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(This space dedicated to the now defunct business of the man who did not believe in advertising). VOL.1, NO.36 RANDOLPH WILL HOLD SERIES OF MEETINGS HERE Mass Meetings Scheduled July 18 at St. James; July 25 at Unitarian Church. Organizer Here Week University Students, Labor Officials to Hear Orator; Auxiliary to Be Formed. With a speech at a mass meeting to be held Sunday, July 18, at 3 p. m. at St. James A. M. E. church, Central Ave. at Dale St., A. Phillip Randolph, co-editor of The Messenger magazine and General Organizer of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, will open a week's series of meetings in the Twin Cities. The purpose of the meetings will be to stimulate interest in the porters' organization movement and to shade public opinion toward a bettering of the economic condition of the Negro, according to P. L. Caldwell, local secretary of the B. S. C. P. At 9 p. m., July 20, Mr. Randolph will talk from the WCCO broadcasting station in Minneapolis. Officials of the labor council will hear a speech by Mr. Randolph July 21 at 9 p. m. at the Labor Temple, 6014 4th Ave. So., Minneapolis. Thursday, July 22, Mr. Randolph will address a selected group of economics and sociology classes at the University of Minnesota. Final Mass Meeting. An open meeting at which Mr. Randolph will speak will be held July 23 at 9 p. m. in the Labor Temple, Franklin Ave., between 8th and 9th Sts., St. Paul. Sunday, July 25, at 3 p. m., a final mass meeting will be held at the Unitarian church, La Salle St. at 8th St., Minneapolis. Mr. Randolph will be the principal speaker. S. A. Stockwell, candidate for the state legislature, will give a short talk. During the week, small meetings will be held for the porters who are already members of the organization and for those men who are interested in the movement. An attempt will also be made to organize a wom- (Continued on page 3) ATTACK RESULTS IN TWO WOUNDED Woman, Man Casualties of Unidentified Early Morning Prowlers. (Preston News Service) Pittsburgh, Pa., July 8.—Two persons were mysteriously attacked at the doors of their homes early Wednesday morning, one of them being shot and the other stabbed. Mrs. Frances Brown, 32 years old, answered a knock at her door, 8371 Briceland street, at 5 o'clock, and was confronted by a man who whipped out an automatic pistol and fired one shot. The bullet cut off the ends of two of the woman's left fingers and penetrated her right arm above the elbow. The wounds were treated at the Pittsburgh hospital. Mrs. Brown told police the man had been annoying her. George Harris, 25 years old, 619 Belinda street, was about to enter his home when an unidentified man leaped upon him and stabbed him in the breast near the heart with a knife. The assailant fled. Harris was removed to the Pittsburgh hospital. DETROIT AGAIN Detroit, Mich., July 8—Judge L. W. Carr in the Wayne Circuit Court granted an injunction to William Starkes and his wife to own a home in the Lakewood Boulevard subdivision but prohibited them from living in their home. The judge declared that the restrictions of the subdivision which state "property shall not be sold nor leased to persons whose ownership would be injurious to the locality," barred the Starkes from living in their home, but not from owning it. Tne St. Paul Echo Knoxville Class Of'26 Leaves $12,000 Endowment To School Sale Of Building Increases Assets Of Steel City Bank RUSSIAN SOVIET UNION TO BE STUDIED BY NEGROES (Preston News Service) New York, July 8—Thomas L. Dabney of Dilwynn, Va., correspondent for the Baltimore Afro-American, and C. Glenn Carrington of Richmond, Va., are the Negro members of a student delegation of 16 that are to study labor and economic conditions in the Soviet Union this summer. The trip is being arranged by the Society for Cultural Relations with Soviet Russia. COURT ORDER TO REMOVE FAMILY Kansas City Family Must Move From Home; Rebellious Sentiment Runs High. Kansas City, Mo.—Colored citizens here are up in arms over the recent order of Acting Judge A. S. Lyon removing a colored family from a home in a neighborhood that once was "white" but which has become almost entirely "colored" in the last two years. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Whitney, 2131 Park Ave., have been ordered to vacate their newly purchased duplex not later than July 10. The house is on the corner of Twenty-second St. and Park Ave., the last one in a block that has been the scene of four bombings and a long darwn out injunction suit. The Whitneys are being removed as a result of a spite suit brought by Mrs. Lulu K. Murray, a white woman living at 2107 Park Ave. Mrs. Murray was one of 18 signers of an agreement among white owners not to sell their property to Negroes for a period of 15 years. The agreement was signed in 1922, but in 1925 all the signers except Mrs. Murray met and signed an agreement lifting the restriction. Negroes have steadily taken over the property between Twenty-first and Twenty-second on Park until at present there are only four white families in the block. Three judges in the circuit court passed the case by on one excuse or another until A. S.-Lyon, sitting for Judge Allen C. Southern, granted the temporary injunction which prevents the Whitneys from occupying their home. As proof that Mrs. Murray is carrying out the suit for spite and not in the hope of ridding the neighborhood of colored people, she has done nothing about the colored families all around her. The Whitneys have hired more attorneys and have declared they will fight the case to the highest courts. "JIM.CROW" Memphis, Tenn., July 9.—Mrs. Blanche Cothran, 21, was arrested when she refused to move her child whom she had seated beside two white children in a crowded street car. She was arrested on a charge of violating the "Jim Crow" law. Dividend of 35 Per Cent to Be Paid in September; Bank Closed in January After Examination by State. (Preston News Service) Pittsburgh, Pa., July 9.—Liquid assets of the Steel City Banking company, the institution that was closed by the State banking department January 12, were increased $6,435 Wednesday by the sale of the bank's building, together with its furniture and fixtures. Frank W. Jackson, special deputy banking commissioner, directed the sale, which was conducted by L. B. Post, auctioneer. The building was sold for $36, 151.61, but of that amount $31,- 101.61 will be consumed by liens. Furniture and fixtures brought $1,385. · The company conducted a private bank at 801 Wylie avenue. The institution came under the juridiction of the state banking department under laws passed by the last legislature. It was closed about a year aft- ST. PAUL-MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1926 National Benefit Life Takes Over Kansas Territory of Universal Life of Memphis, Tenn. The most striking and substantial evidence of loyalty to their Alma Mater ever shown was expressed last week by the 1926 graduating class of famous Knoxville College, numbering twenty-four young men and women, when they voluntarily applied for $12,000 endowment insurance on their lives, naming their school beneficiary. This bequest insurance was taken out with the National Benefit Life Insurance Company, Washington, D. C., through R. E. Hall, special representative from Nashville, who was ably assisted by O. A. Cowan, local representative of the company, and Prof. Byrd Prillerman, director of Negro work for the West Virginia Council of Religious Education, Institute, West Virginia, former president of Knoxville College Alumni association. By this act, Knoxville College class, 1926, has become a pioneer in a new movement for the endowment of our colleges by members of our group, and it is believed future classes are sure to follow the commendable example set. The National Benefit Life Insurance Co. was also recently signally honored by the Lone Star Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutical association at their convention in Houston, Texas. After spirited competition, this body voted to accept insurance in a group from this company. A quarter of a million is the amount involved. It is understood that Supervisors J. T. Duncan and F. H. Miller and Manager O. J. Polk were largely instrumental in effecting this sale. At Detroit, Mich., Manager L. C. Blount is placing $450,000 wholesale insurance on fifteen hundred members of the progressive Wolverine lodge. I. B. P. O. E. W. of that city with this company. The National has just announced that by arrangement with the offi- (Continued on page 2) HEAT AND SPECIAL ACTS DRAW CROWDS TO CABARET Hot weather seemingly did not interfere with the joint Elks' Cararet Dance Thursday evening, July 1, when tables were at a premium on account of the large attendance. Small and Mays, appearing at the Seventh St. Theater, gave several dance, numbers and received a huge ovation. The tenor solo by Mr. Small was another enjoyable feature. And, of course, the inimitable Ozzie and Clarence Johnson's orchestra furnished the musical end of the evening's pleasure. Miss Frances Dow was the lucky winner of a handsome rug. Thursday, July 15, the Elks are inviting the public to attend their annual picnic at Bass Lake. Motorists can follow the road through to Robinsdale. Elk signs are to be placed en route to direct all motorists. After the picnic the Elks and Daughter Elks will be hosts to their weekly cabaret dance. REV. JAMES AT MEMORIAL Sunday, July 11, Rev. H. P. James of W. Va. will appear at Memorial Baptist church, Fuller and Rice St. Rev. James was called to the pastorate of Memorial church in May and since that time has been busy arranging business, so as to take up his charge. Beginning Sunday, July 11, he will conduct one of the greatest revivals ever held in St. Paul, with the assistance of Dr. R. R. Richardson of Alabama. Dr. Richardson is one of the greatest revivalists in the country. The public is invited to attend every evening during the 10-day services. er the state had made its first examination. It was learned last Wednesday night that a dividend of about 35 per cent will be paid to the 7,000 depositors who had upwards of $300-, 000 in the bank. The first dividend is expected to be ready some time in September. Rev. Moses S. Hunter was president, Atty. Arthur D. Stevenson, cashier, and Rev. J. C. Austin, a member of the Board of Directors ROOSEVELT ASKS EQUAL RIGHTS IN PLEA FOR NEGRO Civic Opportunity, Constitution al Rights, Educational Advantages Stressed. Responsibility of Utilizing Gains Made by Fighting Neglected Task of Negro. (N. A. A. C. P. Press Service) Chicago, July 9.—Demanding for colored Americans full civic rights and equal opportunities with all other citizens, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt addressed a crowded and enthusiastic mass meeting of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, now in 17th Annual Conference here, Monday, June 28. "I believe that the work the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is doing is thoroughly patriotic and constructive," said Col. Roosevelt. "It is American in the proper sense of the word. Government Rights "The United States is a country wherein all citizens are supposed to have an equal share in the government. We are, according to the principles on which this nation was founded, equal partners in its governmental affairs. Any man or group of men who attempt to deny full civic rights to any citizen on account of race, creed or color is committing a thoroughly un-American act, one that is subversive of the ideals of the country. "Your organization as I see it is striving to obtain full constitutional rights for colored Americans and by opening opportunities to them to help them build themselves into better and finer citizens. All colored Americans must have full governmental rights. There must be no distinctions made by law either coverly or openly against any of our citizens. In certain States by subterfuges as to registration or simply by force, colored citizens are denied the vote. Any State which prevents its colored citizens from exercising their privilege of the franchise simply because they are colored, is subverting the Constitution of the United States. Every real American should demand that this evil be set right and do his level best to see that his demands receive proper attention. Civic Opportunity. "Equally important with governmental rights are civic opportunities. Colored Americans must be given the opportunity to get the proper education. It is rank injustice for any community to do otherwise. Not only is it rank injustice to the colored Americans but it is rank injustice to the United States, for the children of today are the country of tomorrow. Any one who denies the children the chance to get a good education is striking directly at the interests of the entire country. In the interest of my children, I demand that all children be given a fair chance. "I have heard time and again short-sighted Southerners maintain that the Southern Negroes are not educated enough to exercise the franchise intelligently and in the same breath state that they did not believe in spending money on schools for colored people. They did not seem to realize that their injustice in refusing to provide schools was responsible for the conditions of which they complained. They were perfectly willing to see the Negroes called upon to pay taxes and defend the country in time of war, but they denied them the vote and schools. They were willing to see them bear the burden of citizenship but would deny them the privileges. "We demand for all American citizens full governmental rights and full opportunities for development. I will fight with every ounce of strength that I have for the rights of my colored American fellow citizens, but it is their responsibility when they get those rights to employ them. "They have done excellently as any one who scans the record of the last seventy years must admit. Their advance in commerce and industry is evident in any of our great cities. (Continued on page 4) First Place In National Choir Contest Given Cincinnati Girls Members of Organization Range From 13 to 16 Years of Age; Will Sing at Sesqui-Centennial on Eastern Tour. (Preston News Service) Cincinnati, Ohio, July 8.—Another national championship has just come to Cincinnati—a singing championship, won by a choir of Negro girls whose vocal brilliance and skill has attracted widespread attention. The new "national champions" are the Jones Hilliard Jubilee Singers of the Zion Baptist Church, who won the highest honors at a national Sunday school contest just held by the Negro Bantists in Brooklyn. The Cincinnati singers, ranging in age from 13 to 16, have been trained for several years by Mrs. Mae Jones Hilliard, music teacher of West Ninth street. They won the Ohio championship at a State contest and when they recently sang before the Cincinnati Kiwanis club, Otto Grau presented one of their gifted soloists with a piano. Through numerous concerts the Jubilee Singers raised funds to go to the Brooklyn singing tournament and before an audience of 10,000, won the first prize, against the best choirs from New York, New Jersey and other places. The Cincinnati singers have now been engaged to give a number of concerts around New York. They will sing in Philadelphia July 9 and 10 and visit the Sequil-Centennial exhibition and will sing in Washington July 11 and 12, and return to Cincinnati about July 19. European Trip Causes Anxiety Among Friends New York, July 8.—Alice Jones Rhinelander has at last made reservations for her long-contemplated trip to Europe. She plans to sail July 17 on the Majestic. In view of the fact that her aristocratic young husband, Leonard Kip Rhinelander, who tried in vain to obtain an annulment, is abroad, his friends fear they see in this a move toward reconciliation. Mrs. Rhinelander could not be reached Thursday, but friends prophesied a romantic reunion in Paris as the next big adventure in the lives of these two young Americans. LYNCH TOLL NINE SINCE JANUARY 1 First Six Months of 1925 Recorded Four Less Lynchings Than 1926. (Preston News Service) Tuskegee, Ala., July 8.—Tuskegee Institute Thursday announced that nine persons were lynched in the first six months of 1926, an increase of four over the same period of last year, but a marked decrease compared to the same period in the three previous years. The statement said that six of the lynched were Negroes, two were white and one was an Indian. Three were charged with murder, one with burglary, another with wounding an officer, and the others various charges involving insults to women. The States in which the lynchings occurred were: Florida, three; Mississippi, two; Arkansas, Kentucky, New Mexico and Texas, one each. BORN 1803, WOMAN DIES 'AT BOUND AGE OF 122 (Preston News Service) Gettysburg, Pa., July 9.—Mrs. Keziah Elizabeth Kuff, whose relatives and friends said the family Bible record indicated she was 122 years old, died here last Thursday night. Mrs. Kuff was born on December 8, 1803. Persons over ninety years of age here assert she was well advanced in years when they were young. Mrs. Kuff was a native of Adams County, of which Gettysburg is the county seat, and her parents built a log cabin here many years before the Civil War. She was unusually active for her age. One daughter, Miss Elizabeth Kuff of Philadelphia, survives her. Youthful Artist Shows Remarkable Ability in Recital Given Thursday A Miss Bernetta Cason, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Cason, 1235 Thomas St., a promising young violinist, made her debut before a select audience Thursday evening at Pilgrim Baptist church in a testimonial sponsored by the Women's Auxiliary of the St. Paul Urban league. Mrs. Mae Black Mason accompanied Miss Cason and Miss Eula Belle Moore gave several readings. LOCAL MEN FORM REALTYCOMPANY McDonald, Williams, Sydes, Pearce, Lee, Smith Will Head New Investment Company. A group of St. Paul men have organized the Pioneer Investment Association, Inc., with the aim of aiding persons of the race in financial difficulties, and of assisting them to avoid the excessive rate of interest charged by loan companies. The incorporators are C. H. McDonald, president; Walker Williams, vice-president; and S. J. Sydes, Chairman Board of Directors; E. O. Pearce, secretary; J. D. Lee, assistant treasurer; O. J. Smith, treasurer and attorney for the corporation; I. J. Putnam and James Williams. The company is now ready for business, which for the time being will be conducted at the office of Atty. O. J. Smith, 328 Metropolitan Bank Building, St. Paul, according to C. H. McDonald, president. MASON GRAND OFFICIAL JAILED FOR CONTEMPT (Preston News Service) Pittsburgh, Pa, July 8.—Failure to comply with a court order directing him to reinstate and drop charges which had been preferred against a lodge member, landed F. C. Gordon, grand master of the Masons, in the county jail Thursday for contempt of court. Several weeks ago a hearing was held before Judge John A. Evans, who ordered that Charles W. Nelions be reinstated in the lodge and the charges against him dropped. A meeting of the lodge was held and Gordon was served with a copy of the decree. He ignored it and after a brief hearing Thursday morning Judge Evans ordered his commitment to jail until the order of court has been complied with. HOLINESS PASTOR JAILED ON IMMORALITY CHARGE (Preston News Service) Greenville, N. C., July 8.—Rev. R. D. Brown, pastor of a Holiness church on the outskirts of Greenville, is being held in the county jail here in default of bond on a charge of immorality. Brown is alleged to have had im- proper relations with a 17-year-old member of his congregation. He vigorously denied the charge when arrested by county officials a few days ago. He was given preliminary hearing before Magistrate Tyson, being remanded to jail in default of $250 bond. MINNESOTA HISTORICAL SOCIETY (This space given in memory of those benighted people who refuse to see the value of a local newspaper). PRICE FIVE CENTS UNANIMOUS VOTE PICKS NEGRO AS HEAD OF HOWARD Dr. Mordecai W. Johnson, Minister, Selected by Board to Fill Executive Vacancy. New President Youngest in History of School; Has Lectured at Howard. Washington, D. C., July 9.—Dr. Mordecal W. Johnson of Charleston, W. Va., was unanimously elected president of Howard University at a special meeting of the board of trustees, held late Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Johnson will be the first colored man to serve as president of Howard. The vote was taken after the board was formally advised that Bishop John A. Gregg had declined his presidency. Will Accept. Dr. Johnson, it was stated, has indicated his intention to accept the presidency and comes to the post with the unanimous backing of the trustees, with the support of a large group of the general alumni, faculty and student body, to whom he has annually lectured for a number of years. He is married and has three children. Almanta College graduate. Graduated in 1911 from Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga., with the degree of bachelor of arts, Dr. Johnson was retained for two years as professor of economics and history. In 1913 he received the degree of bachelor of arts from the University of Chicago; graduated from the Rochester Theological Seminary in 1919, later becoming pastor of the First Baptist Church of Charleston, W. Va. He received the degree of bachelor of divinity from Rochester Theological Seminary for the writing of a historical theses entitled "The Rise of the Knights Templars," and graduated from Harvard University with degree of master of science and theology. Youngest President. The new president will be not only the first colored man to serve in this capacity, but the youngest. He is but 36 years old. It is expected he will come promptly to the university, although he is now in Paris, France, traveling with the Sherwood Eddy seminar. In the absence of Dr. Charles R. Brown, president of the board, Justice Stanton J. Peele, former member of the United States Court of Claims, presided. It was declared after the meeting Wednesday that Dr. Johnson will command strong financial support for the university. The recommendation that Dr. Johnson be appointed was made by a special committee, of which Theodore Roosevelt of New York City is chairman. The other members were Dr. Charles R. Brown, Dr. M. O. Dumas, John R. Hawkins, Dr. Albert Bushnell Hart, Dr. Sara W. Brown and Dr. Ulysses G. B. Pierce. (Continued on page 2) EXPLOSION DOES FOR NEW SCHOOL Plot Believed Basis for Collapse of Structure for Negro Children. (Preston News Service) Miami, Fla., July 9.—Eight workmen were injured when the George Washington school, Negro, under construction at 400 Northwest 12th street, collapsed after an explosion Tuesday. Police and firemen searched for other victims at first believed under the debris. A later check accounted for all workmen, however. None was seriously hurt. Three probes have been launched. Repeated threats have been made against placing the Negro school adjacent to the white residential section, school and business officials stated after the disaster. The new building, which covered half a city block, was completely shattered. ```markdown ``` "Entered as second class matter Nov. 7, 1925, at the post office at St. Paul, Minn., under the act of March 3, 1879" ABOUT CLINGING TO IDEALS ident in his Independence day address exhibition in Philadelphia, urged the men to cling to the ideals of the founders, men who saw right for right and wield doubtful strength of the thirteenth British for freedom's sake. Message, as in other ones, the Presidium note, but it reveals him more clearly, the leader who cannot bend the spirit. In these preachings of the spirit he attitude, like the preacher who passes by the publicans and the "coffee day. Message, if he had both the courage and the have a few outstanding appointment recognition of their too-faithful service,idge heads. Message, did he but back his preachment but the abominable segregated condition right under his nose. He might have in the anti-lynching bill (which he his last message to Congress he might that existing customs must not be enactment of the Negro—customs that nation, unequal school facilities, or him crow cars, black "ghettos," bombs among the things the man in the one had he even a portion of the street affixing his signature to the Declaration are other things more important than once; and as Mr. Coolidge on July 4 said "there comes this echo from Decen-ing customs!" 6 to 1926—150 years—we have our fighting idealists to puerile, pussyfuckable Calvin leading the soft show The President in his Independence day address at the Sesqui-Centennial exhibition in Philadelphia, urged the people of the United States to cling to the ideals of the founders of our country, the intrepid men who saw right for right and wrong for wrong and pitted the doubtful strength of the thirteen colonies against the powerful British for freedom's sake. In this message, as in other ones, the President has struck a high spiritual note, but it reveals him more clearly than the others as being a leader who cannot bend the spirit to the tasks of this gross age. In these preachings of the spirit he has shown an aloof, academic attitude, like the preacher who talks of God on Sunday and passes by the publicans and the "common folk" on Tuesday or Friday. Mr. Coolidge, if he had both the courage and the faith of the fathers, might have a few outstanding appointments of Negroes to office—just recognition of their too-faithful service to the party which Mr. Coolidge heads. Mr. Coolidge, did he but back his preachments with practice, might stamp out the abominable segregated conditions in the government offices right under his nose. He might have exhibited a passing interest in the anti-lynthing bill (which he knifed with a frown) and in his last message to Congress he might have omitted the statement that existing customs must not be violated in the country's treatment of the Negro—customs that decree segregation, discrimination, unequal school facilities, closed doors to skilled labor, jim crow cars, black "ghettos," bombings, mobs and lynchings. These are among the things the man in the White House might have done had he even a portion of the strength John Hancock used in affixing his signature to the Declaration of Independence. But there are other things more important than ideals—customs, for instance; and as Mr. Coolidge on July 4 sings out, "Cling to your ideals," there comes this echo from December, "but don't violate existing customs!" From 1776 to 1926—150 years—we have descended from stout-hearted, fighting idealists to puerile, pussyfooting pretenders with the Honorable Calvin leading the soft shoe pack. DOES IT PAY TO ADVERTISE? people of Asheville are fast going into each of the Negro population of the past decade has been little less than man, he come and gone, but always has the greater than the death rate. Many stores may fail, but in their wake we and more efficient in giving service problems which confronts every boy "Does advertising pay?" We rise opinion the answer that it certainly is reduced to its lowest terms, is men you have something to sell and want people know nothing has a hard who is yelling from the housetops, the man who sits idly by to wait for will soon retire from business a competitor's aggressive business ability is fundamentally a business get of economic development in this country absolute necessity. People have of education along the lines of buy-thant generally worth while is the they have learned that the merchant who is still worth going to is the employer. They read advertisements to find want or to be made to want what they read business man must advertise if he is business. The method in which he is determined by special condition the day has passed when the customer order of things is that the market is —From The Asheville Colored people of Asheville are fast going into business. The business growth of the Negro population of the Mountain City within the last decade has been little less than marvelous. Stores and shops have come and gone, but always has the birth rate of businesses been greater than the death rate. Many of the present number of stores may fail, but in their wake will come others better managed and more efficient in giving service. One of the problems which confronts every business is found in the query, "Does advertising pay?" We rise to give as our most humble opinion the answer that it certainly does. For advertising, when reduced to its lowest terms, is merely letting people know that you have something to sell and want to sell it. The man of whom people know nothing has a hard time competing with the man who is yelling from the housetops, "Come and buy my goods." The man who sits idly by to wait for customers to find his place will soon retire from business a wiser and poorer victim of his competitor's aggressive business ability. Advertising is fundamentally a business getter, but in the present state of economic development in this country it is even more—it is an absolute necessity. People have been taught through years of education along the lines of buying and selling that the merchant generally worth while is the merchant who advertises. They have learned that the merchant who does not advertise and who is still worth going to is the exception rather than the rule. They read advertisements to find out where to buy what they want or to be made to want what they will eventually buy. The colored business man must advertise if he expects to make a success of his business. The method in which he advertises is a matter to be determined by special conditions, but he must advertise. The day has passed when the customer seeks the market. The order of things is that the market seeks the buyer. —From The Asheville Enterprise. THE TENTH AMERICAN only speaking, every tenth American, that the other nine-tenths of the per- pair 10,500,000 fellow Americans are amicably and physically. For the st marvelous. occasion of the recent forty-fifth annu- ltimore of colored Baptists—comp- s of the country—the Manufacture describe the meeting and to present a- It made known that the accumul- ceased from $20,000,000 in 1886 to $ Statistically speaking, every tenth American is a Negro. It is important that the other nine-tenths of the population should know how their 10,500,000 fellow Americans are faring educationally, economically and physically. For the story of their advancement is marvelous. On the occasion of the recent forty-fifth annual national convention at Baltimore of colored Baptists—comprising 3,000,000 of the Negroes of the country—the Manufacturers' Record took occasion to describe the meeting and to present a report of Negro achievements. It made known that the accumulated wealth of Negroes had increased from $20,000,000 in 1886 to $1,500,000,000 in 1920. The Negro race supplies one-seventh of all the workers in the United States, including one-third of all iron and steel workers and one-tenth of all railroad workers. Negroes operate 1,000,-000 farms, one-fourth of which they own. Annually nearly 1,000 Negroes receive the degree of bachelor of arts or of science from universities and colleges. Church membership has so increased since emancipation that the percentage is higher than that for the general population. Greater progress toward the solution of the race problem is being made in this country now than ever before. The basis of it is good-will, and good-will is built on respect. Certainly the Negro race deserves respect for its achievements and for the earnestness with which it is striving for further progress. Here Is Pointer for Raising One-Man Dog Here is a stunt you can try, but, be sure you want a one-man dog before you start. Take a puppy and after he is four months old do not let any one touch him or feed him but the owner. I suggest, however, you let the rest of the family in on the deal. At about ten to fourteen months the puppy ought to show considerable dialle to having anyone handle him or to follow strangers. My experience has been that it is harder to do this with hunting dogs than other breeds, due to their tendeny to follow a gun. However, I recall two large fox hounds that I raised as one-man dogs that were splendid examples of one-man loyalty. One was broken for coon, and strange lanterns, shooting or a bunch of mouth trailers had no effect on him, let alone mixing with strange people. Have tried the one-man stunt with great Danes, Alredales, Irish terriers and fox hounds, and believe it will work with most breeds the majority of times tried — Herb R. Wunder, in Adventure Magazine. Novel Advertisement Of all the unusual means of advertising we think one of the most amusing methods is that used by a friend of ours, a large button manufacturer. He wears a very large diamond necktie pln. He has the five-carat diamond stone dangling from the necktie in such a way that it seems just abat to fall off. People who stand next to him on the sidewalk are quite likely to stop him and say: "I beg your pardon, but you are losing your tie pln." "Well, that is very good of you. I am very grateful. Will you not accept my card?" The card bears his name and an advertisement of his button company. He keeps the diamond hanging by an invisible chain at all times and feels that this is his best method of introducing himself and his product—The Outlook. Thames Has Double Ebb It is a rare thing that an interesting happening entirely escapes the eye of the press, but recently such an event was unrecorded. London river, the river of the empire, enjoyed a double ebb and flow of its tide and no one said a word about it. Such a manifestation is certainly a curious one and not always explainable. But before the Thames was embanked its vagaries in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries were pretty frequent, for in 1658 it ebbed and flowed twice in three hours, and in 1662 three times in four hours—a sergeant major's allowance which has never been surpassed—Manchester Guardian. Learn One Word a Week Our new word this week is "cunctation." Very few persons are acquainted with this word, although it is right there in all the good dictionaries. "Cunctation" is a fancy word for "delay" or "dardiness." A teacher, rebuking a pupil who is habitually late to school, may properly say to said pupil: "It grieves me to find that you are falling into a habit of cunctation." Another way to put it is: "Of late you have grown intolerably cunctious; this must stop."—Exchange. Join our ranks of 7,000 satisfied readers. SIMPSON @ WILLS The Reliable Morticians are now located in their bea- tiful new mortuary chapel ST. PAUL ECHO centage is higher than that for the solution of the race problem is than ever before. The basis of it on respect. Certainly the Negro evements and for the earnestness other progress. —Chicago Daily News Marionettes in History Puppets belong to the present as to the past. There are some 80 puppet directors now owning theaters in this country, without counting certain immigrants who present their folk plays in their own language. In the future, one can only suppose, with Gordon Craig, that they will live on. In his textbook, "The Marlonnette," he said: "Burattini are magical. When a framework of a film machine one day found by curiosity hunters in the ruins of a cellar and marveled over, the Burattini will still be alive and kicking." Why not? They ushered in the earliest civilization. They may bow out the last--George S. Brooks, in the Century Magazine. First Atlantic Cable In July, 1866, the first permanent Atlantic cable was laid from Valentia bay, Ireland, to Trinity bay, Newfoundland, and in September of the same year a cable that had been lost in 1865 was recovered and its laying completed. These lines were known as the Anglo-American cable, and were managed by a company of the same name. Messages are transmitted by submarine cable by means of electric currents in much the same way as messages are transmitted by land telegraph lines, but the sending and receiving instruments of the cable are more delicate and more complicated. Map Hunting Good Game Increase in vocabulary and fresh interest in geography are products of the interesting game of map hunting. Problems may be selected from the news of the day or from the map itself, says the Pathfinder Magazine. For instance, what does Peking mean to the Chinese? Equidistant from Peking are Nanyuan and Pelyuan. The syllable "pe" or "pel" is familiar in Chinese names. So is "man," and the mention of "man" causes one to think of Nanking as Nanyau does to Pelyuan; that is, the "pe" is north and the "man" is south. New One on George Junior is seven and Dick is six. The former is rather quick-witted and had been escaping his just deserts for many of his mischievous pranks. It was George Washington's birthday, and a visitor was asking him about the great man, particularly about the cherry tree incident. "Why did little George tell his father he cut down the cherry tree?" "I suppose it was because he didn't (Continued from page 1) cials of the Universal Life Insurance Co., of Memphis, it has taken over the industrial business of sald company in Kansas, the Universal having decided to retire from the Kansas industrial field. President R. H. Rutherford of Washington, D. C., recently said: "It is a far cry from the primitive days of this company when it had its inception 28 years ago as a sprawling infant in swaddling clothes to the present day marvelous efficiency institution, assiduously seeking with unified thought, idea and ideals to fulfill the insurance needs and desires of each individual, home and group. Its purposes, policies and practice stamp it not as an institution for the favored few, but one that mobilizes and focuses its alms and ambitions on improving the economic condition and function of the masses through a constant and continuous flow of varied and vast services. Herein lies the magic of its transformation, enlargement and extension. In its far-flung field covering half the nation and requiring approximately two thousand to safeguard its interests and spread its gospel, it may in truth be said to be stimulating and stabilizing Negro business on a national scale." The Artist's Alibi The teacher had spent nearly an hour on the drawing lesson that morning. Explaining the reason for every line, she had painstakingly drawn a dog on the black board. Then, after talking with the children about dogs they had seen, they were told to draw one. The little folks got busy with their pencils at once, and the teacher began to walk around the room examining the work. She stopped beside a little boy whose drawing resembled anything but a dog, and she said: "Albert, what is that? It looks like a boy. I asked you to draw a dog." "Well," replied the boy, "that's the Boss. He's calling Snubs, but he hasn't come yet." Why not read your local race paper? CAFE At Keystone Hotel Open Under New Management SUNDAY Chicken Dinner 50c Mrs. Strothers, Mgr. 379 Carroll Ave. Phone: Elkhurst 1156 Capital City Auto Electric Co. ELECTRIC SUPPLIES Ignition, Generator, Starter, Motor and Magneto Repairs BATTERY CHARGING Eight Hour Service 697 University Ave., St. Paul LL WHITE AB CEdar 4006 Main Market St. Peter Streets etables & Groceries Quality and Service. ES ARE PROMPT Dar 9419 Whippet OVERLAND EUROPEAN TYPE CAR Three New Types iethert Co. 315 University Avenue and Reconditioned Cars UNIVERSITY AVE. ADVERTISERS No Mundane Thoughts for the Sabbath I The gloomy and repressive obceance of the Sabbath that remoul from the days of the Pu has largely died out in America. ple no longer believe that happ on Sunday is a sin. In parts of land, however, the sterner view holds. William MacCallum lived with family on a farm several miles the village. On Sunday he was to stride with his long-legged James, over the four miles of to the kirk. The rest of the fr followed in the cart. One Sunday—an unusually fine day, when the air was filled with strength of the hill breezes—Wi and James were swinging gral on their way to the kirk. three miles their mouths were shoelen silence. Finally the delight of living go better of the son's decorum and said soberly, sniffing the air, "T fine dee." His father turned on him in rious offense: "Es thea dee to be in' o dees?"—Kansas City Star "Just Blokes Dancing" NEED SOME ? Society·Notes Mr. and Mrs. Thaddeus Stepp, 782 St. Anthony Ave., are spending their vacation motoring and will stop in Mason City, Cedar Rapids and Clinton, Iowa, Rockford and Elgin, Ill. They will visit in Chicago before returning to St. Paul. Mr. and Mrs. John W. Peyton, Mrs. P. Lindsay and Miss Era Lindsay of Stillwater motored to Duluth, July 4th, going on highway No. 35 and returning Monday evening on No. 11. They were the house guests of Rev. and Mrs. Beasley in Duluth. Mrs. Mabel Hill, an evangelist from Chicago, is holding a revival meeting at 379 Rice St. Rev. J. H. Walton left Friday for Eudora, Kansas, where he joined his sister, Mrs. Julia Smith of Billings, Montana, and Mrs. Caddy Yates of Spokane, Wash., who are visiting Mrs. Maria Crump and Mrs. Mary Hackworth, sisters of Mrs. Smith and Rev. Walton. It was their first meeting in more than twenty-five years. Mrs. Mattie R. Hicks returned last week from the 19th Annual session of Electa Grand Chapter, O. E. S. of Iowa, held in Waterloo, Iowa. On her way home she stopped off to visit friends in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Mrs. Hicks was re-elected Grand Secretary by a unanimous vote. The following officers were elected by the Electa Grand Chapter, O. E. S., Iowa and Jurisdiction, held in Waterloo, Iowa, the latter part of June: Mrs. Maude O. Thompson, W. G. Matron; Mr. M. F. Askew, Sioux City, W. G. Patron; Mrs. Georgia Cheatham, Waterloo, Iowa, A. G. Matron; Mr. Chas. I. Thompson, Clinton, Iowa, A. G. Patron; Mrs. Mattie R. Hicks, St. Paul, Minn., G. Secretary; Mrs. Ollie Gross, Keokau, Iowa, G. Treasurer; Mrs. Edna K. Bell, Waterloo, Iowa, G. Cond.; Mrs. Maude Brewton, Mason City, A. G. Cond.; Mrs. Agnes Eddings, Minneapolis, G. Dep. Minn.; Jno. L. Thompson, Des Moines, G. Legal Adviser. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Saunders, 687 St. Anthony Ave., celebrated their third anniversary on Saturday, July 3, entertaining their friends at a dancing party. Music was furnished by Arthur Graham's orchestra. During the intermission a contralto solo was rendered by Mrs. Margaret Parks Grissom, accompanied by Mrs. Dudley Smith. Delightful refreshments were served. Guests departed at a late hour, wishing both many more happy anniversaryes. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Williams, 906 Gaultier St., were hosts at a dinner party Tuesday evening in honor of the nephew, Mr. Roy Wilkins, who is spending his vacation in the city. Coyers were laid for eight. Mrs. Roberta Miller and Mrs. Ethel McCree are the house guests of Mrs. Lola B. Edwards. Mrs. A. B. Lewis motored the visitors to Minnehaha Falls and through Minneapolis. They were the guests of Mrs. A. V. Hall at Round Lake July 4. Miss Missouri B. Anderson, 365 Aurora Ave., left Sunday, July 4, for California. She will visit Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, Hollywood and San Diego. While in San Diego she will be the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland. En route she was the guest at breakfast of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Fairfax of Kansas City, Mo. Mr. Cornelius Moberly, who graduated from Veterinary School in Kansas City, Kansas, in June, received a position as Junior Veterinarian in the Bureau of Terminal Industries, South St. Paul. Mr. Moberly is stopping at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George Brooks, 770 St. Anthony Ave. A very delightful outing was given on July 5 by the Usher Board of St. James A. M. E. church at Island Beach, the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Utley. Those in the party were Rev, and Mrs. W. H. Griffin and family, Mr. John Kelly, Miss Kelly, Mrs. Welch, Mrs. Claiborne, m. and Mrs. T. R. Morgan, m. and Mrs. R. L. Stokes and family, m. and Mrs. Lindsay, m. and Mrs. GeoManning, Mrs. Hicks, m. and Mrs. Fraction and Miss Fraction, m. and Mrs. Tudos, Mr. Woodford, Mrs. Bertha King, Mrs. Flo Artis and daughter Mildred, Mrs. Hazel Craig, Mrs. Sophia Parker, Mrs. S. L. Rogers and Miss Chiquita Lonewolf. Mrs. W. B. Aston is spending a few weeks in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Taylor, who have been living in Duluth with their daughter, Mrs. Mae L. Porter, are in the city for a few days on business. Pioneer Investment (Incorporated) Real Estate, Chattel Mortgages and Loans 328 METROPOLITAN BANK BLDG. Phone CEdar 2634 O. J. Smith, Tress. MINNEAPOLIS NOTES Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bates motored from Mundack, Iowa, and spent the week-end with their daughter, Mrs. Carter, at 2818 Chicago Ave. They also visited their uncle, Mr. William Burgess, 327 Farrington Ave., St. Paul. The Minneapolis Sunday Forum will hold its annual mid-summer outing at the Phyllis Wheatley House Wednesday evening, July 14. This will be an old-fashioned basket picnic in which everybody comes and brings a basket and everybody is everybody else's neighbor. The Forum hopes to see all of the Twin Cities well wishers at this indoor picnic. A short but interesting program will precede the spread, which will be followed by an evening of pure sociability and pleasant contacts. You are invited. Moss and Frye are going over big at the Hennepin Orpheum Theater this week. Small and Mays were featured at the Seventh Street Theater last week. Mrs. Addle L. Johnson of Kansas City, Mo., and Mr. F. Arnt are visiting Mr. and Mrs. F. Peoples, 334 E. 38th St. PHYLLIS WHEATLEY NOTES A Health Crusade Club was organized Wednesday afternoon for the younger girls for the purpose of teaching them how to observe the rules of good health and long life. Miss Jacobson of the Hennepin County Health Association will have charge of the meetings. Any girl between 10 and 14 is eligible. As a reward for having secured the largest number of points for good behavior, good sportsmanship, control of temper, attendance and punctuality, some of the Junior girls, Vesta Moseley, Eunice Doughty, Thelma Barbee and Cleo Steele visited Duluth over the 4th of July. Marguerite Seymour and Willie Lee Pointer were members of the party also. Miss Ray and Miss L. O.. Smith acted as chaperons. They visited the Mesaba Ore Docks, and saw the process of loading ore from the cars to the lake boats, and went through one large vessel used for transporting ore. They visited aboard the Huronic, a Canadian boat that carries 285 passengers. Sunday morning the girls visited Calvary Baptist Church and after the regular services, the Superintendent, Mr. George B. Kelley, turned the Sunday School services over to the group. The program consisted of short talks and songs. A ride up in the incline car cable, an outing at Pike Lake, a ride on the Aerial Bridge, were some of the other features of the trip. It is rumored that Marguerite and Willie Lee came out neck and neck in an impromptu race. The Intermediate Girls will play St. Paul Girls at Welcome Hall Saturday at 6:30. The Minneapolis Senior Team won from St. Paul on Chicago Field last Saturday, 10-7. Our Intermediates (boys) beat the Fourth Avenue Boys on Sunner Field Wednesday evening at 5:30. The score was 18-9. FERGUS FALLS, MINN. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wagner, Mrs. John Anderson and daughter Mary, Grace Patrick, Mr. and Mrs. E. Bridgewater and their two children, and Mrs. Sarah Anderson and Martin Wagner motored to Sioux Falls Saturday to spend the Fourth. Mrs. Harden Tate is still suffering with rheumatism. Mrs. Frank Pennick and Mrs. Martha Wagner have been on the sick list. Most of our group went to the lakes for fishing and bathing after the parade. Fergus Falls had a quiet Fourth; no accidents or arrests. Rev. and Mrs. Storrs returned from Minnesota Baptist Association, held at Pilgrim Baptist church, St. Paul. Mr. Robert Tate and Mrs. Maggie DUPLEX 550 St. Anthony Ave., 2 baths, gas, electric, hardwood, $3,750; $350 cash, balance less than rent. FOR SALARY LOANS SEE ANDREW A. MURPHY 312 Builders Exchange Bldg. Ga 1095 DULUTH NOTES The picnic given by the Odd Fellows' Lodge Monday was a delightful affair. All were glad to see such a beautiful day, thereby making it possible for the many visitors of the city to have been present. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Wilson of St. Paul and Mr. and Mrs. "Doc" Francis of Minneapolis motored to Duluth Sunday and remained over for the picnic Monday. Although their time in the city was limited, they called upon a few friends and visited many places of interest. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are the proprietors of one of the finest hairdressing and beauty parlors in the Northwest. The party stopped at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. A. Porter. E. Third St. Mr. Robert F. Beasley of Minneapolis spent the Fourth with his infant daughter, Lucella Williams Beasley, who is with her grand parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Williams. Mrs. Roy Avant is improving at Bethesda Hospital. Her many friends are delighted. Miss Ethel Ray and her class of minor girls from Phyllis Wheatley House motored up for the Fourth. Miss L. O. Smith, attorney of Minneapolis, accompanied Miss Ray. Mrs. Alma Keeling Watts was the recipient of a beautiful tea set at a post-nuptial shower at the home of Mrs. Sadie Rodney. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Wilson of St. Paul, Mr. and Mrs. David R. Francis of Minneapolis and Mr. Wm. A. Porter were dinner guests of Rev. and Mrs. D. E. Beasley at the Odd Fellows' picnic on the Fourth. Mrs. Batchman was hostess to the Good Words Serving and Art club Friday. A dainty lunch was served by the hostess. Rev. Beasley delivered a soul-stirring sermon Sunday to a large audience. Many of St. Mark's members were present, St. Mark's church being closed for a few Sundays. On the evening of July 5 Miss Anna Byrd entertained in honor of Miss Edith Pittman, who was the house guest of the Misses Byrd for the week-end. Mrs. Ferril Smoot, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Palmer, who has been visiting her parents here, returned to her home in New York City. Mrs. Smoot is the Commercial Editor of the Negro World. Mrs. George Kellt and daughter Marjorie left for a visit to Galopolis, Ohio, Wednesday. Moon's Action at Poles The naval observatory says that at either pole the moon is above the horizon continuously for about two weeks, and then below the horizon continuously for about two weeks. At the Arctic and Antarctic circles there are some years when for a few days in each month the moon does not set, and a few days in each month when it does not rise; otherwise at these circles it rises and sets dally. In the polar regions, during the winter months, the moon is generally above the horizon when it is full and below the horizon when it is new, and the reverse is the case during the summer months. Anderson returned from St. Paul, where they attended the Grand Lodge of York Rite Masons, held at Welcome Hall. Bertha Smith Dressmaking & Designing Art Needle Work Dale 8023 423 Rondo St. E. N. Martin L. R. Blair And You Are Next All the Time Saultary Tonsorial Parlor 329 NO. DALE STREET Manicurist St. Paul, Minn. Roofing and Gutter Work ALL WORK GUARANTEED At a Reasonable Price JOHN OBERSCHMID & CO. 314 Cathedral Place Gar. 3287 Keystone Hotel Barber Shop Ladies' and Children's Hair Bobbing, 35c Men's Hair Cutting, 35c (A specialty) All Work Guaranteed Open 8 A.M. to 8 P.M. A. WYLIE, Prop. Dale 3601 379 Carroll Ave. Royal Lodge 159 U. B.F. Meets first Monday each month at Union Hall. Visiting members cordially inquired to attend. --- The Unity Cafe HOME COOKING Prices Reasonable ICE CREAM AND SOFT DRINKS OF ALL KINDS Come in and try one of our Delicious Chicken Sandwiches OPEN DAY and NIGHT RONDO AND ARUNDEL STS. DALE 7325 MINNEAPOLIS ADVERTISERS The Diamond Tragedy; or, to Be Continued The diamond, which the woman had sought so desperately to gain, lay in a little heap on the table. She gazed at them, covetously, as if hypnotized, then turned towards the man who had outwitted her. He laughed triumphantly. "My lady must acknowledge defeat," he said. "A bitter pill, indeed, for one so seldom beaten." A sigh of disappointment escaped her. "They would have meant so much to me," she murmured, "and I made my plans so carefully that failure seemed out of the question. I never thought—never dreamed—that you would take them from me." "You're too trustful, my dear Lila," he answered. "I liked the look of those diamonds from the very beginning, and I soon discovered that you were after them, too. So I double-crossed you, that's all." "You beast!" she put in. "Your scheming rather amused me," he went on, heedless of the interruption, "especially as I knew that you were bound to fall." "And so!" she cried hotly, "you watched and waited, and as soon as I touched the diamonds. . . . ." "As soon as you touched the diamonds, my dear, I put the ace on your king, which made my queen good, and put you one down, doubled."—The Passing Show. Old Ideas Revived by Experiments in Diet Some remarkable cases of fasting have attracted attention lately, but one striking experiment in diet has met with less attention than it deserves. This experiment was carried out by three scientists who lived for several months entirely on potatoes and vegetable margarine, with a slight addition of onion. One of the results of this experiment is that science is now beginning to believe that there may be something in the old idea that potato water is a remedy for gout. The potato does appear to have considerable virtues where this disease is concerned. Another result is that it is now claimed that the diet of the peasntry in some parts of Europe, in which meat figures very rarely, is healthier as well as cheaper than more elaborate fare. Sir Rowland Hill, founder of the penny post, was very keen on dieting experiments. He lived for many periods of three days each on not more than two articles, such as bolled green peas and salt, and damson pie and sugar. Patronize Our Advertizers The Un HOME COOKING ICE CREAM AND SOFT Come in and try one of our OPEN DAY RONDO AND ARUNDEL STS. MINNEAPOLIS WATCH REPAIRING Exclusively at a big SAVING Written Guarantee With All Repairs Mainspring 50c All Other Repairs Half Price Our 2nd floor location is the reason Room 211 Lumber Exchange PERRY'S Watch Hospital Phone—South 7954 W. SQUIR Funeral 502 E. 24th Street Free Delivery to All Parts of City Economy Market 902 6th Ave. No., Minneapolis GROCERIES Poultry and Meats Hyland 9746 McDUFF WOODARD, Prop. 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. Patronize Our Advertizers --- Original "Mausoleum" The term "mausoleum," applied in modern times to a tomb of considerable architectural pretension, was derived from the tomb of Mausolus, a king of Caria, near the Aegean sea. When he died in 853 B. C., Artemisia, his widow, erected at Hallcarnassus one of the most magnificent tomba the world has ever seen. Artemisia died before the tomb was completed, but the work was carried on by the most famous sculptors of ancient times, and became known as one of the wonders of the world—Kansas City Star. How Do They Celebrate? I wonder what lawyers do to celebrate their fees. Do they buy new cars? Do wife and daughter get beautiful ropes of pearls? Do they buy annuities? Or do they just salt down? It is absurd to think that they use them all for the upkeep of the home; or to pay for their children's educations. They could never spend their fees all on that. How do I know? I paid my lawyer this morning—Kansas City Times. Disappointed A Yankee from New England was lounging on a park bench in London when a great excitement arose. People rushed toward the street, falling over each other in their haste to get there. "What's it all about?" asked the Yankee, starting to get up. "Mon, mon," cried a little man, "the king is coming!" "Thunderation!" said the Yankee, settling back on the bench, "I thought it was a fire."—Country Gentleman. Self-Sufficient She was three years old and very independent, objecting to being helped in any way. One morning she protested against having her hair brushed, saying, "I brush my own hair." And so it went on during the stages of dressing, until finally her mother exclaimed, "Edna, if you don't behave I'll spank you!" Immediately came the retort from Edna. "I 'pank myself." Call Cedar 1879 to publish your social news. LOOK—YOUR OLD HUCKSTER RASPBERRIES For Sale By Crate and Half Crate DELIVERED AT MARKET PRICE Lee Washington HUmboldt 3946 ity Cafe Prices Reasonable DRINKS OF ALL KINDS Delicious Chicken Sandwiches and NIGHT DALE 7325 ADVERTISERS FOR SALE $1,700, Easy Terms, New 4- Room Bungalow Two nice, desirable residences, near Nicollet, on E. 25th St. Rent reasonable. Both modern except heat. McDEW Atlantic 0621 Locust 5265 Established 1905 RE NEAL Director Minneapolis, Minn. Don't let that lot stand idle! If it isn't clear, I'll pay balance, finance and build for you — PAY LIKE RENT. F. Peoples Real Estate and Home Building Company 334 E. 38th St. Minneapolis Colfax 2044 Carpenter and Builder REMODELING RESHINGLING PORCHES, GARAGES C.W. Butler—Phone Dupont 4526 3725 18th Avenue So. Minneapolis, Minn. THANN TRAVIS, President 40 EAST 3RD STREET E. FOY ELLIOT, Manager ST. PAUL, MINN. 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. Destrable Charge Accounts Always Welcomed GARLAND LUGGAGE SHOP SIXTH AT CEDAR (Continued from page 14) en's auxiliary to the local association. Henrik Shippead, United States senator, has been tentatively engaged to speak at one of the two mass meetings. A dispensation granted June 1, fixing the membership fee in the B. S. C. P. at $5.00, has been extended to August 5. After that time the regular membership fee will be $10.00 or more, according to local officials. Mr. Randolph was one of the three speakers at the opening of the Sesqui-Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia, May 31, 1926. Together with Frank B. Kellogg, Secretary of State, and Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, he addressed an audience of 60,000 people. Largely because of his efforts in an extended speaking tour, Mr. Randolph has been influential in raising the membership of the porters' brotherhood to approximately 65-70 per cent of the total number of porters, or about 8,500 men. Mah-Jongg Old Game One explanation of the name "Mah-Jongg" is that Mah was the name of a distinguished Chinese military commander who lived centuries ago. The jongg merely means general. General Mah commanded troops guarding the remote frontiers of the empire. He invented the game to give his idle soldiers something to do to keep them out of mischief. Since his time it has been elaborated somewhat, notably by a Chinese lawyer of Ningpo, who added more pieces, making the present total of 136. Wine and Grape Juice The same wine grape juices that were formerly used in the manufacture of the best grade of domestic wines can now be procured in the sweet unfermented, unpasteurized form. Any one suffering from a general run-down system due to lack of iron and vitamins should order a keg today. Serve at every meal. Prices delivered to your door C. O. D. are as follows on Port type: 5-gallon keg . . . $10.00 10-gallon keg . . . 16.80 15-gallon keg . . . 23.50 30-gallon keg . . . 44.60 50-gallon keg . . . 64.75 Whitesell Mercantile Co. 212 Globe Bldg. St. Paul, Minn. Or Phone Geneva 5826--Minneapolis Note--These juices must be kept cold, otherwise they will ferment, so do not order unless you have facilities for keeping them cold. SHAKE THAT THING On Player Roll 50c AND COLUMBIA RECORDS LEHNERTS PIANO CO: 525 Wabasha Street CLUB ROOM—CEDAR 6245 When in the Twin Cities The Progressive Headquarters for Railroad M THANN TRAVIS, President E. FOY ELLIOT, Manager Special O of High Traveli ```markdown ``` Laggage goods purchased at G utmost in quality, appearance prices are incommensurate with Destrable Charge Account GARL LUGGAGE SIXTH A Our revival meetings are still in progress. Many visitors were present last Sunday. The pastor's sermon in the morning was with power and demonstration of the Holy Spirit. Rev. A. B. Taylor of Birmingham, Ala., preached in the evening to a large audience who greatly enjoyed his message. Six preachers were present. The Lord's supper was administered to a large number. The offering was $44.48. Your subscription to the "Echo" will increase its advertising power. Herman Lewis 288 Rondo St. Dale 5718 Representing Berry Chevrolet Co. 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A bag that you will be proud to own. 18 and 20-inch sizes. Requires 222.825 sq. inches. $19 to $22 Garland's assures one of the uses and long use. Garland's with the quality. Counts Always Welcomed LAND AGE SHOP V WELCOME N.A.A.C.P. 17th Annual Conference Worland's Studio Chicago. "The Conquest of the Philippines by the United States, 1898-1925." By Moorfield Storey and Marcial P. Lichauco. Published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2 West 45th Street, New York, N.Y. When Dewey stepped into Manila Bay in August, 1898, Aguinaldo, leader of the Filipinos in their revolution, asked the Americans to "kill" the Dewey steamed into Hongkong, said: "The Americans, not from mercenary motives, but for the sake of so many persecuted people, have considered it opportune to extend their protecting mantle to our beloved country, and completely Aguinaldo, but the American people, were fooled. In February 1900, he found that his army had conquered the Spanish forces only that the United States might rule his land automatically, and; in how little they understood the commercial interests back of the war: how the war news was censored, all this was told in "The Conquest of the Philippines." "The Conquest of the Philippines" is one more tragedy of imperialism. But it is a tragedy of the past. There is a strong sentiment in this country favoring independence for the Filipinos. Every color citizen, and every person, irrespective of color should read this volume that he may be able to vote intelligently should the issue be quietly, dispassionately, the most of its data taken from American sources. How we turned our forces against the Spaniards in the battles, how McKinley manipulated Congress, how brutal was our warfare, how we looted and tortured, and established a new empire as bad as the Spaniards in Cuba, all this many will learn from this book for the first time. Lawton, who died fighting men are indomitable. Such men have a right to be heard. All they want is a little justice. But the people of the Philippines give them justice since their news was so censored that they never understood what is happening. To them it was a national shame, American soldiers against bands. More than half this book is concerned with conditions prior to the pacification, and much of it is based on American rule not much is said. While we are to our introduction of modern education, of health work, of the building of roads, we also learn how much the American people have sacrificed the whole field of business and would seem intolerable to an American home. Outside of Italy it would be hard for a farmer to planer was considered little, the American shipper, much. But through all our greed and tyranny would come the American people. "No great civilized power has ever managed with such wisdom and such disinterestedness the affairs of people by the accident of war into their hands." It is with the principle of forcible annexation, that Mr. Storey most conspicuously now brutally this took place and he begrudgingly that it should cease. If foreign capital goes there in increasing the size of the pino should be independent of the capitalist should realize that it is upon the native government that it must defend the protection of our navy and army in war, "the Filipinos have not forgotten when their peace was at last endangered, when they were given to the American military and naval forces to leave the Islands in the event of a threatened attack," the question, when thinking of Philippine independence, whether it would be any more real when the pino drew than it is now. Are the Central powers then dependent that are ruled by the United Fruit Company? Mr. Storey says: "The West Indies and in the Pacific it needs counts these principles as any more than a pretty phrase. WANT ADS Bring Results Classified Advertising Rates:— All Classified Ads Payable in Advance. Three cents per word; minimum charge thirty cents. Chicago, July 9.—With the presentation last night, before a crowded and enthusiastic gathering in Wendell Phillips High School of the Spingarn Medal by Dr. John Haynes Holmes of New York, to Dr. Carter G. Woodson of Washington, D. C., editor of The Journal of Negro History and author of numerous historical books on the Negro in America, the 17th Annual Conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ended June 29. A profound impression was made on the city of Chicago by the Conference, among the outstanding features of the week being a luncheon given to the officers and directors of the N. A. A. C. P. by the Woman's club of Chicago, one of the oldest and most prominent bodies of its kind in the country. At this luncheon the chief speakers included Miss Mary McDowell, Commissioner of Public Welfare of the City of Chicago, Professors Tufts and Farris of the University of Chicago, Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois, James Weldon Johnson and Mrs. Addie W. Hunton. Another event that attracted much comment was the unannounced visit to one of the business sessions of the conference of Julius Rosenwald, well known for his educational activities in behalf of colored people in the South. Mr. Rosenwald addressed the conference briefly, commending its work and aims and stating that his inter- est in the cause of the Negro proceeded from his interest in the welfare of the entire country; for he felt the country could not develop as it ought to do if ten per cent or more of the population were denied opportunity. At the Sunday afternoon mass meeting of the conference in the Auditorium Theatre, addressed by Clarence Darrow, James Weldon Johnson and Arthur B. Spin garn, a crowd estimated at 3,500 filled the entire auditorium and numbers of people crowded the street vainly seeking admission. Mr. Darrow commented sarcastically on the white man's feeling of his own superiority. "I never yet knew a white man to object to the presence of a Negro any where if that Negro was working for him," said Mr. Dar- McGAVOCK FUNERAL SERVICE AARON J. McGAVOCK, Sole Proprietor PERSONAL ATTENTION GIVEN EVERY DETAIL Mortunary and Chapel, 550 Rice Street CALLS ANSWERED ANY TIME, DAY OR NIGHT We teach Permanent Waving, Marcelling, Facial and Scalp Treatment, Bleaching and Dyeing, Superfluous Hair Removing, Manicuring and Bench Work ROOSEVELT ASKS EQUAL RIGHTS FOR COLORED MAN Their work has not been confined to gainful occupation. There are educators like Booker Washington; soldiers like Colonel Young; poets like Dunbar and Johnson; historians like Woodson; singers like Roland Hayes. I could give a hundred more names, many of them whom I am happy to call my friends. They took their part in the war. We served together as comrades together in France. Many of them lie buried there with my brother. "This development must continue and broaden. At this time, I feel one of our needs is more sound, able leadership for colored men. It is for this reason I am happy to be a member of The Spingarn Medal Committee, for I feel that by recognizing leadership, you encourage it. "We are Americans now and nothing else, and our first duty is to this country. Our loyalty does not lie first either to your African ancestors or to my Dutch ancestors. We wish all men well wherever they may live in the world, but primarily our service and our duty lies here in our own country. We demand for all colored Americans the full opportunity to de- SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, CHICAGO, ILL., JUNE 23-28. Hops as Insennia Cure In Germany and France, where hops have been cultivated since the Eighth century, and in other lands where they have been taken for cultivation, there is a widespread belief that insennia may be overcome if one will use a pillow of hops as a head rest at night. The essential principle in the lupulin, the yellowish powder on them, is used in household remedies as a sedative and mild hypnotic, and that fact is held up as proof that hops will help one find restful sleep. Those who have that belief say fresh hops lull one to sleep more quickly than the old hops, but so long as the hops are in good condition they are sleep producers, the old ones no less certainly than the fresh picked corn. velop themselves and we pledge to this country our undivided and unchangeable loyalty and devotion. LINE We will cheerfully furnish estimates SERVICE that PLEASES The St. Paul Echo 614 Court Block, St. Paul, Minn. Phone Cedar 1879 Oliver Johnson, aged 12 years, 189 Edmund St., died July 4 of a bullet wound accidentally inflicted by his brother on June 18. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon, July 7, from St. Paul Baptist church. The casket rested amid a bank of beautiful floral designs. Rev. T. J. Carr and W. H. Griffin officiated. The deceased is survived by his brother Willie, uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Milner. Interment at Oakland cemetery. A. J. McGavock, funeral director. 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Of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Mr. Darrow said: "There is no other organization, secular or religious, or all of them put together, that compares with this Association for service to the Negro. Never should the colored people of America let them lack ample funds for their great work. They are the only organized body of men and women having both the intention and the power to protect the Negro's liberties and rights. They have sense enough to know that the Negro cannot become a free man by begging from the whites or by waiting for aid from the clouds. The officers and leaders of the N. A. A. C. P. are the peers of any men of any color on the face of the earth." by WALTER WHITE Author of the Fire in the Flint With each Six Months Subscription for the St.Paul Echo $1.25