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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25
DOCTOR GEORGE c. HALL

Last week Or. George c. Hall in a
letter to his thousands Of friends
sounded the praises of Mr.. Packard in
the following manner:
Chicago, Oct. Is.
To the Colored People Of Chicago
In urging the election Of Mr.. George
Packard, candidate for Municipal
Judge on the Democratic little ballot,
| feel that am doing a service to
the colored people Of the community.
Here is real opportunity to put upon
the bench man who has always been
outspoken in his sympathy with our
interests, both in word and deed. Mr..
Packard is lawyer of standing, and
lifelong associate Of the late Judge
Edw. Osgood Brown. He was mem
Der for many years Of the Chicago
Board Of the N.A.AC.P., a supporter
Of Douglass Center. and friend Of
Booker 4. Washington. His voice and
pen have often been used in the in
terest Of race equality.
/ believe the colored people of this
community are missing a real oppor-
tunity if they do not work for Mr.
Packard's election. Partisanship has no
place in the selection Of men for pub
lie service on this great peoples court.
1t should be your duty and pleasure
to see that he is elected.
Very sincerely,
GEO. c. HALL, M. d.
To the above we say Amen! Amenl
Editor.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25
Legends OF Gods and
Goddesses il HauDaii

Near the city Of Hilo, on the is-
land Of Hawaii. are the locally cele-
brated Rainbow falls, around which
many legends center, says the De
troit News. One is that the goddess
Hina lived underneath the falls in a
cave and that the dragon Kunamoo
tried to down her by throwing up a
dam below the falls. She called for
aid to her son Maui, who at the time
was trying to lasso the sun at q dis
tant point because Of the complaint
by the natives of the shortness Of the
summer season. The fable has 1t that
the son in his canoe crossed the ocean
from nearby island in two strokes
and chased the dragon to what is
known as the Boiling Potts." where
he threw red-hot stones into the wa
ter, scaIded the monster and finally
killed him.
The Naha stone, one Of the histori-
cal relics Of the Hawaiian islands, Is
found on the grounds OF the Hilo pub
lie library. An old prophecy concern
ing the Naha stone was that he who
could move 1t would be king OF the
island Of Hawaii. but that to him who
could overturn it would be given
sovereignty over all the islands in the
group. Kamehameha the Great, who
finally conquered all the other is
lands, visited the island in his youth
TO test the efficacy of the prophecy,
and, having succeeded in turning the
stone, was so inspired that he en-
tered upon the career which ended in
the union Of all the Hawaiian islands
under his control Native Hawaiians
put full faith in the story as having
been handed down to them from gen.
erations to the days Of Kamehameha
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25
HON. FRANK ]. LINK, REPUB-
LICAN CAM IDATE FOR
TRUSTEE OF THE SANITARY
DISTRICT OF CHICAGO.

Hon. Frank J. Link, has been in the
public's eye for so long in the most
honorable way that he needs no long
Introduction to the many readers OF
this newspaper. For many years he
was member Of the City Council,
from the old Twenty-Fifth Ward, now
the new Forty-Eighth Ward and he
has in the past served on all Of the
most important Committees Of that
body.
At the present time he is chairman
Of tbs Committee on Public Health
and is member of the Committee on
Local Industries, Streets and Alleys;
Local transportation, and 50 on.
Alderman Link was one of the mem
OeFs Of the City Council who bravely
stood up in 1921 and voted in favor
y Tewarding the colored people,
muse relatives lost their lives, dur
ing the Race Riots in this city in 1919.
Inat act on the part Of Alderman
INK stamped him as being absolu-
y Tree from race prejudice and that
Is friendly to the colored people
ll 70 partly reward him for his 10y
10y and true manhood at that time
ne cOlored people residing in this
and throughout Cook County,
ui0 On Tuesday, November 4. vote
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25
Abyssinion Alphabet Huge

Abyssinia is a nation of more than
100000 Of whom large percentage
are illiterate. and it is a coincidence
that the Abyssinian alphabet contains
236 letters. If an Abyssinian type
writer should be built on the same
plan az the one used In America and
European countries, 1t would have
nearly 500 keys. Without any extra
characters 1t would ordinarily have
472 keys. providing 944 letters. nu-
meralS and necessary characters.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25

This has been an inspiration to me,
and am getting much out Of it. /
have an invitation from DIR. Fisher to
come back to Birmingham. and Ne is
going to give me one more big time.
I may accept Of this.
I have been to St. Louis, Mo-, and
had the pleasure of being the guest
Of Prof. Aaron E. Malone, and Mrs
Annie M. Malone. for a whole day.
and it was day well spent. Mrs.
Malone has just returned from a trip
to Europe, and was filed with sun
shine and roses. She had seen some
more Of life and at the same time had
taken some of the much needed rest.
She did not realize how much she
needed to take the rest until she had
gotten into it. Now she is able to
talk about the culture, the art and lit
erature Of the Old World. She can
tell you about the Lady Of the Lake
and Sir Walter Scott, and how she
visited their haunts. She can tell you
about Shakespeare and many other
things She is determined to do more
for her own people, and help them
to become great people, and / don't
blame her, but praise her and sing
her praises all over the world, if l
could make the world hear me. God
give us more like her.
Now about that day I reached St.
Louis from Chicago. riding in the bed
car carriage over the Chicago & East
ern Illinois and right opposite my bed
was the bed of Prof. Malone. | did
not know he was there until got up
in St. Louis and his Pierce Arrow
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25
For Ten Years Past He Has Served a. One oe III D;
the Chicago Branch Of the National Association for the
Advancement of COlOred People Democratic Candidate
for Judge of the Municipal Court Of Chicago

Hon. George Packard, democratic
candidate for Judge of the Municipal
Court of Chicago, has long since
proven himself to be one Of the best
and truest friends Of the colored race
in this city
This fact is we'll known among his
white friends and colored friends as
well as real friend of Negro free
dom.
He Is one Of the most eminent law
yers in this city and in every way he
has the great legal ability and train
ing for high class Judge of any
court in this city and state.
Through his prominent position in
the Chicago Bar Association he has
from time to time been able to defend
the Negroes as a group from various
pieces Of propaganda work started
with the intent Of retarding the prog
ress Of Negroes in Chicago. In a
paper read by Mr.. Packard before
the law club several years ago he
came out very definitely in defense Of
those things that would place the
Negro on a par with any other group
Of citizens.
Mr.. Packard was associated with
and helped the Frederick Douglass
Center, 1892 Wabash Avenue Of which
Mrs. Celia Parker Wooley was the
head resident.
He served on the Board of Direc-
tors Of the Chicago Branch of the
National Association for the Advance
ment Of Colored People for the past
ten years. Together with the late
Judge Edward Osgood Brown, Judge
Robert McMurdy, Mr.. Packard did
much in preparing the briefs, without
charge, for several riot cases imme-
diately after the riot Of 1919.
He is very strong in his belief for
an equal chance for all men and if
elected Judge Of the Municipal Court
the Race will have a very strong
friend on the bench and one who can
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25
Famous Roman Monument

Trajan's column is a superb marble
column in Trajan's forum at Rome,
erected In ia A. D., by the senate and
the Roman people, to commemorate
the victories of Emperor Trajan C9S-
1T A. d. over the Dacians, the Kan
sas City Times tells US. 1t is 132 feet
high and about u feet In diameter,
and Is constructed Of "a blocks Of
Carrara marble, adorned with sculp-
lures in bas-reIief The summit, which
IS reached by a spiral staircase Of 1856
steps, was originally surmounted by a
colossal gilded statue of the emperor;
but this, having fallen to the ground,
was replaced by Pope Slxtus v in the
Sixteenth century with one of st. Pc
ter, IL feet high. The ashes of Trajan
rest beneath this column.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25

You see now and then some Of us can
get out Of the race and go for white,
but the Lord fixed me so that | can
not cross over; therefore, everything
that concerns you must also concern
me. We must live together, and die
together / am not living in an ex-
elusive neighborhood, but right by
your side.
| have been in the Office of Hon.
W. G. Matthews and right by his side
was that wonderful lawyer, w. T.
Francis, and then went down on the
other floor, and found Col Roscoe
Conkling Simmons, as busy as busy
could be directing the speakers and
publicity and Mrs. Cammile Cohen
Jones from New Orleans, was indeed
a busy woman, and right by her we
found others working hard. Just
around the corner was Miss Halle
Quinn Brown, and her executive sec
rotary, Mrs. Myrtle Cook, of Kansas
City, and this is where I stopped.
Ny people in Illinois are going to
stand by the G. o. p, and that means
Coolidge and Dawes, and Charles S.
Deneen to the United States Senate,
and our interests will be protected and
we will continue to be Americans and
American citizens at that.
1t was Friday night that / got in
the bed car headed for this place,
reaching here Saturday morning.
went to sleep just after leaving Chi
pcago, and man shook my bed and
told me Gust fifty minutes out of
Cleveland" got up took hot water
bath, and by the time | was through
/ was in Cleveland. The Rev. DR..
Mack T. Williams met me with
smile that would do credit to the Gold
Dust Twins. He assured me that /
was welcome to Cleveland, that they
were looking for me, and this was the
place / should be. He was joined by
many in this welcome, and am find
ing out that we have many people
here who will vote for the first time,
although they have been old enough
to do 50, some too old to eat hay, but
have been where Democrats controlled
things and would not permit them to
vote, and they are not going to the
hands Of their oppressors by any
damphuleishness that might Be Of
fered.
He had with him his automobile car
carriage, and soon had me and all of
my luggage into it, and toted me over
to his home, where was greeted by
one Of the most unique characters Of
the age, DR.. w. H. Moses, the man
who can say more common sense
things in minute than it would take
the other fellow a generation to think
about, and he can do many things in
the pulpit. He shook my lily black
hands and told me welcome.
It was not long before DR.. Williams
had toted into his Office where | met
the Rev. DIR. Charles L. Fisher, Of
Birmingham, Ala, who i returning to
his flock after his vacation, and he is
going there to preach like-welI wait
and hear him. Dr. Fisher IS one Of
the great preachers Of the age, well
educated. / like to touch scholars,
for / get inspiration from them, so
here I arm with DIR. w. III Moses, DR.
c. L. Fisher and DIR. Mack T. VIII
Iiams. Thank God ! am satisfied.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25
The Alarm, Went or

"Just as / was about to scoop up
the peck Of $40 bills a pink elephant
stepped on my hand. caught me In
his trunk, tossed me high into the air,
and alighted in den containing two
large cerise-coIored lions. who adj
vanced with jaws open. and then
the alarm clock went or. What could
be Notwithstanding.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25
COL. CHARLES E. STUMP is
STILL IN THE LAND OF
THE LIVING

Cleveland, Ohio-Business is pick
ing up now and the people are getting
in earnest about the election of Calvin
Coolidge and Charles Dawes, and just
one month from now you will be
counting the votes or sticking them
in one. The election is going to take
place.
| find that we are getting down to
business with the other groups, and
believe me honey, when the two get
their heads together and work as one
the thing is bound to happen. This
viii be, and the Republicans are going
to carry this country, and you may tell
the world that told you so. / know
few have jumped the track, but
when you find w. G. Matthews, w. T.
Francis, Col. Roscoe Conkling Sim
mons and Miss Halle Quinn Brown,
working together as one, and then the
number of prominent men and women
who have joined them, you need not
be afraid of what is going to happen to
the silk stocking members Of our race
who have jumped the track.
Now there is our representative,
Hon. w. H. Lewis, and the common
people cannot get close enough to him
to hand him red apple, and now
from his lofty heights, with his silk
sox and kid gloved hands he is going
to hand US out Of his vest pocket to
John w. Davis. He can tote us
around and deliver us at will He is
followed by another out Of the reach,
SO high that we cannot get up to him
in an airplane, Roscoe {. Bruce. He
is in the wagon now. Tell US to follow
him to Davis camp and he will do US
good That bee has stung us once,
and we will not permit it to be done
again.
VIII you kindly tell Mr.. Lewis, Mr..
Bruce, and all that class that we are
not going TO follow them and they will
please excuse us. We are going to
remain with the G. o. p, and fight
like hash-e-square-Iul and remain on
the firing line until there is a freeze.
We are not forgetful We know what
has been, and what is still going on.
We are learning how to spell if not
how to read, and we spell in books and
papers that all the discrimination has
been brought about by them demo-
Gratis. What we call Jim Crowism
exist only in states that are demo-
cratic, and the same moss backs have
tried to introduce it in Illinois, Mis-
souri,, and succeeded in getting it
through in Maryland, and have tried
to do it in the District Of Columbia,
and then they would step into New
Jersey, New York, and close the doors
to Us in all these places. IF you are
any kind Of man, you viii not vote
away your own manhood rights. Put it
down that told you, that if the DEM
ocrats get in this time they viii fix
things for time and eternity. They
viii knock, If they can do 50, the l4th
and 18th Amendments to the Consti-
tuition Of the United States, and am
not able to tell you where in the hen
feathers they win stop.
You may cali this bumcomb, If you
J viii, but II will pay you to hear me-
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25

do much to uphold the principles Of
race equality in the administration Of
exact justice.
It should be the solemn duty OF
every colored man and woman in this
city on Tuesday, November A, to re-
cord their vote in favor Of the ele-
walton of Mr.. Packard to the NUM-
cipal Court bench Of Chicago.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25
Spernl WhnIe YaEunble

The most valuable catch that can be
made In salt water Is q sperm whale.
A very large specimen taken or the
west coast OF Vancouver island was
found to contain ESQ pounds Of ann
berEris. This alone brought $150,000,
while the blubber and spermaceti were
worth another $500.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25
Financial or Otherwise?

The tongues of the gossips we're busy
In the suburban town, over the latest
marriage. "Have you seen the bride?"
asked one. HAS her husband any
money!
Il don't know about that" replied
the other with some reluctance, you
know he didn't live here"
"Well.' said the first speaker, you
know she said she never would marry
a poor man."
81 know, my dear, but she hasn't
been married a month. yet everybody
is saying. poor man
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25

A ''tinker's DAM" says the Kansas
City Star, is wall of dough or OF
soft clay raised around a spot which
a plumber, in repairing, desires to
flood with solder. The material Of
this dam can be used only once, and
Is thrown away after this very tempo
rary period of usefulness. Hence the
saying mot worth tinker's DAM
which either through perverse hui
NOR or through misunderstanding has
been converted into profanity By the
addition OF q final "n."
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25
AdUice for Poet,

To the poet, as to every other, we
say first Of all, "See." If you cannot
do that, It Is Of no use to keep string
ing rhymes together, jingllng sensi-
bilities against each other, and name
yourself a poet; there Is no hope for
you. Ii you can, there Is, In prose
or verse, In action or speculation, all
manner Of hope.-Carlyle In Heroes
and Hero Worship"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25
Freak Indian Ocean Island

Midway between Africa and Austria
liza and about 100 miles north
of the Antarctic circle. Kerguelen
island or Desolation land, as it is
called, presents one Of the most per-
picking mysteries Of the Indian ocean.
II Is covered with strange vegetation
unlike that found in any other part
Of the world. There are also millions
Of cabbages which bear large heads OF
leaves IS to 20 inches acrOss.-PopulaF
Mechanics Magazine.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25
COnUicts Pulled Street Care

Years ago when Australia was the
exile to which many English Offenders
against law and society were sent as
convicts, some harsh disciplinary
measures were resorted to, among
them being the hitchIng Of six men to
a street car that traversed six or seven
miles. They had to run the entire
distance and the drivers lashed them
when they began to tire. Six men
were supposed to pull ton Of weight
In the way Of passengers.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25

Mirrors concentrating the suns rays
are said to have yielded temperatures
as high as $500 degrees One pro-
posed method Of storing the heat In
by using 1t to produce chemicals that
will give out heat when required on
exposure to air and water. or through
similar reactions.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25

Tbaea roses under my windo" me NJ
no reference to former rosss .. 4 thsv
hotter - ones: they are for what -r, icy
are. they exist with God today. .. Luere
s = - Fir tine to them. There IS simply
tbe ~ rose: It IS perfect IN every , mo
ment of its existence. BEFORE { 80 ~
Ind has burst, its whole life aets IS :.
me y fnll-bIown flower there Is no , NO.
I, sr's ne ,eaaess root there is no iess'-
Emerson.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25

INC Ernest courage Is always - - tSs
with circumspeeti'o,nIl,: -,, sI,s the cour-
quality ~, Wv, wise from the hardness 2
age q IN ana fooIish.-JOnes' q ray
land.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25

In the United States there are 3OO-
600 manufacturing plants. which sup
ply the needs and comfort OF the
people of this country and other parts
Of the world. They use $500. OOO, 900
worth Of materials yearly.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25
Most Peculiar

Nathan Ia u sbeffeld, says that ne q
and eleven nar = life to the fact that to-, IOs
owes bis lons ne al has bathed bis head
many years T y Daily Press.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25
Dale bv Repetition

The reprOach Of friend should be
strictly Just. but not too frequent
BudgeIl
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25
VOTE FOR
DENNIS j. EGAN
VOTE FOR
VOTE FOR
CHARLES KRUTCKOFF

Republican candidate for reelection Member Of the
Board Of Assessors Of Cook County Everybody vote for
him Tuesday, November
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-10-25
VOTE FOR
CHARLES RINGER
VOTE FOR
GEORGE PACKARD
VOTE FOR

Republican candidate for reelection States Atorn
Cook County Election Tuesday, November a.
The Washington times., 1924-11-10
JUDGES FOR LEGIoN'S
ESSAY CONTEST NAMED

Judges for the American Leglon's
National essay Contest are Doctor
William Mather Lewis, president Of
George Washington University; w.
w. Husband. commissioner of i'm
migration; and George F. Author,
president of Athe National Press
Club, it was announced today by
Garland w. Powell, chairman of
the Americanism Commission of
the Legion.
The contest ran from April 1, to
June Is, last, and was open to all
school children between. the ages
of twelve and eighteen inclusive.
The subject was why Communism
is Menace TO Amerfcanism, and
the prizes were $3.50, $500 and $3.50,
to be used in financing higher
education,
The Washington times., 1924-11-10
WONAN's BODY
STILL SOUGHT
At FALLS
Family of Mrs. R. [. Taylor,
Who Was Drowned, Con-
tinue Search

Declaring that they will not
give up the search for the body Of
Mrs. Raymond T.. Taylor, 1923
Euclid street northwest. who was
drowned in the Potomac river just
below Great Falls, Friday, until
the body has been found, members
of the family, aided by friends are
out again today dragging and
searching the river below the
falls.
Yesterday, the searching party
used dynamite, graphing hooks
and ether tools In the deep water
Just below the fails. Today they
plan to search the Shallow waters
farther down the river. where they
say the body may have been
Police Of the harhor precinct
have given up the search which
they started Saturday. They de-
clare& they cannot continue without
an order from Major Daniel Sui
ivan, chief of police.
The family search is being led by
Robert N. Taylor, brother of the
dead womans husband. The party
worked through the cold and wet
all day yesterday without finding a
trace of the body.
Mr.. Taylor, who risked his life
In an- attempt to save his wife's
life. is still confined to his bed.
He is said to have narrowly es-
capped pneumonia.
Relatives of the dead woman
have arrived and her father and
mother, Mr.. and Mrs. Gustave
Thierman, of Long Island, have
offered reward OF 500 for the
recovery of the body.