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Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-22
Legion at Harlingen
Starts Member Drive
Especial to The Heraldl

HARLINGEN, Feb. 22.-The Am
erican Legion drive Of the Harlin-
gen post was launched Monday of
this week, with meeting of commit
tees held Monday night.
Assignment of districts was made
at that time, and the membership
campaign will be carried on during
the remainder of the week.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-22
Valley Druggist WEEDS
Girl in Fort Worth

Especial 70 The HeraId)
AARLINGEN, Feb. 22.-Word has
been received here of the marriage
In Fort Worth of Fl. NJ. Turney. To-
cal druggist, to Miss Juanita Fitz-
patrick of that city. The couple will
return to Harrington in about two
weeks. and make their home here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-02-22
. RAPIDLY

SAN JUAN, Feb. 22.--Miss HelTa
Hansen, who underwent mn opera
tior at the McAllen hospital Mon
day. is reported to be improving
RAPIDLY.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-17

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-17

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-17
Smart Trimmings
Add Charm to Your Spring Wardrobe

Here YOU will find every chic style OF trimming tha, Paris
sponsors Tor Spring, We list but few 81 the delight
iu trimming accessories here tina, YOU Will find helpful your
Spring dres SmakinS.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-17

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-17
Flower Pictures Special 81
Imported Decorated
Utility Sets Special 5 |

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-17
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-17

'rroS AND Trimming sscriox, Eassr Floor.
Smyrna times., 1928-03-28

Charles M. Upham, of Washington,
D. o., formerly chief engineer Of the
Coleman DUPONT Boulevard, head of
the Delaware State Highway Depart
ment, and later chief engineer of the
North Carolina Highway Department
and consulting engineer Of the Re
public of Mexico, will be the princi-
pal speaker at a joint meeting of the
county commissioners and road en-
gineers of the three counties, to be
held in the New Century Club room
tomorrow, Thursday afternoon, March
20. Engineer Upham, for several
years was head of the American En-
gineers' Association, but is now en-
gagged in research work in Washing
ton. From January 16, 1917 to July
l, 1917, he was county engineer of
this county.
Smyrna times., 1928-03-28

18th, a daughter; Carroll Welsh and
Mrs. Mildred Wix Welsh, at FELTON,,
on March goth, a son; John G. Hurd
and Mrs. Ruth B. Hurd, near FELTON,,
on March 18th, son; Eddie G. Burris
and Mrs. Katherine Yeager Burris, at
Smyrna, on March 18th, daughter;
William Parker and Mrs. Anna Sew
ard Parker, near FELTON,, on March 20,
a daughter.
Smyrna times., 1928-03-28

S. A. Fortner, Smyrna timberman
and land owner has purchased Of Har-
ny Gray, Blackbird, his 40 acre farm
situated in Blackbird hundred on the
road leading from Blackbird to For
est. It is understood Mr.. Fortner
will make extensive repairs to this
property which is valued highly on
account Of the fertile quality Of the
land.
Smyrna times., 1928-03-28
FRIDAY, MARCH 80. 1928
At 4 O'clock p. M.

The following Real Estate To-Wit:
All that certain lot. piece or parcel of land
and premises. with a two-story frame dwelling
and outbuildings thereon erected. situated in
the Town of Smyrna, Duck Greek Hundred,
Kent County and State of Delaware. and lying
on the Western side of East Street. between
North Street and Mt. Vernon Street, more
particularly described follows to-wit Be
said East Street and running South forty-nine
and one-haf (49 1-2) degrees West one hun
dred and twenty (120) feet to a stake. a
corner for lands now or formerly of James
Milburn, thence North forty-three degrees
West thirty (30) feet to a stake, corner for
lands now or formerly of Samuel G. Potts,
thence with said Potts land. North forty-nine
and one-half degrees East one hundred and
twenty C120) feet to East Street; thence with
said East Street south forty-three degrees East
thirty 800 feet to the place of beginning. and
containing Thirty-siX Hundred Square Feet of
land be the same more or less. and being the
same lands and premises conveyed in fee unto
BENJAMIN Burton. by Deed of Sarah c..
Kreemer bearing date the 26th day of Janu-
ary A. d. 1904, and of record at Dover. in
Deed Book G. Volume II. Page 90.
Together with all and singular the buildings
and improvements of every kind whatsoever,
WAYS water water-courses rights. liberties.
privileges. improvements, hereditaments and
appurtenances whatsoever thereunto belonging
or in any wise appertaining.
Seized and taken as the property of BEN
JAMIN BURTON. and will be sold by
EDGAR w. FRAZIER. Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office. Dover. Del, March 5, 1928.
Smyrna times., 1928-03-28

Announcement has been made Of
the marriage Of Miss Mary A. Rudy,
daughter Of DR.. and Mrs. j. Albert
Rudy, Of Philadelphia, to H. Louder
Grier Of Milford. The bridegroom is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry L.
Grier Of Milford. The wedding cere-
mony took place in Philadelphia Oh
March 9th. Mr.. Grier is employed in
Milford and the couple will probably
make their home there.
Smyrna times., 1928-03-28
STATE AND PENINSULA NEWS
TOLD IN BRIEF SPICY ITEMS
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Brief News Items of People We Know
In and Around the Larger PENN
sula Towns and Communities

At the annual election for chief and
assistants of the Robbins Hose Com
pany, held at Dover, the following
were elected: Chief, Harry R. Han
cock, defeating George Weller, by 8
votes; first assistant, John W. Argo;
second assistant, Earl Z. Hayes, de-
feating Earle E. James.
Smyrna times., 1928-03-28

The following births were reported
in Kent county during the past week:
Charles w. Benson and Mrs. Anna
Scott Benson,at Harrington, on March
Smyrna times., 1928-03-28
SHERIFFS SALE
REAL ESTATE

BY virtue of a writ of venditioni Exponas
for sale of lands to directed. will be ex-
posed to sale by way of public vendue on the
premises in the Town of Smyrna. Del,
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-19
(Enterpri.e News Bureaul

SAN FRANCISCo.-(By William
Pickens )--"Appearances," the dra-
ma by Garland Anderson former
bellhop, being produced here at the
Playhouse, is not only the most re-
markable play ever written by Ne
gro in the United States, but is also
the most remarkable ever produced
on the subject of the race freedom"
1t states the case of the Negro
against the mob and the oppressor
as no theatre has ever dared to state
it before. We all KNOW that when
a member of the stronger group
wants to get a member Of the weaker
group to obey the wishes, illegitimate
wishes, of the strong, there win be
used: first, bullying. If that fails,
then bribery; then framing" We
all KNOW it, but this is the first
time any theatre has dared SAY it.
Opens Tamely
The play opens tamely. But i'm.
mcdiately the human interest begins
TO grow and never flags to the yer,
end----while not great" play by
some measurements it Is the most in
tehsely s'human" thing. "Abie's lrisl
Rose" has nothing on "Appearances'
for engaging interest. The Irish
Catholic play also lacks the tragi
theme that wavers and threatens thr,
the incidents of the Negro-Whit'
play.
The play does not haye the usua
buffoonery and tomfollery that is al
ways called for by the producers o
Negro plays. The humor of the ig
norant hotel porter is used as a We
hicle for getting across the most sol
id philosophy of interracial relations
| When the crooked lawyer charges tn
porter with having shown his guilt b
running away from a pursuing mol
the porter confounds the lawyer b
simply remarlxing that his "inno
cence' could have done him no goo
after he was hanged to a telegrap
pole.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-19
Woman In Battle With
Mate Left Unconscious

PORTLAND, Ore. - A colored
woman was left unconscious on the
sidewalk at 14th and Hoyt streets
by her husband, aiso colored, after
a domestic Misunderstanding" Sum
day afternoon, in which the husband
is said to have used an automobile
crank and his feet to knock out his
wife.
Mrs. Bertha Watson, 35, No. 316
East Broadway, the victim, was taxi
en- to st. Vincent's hospital by an
ambulance, and her husband, Leroy
Watson, 35, of Salem, who fled
from the scene before police arrived,
was picked up by police Inspectors
at First and Arthur streets 30 min
utes later.
Charges of assault with danger
Gus weapon were placed against
Watson, and he was held in the city
Jail without bail.
Police learned that the attack
was brought on by Mrs. Watson's
discovering her husband in an auto
mobile with white woman. When
Mrs. Watson demonstrated, Watson
gave her a severe kicking and struck
her over the head with an automo'
| bile crank, police said.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-19
Pickens Says Appearances lsSofd
Philosophy On Inter racial Relations

plays but Garland Anderson is the
first playwright | have seen "get
over" scene on the white-American
stage in which a proud white man Is
made to stake low" before a Negro
man, even tho this Negro man is the
porter who had already demonstrated
his moral superiority to the white
man, who at this juncture In the play
had been thoroughly exposed as an
educated crook.
Race Character Hero
This is also a play in which the
Negro character is the genuine hero
and "triumphs." Other playwrights
have had to Apologize as it were,
for showing Negro virtues to the au-
dience, by finally sacrificing the Me-
gro; as If they dared not make him
hero and then permit him to live
in the sight of white Americans. IL
the Negro Is going tc be hero, he
must be finally a dead one,-homage
paid by truth to prejudice. That is
exactly what "All Gods Chillnn,v
Emperor Jones, "Abraham's Bos-
om," and all other such plays by
white men. have DONE
Their Negro "heroes' may have
good qualities, but their good quail
ties are all in vain,--for the great
white monster will get them--and the
lot Of any Negro must be defeat"
We do not mean that every heroic
| Negro soul. in real life, must triumph
but neither do they all fail. And
what we mean is, that Garland An
| derson Is almost the only veccnt play
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-19
Paris Ball Room, Originally For
Blacks Now Overcrowded by Whites
Enterprise New. Bureau)

A singular fact about the Bal Ne
ere, or rather, the expected thing,
one should say. is that several white
Americans of both sexes, may now
he seen dancing with Negroes.
The majority of the Negroes are
very dark, and come from the French
West Indies or parts of Africa. The
visitor who speaks only English had
better take his interpreter with nm:
And as to the racial composition OF
the hail. the scientist who said tnat
there were only five varieties OF the
human race must have been buried
in some hole at the time for here
there are at least twenty-five, among
them. chinese, japanese. Egyptians,
Russians. Hungarians and Germans.
One is faced with the fact that the
human race If it is anything at all,
is certainly mixed. Artists, writers
musicians. and others come to this
place in the hope of discovering some
new quality to put into their work
Tho music is somewhat differen,
from that of the American jazz band
The saxophones and sharp striklnl
! of the cvmbal are absent. The TEN
10 Is set by a shiny container fllle'
| with pebbles and resembling a cock
4 tail shaker pierced with many hole
which the leader shakes in a man
ner as II he were continually throw
ing it away from him.
As to the dancing. that is, OF Ne
proes. 1t is smoother and more ryth
miss than the American dances sue
as one secs in the United States o
even in the other French dance halls
or in England or Germany. II is pre-
dominantiy French West Indian an
unlike the dances Of those lands
which the whites predominate.
As to the dresses Of the Negr
woman that also is different. tn
gown is bright and multi-colored,
(Contiraed on rage Three)
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-19
u. S. To Indict
Marcus Carvey On
Charge Of Murder


NEW YORK. April 1s.-(special)
Once again the agents OF the
Federal Government are on the
trail OF Marcus Garvey. Investiga-
tions are being made by sleuths
from the Department OF Justice.
according TO reliable information
received in the News office. into
the activities OF the Garvey clan In
connection with the now famous
murder in Florida. OF daughter
OF an African potentate.
When the killing came to light,
Il was stated In some sections that
Marcus Garvey was behind all of It
and that he was responsible for the
death of the young woman. Her
enraged father. learning OF his
daughters death, Immediately en-
gagged passage to America and
armed with protests from the Brit
ish Government. declared his in
tention OF furnishing the culprit.
According to further develop
ments IL is said that the trail led
directly to Garvey's door and on
this investigation agents OF the De-
partment OF Justice are believed TO
be negotiating for the return OF
the former Provisional President
General of Africa TO the United
States, where he will be indicted
in connection with the famous
murder case with which his name
is so strongly linked.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-19

PARIS, France, (By ]. A. Rogers)
Paris now has miniature Harlem
and all within the space Of three
months. It is the Bal Negre on the
Rue Blomct.
Prior to that. this ballroom had
rather small clientele. One could
see what is rare in Paris, a dance
hall where nearly all the couples on
the floor were Negroes. A mixed
couple, white man dancing with col
ored woman, or the opposite, was
rare. Then two of the leading news
napers suddenly discovered the place
and carried long articles about it
with the result that the white ellen
teIe has grown to such proportions
that the place is over-crowded now.
lust such a thing happened some
Years ago in Chicago. A few white
neonle had been in the habit OF VS.
itinr the caoarets on the South SIDE.
Then one day a paper, now detuncl
the Herald--in its vice crusade an
no,nced that white people were at.
tending Negro cabarets, and tina,
there was no color line, The result
was that white people simply pour
cd into these places making . ior
tune for their owners, "a
Harlem. and other Negro Neisn
borhoods in the North and parts o
the South have all had similar ex
nerience. The simple fact is that II
spite Of what our American socio,o
rists and legislators may say the Ne
ORC. in no matter what part OF IN
world, will have no easy task pre-
serving his isolation when once tn
white people get on his track. Th
American Negro was brought fror
over three thousand miles away, an
were he taken "back" to Africa,
is safe 10 say that an equal nun
her of boats would have to be pr!
vided for the white people who woul
want to 60 along. . ..-..
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-19
Police Methods
In Capital City
Brutal; Charge

WASHINGTON d. c., April IS.
"A threat to expose the ard degree
methods of the Washington police
department was made during the
hearing OF Policeman orville Staples
before the police trial board by
Representative Thomas Blanton.
Blanton said that Herman Gross,
had been found dead, and it had
been reported that he hanged him.
self.
81 will show by a colored nurse"
he shouted, that she examined this
man and that there were no indica-
tions of hanging. Instead, there was
every indication that he had been
beaten to death by policemen"
When Chairman w. II. Whaly said
that this matter was not material tc
the trial of Staples, Blanton broke
out:
"Now, prosecutor and I change
places. / am now prosecuting and
the prosecutor is, defending, and
am going to see that the people o.
Washington get square deal-ricf
and poor alike. The time has come
when somebody must speak herr
in Washington. l am going L
speak,"
81 am going to show that lots o
prisoners have been beaten up II
station houses. l am going to ex
pose the third degree"
Herman Gross was arrested ant
held for investigation. The next da,
II was reported that Gross commit
ted suicide by hanging himself b
his belt. A local paper reported
the time that friends of the colore
man did not believe Gross commit
ted suicide. At the inquest pr
soner testified he heard Gross sa
that he might as we'll be dead Q
in Jail for life, but he did not sc
Gross commit suicide. There wer
no marks on the neck OF the dea
man. Only a slight scratch coul
be found on the chin by those WI
examined the body.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-19
Natl Urban League
Holds Conference
In PHILADELPHIA

PHILADELPHIA, April is
(Special The young Negro rates
a shade better than the white youth
in his general capacity fer music,
according to conclusions expressed
by Guy b. Johnson. of the Univer-
sity of North Carolina. in an address
at the opening session of the annual
conference of the National Urban
League in the Social Service Build
ing, No. 3l1 Juniper Street, Tues
day.
More than 100 delegates interest
ed In welfare work among Negroes
in all parts of the United states
are attending the conference which
continues until Friday night. the
Armstrong Association of Philadel-
phia, one of the members OF the
Welfare Federation, is acting as
host to the oelegates.
'In the sense of musical pitch
Negroes in the fifth school grade
were found TO rate a little above
white children in the same grade,
said Mr.. Johnson. "Elghth graue
and college Negro students, now
ever. were a little below the whites
in musical intensity all were about
the same, and in the sense OF mu'
sical time Negro and white fifth
| grade students were about the samt
! and Negro Sth grade and college
students were a shade below th'
white; in the sense of rhythm Negro
fifth grade students surpassed th'
whites and they were about equa
in the eighth grade.
Charles S. johnson, director 0
the Department of Research ant
investigations of the National ur
han League, presided at the session
Tuesday. Following q reception :
the delegates in the Southwes
Branch Y. M. C. A., the conferenc
delegates and board members hel
an executive session Tuesday eve
ming at which Elbridge b. Plerc'
of Chicago. presided. -,
The conference program lnciuue
series of addresses and discus
sicns by noted leaders.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-19
Police Probe Death
In Lodge Initiation

CHICAGO. = In a police investi-
cation of the death of John over,
ton, secret oaths of the onward
Christian Soldiers fraternal order
were revealed in an explanation OF
how Overton was killed in an inltia-
ton of the lodge. -
Initiation ceremonies inc u q
clicking the trigger of an unloadee!d
nistol over the heart of the candi.
date. Leonidas Mcdonald, president
of the organization, handed the gun
to Albert Clark who pulled the trig-
a dozen candidates had been M
t;ated hut in Overton's case the
weapon went off and nc droppeO
dead, the police were told
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-19
Walters Go On Strike

ELIZABETH CITY, N. C.-(ANP)
Because they resented reports that
they were to be displaced by girls.
walters in the Virginia Dare Hotel
struck. When the walters took off
their coats preparations we're being
mede for a banquet for Gov. Angus
Mclean who had come to this city to
speak to students of the colored
State Normal school. The hotel
management was successful in secur-
ing students from the school to serve
at the banquet. The walters who
struck were colored.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-04-19
Race Citizens
Fight Segregation. \.
In Texas Town

PORT ARTHUR, Tex, April is.
-(Special) )-Strenuou efforts are
being made in this town to have
segregation ordinances enacted TO
prevent wealthy Negroes from buy
ing, owning or even living In So
called white sections and vice versa.
Whether or not colored people
have a right to purchase property
and erect homes in white" resi-
dence districts of Port Arthur is
expected to be settled during a
meeting of the city Zoning COM
mission next week, according to
announcement by city officials.
Complaints of white residents oil
West Sixteenth Street, now inhablt.
ed almost exclusively by whites, VIII
bring the issue to a focus. Several
colored persons of means have
bought property on this fashionable
thoroughfare others are said to be
attempting to buy and some have
started the erection of homes ant
announce their intention TO live Il
them.
The colored persons directly al
fected by the proposed action OF IN
zoning commission say they WI
carry the matter into the court
and test the legal authority OF
CITY zoning commission TO restric
a man from living wherever II
pleases.
The Negroes declare they ar
financially able TO maintain Just a
modern and neat appearing home
as any person living in the section
They promise fight to the finls
on the question Of whether the
can be barred from owning an
occupying homes in any section o
account of race or color.