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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-02

It's only a few years ago when the average Yankee would be mortified at the idea of eating turnip tops, but its different now. Some say that the change is largely due to the emigration of the southern negro to the north and no doubt correct, because a southern negro is going to. have his greens and potlicker, no matter where he goes. It is interesting to know that only a few years ago southern truckers were never called upon to ship turnips to the northern market, when at present thou sands or carloads are going to north en cities all during fall, winter and spring. They want them with the tops on too. There is a sure enough down eastern yankee family in Birmingham who live in an apartment and don't have the use of land, but the lady grows all the turnip greens they de- mand in her numerous window boxes She says herself that her family are simply crazy about turnip greens.
 Does Trucking Pay
 Nearly every day some one asks the writer the question if trucking pays. There seems to be lot of peo- pie who pay high retail prices for fresh green vegetables and successful home gardeners who believe there is fortune to be speedily made in such endeavor. The truth is that the truck ing or farming business is very much like most any other enterprise that is operated for profit. Some succeed, while the majority fail. The factors that spell success in any business ven ture, and the business of producing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-02

in their possession. The boys said they were on their way to Fit. Payne. Faces Serious Charges Robert Hol- son, %, is in the county jail on the charge of attacking two 9-year-old white girls a month ago. He was arrested while sitting on q, park bench late Sun day and on Monday morning the girls are said to have, identified him.
 Policeman w.. M. Thornton also iden- tified him as the man he saw walking with the girls a few minutes before the attack is alleged to have been made on the river front. Holson, 1t is said, cannot give satisfactory account of himself. .,s.f .ss x
 Civilians Plan Trip-The Civitan club has accepted an invitation of the Boy Scouts to hold a weekly luncheon, at the Shinbone Ridge camp. The mem. bers have been notified to leave the city shortly after 5 o'clock Friday aft ernoon. t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-02

allowed to go from here to u where you're going. He don't
 So he quit. He said he wouldn't slave for anyone. The poine of the paragraph seems to be that his great grandfathers on both sides were born here.
 Life doesn't alter very much. Goes through the same motions year after year. We reform and straighten up and improve ourselves and then we do just what we always did. Poor little Mary Farrell of St. Louis went through pre- cisely the same routine that chorus girls used to go through before the Equity came into existence and before a score of other associations were born for the improvement of the conditions of the poor stage people.
 q ain't got any money, kid," said the producer of the fly-by-night revue.
 Neither had Mary, although she had brought her mother on as chaperon. An other girl loaned the producer her last quarter. She tainted for lack of food. Another locked herself in her hotel room because she had pawned her clothes
 What happened to them?T Nobody knows. This is New York.
 Our palaces of dance are certainly
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-02

Our palaces of dance are certainly moving toward refinement, not to say
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-02
WORLDS LARdEST A1UEDUOT The OpuIian, In Italy, WfH Hsve
 LcnKth ()f i4O Miles

The Apulian squeduct building in Italy will be, when completed, tho long est in the world, though not of tho greatest capacity. Several of the pro- -vinces which form the regions known as Apulia and Basilicata have suffered through the ages from lack of water; 1; and their geographical position and geological formation are such that the only remedy lay in bringing water to them from the western side of the Apen- hines.
 A law providing for the construction of the aqueduct was enacted in 1902 1; and the work was begun in 1905 accord ing to plans prepared by Italian engi- neers. The undertaking entailed z the building of a main raqueduct about 140 miles, long, of which over 60 miles had to be carried through the Apennines in tunnels. From the main aQueduct spreads. network of subsidiary branches having total length of one thousand miles. This will carry water to five provinces and supply the needs of 21k million people--Compressed Air Magazine.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-02
RECALITRANT JUROR IS PLACED M JAIL

JASPER, Ala, Sept. 1.-(Special.) The fall term of the Walker county grand, jury met in Jasper today with Judge Earnst Lacy presiding. While asking the jurors to testify Howard Wallace of Corona was called on. He refused to testify although called in several times.
 Judgs Lacy then called the Walker county sheriff and had Wallace placed in jail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-02
Time To Think Of Turnips
 With September's ArriUal
McVay Says South Raises 75 Per Cent Of The
 Nations Crop
By GEO. B. McVAY, SIR.

CEPTEMBER and October the months when the great
 majority of all southern families plant turnip patch
 Of all the turnip seed annually planted in the United States, the southern states plant 75 cent The for this the souherner has highly developed taste for good things ea and when he sits down cornbread urnp and butter milk it's best to keep all other food out of sight great mary rarely the root or turnp itself although many like mixture of both.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-09-02
Mepshattan Days And Nights
By Herbert Corey

NEW YORK. Sept i.-Americans shall be slaves. than Brtons That: what the ezboot
 logger told this morning He had been driving of the 50le trucks that nightly from Montauk Point to this large noisy and imperfecty civilized city.
 s good pay he said. One hundred and fifty dollars week and dollar every They good No liquor-none of allowed drink-cant drinking drive truckoad of booze through all them officers and police that's their hands speak of the hac es-but good show and nce kind polite words But the boss bootegger he's got discipline like the U S. army. You allowed to go from here that without you tell him where you're going He don't trust nobody
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-07-19
AND THEY WILL HAVE, SOTS SAID,
THE UNITED SUPPORT OF JOHN
PIERPONT MORGAN, THE GREAT
WALL STREET BANKER.
STATES SENATOR BURTON
K. WHEELER, OF MONTANA,
DEMOCRAT, WILL SUPPORT
UNITED STATES SENATOR, ROB-
ERTM M. LA TOILETTE, FOR PRESI-
DENT OF THE UNITED STATES.

Kissed out Of the convention, and also
Col. Bryan and then the shouters and
retainers OF the Hon. Alfred E. Smith,
who had endeavored to choke off all
the other presidential candidates in
order to make clear sailing for him.
being wet all the time and all the
way, it looked as though he would
rush through the convention on
dead run and in the final end land the
nomination on his wet record, but the
unseen fates decreed otherwise and
Governor Smith and his wet planks
we're lad out stiff and cold
To show or to display their utter
contempt for the whole shooting
match and the delegates in wild
stamped turned around and norni-
mated bone dry candidates for presi-
dent and vice-president Of the United
States.
With all Of the bitter fighting among
the Democrats attending the National
Convention, some colored Democrats
were present and lined up the sides Of
the various contending factions. AL
exander Manning Of Indiana remained
within the shadow Of Hon. Thomas
Taggart, all the time Major A. r.
Patterson, assistant corporation coun-
sci Of Chicago, was always near into
Hon. George E. Brennan, the new
member Of the Democratic National
Committee. Mayor William E. Dever
and Hon. Martin J. O'Brien.
Doctor Collins Of New York City,
who has the distinction Of being the
first colored man to serve as a regular
delegate to a Democratic National
Convention, and the other 'colored
Democrats residing in New York
CITY and the East, marched on to de-
feat with Hon. Alfred E. Smith and
with the other unsuccessful presiden-
tial candidates.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-07-19

The sessions will be held at the
Wendell Phillips High School, the
annual reception on. Friday evening,
August 22nd, will be held in the Coli
seum and the Entertainment Commit
tee is preparing a series of recreation
al features for the delegates
Claude "A. Barnett, Transportation
Agent announces special round-trip
rates from ali parts Of the country,
and hotels and private homes are pre-
parine to accommodate the delegates.
The program is being prepared with
great care. The array Of speakers
represent leaders Of both races who
viii tell Of the Leagues accomplish
ments and 1t the same time emphasize
how the organization can serve the
race and the country with Is new
economic program.
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Splendid Joke on the Leaders of the Democratic Party
at the Late Democratic Convention Held in New York City
They Contended "That An h-Anercan Catholic Must Be
Nominated for Either President VicePresident; That
Light Wines and Beer Would Prevail But in the Final
End, Two Bone Dry Candidates Were Nominated
THE COLORED MANS
PLACE IN HISTORY
AND SO ON
By ERNEST FREMONT TITLE (white)

Lay me down beneaf de willers in dc
grass,
Whah de branch'lI 60 a singin' as it
pass,
An wen Is layin' low,
I kin hayeah il as it 60,
Singin', sleep, my honey, tex yo' res
at las"
has made the whole world OF sensitive
spirits his debtor
What, then, is the Negro's place?
We men and women Of the white
race have treated the Negro badly
enough, God knows. We have laid
violent hands upon him and taken him
from his home in Africa to serve Us
as newer Of wood and drawer Of
water in America. We have de-
bauohed his women folk and then
branded his as immoral We have in
many instances kept him in ignorance
and then pronounced him hopelessly
stupid. President r. r. Motion or
Tuskegee is authority for the state
ment that for 100000 Negro children
in the United States there are, even
yet, no educational facilities provided.
We have treated the Negro badly
enough. Has not the time come for
US to give him fair chance?
In his eloquent volume, The Souls
of Black Folks" Prof. Burkhart Du-
bois says that through all the sorrow
of the Negroes sorrow songs there
breathes hope, faith in the ultimate
justice Of things. Sometimes it
is "a faith in life Sometimes it is a
faith in death. Sometimes an assur-
ance of boundless justice in some fair
world beyond But whichever it Is,
the meaning Is always clear that
sometimes, somewhere, men will
judge men by their souls and not by
their skins"
Has not the time come for Us to
judge the Negro by his soul-his
demonstrated capacity for cultural
achievement-and give him a chance
to reveal what his true place is in
the future Of civilization
! do not know better way Of sum-
ming up Of this movement than was
put in little verse which appeared
not long ago in a Souah african maga-
zine:
IF I knew you and you knew me,
if both Of US could clearly see, and,
with an inner sight, divine the mean
ing Of your heart and minel | am sure
that we would differ less and clasp
our hands in friendliness; our thoughts
would pleasantly agree, If knew you
and you knew me-"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-07-19

Ten or twelve days prior to the con-
vening Of the late Democratic Ma
tional convention in New York City,
which is the last city in the world to
hold any kind Of national convention
in The hue and cry went up to the
high heavens from many parts Of this
country that 'the delegates attending
that convention and its chief or head
bosses would be forced to nominate a
real wet candidate for president and
an Irish-American Catholic for vice
president and for ten or twelve days
and nights they bitterly fought each
other almost a hand to hand fight
over thosestwo questions or PROPOSE
tions.
1t was claimed BY many Of the dele
gates and by the high priests or chiefs
Of the convention that the Hon VIII
liam Gibbs McAdoo was the head and
front of the bone dry element in the
convention; that he was also lined up
with the three ks, who bitterly hate
the Jewish race, the colored race and
the Catholics and by fastening those
charges upon Mr.. McAdoo and his
followers and frequently whenever
they attempted to raise their voices in
behalf Of Mr.. McAdoo they we're
heartily Kissed. Even Col. William
Jennings Bryan was virtually mobbed
and lynched and brought forth many
Sat calls every time that he oratored
in behalf Of Mr.. McAdoo, and attend
ms the New York convention Col
Bryan received a large dose Of law
lessness, bulldozing, blufing and mob
and lynch law as practiced by his
Democratic brethren in many parts Of
the South.
Near the end Of the long and bitter
struggle Mr.. McAdoo, fguratively
speaking, was knocked and kicked and
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-07-19

(In the indianapolis Sunday Starr
I remember reading some time ago
a statement made by Professor Com
mons Of the University Of Wisconsin
to the effect that the Teutonic race,
some 500 years after Christ, were ex-
ceedingly primitive in their civiliza-
ton, yet had mental qualities which
made it possible for them to absorb
the highest Roman civilization. And
| was particularly impressed with his
assertion that could their babies have
been taken out Of the forest 1900
years ago and transplanted to the
homes and schools OF modern Amer
lea, they would have covered in one
generation the progress of twenty
centuries"
How impatient we are with the Ne
gro. Only sixty years out of slavery;
yet we expect him to measure up to
the very highest standards of white
world culture. And because he some
times fails to do this, we jump to the
conclusion that he is an inherently,
and therefore permanently inferior
being who may be tolerated only if
he keeps his place"
What is the Negroes "place?"
The youngest student ever to re-
ceive the degree Of Ph. d. from the
University Of Pennsylvania was Har-
ris F. Blackstone, a Negro.
IN 1922, second on the list u 200
young medical students examined for
interneships at the Cook county hos
pital was DR.. Walter S. Grant, a Ne
gro.
IN 1922, as result Of four years Of
study, Smith College granted both the
A. B. and M. A. degrees to Miss
Eunice Hunton, colored.
In 1921, the prize for the best
French novel Of the year was granted
to Rene Maran, Negro.
In 1921, the Drama League OF
America selected as one Of ten per-
sons, who during the year had con-
tributed most to the art Of the thea
ter, Charles S. GiIpin, Negro.
The United States patent Office has
granted hfty-seven patents to Elijah
Mccoy, a Negro.
And there is Scott, the mural paint
er and Tanner, the painter Of religious
subjects and Charles WI. Chestnut,
the novelist, and w. E. Burkhart
Dubois, the brilliant savant, and Will
liam Stanley Braithwaite, the widely
read literary critic, and Paul Laurence
Dunbar, the poet whose
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-07-19
MEETING OF THE NATIONAL
NEGRO BUSINESS
LEAGUE
(By Cary B. Lewis)

The National Business Mems
League, which will be the guests Of
the Associated Business Club Ex-
change Ct which Robert S. Abbott Is
President and Jesse Binga, Secretary,
August 10th, 21st and 22nd, will wit
ness one of the finest musical pro-
grams in its history. With the COM
ing Of Mr.. a. L. Holsey, Secretary
of the National League, to this city
last week final arrangements for the
three days sessions were about com
pleted
]. Wesley Jones, Director Of the
Metropolitan Choir, will have charge
Of the entire musical program. This
Choir Of three hundred voices, which
sang over the radio July 10th. at the
Hotel Sherman and thousands Of
radio fans tuned in and heard these
singers. will Be one Of the big features
of the day and night sessions.
Big Artists to Sing
Mr.. Jones has selected some of the
biggest artists in the country to take
part on the program. There win Be
Nine. Florence Cole Talbert. a grad
uate Of the Chicago Musical College
and gold medal winner; Mr. George
R. Garner, Jr., phenominal tenor sing
er; Nine Bertha Evans Tyree, Chi
Cages sweet singer and colorature
artist; Harrison Ferrell, Jr., violinist
and graduate Of Northwestern Uni
rersity Conservatory Of Music; Miss
Nellie Nj. Dobson, one Of our young
est colorature soprano singers; Miss
Mary Jones. graduate Of Chicago Mu-
sfcal College and gold medal winner
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The National Negro Business
league meets in Chicago. August 20,
HI and p, to celebrate the Silver
Jubilee and the Twenty-ffth annual
meeting Of the organization.
Chicago hospitality and Chicago
progress will join hands to give this
national organization Of service" q
genuine welcome.
The Associated Business Club q
Chicago with Robert S. Abbott, Presi-
cent and Jesse Binga, Secretary, viii
aet as host Of the National League,
While citizens representing every line
q business and profession have united
With the Club.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-07-19

:. Willis i Grand Chancellor, had a
recent successful meeting in Fort
Worth. Colonel Roscoe Simmons
was the principal speaker. AT this
meeting more than S500O00 in avail
able resources was reported.
The Florida Grand Lodge Of the
same organization Of which Mr.. w.
WI Andrews i Grand Chancellor and
recently in Sanford, Florida, and re-
ported more than 100000 in available
assets.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-07-19
Mr.. AND MRS. JAMES w. BREEN
WILL SPEND THEIR vACA-
TIoN IN YELLOWSTONE
NATIONAL PARK

This coming Tuesday morning. Mr..
and Mrs. James W. Breen, o47 w.
54th place, viii start On their pleasure
trip through the National Yellow
Stone Park, where they will spend
one month vacationing.
Mr.. Breen i one Of The wide awake
assistant States Attorneys Of Cook
county and he has justly earned bis
vacation for himself and his good
wife, Mrs. Breen.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-07-19

Mrs. Adelaide Herriott. st. Louis,
Missouri, and President Of the Musi-
cal Association Of that city and col
orature singer. has been invited to sing.
Miss Alpha Bratton, sweet dramatic
soprano; Nine. Clara Hutchinson. Mr..
Emmett Berger. Baritone, will be
among the soloists.
Noted Pianists to Play
Among the pianists and accompan-
lists who have made a reputation III
this direction, will appear during the
session: Miss Lowell V. Derrick,
Walter z. Gossette. Miss Neota Nc
Curdy. Mrs. Pauline Garner, Miss
Cleo Dickerson. Z. Theo. Taylor,
Miss Marie Brooks. Miss Mamie
Strayhorn. Miss Goldie Guy. Miss
Estella Bonds. Miss Thelma simons
and Mrs. Mildred Bryant Jones.
The sessions win Be presided over
BY DIR. r. r. Motion. President. who
succeeded the late Booker T. Wash
ington founder Of Tuskcgee Institute.
This will be the twenty-hfth anniver-
sary and the League will celebrate its
silver anniversary.
The Associated Business Mems Ex-
change. which has membership Of
over three hundred, meets every
Thursday noon. at the Community
Center, 52nd and Wabash avenue.
Through its officers committees have
been appointed to entertain the Ma
tional body and indications are that
the coming meeting Will Be big sue
cess.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-07-19

Doctor O. WI Jones. Monmouth,
Ill, who can measure up shoulders
with the leading Nj. D's. IN this state,
stands BY this newspaper and once
each week he takes pleasure ii reading
its contents.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-07-19

Col. and Mrs. Franklin "A. Denison.
1916 Vincennes avenue and the other
members Of their family, are now
located il their summer home. near
Benton Harbor. Mich.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-07-19

NATIONAL NEGRO BUSINESS
LEAGUE IN TWENTY-FIVE
ANNUAL MEET, AUGUST 20.
p, AND 22, 1924 CHICAGO AS
HOST
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-07-19
NOTES ON RACIAL PROGRESS
Compiled BY National Negro Busi
ness League)

Mr. Len Haley has leased the Wal
nut Hotel Of Louisville, Kentucky re-
modelled the building and installed
new furnishings.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-07-19

The Grand Lodge Of the Knights of
Pythias for Texas of which Mr.. WI.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1924-07-19

new furnishings.
Mr.. George "A. Early a salesman
for Ford motor cars in Cleveland,
Ohio, sold 81 cars last month-an av-
erage Of a car day. Mr.. Early will
discuss the subject OF automobile
salesmanship at the Silver Jubilee Of
the Business League in Chicago,
August 2o 2l, and 22.
The Savannah Pharmacy Corpora
ton recently opened a new drug store
in Savannah. This represents the
fourth in their chain Of stores. This
strong Negro corporation employs
FIVE Pharmacists, and FIVE clerks; and
operates two motor trucks. DR.. W..
2. Moody is the General Manager.
The Mississippi Negro Business
League met at Jackson, Mississippi,
June "a and 18th. DR.. x. Il. Twine
i President. Mr. J. j. Garrett. Secre-
tary and Mr. H. c. Latham, Treas
urer. a large- delegation headed BY
Pr. S p. Redmond, Executive Com
mittee member Of the National Negro
Business League was selected to rep
resent the State League at the Silver
Jubilee Of the National League, which
will Be held at Chicago, August 20
2l. and 22
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-11-08
Social and Personal
w. G.. T. u. Give
Jubilee Banquet

A big social event Of the Woman's
Christian Temperance Union was
the Golden Jubilee banquet served
at $3.50 o'clock yesterday in the
beautifully decorated dining room of
the Methodist church. The decor
atoms were in gold and white, ap-
propriate to the occasion, this year
being the fiftieth anniversary of the
organization. The flowers for the
tables were white and yellow chry-
santhemums.
In the center Of table was placed
a large cake, beautifully decorated
with the flag, the American Eagle,
W. c. 7. U. in gold letters and fifty
tiny candles, while four large can
dies surrounding it, symbolized the
past four years Of the Jubilee.
Several of the twenty-six honor
airy members were present and
many other invited guests.
Following the dinner an interest
! ing program was given with Mrs. l..
f. Crawford as toastmistress.
Rev. Water Of the Methodist
church gave an interesting address
on "The Future and W. c. T. u"
Other speakers were Mrs. Flor
ence Davis, who gave "Rcminiscen-
ces Of Early Times and Mrs. G. B.
Newcomb gave toast. "Then and
Now"
Mrs. j. P. Regain, with Mrs. J. L.
Hughes at the piano, sang two beau
tiful solos.
The last number on the program
was the pageant, which included
the lighting of the birthday candles
and was a very pretty ceremony.
After the bugle call. while Mrs.
Hughes played the professional,
Mrs. VIM. Suckow as Herald" led
the march, followed by Miss Mar
garct Johnson as Color Bearer
Miss Nydia Smith as Voice of Pro.
hibition and Miss Ruth Rowley as
Spirit of Prohibition, all robed in
white.
The Herald, with golden trum-
pct announced the Voice Of Prohi.
bition and the Spirit of Prohibition
Nydia Smith as the Voice, told the
life story Of the National W. c. T
U. and Miss Rowley as the Spirit
lighted the candles.
Mrs. j. L. Hughes sang, "Some
Glad Day." The Flag Salute closed
the evenings program.