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turned from a visit of several weeks
in New York and Philadelphia.
Mrs. Ella J. Belt and Miss Fanny
Lyon have returned to their home in
New York State, after visiting friends
in Bowie and Washington.
The annual picnic for the benefit of
Ascension Church. Bowie. will be held
Saturday. August q. afternoon and
night. Many new amusements will
feature. and a Washington orchestra
will furnish dance music.
Miss Louise Zantzinger, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Otway 3. Zantzinger,
Wine avenue extended. Hyattsville,
entertained last week the Young PEG.
pies Club of Pinkney Memorial
Church at watermelon party.
Mrs. Stoddard. son and daughter,
and mother. Mrs. Sunny, Spencer
street, Hyattsville. are visiting rela-
tives in Pennsylvania.
DIR. w. Allen Griffith and family,
Berwyn. left Yesterday for a vacation
in Southern Maryland They will re.
turn Labor Day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Aiello and family.
Avon avenue, 1Iyattsville, and Miss
Lucille Erwin, Franklin street, are
spending several weeks at North
Beach, Md.
Mr. George V. Earnshaw and
Misses Virginia and Dorothy Earn.
shaw, are motoring to Ocean City.
Md, for week. outing
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contest at the lawn fete given by
the ladies of Holiday street. A few
nights previous this young lady won
a similar contest at St. Johns Epis
copal Church. Mount Rainier.
Mrs. II. S. Crawford, Riverdale, has
returned from Florida, accompanied
by her son Harold. The latter is
making his home in ST. Augustine
and will return there after a visit
to his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Holmes and their
daughter, Helen, Riverdale. left yes.
terday for a vacation of two weeks al
Solomons Island. Calvert County, Md
Mr.. Wendall V. Harpster, Orlando
Fla, visited last week Mr.. and Mrs
George II. Escavaille, in Hyatt>ville
Miss Charlotte Dorsey and Miss
Peggy Howard, Hyattsville, and
Miss Lille James are camping with
friends at Port Tobacco, St. Marys
County. Md.
Mr.. James NJ. Carr, Hyattsville, is
aunt, Mr.. and Mrs. James c. Rodgers
at the latters' cottage, Piney
Point, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs William P. Denger
and daughter. and Mr.. George Don
aldson, Hyattsville, are motoring to
Ohio to visit relatives.
Miss Laura Quincy Shepherd
daughter of Hyattsville' town treas
urer and Mrs. William A. Shepherd,
sailed yesterday on the steamship Penn
land from New York for a tour of
Europe. She will be the guest Of her
uncle and aunt. Mr.. and Mrs. E.
Quincy Smith, Washington. The
party will be abroad six or seven
weeks. their itinerary embracing Eng
land. France. Germany, Holland and
Belgium.
Mrs Jessie Blaidsdell and children
of Riverdale have gone to Pennsyl-
vania to visit relatives.
Miss Mildred Hall of Berwyn Heights
entertained the Girls Guild of st.
Johns Episcopal Church, Beltsville,
Tuesday.
Miss Mildred Hall of Berwyn
Heights left yesterday for a week S
stay in Atlantic City. Later Miss Hall
and her mother. Mrs. Blanche Hall,
will motor through Virginia, West
Virginia and North Carolina.
Miss Marjorie ZuG, Bowie, has re-
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Porch Party for Young
Pennsylvania Guests

Miss Olga Weinmiller and Miss
Verona Weinmiller of Philadelphia
were guests of honor at a Summer
porch party given Thursday evening
by Mrs. Reu Emerson. Glessner Of
Chevy Chase. Games on the lawn and
dancing in the house were enjoyed by
the guests, who included Miss Dor
othy Allen. Miss Marion Boss. Miss
Esther Burgess. Miss Gretchen Daniel.
Miss Thelma Entrican. Miss Margaret
Glessner, Miss TheIma eraser. Miss
Agnes Oulahan. Mr.. Paul Bowdler.
Mr.. Wallace Duncan. Mr.. Harold
Kearn. Mr.. Harry Little. Mr.. Her
bert Miles. Mr.. Edmund Ormsby. Mr..
Gilbert Rudy and Mr.. John Shipman.
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Cantaloupe Pickles

Use two medium sized cantaloupes.
two cupfuls of sugar. one-half a cup.
full of vinegar and spices to taste.
After peeling, cut the melons in
squares. Soak in salt water all night
and in the morning soak for about
Two hours In alum water. Make a
thick sirup of sugar, vinegar and
spices. Drop the melon in the sirup
and cook until the pieces can be easily
cut. Seal while hot.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18
mot Dead" Is
Speech OF Mar,
On Death Slab
(Preston News Service)

Janesboro, N. c., Dec. 16-Jake
Pearson, of Broadway, has proven
the days of miracles are still with us
when his body was taken to an un-
dertaking establishment. When the
men had placed Pearson on the slab
he Unexpectedly came back to life.
According to reports Pearson had
been driving through Sanford early
Saturday night at a high rate of
speed when his machine struck tele-
phone pole, overturned and threw
him violently into a nearby field.
Two eye witnesses of the accident ran
to Pearson and pronounced him dead
after a hurried examination. His
body was picked up and carried to
an undertaking establishment to be
prepared for, burial.
In about three minutes after he
had been carried in and laid on the
slab, he slowly raised his head, and
looked around and then said: "See
here, fellows, I aint dead"
So, instead of being consigned to
a coffin, Pearson was lodged in jail
charged with reckless driving.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18
ELKS CLUB HEARS
'''BLUES" SINGER
Twin Cities Popular Entertainer
and Radio Artist Engaged
at Cabaret.

Miss Effie Hazel scored a popular
hit as entertainer at the Elks club
2O7 w. Central Ave-, st. Paul on
Tuesday evening Dec. IA at the cab
aret entertainment given by the Co
pher Lodge, No. 1O5 of the Elks.
Effie, Hazel is a dancer, popular
and Blues sor.ssinger who really
drives away the Blues. She has ap-
peared as the headliner of several
acts at the Seventh ST., Theater in
Minneapolis and often sings over the
radio for WCCO. Miss Hazel is one
of the bright lights who has been
engaged to appear regularly on the
program of the Elks cabaret which is
given every Tuesday evening. a
Besides the regular card, party en-
gagement which is date for every
Friday evening, the entertainment
committe is making great prepara-
tions to receive Santa Claus on
Christmas day and Mrs. Belle Dona-
hue, Mother of the Juvenile Elks,
that the Elks children and
all of the colored children of the
city are invited to be present at the
Xmas tree exercises between and 7
o. m. The committee will assist San
ia Claus in passing out tokens to the
children. -..
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18
FORUM TO PLAY SANTA

The Minneapolis Sunday Forum
is now one of the several auxiliaries
of the Hospital Association which has
charge of the rehabilitation of the
soldier boys at base hospital No. 6S.
Unusual efforts are to be made this
year to cheer the unfortunate inmates
of the hospital at the Christmas sea-
son.
The Forum, thru it's Social Service
CON-, of which Mrs. Susie BOgie is
chairman, will dress a number of
Christmas trees. filling them with
seasonable offerings from the Forum.
Friends of the boys and citizens gen.
orally who wish to have part in this
service may use the Forums Com
mittee. See Mrs. Bogie at the Forum
Sunday Dec. 19 or call her at Dins-
more 1920.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18
Editor of Echo Forced
to Leave Staff Position

With the current issue, Earl
wilkins, editor of The st. Paul
Echo, is leaving his position with
the staff of the newspaper. Mr..
wilkins, who is a senior in the
academic college at the University
of Minnesota, has been advised by
his physician against the further
strain of carrying both his school
work, and his professional journa-
listic work with The Echo. For
the past six months, Mr.. wilkins
has been unwell, and has now
found it advisable and necessary
to drop part of his program.
Cyrus l.. Lewis, president of
The Echo Company, said regard
ing the withdrawal, I'VE are more
than sorry to lose the services of
our editor. Mr.. wilkins has been
with us since the founding of the
paper more than a year ago, and
his efficient work has done much
to help us get the foundation we
now have, We hope to keep him
informally associated with our
staff"
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18
Thomas Elsa Jones Inaugurated
President of1Fisk at Impressive
Services Before Group of Notables
(Preston News Service)

Nashville, Tenn, Dec. 16-Dr.
Thomas Elsa Jones was inaugurated
fifth president of Fisk University be-
fore over one hundred representa-
tives of American colleges and uni
versities, headed by President j. R..
Angel of Yale, Friday, in Fisk Me-
mortal Chapel. The official inaugu-
ration ceremony came as a close to a
four-day program. Following a num-
ber of distinguished speakers, Tues
day morning, including President An
gell of Yale, Chancellor ]. H. Kirk
land, of Vanderbilt University, the
young president closed his remarks
with these words: ION the basis of
past experience and future possibili-
ties, let us go forward as a holy ex-
pertinent in brotherhood achieved not
by force of arms, but by sound and
broad education"
William Howard Taft, former
president of the United States and
now chief justice of the supreme
court, Mrs. Mary Fisk Park, daughter
of General Clinton B. Fisk, for whom
Continued on page 81
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18
TRIANGLE CLUB
ELECT OFFICERS
Outgoing President Will Leave
Twin Cities for Chicago
After Holidays

At a recent meeting, the Triangle
Club of Government Employees elect
ed the following officers for the COM
ing year: Enrol Fassett, president; +;
Jose Sherwood (re-elected), treas. !;
and B. G. Archer, secretary.
James Wilson, outgoing president
who has had a most successful ad-
ministratiOn, is leaving after the
holidays to make his home in Chi
cago. He has been employed for
many years at the st. Paul postoffice,
and is transferring to Chicago.
The Triangle club entertained last
Friday at their fourth annual dane
ing party, given at the Coliseum, in
Minneapolis, from p. m. to l a. m.
Under the efficient management of
the president and his committee, the
party was recognized to be one of the
prettiest dances this season. Steph-
ems Augmented orchestra furnished
excellent music, and delicious frappe
was served between dances.
The annual dance is one of the
three major functions given by the
Triangle club each year. In the sum-
mer, families and friends of the club
members are entertained at large
picnic. One closed stag is given each
year where food, music, and other
entertainment help to create feeling
of unity among the club members.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18
Uncle San, Helps Rural Negroes
Of South Transform Cabins Into
Clean, Sanitary white Houses

which does away with the long tramp
to the next farm for water which was
often polluted; sanitary toilet with
its added protection to the family and
community; and an attractive plant
ing of trees and shrubbery.
The colored women and girls are
doing their share in improving the
interior of their homes, often primi-
tive cabins, and under the direction
of the 115 Negro home-demonstra-
ton agents, are making curtains for
the windows, beautiful rugs of dyed
crocus sacks and rags, comfortable
and sanitary mattresses. and best OF
all, screening the home and learning
to keep it clean. Nearly 5000 Negro
home-keepers have made their kitch-
ems more pleasant and convenient in
some way during the past year.
The old Negro cabin, symbol of the
years with little leadership or train
ing, is giving way to the white house
in the woods" comfortable home of
a progressive contented Negro family.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18
FEDERAL CHURCH
COUNCIL MEETS
IN MINNEAPOLIS
Adopts Unanimous Resolution
Against -Lynching; % De-
nominations Represented.
Pastor Rebukes Bishop
Only DiscOrdant Note Struck
Friday When White Bishop
Uses Term ''Nigger."

Prominent Negroes from all parts
of the United States, together with
well-known white leaders met last
Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday at
the annual session of the Executive
Committee of the Federal Council of
Churches of Christ in America. The
meetings were held at the Hennepin
Avenue M. E. church in Minneapolis.
The Council is composed of % prot
estant denominations, and has a pro-
gram of Christian uplift superior to
anything ever before attempted in
Christian endeavor, according to Of
ficers of the group. The work of the
Council is world wide, and purports
to offer an opportunity to all denom-
nations to join hands in the uplift
of humanity, and in spreading the
doctrine of the fatherhood of God
and the brotherhood of man.
Condemns Lynching. "a
A resolution condemning lynching
was unanimously adopted. One of
the high spots of the meetings was
the report made by DR.. George E.
Haynes, secretary of the Committed
on Race Relations, which outlined
the work done, and the future plans
of the committee.
The only rift in the prevailing good
spirit came dramatically in the Fri
day morning session when Bishop
John M. Moore, of the M. E. Church
South, who was presiding commented
upon the work of the Race Relations
Committee.
Good Niggers.'
He spoke about the good feeling
existing between the white and color
ed people in the South, and ended
his remarks with the statement,
with good niger chauffeur and a
good niger cook, a man can be hap
py ever after"
Immediately, Rev. w. H. Griffin,
pastor of st. James A. M. E. church,
st. Paul, took the floor and pointed
Continued on page p
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18

1t is believed that this is the first
time in the history of the state of
Minnesota that a criminal prosecu-
tion for discrimination has been sue
cessfully carried through by the jury
process.
Women take Action.
The action followed six weeks of
constant effort to get sufficient evil
dence to make a case. Repeated
complaints had been received by the
officers of the local branch of the
N. A. A. C. P. concerning discrimina-
tory treatment at the theater, but
sufficient evidence had been lacking
up until last month.
Mrs. M. r. Murray, and her daugh-
ter, Elizabeth, $50 Carroll ave. Mrs.
Margaret Martin, 606 st. Anthony
ave.; and Mrs. Minnie Ward, of Cen
trail ave. were given, discourteous and
discriminatory treatment at the Ly-
ceum theater last month, and they
Immediately sought the advice of
Atty. George w. Hamilton. Jr., chair
man of the board of directors of the
local N. A. A. c. P.
Mr.. Hamilton gave the county at
torney the details of the case, and
used every means to press the mat
ter for trial. 1t was tried first in
police court and was turned over to
the district court. The case came up
for trial Wednesday, Dec. 8, and was
continued through Thursday. The
jury received its instructions Thurs
day at 4:10 p. m. and remained out
until Friday evening.
1t returned a verdict of guilty
when it reported Friday. The case
Continued on page 81
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18

Untermeyer Lauds Organization
Efforts of Pullman P0rters At
Annual Banquet; Whites Attend
(Preston News Service)

New York City, Dec. 1.-THE two
biggest fakes in America are the
open shop and the company union, /"
said Samuel Untermyer, millionaire
attorney, at the annual banquet of
the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Por-
ters in Yorkville Casino. Untermyer
applauded the excellent fight the un-
ion is waging on those two fakes in
the Pullman system.
The dinner was an enthusiastic af-
fair and was attended by several hun
dred porters and many white friends.
They came to celebrate the success
in organizing more than half of the
$4,000 Pullman porters and maids in
the first year. The union is now de-
manding the right to officially repre-
sent the Pullman workers and is an
swering the rival claims of the COM
pany union.
Speeches by editors and race lead
ers showed how strong the tide of
the Brotherhood popularity is run
ming. Robert L. Vann, Editor of the
Pittsburgh Courier, of Pittsburgh,
Pa, said to be the second largest Ne
gro paper in America, told of how
the company had bought up many of
the Negro papers and news services,
early in the unions career. Mr..
Vann lamented the fact that such a
large number of Race editors and
writer's would espouse such bastard
Continued on page ~
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18

Mr.. McCracken was elected Exalt-
ed Ruler of the Elks for the ensuing
term. at the election held last
Wednesday at the Elks' home on
Central ave. Mr.. McCracken is Past
Worshipful Master and Trustee of
Pioneer Lodge of Masons, Past High
Priest Royal Arch Masons, Past Com
mander7in-Chief Scottish Rite 32nd
Masons, and former president of the
Sterling club.
He is also one of the vice-presi-
dents of the National Negro Business
League, and is Special Grand Deputy
of the Elks with jurisdiction in the
western states. q
Other officers elected were: Har-
ry Whyte, Esteem Leading Knight;
Ed. Eastman, Esteem Loyal Knight;
E. N. Martin, Esteem Lecturing
Knight; Herman Lewis, Esquire; P.
H. Townsend, Inner Guard; and
Thomas Thomas, Outer Guard.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18
MINISTER FREED
OF GIRLS CHARGE
Half of Congregation Appears at
Trial; Will Sue for Malicious
Prosecution

Bolhaven, N. c., Dec. 17-Rev. o.
J. Mcleod, minister of the Episcopal
faith and rector of st. Mary's parish
at Bolhaven, has been acquitted of
the charge brought against him in
Beaufort county Superior court of
improper relations with Miss Louise
Boyd, said to be under the age of 16
years.
The minister vigorously denied the
charge. Friends of the minister, both
white and colored, rallied to his de-
fense and it is said that over so per
cent of his congregation was pres
ent at his trial.
He was proved an excellent char
acter by Rev. j. N. Bynum, rector of
st. James parish, white, and a num-
Der of the best known white and
cOlored citizens of Bolhaven. I'M
mediately upon the return of the ver-
dict of acquittal, the minister insti-
>tuted suit against Elijah Gray, charg-
ing malicious prosecution and ask
ing judgment for damages in the sum
of $4,000.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18
RACE HATRED IS
USED IN STRIKE
Objection of White Workers to
ColOred Help Cited; Violence
Develops
preston News Service)

New York City, Dec. 16-Accord-
ing to the strikers the bosses in the
paper box makers strike are using
every means to keep alive the ancient
hatred between colored and white
workers. Every cab load of colored
boys and girls which they gather in
Harlem is told that the bosses would
have hired colored workers long ago,
only the white workers objected. It
is said that they tell these young
people that the white workers have
refused to work with them, hereto
fore.
In reply to this wall of the bosses
one of the strike leaders says that
some time ago the white workers
forced the hiring of cOlored girls. and
that these girls went into the union.
Some of these colored girls are now
strike leaders in the present trouble.
1t is alleged that many of the
strike breakers are using raZors in
arguments with strikers. Some girls
have been seriously hurt and several
are said to have come into head
quarters with their clothing slashed.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18
M. d. Degree Conferred
Upon w. Donald Brown

w. Donald Brown, son of DIR.
and Mrs. II. S. Brown, sos E. 18th
St., Minneapolis, received the de-
gree of Doctor of Medicine at the
commencement exercises of the
University of Minnesota Thursday
morning.
DIR. Brown arrived i'm MinneapO-
lis Tuesday evening from Nash
vile, Tenn, where he had served
a year of internship at the Hub
bard Memorial hospital. He will
spend the holidays i'm the twin
cities with his parents, and will
return to Nashville the first of the
year where he will practise, and
where he has also accepted an Of
fer to conduct some classes at Me-
barrie.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18
DEAD FOUND ALIVE

Upon being notified of the sudden
death of Mrs. Leona Shackelford,
Mrs. Della Holsomback Immediately
left Duluth for st. Paul to find and
claim the body. The st. Paul Echo
was called in on the search and after
combing st. Paul Mrs. Holsomback
found Mrs. Shackelford very much
alive in Minneapolis. Mrs. Holsom-
back returned home to Duluth with
the glad news. to little Bernice
Shackelford. the 10 year old daugh-
ter, that her mother was well.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18
BOMB HOME OF
SWEET LAWYER
SegregatiOnalists Oppose Pur-
chase of Home in White LO-
cality; No Explosion

Detroit, Dec. S-Remembrances of
the famous Sweet segregation war
fare were aroused Friday when a
bomb was hurled into the palatial
home of Julian w. Perry, race law
yer who was associated with Clarence
Darrow in the defense of fourteen
colored citizens in the Sweet trial.
The victim of the bombing attempt
recently moved into white" neigh
borhood, and it is thought that white
segregationalists hurled the bomb in
an effort to frighten him away. The
bomb failed to explode.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18
preston News Service)

Montgomery, Ala, Dec. 1.-THE
White House in the Woods-so the
neighbors call the neat, white-wash-
ed cabin far back in the woods of Lee
County, Ala, one of many which
stands testimony to the recent pass
ing of the movable school, the Book
er T. Washington agricultural truck.
The first coat of paint or white
wash was applied to $3.50 Negro
farm homes scattered throughout the
South last year because of the help
and encouragement given by the lit
Negro agricultural agents co-opera-
lively employed by the U. S. Depart
ment of Agriculture and State col
leges.
Many Negro farmers now look with
pride at their own clean, attractive
farm homes with glass windows,
where before there were tonly shut
Iters; convenient doorstep where
there was none before, a good well
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18
ElkS' Annual Joint
Memorial Services Held

The Annual joint memorial
services of the Elks was held Sun
day, 2 p. M, Dec. IL, at the As
sembly Hall in the Courthouse at
Minneapolis.
Thissservice, a eulOgy to the de-
ceased Elks of the year, was for
merly held the first Sunday in
April.
The different orders taking part
i'm the services were the Ames
Lodge, No. 1O6, Minneapolis; GO
pher Lodge No. 1O5, st. Paul;
Past Exalted Rulers Council No.
30, Minnesota; Mary Mason Past
Daughter Rulers Council, Minne-
sofa; Minnehaha Temple No. 129,
Minneapolis; Como Temple No.
1913, st. Paul.
The services were well attended.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18
LADIES' POPULARITY BALL

The Fellowship club of Minneapo-
lis announce their Grand Christmas
Ball to be held at Arcadia Dancing
Palace, 4th Ave-, So, at 5th ST., Min
neapolis, Monday evening Dec. 27th
at which time prizes will be awarded
to the most popular ladies
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18
CHITTERLING DINNER

The chairman of the social sessions
of the Daughter Elks of
the Como Temple announce a chit
terling and rabbit dinner to be serv-
ed Saturday Dec. 1th IL noon to
midnight at the home of Mrs. Carrie
Ailep, 635 st. Anthony Ave.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18

er at the Lyceum
theater, w a b "a
sha st. at Ninth,
was found guilty
of discrimination
against a N e gr o
patrons of the
theater and fined
$500 by Judge
Olin B. Lewis in
Ramsey County
District cour t
Monday m o r n
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18
ONE YEAR AGO THIS WEEK
Roland Haves noted Negro tenor before huge aud
Armory the University of Minnesota


the University of Minnesota.
Donald Dr. and Mrs R. Brown sos Fourteenth
medicine University of
nernship
a hospital
colored weterweight given the
Minneapolis the fourth
their bout.
Williams Duluth called Omaha,
on of the death of her mother
in Paul
its first ISSUE
Abram L. Harris, w.
hosts al a large reception
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18

If all the matches used by the av-
erage person in period of fifty years
could be made into one huge safe
ty," it would be foot square and
five feet in height, with head as
big as four footballs rolled into one.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18

Men, in their innovations, should
follow the example of Time, which
innovateth greatly, but quietly and
by degrees scarce to be perceived
Bacon ,.H
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18
CHARLES SMITH
HELD GUILTY OF
DISCRIMINATION
Lyceum Case First in History
of State of Similar Grim
inal Prosecution.
Jury Has Long Session
County Attorney Earnest in
Prosecution; Judge Says He
Only Did Duty.

AS result of charges preferred by
Mrs. Margaret Martin, 606 st. An
thony ave-, Charles Smith, doorkeep-
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18
READTHE

essay; Crossing Over" by
the local Urban League sec
retary in this months issue
Of Opportunity magazine.
The St. Paul echo., 1926-12-18

After being in existence only month and two weeks. The
Echo put out its six-page issue.