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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-03-10
WHITE CITIZENS AID
IN CHURCH BUILDING

Misseula, Mont, March 9.-White
citizens of this city are cooperating
with the colored citizens in raising
money to remodel the A. M. E.
church. A committee of pastors of
the white churches with the Mayor
of the city as chairman has been
appointed. The Rotary and Kiwanis
clubs are also assisting.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-03-10
Given Lashes and
LaI Senfence Fol.
IS Cent Theft
(Crusader Seryice.)

Wilmingtens DELI March o.
For stealing Is ceits worth of
coal which he returned after
; his capture, Burt Quailes, col
ored, received Is lashes from
the public cat-'o-nine-tails and
was sentenced to a year in the
workhouse. FIJI.
Quailes, it was shown, had to
steal the coal or go without
during the recent cold spell,
and have his family freeze to
death. The coal was stolen
from a car on the siding of the
Baltimore and Ohio, railroad.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-03-10
CHICAGO REFLECTS
COLORED ALDERMEN

Chicago, Ill, March 9.-Louis b.
Anderson, Second Ward, Mayor
Thompsol,s floor leader in the City
Council, and Mai. Robert r. Jackson,
Third Ward, were reelected in the
|aldermanic election Tuesday.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-03-10

UNION HALL ASSOCIATION TO BURN
MORTGAGE ON TUESDAY, MARCH IS

lots. The tax value of this property
in 1922 was $30,000.00.
October Is, 1914, after invocation
by Rev. H. P. Jones, the first dirt
was turned for the future home of
Union Hall.
December 13, 1914, with both
lodges and many friends assembled,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-03-10
FIRE THREATENS TO
DESTROY TENEMENT

Griffin, Ga, March "A fire which
broke out In the colored section here
Friday thereatened to destroy the
wirDDe settlement. Firemen made a
rapid run to the scene and used sew
eral streams Of water, to keep the
fire from spreading to the adjacent
houses, which were largely frame.
Several houses were burned.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-03-10
TRY to- BRIGHTEN
MIGRATING LABOR
Southern Newspapers Publish
Stories to Keep COlored
People in South

New York.-A sample of the mat.
ter published in white newspapers OF
the South to keep colored labor from
going North, was sent out today bp
the National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People, 70 5th
avenue, New York, in the form OF
extracts from an article published in
the Index Journal of Greenwood. s.
c., February 18. The headline over
the article is as follows: ..r-~
FIND NOTHING GOOD
IN NORTH, NEGROES
RETURNING STATE
There follows an interview viii
one of the men alleged to have re.
turned, with the following paragraph
introducing it: .,za-s.--> -. :.
"Undertakers here say that many
of the dead are being brought hack
from the North, particularly from
Philadelphia ana o<fer +cities Of the
North. All of these are the corpses
of Greenwood Negroes who have beer
lured to their death in the North by
stores of high wages and easy living
conditions. Not a week passes that
the trains from the North don't bring
hack the long, sealed boxes, bearing
the bodies of Greenwood Negroes who
have succumed to the hardships OF
the North" --.
The final paragraph of this news.
paper article is as follows:
ain spite of the hardships which
they. have to undergo in the North
Negroes from this section are still
hocking Northwtard. A number went
last night and a large number went
IN the Saturday before. Many OF
them 60 to Philadelphia, which is
even colder than Washington, where
Robert Whites mother died of pneu.
monia, and some go West. Under.
takers say that certain per cend
may be expected to come back fol
burial before the winter is over"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-03-10
GEORGIA TOWNS
DRIVE cOL0RED
AMERICANS OUT
Letter Alleges Hundreds Were
4 Ordered to Leave by
White Citizens
kLAM INFLUENCE limited
Homes, Crops and Other Prop
erty Confiscated; Refugees
Suffer
.KLAM INFLUENCE HINTED

New York, March 9.-The Ma
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People, 70 Fifth Ave.
New York, today made public por-
tions of letter received from a per-
son actively connected with the
Methodist Episcopal Church in Chat
tanooga, Tennessee, in which start
ling charges are made of the driving
out of eolored people from Georgia
towns and confscation Of their prop
.erty including houses, automobiles,
crops; and the death Of numbers Of
the fugitives from exposure and
hardships suffered on the flight. The
name of the writer which is signed
to the letter is withheld because it is
feared the persons safety would be
endangered were the name made
public.
Take Crops.
The letter says in part:
For the last month or two the
white people have been putting the
colored people to fight out of several
town in Georgia-about the time
their crops were ready for gathering
they began--soms We're run away
from home with their crops stand
ing in the fields ready to gather
hence white people went to their
houses and gave them notice to
leave in so many days and on other
instances notices were written, and
signed by, as indicated. X. K. K, and
intimidated them so that lots of
them left their homes furnished just
as they were while they were at
home. Some with their houses
cleaned up, beds made up and every
thing done as though they were at
home-they left their homes with
nothing but what they were wear
ing and a suit case and sometimes
net that.
Suffer From Exposure.
One family had to flee through
the rain, snow and cold, wade and
SWIM the SCTedUlS dIlu dI laSt dIIiFCo
here in Chattanooga, for every one
of that crowd is expected to die in
less than two months, from the ex-
posure they received in making their
escape from their pursuers. One
man who had an automobile drove up
to filling station where he had always
lived, to have his car filled, the man
in charge asked him who the car be-
longed to, and he replied that it be-
longed to him. The oil man ordered
him out of his own car saying that
it no longer belonged to hinl-tellipg
him that he got no oil from that
station to move a car that belonged
to him, and told him to leave the
country. For weeks it was a most
pitiful sight to see people travelling
through the rain and cold with little
bundles, suit cases, early in the morn
ing and late at night, forlorn, hungry
and Geld. They sleep anywhere they
can get to sleep and eat anything
they can get-an organization con-
tributed towards their food for sew.
eral weeks. :
Several hundred of these people
settled here in Chattanooga and It's
vicinity, mostly in South Chatta
nooga. They were run out Of Jesup
Ca, around in the neighborhood o.
northern Georgia near Summervllle
and Lafayette. !. I'd.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-03-10

All Indebtedness Paid Off Eight
Years After Project Is Be-
gun; Public Cordially Invited
to Attend Ceremonies at Hall
Next Tuesday e..
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1923-03-10
Lay Cornerstone.

This ) corporation was lett open
so that any lodge could join at any
time, the only requirement being
that said lodge should pay in the
same amount the holding lodges had
paid. Perfect Ashlar Lodge pur-
chased from Mars Lodge one lot Civ
ing the association two lots on which
to bulid;the total cash Of both lodges
was about $3,0O0.O00 and the two
New Britain herald., 1923-01-09
TROOPS GUARDING
 MOREHOUSE WITNESS
(Continued from First Page)

Anything said about Dr. McKoir during the gamer"
 Not that recall"
 What took place during the con- versation between you and Dr. Me- Koin?"
 Well, I knew McKoin was re- former and he should know about the notes. We talked a long time."
 That was before he was shot at?"
 About two or three weeks"
 Since the disappearance of your son have you ever received any anony- nous letters?"
 Not directly, but Davenport said he had received word over the phone that Campbell and Whipple. his two bodyguards, would have to get away from there or they would be killed"
 Mentions Shipwith.
 "Who did Davenport say told him?" Captain Skipwith."
 When did Davenport tell you that?"
 Tt was after the kidnapping, after I had told my friends I believed my son had been murdered"
 "How about the kidnappings, where did they take placer" we were on the Bastrop Monroe road" During the period you were being , held, did you hear your son Watt i, speak"
 T did not"
 You did not recognize anyone?" No, if did would have gone to he man and faced him."
 Doctor Testifes. Dr. F. J. Wiley, a Mer Rouge phy- ician, testified as to treating W. c. Andrews on the night of August 24. Il "He looked like he had been se- erely whipped" he said. T asked no questions. Andrews had everal severe bruises on his back, but |
New Britain herald., 1923-01-09
WILL SEEK INCREASES
Fall River Mill Engineers Undamteti
 By Doffers' Failure.

Fall River. Jan. 9.-The refusal oi the Fall River cotton manufacturers
 association to grant the doffers' union
 demand for a 29 per cent wage .bl-
 vance was followed today by an
 nouncement that the stationary fire men had voted unanimously to press a similar demand. The doffers are affiliated with the united textile work CTS of America. The stationary fire men are independent. They control essential employees in more than 100 mills.
 The united textile workers are mak- ing their plans uninfluenced by the manufacturers refusal, President Thomas F. McMahon said. What these plans were was not made known but it was said that members of the committee of the U. T. w. were going back to their several dis tmcts from the meeting here with in- that formed part of gen. eral campaign.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-09
DEMOCRATIC PARTY GROWS
 BETTER AND BETTER DAILY
So Declares Speakers at Andrew Jack son Victory Dinner Held
 At St. Louis

Springfield, H., Jan. 9.--A revived and determined democratic party
 every day is growing better and bet
 ter" speakers insisted at banquet here commemorating Andrew Jack sons victory at New Orleans.
 Senator-elect Ralston of Indiana, denounced the republican party for what he declared was it's policy of in ternational isolation and criticized the management of the federal reserve bank.
 Mrs. Bernice Pyke, democratic na- tional committee woman from Ohio warned both democrats and republi- cans that the day of reckoning of the newly enfranchised women was at hand.
 There are still left some Lodges, Natsons and Shoots representing the 1ld order, entrenched, but at bay strong with the enormous power of ,ustom, tradition, inertia and money III on their side," she said. But a l lew ally has come to the support of | he progressive democrats. And that 8 the women of America, for the i of America are demanding a ew order in politics"
New Britain herald., 1923-01-09
there were no decorations"

there were no decorations" Andrews was one of the men fogged by what was described as "black hooded" band at the same time Dan- iel and Richards were kidnapped.
 Tells of Finding Bodies.
 M. F. Holloway, a fisherman, who was at Lake La Fourche shortly after the mutilated bodies of Daniel and Richards were found, was called to the witness stand.
 Both bodies were floating face down." he said. Both bodies re- minded me of two old rag dolls which had been chewed up and thrown out there. The was some galvanized tel ephone wires around both bodies. T took a stick, and examined one of the bodies. This was Daniel. I found a piece of the skull hanging, on a thread, it looked like"
New Britain herald., 1923-01-09
PATROL LEADERS SCHOOL
Frederic l.. Fay, Head of Scoutmas- ter's Training School. in Charge of Third Annual Class Organizations.

The third annual school for patrol
 leaders under the New Britain Coun-
 cil, Boy Scouts of America. will com-
 mence its sessions on February 5th
 and continue every Monday afternoon
 for 12 weeks. Sessions will commence
 at 4:15 o'clock immediately after school and will be over not later than 5:15 o'clock.
 This school is open to patrol lead ers assistant patrol leaders and any other scout of troop who is suffi- ciently interested to do the work nec- essary to qualify for the diploma awarded by the council. s1n order to qualify for the diploma for efficiency scout must attend 75 per cent of the sessions. be prompt and orderly in attendance, and pass a satisfactory test upon the completion of the course. The receipt of such diploma will not make scout a patrol lead CT but will confer the rank of Pa ! trol Leader Qualified"
 Sessions will be held in the chapel | building of the South Congregational | church as this is completely equipped | with blackboards, is central, and more | for the instructor.
 Frederic l.. Fay, director of educa- ton of the council, will have charge of the instruction as last year, with he cooperation of l.. P. Sade, vice. president in charge of training. and he scout executive, Walter o. Cook. This school was big success last vear. Registrations for the course hould be in the hands of the scout executive by February first.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-09
STOP!!

Every winter you have one of those terrible colds which hang on for weeks and weeks break it up at the start with Williams Syrup of White Pine. Honey and Tar.
 You will be amazed how quickly this fine old fashioned remedy will stop that dry tickle in the throat, loosen up that congested condition and re- lieve the hacking cough. A days use will usually break up any ordinary cold if taken in time.
 For twenty years thousands of people have considered this bringing prep aration a household necessity. Easy to take and pleasant to the taste. Don't &C., cept substitute.
 Prepared in the laboratories of Williams &CaretonC Company Hartford, Connecticut, and for sale at grocery and general stores.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-09
ALASKAN VOLCANO.
Eruption of Pavlof Again Puts That
 Mountain "On the Map"

Washington, Jan. 9.-Pavlof vol
 cano reported last Saturday to have
 lost it's entire top in mighty ex-
 plosion, and latest of the worlds
 peaks to break into eruption, has,
 like Mount Katmai, which blew up
 in 1912, again put Americas great
 Alaskan volcanic garden" on the
 map. says bulletin of the national
 geographic society. "The peak is in a region in which volcanoes and one time volcanoes are as thick. as prairie dog mounds on western plain, but most of the time they are dormant" the bulletin says. Pavlof is situated almost at the tip of the long narrow Alaskan peninsula that stretches out toward Asia. For years vessels have passed near it and no activity other than a slight smoking has been ob- served.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-09
LIONS DO NOT FAVOR
 PURCHASE OF LYCEUM
Continued from First Page)


 twister: F. w. Macomber, treasurer: Col. w. W. Bullen and c. L. Pierce, directors.
 The community service committee consisting of William Gothwaite, Dr. J. H. Potts, John A. Andrews, Freder- ick Macomber and Robert Vance, will work with the board of directors in reference to bringing to New Britain some worth while musical aggregation under the auspices of the Lions club. A report will be made at the meeting next week.
 The installation of the newly elected officers will take place at the first meeting in February which will be held in the evening at the Shuttle Meadow club.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-09
TEST CASE READY
Seizure of Malt and Hops Is Basis of
 Legal Action in New York

New York, Jan. 9.-Prohibition officials today are taking the first legal steps in the presentation of a test case which is expected to de- velop from the seizure of hundreds of gallons of malt and hops. The seiz- ure is reported to be the first of it's kind, inasmuch as none of the ma terials seized was alcoholic in itself.
 According to the agents, the hop
New Britain herald., 1923-01-09
OPINION DIVIDEDON PURCHASING LYCEUM
(Continued from First Page)

trying to make new shoe out of ar old one by purchasing the theater He believes that if the city is con. sidering purchasing an auditorium 1t should build one which could stand as a memorial.
 w. c. French Uncertain.
 W. c. French, president of the Lions club and principal of the Gen. tral Junior High school, said that the problem sounds interesting. He further stated that the city needs a municipal auditorium but he does not know whether or not the pur- chasing of the Lyceum would solvO the problem.
 Other prominent New Britain tax payers disapprove of the project many feeling, as the mayor does, that the city has other things to spend money for and is not in dire need of such an auditorium.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-09

of the state. members of the phar- maceutical association began their mid-winter meeting here today for discussion of trade matters and pos- sibly some things which may be under consideration by the legislature.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-09

and malt company where the seizure was made sold the ingredients to- gether with printed instructions for making beer. Oscar Van Bernath, of Larchmont, N. r., Joaquin Altina of New York and a boy employe were arrested.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-09
NEWSPAPER VETERAN DIES.

Stamford, Jan. 9.-Edward T. w. Gillespie, aged S1. dean of newspaper men in Connecticut and president of Gillespie Brothers, Inc, publishers of the Stamford Advocate, died today after two days illness of pneumonia.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-09
SLAYER SEEKS PARDON
Murderer of Stanley Ketchel Has
 Served 12 Years.

Jefferson City, Mo-, Jan. 9.-The case of Walter Dipley, serving sen tence of life Imprisonment for the murder 13 years ago of Stanley ketche, middleweight pugilistic champion, today was in the hands of the state board of pardons and pa- roles.
 Protests against paroling Dipley are being made by Senator James A. Reed and Col. R. P. Dickerson of Springfield, Mo. Dipley has served 12 years. He was alleged to have shot and killed Ketchel because of jealousy over 6 woman.
 STATE DRUGGISTS MEET.
 Bridgeport, Jan. 9.--The druggists
New Britain herald., 1923-01-09

Watch the Herald Classified Ads, and you will profit by it. To be versed In Herald Classified Ads is sign of thrift. A habit which is really worth while.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-09

Polo had its origin in Persia, and is the oldest of all stick and ball games
New Britain herald., 1923-01-09

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New Britain herald., 1923-01-09

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New Britain herald., 1923-01-09

si,ss CHAM HOUSE DitESsEs - herg fine count giagr ham, with aFgands collars and euffs, and earl butisn trimming. sixes oT ea
New Britain herald., 1923-01-09

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New Britain herald., 1923-01-09
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-07
REAL ESTATE FOR RENT
Apartments and Flats

GARDINSR-33 Lincoln Ave. Fur
nished apartment, modern conven-
icnceS
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-07
was used. performed by Rev. c. II.

was used: performed by Rev. c. II.
McElhiney. pastor of the Congrega-
tional church, and was witnessed by
the members of the immediate fam
lilies of the young couple. After the
marriage, delicious refreshments of
punch. waters and brides cake were
served.
Most unselfshly despite the deli
cate health of Mrs. Gray, the Grays
were most anxious to have this i'm
portant event take place in their
home as expression of the anprecia :
ton of the capable and faithful eff
forts of the bride during her stay
with them for more than a year past
Thelma was most progressive
high school: is a vivacious, attractive
and capable young woman.
The groom is the popular clerk at
Emery's Hardware store in town,
president of the Boys band, member
church orchestra and a most estim-
able young man.
The presents were many, beautiful
and practical, showing the high
esteem in which the newly-weds
pie, after being eluded for a time by
the bride and groom, motored to
Embden pond, where it was thought
the honeymoon would be passed, and
were rewarded for waiting at the
Weston camp, by their arrival. Aft
er an impromptu reception which
was not lacking in jolity the party
left, predicting a happy and useful
life and career for the young couple.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-07
Anxiety Felt for
Man in Toxic

NJ considerable anxiety is felt by
Tndulson friends of Rev. and Mrs
ITelry holmes over the safety of Mr..
in.o'lhes IN the great disaster in
TUapah as he was located at Toxic.
pun Mr.. and Mrs. Holmes are well
n n. mere as Mrs. Holmes is for
T nsr Madison girl and sister to B. x.
EDWARDS Of this place. They visited
Mhs MADISON three years ago and on
ua return to Japan were accom-
p p by Mrs. Juliette Edwards.
~ hnv IS Mrs. Holmes mother. Owing
S,. ue poor health of one of her chill
zen ven Mrs. Holmes was advised to
be ou TO America and together with
hr. mother and family landed about
me- ee weeks ago and has been at the
S SO,ne OF Mr.. Holmes parents in
'V,u,.hern California since that time.
In Mi' Holmes is language teacher
college in Toxic and did not
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-07

The following additional pre-
miums were awarded at the second
day of the Somerset Agricultural
society show Tuesday: IA bushel
beets. Everett Hilton, list; IA bushel
potatoes, Mary Gray, 1st. Everett
Hilton, 2nd; cheese, Mrs. Mark Gray,
LIST; sage cheese, Mrs. Mark Gray,
1st and End; eggs. Mrs. Charles
Pease, LIST and End; canned fruit,
canned vegetables. canned pickles,
Mrs. Everett Hilton, LIST; best dis
play of apples. Mark Gray, list;
varieties of jelly, Mrs. Everett Hilton,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-07
Weston-Davis

On Wednesday evening last. at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. *. G.. Gray, oc
CURED the wedding of Thelma Mar
ion Davis, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Laforest B. Davis of Madison. and
Otto Uranus Weston, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl A. Weston of Arson. The
rooms were simply and prettily dec
grated. especially the large window
in the parlor. The strains Of "Old
Point March" composed by the late
Elmer Towne, We're played by Miss
Erna Emery. The bridal party. con-
sisting Of Mrs. Marion Gray, brides
maid, Mervillc Churchill. Srooms-
man, youthful Elizabeth Gray. ring
bearer, followed by the bride and
groom. appeared on the stairs,
marched along the hall into the din
ing room, through the den and into
the parlor before the front window.
The impressive double ring Seremony
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-09-07

come with his family as no one had
been secured to take his place. 1t is
hoped that he may have been absent
from the city at the time of the dis
aster as this is the vacation season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Holmes went to Japan
as missionaries under the direction
of the American Board of the Con-
gregational denomination.