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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-07-13
FOURTH OF JULY INJURIES

The casualties reported in this
neighborhood, as the result of
Fourth of July fireworks, were a
badly injured hand suffered by En-
nest Pierce, of this town, when he
failed to release giant cracker be-
fore it exploded.
Dick Myrick, of Porters Bridge,
also suffered lacerated hand, when
an aerial bomb exploded premature
ly.
Edward M. Taylor, of Elkton, was
cut and burned about the face when
a rocket bomb exploded as he was
investigating it to see why it did not
go off, His wound required eleven
stitches to close.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-07-13
FELL BENEATH CAR WHEELS

Attempting to board slow NOV
ing freight train over the c. & P. D.
railroad, as it passed through Port
Deposit, on Wednesday night, Will
liam Isaac Henry, colored, aged II
wears, missed his hold, fell beneath
the wheels and was killed.
His right leg was severed and was
found about 40 yards from the other
part of his body. Henry was IN
married. Coroner Frazer, of Elk
ton, deemed an inquest unnecessary
and gave certificate of accidental
death.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-07-13
FELL FROM HAY WAGON

Chester Morgan, of Unicorn, Pa,
was badly injured on Tuesday, while
assisting with the hay harvest. He
was operating hay fork at the time
and as a large forkfull was being
lifted from the wagon, he was
struck and pushed backward, falling
onto the barn floor. His collarbone
was fractured. neck and arm also in
jured. He was taken to Lancaster
General Hospital.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-07-13
WILL PICNIC AT CRYSTAL
MANOR

Cecil County Farm Bureau will
hold its annual outing at White
Crystal Beach Manor, on Wednes-
day, Aug. 8. AS in the past this
will be an all day gathering and the
speaking will be limited to less than
one hour. M. D. Lincoln, Executive
Secretary of the Ohio Farm Bureau
Federation, DR.. T. B, Symons. Di-
rector of Extension Service of the
University of Maryland. and Charles
E. Wise. secretary of the Maryland
Farm Bureau Federation, are ex-
pected to be present.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-07-13
BRIEFLY NOTED
HAPPENINGS
Short Paragraphs OF Recent
Events In Town And
County

Gertrude Williams, OF Zion, fell
while playing and fractured both
bones in her right arm.
E. Newell Jenkins has secured
position for the summer at the Ray
mond Hotel, Eagles Mere, Pa.
Six converts of the Southern Bap-
fist Church were baptized in the
susquehanna River at Old Conowin-
go, on Sunday.
A marriage license was issued in
Elkton last week for Lewis Albert
Virgins, of Colora, and Miss Vir-
ginia Mae Cox, of Rising Sun.
Miss Catherine E. Kirk, of Rising
Sun. passed the State Board of
Pharmacy examination on Monday
and was granted registration certii-
cate.
Robert Moore will be the new
postmaster at Oxford, Pa, succeed
ing Newton Palmer, who has filled
the post for twelve years. The Of
flee pays $500.
Thieves forced entrance to the
garage of Harry Mcdowell, at Cal
vert. on Friday night, and stole
quantity of cigarettes, candy and
other merchandise.
The dwelling and one and half
acres of land, near Colora, property
of the late Mary c. Davis, was sold
at public sale on Saturday to Harry
Smithson, of Port Deposit, for ST.
500.
Arthur Handy, young son OF
Frank H. Handy, of Wilmington,
Del, was treated at Union Hospital,
Elkton, last week, for broken arm,
received when he fell while bathing
at Charlestown.
Lawrence F. Sanders, of Perry
willie. is a candidate for the Repub-
lican nomination of County Treas
urer, subject to the September pri-
maries. His card appears in our
columns this week.
Mayor Howard Jackson, of Balti-
more, will be the guest-speaker at
the next dinner meeting of the Third
District Democratic Club, which will
be held at the Howard Hotel, Elk
ton, Monday evening, July 18th.
Eight head of fine cattle standing
under a wild cherry tree on the farm
of Misses Osborn at Darlington, Har-
ford county, were instantly killed
when struck by bolt of lightning
during the storm of Saturday, June
Goth.
The barn on the Lewis Macy farm,
East Nottingham, Pa, was struck by
lightning during the storm of Satur-
day afternoon, June 80. The build
ing and contents were burned. Two
horses in the stable were burned to
death.
Wadley Kreider of Lancaster, Pa,
J purchased at public sale, for ST.
! 900, the 75-acre farm of the late j..
Calvin Kreider, near Rawlingsville,
Pa. At the sale of household goods
two grandfather's clocks brought
S1S5 and $3.50 respectively.
Little Hazel Grant, aged four
years, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George Grant of Port Deposit, was
struck by an automobile on the
streets of that town Thursday morn
ing and seriously injured She was
taken to the Havre de Grace Hos
pital where it was found she had
suffered a fractured leg and other
injuries.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-07-13
SLEEP WALKER FALLS FROM
WINDOW

Walking in his sleep Elmer De-
Baugh, aged IS years, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank DeBaugh Of French
town, fell from a second story win
dow at the home of his parents, near
Frenchtown, this county, and es-
capped with nothing more serious
than a fractured wrist and painful
bruises.
The lad said he did not remember
getting from his bed or going to the
window, and was not awakened until
he landed on the hard earth twenty
feet below.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-07-13
CAMPAIGN BY AIRCRAFT

DR.. Charles H. Conley, Democratic
candidate for the Governship nomi-
nation, will campaign in an airplane'
thereby covering the State In a
speedy manner. This will be the
flrst time in Maryland that a cam
paign has been conducted in this
manner, and DR.. Conley will make
aircraft raids in all parts OF the
state. His politicaleard appears in
our columns.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-07-13
JUNE BRIDES

June was a banner month for we'd
dings, according to the records of
the Clerks Office at Elkton, where
sixty-one couples obtained licenses
during the month, twenty-one more
than were issued during the same
month last year.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-07-13
THREE BARNS BURNED DURING
STORM

During the storm Saturday after
noon, June 80, three barns in the
neighborhood of Glasgow, Del, were
struck by lightning and burned. The
barns were on the properties of Boyd
Mccoy, Lewis B. Ellison and Joseph
Bayard. colored, in the Glasgow
Summit Bridge neighborhood.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-07-13
FIREWORKS BUSINESS BRISK

]. Ben Decker. president of the
Triumph Fusee and Fireworks Co.,
whose plant is located near Elkton,
reports sale of the entire stock Of
fireworks for the Fourth of July
trade, and that instead of the fac
tory closing down after the 4th, as
has been the custom, it will continue
operations, having a large Govern
ment contract on hand.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1934-07-13
COWS KILLED BY LIGHTNING

During the heavy electrical storm
of Thursday afternoon, two valuable
purebred cows. in the pasture field,
on the farm of Frank Kelly. near
Woodlawn. were struck by lightning
and killed
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-04-07
WILL LOCALIZED LOTTERY RETURN?

In many parts of country to-day there is strong
sentiment in favor of legalzing lottery of in
creasing state federal 1t is claimed this
would the load the backs of burdened taxpay
ers in the present crisis fact there is possibility that
BILL looking toward the return of lottery may be
and considered during the session of Con-
gress.
In the American Colonies as we'll as Great Britain,
lotteries exceedingly popular in the 18th Century
Public and private enterprises usually financed by
this For example, Westminster Bridge, in England
built largely with funds secured from lottery In Rob-
nsons History of Great Britain told that the foun
dation collection for the British Museum also pur-
chased in this way
On this side of the Atlantic Ocean. the famous Har-
ward lottery brought in thousands of dollars annually
and during the Revolutionary War, when the Colonies
pressed money they resorted to lottery to
funds The practice continued until about 1925
AT present lotteries are permitted IN many countries,
including France Ireland Sweden, Panama Mexico, Gu
ba and others In all of these countries considerable gov
eminent revenue isvderved from this source.
In the United States to-day, the public annually
spends many millions of dollars lottery but the Gov
lottery be enforced opposition to public senti
Many therefore think it might be wise for the Gov
eminent legaze lotteries and tax them sufficiently to
bring in a large revenue.
Although lotteries prohibited in our cOun
try the laws not rgidly enforced In Illinois, for eN
ample promoters of baseball pools gather in from the
public than fifteen million dollars year The laws
against lottery, in numerous violated Innocent
w. because they little understood and generally
Naturally any attempt to legalize lottery will be Wig
or0usly opposed by many religious organizations and in
dvidual citizens On the other hand however those who
the laws prohibiting lotteries rigidy enforced at
least 80 per of the church communicates in the
nted States would be found the innocent viola
who sell tickets of chance and rattle off quilts tur
leys radios and similar prizes in various churches to
persons holding the winning tickets
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-04-07

ter have received, SO | shall ans
wer all of them in the following
paragraphs.
Dear Reader:
The Negro Press in the course
of twenty-five years has achieved
many triumphs. Ii has arrogated
to itself some of the proudest
functions of the race; its function
OF initiat0ry action, its function of
criticising those In high places. its
function OF sundry AMI public am
bassador, and few of the func-
lions of the private individual. 1t
may be provocative but neverthe-
less II Is deserved of the title, In
quest of the People" Your paper
is in many respects a popular for
um, a popular court OF justice. a
court OF honor, court of criti-
icism upon every question that
can arise upon all questions of
public conduct. upon all questions
OF public and private morals, up
on questions of religion. and upon
questions of taste.
Now dear reader, there can
hardly be said to be a limit to en-
terprises such as your paper.
There Is only one condition gov
erning what you read in IT,; that
is that the work of writer's must
appeal to the imagination, to rae
ial sentiment, or to Race pride. In
other words all writer's work must
be something out of which copy"
can be made. Remember now that
your newspaper is leader of
public opinion, il is an indepen-
dent power. 1t is independent of
Government in its intelligence and
Independent Of everything except
the public sentiment. and that il
aspires to form and lead. | wish
to observe that | write of no sec
rets, but, should ! desire | would
be within scope because to your
paper all men transact their af-
fairs like bees in glass house ~
Their are no secrets. Finally let
me say that IL is the business of
this writer to write about every
thing ~ from the death of a Presi-
dent to the cawing of "a crow over
yon farmers field of corn - TO
have an opinion on everything -
a prompt. precise, clear opinion
- and to express that opinion
while other people are thinking
about 1t.
know your paper is every day
becoming better reading Write me
again, l am yours truly
An Axiom: Those who would be
strong permit no emotion to domi-
nate reason.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-04-07
STOP KICKING US AROUND

For nearly seventy years in fact ever since we
emerged from Bondage our country has permitted pre-
JUDGED individuals and racial groups to deprive of
many of Constitutional citizenship rights and kick
around like dogs but the Negroes of the United States
tired of being kicked
Only the other day Representative Blanton. Texas
Democrat in referring to the thirty Howard University
students who recently participated in demonstrations at
the capitol against the racial discrimination in the House
Public Restaurant declared the floor of the House of
Representatives that 1.-The students ought to be kicked out
of Howard University and that President Mordeca John
ought be kicked out with them He further quot
ed as having said: UNLESS weed Communism out
of the institution ought to close 1T up and not give
he support of this government
We wonder if Representative Blanton knows there
many students in the colleges and universities of Tex
as who actively affiliated with the National Students
League Communstc organization? We likewise Won
If he believes Texas should kick those white students
out of the institutions of his State.
The protest of the Howard University students
against discrimination in the House Public Restaur
ant in any blameworhy and unlawful
the discriminatory rule which prohibits colored Amer
cans from being served in the cafe
The dsgraceful issue came to public attention some
weeks ago. when Congressman DePriests secretary
denied service in the cafe Later Miss Mable Byrd Chi
cago who was accompanied by two white friends,
also refused service and ruhessy elected from the House
Following these Incidents Congressman DePriest
took steps to bring question before the House Rep
resentatves with view to having discrimination
eliminated from the restaurant.
In order to protest focus public attention upon
the issue group Of students from Howard March IL
attempted to secure service in the cafe but the police
were called and the students finally forced out and
one of them arrested.
Because these American citizens of color had the
courage 60 the House Public Restaurant and ask
be served they and President Johnson called Com
munists and Red" radicals and Representative Banton
Is so radical that he wants them kicked out"
In the opinion of many thinking citizens of both
races Communism is not the worst thing in the world.
The activities of so-called Reds to be compared
for instant with the heh hatred and injustice of
the average 100 per White American citizens who
think Negroes footballs to be kicked about at will
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-04-07
Digesting
The New S

by clifford c. Mitchell

The labor troubles of the week
have brought out somel striking
inconsistencies, in my opinion
While the government and the y.
X. A. is coercing. appealing to, and
demanding that private industry
help the laborer by raising wages
and shortening hours, various de-
partments of the government are
instituting an exact opposite pol
icy In that they are lowering
wages and curtailing STATS by
adding to the duties of those en-
ployees retained
Within the race appears another
Inconsistency. The largest propa-
ganda organization is making "a
nationwide appeal for funds for
the purpose OF lighting all forms
OF Jim crowism and segregation,
while its leader and heretofore
most militant fighter Is tacitly
advising us to cease our fights on
things that this generation cannot
change or so he says.
And just how our national legis-
lators expect to preserve America
for Americans and then refuse to
participate in the helpful propaga-
ton OF legislation. that will pro-
tect the most loyal Americans (the
submerged tenth) is beyond me,
and perhaps one of the greatest
riddles among the current incon-
sistent acts. Ii all reminds me OF
a heated speech ] once heard a
white Albanian make in his
home state on how to keep the
purity OF the Nordics and later on
the same night-the same Ala
bama Nordic spent the evening
with one of the group he was so
hostile against. In his speech. Bnt
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-04-07
The Editors Mail

more hopeful" Again | was inn
pressed by an illustration given
by Mr.. Woodson of the Y. NJ. {. A.
He cited the fact that an iceberg.
which as we know is nine-tenths
under water, was moved by deep
currents always in the same direc-
ton. i'm spite of adverse winds
which blew upon il. So II Is with
the world The greatest thinkers
now agree that there is an unal-
terable current OF good which mo-
tivates the world and its society
IL may encounter storms. wars. de-
pressions and upheavals, but all
ways II is headed in one direction.
This does not mean, of course.
to rest upon ones oars. We must
struggle measurably with the in
tensity of the storm. hut always in
the knowledge of our certain di-
rection AS certainly as the Negro
is part of the world and of So
ciety. so certainly Will his status
improve. Let the students and
alumni al Ann Arbor and all other
future leaders OF the race facc
their problems. not with less cf-
fort, but with less pessimism. II
will hearten their work and hast.
en- its fulfillment
Very sincerely yours
(Signcd) Lloyd r. Bailer. NJ ID
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-04-07
Detroit, Michigan

Detroit. Michigan
March 2S. 1894
To the Editor of the Tribune-In-
dependent
Dear Sir.
read an article in your paper
recently describing Symposium
of University of Michigan alumni
devoted to survey of the Negro,
present and future Its dominant
note was one OF pessimism. ! think
this attitude of mind is decidedly
wrong and dangerous when as
sumed by leaders of the race.
Let us not minimize the diff
culties faced by the Negro but let
us realize that they are but part
of the. general difficulties through
which the world is passing Aud
as the world is struggling In a
spirit OF optimism to right its diff
ticulties. let the Negro in the same
spirit face his problems. The Ne
gros setback is only relative.
was impressed by two dated
autographs of W. f.. Is. Dubois II
an album owned by Or a. l.. Tur
ner. of Detroit The second auto
graph was accompanied by the fol
lowing comment: Ten year
later, ten years wiser; ten year
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-04-07

Some four years ago we had a
grocery store on the southwest
corner of Theodore and st. An
tome streets. When we left our
home one morning 10 call on Ne
gro business men to lay before
them our plans to establish IN
Detroit trade association, we
made our. first stop at this corner,
and had our conference with the
proprietor OF this store. He encour-
aged us and came 10 the first meet
ing and was elected yice-president
OF the Trade Association.
When the depression grew In IN
tensity. he moved from this cor
ner TO another location in the east
ern part of Detroit. and this cor
ner was lost to us who live with
In our house. Some of us felt its
loss the larger number OF us ana
not. as we do not care about who
owns the store. All we want Is
something TO eat for our money.
This past Friday this corner
came back to us when two OF our
Young men took courage, brains
and cash, moved in after complete
" renovating the building. put in
a full line of groceries, fruits.
vegetables and meats, hired full
force of young Negro men as
clerks. turned on the bright lights
and said TO the public, come in,
we have what YOU want.
II was pleasing 20 see the pub
lies response All day and up in
to the late night they came. We
left our house and came to see
what il really was. Our house
wives had smiles ON their faces.
We felt that We were rcganing
lost ground
This is entirely Il Negro neigh
bOrhOOd Why is il that we cannot
serve ourselves? The reflection is
not on the white man who moves
in. and opens a store to serve us.
He sees his opportunity and
knows our inability. and takes full
of our weakness. In
stead of blaming him. We have
only TO blame ourselves.
The most encouraging phase or
this new enterprise is that the
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-04-07
Editorial
WANTED, A NEW LEADER

After having fought vaiantly for a quarter of cen
tury help break down the bars of discrimination
and segregation and win for colored Americans the
full enjoyment of rights and privileges which the Consti
tuition guarantees to its citizens, DR.. W. f. b. Dubois
at last to have lost and faced about AT
least that what led to infer after reading re-
ports his address in Chicago IN which the Ed-
of the Crisis Magazine said to have declared IN sub
stance that fight against segregation in TINS country
is hopeless
Certainly. have objection to your lighting as
long and fercely rs YOU want to-. Dr. Dubois IS sad to
have declared II merely say that since segregat-
ed and will have to live together for some years to come
may well make the most of the situation SegreRa
ton will not be done with during the lfetme OIL
any one of us here
These are indeed gloomy words They. not the
words of leader of the type in the present crs
is but are rather the vang of discouraged and de
featd champion who weary the and strain of
battle
DR. Dubois has apparently lost heart, and perhaps
he feels that his efforts have been in vain we are conn
dent however that the he has accomplished and the
ideals of racial equality he has held before the race
will continue to bear fruitage.
The fight for racial equality the opposlton 10 Segre-
CATION and race discrimination will go relentlessy.
Some great Negro leader with the humility sncerl-
y inspired vision of prophet Will sooner or later,
step forward to the firing line and take up me oa;ee
where DR. Dubois has left off Some new leader will ARISE
in this crisis and will rally the fourteen mil
lions of American Negroes around him IN movement
larger freedom and opportunity in the same way tnat
Mahatma Gandhi arose to lead ms people IN indla
Dr. Dubois will always hold a warm place in our
hearts the service he has rendered IN srug
gle against injustice and oppression The disbursement
which has upon him. deeply to be regretted and
has cast shadow gloom path but shall
continue struggle and forge forward in the face OF
vt-sx ouraR ement We shall continue to fight to the
We can nUS do otherwise, and retain manhood
and respect We shall blot from the pes
simistc wall defeat uttered by Dr. Dubois in the
speech Chicago and cling to the militant ideal he
expressed the October 1880 Crisis when he said But
above all this the black that takes this medicine OF
insult discourtesy and saying nothing loses his own self
respect Even if the offending politician does not hear OF
and you feel, and il is awful thing to have to be
ashamed of ones self.
The tribune independent of Michigan. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1933-1935, 1934-04-07

men who are operating 1t. are ex-
perienced in the business. Mr.. Full
Ter already operates a modern
store on the West Side OF Detroit.
Mr. Pemberton was a Kroger man
ager and has served in the store
of Mr.. +. T. Stewart. You can tell
from the fruit and vegetable dis
play that training is in charge.
We cannot blame the public II
we do not have what IL wants.
Race loyalty gives way, when we
try TO chew tough steak or break
IA spoiled egg. Our housewives lose
spirit when they see clerks in III
thy aprons and they get tired OF
having to go to four or five differ
ent stores before they get their
marketing.
Some of us who live within our
house have a little money left. We
want good things TO eat, and we
are buying them. We would pay
the price for them if we could
find them in the stores operated
by our own people. II does appear
reasonable that our merchants
would have a small stock OF the
best in meats especially, and see
Just what would happen.
In Detroit. as elsewhere. our
great progress has been made at
the top We are not doing much
al the very foundation. We have
passed business by. and have felt
that we have chosen the better
part i'm so doing. We are a differ
cnt people from any other that we
know. All others begin at the Dot
tom ground and build up. We haze
started at the top. with no foun-
dation belonging TO us beneath.
Now we are crying because some
one is pulling the foundation
which belongs TO him from be-
meath us III "Humpty- Dumpty'
has a great fall who will be sur
prised? And what is more. The
kings horses and kings men" will
not even try to put "humpty-
dumpty" together again. Other
races are too busy with their own
programs to pay any attention to
our foolishness. II is strictly up TO
us.