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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1923-03-19

Florida. is gripped b. bitter cold wave
The southern states are reporting record
low temperatures for this time of the
year.
II the upper Mississippi valley and the
Rocky Mountain region train service is
practically paralyzed. and many trains
are stalled in snowdrifts. Telephone
Communications are dcmoraIized. and
Tour deaths arc reported 10 have result
I'd from the intense cold i'm Colombo.
The coldcst weather cf the winter Was
reported Hast night and Yesterday over
Texas. but modrrHting weather IN re-
ported this morning from Amarillo. Ali
lcne and Wichita Fails. after the most
severe hlizzard of the winter Tcnprra-
lures reported early this moninr includ-
er Amarillo. II degrees above zero: Adj
lere i+. Dallas. ~. Iieris1n TX. Wichi-
ta Falls IS. AHstin IN. Waco ~. Hrua-
ton 21- sSion ~. Galveston 81.
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to carry cold food and to sit up on
STRAIGHTFORWARD seats for the whole
trip. A colored woman of Portland,
Oregon, editor Of a paper there,
bright. intelligent and attractive, re-
spected by the best-known white and
colored people Of the State. was visit
ing her parents in Texas, carrying her
infant and small child of three years.
On their third nights ride, in Texas.
she was compelled to get up, dress
herself and babies, and vacate her
berth because some short-distance
white passengers objected to her pres
ence in the car. A coIored person who
was hurrying from Florida to undergo
an operation by an expert in Chicago
had to risk death BY seventy-four-
hour ride in Jim Crow day coach,
Sick coIored people sometimes have-to
be carried on stretchers in the baggage
car"
The broad ax., 1923-08-25
URBAN LEAGUE ANNOUNCES
FELLOWSHIPS
Miss Ethel z. McGhee Receives Ella
Sachs Plotz Fellowship

The National Urban League through
its Executive Secretary, Eugene KING
kle Jones, has announced its fellow
ship awards for the next school year.
Miss Ethel z. McEhee OF the 1928
class Of Oberlin College and resi-
dent Of Atlanta, Ga, receives the Ella
Sachs Plotz Memorial Fellowship to
the New York School of Social Work.
Miss McGhee was an honor student at
Oberlin. College having previously
been graduated with an excellent rec
ord at Spelman Seminary in 1919
The other successful candidates are
Miss Irene z. Ruff OF HaverhilI.
Mass. a graduate Of the State Normal
School Of birmingham, Mass, in the
class Of 1913, and formerly a secre-
tary of girls work in the Y. w. G. A..
Abram L. Harris, OF Richmond. Va.
an honor graduate of Virginia Union
University, class of 1922 and formerly
Assistant in the Department Of Re
search Of the National Urban League
and Loratius L. Mckenzie Of Minden,
La, graduate Of the University Of
Michigan in the class OF 1922 who Sc
cured his masters degree at Michigan
in june, 1928. These candidates were
selected as the result Of competitive
examinations taken by 80 out of 20 APP
plicants from schools and colleges 10
Gated in every section of the country.
These awards carry with them free
tuition in the schools TO which the
candidates are assigned and in addi-
ton about $500 in cash. The Ella
Sachs Plotz Memorial Fellowship con-
sists of income from fund Of about
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WILLIAM PIcKENS WRITES IN
NATION" ON Jim CROW
IN TEXAS"


William Pickens, Field Secretary OF
the National Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Colored People, writing
in The Nation GO Vesey street.
New York City,, gives his personal
experience with Jim Grow in Texas.
The Jim Grow car is not an insti-
tuition merely TO separate the races
asserts Mr.. Piekens; lit is a contri-
vance to humiliate and harass the coll
ored people and to torture them with
a hnesse unequaied by the crueIest
genius Of the heather world.
Fourteen States have Jim Crow laws.
Not one Of them maintains equal ac-
commodations' for colored people. al
though the law generally calls for
accommodation equal in all points
Of service and convenience. so as to
square with the Fifteenth Amend
ment."
Mr.. Pickens then recites individual
cases.
"A colored woman travelling three
nights from FL Paso. Texas, to
Charleston, South Carolina, with 4
baby and small children, is compelled
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of any race immigration bar by Mex-
leo against American citizens before
resuming diplomatic relations, also
asking the President in view Of n,
dedication address and plan TO follow
Harding's policies to put Colored doc
tors at the head of the Colored Veter-
ans Hospital at Tuskegee. VIM. Mon.
roe Trotter, national corresponding
secretary, presided, DIR. Julia Fl. p
Coleman and Miss Zeta Dyson "
Washington, were the secretaries, A
]. Smitherman, formerly Of Tulsa
Okla, was resolution Chairman. and
Rev. L. G. Newly Of Connecticut, Sec.
rotary, G. T. A. French, Esq, local
president, Hon. I. B. Allen, local vice
president, Miss Grace Campbell. local
treasurer, Rev. T. S. Harten and Rev
George Frazier Miller of BROOKLYN
and many others attended.
At the meeting in Brooklyn, Rev. T.
5. Harten was elected president Of The
local branch League and was elected
to wait upon President Coolidge at the
White House to oppose c. Bascomb
Slemp Of West Virginia as the Presi-
dents secretary. Secretary Trotter
was the speaker. DR.. E. ID. N. Camp
bell was elected vice, Mrs. CLYDE
Brown, secretary, and Rev. Geo. Fra
zier Miller, treasurer. The Annual
meeting is scheduled for September
10th in Brooklyn, N. Y.
The New York Branch League en-
dorsed the action Of the Conference
and thanked France for enforcing
equal civil rights for persons of color
The broad ax., 1923-08-25
PLANTATION DAYS cONTIN.
UES TO HOLD FORTH AT
THE AVENUE THEATER

The days Of plantation Days are
drawing to close at the old Avenue
Theater. $40 Indiana avenue. for sun
day. September End, will be It's last
night on the billboards at that popu-
lar play house.
Il has had long and very success
full run. Tor without any question about
it. it IS the best and cleanest show on
the road. 1t is composed Of 50 high
class or star artists who understand
their stunts from A to T.
plantation Days has been playing
70 crowded houses at each show
every evening. AS this is its last week
It viii be known as Eflxs' Week and
two shows viii be staged each eve
ming, one at us and the second show
at $50 sharp.
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SCHOOL FRIENDS TO MEET
AFTER YEARS

Hon. Arthur G. Froe, recorder Of
deeds Of District of Columbia; J.
Daniel BeasIey. cashier of Boston and
Albany Railway, Boston, Mass; M.
T. Bailey. President of the Bailey
Realty Co. 1898 S. State ST.. President
of the Alumni Association of Virginia
State Normal College, Petersburg, Va,
and Patterson II. Carter, Inspector Of
Highways Of Philadelphia, Penn, will
Be reunited at the Elks Convention
after having been separated since their
college days from the Virginia Nor
NAL and Collegiate Institution Of
Petersburg, Va, from which they
graduated
The broad ax., 1923-08-25

New York, M Y-After having
taken part on Monday night in a call
meeting Of the United Front Confer
ence. which issued the original call for
the All-Race Assembly. for the pur-
pose of consulting with Prof. Kelly
Miller, Chairman Of its Committee OF
Arrangements for the Assembly, and
presided over by Jas. Weldon John
son, treasurer. in absence Of Rev. NJ
A. N. Shaw, the president, the Ma
tional Equal Rights League. which
called the United Front Conference
last March, held a two days confer
ence Of the League on Thursday and
Friday at zoo West 133rd street on
the general race situation
From this conference a Memorial
Proclamation to President Calvin
Coolidge was issued and sent pro-
claiming the loyalty of Colored Amer
leans and their just desire to have the
President enforce full equality OF
rights and life-protection, thus dispell-
ing the natural race apprehension al
his selection Of Southern 'lilywhite'
for his secretary, an opponent in
Congress Of the Dyer Bill, and the
apprehension from Gen. Hines insist
ence on white heads for the CoIored
Veterans Hospital at Tuskegee.
The Conference adopted resolutions
calling upon the American Bar Asso-
citation at its coming Annual Conven-
ton to formulate Legislation for federal
protection Of life from mobs, urging
the President to insist on the abolition
The broad ax., 1923-08-25
THE POLICE RAIDED MANY
PLACES ON THE SOUTH SIDE
AND IN OTHER PARTS OF
THE CITY

Last Sunday evening the ever-pres-
ent and watchful police raided many
disorderly houses or resorts, and the
following places selling liquor, gam
bling houses and hotels fell under the
ban of the police for violation OF
many of the city ordinances.
Raids in the "black belt," conducted
BY police Of the Cottage Grove. Stan
ton and Wabash Avenue stations, pro-
duced the largest number Of arrests,
while raids on the west side Melted
forty prisoners.
Keeper and Couples Nabbed
The Vincennes hotel, 1901 Vim
cennes avenue, was raided, two couples
were arrested, and Fred Lewis, the
clerk, booked as keeper Of disor-
Derby house. AT $500 Grand boule-
ward, luxurious apartment was raided
and Kittie Bartell booked as keeper,
while two couples were arrested as
inmates.
The largest number OF arrests was
made when the police raided an al
legged gambling den at 224 East 35th
street and booked thirty-four men as
inmates Of = gambling house. Alex
Burroughs. the proprietor Of the place,
was booked as keeper. A cigar store
at 302 East 35th street yielded twenty
two men. arrested on charges of gam
bling.
South State Street Raid
Other places raided were an apart
ment at 201O South State street, where
six men and six women were arrested;
house at ? West 10Th street. where
two couples and one woman were ar
rested as keeper and disorderly
house at Isl West Van Buren, street,
which yielded four women and three
men.
Comparatively few were arrested on
charges Of violation of the prohibition
act, only two places being raided. AZ
l225 South Ashland avenue seven men
were arrested and six more at l4O0
Hastings street. AT both places the
police claim they found men drinking
liquor.
The Vincennes hotel has for long
time been the very best place for col
ored people to stop at in this city,
and il is too bad that some ladies and
gentlemen have brought disgrace upon
it-Editor.
The broad ax., 1923-08-25
AN HoNEsT-To-GooDNESS
DEMOCRAT

Senator Oscar w. Underwood, OF
Alabama, is the first in the FIELD, for
the Democratic nomination for the
presidency, doubly armed with priority
and partisan temperament He pos
sesses singular qualifications from a
Democratic point Of view-a penchant
for extravaganza with public funds and
a surfelt Of hatred for the colored
American. These are the prime quail
fications for a Democratic candidate
and good slogan might be. "String
Up the Negroes and Expenses" be-
cause everybody would know who was
running and the party he represents
Senator Underwood, il viii be re-
4nembered, is the same Senator In
derwood who conducted the Demo
cratic flibuster against the Dyer Anti
Lynching Bill, and who declared from
the floor Of the Senate that the Demo
cratic minority would prevent the pas
sage OF any of the important measures
before that body unless the bill max
ing lynching a crime against the Gov
eminent was abandoned.
If there IS a rule in politics like the
rules in barbershops. whereby those
who are first to come are the FIRST tc
be served. Mr.. Underwood has avaiIed
himself Of that advantage. While Nc
Adoo. Cox. Smith, RaIston and other.
Of the aspirants are simply flirting
around within the range Of the light
ming. the gentleman from Alabama
speaks out not in mournfuI numbers
concerning his ambition and the faith
that is in him.
Furthermore, he attempts to use hi:
residence in the South as an argument
in favor. rather than against his nom
ination. It's time-honored tradition.
against human freedom have for eighty
years rendered the selection Of one Of
the South's sons for the presidency
repugnant to the country's common
sense and conception of Justice. I'm
derwood confesses Judgment in this
but brazenly announces it as his be-
Lief that the period Of the South's
penance for its principles" has beer
sufficiently long In this the Senator
is wrong IN a pfoverbial Democratic
way. but when he says that the South
reflects the fundamental sentiment Of
the Democratic party. he struck keno
and IS irresistibly right
Reconstruction Of the Democratic
party IS as remotely removed from
realization now as il was in 1868. am
pie evidence OF which is furnished By
the Senator himself. when he essayec
to stop all Of the functions Of the Gov.
eminent rather than to acknowledge
lynching to be a crime to be stamped
out BY federal authority.
Mr. Underworld plea that the South
should receive its reward Ia the Demo
cratic nomination because Of It's simon,
purity IN the matter Of Democratic
allegiance IS insistent and quite ten
able Says the Senator in his an
nouncement;
Today it IS said By some that it il
not expedient to have a standard
bearer from the South, that Il Is y
the interest Of expediency We must e
10 the doubtful States 81 the Union K
select our candidate. Must the South
forever waive the right to select ons
Of its citizens as the chief executiv,
The broad ax., 1923-08-25
Commission on Inter Racial
Cooperation
400 Palmer Building. Atlanta, Ca.
WOMEN PLEDGE UTMOST Eff
FORTS IN ANTI-LYNcHING
WAR
Inter-Racial Commission Group Sets
Out on Definite Crusade
VIII Seek Cooperation Of Organized
Womanhood of Whole South

Atlanta, Ga. Especial to The Broad
Ax1.-At the recent annual meeting
Of the Commission on Tnter-Racial Co
operation, the woman's section Of the
Commission brought in a vigorous
paper on 1ynching and asked the Com
mission to authorize that the matter
be brought to the attention Of the vari-
Gus women's organizations of the
South and that they all be asked to
cooperate in a sustained and system
attic effort to eradicate this great evil.
The Commission, which has been con-
stantly at work toward the same end,
gladly give its approval to the plan
by unanimously adopting the resolu-
tions presented by the women, which
were as follows:
Resolution-W oman's General Com
mittee - Commission on Inter-Racial
Cooperation, Asheville, NJ c., August
20, 1928:
Whereas, Lynching, at one time
practiced only as punishment by the
mob for the violation OF womanhood,
is now resorted to even for robbery,
petty crime. or no crime, and
Whereas, AT present the response
bility for the punishment of lynchers
and the abolition Of the evil rests sole
/ ly in the several State Governments
and
Whereas, We. the Woman's Com
mittee of the Commission on Inter
racial Cooperation. are overwhelmed
with a deep sense Of humiliation that
this hideous crime is heraIded abroad
as the only means available to mer
for the protection Of womanhood, and
Whereas, We likewise suffer because
Of The seeming impotence Of our State
Governments in the protection oi
human life and in their inability to find
and punish iynchers and members Of
mobs, who, id the absence of sufficient
law enforcement by the regularly con
stituted authorities, presume to assume
the role of Judge and Jury-thus them.
selves becoming the greatest OF Law
violators, therefore
Be It Resolved,
l. That we deplore the failure oi
State Governments to handle this, the
most conspicuous enemy to justice
and righteousness. and the most flag.
rant violation of the Constitution Of
our great nation.
2 That we definitely set ourselves
to the task Of creating such sentiment
as is possible to us in each State Of
-our territory to the end that not only
sufficient laws shall be enacted to en-
able the trusted officers Of the Law
to discharge their full duty. but to Sc
cure the enforcement Of the laws nov
in existence.
;. That the Director Of Woman's
Work Of the Commission. Mrs. Luke
I Johnson, Palmer Building. Atlanta
Ca, be and is hereby instructed to Sc
heure the presentation of this resolu-
ton to all our cooperating organiza-
lions and State Committees, and fur
Their to put into effect such plans as
are necessary to secure 4 sustained
effort on the part Of our women tc
the accomplishments Of these ends.
Mrs. T. w. Beckett,
Chairman.
Miss Emma Whitfield,
Sec'y. Pro TEN.
The broad ax., 1923-08-25

$4,000 contributed by friends Of Mrs,
Ella Sachs Plotz, who before her death
was most active in aiding the League
to carry on its program Of Social
Service.
In addition to the New York School
Of Social Work the candidates will be
assigned to the Boston School of So
cial Work at Simmons College. The
Graduate School Of Social Administra-
ton of ChicaGo University. and the
Margaret Morrison College Of the
Carnegie Institute at Pittsburgh.
The broad ax., 1923-08-25
REMOVAL NOTICE

On and after Monday evening, Au-
gust 9th. all meetings Of the Pyramid
Building and Loan Association will be
held at the new Douglass National
Bank building. 1928 S. State ST Mem
bers will take notice of same and gov
ern themselves accordingly-Adv.
The broad ax., 1923-08-25
MRS. ELIZABETH KIMBOUGH,
". Y, HERE

Mrs. Elizabeth Kimbough Of Brook
Ign, New York, is in the city to at
tend, as a delegate, the Elks Conven-
ton and while here is the guest Of
Mr.. and Mrs Allen II. Afford, 1923
Wabash Ave Mrs. Kimbough is one
Of the most prominent leaders Of fra
ternities in the Eastern states.
The broad ax., 1923-08-25

Mrs. Katie Moore, wife Of Dr.
Moore, Of Columbia, Mo-, nephew Of
Lawyer Farmer, and Mrs. Minnie Mall
roy. of Kansas City, Mo, are the hon
ored house guests of Attorney and
Mrs. Walter M. Farmer, F5l Cham
plain avenue; the ladies were also their
guests at the Appomattox picnic on
Wednesday.
The broad ax., 1923-08-25
N. A. A. c. p. NOTES

Dean Williams Pickens, Field Sec
rotary, N. A. A. c. p, addressed
mass meeting at the big tent, East
3oth street and Rhodes avenue, Fri
day night, August oath.
The broad ax., 1923-08-25
RETURN TO MORGAN PARK

]. w. and Mrs. Withers, Morgan
Park. and Fred johnson and wife, 1883
S. State St, have returned from a
pleasant tour to IdlewiId and visit to
relatives and friends ID Detroit.
The broad ax., 1923-08-25
INVESTIGATE EXCLUSION OF
COLORED AMERICANS
(LincoIn News Service.

Washington.-The State Depart
ment has ordered an immediate inves-
tigation of the refusal of the authori-
ties at Piedras Negras. Mexico. to
admit colored American cftizens. II
il minated here that this refusal
might have some effect upon the ne
gotiations in progress for American
recognition Of Mexico.
The broad ax., 1923-08-25
VISITING NEW YORK

Mrs. Lillian Page is in New York
city attending the Supreme Lodge Of
K Of P-ss and Court of CaIanthe- She
is well known as the princess of Ruth
Temple ". s. NJ. r.
The broad ax., 1923-08-25

Captains and Lieutenants are urged
to report, as complaints are coming in
indicating that solicitors who have
memberships in their books have not
reported them to the Office.
The broad ax., 1923-08-25

National Office is making big plans
for the Kansas City Conference. Con-
gresham Dyer, DR.. George Washing
ton Carver, Governor Hyde, Arthur
B. Spingarn. Scipio A. Jones, Miss
Mary E. Mcdowell. Mrs. Alice Dun
bar-Nelson and many other prominent
persons will be on the speaking pro-
gram.
The broad ax., 1923-08-25
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n this city since July 18th, 1892
without missing one single issue Re
pubgicans. Democrats. Catholics. Pro
testants. Single Takers, Priests, inn
dels or anyone else can have their say
a. long IS their language i proper
and responsibility IS fixed.
The Broad Ak is a newspaper whose
platform is. broad enough for all, ever
claiming the editorial right to speak
its own mind. It is neither Demo
cratic nor Republican. Il is strictly
Or absolutely independent in poIitics.
Local communications win receive
attention. Write only on one side Of
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JULIUS F. TAYLOR
Editor and Publisher
Associate Editor
DIR. Nj. A. MAJORS
yd XVIII No. 4e
Chicago. Ill, August Is, 1928
catered IS Second-CIass Matter. Aug
~. 1907. at the Post Office at Chicago
III Under Act Of March s.. 1879
The broad ax., 1923-08-25

Of the nation, or must il weaker its
Democratic faith IN order that il can
have one Of its sons as President Of
The United StatesF'
Speaking as a Democrat TO Demo-
Gratis, the Senator surely carries force
Of logic. Since We are going to have
Ia Democratic candidate, let us have
the real thing, and not 4 Northern
rubber stamp, who curries favor with
the coIered people in a local way and
runs true to Democratic form in the
national game Let Us have man
who speaks the Democratic language
without suffering; who believes that
Iynching, DISTINGUISHING and peonage
are implements Of civilization, and
who puts his faith to work like I'm
derwood did with the Dyer Bill Let
US have the wolf himself, shorn Of his
disguise of sleeps clothing.
The broad ax., 1923-08-25
OPPOSE SLEMP APPOINTMENT

National Equal Rights League Elects Rev
Harten of Brooklyn to See President
Coolidge Conference Acts on Mexico
and Tuskegee Hospita-Appeals to
American Bar Association-Annual
Meeting in Brooklyn.
The broad ax., 1923-08-25

Reservations tor space with the spe-
cial party leaving here over the {. &
A. Tuesday, August 28th. can be made
at the local Office, 1901 South Wabash
Avenue, Telephone Victory 74o0. The
railroad fare is s24.os for the round
trip.
Mr. Walter r. White, Assistant
Secretary, and Mr. Herbert ]. Selig-
man, Director of Publicity. will be in
Chicago Saturday on their way to
Kansas City.
Several delegates from Chicago are
scheduled to take part in the proceed
ings of the Conference.
Reservations for space with the spe-
ciai Chicago party have been made by
Mrs. Harry Davis Of Cleveland, Mr..
B. F. Sherard Of Roanoke, Va, Mr.
Cooke and Mr.. A. E. Whitlock Of
Gary, Ind, and Mrs. A. M Morrow
Of Elgin.
The broad ax., 1923-08-25

Catered As Second-Class Matter. Aug
is, 1907. at the Post Office at Chicago
IN Under Act Of March s. 1879.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-03-29
SHERIFF'S SALE

In the District Court of the Tween.
tieth Judicial District of the State
of Montana, in and for the County
of Roosevelt.
Edmund j.. Phelps, Jr., Plaintiff,
VS..
j. G. Gregory, A. D. Paulson and J,
]. Mangan, Mary Kicker and Ezra
Kicker, her husband, Defendants.
To be sold at Sheriff's Sale, at the
front door of the court house, in the
City of Poplar, Roosevelt County,
Montana, on the 14th day of April,
1923, at the hour of 2 o'clock p. m.
of said day, the following described
real property, to-wit:
The Southeast Quarter (SEA) of
Section Six (6) in Township Twenty
eight (2S) North, of Range Forty
nine (49) East of the Montana Meri-
dian, containing one hundred and
sixty acres of land according to the
U. S. Government survey thereof.
sat J. H. Anderson, Sheriff.
By Chas. Council, Under Sheriff.
Sandlie & Mills,
Attorneys for Plaintiff,
Montana.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1923-03-29
SHERIFF'S SALE
Western Loan and Building Com
pany, a Corporation, Plaintiff

Western Loan and Building Com
pany, a Corporation, Plaintiff
VS..
Charles M. Hanson and Anna K. Han
son, his wife, and the Rice Lumber
Company, a corporation, and the
Monarch Lumber Company, a cor
poration, Defendants.
To be sold at Sheriff's Sale on the
31st day of March, A. d. 1928, at
the front door of the court house in
Poplar, in the County of Roosevelt,
State of Montana, at the hour of two
o'clock in the afternoon of said day,
the following described property, to-
wit:
Lot number Nine (9), Of block
number nineteen (19) of the orig
inal townsite of Wolf Point, in the
County of Roosevelt, and State of
Montana, together with all the tene-
ments, Entertainments, privileges and
appurtenances thereunto belonging,
including all homestead and exemp-
ton rights therein.
j. H. ANDERSON, Sheriff.
By Chas. Council, U~ndersheriff.
Lincoln Working, Glasgow, Mont.
Attorney for Plaintiff. Sat