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The Omaha guide., 1935-03-23
MISS OVINGTON SENDS OPEN
LETTER TO ROOSEVELT
ON LYNCH EVIL.
Urges Passage Of Costigan-W ag-
ner Bill.

New York, March 21.-Declar-
ing that ''lynching is murder, but
lynchers r not punished" Miss
Mary White Owing on, a life long
champion of Negro rights, a foun-
der and an officer of the National
Association for the Advancement
of Colored People, has SEM an
open letter 10 President Roose-
welt urging him to use his influ-
ence ito have the Costigan-Wag
ner Anti-lynching Bill become a
law this session."
The open letter follows:
| write to express my sincere
hope that you will use your influ-
ence to have the Costigan Wagner
Anti-Lynching Bill become a law
this session.
my life work has been among
the Negroes, and for twenty-five
years | have tried to awaken the
public conscience against lynching.
I am convinced that it is impos-
sible to have the lynchers punt
shed under our present laws. Els
pecially in small places men 90
not dare indict their neighbors.
By making this barbarous crime
a federal offense there is a chance
of indicting and Furnishing the
lynchers, and when the lyncher is
punished, lynching will largely
cease. Lynching is murder, and
in some cases,-the late frightful
torturing Of Claude Neal in Flori-
da is MOI unique-it is murder ac-
companied by torture such as we
think Of as only in mediaveal
days. But lynchers are not punt
shed. The community dare not
indict them, and it is a same for
a white man to torture and kill
a black man as it would be for
him to play a game Of quoits with
his neighbor by the barn.
"There is a stronge sentiment
in the South against these orgies.
Especially the church women have
for a generation spoken against
it. An antiquated sentiment re-
garding states rights keeps many
from supporting the Costigan-
Wagner bill, but once the federal
government steps in and aids this
anti-lynching sentiment by prompt
legal action against the lynchers,
intelligent, moral support will
come from the South. [ speak as
one who knows every state in the
South and who is more familiar
wi. h the poorer sections than with
the wealthy ones. Local courts
do not and / believe, cannot
punish the lynchers.
"With deep appreciation Of
your humanitarianism, and in the
belief that you must desire the
federal government hat is help
ing so many Of its citizens, to
protect its Negro population, |
am,
every sincerely,
Signed: "Mary White Owing
ton"
The Omaha guide., 1935-03-23
SAVAGELY LYNCHED FOR
HIMSELF

Maringouin, La. -CNA-An-
erson Ward, charged with attack
ing Dennis Brudroe, white, was
seized from his cell BY a lynching
gang on the night Of February "a.
He was sadistically tortured rid
died with bullets and hanged from
a tree.
The town authorities "investi-
gated" the lynching and declared
that Ward was killed by parties
unknown"
Marshall Fails to Protect Ward.
Reports state that Brudroe and
Ward were engaged in an argu-
ment when the former drew a
gun to shoot Ward. In self-de-
Tense, Ward drew a knife. In
the fight that ensued Brudroe was
injured. Brudroe would have been
seriously injured had not a Negro
worker, Alphonse Hughes, inter
veAed and halted the battle.
Ward was arrested and jailed
by the town marshall.
The news Of the fight spread.
A lynch mob Of twenty-five per-
sons quickly formed. Armed with
shot guns and rifles, the lynchers
marched on the Jail. Here they
met with not resistance from the
marshal. Ward was seized and
tortured with fiendishness and
ferocity comparable to the lynch.
The Omaha guide., 1935-03-23
HOUSE PASSES ANTI
LYNCH RESOLUTION
Resolution Memorializing the Congress and The
President of the United States to Enact
a Federal Anti-Lynch Law.

States of America and is terri
Sta cs o fAmerica and its terri
tories,
WHEREAS, there have been
over 5000 lynchings in the United
States in the last fifty years and
only five convictions,
WHEREAS, there have been %
lynchings in the year Of 1894, and
WHEREAS, it is contrary to
the constitutional provision that
mo persons shall be deprived Of
life, liberty or property without
due process Of law and
WHEREAS, lynching is inhun-
an, barbaric and uncivilized and
a retlec on upon the people of
this great nation,
NOW THEREFORE BE 1T RE
SOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE
STATE OF NEBRASKA IN FIF-
TIETH SESSION
THAT this House does most
earnestly petition and memorial
i've the Congress and the President
of the United States to enact a
Federal Anti-Lynch Law for the
prevention of lynching in this Ma
ion.
2.-That the Chief Clerk Of this
House be ms -ructed and directed
for hwith to forward a copy OF
this Resolution properly au,hen-
ticatcd and suitably engrossed to
the President of the United States,
TO the Vice President, to each Of
the Senators and Representatives
representing this State in the Ma
tional Congress and to the Secre-
tary of the Judiciary Committee
Of the Senate.
Signed: JOHN ADAMS, JR.
The Omaha guide., 1935-03-23

that he glanced at the first question
and at m put down his pen. This
also surprised the examiners and one
Of them approached him with the in
quiry: Are you stuck?' 20 moi
~laughingly replied the young man, i
know the answer to the question, How
far is it from the earth to the moon?'
The answer is 100000 miles, but if
there is any possibility Of putting me
on that route l decline to take the
examination"
Senator Lewis twisted the story to
suit his own fancy.
The Omaha guide., 1935-03-23
ATLANTA, GA, CHURCH ASKS
IT. SENATOR TO BACK
ANTI-LYNCH BILL

Atlanta, Ga, March 21.-The
First Congregational church of
which the Rev. John c. Wright is
minister ,telegraphed Sena or
Walter George of Georgia from its
services March 3 asking him 20
work for The passage of the Costi-
gan Wagner anti-lynching bill.
The telegram concluded:
I'm a democracy human RICH )
are more sacred than state
rights"
The Omaha guide., 1935-03-23

Mr.. Adams introduced the fol
lowing resolution:
WHEREAS, there is now pend
ING before the judiciary commit
tee Of the Senate Of the United
States a Federal Anti-Lynching
Bill for the prevention of lynching
The Omaha guide., 1935-03-23
President Gets Report
of C. Director,
Robert Fechner
Bg Edgar G.. Brown


Washington, D. C.-The report Of
Robert Fechner, Director Of the Con-
servation Emergency Work, to Presi-
dent Roosevelt, which was made public
this week revealed some very inter
esting phases Of the program, as to
the numerical strength and distribu-
ton, as well as the work Of the color
ed boys in the CCC camps.
There are 1900 Negro CCC en-
rollces for the fourth six-month per-
iod making a grand total of approx
mately 10000, who have benefited
from this great national youth move
ment of the New Deal, in which they
have voluntarily enlisted for service
in the country's far flung park pro-
gram, the building Of special truck
trails in the mountains, farm extern
sion, forest fire prevention, and gener-
al conservative work.
Colored enrollees are found in 472
CCC camps located in some forty
six States. California leads all others
with 95 camps; Wawona, Yucaips, Up
per Lake, Canine, and Whitmore one
each; Big Bar, three; Elsinore, %;
Hollister, "a; King City, %; Santa
Barbara, with two, % and 20 in each
respectively; and a half dozen or so
Negro enrollees in the 80-odd other
CCC outfits located along this great
stretch Of the Pacific Ocean. Then,
comes Texas, the largest State in the
Union, SO CCC amps and one to SIS
Negroes enrolled in each of them.
Temple, Texas is first, Troy next with
"a; Radcliffe, 80; Fort Worth, %; Bas-
trop has two camps, n with seven
and the other 25; Honey Island, 3;
Cleveland and Pineland, each with one
Negro ~enrollee. In the remaining
Texas camps there is an average of
six to sixteen, eolored boys in each
CCC company of 200. Massachusetts,
has % CCC camps with n to nine
Negro enrollees; Otis, Beckett, Spen-
Ger and Pittsfeld have one Negro en-
rollee in each camp, while South Lee,
Massachusetts, has nine colored boys
in the company. The State Of Maine
has four Negro enrollees in the CCC
camp at Flagstaff; four in the Els
worth company; three each in Alfred
and Rangelay; and one each in Mill
nocket, South West Harbor and Green
vile. Vermont has Il CCC camps
with from n to 200 Negro enrolIees.
VepEnont appears to be the only New
England State with an entire colored
company, located at East Barre. and
is composed entirely of Negro veter-
ans; another company at the same
place has so Negro enrollees. Torring-
ton, Connecticut, also has two com
panies with 10 colored boys in one
and a lone fellow in the other. There
are thirteen other CCC camps in Con-
Recticut with from one to Is Negro
eTollees. The State of New Hamp-
shire has nine companies with from
n to six colored enrollees. Washing
Z ton, Rhode Island, has five Negro en-
r~ollees. and Westerly, in the same
State has four colored boys in its
company. Arizona has q CCC camps
with one to Is Negro enrollees in each
Ct them. Oklahoma has IL compan-
les with from three to 80 colored en-
Sollees in each one. New Mexico has
seven, and one to eight Negro boys in
each company. Wyoming has three
( w camps, n with u colored en-
rolleeS and the others with two and
The Omaha guide., 1935-03-23
NEGRO WOMEN BARRED FROM
HOUSE RESTAURANT

Washington, d. c. (CNA) The
House Restaurant continued its dis
criminatory policy Of barring Negroes,
when it denied a group Of Negro wo-
men service last week.
The women were members of a
travelling party of Negro and white
women followers of Father Divine.
They were enroute from one of
Father" Divine's Peace mission
kingdoms" in Los Angeles.
The Omaha guide., 1935-03-23
PAGE THREE

The greatest need Of today and the
greatest task Of Christianity is to
fuse the creedal differences into a sim
PIE presentation Of the truths as
taught BY Jesus, 30 that all creeds and
all cults will point one way to Gedi
The Omaha guide., 1935-03-23

three each. The State of Washington
has eight companies, the one in Ia
coma has 7 Negro boys; Sultan, two;
and each of the others has one. Ore
gon has seven camps, six with one
colored enrollee and the other at Sub
Unity with three. The CCC camp at
Hawthorne, Nevada, has two Negro
enrollees; Salina, Utah, also has two,
and the company stationed at Super
ior, Montana, has only one colored
boy; Priest River, has three, and
Mountain Homes in the same State
two Negro enrollees in its company.
Wisconsin has q CCC companies and
each Of them has from one to three
colored boys. The army post in Des
Moines, Iowa has 81 Negro CCC boys.
Minnesota has six companies with
from one to II colored enrollees. Col
orado has seven CCC camps with one
or two Negro boys in each one. Col
umbus, Nebraska, has one colored en-
%rollee. and Miniature has two. Ken
lucky has six CCC camps; five of them
with from seven to 80 Negro enrollees,
the sixth is a company composed en-
tirely of Negro CCC enrollees gar
risoned at Fort Knox. West Virginia
has nine camps with from two to II
colored boys in each one.
The State of Kansas has two full
CCC companies with a quota Of 200
Negro enrollees at Reading and Fort
Riley; 80 colored boys are in the
camp at Lebanon, Kansas.
Illinois has six camps comprised
wholly Of colored CCC enrollees and
Is companies ranging in number Of
Negro bows from one at Sh~awneetown,
in the southern part Of the State, to
81 at Palos Park, on the outskirts of
| Chicago.
In Baldwin and Bitelev, Michigan,
two full Negro CCC companies are
stationed, at the 200 strength; % 9TH
er companies in Michigan have from
one in Brethren to 25 Negro enrollees
in Watersmeet.
Missouri has two full Negro COM
panies Of CCC boys located at Liberty
and DeSoto.
The State of Arkansas has a com
many of 200 Negro CCC enrollees at
Strong.
Indiana has four CCC camps com
posed Of colored e~nrollees, and four
other camps with from % to 35 Ne
gro boys One Of these colored camps
is located near Bloomington. the home
Of Indiana State University.
Ohio has nine full Negro CCC COM
pnies Of 200 enrollees each; and three
40 colored enrollees IN one, and two
in each Of the others.
Virginia is first in the number of
Negro CCC enrollees with a grand
total of 3400 and II complete co1ored
companies. as many colored enrollees
from the District of Columbia and the
Carolinas are q~uartered in the State.
PENNSYLVANIA is in selond place with
an enrolment of 1000 colored boys.
composing 10 full companies.
New York, the Empire State, has
six colored CCC companies and 1900
Negro enrollees.
New Jersey is not far from her
neighbor with five Negro companies
and an enrolment in the State OF
1000 colored boys.
Georgia has four colored camps eve
at Fort Oglethorpe and two at Fort
Benning. There are 800 Negro CCC
~enrollees. TTE
Alabama has three CCC companie.
composed entirely Of Negro enrollees
-- NK--Y-- ~ a.
The Omaha guide., 1935-03-23

The soc package Of
Black and White ONT
mert contains threa times
a. much e. the use size.
It's real economy to buy
<. Large bar of Black
and White Skin Soap
oaly 25e. Gee Them 20
day af your druggist.
The Omaha guide., 1935-03-23
SENSATIONAL!
Amozinq Quick Results

Sir. Iohuson's Brilllantine lIalt Gfo~sr. as Sclencs's
latest success is called. 10 famous tot its hair
health and bssu,ifyLns qualities. Single. easy and
convenient 70 use under all soadittoas u 'mmedf-
a,ely puts On end 70 scalp disordsss yeck 40 falling
hair, itching sesln. etc. Also. 70 fttngfsts he kaif
~foi.clss and ends 70 aid. s6sagthss zoe promote
healthy hair growth II rsmcr~ sssU ;Faos Of
dan6rvn, prevents cracking. 4ryiha szs Ec bfeiSfns
OF Of nsif and lsssu the bell bo1. ps'shls snd
easy 70 manage. Your hair .sf~ - = neu vis@
and strength and fairly glows With saf.s>t. you;skuI
charm and beauty. One woman ssy1 sas Aet1eih
cried. she zaf so bappyi
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-13

sonable terms. The committees are
also ready to offer suggestions about
rural housing improvements.
Under the FILA plan, loans are
made to finance the repairing or
improvement of farm homes, build
ings, and other permanent equipment.
Any responsible farmer may apply
for amounts up to $4,000. Repay
ments are to be made over a period
of one to five years.
The Federal land bank loans, land
bank commissioner loans, and produc-
ton credit association loans do not
come within the scope of the FILA
program, Robertson pointed out,
since they are designed for other
purposes.
However, he said, the land bank
loans can be secured for the purpose
Of buying equipment and materials
for farm buildings, but these loans
must be scored by first mortgages.
;,
The FILA committees and officials
have negotiated agreements with
large numbers of local institutions to
supply loans or credit under the hous-
ing program, Robertson added, and
all farmers who wish to improve their
homes are being urged to take adva11-
tage TO these facilities.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-13
FARM AND GARDEN

harvest of firewood without depreci-
ating in value, according to r. w.
Graeber, extension forester at State
College.
Given the proper care and manage
ment, wooded areas may we'll be con-
sidered timber and fuel crops, he add
ed. Wood lots are not merely idle
land to be neglected.
The extension forester, county
farm agents, and forest authorities
are always glad to give suggestions
as to how the wood may be cut selec-
lively so the land will continue to
produce an annual harvest.
Graeber also pointed out that many
county and city school officials will
be making fuel contracts in June and
July. He suggested that many farm
ers should be able to secure contracts
to supply part of this fuel supply.
One cord of air-dry oak or hickory
wood has heating value equal to one
ton of coal, Graeber stated by way of
comparison. A cord of air-dray pine
is equivalent to three-fourths ton of
coal.
Farm timber growers can supply
schools with fuel at an actual money
saving to the school and at the same
time make fair profit for them
selves, he commented.
He also brought out the point that
when fuel money is spent for fire
wood, it remains in the community,
giving the farmers and timber pro-
ducers money to pay local taxes or to
spent for other things.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-13
CORN-HOG CONTRACTS
MADE MORE LENIENT

Provision of the 1885 corn-hog con-
tracts were liberalized in Washing
ton, by the farm administration be-
cause of adverse weather conditions
as plans were made to speed pay
ments under the control program for
this year.
The emergency ruling, effective
Immediately, will permit farmers who
have signed or applied for contracts,
to operate additional land not covered
by the contract or to rent out a por-
ton of the land in the unit under
contract.
Corn-hog officials said in some
cases, sickness, fire or loss of work
stock have made it impossible for
contract signers to operate their en-
tire farms this year. In other cases,
such as recent floods, renting out a
portion of the land was reported the
only recourse to letting it remain idle
in 1885.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-13
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
RAPS ADMINISTRATION

Miami, Fla, June 5.-The Ameri-
can people are facing the "gravest
crisis that has occurred NShin the
lives of any of u.s." Col onel Theodore
Roosevelt declared here tonight on
the eve of his departure by airplane
tomorrow for big game hunting in
the wilds of Brazil.
"The battle in which we are en-
gagged is for the preservation Of a
republican form of government" said
the president of the National Repub-
lican club upon his arrival by plane
from New York.
"This struggle transcends in i'm
portance any mere question of party
names," declared Roosevelt as he in
jected into story Of his Forthcoming
big game hunt such questions as the
Supreme Courts recent MIRA deci-
sion.
"Such men as Carter Glass, Harry
Byrd or Frank Kent, though bearing
the Democratic label, voice my senti-
ment in the same fashion, as the Re-
publicans of similar stamp" he said.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-13
HALF MILLION ILLITERATES
TAUGHT TO READ BY FERA

Grown-ups learn reading and writ
ing with surprising rapidity" but it
takes Kitchen" technique to get
lots of them into class.
That was the report by directors
of the relief administration educa-
tional activities. They said that 1,7OO-
600 were in adult education classes
last March and estimated that "prob-
ably 100000 illiterates have been
taught to read and write English dur
ing the year."
But Aubrey Williams, assistant re-
lief administrator, estimated there
were 10 to IL million in the country
who either cannot read and write or
do so inadequately.
In discussing the problem of get
ting grown-ups into class DIR. l.. r.
Alderman, director of the program,
emphasized that illerates cannot
read announcements of free instruc-
ton in the newspapers and that when
once located, they are reluctant to
accept free obstruction because of "a
natural hesitancy and difference on
the part of the individual, self-con-
seriousness due to his educational
shortcomings"
This was the "novel technique" AL
derman said had been found helped:
eve have a neighborhood lead
err usually mother, invite her illit-
crate acquaintance to a Kitchen
class in her home.
when the kitchen becomes over
crowded, our teachers suggest NOV
ing into the local school building.
Initial timidity is thus dissipated,
and in a few weeks the classes are
flourishing in the schoolrooms."
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-13
AAA DISTRIBUTES So, 1898. 1888
IN N. C. UP TO MAY FIRST
Ashe Receives $9,641.42 in Agricul-
tural Adjustment Administra-
tratiOn Payments

College Station, Raleigh, June g.
The agricultural adjustment admins
tration had distributed $22,893, 1888. IS
in North Carolina up to May /, it was
announced here today.
The largest part of this sum, $751;
504, 474.22, went to the farmers in the
form of rental and benefit payments
for cooperating with the crop adjust
ment programs of the AAA.
The other $1,3ss,914.53, going to
defray administration costs, was paid
mostly to county and community COM
munity ommitteemen-farm who
aid in administering the programs
said Dean |. o. Schaub of State col
lege.
Tobacco growers received $12,454,
459.49 of the rental and benefit pay
ments, cotton growers $8,32S, O24.37,
corn-hog producers $638,064.25, and
wheat growers $83,926.12.
The total rental and benfit pay
ments in Ashe and surrounding coun-
ties up to May were listed as fol-
lows:
Ashe s9,641.42; Allegheny $685.
90; Watauga $6,O1O.44; Wilkes $780,
567.7S.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-13
BOB DOUGHTON AND JOSIAH
BAILEY GAINING PRESTIGE

Two North Carolinians, Congress
man Bob Doughton and Senator
Bailey, already prominent in the New
Deal program have been gaining ad-
dltlonal prestige recently. Doughton,
long close adviser of the President
is called to the White House for every
vital conference and he was among
the first to be summoned after the
MIRA decision when Roosevelt assem-
bled his most trusted aides to map
a new program.
Senator Bailey, who has been a
more dependable administration sup
porter than some of his tcritics will
admit, has also made several visits
to the White House in r. ecnt weeks.
In the Senate, too, there is higher
regard for his knowledge of Constitu-
tional law following the MIRA deci-
sion. The senior senator has stuck BY
Roosevelt in every move the Presi-
dent has really insisted upon, and in
the instances when he has been in
clined to vote gaainst the administra-
ton group it was because he ques-
toned the constitutionality of the
legislation involved. Hereafter it is
likely that his counsel will be more
frequently sought when the admins
tration endeavors to assure that pro-
posed Legislation will pass the consti-
tutional test.-The State.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-13
MISS GERTRUDE GRAPHICAL
ENTERTAINS AT CRESTON

Miss Gertrude GRAPHICAL, student at
A. S. T. c., entertained group of
former school mates at her home at
Creston on Saturday, June 1. Her
brother, Fred, from Elizabethton,
Tenn, was also present and proved
to be great help with the string
music. Gertrude Gryabeal and Ray
Stuart accompanied him. After the
music there were games and refresh
ments which everyone seemed to en-
JOY.
Among those present were Mary
Mcneil, Dewitt Lewis, Mildred Os-
borne, Fred Sutherland, Paul Lewis,
Ruth Rominger, Ella Rec Winebar-
ger, Ray Stuart, Deronda Donnelley,
Marie Stuart, and Edith Gallagher.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-13

Woodlands on thousands of farms
in the State will yield an annual
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-13
NEWS OF N. G. RESIDENTS
IN WATERLOO, OHIO

Mr.. and Mrs. Charlie Peterson, Mr..
and Mrs. Charlie Howard, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edward Boggs, and Mrs. Katha-
leen Miller visited Mr.. and Mrs. r.
O. Boggs, Thursday night.
\
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Lyalls, of Ara
bia, visited rms. Maude Miller, Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Boggs visited
in Waterloo, Saturday.
X y X
Mrs. Henry Miller received word
Wednesday of the death of her
father.
Mr.. Worth Boggs, of Troutman,
spent the week end with home folks.
4 4
Mr.. Glen Hart visited Mr.. Bower
Lya,ls, Sunday.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-13
Robertson Explains FILA
Credit System

There seems to be some misunder-
standing about loans on rural prop
erty under the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration, says A. K. Robertson,
state rural housing supervisor at
State College.
The Fab plan operates solely on
funds or credit made available
through local institutions, he explain
ed. The government is not making
any loans under this plan.
County rural housing committees
have been and are being set up to aid
farmers secure loans OF credit on rea-
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-13

Look to Forests for Cash Income
North Carolina farmers are being
asked not to overlook the sale of fire
wood as source of cash income.
The Skyland post. [volume] (West Jefferson, N.C.) 193?-1988, 1935-06-13

A Florida fisherman found a $500
pound octopus, 16 feet wide in his
shrimp fishing net when it was haul
ed in RECENTLY. These creatures live in
deep sea bottoms and rarely come to
the surface.