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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-05-20
work Of the convention. Speaker

work Of the convention. Speakers
said that through the board greater
opportunity for education in Baptist
institutions would be presented to
children Of Baptist families and that
more workers for home and foreign
mission fields would result. What
was termed the trend of modern
times to seek education in state-con-
trolled institutions rather than in de-
nominational colleges was depreca-
ted. .-
Officers and headquarters are to be
decided upon before the convention
adjourns.
The convention voted today to
meet in Washington May 12,1920,
and selected the Rev. Jno. E. White
of Anderson, s. c., regarded as one
of the most forceful speakers in con:
vention, to preach the convention ser
mon. The Rev. DR.. j. r. Hobbs, Of
Birmingham, was chosen as alternate.
Both the convention and the Wom-
ans Missionary Union, an auxiliary,
today voiced opposition to any pro-
posal for church union. The union
made known it's stand in formal reso-
lutions, while speakers at the conven-
tion spoke against such proposals.
The convention had already endorsed
an address by President Gambrell Of
Fort Worth, against union.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-05-20
OAT SMUT.
Easy Control Measures Prevent Great
Loss.

Easy Control Measures Prevent Great
Loss.
Clemson College.-Oat Smut is the
most widespread and destructive dis
ease Of small grain. It frequently oc-
ours as a serious disease wherever
oats are grown if proper control meas
ures are not practiced. This disease
alone reduces the production Of oats
in this State by at least 10 per cent,
and in some fields there are losses az
high as so per cent, which can easily
be prevented by inexpensive seed
treatment, says J. L. Seal, Extension
Service plant pathologist-
This disease is caused by fungus
which grows within the the tissues OF
the plant The spores germinate
about the same time that the young
oat plants come up, and the faments
of the fungus remain alive in the oat
plants without apparently causing, any
serious damage until the plants begin
to head in the spring. It then con.
centrates its efforts in the oat heads
and fills up the places where the
grains should form with the black.
sooty masses Of its spores.
As these masses Of spores break up,
they are scattered by tha wind to all
parts Of the field. Many Of them lodge
on healthy heads Of oats In the field,
while others are infested in the thresh.
ing operation; but IN both cases the
spores remain alive On the grain until
planted in the fall.
Seed for planting should not be
saved from fields that show over 3 to
S per cent Of smuttsd heads, and 10
that case the seed should be treated.
Even II a field is practically free OF
smuts and there are smutty fields
near it, the seed should be treated.
In fact, the material for seed treat
ment is 80 inexpensive that there is
no reason why all grain seed to be
planted should not be treated before
hand.
II there is a neighbor In your com
munity who treated his oat seed last
fall, compare your field with his and
see If there is not money saved by
such a practice.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-05-20

Of engine troubles and arrived here
from Halifax only yesterday, was in
the air today almost as soon as the
flagship, rising after a swift 25 min
ute cruise about Mattoon Harbor. The
tempts to leave the water while Com
mander Towers plane scared above
it and the taking" NC-4, but it rose
nine minutes after the flagship and
followed in the wake of the others
which headed for the east as soon as
it took the air.
Commander John n: Towers, the
flight commander, announced the fol-
towing crews:
NC-1-Lieut. Comdr. P. N. L. Bel
linger, commander; Lieut.. Comdr. M.
A. Mitscher and Lieut. L. T. BARN,
pilots; Lieut.. Harry Sadenwater, ra-
dio operator; Chief Machinist's Mate
C. I. Chester and Machinist Rasmus
Christensen, engineers.
NC-3-Commander T wers in
charge; Lieut.. Comdr. H. C. Rich
ards9n and Lieut.. Comdr. D. H. Nc
Culloch, pilots; Lieut.. Comdr. R. A.
Lavender, radio operator; Lieut.
Braxton Rhodes and Boatswain L. R.
Moore, engineers.
.NC-4-Lieut. Comdr. A. G. Read,
commander; Lieut.. Walter Hinton
and Lieut.. E. F. Stone, pilots; Ensign
Charles Rodd, radio operator; Lieut..
J. L. Breese, Jr., and Chief Machin-
lists Mate E. S. Rhodes, engineers.
If the planes fail to take the air
because of their weight the crews
will be reduced by debarring Lieut..
Rhodes and Petty Officers Rhodes and
Christensen.
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sEAPLANES BEGIN LONG
JOURNEY ACROSS SEAS

Trespassey, May 16.-Three giant
seaplanes of the American navy-the
NC-3, NC-4 and NC-5-rose late to-
day from the waters of Trepassey
Bay and headed for the Azores to
make by air in the goth century
journey as dangerous as that made
by Columbus APT years ago.
Commanded by Comndr. John n.
Towers, Lieut.. Comder. P. N. L. Bel
linger, the planes left their moorings
at the head of Trepassey harbor and
'taxied" towards the narrows. Then
rushing into a westerly wind, they
took the air. The NC-3, the "fag-
ship" rose at 1882, and the NC-4 two
minutes later and the NC-1 at TAI
Newfoundland time which is one
hour and thirty minutes ahead of
New York time.)
Within few minutes they were
lost to sight beyond the eastern hor-
izon.
As they passed from view natives
of Newfoundland, who lined the
shores of the land-locked bay, vice
with Yankee sailors stationed here
in sending away with rousing
cheer the American aviators start
ing on their epochal VOYAGE.
The seaplanes shaped their course
towards Corvoux, wastermost island
of the Azores, from which they ex-
pected to fly to Horta, on the island
of Fayal where they will descend if
weather conditions or mechanical diff
ficulties make it necessary, but they
will go on if possible to Ponta del
Gada on San Miguel island 1852 nau'
tical miles from this port. This leg
of the cruise from Rockaway Beach,
the. planes home station, toPlymouth,
England, is the only one which will
require night flying.
The planes are expected to main
tain an average speed Of 60 nautical
miles per hour although they are ca.
pable of making 90 miles if circum'
stances demand.
Temperature was expected to de.
termine the flying altitude although
it was believed that 5000 would be
the limit.
The NC-4 which was left behind at
the start of her sister craft because
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.-NEaReEs-W WANT "RlcHts"

New York, May 13.-Announce-
ment Of a countrywide campaign to.
enroll 100000 persons ITO defend
the constitutional and legal rights
now denied more than four-fifths Of
the negro race in America" was made
tonight by the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored Peo-
ple."
The organization having $4,000
members, hopes to double the num-
Der before June 81, when it will
hold a national conference in Cleve-
land.
To make America safe for Ameri-
cans the association has adopted the
following program: IS
A vote for every negro man and
woman on the same terms as white
men and women.
An equal chance to acquire the
kind of an education that will enable
the negro everywhere wisely to use
this vote.
A fair trial in the courts for all
Zines of which he is accused, by
Judges in whose election he has par
ticipated without discrimination Of
race.
A right to sit on the jury which
passes judgment upon him.
Defense against lynchings and
burning at the hands Of mobs.
Equal service on railroad and
other public carriers, including
sleeping, dining and Pullman cars.
Equal rights to use Of public parks
libraries and other community SER
vices for which he is taxed.
An equal chance for livelihood
in public and private employment.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1919-05-20
BROWN ROT IN FRUIT.
Gave Your Peaches and Piums From
This Destructive Disease.

Clemson College.-Brown rot OF
peach and plum is one Of the most
widespread and destructive diseases
Of fruit that We have to contend with
In many cases the entire crop is de-
stroyed just as the fruit begins to
ripen. Practically every orchard in
South Carolina is infected with 1t and
while it is widespread and very de-
structive, it is at the same time easy
to control, according to Director H.
w. Barre, of the South Carolina E1.
pertinent Station, by spraying with
lime-sulfur.
There are numerous commercial
brands of lime-sulfur on the market
and. some of these have been tested
by careful experimenters and found
to be very satisfactory. The ordinary
commercial lime-sulfur solution has
been used at the rate Of one
part to eighty parts OF water
with fair success. This mixture
will control brown rot. Some
times, however, and under certain
conditions of temperature and humid
ity, it destroys certain percentage
Of the foliage. The safest and best
mixture to use is the homemade self
boiled lime-sulfur mixture, made as
follows: Use 8 fbs. Of fresh quick
lime and 8 lbs. Of sulfur (flour ITO 80
gals. Of water. Make this up by plac-
ing the eight pounds of fresh lime, in
a tub or barrel and add just enough
water to slake it. An excess Of water
seems to drown the lime and retards
the shaking process. AS soon as the
lime begins to crumble apart and a
violent boiling is set up, add eight
pounds of sulfur and stir In thorough
ly, adding enough water to keep any
part Of the mixture from becoming dry
or burning. Keep this well stirred
and allow the boiling to continue for
5 to 10 minutes Special care should
be exercised\at this time to keep any
part of the mixture from becoming
dry. Enough water should be added,
in fact, so that the paste is thin
enough to be easily stirred. After the
boiling has continued to 10 minutes
enough water sholud be added to cool
the mixture. o.,
The trees should be sprayed two to
three weeks after the shucks drop,
and again at intervals Of from two to
four weeks until the fruit begins to
ripen.
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PROSPERITY SCHOOL.

The following program will be
rendered by the pupils of the Pros
perity school, May 20, 1919, $3.50
o'clock:
1. "Vacation Song"
2. "Two Little Welcomes"
8. "Butter and Milk,"-Dialogue.
4. "Wreck Of the Hesperus"-Re-
citation. v
5. "Rose Song"
6. "Rain"-Recitation by six chill
dren.
z. Reviewing for Examination
Dialogue.
8. "Starry Flag"-Song.
9. "Did You Pass?"-Recitation.
10. "Something New in Hats"
II. "Rock of Ages"-Pantomime.
IL. Recitation.
13. "a Menagerie in the School,
IA. "Haste Away"-Song.
Is. "Eood-Bye.". r.@..
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BAPTISTS MEET NEXT IN
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL

Atlanta, May 16+lH line with
their proposal to expend s15,000,000
for Christian education in the South,
the Southern Baptist Convention late
today voted to establish an education
board, similar in scope to the boards
which now handle home and foreign
missions.
Details Of the relation the new
board will bear to Baptist schools and
colleges and what work it may take
over fgrom established boards are to
be worked out later, that the board is
expected to be the means of broad
ening the religious educational
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MISS ANNIE HILL TO TEACH.

The trustees of the city schools
have elected Miss Annie Hill, OF this
city, as one of the teachers in the
fifth grade for next year and she has
accepted the position. Miss Hill Is
daughter of our townsman, Mr.. r.
M. Hill, and is graduate Of Lam
der College. She has been teaching
for three terms in Greenville in one
of the schools there and the posi-
ton was offered her again, but she
prefers to- teach at home where she
may be with her home people. -. D..
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While eggs are plentiful and at
|swest price, preserve Supply IN
kater, glass for winter use. 3e sure
hat the eggs used tor thd, purpose
lie tresh, caean. unwashed and pre-
tesaaay t.dertile. Eggs now worth 30
bsuts per dozen .~ill be worth 50 "a
rs cents next winree.
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A good stockman must be . cue
cesseul producer Of feeds.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-09-13
WILLIAM MARION
COOKS ORCHESTRA
AT STATE FAIR
CELEBRATED AMERICAN SYM
PHONY ORCHESTRA TO Be
SPECIAL ATTRACTION

Soothing savage breasts is not. the
only mission Of music. There Is a
latent love Of rhythm in every breast
waiting to be stirred by this most
godlike Of the arts. You may per-
chance belong to the negligible group
who nod in church-lulled into un-
consciousness by the slumber evok-
ing timbre of Sabbath harmonies. Yet
you will find these same sacred airs
under a new guise wakefully inspir-
ing. #
Such is the magic wrought by Will
Marion Cook, conductor of the Ameri-
can Symphony Orchestra and Singers
whose musical triumphs are known
from coast to coast. In one of the
most artistic programs ever given
by any group Of professionals, these
thirty or more men of the Colored
race are exemplifying this new trend
in the musical world of today. The
orchestra will appear at the Victory
Fair at Dallas in October.
AS truly American as is its consti-
tuition, is the music which the Negro
race has evolved from the rhythmic
udu-CutllLb OIlSludblh6 III Lue SOulu-
ern cotton fields. They have emo
tionilized the play impulse and given
music the high lights and subtle hum
or of syncopation. Later day "jazz"-
looked at askance by many professed
high brows"-is strongly indicative
of a new development in music. It
is to harmony what "free verse" if
to poetry.
Music lovers and others are equally
attracted by the novel variations Off
cred by these American Singers and
players whose repertoire ranges from
the well-known classics-vocal and
the appealing strains
of Negro spirituals and plantation
melodies. Glimpses Of the native hu-
NOR which so-called "black face" art
lists have never successfully initiated
creep into these programs almost
spontaneously. Audience and players
alike respond to the "mere joy in
the doing" which these performers
infuse into their music making.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-09-13
TWO NEGROES
LYNCHED At
JACKSONVILLE

Jacksonville, Fla, Sept. 8.-Two ne
groes charged with murder were TAX
en- from the city Jail here shortly af-
ter midnight and lynched. A mob of
fifty men stormed the Jail in search
of negro who was being held for at
tacking a white giIl, but who had been
secretly sent to St Augustine by
court officers early last night follow
ing threats of violence.
Finding their intended victim gone,
the crowd seized two negroes charged
with the murder recently of George
Dubose, white man, took them to the
outskirts of the city in automobiles
and shot them dead. They then
laced ropes around the necks of the
bodies and dragged them through the
streets. One body was dropped in
front of leading hotel. The other
had not been found.
At an early hour the Sheriff and a
posse were searching for members of
the mob, but no arrests had been
made.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-09-13
negro EDITOR
FOUND GUILTY
OF LIBEL
(By Associated Negro Press. }


New York, Sept. 11.-Marcus Gar
yey, colored, editor of the Negro
World, was found guilty of criminal
libel by Magistrate Simpson in JEFF
ferson Market court yesterday. He
was held in $4,000 bail for trial in
Special Session. The complainant
was Assistant District Attorney Ed
win P. Kilroe.
Mr.. Kilroe complained that Garvey
printed in August issues of his paper
articles calculated to cast on him
"ridicule, hatred, contempt or oblo-
guy" Garvey is the promoter of the
"Black Star Line" which he has ad-
vertised as a steamship line between
this country, Africa, Central and
South America and the West Indies
for the Negro race only.
Last Monday night at Carnegie
Hall Garvey delivered an address in
which he condemned the lynching of
Negroes in the South, and said in
effect that if the Negroes would press
a button when such lyinchings oc-
Cured a white man in Africa would
be treated similarly. transcripts of
this speech are now being investigat-
ed by the District Attorneys office
and the Lusk Legislative Commit
tee.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-09-13
PRES|--
DENTS, GRANT
TO ROOSEVELT
JOHN ]. MILES, COLORED
HEAD WAITER, HAS DIS
TIACHON OF SERVING
MANY DIGNITARIES

Lord high cup bearers and lord
high stewards to This majesty the
King" have little more experience
in attending personages of high birth
and breeding than John J. Miles, Ne
gro head waiter at the Hotel Demp-
sey, aged GA, and known from coast
to .eoast-either by name or face
to tourists and patrons Of the best
hostelries. He has served all the
presidents of the United States from
Ulysses s. Grant to the late Theo-
dore Roosevelt, with the one ex-
ception of President Garfield He
has served princes, dukes, earls,
lords and counts of varying rank.
His favorites among all the great
men he has served with food are the
late Presidents Grover Cleveland and
William Mckinley He recalls hav-
ing served Prince Henry of Prussia,
during his tour Of the United States
some twenty years ago. All of these
personages Miles waited upon in the
Hotel Plankinton, Milwaukee, Wis.
Starting his career as hotel wait
or in the old Alexandra Hotel, Alex
andria, Va, Miles has held head
walters place in ten large hotels and
clubs in the United States and now
holds his eleventh place as head
waiter at the Hotel Dempsey. He
treasures letters of recommendation
from every one Of the ten employ
ers, all of which attest he knows how
to wait Every little detail of the
caterers art he has mastered to a
point of elegance, and he schools
he walters under him in these things.
His eye catches every dish as it
comes from the kitchen, every nap
kin or spoon that fails to the floor,
and the absence or any detail wait
er might have neglected. After the
lunch hour is over. Miles gathers
the walters together and gives them
a mild talk upon the events If the
day. Charles A. Gonde. manager of
Continued on page ~.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-09-13
COL ORED MAN
WINS IN ADVER-
TISING CONTEST
ADVERTISING MANAGER OF
BIG White PAPER WINS
SECOND PRIZE.
(By Associated Negro Press

Phoenix, Ariz., Sept. 11.-A. R.
Smith of this city, editor and pub
Usher of the Phoenix Tribune, the
only race journal in the State, won
first prize in an advertising contest
conducted recently by local automo-
bile firm.
The contest was held for the pur-
Cose of determining the best method
of advertising, that containing the
company name or without it. Five
prizes were offered for the best sug-
gestions.
The contest aroused widespread in
terest throughout this State and
many replies were received. Chief
among them were the replies contain
ing suggestions from the advertising
manager of the leading white weekly
and daily newspapers in the State.
The winner of the second prize was
a white man who is advertising man.
ager of the Arizona Gazette, the
leading daily newspaper in Arizona.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-09-13

papers and save her being mixed up
with this, pleaseO / came to love
her, and later she invited me to go
North with her-to visit her home
in one of the older States, and to. go
on to the headquarters of our COM
pany. There l was offered the op-
portunity to represent the company
in another large Texas city, beginning
this fall.
"It seemed to me that I had to be
with her. l loved her and / wanted
the opportunities that being with her
would bring. did not realize what
l was doing when l signed the checks.
l had made bills at the stores for the
clothing 1 wanted, and a friend to
whom owed some money was need
ing it.
Pressed for Money.
at was a case of my being pressed,
pressed hard, for the money I owed.
So l signed my employers name to
the checks so 1 could get the money
to pay for the clothes I had bought
and to pay my other debts. Always
thought / should be able to get the
money to pay for the clothes 1 had
bought and to pay my other debts.
Always / thought / should be able
to get the money to pay it back. l
knew / could make several thousand
dollars a year when ] should have
a business Of my own. and I felt
that some of the friends / had made
would go on my note SO could get
the money to take care of the checks
before my employer could learn of
them.
l do not know how she found it
all out. I have realized now the
folly of living from day to day-of
not looking to the future. Captain
Cunning of the city detectives has
telegraphed to my father back in
Michigan and I am hoping that some
where l can get the money to redeem
the checks.
But my father-I do not know"
she said, with tears streming down
her face and sobs breaking her voice;
''he may help me and he may not
He is able to, but he did not believe
in college education and I had to
work my way through school. And
he always told us that If we ever
got into trouble we could get out of
it ourselves"
Stylishly Dressed.
Miss Littler, as she talked in the
Jail matron's room, was attired in a
stylish tailored suit of dark gray,
with waist of Georgette crepe and
shoes Of dark brown-an ensemble
tasteful and stylish. yet conservative
and by no means flashy. She is tall
and slender build, with auburn hair
and brown eyes and face evidencing
refinement, and at the same time
showing the effects of her grief over
her predicament. Frequently, while
she was telling her story, she would
arise from the Jail bench and pace
the room, wringing her hands and
sobbing.
Captain of Detectives Charles Gun
ming said this morning that no
charges would be filed against the |
young woman yet. AS to what would
be done, he said, that
would depend upon whether she !
should be able to pay off the money
obtained through the checks and on |
the attitude Of the bank at which |
they were cashed, as the bank would
lose and not her employer.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-09-13
Big Syndicate to
House Negroes
(By Associated Negro Press. }

Philadelphia, Pa, Sept. ia syn
dicate of Negro capitalists, of which
the E. C. Brown Co., of this city is
the head, holds title to three large
properties in West One Hundred and
Forty-First street, three in West One
Hundred and Forty-Second street,
extending the whole block from Lenox
avenue to Seventh Avenue, New York,
for a consideration said to be about
$1,500,000 The properties cover over
two acres, and were built about seven
years ago by a Mexican syndicate, of
which the late President Huerta, of
that country, was the head. The prop
critics are apartment houses, contain
ing 1466 rooms, divided into BOG
suites. The properties were bought by
the late Philip A. Payton, we'll
known real estate operator, in 1917,
and the title holding syndicate has
been named the Payton Apartment
Corporation.
Andrew F. Stevens, of this city,
vice-president of the corporation, says
that the syndicate intends providing
housing for colored people in better
sections in this city, "thus avoiding
the unpleasant humiliation and seq
regation that usually confronts US,
both in home-getting and pleasure
seeking"
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1919-09-13
To Campaign for
Negro Voters
(By Associated Negro Press.)

Springfield, Mass, Sept. 1.-THE
Negro Civic League will soon begin a
series of activities for the purpose
of interesting the 500 or 900 non-reg-
istered Negro voters in the city to
become registered this fall. Smokers
will be held in all the districts where
Negroes reside and all will be solic-
tied to become voters as a duty they
owe the community as citizens. The
campaign will be conducted on a
nonpartisan plan and no influence
will be used to persuade the voters
toward any one party. The large
number of Negroes who are not reg
stered here is due to the fact that
during the war "a large number came
to this city. 1t was impossible at
last years registration to reach only
4 small part of those who had come
here during the year.