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The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-19
Negro Democrats Get
Jobs At Olympia

OLYMPIA, Wash. With the in
auguration of Governor Martin and
the Democratic party in complete
control of the state government
eleven Negro Democrats were given
places this week ranging from jan
it0rs TO messengers. Emmett II
Holmes of Spokane Is messenger of
The secretary of state; N. N. Carter.
Seattle, in charge Of hat aud coat
room; house and senate employees
are NJ Donneagn. Doll Freeman,
Chester Johnson of Spokane; Thorn
as f. Salter, II. Davis, +. b. Crit.
fin. j. -. White Of Seattle Rev. w.
B. Williams. Bremerton; w. r. Har-
ris, Ellensburg; Charles Robinson,
Yakima. II is rumored an impor-
ant assignment is to be given Rob-
art Ryan of Seattle.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-19
New York Lawyer To
Defend Scottsboro Boys

NEW YORK CITY-Samuel Lei
bowitz, one of New York's most
famous criminal lawyers, will per-
sonally conduct the defense of the
Scottsboro boys at the new trial
granted them by the U. S. Supreme
court. officials of the International
Labor Defense announced today.
The entrance of the famous law
yer into the case is the latest step
of the LID in its long drawn bat
tie to free the victims of Alabama
legal lynch justice which began two
years ago.
New trial has been set for the
March term of the Scottsboro court.
Lawyers for the defending organi-
cation have announced that they
will seek a change of venue to
take the trial out of the hostile
atmosphere of the city where the
boys were railroaded to a death
sentence.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-19
Only One Negro
On City Payroll
In Richmond, Va.

RICHMOND. Va.-Out of $4,000
Negro citizens in this city. only one
is on the city payroll, it was re-
vealed this week.
He is employed as janitor at the
City Hall.
This startling revelation was
brought to light as officers of the
Richmond Democratic League, Ros-
eoe c. jackson, president, opened Il
concerted drive TO get 10000 more
registered voters on the books and
to the polls ON forthcoming cleo
tions.
Figures show that there are 5000
registered voters here who failed to
pay their last three years poll taxes.
There are also $4,000 people who
are assessed. for poll taxes and by
their negligence. do not interest
themselves enough to pay them.
Whites Get All Jobs
Whites have gobbled up all of the
municipal jobs, despite the fact that
their numerical representation does
not entitle them to such prepon-
derance. The lethargy of the Negro
voter has become almost a tradition
here and as this city and state are
additionally Democratic, promoters
of the league organization feel that
the Democratic party is the only
one with which to be allied.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-19
Birmingham Man
Given 1892 Walker
Gold M edal

NEW YORK-For showing "ex-
ceptional loyalty, devotion. and
courage in the face of the pref
udices, handicaps, and plain dan
gers of a southern city DR.. Chas.
A. j. Mcpherson, secretary of the
Birmingham branch of the Nation
al Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, has been award
ed the 1892 Nine. c. j. Walker
gold medal. The medal has been
awarded annually by the Walker
company to the individual adjudg-
ed to have performed outstanding
service to the race through the N.
A.A.C.P. 1t will be presented to
DR.. Mcpherson at the associations
annual conference in Chicago in
June.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-19

The Rev. John r. Harris, pastor of
Grace Presbyterian Church, was sig
nally honored last week by his cleo
ton as vice president of the Seattle
Presbyterian Ministers Association.
He also was elected alternate dele
gate to the Presbyterian general as
sembly to be held next May in Fort
Worth, Texas. Another honor came
to Rev. Harris this week when he
received information that he had
been chosen by the Presbyterian
National Board of Missions to make
q lecture tour of Presbyterian
churches in California. He will leave
Seattle January 25 to be gone four
weeks. His lectures will be made to
white audiences as there is only one
colored Presbyterian church in Cali
fornia.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-19
Def REST Resigns
The Leadership Of
Non-Partisan Group

WASHINGTON (CNS)-The Ma
tional Negro Non-Partisan League
that was organized in Washington
in December 1881, and of which
Oscar DePriest. Republican men,
Der of Congress from the First Illi-
nois district, was unanimously elect
ed president, will hold a'meeting in
Washington, March 3.
Mr.. DePriest, owing to added leg
islative duties, has resigned as
president and Kelly Miller. of How
ard University. has been elected to
succeed the Congressman.
The following is the official an
nouncement just released by the
league:
Convinced that the initial plans
of the National Negro Partisan
League have been carried out as
outlined in the Findings Committee
report, as a result of the sessions
held in Washington, D. c., Deem
Der 2, and 4. 1881, Congressman
DePriest has rendered his resigna-
ton as head of the league, which
was accepted by the executive COM
mittee at it's meeting Thursday.
Mr.. DePriest pleaded that there
would be added demands upon his
time in connection with his legis-
lative duties, especially in view of
the fact that he will move up in the
seniority scale of the House. His
interest in the work of the league
in furtherance of a farreaching pro-
gram for the Negro, is reported not
in the least lessened by his resigna-
ton.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-19
Southern Chain Gang
Probe By u. S. Looms

NEWARK-Demand for a con-
gressional investigation of chain
gangs in southern states was indi-
Gated today as an aftermath of
Governor Moore's refusal to order
extradition of Robert Elliott Burns
to Georgia.
Representative Marc T. Norton.
New Jersey, may call for such ac-
ton, she limited, after being in
formed of the attack upon Moore
in the House by Congressman Homer
Parker of Georgia.
Mrs Norton, who made an ap-
peal for Burns, said:
I'm view of newspaper stories OF
another New Jersey boy, whose
death was attributed to inhuman
treatmen in another southern state,
it might be we'll to have these mat
ters investigated in full"
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-19
Rev. Sutton Griggs
Dies In Houston

HOUSTON, Texas.-Rev. Sutton
H. Griggs died in Houston after a
short illness from an attack of flu
which developed into pneumonia. The
end came early Monday. Rev. Griggs
formerly was pastor of Hopewell
Baptist Church of Denison, which
pastorate he relnqushed to accept
the head Of the National Religious
Institute with headquarters in Hous-
ton. He was actively engaged in
this work at the time of his death
The body will be sent to Dallas for
burial.
Surviving is a brother, A, Il.
Griggs Jr., director of publicity Of
the Knights of Liberty Of America.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-19
White Youth Risks
His Life ToSave
Negro Couple

HELENA, Ark.-This community,
which in 1919 was torn by destruc-
tive race conflict due to misunder-
standing and fear. was the scene a
few days ago of a heroic act of in
terracial good will that deserves to
be widely heralded and recorded in
humanity's Book of Golden Deeds"
In striking contrast to the tragic
story of other days, in which the
two races were pitted against each
other in mortal combat, in this case
a white school boy freely gambled
his life on the effort to save the
lives of two Negroes-and won! The
story Is as follows:
Burke Hale, age seventeen, a
student in Helena High School,
proved himself a hero Wedne day
when he rescued a Negro couple
from the chilly waters of Long Lake.
Burke, with several other students
was en- route to Helena in school
bus when V. S. Strawder and his
wife. the latter a school teacher
riding in an enclosed automobile,
plunged into the lake.
Young Hale, despite protests Of
his companions, pulled off his coat
and trousers, jumped into the water
swan to the car and broke out
rear window through which he drag
ged the Negro couple. The auto
mobile was almost submerged.
The youth, who is a Life Scout
is a son of w. N. Hale, a tenant
farmer, living six miles from Helena
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-19
N.A.A.C.P. Officials
Pose AS Laborers In
Dixie Levee Camps
George Schuyler
And Roy Wilkins
Enter Levee Camps

NEW YORK-(Co-op. News vi
vid pictures of oppression. terrorism,
and exploitation of Negro laborers,
coupled with forced prostitution and
chain gang sentences for Negro wo-
men in the Mississippi delta region
during the present governmental
construction of the flood control
project there. We're painted by
George S Schuyler, journalist. and
Roy wilkins. assistant secretary of
the N.A.A.C.P.. at that body's an
nual meeting Sunday at Abyssinian
Baptist Church.
Revealing for the first time that
they had spent the last three weeks
disguised as laborers and investigat-
ing conditions In the river region
for the association the two writer's
gave "A forceful account of their ex-
periences in Mississippi. Arkansas
and Louisiana. which included the
Incarceration of Mr.. Schuyler in
Vicksburg jail and narrow escape
of the pair from stretch" on a
Mississippi chain gang
According to the Investigators, Ne
groes are forced to work II to 16
hours day for 81 and are then
Systematically robbed of this meagre
sum by commissary. ice water and
cooks charges. The case of Il man
who received $3.50 for five weeks
work was cited. All Negroes, men
and women, are subjected to brutal
beatings by overseers, and are forced
to live In crowded, floorless tents
and filthy quarters with no garbage
disposal or screens In malaria in
tested country, they said. system
of forced trading at the commissary
reduces the workers to virtual peon-
age, the investigators asserted.
Police Rob Schuyler
Mr.. Schuyler, who says he was
robbed of $40 by Vicksburg (Miss.)
officers. and locked up overnight on
suspicion, charges that the utter
helplessness of the natives in this
region Is not confined to the labor
ers alone. Professional and business
men are caught in the net, he said,
and prostitution is rife even in the
higher circles. Inability to explain
heir presence on a Mississippi road
or TO claim Ownership" by some
white farmer of the region almost
resulted in the sending of the inves-
tigators to the chain gang, they
stated.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-19
French Senator Hits
u. S. Color Prejudice

PARIS, France-An article that
appeared in L'Intransigiant. Paris
daily, by Henri Lemery, Negro sem
ator from Martinique. deals with the
question of handing over the French
West indies to America for the war
debts.
He says that tho people of the
islands would view unfavorably the
giving over Of the island to coun-
try whose color prejudices is so
keen
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-19
Wilson Appoints Grand
Sec'y of Daughter Elks

WASHINGTON. D C.-J Finley
Wilson, grand exalted ruler Of Col
ored Elks, announced this week that
he had appointed Mrs. Buena Kelly
Gibbs. daughter Of the late grand
secretary, Emma Kelly to fill the
place of her mother. who died re-
Gently in Norfolk, Va. As grand
exalted ruler Wilson has supreme
authority over daughter Elk temples.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-19
Sues Bus Company

CLEVELAND. Ohio. - Charging
discrimination on the part of the
Pennsylvania Greyhound Bus Line
Company, Mrs. lola Winds Ellis has
filed suit for damages aggregating
$4,000.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-19

If Calvin Coolidge did nothing
else, he proved the value of saving,
living within ones income without
pretentious display. And because
of it he will be remembered in the
future as great American who
tried to teach drunk nation which
would not heed his teaching. 3
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-19
HOE OUR ROW

All the Emancipation orators
seemed to have stressed the point
that Negroes need a new kind of
freedom; that Lincoln broke the
shackles which held them in physical
bondage, but that the Negro must
free his own spirit.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-19

Calvin Coolidge was thrifty. He
preached thrift. He practiced thrift
He was honest and refused to mort
gage his future. He lived in a
forty dollar a month rented house
Mr.. Coolidge was solvent. He point
ed the way-the simple life, living
within his income.
America must steady itself. We
must stop worshipping the great god
mammon. Spend a little, save a
little is mighty good rule. Life
can not be one continuous round OF
riotous living.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-19
Nez0 PeOndge Evidence Uncovered
Editorials
COOLIDGE THRIFT

Quietly, Calvin Coolidge stepped
out of the picture. Without warn
ing he died. From many points of
view he was not a great President.
America. however. would benefit
nightly If it would emulate some
of his virtues.
While he was President, America
was at the height of its prosperity.
Bankers and shop girls bootleggers
and racketeers were all on one wild
party. There was an orgy of wild
spending. The stock market sky
rocketed. Stocks climbed to dizzy
heights. Instead of a chicken in
every pot there were to be two auto
mobiles in every garage.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-19

Every colored business worth while
in Seattle, advertises in The Enter
prise.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-19

Old virtues like thrift became un-
American. Anyone who talked of
saving was a traitor to his country
During the Coolidge administration
the world went cock-eyed. Ameri-
cans had found the key to endless
prosperity. Dragging, loud-mouthed,
newly rich American tourists rode
roughshod over the world.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-19

And then, Coolidge did not choose
to run for President in 1928. The
year 1929. begun with hope and
faith. saw the end of the prosperity
myth. The stock market tumbled,
carrying shop girls. clerks, stenog-
raphers and truck drivers down into
the pit of black despair. 1t was
the beginning of the depression
which has gripped America and the
world for three years.
The big bankers and the political
barons are beaten, licked. They do
not know what caused the wave of
prosperity and they do not know
what to do about the depression.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-19

This newspaper is in full accord
with the proposition that no people
are free until their thoughts are
free; that no one except the en-
shaved can free the spirit. In other
words, Negroes have got to hoe
their own row. No one can do II
for them. That is their task. Try
ing to shift it by giving excuses will
not help. Complaining about In
justice will not do the job. Regard
less of how rough the road or how
high the barriers which stand be-
tween Negroes and their goal, there
is but one way to get there-go.
The Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1931-1952, 1933-01-19

A battle is won by soldiers who
fight. Success comes to those who
have faith in themselves; who are
not afraid. Those who think they
are slaves are slaves, in spite OF
Emancipation Proclamations OF
Amendments to the Constitution
Alibis and excuses for our failures
may tickle our ears and make us
feel good but the only thing which
will help get us out of cur difficult
ties is definite, positive action.
The fields are ready for the har-
vest. The equipment is available
Quit squealing, Take up your i'm
plements and begin to hoe your own
row.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-11-01

Too much carbon dloxide In the
air will kill a man, yet plants can
not live and grow without 1t.
Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-11-01
BY ELMO o r
NJ IL!

Y ' II
Armistice Day.
A day for remembering.
For remembering the titanic con
fict which came to an end just ID
years ago; for remembering the hys-
terical JOY as a war-weary world
turned It's back on death and de-
struction and lifted its face to the
clear skies of the promise of neace /.
Milford chronicle., 1933-01-13
HATS OFF TO THE MILFORD
FIRE DEPARTMENT

"Hats off to the Milford Fire De-
partment". This was the joint
praise Of DR.. ]. w. Cohlmeyer, OF St.
Louis, and Leo e. Busk, of Chicago,
visiting Caulk statesmen last week,
who saw the local fire fighters in
action on Wednesday, January 4.
/ DR.. Cohlmeyer and Buck were
dinner guests at the home of H. c.
Mitten when the fire whistle blew
for fire at The home of Orkin Broth
ers. They Immediately requested
they be motored to the fire. They
had never seen a volunteer fire.
fighting organization in action and
apparently anticipated wild confu-
sion, a waste of effort, and a build
ing rapidly reduced to ashes. In q
word, they expected a sort of bur-
lesque on the serious business of
putting out fire rather than the eff
ficient service they really saw. They
were amazed when they arrived at
the fire that two streams of water
should actually be found drowning
out the flames, and their greatest
surprise was the flre-fghters them
selves seemed to be well-organized
and were going through their du-
ties with the calmness and preci-
sion of the paid force in a big city.
In other words, as they said, they
thought they were going to see some
thing funny, whereas they were sim
ply fiabergasted at the way the, Mil
ford boys did the job.
Milford chronicle., 1933-01-13
NEW COFFEE TIN
INTRODUCED HERE
Improved Blend OF Acme Coffee
Packed In New Vacuum Can
By American Stores Co.

A new type vacuum container has
been adopted by the American Stores
Company, well-known grovery con-
cern, for packing one-pound units
of Acme Coffee.
The essential difference in this
new type vacuum tin, which keeps
coffee fresh indefinitely until open
ed, is in the pry-off lid, providing
easy, quick access to the coffee in
the can.
Such a patented construction
makes il possible to pry of the lid
with only little pressure, remove
the desired amount of the contents
and then tightly re-seal the can
again, a feature which materially
aids in preserving the coffee fresh
ness after it reaches the home.
Coffee experts of the grocery
company say of the new Acme
blend, MANY months were spent in
experimentation, research, and test
ing in an attempt to develQp q blend
that would be distinct by virtue of
its favor, quality aud aroma. We
are satisfied that onr objective has
been accomplished.
"Acme Coffee is now a select blend
of South American and Certified
Arabian Mocha and Java coffees.
Mocha and Java coffees have al
ways been considered the finest
grown. However, the crop is small
and we have therefore sought to
combine them with the very best
South American coffees that would
make a perfect blend.
AT the same time the improved
Acme blend was being developed,
we also looked for an appropriate
This new vacuum tin is
Il decided Improvement
over the vacuum tin that has to be
opened with a key and which does
not reseal tightly. Our new con-
Lainer opens by merely prying off the
i'd and re-seals tightly after using"
Milford chronicle., 1933-01-13
Local And State NetDs

The Ladies' Aid Of Cedar Neck will
have turkey supper in the Cedar
Neck School on January 25.
Watch the Chronicle for the date
of the American Legion Auxiliary's
benefit at the Plaza Theatre.
-
Comingl An illustrated talk by
DIR. Draper about her visit in Cali
fornia. You'll enjoy this Watch for
the date and don't miss it.
-
The choir OF the Methodist Pro-
testant Church will hold rum
mage sale in the Masonic Building
on Saturday, January 14th.
-
The Milford Neck Ladies Aid viii
meet Friday, January 13, with men
as the entertainers. This meeting
will also be election of officers. Ey-
erybody welcome.
DIR. Draper will give an interest
ing lecture soon, under the auspices
of the Fellowship Glass OF the Ave
nue. Church School. Her subject Will
be Sunny California" Look for the
date, next week.
The annual meeting of the Della
ware State Grange Mutual Fire In
suFanee Company will be held IN
Fruitland Grange Hall, Camden.
January IL, 1888, between the hours
of II a. m. and D. m.
-
Come one--come all. Where2 To
Cedar Neck School, January 25. A
fine turkey supper. Generous serv-
ing. Rapid service. Delicious home
cooking. Begin serving at p. m.
Bring your friends. A warm well
come awaits you.
A call meeting of the Fellowship
Glass of the Avenue Methodist Epis-
copal Church School, will be held at
the chapel, Wednesday evening, jan
uary 1S. This is an important meet
ing as there Is much business TO be
considered. Every member is ur-
gently requested to be present.
s-S-
The Ladies' Auxiliary of the Am
erican Legion held their regular
monthly meeting at the Community
Building Monday evening. January
2, with large attendance of mem-
bers. This was a very interesting
meeting with interesting reports
from different chairmen and letters
read by the president, Mrs. August
Faix. Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Frank Elton, Mrs. Jesse Legar,
Mrs. Carlisle Collins and Mrs. Chas.
Banning. The Auxiliary will have a
movie benefit in the near future.
featuring Clara Bow in sCall Her
Savage" at the New Plaza Theatre.
Watch the Chronicle for the date. 3
Milford chronicle., 1933-01-13
:
EGG REPORT MAILED
TO POULTRYMEN
[Conlinuld from Firll Paarl


pullets and hens running together
as mixed fQcks representing 120
farms throughout the state have
been included in the November re-
port of the Delaware farm egg rec
ord project which has been issued
by H. S. Palmer, extension poultry
man of the University of Delaware.
At the present time there are 65
| poultry raisers in Kent county who
are cooperating with the extension
service in this project for the COM
/, ing year, and each of these poultry
men has received a copy of this egg
report from the office of County
Agent Russell E. Wilson.
During November, these pullets
averaged 9.4 eggs each, while the
production per hen dropped to 2.S
eggs, as compared to So eggs per
bird from the pullets and hens in
the mixed fiocks. These egg pro-
duction records compare very fav-
Orably to those for November, 1881,
when the pullets laid 9.4 eggs each,
the hens 3.2 eggs, and the mixed
focks 6.2 eggs per bird. ,
In addition TO the egg records
this report also contains valuable
suggestions accommodation In
regard to the ,luse of litter in the
laying houses. There is nothing that
adds so much to the health of q
flock Of'layers as clean and dry lit
ter in which to scratch for their
grain feed, as a damp and filthy lit
ter. induces colds, roup and a gen.
eral rundown condition among the
birds. Litter should be changed as
often as it shows dampness, and
during cloudy weather or in houses
that are overerowded and poorly
ventilated fresh supply of litter is
necessary every few days. r..4
=, Wheat straw is perhaps the most
economical material to use for lit
ter in the laying houses in Delaware,
although some other materials such
as rye straw, cat straw, shaVings
and sOybean straw may be used to |
good advantage, hut none of these |
is considered as being equal to |
wheat straw for this purpose. Peat !
moss has some desirable qualities as
litter, but its high cost diseourages !
frequent cleaning and this often re-
suits in damp and musty floors in
the laying houses. So
This report also called the atten-
tion of the poultrymen to the sixth !
annual state poultry show which is !
being held in Milford this week in
connection with the animal farm
crop show and rabbit exhibit.