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The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-11-29
Protest Lynching
of Colored Men
in Missouri.

The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People to-
day telegraphed Governor Gardner
of Missouri urging that members of
n mob which lynched a Merge ac-
cused of robbery be brought to JUS
tee. The telegram is as follows:
Hon. Frederick D. Gardner,
Governor,
jefferson City, Mo.
Press reports describe the lynching
az Moberly, Mo-. on Sunday, Nov. / 6,
of one and the contemplated lynch
ing and burning of three other
Negroes alleged to have beaten and
robbed farmer of twelve dollars.
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People,
speaking on behalf of its three hun
bred branches and eighty-fve thou
sand members of both races, in the
rame of law and order, and that bet
ter feeling between the races which
results from justice impartially adj
ministered, appeals to you for ener-
getic efforts on part of Missouri To-
cal and state authorities to vindicate
the law by bringing mob murderers
to trial.
All upholders of law and order
would welcome statement from you
with respect to the Moberly lynching,
and your advocacy, if approved, of
the Curtis and Dyer resolutions for
federal investigation of race riots and
lynchngs.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-11-29
Major SpingarnPro
To Governor Of
Arkansas
Urges Communication of Death Penalty
Imposed on Eleven Negroes.

Urging as a service to the nation
he communication to life Imprisonment
of death sentences imposed upon
eleven Negroes in Arkansas, Major
]. E. Spingarn, late Of the A. E. F.
in France, has teleeraphed Governor
Charles H. B-oueh OF Arkansas.
Major spinqarn uHses the COMMUTE
ton in order that further light on
the recent race rats in Arkansas may
be obtained before airreparabIe
wrong" is done.
The telegram reads:
Hon. Charles il. Brough,
Governor Of Arkansas,
Little Roci., Ark.
As one who has always had high
faith IN YOU courage and sense of
justice, and who has admired the lib
eral attitude which you have eX-
pressed in regard to the Negro, | am
appealing to you to commute to life
mpaspsment tsaA aeatence of tic
AXIS Negroes rec sntly condemned
. dsath. t'rsfsrtest5pony obtained b.
no persons actualfg On the ground, l
,fn Convinced that the interest Of
ustice would be best served by this
--cu.mutatieu, in order that an ire
arabic wrong may not be done be
ere farther light on the whole sub
Iect is obtained. As patriotic
American l should hate to have the
fa:r na,ne e Arkansas subject to
Ven the suspicion of having done
rave Injustice, at q time when more
.fan ever the relations Of white and
lack men should be on a basis Of
air play and mutual understanding.
1ou have It in your power to per
crm national service at this crisis,
and | feed sure that you will not
ihrink from doing it.
]. f.. Spingarn.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-11-29
Labor Situation Seri3us.

There has been a great disruption
Of albor in Phillips County and in
and about Helena as a result of the
riot in these sections. 1t is with the
greatest difficulty that farmers are
able to employ eolored farm hands.
The colored men seem manifestly de-
sirious of leaving the section and the
farmers high and dry. Whatever the
outcome of the trouble it is certain
that radical changes must be made
in the conditions under which the
colored men work if they are to be
employed at all.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-11-29

is unfounded and deny that un-Amer-
lean ideas have taken hold among
their race.
They say there are few radical pub
locations among the negroes and that
the negroes, through their press, will
continue to demand every right of
American citizenship"
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-11-29
Two Special Cars Used
to Transport Convicted
Colored Men in
Arkansas.

Helena, Nov. 81. - With 81 col
ored prisoners in his charge, sheriff
f. F. Kitchens and eleven deputies
left Helena tonight for Little Rock.
The haul, as it is being widely called
here, came as a result of the so
called insurection in Phillips County,
where scores of negroes were mas
sacred by the whites and where to
date not single white man has been
apprehended.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-11-29
lenaior CapIer to Join Board of
Co,ored Advancement Association

The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People to-
day announced that Senator Arthur
Capper CT Kansas mad consented to
serve as a member of the board of
directors.
Mr.. Capper's colleague from Kan
'as, Senator Charles Curtis, is sponsor
for a resolution now before the Sen
ate calling fer a nationwide investi-
cation Of race riots and lynchings.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-11-29
GET TOGETHER MEETING HELD
AT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH,
4Ol6 S. State ST. Chicnpo.

Representative of various organi-
cations participated in the meeting.
Rev. Richard S. Johnson, pastor
of Mount Carmel Baptist Church,
presided
In taking up the general subject,
he mentioned that he had enjoyed the
meeting held at his church last Sun
day, and felt that wonderful results
could be obtained if those who are
known to have more than passing
interestsin the needs of life would
lend every effort and do their duty
as Christians in the cause of hu
n anity.
He also mentioned that it might
seem somewhat out of the ordinary
to see three or four preachers par
ticipating in meeting of this kind,
but he felt that any minister who is
sincerely in earnest should advocate
the truth and should desire to see
right and justice prevail.
He said that there is plenty of evi-
dence of a strong move throughout
the country. Workers are getting to-
gether, trying to better their condi-
tions. Capital, ON the other hand, is
trying to make its position more Sc
cure. The Colored man and woman
must not take a stand in this situa-
ton that will destroy opportunities
for themselves.
Mr.. John Riley, an organizer, whc
is somewhat acquainted with the ex
isting conditions, was then intro
duced.
Mr.. Riley made few remarks con
corning the Steel situation, and how
he races interest was at stake. He
cdvised that everybody use their in
Auence in trying to prevent members
of our race from going in and taking
opportunities for better conditions
away from someone else.
When organizer Riley had con-
'cluded his remarks, the chairman in
troduced Miss Mary Haney of the
Woman's Trade Union League, who
stated pointedly, in an interesting
manner, the work that the Trade
Union League has been doing in the
past few years, and the success that
they are having in securing better
| wing conditions for the working
women.
She also mentioned the Working
Women'S Congress, which recently
convened in Washington. This con-
ference lasted two weeks. There were
representatives. from sixteen different
countries, and they all have one com
mon interest in life. When the
speeches were translated in the Eng
fish language they all meant the same
thing. The working women in the
entire world desire better conditions
and a higher standard of living. They
want laws that will protect their chill?
dren and prevent their having to
work under the ages of sixteen and
eighteen
Miss Haney told ~of the success
that organized workers have been /
having in securing increases in pay
in the various county and municipal ,
institutions. She showed, in conclu-
sion, that the unorganized workers
cannot demand or secure anything.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-11-29
Colored Editors Deny Charge
By Palmer.

Baltimore, Md.-The editors of
the four negro newspapers published
here today joined in an open letter
TO Attorney General Palmer express
lag their belief that the recent re-
port to the attorney general that boil
shevism and |. w. w. propaganda is
making converts among the negroes
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-11-29
Crazed Man Kills
Two and Injuries
Another.

Yesterday afternoon a crazed man
killed Mrs. David Clayton, 2157 Park
Avenue and her two pear old son;
her husband who found the slayer in
their home grappled with him and
was seriously injured. Bots E. Love
is the man sought for the killing.
Man Enters Thru Window.
Mrs. Clayton was going about her
usual routine of days work with her
little son near by, when she saw
man with an ak in hand rush upon
her grabbing her about the neck and
began choking her, cutting and kill
ing her with the Ratchet.
Boy Tries to Bring Aid.
When the assailant became violent,
her two year old son began crying
and running from door to door. Fear
ing that his noise would attract at
tention the assailant quickly snatehed
the little fellow and with one swoop
of the AK severed his head from the
body.
Husband Coming Home From Work
Finds Slayer in Home.
Mr.. Clayton who had been out to
work, found the slayer in his home
and graphing with him was seriously
injured and may die. He said he
knew nothing of this man Love, and
knew of no reason for his actions and
that he must undoubtedly have been
crazy.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-11
ain Estate In Britain.

Country Life" Nondon, England)
advertises in a recent issue an auc-
ton sale of part of a British landed
estate whose size might cause even
our biggest ranch-owners to lift their
eyebrows. This consists of "the north
ern portion Of the Sutherland es
tates," extending to an area of 200, 143
acres This vast tract of hundreds of
square miles, however, is only a small
part of the holdings of the duke of
Sutherland. which amount to "about
1,35S,000 acres" The tract to be sold
IT is announced, affords the opportu.
nifty to acquire the whole length OF
the famous salmon rivers, the Navar
and Halladale"
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-11
Opportunity Missed.

For several years it had been my
custom to make visit on Thanks
giving afternoon at the home of my
most particular. friend. This. last
Thanksgiving | missed, as the family
was to attend the community singing
at 4 p. m. A few days after little
Katherine dropped in to see me and
asked "Why didn't you. come to- see
us on Thanksgiving
We'll" l replied, ''you were not at
home in the afternoon"
She then asked: "Why didn't YOU
come earlier? Why not come for dim
nerg"
But" jokingly replied, "you didn't
ask mel''
WELL" she replied thoughtfully, II
think If you had come early and hung
around they'd have asked you!''-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-11
HEIGHT THAT FEW ATTAIN
Not Many People Can Boast Their
Complete GuiItIessness of the
"Seven Deadly Sins"

The 'seven deadly sins" are pride
envy, lust, avarice, anger, sloth and
gluttony.
The fathers, the sages, the wise
men of the world, handing down from
one generation to another through the
centuries what they had observed and
learned, at last agreed that all our
spiritual and mental miseries, as well
as most of our physical sufferings,
come from an indulgence in the
thoughts and actions included in the
aforementioned list of sins.
Old-fashioned people used to keep
this list constantly before them, and
their spiritual and physical health
progressed or declined in the measure
that they were able or unable to con-
troll their thoughts and appetites.
In these modern days we are still
surprised to learn that the list of
seven deadly sins was ever even made,
and we are more surprised to know
that it is list which really covers
the whole moral scheme of existence.
The man who can finally subdue
himself into state in which he does
not break any of the laws for which
the seven deadly sins stand as in
Engagements, may well congratulate
himself. He is what we would call
pretty good man, and we would like
to have him as a neighbor. Not to be
proud, not to be envious, not to be
lustful, never to be avaricious or
angry, nor to be lazy man nor
glutton, means that you need fear no
man or devil, and that you certainly
shall not be afflicted with govt.
BE good and you will be happy"
There's many saying, but there is
none better than that.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-11

1t was plain to be seen that Arthur,
eight years old, had something on his 3
mind. 1t was something that. con- a
cerned Christmas and his neighbor,
Jimmy. Finally he said to his mother:
81 guess I'll give Jimmy his knife
for Christmas
"Have you Jimmy's knife7" the
mother inquired.
Eyes, l found it long time ago.
He thinks It's lost. But findin's keep
ms, you know" 7
The mother made no comment, for
she knew something else was coming
And then her son said: -
81 might as well give it TO him.
can't use it cause he's with me an
the time" ~ : $3.50
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-11
Awaiting Instruction

In a letter received from a cousin
of mine, who is lieutenant in the
aviation service, he tells of the follows
ing incident that happened u a cadet
flyer at Kelly field: The cadet was
making his first solo flight and had
been flying around the towers where
the instructors sit and observe the
movements of the solo flyers, when he
was seen throwing something out Of
his plane. He had thrown his shoe out
with note tied to it saying that his
"gun" or gas throttle was jammed,
and he didn't know what to do. He
flew around the towers ten times be-
fore he realized that he had a mag
neto switch on his plane that would
shut off the ignition and thus stop the
engine. He finally landed with
dandy 'thump. Chicago Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-11
peIIahted WIEN Ice cream.

It was in an American base hospital
in France that I found him, his eyes
bandaged, lying motionless on his cot,
in quiet corner of the ward. "How-
would you like some chocolate Ice
creamY l bent down to whisper.
saw, quit your kiddin'l" he drawled.
The words were so pathetically wistful
that it was almost moan.
"But here it Isl" I said. Yet not
till I sat down on the spot to feed him
the first mouthful did he believe me.
'Why. ma'am, I just thought you
were foolin'. didn't reckon there was
any real U. S. A. ice cream short of
5000 miles from here, lessways not
for me-" And the way he smacked
his lips over that one saucer repaid
me for coming those 5000 miles to
make it for him.-Mary Elizabeth
Evans in Letter From Paris.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-11
Very Possible.

A Kansas City business woman the
day before Thanksgiving received a
box of chrysanthemums, which she
proudly set upon her desk for the de-
location of her fellow workers. The
NUNS really came from a rival BUSH
ness concern, but when the other girls
wanted to know who sent them she
only smiled and said, "the florist" in
her most mysterious manner.
Come, come" they said. "Tell us
who"
81 shall not" she bantered. I'm
married and 1t wouldn't do to tell the
truth about it."
But" interjected the office anthol-
ogy, perhaps the truth would make
you free"
The little boy pulled up very much
as did the father on occasions. "You
needn't waste any time with her."
he told the woman. "She isn't any
thing important. Just me and pop
are squires."
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-11
HONORED BY ALL
Praise Accorded American Sol
diers Is Universal.
To Their Bravery and chlvalry on the
Field of Battle Has Been added
Fine Generosity to an IN
scrupuIous Enemy.

Let another man praise thee and
not thine own mouth stranger and
not thine own lips" says an ancient
proverb; which is easier to obey than
it has been sometimes; for the air is
resonant with adulation for this couu-
try and its people-praises for it's be
neyolence, energy, idealism, army and
navy.
We have exulted in the praise be-
slowed upon the boys in khaki for their
chiyalry toward women, their gentle
ness to little children, their high mo-
rale amid great temptations, and
their courage in battle But these vir-
tues were all exhibited to friends and
allies.
Now comes, however, a testimony TO
their behavior toward their enemies,
which ought we think, to give us even
deeper joy.
Especial praise" says a dispatch
from Amsterdam, was given the
American troops of occupation by a
representative of the Berlin foreign
ministry on his return from Treves.
''The judgment of all Germans, such
as shopkeepers, hotel keepers and men
on the street, is that the behavior of
the Americans is blameless."
''Blameless !" "Sans peur ct sans re-
prochel"
We pity the man or woman who can
read that testimony without choking
up little bit. One ought not to for
get that these young Americans are
learned to hate. If there has been one
thing above all others upon which they
universally agreed. it was loathing and
horror for German frightfulness. In all
their letters home they wrote of their
irrepressible dread that the war might
be stopped in some way before they
had taken vengeance upon the Huns
for their bestial conduct toward
wounded men and helpless women and
children.
And now they are moving across the
country of their hated foes as conquer
orsl On every highway and at every
street corner they see the men who
have perpetrated these nameless hor-
rors. Those men are at their mercy
And vet, upon the testimony of these
brutes themselves, their behavior is
blameless."
We read that they march through
these German cities grim and silent;
their faces white and their jaws set;
looking neither to the right hand nor
to the left; self-contained and self
controlled. These are the men, re-
member, who went "over the top" in
many bloody battle, singing 1--WE
won't come back until it's over-over
there"
"Blamelessw "sans peur ct sans re-
prochel"
What miracle is such young man
hood How strangely its contempla-
ton moves the hearts. What pride we
take in thinking that these blameless
youths belong to us They are our
boys-yours and mine!
If the generation of lads now grow
ing up in America is not fired with a
spirit of emulation by the conduct of
these soldiers of the American expedi-
tionary forces, we shall feel like dis
owning them There will be but lit
tie excuse for rowdyism, inefficiency,
intemperance and cowardice for the
boys whose fathers and big brothers
have extorted such admiration not only
from friends but foes.-Cincinnat En-
quirer.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-11
Jusserand,s Tribute

A very eloquent Frenchman, Ambas-
sador Jusserand, has paid this hand
some tribute to the American army in
France: "a valiant army, the praise of
which is on every lip; a youthful, good
humored, CHEEKY army. whose every
soldier is welcome in castle or hut and
is offered just as heartily the best cake
or the last crust; an immense army
that grows easelessly-month after
month you sent over double the num-
Der of men Napoleon had at Waterloo.
Many French names written on your
map recall our presence here at the
time of your fight for independence,
chief among them that of Lafayette.
Many American names will in after
time recall the splendid part you are
taking in the desiverance of France
and of the world youths Compan-
iOn
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-11
Food and War.

We went into the war because the
German general staff held the convic-
ton that American wheat was more
dangerous to the Teuton army than
American soldiers could ever be, says
Ralph w. Page, whose discussion of
the food situation appears in the
Worlds Work. They realized what we
soon discovered-"that food win win
the war" The ruthless submarine
campaign that outraged Chrlstendom
was primarily directed against the
transatlantic Journeys Of the Chicago
pig en- route to the Tommy's haversaek.
Rather than risk the replenishment of
the poilu's larder from the harvest
fields Of Kansas, William the Con-
quered elected to defy the republic.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-11
MIGHT CALL 1T ABOUT EVEN
City Brother Had Not Great Deal
the Best of His Relative in
the Country.

DR.. Samuel Schwab claims that the
oldest good story is the one about the
boy who left the farm and got a Job
in the city. He wrote a letter to his
brother who had elected to stick by
the farm telling of the joys of city
life, in which he said:
Thursday we auto'd out to the
country club and we golfed until dark.
Then we trolleyed back to town and
danced until dawn. Then we motored
to the beach and Fridayed there" The
brother on the farm wrote back:
Yesterday we buggied to town and
baseballed all afternoon. Then we
went to Ned's and pokered till morn
ing. Today we muled out to the corn
field and gee-hawed till shutdown.
Then we suppered and then we piped
for awhile. After that we staircased
up to our room and bedsteaded until
the clock fived.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-11
In the Old Sweet wav.

Christmas came in the old, sweet
way; the Lord amt forgotten where
his homefolks stayl
Oh, they've been In the dark, but the
dark made the day; the Lord knows
the number where his homefolks stay !
Burn, little fire, in the humble place,
with the Christmas smilin' in a chiId's
sweet face; sing, sweet Christmas, in
the old, sweet way: "The Lord amt
forgotten where his homefolks stay l"--
Frank L. Stanton in Atlanta Constitu.
ton
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-11
He Knew the Cashier.

Young Leslie Harris, on his initial
visit to a Pico Heights church, was
extremely interested when his father
started to take up the collection.
Unable to stand the strain, he deftly
eluded his mother and attached him
self as convoy to papa, following him
down the aisle with his eyes growing
larger and rounder as the money
flowed in.
j This method of obtaining wealth
was new to him. but he thought he
knew Its destination and as the ushers
reached the rear of the church and
turned for the solemn march to the
pulpit his voice rang over the room.
"Give it to me, dad; can take it to
mamma v'-Los Angeles Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-02-11
ESTABLISHED 1879
FOUND OLD INDIAN VILLAGE
Interesting Relics, Believed to Be Gen.
turtles Old, Recently Unearthcd
in New York State.

Relies Of an Indian village, said TO
have its origin as early as 1875, have
been discovered in CIason Point, the
Bronx, according to an announcement
made by the Museum of the American
Indian, Heye foundation. The discov-
cry was made by Alan B. Skinner, ar
cheologist of the foundation The dis
covery is regarded as a very imnor-
tant one by the members of the foun-
dation Research establishes that The
village was probably inhabited by ma
tiyes of the Siwanoy tribe, known to
very early settlers as "Snakeskins.
The research, made through the
Kindness of trustee of the founda-
ton, has established to the satisfac-
ton of the board that the tract re-
manned in possession of its Indian in-
habitants until 1925, when it was pur-
chased by Robert Cornell, an English
man. CorneH's family was later mas-
sacred by The barbarian tribe. During
the attack he managed to make his
escape on Dutch ship.
Mr.. Skinner was making q pleasure
trip through Clason Point, which is
somewhat of a summer resort. last
July He noticed very large oyster
shells on mound of sand and recog-
nized them as Indian boundary line
markings. He obtained permission
from the owner of the land to make
search of the ground. To the sur
prise of the searchers, relics of Indian
life were unearthed. Costumes. beads,
cooking utensils and a complete hair :
dress of the Siwanoy tribe were dis
covered. Seventy lodge sites. contain
ing hundreds of Indian implements
and tools, We're also dug up.
The collection contained crude har-
poems, fishhooks. carved tortoise-s.iell
cups, bodkins and decorated pottery.
Hundreds of pipes and beautiful
mold jar were discovered intact, and
all are being preserved for public ex-
hibition when the museum opens. This
history speaks of the Siwanoy nractice
OF digging sand holes and placing
large quantities of food and other Of
ferings to the Great Snake" II was
announced at the museum that the
relics will be placed on exhibition at
the opening of the exhibit.