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The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-11-15
SouthernerF Fires at
Colored Man on
Vincennes Ave.
BY w. II. Higgins
BY W. II. Higgins

A most uncanny and mysterious
happening took place in the 1900
block of Vincennes Avenue last
night. About nine-thirty the shril
voice of woman brought neigh
bors to their windows and doors. It
was soon discovered that it was a
white woman, who, between shrieks,
said that "black man" had accost-
ed her.
The incident took place near 4341
Vincennes Avenue and in an n
slant Mr.. J. p. Bowles, who lives
at 4340 Vincennes Avenue rushed
to his window and fired a revolver
The supposed "black man. fled south
on Vincennes Avenue to 44th Street
and west through 44th toward Grand
Boulevard.
In an instant the block was full
of people, but no instant chase was
given the alleged offender.
There are four homes in the 1900
block occupied by colored owners,
three of which the near the spot
where the incident occurred
Every element necessary for the
beginning of race riot was pres
ent First, there was the outcry Of
a white woman that she was being
attacked by "black man.; second,
there were three colored homes near
the scene of the incident; third, there
was leader of the Hyde Park An
ti-Negro Society" living on the OPP
posite side of the street, who fired
the first shot and then-The Crowd.
A few weeks ago there was an
WHIP ... Havlic :.
actual fracas, on the very same spot
in which two white women and one
white man were involved, all of
whom were more or less under the
, influence of liquor. The language
they used would turn honey into gall.
At that time Mr.. Bowles remonstrat-
ed with the parties but he fired no
shots and neither did The Crowd
rush into the street ready for trou-
BILE
1t is not believed by the colored
people in the block that "blaek
man" was at all party to the al
legged interference. They heartily
believe that the whole thing was a
patched up affair that fell short of
it's mark save the excuse it will give
Mr.. Bowles and his ilk in saying that
white women are unsafe in blocks
where colored people live. If the
truth were known it would probably
be established that the offender was
a white man disguised.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-11-15
The High School Problem

Occasionally some one brings TO
the attention of the public that con-
ditions in our High Schools, and
especially the ones in which there
is a large number of colored stu
dents, are not what they ought TO
be- 1t. is sad fact that the boys
and girls do not seem to realize the
opportunity and take advantage of
the splendid chances they have to
become intellectually strong. 1t is
deplorable to realize that out of the
number of colored students that en-
ter High School, we kid ourselves on
feeling proud of the fact that one
girl or boy graduated and was the
only colored person in the class. an
stead of being proud of this, we
ought to hide our heads in shame.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-11-15

Dear Friend; Welcome greetings.
You and your family are most cor
daily invited to the Fifth Marriage
Anniversary and Testimonial Re-
ception in honor of our beloved and
meritorious Pastor and wife and
family, the Rev. and Mrs. Floyd
Grant Snetson, 19i4-1919. at New
st. MarY's A. NJ. L. Church, 5251
Dearborn St, Chicago, Thursday
night, Nov. 20, 1919, on behalf of
the Official Board, Trustees, Stew
ards and Auxiliaries of New St.
Mary's A. NJ E. Church.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-11-15
So Lynched in U. S. in
10 Months, IL Burned,
20 Shot, II Hanged

The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People - 20
Fifth Avenue, New York today made
public a statement showing that So
persons were murdered by mobs in the
United States in the first 10 months
of 1919. OF the victims 81 were Amer
lean citizens and were Mexicans.
Fiftynine OF the Americans done TO
death were Negroes, of whom II were
burned at stake.
Among the causes for lynching
were circulating incendiary litera-
turc' and talking of Chicago riot ="
says the statement of the Advance
ment Association. 81 Four Negroes
were lynched for intimacy with
white women, one for not turning out
Of the road for a white boy in auto
mobile, one for an alteration with "A
white man and one for being leader
Of his race. Georgia led the states
with II lynchings, Mississippi followed
with 10. Alabama and Louisiana di
viding the honors of third place with
: lynchings each. The tabulations
follow:
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-11-15
Rev. Bushingham's etter
The ReUercnd is a Member
Of the Coroner S Jury
"a PIT. Rev. Bushingham's Letter.
The Reverend is a member of the
Coroner's Jury.
November, 10, 1918.
To the Editor,
Chicago Whip,
3455 State st.

Dear Sir =
My attention has been called to
a comment made by myself as a
member of the race riot jury. The
idea which intended to convey was
segregation by agreement the col
ored peoI!e taking the initiative.
The colored people should insist on
good housing, proper educational adj
Vantages for their children, and good
living conditions. Then say to the
'rger race, stay on your own side
of the fence, if you so choose, we
can get along without you very com
fortably. What we want is justice,
a square deal, proper environment,
an equal chance in the race of life.
Please set me right in this matter
before your readers, and greatly
oblige, so that ! shall not suffer mis-
representation by partial report
of what | said.
Yours respectfully,
j. ?. BRUSHINGHAM.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-11-05

touch only few thousand people. But
forty million church members can
touch many other millions. Presum-
ably these forty million have some
thing worth sharing with the sixty
million. If not, the Church does not
stand for much. The average church
member may not be much of an evan
gelist, but he should at least be a
regular fellow, and willing to show
that he is.
1t is common saying that when la
Dor unionism stands for an honest
days work, better skill and better
goods, the world will cry for the union
label. With the same force it may
be said that, when church member
ship is the sign manual of little
more virtue, knowledge, temperance
patience, brotherly kindness and cha,
ity in the individual. the Church will
become dominant moralizing factor
in the world. That is the way it has
gained its standing thus far. In this
criticism none will more heartily con-
cur than those most interested in the
Christian Church.
Making Christianity efficient is not
pre-eminently task for priests and
preachers. 1t is the great religious
business of laymen. Minneapolis
Journal.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-11-05
Oct. 1929 Nov. 5.
ORDER LIMITING TIME TO FILE
CLAIMS, AND FOR HEAR
ING THEREON.

Estate of Jens Gundersen Christea.
sen.
State of Minnesota, County of Red
wood, S., In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of JeAs
Gundersen Christensen, Decedent.
Letters of Administration with the
Will Annexed this day having beea
granted to Nelse c. Christensea;
IT IS ORDERED, That the time
within which all creditors of the above
named decedent may present claims
against his estate in this Court, be,
and the same hereby is, limited ia
three months from and after the date
hereof; and that Monday, the 26th aag
of January, 1919, at 1000 o'clock 3,
m, in. the Probate. Court Reoaaa, saA
the Court House in the City of Red
wood Falls in said County, be, ana
the same hereby is, fixed and annolnt.
ed as the time and place for hearing
upon and the examination, adjustments
and allowance of such claims as shala
be presented within the time aforesaid
Let notice hereof be given by the
publication of this order in the REQ.
wood Gazette as provided by law,
Dated October Goth, 1919,
A. r. A. LAUDON,
Judge of Probate
COURT SEAL) lasts.
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Can't Do the Work

It's too much to try to work every
day against constant, dull back
ache, or sudden dartiag pain IN tie
small of the bck. Be rid Of it. Try
Doan's Kidney Pills. Your neigh
Dor recommend them.
William Milbradt, retired farmer,
Redwood Falls, says: About a year
ago | had a pretty bad attack of kid
ney complaint. | couldn't get about
to do my work. | was SO sore and
lame across my back, it hurt me to
turn over on the couch and had
to have assistance. was in about
as bad shape as anyone could be. The
kidney secretions passed too freely
and were accompanied by burning
sensation. A friend told me to try
Doan's Kidney Pills, so bought two
boxes. Doan's gave me quick relief
and am certainly thankful"
Price go cents, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the same
that Mr.. Milbradt had. Foster Mil
burn Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-11-05
THE WAGE INCREASE

Average wages Of men in eight
leading industries, as measul led by
average hourly earnings, increased
all the way from seventy-four per cert
to 112 per cent during the period from
September, 1914, to March, 1919, ac-
cording to report on Wartime
Changes in Wages" issued by the Ma
tional Industrial Conference board.
Increases in weekly earnings of men
ranged from sixty-two per cent 70
10 per cent. Percentage increases IN
earnings of female were broadly sinni-
lar in the respective industries, with,
however, somewhat wider range.
The eight industries included were me-
tai. cotton, wool, silk, boot and shoe,
paper, rubber, and chemical manufac-
turing. The average results are bas-
ed on payroll data for one week, usu
ally the third week of September, for
the year 1914 to 1913, and for the firsF
week of March, 1919.
A noteworthy feature of the re-
suit is that the highest percentage in
creases in earnings often were re-
corded in cases where the absolute
earnings were relatively law, or vice
versa Thus hourly earnings of male
workers in cotton manufacturing in
creased over 100 per cent as against an
increase of about seventy per cent for
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male workers in the metal manufactur.
ing industries. Actural hourly earn
ings of the latter. however, were 5O.1
cents in March, 1919, as compared
with 38.9 cents for male cotton oper-
atives. In the case Of male workers
in the rubber manufacturing indus
try, a high actual hourly average was
accompanied by high percentage rate
Of increase.
The increases shown were IN most
cases greater than the corresponding
percentage increase in cost of living,
which was placed by previous re-
port of the board at 61.3 per cent
for the period from July, 1914, to
March. 1919. "This fact indicates, /"
says the report, that these workers
were in general abe to maintain and
even to improve their standard of
living prevailing in 1914" The re-
port emphasizes, however, that "con-
parsons of relative value afford no
means whereby the adequacy of wages
or living standards prevailing in eith-
er period can be determined. The
comparisons simply afford an approx
mate idea of the extent to which the
relationship between wages and living
costs existing at the opening of the
war was maintained or charged dur
ing the succeeding four and one-half
years" The report does not purport
to discuss the question whether or to
what extent wages should vary with
changes in the cost of living. Manka-
to Press.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-11-05
THE AGENT WHO
WAS FOUND WANTING

In a talk TO the soldiers at the
Walter Reed hospital in Washington.
Colonel r. c. Cholmeley-Jones, direc-
tor of the Bureau of War Risk Insur-
ance. outlined the many methods by
which soldiers and sailors insurance
policies with the government have
been broadened and strengthened. and
brought more around to the methods
which furnish every kind of insurance
and protection that is desired by a
person taking out a policy.
After describing the bettered condi-
tions affecting this fine piece of work
/ IN behalf of the boys who answered
the call, the director said that insur-
ance officials and the men in the in
surance profession, had been among
the most loyal of all supporters of
the government in war risk matters.
There are, however, Some agents who
have urged men to drop their govern
ment insurance and take out insur-
ance in private concerns. 81 feel con-
fident," commented the director. that
IN such cases where ex-service men
have been advised in such a way as
70 allow them to lose their government
insurance, that there will be at least
one man in the world whom the ex-
service men will utterly despise, and
distrust, and that will be the unscrup-
ulous agent who in time of test was
found wanting"
The Redwood gazette., 1919-11-05
Oct. 20, Nov. SIP.
CITATION FOR HEARING ON FIN
AL ACCOUNT AND FOR
DISTRIBUTION.

Estate of Mary Schultz.
State of Minnesota, County of Red
wood. ss. In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of May
Schultz. Decedent.
The State of Minnesota to all per-
sons interested in the final account
and distribution of the estate of said
decedent: The representative of the
above named decedent, having filed IN
this court his final account of the
administration Of the estate of said
decedent together viii his petition
praying for the adjustment and allow
ance of said final account and for dis
tribution of the residue of said estate
to the persons thereunto entitled.
THEREFORE, YOU AND EACB
OF YOU, are hereby cited and require
ed to show cause, if any you have,
before this court at the Probate Court
Rooms in the Court House, in the
City of Redwood Falls. in the County
of Redwood. State of Minnesota on the
oath day of November, 1919 at 10 o.
clock a. M, why said petition should
not be granted.
= WITNESS, the Judge of said Court.
and the Seal of said Court this 9th
day of October. 1919.
A. r. A. LAUDON.
Probate Judge,
Alexander Seifert,
Attorney for Petitioner.
COURT SEAL) 15-Sts,
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ONE COUNTRY, ONE PEOPLE.

The American Legion will hold its
national convention in Minneapolis
November IL, and in its preparations
the national executive committee has
done pretty thing several pretty
things, indeed, things beautifully in
harmony with the finely American
spirit it is showing.
1t has issued an invitation to the
Grand Army of the Republic to Join
it in its convention, and the Grand
Army has accepted. More than that
at the same time it issued an invita-
ton also to the United Confederate
Veterans, and the officers of that or
ganization of the men who wore the
gray have cordially promised to bring
the invitation up at the annual reuni-
on in Atlanta next month. In the
same spirit, similar invitations have
been issued to the United Spanish War
Veterans and the Veterans of Foreign
Wars. And, last but not least, the
same invitation has gone to the Cana
dian Veterans Army association. a
neighborly act as these other invita-
tions were patriotic acts.
These wern pretty things to do, and
it was like the American Legion to do
hem.--Duluth Herald
The Redwood gazette., 1919-11-05
THE LAYMAN'S PLACE IN
CHURCH.

In the efforts of search out the caus-
es of the worlds present disorder, the
Church finds itself subjected to severe
criticism because it has not done its
part in making the world safe and
comfortable for man. It is violating
no confidence to say that the Church
has been found wanting to greater or
less degree by all its critics. Nobody
holds the Church wholly blameIess
for the moral chaos now much in evil
dence.
Popular criticism is inclined to put
the blame. first and foremost, upon
priests and preachers who have failed
10 lead and inspire Alright. But this
view is correct only in part. Human
nature in the hands of priests and
preachers is not as clay in the hands
of the potter. The very nature of man,
be he church member or not, resists
the noralizing process. Al preacher
is not, because of his position, super
man in his power to moralize the
world.
Revival evangelism, as we know it,
is today almost at a standstill. 1t is
wellnigh impossible to create a mass
interest in personal religion among
the sixty million American people who
are unattached to any church. And
it is unreasonable to expect the COM
paratively small crop Of priests and
preachers to influence greatly the lives
of these uninterested millions.
But the growth Of the Christian
Church IS normally by personal con-
tact. A few thousand preachers can
The Redwood gazette., 1919-11-05
DOUBLE GUESSERS.

A good story is recalled by the re-
cent marriage of Maurice Maeterlinck
the famous poet and dranatist.
In the early days with his first wife
the clever and witty Georgette Leblanc
he was discussing with her the correct
word to fit into one of his poems.
The two were at it till midnight
Then they went to bed, leaving the
problem still unsolved
An hour later the poet aroused his
sleeping wife.
Get up. Georgettew he cried excit-
edly. Get up and strike a light. |
have just thought of a really good
word.
Get up yourself?" replied the in
dignant Georgette. II have just
thought of really bad one.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-11-05

they wouldn't think of saying mean
things about the medical profession or
the law or keeping store in the pres
ence of interested people 2"
Eve know some misguided people
In business who have lost desirable
customers because they think the way
to correct a typographical error is
tom axe cutting remarks in the pres
ence of others ?"
Say, Brother, in the language of
the Lowly Nazarene, forgive them for
they know not what they MAN
kato Free Press.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-11-05
CLEMENTS ITEMS

A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs. c.
d. Jensen Sunday.
Miss Lauretta Enright was Man
kato caller Saturday.
Mrs. B. F. Bertrand was a Sleepy
Eye caller, Wednesday.
Miss Clara Klabunde resigned he1
position at Wabasso and returned to
her home here Monday.
Mr.. ]. w. Hopfenspirger came up
from Minneapolis, Wednesday.
Mrs. Gust Backer and family were
Redwood Falls shoppers Saturday af-
ternoon.
The Misses Dolores Murphy and
Irene Gerstman were Springfield cal
lers Sunday afternoon.
DR.. Adams was professional caller
here Tuesday
Mrs. Will Gannott and daughter
Marion were passengers to Balaton
Monday.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-11-05
Transformation of a Renter.

used to be a renter
And In my little house
| used to live CONTENDER
Than any lucky mouse.
/ used to be fellow
Who felt his place was sure,
And oft my heart grew mellow
Because / felt secure.
Then landlords got to scheming
Of way to show their love
And / awoke from dreaming
To find | had to move.
Then "pussy-w a-corner"
Became the game | played,
And / became forlorner
With every dash l made.
The cellar and the steeple
Of every place / sought
Were filled with frantic people
Who for possession fought.
At least ten thousand others
Were in the struggle mad
The world do move, my brothers,
And all at once, begad!
/ searched both night and morning
In vain to find place
Where | could rest, adorning
A slim straphanger's space.
| used to be a renter
And kicked a lot, guess,
But now that I'm tenter
I'm in fiercer mess.
/ used to be renter,
But now the head | bow
Is dippy in the center
I'm just a ranter now!
Lee Shippey in the Kansas CT
Star.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-11-05
THE MOST

No organs OF the human body are so
irnporf,ant 70 health and long life as the
kidneys. When they slow up and COM
mence to lag in their duties. look out.
Find out what the trouble is-WlthoHt
weak. Dizzy. sufrer from sleeplessness.
or have pains III the back--scoks up
at once. Your kidneys need help. These
are signs to warn you that your KID
Aneys are not performing their fGnc-
! Stons properly. They are only nall
Edoing their work and are allowing I'M
purities to accumulate and be convert
ed into uric acid and other poisons.
which are causing you distress and VIII
destroy you unless they are driven
from your system.
The Redwood gazette., 1919-11-05
DANGEROUS DISEASE

Get some GOLD MEDAL HARLEM OIL
Capsules at once. They are an old. tried
preparation used AL over the world for
centuries. They contain only o1d-fash-
Toned, soothing oils combined with
strengthening and system cleansing
herbs, we'll known and used by physi-
Clans in their daily practice GOLD
MEpsAL Haarlem Oil Capsules are ina
ported direct from the laboratories in
Holland They are convenient to take,
and will either give prompt relief or
your money will be refunded. Ask for
them at any drug store. but be sure 60
get the original imported GOLD
In sealed packages Three sizes
The Redwood gazette., 1919-11-05
Oct. 29, Nov. 5-12.
CITATION FOR HEARING ON FIN
AL ACCOUNT FOR DISTRI-
BUTTON.
Estate of William Schultz.

Estate of William Schultz.
State of Minnesota, County of Red
wood, S., In Probate Court.
In the Matter of the Estate of WI
liam Schultz. Decedent.
The State of Minnesota to all re-
sons interested in the final account
and distribution of the estate of said
decedent: The representative of the
above named decedent, having filed
in this court his final account of the
administration of the estate Of sa;' de-
cedent together with his petition pray
ing for the adjustment and allowance
of said final account and fer i IS. 'bu-
tion of the residue of said estate to
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Ehe persons thereunto entitled.

the persons thereunto entitled.
THEREFORE, YOU, AND EACH
OF YOU, are hereby cited and requir~
ed to show cause, if any you have.
before this court at the Probate Court
Rooms in the Court House. in the City
of Redwood Falls, in the County OF
Redwood, State of Minnesota on the
oath day Of November, 1919 at 10 o..
clock a. m, why said petition should
not be granted
WITNESS, the Judge of said Court.
and the Seal of said Court, this 22nd
day of October, 1919.
A. r. A. LAUDON.
Probate Judge.
Alexander Seifert,
Attorney for Petitioner.
COURT SEAL) 15-3ts,
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Didn't you say you were some
thing of BoIshevist?" ?"
Eyes, but I'm cured. You see. |
used to be one of these people who
wanted to join every new society that
came along"
The Redwood gazette., 1919-11-05
FORGIVE THEM.

The following paragraph appeared
in The Faribault News:
people speak slurringly of the
newspapers in the presence of news
paper people and their families, when
The Redwood gazette., 1919-11-05

1t must be hard work to spend all
your time trying to figure out a soft
living.
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State OF Ohio. City of Toledo,
Lucas County, IS.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
Is senior partner of the firm OF #. J.
Cheney e. Co., doing business in the City
OF Toledo, County and State aforesaid.
and that said firm will pay the sum OF
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9Th day of December.
A .. 1886. A. w. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Medicine is taken in-
ternally and acts through the Blood on
the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send
for testimonials. free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-09-06

row rents for SIS. A year ago a poor
woman had a 5 year lease on a second
floor with seventeen bedrooms at $50
a month. Her rooms n ent begging at
So a week and II was hard to make
ends meet Now she gets So q night
for each one Of the seventeen rooms,
rents twelve cots in the hallway for
$3.50 each and worries about the in
come tax A small story brick hotel
on a side street sold for $4,000 a year
ago. In June II was resold for S25,-
0O0. and the day after the sale was
leased for a year at $1,000 a month
Rented for $1,000 a year more than
the sale price one year ago. small
hotel and restaurant IS reputed TO be
making $4,000 a year. Before the
strike it couldn't have shown profit
OF $4,000 a year with a false set Of
books and a Sing Sing expert 10 make
the entriesl
A passing dream Of easy money
come true. That Is Wichita Falls and
the rest OF the oil country as well
today. But as the present situation
is the reality Of a dream, so viii IL
resolve itself sooner or later back into
the stuff OF fancy. It's permanence
will be in memory alongside fond
recollections Of Nome, Dawson. Cold
field. Bakersfield and other famous
fairy stories temporarily come true
William Slavens McNutt in Golfers
Weekly