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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-06-10
SWEDEN NOW wINKs AT BETTING
tBv The Associated Press.

iBV Inc Associated freSS.D
STOCKHOLM. June 9.-Betting in
connection with horse racing was in
troduced in Sweden for the first time
May 7. at Jagersro, the largest race
course in South Sweden.
For many years the question Of bet
ting has been before the Rigsdag at
intervals. and many times il has been
rejected IN being immoral
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-06-10
STORM HURTS CROPS

FORT WORTH. Texas. June "a
rain. hail and wind storm swept many
parts Of west Texas today. doing heavy
damage to crops and property. Precpi-
tation continues at a number OF points.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-06-10
DEPARTMENT tai
BILL FINALLY
PASSES HOUSE
Reductions in Appropriations
Very Small; State Mining
Board Abolished by Meas
ure

AUSTIN, Texas. June 9.-The de-
partmental bill finally passed the house
today 10 To 81. Reductions Of less than
$4,000 were made on the floor TO the
bill, leaving totals as passed slightly
over S5.9O0.O00. The principal amend
ment adopted today was that abolishng
the state mining board, carrying with
II an appropriation Of $1,000.
The bill as reported by the appropria-
tion committee was reduced over $780,
600 compared with the departmental bill
vetoed by the governor.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-06-10

resentative Montgomery, reque sting his
reasons for objecting to the bill and
asking who are "his people" who did
not approve Of the measure, and the
following reply was received:
Il have had one request from my
county to support the reclamation bill.
On the other hand have been request
cd BY people all the way from Mission
to Mercedes and Edinburg to oppose
this measure in its present form and
in my position ms representative of Hi
dalgo l do not feel that 1 should at-
tempt to literally cram down the
throats Of my people bill which CON-
pletely organizes them into q district
without their consent. I am for the
Valley and for flood control and want
to see cooperation between Cameron
and Hidalgo counties, and feel sure
that il can be obtained. but I cannot
consistently support any measure un-
til it is agreed upon"
Rule Of House Kills Bill.
Under the rules Of the house any
special measure Of this character
which does not have the support Of all
representatives within the district AZ
fected cannot be passed, and Represen-
tative Montgomery's refusal to support
the measure made it incumbent upon
Representative Lewis to withdraw Il.
II was understood in Brownsville and
other Valley towns that the opposition
of Representative Montgomery to the
measure had been removed by propos-
ed amendments, but developments Sat-
urday morning indicated that this was
not the case.
Cannot Understand Objections
County Judge Oscar c. Dancy, who
took leading part in the prom0tion %
the reclamation district plan. when ap-
priced last night that the bill had been
withdrawn. and that Representative
Montgomery had based his opposition
upon the fact that people all the way
from Mission to Mercedes and Edin-
burg" had requested him to oppose it.
stated:
at is extremely difficult to UNDER
stand why Representative Montgomery
or any other resident Of the Lower Rio
Crande Valley, should object 70 the
measure. II was framed in open conven-
tion after due notice had been given.
The tentative draft Of the bill was pub
lished rs was also the completed bill
after its ratification at the
Harlingen meeting. 1t was understood
mt that convention that minor amend
ments to the bill would be accepted.
few Of the minor details not meeting
entire approval Of all concerned. At
that convention IL was apparent that all
tConiinued on Page 0D
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-06-10
MANY NEGROES LEAVE SOUTH

ATLANTA. June 9.--president Soule
of the Georgia College Of Agriculture
yesterday estimated that 6S960 negroes
have left this state for the north since
January 1.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-06-10
EDITORS ELECT

GALVESTON, Texas. June e.-Sam
Braswell, Of Clarendon. was elected
president of the Texas Press Associa-
tion today. Amarillo was selected for
the meeting place Of the next conven-
tion.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-06-10
ORy The Associated Pressl

AUSTIN, Texas. June 9.--Thc senate
today engrossed the Clark bill making
automobile and truck lines common car
ricrs, under the supervision OF the
state railroad commission Amend
ments increasing the minimum fees un-
der the bill, supplementing the salaries
of the railroad commissioners a thou
sand dollars were adopted.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-06-10

East TEXAS-Sunday and Monday.
unsettled with local showers.
WEST TEXAS--Sunday and Monday.
partly cloudy. unsettled in Panhandle.
Weather Conditions
Yesterdays pm. weather map in
dicated unsettled conditions over the
Gulf States and the Plains states, and
mostly fair weather elsewhere. Many
showers and thunderstorms had oc-
CURED during the l2-hour period ending
ut the evening observation in Texas.
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama. Flori-
da, and over most Of the Plains states.
Temperatures were rather high yes
terday in some portions Of the country.
particularly in the Plateau region and
Arizona. The highest readings ut Tex
rs stations ranged from 92 at San An
tonio IN 20 Mt Abilene.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-05-19
SCULPTRESS TELLS HER
STORY AT LYCEUM

New York, May tx. N. r.
Service) Miss Augusta Savage, stu
dent Of sculpture at Cooper Union,
whose application to enter the Foun-
tainbleau School of Fine Arts in
France this summer, was rejected by
the American committee because o1
her race, told Of her disappointment
last week at mass. meeting Of
protest held in st. Marks Lyceum.
81 wanted to 60 so badly" she
said, "that / worked night and day
and bought new clothes that ] nigh,
look all right. / was surprised wher
they told me that was little tot
dark. / am the only colored girl ir
my class at Cooper Union and ths
others look on me as though / were
a freak. If accomplish anything
that is worth while they pat me OF
the back as though I were littls
child"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-05-19
PETITION TO DISSOLVE
CORPORATION GRANTED
Receiver Appointed for Mercan-
tile Firm; Assets to be
Distributed

An order for the dissolution Of the
st. Paul Cooperative Mercantile As
sociation was signed by Judge
Boerner last Saturday and James
Williams was appointed receiver.
The st. Paul Cooperative Mere
antile Association was organized as
a subsidiary corporation to the Co.
operative. Wholesale society Of Amer
lea. After considerable litigation,
some Of which still remains unfinish-
ed, the parent body ceased to do bus
ness and a receiver was appointed
to wind up it's affairs. The st. Paul
concern likewise became inactive
and the present action was brought
to distribute its assets among the
stockholders and members entitled
thereto.
Attorney Roscoe Crump conducted
the action in behalf of the petitioners,
and the law firm Of H. P. Keller and
Bruce Broadly appeared for other in
terested parties. Atty. Crump secur-
ed money judgment for his clients
as well as an order dissolving the
corporation land appointing the
receiver. Mr.. Crump will soon be
located in his new law offices at 81
E. Sixth street.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-05-19
FIGHT RESIDENTIAL
SEGREGATION IN d. C..

Washington, May 1S.-The Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, through the
Washington, d. C. Branch. is fight
ing an agreement made among white
property owners which prohibits
their selling land to colored people.
The case arose out of the sale Of pro
perty by one of the white owners to
Helen Curtis, colored, in violation OF
the agreement among the white
owners.
James A. Cobb, chairman Of the
legal committee of the Washington
Branch, M. A. A. C. p, appeared fol
Helen Curtis, before Chief Justice
Mccoy of the District Supreme
Court who overruled her motion te
dimiss the suit.
A letter from Shelby ]. Davidson
executive secretary Of the Washing.
ton Branch states that the adverse
decision Of the court will be appealed
carrying the case If necessary, to ths
United States Supreme Court. Jus
tice McCoy's decision is seen as {
dangerous precedent, in that i
might furnish q way to circumvenI
the Supreme Courts decision in til.
Louisville Case, declaring residentia
segregation Unconstitutional.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-05-19
ARRESTED;
CHARGED WITH LARCENY

Watertown, N. Y., May Tx.
N. F. Service) DR.. Ralph Paul
Russell, colored evangelist arrested
here Monday on a warrant charging
him with petit larceny for the
Elmira authorities, was taken back
there last week by detectives.
Walter Z. Gardner of Elmira
charged that the minister had pur-
chased typewriter from him, and
was paying for it on the installment
plan. DR.. Russell, when he left
Elmira, according to Mr.. Gardner
owed about SIS on the machine. In
stead of completing payment he
sold the machine.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-05-19
MURDER IN FIRST
DECREE CHARGED
AGAINST ONE Man
One is Member of Guard Com
pany that Could Not be
Modified in Time
TRIALS IN JUNE TERM
Five Released on $4,000 Bond
and One Freed on $4,000
Bail
(Argus SerYicel

J Columbia Mo-, May 1s.-Six men
have been arrested here accused in
indictments of having participated
in the lynching of James T. Scott, on
the morning of April 20. Judge
CAN'T, who is sitting in the Circuit
Court said that while it would be
impossible to set the case for the
present term of court, because Of
the crowded condition Of the docket,
it was probable that all would be
set for the June term, which begins
June 18.
Batteryman Arrested
Elmer Woods, one of the men ar
rested on a charge of obstructing an
officer is a member Of Headquarters
Battery, 12s Field Artillery, which
was ordered out to suppress the mob,
but which could not be modified in
time to prevent the lynching.
Other men taken into custody were
Hamp H. Rowland, a farmer; Estill
Davis, the son Of a contractor; Geo.
Barkwell, contractor and two 9TH.
ers.
The only first-degree murder in
dictment returned by the grand jury
was against Barkwell. He is at lib
erty on a $4,000 bond. The other
men gave bond for $4,000 each.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-05-19
76-YEAR OLD MOTHER
OF SCHOLAR DIES

New Haven, May Tx. N. F
Service) Mrs. Sarah A. Ferris, 80
Dickerman street, died at her resi-
dence Tuesday morning Of heart
failure at the age of 76. She was
the mother of William H. Ferris
Literary editor of the Negro World
and author of "The African Aroad.'
Mrs. Ferris was born October IL
1847, in Wilmington, Del. She came
to New Haven at the close of the
Civil War and married David Ferris
a Civil War veteran. Two children
were born, Mrs. Mabel Irene Viii
liams of Waterbury, and the sol
already mentioned.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-05-19
n, A. A. c. P. BRANCHES
PAYING Dyer EXPENSES
Tour Arranged By National Of
fee; Speaks in Twin
Cities May 24-25

New York.-Representative Leon
idas c. Dyer, of Missouri, who is
touring the middle and far west to
rouse public sentiment for the Dyer
Antf-Lynching Bill, which he intends
to reintroduce in the coming Con-
gress, is having his travelling ex-
penses paid by Branches of the Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People. The N. A.
A. C. P. arranged for the tour with
Mr.. Dyer.
The dates and places at which
Representative Dyer is scheduled to
speak against "The Shame of
America" are as follows: -
Kansas City, Kansas, April 27;
Kansas City, Mo-, April 20; Omaha,
Neb., April 80; Denver, Col, May 2;
Los Angeles, CAL, May 6; Oakland,
CAL, May 10; San Francisco, CAL,
May II; Portland, Ore, May 13;
Seattle Wash, May II; Spokane,
Wash, May 20; Duluth Mimi, May
20; Minneapolis, Minn., May "a;
St. Paul Mimi. May 25; Milwaukee,
Wis, May 26; Chicago, ILL.,, May 27;
indianapolis Ind, May 20; Detroit,
Mich, May 80. -. -.
In connection with Representative
Dyer's tour, Robert w. Bagnall
Director of Branches of the National
Association for the Advancement Of
Colored People said:
"Colored voters and liberal minded
whites all over the country will be
reached in the determined campaign
to make the Anti-Lynching Bill a
lay"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-05-19
Bulletin Announces
NelU Editing Staff

Under a reorganization plan eff
fected last week, Mrs. Aimee Hall
becomes the managing editor of the
Northwestern Bulletin and Mrs.
Geraldine Pickett is made circulation
manager. Both Mrs. Hall and Mrs.
Pickett have been with the Bulletin
for some time, Mrs. Hall almost
from its start in February Of last
year. Prior to this time Mrs. Hall
had been occupied exclusively with
advertising. Not a little of the
success of the Bulletin has been due
to her work. Mrs. Pickett will con-
tinue to care for the office work as
she has in the past. Owen Howell
is the owner and publisher of the
Bulletin.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-05-19
Whites IN SUPPORT OF
BACK TO AFRICA MOVE
Threaten to Make Conditions so
Bad Race Will be Glad to
Follow Marcus

Portland, Ore. May 1s-Reminiscent
of the circulars distributed among
colored people last summer advising
them that Garvey and the Ku Klux
Klan were their two best friends and
that they should beware Of the
Church of Rome and the radical
groups within the race, propaganda
circulars are being distributed fan
and wide over the west to the effect
that the Knights Of the White Light
have undertaken the task of not only
making the colored man fall in line
with the Garvey program and depart
for parts in Africa, but of making
him earnestly and anxiously desir.
Gus of going.
The leaflets, mailed to white
citizens Of these parts, inform them
that the aim of the Knights of the
White Light is to see that all people
of African descent be chased out OF
this country. They have taken vow
to force the black man to go te
Africa, and to want to 60. ,.-
The circular reads, in part:
Speakers or agents are to tel
them Of the beautiful home across
the Atlantic from whence they came
Nor is the press to be idle. all man
ner Of magazines, papers, pamphlets
calculated to excite desire in then
for home across the pond, will b,
scattered among them.
"We must send agents among tn,
Negroes, to encourage the emigration
telling them of the delightful climate
and the rich soil, where cotton ant
all kinds of fruit grow wild. Wher,
there are not white men to rape thei
women and lynch their men, wher
they can have officers and make ,thei
own laws, and where freedom will b
as unlimited as the sunshine whicl
j is above their hands.
Transportation must be furnish
ed them or, If possible have them t
furnish their own ships.
/ In the fewest words possible tn
purpose of our organization is t
1 transport all colored people in tn
UNITED States to Africa. As ther
is no Jaw to compel the coon to leav
unless he wants to, the first step
make him want to emigrate."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-05-19
Club Presents Troop
Flag To Boy Scouts

Thanks to the Adelphai club, Troop
55 is now the proud possessor Of q
new troop flag. The presentation
was made Wednesday night at st.
James church at the regular meet
ing of the troop.
Mrs. Maud Brooks, president
Of the club in presenting the flag to
the color bearer, John Kelly, Jr., said
that the women Of the club wanted
to encourage an organization that
was building better men, and that
they were glad to- aid the scouts in
any way.
Scout Harold Carr, in short
speech Of acceptance for the troop
promised the ladies that the flag
would never trail in the dust.
On behalf Of the troop COMMITTEES
John w. Kelly, Sr, presented each
Of the three patrols with two folding
frying pans to be used on hikes. Al
terwards the committee served ice
cream and cake to the scouts and
their guests. George Sears was pre-
scented with his second class pin and
H. Ashton with his tenderfoot pin.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-05-19
Swinging Cleauer
Clips Fingers OF
Armour Employee
Big Knife Takes Means of Extra
Livelihood from Piano
Player .a.

A swinging cleaver on the sheep
head bench at the Armour plant in
South st. Paul last week robbed
Naomi Leavett, woman worker, of
two fingers and the tip Of third.
Miss Leavett was reaching for a
head that had slipped down the
chute and did not see the eleaver
descending.
81 do not mind the loss Of my fin
gers as far as the work is con-
cerned, said Miss Leavett, "but my
piano playing at the theater is the
only way I support my mother and
sister, and now can't play any more
I'm afraid"
Miss Leavett was employed even
ings at the Rex theater. She is re
covering in the company hospital.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-05-19
Landlord Stingy With
Heat; Gets Fine, Jail

New York, May Tx. ". F.
Service) Louis Klien, A, white, of
616 Lenox Avenue, and owner of an
apartment in the celored section of
New York, was fined $3.50 and SEN
fenced to the workhouse for ten days
last week for failing to supply heat
and hot water, last March.
Evidence brought out showed that
he had offered hs tenants 800 il
they would move out so that he
could rent his flats to colored people
for more money. than-he was getting
The tenants refused to move and he
raised the rent one hundred pei
fcent.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-05-19
Large Number Have Registered
in Effort to Win s'U' Scholar
" ship Offered by Mu CHAPTER,
Alpha Phi Alpha; Essays to
be Read at Pilgrim Church.

Local high school seniors will COM
plete in an essay contest for the tut
tion prize offered by Mu chapter,
Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity at Pill
grim Baptist church, Cedar and Sum-
NIT avenues, Sunday, May ~ at
p. m. .@rs, -. -
The subject of the essays is "What
l Have Gained From My High School
Education" 80.
Each year since the first "Go to
College" campaign the movement
has taken on greater proportions,
and the evidence of it's influence in
the educational world is seen in the
attention given it by national leaders,
church. organizations and the press.
In a letter to Norman L. McGhee,
national secretary Of the fraternity,
regarding the movement, the Presi-
dent of the United States wrote,
"The need for effective work to reduce
illiteracy among colored people is
very great, and rnanifestly it can be
accomplished mainly through the
equipment Of members Of the colored
race to do educational work among
their own people," ~..
Dean Kelly Miller, in the Pitts
burgh Courier said, "The Go to High
School, Go to College week is merely
suggestive Of the wide field of activi-
ty which such organizations might
well engage. The colored man or
woman Of the future who falls short
of at least high school education
can hardly hope to operate on a high
level of service"
A large number of high school
seniors is registered to participate
in the contest. The decision of the
judges and the awarding Of the prize
will take place Immediately following
the contest. -.
It is hoped that large audience
will be present to encourage the
young people. Some talent from the
chapter will be added to the program.
Admission is free. -, =
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-05-19
A TRADE SCHOOL FOR
DISABLED VETERANS

The U. S. Veterans opened q
vocational school at Helena, Montana
on October 2, 1922, for giving trade
instruction to disabled soldiers OF
the World War. =
This school has furnished instruc!
tion along trade lines to fifty to
seventy men each month since it was
opened. 1872.
There are courses in machine shop
practice, mechanical drafting, gen
eral electricity, shoe repairing and
auto mechanics. Men whose early
education is defective are given pre-
vocational instruction in regular
English branches. The men taking
trades courses are given supplement
tary training in Shop English and
Shop Mathematics.
This school with it's office, shops,
and class-rooms, occupies three floors
Of a fire-proof building 44'x101',
centrally located in the city of
Helena. The equipment is very com
plete including everything needed
for giving thorough instruction in
the above trades. ... .. Ill., =.
Every department is headed by an
instructor who has taught or worked
at his trade before coming to the
school. He has either been thorough
workman, or an executive or a shop
foreman in his trade. There are
two instructors in the automobile
department. - ...s ..-@
Before the practical work in the
shops, which includes mechanical
drafting for all except the men iT
shoe repairing, they also receive
special instruction in Shop English
and Mathematics. :
Men taking mechanical drafting
are required to spend half of eacf
day in the shops where they come ir
contact with the practical side of the
work.
: Business men talk to the trainer.
from time to time, thus keeping tht
men in close touch with the need ant
practices of the industrial world. Once
a week the director of the schoo
meets class and talks with them in I
nontechnical way about matters con
corning their employment objectives
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-05-19
Jury Grants Husbands Suit For
Diuorce On Grounds OF Adultery
Beatrice Few Fails i'm Action
for Separation and Mainten-
ance When Court Finds for
John Few on Charges Filed
: in Cross Bill; Property to
Woman.

The jury in the case Of Beatrice
Few against John C. Few, after a
few days trial, rendered a verdict
last Friday in favor of the defendant
John Few, finding the plaintiff, Bea-
trice Few, guilty of adultery. The
proceedings were started by Mrs.
Few in an effort to secure separa-
tion from her husband and to COM
pei him to provide for her separate
maintenance and to get the care,
custody and control of the two child
rem on the ground of cruel and in
human treatment. Mr.. Few filed a
cross-bill alleging that she was guilty
Of adultery and demanding an abso-
lutte divorce. He also sought to Sc
cure possession of one of the child
rem and the return Of the property
known as 314 st. Albans street which
he had decided to her just before they
were married.
Judge Lewis, before whom the case
was tried, found that 1.-The allega-
tions Of inhuman and cruel treat.
ment alleged by Mrs.~Few were not
true and denied her prayer for sep
arate maintenance; that the transfer
Of the property by Mr.. Few to Mrs.
Few was an absolute deed and could
not be attacked in that case, and that
the children having been removed
to Alabama, the court could not
make an order giving the care or
custody to either party.
Upon the verdict of the jury find
ing Mrs. Few guilty of adultery the
court granted an absolute divorce to
Mr.. Few without requiring him to
pay any support or expense money.
John J. Kirby represented Mrs. Few
and w. T. Francis represented Mr..
Few.