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The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-06-12
Advancement of Negro.

"Of all statistics about the advance
of any class or race, those of the negro
race, comparing 1866 and 1919 are most
amazing.
Homes have increased from 10000
to 100000; farms operated from 10000
| 10 ] 100000; businesses conducted from
| 2, 100 to $4,000; wealth accumulated
from $20,000,000 to $1,l00,000! 900; lit
eracy from 10 per cent to 80 per cent !;
colleges and normal schools from 10
70 500; students in public schools from
100000 to 100000; teachers from 600
to $4,000; property for higher eduea-
ton from 100000 TO 500 100000; an
nuai expenditure for education from
500, 600 to $4,000, 600; churches from
| 200 to $4,000; communicates from 600,-
600 to 100000; Sunday schools from
600 TO 10000; Sunday school pupils
from 10000 to 2,250,0O0; church prop
erty from 81 100000 to $s5,9OO,OOO.
| "In 1910 of negroes ten years of age
and over S7.4 per cent of males and
a4.7 per cent of females were gain
fully employed as compared with SOC
per cent and 1914 per cent of whites.
More than one-half of these were farm
laborers alone. In a single decade negro
farm owners increased II per cent and
1 +bas,. 10 ~ 10I0 l,,nA G1Ik
sSl ,270. There has been gradual
! transfer from the less killed to skilled
occupations. In the decade ending 1916
there was an increase of 1903 per cent
Fin factory workmen, the increase in
textile factories being 2S3 per cent
They operate insurance companies with
assets amounting to $3,500,000, with
$50, 0000 900 insurance in force. There
are y negro banks, capitalized al
$12, 100000, doing an annual business
of $35,000,00O.
"Negroes invested in Liberty bond:
81 of every S. they possessed. There
were 100000 in the army, and only
one case of conviction for avoiding
the draft"
The program concluded with an ad
dress by james Weldon johnson, field
secretary, who said in part:
"Figures gathered by Tuskegee, {
leading Chicago newspaper and the as
ISOLATION show that assault is not tht
cause of lynching of negroes, the com
monty accepted version. Of 1885 ne
groes lynched in the southern states
the period of 18S3-1903, this cause was
assigned in 675 cases. In 1910 case;
other causes were assigned, Murder a
Hone, for which there can be coneeiv
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-06-12
Atlanta Convention
Makes Negro History
Resolutions Call for Economic, Educa-
tional and Political Equality.
BY WAITER +. WHITE.

BY WALTER T. WHITE.
assistant secretary, National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of colored
People)
Atlanta, Ca, June 3.--History has
been made in Atlanta during the past
four days by the small group of pio-
neers who arranged the eleventh an
nual conference of the National Asso-
citation for the Advancement Of Col
ored People. Six hundred delegates
came from the north and west, but
they came, they say, to accomplish the
real emancipation of the negro race,
They represented hundred thousand
association members in forty three
states. White and colored joined in q
conspiracy" to pretend that they
were not afraid of possible conse-
'quences of outspokeness. Each speaker
at each meeting, from the Rev. Plato
Durham, white pastor of note, to
fiery eolored orators, talked a deal Of
frankness and openness.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-06-12

The mysterious poet in search more news
Called George Porter, to find out his views
A Druggist is Porter-a roller OF pills
The dope that he sells win peoples ills
20
"What is it asked George. as the poet came in
Cigars, drugs soda. a little gin ?"
"Youre not looking wel-let sell YOU some done
Let me sell you physic and a bar of good SOM.
OR perhaps, said he with wink Of his eye
YOU'D rather partake OF a small min of rye"
II sell dope called Chas jackson stiff
You don't have drink it. you just take a sniff"
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-06-12

ably no justification for not letting
the ordinary procedure eff law take its
course, was assigned FOR 753 cases. Mi
nor offenses, such as SANDER and Civ
ing information, were given in POS
cases.
"From 1889 to 1918, thirty years.
the lynched number was 2,472, of which
j23 were For alleged assault In past
thirty years, fifty negro women were
lynched.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-06-12
BAPTIST STATE CONVENTION a,
OLIVET CHURCH.

OLIVET CHURCH.
The Nineteenth Annual Session of the
General Baptist State Convention Of
Illinois convened at Olivet Baptist
Church, Rev L. K. Williams, pastor
Tuesday night, June s, with sessions
lasting until Friday, June l.
The Object of this Convention was
to promote the growth and efficien.
cy of Sunday Schools and Baptist
Yunog Peoples Unions within the
bounds of the State of Illinois; to
increase the intelligence and work
ing power of the leaders and work
ers in these respective organizations
to promote love for Bible study and
other religious literature; to develop
spirit of conservation to religious
service; to advance the doctrinal
claims of the denomination to in
crease the measure of interest in the
processes of worldwide; evangelical
tion to disseminate information in
regard to our Baptist organizations
and progress.
The meetings were all we'll attend
ed and a spirit of religious conse-
Grafton was manifested throughout
the entire session. Among the speak
ers We're: Rev. r. c. Taylor, Paris /;
Rev. J. w. Fits, Danville; Rev. G.
w. Dudley, Rockford; Rev e. L.
Todd, Cairo; Rev. E. w. Graves, Har-
risburg Rev S. J. Jardon, Glencoe !;
DR.. j. t. Brown, Cairo; Rev. E. z.
Hunt, Duquoin Rev. F. R. Kennedy,
Monmouth; DR. C. S. Manual, Spring
field.
The Presidents Annual Address,
was made Thursday morning by Rev.
DR.. L. X. Williams, pastor of Olivet
Church, and was the feature of the
convention.
A feature of the convention was
the wonderful music rendered by the
Convention Chorus. trained and d.
rected by Prof. A. R. Austin, Oil
vets famous musical director.
Following is a partial list of dele
gates and visitors to the convention:
Dr. f. c. Morris. Pres National Baptist
Convention. Helena, Ark.
DR.. l.. G. Jordan, Cor. Secretary, National
Baptist Convention.
DR.. W. w. Written, Memphis Tenn.
DR.. w. II. Jernigans. Washington. d. c.
DR.. A. Barber. Galveston. Texas.
DR.. w. H. Hayden, Champaign, III.
DR.. T. W. Peniek, Peoria. III.
Dr. w, II. Hayes, Peoria, ILL.,
Dr. E. A. Crockett. Jacksonville, Ill.
Dr. w. B. M. Scott. Alton, III.
Mrs. Grace Craig, Alton. Ill.
Miss Thelma Jackson. Alton Ill.
Rev C. W. Hill. Mounds, ILL.,
Mrs. j. M. Shaw. Peoria. III.
Mrs. E. A. Gardner, Peoria. Ill.
Dr. and Mrs. J. 7 Brown Cairo, III.
Mrs. Bledsoe, Cairo. III.
Mrs. E. Kincaid. Evanston, Ill.
Mrs. Eva T. Dean, Champaign, Ill.
Mrs. Ella James, Cairo. III.
Miss Hattie Miller, Chicago, III.
Miss Hattie Raines. Chicago, Ill.
Mrs. Willie NJ. Martin. Cairo Ill.
Miss Lulu 3. Counts. Cairo, Ill.
Mr.. j. r. Stokes, Cairo. III.
Rev o. T. Banks, Cairo. III.
Mrs Elizabeth Smith, Urbana, ILL.,
Mrs Mildred Carroway, Peoria. III.
Mrs. A. Johnson. Peoria, Ill.
Mrs Nora KNOX, Urbana, Ill.
Mrs NJ. Hutehins. Cairo, Ill.
Mrs Ida Stewart, Peoria, III.
Mr.. NJ. J. Stewart, Peoria, III.
Miss Blanche Jameson, Champaign, Ill.
Miss Virginia Smith, Urbana. III.
Rev. s N. Vasa,
Rev. w. M. Bennett, Chicago. Ill.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-06-12
Segregation "Cause of Lynching.

segregation is the cause of lynch
ing.' declared Pickens. "Unless the
white man knows us he will be prejud-
iced against us. We know all about
the white man. We know his home. We
know his intellect and we know his
morals.
The Rev. Peter James Bryant, nc
rzrns sss<.Isrs< s,aIn I,ItSf--srr r,s.-
gro pastor, spoke with fire on the evils
of segregation. He asked that colored
men be allowed to sit on juries and
bring in verdiets according to evid-
enee.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-06-12
The TRUTH ABOUT MEXICO

You won't find it in the capitalist press,
Of course. And you won't find il US fully
us you wish in the American labor press
because American editors have not access
to the sources OF information
But there is one place where you will find
it told uncompromsingly, fearlessiy and
from the standpoint of the working class.
1t is in the only magazine in Mexico pub
lshed entirely in English.
GALES"
Among its recent articles have been,
Hands Off Mexico": who is Financing
Villa and Diaz q; Intervention Postponed" ;
etc, etc.
So year poe a cory. No Free Samples.
Remit by check, hank draft or express money
order.
CAFES
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-06-12

| "Brothers - was word used by the
whites. And old stories of negro MAN
mics and personal affection elected po'
lite laughter from the negro audience.
"But it is not personal affection we
desire,' declared the leaders.
No Jim Crow Cars on Way Home.
Last nights meeting was the last
of the conference, the first conference
40 be held in southern state. Delegates
and the pioneering whites from the
north have left for their homes in a
special Pullman train which has no
:" Jim Crow division of the races De
troit, Mich, was chosen as the next
meeting place of the association.
DIR. WE. B. Dubois, at the final mass
meeting enunciated beliefs and de-
mands of the 100000 negroes that his
organization represents. DR.. Dubois,
recipient of the Spingam medal and
editor of the Crisis, official organ Of
the association, made strong plea for
the negroes right to vote. He pointed
out that dsfranchisement and lynch
ing 90 hand in hand.
cit is the negro who rules the
south" he said, declaring that the ne
gro question is the main question in
every election and the main element in
every social problem. He bore out the
statement of southern writer's that the
problem is ever present and increasing
ly poignant.
The Rev. C. Breckenridge Wilmer of
Atlanta, president of the Protestant
Episcopal diocese of Atlanta, and Mrs.
w. Spencer Murray, member of the adj
visory committee of the national wom-
ans party, were other speakers.
Resolutions were passed unanimous
ly at the meeting and ordered sent to
President Wilson and both houses OF
congress asking for the enforcement of
economic, educational and political
equality.
William Pickens demanded better
ment of the human relationship be-
tween negroes and the whites before an
audience of nearly 5000 Tuesday night.
Piekens, who is noted as negro ora
tor, exhorted his audience, which with
the exception Of northern delegates
was composed of negroes, "to organ
ize and acquire self-consciousness,"
adding, "the race pride is the first
step in our emancipation; the task of
our association is first to instruct the
colored people as to what they want
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04
RENTING FORDS AND
 THEN DRIVING THEM
 IS PROVING POPULAR

The novel but practical transportation service now being furnished by the Drive It-Yourself Company is readily proving quite popular. A short time ago if you had spoken of renting a Ford car and driving it yourself you might have been laughed at but the Saunders Bros, who operate this business here. and who have operated in other cities for several years, are now supplying what might easily be called a public service for Birming- ham.
 Business houses who have occasional 3lse for an extra car can rent a Ford. Salesmen. both travelling and local. who want to cover the Birmingn gnam district, can do so in a rented Ford rather than Jose their time, patience and business try% ing to get around without a car, Many small businesses or individuals have only occasional use for car, and for that reason can not afford to invest in one. so they are naturally greatly helped if they can rent a car. Also if an owners car is laid up for repairs it is now pos sible for him torrent a car.
 Harris Saunders, who is making his home in Birmingham, and who will be permanently in charge of the Birmingham operations of the company, in describing the system says that their charges are based on the number of miles travelled
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04

Mans hide; For plug DurIiOned was hostile
 deed And 1t didn't square with the cow
 mans creed. \ posse drew to the sheriffs shack And they all fell in on the fiIeher'S
 track. No~distance baked, to the Vests re-
 nOwR. And 1t wasn't fine for the Bad Man Or brief sOjourn in the comfy pen. Take 1t from me ms from one that's
 joe, I've read Brette Hartc and ought to
 know; They strung him up in the Ieafy woId And the steed came hack to the own
 CTS fold. Bat today from out of if. eustomed some rake of the rabbIe has frisked
 my boat. The motor that is my joy and pride,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04

rather than by the hour. because their cost depends on the mileage run, and the man who travels the farthest should pay the most. Of course, customer can not Bake car and hold it all day and only pay for a mile or two, so the company requires the customer to guarantee to pay for at least three miles for every hour the car is held and on holidays the guarantee is boosted slightly. The cSs- toner pays gasoline extra, so that the one who is economical wits gas pays the least. An insurance feature is highly im- portant. especially to firms and corpora tions who insist on not taking chance when their employees drive rented cars.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04

And thirst like sin for the Bad Mans
 hide. The sheriff yawns and he begs to state That the arm of the law will investi-
 gate, But I know darn we'll that a boat
 retrieved Is never the same as inc boat that's
 thieved. They1I slip the pirate that wrecked nay
 chaise A measIy muIct or his thirty days, Or caution him not to fiIch anew Which is what the sentence invites
 him to. We can tie to this ms wager. pal. That we'll miss our cars from the old
 corralI Till the term dealt out for the crime
 appears \ bit unhealthy for buccaneers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04
GOOD OLD DAYS

Would you believe il?
 Listen,
 The first New York automobile show was held in 1900.
 In 1898 gasoline sold for cents a gall lon
 The first four-cylinder car was brought out in 1900 Tn 1896 Barnum & Bailey announced that they would exhibit a horseless carriage.
 In 1898 Gen Nelson A. Miles, Chauncey NJ. Depew and John Jacob Astor were judges of the second automobile contest held in this country
 There were only four automobiles in the United States in 1896,
 In 1906 the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company made but twenty-five tires a lay-now 43.005.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04
TIRES CAN STAND
 LOT OF PUNISHMENT

The unbelievable amount of punishment sustained by automobile tires in speed races when wheels are revolving at tho rate of twenty-five times a second when the car is making 1OO miles an hour, is not appreciated by the average racing fan.
 A remarkable incident in the recent Los Angeles race brings this point out in a striking manner. Art Klein was leading the field on the 1SSd m1,e, cieaving the aN at l04 miles an hour. Suddenly his righ' rear wheel collapsed, the steel spokes being shattered off close to the rim. Rear ing wildly. the car scrambled crazilV about on the remains of the wheel, but the fully inflated Goodyear cord tire, per fectly mounted, swept on down the track at terrific sped in the direction the car had been taking When it finally came to a stop it was found uninjured.
 This is the first time that such freak performance, demonstrating the rugged : ness of tires. has ever been witnessed during a race.
 The first long-distance auto tour from Cleveland to New York was made in
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04

Lake Bower, a Des Moines automobile salesman, has been away from home for thirty years. and in all that time has never missed a Sunday in writing to his mother or the folks at home.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04

The first long distance auto tour from Cleveland to New York was made in ten daXs.
 The first transcontinental run from New York to San Francisco was made in two months
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04
STOP, THIEF!
o. J. POOLE

From American Motorist. Back in the days when the West was
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-04-04
A. A. ELLIOTT

| rare, | If Bad Man lifted body's mare A hot wrath ran through the country
 With quick demand for the Bad
The Lamar register., 1920-04-07

of the aforesaid publication for the
quired by the Act OF August %. 1912.
mbodied in section 443. Postal Laws
and Regulations. printed on the re-
verse Of this form. to wit:
/. That the names and addresses of
the publisher. editor. managing editor.
and business managers are:
Publisher, Geo. B. Merrill. Lamar. Colo
Editor. Geo. b. Merrill. Lamar. Colo
RADIO.
Managing Editor. Geo. B. Merrill. La
mar, Colorado.
Business Manager. Geo. B. Merrill, La
mar. Colorado.
2. That the owners are: (Give names
and addresses of Individual owners. or.
IL a corporation. give its name and the
names and addresses of stockholders
owning or holding l per cent or more
of the total amount of stock.)
Geo. 3. Merrill, Lamar. Colorado.
3. That the known bondholders.
mortgages. and other security hold
ers owning or holding / per cent or
more of total amount of bonds. mort
cages. or other securities are: (If there
are none. so stated
None.
GEO. B. MERRILL.
Sworn to and subscribed before me
this 3rd day OF April. 1920.
(SEAL)
FRANK A cox.
Notary Public.
my commission expires Dec. 20. is2a,.
The Lamar register., 1920-04-07
NOTICE OF ADJUSTMENT DAY

Estate of omer quincy Garfield. de-
eased.
No. 1876.
All persons having claims agalrst gi7t
said estate are hereby notlfled 70 prs-
sent them for adjustment to the Coun-
~ Court Of Prowers County, Coiorado'
on the 18th day Of April. ~ u. Iszu'
Grace Viola Garfield Taft
Administrative.
First Pub. March II. 1920.
Last Pub. April Z. l92O.
The Lamar register., 1920-04-07

would kill her to insure his own safety.
None of the arguments that would
have availed with another man were
OF any weight here. Her sex, her
The Lamar register., 1920-04-07
statement of the Ownership, Manage
went. Circulation, Etc, Required BY
The Act of Congress of August 14'

or LAMAR REGISTER, published
WEEKLY at LAMAR. CoLohApo' ior
April. 1920.
State of Colorado. }
County of Prowers)
Refore me. a notary public in and
,or tho State and county aforesalc.
personally appeared Geo. b. Merrii. VINO
having been duly sworn aee3ruihs
owner Of the Lamar Register and tha
the following is. to the best OF ms
~ he ownership, management (and
II 3 daily paper the circulation)' etc.
The Lamar register., 1920-04-07
SYNOPSIS.
Part l.

CHAPTER I-Adventurous and reck-
less, rather than criminal. and excited by
liquor. Curly F1andrau and his chum
Mac, both practically mere boys. become
involved In a horse-stealing adventure
lsposing of the stolen stock in the town
Of Saguache, Ariz., the band separates.
Curly and his partner staying In town
They are awakened and told a posse 10
In town in pursuit Of them. They elude
their pursuers. Overtaken next day, Mac
is killed by the posse and Curly made
captive. after he has shot one and him
self been wounded The man shot is
Inck Cniiisar
The Lamar register., 1920-04-07

CHAPTER xI.-Kate Cullison, while
riding on the range. disappears. suspect
inE she has been abducted, . searching
party 10 Termed, rsndriek jeihins u.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-22
DRASTIC ACTION TO
STAMP OUT GAMBLING

Chicago, May. 22.-Drastic action
to stamp out. gambling at baseball
games of both the American and Ma
tional leagues was decided upon here
Thursday at a conference of four
baseball chieftains.
According to the announcement
made Thursday night by Ban john
son, president of the American lea
que, who met with Garry Hermann,
president of the Cincinnati Nationals
and former chairman of the national
commission; President Charles Stone
man and Manager John McGraw OF
the New York Nationals, it was de-
cided to employ detective agency in
the campaign.
Mr.. Johnson said that it was the
intention to use the agents in catch
ing gamblers and that strenuous ef-
forts would be made to smother the
gambling evil. He also announced it
was planned to bar all gamblers from
the leagues parks.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-22
So ORGANIZATIONS
IN POTATO EXCHANGE

|, Fifty-three local organizations OF
farmers in the state have voted to
affiliate with the Minnesota Potato
Exchange, organized last winter
When sixty or more locals are in the
state wide exchange will begin to
operate.
Lulvig Mosbaek of Askov, Pine
county, president Of the association,
is giving most of his time to organ
ization work. He has started paper
at Askov which he calls the Minnesota
Potato Exchange News.
Potato growers at Grand Rapids,
Warba and Big Fork, all in the county
of Itasca, organized three local asso-
Citations with no outside assistance.
Farmers organizations at Shelly, Jen-
kins, Walker, Hampton, Mcintosh,
Wrenshall and various other points
have either voted to affiliate with the
state wide exchange or have recently
organized potato associations.
There will be no cheap potatoes
until next fall and possibly not then,
depending Of course on the size and
quality of the new crop. Country
agent leaders at University Farm
foresee marked decrease in acreage
in several potato producing sections
of the state.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-22
BEMlDJI BOY SCOUTS
CONTINUE TO BE ACTIVE
IN ORGANIZING PATROLS
Have Organized Beaver and
Fox Patrols Composed
of Seven Members

With meetings held on Monday
night of each week, Bemidji Boy
Scouts, Troop No. I, continues to be
very active in organization work.
Recently two patrols were formed.
the: Beaver and the Fox patrol, with
a leader for each. These patrols are
composed Of seven members each at
present and will operate as body
besides working in connection with
the main troop. Hikes will be held
and educational features planned.
For Boy Scout week, from May 80
to June 6, no definite plans have yet
been made by the local troops, but
the national program will be carried
out as fully as possible. At this time
a nationwide outdoor program is
planned for the Scouts and Scout
officials who compose the $1,000 local
troops of the Boy Scouts Of America.
An overnight hike is also planned by
the national body to be held by each
local organization on Friday, June 4.
!; Under the leadership of M. c. Hink-
ley as scout master and H. w. Dabold
as assistant scout master, the Be-
midi troop is becoming larger and
more completely organized than eve,
before. Regular meetings Of the
troop are held in the basement of the
First Baptist church at present but
through the summer more Of the work
will be conducted out of doors.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1920-05-22
COMPANY K ISSUED
MORE EQUIPMENT AT !:
FRIDAY NIGHT DRILL
Khaki Uniforms Will Be Issued
Tomorrow Morning Between
9 and II O'clock !,

Members of company K who were
present at the drill held last night
were issued additional field equip
ment preparatory to the summer en-
campment at Fort Smelling from
June to June 10. All men took
part in some form of drill last night,
the former service men drilling in
close order on the streets and the
recruits drilling in preliminary move
ments at the rooms of the Bemidji
Civic and Commerce association.
Tomorrow morning all members
who can report are asked to be at
the Library between 9 and Il O'Clock
to receive an issue of khaki uniforms.
The first to report will be cared for
first and all members are asked to
be on time if at all possible. Regular
drill will be held again on Monday
evening at the association rooms and
all mem ers are requested to be pre-
sent. On Wednesday, it is expected
that Lieut.. Colonel Stutz will be pre-
sent to inspect the company prepara-
tory to the encampment.