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House where he was received by
President Coolidge Lee, who was on
his way to receive a Carnegie medal,
was thereafter taken in hand BY the
Tennessee Society, headed BY Colonel
Joseph M. Trigg, and "unluclly" day
was quickly made over into Tennessee
Day in the Capital City. Colored
Washington was mighty proud over
Lees presence in the city, and their
glee was highly visible all the way
from You Street to Pennsylvania Ave
nue. Old Washingtonians, who re-
member Grants return from Rich
mond, said they hadn't seen such hap
Ply expressions on the brethren's
faces since the Civil War Hero's
Homecoming.
Lee, who recently snatched 80
drowning souls from the Mississippi
River, although thoroughly modest,
was quite abashed at the furore which
followed his visit to Washington, and
was bit i'll at ease before the clicking
cameras or movie men and photog-
raphers. The hero will at least be able
to carry back home the pleasurable
taste Of northern hospitality, to whose
donors he brought living picture Of
life in the Southland, which should be
expanded to him and his kinsmen in
measures commensurate with his and
their contributions to fealty and brav-
cry, Notwithstanding Darwin's evolu-
ton of man, which is under the ban in
Sunny Tennessee.
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Thomas r. Marshall, the nation has
lost a man Of power. He was Vice
President during the entire Wilson adj
ministration and it was from his mind
that came much Of the advice that
brought the settlement of many con-
aicted conditions during the struggles
Of the World War.
Since his retirement he has been a
correspondent for many great news
papers, among them the Chicago Daily
News. The millions who read his
column will miss his guidance which
gave many new thoughts that did adj
vance them in their chosen avenues.
Mrs. Marshall was a greater por-
ton Of the time of the Wilson adj
ministration, the leader Of its society.
It is reported that she was the most
powerful woman for good that has
ever been connected with the White
House. 1t Is to be regretted that the
Master failed not to give nature the
breathing of life into one Of their own
children that he or she might be able
to pick UP the torch when this noble
son laid it down.
We extend to this grief stricken
woman our sincere coincidence with a
hope for long life and continued ef-
fort to lend her power to the woman
hood Of America in an effort to con
struct higher united civilization for
the people of this country Of ours.
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CELEBRATE FIRST ANNIVER.
SARY

Something more than 400 members
Of the Juvenile department Of the "A.
Y. K. & A. Of "A. met Sunday after
noon, May 3lst at Grant Memorial
Church, 10th and Evans avenue, to
hold the first anniversary, and to hear
their annual sermon, preached by the
pastor, Rev. Thomas, D. D. The
exercises had been arranged BY Mrs.
Henrietta Dean Of Egypt Council and
Insley 6-3 MI
state grand mother queen Of Illinois;
Mrs Leona Dixon-McKinney, most
excellent queen Of Leona Council lO9,
and IA. T. Bailey, chairman of the
Publicity Committee of the National
Grand Council A fine program was
rendered. Among other speakers
were Mesdames Eliza Jackson, Hen
rietta Dean, Leona Dixon Kinney
and M. It. Bailey.
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PRINTERS BINDERY EXPANDS
DOUBLING ITS FLOOR
SPACE

The Printers Bindery, 7Ol S. La
Sale ST., Chicago, have taken over the
entire second floor of their present
quarters, doubling their floor space
with an area of 10000 square feet.
The expansion was made necessary by
increased business, according to Fred
Hodges, who is a partner in the firm
Of Dave Kahn He said "Our bust
ness has undergone a steady growth
ever since its beginning two years ago
and we have felt the need Of additional
space for a number of months On
May IS, the opportunity to take over
the entire second floor Of this building
presented itself and we jumped at it, !"
Both partners said that a greater
volume of business from their old
customers and a steady increase in
new accounts has given their business
a steady growth
Dave Kahn and Fred Hodges
started in business together in April,
1923, at their present location. The
business which has been built to its
present proportions within the last two
years has been due in large degree to
the ability of the partners to work to-
gether. They are friends of long
standing Well wishers of the pair
agree that no two men could be bet
ter suited for working together to-
wards success.
Before establishing the Printers
Bindery with Dave Kahn, Fred
Hodges was folder operator for the
Faithorn Company Of Chicago and had
had twenty years experience in vari-
Gus binderies in this city.
In May, 1928, Dave Kahn arrived
in Chicago after leaving position as
superintendent Of the big bindery Of
the Superior Printing CO. Of Akron,
Ohio. He had the idea he could sue
cessfully operate book-binding plant
Of his own and sought out his old
friend Fred Hodges with whom he had
worked several years before
Together the two men put their
shoulders to the wheel and secureda a
sufficient number Of contracts to war
rant the purchase Of equipment for
establishing business Of their own.
That the combination has been a
happy and satisfactory one is best evil
denced by the success their firm has
enjoyed.-From the Ben Franklin and
Western Printing, Chicago, June |,
1926.
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SPENDS FULL DAY IN CITY

William H. Fields. National Grand
Master Of A. y. K & D. of A., passed
through the city during the week en-
route to Wisconsin and Michigan,
where he is making an official visit
advising the officials in that section
concerning the coming Of the annual
grand session next August. While in
the city he spent a busy day In CON
ference with Mrs. Eliza Jackson,
State Grand Queen of Illinois; NJ T.
Bailey. Chairman of the Publicity
Committee Of the National Grand
Council and other officials as well as
railroad officials concerning perma-
nent arrangements for the national
Grand Council session to be held at
indianapolis. Ind, in August.
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the u. S. Women's Bureau, which
made the study: "Foreign-born women
gainfuIly employed in Jacksonville
were Insignificant in numbers. while,
as would be expected. the majority Of
the women gainfully employed were
Negroes. If the Negro women were
alone considered. Jacksonville would
lead NVilkes-Barre and Hanover, Pa,
Butte. Mont. and Passiac, N. J., in
the actual and relative number Of
women gainfully employed"
In the array Of almost amazing facts
disclosed By the study are CD Work
distribution Of Negro women in Jack
sonville, and (2l the fact that foreign
born women as competitors Of Amer
lean labor have not as yet made their
competition harmful in the far south.
In northern industrial cities. Negro
women have suffered severely in work
competition, the foreign-born female
workers having made fearful inroads
in employment which might be more
equitably distributed among native
white and black women On the other
hand, even in Florida, the colored
women depicted in the study have
shown marked initiative in employ
ment. The 1920 Negro women in
the group studied were employed in
outstanding industries as follows:
Manufacturing, 80; selling trades. Isl;
saleswomen, lO1; telephone and tele-
graph operators, Z; clerical occupa-
tions, SO; stenographers and typists,
To- managerial and professional serv-
ice, PSI; remainder in diversified oc-
equations, aside from domestic and
personal service, and gainful employ
ment carried on in the homes.
1t is we'll known, Of course, that
these loyal workers are Disseminated
against in wages, home facilities, edu-
cational advantages, and in the pro-
lection Of life, limb and property. Yet,
it is indeed a light in the darkness,
a silver lining in the cloud, that hovers
over many cities Of the south to realize
that colored women are pressing for
ward in an atmosphere which has not
yet become attractive enough to lure
foreign-born workers, who frequently
menace the bread and meat Of Amer
can workers, white and black, where
production is paramount and loyalty
and patriotism secondary in the minds
Of few greedy employers.
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SOME OF THE NEWS OF THE
WEEK
Hints to the Business Mems Club;
Justice to the People; Ex-Vice-
President Marshall is Dead.
BY Charles Stewart, Jr.

The wise men covering the business
interests of our group have formed
collation. which has for its purpose
better relation between the business
men representing every avenue in Chi
cago. The mere fact that they have
beautiful building at 37th and Michigan
Avenue, which is well furnished, car
ries not with it success unless the
united activities of the membership in
ifs fullest sense means united efforts.
Like organizations in the past have
been covered by what in my judgment
is told in the first verse of the 23rd
Psalms which reads THE Lord is my
shepherd; I shall not want" The
Master is the shepherd Of the people
Of the earth; he gave the natural
power upon which stand our existence.
Aside from this he intended that you
must give every effort Of brain and
Drawn to make for yourself out of the
chosen avenues Of your vocation a
success. 1t will not come by being a
member Of this organization, It must
come through each Of its members
using the fullest Of their strength and
the development Of brain power to
measure up in competition with the
merchants conducting business of like
character Of other groups.
The pooling first of your financial
power and dealing square with every
investor BY the customer who pur-
chases a fve-cent package Of meal as
well as the man who comes to invest
thousand dollars.
Small profits is what has brought
success to the greatest business inter
ests Of the country. The man who
makes profit Of "a, IA and u OF a
cent and will be satisfied with every
minute Of his time being occupied dur
ing business hours Of his institution,
will have accomplished more for him
self and the people than the fellow
who makes two and three cents profit
and is only occupied one-sixteenth Of
his time during his business hours.
The Real Estate man who is salts
fed with an honest commission and
will not deal foully with the owner
and the purchaser Of a piece Of prop
erty by raising the price from FIVE
hundred to a thousand dollars higher
than the owner directed the same to
be sold, will in the long run have
longer life in the financial world than
the CRATER who seeks to take from the
pockets Of his clientele that financial
sustenance that could be used for the
better sustenance Of his family.
From the fact that our group viii
be measured in the future from home
building status, thus in fairness to the
men and women who have mortgages
which will come due in a short time.
these agents should begin to consider
the proposition Of dealing absolutely
square with men and women who are
/ endeavoring to become substantial
part OF the property owned part Of
the community in which they reside.
On this particular subject ! shall
deal next week with the insurance Sit
uation
In the death of ex-Vice President
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lPreston No. Servicel

Or. w. E. B. Dubois, Jim Johnson
and Company, and the faithful cohorts
Of the National Association for the
Advancement Of Colored People are
heading due west, and will stage the
1925 annual convention Of that august
body in Denver, Colo, in high altitude
and far distant from any possible
Crisis" While we're still bit dis
turbed because the N.A.AC.P. was
not more active last November in en-
deavoring to advance, Dr. Charlie H.
Roberts Of Harlem, New York, to the
United States House Of Representa-
tives, we're still looking and listening
for whatever advances the advancers
advance during their coming conven-
ton. A glimpse of the programmed
personnel Of orators who are to be
present convinces us that a strong ju-
dicial atmosphere will hover over the
N.A.AC.P. confab. For instance,
Clarence S. barrow, Esq, (white)
defender Of Leopold and Loeb, who
are now engaged in the stone masonry
work in an Illinois penitentiary, is to
talk, we presume, upon the absorbing
topic Of haneful capital punishment.
Mr.. Darrow's viewpoint is dear to the
heart Of every colored man, particular
" down home" where the formal
titles Of a trial are frequently dispensed
with
Judge Ben B. Lindsey too, who re-
Gently licked the COLORADO Khan, is to
give some Judicial advice to the
N.A.A.CP. delegates and tell them
how to make their splendid activities
Of far broader scope. More serious
", however, and in full admission Of
the excellent work Of the N.A.A.C.P.,
we trust we may not prove the slight
est offense in suggesting that next
years plan might well include a bit
more Of activity in carrying specific
cases, involving constitutional inter
pretations. straight through to the
highest court in the land. Could not
the facts adduced BY local N.A.A.C.P.
branches in various states where con
stitutional amendments are involved,
be put into litigation and carried from
court to court for final adjudication
Is it not fact that many a mandamus
would lie in United States courts
against railroad lines which violate the
application Of rules under Jim Grow
laws, where those peruicious regula-
tions are lawfully effective? Could not
non-discrinlinatory station facilities Be
enforced for colored passengers en-
route? Would not few cases under
the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amend
ments bring about few new points
for settlement? Could not equalized
school facilities Be judicially sought in
many states where discrimination
abounds7 Far Be il from Us. in our
humble life, I'd trespass suggestions
upon the mighty program Of the Du-
Bots machine, but believing that an
ounce Of litigation IS worth pound
Of oratory. we wonder if the latter
does not need ballast and the former
arr
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PERSONALS

The many friends Of Mrs. Adah
Brown Stewart, former resident Of
Chicago, will regret to learn Of her
passing into the great Beyond at her
home in Toledo, Ohio, recently, after
prolonged illness.
Mrs. Stewart was active in church,
society and club life, a talented dra-
matte reader, and a worth while cit
izen, she will Be greatly missed.
She leaves mother. husband and
an only sister (Mrs. Ophie Brown
Wells and host Of relatives and
friends to mourn her loss. Requiescat
in Pace.
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RACE SPEAKER AT BUNKFp
HILL MONUMENT

Also Race Fraternal Orders to Be y
Official Parade to Monument u
Boston on June III; Part Taken bv
Peter Salem and Other Colored
Soldiers to be Told; Race Asked to
Make Monumental Demand for End
or Race Segregation.
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The Pennsylvania Labor Journal Of
May %, announces the decision Of the
Executive Council and the representa-
tives Of the national and international
unions of the American Federation Of
Labor to launch great organizing
campaign among colored workers of
America, who, it is said, are at last to
Be stimulated in whatever desire they
may have to accept the joys and sor-
rows Of the American Federation Of
Labor. Moving picture and lecture
auNiliaries are to be used in the drive
for membership, which, it is presumed,
viii be carried forward upon the bases
Of both mixed and separate unions, as
the case may. be, depending upon the
locality Of the group workers.
Notwithstanding resolutions fire.
quently passed in convention BY the
parent organization, the "A. F. Of L.,
in national sense, has not augmented
its lists with Negro membership to
any appreciate extent during the past
few years. Here and there the brother
has been taken in, but stimulus from
either within or without has not by
any means set the world afire. The
experiment, then, Of a drive for Ne
gro membership will Be worth watch
ing, and it seems to us its success will
be largely dependent upon the degree
Of preparation which the brethren
have made intraracially for such a
project Although the best Of faith
undoubtedly exists in this experiment,
the brethren must remain racia1ly
clannish to sufficient degree to be
ready to cope with the segregation
ists--fem we sincerely belieye-which
exist even in organized labor ranks.
Care must be taken that the plan is
elastic enough TO see that the brother
is given place Of actual vantage al
the council table and that his work
interests are fully preserved along
with those Of his white organized con-
temporaries. For genuinely-good &C
complishment, we believe the mixed
union is far the better, for work ought
to know no color line, and who gives
a picayune, after completion, whether
red bricks were laid BY white or :
black man. Suspicious must Be re.
moved from the minds Of Negro labor
which has ever been subject to ex
ploitation, whether organized or IN.
organized; and this faithful contrib
utor to American production mus
know that gilt-edged good win ant
sincerity thoroughly pervade the ex
pertinent. This is not the hole in tn,
doughnut; Il is merely statement o
the facts as we see EN-
The broad ax., 1925-06-06

Female breadwinners Of Jackson
vile, Florida. taken BY groups os 1s.-
726 are made Up d $40 native white
women. 1920 native colored women,
and $50 foreign-born women; or
based upon one hundred per cent such
groups comprise $40 per cent native
whites, $50 per cent native blacks.
and "a per cent foreign-born. Says
The broad ax., 1925-06-06

G. w. Turner, a young colored man
in New York City, is the proprietor
Of an electrical shop in which he EN-
ployes twelve men and female book
keeper.
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THE QUESTIONABLE
By Miss Louise Bond

/. When did the Incas rule Peru?
Whom did they succeed Who con-
quered Peru? When?
2. Who were the first two Euro
pean explorers Of Argentina AT
what time were their explorations
made?
8. When was Buenos Ayres found
ed? Why was this site chosen?
4. From what European country
did some Of the colonists Of Argentina
Gomez
5. What people regarded Titicaca
as sacred place?
The broad ax., 1925-06-06

THE NEW BUSINESS OR COM
MERCIAL ORGANIZATION
WAS LAUNCHED TUESDAY
NOON AT THE Y.M.C.A., 18th
STREET AND S. WABASH
AVENUE, AND EVERYTHING
SEEMS TO INDICATE THAT
1T WILL BE A POWER FOR
GOOD IN THIS COMMUNITY
The broad ax., 1925-06-06

Boston, Mass.-Not only are re-
quests for the historical lea6et W.
Peter Salem and other soldiers VIVA
fought at Bunker Hill pouring irto
the national headquarters of the MAJ
tional Equal Rights League at No 0
Cornhill, from all parts Of the coun-
try, with assurances Of observance n
honor Of Peter Salem on June Y
sesqui-centennial Of his soldier 6pbt.
ing in the first pitched battle for
American independence BY Equal
Rights Leagues and Committees. but
Colored Boston has been aroused "
fever heat by the local branch under
Rev. D. S. Klugh, as Executive
Chairman.
Today, as result Of the visit OF
subcommittee Of the League, headed
BY Monroe Mason, to City Hall.
Mayor Curley directed the Chairman
Of Public Celebrations to add speakers
representing the colored and The Tew-
ish races to the oratorica1 program ~
the base OF the monument at noon. IN
order to make known the contribu-
ton Of these two elements to the
American birthright of liberty and
equality and especially the valor Of
colored soldiers from the beginning
until now" VIM. Monroe Trotter
National Corresponding Secretary "
the League, has been assigned "
speak
The Mayor also acceded to Mr.. Ma
sons request for representation III the
parade, and the Celebration Chairman
appointed Mr. Mason the key man to
arrange for this.
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CoLoRFUL NEWS, MOVIES"
By the cameraman
/. "Advancers' 4" Advancement
2. Breadwinning Women.
3. Organizing Labor.
4. Tennessee Day
The broad ax., 1925-06-06

Friday. said to be "uniucIsy' day in
Washington, d. O.. reversed itself on
May 10Th, and gave way to celebrants
from Sunny Tennessee, who feted.
dined and entertained Tom Lee, the
Mississippi River hero. who had previ-
ously been escorted 70 the White
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Or. and Mrs. VIM. H. Davis spent
Decoration Day with their relatives,
Attorney and Mrs. Chas. Z. Mason,
Gary, Ind Their brother, Mr.. VIM.
T. Lindsay, 5O2s Dearborn St.. ac-
companied them.
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$. The Incas regarded this place
as sacred and called It the birthplace
Of the sun
The broad ax., 1925-06-06

For several weeks past some Of the
leading colored business men on the
South Side have been talking in rela-
ton to organizing a new Commercial
or Business Club and the project as
sumed considerable Roadway last
Tuesday noon, at light luncheon at
the Y.M.C.A.
Prior to that time the following
notice or communication was sent out
to quite number Of successful bust
ness men and women, setting forth
very briefly its aims and objects.
Chicago,
May 26, 1925.
Julius F. Taylor.
Dear Sir.-Feeling the need of an
organization Of business men to en-
courage business enterprises, to de-
velop and encourage civic pride, and to
initiate and carry through plans look
ing forward to the education, social
and economic growth Of our racial
group, we, the undersigned, are in
viting you, as a prominent citizen OF
the community, to be present with
other gentlemen at luncheon meet
ing at the Y.MC.A., Tuesday, June
End, II o'clock, noon. Signed; George
T. Kersey, Anthony Overton, Harvey
"A. Watkins, indian D. Bousheld, NJ.
d., Ickous J. Joseph, Carl G. Roberts,
Md. Rev. Joseph H. Branham, Dell
Mathews, Albert E. johnson, George
A. Arthur.
At the above hour mentioned the
following ladies and gentlemen occu-
pied seats around the luncheon table
Miss Minnie Tinnell, Mr.. Anthony
Overton, president Of the Douglass
National Bank; Mr.. ID. r. Mathews
Mr.. George Rambo, Mr.. Anderson
H. Richey, Mr.. Thomas N. Sellers
Mr. Leonard G. Outlaw, Mr.. Curtis
Young, Mr. S. S. Cuthbert, Mr.. /. j
Joseph, Mr.. NJ. c. P. Perara, Mr. w
W. Hadnot, Mr.. z. D. Pierson, Mr.
I Julius F. Taylor. S. O'Brian Robin.
son. Mr. w. T. Bailey, Mr.. John
Simons, Mr.. Emmett Overton, Mr.
Warren Roane, Dr. ]. II. Howard, DR.
Edward w. Murray, Hon. George Il
Kersey Mr.. 1. Leonard, Mr.. E. H
Johnson, Mr.. H. A. Watkins were
among those present and Mr.. Anthony
Overton was selected as. temporar,
chairman.
4 The chairman called on Mr.. Georg,
r. Arthur, Mr.. II. "A. Watkins. Mr.
Julius #. Taylor, DR.. J. H. Howard
and Mr. !. J. Joseph, Hon. George 7
Kersey, Mr.. John H. Simons, Mr.. An
derson FL Richey, Mr.. George Rambc
and several others for short talks.
Just as soon as the committee or
bylaws and constitution are read,
to report and name is selected fol
the new organization and a regular
meeting place is decided upon anC
new officers are elected. the new Com
mercial Club viii be ready to enrol
members and if it is conducted fan
and square and on the level, it can &C
complish a great deal Of lasting eoot
among the coIored people in Chicago