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The bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1921-04-28
Iowa Federation
To Meet.
PROCLAMATION OF CoLoRED
LE. MOMENTS ,CIIIRS

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, April 25, 1921---
The twentieth annual session Of the Iowa
Federation Of Colored Women's clubs
will convene in the city Of Cedar Rap
ids, May 90, "a and 25 inclusive.
The local clubs are preparing to
make this the banner session in enter
tanning the delegates and visitors. The
board will be 50 for the entire session.
All meals will be served at the Bethel
a. M. E. church, Sixth street and Fifth
avenue east, two blocks east of Union
station.
Delegates on arriving will go direct
to church and register and be assign ed
to homes. 5S
Heads Of departments will condense
their reports owing to the large amount
of business to come before the conven-
tiOn. All bills must be presented to
finance commit ee not later than Tues
day afternoon All recommendations
should be presented Monday afternoon
at executive session to expediate time.
For consideration executive session will
convene at $3.50 p. m. May % at Bethel
church. ERE
Mrs. A. G. Clark, ia Third avenue
east, Oskaloosa, chairman of the pro-
gram committee is endeavoring to have
every city included ON the program at
some time during the session.
Clubs will send their credentials in
not later than May Il to Chairman Mrs.
Minnie Grey, .9I0 South Seventh street
east, Cedar Rapids, iowa Chairman
Committee on Homes, Mrs. Matte Bak-
er, n West Seventh avenue. #
Local Committee-Mrs.L L. d. Lowry,
Mrs. Alice Neal, Mrs. Anna Nelson,
Mrs. Flora Lavell, Mrs. Ada Green,
Mrs. Helen Brown, Mrs. Helen Beshears
If time will permit an opportunity
will be given the delegates and visitors
to go to Iowa City and see the home
for colored students attending the S. u.
+. Fare foritrip, $2.O8.
Let each one ask God's blessing in
all our deliberations, and look forward
to profitable and harmonious session.
Yours in sowing seeds of kindness,
Mrs. Elnora Gresham, president I. f..
w G.
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Appointment Of
Lient. Fipper
Brings Protest
From White
Clerks
Lieut.. Henry O. Flipper Ap.
pointed Assistant Secretary
of Interior.

Chicago, April q. Secretary Of
the Interior Fall, without noise or
excitement, dropped Lieut.. Flipper
into a berth, and gave him the op-
portunity to look after Alaskan af-
fairs. The crocadile tears of
certain clerks who formally march
ed before the secretary to announce
that it would be impossible for
them to serve in the department
with colored American as chief,
did not move the secretary. His
response was brief and to the
point; ssThis desk of mine," he
said lis large enough to hold all
the designations Of those who do
not wish to work. -
Sec. Mellen Lays Down Law.
Secretary Of the Treasury Mellen
during recent tour Of one Of the
departments under his control hap
pened to cast his eye upon one of
the isolated Wilson segregation
signs. What's thisY" he asked
sharply. The excited subordinate
stammeringly attempted reply,
g Never mind, = broke in the Secre-
tary, s Take it down at once, and I
never want to see any thing like it
again. This is a government Of all
the people without segregation. Z
Secretary Of Agriculture Wallace
and Secretary Of Commerce Hoover
will be found to be Johnny on the
spot, :" in the matter Of upholding
the new ideals Of fair play.
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ReddiDg and Nc
Garvick Grant
ed Reprieves
CONVICTED OF NUMBERING
SAILOR DURING
"ABYSSINIAN'' RIOT
Cases to the Supreme Court.
Cases to the Supreme Court.

Cases to the Supreme Court.
(By The Associated Negro Press. J.
Chicago, April 25:- Grover G..
Redding and Oscar McGavick will
not die on the gallows this week
Reprieves until June "a have been
granted by Governor Len Small to
allow attorneys time to take the
cases to the Supreme court. This
action was taken by the executive
upon unanimous recommendation
Of the board of pardons.
All arrangements for the hang
ings had been completed by Jailer
Lee. McGavick and Redding, the
two Negroes convicted Of murder
ing a sailor during the "Abys-
sinian'' riot last summer, reused
all the prisoners in the Jail with
their singing when they learned
they learned that they were not to
die on the next day. They shot G..
L. Rose, sailor, as he attempted to
prevent them burning a U. S. flag
last summer.
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GOVERNOR KENDALL

Iowa's eminent orator and
statesman, Governor N. b. Ken
dali Of Abba will address the col
ored citizens Of the city Friday
evening, May 6, at the Successful
Farming Publishing company s
auditorium, West Seventeenth and
Locust streets. Governor Ken
dall's address will follow recital
given by Miss Ethel BoWmer, So
prano; Mr.. Carroll q. Curtley, so
prano; and Mr.. Malcolm *. Grit
fifth, pianist. All students in the
Drake conservatory Of music. This
will be a splendid opportunity to
hear three artists as well as Iowa s
peerless orator.
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PYTHIANS TO HOLD ANNUAL
THANKSGIVING SERVICES
Parade to Precede Services at
Church.

North Star lodge No. 8, Inde-
pendent lodge No. 4, Pythian lodge
No. 18, Rebecca Court No: 3, Beau
tiful Light and May Hicks Prudent
No. 16 Golden Rule, departments
Of the Grand Order of Knights Of
Pythias Of North America, South
America, Europe, Asia, Africa and
Australia, will observe their annual
Thanksgiving services today with
appropriate exercises at the Corin-
THAN Baptist church, corner Fif-
teenth and Linden streets, Sunday
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev. S..
D. Warden, chancellor commander
Of Independence lodge No. 4 will
act as master of ceremonies. Rev.
G.. w. Robinson Will deliver the
sermon.
Practically the entire member.
ship of the Des Moines orders,
numbering more than 500 will take
part in the parade and the exer-
cises at the church.
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Law Gives Family of Person
Mobbed $4,000 and Penalty of
Death to all Participants.
OTHER BILLS LISTED.
Especial to The Bystander. J

Especial to The Bystander.)
Charleston, w. Va, April 27.-
Subjecting the county to a forfei-
ture Of 5000 for the benefit Of
the family Of the person lynched
and making participation in mob
felony punishable with death,
both houses Of the West Virginia
legislature have approved the most
stringent anti-lynch bill thus far
enacted by any of the states.
H. j. Capehart, the colored mem
Der Of the House Of Delegates from
Mcdowell county, drew and spon-
sored the measure in the lower
branch, overcoming the most deter
mined opposition Of the Democratic
minority, which sought to emascu-
late it by proposing various amend
ments. As originally drawn, the
bill provided for a forfeiture Of
$25, 900 and made every county
through which the mob might pass
jointly and severally liable. To
meet the objections of many Of the
party members and secure their
support, Capehart reduced the
amount to 5000 and limited the
forfeiture to those counties whose
citizens might aid and abet the
lynchers.
Other legislation Of particular
benefit or interest to the race has
been enacted or is pending with
every prospect Of favorable action.
Bills creating an industrial school
for colored boys and an industrial
home for colored girls, introduced
by Delegate Nntter, will have be-
come laws before this gets into
print, as is true Of the measure
establishing bureau Of Negro wei
fare and statistics. The proposal to
segregate colored passengers on
railroads, disguised by it's Democra-
tic author under the deceptive title
Of "A bill to provide for the COM
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Palatka, Fla, April PIE. p.
Nottage, colorcd, was elected alder
man from the sixth ward in the
municipal election here, defeating
G. p. Porter, a white man. The
election Of Nottage places two col
ored men on the council, the other
member also being from the sixth
ward, a district populated almost
entirely by Negroes.
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Anti Lynchmg Bill Passed In West Virginia
MORE NEGRO Poems
KILLED IN GEORGIA?
Revelations of Murders as HOr-
rible as Williams Farm

Atlanta, Ga, April 26.-Revela-
tions Of murders Of Negro poems
on south Georgia farm, said to be
equally as horrible as those dis
closed on the farm of John Will
Jams, now under a life sentence at
Covington, Ga, were believed to
have been made here Monday to
the federal grand jury as it began
to, investigate labor conditions on
plantations Of a dozen Georgia
counties.
Governor Dorsey is understood
to be cooperating with the federal
authorities and if the charge Of
murder is made, he is expected to
bring the case to the attention Of
the state prosecutors. District At
torney Hooper Alexander said con-
ditions on the farm now under in
vestigation will be published as
soon as the apparently authentic
intimations so far received have
been verified.
Reliable and substantial business
men Of southern Georgia are the
principal witness in the new
case. They are understood to be
entirely. willing to appear before
any court of proper jurisdiction.
"The evidence is of such a SEN
sational nature that the case may
become as bad as the Williams
case said Vincent Hughes, in
charge Of the Atlanta investigation
bureau of the department. of JUS
tice.
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last summer.

fort of passengers, : was before the
committee just long enough to pass
motion indefinitely postponing
it's consideration. The full crew
bill, designed to dispense with the
services of colored railway porters,
met a similar fate.
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The residence Of the Rev. and
Mrs. Z. il. Griffith on Thirteenth
street was the scene Of lovely re-
ception on last Friday afternoon
and evening when they entertained
about three hundred OF their
friends at reception in honor OF
their silver wedding anniversary.
The guests were received by the
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BOY SCOUT DINNER A SUCCESS.

y 30Ox 0OOO1lx1INIy6xN a K5OOO110E0s
Troop No. SO of the Boy Scouts, John
j.. Thompson, committee president; gave
clock dinner last week at Union
Congregational church. The mothers of
the Boy Scouts prepared the repast.
AS most all of the provisions were do
mated by parents and friends the boys
cleared about $45 The troop is prepar-
ing to have another dinner in the very.
near future
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Rev. and Mrs. Griffith. The dining
room, which was beautifully deco
rated, was in charge Of the ladies
Of the Union Baptist church.
Rev. Griffith is one Of the lead
ing Baptist ministers of the ma
ton. For fourteen and one-half
years he was pastor of Corinthian
Baptist church Of this city. He
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has filed charges. in Virginia, To-
peka, Kansas, Cedar Rapids and
at the present time is pastor of the
Union Baptist church Of this city.
Rev. and Mrs. Griffith were mar
ried April 90, 1896 at Abba, Iowa
by the Rev. G. NJ. Williams.
Malcolm K, Anna Mae, Thomas
Lee, Jr., Lloyd g., and Esther
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Y. M. C. "A. ANNUAL DINNER
Board of Management to be
Elected.

All members and friends Of the
Croker Street Branch Of the Y. !.
M. G. "a. are invited to attend their
annual dinner party Saturday eve
ming, May Z, at $50 o clock at st.
Paul's "A. NJ. 3. church.
A brief synopsis of the work ac-j
complished by the secretary, Mr..
Ernest Robinson, and the board Of
management will be given.
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Lois, children Of Rev. and Mrs.
Griffith assisted their parents in
entertaining their guests.
The presents Of silyerware, val
ued at more than three hundred
dollars were many and beautiful,
and the gifts of silver money was
$l3O. ssz.rae d
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The selection OF committee Of.
management will be followed by
discussion Of subjects pertaining to
"Y" work among the boys and men
of the city.
"A large number Of interested
men are expected to be present.
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HONOR ROLL

Special noticeH you have paid
your subscription and do not see your
name on roll, call Walnut 800 and ask
for Mr.. Shedd, or address 20l Seventh
street, Bystander OhGse, Des Moines,
Iowa. @
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-08-12
PUREBRED FOWLS TAKE
PLACE OF SCRUB BIRDS
ON TENNESSEE FARMS

Where scrub chickens once held fun
sway on Tennessee farms. purebred
fowls are now the acknowledged lead
ers. People who formerly left 1t to
the chicken to make their own living
as best they could; are today enthused
not only to the point of raising pure
bred fowls, but supplying them with
proper housing and feeding facilities
as well. They fully realize that the
essentials to success are good stock,
correct housing andsproper feeding
and that fulfilment of any one essen
tial without the other two, signifies
failure.
County agricultural and home
demonstration agents throughout Ten
nessee are deeply interested in secur.
Ing greater poultry production. They
have conducted numerous campaigns
showing the advantage of the purebred
fowl over mongrels as well as the need
Tor correct housing conditions and
feeding methods with splendid results.
Many poultry clubs have been formed,
the members listed and letters of ad.
vice sent them regularly each month.
Reports received from hundreds of the
members show an average result per
member as follows: $50 fowls on hand
and total profit Of s324.50 in SIX
months.
In the combined report Of thirty
home demonstration agents working
with women and girls in 1920 1t was
shown that STA girls and 1859 women
were enrolled in poultry work. The
girls had an average of 30 fowls while
the women had an average Of o. The
records Of 10 county agents show 464
modern poultry houses built. with an
approximate number Of fowls being
raised amounting to 93S,395. Forty
three agents reported 1928 chickens
fattened for market; q agents report
ed S72,122 pounds Of. market poultry
sold; s agents reported 66.337 dozen
eggs sold co-operatively; ss agents
showed that 10,247 purebred fowls had
been sold for breeding purposes; 81
agents reported 4S637 purebred fowls
retained at home. and finally q agents
reported the total talue Of the poultry
on the farms In their counties as
amounting to s634,7S7.54.
II you have a county demonstration
agent see him or her about your poul-
try problems. The Division Of Extern
sion issues semi-monthly a leafiet
called Timely Poultry Tips" which 10
sent to ali poultry club members In
Tennessee. This little publication Is
prepared by Kate NJ Wells, poultry
specialist and contains many valuable
pointers In management Of the flock
each month. II there is a poultry club
in your county join II and this pub
lication win be sent to you free regu-
larry. II you plan to build a new house
write to the Division for Publicatisa
No. 20. The Tennessee open-F'ront
Poultry House"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-08-12

A comfortable, clean, light home
proper feed, culling out Of non-layers.
use of purebred fowls and keeping
them free Of lice and others pests are
big questions that the poultry grower
must give careful consideration to
achieve success.
If your poultry is to be healthy.
comfortable, contented, II will be
necessary to provide house having
plenty of fresh air (but no drafts),
dryness, sunlight, and space enough
to move around. What does your poul-
cry house need to make 1t clean and
comfortable? Does II face the South :
Has II an open front SO as to give
plenty of light and air to the hens?
Are the ends and back windproof and
ralnproof? Is the roof goodI Has 1t
plenty of floor space for the hens to
scratch over during the cold, stormy
days of winter. These are some OF
the questions that you need to ask
yourself; and If you cannot answered.
of them all with "yes," you had bet
Ger begin at once to plan and work
to that end, says Mrs. Kate NJ. Wells
poultry specialist, Division of Exten-
sion. The success Of your flock will
depend quite as much upon its COM
fort as upon the feed you give 1t, and
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-08-12

lets during the summer. Gull OUT
those that are slow growing and feath-
ering, understood and having crooked
beaks, backs, legs or tails. Your win
ter flock should be composed of only
the best grown pullets Of the year.
Keep After Pests.
The best known way to nd your
flock OF lice is 10 use sodium fluoride
either dry or Is a dip. During the
summer months is the best time to
dip your fowls-choosin warm, dry
day so that there will be no danger Of
the birds taking cold
Fill the tub nearly full Of warm
water and add sodium fiuoride at the
rate Of three-fourths ounce to each
gallon Of water. Hold the fowl by the
wings over the back with the left hand
and submerge it in the solution. Keep
the head out. Ruffle the feathers with
the right hand so that the solution will
reach the skin. Duck the head twice
and release the bird.
Rats cause great losses to poultry
ralsers and constant warfare should
be waged against them. The use OF
barium carbonate, tasteless and
odorless drug that can be bought at
any drug store is the best method.
Use bait of kind different from the
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-08-12

In every home where th'r. IL baby
there should be a b title of McGEE'S
BABY ELIXIR, 1t nav be needed at
any time to correct sour stomach, and
collie, isr-hoea or summer com paint.
tits whl'ome r,m 'dv. contains no
opium, morphine or i'jurious drug of
any kind. Sold by C r;mell Gilman
Drug c.. adv,
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-08-12
West Tennessee Farmers
Turns from Cotton to Cattle
Makes Success with Pure
bred Improves Land

That the Tennessee farmer can start
In the cattle bosiness In a small way
and make q success of it, and at some
time improve his lands and financial
condition has baen demonstrated by c.
| 0. Hopper of Jackson, Tenn, Mr..
Hopper inherited farm which had
been depleted of its fertility through
continuous ctopping with cotton.
Realizing that his fathers method #
farming had only paid mesgre return
upon the investment, Mr.. Hopper
thought it would be well to change the
old system Of farming to more pro
gressive type. He began the planting
Of grss, in some of the fields, Native
stocker cattle we're purchased to Craze
on the grass. While this system Of
improved farming paid greater divi-
dend than the all cotton method. yet
Mr.. Hooper was not fully satisfied with
the results. When be sold his cattle
on the St. Louis market he always no.
ticed that there were some men who
came to the market with cattle larger
than his at Younger age, and who al
10 received about as twice as much per
pound. He learned that these men
raised their own cattle and used regis
tered bulls upon native and grade cows.
On one of his trips to st. Louis he was
fortunate in meeting up with man
who made business of breeding regis.
tered cattle, Tni. was Mr.. Giltner of
Giltner Brothers. Emincnce, KY. While
Mr.. Hooper had been converted to the
value of purebred cate, vets that
time he had not been converted 10 tn &,
paying of very high price for them.
He says, however Nc. Giltner cav the
opportunity of deing some mis sionaFy
work and sold him three head of regis
tered cattle Zone bull and two heifers)
at an exceedingly rees ,nsbte price.
This was in 1911. By the use Of this
bull on his native cows Mr., Hopper in
creased very materially the grade of
steers he was breeding. His interest
however. was grown & very rapidly II
purebreds. so iu 1915 he purchased an
additional five al of registered VS.
The total amount he has spent for reg
istered Hereford cattle has only been
81, $50 hut he has sold up to date $ll, $50
worth ard besides has on hand good
sized herdof registered Herefords.
Mr.. Hopper is conservative type of
farmer. He always thinks before he
acts, He bought his foundation herd
at q. very reasonable price yet at the
same time he purchased animals of
merit. Two years ago he had the sat
isfaction of selling the Giltner Broth
ers six head of heifers at $500
around and few weeks la ,er had the
pleasure of seeing them sell in the ave-
ton ring-ore brought s575 and the
other FIVE sold FIR a $1,000 piece.
Out side of these six animals sold TO
Giltner Brothers and few that were
shipped 10 Mississippi, the others have
been sold near Tome.
Mr.. Hopper states that he believes
more men with moderate means should
take Up the business of raising pure
bred cstls. He says by The use of a
little common sense in buying the right
kind of animals at the right price and
taking care of them after they were
Purchased, one ,al. be assured of at
least reasonable success.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-08-12
The Beat Physic

When yo1 want pleasant ply tic try
Chsmberlsi - TABLETS. They are easy
to take and mild and gentle in effect.
They are highly przad By people who
have bec'm scqIainted with their
good quail. les, They ly cost a
qusrt I. adv
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-08-12
Things to Do on The Farm in
August
In The FIELD

Have continuous supply Of green fer
age for hogs. Use crops that keep green
and tender and require sslittls blowing
ss possible. Get alfalfa for summer
grazing, an acre for esch SOW and pig,
and also an acre of permanent grfss
pasture, In addition, have two fields
of an acre each in which corn and soy
beans (hogged off and land sown to
barley are alternated with barley fol
lowed BY Crimson clover and rye,
Start this month with Crimson clover
on one field and next month SOW barley
on the other.
BUILDING SEASON
Repair sio. Overhaul corn binder
and silsge cutter. sharpening all knives
and repairing generally. II needed,
build chicken house, hog house, milk
house, and other needed buildings. In
creass the crop yield from every acre
by terrscinR, after which SOW rye thick
on the terraced land.
WITH LIVESTOCK
Make all roughsge possible, Cal
culate carefully how much stock you
can winter properly. Turn fsttening
hogs on early corn ard beans; keep
tankage before them in self feeder
Turn the pure bred ram with ewts al
night by the 18th. Turn work stock to
pasture and give grain ration in ad-
dition. Spray dairy cows to keep off
flies. Now pastures to kill weeds.
Get ready to fill silo: supplement short
pastures with liberal ration: fix up the
dairy barn and whitewash the inside.
MARKETING
Watch the livestock market closely
and be prepared to ship cattle and hogs
that are ready. Runs of livestock be
gin to increase in volume toward be
latter part Of September and the mar
ket prices begin to decline. Purchase
fertilizer comparatively for wheat and
other fall sown crops.
In THE HOME
Begin to get the family wardrobe
ready for the coming winter. Make
Lew comforts and quilts if any are
needed. Wooden garments, sweaters.
and mufflers should be shaken and aired !
at the intervals during the entire sum.
mer.
BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS
This a month for camps and rallies. |
If the entire county does not have a