in the Overton building, 36th and State streets, Chicago. Miss Hallie Q. Brown, president of the National Association of Colored Women, has designated Sunday, December 2, as Memorial Day for Mrs. Mary B. Talbert. The Minnesota Federation of Colored Women's club will have memorial services for Mary B. Talbert Sunday, December 2, at Little Pilgrim on the Hill, Grotto and West Central, at 2:30 P. M. ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1923. MINNEAPOLIS IN EFFORT TO HAVE BETTER HOUSING Executive Committee Begin Plan Whereby Acuteness Will be Remedied FIRST MEETING CALLED FOR EARLY IN DECEMBER President Urges Immediate Actions to Better Economic Situation Realizing the very urgent necessity for more group action and greater co-operative efforts among our people in this community, the Executive Committee of the Minneapolis Branch of the N. A. A. C. P. has planned a series of "Get-Together Meetings" to be held monthly in the various churches of our city. Each pastor has been consulted and has indicated his willingness to join in this forward movement for greater unity among us, in order that our civic, industrial and economic welfare might not be impaired or menaced. Each pastor will deliver in his own church the "get-together" message to our people of this city. The first meeting will be held at Bethesda Baptist church some time in December, and Rev. H. C. Parsons, a member of the Advisory Board of the N. A. A. C. P. will be the speaker for that occasion. The January meeting will be held in St. Peter A. M. E. church, and Rev. H. C. Boyd, a member of the Executive Committee, will deliver the "get-together" address at that time. Housing Conditions The employment and housing problems in our city have become so acute that they occasion serious alarm. There seems to exist a formidable combination to prevent our people from buying and renting real estate for residential and business purposes, and the effects of this restraint are exceedingly detrimental to our progress, and have a strong tendency to discourage the purchase of homes and the establishment of business enterprises. It is apparent also, that strong efforts are being made to deprive our group of adequate employment. Unless we bestir ourselves and unite our forces in a determined endeavor to offset this discrimination, our industrial and economic condition in this city will soon be most pitiful and sorrowful. There is no legal redress for this kind of discrimination, therefore, we cannot take our fight into the courts. A joint meeting of Executive Committee and Advisory Board will soon be called, and an intensive campaign will be outlined to be carried out by the Grievance Committee in batting this discrimination which is so perilous and threatening to our community welfare. Geo. G. DeVaughn President. TUSKEEGE OBSERVES 8TH ANNIVERSARY QUIETLY (By the Associated Negro Press) Tuskegee Institute, Ala.—Yesterday marked the eighth anniversary of the passing of Booker T. Washington, without interrupting the routine of the week day program, appropriate exercises marked the occasion. There have been the usual whire of machinery and the usual assembly of classes but pilgrims from 4:30 in the morning all through the day have silently made their way to the spot where his dust lies resting. Before sunrise the local alumni, more than fifty in number, most of whom knew him personally spent a few moments before his tomb. The B. B. S. club gave a sixteenpound turkey to the Crispus Attuck Home for Thanksgiving dinner. HAVE YOU GOT YOURS YET? WHAT? Midnight Lunch Follows Meeting; Best Session in History of the Club. The Annual meeting of the Sterling Club was held on the 23rd inst. at which time there was the election of the officers. W. E. Alexander was re-elected president for the ensuing year; Vive-president, W. B. Walker; Treasurer, O. D. Howard; Financial Sec., B. C. Rcher were also elected. M. K. McKnight was elected corresponding sec., D. T. Reed, J. E. Johnson and C. W. Wigington were re-elected to serve on the board of Directors for a term of three years. A short program was rendered at which time the president introduced Mr. E. Johnson as the organizer and first president of the club who spoke on endurance; Mr. O. C. Hall spoke on appreciation, Attorney Hamilton made a few remarks. After the transaction of all business the balance of the evening was spent in congratulations, during which time a bountiful as well as appetizing mid-night supper was served by the refreshment committee, and it was the consensus of opinion that this meeting was the most interesting and profitable of the clubs five years existence. ALL RACE COUNTY FAIR HELD AT ANDERSON, S. C. (By the Associated Negro Press) Anderson, S. C.—A Negro fair of extraordinary promise was opened here this week under the direction of County Agent H. T. Harrison. It is being financed entirely by the Negro exhibitors who have taken out five-dollar shares in the proposition. The agricultural exhibits have been a surprise to the white visitors, as showing the Negro to be an up-to-date farmer in his methods. One finds as many pure-bred cows and fine hogs as could be found at the leading white fairs. Mrs. D. S. Taylor, 1474 Charles street, who was seriously injured sometime ago, continues to improve greatly at St. Joseph's hospital. She will be pleased to see her many friends any time. The Union Fraternal Benevolent Association will give away a cedar chest containing 30 pieces, December 6th at Union Hall. A program and dance. Admission 10c.—Adv. IN THE New Political League Intact A numbe of Colored Voters turned out last Thursday evening to the Public Political Mass meeting held at St. James church. The organization became a permanent integral part of the great revolution for just and complete rights and political representation, and is destined to play an important part in our city, county and state government. In all probability will extend their activities into the national field. The success of this organization which can only be accomplished by diligent, vigorous and cooperative efforts is entirely dependent upon the interest and support of the Colored Voters. Sovereignty is vested in the people and to protect and enlarge their rights their efforts must be in solidarity, and by giving each and every one an equal voice the efforts of this organization will not be in vain. The officers permanently elected were George C. Shannon, Chairman; Attorney R. C. Crump, Vice Chairman; Attorney O. J. Smith, Secretary; George D. Howard, Ass't Secretary; and William Cannon, Treasurer. The next public mass meeting will be held December 20th, at the Memorial Baptist church, at which time there will be a number of prominent speakers of the Race on the program. CORRECTION Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 26, 1923. The article relative to the meeting of the Executive Committee of the Minneapolis Branch of the N. A. A. C. P., which appeared in last week's issue of the Bulletin under the signature of the president and secretary of the Branch, was the composition of Miss Nina Patterson as the Bulletin representative. In this article, the names of the members of the Advisory Board of the N. A. A. C. P. were unintentionally omitted. As the president failed to give Miss Patterson these names he assumes the responsibility for this omission and apologizes for his inadvertence which caused it. Advisory Board: Dr. R. S. Brown Rev. H .C. Parsons Judge Edward F. Waite Mrs. B. S. Smith Mrs. Lula Maxwell John H. Dietrich Wm. R. Morris Geo. G. DeVaughn, President Club Organizes For Wilberforce Last Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. W. W. Woodfork, 1474 Charles street a new club was organized which is composed of graduates and undergraduates of Wilberforce University. Rev. H. C. Claybrook pastor of Wayman Mission Minneapolis was elected temporary president, Mrs. Dovie Welsh, St. Paul was elected temporary secretary. This club is organized to add publicity in the northwest and to aid in financing Wilberforce University. Mrs. Quitman Hicks was appointed chairman of the committee on By-Laws constitution. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. Quitman Hicks, 953 Rondo street Thursday evening, December 6th. After the meeting a banquet will follow. The club at present will be named the Wilberforce Club, which is composed of Twin City folk. EDWARD WRIGHT IN $7,000 YEAR STATE POSITION Governor Small Gives Highest Salaried Job to Chicago Second Ward Man. (By the Associated Negro Press) Chicago, Ill.—Edward H. Wright Republican committeeman of Chicago's Second Ward, was appointed to the highest salaried position occupied by any Negro in the country by Gov. Len Small Monday. Mr. Wright was made a member of the Illinois Commerce Commission. The position carries with it a salary of $7,000. It is believed that Mr. Wright's appointment is one of the first big steps taken by the governor in the gubernatorial fight which faces him next year. Wright, it is believed, will prove a puzzle to the opponents of the governor among white voters and politicians, and will bring to the support of Small, the Negro electorate of Chicago. His appointment, it is felt, is not going to find favor with certain strong influences, led by the Chicago Tribune, which have sought to columnify Small and produce gubernatorial timber that would insure Small's defeat. Tribune Says With the appointment of Wright, the Tribune-explains that the governor may have made the appointment to embarrass the present chairman of the Commerce Commission, Frank L. Smith. Smith has been spoken of as a candidate for governor. He is not lined up with Small. Should he resign from the commission, now that Wright is on it, it is said his friends say that Small will expect a howl to be put up about "race prejudice" that will stay at the head of the commission, it is argued. He will be a mere figurehead, as four of the seven members are obligated to Small and would probably act according to his dictates. Further, it is pointed out that Small's wing of the Republican organization was constrained to make the appointment of Wright because of the activity of another element, presumably the McCormick-Brundage group in placing the name of Edward H. Morris on the recent judicial ticket. This is without foundation, however, as Wright was one of the principal workers in behalf of Morris. Traction Expert. Negroes, generally, feel proud of the appointment of Mr. Wright. He is regarded as one of the brainiest lawyers of the city, and one of the most astute politicians of the race. He is known to be utterly fearless in protecting and advancing the rights of himself or his race. He has been at various times county commissioner, traction expert for the city, and (Continued on page 4) MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRICE: FIVE CENTS BUSINESS LEAGUE WRITES LETTER TO NEWSPAPER Business Men of St. Paul Condemn Methods of Burlesque Adopted by Daily Paper URGE EDITOR TO STOP USE OF DEROGATORY NAMES Entire Organization Backs the Endeavor to Secure Race Respect Again the St. Paul Negro Business League is demonstrating its worth in the community in civic as well as commercial life. Because of the titles given to the race by one of our dailies, in several recent issues. The following is the letter sent by the local association: Mr. Chas. K. Blandin, Pres. St. Paul Dispatch Printing Co., St. Paul, Minn., Dear Sir: The Executive Committee of the St. Paul Negro Business League wish to call your attention to a matter which is of grave concern to the seven thousand five hundred Colored citizens of St. Paul, many of whom are readers of the St. Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press. The matter of which we refer, is the continued effort on the part of your publications to humiliate the Negro by the use of terms of reproach in dipiciting incidents in which our people play a part. In your issue of Friday, Nov. 23d, of the Pioneer Press describing a prize fight which occured in Minneapolis, the Colored fighter was contemptuously referred to as "darky" in large type, although from the description of the contest he fought not only honorable but well. Last Sunday in the report of a wedding consummated by two members of the Negro group, one of whom had inherited considerable wealth, your paper announced in bold head lines, "DARKTOWN ATTENDS," ete. We can see no reason why your publication should offer insult to the Colored people by the use of these purulent and offensive terms. Surely it would seem vastly unjust if in describing a wedding at which Jews were in attendance you should say, "Sheenyytown attends fashionable wedding," or in the report of a prize fight in which an Italian was a participant you should say, "wop" loses to Morris" etc. And yet you use terms just as insulting as these continuously in describing the activities of Colored people. There was nothing in the fighting of the Colored lad at Minneapolis that deserved reproach, according to your statement in the Pioneer Press and Dispatch he was beaten but did not quit. There was nothing about the wedding in New York which merited contempt but much to be admired in the fact that this wealth was acquired by a lone Colored woman despite the handicaps and prejudices to which her race is subjected. These terms, "darky, darktown" and the like are distasteful to the Colored people. We are Americans with nothing to be ashamed of, but much to be proud of in our history as Americans. In St. Paul our group has made a splendid record as law abiding citizens and it has been stated with authority that there are more Negroes in the City of St. Paul owning their homes and as tax payers than any other city in the country in proportion to our population. We have every reason to believe that you, Mr. Blandin, with many other good citizens of St. Paul, have no desire to injure the feelings of any particular group of people but anxious and willing at all times to do justice by all and by calling this matter to your attention we hope your publication will refrain from this gratuitous insult and undeserved humiliation. Thanking you in advance for your attention in the matter, we remain, Yours very truly. St. Paul Negro Business League O. Howell, President THE NORTHWESTERN BULLETIN OWEN HOWELL ..... Publisher AIMEE HALL ..... Managing Editor S. QUAY HERNDON ..... Associate Managing Editor GERALDINE PICKETT ..... Circulation Mgr. NINA PATTerson ..... Circulation, Mpls. Entered as second-class matter February 20, 1922, at the postoffice at St. Paul, Minn., under the Act of March 3, 1879. At this time we are being asked by many who visit the Negro is from the point of local and national pride of those who look to the Northwest's great serve the best interest for the community, we went in order that there may be no misconception of lack of information. The Bulletin does not itself with any organization, party or place in ideas, fair in decisions and ever race its full measure of justice and consideration. Come by-me-first and the soap-box orator, give our medium over to designing political race or other group. We must first see race pecuniary profit. We value the freedom of economic and political standpoint, higher than the be offered. We will not sit in silence to cone of race votes by leaders of our own. We sale of the Negro's birthright if the public prevent it. With treachery from within; we condemn personal power (and the race has suffered being) as resulting when positions of honor are party we supported, they may fling the taunt the cash for your vote." We do not want to race benefits. We will not willfully permit rights of the Negro to the highest election, at some of the appointive positions in our race given to race men who have shown their laxity of this particular phase may be the indifference of the group leaders. Our race advantage they sought to bask in the glory, because they sold out their brother and their own advantage. The advocation of and race pride should be the aim of the help serve racial betterment. Bulletin will not permit itself to be capitalized. We have, at all times, given the best of the public in supporting the more worthy candidate is at hand. Everything done by the Bureau of the race for which it serves. We will serve for the betterment of conditions and need their dollar value. Our aim is to give it to promote the general welfare and be a part of the race in this section the honor that all Just at this time we are being asked by many what the stand of the Bulletin is from the point of local and national politics. For the benefit of those who look to the Northwest's greatest race weekly to serve the best interest for the community, we are making this statement in order that there may be no misconception arising on account of lack of information. The Bulletin does not nor shall we ally ourselves with any organization, party or platform unless it is progressive in ideas, fair in decisions and ever ready to hand out to the race its full measure of justice and consideration. No self-appointed, Come by-me-first and the soap-box orator, leaders; we will not give our medium over to designing politicians, either within the race or other group. We must first see race advancement not pecuniary profit. We value the freedom of the race, from an economic and political standpoint, higher than any proposition to be offered. We will not sit in silence to the crafty manipulation of race votes by leaders of our own. We will not permit the sale of the Negro's birthright if the power of our medium will prevent it. We loath treachery from within; we condemn injudicious tactics for personal power (and the race has suffered much from that one thing) as resulting when positions of honor are requested from the party we supported, they may fling the taunt back, "we paid you the cash for your vote." We do not want cash in preference to race benefits. We will not willfully permit others to barter the rights of the Negro to the highest electoral bidder. We feel that some of the appointive positions in our state should have been given to race men who have shown their ability to qualify. The laxity of this particular phase may be correctly charged to the indifference of the group leaders. Instead of advocating race advantage they sought to bask in the sunshine of personal glory, because they sold out their brother, supposed secretly, to their own advantage. The advocacy of unity, cooperation and race pride should be the aim of the papers that serve to help serve racial betterment. The Bulletin will not permit itself to be capitalized by any organization. We have, at all times, given the best of our knowledge to the public in supporting the more worthy candidates when election time is at hand. Everything done by the Bulletin is for the benefit of the race for which it serves. We will support men and measures for the betterment of conditions and not parties on platform for their dollar value. Our aim is to give information at all times to promote the general welfare and be a power in the securing for the race in this section the honor that all other men receive. TWO VERSIONS OF THE SAME THING menting on the recent wedding of Miss Heiress, to Dr. Henry Gordon Jackson of it may be made of the headlines appearing in papers. From the Minneapolis Journal that taken: "9,000 attend reception after Lavish Negro woman." From the St. Paul Pioneer Pals $20,000 wedding Beating Gotham's 400 in headlines are based on the same story. The In commenting on the recent wedding of Miss May Walker Robinson, heiress, to Dr. Henry Gordon Jackson of Chicago, a comparison may be made of the headlines appearing in two Twin City daily papers. From the Minneapolis Journal the following headline is taken: "9,000 attend reception after Lavish Wedding of wealthiest Negro woman." From the St. Paul Pioneer Press: "Dark-town attends $20,000 wedding Beating Gotham's 400 in splendor." The two headlines are based on the same story. The facts surrounding the wedding were identically the same. The headlines however, present a much different atmosphere in so far as racial respect is concerned. The guests at this particular ceremony were representatives of the wealth, education and power of the Negro in America. Yet one of our daily papers choose to comment on them as "Dark-town." There seems to be a persistent effort, on the part of some editors of the other group, to disqualify anything the race may produce. Satire is added to season the occasion to the liking of the individual editor, disregarding the truth of fallacy of his conception of whether or not the title given will substantiate the story used. There are organizations, whose purpose it is, to function on occasions where the race is made the object of ridicule. When these organizations fail to serve this purpose because of negligence of the heads or incompetency for the position, of executives, there must be a resort made to some other channel. The press is one of the unfailing organizations in this particular phase to secure race respect and protest anything that is of derogatory nature. In defense of the race we dedicate our journal and may it never fail to serve on every occasion where condemnation of race burlesque is necessary. This is an age where fearlessness for right and sternness of purpose are necessary adjuncts for the permanent advancement of the race. We feel that our cause is a just one. So just that we will not silently accept the undue sarcasm of others. If ever in the history of the American Negro there was a need for unity of thinking and solidarity of action it is at the present time. There should be a unity between the race press and such organization that materially serve race uplift so that when we face the sentiment to disqualify, by the other group, there will be sufficient power to combat the evil. It is our wish that Associations, maintained for this purpose should function in the expected capacity but when they fail, we feel it our duty to help mitigate the existing unfairness of the outside press. Our purpose to be of race benefit is realized only in the measure of assistance we contribute to race advancement. When we play our part and it is a tremendous one, then we have the satisfaction of having been of benefit to the cause for which we were established. Whether organizations for race advancement fail to serve as they should or not the press must always be an ally for justice and racial respect. Page 2 THE NO Public 408 Court Block Advertising Rates Furnished on Application. Member of the ASSOCIATED NEGRO PRESS "First in Service" OUR POLITICAL STAND Timely Topics NATIONAL EDUCATION WEEK (Dallas Express) One of the most significant quotations from the late President Harding is that "The strength and security of the Nation will always rest in the intelligent body of its people." Certainly it is true that criminality, disease and many of the internal disorders of all governments both state and national take their rise and gain their firmest foothold in ignorant minds. It is particularly fitting then that America observe among all of its host of other "weeks" an "education" week in which it pays more than passing attention to its educational needs and takes stock of its progress or failure in the education of its youth. The Southern states in particular need to take such an inventory with a view to systematically re-arranging their educational program. For it is true that they as a group are woefully behind in their provision for the education of their masses. In them the greatest and most damning vestige of slavery days and the slave driving mind is to be found in the fact that they have been reluctant to provide adequate educational facilities for their black masses with the result that they have suffered and still suffer because of this mass of ignorant members of their body politic. And, while the past three or four years have witnessed a marked bit of progress in this regard on the part of many of these states, the sum total of their accomplishment when compared with their needs is pitifully small. Take the state of South Carolina, for instance. In South Carolina the U. S. census of 1920 lists 818,538 whites and 864,719 Negroes. The total educational expenditure for whites was $10,034,049.96 while that for Negroes who were more numerous was only $1,119,142.62. The salaries for white men teachers was $1,366,-276.71 as compared to $211,195.27 for Negro men teachers; the salaries of white women teachers was $4,850,-630.51 as compared to $634,713.91 for Negro women teachers. The amount spent for grounds, buildings, repairs, rent, etc., for white schools was $1,970,944.24 as compared to $187,053.63 spent for Negro schools. And it is true that South Carolina in this regard is far ahead of many of her sister states. It has long since been accepted as a fact that "ignorance is slave-driver. It wields its tyrannical sway over a larger army of serfs than were ever oppressed by any earthly monarch. He who is unenlightened may never realize his servitude, but to the extent of his ignorance he is in bondage. Abraham Lincoln said he did not believe the government could endure "half slave and half free." He allied to physical slavery, but it may well be said that a Nation is menaced to the extent of the ignorance of its citizens. The educated man is easily governed. He knows what government is for. Despotism and autocracy find their support in the ignorance of those whom they oppress. Freedom and enlightenment are inseparable companions. Those who really think are invariably advocates of education and promoters of its dissemination. Education is capacity to think—right. And he who thinks right will do right, for "as he thinketh in his heart, so is he." There is nothing so destructive of human welfare as active ignorance. human welfare as active ignorance. National education week, which is being observed from November 18 to November 24, if observed at all by the Southern states, should lead to careful consideration of their status in the general educational scheme of the nation and on effort to remedy their lack by a re-oragnization of their thinking to the extent that they will work more consistently for the creation of a larger "intelligent body of their people," regardless of race or color. For it is also true that an ignorant citizenry serves as an impediment to the progress of the more intelligent. Chains are no stronger than their weakest links and governments, so to speak, are chains of human beings. THIS BOY GIVES TURKEY TO BOOST THE RED CROSS (By the Associated Negro Press) Columbia, S. C.—One of the highlights of the Red Cross drive in this district was the action of Bobby Ward, 9-year-old colored boy who came to the campaign headquarters, expressed his regret that he was unable to become a member and offered the drive leaders a big turkey. He said he felt he should do something because the Red Cross organization had meant so much to him and his family. NORTHWESTERN BULLETIN A Few Hints on Keeping a Job Employers are complaining because applicants for work come to them without any kind of satisfactory record of their work in other positions. When asked how long they have worked at their last place of employment the answer in too many cases is two weeks or two months. Unless a man is a brick mason or a carpenter, who must work by the job, there is no good reason for such a poor record. No good business man is going to hire a man who does not seem to have a record for steady work. He knows he cannot depend on any kind of worker Nobody hires floaters unless there is nothing else on the market and he gets rid of them as soon as conditions permit. Get a record for staying on the job. When you go to apply for a job, take a reference along. Stay on a job long enough to get a reference, so you are not afraid to have your new boss look you up. Already prejudiced whites from the South have told Northern employers you are unreliable. When you come up with a two weeks' record, or a two month's record on a job, you are making the white cracker's case good. It takes steady work to produce the world's goods, and every good business man must have that class of workmen. Get a record for steadiness as well as one for efficiency. $10,000 Damage Is Won Against C. & O. Railroad Interstate Passengers Win Over Jim-Crow Law in Supreme Court Rule Atlantic City—Dr. and Mrs. Edward B. Terry of this city received substantial checks last week in payment as a compromise settlement of their $10,000 damage suit filed against the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad in the Supreme court of the District of Columbia, on charges of an alleged illegal application of the "Jim Crow" law to them as interstate passengers on Aug. 18, 1922. Enroute from Hinton, W. Va., to Atlantic City, N. J., via Washington, on a through train of the C. & O. Dr. and Mrs. Terry, not being able to secure Pullman accommodations, in view of the fact that they were interstate passengers, chose to ride in the white coach rather than in the boarded off end of the baggage car provided for Race passengers. All went well until they reached Charlotsville, Va., where the Conductor ordered them to vacate their seats and go into the "James Raven," Dr. Terry refused on the ground that he and his wife were interstate passengers. The conductor thereupon insisted that the Terrys move, saying that the car in which they were riding was reserved for white people on leaving Charlottesville. The doctor refused. Then a special officer of the C. & O. Ry. company boarded the train, arrested Dr. and Mrs. Terry and arraigned them in the police court for violating the "Jim Crow" law of Virginia. Before the police justice Dr. Terry so vehemently defended his claim to exemption from the local application of the statute that the court allowed him to deposit nominal bail for himself and wife and leave for home with the understanding that he would engage counsel and lay before the court judicial authority supporting his contention. Subsequently, however, the court rejected the authorities submitted by counsel for the Terrys, deciding the case against them. Attorney James C. Waters, Jr., of Washington, D. C., representing the Terrys, feeling that his clients would get a better hearing before the D. C. courts than before those of the state of Woodrow Wilson, filed suit. The company showed fight at first, but finally backed down, offering a substantial compromise. The receiving of the checks is a great moral victory for Dr. and Mrs. Terry and constitutes a warning to other roads to proceed cautiously in their application of the nefarious "Jim Crow" laws to interstate riders. Counsellor Waters, who is also secretary of the Howard University law school, is also being congratulated on his service to the Race through such an adroit handling of a difficult case. Mr. Oliver Taylor, 655 West Central avenue, was badly burned last week from an explosion at his chicken shack on the Rice and McCann road. The many friends of Mr. Taylor hope him a speedy recovery. G.O.P.National Caucus Is Slated For Windy City G.O.P.National Caucus Is Slated For Windy City Republicans of Country Select Western Metropolis to Hold 1924 Session. (By the Associated Negro Press) Chicago.—Chicago, according to National Treasurer, the Republican National Committee, Fred Upham, is to be the place for the next Republican National Convention. Of course, the entire National Committee will have to vote on the matter in December, but Mr. Upham says it is Chicago again. Taking the treasurer at his word, representatives of President Coolidge, Senator Hiram Johnson, former Gov. Lowden, Gov. Pinchot and others, have swooped down upon the famous Congress hotel, and made reservations for the quadrennial big show. Added to these arrangements, aforesaid representatives have likewise gotten busy in preparation for the establishment of Presidential headquarters in the same hotel, where all the heavy work of pre-convention days is to be handled. All candidates admit that there will be widespread activity in the big Middle West states of Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Missouri in the effort to get instructed delegations. It now looks like Pennsylvania will have a bated contest for delegates, much as some of the leaders of the state may not like it. But the entrance of Senator Johnson into the fracas, and the senator saying that he will carry the fight for delegates to every state, makes it imperative for all entries to make a showing. Edward H. Wright Appointed. The Illinois state fight goes merrily on. Gov. Len Small, who is making a fight for re-election on his record and good road program, has recently appointed Edward H. Wright, former Assistant Corporation Counsel, as one of the members of the Illinois State Commerce Commission. This has made the opponents of Small gasp. It is the best plum ever handed to a colored citizen in the state, and pays $7,000 a year. Mr. Wright is one of the outstanding political figures of Chicago, and has many honors thrust upon him. "It is because colored people of Chicago are able to get positions of this kind in city, county and state that there is not more interest taken in national politics where there are very, very few outstanding political positions offered," said one of the political leaders. 'Y.W.' Secretary Visits the Local Branch on Tour 'Y.W.' Secretary Visits the Local Branch on Tour National Field Secretary Gives Outline of Work That Will Be Accomplished. On Monday afternoon at the Club Center, 598 West Central avenue, a number of ladies from the various churches of the city were present at a meeting called by Mrs. Cordella Winn, national field secretary of the Y. W. C. A. After devotional exercises and an interesting talk on the meaning of the word Love, the board of management of the various committees was made by Mrs. Winn, who stated that the committee is a provisional one. Those who will serve are the following ladies: Mrs. Maude Brooks, chairman; Mrs. Cook, vice-chairman; Mrs. A. Jordan, secretary. Finance committee, Mrs. Jennie Kelly; membership, Mrs. Lillian McKnight; educational, Mrs. Harriet Sherwood; girl reserves, Mrs. Lucille Weber; Religions, Mrs. A. Bolden; room registry, Mrs. Lillian Maxwell; house, Mrs. George Shannon; employed girls, Mrs. Zula Tandy; community study, Mrs. Bessie Miller. 'Y' Spirit. Mrs. Winn also added that none should feel offended if they were not selected as it is a difficult task to select women from a democratic group. The co-operation of a large membership will be needed so it is hoped that all women and girls will carry the spirit of love and work together in perfect harmony. Miss Amy Hall, secretary, in a brief talk, emphasized the fact that the women will do all in their power to assist her in the organization and make this the strongest of its kind in the country. HAMMOND TURNER LAWYER 306-7 McClure Bldg. Cedar 8190 Saint Paul GLESNER FOWLER ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 408 Hulet Bldg. Atlantic 6710 Minneapolis J. LOUIS ERVIN ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 809 Court Block Cedar 8477 St. Paul R. C. CRUMP Attorney at Law 402 McClure Bldg. Garfield 6567 St. Paul DR. JOHN R. FRENCH SURGEON-DENTIST 2 DETROIT BLDG. Cedar 4044 St. Paul PINKETT, MORGAN & BRYANT Attorneys and Counsellors- at-Law Suite 19 Patterson Block 17th & Farman Street Omaha Nebraska Marienne E. Jeffrey Concert Pianist, Accompanist, Teacher, Honor Graduate Associate Teacher's Course, American Conservatory of Music—Chicago. Home Studio—529 4th Ave. So. COLFAX 0172 MINNEAPOLIS Phones: Store; Elkhurst 4729 Res: Forest 7463—Dale 1913 University Electric Co. Electric Wiring and Fixtures Estimate Furnished Free 439 University Ave. St. Paul (Cor. Arundel) MAY BLACK MASON Mezzo—Soprano Available for Recitals Opera—Oratoria—Spirituals Voice, Soliggle, Piano, Harmony Ear Training, Sight Reading Coaching Rates by the Terms Residence Studio Humboldt 4868 1045 Cross Ave. First-class Tonsorial Artist Hair Bobbing a Specialty Shining Parlor for Ladies and Gents Cigarettes—Cigars—Tobacco HENRY PRICE, Prop. 396 No. Dale St. RONDO TAILORING CO. Rondo and McKubin Sts. Have your Xmas Suits and Overcoats made at the Rondo Tailoring Co. Cleaning, Pressing and Repair- ing on Ladies' and Gents' Garments. Phone Dale 7056 Hot Water In Abundance WITH THE ROYAL AUTOMATIC AND Marvel Non-Automatic STORAGE GAS WATER HEATERS At Reasonable Operating Cost PAUL F. MANTEUFFEL BUFFEL Patronize Bulletin Advert Shop: or University 2328 Do Well" PLUMBING Display Room and Shop: 438 N. Dale St. Near University Phone Elkhurst 2328 My Mette: "What I Do I Do Well" FLORENCE COLE TALBERT IN MUSICAL RECITAL (By the Associated Negro Press) Chicago.—Florence Cole Talbert, soprano soloist, triumphed in song recital here at Olivet Baptist church before a capacity audience. Mrs. Talbert was assisted by Mrs. George R. Garner, Jr., pianist, and the Palyphonic Choral Union, a musical combination of Olivet Baptist church choirs. Mrs. Talbert's renditions were selected from a wide range of composers and the audience at the first large recital of the season gave enthusiastic expression of appreciation. "The Wind Is East" and "Are You Ready," by Hilbert E. Stewart, and "O My Love," by Harry T. Burleigh, were in the group of selections. George P. Garner, Jr., managed the event. the first large have enthusiasm. "The You Ready," and "O My wrigh, were L. George P. the event. Hair Dressing & Marcelling & LILLIAN HAMILTON B BEAUTY PARLOR Try Hamilton's Hair Grower and H for Falling Hair and Dand 500 University Ave. --- DEFECTIVE PAGE GEO. G. DeVAUGHN Lawyer 316 Fourth St. So., Mpls. Opposite Court House Atlantic 1016 DR. EARL S. WEBER SURGEON-DENTIST 204 Dakota Bldg. Cedar 5114 St. Paul DR. J. WALTON CRUMP Physician and Surgeon 305 Court Block Office Phone Gar. 6097 Res. Phone Dale 1966 St. Paul, Minn. DR. W. H. WRIGHT —DENTIST— 700 Sixth Ave. No. Cherry 7969 Minneapolis MRS. T. H. LYLES Successor to T. H. Lyles Undertaking Office Phone Cedar 0508 Res. Phone Dale 2947 150 W. Fourth St. THE WEE HOUR INN OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Specializing in Hot Dogs, Hot Tamales MEXICAN CHILI HOT and COLD DRINKS At 383 Rondo St., The Busy Corner Specials Served Every Day Phone DALE 8807 L. W. THOMPSON, Prop. S. BRAND COAL Rice and University Telephone Garfield 7501 — 7502 — 7503 Vulcanizing and Service Ajax Tires SERVICE TIRE REI COMPANY Martin Randall 654 University Ave, St. Paul Open Evenings Tel. Elk 2755 O. E. ZANDELL PRESCRIPTION DRUGGIST 879 Rice, Cor. Milford St. Paul, Minn. Kodaks, Films and Supplies IF YOUR EYES REBEL SEE UBEL M. Blumstein, Prop. Dale 8807. Busy Corner Cash Store "We Satisfy" Quality Groceries, Cigars, Ice Cream and Candies Fresh Fruits Corner Western and Rondo. BATE'S CAFE MEALS—35c Homecooking and Home Dining Room 449 Rondo Street St. Paul S.REDD, Pres. The Non-Such Club Soft Drinks, Cigars 443 Rondo St. Dale 6111 Drink "Puritan Brand" Milk and Cream Produced and Delivered to Your Door Every Morning BY THE ST. PAUL MILK CO. CHESTNUT AND FRANKLIN STS. Patronize Bulletin Advertisers Stein's Cash Grocery and Meat Market WE DELIVER Dale at W. Central Tel. Dale 4209 St. Paul W. H. Myers Staple and Fancy Groceries Phone Dale 0482 744 Rondo, Cor. Grotto St. Hair Dressing & Marcelling & Chiropody LILLIAN HAMILTON BROWN BEAUTY PARLOR Try Hamilton's Hair Grower and Hair Root Oil for Falling Hair and Dandruff 500 University Ave. Dale 2140 Mr. A. W. Jordan, pullman instructor in this district attended the third annual convention of Pullman Porters held in Chicago last week. STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF Ramsey, ss. In Probate Court. In the matter of the Estate of Mary C. Champlain, Delaware. The State of Minnesota to all whom it The State of Minnesota to all whom it may concern: the petition of Sara M. Grant having been filed in this Court, representing that Mary Callahan McNillis then a resident of Minnesota, died intestate on the 25th day of July 1922, and praying that letters of administration of said estate be granted to Sara M. Grant. The petition be heard and that all persons interested in said matter be and hereby are cited and required to appear before this Court in the county of Minnesota, died intestate, on 123, at ten o'clock in the foremono or as soon there after as said matter can be heard, at the Probate Court Room in the Court House in the city of Minneapolis, at the time of death if any they have, why said petition should not be granted and that this citation be served by the publication according to law, and by mailing a copy of this citation at least 14 days before said day of hearing to each of the heirs of said decedent whose names and addresses according to law, and by mailing a copy of this Court. Witness the Judge of said Court, this 26th day of November in the HOWEWHELER. Judge of Probate. Seal of Probate Court Attest: C. W. Gosewisch McMekin Quinn & Swan, Attys STATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF Ramsey, ss. Probate Court. In the Matter of the Estate of John P. Whelan, Deceased. Letters, testimony on the Estate of John P. Whelan, Deceased, late of the County of Ramsey and State of Minnesota being granted to Margaret Whelan, ordered. That six months be and the same is hereby allowed from and after the date of this Order, in which all persons saving the estate, are required, are required to file the same in the Probate Court of said County, for examination and allowance, or be forever barred. At the first Monday in June, 1924, at 10 o'clock A. M. at a General Term of said Probate Court to be held at the Court of Ramsey County, be and the same hereby is appointed as the time and place when and where the said Probate Court will examine and adjust said claims and determine. And it is further ordered. That notice of such hearing be given to all creditors and persons interested in said Essex County once in each week for three successive weeks in the Northwestern Bulletin, a legal newspaper printed and published in said County. This 10th day of Dated at St. Paul this 10th day of November, 1923. By the Court: (Seal of Probate Court) HOWARD WHEELER. Judge of Probate. McMeekin, Quinn & Swan, Attys. In St. Paul and Minneapolis You Can Buy the BULLETIN AT THE NEWS STANDS On Sixth and Wabasha and Sixth and Robert UTLEY BARBER SHOP 311 Wabasha St. MORRIS DRUG STORE McKubin and Rondo Sts. COSMOPOLITAN GROCERY Kent and St. Anthony LYLES BARBER SHOP Farrington and Rondo St. IN MINNEAPOLIS AT THE NEWS STANDS 902 Sixth Ave. No. 237 Second Ave. So. and 602 Lyndale Ave. No. Wm· J. Mueller Dealer In First-class Meats and Fresh Dressed Poultry Fresh Fish in Season "A Satisfied Customer" My Motto We Deliver Phone Dale 5614 327 No. Grotto St. Each Friday The KITCHEN CABINET (©, 1923, Western Newspaper Union.) God never wants anything. God never forgets anything. God never loses anything. Though he holds the work in the hollow of his hand. He will yet remember each of us, and the part we play in the eternal drama.—Anna Robertson Brown. In these days of abundance we must provide for the future—when winter comes—and fresh vegetables and fruits are limited in variety. Here is an old-fashioned pickle which, though some work to prepare, is worth veg fruil ed Her fash whi som pre all the trouble it makes. Virginia Mixed Pickle.-Slice half a peck of green tomatoes and 15 medium-sized onions. Cut four heads of cabbage as for slaw (that is, shred very fine), quarter 25 cucumbers and cut into two-inch pieces leaving the peel on. Add one-half peck of small onions. Mix with salt and let stand twenty-four hours, drain and squeeze dry as possible and cover with vinegar and water. Let stand a day or two, drain again and mix with one ounce of celery seed, one-half ounce of ground cinnamon, one-fourth cupful of white pepper, one-half pound of white mustard seed, one plint of grated horse radish, two ounces of turmeric. Boil six quarts of vinegar and pour boiling hot over the pickles. Do this three mornings in succession, using the same vinegar each time. The third morning add one pound of sugar to the vinegar, then mix one cupful of olive oil with one-half cupful of ground mustard and add when the pickles are cold. Tomato Butter.—Take seven pounds of ripe tomatoes peeled and sliced, three pounds of sugar, one ounce each of whole cinnamon and cloves and one pint of vinegar. Boll three hours; during the last of the cooking stir to keep from scorching. This may be kept in unsealed jars. Red Pepper Jam.—Take twelve large, sweet red peppers, remove the seeds and put through the meat chopper, using the medium knife. Sprinkle with a tablespoonful of salt and let stand three or four hours. Drain, put into a kettle and add one pint of vinegar and three cupfuls of sugar. Boll gently until of the consistency of jam—about an hour. Pour into sterilized glasses and when cold cover with paraffin. This makes six glasses. The Adelphal club will hold their regular meeting on Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. W. B. Tandy, 593 Iglehart avenue. SUPPLEMENT TO THE NORTHWESTERN BULLETIN SAND FORMATION TAKES CENTURIES Shellfish Aid Mother Nature in Long Process of Cutting Huge Cliffs. Boston, Mass.—The sand upon which you bask at the seashore is not a ready-made article, nor does it find its way to the beach in a haphazard way. Sand is one of nature's most finished products. It is the result of countless thousands of years of ceaseless work and a wondrous compound of a myriad ingredients. The microscope reveals to the scientist that no two sands are quite alike, though they may look and feel much the same as you walk over them. Take a handful of that which surrounds you and spread it out and examine carefully the tiny particles of which it consists. Many will be little stones. Others are fragments of shells. And if you have sharp eyes you may find among them numbers of beautiful unbroken shells, varying in size from that of the smallest pin's head to that of a pea. The smallest shells must be seen under a magnifying glass before their full beauty can be appreciated. They are the discarded homes of tiny creatures who wormed them into perfect cups and twists and spirals and had the skill, even in the small space available to introduce a wondrous scheme of gay colors. The stones are infinite in their variety. As the sun falls upon them they glitter and flash like so many jewels. Many of them are jewels—little chips of the less precious stones, such as carnelian and the different crystals. Others are quartz, flint or granite. But you will notice one thing about all of them—their edges are beautifully smooth. That is why it is so pleasant to ramble barefoot over the shore, for the tiny, rounded grains feel as soft as a carpet. What is nature's method of making this mixture? Briefly, geology explains it as follows: She hurls the waters of the sea at the feet of the great cliffs which guard the land. The force of tides and storms is so irresistible that as attack follows attack the stoutest rocks are chipped and cracked. To aid the waters she makes use of boring shellfish, whose file-like tongues weaken the stones by eating tunnels into them. As the centuries pass—and time to nature is a thing that does not matter—fragments large and small are torn from the rocks and fall to the beach below. Here they are rolled and ground and rattled against each other by the tides, being split gradually into smaller pieces and having all their edges worn smooth by their constant movement. Once a few chips have been wrenched from the cliffs the work of the tides become easier. The water picks up these fragments and hurls them like battering-rams at the rocks. And now nature begins to sort out her ingredients and arrange the stones so that they are graduated in order of size. You will find close to the cliffs a coarse gravel composed of stones as big as oranges. Nearer the water's edge they grow less and less in size. Coarse gravel is followed by fine, and fine gravel by sand. As the stones are split and torn the larger fragments resist the pull of the water and therefore remain close to the cliffs and the smaller ones roll farther and farther out with receding tides. During a storm the waters of a sandy bay may look like pea soup, owing to the tiny fragments they are carrying. In some places the tides pick up the sand and remove it as fast as it is made, carrying it away, to deposit it on other beaches. That is why some shores are sandy while others are not. And when nature lays down her carpet of sand she mingles with it the shells great and small for which her tiny creatures have no further use. Asserts Europe's Music Forecasts Another War Chicago.—Europe is on the verge of another general war, according to Frederick A. Stock, director of the Chicago Symphony orchestra, who has just returned from a tour of all capitals in search of new compositions. Mr. Stock bases his deductions upon the character of the new music of Europe, which is swift, hysterical and indefinable; the weird frenzy of the new dances, the vivid coloring and darling of new clothing worn by women, all of which indicates that the people of Europe are restless and frenzied to the point of manifesting the advent of a great tragedy. Being Entombed 9 Days Falkirk, Scotland.—Buried alive for nine days, five of the forty-one miners entombed by an explosion in a coal pit near here were rescued. They were brought to the surface in fairly good condition and their remarkable escape from death has raised the hopes of the relatives of the others imprisoned. The searchers were redoubling their efforts. The first thing the rescued men asked for was cigarettes. They said all they had to exist on was water after the first day, when the supply of bread gave out. SECOND ANNUAL EXHIBITION AND STYLE SHOW GIVEN BY THE NEGRO BUSINESS LEAGUE OF ST. PAUL AUDITORIUM-ST. PAUL BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER SPECIAL FEATURES SOLOISTS Mrs. S. E. Hall Mrs. Mattie Rhodes Mrs. Mae Black Mason Quartette of Mixed Voices 2 NIGHTS MONDAY AND TUESDAY DEC. 10-11 Moore’s 12-Piece Concert Orchestra SPECIAL FEATURES Vaudeville Dancing Speaking Popularity Contest Style Revue Band Concert 8:00 to 9:30 P. M. Dancing all Evening The Committee has spared nothing in making this the Biggest event of the season. Special decorations and the entire building will be used for this occasion. $100-In Prizes Will Be Given Away-$100 Committee in Charge: Dr. J. R. French; Chairman; Owen Howell and Fred D. McCracken EXHIBITION OPEN 8 P. M. TO 1 A. M. ADMISSION 50c DON’T FORGET THE DATE DECEMBER 10-11 CHURCHES AND SOCIAL AGENCIES LEND HELP (By the Associated Negro Press) Cleveland, Ohio.—The churches and social agencies throughout the city, of both races, have combined their efforts to see that colored migrants from the South, who have come North in recent months, are fully instructed in the manner of living and dress in northern cities for the winter. They are being told to always keep their feet dry, and wear sufficient clothes to keep the body temperature warm; always have fresh air in the sleeping room and get plenty of rest. If this is done, the doctor and undertaker will have less to do, says the leaders of the program. Work here is not as plentiful as in the summer, but thus far there has not been any suffering. Miss Beaulah Sears has returned home from a visit with her aunt, Mrs. Copeland, of Duluth. Miss Geraldine Copeland accompanied her to St. Paul and will remain indefinitely. Improvement in Situation Laid to Efforts of Social Service Organization. New York City.—Susceptibility to tuberculosis and diseases of the lungs among colored people is rapidly declining, according to a report made by the National Tuberculosis Association. The death rate, which in 1910 was 449 per 100,000 population, had fallen in 1917 to 355 per 100,000. Figures compiled by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company indicate a similar decline, it is said. Reasons for this decline are credited by the Tuberculosis Association to the rapid development of organized health work among colored people throughout the United States. Where ten years ago there was little activity of this nature, today most of the Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia have state sanatoria for turrses at several points in the country has also contributed to the prevention of the disease. Living Standard Raised. The report further points out that the spread of better standards of living in general, brought about through better education, better training, better wages and housing has influenced the declining death rate. In spite of this remarkable decline, the death rate from tuberculosis among colored people is still two to three times that of whites, according to the report, which was made public through the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Mr. and Mrs. Neal Caldwell, 701 Carroll avenue, formerly of Topeka, Kan., are rejoicing over the first addition in their family, who arrived three weeks ago. (By the Associated Negro Press) Greenville, S. C.—The largest single gift ever made by white people of this state to Negroes has just occurred with the turning over of a $27,000 lot to the Phyllis Wheatley Association, an organization devoted to a community service program. All the officers of the association, except the secretary, are white. The secretary is E. B. Holloway. It is planned to erect buildings on the new premises that will house all civic activities of the Negroes of the community. INVESTMENT OF $500.00 By Man or Woman of Character Will Insure Them $30 Monthly InCome ee a aaa aaa es ee Society Attends Wedding of Mme. Walker Heiress Crates of Fanos St Irvington on Hudson, N. Y., Nov. 29.—Miss Mae Walker * Robinson, granddaughter of the famous Mme Walker, who started life as a laun- dress and left a million-dollar estate after inventing a remarkable hati treatment, was married to Dr. Henry Gordon Jackson of Chicago. The wedding was one of the most magnificent and largely attended of New York's social season. Eighteen hundred guests filled ev- ery available space in the large St. ‘Philip's Episcopal church, and as many more whose carriages and limousines extended for two blocks in every direction, were disappointed at being unable to enter the church. Gorgeous decorations, rich gowns and jewels, such as seldom have been seen, made the interior of the edifice a striking setting for the ceremony as the first notes of Lohengrin’s wed: ding march swelled from the organ. Bride's Costume Striking. Standing at the altar, in formal morning attire, Dr. Jackson saw his bride come down the aisle on the arm of F. B. Ransom, manager of the Mme. Walker Co., which produces the famous hair restorer. ‘The bride’s dress drew gasps of ad- miration, It was of sheer chiffon, draped with pearls over bride's satin. A bridal veil was hung from a head- dress of pearls and caught with orange blossoms. Dress and veils were designed by Mrs. Pearl Craw- ford Craft of Philadelphia. ‘The bride's mother wore a gown of gold metal cloth, designed and made in Paris, The bridesmaids wore gowns o! cream chantilly lace over silver cloth. Preceding the happy Miss Robin- son down the aisle came maids o! honor and a diminutive ringbearet in cream satin with bows at the knees of his knickerbockers, bearing the wedding ring on a cream colored cushion. After the ceremony the especially invited guests accdmpanied the cou- ple to the magnificent country estate of the bride's mother, Villa Lanaro, purchased by the original Mme Walker for $350,000. WHAT BUSINESS PEOPLE THINK OF EXPOSITION “It is a great undertaking and ought to create a greater spirit among our group to patronize our own business and professional men whenever and wherever possible” Mrs. F. D. McCracken. I think it is a wonderful thing and it shows the progressing business of the race. Mrs. L. B. Gross. With the co-operation of the busi- ness people and the people who are good wishers of the business people, it is and will be one of the greatest exhibitions ever held in the North- west. Mrs. Lillian Hamilton Brown, It {s one of the best thing to our Tace of people in the Northwest. Mrs. Samuel Ransom. I consider it one of the most im- portant exhibitions of our group in the Northwest and every one should support it by all means. Attorney Olander Smith. It is a real boost to the race bust- ness enterprises in the Twin Cities. Mrs. Sadie McCarty. Every one should patronize and boost this great exhibition. Make it the biggest, largest ever held in the city of St. Paul and the Northwest. Mr. S, Redd. From a business standpoint it is one of the best things that has ever been started in the Twin Cities Make it the largest, biggest thing ever held in the Northwest by patron. izing it. Mr. Fred Baker. Most wonderful thing that has ever been held in St. Paul and should far exceed the one held last year with the support of the citizens of the ‘Twin Cities. Mrs. L. B. Sydes. It isa splendid thing and shou give us race pride in our own enter ‘The coming Exhibition to my miné is one of the advance steps of our People and should be supported en. ‘thusiastically by our group because it will have a baring upon admiration of those who are in training and ai the same time urge to stimulate ‘Rey. L. W. Harris. Not being a business man, I am a well wisher of the business men and I hope every one i nthe Twin Cities ‘will support this wonderful exhibi- tion to be held here Dec. 10, 11. Mr. Elmer Price. CHICAGO LAWYER GETS $7,000 YEAR POSITION (Continued from page 1) assistant corporation counsel. It is said that he was pald $30,000 for two years’ service as a traction expert. Inasmuch as America leads in the amount of salaries, Mr. Wright is doubtless the highest-salaried Negro serving in @ governmental ap- pointive capacity in the world. Perry Howard, assistant United States attorney general, receives $5,000; Phil H. Brown, commissioner of conciliation in the department of labor, $5,000; Albert Froe, recorder of deeds for the District of Columbia, $4,000; Major Adam E. Patterson, assistant corporation counsel for the city of Chicago, $3,500, and James White, recently appointed to the state athletic commission in Pennsylvania, $5,000. CANADIAN FEDERATION HONORS RACE EDITOR (By the Associated Negro Press) London, Can.—A signal honor was accorded our group in Canada, last week when, at the annual meeting and banquet of the London Brother- hood Federation, which was held in Wesley Hall, this city, Mr. James F. Jenkins, editor of the Dawn of To- morrow, Canada's only race paper, was elected third vice-president. The London Federation is composed of the Brotherhoods of twenty-four church- es, which includes two small colored churches, making Mr. Jenkins’ elec- tion to the third vice-presidency most gratifying to the rgce in the North Elaine Rioters Are To Be Freed By Supreme Court N. A. A. C. P. Secures Release of Twelve Convicted Men Now Imprisoned New York—The National Asso- ciation for the Advancement of Col- ored People announces that the last of the farmers sentenced to death in connection with the riot of 1919, in Phillips county, Arkansas would shortly be freed. Of the twelve men sentenced to death, six were released by order of ‘the Arkansas Supreme court. The other six had their sentences reversed ‘by the United States supreme court, to which the association carried thelr cases after three years of litigation. In lew of retrying these men, the ‘Arkansas authorities offered a com- Promise of conviction of second de- gree murder, with twelve-year sen- tence, which leaves the men eligible for parole this year, as they have already served one-third of their terms. This compromise was ac- cepted by the attorney for the N. A. A.C. P., and Governor Thomas C. MacRae has commuted the sentences. Fifty-nine of the sixty-seven farm- ers sentenced to life and long term Amprisonment have been freed. It is expected that the remaining eight pus have been applied, will soon be released. In eonneetion with the announce- ‘ment, James Weldon Johnson, secre- tary of the N. A. A. C. P., issued the following statement: “The wild statements of a plotted Insurrection by Negro farmers of Arkansas have now been disproved by four years of court action. The rumors, spread throughout the na- tion by the press that Negroes were organized to massacre whites are shown to have been without founda- tion. It should be remembered that although 12 Negroes were sentenced to death and 67 to long terms of imprisonment, not one white man was punished in connection with these disorders in which hundreds of Negroes met their death. All of the Negroes will soon have been released we hope and expect. That is the best answer to the kind of law and order indulged in by the white people of Arkansas.” > Union hall was taxed to its capact- ty on Thursday afternoon when the Unity club was host at a delightful matinee dancing party. Come i | and pay that overdue | subscription * account. | Don't wait untl the NO ROCK OR SLATE $15.75 PER TON Smokeless—Sootless. Low Ash For All Purposes Where Hard Coal Is Used We Absolutely Recommend It F. D. WILLIAMS COAL CO. 63 E. 4th 544 University Phone Cedar 3236 Appetite Is For Razor Blades and Formaldehyde ! Native of Barbados Says He Ate ‘Them for the Pleasure— Also Liked Hot Iron. Spartanburg, S. C.—Newspaper men and physicians of this city have discovered a colored man who eat: razor blades for fun and is said to have often drunk a quart of em- balming fluid just before going to his work as stoker of a furnace at the local telephone exchange. The man is Smith Thomas, and he comes from the Barbadoes. There is no trick or necromancy in ‘Thomas’ strange appetite. He simply eats razor blades because he enjoys them. A newspaper man, inclined to doubt the stories of Thomas’ appetite, made an investigation. Thomas ad- mitted his unusual preference for sharp steel. The newspaper man bought a package of razor blades and game them to Thomas. He immedi- ately crunched them between his teeth, the cracking blades making a sound resembling the crunching of parched peanuts. Doctor Makes: X-Ray. Dr. C. W. Barron of Columbia Uni- versity was called in to make an ‘X-Ray examination of Thomas’ stom- ach, and found minute pieces of steel seattered throughout his system. The newspaper man also watched ‘Thomas eat glass and run a sharp pin through his arm. He was in the British army during the war, ,and al- though wounded several times, de- wlared that the wounds never bled. ‘Thomas declared that he began eat- ing razor blades when a boy of eight. ‘He is now nearly fifty. He declares that in his younger days he used to lick red hot iron, dance on glass and sharp swords, eat tacks and the like. While talking tq the newspaper man he swallowed a lighted cigarette he was smoking to prove that he can stand such pain-provoking acts with- out flinching. Wood alcohol, it seems, is like so much water to him, Physicians will make further in- vestigation of the strange case. Students Hear L. K. Williams In Race Address | (By the Associated Negro Press) Chicago, Ill, Nov. 17.—Students of the University of Chicago were told something of the more hopeful side of the so-called race problem in an address by Dr. L. K. Williams, president of the National Baptist con- vention and pastor of Olivet Baptist chureh of this city. One of the signs of a better day, as explained by Rev. Williams, is the willingness of white friends of the Negro to confess that they do not kpow the Negro as well as they should, and to show a desire to Study him fairly and scientifically. The new race consciousness of the Negro was also given credit by Dr. Williams for its part in making for a brighter future, and the slight change in meth- ods to be noted on the part of the white press, this being a part of a “new, more universal, fairer brand of literature on the Negro,” in which no section of the country has a monopoly, Negro womanhood is to find its emancipation in the fight be- ing carried on for freedom by the white women of the country. White women have told white men to show their chivalry, not by lynching Ne- gro men, but by treating Negro wom- en as they would like to have white women treated. ¢ Olivet's pastor scoffed the idea that there should have grown up such a Queer phenomenon as a Negro prob- lem, holding that it was the problem of the whites as to how the Negro, wooed and coerced to this country, fared. 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He was as well known on Lenox ave- nue as State street, and if you spoke the term of “China” in Nome or at the Golden Gate, they would ask you: “Which d'ye mean? The country or the bartender?” He was that fa- mous. But his wife had apull for society and she nagged at poor “China” in continently and consistently. So “China” quit his job. ‘Tony almost wept when “China” told him he'd have to go. Tony was “China's” boss and friend and loved him’ like & brother. In fact, everybody seemed to love “China” but his wife, and the famous one would have swapped the whole world for her love. ~ « Tony brought his finest cussing combinations into play in the way of protest. A bartending career as ar tistic as an Angelo was about to be blighted and “China” was many kinds of an emphasized damphool, but the retiring mixer was obdurate. “It's the missus, Tony,” he said “and her wishes must always be re spected.” Tony would have liked to give ex- Pression of what he thought of the missus; but something in “China's” eye broadcasted a cautiqus “better not.” So, “China went the way of all the roses, He got him a respectable Job here and there, and finally ob- tained one on the railroad. It took sometime for him to become accus. tomed ta the work. Lifting a heavy berth was not Ike Juggling a gin- fizz and he suffered. Besides, the ‘money did not come so fast and the wife resumed her nagging. She al- ways wanted money. Once or twice he was forced to “tap Tony,” as he termed it, for twenty or twenty-five, and that hurt his pride. And then his wife just picked up ‘and left. 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Phone: Cedar 7483 | Orders taken for parties Phone Dale 3498 Wilson's Bakery 560 Rondo Street Fresh Pies, Cakes, Doughnuts, Rolls and Bread Baked Daily Strictly Modern and Sanitary |* ‘Minnesota Milk and Cream For Sale ; “China” and his mind would not staid the burden. He became a harmless, poor-witted fellow whd wandered around the old haunts, car- rying a bag, imagining he was “going out on his run.” Everybody had a Kindly word for him and he never suffered, save for that one place in his heart that only one thing could all. “What are you doing, ‘China.’ ”? Tony asked him one day. “Oh, I'm cooking on the road. Just fixing to go out on my run now.” “Since you're cooking,” pursued Tony, “I would be glad if you baked me a cake.” “Well, Tony, I might do that,” re- plied the poor fellow. “Wait, I'll tell you what I'll do. I won't bake you acake. I'll bake you a pie.” And then he went on his way, a smile on his face and waving his hand to old friends, ‘ But finally the strain became too heavy for “China.” There was a longing that his friends could never fill. His health was failing. ‘The old bag he carried became shabbier and shabbier, and “China” himself was fading away. One day he was miss- | ing. Didn't show up all day. Tony | drove his big red car down Calumet bid where “China” lived and was gone for two hours. Coming back he stopped at his favorite watering place. “Have a drink fellows,” he said brokenly, “An’ give me one, too! | Poor ‘China’ has gone out on his long run!” 441 St. Peter Street Dressers, Chiffoniers, $8, Beds, Walnut, $8; Springs, Sagless, $4; Mattresses, Felt, $7.50; Summer Rugs, 6x9, $4; 9x12, $7; Oll Stove, Ice Box- es, Army Cots, $4.75. 3-ROOM FURNITURE, $79.50 BEDROOM DINING ROOM KITCHEN $79.60 $15 DOWN $10 MONTHLY 4 ROOMS FURNITURE, $199 $10 Monthly $10 Monthly