Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-29

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q. Did Herbert Hoover receive both
Republican and Democratic votes in the
Michigan presidential preference pri-
mary in 1920?-H. r.
A. He was voted for In both the Re-
publican and Democratic primaries.
He ran fourth as q Republican candt-
date and first as q Democratic choice.
He received 50, 500 Republican votes and
4,046 Democratic votes.
@. How many business enterprises
are conducted by Negroes2-B. G..
A. The National Negro Business
League says that there are 5000 Negro
physicians, 81 insurance companies, 35
banks and 270 newspapers. Negroes
conduct 10000 business enterprises of
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O. What States use whipping posts
or straps for moraliztng crtminals?-J.
q. H.
A. The National Society of Penal In
formation says: Delaware is the only
State in the Union where the whipping
post Is used for moralizing criminals.
It is the belief of those who have come
in direct contact with this form Of pun.
ishment that it is exceedingly ineffec-
tive. Warden Leach Of the New Castle
County Workhouse of Wilmington, Del,
whose duty it Is to apply the lash, is
firmly convinced that 1t should be abol-
iShed. He has stated on numerous oc-
casionS, both publicly and privately, that
he has on several occasions been COM
PEELED to whip a man number Of
times. In the States of Virginia, Ala
bama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee
and Arkansas the strap is used as q
means Of punishment for violation Of
the rules while serving sentence. This
method Of punishment Is gradually
coming into disuse. In the States where
this punishment has been barred in re-
cent years, such as Florida and North
! Carolina, officials have stated that 1t
has resulted In better discipline"
Q. What can be done for chickens
that pick at one another?-K. q. K.
A. The trait whereby chickens are
constantly picking at one another Is
called cannibalism. Once they have the
taste of blood it Is almost impossible to
stop them. About the only solution in
treatment Of this condition Is to put
them out on range.
@. Why did the English decide to
colonize in America?-L. M. T.
A. Walkers Essentials in English
History" says 1.-The beginning of Eng
lish colonization is due to the states
manship of Walter Raleigh. Although
erratic and visionary in many respects
Raleigh saw clearly that attacks on
Spanish ports or vessels were a poor
method of fighting Spain. He appears
to have been the first to conceive the
idea of opposing Spain by invading her
special domain, the American continent,
and erecting there against Spanish
dominance a lasting bulwark by plant
ing a series of colonies along its coast
Drake might plumber and burn, but
Raleigh preferred to plant and settle
In 1885 he sent Sir Richard Grenville
to Roanoke Island with q colony of 100
persons; in 1887 he sent John White
with $50 more, and although both these
attempts failed, yet they led in the next
reign to the more lasting work of the
Virginia Co."