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, 1921-12-22
X. X. MCKINNEY DIES

Tn" funeral of r. r. Mckinney,
who passed away in Evanston on
Wednesday of last week was held at
the Rasmussen Undertaking Parlors
in this city on Monday and inter
,ment was made in the local Gene
terry. Rev. o. c. King of the NJ. F..
Church conducted the services and
the following men acted as pail
bearers, Mate koOntZ. JAS. English.
Sven Stenburg: Percy Roberts. Chas.
Eggleston and Mr.. McCollum.
Mrs. Mckinney. and two children
who have been visiting relatives in
Galesburg, ILL.,. accompanied the body
of Mr.. Mckinney to this city and
will make Rawlins their home in the
future. Besides his wife and child
rem there are left to mourn the de
man. his mother and two
brothers all of whom reside in the
Mr.. Mckinney and family have
residents of RawlinS FOR the
past several years and during that
time have made large circle of
friends. all of whom extend sincere
to the bereaved wife and
children in their loss.
, 1921-12-22
SAND HILLS OIL co.
MAKING 30 DAY TEST

The head driller at the Sand Hills
Oil Co. camp e n word to their Of
flee here last Tuesday Thai the drill
had disclosed a decided change in
formation and that considerable gas
had developed. President John Hart
instructed Ted Hughes. n Of the
directors. to drive to camp and in
vestigate conditions. Mr.. Hughes
announced upon returning that he
found over 5000 feet Of oil in the
well with some gas escaping. The
swab was put in action and in seven
hours run I'VE $50 barrels Of oil was
recovered without apparently lower
ing it in the we'll. A special meeting
of the Sand Hills directors was held
Wednesday and it was decided to
purchase some additional equipment
and upon installation of same to
start a test run on the oil showing
for a period of thirty days. Those
who have been in close touch with
well operations to think it will
make at least fifty and perhaps IS
barrels Or more per day.
, 1921-12-22
OIL field
GAS EXPLOSION
THOUGHTLESSNESS OFTEN The CAUSE
OF SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. YOUNG
MAN BADLY BURNED AT P.
and R. FERRIS CAMP

Only one Of the many patients
that have been brought to Rawlins
this season suffering with serious
gas burns remains under a doctors
care. according to careful inquiry
among the local medical profession.
Horace E. Guilford, probably the
most serious case handled 30 far, is
rapidly recovering and Drs. Swisher
and jeffrey are of the opinion that
no bad scars will result.
Mr.. Gublford Is employed at the
P. & r. Ferris camp. Some weeks
ago he stepped into q pump house to
see that the equipment vas working
properly. 1t was during a cold snap
and one OF the pit cocks seemed to
have frozen up. The doors and
windows were closed. He lighted a
piece OF waste for the purpose of
thawing the ohoked cock and an ex-
ploeion occurred which wrecked the
building completely. Guilford stag
gered over three hundred yards to
the cook house with his clothing
Attire. The cook a badly burned
while tearing off the clothing. Fore
man F. A.. Miller brought the suf-
ferer to Rawhns in less than two
hours. Great deep burns around his
neck and face and hands completely
blistered and other parts badly
scorched. naturally looked like a bad
He Is now convalescent and
in another few weeks will probably
be ready to return to work.
1t Is suggested by several oil
operators that this item be given pub
licity in the hope that greater care
wdll be used in camps operating with
natural gas. Too often pure care
l~essness Is the cause of serious and
in many cases here in Wyoming
fatal accidents. Great care and par
ticular caution Is needed in cook
house, bunk house or other closed
structure where a burning fire or
flame is not going all the time.
Where heating stove and lamps are
exiting uished upon retiring. at least
two windows should be left open for
fear of a slow leak or the accidental
breaking OF a gas pipe.
, 1921-12-22
BATTERY PRICES AGAIN
Adjusted

Mr.. Clifford Sundin. manager of
tho Willard Service Station, who
handle the Willard Battery. announce
another drop in the prices of that
make of battery. effective December
18th. This is another readjustment
to the drop in raw materials and
production costs which has been TAX
ing place steadily in practically all
lines of manufacturing" says Mr..
Sundin. But it must be borne in
mind at the same time. that price is
not the important factor in Willard
Batteries. This factory builds a pro-
duct to a quality ideal and stick to
their goal regardless of competition
because they sincerely believe that
high quolity in a storage battery
means true economy in the long run"
, 1921-12-22
f NEW OFFICERS

On Tuesday evening of last week
Ivanhoe Commandry No. 2 knight
Templars held its annual election OF
officers. Those elected for 1922 are
as follows:
Eminent Communicates. Coul-
son.
Generalissimo-C. A. Brimmer.
Captain General-E. A. Kell.
Prelate-A. F. Thode.
Senior Warden-E. F.. Steward.
Junior Warden-W. F. Nieman.
Treasurer-Wm. Daley.
Recorder-H. Breitenstein.
Standard Bearer-Geo. o. Stephen
son.
Sword Bearer-H. N. Snively.
Warden-C. Aman.
Sentfnel-Chas. Miller.
Installation will take place Sunday
morning, December 25th, at $50.
The regular Christmas observance
will be held at the same time. All
Sir Knights are requested to be pres
ent.
Rawlins Lodge No. 5. A. F. & NJ.
held the annual election of officers
last Wednesday, night. The following
officers were elected and installed
for the ensuing year:
Worshipful Master-C. A. Brim-
mer.
Senior Warden-E. F. Steward.
Junior Warden-Ed Rogers.
Treasurer-Wm. Daley.
Secretary-E. A. Durant.
Senior Deacon-H. w. Eveleigh.
Junior Deacon-A. A. Tobias.
Senior Steward-G. NJ. Bergen.
Junior Steward-D, NJ, Paisley,
Tfler-C. A. Anderson.
w. w. Daley, Dr.. A. F. Thode and
Chas. Miller were elected to the
Building Committee.
The Board Of Trustees consisting
OF VIM. Daley. Perry Smith and N. R,
Greenfield were reelected.
, 1921-12-22
FREE MATINEE CHRISTMAS DAY

The management of the Strand
Theatre invite the children Of Raw
Inns to attend a free matinee at the
Theatre on Christmas day. beginning
at 3:15 and continuing until S P. NJ.
VIM. s. Hart in one Of his latest
offerings THE Whistle" Is the pro-
duction that will be offered for the
amusement OF the children and Hart
is a favorite with all juvenile fans.
Messrs. Johnson and Bangs extend
an invitation to every child in the
city under the age OF fifteen years
to attend the matinee on Christmas
day.
, 1921-12-22
RETURNS FROM CALIFORNIA

r. II. Alcorn. editor of The Raw
Inns Republican, returned this morn
ing from Pomona, California, where
he was called recently by the serious
illness OF his grandfather. Mr.. B. F.
Ransford.
Mr.. Ransford passed away We'd
nesday afternoon OF last week, the
funeral being held on Friday after
noon last.
The deceased was quite we'll known
in Rawlins. having visited here sew
,eral times with his grandchildren. He
was so years of & at the time Of
his death.
, 1921-12-22
PREDICTION

This is the equinoxial period. Vest
erday was the official first day of
winter. The general weather condi-
lions prevailing for the next two
weeks will indicate what may be ex-
.pected for the following ten weeks,
according to an ancient method of
weather forecast. Watch the result.
It has worked to perfection the past
YEA
, 1921-12-22
SISTER DIES AT PORTLAND

Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Bennett and
children returned Tuesday of this
week from Portland, Oregon, where
they we're called recently by the ILL
ness and death Of Mrs. Emma
Erabry, a sister Of Mr.. Bennett.
Mrs. Embry % we'll known In this
county having been born at Sand
Creek and having lived here the
greater part Of her life. She was
also . sister Of Mrs. L. e. Wvton.
, 1921-12-22
FORECAST MADE BY The REPUBLICAN over A MONTH
ago Still STANDS and IS Being VERIFIED BY
PASSING Events. If TEXAS PROMOTERS
ONLY HAD half The CHANCE.

acre tracts being leased with room
for n we'll which is generally al
lowed to flow at capacity and drain
the sands.
Quality of Crude and Price-Gas-
oline 1866 per cent; lubricant yield.
25 per cent; posted price, Is cents
per barrel,
, 1921-12-22

Elmer Kell arrived home the lat
ter part Of last week from Los
Angeles where he Is attending the
Harvard Military Academy and will
spend the holidays with his parents,
DR.. and Mrs. e. A. Kell.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-10-29

LIBRARY FOR
Y. v. GIRLS

Through the influence of Mrs. Eliz-
abeth Euper, member of the Com
mittee of Management, the Chicago
Public Library has set up a branch
circulating library, which affords
clean, wholesome reading for those
who desire it of both facts and fic-
ton. If there should be call for
book that we do not happen to have,
we always do our best to get it from
the main library. We. would be pleased
to have friends, both men and wonl-
en-. visit our different departments and
speak of the work that we are doing
to their friends. We also have a room
registry, where clean, light, airy rooms
may be obtained in some of the best
families in the city. These rooms are
investigated each week by our bust
ness secretary, Miss Jeanette Whis-
nant, and approved by this branch, so
we have no hesitancy in offering them
to you The Industrial Conference to
be held at the Bowen Country Club
at Waukegan is planning one OF the
biggest receptions yet, discussing the
economic and industrial situation in
tie part they should play in this ma
tional issue in so far as it promotes
ideal citizenship. About fifty girls are
planning to go from the Business
Girls Club, B. G.. o. f. Club and the
Gamma Della Club, all from the In
dustrial Department.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-10-29
HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
To MEET

On Monday and Tuesday, the 14th
and 18th of November, the Associa-
ton for the Study of Negro Life and
History will meet in annual session at
Lynchburg, Va. The day sessions will
be held at the Virginia Seminary and
College and the evening sessions at
the Court Street Church. Speakers OF
national standing will address the
meeting. Teachers and students hav-
ing an intelligent interest in the Negro
will attend this important convoca-
ton.
The discussion to be taken up will
center largely around the Negro in
the present crisis in the light of his
torical and sociological analysis. Such
topics as the development OF the race
from within, economic self-sufficiency
and the uplift of those far down will
figure conspicuously in this program.
Among the speakers who will partici-
pate are Prof. John r. Hawkins, FL
nancial Secretary of the African Meth
odist Episcopal Church, Prof. Charles
H. Wesly of Washington, d. C.;
Claiming H. Tobias, International
Secretary of the Young Mems Chris
tan Association; Victor r. DAILY,
business Manager of the Journal OF
Negro History; A. L. Jackson of the
Chicago Defender staff; c. G. Wood
son, Director of the association, and
James II. billiard, Director of the John
F. Slater Fund.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-10-29
Lawyer Gets Ku
Klux Warning

JACKSON, Miss, Oct. 20. :
Atty S. D. Redmond, a prominent
lawyer of Jackson, Miss, received
a letter of warning last week,
signed: *. X. K" The letter is
self explanatory, but Atty. Red
mond says he is from Missouri
The letter reads as follows:
Rankin Co, 10-16-21.
Redmond, the lawyer.
This is to warn you that unless
you and a few other niggers leave
town at once you are going to be
tarred and feathered, now we
mean business and you are GER
tainly going to get good dose,
this is a fair warning and you
had better take heed and leave.
You. niggers are getting too
much of a foot hold in Jackson
and we propose to put stop to
it, you have entirely too many
niggers hanging around your store
and they are a regular nuisance,
you are too near Capitol st. for
your own good, now you had
better leave at once for we intend
to tar and feather you and if you
do not leave then we will give you
a dose of a stone around your neck
and some pearl river bottom.
XII KLUX KHAN.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-10-29
Prominent Speakers at Meetings

Among the speakers before the public
sessions were Kelly Miller of Howard,
President John Hope of Morehouse,
Miss Mary Mcdowell of University of
Chicago Settlement, L. Hollingsworth
Wood President OF the National organ
patton; Horace j. Bridges, President. of
the Chicago Urban League, and DR..
George c. Hall Kelly Miller pointed
out the process by which the slow ac-
ctinulation of grudges eventually erupt
and this eruption purges. The accu-
mutation of these grudges before the
war was the era, long and trying, the
war an epoch out of which new adjust
ment comes. There are more than Is
cities in the North with a Negro popu-
lation of over 10000, increased during
the migration The function OF social
agencies is to cut down these wastes of
adjustment and whereas it is impossible
to change laws we can understand them
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-10-29

and throw ourselves in harmony with
them. Whether the Negro is inferior,
equal or superior to the white is OF no
consequence IN this task. Superiority
will show itself. 1t is the duty OF white
Americans to render service to its Negro
population and draw out its best quail
tiles. It is likewise the duty OF Negroes
to give service to their country. Pro
fessor John Hope of Morehouse College,
Jesse o. Thomas, field representative Tor
the Urban League of the South; Miss
Mary Mcdowell and DR.. George c. Hall
spoke at the Proyident Baptist Church
Basing their discussion on present tend
encies, they speculated hopefully on the
prospect OF Negroes in Industry. The
South is slowly recognizing the value
OF cooperation, though still backward
in many essentials.
Other speakers were Mrs. f. F. Horne
of Brooklyn, Mr. Tyler OF Los Angeles
Mr.. ]. H. Hill OF West Virginia, A. L
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-10-29
DISCOVERY OF
OIL MAKESLAND
VALUES LEAP

PETERSBURG, VA, Oct. %
Crude oil, pronounced by Government
biologists to be real petroleum, has
been discovered in this city, and a
real oil boom is on, according to many.
The oil was discovered several months
ago in a section of the city occupied
by our race, but was taken as a joke
at that time. Several wells began to
fill with oil, the residents using it to
fill their lamps.
1t was then believed the oil had
leaked from big tanks in a nearby oil
yard. Recently, however, the liquid
became heavier and darker and would
not burn, giving every evidence of
being crude oil.
A lawyer sent sample of the oil
to Washington for analysis, the re-
port coming back today, pronouncing
the liquid crude oil and natural de-
rivative of petroleum. The owners OF
the property have refused large sums
for their small lots.
May Be Real Oil Field
There have been several oil hoaxes
in this city and vicinity within the
past several years, but the report OF
Government experts on the oil taken
from these wells, many say, prove a
real oil field has been located.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-10-29
Housing Handicap. Increased

The supervision OF building operations
and the labor tie-up in different sections
has rendered acute the housing problem
generally. The shortage OF homes, there
fore, has been felt most severely by
Negroes who live usually in the worst
sections and pay the highest rents.
These problems were discussed by f. T.
Lane of Kansas City, Miss Madge Head
ley and c. s. Duke of the Chicago Zon-
ing Commission. Lane gave the result
of a survey in Kansas City through
which these conditions were laid bare.
Zoning as explained was intended TO
stabilize property values. Chicago has
begun work on plan for delimiting
the commercial, industrial and residence
Zones.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-10-29
War Developed Race con,ciousness

War Developed Race Consciousness
Speaking before the Conference OF
the National Urban League in Chicago,
Graham Taylor declared that following
the war there was Tightening OF racial
lines between Negroes and whites. In
general social problems, therefore, the
Negro question is just manifestation
of one OF their more acute phases. He
described present relations as an ex-
preston OF an after-war psychology
mentioned other manifestations in such
awless organizations as the Ku Klux
Khan. and better American association
of California and asserted that the sound
sober judgment OF real Americans
would overcome these and restore bal
ance.
Elmer A. Carter Of Louisville, KY
speaking for the Negroes of that city
presented their difficulties in an increase
OF seven per cent in death rate due to
bad housing in three years, the increase
in dependency and unemployment and
feared that the return 10 normally
would mean an even greater pressure for
Negroes who moved from the South.
John T., Clark OF Pittsburgh reported
more favorable situation. The plant
of Negro social workers proved success
full. During the depression Negroes
were retained as seventeen per cent OF
the force
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-10-29
Unemployment Strikes Hardest

The session on unemployment brought
out the most depressing revelations OF
the conference Discussions were led by
William X. Connors OF Cleveland, John
c. Dancy OF Detroit. William L. Evans
of Chicago and Willoughby g. Walling
Of the Chicago Unemployment Confer
ence. In general it appeared that the
industrial depression had struck hardest
the Negro workers who form one
seventh of the labor supply, that they
arc suffering from the preference policies
adopted in many plants, that certain
social organizations have through neces-
sity developed the technique for han
ding the distress and dependency con-
sequent to it. Forty per cent OF the
wage earning Negroes OF Cleveland are
unemployed, the city, however, expend-
ing large sums of money to relieve dis
tress and make jobs.
Detroit has also developed a plan for
making jobs for the jobless. Chicago is
farthest behind AS Mr.. Walling stated
the legal safeguards created to protect
the city and state from other evils, un-
fortunately imposes a technique which
ties the hands OF authorities in this
emergency. The Chicago Urban League
made the first organized effort in the
city TO care for unemployed. 1t served
more than 10000 meals and gave Al 900
shelter tickets.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-10-29
URBAN LEAGUE
DISCUSSES
RACIAL CRISIS

What is probably the largest gather
ing of specialists in the problems of Ne
groes attended the conference of the
National Urban League in Chicago, DC
tober 10 to p. The discussions this
year tended toward specialization in
close sessions. Unemployment, industrial
relations, health, housing, recreation, Ia
Dor policy, welfare work in industrial
plants migration problems, the tech
nique of social service, classification and
use OF facts. and inter-racial problems
and relations were separately discussed
BY experts in each field.
Sixty representatives from more than
twenty states presented their problems
and methods of handling them. Every
session was fully attended and consider
able enthusiasm was manifested as dis
cussions proceeded.
Day sessions were held at the Vim
cennes Hotel and night sessions at Wen
dell Phillips High School, Origina
Providence Baptist Church on the Yves
Side and Lincoln Center. The Chi
cage League had arranged an elaborate
reception with a hospitality committed
numbering two hundred. The Inter.
racial Committee, the Women's City
Club, Chicago Women's Club, Fedora
ton OF Churches and Board OF Directors
of the Chicago Urban League, held re
ceptions in honor OF the visiting dele
gates.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-10-29

When one has gone across the At
lantic Ocean, it is the common habit
of friends to ask such questions as,
How did you like your trip?" You
must have had a fine time" What
about the people over there?" How
were you treated?" as there any race
prejudice over there?" ETC., etc.
To answer these question over and
over again is quite an item of time and
responsibility. However, the novelty
of such trip keeps one willing for
several weeks to say almost anything
about it, but after such lapse of time
one wearies OF the subjects and Is more
or less annoyed at the many questions
asked. So that, while a fellow en-
joys a trip and returns high-chested
and full of wisdom, he does not care
long to nurse this late child of his
life longer than a few weeks and then
he is down to the solving the more
practical problem of everyday life.
Southern Europe, the Home of Class
ical Wonders
Perhaps the first thought in mind
after decentralization at Cherbough is
Paris. Paris, with its Louvre, Yer
saiiles, Napolean's Tomb, Arc de Tri-
omphe, Eifel Tower, Ferris Wheel,
Cathedrals, Cabarets, Grande Boule-
wards, her 100000 people. One
might spend one year here and not
cease to feel a thrill when he takes a
drive over Rue Royale, Madalene
Lane, Champ-de-E lysie and like places.
And then he could spend seven sum-
mers looking at the wonders of the
Grande Louvre-inuseum, university,
everything. A description of the
Louvre is impossible. The best |
could say would be but the prattle OF
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-10-29
E u r O P E
AS Seen By DIR. w. A. Blackwell In His
Recent Trip Abroad

an undergraduate of college of elo-
cution 1t beggars description. Great
stone building in medieval architec-
ture, a mile long, enfolding arches,
towers, art, sculpture and Edens OF
terraces and parkings. Within, the
painting, sculpture, mosaics of all the
French and concurrent historical sub
iects, wars, celebrities of state, war
and religion. The next thought is
Rome. Unless one is charmed on to
Chateau Thierry, Belleau Wood, Sois-
sons, Fisme, Rheims and Chimiu-des-
Danes, Rome is the one objective.
But Rome must be the subject OF
another discourse, SO we defer any
further mention.
Policies and the Economic Situation
Possibly the most interesting OF all
the phases of European interest, we
may lay it down as an evident fact
that Europe is bankrupt. Every ma
ton is bankrupt. England tax to the
amount of 20 shillings on every 20
shillings of wealth it has. English
money is the stronger than any OF the
nations who were in the World War,
but it must be remembered that Eng
land gained more territory in the war
than all of the United States, includ-
ing Alaska, and that is, at least, an
apparent asset. France builds slow
Belgium builds faster than France
Italians are the poorest people have
ever seen. While it is rich in art
sculpture, history, law, traditions, She
swarms with beggars. Italy's saviour
is dead one She lives in the past
The present is reeking with socialism
anarchy, poverty, envy, strife, militia
rism and death.
w. A. Blackwell.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-10-29
ELocUTIoN1sT ASSAULTED

FL PASO, Texas, Oct. 2e.-Prof.
]. c. Phillips, an elocutionist, was set
upon by band of ruffians here re-
Gently and brutally beaten. When he
appealed for police protection, he was
thrown into jail as a suspicious char
acter. Subsequent appeals by minis
tiers and business men to the police de-
partment secured his release.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-10-29
IGNORES XII KLUX THREAT,
IS FOUND DEAD

NEW YORK CITY, Oct. 2o.-Sev-
eral days ago, Mrs. Gertrude Nickens,
"a, found strange warning written in
chalk on the door of the room in which
she lived at 4133 Park avenue, Bronx.
1t read: Get out or die. XXX. K"
She ignored the warning, but was
found dead a few days later with her
skull crushed. She was caretaker
for a number of New York fraternity
houses.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1921-10-29
Poor Wake Up Rich As Oil Spouts In Backwards

Jackson OF Chicago, Mr.. c. F. Powlison
of the National Child Welfare Associa-
ton. Miss Murphy of the Elizabeth Nc
Cormick Memorial Fund and ]. X. L.
Lee, Extension Secretary National Ur-
ban League. .t1f :.