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Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1927-04-07

General Nah, formerly in the gov
eminent of Canton, tells reporters
that "China will be a true democra-
cy," not a Soviet government.
Everybody hopes that China, ex-
plotted, despoiled and bullied by Eu-
ropean nations, will succeed in self
government as gigantic nation, not
break into small pieces fighting each
other.
But it is all guesswork. 1t is hard
for a jellyfish to change into a verte-
brate over night.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1927-04-07

Health news and educational news
are the really important kinds of
news. "Give LIGHT and the people
will find their own way" as Dante
said. Give HEALTH and they will
have energy to work well.
Morals change and return to nor
NAL with time. Health and knowl-
edge are what count.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1927-04-07

Some General Electric genius has
invented a searchlight gun that will
write on clouds, building banks of
smoke five miles away. This opens
up a marvellous advertising field. But
the government should protect it, and
the heavens should continue to de-
clare the glory of d,sand the firma
ment to show forth His handiwork.
They should not be used to declare
the glory of suspenders, tooth paste
or automobiles.
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1927-04-07

An old man in Illinois sends one
dollar to woman in Indiana, saying,
81 stole half watermelon from your
father sixty years ago, when | was
thirteen. | am on my way to heaven
and do not want that melon standing
in my way. Here is the money, for
give and forget"
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1927-04-07

The question is, can you buy for
giveness from heaven at the last min
ute, when con your way?" A Mo-
hammedan writes that his co-religion-
lists do not pray for heaven. They
say in their prayers to Allah eve
pray to you because we know you are
great and good, deserving praise. We
ask nothing in return" That seems
more dignified than everlasting beg
ging, and more tactful
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1927-04-07

The Middle West fights the corn
borer with machine that squirts
blazing oil over the fields. Huge
stubble pulverizers will help the work.
Blazing oil will dispose of corn bor-
ers, and of part of our surplus oil at
the same time.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-06-24
Is Proud Of Anthony Overton
Who Wins Spingarn Medal For 1871

coming whisper that he Is a mill
lionaire, and probably he Is. But
one would never know 1t. He wears
the clothes of ordinary folk, has the
same feelings they have. enjoys
their small talk, and believes In
their God.
The next step in the life of the
average Chicagoan is to own an au-
tomobile. Chicago Negroes have
all kinds Of automobiles and plenty
of them. from the Rolls Royce to the
"Rolls Rough, but Overton does
not own one. Each morning, except
when the weather Is very bad, he
walks the twenty blocks from his
home to his place Of business. where
he usually reports at half past eight
When II rains he takes the street
car. or he may ride down In his
sons car Ds
At the age Of 81 he works right
along with his employees. He not
only works with them---he eats with
them, eats the same kind OF things,
and when they play, he plays. He
knows how TO smile and has gift
for Jokes which you would expect
in the uncle Of the late Ada overton
Walker.
All Chicago is therefore happy
that Mr.. 0verton should have receiv-
ed the Spingarn medal. Out Mt
Bethesda Baptist Church, where he
is a trustee, the sisters are shout
ing his praise. In the spacious
building which houses his enter
prises. the workers are patting the
boss" on the shoulder and kidding
him, because out east they are try
ing to make him a "big man.. He
has just tried to be a busy man.
living simply, feeling simply and
plainly, but thinking all Of the time
in high.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-06-24

CHICAGO, June -(ANP) I'm
terviews among a number OF leading
Chicago Negroes this week, follow
ing the award of the Spingarn Medal
to Anthony Overton. reveal a con-
sensus of opinion that this years
bestowal of the priced symbol of
merit and achievement is particular
ly noteworthy because it is made
upon one of those plain men who
do high thinking. Possibly except
ing George Carver of Tuskegee, An
'thony Overton is more man of the
common people than any of the
Others of thirteen remarkable Me-
groes who have achieved the distinc-
tion of winning the medal.
BY now the story of his accom-
plishments have been well broadcast
1t is disclosed that he is the presi-
dent of the largest colored mann
featuring company in the world, The
0verton Hygienic, with a Bradstreet
rating of more than one millions dol
lars; that he Is president OF the
Douglass National Bank, the only
Negro national bank. and one of the
strongest financial institutions of
the race in the middle west, and
that he is founder, organizer. and
president Of the Victory Life Insur-
ance Company. the first and only
Negro insurance company to qualify
to operate in the state OF New York,
where the entrance requirements are
the mcst difficult in America. As
time goes on, more and more will
leak out concerning his progressive
interests which ne has not felt dis
posed to divulge.
But more interesting than all this
TO Chicago is Anthony Overton, the
man. On the street corners around
here when the smiling old man is
seen coming, the folks who see him
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-06-24
Rogers Says Monte Carlo Gamblers
Believe In Good Luck Charms

regular seat and so when the Casino,
opens in the morning there is mad.
scramble for seats. Some have been.
hired TO hold these seats for others.
Dream Books
Dream books and infallible schemes.
to win are sold In abundance and
many are the rumors and bits of
gossip. For instance, many claim
that the croupier has the power to.
let the ball drop into whichever
pocket he likes, and that II you can
stand in with him, you'll win. After
the many evenings spent among
number" fans in Harlem, with
their countless schemes for guessing
the right number, l feel quite at
home.
Criminals, and Sharpers
Naturally, with all this ready
money criminals and sharpers of the
first rank flock here. with the result
that detectives, male and female,
abound. The man standing beside
you may be an internationally fam
ed crook or detective.
Many are schemes Matched tc
beat the bank, and the company that
runs the Casino--the Sea Bathing
Associations kept on its P's and
'Q's. Each morning the tables are
tested With spirit level and every
distinctive trace on the machines are
removed. Once a man won a for
tune by discovering spot on one
of the cylinders. At another time
a man hid himself in the room. al
night to change the machine. At
present the tables on which the
machines rest have no legs Their
support is as solid sas the trunk of
Continued on Page Four)
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-06-24

New York Elks failed to comply
with the instructions of the Grand
Trustees that they have the injunc-
tion against the order in New York
City dissolved.
Chicago and Newark, N. j., were
considered for the grand lodge ses-
sion, but Elks In neither place could
make the necessary arrangements in
time.
Grand exalted ruler Wilson is is
suins his official proclamation
changing the meeting place Friday
New York City was selected as
the next meeting place by the Elks
convention In. Cleveland, Ohio, Aug.
%, 1926, receiving 270 votes. De-
trolt, the runner-up for next place
OF meeting received 231 votes.
Exalted Ruler May Change
Under the law the Grand Exalted
Ruler with the consent of a ma
jority of the Board of Trustees, may
in case of an emergency or extreme
necessity, change the time and place
Of holding the regular annual ses-
SION" The laws of the order were
amended In Cleveland last August
to give him this authority.
The grand trustees, Colonel John
r. Marshall. Chicago. ILL.,; R. E.
Pharrow, Atlanta, Ca; Wayman
WilSerson, Memphis, Tenn; Edward
#. Berry. Chicago, ILL.,; and David
T. Cardwell, Gary, Ind, met in Chi
cago, May 3. They instructed Grand
Exalted Ruler Wilson to in
form DR.. Hudson ]. Oliver. chairman
,nf tia aoinmitfea, of aysapS snlents
for the grand lodge in New York
City, that unless the injunction
against the Improved Benevolent
and Protective Order of Elks of the
World was dissolved by June Is,
he would select another city where
the session could be legally held.
Committee Of Lawyers
The trustees based their action
upon the findings of a committee of
lawyers who were appointed to in
vestigate the right of the grand
lodge to hold its annual session in
New York City. This committee.
consisted of Judge William II. Har-
rison, Chicago, ILL.,; Charles H. Cal
loway Kansas City, Mo-; John
Starks. Philadelphia, Pa, and
Thomas Higgins, New York City.
This committee found as a con-
clusion of law that 1t WOULD be
violation of the laws OF New York
state and a contempt of court for
the grand lodge to hold its annual
session in New York City.
The injunction against the I'm
proved Benevolent and Protective
Order Of Elks Of the World was
obtained by the BENEVOLENT and
Protective Order of Elks In 1904.
Elks Restrained
II restrained the colored Elks
from using a name so closely re-
CONTINUED on Page 80
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-06-24
BOY CLAIMS
ELKS' PRIZE
Was SHORT

WASHINGTON, d. c., June "a
A claim that q speaker had been
"gyped" out OF 500 of his prize
money Friday marred the national
oratorieal contest under the auspices
of the Improved Benevolent and
Protective Order of Elks of the
World.
The Elks' national oratorical con-
test was held in the Lincoln Thea
tire last Friday night James Gill
liam was the winner of the second
prize. Miss Ruth Matthews, Of 90
N street northwest. was the winner
OF the first prize. defeating the
Portsmouth youth by a single point.
Miss Christola Williams. OF Savan-
nah. Ca, was the winner of the
third prize.
Cash Given
The prizes were awarded by
Grand Exalted Ruler Wilson. Cash
was given. Miss Matthews was pre-
sented with five crisp 500 bills.
They were counted out to her before
the audience. Gillian was suppos-
edly given $500 in cash. and Miss
Williams, $125. In his elation Gil
liam put his prize money in his
pocket without counting It.
According to Miss Childs, who was
acting as a guardian for Gillian.
her ward was sent Immediately to
the Western Union telegraph office
to telegraph the news of his victory
and his prize money to his home.
He reached into his pocket and pull
ed out crisp 500 bill; the other
crisp $40 bill He returned i'm
mediately to, the theatre and made
a demand for the balance of the
prize money but was given no con-
sideration.
Go To Wilson'S Home
The next morning, says Miss
Childs. she accompanied Gillian to
the home of Grand Exalted Ruler
Wilson at No. 1913 Vernon street.
northwest. They saw both Mr.. VIII
son and Mr.. Hueston. They were
practically insulted, says Childs. The
boy returned to his home Monday
evening without having received the
balance of his prize money.
Besides the first three prize win
ners, three others were awarded
prizes. They were Miss Blossom NAV
Lane. Gary, Indiana, 800; Frank
Henderson, Springfield, Mass, SIS;
and Miss Florence Lane, Kansas
City, Kan, $50.
There were eight contestants. They
were selected in regional contests.
AS winners of the regional contests
each of them was awarded a schol-
arship of $3.50 year for four years
at college of his or her choice.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-06-24
COLOR Line BAR
IS DEFEATED IN
WOMENS MEET

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, June "a.
Declaring that ''if the black was
good enough to work with us they
are good enough to play with u.s."
Miss Mary b. Whitaker, white. scor-
ed the color line and the American
Legion Auxiliary refused to organ
ize 40 and 81 affiliation at the
annual meeting here, Thursday.
The session was punctured by a
heated debate on the color line in
which the spirit of 81 swayed the
400 white women present and the
expression abolition in Massachus-
etts" was frequently heard. Because
of her vigorous speech against the
color line and against the "S and
40' which fostered it a spontane-
Gus ovation was given her when she
was proposed for delegate to the
Paris, France, convention.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-06-24

TAKES Big TOLL
In KANSAS CITY

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, June 23.-
That tuberculosis took an unusually
large toll in Kansas City during the
last five years has been revealed in
a special report of survey made by
DR.. William /. Tompkins, assistant
commissioner of Child Hygiene and
Communicable Diseases of the City
Health Department, which states
that 726 patients have died of the
white plague during, this period.
DR.. Tompkins states that in the
last five years there were 2,7SG
deaths from tuberculosis, 726 of
which were colored. Two-thirds of
these, he said, could have been saw
ed with the proper treatment.
In an editorial in the Kansas City
Star, DR.. Tompkins' survey is high
ly commended and the city is called
upon to eradicate the shacks and
congested conditions which he point
ed out as highly conducive to pro-
pagating the disease.
Thompson Criticised
City-wide criticism. however, Is be-
ing voiced as result of the sur
vey made by DR.. Thompkins and
citizens are charging him with play
ing into the hands of whites who
wish to segregate the group and
drive them from south of 27th
street"
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-06-24

'rhey say Wilson really does not fear
the invoking OF the Grafton law hut
Is afraid he will be defeated for re-
election as grand exalted ruler
should the grand session be held in
New York. Wilson is serving his
fifth consecutive year as head of the
order. During this time he has
built up a powerful political ma
chine and prominent members of the
order fear Wilson seeks to perpetu-
ate himself as head of the organiza-
tion. ]. Dalmus Steele of New
York past exalted ruler of Manhat-
tan Lodge is candidate against
Wilson and has recently developed
considerable strength. having receiv-
ed promises of support from the
majority OF the big Eastern lodges.
According to reliable information
the following state associations and
lodges have given assurance of COM
ing to New York for the next Grand
Lodge Convention regardless of any
thing that might be decided by the
grand exalted ruler to the contrary:
o. V. Cato Lodge, Philadelphia.
Pa: and the lodges of eastern Penn
sylvania; Monumental Lodge, and
the new lodge in Baltimore, Md:
Morning Star and Columbia Lodges
OF Washington. ID. c.; all the lodges
of Virginia; a majority of lodges
in North Carolina; all but three
lodges in Georgia; a majority of the
lodges of West Virginia.; all the
lodges in New Jersey; all the Flo
rida lodges, and the lodges OF New
York State including Brooklyn.
II is said that the colored Elks
need have no fear OF being re-
strained in their convention plans
here, as the citizens, the white Elks
and the city and state officials have
given assent to the plans and have
shown a desire to cooperate with
the colored Elks.
In the interim. the general COM
mittee on entertainment Is rapidly
bringing to completion their plans
for the convention, and all is now
said to be in readiness for the
Grand Lodge Convention.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-06-24
IGNORANCE IS
THE GREAT CURSE
DOWN IN DIXIE

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June 22.
-(PCNB)-Tearing down the pret-
ty fallacies surrounding the planta-
tion cabin, and the emancipation
proclamation. Mrs. II. l.. McCrorey.
colored mission worker of Charlotte.
South Carolina. speaking before a
gathering of Presbyterian women
twhite) in the 1st Congregational
Church, recently, said sin many
places in the South, virtual slavery
still exists. Plantation owners go
into the courts. pay the fees for
Negroes accused of misdemeanors
and take those Negroes to their
plantations to work out the debt
Through one pretext or another,
they keep them down there for
years"
The little log cabin of the Sunny
South isn't what it's pictured i'm song
or story" she declared. "It's un-
sanitary and breeds immortality: !:
nor all the honeysuckles round the
door, nor even the mellow guitar
twanged on the low door-stoop can
make It aughta else."
Ignorance is the great curse of
the black men," said the mission
worker "Here we have q Negro
boy who wins first prize in a poetry
contest there one who is setting
to music the spirituals of his people.
but innumerable others who cannot
read, write or cipher"
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-06-24
Currency Used as
Insulation on Auto

BOHEMIAN, Mont.-Three colored
persons, Frank Williams, William and
Lizzie Calhoun, are being held at the
county jail on a charge Of robbing
the home of Tom Brooks, another
colored man, a resident of Three
Forks. The two men and woman,
travelling from Seattle to st. Paul in
new high-priced car, were brought
back from Livingston after escaping
the vigilance of the sherif's force by
detouring the city and again taking
up the trail to the east at the east
end of town.
After searching the automobile
thoroughly the third time, $53 in cur
rency was found, but none of the
gold pieces nor the remainder of the
money. t Az
The bills were found wrapped
around the cord of the ignition
switch, which had been taken out
and then replaced after the money
was hidden.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-06-24
Baha'is Elect Gregory
To National Committee

NEW YORK.-The spirit of racial
amity existing among members of the
Bahai cause was ones more attested
at the 10Th annual convention of the
Baha'is of the United States and
Canada, held at Montreal, Que, re-
Gently, when the white delegates
from az states elected Louis Greg
ory to membership on the national
spiritual assembly, the central COM
mittee of nine holding supreme au-
thority in the administration of Ba-
hai' affairs in America.
Long prominent in the Baha'i
movement, Mr.. Gregory is graduate
of Fisk University and holds. the de-
gree LII. B. from Howard University,
and for some time practiced law in
the District of Columbia. In 1911 he
visited Egypt and the Holy Land be-
cause of his interest in the Baha'i
teachings of racial amity, religious
unity and world peace.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-06-24
TWO BROTHERS
BURN ATSTAKE
In MISSISSIPPI

LOUISVILLE, Miss, June 22.-
Alter fiendishly parading their vic
Tins. James and Max Fox. accused
OF killing a white sawmill foreman,
through the streets of this little
Mississippi town for most of the
night a mob of 1000 unmasked
men snuffed out their lives after
they had been saturated with paso-
line in funeral pyre here Monday
morning.
The two men whom Deputy Sher-
iff w. S. Permenter admits never
had chance to make a statement,
were delivered to the mob while
they were being taken to Jackson
for sale keeping, following their ar
rest.
Near Noxapater the mob was said
to have overtaken the sheriff with
his charges and demanded that they
be delivered unto them. After he
had fired in the air to brighten"
the mob, they were turned over, taxi
en- back to Louisville where others
could join the lynchers and marched
through the principal streets.
Following this public demonstra-
tion in which posses deputized to
hunt the accused took part, the men
were then taken outside the city.
tied to a post and their bodies made
into a human torch after several
cans of gasoline had been poured
over them
Although officers watched the
growing mob of 1000 men and wo-
men carry out a pre-lynching cele-
bration which lasted several hours
in the heart of the little town, Of
ficers declared that they were not
able to recognize any of the men
connected with the lynching.
The Fox brothers, victims of the
mob, were said to have shot and
killed Clarence Nichols. white saw
mill foreman, when the three enga,y-
ed in a fight over work at the plant.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-06-24
No Place to Bury
Dead in Raleigh

RALEIGH, N. C.-Until the city
provides additional cemetery space,
there will be no place to bury the
dead here, according to statement
made this week by d. E. Leap, un-
dertaker.
This unusual situation was re-
vealed, according to Leap, when he
attempted to bury body in the last
available lot, but found that burial
already had been made there when
he unearthed human bones. In every
case, he stated, during the last few
months, some evidence of the remains
of other bodies previously buried had
been found. tf
City officials are making an effort
to open additional burying grounds.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-06-24
"YelIowish White" Killer

JACKSON, Miss. - Radio, blood
hounds and airplanes have failed to
account for the murder of white
woman,''in, her bedroom here by a
man whom a 3-year-old member of
the family described as yellowish
white Negro.
The young woman, who was 10,
was found mortally wounded in her
bed by her maid when she came to
work in the early morning.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-06-24
Woman Wins Law
Degree at Penn. "U"


PHILADELPHIA. - DR.. Sadie T,
Mossell Alexander, who graduated
with a degree of bachelor of laws
from the University of Pennsylvania
Thursday, has the distinction of be-
ing the first colored woman to re-
ceive such honor in this state
DR.. Alexander is the first woman
of her race to be graduated from
the University of Pennsylvania and
the first to. receive. the degree of
doctor of philosophy. She received
her A. b. degree in 1918, her A. M.
degree in 1919 and her Phi. d. two
years later. She is the daughter of
Aaron A. Mossell, the first race man
to graduate from Penn, and is a niece
of Henry o. Tanner, artist and chew
alier of the French Legion of Honor.
She will practice law here in the
office of her husband.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-06-24
Texas K. P.'s Hold Session
In House of Representatives

AUSTIN, Texas.--Forp the first
time in the history of the state a fra
ternal organization held its annual
services in the State House when
the Knights of Pythias held their
memorial services in the House of
Representatives Sunday night.
Pythians Of this state have assets
of more than $500,000 with $3.50, 900
cash in hand and Pythian home for
the aged with more than 300 acres.
W.. s. Willis was reelected grand
chancellor for the 18th year.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-06-24
Confers Degree on
Chicago Mayor

CHICAGO. - (ANP.) - Mayor
William Hale Thompson, popularly
known as "Big Bill" is now "Dr.
Big Bill" This fact became known
Friday morning when Bishop Archi-
bald j. Carey, who is also member
u the Civil Service Commission, by
1rtue of ain appointment by the
mayor, returned from Wilberforce
University bearing the honorary de-
gree of doctor of laws which the A.
M. +. Church school had conferred
on Mayor Thompson "by proxy
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-06-24
Three Die In Auto Mishap

MoNROCIA, Calf. - Rev. E. z.
Martin, William Burney and Thomas
w. Pressly all of Monrovia were in.
stantly killed Saturday night when
the automobile in which they were
enroute to San Bernadino skidded on
bridge and plunged fifty feet to the
ground below.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-06-24
Two Sisters, Two Brothers
Marry and Then Divorce

LOS ANGELS. Cal. - Mesdames
Tena and Peris Pearson. sisters who
married William and Olaf Pearson,
brothers have both instituted pro-
ceedings for divorce on non-support
charges.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1927-06-24
Carvey Loses Insurance

NEW YORK. - The, court of ap.
peals has reversed verdicts against
six insurance companies obtained by
the Black Star Line, Inc, of which
Marcus Garvey was president. The
lower court decided that Garvey was
entitled to $4,000 damage for a
loss on the steamship -"Shadyside.'