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New Britain herald., 1928-02-28
$6M,000 WILL NOT
 CHANCE LIVING MODE
Chauffeur Plans to Continue Life in Same Manner as Before
 He Got Legacy.

Pottsville, Pa.. Feb. 2s R-sole legatee and executor of an estate valued at $65o,OOO, James F. Cur rens. 40 year old chauffeur, sees nc reason why he should change his place of residence or mode of liv. ing.
 Currens inherited the fortune from Miss Ermina c. Elssler, 55, his for, mer employer. whose will was pro- 'bated here yesterday. Miss Elsslel died last week. She had no close relatives. and it is believed tn. testament will be uncontested.
 Her fortune grew from a $60 in. vestment by her mother 70 years ago in Florida real estate. The tract of 40 acres. near Miami, and now known as Princess Park, was purchased from the government b, Mrs. Elssler. For years it was con. sidered almost valueless and fire, quently was offered for sale at q small figure.
 Then came the spectacular rise in Florida real estate. In 1920, sev. eral years after Mrs. Elssler': death. the tract was subdivided, de. veloped and sold as building lots Miss Elssler's brother. John. who inherited the property from her died suddenly before he realized the fruits of the sale. His share of tho estate went to his wife. a former employe in Philadelphia restau. rant.
 Miss Elssler. at the time, was C 'stenographer here. She resigned al oncs and employed Currens, whom she had known since hcildhood, a. her chauffeur and general servan,.
 There is no need for me tt change my place of address ol mode of living because of thi' legacy" Curren said today. T will therefore, continue as at present"
New Britain herald., 1928-02-28

ball and toss ahead of the pitcher towering first. The proportion of er- TOTS by the pitchers. especially of low throws. was described by the pilot as astonishing
New Britain herald., 1928-02-28
NO KICK ON THIS s0a

Paris, Feb. 2s. - \ system. CT cohcrete pipes. still in good condi- ton, has been discovered near CO- logne. It was installed by .he Romans. it is believed, about the year so to supply water from the Eiffel Mountains to Colonia Agrip- pima. which is the present Co., logne.
 FOR BEST RESULTS
New Britain herald., 1928-02-28
Bank Keeps Only $100
 Cash to Foil Bandits

Wildorado. Tex, Feb. 2S. - Eight times within the last three years. the Wildorado State bank has been robbed, the losses totaling about
New Britain herald., 1928-02-28

FLOODED OUT OF WATER
 Port Arthur. Tex. Feb. 2S.-This city was without water recently be- cause of . five-inch rainfall. The flood had inundated the filtration plant leaving motors and other equipment in five feet of water.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-28
Mems Dress Shirts $l.00

T tomorrow many good values will be found in the Mems De- partment, one of which is new line of Mems Shirts. The Madras Shirt in a varied as- sortment of pretty stripes and other materials will help to make this sale most profitable one for the thrifty. Sizes l4 to IT.: with and without collars.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-28
Children's Raincoats $l.39
By EUCLID

"a special lot of children's Raincoats, sizes 6 to IA years. Colors, blue, red and green; all we'll made and full sizes,
New Britain herald., 1928-02-28
special values for Wednesday Shoppers!
S5 W0men's Metallic Hats
 $2.95

regular value S4.95. All headsizes. A wonderful as- sortment.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-28

-Women's brassieres, fancy rayon stripe or plain ma terial, with or without gar ters, side or back hook; all sizes.
New Britain herald., 1928-02-28
Boys Pants
 89c

made of heavy wool mix lures and deep set cor duroy; sizes 7-18 years.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-27
Perry Howard
And Associates
Are Acquitted

JACKSON, NJ is s., Dec. 22.-
Bringing to a sensational close a
four day trial which began last Mon
day, jury in the United States Dis
trict court here Friday noon, after
having been locked up all Thursday
night, brought in a verdict of not
guilty in the case of Perry w. How
ard, and his associates, political lead
ers of Mississippi charged with viola
ton of the act prohibiting the sale of
federal patronage.
Howard, former Republican Ma
tional committeeman from Mississp-
pi and assistant United States attor-
ney general. was named in indict-
ments along with S. d. Redmond and
s. K. Redmond, Scott Hubbard and
Z. L. Patten. The jury found all the
defendants not guilty.
The jury was evidently never in
doubt concerning Perry Howard's in
nOcence. He was acquitted on the
first ballot after the jury retired
Thursday night, and on the second
ballot the vote was II to !, for ac-
quittal of the other defendants.
The oral instructions given by
Judge Holmes were to the effect that
Howard could not be convicted of
taking 81, 500 in Washington, as Rus
sell claimed, because that alleged of
Tense took place in the District of
Columbia, and this court was with
out jurisdiction, unless the jury also
believed from the evidence that How
ard had knowledge of the conspiracy
to violate the patronage act.
Howard made an admirable wit
ness in his own behalf. He was we'll
poisoned, frank, straightforward and
good-humorcd throughout the grilling
cross examination by Lester G. FAINT,
of Holly Springs, Assistant District
Attorney. His attitude was that of
witness having nothing whatever
to conceal.
1t has been frequently said that the
indictments against Howard and his
'associates were brought for the sole
purpose of permanently snatching
the control of Republican politics in
Mississippi out of the hands of col
ored people, and although the defen-
dants were exonerated by the jury,
it is believed that they will never re-
gain their lost power, and the desired
end of the prosecution has been ac-
CompliShed.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-27
)EdisO1's Assistant Dies In Nezv York
Yakima Woman Leaves
Estate Worth $4,000

YAKIMA, Wash. - Property esti-
mated at $4,000, including numer-
Gus diamonds and other jewels and
SO, $50 in currency in a safe deposit
box in the bank, was left by Mabel
Barnes, colored. who died recently in
Yakima, according to a report to the
state tax commissioner fil2d in su-
perior court this week.
By terms of the will, filed for pro-
bate, half interest in all of the
real estate and all of the money and
jewelry arc left to her daughter,
Beatrice NJ. Eskew of Brockton,
Mass. To William NJ. Ward she
leaves ranch in Lethbrdgc, AL
berta, Canada, and half interest in
the real estate in Yakima and the
use of her residence on South Front
street in Yakima. Ward is named
executor, by terms of the will, al
to him as her husband. Tcstifying
in probate court this afternoon, how
ever, Ward claimed to be her hus-
band.
Listed in the personal property arc
"one diamond crown, one pair of dia-
mOnd car screws, one sapphire and
diamond ring, one large sapphire set
with ~ diamonds, one large after
dinner ring, platinum set with dia-
monds, one two-stOne ring, two car
ats each diamond, one diamond ring
with three stones, one dog collar with
gold coins, one lavalier"
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-27
Evangelist Uses Empty
Coffin To Scare Sinners

WATERBURY, Conn. - His voice
strained raw, his fists milling, an
evangelist lowered above his wailing
audience in the little Mount Olive
AFRICAN Methodist Episcopal) Zion
Church last week.
He rose to his toes and menaced
the moaning people with all the hor-
rors of he'll. Hysterical cries burst
from the listeners:
That's right, preacher! Go on
and preach, man! Amen, amen"
In front of the platform was a
casket piled with flowers.
According to previous newspaper
announcements, this was to be the
funeral of a certain neighbor. The
evangelist chanted no eulogy over
the coffin. The dead man had com
mitted every sin, he screamed. He
was wicked, he had not been ready
when the trumpet of Gabriel called
him to judgment, End therefore he
would go to eternal torment.
At last eager to see what this hor-
rible sinner could look like, stagger-
ing, moaning, the congregation filed
forward. Each man and woman
peered. The caslket was empty. A
mirror in the bottom reflected the
face of the person who stared.
, Evangelist w. F. Fisher, who stag
ed the mock funeral, has made a
speciality of this sort of thing. Once
he saved SO in one night. At Water
bury only six were saved.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-27
RACE PROGRESSING I'M BUSINESS
Negro Business
League Reports
Annual Survey

TUSKEGEE, Ala, Dec. 90
Especial. THAT service, price and
quality overcome the obstacles of col
or in business is the conclusion of the
investigators who conducted the sur
vey of Negro business after having
examined more than 5000 businesses
in thirty-two cities of fifteen states
during the past eight months.
The preliminary report was made
here this week to DR.. Robert R. Mo
ton, president of the National Negro
Business League, under whose aus
piceS the survey was conducted.
Many of our business men too oft
en- confine themselves only to the
Negro market-a field necessarily
limited by the wealth an d buying
power of the group served" the re-
port reads.
Given a thorough knowledge of
their businesses with fair capital Ne
groes can successfully compete in the
open market regardless of the racial
factors. This presents the most fruit
ful field for further expansion"
Negro business enterprises, the re-
port reveals are still predominantly
individual enterprises. Especially is
this true in the retail field. Too few
partnerships exist and not enough
corporations. There are, however,
many hopeful signs of cooperative
efforts as indicated in the advance
nent of the insurance and industrial
fields.
There is a definite need for devel-
opnent of cooperative buying among
Negro grocers and druggists. The in
dividual operator, with limited cap
italiZation, stock, credit and equip
ment, is facing a crisis because of
chain and cut-rate store competition.
This is general throughout the retail
field, and is not peculiar to the Ne
gro small merchant. On the other
, ha1d, thern are Gdtsbeefli,ls examples
of splendid and profitable retail
stores operated by individuals.
Problems confronting Negro bust
ness men as stated by the investiga-
tors-Gordon Simpson, Wendell Boil
ton, Bert M. Roddy and J. H. Har-
mon--includc the following:
/. More adequate financing and
credit facilities for legitimate enter
prises.
2. More direct and profitable in
vestment of surplus funds of Negro
fraternal organizations to the benefit
of the race.
3. Elimination of overcrowding of
certain fields with small undercapi-
talized, poorly managed Individual
businesses.
~. Appreciation of the value of ad-
verising.
Continued on Page 81
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-27
Colored Population Is
5,613 In Texarks>la

TEXARKANA, Ark.-By the 1920
Census the Negro population of Tex
arkana is 5,6l3.
In this city, Negroes own and OPP
crate the following retail outlets: 2
drug stores IL groceries and mar
kets, 8 restaurants.
Negroes also own and operate: 13
barber shops, beauty parlors, 2 ho-
tells, printing establishment, 1 loan
association, l fraternal bonding COM
pany, 8 public dance halls.
Four Sick and Accident Insurance
Companies have branch offices locat-
ed here, and likewise three Life In
surance Companies. The population
includes physicians, 2 lawyers, 2
dentists, a undertakers, real estate
brokers, and l orchestral organiza-
ton. The city employs 3S colored
school teachers and there are 4 Ne
roes in the governmental postal SER
vice. The mass of colored wage
earners find employment in the local
railroad yards, a creosote plant and
post pipe factory. A local branch
of the Negro Business League helps
to promote additional commercial ac-
tivity, - -.'.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-27
Lewis Il. LatiIner
Edison Assistant
Is Dead; Age 81.

NEW YORK, Dec. 26.--tSpecial).
Lewis X. Latimer, one of Thomas
A. Edison's earliest assistants and
craftsman Of the original plans of
the first telephone, died Tuesday
night at his home, 64 Holly street.
Flushing. He was ri years of age.
Mr.. Latimer had an unusual ca
reer but, because OF his modesty, the
public knew very little about II. He
was born in Chelsea, Mass, in 1S47,
and attended the public schools Of
Boston. As boy he sold papers.
He was perhaps the last survivor Of
the newsboys who sold William
Lloyd Garrison's famous Abolitionist
paper, The Liberator.
After leaving school he studied
electrical engineering and craftsman
ship. His studies were interrupted
by the outbreak of the Civil War. He
enlisted in the United States Navy
and served through the war on the
U. S. S. Massasoit. -
When the war was over he re-
turned to his studies. He made the
acquaintance of Alexander Graham
Bell, who was then trying to invent
the telephone. For Bell, Mr.. Lati-
mer drew the plans of the first tele-
phone and Bell used them in his APP
plication for a patent. II is not gen.
orally known that a Negro man drew
up the first plans for the telephone.
In 1878 Mr.. Latimer came TO New
York to work with Thomas A. Edi-
son, who was then beginning his great
career as an inventor. For the rest
of his life he was associated with
Edison, drawing plans for many of
his inventions When the incandes-
cent lamp was invented Mr.. Latinner
wrote hook describing il, which was
used to explain the structure and op-
Grafton of the lamp to the public.
About this time he was made a
member of the General Electric Com
pany. This company secured the con-
tract for establishing street light
ing system for London. Edison put
Mr.. Latimer in charge of the carry
ing out Of the contract, sending him
to London.
Mr.. Latimer was always valued
aid to Edison. The inventor was re-
peatedly involved in lawsuits, which
he had TO institute against the com
panies who inftinged upon his pat
ents. In all these suits, some of
which involved millions of dollars,
Mr.. Latimer as the original drafts
man, was Edison's star witness, and
the suits We're often decided by his
testimony. "~ ~ e.
For many years Mr.. Latinner had
an henored part in the social and cul-
tural life of Brooklyn and was wen
known to all the prominent men of
his day. He was fond of literature
and wrote a book Of poems, which
was published a few years ago. He
was leading member OF George
Huntsman Post, q. A. r., and of the
Edison Pioneers Club.
He is survived by two daughters,
Mrs. Gerald +. Norman and Miss
Louise Latimer, and by two grand-
children, Gerald Norman Jr. and
Winifred Norman.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-27
Vestris Hero Booked
For Coast-to- Coast Tour

NEW YORK. - Lionel Licorish,
twenty-three years old quartermaster
of the Inflated s. S. Vestris, who has
been referred to as the Greatest Hero
of Modern Times" has recorded two
of his songs my Pretty Little Bal
jain Gal" and Barbados" excluse-
ly for Columbia records.
Due to Lionels great success as
a drawing card at Keith's Palace,
Hippodrome, Broadway and Jeffer-
son Theatres, he has been presented
with contract for a nationwide tour
Of the Keith-Albee- -orpheum Circuit
from coast to coast, which began in
Boston, last Monday. This tour will
make il possible for the millions of
vaudeville fans to see and hear Lion
ell give his thrilling description Of the
sinking of the Vestris.
Lionel was the guest of honor at
the dedication services of the new
club house for the Boston News Boys,
last Sunday, met Governor Fuller
at the executive mansion Sunday and
opened his weeks engagement at
Keith's Boston, Monday afternoon.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-27
Very Little Glory And Lots Of Bunk
In King Vidor's Film Hallelujah' :

garded as being so "emotionally
simple, and they don't believe that
they are. So far as crying when
they sing the spirituals is concerned
that is bunk, too. Regrettable as
it may be, Negroes as race are
turning from the spirituals, unhap-
py reminders of an unhappy period
in the life of the race. There is no
such thing as their weeping openly
and Justify" when they sing them.
Miss Parsons continues: "Mr.
Vidor hopes to make a race picture
just as 'Nanook of the North was a
race picture, and above all, he wants
to show Negro life as it really is and
without a mission or problem to
solve. There isn't a white person in
the cast and it's just as we'll, for af-
ter watching Daniel Haynes grow
hysterical. any white person would
seem Intellectual.
Veneer
"Daniel Haynes is the colored lad
who sang in the New York produc-
tion of Show Boat He is a college
graduate and product of our newer
SiFihSoSiois ouL NedTs VI NeileeF nave
not erased the brooding expression
from his tragic eyes and bis deep
seated emotion. He kills his brother
in the play, and after an intensely
affecting scene he was so overcome
that he burst into deep sobs that
lasted for an hour. '..
"Mr. Vidor dares not rehearse him
too much. The nerve strain is too
terrific. / watched Haynes during
the chanting of mourning walls and
saw him so Historically unstrung that
he had to leave the set
Real Bunk
II seems certain that Haynes must
have laughed for an hour after read
ing all that gush about himself. He
is a mulatto as much white as he Is
colored, and has no more right to
have the primitive emotions Of the
African than he has TO have the same
kind Of emotions Of the Saxon. He
certainly would enjoy having IL told
that his desire to improve himself
by going to college grows out Of a
veneer" of civilizations which can
not erase from his presence certain
savage aspects. .--------,-...-. !.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-27
enterprise News Bureau)

LOS ANGELES, Cal.-What is
going to be the price of the glory
which the huge colored cast chosen
for King Vidor's much advertised
photoplay, "Hallelujah," expect to
reap. Will they find that they have
bought their popularity at the cost
of the pride of their race?
That is the question which is agi-
tating many Negroes as the making
of the picture progresses and as the
publicity agents for it get busy with
their slants on its purpose and pros
poets.
Louella Parsons has written the
following for the Hearst papers:
King Vidor has brought Harlem to
Hollywood. Dusliy bellies, tall,
young, black-skinned boys, plump
mammies, and pickanninies are
swarming around the Metro-G Goldwyn
Mayer lot"
Why Duslky Bellies
The colored girls whom Mr.. Vidor
has employed will not enjoy being
described as "dusky bellies" nor will
the mothers and children appreciate
public Identification as "mammies''
and "pickanninies." These, are un.
complimentary names, associated
with an evil past, from which the
race has been trying to get away
and leaders Of the race are bound
to view with alarm this commercial
projection Of the Negro before the
public with the white mans conven-
tional disregard for the Negro's
feeling.
But these names are not all. Miss
Parsons writes further: "Acting fol
motion pictures seems to strike 9
responsive chord in the hearts of this
simple, emotional race. They weer
openly and Justify every time an af
fcctlng spiritual Is sung. There il
something so weird and so soul-stir'
ring in their soft chanting that the
white people watching get an echo
ing emotional thrill.
Crying at Spirituals
Now, however. kindly all that !!
meant, Negroes know that IL is th.
bunk. They don't care to be re
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-27
"Sunnyshine Sammy's"
Parents Are Divorced

LOS ANGELES, Calf. - Mrs.
Louise Morrison, mother of "Sun-
shine Sammy" former member of
"0ur Gang" and now a headliner on
the K-A vaudeville circuit, was
awarded her divorce from her hus-
band, Joseph. III
The courts granted her custody of
the five children in addition to ali
.mony. She was awarded a consider
able amount Of community property
located here and in Watts.
Mr.. Morrison was in the east and
did not appear at the trial.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-27
Ethel Waters Had Rather Be A Star
In America Than A Hit In Europe

Paris. which has claimed two of
Americas dusky stage stars, the late
Florence Mills and Josephine Baker
the latter it will be remembered,
recently created quite stir by mar
rying an Italian count-has no lure
for probably the greatest of colored
artistes, Ethel Waters, currently en-
gagged in a Keith-Albee-O -Orpheum
Theatre in Seattle next week.
Says she: "The praise of Paris
doesn't mean a thing to me. con-
slider it many times more flnttering
to be hit in America than to be n
hit on the continent. In the first
place, Europe is a great deal more
tolerant toward my race than Ameri-
ca. France is particularly friendly
to us. We are not merely tolerated,
we are genuinely liked in Paris. We
are accepted in circles to which we
have no entree in this country.
"Parisians are inclined to believe
that anything done by one of our race
is amusing and to be applauded.
Many many times l have seen an
American colored girl of mediocre
ability, unknown in her own country,
prove scnsationally successful abroad
"The American public in the first
place, is not prejudiced in our favor.
Our efforts are met with resentful
attitude, racial superciliousness
which is by no means easy to sur
mount. | believe, with no credit to
myself, that it takes far more ability,
much more finished work, to win the
approval Of New York audiences than
of Parisian. ..-. ...--# -,l-. .
"Nor are New Yorkers bluffed by
colored artists who return to Ameri-
ca trailing European success! ! feel
sure that if I'd gone abroad when |
first went on the stage, would have
been hit. probably wouldn't have
had any of the heart t-breaking strug-
giles against race prejudice I have
had over here. But ] am equally
certain, that if had returned to this
country, no matter how popular in
Europe, wouldn't have met any
success at all. Over there they
would have liked me just because
was colored. Over here have made
them like me in spite of it"
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-27
Enterprise News Bureau)

WASHINGTON, d. C.-There has
been a lot of wonder from time to
time about why Negroes do not main
tain a more important place in the
general scheme of American busi-
ness, and many doleful expressions
have gone forth as reason after rea-
son has been advanced for more of
the nations business turning a
profit to other peoples than TO col
ored persons.
The answer Is simple. Negroes are
doing a proportion of the general
business of the country and doing
such business to the extent Of their
training, ability, and courage to en-
bark in business upon the prevailing
terms of the line In which tLey hap
pen to be engaged.
Providence, r. L. Jeweler
In Providence, Rhode Island, a
jewel decorating concern where a
Negro employs % girls Of his race
to do enamel artistry upon gold and
silver compacts, meshbags, cigarette
lighters, etc., we find that more than
hundred Of the leading jewelry
manufacturers avail themselves of
the product of the house Of J. G.
Lewis, Jr4 Company.
Five and Ten-Cent
One Of the lafgeat 'tFive and Ten
chain stores has Just placed an order
with the 0verton Hygiene Company
! for nine carloads Of toilet prepara-
tions 10 be offered over the counters
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-12-27
Firm In Detroit
Gives Girls Work

DETROIT, Mich. - According to
letter received by ten of the lead
ing churches here, members of the
Ministerial alliance, tn @ ministers
were advised that one of the large
business firms is preparing to employ
one hundred colored salesgirls. Each
church is supposed to send ten girls,
ii is reported.
Owing to the fact that the name of
the firm cannot be divulged until af-
ter the list has gone in and the pros
pective salesgirls have qualified,
speculation is running rife as to what
business concern it is. The colored
people, however, are jubilant d
many are of the opinion that it is the
Sears-Roebuck company of Chicago
which recently opened two large
stores here.
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