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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-27
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IT knew you'd say oh neverl New
err That's why I haven't told you
before about my engagement 70
Hamilton Certeis. my dear" said
Chrys. She slipped into q big chair
beside me and lighted a cigaret
your own Affairs were SO absorbing
that there wasn't time to argue about
mine. But now that your Bob has
vanished from your horizon for a
while, I assume you'll notice that life
continues to move for the rest OF US.
Fol- NETS moving toward Spain!"
IT hope o to q castle there" I
remarked knowing well that my
voice said far than my words.
Chrys regarded me seriously
through a cloud of cigaret smoke
why such a chilling view Of my
matrimonial prospects? 2" she asked.
81 can't-teil you, Chrys." 1 STAN
mered. And Of course I couldn't de-
nounce Hamilton Certeis to her as q
spy and a Bolshevik. Chrys would
be bound by Certeis' statement, made
SO often, that he was himself in the
government secret service. Nothing
short of his arrest and conviction by
the authorities would alter her opin-
ion of the man h had decided to
marry.
Chrys was a girl of decided convic-
tons, an excellent example of the
progressive modern girl. What she
knew-she knew-and it woul be
futile for me to state my suspicious
about Certeis' pro-German activities.
Neither could 1 dictate to the sec
ret service men, Or by hurrying their
operations, cause the immediate ar
rest OF Certeis. and prevent his mar
rage to Chrys.
In fact the slowness with which
the federal agents proceeded against
Certeis puzzled me-. Sometimes l
was almost convinced that he was
not a spy but rather, what he claim
cd to be, and that as a secret service
man he was actually tracking n
tricking the Bolshevid.
Tommy and 1 were pledged not to
betray the secrets of the ~sub-cellars.
+ couldn't tell Chrsy what l had seen
there, and indeed. all l had lived
through in Certeis' house often as
sumed the unreality of a nightmare
of a time long gone.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-27
PETEIR's

bI THE IOfN LAD1
Peter came home from school one
day very much excited.
There's a new boy In my room
and he lives in this block. too. and
in that big house on the other corner
an he's got a slide and a swing and
everything and his papa is fixing him
a croquet ground and a gym in the
barn loft"
Mother Palmer saw very little Of
Peter after that. He was always
down to Harold's." One day mama
Harold's mama If he can't come here
some day7"
20" said Peter c~arelessly, "he amt
OF no mama. just a housekeeper and
a maid n a papa. l guess he. could
come If I ask him but there amt
nothing to play with up here SO I
don't never ask him"
One rainy day Peter was in the big
nursery. He was making the twins
very happy by playing with them.
He refused, however. to play papa"
to the big family of dolls but had
found an old rag doll of his own and
had set up Housekeeping for himself
in the corner He was sitting in his
little old rocker with John" in his
lap giving him q dose of medicine.
Patty and Prissy stood watching him.
Patty held the bottle of medicine and
Prissy had a tiny glass of water to
give him after he had taken the
medicine. Baby Paul sat in his high
chair and mama was in her low chair
by the window mending stockings.
Just then Jane opened the door and
said:
"A boy to see you. Peter"
And there stood Harold. John"
s. n
ter's cheeks grew as red as his hair.
What would Harold think of him ?
But Harold hardly looked.
20, Peter" he was running toward
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-27
The ChiLdren'S Story
BY
The Story Lady
BY

Pauls high chair. you didn't tell ms
you had a baby. Isn't he cute
What's his name? 1 had a little sis
ter once before mama died."
Then he shook hands with Mrs
Palmer. gave Patty and Prissy a pep
permint. and before Peter could gel
his breath, he and Patty were ar.
ranging a new house in the corner
OF the fireplace. Poor Prfssy looked
rather forlorn so Peter took pity or
her and soon they YER all playing
happily.
When Harold had gone Peter lean
ed up against his mothers shoulder
"Old Halls got kinda tough luck
amt he?"
but I thought you said he had
everything"
Peter squeezed his mothers hand
Everything but a mama"
HELEN CARPENTER MOORE
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-27
a Reminder.
sszsf

Let us all each day, in every and all
of our actions and ~endeavors, practice
truth and altruism. the eternal enemies
of hypocrisy and ~selfishness, for the
Inevitable result of a violation of these
principles ere long in these enlight-
ened times will bring US misery and
proclaim to us the futility Of our
methods in an endeavor toward a
higher civilization.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-27
notsI Chateau Thlerrv.

There is said to be a plot on foot for
a large Amerlcan-managed hotel ut
Chateau Thierry. If 1t Is built a small
bet might be placed that the services
of a German-speaking clerk will not be
required there on the opening day.
Their memories of that section win
not be 80 keenly ~pleasurable that Ger
mans will return there In great num-
hers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-27
Rhetorical Spendthrifts.

"How's politics coming out your
wnyT
1T isn't what It used to be. Every
time anybody would think up a good
husky epithet he'd use 1t OF the Hohen-
zollerns instead Of saving it up for the
local campaign"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-27
The Kiss a RELIGIOUS obeervance.

Judas betrayed the Messiah with a
kiss. "Greet We one another with a
holy kiss" wrote Paul to the Corin-
thians, and even to this day some Of
the Professionals still retain the kiss
as part of the service of the Lords
Supper.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-27
IF KIDNEYS ACT
BAD TAKE SALTS
Says Backache is Sign You
Have Been Eating Too
Much Meat.

When you wake up with backachs
D dull misery In the kidney region IL
generally means you havo been eating
tpo much meat says q Well-known au-
thortty. Meat forms uric acid which
pverworks the kidneys in their effort Ia
litter II from the blood and they be-
eome sort OF paralyzed and loggy..
when your kidneys get sluggish and
clog you must relieve them. like you
relieve your bowels; removing all h
body's urinous waste, else you have
backaehe, sick headache, dizzy spellst
your stomach sours. tongue Is coated.
= when b weather Is bad you have
Rs-s1natic. tringes. The urine 10
floudy, full Of sediment. channels often
get sore, water scalds and you are
obliged to seek relief two or three
Hines during the night,
Either consult a good, reliable physi-
sian at once or get from your pharma-
oist about -four ounces of Jad Salts;
Jake a tablespoonful In a glass OF wa
Yer before breakfast for a few days
Apd your kidneys will then act hna,
Ehis famous salts 10 made from the
teid OF grape and lemon Juice, com-
bined with lfthia. and has been used for
y~enorations to clean and stimulats
fingsish kidneys, also. to neutraiisS
Yields In the urine so II no longer irrt-
htes. thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts Is a life for regular
bneat eaters. It IL inexpensive. capnce
tnture and makes . delightful, ensf-
8escent nthia-wAter drink-AAv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-27
NOTICE

DR.. Hodges, formerly of 81
Smith ST., has moved his dental
office to Raritan Building, Rooms
314 and 315.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-27
Presbyterian Conference
on Negro Educational
Work Opens in Atlanta

The all-day conference of local
Presbyterian leaders for the purpose
of outlining plans for the extension
of practical educational and evangel-
ical work among the Negroes of At
lanta opened at 1920 o'clock Wednes-
day at the First Presbyterian church,
with an Introductory address by DR..
J. Sprole Lyons, pastor of the church
Following the address of DR.. Lyons,
who presided at the conference, DR.
John Little, one of the directors of
the mission work among the Negroes
at Louisville, KY, spoke on the sub
ject, 1.-THE Awakening of Man to the
Negro Problems" In keeping with
the purpose of the leaders to make
the conference informal number OF
questions were asked DR.. Little dur
ing and after his address as to the
actual workings of the Louisville mis-
sions.
The address of DIR. NJ. Ashby Jones
on the subject, "The Spirit of Christ
in Negro Missions" was followed by
luncheon served in the church during
which the church organist, Charles A
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-27
T wo Billion
Loan to Negroes

A solution Of the race problem has
been suggested by Mrs. Elizabeth Til
ton of Massachusetts, a white woman,
who has come recently into promi-
hence during the national prohibition
campaign. Mrs. Tilton proposes a
solution, mot by segregation but by
'scatteration.' She would have the
Negroes distributed throughout the en-
tire country so that every community
would have its proportion of Negroes.
To provide decent homes and sur
roundings for Negroes thus placed she
suggests that 100000 be raised,
either by public taxation, or through
philanthropic contributions to be loan
ed to Negroes and spent in the build
ing of homes. "Where thirty billions
have been spent to make democracy
SAFE" she says, Eat least two millions
might be spent to make it decent"
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-27
Gemmill Says 1t Has,
Clarity Says 1t Hasn't

The question, HAS prohibition in
creased or decreased crime in Chi
cago ?" was made an issue of individ-
ual statistics today by Judge Gem
mill of the municipal court in talk
to members of the Congregational
ministers weekly conference at the
Masonic temple.
Judge Gemmill recently announced
that crime had decreased since the
wartime prohibition law went into eff
feet, and Chief Garrity came back
with the statement that, on the con-
trary it had flourished as the green
bay tree, or words to that effect.
ANY record open to the public"
said Judge Gemmill, will show that
so far as arrests are concerned the
chiefs statement is untrue. The pub
lie records show a decrease of so per
cent from the previous month.
"The chief keeps a secret record of
crimes, however, and it may be he is
talking from this. If so, the question
is why the number of crimes has in
creased and the number of arrests
grow smaller"
Judge Gemmill also said that since
Judge Lands began his investigation
of Friday there has been considerably
less cheating" by saloon men who
have hitherto been selling in spite of
the wartime dry law.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-27

Sheldon, jr., rendered special organ
selections.
The afternoon session opened at 2
o'clock with an address by DIR. w. H.
Sheppard, colored, pioneer missionary
in the Congo and recently prominent
leader in the mission work among his
own people in Louisville. He spoke on
the subject, "The Value to the Negro
of the White Mans Interest in Him."
"The Large Aspect of Work for the
Colored People" was the subject of
an address by DIR. Plato Durham of
Emory university, following which
DR.. Lyons closed the session with a
resume of the days conference.
At o'clock in the evening DR..
Sheppard will speak at the First
Presbyterian church, telling of his ex-
periences as a missionary in the Con-
go basin. DR.. Sheppard and DR..
Little are speaking in some of the
| Presbyterian churches each night this
week in the interest of the mission
work which these churches have re-
Gently begun among the Negroes of
the city.
On Sunday afternoon at O'Clock
the mission church, which has been in
operation for several weeks will be
formally dedicated. This building is
located at Fraser and Richardson SITS
At the same time the Rev. Mr.. Camp
bell, who had experience in the mis-
sion work in Louisville and who will
have charge of the Atlanta mission
will be ordained.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-27

description SO necessarily required to be
cultivated in US as a people in this
military age of advancement and pro-
gression to the height of true nobility
and mental freedom. In this oft
repeated and yet never tiresome ora
ton one beholds an ideal character
which may only be equalled but never
can be excelled by another. A typical
African of Nigerian Negro family,
he was honest and faithful, true and
reliable, unselfish and decisive under
every condition. He was one of those
true Africans who already made it
clear that the same high qualities, the
same courage and willingness for self
sacrifice and devotion to right equally
belongs to men of every color. His
vows and promises, not only to his
neighbors, but even to his enemies,
must be kept unbroken, though it were
to his own hurt and disappointment;
this was fully demonstrated by his al
most singular attitude of stern justice
against his own brother, whom he put
to death.
Such a life, the subject of we'll
known sonnet by Wordsworth, my
dear countrymen, is worthy of our
emulation in its best Interpretation.
Our efforts, then, to seek out our
truly best men and make them SUBJ
jects of wholesome and pleasurable
discussions will be a direct movement
to the attainment of what Milton, the
poet, describes as prime Wisdom"
D. T. AKIBOH BELTS.
Is Fourah Bay Road,
Freetown, July 81, 1919.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-27
Steel Workers.
Strike Affects
Colored Men

The steel strike which started at
midnight Sunday caused many colored
men to become idle. In Gary there
are many families whose sole support
is the steel mills.
The following facts are given TO
show the large number of men and
trades that will ne directly connecrei
with the steel strike:
These are the twenty-four interna-
tional unions, with a membership of
more than 10000 that will be in
volved in the big steel strike, according
to Secretary W. z. Foster of the
national committee for organizing iron
and steel workers:
International Brotherhood of Black
smiths.
Brotherhood of Boiler-makers and
Iron Ship Builders of America.
United Brick and Clay Workers.
Bricklayers', Plasterers' and Ma
SOHo lHteTudLlOHdl SHiOH.
International Association Bridge and
Structural Iron Workers.
Coopers' International Union.
International Brotherhood of Elec.
trical Workers.
International Brotherhood of Foun-
dry Employees.
Amalgamated Association Iron, Steel
and Tin Workers.
International Association Of Machin.
lists.
Metal Polishers' Union.
International Union Mine, Mill and
Smeltel Workers.
United Mine Workers of America
Molders' Union.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-27
Learn to Know
the Great Negroes
FOrewOrd.

81
Freetown, Sierra Leone.
Dear Mr.. Editor-Since the clos
ing of the publication of the series of
articles entitled, 1.-THE Protectorate of
Sierra Leone and Its Inhabitants" the
writer has been thinking of drawing
the attention of all interested readers
to the lives of some of our distin-
guished African soldiers who have
given valid and abundant evidences Of
the capability and efficiency of the
African as man of military genius
when, as ready relief, there ap-
peared in several columns of your val
liable paper simple but grand story
of the life of Toussaint L'Ouverture,
the greatest of African soldiers, writ
ten by "Uncle job"
1t is indeed surprising and disap-
pointing to discover how deeply igno-
rant please excuse this word) many
of we West Africans are, not only
of the characters and qualities of At
rica's greatest sons, but also of their
very existence at one time or another.
How foreign to the ideas of many
an educated Sierra Leonean are the
ought-to-be familiar names of Hamil-
car and Hannibal of Carthage, Tous-
saint of Hayti, Cetewayo of the Zulus,
Dowah of the Mendis, Kilondo of the
Kissis, Sorie, Kessebeh and Kobah of
the Lokkohs and, chancely less so, of
Soko Modu (Samodu) of the Manin-
goes and Kibalie, the famous Bal
Burch of the Timinis. Neither the
grafton of Wendell Phillips, recently
rendered in New York, America, by
George Tobias before an overcrowded
audience, nor the sublime patriotic
ode of Cetewayo by the late learned
Christian Cole, has been heard of by
the present generation, who are. al
ways but unwisely proud enough to
give, if so requested, full narration of
the times and lives of Charlemagne,
Scipio, julius Caesar, the Duke of
Marlborough, Alexander the Great,
the Duke of Wellington and hundreds
more of another race, with the strange
and questionable sense of satisfaction
to remain wanting of the useful
knowledge about subjects and ques-
tons around our own fireside.
For the benefit, therefore, of all
true patriots who may be desirious of
wider knowledge Of this magnanimous
full-blooded African, the writer de-
cides with the hope that it will meet
the approval of every reader) to pub
lish the greater portion of the ora
ton, which in itself is nothing short
of biography of one whose whole
life and conduct are unquestionable
testimony, rather guarantee, to the
possibility of every African to be thus
equally able, reliable, enduring and
active in any area of life when COM
pletely given in full and unhampered
opportunity in the exercise of duty.
This is the more interesting when it
is remembered that the orator was an
American white, and was written at
time when the mercury in the Their
mometer of racial prejudice was at
the highest point. In addition to its
being very interesting, it is also edify-
ing and may serve as an incentive to
noble and heroic deeds of love and
patriotism of genuine and unselfsh
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-27

Pattern-makers' League.
Plumbers and Steamfitters.
Quarry Workers International
Union.
Railway Car Men of America.
Seamen's Union of America.
Sheet Metal Workers.
Stationary Firemen.
Steam and Operating Engineers.
Steam Shovel and Dredgemen.
Switchmen's Union.
The following are the twelve de-
mands of the strikers:
This is the program of the twelve
demands prepared by presidents of
twenty-four unions in iron and steel
industries on which strike vote is
based
l. Right of collective bargaining.
2. Reinstatement of men discharged
for union activities.
8. An eight-hour day.
4. One days rest in seven.
5. Abolition of the twenty-four-
hour shift.
6. Increase in wage sufficient to
guarantee American standing of living.
7. Standard scale of wages in all
trades and classifications of workers.
8. Double rate of pay for overtime,
holiday and Sunday work.
8. Check-of system of collecting
union dues and assessments.
10. Principles of seniority to apply
in maintenance, reduction and increase
Of working forces.
IL. Abolition of company unions.
IL. Abolition of physical examina-
ton of applicants for employment.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-27
North Misrepresented

Comparing these false reports with
Chicago, it is stated that on one da!
1900 Negroes were in the bread lint
in August and that conditions are t.
be worse this winter.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-27

the department of immigration for the
state, the following report is returned:
1.-THE commissions have an entirely
different way of viewing the state of
affairs here from the way Negroes on
the ground here view it. / have inter-
viewed Negro laborers, Negro mechan-
les, Negro porters, Negro chauffeurs,
Negro house servants, male and fe-
male; Negro ministers of the gospel
Negro pharmacists, Negho physicians
and surgeons, Negro landlords, bust
ness men, planters and farmers and
Negro pharmacists, Negro physicians
come back from service in the United
States army and navy and been back
long enough to be competent to an
swer from observation and experience,
also men in the various branches of
the federal civil service, and l have
been unable to discover one who would
agree that he finds conditions better
now than they were year or so ago
for the Negroes, or even one who
said that he had heard that some other
Negro here said conditions were i'm
proved at all. The answers l got on
the question: Are conditions now any
better than they were before the war
for the Negroes p have run like this,
to-wit:
"'Some deceitful, lying Negroes may
say times are better, but he would at
the same time know that he was not
telling the truth
"'Ain't all the judges, all the police
and constables, all the juries white
men as ever? Does the word of a
Negro count for more now than it did
before the war? Don't white man in
suit our wives and daughters and our
sisters and get off at it unless when
we take the law into our own hand
and punish them for it ourselves and
get lynched for protecting our own
just as often as ever?'
at is ridiculous, not to say absurd,
for any Negro to say he finds condi-
ions better here. Don't you remember
that Negroes answering an invitation
to meet welfare committee of white
men not long ago were told as soon
as they got into the meeting place that
the committee was ready to hear what
Negroes wanted, but that the question
of the Negroes right to exercise the
right of voting would not be allowed
to be discussed at all and that they
must be agreed to before any discus
sion whatever would be entertained,
and that the Negroes left the meeting
place without chance to demand the
one main thing that they wished to
enjoy?"
Negroes may use their own judg-
ment and discretion in comparing these
reports.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1919-09-27
North American Coal
Company to Have
Big Coal Yards

The North American Coal Com
panyny, a corporate business con-
trolled and managed entirely by col
ored men, is to open big yards for
wholesale and retail coal dealing.
1t is supported by many prominent
men. A few shares are still available
at $40 each. If you want a sound
business to invest in see Mr.. Parker,
10 E. Thirty-ffth St, Chicago, III.
The Holly chieftain., 1919-07-31
THREE KILLED AS TRAIN
HITS WAGON ON CROSSING
Fatal Accident at Crossing One
Mile East Of Lakin Last
Saturday Afternoon.

The following tragic news story
is taken from this. mornings Gar
den City Telegram:
Mrs. Ross Elvin was instantly
killed and her S-year-old daughter
and 1l-year-old son died shortly
afterward when Santa Fe train No.
sos struck the wagon in which the
family were riding, on the railroad
crossing one mile this side of LAX
in last Saturday afternoon.
The mother and seven children
had been to Lakin to trade and
were returning to their home
southeast of that city, when the
team they were driving became un-
manageable and ran away, passing
over the track just in time for the
train to hit the wagon. The other
five children ranging in age from
two to twelve years, were badly
injured and bruised.
The train was stopped and the
crew picked up the members Of
the family and took them back to
Lakin, where the doctors were call
ed and set the broken bones of
the ones who were not killed.
The husband and father. Ross
Elvin, was away from home at the
time, working in the harvest fields.