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The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
The "New Deal in Dixie.

New York-(CNS)-Miss Mary
White Ovington, Treasurer Of the
National Association for the Advan-
cement of Colored people after a
sixty-day tour in the south in COM
m.anting on the New Deal" in the
South said:
"The politicians are in the first
row., the poor whites in the second,
and the Negroes a good way back in
the third line. Naturally they get what
the others leave and in many places,
the money is considerable,t the
and need work, the leavings are old
clothes, some food, little work. But
where the money is considerable, the
Negro may get a job. You see them
on the roads, two Negroes languidly
using a shovel and two white men
Longing by them as overseers.
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
DR.. r. A. ADAMS is EN-.
DORSED FOR EDITOR
OF A. M. e.. REVIEW

At the sessions Of the Kansas City
District Conference last week, DR.. R.
A. Adams, who is presiding elder of
that district was enthusiastically en-
dorsed for the position of editor of
the A. M. E. Review. This journal
is conceded to be one Of the highest
literary class and for the most part,
it's editors have been men of excep-
tional ability in this field. The list
of editors included DR.. J. T. Jenifer,
Prof. H. T. Heating, Bishops L. J.
Coppin and r. c. Ransom, and the
present incumbent, DIR. J. G. Robinson.
In announcing his candidacy DR..
Adams declared that if he were elect
ed he would commit himself to the
following policy: first to make the
review the best in its history; second.
to recommend the reduction of the
subscription price of the review from
one dollar and a half to dollar;
third, TO initiate an effort to put the
Review into hands Of thousands of
laymen; fourth, to use the surplus
that may accrue for the benefit of
superannuates and the families of
deceased ministers.
The resolution endorsing DR.. Adams
was signed by Drs. W. d. Wilkins,
J. N. Goddard, T. w. Kidd, ministers
serving the largest churches in Kan
sas City District. The resolution
read: BE it resolved that our district
Conference in session assembled pledg
our support to DR.. R. A. Adams in
his candidacy for the editor of the
A. M. E. Review, knowing him to be
a man eminently qualified for this
office, and that we present him to
the Fifth Episcopal Distrit with the
recommendation that he be accepted
as the District candidate for this
position"
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28

clans six centuries before Christ
About $50 or 500 B. c. trading posts
were established on the coast Of
Morocco and perhaps reached as far
as the Gold Coast The ancients had
practically accurate knowledge of the
Nile from its source. Mohammedan
s~lavetraders had taken Northern Afri-
ca by the eighth century; later, they
crossed the Saraha Desert into Sou
dan and went as far south as the
Zanlbesi. Christian slave traders c
ceeded the Mehammedans, but their
traffic. was confined to the coast.
No definite knowledge Of the interior
of Africa was obtained until 1874,
when Henry M. Stanley made his
explorations in Central Africa. Ito
be continued)
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28

In the spring Of 1866 while he was
a student at the University, a report
reached the campus that a mob had
gath re at the county jail, bent on
lynching an alleged horse thief. Rush
ing down to the jail yard, he found
it filled with a milling crowd Of de-
tea mined men surrounding the jailer
and demanding the keys. Then he
became aware of the presence of
General Lee moving quietly among
the crowd and urging each group as
r. nassel 70 let the law take its
curse. This continued for some
time and then the mob slowly broke
up, remounted their horses and rode
out Of town. Prof. Graves says,
They could not do a deed of lawless
violence in the presence Of 'Marse
Robert whose standard they had
followed on many a battle field"
Judge Tyler tells as follows Of a
similar incident which took place
during his first year at Washington
and Lee:
"A very popular young student, a
son of Judge Brockenbrough. profess
sor of law, got into a difficulty with
s and was badly shot. His life
was despaired Of. AS soon as the
news of the assault reached the col
lege, four hundred students, with a
brother of the wounded boy at their
head, searched for and captured the
trembling wretch, and with a rope
around his neck, marched through the
streets of the town to the court house
square, with intent to wreck their
vengeance on the man.
ct was in vain that the college
and town authorities sought to calm
the frenzied mob and induce them to
turn over the Negro to the officers
Of the law. Just then General Lee
appeared. I'M nediately the tumult
was hushed, and the General, stand
ing in the midst Of the excited
throng, simply said: Young gentle
men, let the law take is course The
quiet words had the effect of a mill
tary order, and the Negroes life was
saved"
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
N. A. A. c.. p. INSPIRED
OF SCOTS
BORO
IS CALLED "VICI-
GUS LIE"

New York, April 20-The charge
printed originally in the Daily Work
er and reprinted in several colored
newspapers that the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of Colored
People and especially William Pickens.
field secretary, planned and directed
torture of the Scottsboro defendants
in Jail in Birmingham in order to get
them to give up the /. L. D. and take
N. A. A. G. P. lawyers was branded
here today as a vicious lie" by Mr.
Pickens and the association.
The "news story" stated Dean
Pickens had visited the boys in the
Birmingham Jail "four weeks ago"
to try and persuade them to renounce
the l. L D. and except a lawyer of the
association"
Pickens has not visited the boys
since 1881 and has not been in the
state Of Alabama since 1882, he de-
clared today.
The news story" also stated that
"a pact between the national leader
ship of the N. A. A. G. P. and the
Alabama lynchers was revealed" as
the cause Of the "reign of terror
against the Scottsboro boys The
Washington Tribune story stated:
"This charge was made by the Inter
national Labor Defense following an
intensive investigation, etc"
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
ABOUT US

"The abolition Of Negro slavery
was not only justified but absolutely
required by the principle af utility
and by the conscience of mankind; for
Negro slavery was a disgrace to civil
ization and an obstacle to progress.
But could the Abolitionists either in
England or in the United States have
fought with success their desperate
battle against oppression had they
not been strengthened by an unswerv-
ing faith in the essentials similarity
whether blacks or whites?" A. W.
Dicey in Law and Public Opinion in
England"
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
MONROE TROTTER MILITANT
EDITOR OF GUARDIAN DIES
IN PLUNGE

Boston, Mass. (CNS)-William
Monroe Trotter, the militant editor
of the Boston Guardian and Secretary
of the National Equal Rights League
was killed here April 6, in a plunge
from an upper story window Of his
home in the Roxbury district he
had retired from the active publica-
ton Of his paper about a week ago
and had been in an extremely nervous
condition for several months due to
over work. His sister Mrs. Maude
Trotter Steward has assumed his
newspape duties.
Mr.. Pelham of the Capitol News
Service in commenting on Mr.. Trot-
ter's death said: civilian Monroe
Trotter, best known as Monroe Trot-
ter, was in the opinion Of many the
most consistent militant editor in the
United States. Editing and publish
ing the Guardian of Boston, Mass, he
kept at the work heading his paper
with the ringing slogan: Segregation
for Colored is the Real Permanent
banning Degradation in the u. S.
A.-Fight It.
d was spokesman for nuremous
delegations that made visits to the
White House urging Executive action
1 many race matters At N time,
he was so insistent and out spoken
IN presenting his cause that he was
invited by President Wilson to de-
sist or retire with his delegation
he did the latter with dramatic eff
feet and thus drew the worlds at
tention to the cause for which he
was fighting.
Il fully agree with one of his pals
who two days before his death
wrote: Hello Pal. How are you?
Like thousands of others, l presume
you are a little overtaxed, having
worked hard. You know there is
only one Monroe Trotter, too bad
you didn't have a dozen boys to take
your place. Cheer up, old boy, there
is a lot of work you are to do for
the race. You are the greatest race
champion since the days of Moses,
the geatest our day has " e had
"Trotter's tragic death on his 62nd
birthday following a family reunion
just a few days prior. at Neponset
surrounded by two sisters and bis
uncle, Nv. II. Dupree, IS years old
Marhc 81; Is greatly to be regretted"
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
WHAT THE NEGRO EDITORS ARE
SAYING

President Roosevelt has a gigantic
task in bringing the various indus
tries into working agreement under
the NRA. One fortunate thing is
that the majority of the American
people believe he is equal to the task,
and this belief ~pervades the economic
atmosphere and crosses party lines.
MIR. Roosevelt knows that he is only
the coordinator; that the people, after
all are the mes to determine the sue
cess of the administration. 1t is this
traditional courage of the American
people thi t will pull the country
through the depression if it is going
to be pulled at all. We are not
quite out of the debale yet. The com
ing months will call for the best brains
and the most alert assistance from
all the people-"-Tampa Bulletin,
April IA, 1884.
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
General Lee and Lynch Law
Great Confederate Leader Twice
Dispersed Mobs and Saved In
tended Victims
By r. B. Eleazer.

1t is not commonly known that the
noted Confederate leader, Gen. r. E.
Lee. while president Of Washington
and Lee University just after the
Civil War, twice broke up mobs in
Lexington, Va, the seat Of the Uni
versity, and saved their intended
victims from death. Two stories are
told in Riley's biography of Lee, the
one by Prof. G. A. Graves Of the
University faculty and the other by
Judge D. G. Tyler of Holdcroft, Va,
both alumni Of the institution. In
brief Prof. Graves story is as fol
lows:
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
Commission on Interracial
Cooperation.
R. B. Eleazer, Educational Director

R. B. Eleazer, Educational Director
Atlanta, Ga. April 18-Reports
from abroad indicate that Prof. Fred
erick Hall, Of this city, now studying
music in England under a fellowship
Of the General Education Board, is
making notable progress with his
work, and living up fully to his
American reputation for character
and ability.
Sailing in September with his
bride, the former Miss Mildren Phil
lips Greenwood, Of Atlanta. Prof.
Hall has since been located in
London, where he is studying com
position, voice and choral and or
chestral conducting in the Royal
College of Music. Meantime, through
contact with the Federation Of Music
al Festivities and the Folk Dance So
ciety, he is making a wide study Of
folk music. He has also been ac-
corded extraordinary opportunities to
observe the work of the London Or
chesta and Of the great Westminster
Abbey, Madrigal and Bach Choirs.
The vast musical collections in the
British Museum and the Cecil Sharp
Library have also been made avail
able to him.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hall expect soon to
go into Wales for an intensive study
of the folk music Of that country,
thence into Scotland, and later to the
principal musical capitals Of Europe.
Prof. Halls special interest IN
brace folk music, school music and
church music. On his return to
America he hopes to foster the de-
velopment Of these three types Of
music among American Negroes, as
effective means Of culture and self
expression, and as assets to the COM
munity and church life Of the race.
Mrs. Hall, an excellent pianist, is
continuing her studies and at the
same time helping her husband in his
work. The couple have met many
outstanding musical leaders who have
shown them every courtesy and given
them the fullest opportunity to profit
by their stay abroad.
The son of Mrs Laura F. Hall, of
this city, Prof. Hall is one Of five
children, all Of whom though brought
Up by a widowed mother, have achiev-
ed places Of usefulness and respect
AS composer, teacher and conductor,
he is widely known throughout the
south, and to a lesser degree in the
East and middle West. For several
years he was instructor in music at
Jackson College, Jackson, Miss and
served at the same time as ~supervis-
Or of music in the city schools. He
then returned to Atlanta, where he
has since been remarkably ces
full as director Of music at Clark
University, Morris Brown College
and Cannon Theological Seminary.
While here he composed and directed
The notable musical ~pageants" Pearly
and Heritage" which have
been produced and enthusiastically
received in many of the principal
southern cities. The former had a
successful run also in Chicago
Prof. Halls fellowship was grant
ed on the basis of his well-known
and in the expectation that,
after a season of study abroad, he
would be fitted for even larger
to the people Of his own
country.
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
e DAILY FEA-
TURES ANTI-LYNCH-
ING FIGHT

New York, April 22-The National
Association for the Advancement Of
Colored People has just received a
copy Of "El Pals, leading Havana
daily, carrying a column-long story
on the Costigan Wagner anti-lynch-
ing bill hearings.
The Omaha guide., 1934-04-28
LOLA
COLUMN
Cor the Literary Service Bureau
Items in Negro History
UNKNOWN"

For centuries Africa has existed
in the minds of men not as a continent
but as a coast line The early Afri-
cans were known mostly by their
Mediterranean commerce and inter-
course. Homer considered them "the
fatherest removed men," Herodotus
stated that visits as far as the
equator, were made by the Phoeni-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-11-01

Council of the City of Sank Gen.
tire held October 18th, 1884 at 7:30
with all members present.
It was moved by Councilman
Connolly and seconded by Council
man Cass that the Mayor and City
Attorney are instructed to COM
mence and maintain an action on
behalf Of the City against Berna-
dine Dirnberger for obstructing a
portion Of the south side of Third
Street along Lot Block Is Origin
al Townsite of Sank Centre and for
the further purpose Of determining
the rights of the City in the portion
OF Street so obstructed. Upon be-
ing put to vote the motion was car
rfed by the unanimous vote of the
City Council.
The Clerk was instructed to noti-
fly property owners on Third Street
that the Council would like to meet
them at the Community Club
Rooms on Monday night, October
18th.
The meeting was adjourned.
Special meeting Of the Common
Council of the City Of Sank Centre
held October 10Th, 1884 at 500
o'clock P. M. with all the members
present.
Mr.. III. T. Hagerstad, the Engi-
neer, was present and the matter
of the Storm Sewer Project was
taken up and discussed. Mr.. Hager-
stad proposed to make a prelimin-
airy survey Of the City to determine
the lay out of a comprehensive
plant for drainage and to make
plans and specifications for that
part of the city living West Of Elm
Street and set the preliminary
grade stakes for a portion Of such
part of sewer as would enable the
City to start the work.
His proposition for this work, or
that part above stated. was to do
this work for the sum of $175OO.
Later. he would submit price on the
entire system. His offer was
unanimously accepted and the work
was to begin Tuesday, the 18th.
The meeting adjourned.
J. T.. Cooper, City Clerk.
Special meeting of the Common
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-11-01

Clerk, and due notice having been
published fixing this the day and
time of hearing thereon, praying
for licenses for "On Sale" and "Of
Sale" Liquor Licenses at No. 316
South Main Street, Sank Centre,
Minnesota, and at and in the front
room on the ground floor of the
building situate on the South "a
feet of Lot 4 in Block II Original
Townsite of Sank Centre, Minneso-
ia, and the required license fee
paid and said applications being ac-
companied by Bond in the sum of
100000 for "On Sale" License and
100000 for "Off Sale" License, said
Bonds being issued by the Western
Surety Company of Sioux Falls,
Minnehaha County, South Dakota.
Now Therefore. If and when said
Bonds are properly executed by said
applicant. c. A. Smith, the said
bonds and sureties thereon be ap-
proved and applications and IL
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mer and son, Lester, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Kind, Mr.. and Mrs. Bill
Quade and Minnie, Mrs. Margaret
Warner and children, Mrs. Edwin
Kind and children, Mr.. and Mrs.
arthur Lloyd and Earl and Elmer,
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Kind and Yer
non, Mrs. Tillie Ritter and children,
VALLEY Bowman, Jim Rapp, Her
man and Edwin Quade, Herman
Thostenson, Arnold and Arvin
Kind, Henry and Clara Weihe. The
evening was spent in playing 500.
Head prizes went to Mrs. VIM.
Asmus and Alvin Gritzmacher. At
midnight dainty lunch was serv-
ed.
Arthur and Ella Below spent
Monday evening and were over
night guests of David and Evelyn
Klar.
Mrs. Joe Spaeth spent a few
days with Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Rip
ka
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-11-01
$4,000 Farm Families VIII Get
Fresh Start

Particular concern will be given
this winter by the Minnesota ERA,
Emergency Relief Administration
to $4,000 Minnesota farm families,
who with some planned assistance
may be able to regain a self-suppor-
ting status, according to an an
nouncement made by L. P. thinner
man, deputy administrator.
The conditions which, for the
present, hinder the restoration of
these people to a normal economic
life, are their want of seed, machin-
cry and livestock, and also the lack
of means to maintain their farm
buildings in repair.
DR.. r. w. Murchie, director Of
the Minnesota ERA division of rur-
al rehabilitation, estimates that a
total of $4,000 farm families receive
relief. Of these, only $4,000 are ell
igible to such special aid as might
again transform them into indepen-
dent agriculturists, a recent study
revealed.
The drouth deprived two-thirds
of the latter Of any possibility to
harvest crop this year, while the
remainder need subsistence animals
or more productive land to provide
the major part of their food re-
quirements. Q
Separate surveys are to be in
itiated in each county in Minnesota
to ascertain the needs Of families
coming within the range Of the in
vestigation. Families now strugg-
ling to exist on marginal land, will
be assisted to get settled in new en-
vironments, where soil conditions
are more promising. Final plans
depend on what the surveys dis
close, according to Doctor Murchie
Surplus Pigs To Be Processed
Farmers who have surplus pigs
to dispose of under the AAA corn
hog program, may do so through
the Minnesota ERA Emergency
Relief administrator relief wor-
kers, L. P. Zimmerman, deputy
administrator, has announced.
The agents are authorized to &C
cept the animals and to redistrib-
ute them Immediately to relief cli-
ents, who will undertake to keep
them until March 1, 1885, the date
set for their processing into food
products for the needy. No hog
weighing lesst han fifty pounds will
be accepted.
It is suggested by Benjamin e.
Yonugdahl, Minnesota ERA direc-
tor Of social service, that the an
imals need not necessarily be
brought into the county seat, when
ever a transfer is indicated by the
relief worker from one family to
another in the same township or
district.
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Page Three

Council Of the City of Sank Centre
was held October 22nd, 1894 at 7:30
p. M. with all members present.
The M. j. ONeil contract for the
construction of the Sewage Dis
posal Plant was taken up and the
matter of partial acceptance there
Of was discussed.
Colonel John Stewart, p. w. A.
Inspector, specified that Mr.. ONeil
should deposit $7646.9S and that the
City should procure Cashiers
Checks to the various creditors of
Mr.. O'Neil and mail such cashiers
checks to the respective parties.
It was moved by Councilman
Walker that payment be made to
R. J. ONeil doing business as M.
j. ONeil, for the Sewage Disposal
Plant, in accordance with final es-
innate submitted and approved by
the City's Engineer and by the p.
w. A. inspectors in the sum Of
SS690.4S, but that there be deducted
from said sum and held by the City
$500 to be handled in accordance
with the contract with the said
~ 4NCA4 odSC0 aug uSI 4OILl, 4oOfp anu
which pertains to the outfall sewer;
further, that damage to be paid by
O'Neil for not completing the con-
tract within the allotted time be
fixed at $11S.51, the cost to the City
for extra inspection and further
moved that the payment to O'Neil
be handled in accordance with in
structions issued by Colonel John
Stuart, P. w. A. ispector.
The motion was seconded by
Councilman Steffes and upon being
put to vote was unanimously car
ried.
| The Clerk was istructed to draw
an order in favor Of M. J. O'Neil in
the sum of $719048. Also the ac-
ton Of the Clerk in drawing Order
No. 1868 in favor Of Russell Staver
in the sum of $111.46 on October
10th was confirmed.
The bill Of VIM. Hanson for
wood for poor Of $1,000 and the
Arnold Bjerkaar bill Of $500 were
allowed.
The meeting adjourned.
]. F. Cooper, City Clerk.
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censes applies for be issued in the
name. Of the City of Sank Centre
and signed by the City Clerk.
It being provided, however, that
such "Off Sale" Licenses and Bond
are subject to approval by the Ii
quor Control Commissioner of the
State of Minnesota, and such "Off
Sale" License shall only be effective
if and when approved by said Com
missioner.
The motion was seconded by AL
derman Steffes and carried by all
voting Aye, Nays, none.
"a saleman for the Elk River &C.
ment Tile Company gave the Coun-
CT. some information on the matter
of making Storm Sewer Tile and
suggested further considerable be-
fore commencing the manufacture
of tile this winter.
After disposing of several COM
munications the Council proceeded
to audit the bills.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-11-01
Government Aid To All College
Scholars

More than 1000 college students,
whose attendance depends upon
their ability to earn their expenses
have been able to re-enroll for the
ensuing year as a result of federal
and state aid granted them, it has
been announced by L. P. thinner
man, deputy administrator of the
Minnesota ERA, Emergency Re
lief administrator.
Participating in this student aid
program are 80 universities and
colleges. The University of Mime
sofa has the largest number Of fed
eral and state aid students, with
1853 enrolled.
THE scholars in this way assis-
ted, says DIR. Herbert Sorenson
Minnesota ERA director of the
Emergency Education division
represent IL per cent Of the college
enrolment in the state"
OF the allotment for October
about $500 was appropriated by
the state and $500 by the federal
government.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-11-01
Council Proceedings

Regular monthly meeting Of the
Common Council Of the City OF
Sank Centre held Wednesday, Octo-
Der Bird, 1884 at 7:30 p. NJ. with all
the members present.
The minutes Of the previous
meeting were read and approved.
Alderman Walker moved, that
whereas in accordance with Chap
ter 187 Of the Ordinances Of the
City Of Sank Centre and the Laws
Of the State of Minnesota, applica-
ton had been made by A. c. Smith
and filed in the office of the City
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1934-11-01

The bill of Vern L. Soltau of
$12.75 was allowed at 1895; Dab
lem's Grocery of $13.06 was allowed
at $11.86; Russell Staver's Of $278.75
was allowed at $73.11; and William
Robinson's of $3.50 was allowed at
$500. o. w. Dowswell's bill of $3.50
and that of DR.. Kettlewell Of $1,000
were referred to Alderman Connel-
ly. That of MERGED Crippen of
1882 and that Of Mark Mad.and of
$1,000 were referred to the City
Attorney. These referred bills to
be paid when returned and found
correct.
The following bills were audited,
allowed and ordered paid in full,
viz: