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BUsINBss LEAGUE BOOSTERS
NUMBER THREE
By AIbon L Holssy.

II this particular little article vas
not already named Booster Number
Three" I would ean il GA Conference
1 Would Like to see."
You know this thing Of getting to-
gether is "in the air." Talk with men
and women of the race and all Of them
are agreed that what we need Is for the
race to get together. Race unity, race
loyalty and all the other terms applied
mean simply that there should be more
pulling together among rs for perman-
ent progress along all lines, and I
noticed last week that half dozen or
more Of our leading papers were pulling
hard as usual for US to pull together.
Now, we return to that Conference
that I would like to see. 1t is this: In
each city or town Of any size, let there
be an occasional conference between
housewives Of our race and the Negro
merchants. There is every reason, it
seems to me, to commend and encourage
such local conferences In the first
place, women purchase IS per cent Of the
merchandise consumed in homes, which
means that Col0red women have control
over q mighty big" purse; q purse
that jingles q billion dollars . year.
These good women have said in the
past some of our merchants charge
higher prices; fail to give good service,
to carry q diversified stock, to keep
their stores attractive, etc.
We know that many Of our business
men are modern in every particular and
cannot be elassed with slipshod mer-
chants, but the fact remains that If more
of that billion dollars was spent with
Negro business men, many more Negro
boys and girls would be provided with
suitable employment amid wholesome
surroundings. So we say that now since
the Government is helping to regulate
prices it places our merchants on the
same footing with other merchants, at
least in one more particular, and there
is every reason why such local cor
ferenees would serve to get our women
better acquainted with them Whoever
calls a conference in your city viii be-
gin a movement Of far reaching pos
sibilities. All Of which reminds me that
the progressive Local Negro Business
League at Savannah, Georgia, has de-
cided to have q Ladies Auxiliary. That
Local League is q model in many re-
speets- PSI
(To be continued next week.
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st. MARX METHODIST EP1scoPI
CHURCH.
5oth 81 and wEbash Ave.


The pastors morning sermon on
NeighbOrhood Prayer Meetings was
wen received by the people. Last week
there was held more than score Of
these NeighborhOod Prayer Meetings
IN different sections Of the city. Each
leader is holding one or two in the see
tioa Of the city given aim
How to fght the high cost Of living
was the subject At the Lyeeun Last
Sunday afternoon A very interesting
discussion was held
The dsdiesti6n Of the service Gag win
be held Sunday night under the ana
piess Of the Sunday school Special
nude. Address by the pastor On ssThs
Colorsd Soldier. -
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NOTICE! NOTICE!

meeting of ministers represent
4. 'efal ministerial organizations of
=, nee, = IN Chicago, held in the Eben.
.pnst church last Tuesday at s
ls,t;, : was decided to call q general
a.. :, N the hope of having the pres
,,,' = no cooperation of all the minis.
To- OaleagO, in a meeting at the Y.
=, building wabash Braneh). At
L Tuesday, March 18th.
.a ~ object of the meeting i. to form.
a.s, Propaganda and organize a vic.
n for "a Try Chicago. -
..s - Meeting will be intsrr.ei.l aid an
,GsSl1,.,' meetings and work win be
s>p,S.t;. void of any semblanee Of
ne y0urs in HI. name.
ssssas A'' Chairman of the
s. = Z Mcdaniel, See,
's 8. Z Hammond, Dry cAi..e. r.a.
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NAH OF MRS. CELIA PARKER
wooLLEY. p

Nm Celia Parker Woolley, retired
marian minister and one Of Chicago 3
ii Known and most earnest social
vxies, passed away at the Frederick
Buriss Center, 5000 South Wabash
Euus, Of which she was founder and
h head for the past fourteen years,
atzrday afternoon. She was almost
xIuty years old at the time Of her
izA
DsstA came following an illness Of
me weeks from a complication Of
6nGA
Makes Crest SacFihce.
Nh WOOlley's career was one 81
FznthrOpic effort, eliminating in the
pat sacrifice Of her life when she
VT to live among the Negroes Of the
Mth Gde. In addition 10 her work
. q preached and social worker, she
" active as club woman and author.
Among several novels which she
nUa are "The Western Slope"
EasAsl Armstrong" ga Girl Grad
0sie" and Roger Hunt"
Before assuming her duties as head
the Douglass Center, which she
h1ded, Mrs. WOOlley was pastor Of
R Independent Liberal church Of Chi
ga She was born in Toledo and
eas to Chicago with her husband, Dr..
n "Oolley, in 1876. She was q mem,
= and served as president of the
''oaAt club and the FOrtnightly club.
For Reign Of Reason.
an "OOlley's religious creed was
Saohsh reason and conscience as
= authorities in matters of religious
<Ot F" Her determination to abandon
saieer as a preacher and writer
-.'N profound stir, but she proved
.O.fa'e In her intention to finish her
Ophft work among the Negroes.
'aAsfal services were hele over her
aa' Tuesday morning, at Abraham
0n center; Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones
eo Many of the friends of Mrs.
y, both White and Colored, at
NE services. Interment at Oak
nod Cemetery.
: NE head and front of the Fred
a. douglass Center, she must be Civ
~, efeoit, for accomplishing much
: 'ne way Of lettering the condi-
; y al classes of people who reside
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to first class stopping place in com
pany with one of the bright minds of |
the conference, DR.. Charles 8. Long, |
who is slated to succeed DR.. J. C. Cald-
well.
Supper was soon announced and
took that meal with the bishop and his
wife. 1 was also invited to accompany
them to Daytona on Thursday morning.
There is no question about il, Bishop
Hurst knows how to treat a man, be-
cause he is a man himself and has seen
some Of the world. He can be reached
by any man in his conference, matters
not how large or how small.
Now about the conference. They had
addresses of welcome on Tuesday night,
and i never saw so many white people
in one meeting in my life. They were
there and to enjoy the conference.
After the addresses, then followed
banquet and all free. 1t was in keep
ing with the order Of the food admins
TRAITOR, for they served rooster salad.
The rooster had been killed to order,
and il was his body which laid on the
altar for the preachers and others. 1t
was good. 1 did eat that and plenty
spoon food in shape of ice cream.
The conference opened on time
Wednesday morning, and was delighted
to be in it with all those good people.
/ witnessed the opening and heard the
address Of Bishop Hurst and saw them
elect officers, and thought IL was time
for me to do a few things in keeping
with the eternal fitness Of things. Well
It was over during the night and 1 was
on bright and early Thursday morning.
i went by had a talk with DR.. r. r.
Wright, editor Of the Ohfistian Re
eorder and one Of the brightest minds
In the church. on we were to see Day
tona and the dedication Of the. admin
istrstion building Of the girls indus
trial school, Of which Mrs. Mary Ne
Leod Bethune is the founder.
A great big car drove up to the door,
and ! was told that II was for Bishop
John Hurst, his wife and his special
guest, and almost tainted when was
told that 1 was that special guest. Just
to think Of il, q man direct from the
farm with his head still covered with
hayseed to be the guest, and special
guest at that Of q bishop and his wife.
I took the special seat In that ear, and
it all but left the earth, making the
% miles in one hour, and then some time
left.
Now why all thisi / tell you IL is O
great thing to be associated with big
people, for you get 80 much out Of life.
You can see those who live up stairs
and are contributing to the history
making Of the world. Mrs- Bethune is
q member of our race, and IL you see
her you viii see it at q glance. She
has q fast color warranted mot to run,
and then she is 50 refined and polished
with it. 1t was manners for me to see
her and institution she has planted right
down here in Florida, and has been able
to bring to it some Of the greatest men
in America. The wealth of the country
have visited this institution, and have
left their marks there.
On this trip Bishop Hurst was to dedi-
cate the building and believe me he did
i never saw 90 many white people at q
meeting of our people since have been
in the world. They were begging for
standing room They forgot all race
differences and tried to get inside and
there were people who were willing to
have their names printed on the pro-
.
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Scott. have not told you all, and Will
not be able to do 20, for it would take
q whole paper. I must stop now. WIN
write TO you again before die; -c
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age Of strange things and unusual hap
penings, and you may 90 to sleep to-
night and wake up tomorrow and find
an order directing you just what you
must do and what you must not do, and
unless you abide by this order something
is liable to happen. This is what should
be in order that we win this war.
1 am glad that I belong to this race,
and soon / must be on the farm. Al
ready they have started to work for
me, and 1 want to see just a few more
things like / have seen in this world
and perhaps 1 will then be ready to de-
part in peace. To me this has been q
week Of feasting, a week Of great big
things and I have been just shouting
all over myself and the people at the
same time.
OF course you know am in Florida,
because you have had letter from me
since have been down here in this
land Of great things, the land from
where 50 many of our people have gone,
but you can hardly miss them.
1 spent few days in Jacksonville,
where the people Of our race are just
attending to business, and where they
are really making the white man sit up
and take notice and don I blame them
for it. Their business places are side
by side with any other. Now there are
Anderson q Co., bankers, and that 10
| just one more sho' 'nuf bank. The
head of this bank is the treasurer Of
the National Negro Business League,
Charles 81. Anderson, who is also first
class fsh dealer, and a first class man
in every particular.
But then turning from that Jackson
vile, and visiting the Bethel Baptist
church Of which DR.. John E. Ford is
, pastor, and touching many other people,
riding in the automobile Of millionaire,
hearing william 81. Harrison, Of Okla
bona make one Of his telling speeches,
getting around with some Of those big
men Of the city, then turned my at
tention to other things
Perhaps you want to know something
about the other things, and since you
want TO know / will have to tell you.
/ made il to the place where am now,
for I had been invited here by Bishop
John Hurst, d. D., of Baltimore, Mary.
land, TO see his conference, and
thought it would be o great thing, hav-
ing spent 80 much time in the Chicago
snow, thought It nice to be in the
Fiorida Sunshine. rode around in the
ear Of DR.. John A. Gregg, who In slated
for South Africa, and is at present presi-
dent of Edward Waters college, and
one of the finest men I have met since
I have been Colored.
At the appointed time was at the
stable ready to take the Seaboard Air
Line for this place That old horse did
snort as if he would be sick unto
death. At times he would stop for rest
and some people would get OF and new
ones would get on, until he cried out
"Delsnd" and that is where was to
get Of. on got and went right on
to the A. N. E. church living house,
where 1 found Bishop and Mrs John
Hurst sitting on the veranda or some
other place out front, and he at once
arose shook hands with me and told
me was welcome with him, and Mrs.
Hurst furnished o smile which assured
me that she was in accord with her hus-
band.
The Rev. DR.. Braboy was pastor Of
the church, and he soon had me going
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Chicago, March II, 1s1s-(Editer OF
Legal Helps): Sometime ago bought
q real estate mortgage at q bank. The
trust deed and interest notes the bank
gave me are lost Can I have them re.
Plaeedf 8. p.
If the trust deed was recorded you
can get a certified copy at the Record
err 3 Office. In order TO have new notes
made it would be necessary for you to
make an indemnity bond with good Sc
eurity to indemnify the maker against
any loss by paying to you If the lost
notes get into the hands of bona fde
purchaser without notice of the loss you
NAV have some trouble.
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Chicago, March 9, lsis-tEditor Of
Legal Helps): How much is drafted
soldier allowed for the support of his
two children and wifef J. s.
A drafted soldier is allowed $3.50
for the support Of a wife and two chill
dren.
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DR.. D. E. Burrows, 1921 8. State ST.,
phone Douglas 1222, enjoys the most e1-
tensive practice Of any Of the physi-
clans in this city. His once at al times
during once hours Is constantly crowd
ed down with patients, which amply
proves that he ID up 10 SNUFF along msdi-
cal lines.
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Bethel Literary Society Of which
Sandy W. Triee Is president, extends .
cordial invitation to everyone to attend
their meeting tomorrow afternoon ct
four o'clock. Mr.. Frank W. Henry
win address you. Subject, "The Signs
Of the Times." Good music, admission
free. Rev. W. D. Cook, DID,, Pastor;
Ma A I. Owen, secretary; Bethel
Church, soth and Deszborn sfrestz
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Attorney Charles A. Ward has moved
from the Y. II. G. A. 10 30 4. 44th
street. Mr.. Ward is stiIl seriously III
and under the care Of DR.. Daniel ii.
Williams.
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1AklHs STUMP VISITS BEIAND. fla AND DAYTonIA FLA
WHERE WcRPRRsDENT THOMAS R. MARSHALL BISHOP JOHN
HURST HON EMMETT J. SCOTT AND OTHER DISTINGUISHED
CITIZENS ASSISTED IN Defeating ADMINISTRATION BUILD
ING OF THR GIRLS INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL asaaii~t
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CHIPS

Attorney F. L. Barnett, 1s4 W. Wash
ington street, returned home Wednesday
morning, from . short business trip to
Memphis, Tenn.
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Mrs. Edna Denison, 3l32> Calumet
avenue, departed Wednesday evening
on a three or four weeks pleasure trip
through the east. A
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the License COMMITTEES City Council pepu.r
,.ubs Tuesday, April be reelected from the Thirty
puaA Ward 81
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-24
Why Women Talk.

Men are downtown at their offices all day and have chance to talk. The women have to stay at home. and with the exception of the milkman. the gro. cery man. the lceinan. the old clothes man, few miscellaneous peddlers and hucksters, and the woman next door there is nobody to talk to. That is why wife talks her husbands head of when he comes home at night Husbands, who through long years of experience, have grown accustomed to this merely answer "hmh-hmh" with out hearing. Sometimes the wife will! catch them unawares and between re- marks will insert request for S10 to buy new dress with. If the husband from force of habit answers 'hmh- hmh." the wife, of course. gets the gown.-Cartoons Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-24
HIGH HEELS PUT < < x
 CoRNS ON TOES
Tells Women How to Dry Up Corn 50 it Lifts Out Without
 Pain.

Modern high-heeled footwear buck les the toes and produces corns, and many of the thousands of hospital cases of infection and lockjaw are the results of woman's suicidal habit ot trying to cut away these painful pests
 For little cost there can be obtain ed at any pharmacy a quarter of an ounce of drug called freezone, which is sufficient to rid one's feet of every hard or soft corn or callus without the slightest danger of Inconvenience.
 A few drops applied directly upor the tender, aching corn stops the sore ness and shortly the entire corn, root and all, lifts right out. It is a sticky substance, which dries the moment it is applied, and thousands of men and {, women use it because the corn shrivels up and comes out without inflanine or even irritating the surrounding t's, sue or skin. Cut this out and try 1t il your eorns bother you.-Adw.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-24
Two Heroes Remembered.

Jasper county, Indiana, was named In honor of Sergeant Jasper of the Revolutionary army because of his spc- cial patriotism and bravery. He was q sergeant in t South Carolina regiment and in the attack on Fort Moultrie, early in the war, the flagstaff was shot off and tho flag fell to the bottom of the ditch outside of the works. Jump. ing from one of the embrasures, Jasper mounted the colors, tied them to q staff and held them in position under a hot fire until another flagstaff was brought. For this commission was offered him but he declined 1t through distrust of his qualifications. On an- other occasion he ana another sergeant named Newton attacked British guard of ten men and released some prisoners the guard were conveying to Savannah. A township in Jasper coun. ty is named Newton in honor of Jas per's companion on this occasion. A county in Georg.A and central square In Savannah help to perpetuate Jas per'S name. He was killed at Savannah near the close of the ver.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-24
Quality of Knowledge Counts.

What Is needed to elevate the soW 10, not that man should know all that has been thought and written in regard to the spiritual nature-not that a man should become an ency- clopedia: but that the great idea. in which all discoveries terminate, which sum up all sciences, which the philos. opher extracts from infinite details, may be comprehended and felt, quotes William Ellery Charming. It is not the quantity, but the quality of knowl. edge, which determines tHe minds dig. nifty. A great mind is formed by a few great ideas. not by an infiD- ity of loose details. I have known very learned men. who seemed to me very poor in intellect, because they had no grand thoughts. The illumin- ation of an age does not consist in the amount of its knowledge, but in the broad and noble principles of which That knowledge Is the foundation and inspirer.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-24
IF BACK HURTS
 BEGIN ON SALTS
Flush Your Kidneys Occasionally fl You Eat Meat Regu- larly.

No man or woman who eats meat regularly can make a mistake by flushing the kidneys occasionally, says well-known authority. Meat forms uric acid which clogs the kidney pores so they sluggishly filter or strain only part of the waste and poisons from the blood, then you get sick. Nearly all rheumatism, headaches. liver trouble nervousness, constipation, dizziness sleeplessnass, bladder disorders come from sluggish kidneys. ~'
 The moment you feel a dull ache in the kidneys or your back hurts, or if the urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sediment, irregular of passage or at- tended by sensation or scalding, get about four ounces of lad Salts from any reliable pharmacy and take a tablespoon in a glass of water before breakfast for few days and you, kidneys will then act fine. This fam ous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia and has been used for genera tions to flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them to activity, also to neu. tralize the acids in urine so it no long CT causes irritation, thus ending blad- der disorders.
 lad Salts is inexpensive and can- not injure; makes a delightful .effer- vescent Whitewater drink which all regular meat eaters should take now and them to keep the kidneys clean and the blood pure. thereby avoiding serious kidney applications.-Advt
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-24
System Important Habit.

One of the most important habits to form is that of system. It Is a habit natural to some women, but to most 1t is an acquired one. It is generally cultivated virtue, achieved through dogged persistence and in spite of many falling from grace. Some of the most systematic persons can recall days when an utter lack of system dominated their lives. The discomfort they suffered then keeps them on guard lest they slip back into their old way of doing. It is best to begin to be systematic when one is young, but there is no bigger mistake. than to consider unsystematic ways irremedi. able after youth has passed. Anyone can cure the fault of want of system and save oneself needless inconven- fences and increase ones usefulness to other people.-Exche
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-24
Fresh Greene for the Canary

Canaries are very fond of lettuce, celery tops and otho~ young and ten. der greens as all birdlovers know. When the birdman tells us we must not give these things to our pets too frequently the temptation to so con- trary to advice is strong. for we sym. pathlxe keenly. An accident showed me the way to gra.ify our pets without harm to them, aS experience has proven. Some months since, q little birdseed was spilled on the earth in large tub containing rubber plant. Soon these seeds sproutcd. and we hit upon the idea of removing the bottom from the cage and setting 1t over the young sprouts. The joy the canaries found in their greens, and the conse- Quent discovery that the birds were really gaining in health and song con- vinced us that box of sprouting bird seed was the thing to keep on hand for them.-Exchange.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-24
fNEL SITUATION
 SHOWS IMPROVEMENT
Schools Will Remain Closed. How eyer. for Remainder Of Week,
 Announces HUlderneSs.

While the fuel situation in this city is still i1 |; very bad condition, some improvement vas shown yes terday. One car of coal was re- ceivel by local coal dealers and this supply is being issued out in smaIl portions.
 The city schools will remain closed for the remainder of the week, ac- cording to County Fuel Administra- tor Harry l. Holderness, who stated last night that if the weather con- tinues to moderate it is very prob able that the schools will be allowed to resume operations Monday morn ing.
 Due to Mr. Holderness' efforts the price of wood has been materially reduced in this city. and Mir. Holder ness stated that the wood dealers are now making only reasonable profit on this fuel. While the weather has moderated to considerable ex- tent, MT. Holderness urged last night that the public still use as little fuel as possible and that none Of it what ever bs wasted.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-24
honoring French sold;er.

Of the methods of honoriny so,d,, for distinguished service on tho t'' sa of battle, the "fourragers" confon' t as upon the crack regiments of Tronas ,'s one of the most origina! 1t con.l s of q colored cord ending in a |r' hr, tag, the name being derived from s' ,s French word for q ;e,hering r9no s horses. Every officer and mon {. regiment rewarded for gallan;rv in ., tion by the fourragers has tha ,,S to wear this cord round the left slas der. There are two classes of ,s distinction, one hav:ag green and ;. n cord to correspond with the croi1 d guerre, and the other being in crsp and yellow, on the lines of tho r,,. medaille militaire.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-24

Eddie Hickenbacher, one of the greatest automobile racing drivers in the world, has risen from a private in the ranks to an officer in the aviation squad. Eddie enlisted in the army at our entrance into the great war. When he reached France he was assigned to drive General Pershing's car. TAe aviation bug finally got in his bonnet and he gained admission to one of the avia- tion schools, graduating later with q lieutenant's commission. He is now seeing active duty i'll the air, and his daring nerve will no doubt mako him a great aviator.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1918-01-24
P.Jrest Irish Blood.

The purest irish blood is not to ba found in Galway proper, for the town was long held by the English, and cen. turies ago it did an immense trade with Spain that resulted in mixed mar riages, producing sundry heads of black hair and black eyes. But across the little river, by the bay, is fishers colony where the oldest Irish blood is still pure. This little group have mar Tied strictly among themselves, and their stock is said to go back to Irisb natives who even antedateG the Irish Celts. They are still recognizable as a slightly different type going about the streets of Galway selling their fish. as they and tbelr fathers before them cave done for centuries