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The Tomahawk., 1919-06-12
Washington

Washington
Favorable report on the bill of Sen
ator Kellogg, Republican, of Minneso-
ia, fof the immediate return of the
telephone and telegraph wires to prl-
vate ownership was ordered by the
senate interstate commerce committee
after the measure had been amended
Sc as to continue existing telephone
rates for 60 days after final action by
congress.
The Carranza government has re-
fused to permit American oil COM
panies to transport their pay rolls
from Tampa into the fields by air.
planes, says dispatch received In
Washington. The request was made
because of frequent bandit attacks.
Secretary Baker told the house mill
tary committee he had authorized the
sale of $25,OOO,OOO worth Of surplus
food stocks held by the army to the
Co-operative Purchase society Of Rus
sia. Mr.. Baker said that some OF the
food probably would reach the bolshe'
Wiki.
Only by increased rates can the gov
ernment controlled railroads meet Op"
Grating expenses, Director General
Hines told the house appropriations
committee. He is opposed to any in
crease at this time, however, because
it might advance the cost of necessi-
ties Of life.
Laxness in the cancellation Of tax
stamps will not be tolerated by the in
ternal revenue bureau. Failure to
comply is punishable by fine of 500,
says an order issued by the bureau.
William J. Flynn, former chief of the
United States secret service, was Sc
lected by Attorney General A. Mitchell
Palmer to head the bureau Of investi-
CATION of the department of Justice to
run down the anarchists.
Continued use of naval ships in re-
turning troops from France was urged
before the house naval committee by
Secretary Baker. With the aid Of the
, navy, the secretary said, practically
every soldier will be out Of France by
August 1 and the French expedition
closed.
IF the administration at Washing
ton lets Carranza troops lass through
the United States to Juarez, neither
nor anybody else will be able to hold
my men," said General villa, an Ell
Paso dispatch says.
Foreign
Austria placed its fate In the hands
of the allied and associated powers,
following receipt of the peace terms.
which we're presented to the Austrian
delegation. Under the terms of the
treaty Austria is reduced from a ma
ton of some 5O,OOO,O 900 population to a
country Of between 100000 to 7,OO0,-
600 nationals, occupying a territory
something less than 10000 square
miles in area. From the old Austro-
Hungarian empire are carved out the
states of Hungary, Czecho- Slovakia,
and the new Serb-Croat- -Slovene ma
ton, the independence Of all of which
Vienna is required to recognize. The
remains of the old Hapsburg empire
IS to be known as the republic of Aus
tria.
In the house of commons at London
a resolution was adopted authorizing
the treasury to raise a loan to a limit
of $1,25O, O,OOO, 900 to cover the estimated
deficit for the year and any sum re-
quired for the repayment of maturing
securities and the creation of q sink
ing fund.
ut was Americas military inter-
vention that brought victory to the
entente This declaration was made
in Berlin by DR.. Matthias Erzberger,
chairman of the German armistice
commission.
The Tomahawk., 1919-06-12

ut was Americas military inter-
,vention that brought victory to the
entente" This declaration was made
in Berlin by DR.. Matthias Erzberger,
chairman Of the German armistice
commission.
The Tomahawk., 1919-06-12

The flying circus comprising SIX
army airships, landed at Chicago, after
a flight from Indianapolis. The ma.
chimes will give exhibition flying In
Chicago for several days.
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BEREAN CHOIR

Monthly Sunday Afternoon Musical
Madam Nora Douglas Holt, Noted
Musician viii deliver a Lecture sub
ject the Negro and music other artist
on Program as follows:
Miss Viola B. Miller, Soprano; Mrs.
Lessie Jones, Contralt0; Mr.. David
Mitchell, Tenor and Mr.. John 81.
Wood, Baritone; Berean Chorus
Choir win render selections from the
Holy City by Gaul and Listen to the
Lambs by Dett- Sunday June the 8,
$3.50 P. NJ, at the Berean. Baptist
Church SIND and Dearborn Street.
Isaac 7. Yarbrough, Chorister; Estella
B. Majors, organist; David B. Haw-
leys, Char; Rev. VIM. s. Braddan,
Pastor.
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WHY NOT PROTECT AMERICANS?

Former President Taft told the
council of the Union of American He
brew Congregations, in an address at
Boston recently, that religious dis
elimination in Poland and Roumania
would not be tolerated under the
peace treaty, and that there would
be adopted provisions of the league
Of nations which would prevent the
heartbreaking occurrences of the
past" Why not have a provision to
prevent lynchings and other "heart-
breaking occurrences" in Georgia and
Mississippi of our own U. s. A?
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or neighborhood. Vicksburg, Misssis-
sippi, can be reduced from the metop-
oils of a commonwealth to a strug-
Cling country village. Its splendid
streets may be made to grow up. in
grass, and bats and owls may fit un-
disturbed thru open windows of its
temples and palaces, but that only
cauterizes the one fostering pustule.
1t will not cure the disease Of the
body.
Where will the black man go when
he leaves the home of his boyhood?
Will he be more welcome than he
was before the war made him a ne
cessity in the great congested marts
of industry? What viii he do when
he finds himself a neglected soldier
in the great army of the unemployed
in an unsympathetic great industrial
center? What will be the effect upon
the country at large when the colored
man ceases to produce food and fibre
for himself and a multitude and be-
comes one of the consuming nom
producing multitude?
Chicago alone holds within her
gates all of five thousand unemployed
colored men, not to count the women
who are forced by fate to toll. Will
it be safe to enlarge this number?
Other industrial centers are facing
the same condition.
edy?
Ito be continued)
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fair trial Tin many instances intirely
guiltless Of the atrocious crimes of
which they are accused), and after
excruciating torture be hanged or
burned at the stake until life is ex-
tinct? No.
These acts are committed and yet
neither the city nor the county in
which they occur can be held respon-
sible by the relatives of the victims.
By the passage of such a bill as is
recommended and supported by Con-
gresham Dyer, some relief may be
obtained. 1t is not so much the money
that is sought in reparation as it is
the lessening of the barbarous kill
ings of human beings.
The passage of such a measure
would also demonstrate to the world
that the fair Columbia is grateful to
her sons who sleep beneath the pop
pied fields of Flanders, and that with
in her terrestrial bounds all races
enjoy democracy, practically as well
as theoretically. Therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED, That we, the
pastor, officers and members of Be
rean Baptist Church, request and
urge our representative in Congress
from the Third Congressional Dis
trict, the Honorable W. W. Wilson,
to bend every effort and use every
resource to secure the enactment of
the above mentioned bill.
BE 1T FURTHER RESOLVED,
That a copy of these resolutions be
forwarded at once to Congressman
Wilson, and a copy placed on the
records of this church.
WILLIAM S. BRADDAN,
Minister.
]. H. WHITFIELD
Clerk.
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DR.. ROBT. r. MORTON SPEAKS
IN BIRMINGHAM.

Birmingham, Ala.-The Jefferson
Theatre, one of the largest auditor
iums in this city, was the scene of a
large and appreciative audience when
DR.. Robert R. Motion, Principal of
Tuskegee Institute, delivered the an.
nual address in connection with the
closing exercises of the Birmingham
High School, of which Mr.. A. H.
Parker is Principal. DR.. Motion said
among other things:
"The biggest thing that Booker T.
Washington did, in my judgment, was
not the establishment of the great
Tuskegee Institute, wonderful as it
is, but the greatest thing he did was
in teaching white and colored people
that the two races could live peace
fully and harmoniously here in the
South. The greatest work that the
Colored High School is doing is not
the fine records in scholarship the
children are making, nor the added
appropriations of buildings and equip
ment for the Colored High School
but more important than buildings
and grounds and records and equip
ment is the spirit of service; of the
appreciation Of the dignity of labor,
the spirit Of being a blessing to the
community, the spirit Of cooperation,
the spirit Of racial goodwill and help
fulness. That, my friends, is the
highest duty in these times that any
man or school can perform"
"The great devastation in Europe
Of buildings, of art treasure, and the
great destruction of human life grew
out Of misunderstanding and lack of
racial and international goodwill Ny
race loves America, and Southern
Negroes love the South, and they
love the Southern people. There is
an understanding and sympathy be-
tween them as individuals such as is
difficult for many people to under
stand, and a large majority of them
are going to remain in the South for
ali time and the race problem is going
10 be worked out down here in the
South, and believe there is patience
democracy enough, Christian
ity enough to make it possible for.
these two peoples to live in peace
and in harmony and mutual helpful.
aess one towards another"
At the conclusion of the exercises,
Dr.. Morton was the guest Of honor at
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BAILEY ON THE JOB.

NJ. 7. Bailey, 1888 State St., Sec
treas. ". A. Wallace Bakery Co., inc,
has been busy during the week visit
ing parties who have become inter-
sted in the said corporation, which
is making rapid progress daily. At
the last meeting of the stockholders
in March, the company paid ten per
cent on all investments.
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The Pyramid Building & Loan As
sociation will meet Sunday afternoon
at P. NJ, June 8, at st. Marks, 50tt
and Wabash Ave. "Good Housing
Conditions in Chicago" will be dis
cussed by Judge John Stelk, attorney
for the association; Geo. H. Jackson,
president; Chas. s. Duke, treasurer
Hon. Michael thinner, Warden Cook
County Hospital, and others. The
public is earnestly requested to be
present
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CONGRESSMAN |. c. DYER OF St. LOUIS, MISSOURI,
Is HIGHLY PRAISED BY REV. ". s. BRADDAN AND
BY THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF BEREAN Rap.
/. list CHURCH FOR GIAMPIONING HIS ANTLLYNCH-
ING BILL IN CONGRESS.

Last Sunday morning, at the con
clusion of the services at the Berear
Baptist Church, its Pastor, Rev. W
;. Braddan, its officers and member.
BY a rising vote passed the following
resolution:
WHEREAS, We, the pastor, off
GERS and members of Berean Baptist
Church, No. 5145-47 So. Dearborn
street, having been apprised of the
Presentation to congress of an anti.
lynching bill, by that broad-minded
man, Congressman L. C. Dyer, from
the State Of Missouri, which will
would make mob participation a fed
eral ofense in any county in which
lynchings occurred, and a penalty OF
$4,000 to $4,000 to be paid the
federal government for the benefit
of the victims dependents; and
WHEREAS, Inasmuch as our 10y
atty to our government and devotion
to the flag of this our country is un
questionable, as shown by our par
ticipation in every conflict in which
our country has been engaged, anc
particularly in this last great BATH,
to make the world safe for democ
racy.
Our boys crossed the seas, enduret
without murmur of complaint tn,
rigors of war in order that democrac,
might reign supreme on foreigr
shores.
Now that they have returned II
US, and their blood has stained tht
battle fields of France, their rank
sadly depleted, can these men wht
have returned to US say that they
too, enjoy democracy when they know
not what hour some member of theil
race will be dragged out without q
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SIX FLAT BUILDING FOR SALE
AT A GREAT BARGAIN.

Modern six fat brick building, con-
sisting of seven and eigth rooms to
each fiat, for sale at a wonderful bar
gain.
The building is located on Indiana
avenue, south of 38th street. The
lot is 50x15O. 1t rents for $4,260 per
year. Price $4,000. Easy payments.
For further particulars address L.,
care julius F. Taylor, 62O6 s. Eliza
beth street Phone, Wentworth 1897.
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CHARLES s. MORRIS, JR., AT ST.
MARKS CHURCH.

Charles SatcheIl Morris, Jr., the
celebrated young orator, viii deliver
a patriotic address next Monday night
st St Marks N. E. Church, 50th St
and Wabash Ave. His subject win
be 'sThe New Emancipation" which
is his masterpiece and in which he
claims for the Negro a part in the
"Nsw Emancipation" and reeonstrue-
ton. Hon. Richard T. Greener, for
mer United States Consul to Vladivo-
stock, win preside.
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WORKING HARD.

The joint committe of the u. B. F
and S. NJ. T.'s is working hard tC
make the entertainment which will be
held at Entertainers Hall Wednes,
day evening, June 11th, a success.
Many grand officers, members and
their friends are expected to be pres
ent on this occasion.
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ANDERSON-KERSEY WILL
SPEAK.

Aid. Louis B. Anderson and George
T. Kersey will speak before members
and friends of the u. B. F. & S. NJ.
T.'s Wednesday evening, June IL, at
Entertainers Hall, where a great en-
tertainment will be given by the or
der.
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Hon. S. A. T. Watkins, member Of
the law firm Of Denison, Watkins and
White, s6 W. Randolph St, left Wed
nesday evening for WiIberforee, o.,
where he win attend the fftieth an
niversary commencement exercises of
that famous educational institution
and some honorary degrees may fan
upon the shoulders of Mr.. Watkins
before he returns home
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An important meeting win be held
Thursday eveing, June II, at Casey's
Hail, 1868 State St., by Solomon
Court of Calantha As, Of which Mes
danes Matte Afford is Worthy Coun-
selOr and Hester Rusher Worthy Sec
retary.
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THE UNWELCOMED BLACK
HERO.
WHAT SHALL HIS FUTURE BET
To Th. Broad Az by Philosophos.

The situation which confronts the
rturning colored soldier is too seri-
Gus to be thought of except in terms
Of tragedy. Of course, the men who
vent over the top, and who cut
bsrbed-wire entanglements, and lived
for weeks under the awful shadow
Of death, whether they came from
the houses Of revelry on State Street
or from the simple plantation cabins
of Louisiana, are not the same men
as they were when they practically
answered the country's call. They
see life in its larger and wider
aspects; they have felt the thrill Of
manhood as the air of liberty was
breathed. They do not know how
70 cast valor to the winds and be-
cone again the cringing slaves Of
Yesterday. Many of them have gone
back to their Southern homes, for
HES triumphs are of no account un-
. We can be admired by those who
new US in other and lowlier days.
ne mothers, wives and sweethearts
'sre waiting anxiously to greet these
d0sEy heroes. They came with shoul-
Sss thrown back and heads erect.
The eyes were not looking upon the
dodS, but toward the clouds. There
SH look that meant manhood; but
nEe was another side of this pict-
rs-a tragic side.
Ihe men who fought under Lee
nd their children had not changed.
ruth, the Southerner, who is nat
raily Bourbon, does not wish to
aange. He neither learns the les
HAs demanded today nor forgets the
naups Of his yesterday. Like Eph-
an Of old, he is welded to his idols
ID eherishes them. In his coneeit,
an Of ignorance, he thinks himself
kaer than other men. II is a part
Y hs Inheritance to look upon the
AerO as his inferior, and he pardons
. white man who does not do the
me. He believes himself to be the
'aasdian of the white mans purity
blood, the sef-appointed sentinel
: NE towers of the white mans
a'ilatOn may have. liked the
.anng, aimless, happy-go-lueky
'-ek boy, who had served him as
aa or fran hand. He may have
0ed with this black boy the last
' and slaked the thirst from the
'0e bOttle, he finds nothing but hste
: the returning dusly soldier IN
-u'rn, no matter how many medals
years. In truth, the more medals
: black man wears for deeds Of
N'e done, the more murder Il stirs
ne hearts of men who cannot
.a because they cannot forget
se medals mean that this black
= killed. white men. although those
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MAKES SHORT VISIT.

Rev. A. ]. Carey, presiding elder
of Chicago District, made a short
visit in the city en- route from Co
lumbus, S. c., and Atlanta, Ga, to
Wilberforce, Ohio, where he has gone
to attend a meeting of the Board of
Trustees of which he is a member.
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white men were enemies of the Re,
public. The black hero is esteemed
in the Gulf States just as the owner
of menagerie esteems the lion that
has had taste of human blood. This
feeling rankles and like a fostering
sore brings to the surface all the
savargefy of ages. And deeper than
all of this turks the feeling that per
haps this hero has been treated as
a social equal by the people Of the
bleeding country, which his valor
sought to save.
The black hero remembers the
lofty patriotism, the solemn supreme
offer of his all on hberty's altar. He
remembers that for few brief hours
on foreign soil he had been free He
cannot Immediately bow down head
which has been barred to the rain of
bullets. He still looks upward.
And it is this difference in view
that has made the situation so grave.
There is a systematic and well
planned reign of terror now existent
all over the Southern States. Even
if the soldier buries himself in toll
he is not forgotten. Any crime that
may be committed in his neighbor-
hood is charged to him, or to the
doctrine of liberty, equality and fra
ternity which he imbibed in France.
II no excuse exists to do him VIC
lence, then some member Of his tribe
is seized and tortured to keep the
soldier and his admirers in whole
some 'fear and admonition." In
many instances the soldier is arrested
on some slight provocation and when
arraigned in court is publicly and Sc
verely reprimanded and warned that
he must not attempt any new-fangied
doings or any social revolution be-
cause of anything he has seen in
France. In many instances they are
sent to the county farm, where a
short course is sufficient to crush the
spirit of even the lion-hearted. Re
Gently at Delta, Louisiana, just across
the. river from Vicksburg, Missis-
sippi, on the day after the burning
of a man, known at the time to be
q colored soldier was nd
ing in q sleeper on a journey across
several states, was taken out, and,
to Southern papers, was
roughly handled" The incident was
treated in a spirit of levity and the
accounts all wind up by saying that
this presumptuous Negro VIII never
attempt again to "force himself
where he is not wanted" It is not
known whether his remains rest in
saIlov hole in the swamps Of Mad
SON Parish or whether his bloased
body has been borne on the bosom
Of the Mississippi out to the sea un-
n il shall give up its dead But the
heroes of the Argonne have been
warned
Do you ask for remedy Human
u;sdom offers none. Communities
an be punished BY wholesale exc
3uses. Industrial paralysis can be
made the fate Of any one community
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Mrs. Alice Dunn. sister Of Mrs
Geneva Smith, $3.50 s. Dearborn St,
has for the past week been assisting
Mr.. W. T. Gaines in his storage once
at 5127 Wentworth Ave.
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Miss Phyllis Ford, niece Of Mrs.
Matte Ford, 1112 No. Clark St, is
visiting her mother, Mrs. Luvenia
Ford, and other relatives at Bruins
wick, No.
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Mr.. Isaac May, 37os State St, has
returend from Starkesville and Oko-
Iona, Miss, where he spent several
weeks at the bedside Of his sister
and attending to other business
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a reception given by the Birmingham
Tuskegee Club, of which Mr.. Robert
L. Mabry is the president.
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A. Fl. Afford, 1923 Wabash Ave-,
is still confined to his bed under the
care of q physician.
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After visiting parents, other rela-
tives and friends IN Greensboro, Ga,
for several weeks, Ms. Fannie Ellis,
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1856 South Park Ave-, has returned
to the city much pleased with her stay
in the South.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-01-24
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH

We had an attendance of 1877 at
Sunday School on last Sunday. Our
collection of 1929 went for the re-
lief of the Armenian sufferers.
Sunday being the birthday of K.
E. Lee, DR.. White, at the request of
the President of the U. D. Cs, preach
ed a special sermon on the life of
this greats man.
DR.. Whites remarks were beauti-
full and appropriate. The music was
good. Two of the songs used were
Glow Firm "A Foundation" and LET
Us Pass Over The River"
The "Daughters" were present in
a body, and they with the Confed-
crate Veterans were the guests of the
hour. In the afternoon the commit
tees that had been appointed by the
Board of Deacons, canvassed the
church membership, asking that each
member subscribe the amount that
he or she could give for the support
of the church during the year 1919.
After a short sermon at the even
ing service, DIR. White called on the
members of those committees who
were present, to tell what success
they had met Each one said that
the subscriptions had been quite lib
eral, and that they all felt that they
had helped spiritually.
The B. Y. P. U. has been re-organ-
ICED with a membership of thirty.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-01-24

icies must be considered income. AL
imony is not income to the recipient,
nor is it an allowable deduction on
the part of the person who pays it.
"From the total of all items of in
come, there are certain deductions
allowable by law. All interest paid
on personal indebtness and all taxes
paid during the year are deductible,
except Federal Income and Excess
Profits taxes, inheritance taxes and
assessments for local improvement
such as sidewalks, sewers, etc. Loss
allowable, also, losses arising from
fires, storms, shipwreck or other cas-
ulty, or from theft, in cases where
such losses are not for by insurance
or otherwise. Losses incurred out
side persons regular business are
allowable to the extent of gains re-
ported from similar transactions with
in the year. Debts due to the tax
payer actually ascertained to be
worthless during the year are deduc-
tible.
depreciation on property used in
a profession, in business or in farm
ing is another item that may be claim
ed as a deduction. The storekeeper
may claim depreciation on his fix
lures, and on his delivery horses and
wagons, but not on his stock held for
resale The professional man may
claim similar deduction on his instru-
ment, and, in case the physician who
maintains team or auto for making
his calls on patients, reasonable de-
probation may be claimed. The far
mer may claim depreciation on his
farm buildings, aside from his per-
sonal residence, also on his farm ma
chinery, his work horses and farm
wagons. The theory of depreciation
in connection with Income. Tax, is
that wear and tear caused by use in
earning income is real expense in
the earning of that income. The
rate is determined by the number of
years that the property ordinarily