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The St. Paul Echo N.A.A.C.P. CONFERENCE PROGRAM COMPLETE N.A.A.C.P RACE DISCRIMINATION THRIVEN NATION'S CAPITAL, EDUCATION Comprehensive Review of All Forms of Color In of Columbia Made by Dean Miller; Work o Branch of N. A. A. C. P. Praise RACE DISCRIMINATION THRIVING IN NATION'S CAPITAL, EDUCATOR SAYS Comprehensive Review of All Forms of Color Injustice in District of Columbia Made by Dean Miller; Work of Washington Branch of N. A. A. C. P. Praised. By Kelly Miller Judgment should begin at the House of God. The District of Columbia is the seat of the National Government. The legislative, judicial and executive branches are all located here. At the capital laws are made for the Government of the United States. If the fountain head is pure the stream will be pure, but if the fountain head is polluted the stream must needs be defiled. It is therefore of prime importance to the colored people to keep a close eye and strict watch upon racial happenings in the District of Columbia. The District of Columbia is the seat of the National legislative, judicial and executive branches are all capital laws are made for the Government of the U fountain head is pure the stream will be pure, but if polluted the stream must needs be deflated. It is the portance to the colored people to keep a close eye and racial happenings in the District of Columbia. nearest of the National Government. The branches are all located here. At the moment of the United States. If the be pure, but if the fountain head is defiled. It is therefore of prime importance a close eye and strict watch upon columbia. Law Sanctions Segregation. During the last few weeks matters have been gone and from worse to worst. The Interstate Commerce nied jurisdiction in Interstate Travel. The United States decisive majority declined to reintroduce the Dyer Bib rect the evils of lynching. The provision for separate just passed both houses of Congress and has been sign of the United States. The fact of separate bathing harmony with prevailing practice and custom in the in other modes of public utilities and facilities. The ing this discrimination written into the law by the Co States. This is perhaps the most conspicuous instance to be found anywhere in federal law. The Supreme States by unanimous decision has declared local cove rped people from buying, owning or occupying proper tricts not unconstitutional. This gives these covenant tion of law. We may note in passing that this case, or ital of the nation, has been passed upon by three courts with unanimous concurrence. At the capital of the nation the Negro meets with crimination confronted in the southern states. Dist Negro, I believe, was first sanctioned here after the eighteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, but in order to fairness the whites were equally disfranchised. This that some of our Negro agitators seem to be more than justice. They do not feel the disfranchisement of lumbia because whites and blacks are alike voteless. During the last few weeks matters have been going from bad to worse and from worse to worst. The Interstate Commerce Commission has denied jurisdiction in Interstate Travel. The United States Senate has by decisive majority declined to reintroduce the Dyer Bill which aims to correct the evils of lynching. The provision for separate bathing beaches has just passed both houses of Congress and has been signed by the President of the United States. The fact of separate bathing facilities is not out of harmony with prevailing practice and custom in the District of Columbia in other modes of public utilities and facilities. The objection lies in having this discrimination written into the law by the Congress of the United States. This is perhaps the most conspicuous instance of race discrimination to be found anywhere in federal law. The Supreme Court of the United States by unanimous decision has declared local covenants excluding colored people from buying, owning or occupying property in covenanted districts not unconstitutional. This gives these covenants the force and sanction of law. We may note in passing that this case, originating in the capital of the nation, has been passed upon by three courts and thirteen judges with unanimous concurrence. At the capital of the nation the Negro meets with every form of discrimination confronted in the southern states. Disfranchisement of the Negro, I believe, was first sanctioned here after the passage of the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments, but in order to give it the semblance of fairness the whites were equally disfranchised. This reminds me to say that some of our Negro agitators seem to be more interested in equality than justice. They do not feel the disfranchisement in the District of Columbia because whites and blacks are alike voteless. Negroes Excluded. We have separate schools the same as in the Souls. There is no separate car law within the District, altho from Virginia roll into the Union Station. The fact of Crow cars in Washington may be due as much to the attitude of the government on national separation in the United States of the size of Washington with it. There is no antimisecenation law, although sundry made to this effect. Some years ago we woke up one that such a measure had passed the House of Repeal unanimous vote and was defeated in the Senate only to vote by skillful tactics. There is constantly kept before the establishment of separate cars and antimisecenation trict of Columbia. In the present Congress a bill has a national antimisecenation law. The most insidious crimination is not written in law but presides in publ is no law in Washington or elsewhere which forbids the races except in the instance above enumerated, a effectively excluded from restaurants, hotels, barber, amusement as if by statutory enactment. It is vitally important that the race should keep in legislature, especially to forend unfair action. We for affirmative action in our behalf but live in consencture. The National Association for the Advance ple is the only effective organization in the field of poli. The headquarters are in New York City but the Capitol. The local organization for the city has been past 10 years having its head men of the high sevcon. The Honble Archibald Grimke, recent age, was and is one of the most outspoken apostles for the "i" dotted and the "t" crossed. He served as the branch for many years and has been as effective as an race prejudice and discrimination at the National Capriest years of his life to this cause without reward or deed, he would have spurred remuneration for service rights. We have separate schools the same as in the South and border states. There is no separate car law within the District, although Jim Crow cars from Virginia roll into the Union Station. The fact of the absence of Jim Crow cars in Washington may be due as much to the size of the city as to the attitude of the government on national separation. Three is no city in the United States of the size of Washington with separate car systems. There is no antimisegregation law, although sundry attempts have been made to this effect. Some years ago we woke up one morning and found that such a measure had passed the House of Representatives by almost unanimous vote and was defeated in the Senate only by keeping it from a vote by skillful tactics. There is constantly kept before Congress bills for the establishment of separate cars and antimisegregation laws for the District of Columbia. In the present Congress a bill has been introduced for a national antimisegregation law, but additional provisions discrimination is not being law but presides in public sentiment. There the rules except in the instance above enumerated, and yet the Negro is effectively excluded from restaurants, hotels, barber shops and places of emusement as if by statutory enactment. It is vitally important that the race should keep its eye on the national legislature, especially to forend unfair action. We have very little hope for affirmative action in our behalf but live in constant dread of hostile enactment. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is the only effective organization in the field of political and civil rights. The headquarters are in New York City but the real focus is the National Capitol. The local organization for this city has been fortunate during the past 10 years in having at its head men of the highest consecration and devotion. The Honorable Archibald Grimke, recently retired because of age, and was is one of the most outspoken apostates for race equality with the "i" dotted and the "t" crossed. He served as the head of the local branch for many years and has been as effective as any other in combating race prejudice and discrimination at the National Capitol. He devoted the ripest years of his life to this cause without reward or compensation. Indeed, he would have spurred remuneration for service rendered for human rights. Washington N. A. A. C. P. Head. Fortunately he was succeeded by a younger man, who is filled with a double measure of his spirit. Near right and down straight on all matters of political race and is as uncompromising as the Hebrew Prophil local branch of the N. A. A. C. P, he keeps a hawk eye action and departmental procedure. He has acquired in detecting racial prejudice and discrimination and and to hit it hard. He is a school teacher and draws the federal government and yet he never fails to denote and the wrong doer with such unmistakable courage lators whom he criticises are compelled to commend righteousness of his position. When the rest of us prudence and caution, he demanded equality of pre schools, which, largely as result of his insistence, has policy of those in charge of the educational machi capital. Sports are of a most democratic nature. Tocratic at the church or school. There is less discriminat ion Ball Park than any other public institution in monster, prejudice, threatened to raise its head even. Nevel H. Thomas who checked it in its incipency and the national capital democratic. It was but last week the President of the United States not to sign the bill, thus writing into law race discrimination by the Although his protest was not effective it at least can Negro and the nation to the grave danger of having nominated in the bond. As local prejudice is so strong of public rights and facilities, it is a wise policy as we must to the discriminatory practice, but neverized into law. In scanning the Sixteenth Annual Report of the treat that much of its good work has been local in the communities. It is well in a large measure that this race prejudice can be fought more effectively at the conference. The National Association did well to train case the national capital for this fixes the country. The recent decision of the Supreme Court headed by the journals throughout the country for justi- cipal segregation wherever the Negroes reside is deeply unfortunate that this example of race discr isbe set at the national capital. It is encouraging to hea- Secretary of the N. A. A. C. P., after reading this deciation has just begun to fight, but the fighting in the more largely than the fighting in the past fostering g and preventing hostile action on the part of the natio a younger man, Mr. Nevel H. Thomas, of his spirit. Nevel H. Thomas is uprs of political and civil rights of his Hebrew Prophet. As head of the keeps a hawk eye upon Congressional He has acquired an infallible instinct discrimination and never fails to hit it, teacher and draws his stipend from the ever falls to denounce the wrong deed stakable courage that even the legislated to commend his courage and the rest of us were restrained by equality of provision in the public insistence, has become the accepted educational machinery of the nationalocratic nature. They are more demore is less discrimination at the Washite institution in the city. When the its head even in the sports, it was its incipiency and kept the sports of but last week that he appealed to not to sign the separate bathing abstraction by the federal government. we it at least called attention of the danger of having race discrimination judice is so strong as to prevent identity is a wise policy to defer only as far as, but never allow it to be crystal Report of the N. A. A. C. P., I no longer be local in the several states and measure that this should be so, and yet actively at the center than on the citizen did well to take the punishment this fixes the amount for the whole supreme Court has already been quoted for justification of schemes for Negroes reside in large numbers. It role of race discrimination should first courageing to hear from the Executive reading this decision, that the Assoe fighting in the future must consider past fostering affirmative legislation part of the national government. Fortunately he was succeeded by a younger man, Mr. Nevel H. Thomas, who is filled with a double measure of his spirit. Nevel H. Thomas is upright and down straight on all matters of political and civil rights of his race and is as uncompromising as the Hebrew Prophet. As head of the local branch of the N. A. A. C. P. he keeps a hawk eye upon Congressional action and departmental procedure. He has acquired an infallible instinct in detecting racial prejudice and discrimination and never fails to hit it, and to hit it hard. He is a school teacher and draws his stipend from the federal government and yet he never fails to denounce the wrong deed and the wrong doer with such unmistakable courage that even the legislators whom he criticises are compelled to commend his courage and the righteousness of his position. When the rest of us were restrained by prudence and caution, he demanded equality of provision in the public schools, which, largely as result of his insistence, has become the accepted policy of those in charge of the educational machinery of the national capital. Sports are of a most democratic nature. They are more democratic than the church or school. There is less discrimination at the Washington Ball Park than any other public institution in the city. When the monster, prejudice, threatened to raise its head they and kept the sports of the national capital in the court was but last week that he appealed to the United States not to sign the separate bathing beach bill, thus writing into law race discrimination by the federal government. Although his protest was not effective it at least called attention of the Negro and the nation to the grave danger of having race discrimination nominated in the bond. As local prejudice is so strong as to prevent identity of public rights and facilities, it is a wise policy to defer only as far as we must to the discriminating practice, but never allow it to be crystalized into law. In scanning the Sixteenth Annual Report of the N. A. A. C. P., I notice that much of its good work has been local in the several states and communities. It is well in a large measure that this should be so, and yet race prejudice can be fought more effectively at the center than on the circumference. The National Association did well to take over the segregation case in the national capital for this fixes the sentiment for the whole country. The recent decision of the Supreme Court has already been quoted by the journals throughout the country for justification of schemes for residential segregation wherever the segregation law is deeply unimportant. It is set at the national capital. It is encouraging to hear from the Executive Secretary of the N. A. A. C. P., after reading this decision, that the Association has just begun to fight, but the fighting in the future must consider more largely than the fighting in the past fostering affirmative legislation and preventing hostile action on the part of the national government. Jefferson City, Mo., June —Homer G. Phillips, St. Louis, filed his official declaration Tuesday with the Secretary of State as a candidate in the August primary for the Republican nomination for congressman from the Twelfth district. L. C. Dyer, Republican, St. Louis, is present congressman from the district, and recently filed as a candidate to succeed himself. --- --- WHY NOT GO to the annual Episcopal picnic at the State Fair grounds? There will be a good time for every one, they say. VOL. 1. NO. 32 WATER DEATH (Preston News Service) St. Louis, Mo, June 11—The nude body of a 12-year-old boy was found floating in the Mississippi River at the foot of Fillmore Street by Chaucey Davis, a fisherman, Thursday afternoon. A physician said that the body appeared to have been in the water about three days. It was taken to the morgue, awaiting identification. PHILLIPS FILES ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY, JUNE 12, 1926 Style Revue Scheduled at St. James Wednesday An elaborate style revue will be given at St. James A. M. E. church, Central Ave. at Dale St. Wednesday, June 16, at 8 p. m. Sponsored by the Young Matrons' club of the church, the entertainment has already had enlisted for models a large number of popular and prominent people of the community and church. The Askin-Marine Clothing company, which has been very accommodating in the past, will furnish the garments for the exhibit. Mrs. Eva Neal is the president of the Young Matrons' club. DARROW TALKS TO NEGRO STUDENTS DARROW TALKS TO NEGRO STUDENTS Colored Youth Must Strive for Education Unceasingly, Advice Given. (Preston News Service) Nashville, Tenn., June 11.—The race problem as it affects the Negroes in the United States was discussed by Clarence Darrow of Chicago before Fisk University students at their chapel here Wednesday, following completion of the Scopes hearing before the supreme court. Mr. Darrow said he disliked to give one advice, but that Negroes might as well understand that they must get education and continue striving for it. He also encouraged them to start independent businesses. "The outlook is very good," he told the Negro students. "You have something to live for; you have something to work for and that is about all that you can want, anyway." He deplored existing racial prejudice, and declared that it was almost universal in the South and "little better in the North." Smoking Pipe Is 'Hotsy-totsy' To 3 Year Old Girl (Preston News Service) Kinston, N. C., June 11.—Little Hope Radkins, aged three, smokes a pipe, it is said. She is said to be the youngest smoker in this state, perhaps in the country, and is the only child of a couple living in the eastern section of Kinston. Persons who saw the child toddling about the yard smoking a pipe investigated and was told that she had been "at it" shortly before her second birthday. It is said that one day an uncle passed his pipe to the child and instead of gasping and cringing, the girl took readily to the pipe and begged to keep it. Shortly afterward she is said to have become a habitual smoker. The child's mother says the girl declined to have cigarettes and cried for the pipe four or more times daily. She has never been ill from the effects of tobacco. Physicians are observing the unusual child. EXPOSITION FOUR VISIT WEEKLY CABARET DANCE A large attendance was noted Thursday evening at the weekly cabaret dance given by Ames Lodge No. 106 and Minnehaha Temple No. 128, I.B. P. O. E. of W., at Elks' Hall, 6th and Lyndale No., Minneapolis. A special attraction which provided an excellent feature was the appearance of the Exposition Four, topnotchers at the Pantages Theater, who were guests on this occasion. The solo work of George Duke, leader of the quartet and formerly of the Runnin' Wild Company, was a distinct hit. The entertainment for the guests was handled by the Misses Dorothy Kay and Ozzie Shauffner in conjunction with Clarence Johnson's celebrated orchestra. Mr. Raymond Whiting gave an exhibition of the Charleston. The prize of the evening, a beautiful peach colored boudoir pillow was awarded to Mr. Walter Smith. ELKS RE-ELECT WILLIAM WALKER EXALTED RULER Annual Election of Officers Held Wednesday Night at Union Hall. Spirited Contest Held Plans for Work of New Home of Gopher Lodge to Be Put In Operation. Gopher Lodge No. 105 of Elks held its annual election of officers Wednesday night at Union Hall. William B. Walker, having completed a very successful administration during his first term, was re-elected Exalted Ruler without opposition. P. S. S. William B. Walker The following other officers were elected: Noble Houser, Esteemed Leading Knight; George Eaton, Esteemed Loyal Knight; Camillas Perry, Esteemed Lecturing Knight; N. Martin, Esquire; Lewis, Inner Guard; Ed Thomas, Tiler; Arthur J. Todd, Financial Secretary; R. D. Wiley, Recording Secretary; Charles H. Miller, Treasurer, and L. C. Jackson, Trustee for five years. A spirited and close contest was waged for delegates to the Grand Lodge meeting at Cleveland in August. William B. Walker, Exalted Ruler, was elected first delegate. Hector Hunter, Arthur J. Todd and Charles Miller were named as the other three delegates. C. W. Wigington, J. Louis Ervin, L. C. Jackson and William Thurston were elected alternate delegates. Mr. Walker's re-election to the office of Exalted Ruler without opposition was a distinct triumph and is a result of the earnest and faithful performance of his duties and success in materially building up the treasury of the Lodge. It is Mr. Walker's intention to see that Gopher Lodge gets its new home in full operation in the next few months. His efforts to see that the lodge continues to progress financially has met the entire approval and co-operation of the members. MINNEAPOLIS CITIZENS HOLDING MASS MEETINGS A mass meeting will be held by the Minneapolis Colored Citizens' League on Tuesday evening, June 15, at O. K. Hall, 1313 Washington Ave. South, and on Friday evening, June 18, at 8 o'clock at Elks' Hall, 6th and Lyndale Ave. North. The speakers for the two evenings will be Mayor Leach for Governor, Floyd B. Olson for County Attorney, Nye and Montgomery for District Judges. NEBRASKAN DROWNS Mr. Chester Spicer, 690 West Central Ave., received a telephone message Wednesday evening about 6 p. m. from his mother, Mrs. Spicer, in Lincoln, Neb., that his brother, Wesley Spicer, had been found drowned in Milwaukee, Wis. Mr. Spicer left Wednesday night for Milwaukee to take the body to Lincoln, where arrangements for the funeral will be made. Mr. Wesley Spicer was 23 years old. "Reverend Williams" Sought By Men At Political Headquarters Stalled Ford Draws Minneapolis, St. Paul Police,"Ain't This A Dandy" Preacher-Politician Who Pledged Support to Candidates in Return for Church Aid Has Baffling Identity. Men in some of the campaign headquarters downtown are somewhat curious about a Reverend Williams who they say has visited some of the headquarters soliciting money for a church he claims to be building at the corner of Central avenue and Dale street. First appearing at the Maas for Congress campaign headquarters in the St. Francis hotel, Reverend Williams is alleged to have said that he would be willing to support the candidate as he did much traveling in the county and about the state and could wield a deal of influence for the candidate. Next, Reverend Williams is supposed to have gone to the Mays for County Surveyor headquarters where he is alleged to have solicited money, claiming that he was building a church at the corner of Dale street at Central avenue. On being sent to Mr. La Bissonare, he received a small sum of money for his project. Later he is said to have returned, requesting a box of cigars. Latest reports indicate that Reverend Williams has also been to Sheriff Wagener's office. Inquiry among the ministers of the city has failed to reveal any colored Reverend Williams living in St. Paul. The result is that certain of the campaign headquarters are mildly curious to discover who has been visiting them, pledging them support under the guise of a clergyman. The "Reverend Williams" is described as a medium tall man, of slender build, and with a moustache. PLEAS MADE Raleigh, N. C., June 11—Hon. H. Hoyle Sink, Commissioner of Pardons, is said to be receiving many letters in behalf of Alvin Mansel, under death sentence. Mansel was convicted for an attack upon a white woman in Buncombe county. Many of the leading whites and best people of Asheville have interested themselves in the Mansel case, Mr. Sink said. Police Butt in on Fishing Party While They Are Repairing Their Stalled Motor Car on the Road. A great part of Thursday afternoon, June 3, was spent getting angle worms by William D. Perry for a fishing trip to Lake Victoria, with Arthur Charleston, Hubert Strong, Harry E. Thompson and Jonas Taylor. The party started from Mr. Perry's home, 439 Rondo St., about 3 a. m. Friday in Mr. Charleston's car. Trouble Starts. When on the River Boulevard drive between Franklin and Marshall Avenues, the Ford became indignant and refused to run. Rather than be outdone of the fishing trip, the men, three of whom are mechanics, decided to turn this spot on the drive into an auto shop. Upon sounding for trouble, it was hit upon the theory that the Ford had become over carbonized. The direct and sure cure for this would be to remove the motor head and scrape the carbon. Police Arrive. While in the role of mechanics two Minneapolis gunssquad cars arrived upon the scene and charged the party with drawn shot-guns. The police wanted to know what it was all about and so did the boys. The police stated that some one had called in the station and reported that a car was being stripped on the river drive, thus they came. After an explanation was made by the boys, of the situation, a carload of St. Paul police who were dispatched to the scene, drove up and helped to save the day as they were acquainted with Mr. Perry. During all of this Mr. Taylor was heard to say, "Ain't this William Pickens Field Secretary, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. PICKENS TO COME HERE JUNE 17-18 Addresses by Field Secretary of N. A. A. C. P. Will Be Made in St. Paul, Minneapolis. William Pickens, field secretary of the N. A. A. C. P., will arrive in the Twin Cities next week to make an address at the close of the baby contest which the Minneapolis branch has been sponsoring, and to address a mass meeting at Pilgrim Baptist church in St. Paul. Since the middle of May the Minneapolis contest has been in progress, and interest is high to discover what babies will win the prizes when the awards are made on the evening of June 17, at St. Peter's church, when the appearance of Mr. Pickens will give an added significance to the award. Mr. Pickens will address a mass meeting in St. Paul on the evening of Friday, June 18, at Pilgrim Baptist church. From the Twin Cities, Mr. Pickens will go to Chicago to attend the 17th annual conference of the N. A. A. C. P. June 23-29. Darrow Will Join Legal Committee of N. A. A. C. P. Clarence Darrow of Chicago, nationally famous lawyer, who recently won the acquittal of Henry Sweet in Detroit, has accepted an invitation to become a member of the National Legal Committee of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. In acknowledging a letter of appreciation sent to him after the Sweet case victory, Mr. Darrow writes to the N. A. A. C. P.: "I never did anything that pleased me more than that case. I really got my pay in satisfaction besides the fee. "I should be very glad indeed to be on your committee, if you figured it would do any good. You know I am always for you." Mr. Darrow also wrote he was "looking forward to" the Chicago Conference this June of the N. A. A. C. P., during which he is to address the Sunday afternoon mass meeting in the Auditorium Theatre. On to Lake. After the Ford was fixed the party drove on to Lake Victoria. Although Mr. Perry forgot to bring his much-treasured angle worms, the boys were wishing that the police in their three cars had followed them to the lake to help bring back their catch, which was the limit of croppies and perch, besides what they cooked on the grounds. On the return trip the little Ford ran right along and the party reached home in safety with fish enough for a week. RESERVE PART of next week so that you will be able to go to the close of the N. A. A. C. P. baby contest and hear William Pickens. PRICE FIVE CENTS CHICAGO WILL BE SCENE OF ANNUAL MEET,JUNE 23-29 Entire Day to Be Devoted to Issue of Residential Segregation by Legalists. Bids For '27 Meeting In Storey, Madden, Darrow, George, Du Bois, Speakers; Spingarn Medal to Be Awarded. The issue of residential segregation in America will be one of the foremost topics discussed at the Seventeenth Annual conference in Chicago, June 23-29, of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, which today made public the general program for the conference. The conference opens Wednesday night, June 23, with a welcome from Mayor Dever of Chicago, an address by Senator Deneen of Illinois, a message from Moorfield Storey, President of the N. A. A. C. P.; a welcome to the conference by Dr. Herbert A. Turner, President of the Chicago Branch, and an address by William Pickens. Bishop John Hurst of the A. M. E. church, a Vice-President of the N. A. A. C. P., will preside. Segregation Discussion. Segregation sessions on Thursday, June 24, are to be given over to discussion of segregation in its various forms, with Arthur B. Spingarn of New York, a Vice-President of the N. A. A. C. P. and Chairman of its National Legal Committee discussing the recent Supreme Court decision on segregation by white property owners' agreements and the steps to be taken in continuing this fight. F. B. Ransom of Indianapolis and Dr. G. W. Lucas of New Orleans will discuss attempted segregation by municipal ordinance in violation of the Supreme Court's decision of 1917. A feature of Thursday's session will be an address by Moses L. Walker, President of the Detroit Branch, giving a complete account of the Sweet case fought and won in that city. At the afternoon session of Thursday, public school segregation will be discussed by Julian St. George White of Philadelphia, and delegates from all parts of the country. Darrow Will Speak. On Friday evening there are to be addresses by John Hope, President of Morehouse College; Representative Martin B. Madden, Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the House of Representatives, and by Judge Albert F. George. Saturday is to be given over to a sight-seeing outing by the entire conference. On Sunday afternoon, in the Chicago Auditorium Theatre, seating 4,500 persons, with Mr. Spingarn presiding, there will be addresses by Clarence Darrow and by James Weldon Johnson, National Secretary of the N. A. A. C. P. Spingarn Medal Award. Monday night's mass meeting will have for its features addresses by Representative L. C. Dyer of Missouri, father of the Anti-Lynching Bill bearing his name; Bishop Carey and Robert W. Bagnall, N. A. A. C. P. 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That a large umber of citizens in St. Paul and Minneapolis should attend the conference is a truth which requires no elabora- tion, Always things of vital importance are discussed at these meetings, and this year the overhanging question of residential segregation will form one of the main discussion topics. Here in the Twin Cities we have been somewhat removed from the harsh treatment which colored residents in other parts of the country have been subjected to, but it is high time that we begin to realize that the present state of things will not last forever. Everywhere racial feeling is growing. With the decision which the Supreme Court has just given in the Washington segregation case, white residents have been granted a new lease of power on arbitrary methods of restriction. At the conference, some of the best legal brains in the coun- try as well as some of those which have been developed to the keenness of expertness on the matter of American race relations, will mull this issue out in a strong attempt to find a solution for the matter. Other problems of pressing importance will be considered. Delegates from the Gulf to Minnesota, and from California to Maine will rub elbows and thoughts. No better form of effort for much-needed group solidarity could be found than this interchange of ideas. All of these things residents in the Twin Cities should con- sider when the N. A. A. C. P. conference is mentioned. All of those things, and in addition, that it is but a bare five hundred miles to Chicago. Talk the conference, urge support of it, and when it comes, let the Twin Cities as representatives of the entire Northwest have a large delegation at the altogether well-worth- while meeting. WHERE WAS THE MOB? iful Washington last week, a “brave” engaged in a controversy with a lady | lly dragged the lady over the hard co car on the curb, and in the heat of ange arms were insufficient to administer t revolver from his pocket and fired, not 0 the limp body of the object of his w2 1 in a dying condition. \d flowed freely over the concrete. S was outraged. jeanwhile a crowd had gathered and -his hand. They laid not hands upon ! re one “brave” enough to give him c anhood was ruthlessly stricken down, 1 ‘was heard. There was merely pres e was no maddened mob bent upon com ot one laid hands upon the slayer, thoug ood is the most sacred treasure of the t excuse during the past thirty years | 4,000 Negroes. But in Washington, | ent. as the mob?. WHERE WAS THE MO —Colorful In beautiful Washington last week, a “brave” white gentle- man who had engaged in a controversy with a lady friend lost his temper. He brutally dragged the lady over the hard conerete strects to his parked car on the curb, and in the heat of anger, feeling that his muscular arms were insufficient to administer chastisement, drew a 38 Colt revolver from his pocket and fired, not one shot, but five shots, into the limp body of the object of his wrath. She fell to the ground in a dying condition. Her blood flowed freely over the concrete. She was slain. Womanhood was outraged. In the meanwhile a crowd had gathered and entreated the slayer to stay his hand. They laid not hands upon him, however; nor was there one “brave” enough to give him combat single. Though womanhood was ruthlessly stricken down, not one cry of “Lynch him” was heard, There was merely present a curious crowd. There was no maddened mob bent upon compensating the homicide. Not one laid hands upon the slayer, though we all know that womanhood is the most sacred treasure of the land. It has been sufficient excuse during the past thirty years for the lynch- ing of nearly 4,000 Negroes. But in Washington, last week, the mob was absent. Where was the mob? WHERE WAS THE MOB? —Colorful News Movies. A SOUND INVESTMENT resent time a public sale of school lands and the terms offered are in every ser man with money to invest, a safe buy. 1e system which is being used, there is lous intervention of any middleman, an e made by the state are sufficiently sure iestion about the wisdom of such an inv , the state auditor sent out some tax dat how their money was being spent, and Te ee Sree one eer eee At the present time a public sale of school lands is being held by the state, and the terms offered are in every sense an induce- ment for the man with money to invest, a safe buy. Under the system which is being used, there is no chance for the unscrupulous intervention of any middleman, and the guaran- tees which are made by the state are sufficiently sure so that there need be no question about the wisdom of such an investment. Recently, the state auditor sent out some tax data to the farm- ers showing how their money was being spent, and how expendi- ture for taxes might be curtailed. It might be a wise policy for the man in the city to acquire some land in northern Minnesota for the twofold reason that he himself will be gaining and making money by the transaction, and that, more, he will be assisting the farmers of the region. Writing in the Washington Post, George Rothwell Brown (white), says: “At the rate at which the enlightened colored voter is waking up in northern states where he holds the political balance of power, it won't be long before he employs the most effective instrument ever placed in his hands to give the ballot to his disfranchised brethren in Dixie, and some day, Mr. Caraway of Arkansas—if he should want to—can sit in the Senate gallery and listen to a Negro expound constitutional freedom from his (Caraway’s) old seat. A Negro king who gued the hospital at Boma, Belgian Congo, for the possession of his leg, which had been amptated as the re- sult of a serious accident, has been given a favorable decision by the court. Term “Jitney” Traced to Louisiana Negroes ‘The word ‘gitney,” which has been ‘used intermittently and in various sec- tions of the United States for many years, and which suddenly sptang into general use at the time the 5-cent busses and flivvers were striving to settle the local traffic problems of many cities, had a curious origin. A minstrel troupe was playing in Ba- ton Rouge, Le., in a theater where the highest gallery was reserved for ne- groes. No gallery tickets were sold, member of the troupe being placed at the door to take cash. The door was in @ poorly lighted space; and later the collector discovered two- score of plain metal disks the size of a S-cent plece, that had been passed as nickels. One of the minstrels showed the disks to a negro, who explained: “Dem's jitneys.” ‘They were Jettons—the metal disks used as markers in a gambling house. A negro attendant had stolen the jet- tons and was passing them as money. The minstrel troupe selzed upon the word, and thereafter a 5-cent plece was a jitney, and the word spread until it came into common use.—Lib- erty. Singer Outspoken as to Masculine Faults Mile. Spinelly, popular Parisian musie-hall star, has not a high opinion of masculinity. “Men,” she declares, “do everything wrong. If they make money they lose it. ‘They take the wrong wives, then divorce them and take others, also the wrong ones. Send a man to shop and he will buy absurd things. Ask him for some fa- yor and he will blunder. Take the trouble to Usten to his declarations and you will hear nothing but triviall- tles and stupidities, At home man ts a devastating plague. He smokes, spits, coughs and sneezes. Noise ener- vates him, heat suffocates him, cold frritates him. In less than an hour he will find ten puerlle things to com- plain about. But he’ will pour coffee ‘on the tablecloth, burn the carpet with his cigar and slam doors. If an intel ligent woman knows one man she knows them all. Men le, but not well. ‘To read their faces is easy for a wom- ‘an, To be constantly with one man would be a sort of heroism it we did not know that changing from one to another means only changing from one evil to another. So it is better to stick to one.” Marvelous Archery eu ts on the caravan route to India, a trade that has gone on so long that the orlgin of the caravaners is un- known, They, too, though dark-eyed, are lighter than Chinese, A caravan consists of many carts and sometimes several hundred men, women and chil- dren. They carry spears and bows and also the latest firearms; these lat- ter they use ff attacked when they go into laager, from which nothing but artillery would shift them. ‘To econ- omize ammunition they use the prim- tive weapons for killing game. A frlend of mine tried one of their bows and, although he could stretch tt, could, much to thelr amusement, only send the arrow fifty yards or 80. Two of the caravaners, having put up a mark, Jumped on thelr ponies and, as they passed it at elghty yards going at a hard gallop, they each struck the center, the arrows sticking side by side deep In the wood. My friend sald: “T always thought the stories of Robin Hood and the old English arch- ers all bunk, but since I saw that I can swallow them like a lamb."—J. 8. ‘Taylor, in Adventure Magazine. Disillusioned Barber Sir Oliver Lodge, illustrating the light esteem in which sclentists are held in some quarters, tells a story of an experience he had while visiting in in this country. He arrived at a small town, where he was to address the members of a well-known scien- tifle association. While the hotel bar- ber was cutting his hatr, he made sev- eral futile attempts to open a con versation with the great sclentist. Fi- nally he sald, “What exactly 1s this association that’s meeting here to- day?" The professor explained that it was a soclety of learned sclentific men. “Oh,” said the barber, in tones of evident disgust, “I thought it was ‘a football team.” Sates RENTALS Service i} Houses of all kinds | Small Payments Down Equities Arranged Real Estate Notary Public | row sata | Soom House on Rondo St. Wom, Heads pean Room House on Rondo St A | ocean "95180. 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' | Music by Clarence Johnson’s Orchestra _ ) Eugene Jackson, Jr., Floor Manager | | EVERYBODY INVITED THAT IS SOMEBODY ; | EVERY ONE IS PUT ON THEIR HONOR TO CONDUCT | THEMSELVES AS LADIES AND GENTLEMEN | GOOD ORDER MUST PREVAIL , THE COMMITTEE RESERVES THE RIGHT TO | | REFUSE ANY UNDESIRABLE PERSONS Eugene Jackson, Jr. Noble Hauser S. Lewis. | Win Anderson Tews Moore is A Mecoy | Py Emie ghee | . The Bargain Market Corner Seventh & St. Peter Streets Fresh Fruits, Vegetables & Groceries Noted for Its Quality and Service. OUR DELIVERIES ARE PROMPT Call CEdar 9419 : 8ST. PAUL ECHO IN eee bane The B. C. C. Alumni met Saturday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Salter, 622 St. Anthony Ave. The Misses Eula Belle Moore, Claudia Few and Odessa Williams will leave Monday, June 14, for Des Moines, Iowa, as delegate to the B. Y. P. U. convention, The Twin City Forty club gave a daneing party for the members only at the Sterling club Wednesday, June 2, Election of officers was held and the following elections were made for the coming year: H. Courtney Hil- yard, Pres; Miss 0. B. Williams, Vice-Pres.; Mrs. Adina Gibbs, Sec., and Tela Burt, Treas. ‘The Adelphai club held its annual election of officers Tuesday, June 11, at 2:30 p. m. at the residence of Mrs. Henrietta James, 787 St. Anthony Ave. The following officers were elected: Mrs, Carrie Lindsay, Pres.; Mrs, Estella Lee, Viee-Pres.; Mrs, Lillian McKnight, Sec.; Mrs. Cora Grissom, Asst. See.; Mrs, Maude Brooks, Treas.; Mrs, Rose Shelton, Librarian. An enjoyable luncheon ‘was served by the hostess. ‘The Handicraft Art club met last ‘Thursday afternoon with Mrs. Lil- lan Lewis of W. Central Ave. Mrs, Mamie Green, 348 N, Dale St., was hostess Friday afternoon to the Nifty club. ‘The Busy Bee club gave quite a surprise party Tuesday night in hon- or of Miss Thelnia Williams, who, for the past nine months, has been at Houston College, Houston, Texas, where she was director of music. All present enjoyed the party immensely. Mrs. Robert Anderson, 620 Rondo St., entertained the T. N. 0. F. elub on her birthday at the residence of Mr, and Mrs. Arthur P. Rhodes. All reported a wonderful time. Mrs. An- derson received a beautiful gift from the elub. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur V, Hall invit- ed Pilgrim Baptist choir and their friends to have a picnic at their home at Round Lake on May 30. About thirty guests were present and all re- ported Mr. and Mrs. Hall a wonderful host and hostess. The Women’s Auxillary of the St. Paul Urban League will meet Thurs- day evening at 8 o'clock at the Y. W. . A. Center. All members are urged to be present; business of import- ance. = Bargain Finally Struck ‘The Scotsman, legend and story re- mind us, is rarely an impulsive fellow. ‘Therefore, this story, though gospel, fs not calculated to surprise, A cer- tain well-known Scot, an intellectual, saw, In a bookshop, Amy Lowell’s two- volume life of “John Keats.” He cov- eted tt on the spot, but went away, the battle against extravagance and indulgence strong within his breast. Day after day he returned to turn the Teaves and to torment his soul. In the expansive season, late one night hear Christmas, he met the bookseller, haled him home, and poured a sample of very fine sherry for his midnight guest, saying no word of “Keats.” Next morning early to the bookshop came the intellectual Scot. Three bottles of sherry for the prectous vol- umes? It was his capitulation to the delights of the mind; he had held out for days. The bargain was eventually struck, although considerably more sherry was Involved in the transac- tlon. Origin of Flowers’ Names ‘The purple fox-glove, which blooms {n Its greatest profusion on Irish hill- sides, is so called because it is be- Meved that the fairies use these blooms for gloves during some of thelr ceremonies. The rosemary, an ever- green shrub of the mint family, 1s a native of the Mediterranean regions, and takes its name from the Latin word, rosmarinus, which means sea- dew. This 1s accounted for by the fact that when this shrub is seen in massed form {t looks like blue-gray mist blown over the fields from the sea. The irls comes to us from the Greek word meaning rainbow. The primrose 1s derived from the Latin words, prima rosa, the tirst rose of spring. By a Chinese Humorist ‘A master was teaching one of his pu- pils arithmetic. He asked him: “What is 1 plus 1?” The scholar replied, “I don’t understand.” ‘The teacher said, “You certainly are a blockhead, Let me ask you again. You are one per- son, Together with me how many people does that make? Do you un- derstand now?” “Oh, yes," he replied. “How many ts it?” asked the teacher. “Two blockheads,” replied the pupil.— Peking New Mandarin, A Guide Needed “What do you do when winter breaks up?” asked a man for whom Toofus had been guiding. “I may go to Niagara falls,” re- sponded Toofus, “and be a guide.” “But what Is there to gulde about at Niagara falls? Everything ts in plain sight.” “a guide goes around with honey- mooners,” sald Toofus, “and keeps them from walking into those falls.”— Louisville Courier-Journal. AL" LOW METH RATED CAB CEdar Sm a 4006 UNIVERSITY AVE. ADVERTISERS " General Heating sind Sheet metal Works Mueller Moist Air Furnaces if0taliordly dremne WEEE Nemtion toe Poon Baloct 008 I whe Mygne | r' F KRAMER Ge (6° DIETHERT Co. Dale 8016 815 University Ave. | Storage, Repairing and Reconditioned Cars CHICAGO, HEADQUARTERS OF N. A. A. C. P, MEETING (Continued from page 1) Director of Branches. ‘Tuesday night, June 29, the clos- ing night of the conference, the Spingarn Medal will be presented by Rev. John Haynes Holmes, Pastor of the Community Chureh of New York, with Miss Mary White Ovington, Chairman of the N, A. A.C. P. Board of Directors, presiding, and addresses by Dr. W. E. B, Du Bois, Editor of The Crisis, and by the recipient of the Medal. Bids for the 1927 conference are already being received from various cities, Indianapolis having announced that the branch is sending a delega- tion of 15 persons to Chicago to cam- paign for their city. G. N. T. Gray, Secretary of the Indianapolis Branch, writes that the branch “feels able to care for the conference in a manner that would reflect credit upon the branch and our community and at the samé time show the conference our high appreciation of the N. A. A. 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PAUL NOTES Mrs. Arkie Adams of Denison, Texas, is visiting Mrs. James Hogan at 300 St. Anthony Ave. ‘Mrs, Lee Johnson, 276 Rondo St. has returned from Valley Falls, Kan., where she spent three months caring for her mother, Mrs, Elizabeth Mann Hayden, who died May 28, after a long illness. ‘Mr. Wm. H. Parker, formerly of 411 Charles St., has. joined his wife and children in Los Angeles, Cal. He is now practicing law in that city. Dr. Louie Morris, nephew of Mrs. ‘Wm, England, spent a day in the city on his way to North Dakota. Mr. Morris is traveling on the Orpheum cireuit, Mrs, Belle O’Shields Dunean, gov- ernment nurse at the U. S. Veterans Hospital, Tuskegee, Ala., spent ten days visiting relatives and friends tm the Twin Cities and returned to Tus- kegee Tuesday. Mr. Dan Perry, 365 Aurora Ave. entertained at a pienie at Harriet Island on Saturday, June 5, in honor of his little daughter, Martina Per- ry’s, eighth birthday. An automobile truck being chartered for the occa- sion, was loaded with all the delica- cies of the season. Miss Gladys Smith, 558 Arundel St., is confined to her home by ill- ness, and is under the care of Dr. J. W. Crump. Miss Rachel Gooden, 514 Fuller Ave., is expecting as her guest on the 16th of June, Miss Ethel Craig of Los Angeles, Cal. Miss Craig is a student in the University of Califor nia and a member of Delta Sigma ‘Theta Sorority. Mrs, Jessica Spicer, 690 W. Cen- tral Ave., entertained in honor of the sixteenth birthday of Viola Arm- strong and Dale Ford, on June 5. Twenty guests were present. Mr. Seott Taber was given a sur- prise party on June 8, in honor of his 21st birthday at the home “of Mrs. S. R, Burnaugh, 553 Sherburne Ave, An elaborate repast was serv- ed. Appropriate remarks were made by Atty, H. Turner. Mr. and Mrs, James Fraetion, for- merly of Minneapolis, are now living at 953 Rondo St. Mrs, Mattie Hicks, Grand Secretary of the Iowa Grand Chapter, 0. E. S., leaves Monday to attend the annual session which convenes June 15-16- 17 at Waterloo, Iowa. Miss Thelma Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Williams, 318 N, Grotto St., arrived in the city Tues- day morning from Houston, Texas, where she has been instrueting in the music department for the past nine months. En route home Miss Williams visited in Texarkanna with grand parents and was most royally entertained by friends and relatives. She also spent several days in Chi- cago with friends and was received with a warm reeeption, Miss Williams reports a very sue- cessful and pleasant year's work. She will spend the summer here. Miss D. Quence Jordan, 791 Rondo St., who underwent a very serious op- eration last Monday morning at Be- thesda hospital, is somewhat improv- ed. She may have callers this week. Dr. Lillian Lewis has returned Chicago and Kansas City. ‘The St. James S. S. will give a pageant, “Out of the Bible,” for their children’s day exereises Sunday eve- ning, June 13. Mrs, Freda C. Jackson left for Chi- cago, Ill, Friday, where she will be the guest of Mrs, Esther Gates, 4546 St. Lawrenee,Ave, Mr. John Williams, who has spent the past several months in Califor- nia, has returned to the city. Freda C. Jackson's School of Dane- ing closed June 5. The students were pleased with the term's grading and promise a most entertaining and beautiful exhibition in September. Classes for summer will start July 17. 550 St. Anthony Ave., 2 baths, gas, electric, hardwood, $3,750; $350 cash, balance less than rent. Fred D. McCracken Real Estate—Renting—Insurance Cedar 8190 Newton Building Res. Humboldt 8190 FOR SALARY —_—* LOAN = MURPHY ‘312 Builders Exchange Bidg. Ga 1098 — $ z ies | LA = ae d e he! . 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There will be business of importance to all voters of Minneapolis discussed. * Mrs, Emma Dellams of El Paso, Texas, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. B. M. Beal, 628 Jewett Place. Katherine Sustermarter, 718 Bry- ant Ave. No., celebrated her fourth birthday Tuesday afternoon, with a group of her little friends. Mrs, Jessie Peker of Hamilton, On- tario, the sister of Mrs. H. J. Lewis, was the house guest of Mrs, Emma Brown, 718 Bryant Ave. No., over the week-end, Mrs. Peker attended the conven- tion of Seven Day Adventists in Mil- waukee, and also visited in Chicago, Detroit and Buffalo, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Riley and little daughter Eunice motored to Aitkin, Minn., Sunday, May 30, in their new Chrysler coach. They were accom- panied by their sister, Miss Margaret Bokion. They were entertained by Mrs. Belle Henry, also Mr. and Mrs. War- ren Strader, who reside in Aitkin. Dean Win. Pickens, who fs expeet- ed early this week, will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs, Milton Shanks, 3712 Fourth Ave, So., while in Minneap- olis. If Mr. Piekens ean reach Min- neapolis in time, arrangements are completed for a public reception the day before his lecture. Mr. Pickens’ presence in Minne- apolis coincides with, the closing of the popular Baby Contest.” The re- maining days of this event will en- gage the strenuous efforts of the con- testants and their friends, A short program by the children will precede the lecture by Mr. Pickens on the night the contest ends. One of the little folks will preside, introducing Mr. Pickens and the’ program. On Tuesday night, June 15, a vol- unteer committee of ladies with Mrs. Robert Van Hook as chairman, co- operating with the popular Phyllis Wheatley Glee club, directed by Miss Ione Stewart, will give a musieal pro- gram and silver tea at Phyllis Wheat- ley House, followed by a social hour. This is for the benefit of the local branch and will give Minneapolis an opportunity to contribute to the nee- essary expense in connection with Mr. Pickens’ coming, Sn ti) cn Semler pe cer ec ! {Keystone Hotel Barber Shop { Ladies’ and Children’s Hair 1 Boaelae ase | Men's Hair Cutting, 35¢ i (A spectalty) | A. WYLIE, Prop. [Date 3601379 Carroll Ave. DULUTH NOTES Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Rickman en- tertained at cards for Mr. and Mrs. Harry Johnson of Detroit while they were in the city. Mr. and Mrs, Luther Dawson have returned from a most wonderful trip to many cities. Leaving here for Louisville, Ky., for the Derby, and to West Dayton, Ind., to the Waddy Ho- tel at West Baden, then to Indian- apolis, where they visited the Speed- way and were the guests of friends. En route home they stopped in Chi- cago and had dinner with old friends, after which they were treated to a sight-seeing tour by Mr. Giles. The spirit of weleome seems to prevail in the city as preparations were in progress for the reception of the delegates for the conference and the Federation. Mr. Wm. Pickens will be in the city June 20 and will speak at St. Marks church at 4 o'clock the same ‘afternoon, at which time the chureh should be filled to its capacity, at Mr. Pickens comes to us in the interest of the N. A. A.C. P. The Esther Day services for the O. E. 8. were held Sunday night at St. Marks A. M. E, church. The pro- gram in its entirety proved very in- teresting. Rev, Rhoenenee, Rev. Beasley and Presiding Elder Hack- ley were present and offered words of encouragement to the lodge. Rev. Hackley made the address of wel- ‘emi FERGUS FALLS, MINN. Rev. W. M. Storrs preached the annual sermon of the Masonic Lodge Sunday evening in honor of St John’s Day. The men and women of ‘the order turned out in a goodly number. Miss Emily Motley leaves Thurs day for a visit with relatives in In- dianapolis, Ind. Mr. J. W. Wagner has just com pleted remodeling his home on Oak St. So. ‘Mr. Frank Penick and son Charlie Taylor and wife motored to Crook: ston Sunday to visit Mrs. Penick’s father, Mr. Denham. They found him well and happy. Mrs, T. Ingram entertained Sun day at a birthday dinner in honor of ANNOUNCEMENT Mr. W. B. Baines oceupied by 554 Rondo Street Mr. Baines proposes to enlarge his business by serving the public. ICE, COAL, WOOD and General Hauling. Dale 8035 Fee ee ee ee eee “ . I “Marie Knows | What Flowers Are Appropriate for All Occasions ! Wedding Bouquets, Corsages | and Designing a Specialty | MARIE The Floriet Call Dy. 2461 } 2998 Chicago Avenue Minneapolis, Minn. MINNEAPOLIS ADVERTISERS LOOK o# WATCHREPAIRING EXCLUSIVELY | 15-DAY OFFER TO NEW CUSTOMERS, UNTIL JUNE 2000 | Main Spring or Cleaning 50c PERRY'S Watch Hospital (p20" 5. SS" ESSE pais Conant Phone—South 7954 Established 1905 W. SQUIRE NEAL Buneral Birector 502 E. 24th Street Minneapolis, Minn. a | Mass Meeting | | Minneapolis Colored Citizens League | | At O.K. HALL, 1313 Washington Avenue So, | | Tuesday Evening, June15th at8 p.m. | REFRESHMENTS and ENTERTAINMENT | | At ELKS’ HALL 6th & lyndale bvenue to. | - Friday Evening, June 18th at 8 p.m. | REFRESHMENTS and ENTERTAINMENT | SPEAKERS: | | MAYOR LEACH FLOYDB.OLSON | For Governor For County Attorney | NYE & MONTGOMERY | For District Judges . | } Attorney HARRY L. SCOTT, Chairman ST.~PAUL ECHO Race Men Form Chamber of Commerce at Dallas * (Preston News Service) Dallas, Texas, June 11.— Most of the $2,500 budget of ] the Dallas Chamber of Com- | merce “was subseribed at a | meeting Monday night, accord- | ing to a statement of Secretary W. E. Clark Tuesday. | Mr. Clark said plans have been made for a luncheon meet- ing Monday night, June 14, at the Powell Hotel. The organ- ization is only four months old, has over 100 members and the officers hope to obtain member- ships from all the professional and business men in the city. The membership drive is well under way and solicitors are meeting with marked success, Mr, Clark said. SPECIAL INDUCEMENT IS OFFERED NEW CUSTOMERS Perry's Wateh hospital, located at 211 Lumber Exchange, corner Fifth and Hennepin, Minneapolis, is offer- ing a special inducement to new cus- tomers until June 20, A first-class mainspring or your wateh thoroughly cleaned will only cost fifty cents. Mr, Perry specializes in watch re- pairing and issues a bona fide guar- antee for all watches repaired, her husband's 29th birthday. Cov- ers were laid for eight. Master Dennis Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs, Miner Anderson, has arrived home from Deaf and Dumb School at Faribault, Minn,, to spend his vacation. Mr. Wm, E. Anderson, Rev. and Mrs, Storrs, Mrs. Sarah and Amanda Anderson motored to Waupeton last week. They visited the N. D. State school for Indian children and saw hundreds of the little girls and boys. telat aaa" a"a"a"e ns sas sana ane MILTON SHANKS General Contractor and Builder Will Finance the Construction of Your Home on Your Lot Phone—Locust 2449 3712 4th Ave. So. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. na a"aTa"e a ae 'a aa a ae se” Patronize Our Advertizers | Mass Il i Minneapolis Color Tuesday Evening, fj REFRESHMENTS an SOUTH CAROLINA GREETS BAPTIST S.S. CONVENTION Governor, Mayor of Columbia Chamber of Commerce, Board of Trade ive. Welcome. 30 States Represented baveaced: Phases. 6 -Seailag School Work to Be Presented by Religious Leaders. Columbia, S. C., Wednesday, June 9th, (Congress Headquarters—Bene- dict College and Allen University Campus)—"More and Better Sunday Schools” was the theme in the open- ing session of the Sunday School Congress which convened in this city at high noon today. Columbia, the state's capital, South Carolina, the Palmetto State, are giv- ing a weleome that would challenge the admiration of the heralds of vie- tory and the representatives of the righteous cause that represented South Carolina in the stormy days preceding and after reconstruction. New Day. ‘This city, one of the playgrounds of the late Woodrow Wilson, this city that has witnessed excitement as well as pomp and ceremony during the days of Robert H.. Small, Robert Brown Elliott, Benjamin Pitchfork Tillman and others, has seen a new day in construction and program building in this present meeting known as the Sunday School Con- gress. Messengers began to arrive here Tuesday evening when the North, the Middle West and the Far East emp- tied their cargo here, and from that (Continued on page 4) Carpenter and Builder REMODELING RESHINGLING PORCHES, GARAGES C.W. Butler—Phone Dupont 4526 3725 18th Avenue So, ‘Minneapolis, Minn. a Sa a fleeting | d Citizens League i ,, 1313 Washington Avenue So. i June 15th at 8 p.m. co saamanuteara'eceaieesetiaal 4 " CLUB ROOM—CEDAR 6245. ~—~—~=~=«SCAPE—CEDAR 9088 When in the Twin Cities don’t fail to visit Che Progressive Agsoriation Headquarters for Railroad Men and Theatrical Folk THANN TRAVIS, President 40 EAST 83RD STREET E. FOY ELLIOT, Manager ST. PAUL, MINN. | Special Offering of High Grade e Traveling Bags = Well made extra heavy cow- alee SSM en aT (3 (wow handle styles. A bag that Gt as. you will be proud to own. Rup hes 18 and 20-inch sizes. Gi ane iS Regular $25 to $27.50 values, Vig iG UES ED $ $ 7 19 622 Laggage goods purchased at Garland’s assures one of the utmost in quality, appearance and long use. Garland’s | prices are incommensurate with the quality. Desirable Charge Accounts Always Welcomed i ( ENRILANN 1D) e LUGGAGE SHOP tm SIXTH AT CEDAR sesmmmmmmmmmmen PHYLLIS WHEATLEY NOTES ‘The Auxiliary will have a big bas- ket picnic at Glenwood June 29. Ev- ery one invited. Come out and bring your friends, Make this get-together one to be remembered. This week marked the end of Auxiliary meet- ings until fall. The climax of Girls’ Week was reached in two hikes, the Juniors go- ing to Glenwood under supervision of Mrs. Pansy Chavis and Miss/Mar- kuerite Seymour, and the Intermedi- ates and Seniors. going to Lake Jo- hanna with Miss E. Ray. ‘The program Tuesday evening by the Dramatic Department was un- usually well attended. The sketch was presented exceedingly well and the rest of the program given in a delightful manner. Phyllis Wheatley House won sec- ond place in both Junior and Inter- mediate Boys’ Intersettlement Track Meet on June 5 at Northings’ Field. Fred Gray won 19 points, more than any one in the Intermediate Division. Allen and Norton made points in the Junior Division, The Girl Scouts’ Camp will be held the last week in August. Get in touch with Phyllis Wheatley for details. Get your daughter interested in the outdoor and scout life. Mrs, W. W. Remington, candidate for Congress in the Tenth District, will speak at Phyllis Wheatley House Tuesday, June 15, at 9 p. m. Ice cream will be served free of charge. Continuation of Membership’s Lint Mrs, Elizabeth Hiatt, CL. Brown Mr Mauping, Mrs. Hazel Cufrie, Rev ap SIMPSON @ | The Reliable Morticians are now located in their beau- tiful new mortuary chapel OmMee Phone—Cedar 1024 { Residence Phones | Tel. Dale 1914 Tel, Dale 2541 | 17 West Exchange Street I ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA ——-—-——-—-—-- 4 EE. N. Martin L.R. Blair § And You Are Next i : All the Time = Sanitary Consorial Parlor } € 829 NO. 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