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Evening star., 1928-05-16
CREDIT DISCUSSED.

Credit problems from the viewpoint
Of the merchant and customer were dis
cussed at q dinner Of the Retail Credit
Mems Association of the District Of Co
lumbia Monday night at the Raleigh
Hotel. Mark Lansburgh Of Lansburgh
81 Bro. Department Store presented the
merchants side, while Mrs. Gertrude
Bischoff took the customers viewpoint.
Harold s. Pellegrin, director Of the
local. division Of the Near East Relief,
described the recent activities Of that
organization.
Evening star., 1928-05-16
Temperatures Operates CLOCK,

A German inventor has designed a
clock which Is very near approach to
motion. It Is claimed that
this clock win run and indicate the
time without any human attention until
1t wears out or some unusual weather
condition Is responsible for its stopping.
The clock Is wound each day by the
Of temperature. One clock
has been kept going for more than q
year by daily variation Of 8 degrees In
the temperature.
Evening star., 1928-05-16
Church Corner Stone Laid.

Special Dispatch 70 The star.
LYNCHBURG, Va, May l6.-The
corner stone of the New Grace Memori-
al Episcopal Church was laid Tuesday
at 5 pm. Bishop Robert G. Jett of
Roanoke presided and Marshall Lodge of
Masons, led by T. c. Nelson, grand lee
turer, had charge of the Masonic ritual.
The address was delivered by Judge
Don p. Halsey.
Evening star., 1928-05-16
SHEPHERD PARK DRIVES
EXPLAINED TO CITIZENS
zoning Committee Tells Of Plans
Proposed by D. g.
Commission.

Plans for the construction Of scenic
driveways in Shepherd Park. near Con-
gress Heights, as framed by the Nation
al Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion were explained before the Congress
Heights Citizens Association by mem
bers Of the organizations zoning COM
mittee In the Congress Heights School
Monday night. Possession of a large tract
of land in Wilson Park has also been OBJ
tanned for development purposes by the
Park and Planning Commission, it was
reported.
Resolutions asking for five-room ad-
dition to the Congress Heights School,
passed at the April meeting, were be-
ing actively followed up" and will
probably result in the desired addition
being secured. the association was In
formed by its school committee.
The advantages Of the Summer citi-
zens' military training were explained in
an address by Paul Keough. DR.. e. e.
Richardson, president. presided.
Evening star., 1928-05-16
A Polyglot Newspaper.

The first Babel newspaper has
appeared in Paris. It Is called 'LArle-
quinn," and the first issue contained
articles in German, Spanish, italian,
English and French.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06
Negro Governor

Pinckney Benton Stewart Pinch
back, politician, was born in Macon,
Ca, May 10. 1887. His father was
white and his mother mulatto.
Upon the outbreak OF the Civil War
he was within the Confederate lines.
ran the blockade in 1862, at YaZoo
City, and enlisted in the First Loui-
siana Volunteers at New Orleans.
He was a delegate to the recon-
structiOn convention of 1867; State
senator in 1868; delegate to the
Republican, national convention in
1868; and in April, 1868, was APP
pointed registrar of the land office
at New Orleans. He was elected
president pro tempore of the State
senate. became lieutenant governor
on the death Of Lieut.. Gov. Oscar
Dunn, December 6, 1871, and acting
governor during the impeachment
trial of Governor Warmpth, Decem-
her and January 1S72-73.
lie was nominated for governor
by the Republican Party in 1872,
but Withdrew in the interest of har-
mony, and was nominated and elect
ed Representative in Congress from
the State at lTage in November,
1872 He was chosen United States
Senator by the Republican legisla-
ture in 1873, but his seat was re-
fused him by the Senate. and was
vacant, 1897, although he re-
ceived the pay due a Senator from
Louisiana for the time he was be-
fore the Senate.
He was commissioner from Louis
lana to the Vienna exposition in
1873: delegate to the State con-
stitutional convention in 1879; and
surveyor of customs of New Orleans
in 1852. He was delegate TO
every Republican national conven-
tiOn from 1868 to 1900. lambs
Biographical Dictionary of the Unit
ed States.)
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06
Charge Gotham Bank
With Discrimination

NEW YORK-The Chelsea Elk.
change bank of New York has been
charged with offering lower inter-
est rate in its Harlem branch than in
any other branch in the city.
An employee of the branch at
135th street and Seventh avenue, the
Harlem branch told an investigator
that the interest rate on the special
interest account is three per cent.
The investigator called at the branch
located at Madison avenue and 109th
street and found that the special in
terest rate is four per cent. The
Madison avenue branch had many at
tractive signs in prominent places adj
vertising the high interest rate, while
at the Harlem branch, there were no
such signs to be seen.
1t is said that the higher interest
rate also prevails at branches of the
bank in other sections of the city
where the patronage is wholly or
largely Caucasian.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06
Darrow and Religion

10 the Editor:
Since the Hon. Mr.. barrow has
failed to win, convert, and change
the hearts of non-Christian whites
over night is no reason why he
should become discouraged an
strike back at the church Of God and
the ministers of the gospel. Jesus
Christ did not win, convert or change
the hearts of men over night, neither
can Mr.. barrow.
Is barrow" greater than Christ
When the late William Jennings
Bryan had lived to say all that he
could, and told all that he knew,
and some things he did not know,
he finally passed into the great be-
yond trying to interpret the Holy
Bible, likewise did the late Robert
G. lngersol; though these gentlemen
did much good in the world of hu-
mainly. Likewise has Mr.. barrow,
but should he fail to win his fight il
is not because the whites do not have
enough.
"Choose We this day whom we may
serve; but for me and my house we
will serve Jehovah"--not "Darrow"
Los Angeles, Cal.
REV. N. r. JORDAN.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06
Too laxative

"a wise old owl sat on an oak;
The more he heard the less he spoke.
The less he spoke the more he heard
Why can't We all be like this
bird?"
As a group, the Negro talks en-
tirely too much and too loud; gen.
orally broadcasting something that
he knows absolutely nothing about;
airing his personal views and opin-
ions in the market places" and ap-
pearing to know more about any
and all subjects than some master
mind" and authority on said topics,
issues and questions.
In fact, some of us are so garru-
lous (talkative) that we never hear
what others have to say, and seem
to care less.
When it comes TO placing our own
interpretations upon matters, not
withstanding the facts, we are past
masters; and we have reduced the
game of gossip and scandalmonger-
ing to a fine art.
OF course, we do most of our
talking and popping Off at the
big gate"
Really, it is amusing to note how
some of our talkative know-alls,
who hog the spotlight in this re-
spect, usually lose their faculty of
speech when called upon to talk
at the big house"
Another writer says:
"If Wisdom's ways you'd wisely
seek,
Five things observe with care:
To whom you speak, of whom
you speak,
And how and when and where"
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06
Lessons In English

Words Often Misused.-Don't say
az am very delighted" or Every dis
appointed" Say Every much"
Word Often Misspelled. - Calen-
dar (almanac).
Word Often Mispronounced.-Di-
verge. Pronounce the "i' as in tit
and not as in "ice." Accent last
syllable.
Synonyms. - Difficult, laborious,
arduous, onerous, troublesome, irk-
some.
Word Study.-Use word three
times and it is yours. Let us increase
our vocabulary by mastering one
word a week. INEFFABLE: that
which cannot be expressed in words.
"Those ineffable hours were the hap
piest of my life"
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06
SOlus

Have you ever stood alone -
Alone when all your fellows
seemed to ridicule,
When all your friends, to whom you
look, were gone,
And you were left alone, the SEEM
ing fool,
Because you dared to go beyond the
rest,
And say the things within your
soul to say,
And in saying them you had ex-
pressed
Yourself quite different from the
common clay?
And have you learnt at such times
to be calm,
Despite the Kisses? Yours shall be
the balm
OF satisfaction that must come to
those
Who stand upon lofty height and
see
Beyond their fellows, struggling
in the throes
OF ignorance and blinded bigotry
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06
Chicago Girl "Miss Illinois

CHICAGO, ILL., CAMP Amid
the gayety and glamour of Chicago's
most widely heralded Bathing Beau
ty Pageant, Miss Hope Morris, sew
teen year old local beauty, was
crowned "Miss Illinois" by the unan-
imous decision of five judges. Miss
Morris who has truly statuesque
figure, finely moulded features and
rich brown complexion, carries her
self with the grace of queen and
won easily over "a other contestants.
AS winner of the state contest she
received cash prize of $3.50 and adj
mission to the National Bathing
Beauty Contest from throughout the
state.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06
Colored Democrats
Working for Smith

GARY, Ind-(ANP. THE con-
vention of the National Colored DEM
ocratic Association held in Cleveland,
Ohio, and attended by leading demo-
Gratis from every state in the Union
has focused the eyes of nation on
colored voters. At this convention
the fact was brought to the attention
OF Americas colored voters that col
ored men and women are now dis
playing large interest in the demo-
cratic political activities of many
cities. The Republican party may
well look with fear upon the grow
ing desertion of colored voters from
its ranks.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06
Porters to Broadcast

NEW YORK-The, Brotherhood of
Sleeping Car porters which embraces
5000 porters in the Pullman service
and which has just passed it's Third
Anniversary, August 25th, has been
granted Pullman Porters Hour over
WEVD every Friday afternoon.
According to A. Philip Randolph,
General Organizer, every week pro-
gram will be presented consisting of
Negro singers and musicians, togeth-
er with talks on the Pullman porters'
fight for living wage, as well as on
the general service of Pullman por-
terS
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06
Dambunk
(Octavi,fs Roy Cohen In n. Y.
TelegIam.l

TelegIam.)
THE happiest person in the world
Is the Southern Negro. He has lots
more joy than grief in his makeup,
| have never seen, except for brief
periods of mourning, a. unhappy
black man in the South.
Joy is their primary emotion and
they express it freely and exuuisitely.
When they do have grief they ex-
press II just as readily and then
forget about it,
I'm THE NORTH IL is different
Here the Negro becomes unhappy by
associating with white men, for the
contact sows the seed of class con-
seriousness and inferiority.
THE white man makes a mistake
when he visualizes the Negro as
wishing that he were white. think
this is one of the primary mistakes
OF our study of Negro psychology.
OF course any black man would
prefer to be white, but since he is
not he does not fret and brood
about 1t. He dismisses the fact that
he is not and goes about being
happy In mis- own life."
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06
Look and Learn

/. What is "Rocky Mountain
canary? =,
2. Which cathedral is considered
to be the finest example of Gothic
architecture in the world?
3. What poet has been termed the
"father of epigram"?
4. Who were the two national
heroes of Scotland?
5. With what country is Iceland
affiliated?
Answers.-1. Burro, or donkey. 2.
Cathedral of Rheims. 3. Alexander
Pope. A. Robert Bruce and William
Wallace. 5. Denmark.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06
Bledsoe Under Operation

NEW YORK (ANP.) = Jules
(Julius) Bledsoe, one of the stars of
"Show Boat" now showing at the
Zeigfeld theatre, is recovering from
an operation for appendicitis which
was performed last Wednesday by
DR.. Thomas Russell, at the Post
Graduate hospital.
His role in the musical comedy is
being filled by Daniel Haynes, his
understudy. Bledsoe's singing of
cold Man River" has won him great
popularity, and it is said that the
baritone singer is receiving $500 a
eWeek.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06
What We Must Learn

To the Editor:
Learn to like what you must do.
If you don't enjoy the work in which
you are making your living. get out
and find what you do like. Work is
essential. Start at the bottom and
work your way up. Get the right
sort of education to enable you to
get a position such as you wish. If
you know the things you can do best,
study the future. If you can, make
il earn your living by work that you
enjoy; it will not seem work. Study
this matter over before you assume
responsibilities. The time for ex-
pertinent is now, when you can, by
self-denal, climb toward achieve
ment.
HOWARD WALLACE.
raanar WYOMING
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06

To the Editor:
Republicans or Democrats will
hardly yield very much to the Negro.
We need the idea of producing for
our needs. Too much eloquence is
not greatness--w need commercial
affiliation.
The most for us to look for from
either party is just what you are able
to contribute yourself. We are all
acting fools. If you can give some
thing to establish your party govern
ment you are. sure to get something.
II you cannot give the gold, you can
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06
Workers Party Takes
Stand On Negro Question

SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.-(ANP)
The Workers (Communist) Party,
which recently concluded its State
nominating convention in San Fran
cisco, placed in it's party platform a
strong plank on the Negro question.
This is in marked contrast to the Re-
publican and Democratic parties
which have persistently refused to
recognize the many wrongs and dis
abilities under which the Negro group
labors.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06
A New Generation


On every hand and from every
angle in America comes the frank
admission that the old ante-bellum
type of dark-skinned citizen has
passed on. As much as the old
Colonel with his SLOUGH hat and
gray whiskers is thing of history
and the past just so has his faithful
servant, his obedient and fondling
watchdog also disappeared from the
stage of action. Time has brought
about changes in the modes and
manners of American life. We have
different schools of thought, differ
ent fields from which to work out
our welfare, our hopes are different
and the ambitions of the present
generation reach higher and farther
beyond than those of our meek and
humble ancestors. We are living in
new day.
The things that subserved our
forbears' interests will not subserve
ours. We need a higher degree of
education and understanding and we
must get this education in such a
manner that we are not embittered
before we reap its benefits. Our
parents had to suffer so many re-
bluffs, to endure so many insults, to
bear so many burdens and to carry
so many hardships in getting an edu-
cation that in many cases they were
worn out in spirit and in body be-
fore they could make use of it. Be-
cause they suffered and endured in
order TO learn is no reason why we
should do the same. Each genera
ton should be just little better off
than its predecessor. The youth of
this present-day generation should
be educated as far as possible with
out burden and embarrassment.
One of the commonplace fallacies of
the American black people is the
idea that their children should be
kept in the same environmental
groove in which they found them
selves.
Therefore, parents are heard to ex-
claim that: INV children aren't any
better than | was and had to
scuffle and suffer to learn what
little | know and they will have to
do the same" They forget that the
times and manners have changed
and their children need stronger
mental equipment, fuller hopes and
higher ideals in order to scale the
heights delectable.
This present generation, meaning
we, the American black people,
should recognize that a new day has
dawned for us and that for our
children there will be still differ
ent condition of affairs. The next
generation should be given better
opportunities than We have enjoyed.
1t should be spared the sufferings
and burdens that we have borne. 1t
should be nurtured and cherished up
to the point where it can represent
us as a race unfettered in mind and
unhampered in spirit. To that gen
Grafton. in which we place our hopes,
we will appear as conservative and
sedentary as our ante-bellum fathers
now appear to us; but such is life
and it is our duty to blaze the way
for our children in order that they
may lift up the status of subject,
disadvantaged and underprivileged
people.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06
500 Nurses at Meeting

NEW ORLEANS, La. = With APP
proximately 500 delegates present,
the 2lst annual session of the Nation
al Association of Graduate Nurses
closed here Wednesday.
The hostesses of the convention
are the alumni of the Flint Good
ridge Hospital Training School of
which Mrs. +. V. Lyon is president.
The membership comprises $500 rep
resentatives of sixty hospitals includ-
ing well known hospitals of the North
and East.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06
To Fight Jim Crow

NEW YORK. - The National AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement of
Colored People, 50 Fifth Avenue, has
retained Fred c. Knollenberg of Ell
Paso, Texas, the attorney who laid
the groundwork for the celebrated
White Primary Case victory before
the United States Supreme Court, to
fight the newest form of disfran-
chisement of Negroes in Texas.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06
Win Strike Against
White Bosses

NEW ORLEANS, La. - (ANP)
The strike of the employees of the
Owl Cab Company has been settled
with all demands granted. The walk
out occurred over the action of the
management placing white men as
overseers, route men, and in charge
OF the cabs. The Owl Cab Company,
though owned and controlled BY
white men, employs colored men ex-
clusiyely in all departments.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06

give the thought.
Let us stop chewing the rag and
give our minds a rest. No one man
can solve our problems. We must
do it ourselves.
Provide an inheritance for your
children.
EDWARD C. DOUGLASS.
Plainfield, N. j.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06
Letters to The Enterprise

Readers may write On any subject
they like. Usually 150 words are
enough. Beyond that expect the edl-
tors blue pencil. "Reading maketh a
ready man. writing an exact man:
Sign name as evidence of good faith, II
VIII not he published IL you so desire.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06
Gaining Power

One thing that is strange is the
way in which the average Caucasian
is received anywhere in his own
country. If he happens to fall with
in the groove of the average appear
ing person he is given attention,
courtesy and respect.
Why is this? Is it due simply to
the fact that he is a Caucasian? OF
course not. For if the average man
were known at his true average
worth, it would be given short con-
sideration.
But here is the thing about the
Caucasian. He runs the nation. His
opportunity is limited only by his
ability. His son may be raised on
farm and yet become president.
His father might appear to be one
of the ordinary mould and yet pos
sess million. He cannot be figured
on. There is no accurate gauge to
his worth that may be had from his
appearance.
He is the beneficiary of all that
his successful brothers have made
for him. He is measured by the
yardstick that they have set up as a
measure.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06

A Philadelphia store has a bell
which can be heard 30 miles. This
beats Mr.. Coolidge's record by 30
miles.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06

OF course, the colored citizen has
no such assistance. 1t is generally
known that eolored people have little
business opportunity. Colored people
therefore are not regarded as hav-
ing much material wealth. And all
are measured by that fact. But this
is changing-rapidly. And W h e n
colored people are known to control
as much wealth as the Jews they,
too, will fall heir to that general at
titude of respect that is given to
those who represent power.
The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06
You Are Now Reading

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West Of Chicago
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The Enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 192?-1930, 1928-09-06
Solve Our Own Problems

Casper, Wyoming.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-27
Swine Flu Exceedingly
Expensive to Breeders

Since the introduction of preventive
measures for hog cholera, greater loss
is sustained ny hog producers from
flu than from cholera. Flu undoubt-
eddy causes greater financial less to
the producer of hogs than any other
single disease. While many hogs &C
tually die from flu the main damage
occasioned by this disease is the re-
suit of loss in condition of the herd.
When a herd is infected with the flu,
even though recovery is secured with
out loss from death, there is a ire
mendous waste of feed, for the pork
ers not only fail to gain in weight
while affected with the disease, but
generally they also lose weight. When
brood sows become affected with the
flu, the problem is still more serious
because it very often causes abortion
and If not, many of the pigs will be
born dead, SO that the average num-
Der of pigs raised per sow. even
though no sows are lost, may be re-
duced by 100 per cent, which makes
the pigs very expensive. The thing to
do is to institute preventive measures
against this disease by supplying
good, well ventilated sleeping quar-
ters, kept well bedded.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-01-27
Distinction Is
Best for Scab
Kills Organisms ON Tuber
and Prevents introduce
ton Into Soil.

The Importance of seed disinfection
in the growing of clean crop of POI
tatoes is much greater than the aver
age grower realizes. Potato special
lists at the college of agriculture In
New Brunswick point out that in tests
conducted in 1920 disinfected seed
showed an increase of 339 bushels
per acre over untreated seed. In addi-
ton to the increase In yield there was
considerable reduction in the num-
Der of scabby potatoes.
Kills Organisms. g
Not only will disinfection kill or
sanisms on the tuber, but it prevents
their Introduction into the sell as
well. This is especially true of scab
organisms. Unquestionably, If seed
treatment had been more generally
adopted in the past, more growers
would not now be growing scabby po-
tatOes. JyGt
There are two chemicals commonly
recommended for seed treatment, for
maldehyde and corrosive sublimate.
Fcrmaldehyde does not give as eff
cient control of scab, so the use of
corrosive sublimate is advised. This
material is poison and must be kept
away from animals; furthermore, 1t
corrodes metal and must be made up
and used in wooden containers.
Mix Corrosive Sublimate.
Mix corrosive sublimate at the rate
of A ounces to 80 gallons Of water.
The potatoes should be soaked in this
solution for at least one-half hour,
but if heavily infected with scab or
rhizoctonia, continue the treatment
one hour. AS soon as potatoes are
treated they should be removed from
the solution and dried. Corrosive SUBJ
Innate is removed from the solution
by the potatoes, so measures must be
adopted to keep it up to original
strength. This may be done by add
ing one-half ounce Of dissolved cor
rosive sublimate after treating every
four bushels. Seed can be treated for
from four to five cents bushel.