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The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-11-27
Disease Causes More Deaths
Each Year Than Traffic Acct
dents; Ranks Highest Among
Young Women.

There are today several diseases
that roll up a greater death total, but
no disease that begins to approach
tuberculosis in the havoc wrought at
the most productive period of life,
the period when people are rearing
families and are actively engaged in
life's work.
A study of the tuberculosis situa-
ton provides substantial evidence
that the fight against tuberculosis is
still long way from won. We are
in danger of becoming overly opti-
mistic as we study the general rec
ord of Americas progress in the
campaign against tuberculosis, but a
deeper study of the facts will show
that unremitting effort is necessary
if we are not to lose the advantages
we have gained after great strug-
gle.
A Costly Disease.
tuberculosis orphans more chill
dren and breaks up more homes than
any other disease.
tuberculosis is considered to be
the most destructive and universal
disease that affects mankind.
tuberculosis causes more deaths
and a greater economic loss every
year than the total of deaths and
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GRADING, CRAWLING COST
HEAVILY, FIGURES PROVE

Grading done on Minnesota trunk
highways during 1925, required NOV
ing an average of 16.74s cubic yards
of dirt per mile, according to recent
figures given out by the State High
way department. The total amount
of dirt moved in grading 339 miles
is 5,686,513 cubic yards. The cost
averages $6,517.67 per mile, and
totals $2,212,749.
During the year 568 miles Of road
were graveled, with an average of
1892 cubic yards per mile. or total
Of 791,502 cubic yards. The average
cost per mile is $1,7s3 and the total
spent for graveling, $1.013.215. This
does not include the regraveling done
by the maintenance division.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-11-27

Walker Williams will open a gro
Gerry in his building at st. Anthony
ave. at Kent st. Dec. with COM
plete line of goods. Mr.. Williams
has operated barbershop for num-
Der of years, and is nationally known
in lodge and church circles.
Miss M. Geraldine Williams and
WILDER A.. Williams will be associat-
ed with the st. Paul man in the en-
terprise. Miss Williams has had
some years of business experience
with the R. L. Williams department
store in Florida. Mr.. WILDER Will
liams, native of Oklahoma, has work
ed for IL years with the firms of S.
H. Reed and Elliott department
stores in Muskogee, Okla.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-11-27
PAVED ROAD, BRAINERD
TO DALLAS, PROMISED

An all-weather road, mostly paved,
from Brainerd, Mimi, to Dallas,
Texas, is assured for 1928, according
to a telegram from Kansas City read
at the pavement celebration at
Brainerd last week.
This is an all-weather road, most
ly paved, in Minnesota, three unsur-
faced gaps totaling IS miles between
the Minnesota line and Kansas City,
80 miles of dirt south of Kansas City
and a few unsurfaced stretches in
Oklahoma. Highway officials in the
states affected have announced that
all the dirt gaps will be partly paved
in 1927 and completely paved in
1928.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-11-27
N. Y. Paper Box Strikers Appeal
To COlOred Scabs To Join Union

New York. Nov. ga special circular entitled, "An
Appeal to all Coored Workers. has been put out by the Paper
Box Makers Union under Manager Fred CaiOa The union
striking for recognition in all shops and improved working
conditions COOred have been brought in in
some said have been made to assault
white and cOlOred pickets.
The union declares that does not discriminate against
colored workers and protects them in their JOBS IN
peace times when employers urge the union to colored
workers from shops Coored members of the union are said
saunch fighting with the rest Of the members for union
conditions The circular appeals to cOlOred
workers to consider the employers will cast them aside
when the strike ov because they have union to protect
them and urges all to join the union fight.
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DISCRIMINATION
AT new SHOW
CAUSES ACTION
Cashier, DOOrman at New Lyce-
um Theater Face Warrants
for Refusal of Seats.
Three Women In Case
Constant Complaints Against
Theater Tactics Made; County
Atty. Handles Case.
Three women in case

-
Persistent discrimination against
colored patrons by the Lyceum thea
ter, Wabasha at Ninth ST., has result
ed in case that is being prosecuted
by the county attorney on behalf Of
Miss Elizabeth Murray, Mrs. Mar
garet Chambers Martin, and Miss
Murray's mother, Mrs. w. ]. Murray.
Complaints against the theater
charging that it would not allow col
ored patrons to sit downstairs have
been made to the local branch of the
N. A. A. c. P. for the last two
months.
mo Seats"
Colored patrons have stated that
they were always told that there were
no seats available downstairs, and If
they protested strongly enough, were
told that colored people could not buy
seats downstairs.
Mrs. Minnie Ward, Mrs. Margaret
Martin, and Miss Elizabeth Murray
applied at the ticket window for
downstairs seats on Thursday, Nov.
18. They were told by the cashier
that there were no downstairs seats
available.
- Seats obtained.
Mrs. Murray, who is very light,
followed the young women and
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LYNCHERS GIVEN
LENGTHY TERMS
BY JUDGE IN GA.
Leader of Mob Sentenced to Life
Imprisonment; Others Get
y Four to 20 Years.
Judge Denounces Mobs
Lynchers OverpOwer Sheriff but
Wife Tears Mask From Face
of One Gangster.
Judge Denounces Mobs
(PrestOn News Service)

Douglas, Ca, Nov. ga telling
blow at lynching was struck Wednes-
day when Judge Harry D. Reed of
the superior court sentenced the ring
leader of a band of Georgia lynchers
to life Imprisonment and meted out
sentences of from four to twenty
years. Imprisonment to eight others
who Headed guilty.
The mob had lynched David
Wright, white, who had been i'm
prisoned on a murder charge in con-
nection with the death of Mrs. Eel
phie Rollins. Wright was taken from
the county Jail and his body riddled
with bullets. Major Brown, brother
in-law of the slain woman, confessed
to being leader of the mob and was
sentenced to life Imprisonment. The
following were sentenced to prison
terms ranging from four to twenty
years: Archie Tanner, George Lott,
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Aiken Whites Threaten Walter White for Expose
OfLynching; Investigator Promised Legal Aid
Brutus Cassius Given
Berth on ALL City Team

When the mythical all-city high
school football team was picked
last week, Brutus Cassius, colored
star at Mechanic Arts high school
and veteran of two seasons, was
given the place at left guard. This
is the first time a cOlOred football
player has made the all-city team
since 1917. Players on this honor
team are selected by the four high
school football coaches of the city.
Brutus was a member of the
committee which planned the an
nual IN" banquet held at the st.
Francis hotel last Monday, and
was the only colored athlete to at
tend the function. He will finish
at Mechanic Arts in February, and
plans to enter the University of
Minnesota for the winter this year.
At the University, he will try out
for the football team as soon as
soon as he is eligible to do so.
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ONE MORE SEAT

Radio fans tuning in on the game
of bridge played by the greatest of
players has become a growing fad
and so the Elks are announcing to
their members and their friends that
they are cordially invited to sit in at
whist and bridge to be played at the
Elks Clubrooms, 207-W. Central
Ave-, every Friday evening. Valua-
BILE presents will be given away and
light luncheon will be served by the
committee.
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tuberculosis Takes Biggest Toll
During Productive Years of Life
Young Negro Writers
to Publish Magazine

New York, Nov. GA group of
young colored writer's are PLAN
ming to publish a quarterly maya
zine to be called "Fire!!" The
Board of Editors includes: Lang
stOn Hughes, Fora Neale Thurston,
Aaron Douglas, GwendOlyn Ben
nett, John Davis, Wallace Thur
man, and Bruce Nugent.
The new magazine is to be is
sued from 314 West 138th Street,
New York. The first number is
announced for publication on No
vember %.
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CRISIS PUBLISHES
DU BO|S' SECOND
SCHOOL ARTICLE
Mississippi Schools Covered by
Author in Christmas Issue
of Magazine.
No. Schools For Blind
Whites Have Consolidated Rural
Schools, but None for Ne
grOes; Salaries Low.
Nc. Schools For Blind
IN. A. A. c. P. Press Service)


New York, Nov. 26.-The Christ
mas "Crisis," out this week, pub
fishes the second article, on Missis-
sippi, in the series of surveys under
taken by DR.. w. E. B. Du Bois on the
Negro Common Schools in Southern
States, pursuant to the gift of $4,000
made by the Garland Fund for this
purpose.
The first article, on education in
Georgia, has already been published.
The article published this month
shows glaring discrepancies in the
amounts spent on Negro and white
schools in Mississippi, the figures
given for number of typical coun-
ties being as follows;
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BACK TO LIBERIA
(Preston News Service)

Los Angeles, CAL, Nov. 26.-The
Back to Liberia" movement of the
last five years eliminated here in a
group of race men purchasing a
steamship with which to make the
journey to Liberia. The liner Chiapas
is being fitted out for the cruise. The
promoters plan, it is said, to operate
the boat regularly between America
and Liberia.
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TITLE CLEARED

William Edmunds, formerly of st.
Paul, regaiIed real estate title to
40 acres of land in Balsam Lake,
Wis, last week through the efforts
of Atty. E. H. Anderson, 614 Court
Block, st. Paul. Mr.. Edmunds had
lost the title to the land in 1921.
Atty. Anderson won the first case,
and the second has been continued to
the April term of court.
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White Lawyer Says Bribery
Charges Against White Are
for Intimidation.
Journals Score Aiken
Latest Witness Says He Expect
ed Lynching After Watch
ing Officials.
IN. A. A. C. P. Press Service)

IN. A. A. e. T. PrtSS StrVICtJ
New York, Nov. 26.-Startling de-
velopments in the exposure of con-
ditions surrounding the recent lynch
ing of one colored woman and two
men in Aiken, S. c., include the fol-
lowing:
1. A letter from l.. G.. SOuthard,
white lawyer who defended the mob
victims, to Walter White, asserting
that the bribery" charges against
the N. A. A. G. P. Investigator were
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LYNCHING PREVENTED
preston News SerYice)

u fS0e0ff xNS"S 5Sx FxSSg~
Columbia, S. c., Nov. 26.-Robert
Bentley, aged 20 years, was placed in
the state penitentiary here Friday,
having been brought here, it is said,
for safe keeping from Florence,
where he is alleged to have shot and
seriously wounded e. w. johnson
(white), plain clothes officer, late
Thursday. Bentley was wounded,
but his injuries are said not to be
serious.
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COUNTY ATTY. PROSECUTES LYCEUM HELP
ED. COLE DIES AT ANCKER HOSPITAL AS RESULT
OF SHOOTING AFFRAY AT HOME OF NOBLE HAUSER

Ed Co II gehart Ave. died Tuesday at Ancker hos
ptal the result of shooting aray Noble
257K Rondo St. Monday evening.
named Grgsby reported be employed by the Great
Northern railroad being held in police
under suspicion of having done the shooting
Mr. Hauser and Miss Ida Combs who the
Thursday morning
friends Grgsby No
hearing. 4#MM
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Salaries Low.

In Mississippi, according to The
Crisis report, there is no provision
for the colored blind children and
no school for colored feeble-minded
children. In many counties Negro
teachers receive less than one-third
of the salary paid to whites, the Ne
gro teachers salaries in some Mis-
sissippi counties being as low as
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The Capitol Laundry has 16 motor
trucks for delivering and picking up
your laundry.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-11-27

All the women who don't argue
are either dumb-or dead.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-11-27

Failures are stepping stones to
success.
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NE YEAR AGO THIS WEEK


The seventh annual installation of the coored women
luth was celebrated Palmer chairman planned
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-11-27

We've been arrested for the
first time-parkin' viola
ton. One dollar said good
morning, judge"
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OLD SUBSCRIBERS
are wishing us good luck on
our second year by renew
ing th cir subscriptions.
Have you as yet?
, 1926-05-26
DAVE JONES OPENS
NEW CLEANING AND
PRESSING BUSINESS

Workmen this week completed the
installation Of the machinery and
equipment of the Dave Jones Store
cleaning and pressing department,
and in this weeks issue of the
Herald he is announcing this new
enterprise open for business. e. L.
Larson has been placed in charge
of the new institution and is an
experienced and capable workman.
In the launching of this new
business MI. Jones has had con-
.structed a modern and up-to-date
washing Dom in the ear of his
clothing store, a very commodfous
room constructed of brick, in which
has been installed a complete equip
ment for the most approved wet
and dry cleaning. In the store. at
the rear of the sales room. a ball
cony has been made, in which the
pressing and altering department
will operate. The new business is
well equipped to handle all kinds
of cleaning and pressing and tail
oring work.
, 1926-05-26
CODY GOLF CLUB TO
HOLD TOURNAMENT
Starting Saturday Afternoon, Match
es Will be Held on Sunday and
Monday

The first annual golf tournament
of the Cody Golf club is to start
Saturday and will consume three
days, finishing on Monday. which
is the legal holiday for Memorial
day, which comes on Sunday this
year. Entries are being received
by S. B. Freeman, and already
about twenty players have signified
their intentions of participating.
A qualifying round of nine holes
will be played Saturday afternoon,
as a res ult of which the players
will be classified in two groups,
according to their respective scores.
The first half of the list, those
having the highest cor will be
placed in Class A, while the re-
mainder will be classified Glass B.
An entran ce fee of one dollar
will be charged, this money making
up purses for the winners, and run
ners-up of the two classes, with a
grand prize for the best medal
score. The prizes will probably be
in the nature of golf sticks or golf
balls purchased by the entrance fees.
The tournament will be conducted
in a very informal manner, the
main purpose of the committee be-
ing to create interest and competi-
ton among the members, and at
the same time get some reliable
scores of the different players upon
which to base the allotment of
handicaps for future tournaments.
1t is regretted that there are not
enough lady players in the club to
warrant a ladies' tournament at
this time but the committee has
thought best to limit the entries in
contest to the male members of
the club.
, 1926-05-26
MEMORIAL PROGRAM
AT. M E. CHURCH
Legion Boys to Decorate Graves of
Departed Buddies-Churches to
Join in Union Service-Rev.
Pitts to Speak~

Memorial day is to be observed
on Sunday with union services at
the Methodist church, with the prin-
ciple address by the Rev. G. e. Pitts
of the Presbyterian church. Special
music will be rendered by the COM
bined choirs of the churches. Ser
vices will be at eleven o'clock.
At nine. o'clock the members of
Fred Coe Post will assemble at
the Trina corner. and proceed from
there to the local cemeteries, where
fitting memorial services will be
for American war veterans
who have passed on. A firing squad
and color guard will assemble at
each grave and fire a volley in
memory of the departed les The
grave will be decorated with Am
erican flags and floral wreaths.
After the ceremonies at the ceme-
teries, the war veterans will attend
the church services.
Memorial day should mean much
to the people of these United States
and everyone should make an at
tempt to be present at these services
and show the proper respect and
reverence for the men who in time
of need, laid down their lives for
their country.
, 1926-05-26
GRAND MATRON OF
EASTERN STAR HERE

Mrs. Myrtle NJ. Sawyer, grand
matron of the Eastern Star Chapter
of Wyoming, made an official visit
to Cedar Chapter last week, and
was present at a special meeting
held in her honor Saturday evening.
Previous to the meeting she was
given a banquet at the Irma din
ing room by the past worthy ma
irons of the local chapter.
On Sunday afternoon Mrs. Saw
yer was entertained by the officers
of the lodge at a tea, given at the
home of Mrs. Roy Holm, worthy
matron of Cedar Chapter, and Mon
day morning left for Powell where
she will visit the Eastern Star chap
ter there.
, 1926-05-26
P 0 Ply D a y

Poppies and other flowers will bloom on the graves of over
10000 American soldiers who r buried in eight cemeteries over
seas while the graves of $4,000 soldiers returned to the United
States for burial, will be decorated by their buddes and relatives
at this Memorial time.
The American Legion adopted the Flanders Poppy as its
Memorial flower in 1920. A year later the Legion AUXILIARY
passed a similar resolution and now the French, British and
Canadian World a veterans have adopted the same flower as
their Memorial symbol.
The Poppy has won a place in the hearts of the people all
over the world because it is an emblem of sacrifice. Its first
and greatest mission will be realized If it calls to the mind of
the busy public, for a moment to the sacrifices made by the
10000 soldiers who gave themselves in service.
The commercial poppy has been practically eliminated from
sale everywhere and all the peoples sold in our community ire
made by the local Auxiliary Unit from material prepared by
disabled soldiers. The flowers II sold and the funds used for
relief work, for disabled service lei and their families.
The Government provides good hospitals and r for these
men but the smaller gifts and cheer must come from the outside.
The boys were cheered when entering service and upon their
return-let IS help provide some cheer for those who need it
most.
The public IA have a part in helping the Legion and
Auxiliary carry on this great work by buying a Poppy o National
Poppy Day which will be observed in Cody o Friday May 28th.
, 1926-05-26
MEMBERS MARK
GRAVES SOLDIE RDEAD
Will Secure Standard Marker OF
White Marble and Designate
Graves of Nations War heros

Fred Coe Post, No. 20, American
Legion took its first step on Sunday.
toward the marking of the graves
of deceased war veterans by placing
a shaft of white marble owe the
resting place of John "Pontoon
Johnny" Burgman who died Janu-
airy 81, 1924. Mr.. Burgman was
a member of 465th Engineers, dur
ing the World war, did service in
France, and also played a promin-
ent part in the Spanish American
War, being one of the survivors of
the Battleship Maine.
1t was due to the efforts of
Frank Gunsul, former post adult
ant of Fred Coe Post, that the first
marker has been received from the
government, and it is hoped that
a sufficient number of these mark
ers may be secured to mark each
one of the graves of deceased vet
rams of past wars, there being a
record of at least eighteen of such
graves at Riverside and the old
cemetery, few of which have mark
ers of any description. Information
which may help the Legion Post
in locating other graves will be ap-
preciated.
, 1926-05-26
AGENT LEADER
HERE--NEW ASSISTANT
FOR POWELL FLAT

F. P. Lane of the Wyoming Ex-
tension department is spending a
few days in the county this week.
arriving at Powell on Monday where
he started in his new work, w. H.
Cameron, who is to be assistant
to f. A. Chisholm, in county agent
work on the %Shoshone project. Mr.
Cameron is a graduate OF the Wyo-
ming university, and will make a
valuable aid to the farmers on the
flat.
BY a ecent order of the Rec
lamation department, an agent fur
nished for reclamation projects was
dispensed with there, and the Pow
ell farmers feeling the need of a
special agent on the Powell flat
have secured the appointment of
Mr.. Cameron as assistant to the
regular county agent of the county.
He will be stationed at Powell from
May 18th to September 18th.
, 1926-05-26
Hi GRADUATES
ITS LARGEST CLASS
won by VIM. Wist and
Margaret NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Make Gift to School

With a most fitting commence
ment program. twenty-nine seniors
received their diplomas on Friday
evening, at the High School audi
forum and VIM. Wist and Miss
Margaret Hoglund were awarded
scholarships as a reward for the
high standing which they have ay-
eraged over their four year course
in the high school. Prof. Coulter
of the Wyoming university made
the commencement address, and
gave to the graduates some very
fitting advice for heir advancement
in life. Howard f. Bell president
OF the school board. presented the
graduates with their diplomas, and
Hardin announced the awards
The senior class presented the
school with a beautiful velour cur
tain for the auditorium stage.
which will yer be a reminder of
these fine young boys and girls
who composed the class of '26
Miss Leona Oeland, who has been
president of her class for three
years, was given a pretty vanity case
as a mark of appreciation for her
active and energetic work, and VIM.
Visit, who has been class secretary
was also made the recipient of a
small gift.
In appreciation of her fine work
in school during the four year per-
and especially along musical
lines, Miss Oeland was given a let
ter of commendation from the
board.
Supt. r. B. Hardin feels proud
of the '26 class, more so than others
probably because this is the first
class which he has piloted entirely
through a high school course in
Cody.
AS a slight token of interest
which the Lions club takes in edu-
cational wors, the club furnished
of the graduating class with
a beautiful red lose, which was
worn by them as they stood on the
stage to receive their diplomas.
Those presented diplomas by Mr..
Bell were: Geneva o Loftsgard-
en-, Leona NJ. ICELAND, Hester NJ.
Eva NJ. Johnson, Lawrence
Walters, Stella M. Wallace. Anna
Holthues, J.. Margaret Hoglund,
Donald l.. Hindman, Harold w. Kill
liam, William Wist, Jr., Edgar D.
Wilson, Mary T.. Ward, Ruth A.
Wilcox, Ann e. Blaine. Mary E.
Andren, William Greenwald, John
Lewellen, Dan H. Phillips, jean
Siggins, Jessie M. Files, Mar
l.. Green, Judd o. Newton,
Seth C. Fritzler, Bruce II. Fritzler.
Edgar Hay. A. Emily Heavey,
Josie r. O'Mara, Alden S. Ingraham.
, 1926-05-26
WINS FORD
SEDAN AT RALSTON

Ernest Barnett of Elk Basin won
the Ford sedan given away at the
Ralston dance hall on Tuesday eve
ming. Each year the management
of this dance pavilion gives a car
by rattle to one of the patrons
of the dances held there. With each
ticket sold during the year a num-
Der is given, and the holder of the
lucky ticket. if present on the eve
ming the drawing is made. wins the
prize.
The thirteenth number drawn
from the ballot box Tuesday eve
ming was to win the Ford sedan,
and when the ticket was drawn
forth, it bore the name of Mr.. Bar
nett, who was on hand to receive
his prize.
, 1926-05-26
BOYS BOUND OVER
TO DISTRICT COURT

After a hearing in Justice Mar
ston's court last week On a charge
of stealing a bag wool and sew
eral smaller pieces of property from
a truck belonging to the Phelps
interests, Chuck Greenwood and Sid
Thayer were bound over to the
district court for trial. Thayer was
able to furnish bond for his appear
ance at court. but Greenwood I'M
able as yet to provide the bond
is making an extended stay with
Sheriff Dahlem.