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Washington telegraph., 1925-06-05

Have witnessed two operations.
one quite severe, the removal
Dl a gall stone. lie has tHo
skillful physicians who do
minor work and only call Oh
him in more difficult opera
tions. The Doctor took me out
to the leper hospital where ne
has six hundred Of these un-
fogtunates; they were lined up,
women on one side and men on
the opposite side, and we drove
between them, on inspection,
and as happy a set as | nave
ever seen, all in comfortable
quarters, clothed, fed and
medical attention given. But
Oh, the contrast between them
and the thirty on the outside
with distressing cries.
Doctor Wilson has forty
three Sunday Schools unde- his
care and it has been my pleas
ure to visit some of these and
see two or three hundred boys
and girls, from three years up,
singing with all the vim, songs
l am familiar with, but the
words | connot repeat.
The work done here by the
missionaries during the last
twenty years is wonderful IN
evangelizing these people and
with the rising generation no
telling what will be accomplish
ed in the next twenty years.
We should remember that
what we contribute to evanee.
lie this people is not lost, but
will bring forth in days to ocone'
Respectfully yours
J. S. Wilson.
Washington telegraph., 1925-06-05
TRUCK GROWERS
SCHOOL JUNE 6
Experts to Instruct Local To-
mato Gr0pers in Handling
and Grading Crop.

- Cooperating with the local
truck growers, Mr.. T. M WI
liams, agricultural agent If
the Missouri Pacific, sends US
notice of a marketing school,
in charge of experts, to be held
at the court house in this city
June 6 to instruct in grading
and packing the tomato cop
Every grower of this crop and
others who expect to grow The
crop in future should attend.
The notice follows;
Little Rock, June 2.
To All Tomato Growers.
..On June 9Th, at 1000 a. m
there will be held at the Court
house in Washington a market
ing school which will lake ~
the grading and packin7
feature of our tomato crop.
Mr., Glenn F. Wallace, our
Marketing agent, Mr.. E. A.
Hodson, Marketing agent of
the extension service Univer-
sity of Arkansas, and possibly
Mr.. N. ID. Zuder, horticultul'st
for the American Refrigerator
Company, and myself wll be
there.
Washington telegraph., 1925-06-05

FOR SALE: Four-room anG
closed hall modern cottage III
the best residential section OF
Washington; porches front, one
side and rear, with good we'll of
water on back porch. House
erected 1921. For further in
formation apply at this office.
Washington telegraph., 1925-06-05
MRS. JOHN j. TYSON is
CLAIMED BY DEATH

Mrs. John j. Tyson died at
the family home here Tuesday
night at 10:30 o'clock, aftcr a
lingering illness. The funeral
was held from the Methodist
church Wednesday afternoon
at 2 o'clock, with Rev. S. c.
Dean, pastor, in charge. In.
terment followed at the Presby
terian cemetery. A large num-
ber of friends and relatives
attended the funeral and the
floral offerings were lovely
attesting the esteem in which
the deceased was held.
Mrs. Tyson was the daughter
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. II. G
Reaves and was born near
Washington January 81, 1885,
She was the last member of a
family of five children.
Some fifteen years ago Ms.
Tyson, whose maiden name was
Miss Jimmie Reaves, and Mr..
John j. Tyson were married.
20 them were born six chi.
dren, five of whom are livir2..
Early in life she joined the
Methodist church and her life
has been one of Christian ser
vice.
Mrs. Tyson has been in poor
health for several years and an
X-ray examination, made about
two years ago, disclosed tu-
betculosis Of the spine. Under
care Of a physician, she toCr
the sun and rest treatment al
her home here, but the advanc.
ed stage of the desease made Z
cure impossible. About three
months ago she vas removed
to a Memphis hospital. Sh,
failed to respond to treatmen
there and gradually grew weak
] er On being told 2 few day
ago there was no hope for re
covery, she expressed a desir,
to return home. This wish wa,
complied with and she reachst
Hope last Sunday morning
accompanied by Miss Reaves
a cousin, Of Fulton. Mo1da7
she was removed from the 10
sephine Hospital to the Tysol
home in this city, where sh
passed ont Tuesday night. Sh,
was UNCONSCIOUS upon arrlVa
hcre and death was momentar
ily expected by relatives and
friends who attended her.
Besides her husband, Mrs
Tyson is survived by five CHR
d,~en. as follows: Jewel Rea-
yes, Edward Meek, James Lou
is, Harry Marvin and Eugenia
Kathryn, ranging in age from
13 down to 3 years.
Mr.. Tyson and the bereaved
children have the genuine sym.
pathy of he entire citizenship
of the town and community ir
| their sorrow.
FOR SALE: Good johnson
Washington telegraph., 1925-06-05
.CIVICLEAGUE HAS.
initial MEETING
Committees Appointed, Clean
up Day Set and Trash De-
poSitOrfeS Authorized.

The first meeting of the
Washington Civic League since
organization was called to or
der by its president, Mrs. j. q.
Gold, at the Presbyterian
church Wednesday afternoon at
4 o'clock. A good representa-
ton of ladies of the city were
present, as well as a few men,
most of whom participated IN
a discussion of methods of
cleaning up the town and keep
ing it clean and attractive.
A membership fee of ten cts.
a month was voted and all at
tending the meeting were en-
rolled as members.
AS a cleanup starter, it was
voted TO have a cleanup dey
next Thursday June H. All
citizens are urged to aid ne
organization on that day by r.
porting fa. duty Immediately
after dinner to assist in clear
ing the streets and business
section of weeds, tin cans,
waste paper and other insight
ly rubbish. This time rs moi
supposed to be taken Up in thr
residential sections and il IS
urged that each property own
er clean up his own premises
before that time. A six O'CLOCK
luncheon, provided by the T..
dies will be served the workers
at the close Of the aftern 'on
Washington telegraph., 1925-06-05
COMMERCIAL TOMATO
FIELDS ARE ADVANCED

Mr.. A. N. Stroud, one of the
local tomato growers this year,
brought to this office yesterday
a tomato from his four-ac"a
field which measured nine and
th~ee-quarter inches in cir
conference. Mr.. Stroud has
cultivated his tomatoes inten-
sively and according to scien-
tific methods, consequently he
will have 2 large yield of this
Washington telegraph., 1925-06-05
COLUMBUS MAN
NOW In KOREA
Mr. J. S. Wilson, on Visit to SGH,
Sends Back Interesting Let.
ter About Trip.

heN. Barrett Oh hrhaIeIpuld,
Associational missionary of
the Hope Association, will
preach at the legal Baptist
church Sunday hprning and
evening. Everybody is invited
to attend.
Ms. C. E. Royston and Mrs.
j. j. Battle Of Fulton and Mrs.
R, P. Handy of Texarkana
visited in town Sunday.
Preaching at the Methodist
church next Sunday morning
and evening.
The Telegraph is in receipt
this week of an interesting let
ter from Mr.. j. S. Wilson of
Columbus, this county, who,
with his good wife, is now
visiting lis son, Dr. K. NJ. Vii
son, medical missionary Of the
Presbyterian church. Mr.. Will
sons letter contains a grapic
history of the ten thousand
mile voyage, a deer, bear and
tiger hunt in the mountains OF
Korea and a description of the
hospital work of his son. H4
writes:
Kwangju, Korea, Asia,
May 5th, 1925.
Editor Telegraph:
ATTIC several trials and dis
appointment we are now in this
far off heathern country, after
q journey of. twenty-five days
and ten thousand miles travel
Our travel was very interest
ing from the time we left st.
Louis until we landed here. In
crossing the Pacific it was very
rough at times, especially dur
ing a severe storm. Our good
boat did some rocking. It was
interesting to see the captain
and sailors running to and fro
to give the ship the necessary
protection. | was not the least
sick but improved every day
from my severe attack Of grip.
My wife was sea sick eight
days out of the eleven We wee
on the boat.
This is a lovely city sur
rounded by mountains and a
green fertile valley with twenty
thousand inhabitants and two
nice banks, one would do credit
to Hope or Texarkana. DR..
Wilson took us through the
Korean Bank and the officers
were very kind and polite and
served us to tea, and as they
were told that | was president
of a bank, they would have me
sit in the presidents chair to
enjoy tea.
DR.. Wilson took me, with
others, on a deer, bear and t.
ger hunt sixty miles away { a
very high mountain. After
reaching the foot of the moa1-
tain it took three and a hall
hours to ascend and owe" "a
toughest path a man ever trod.
The arrangements were made
with a cody to take me on his
back or "Jickey." l only went
a short distance before |
jumped off, as l felt sorry tor
the poor fellow and thought it
my time to carry the cody. We
finally reached the top of tho
mountain to my relief, a dis
tance CT five miles. We had a
nice hunt which l enjoyed. We
killed two deer and a pheasant.
I did not get a shot The
weather was very cold but ihc
valley pleasant.
| am very much interested IN
D1 WiIson'a bnqpito1 vrorty
Washington telegraph., 1925-06-05
MANY Will GO On
PICNIC TODAY
Union Sunday School Event to
be Held as PIqnHed-BaH
Game a Feature.

Carrying out plans formu-
lated last week, the three Sum
day Schools of the city will 60
to Town creek, two miles out
on ths Washington Hope pike,
for a picnic and outing today.
The c1mmittees in charge have
met Eith splendid cooperation
and Sty that those who attend
may expect an enjoyable time.
Attendance is not restricted to
the Sunday School scholars,
but any others who care are in
vited to come, bringing lunch
with them. Transportation will
be available by 8 o'clock this
morning, the trucks and Gals
leaving from the bank corner.
Manager E. n. Timberlake of
the Washington Ball Club an
nounces 2 ball game, to be call
ed at the park near the Nilsson
ri Pacific depot at 4 o'clock, be-
tween Washington and Hopes
all-star Sunday School League
team. This will be Washing
tons FIRST game of the season,
but practice for the past few
afternoons has shown up some
excellent players in the lineup
and a good exhibition should
result from the match with
Hope'a all-star players.
Parties attending the picnic
viii re d-urn to town in time t
v'itnest the ball game.
Washington telegraph., 1925-06-05

M. Stroud fears that few
carload shipments of the crop
can be made this season, be-
cause of the poor yield in some
of the patches. He hopes, how
ever, that his fears will prove
groundless. Express shipments
will be gathered in the "pif&
stage, while the first will be
pulled green for carload ship
ment.
Washington telegraph., 1925-06-05
me c5lofed people oil tF


town are also asked to cooper
ate with the organization by
cleaning off their own premises
and also assist in cleaning W
the business hection on mex
Thursday afternoon.
A committee was appointed
to see about the purchase of
trash containers, to be placed
on the streets. A committee
was also appointed to draft an
ordinance for the enforcement
of cleanup regulations, to b.
presented to the city council
for passage. Mayor Monroe
was present and pledged the
support of the administration
to the work of the Civic Lea
que.
The regular time of meeting
was fixed for the first Wednes-
day in each month.
Washington telegraph., 1925-06-05

In naming visitors to Mr..
snd Mrs M. W. Wilson last
week, the names of Mr.. and
Mrs. Seth Thompson and
grandson, and Mr.. and Ms.
Tom Terral o. AIkadelphia,
wore omitted. Mrs Thompson
and Mis-. Terr9l are sisters OF
1Tr. Wilson.
Washington telegraph., 1925-06-05

FOR SALE: Good Johnson
grass hay, soc per bale, Sound
country shelled corn, $1.S5 per
bu. Dugger's Cash Store.
Washington telegraph., 1925-06-05

Read the TELEGRAPH.
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education Of the Y. M. G. "A. and the
Dearborn Social Settlement, 3Sth and
Dearborn streets-the Institutional A.
N. z. Church, Bishop A. ]. Carey,
Minister and Warden.
He has commendatory notices from
the Kansas City Journal" Detroit
Daily News" Ohio State journal, I"
Boston Transcript" Boston "Globe, 7"
Chicago "Herald-Examiner," Eve
ming POST and DAILY News" and
has won unstinted praise and COM
mendation from the late Judge NJ. W..
Pinckney, Of the Juvenile Court; Chief
Justice Olson, Of the Municipal Court,
and the late Dr. Jenkins Lloyd Jones,
Of Abraham Lincoln Center, as well
as the late DR.. Booker T. Washing
ton.
Herbert Weir Smith, Dean of the
Graduate School Of Harvard Univer-
sity, said Of DR.. Bowling in awarding
him a scholarship, that he is intelIi-
gent. Straightforward. clear in his
statements, earnest, incisive and pro-
found. We would Be glad to have
more specimens Of his race at Har-
ward if they have the qualities that
this man possesses.
Mr. Chief Justice Robert H. Terrell
Of Washington, D. G., said Of DR..
Bowling while he was in Harvard,
that he knew Of no man Of the race
who had done As much work in ad-
vance psychology and the science Of
education as DR.. Bowling.
So earnest and thorough was he in
his work at Harvard. that the Com
missioner Of Education Of the State Of
Massachusetts,, DR.. ]. P. snedden, se-
cured scholarship for him at the
University Of Chicago
There are members Of the Chicago
Censor Board who are only high
school graduates and some with IN
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Col. and Mrs. Robert
S. Abbott, Col. and
Mrs. Cary B. Lewis
and Many of the
Other Shining Lights
of High Society
Among the Colored
+ olks in This City,
.Wined and Dined His
r oyal Hig hness,
Prince Kojo of Da-
honey, Africa
He presented a charming blue eyed
blond haired white lady with 6nery
amounting to more than one hundred
and fifty dollars.

Near the first Of October 1924, His
Royal Iighness, Prince Kojo Toudor-
Houenou OF Dahomey, Albina, breezed
into this big town and settled down
in fine suite Of rooms at the Vim
cennes Hotel and for about FIVE weeks
after his arrival in this city he cut a
wide swath among the leading and
the most prominent colored society
folks in this city and they all fell
down On their hands and knees in or
der to do homage unto him.
The Prince was wined and dined
BY them in the most lavish manner
and feasted on the fat Of the land all
Of the time. He employed private sec
retary and one Of his first speeches he
delivered was at the Wendell Phillips
High School after delivering his ora
tions in French. His secty. interpreted
them into English for the Prince and
his friends boasted Of the fact that he
fiuently spoke all Of the most inpor-
tant languages except the English Ian
guage which in our humble opinion is
the greatest Of all the languages in ex-
istence At the present time, and a.
long a. he did not know much about
that language we did not take much
stock in him from the very first time
that We came in contact with him.
Col and Mrs. Robert 5. Abbott,
Col and Mrs. Cary B. Lewis and
their high stepping social lights took
complete charge Of Prince Koio, and
they % hedged him about and w
well protected him that Il was almost
utterly impossible for common col
ored folks 70 come near him for at
every turn in the road. Col and Mrs.
Abbott. Col and Mrs. Lewis and their
social followers were right at his side.
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"Nigger," Turk" Coon" Mick
and "Darl1y" in pictures. He has fire.
quently been called in to the Chief Of
Police, Morgan "A. Collins Office, and
DR.. Bowling's judgment has been ac-
cepted as final on the restoration Of
cuts in picture after the Censor Board
had completed its work; he has been
equally as keen and alert concerning
any picture, theme, subtitle or term
that ridicules any race of people. I'm
fortunately. the Negro People are held
Up more frequently To ridicu1e in pic
lures as stupid, dull and the butt Of
jokes than any other race Of people,
and always in the capacity Of servants.
Dr. Bowling, in the more than ten
years that he has been a member Of
the Chicago Censor Board, has been
a credit to his face and to the City.
It was because Of his strenuous ef-
forts to preventgslurs on the race and
especially on the womanhood Of the
race and to retain his respect and
manhood. that he is having this diff
Guilty.
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The Prince was their highly hon
ored royal guest and occupied pri-
vate box with them at the Auditorium
Theatre, Friday evening, October IL,
1924, where they witnessed Mile
stones Or the Pageant Of Progress
After gazing at it and behcfding
the best and the leading colored gen
tlemen and ladies in this city being
bought and sold Oh the auction block
to remind them Of slavery days before
the war OF the rebellion, the Prince
and his party Of the royal high social
lights were driven to the Ideal Tea
Rooms, Sind and Michigan avenue.
The writer and a party Of ladies
followed the Prince and his social
kings and queens into the front part
Of the Ideal Tea Rooms and after
our party had been seated we eased
up towards the rear part of the rooms.
Col Cary 3. Lewis beheld Us ap-
preaching the door leading into the
room where the Prince and his sub
Jects were seated and Col Lewis
gave u the names Of the highest So
cial leaders in this city who graced
the table where the Prince ruled over
them.
aAt the same time Col. Lewis inti-
mated that i would not do for Us 10
butt UP too near the table for The
Prince was subject to severe fainting
spells if common people came too
close unto him.
After the Prince had enjoyed The
French hospitaIities of the coIored
high society rollers, he suddenly dis
appeared from among them and he
settled down among the whites on
the North side, becoming the highly
Continued on page 81
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Mr.. AND MRS. STEPHEN WOO
TON DEPART FOR NEW
YORK CITY, THEIR
FUTURE HOME

The first Of this week, Mr.. and
Mrs Stephen Wooton relinquished
their home at 62O8 5. Elizabeth street,
where they have resided for the past
five years, still owning it, have re-
moved to New York City, where they
viii reside for some time.
For some years Mr. Wooton was
one of the trusted and faithful em-
ployes Of the Englewood branch Of
the Chicago Postofice. He viii be
connected with the postofice in New
York City
Mr. and Mrs. Wooton have many
friends IN this city, who wish them
well in their new eastern home.
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employee were heard BY Mrs. Hill.
who was waiting 70 speak with the
Rev DR.. Bowling. Mrs. Hill made
an affidavit to the fact and 50 testi-
fed before the Civil Service Com
mission. Or. Bowling, in a very gen
tlemanly way, requested the permit
clerk to desist, telling him that such
vulgar language was out Of place and
unfair to him and the lady with whom
he was about to converse. That for
more than ten years, he, the Rev.
DR.. Bowling, had been courteous to
all the other employees and demanded
high respect and esteem from them.
This white employee became abusive
in his remarks. And the Rev. DR..
Bowling continued to demand cour-
tesy.
Mr.. Albert S. Waller, an operator,
who was on his lunch hour and stand
ing on the other side Of the partition
III the room, decided that Roy G. Har-
ris, the permit clerk needed the as
sistanoe and began TO assail DR.. Bow
ling with epithets. whereupon Albert
S. Waller was reminded that he had
nothing to do with the conversation
and the Rev. DR.. Bowling impressed
him with the fact that it was an un-
warranted intrusion on his part, and
just as DR.. Bowling was leaving the
permit room or the hall, Albert S.
Waller called him a low down dirty
cur and attempted to strike him, but
was prevented BY a blow struck on
the face BY the Re DR.. Bowling with
his open hand.
DR.. Bowling Wen Prepared for His
Work Has Several Degrees
DR.. Bowling was educated in the
Kansas State Normal and Albion Col
leges; the Universities Of Michigan,
Northwestern, Ohio State, Boston,
Chicago and Harvard, his special
work has been in the fields Of educa-
ton, philosophy, sociology and religion.
He has published six bulletins On edu-
cation while doing graduate work
while at the universities at Harvard
and Chicago. He is Fellow Of the
American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science and the Ma
tional Geographic Society, and mem
Der Of the Royal Society Clubs Of
London, England. For number Of
years ne has been one Of the Direc-
tors of the Oakland Council NO. Of
the Committee Of Fifteen. director Of
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Minister Dismissed from His Civil Service Position on the Chi
Censor Board Which Position He Had Honora by and
Cedaby Held for More Than Ten Years. for Justly Resent
ing an Insult the Part of White Employee Race

RACE ANTIPATHY RUNS HIGH AS
WOMANS CITY CLUB, LED ON BY
TEXAS WOMAN, WHO HAS SINCE
RESIGNED HER POSITION AS
CHIEF OF THE CHICAGO CENSOR
BOARD, FROM A VERITABLE MOB
AND CROWDS CIVIL SERVICE
ROOM TO INFLUENCE CIVIL SERV-
ICE COMMISSION.
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DR.. Bowling's Work on the Chicago
Censor Board

He proved an able assistant to Hon.
Edward H. Wright in an effort in the
Superior Court before Hon. Judge M.
M. GridIey, to suppress the Birth Of
a Nation" Succeeded in having Po-
lice Chief Fitzmorris issue an order
prohibiting the showing Of the Ku
Klux Klan Picture, after the entire
Chicago Censor Board had signed
permit over his protest; wrote a reso-
luton which Major R Jackson pre-
sented to the judiciary committee Of
the City Council, preventing the Use
Of such terms and slurs as @Dago,g
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REGULAR CORPORATION COUNSEL
FOR THE CITY OF CHICAGO NOT
ALLOWED TO PERFORM HIS
DUTY. TWO OR THREE HIGH
PRICED LAWYERS ARE EN-
PLOYED.

Caucuses held for two weeks by the
head Of the Investigation Department
on the tenth floor with members Of
the Censor Board and others in an at
tempt to boost up weak case.
Letter sent out with false state
ment to Rev. DR.. A. J. Bowling, did
not obtain his position through Civil
Service. Prominent Colored Citizens
To whom the letters were sent tore
The letters up with indignation.
A careful reading Of the records Of
the investigation will prove that none
IF the charges preferred were sub
stantiated BY unconAicting testimony.
Why then, such strenuous efforts to
make a case IN this instance when two
well known white men have fought
brutal fights III the department, one
before and one since this happening
OF DR.. Bowling, neither OF which have
been reported.
Several efforts have been made to
eliminate the Colored man from the
Chicago Censor Board. DR.. Bowling
highly praised for his courageous eff
forts to protect womanhood.
The entire South Side aroused at
this Hagrant case of prejudice. Every
Minister'S Alliance and every Civil Or
ganization has taken up the fight
Alderman Louis B. Anderson Of the
Second ward, Alderman Robert R.
Jackson of the Third ward, as well
as the two committeeman Of these
wards are interesting themselves and
working hard to see that justice is
done. It is believed that when the
facts are presented to Mayor Dever
the damnable wrong will Be righted.
The Facts:
On or about May 10, 1925, in the
permit room OF the Chicago Censor
Board, DR.. A. j. Bowling. 4 member
Of the said censor board, resented an
indecent and unbecoming remark con-
cerning a lady with whom he was
about to engage ia conversation over
the phone. Just preceding the conveT-
sation while the line was still open,
an employee. clerk Of the permit sec
ton, began to harass and provoke the
Rev. DR.. Bowling with indecent and
vulgar remarks concerning the lady,
Mrs Beulah Mitchell Hill, Secretary
to Mr. Anthony Overton, the presi-
dent Of the Douglass National Bank
The annoyance was % loud that the
vulgar and untimely remarks Of the
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ferior training and scholarship. Out
of 385 who took the examination for
Moving Picture Censor, 20 passed, and
Dr. Bowling is the sixth man, and
the only Colored who passed, He had
previously successfully passed ten or
more Civil Service Examinations in
the Y. S. Civil Service, County Civil
Service. State and City Civil Service,
and resigned Civil Service position
in the engineering department to ac-
cept a position a. Moving Picture
Censor in the City of Chicago.
Church Activities in Chicago
For FIVE years he was assistant and
director Of the Dearborn Social Set
tlement. 38th and Dearborn streets
For three years he was Minister and
director of the Turner Memorial A. NJ
E. Church and neighborhood center
where he won the praise Of the Oak
land Review. White Publication fol
his intensive work in that community.
And the past three years he has been
assistant to the Pastor at the Metro
politan Community Center, the Peo-
pies Church. 3lls-22 Giles avenue, oi
which DR.. w. D. Cook is Pastor.