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The Ely miner., 1927-08-26
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Golf has been played in South Da-
kota since 1895, when the first club
was formed at Yankton.
Dempsey proved his hitting power
when he hit Rickard for an extra
$4,000 for the Sharkey fight.
The Canadian tour of the team of
British lawn bowlers this summer
will extend from coast to coast.
Out of the total of eighty-two
varsity sweaters awarded this year by
Indiana university, Walter Fisher was
the only athlete to win three letters.
England has not developed
worlds heavyweight pugilistic cham
pion since the late Bob Fitzsimmons
left Cornwall, nearly thirty-five years
ago.
Women taking part in the Olympic
games next year will enter section
of FIVE events, which have been added
to the program for female competi-
ton.
Jean Borotra, the French tennis
star, was awarded gold medal by
the French Academy of Sports as one
of the most remarkable of French
athletes in 1926.
With four different golf courses and
a clubhouse that cost over S1,0OO,0OO,
Olympia fields, scene of the next ma
tional open tournament. is veritable
golfers paradise.
Peanuts, victor over some Of the
seasons leading horses, is one of the
smallest thoroughbreds in training.
He stands about fifteen hands high
and is five years old.
Belmont park, home of the West
chester Racing association, Is now
one of the most beautiful racing
plants in the world.
James de Mers, prep school junior
In Standpoint, Idaho. is able to throw
the javelin consistently at distances
of around 200 feet. .ts
Phil Karmanos, the Greek fighter,
better known as Phil McGraw, has
lest only four bouts ont Of sixty-four.
lie kas never been knocked out
The Ely miner., 1927-08-26
BETTER FERTILIZERS WILL CUT
FARMERS LARGE EXPENSE BILL

the soil. Especially is this true in
heavy clay or muck soil. The expos
ure to the elements in the winter, the
action of the frost, pulverizes the clay
and puts it in very much better me-
chanical condition. There is some
danger in losing portion of the soil
by washing when it is fall pIowed.
If the land is left in sod, heavy rains
Go not wash away the soil, but when
plowed, erosion may occur.
The Ely miner., 1927-08-26
College-Bred Winners

Several compilations have been
made as to how many of the people
who are included in Who's Who in
America are college bred, based on
various editions. The results have
been about the same. In round num-
bers, n out Of every 100 persons CIV
ing educational data, whose names
appear in the 1922-1923 edition, at
tended college; GA out CT every 100
were college graduates.
The Ely miner., 1927-08-26
Cholera Prevention Is
as Essential as Ever

The chances are that we are not
going to have cheap corn this fall.
The chances are also that hogs will
not bring as much money as they did
last fall, at the same time we already
have lot of feed in the spring crop
of pigs and cholera prevention is just
as essential this year as If corn were
cheap and hogs brought a higher
price. Arrange to have your pigs
vaccinated and regard the expense
as insurance Few farmers can afford
to carry their own insurance risk.
Better be safe now than sorry later
on
The Ely miner., 1927-08-26
Cutting Millet Hay for
General Use of Stock

II the millet hay is for general live
stock feeding the crop should be cut
just after blooming and before any
hard seeds have formed. Afillet hay
containing seeds has long been held
to have an Injurious effect on horses.
Too much millet hay. cut at any stage.
affects horses more than cattle or
sheep. The early cut hay. however.
is to be preferred for both cattle and
sheep.
The Ely miner., 1927-08-26
Bible Mention of Silk

Silk is undoubtedly mentioned once
in the Bible namely, in Rev. 1912
where 1t is mentioned among the treat.
ments of the typical Babylon. 1t is,
however, probable that the texture
was known to the Hebrews from the
time that their commercial relations
were extended by Solomon.
The Ely miner., 1927-08-26
Substituting Silage for
Hay Found Satisfactory

A number Of agricultural colleges
have carried out tests to find out the
advisability of substituting silage for
hay and the results have been salts
factory. Silage not only is an excel
lent substitute for hay, but it is more
economical to feed it. and there is an
increase in the production. 1t is not
possible to tell exactly the amount
saved by feeding silage, but it Is
said to be around 25 per ctnt of the
feed bill.
The Ely miner., 1927-08-26
Ihe Kitchen
Cabinet

(9, 1927. by Western Newspaper Union)
''The mountain of success is steep
and rough;
Who gains the summit climbs
weary way;
And though brave feet grow
stronger by rebuff
The rocky path a towards steps
may stay"
The Ely miner., 1927-08-26
In Different Instances
Fall Flowing Benefits

Fall plowing in no way causes a
loss of fertility unless we have an
open winter and heavy rains, so that
the soil will wash readily. No fer
tility is ever lost by evaporation.
Nothing but moisture goes; the solids
are all left behind. In many in
stances, fall plowing is a benefit to
The Ely miner., 1927-08-26
NuAa Nl44~ ~elQ
WaterfaII's Energy

The naval observatory says that the
energy of a waterfall comes from the
clouds in the form of rain or snow
and these clouds are caused by evap.
grafton which is the result of the suns
energy acting IN the form Of heat on
the surface of oceans, lakes, etc.
The Ely miner., 1927-08-26

WIIV IIuNO IICI NUUo IIIUI-
gestion or too acid stom-
ach. To combine with
cooked or un 90 k e d
breakfast foods the fruit
is held in high esteem.
Bananas when served un-
cooked should be well
ripened to be wholesome.
The Ely miner., 1927-08-26

HWFO DUNII u 'UHIOtJ "ItH
the foundation prepared
like the usual vanilla ice
cream. Various sauces,
such as chocolate, cocoa,
maple, caramel or fruit,
with the addition Of nuts,
will add to the attrac-
tiveness and lend vari-
The Ely miner., 1927-08-26

Always listen patiently to the opin-
Ion of others; the chances are you
will derive no benefit .therefrom, bnt
1t viii please them.
The Ely miner., 1927-08-26
WAYS WITH BANANAS

Because Of its lack of acid, the
panama is the favorite food for those
The Ely miner., 1927-08-26
THE SURE
CURE FOR
FIDGETITIS
t0 by d. ]. walsh.)

u IRIS. FRISBY was old, elegant
M and petulant. She. lived alone
NI with her servants in a big
hnnca cot nt, a 10
The Ely miner., 1927-08-26

Phil Karmanos, the Greek fighter.
better known as Phil McGraw, has
lest only four bouts ont Of sixty-four.
lie has never been knocked out
The Ely miner., 1927-08-26

Only the Yankees, rather Gehris
and Ruth, now attract the cash Gus
toners. When the Washingtons. the
last of the challengers, were bowled
over In Il to / and q to scores, the
fans leaned back in their chairs to
wait for the finish next October.
The Ely miner., 1927-08-26

James de Mers, prep school junior
In Standpoint, Idaho. is able to throw
the javelin consistently at distances
of around 200 feet. sts
The Ely miner., 1927-08-26

According to records Of large In
surance company. baseball is the most
dangerous sport, with accidents under
the classification sin country or
woods" following. Golf is third In
hazards of sports.
The Ely miner., 1927-08-26

Belmont park, home of the West.
chester Racing association, is now
one of the most beautiful racing
plants in the world.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-23

DR.. Mordecai johnson, president of
Howard University, speaking before
the Fact Finding Conference at Dur
ham, declared the race business man
lacks q competent apologetic dispo-
sition which is for the best interests
for the support Of Negro business,
zone of our group who does busl-
ness with another, President john
son declared, "must expect to pay
more and secondly he runs q greater
risk in investing in business because
of incompetency."
There are reasons why patrons OF
colored businesses of this day must
pay more. It is the place of the busi-
ness man to sell the public on his own
proposition. :,
The business man can not afford
to do business for profit only, but
must get to the place where he Is
selling service.
Business men, he declared, also
are spending larger portions Of their
income for personal enjoyment and
putting too little back into the busi-
ness. He must tone down on the
question of luxury, DR.. johnson said.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-23
Bill Is introduced to
Prohibit Intermamiage

WASHINGTON, ID. C.-Two bills
to discriminate against the Negro
were reintroduced in the Senate last
Tuesday by Senator Cole Blease,
Democrat, of South Carolina.
One of them would prohibit the
intermarriage of Negroes and Cau-
casians anywhere in the United Sta
tes. Any marriage of a Negro and
Caucasian would be null and void,
and any white and colored persons
who intermarried would be guilty of
a misdemeanor, and subject to i'm
prisonment fer not less than six
months or more than twelve. Any
clergyman, ministers of the gospel
or magistrate who performed an in
termgrriage ceremony would also
be guilty of misdemeanor and SUBJ
ject to like term Of imprisonment.
The other bill would require sep
arate accommodations for white and
eolored passengers on street cars in
the District of Columbia.
The bill to prohibit intermarriage
of white and colored persons was re-
ferred to the Senate Judiciary Com
mittee. The bill requiring separate
accommodations for white and col
ored persons on street cars was re-
ferred to the Senate District of Col
umbia committee.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-23

C. C. Spaulding, president of the
North Carolina Mutual Life Insur-
ance Company, reported to the fact
finding conference n list of 20 Ne
gro insurance companies who did last
year $l3,0o0,000 worth of business
and have S243 100000 worth of in
surance now in force.
White and colored companies, Mn.
Spaulding reported, have total in
surance on Negro lives amounting to
S1,925,000, which means that al
though Negro insurance is the larg-
est business the race owns and con-
trols it is doing only per cent of
the business that it might do. One
white company, the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company, has more
Negro insurance than all the col
ored companies combined, yet it does
not give employment to single Ne
gro agent.
eve boast of our progress in busi1
ness" Mr.. Spaulding declared, "but
figures show we haven't scratched
the surface"
The average young man who en-
tiers business, Mr.. Spaulding said,
wants to be secretary or president of
the company to begin with. He quot
ed the case of one applicant for a
position whose teacher had advised
him not to accept less than $50 a
week to start with.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-23
Is Negro Insurance Companies
Have Only Tenth Of Race Insurance

Keep money in the group so you
may use it again, was Mr.. Spauld-
ing's advice, and he declared that
SO per cent of the printing done by
his company had gone to two race
printers.
Thirty-seven churches in Durham,
he said, deposited in the Farmers
and Mechanics Bank and one real
estate company in that city operat-
ed by the Durham group of business
men handled 100000 year in rem
tails.
ave hear too much about faith J"
said Mr.. Spaulding, "and the race
gives its money to those who are
following the sad professions.
Preachers, undertakers, doctors and
teeth pullers, he said, are the people
who are succeeding at present.
Because of the fact that Negroes
die faster than whites, Mr., Spauld-
ing said his company found it neces.
sary to make new mortality tables
or to charge extra premiums.
Harry II. Pace, president of the
Northeastern Insurance Company of
New Jersey, said that his company
had found it necessary to make out
it's own mortality tables, based on
the fact that the colored hfe expec-
fancy is at least 80 per cent lower
than the white.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-23

Allison Davis, an instructor at
Hampton Institute, discussing. the
question "What does the Negro
youth think of the present-day lead
ers?" at the Durham conference, de-
clared that the real miracle of the
Negroes survival of ESQ years of sla-
cry was not his industrial and eco
nomic achievements but the forti-
tude with which the race has borne
all of its ills that have been heaped
upon il.
Youth demands, he said, that the
leaders shall respect the masses; that
the leaders shall not exploit the
masses; that leaders shall be sympa-
thetic and understanding, taking the
masses as they are to be found in the
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-23

Youth had its day at the Durham
Fact Finding Conference. John G.
Davis of Fisk University, speaking
on "What Does the Negro Youth
Think of the Present-Day Leaders,
said among other things:
"Youth can't follow orthodox be-
lief of Jesus If it means segregat-
ed church, separate Y. W. and Y.
M. c. A."
Mr.. Davis said that they teach the
Bible in some schools but that they
do not teach the children how to
write a decent business letter.
Old-Tin,e Religion
"You can get the young men into
the ministry IL you will tell them
they will not have to accept the old
time religion.
at is necessary to make the church
a place where you can enter without
accepting the old slave psychology
and the primitive theological dog
ma"
''Women are having a hard time
in college," Mr.. Davis said. "Our
leaders all too seldom think about it.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-23
Pastor Scores Pulpit
"Jumping Jacks"

BALTIMORE, Md.-Pastors who
dance and jump around in their pull
pits were scored by DIR. John T. Col
bert in his Sunday morning sermon
at Grace Presbyterian Church as a
disgrace to the ministry.
This is a reversion to barbarism
and heathenism, said DIR. Colbert, and
a resort to cheap sensationalism.
Visitors attend these services and
come back and tell their pastor he
should jump up and down too. They
call such sensationalized sermons
glorious, but if you ask them, they
can't recall 12 words that the dane
ing pastor said.
Some people give as an excuse for
staying away from church that they
can't hear a good sermon, DR.. Colbert
said. But they can worship in church
without any sermon. If they have ia
wait for good sermon they had bet
ter remain at home anyway.
More men are coming to church in
these days than women, DIR. Colbert
said The women are staying home
to give card parties or getting ready
to give one next day.
Hearty "Amens' from the audi.
ence greeted the pastors discourse.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-23
Patrons OF Colored Business
Must Expect To Pay More

The business man, instead of charg-
ing higher prices, must find some
common average between the service
such as that given by the teacher end
preacher and the present luxury Of
business men.
ave can't follow the white busi-
ness man and expect to benefit our
own people. We must pc moved by
greater purity of motive and acquire
a larger sense of responsibility"
"It's an awful thing" he declared,
"for the business men to be feared
by the common people. It's one
thing to be skinned by an enemy OF
$50 years and it's another thing to
be skinned by a man who is a sub
sidiary of that other fellow and eats
at your table" .t
DR.. Haynes Talks
DR.. George f. Haynes said the
professional and college men are be-
ing trained at the expense of great
missionary societies who, after go
ing out into the world, assume as
their motto: sect all | can for my
self and give nothing"
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-23
Negro Youth Will Not Follow
Jesus Into A Jim Crow Church

They can't work their wav through
like the male students. They need
scholarships"
Leaders, he said, often fight each
other and fight organizations in or
der to get at each other.
Miss Gwendolyn Bennett
Miss Gwendolyn Bennett, Phila-
delphia student and writer, declared
that leaders need to substitute cul-
tural background for the present
methods of discipline, that youth can
be directed through education into
the right methods of living, but can
not be whipped into it.
Both young men and women, she
said, need instruction in social hy-
giene. They ought to have frank
talks about sex life.
Leaders are often guilty of disci-
plining young people for the same
things older folk do behind closed
doors.
Leaders are encouraging most OF
the women to want to teach school
when the example of Maggie Il.
Walker, Jane Adams and Madame
Purie ought to be held up.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-23
zoo Leaders Hold Fact-Fmding
Conference In Durham, N. c.

as authoritative surveys of their re-
spective fields.
This Is especially true of "Sav-
ings, Credit and Insurance." by @. G.
Spaulding of the North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance Company;
"The History of Fire Underwriting
Among Negroes" prepared by l.. w.
Wilhoite and X. N. Harris of The
Bankers Fire Insurance Company;
Banks and Savings Institutions,
by w. G. Pearson, and "Fraternal
Insurance" by the same compiler.
A most comprehensive survey of
the political status of the Negro
was given by DR.. w. +. B. Dubois
at an evening session. The charts
he submitted after a nationwide
investigation that covered a period
ranging from 1850 to the present
day we're remarkable for both COM
pleteness and for the facts disclosed.
Robert l.. Vann, publisher of the
Pittsburgh Courier, and p. Il. Young
of the Norfolk Journal and Guide
amplified the problems of the Ne
gro press in an emphatic manner.
Denominations should Unite
"Religious Beliefs and Activities
was discussed by DIR. G. ii. Tobias,
National Council Y. M. c. A., and
DR.. George +. Haynes, of the Fed
eral Council of Churches, both OF
New York. and DR.. Mordecai w.
Johnson. president of Howard Uni
Versity.
The committee reported 47,515
churches valued at 100000 900.
many of which might be used for a
modern program. The Negro per
capita of church gifts was reported
as greater than the white.
Y. NJ. c. A. property to the value
of nearly s5,0O0,000 was reported.
1T is an exceptional church that
has graded Sunday School," the
report states, although churches
are becoming more and more insti-
tutional in their character"
Educated Laymen
The committee recommended that
the church pay more attention to
it's young people; 'tha tdenomina-
tions should unite; that a greater
effort should be made to get edu-
CONTINUED on Page Three)
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-23

DURHAM, n. c., Dec. 19.-(By
Staff Correspondent of the Associ-
ated Negro Press) The effort to
take stock and tabulate facts con-
cerning the status of the Negro with
some degree OF exactness by con-
ference at Durham was attended
with a marked success that astound-
ed visitors and promoters alike. The
assemblage of more than two hun
dred active participants represented
cross section OF the most virile
and aggressive characters in every
phase of Negro progress.
The idea of the Stock-Taking and
Fact-Finding Conference was born
with President James Il. Shepard of
the North Carolina College for Ne
groes and carried TO fruitlon under
a program and, on plans laid down
by committee upon which were
Mrs. Mary Mcleod Bethune, DIR. w.
II. B. Dubois, DIR. w. @. Pearson
and ]. NJ. Avery. These, with their
associates from almost every part
of the country. are responsible for
conference that has established
itself az the initial point of new
epoch in American Negro history.
While in no sense federation Of
Negro organizations. the conference
crystallized the aims of all organic
ed bodies; definitely determined the
elements that were lacking; ascer-
tanned the fields that remained un-
exploited or inadequately developed
and established foundation for
more precise measurements of our
growth.
Putting the Negro Of today under
a microscope handled by experts in
the fields of business, education.
labor, religion. and social uplift, the
entire assembly looked him over,
discussed his virtues and his defects
with cold, analytical, yet warm
sympathy. What was found was
set forth in plain terms in order
that the channels of future progress
might be properly charted. r.
business practices and policies oc-
cupied prominent place ON the
program. The contributors to this
phase of the work presented such
authentic information that their re-
spective addresses may be accepted
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-23
What The Negro Youth Thinks
OF The Present Day Leaders

south; leaders must have an honest
faith in the great common people.
Contempt for Masses
Many leaders, he said, have dis
taste and a contempt for The masses
of the group. They have no conf
dence in the Negro race and are
ashamed of them; they have no vi
sion for their future. He scored pro-
fessional men who after making as
much as they can from the common
people, move away from them as
far as they can go.
Youth demands, he said, that there
be no leaders who speak for truth
and justice today and tomorrow be,
tray us. -
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-23

Education at the Fact Finding
Conference was discussed by DR.. w.
A. Robinson of the Department of
Education of Raleigh, N. c., and
President R. S. Grossley of State
College, Dover, Del.
Professor Robinson reported that
the industrial schools have surrend-
cred to the cast system and are maxi
ing no real contribution to the in
dustrial training.
Colored people of the South, he
declared, soon found out by calling
themselves industrial schools they
could get larger appropriations from
whites. They followed this proce-
dure without giving worthwhile in
dustrial courses with the result that
the graduates of vocational schools
can not Immediately so out and Sc
cure work in their chosen field.
10000 School Children
President Grossley reported that
of more than 100000 colored chill
dren "a per cent are enrolled in
schools and of 100000 white chill
dren S3 per cent are enrolled in
schools.
Forty-threc thousand>N Negro teach
ors have an average of so pupils in
each class. Seventy-nine thousand
white teachers have an average of
34 pupils in each class.
Rather Dead
How colored people get 9 rotten
deal in state appropriations for state
axnenditures per child for educa-
ton was shown by President Gross
ley, -
Maryland, he said, spends $50 on
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-12-23
Race Gets Worst OF Public
School Tax Funds In South

the education of each white child
and only S25 on the education of
each colored child.
North Carolina spends S12 on each
colored child and $23 on each white; /;
child and $5 on each colored child |;
colored child and SO on each white;
South Carolina $50 on each white
child and $5 on each colored chill.
Washington, d. c., $147 on each
white child and $12T on each colored
child; Delaware $93 on each white
child and SIS on each colored child.
School Term
Alabama gives whites lao days in
the school term and colored ITO;
Florida gives l47 days for each white
child and 106 for each colored child ;
Delaware and the District of Colum-
bia give 1870 school days to both
white and colored; Maryland gives
1870 days to the whites and 160 days
to colored; Virginia 156 days to the
whites and 1d3 days to the colored.
Only three out Of 16 southern
states have equal school terms for
white and colored children.
In South Carolina, for example,
President Grossley said, where the
white population and the eolored are
about equal, money expended for the
white schools is six times the amount
expended for eolored schools.
Mechanics Are Handicapped 8
NJ. Taylor of Tuskegee reported
that mechanics and contractors ir
the South are hampered by lack OF
financial backing; secondly, because
supply men charge more for mate
rial, and thirdly, by a lack of skillec
workmpn