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The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1934-12-13
Fruit RIOTS on Trees
in State of Washington
BY a Farmer Correspondent

EATONVILLE, Wash-Last sum-
mer hundreds of cherry trees full
with ripe fruit rotted on the trees
in Puyallup Valley. The same was
true with berries and other fruit.
The excuse was mainly that they
were diseased. Spraying was
neglected. The land is not cared
for like it should be. Fertilizer
shipments have decreased consider
ably.
Apples, everywhere in the western
part of the State of Washington
can be seen rotting on trees. Some
farmers have signs up, Apples for
sale, so cents per sack. Pick them
yourself" Still they can't get any
buyers while the city workers and
the unemployed hardly know what
an apple tastes like.
Farmers and workers everywhere,
study the solution to the misery
you are in.
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Can You Make EN-
Yourself?

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IL, IA, 16, 10, 20, 80, 80, "a, So, SO
and 40. Size Is takes 194 yards So
inch fabric. Price 15c.
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IA, Is, IS, 20, 80, "a, 36, 38, 40 and
AZ. Size 16 takes yards 80 inch
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CALLS FOR AN ANSWER

Minneapolis, Mimi.
Dear Comrade Editor:
I hope I'm not butting into your
business, but why do you constantly
plead for money to run the Daily
Worker? Don't you know that your
agents are extravaganza? There is
no need of throwing old issues in
waste baskets, as I've seen in the
office of the Unemployment Coun-
Gil here, when they can be dis
tributed en- projects and among re-
lief bureaus.
The Daily Worker is the best
paper here.
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Letters from Our Readers

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Daily Worker readers. However, all letters
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provement of the Daily Worker.
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week and ask them for cOntribu-
tons for the Daily Worker. Dec.
IS is the day for the full compile
ton of the quota.
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NOTE

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in these industries to write us of
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By a Worker Correspondent

CHICAGO, Ill.-With the arrest
a week ago of William T. Collins,
general organizer for the Amalga-
mated Meat Cutters and Butchers
Workers of North America, follow
ing an alleged attempt to murder
an unnamed man in South Hal
sted Street saloon, one Of the pow
erful and demagogic A. F. of L.
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THEY'RE ON THE JOB!

Popularizing of the Forthcoming
lecture arranged by the Medical
Advisory Board has started d.
The lecture will be given by DR..
Caster at Irving Plaza, 18th Street
and Irving Place on Thursday, Dec.
81. Although the financial drive
will have been completed by that
time, proceeds will be for the bene-
fit of the Daily Worker.
A. g. w. Rosenberg .......S 1.OO
Previously received ...... ,S916.O5
Total ..................S 917.05
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LEFTY AND PEANUTS TO THE
RESCUE

Boston, Mass.
Dear Comrade Editor:
Since Little Lefty has become SO
popular among the proletarian kids,
I wonder if it wouldn't be good
idea to make Little Lefty toys,
something along the line of Mickey
Mouse, and send them as Christmas
gifts to the children of the political
prisoners and their families.
The cost could be covered by the
Christmas funds contributed to the
I. L. D. for the political prisoners
and their families. B. G. S.
MOTE: This is an excellent
suggestion, but it is not at the
moment practical. There is the
most urgent need for funds for
Christmas relief to political pris-
oners and their families, who
want the most elementary neces-
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BY ANN BAR TON
A Nazi Brew

ALL HANDS ON DECK!
With today's total, In the Home"
has made steady climb to 81 per-
cent of its $500 quota. If some
energetic comrades were on the
job, we would reach at least 80 per
I. L,z;-
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PLEA TO GROUPS

New Youth Club
Previously received
The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1934-03-09

REPORT
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Billings, Mont.

Rev. Flutcher, presiding elder,
conducted the morning and even
ing service at Wayman Chapel last
Sunday, it being quarterly meet
ing. Quarterly conference was
held Monday and various reports
were made. The Women's Mite
Missionary Society held an inter
esting meeting Tuesday afternoon
at the home of Mrs. M. l.. Hawkins
The Stewardess Board met Friday
evening at the home of Mrs. r. M.
Emmons. Junior Club held
their domestic science department
meeting at the home of Miss Eral-
inc Best on Friday evening Mr..
Eugene Moller of Ellesbury, Ma,
brother of Mr.. Rueben Moller, has
arrived in the city for an indefin-
lite visit.-Reported sick. Mrs. Wal
ter Chase is convalescing from a
recent illness; Mrs. Emma Harris
is rapidly recovering from influen-
"a.
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Yakima, Wash.

Organization of the Colored Gil
ants baseball team, which will play
in the Twilight league this season,
was completed at meeting last
week.
Edward Porter was elected pre-
sident and AL Woods will be .secre-
tary. Virgil Frye is one of the
pitchers the club expects to use
this year, and several other star
players In the valley are being con-
sidered. The club has already be-
gan its practice and is holding fire.
quent turnouts on London field
Mr.. VIM. Coleman spent last week
end in Seattle and Portland on bu-
siness.-Mr. and Mrs. G. Catlett,
Mr.. and Mrs. George Catlett and
family, and Mr.. H. Dockery of Sc
attic spent the week end here Wis
iting relatives. Leonard Evans
took part in the Senior High School
track meet in EIlensburg Saturday
with Yakima taking second place.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Kyle and daugh-
ter, Miss LaFay hammock, Mrs.
B. Evans, and Mr.. and Mrs. j.
Woods spent Sunday in Ellensburg
J. Woods is sponsoring a
May Day Festival for the benefit
of the A.M.E. Church Tuesday eve
ming Mrs. D. Norton and Mr.. H.
Coleman returned to Seattle Fri
day.-Mr. and Mrs. ]. Woods spent
in Seattle on business
Mr.. and Mrs. Cliff Raglan are en-
joying a new Ford sedan.
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Helena, Mont
BY HEX

The spirit Of early days was
turned loose Saturday evening, APP
ri 21, when over half a hundred
friends Of Mrs. Alice Palmer gath
cred at her residence IN the city 90
Ralph Street, to honor her on her
eighty-first birthday There was
dancing, singing of Irish songs,
spirituals, and an Indian love song
by Mrs. Page Anderson. A realistic
and early-day feature staged BY a
quartet led by Mrs. Anderson was
an Indian war dance, with all its
exciting and It's exhilerating thrills
that in times past created in the
breast Of the Red man an over
whelming and burning desire for
action on the war path. Mrs Pal
mer was born in Paris, Ky, came
West to st. Paul in 1857, later she
moved to Bismark and then to He
lena in 1887. Some years ago she
filed on ranch Sc miles from He
lena on the other side Of the range
in the Blackfoot country. This
once wild spot has now become the
Mecca Of huntsmen and fishermen
where game can be bod for the
shooting. Three days 1t took for
a trip to this place with old dob
bin. but our present day gas vehi-
cles traverse the distance in an
hour and three quarters, bringing
you to this enhancing cluster of
log cabins, complete for house
keeping, with the poetical name
Idylewylde on the Blackfoot. Mrs.
Palmers daughters, Mrs. Rebecca
Beard, Mrs. Alice aWlker, and son
Arthur Palmer, and grandchildren,
sponsored the event that also in
cluded Mrs. AID Banks whose ami
versary is the same day.
Rev. Sheridan Hughes, evangel-
list, preached at st. James church
Sunday night.-W. r. Lenoir, min
ing man from Basin was IN the CT
ty last week on busLaess.--Joseph
Mast, who was injured when he
fell out of the window of the First
National Bank, is improved so as
to be able to be taken home. Miss
Florence Rogers, who is in hos
pital at CT. Falls from an auto ac-
cident some time ago, had to have
her left leg reset, prolonging her
stay in the Falls.
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Rev. E. B. Reed of Spokane con-
Quoted services at the Emmanuel
Baptist Church Sunday. During
his stay in the city Rev. Reed was
entertained at breakfast by Mrs.
]. McCracken and Mrs. Ada Hart
and at dinner by Mrs. J. Bowers.
Mrs. Sadie White was hostess to
the Women's Mite Missionary So
ciety last week.-Mrs.. Leo Le-
Marrs was hostess to the meeting
of the Dunbar Art and Study cluD
at her home. Misses Alma and
Lucille Smith entertained the Elk
celsior Club last week. Plans were
made for Mothers Day Tea
Rev. B. e. Edwards conducted de-
votional services over station KF-
BIB last week assisted by Rev. E.
B. Reed, Mrs Agnes Ncvotny, Miss
Madeline v. Smith and a senior
choir.-Reported i'll this week Mr..
]. McCracken, Mrs. Mollie Win
burn and Mrs. aMrie Ellis. Mrs.
Elizabeth Webb was hostess to a
waffle breakfast last week. Covers
were placed for four lleen Cleo
LeMarrs, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Leo lie Marrs appeared in a recital
at the Largent School recently
Mr.. Bill Haywood is a patient at
the Deaconness Hospital.
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TACOMA news
G. B. Aldrlch. Editor-Mgr.
0s8H Pacific Ave.

The Full Gospel Pentacostal
church, 10Th and Tacoma Ave, E.
F. Morris. pastor Meetings Wed
nesday, Saturday, Sunday, II a. m.
and s p, N. Mrs. Morris spoke at
the morning and evening SERVE to
a goodly number Sunday. The
young people, under the leadership
of Mrs. Pearl Black, viii have a
Free Ice Cream and Cake and a
Candy Sale at the parsonage, next
door to the church, Saturday, APP
ri Is. On Monday, April 30, the
Missionary sisters viii sponsor a
bazaar at 4O2 so. 18th St., off the
corner of 18th and Market. Stop
in and see the display Bro. and
Sister Hall were able to be out to
services again. Bro. Hall has been
quite i'll.
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Everett, Wash.

Mr.. B. H. Boiler was host for
the E. B. S. Club Thursday eve
ming The Missionary Club of the
Second Baptist Church met at the
home of Mrs. Erskine Solomon on
Thursday afternoon.-Th s. M. T.
held their meeting Monday at the
home of Mrs. J. B. Samuels.-The
colored baseball team played at
Langley on WILDLY Island last
Sunday Mrs. Sarah Tinker was
hostess to the meeting of the Nam
ME Burroughs Study Club Thurs
day evening at the home Of Mrs.
Scott Harris.-Rev. w. f. Green
of Seattle preached at the evening
service of Second Baptist church
Sunday. Next Sunday Rev. T. M.
Davis of the Mt. Zion Baptist
Church of Seattle will preach
The Jolly Matrons Circle was en-
tertained by Mrs. R. L. Gates on
Wednesday.-The Board Meeting
of the State Federation of Colored
Womens Clubs will meet Sunday
afternoon at the home Of Mrs. J.
B. Samuels.-Miss Dora Davis was
hostess Sunday to a beautiful par
ty in honor of the birthday ami
versary of her mother, Mrs. Rosa
Samuels. Many friends called dur
ing the afternoon offering congrat-
ulations. Those from Seattle were
Mr. and Mrs. S. Young and family,
Mr. and Mrs. A. Norris, Mr.. and
Mrs D. Hickey, Mr.. and Mrs. Moy
Pierson, MTessand Mrs. H. Duvall,
and Mrs. LaVelle.
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Williams ave. Branch Y.W.c.A.

Williams ave. Branch Y.W.c.A.
Miss Elizabeth Summers. secreta-
ry-AIr. Hopkins Jenkins who has
travelled in the Orient recently win
deliver a talk for vesper services
on Sunday afternoon. Miss Ida ed
wards IS the leader. Vocal num-
he's viii be rendered by the Girl
Reserve Quartet and Mr.. E. A..
Browne will conduct the devotion
al services. A cordial invitation
is extended to the general public
to attend.
The date of the May Day Festi-
val has been changed to May rs,
instead of May A. as previously
announced. At the time of the
Festival a May Queen win be eho-
sen to preside over the Maypole
dance and Carnival. Scholarships
for Girl Reserves attending sum-
mer camp and conference win be
provided for through this affair.
The Women's Auxiliary to the
lN.A.A.C.P. held a meeting in the
Branch Monday night. Mrs. Jessie
Crayson, president, presided. The
Literary Research Club met Fri
day afternoon. The o.A.C.W. Clubs
win hold an executive board meet
ing in the Branch on Friday after
noon, April ~. The Colored DEM
ocratic Club will hold the regular
meeting on Thursday evening at
8 o'clock. The Negro Progressive
Club win hold a special meeting
on Monday evening, April 80. This
meeting is open to the general pub
Tic and refreshments viii be serv-
ed free
Girl Reserves are urged to at
tend the Melody Rally held on Sat
| urcay at the Central Y.W.C.A., 10
o'clock to 2:S0
Miss Juanita johnson viii have
charge of Vesper services on May
6. A Mothers Day tea will be
given for the Mothers by the Girls
Work Committee on May 1s, from
4 to 7 o'clock.
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Battering Barriers Of Prejudice
Stirring Chapters From the 25-Year History
OF the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People

whites resulted in the death Of
five whites and fifty Negroes. A
mong the Negroes killed were the
four johnson brothers, one a dem
list and property owner in Helena.
another a prominent Oklahoma
physician visiting in Helena, who
were returning from a squirrel
hunt when they met the blood
thirsty mob.
Eight hundred Negroes were
rounded up like cattle by the state
and federal troops and 200 of them
were penned in a stockade. Within
a month afterward 79 of these Ne
groes were put on trial at Helena.
The trials lasted five days. Twelve
were condemned to death and 81
were sentenced to Imprisonment
from twenty-one years to life. Ma
ny of them were tortured to force
confessions. In the case of five of
those tried, the jury brought in a
verdict of guilty after but six min
utes of elaboration. The trial
counsel provided by the court did
not consult the accused Negroes,
put no witnesses on the stand and
did not address the jury in behalf
of their supposed clients. The whole
affair was gross miscarriage OF
justice.
Continued Next Week.
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officer is white.
Terrible Case Load
According to the county admin
istrator's report sheets Monday
there were 5,123 Negro families on
relief representing 17,103 per-
sons, or almost half of Dallas
Negro population. When asked the
cause of this terrible case load,
Mr.. Capt said that he felt that it
was the result of the wheels of in
dustry stopping. "The Negro be-
longs ninety percent to the labor
ing class. He does practically all
of the mental tasks, but today most
people cut their own lawns, wash
their own cars, dig their own gar
dens, and many housewives who
used to maintain cooks and have
their family washing done, don't do
that anymore, he said.
All told, Mr. Capt said that be-
fore April closed he expected to see
more than $1,000 white and col
ored families on relief in Dallas
county.
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CONTINUED from Page One)
courts, as the firm had done in ma
ny other similar cases. The meet
ing with the legal representatives
was to be held at Ratio, Arkansas.
early in October, 1919.
Meantime, Negro farmers were
meeting in a little church near
Hoop Spur "a small settlement ten
miles away. W D. Adkins, special
agent of the Missouri Pacific Rail
way, drove up to the church In an
automobile, accompanied by a de
putty sheriff. They fired into the
church. The Negroes returned fire
and Adkins was killed.
Hell Breaks Loose
Then hell broke loose In Phillips
County. A Committee of Seven, !"
consisting of the county judge, the
mayor Of Elaine, the sheriff and
four others allegedly planters, took
charge of affairs. organizing the
mob which secured the county
shooting down Negroes indiscrim-
inately. Word was sent out that
Negroes were uprising and mass
acreing the whites The Govern
or hurried to the county with the
militia. Federal troops from Camp
Pike were dispatched to stop the
massacre of white people, 1t is
significant that this massacre of
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EIlensburg, Wash.


Rev. e. Henderson accompanied
by Mr.. Richie motored to Easton
last week.-The Missionary soci-
ETY. of the A.M.E. Church enter
tanned as their guests Wednesday
the Junior Missionary Society Of
Yalxima.-Mr. and Mrs. John Kyle
and daughter. Mamie. Mr.. and
Mrs. John Woods, Mrs. Belle Ev-
ans and LeFay Hammock of va
kima were guests of Mr.. and Mrs.
VIM. Robertson Sunday.-Rev. De
Grafen Reed, pastor Of the Baptist
Church and congregation were the
guests of the Second Baptist
Church Sunday. Mrs. Louise
Wimm left for her home in Chi
cago Wednesday after visiting her
aunt, Mrs. c. Jamison.-Mrs. Dor
othy Hollors spent the week end
in Yakima visiting relatives.-Rev.
e. Henderson and Rev. DeGrafen
Reed motored to Roslyn Sunday.
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Continued from Page One)

the river from New Orleans and
those who want an unusually pot
ent charm find it profitable to
take the trip to obtain real devas-
tating results in Kidding themselves
Of enemies, holding sweethearts
and the like. New Orleans itself is
by no means devoid of those who
carry on the illegal traffic of cat
ering to the superstitious.
Visit Sorceress's Grave
Those who have no faith in the
ability of the hundreds of spell
casters, who spring up in the city
overnight, take the more certain
method of visiting the tomb of
Marie Leveau at night and MAX
ing their wish while tracing cross
marks on the tomb.
ingredients Used
Many of the supernatural for
mulae compounded by Marie Lev
eau in her brick-fronted house on
st. Ann Street near North Ram
part Street or in her hiding place
in the swamps along the banks of
Bayou st. John are still used. The
ingredients of the modern "gris-
gris' are much the same as those
used by the tall, inperious null
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VICTIM
REFUSED TO PAY
GAS DEBT Twice
CONTINUED from Page one)

Witnesses said the court murder
looked like a prearranged affair
Although just before the start OF
the trial two pistols were taken
from Garland Ellis, father Of Ben
Ellis, and brother of J. M. Ellis,
the nephew was allowed to enter
the courtroom without being scar
ched.
There had been rumors for sew
eral days before the trial that the
Ellis clan planned to kill Brisby.
Sentiment against the colored man
had been strong since the Ellis kill
ing two weeks ago and he was
kept under close guard. Several
attempts had been made to form
a mob to lynch Brisby but the
plans were dropped on insistence
of the Ellis group that it was a
family affair" and they would
avenge the murder of their kin.
J. M. Ellis was killed April Z
when he went to Brisby's cabin
on a plantation 81 miles west of
Crockett to collect a SO debt for
gas. Brisby refused to pay Ellis
claiming he had paid the white
man. the previous Saturday when
he was in town. Ellis, enraged at
Brisby's refusal to pay, struck the
Negro who ran to his cabin, got a
shotgun loaded with buckshot, and
shot the white man. Brisby came
to town, reported the murder, and
surrendered to the sheriff. Last
Wednesday a special session of the
grand jury indicted him for muir
der although evidence showed Bris-
by acted in self defense.