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Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-22
Friday, May %, 1886
CONFUSED THINKING

Amazing confusion is most marked the political thinking
American people at the
sented by able body political that fails the
most drastic criticism from other equally informed thinkers Even
drastic criticism from
the Supreme Court of the United
divergence of opinion
Time and not long when the dominant parties
distinguished by certain definite differences that them
apart political
from the other by the party labels has their
confused thinking mixed them Little of this should
the thinking of the Negro What he wants well known him.
ploymen constitutional privileges of ynhng ending
peonag larger equitable educational opportunities
experience of has shown him that these will be the gift of
political party in the setup they appreciate
of the thinking confused otherwise that the
American public Plain sober thought mpe the belief that these
things programs
making Much of lies the deliberations Negro
Congress, fully organized and getting into its stride
deserves and should have the support
of the people hope their children
realization of the demand of American e liberty
pursuit of happiness"
reading of letter from
John Davis executive secretary of the published
where in this ISSUE
Notwithstanding attitude the daily
that believe that the only Negro commit
is in connection with white and that its explicit duty to
play bold desive headlines the of the
prejudd minds its readers uncompromisingy
opposed the Rayed all of their k of
contemporary be- and consistently for
opinion expressed despite the effect might have cua
ton.
believe the scale Of humanity is the
of We
ieve whether black white We believe
the such the Twin Cities stencil in the noss
people police of cities could rid
of their overnight they would We believe that
capital Negro criminals this also Therefore,
these join the police to do their duty
and communities for the decent people who
them.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-22
A Few Methodist
Facts
By o. C. Hall

About 1876 the Methodist
Church came to America. In 1889, in
free Philadelphia, a group of Ne
groes entered a Methodist Church
in that city and were insulted be-
cause they nelt in prayer on the
main floor of the church, instead of
in the balcony where preparations
were made for Negroes. Under
the leadership of Richard Allen the
group left the church and later or
ganized the African Methodist
Church, and quoting Allen, "Where
we could worship God under our
own vine and fig tree" About the
same time Zion African Methodists
organized in New York.
In 1843 the Wesleyan M. E. S.
(white) withdrew from the M. E.
Church because the church was too
inactive on the slavery question.
In 1874, in General Conference,
the NJ. E. Church spoke out in no
uncertain terms. And since that
time no agency has been buster
for Negro uplift than the M. E.
Church.
In 1845 after a bishop had been
reproached for marrying a slave
owning widow, the M. E. Church
South split off from the main body
of the church. Later all branches
of Methodism did missionary work
among the slaves. And then free
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-22

The Richard B. Harrison Players
will soon present their annual
show. This organization has worked
hard and deserves your absolute
support. Let's get out to give
them a great big hand!
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-22

Don't forget the big Spring
Festival meeting of the Duluth
Sunday Forum on June z. This
is the final meeting before recess
and everyone should be out.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-22

Howdy folks:
Knowing that a married woman's
answers are always of interest to
the general public, I selected
MRS. MARIE HUGHES. Marie
is not only young and popular, but
a very interesting person when
you get to know her well. She
is a member of our newspaper
staff and can sell more ads than
you can count on your fingers. So
read her answers and become bet
ter acquainted with this charming
woman.
1. Where did you attend school?
Ans. First years in Iowa and lat
ter years in Minnesota.
2. Where did you meet your hus-
band? Ans. Dancing party.
8. Who is the boss in your fam
lily? Ans. Both of US; that is, we
have mutual agreement that has
remained so throughout the years.
A. Who pushed the baby buggy
in your family? Ans. Both, but,
of course, I pushed it the most.
5. Who is your favorite author?
Ans. Kathleen Norris.
6. Which would you rather be,
rich and ugly or beautiful and
poor? Ans. I think ugly and rich,
because if I were rich I could be
made to look any way I would
want to.
z. What first attracts you to a
man? Ans, Personality, first, last
and always.
8. Do you feel that the time
spent in raising a family is quite
worth while? Ans. Yes. YOU
cannot explain the feeling you pos
sess when you know there are chill,
dren that are depending on you
for their very life.
9. What's your favorite pastime
Ans. Seeing good motion pictures
swimming, and selling advertising
for the Northwest's best paper
The Minneapolis Spokesman.
10. If you could leave Mime.
apolis, where would you like tc
go? Ans. I wonder! Oh, differ.
ent parts of the East and South.
II. If you had one wish, what
would it be? Ans. To be able to
travel extensively throughout the
world.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-22

Wait for the biggest picnic
of the season at Harriet
Island, st. Paul, Monday, all
day, June %, given by the
Twin City Triangle Clubs of
the U. B. F. and S. M. T. S.
Gigantic bathing beauty and
popularity contest and dance.
Everybody will be there.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-22

why don't you Try A1ka-SetZer
for the relief Of
HANGOVER
Stomach Gas, Headache, Acid Stcm-
ach, Colds, Neuralgia, Fatigue, Mus
cular, Rheumatic and Sciatic Pains?
Alka-Seltzer has a pleasant, refresh
ing, tangy taste. 1t contains an anal
gesic (Acetyl-Salicy1ate a Sodium
Salt Of Aspirin) which relieves pain
and discomfort, while its vegetable
and mineral alka1iZers help to cor
rect the cause of those minor all
ments associated with hyperac4dfty
Of the stomach.
At your drug store, at the soda 6Oun-
TAIN and In 30e and 6Oe packages for
home use.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-22

Live wire statesmen or women to
sell advertising. Call Bridgeport
1896. Unlimited opportunity.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-22

The Socialites' dance at the
Glenwood Chalet was very we'll at
tended. The girls were lovely in
their evening gowns of pastel or
CANDIES, taffetas, and chiffons.
BILL SMALLS should bring some
opera glasses to the next dance
to relieve his eyestrain from gaz-
ing so intently at ANNE SEY-
MOUR. Who was the young
man who retired on the front lawn
bench for a little snooze? He
probably was overcome by the
weather! Some of the girls
looking very attractive were:
ADELE GRAHAM, JANE LEE,
MILDRED BOHANON, BAR
BARA MALLORY, DAISY
NEVIS, SHIRLEY HARRIS,
JOSEPHINE Mccoy, and ANITA
MASON. Did you notice how
lovely NINA SCOTT looked in her
pale blue organdy gown? j..
CHARLOTTE CRUMP came to the
party with JOHN DOUGLAS;
DORTHEA HARRIS with
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-22
NATIONAL NEGRO CONGRESS
III Florida Ave. N. w.
Washington, ID. c.
May 8, 1886.
May 8, 1886.

Dear Sir:
Finally we are able to send to
you the official proceedings of the
National Negro Congress to which
you were a delegate. AS well we
can report that definite work has
been begun both at the national
office of the Congress and in local
councils of the Congress. From
now until the gavel raps for order
at the first session of the National
Negro Congress in Philadelphia in
May, 1887, we shall be busy put
ting into effect the resolutions
passed at the Chicago Meeting.
In June we will have a meeting
of the national executive council
in Cleveland, Ohio, to further de-
velop our plan for federating thou
sands of local and national organi-
cations within the Congress struc-
ture; and to put forward a pro-
gressive plan of action against the
oppression faced by the Negro
people.
In this period of depression with
over a million Negro families now
below the poverty line, with the
Scottsboro boys still in prison, with
three lynchings of helpless Ne
groes only last week, and with
Ethiopia PROSTATE under the iron
heel of Italian Fascism-it is GER
tainly necessary for every delegate
to work with intense determine
ton to bring about unity of action
of all organizations in the strug-
gle against these injustices. Let
US now begin to make good our
pledge to fight for an end to these
evils.
These are things which you can
do Immediately:
1. Secure the affiliation of the
organizations to which you belong,
to the National Negro Congress.
The affiliation fee is two ($2.00)
dollars. Each organization affiliat-
ing receives certificate of this af-
filiation and is placed on our mail
ing list to regularly receive all
Congress publications and releases.
2. Order additional copies of
these proceedings for sale to men,
bers of your organization. In guam
titles of so or more the price is
eight cents per copy.
8. MOST IMPORTANT. Imme-
diately take the enclosed delegates
pledge card and secure contribu-
tons from at least fourteen per-
sons in addition to making a con-
tribution yourself. Every person
who gives over Is cents will be
sent an individual receipt CORE
spending to the name and address
on the pledge card. Please act at
once. We are gravely in need of
funds at the national office. We
must have your help. Send in your
pledge card not later than June 10.
Let US not lose the splendid
spirit of unity and solidarity dis
played at the Congress. Let us
realize that the struggle to end
oppression is now beginning with
increased vigor-that every dollar
you raise on this pledge card digs
deeper the grave for racial perse-
cution which keeps the Negro back.
Won't you begin your solicitation
now and be one of the first to re-
turn the pledge card filled in with
substantial contributions?
Sincerely and earnestly yours,
John P. Davis,
| Mattel Cao-aLa
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-22
DULUTH NEWS
THE OBSERVER

At the regular monthly meeting
of the Duluth branch of the
NAACP last Sunday at the Cal
vary Baptist Church delegates to
the national convention in Balti-
more were chosen. The delegates
chosen were as follows: Robert
Simmons, ST., president, and Jo-
seph Albright, chairman of the
board; George Adams, member Of
the executive board; George Dozier,
chairman of the membership COM
mittee TENTATIVELY; Mrs. Mae Sim
mons, chairwoman of the enter
tainment committee. The arrange
ment agree upon by ballot was
that Mr.. Simmons and Mr.. AL
bright were to go under any cir
cumstances; Mr.. Adams and Mrs.
Simmons would be included if a
car with which to make the trip
could be secured; Mrs. Simmons
would yield her place Voluntarily
if Mr.. Dozier could arrange to
make the trip. Perfect harmony
prevailed at the meeting, which
brought out a good sized crowd.
A committee was appointed by
President Simmons at this meet
ing to contact other organizations
and interested individuals con-
corning the raising of the neces-
sary finance to defray the ex-
penses of the championship Gary
Mission Basketball team to the
Conference of Negro Youth to be
held in the Twin Cities, June 6 and
Z. In addition to $40 voted out for
this purpose, an additional sum of
S. was likewise agreed upon to
assist any young women that
might also be delegated. The OBJ
server wishes to express his con-
gratulations to Mrs. Minnie Adams
whose timely motion made this
possible. The committee appointed
is composed of Mrs. Mae Simmons
Mrs. Ann Colby Albright, and Mr.
George Dozier. Step right up and
help!
Don't forget the big Spring
Festival meeting of the Duluth
Sunday Forum on June z. This
is the final meeting before recess
and everyone should be out.
The printed official proceedings
of the National Negro Congress
are off the press and will be avail
able soon at 1Oc per copy. You
cannot spend a dime for a better
purpose.
June 5 is the big night al
Camels' Hall. Get ready for it,
Mr.. Luther Dawson's improve
ment is such that he looks like
a new man. We are all very happy
Lou.
The work of Mrs. Zillah Waters
as typist in the relief office has
won high acclaim. Congratulations
are in order when you see her.
The Richard B. Harrison Players
will soon present their annual
show. This organization has worked
hard and deserves your absolute
support. Let's get out to give
them a great big hand!
|
GRATING OPHELIA SAYS:
Cads serve one useful purpose
they make you try harder to moi
| he like them.
Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1936-05-22

GRATING OPHELIA SAYS:
Cads serve one useful purpose
they make you try harder to not
be like them.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-09-28

then fire rifles inside the cavern. The
sea lions, startled, rush madly for
the open, swimming into the nets
The Kay Bros. sea lion experts are
there nearly every year, and they
manage to obtain the pick of each
huge haul.
No living being has the natural
sense of balance that is the heritage
of all sea lions. It takes but few
weeks only to teach them to balance
and spin large rubber balls on their
shouts. Captain Pickard, who has de
voted his entire life to the study and
training of sea lions, will be seen
putting these wonder working crea-
lures through their routine when the
Kay Bros. Circus exhibits here in
Henderson for two performances on
wednesday, Sept, 30. The huge tent
Gu Guy VIII be erected on the circus
grounds between Mable- and Davis
streets
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-09-28

any prisoner is completed, it presents
an accurate, condensed record of his
entire life both before and after he
entered prison, Of his record and at
titude while in prison together with
confidential estimates on the charac-
ter and personality of the prisoner
by his immediate superiors and by the
paroles investigator. By examining
this record, Commissioner Gill decides
whether or not to recommend him to
the governor for parole or pardon.
The paroles office has already COM
pleted files on more than 1000 new
prisoners who have been admitted
since the new parole system was es-
tablished and expects to complete the
files on these 1,400 forgotten prison
ers" within the near future, Gill said.
Eventually it is planned to prepare a
file on all the prisoners convicted of
felonies, both new and old and posi-
bly, to go into the cases of some of
the longer term misdemeanants, Gill
Indicated
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-09-28

gan when he ordered all his Greek sol
dierS to remove their boards so the
enemy could not grab them by their
whiskers.
Christen Jacobsen Drakenberg, Dan
ish sailor, married at the age of Ill,
and outlived his wife, who was co.
Thirty-seven grounds for divorce
are recognized in the United States.
The top of violin produces more
sound than the strings!
The statement here concerning the
origin of the most important biogra-
ply written in the last 1000 years,
that of Marco Polo, caused DR.. Frank
suggs, San Antonio, to write, polo
did not and probably could not have
written his story. H. G. Wells Out
line of History says, While this
Marco Polo was a prisoner in Genoa,
he beguiled his tedium by talking of
his travels to a certain writer by the
name of Rusticiano, who wrote them
down."
Yule and Beazley, standard authori-
ties on Marco Polo, say Rusticiano
(correcD or Rustichello of Pisa, a
sort of literary hack, wrote down
Marcos experiences at his dictation.
Rusticiano, then, was an amanuensis,
or "ghost-writer," as such artisans are
called today. The statement that he
could not have written his story"
does not necessarily imply that Polo
was an illiterate. He came of a we'll
to do, noble family of Venice. There
was an intense dislike to the use of
pen and ink (Which still prevails)
among the ordinary respectable Lat
ms, and use of professional scribes
Tor the preparation of all letters etc.,
was customary. It is therefore as I'M
1alr to suggest that Rusticiano was
the real author Of the Book of Marco
Polo as to hold that Millions daught-
ers composed the works which thew
wrote down for their father after he
became blind.
Q. E. Burg, San Antonio, provides
an interesting footnote to the state
ment here that the law of expansion
10y heaD and contraction by cooling)
is not universal. THE mineral sulph-
ur Shrlnks in volume when heated to
melting point and expands to a ma
terlal degree when cooled" In mech
anlcs 1t is used in setting machinery.
IN anchoring bolts in wood, firmly
setting and anchoring wood in
serts, as in anchoring mortised ends
OF wood spokes in built up wooden
machinery pullets, etc. Back in horse
and-buggy days I often used sulphur
IN setting the bookings in wood hub
carriage Wheels"
! Queries, reproofs, ETC., are welcom-
ed by Clark Kinnaird.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-09-28
Lowlanders Flee
Floods In Waco, Tex.
Continued from Page One.)

ohnolng rain north of San Marcos,
anu one man was drowned in the
colorado river near Eurnet Another
was reared drowned when three auto
MOBILES were washed from road
near .Ames.
City Manager w. T. Torrance. at
waco, Texas National Guard COM
mander, declared martial law shortly
after the Brazos overwhelmed a levee
anc burst upon the eastern part of
the city. Scores of persons were car
rled TO safety in motor boats manned
by the Guardsmen.
throughout North central and west
lexas unpicked cotton was beaten to
the ground, highways were washed
out and traffic and communications
disrupted.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-09-28

Daily the trained sea lions in the
Kay Bros. Circus performances win
vigorous and enthusiastic applause.
Laughter seizes the crowds in the
stands when these intelligent Great
ures brazenly clap their flippers in
approval of their own feats. The sea
lions are hit and they know it.
Hardly a perform nance concludes
without several groups of people ask
ing the attaches of the show about
the habitat, capture and the train
ing of these sleek and agile perform
erS.
There is an immense cavern in the
rocky shore line of the Coronado Is
lands Here annually the sea lions
that are to serve. in the circuses and
ZOOS the world over are captured Dy
means of great nets stretched across
the cavern's couth at high tide. Seek
ing shelter from the heavy surf, hun
dreds are trapped in the cavern. Men
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-09-28
ANSWERS

1. The average number of patients
was 2,O74 These were kept at an av-
erage cost of $132.5O per patient.
2. 1t was at the Methodist Confer
ence in 1888 when a QUESTIONABLE
with answers concerning the use of
Zintoxicants was presented.
8. He was a French boy, born at
Marseilles, who came to North Caro-
lima at the age of ten. He made Now
Bern his home where he TAUGHT
French, learned printing, and edited
newspaper which he peddled thro-
ugh the surrounding section. He be-
came a thorough lawyer and was ap-
pointed by President Jefferson iudge
of the Mississippi territory. Later he
was attorney general of Mississippi
and then member of the Supreme
Court of Louisiana. In addition to
compiling North Carolina Supreme
Court reports he wrote several books
including history of North Carolina
4. The total population of the State
at that time was $4,000, including
whites and blacks. There were 288. 548
slaves. Only about one out of every
four families owned slaves.
5. The failure of the Highlanders
and the regular British forces to
strike at the same time. The British
were transporting armies to Whining
ton while the highlanders were gath
ering to join them. The Highlanders
were too eager and were defeated and
captured at Moore's Creek Bridge he
fore the British forces ever reached
Wilmington.
6. Seth Sothel, governor 1880 to 1889
was charged with accepting brides
from criminals, selling and approp-
Rating to his own use plantations of
others, slaves, cows, pewter dishes,
and anything else. If an owner made
any complaint Governor Sothel had
. im arrested and jailed .,s.na.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-09-28
Gas Used On High
School Strike Body
Continued from Page One.)

\SO1lC1nuSO IL JILL l 0SC OAAOs/
into their midst the students took
flight to a nearby hill, many of them
coughing and sneezing.
Glasses were suspended Friday
when all but about 100 of the 1000
students refused to enter the build
ing in protest against the transfer of
Michael Graham, a popular instruc-
tor, to a grade school.
superintendent Andrew Klinko ex-
planned that the transfer was routine,
caused by a smaller attendance at
Memorial high this year.
Klinko said that after he had ex-
planned the matter several ring lead
ers apologi ed, and said they would
return to school this morning.
At the opening hour, however, only
about 200 students entered the build
ing and the rest milled about outside,
shouting and displaying placards
reading, "crike,' and 1--WE want
Graham"
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-09-28
. TODAY. y
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES

18O7-Arnold H. Guyot, noted Bos-
ton and New Jersey geographer of his
day. born in Switzerland. Died at
Princeton, N. j. Feb. 8, 1884.
1S39-Frances E. Willard, famed
temperance advocate, founder of the
w. C. T. u, editor, born at Church
Vile, N. Y. Died in New York, Feb.
IS, 1898.
1S40-George w. Peck, newspaper
publisher, Wisconsin governor, author
of "Peck's Bad Boy" born at Hend-
erson, N. Y. Died April 16, 1916.
1841-Georges Clemenceau, famed
french Statesman, born. Died Nov.
"a, 1929.
1S59-Kate Douglas Wiggin, noted
novelist author of"Rebecca of Sunny
brook Farm" born in Philadelphia.
Died in England, Aug. "a, 1923.
1862-Franklin Paine Mall, noted
Johns Hopkins anatomist, born at
Bel Plaine Iowa. Died Nov. II, 1917.
1864-Richard B. Harrison, actor,
"de Lawd" in NGreen Pastures, "
born in Canada. Died in New York
March IA, 1885.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-09-28
What Do You
Know About
North Carolina?
BY FRED III. MAY

1. What was the cost per patient at
Dix Hill Hospital during the two
years 1888 and 1884?
T. What was the first step in North
Carolina towards prohibition move
:nent?
8. Who was Francois Xavier Mar
tin and where was he born?
4. What was the status of slave
population in 1850?
8. What lack of timing between two
cooperating forces lost North Caro-
lima to the British at the beginning
OF the Revolutionary War?
6. What were some of the charges
brought against Governor Sothel?
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-09-28
NOTICE.
SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.

NOTICE.
SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY.
AS Administrator of The Estate OF
the late Mrs. Perniniah Hoyle, the
undersigned will offer for sale ana
sell to- the highest bidder, for cash.
at the Home Place of the late Mrs.
Perniniah Hoyle in Sandy Crack
Township, Vance County, North Car
DINA, at 10 O'clock, A.. v. SATURDAY
Octoser 18th. 1886, the following de-
scribed personal property:
All Farming Utensils, houSenoiu
and kitchen furniture, Delco lighting
plant, Model T. Ford automobile ana
all other personal property OF the
late Mrs. Perniniah Hoyle.
This sale is made in order 10
make assets to pay debts of the es-
late.
This the 26th day of September
1886.
w. M. MINOR,
Administrator Of the Estate Of the
late Mrs. Perniniah Hoyle.
j. P. & ]. H. Zollicoffer,
Attorneys.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-09-28
TODAY IN HISTORY

1542-Cabrillo, Portuguese-born ex-
plorer, first sighted California and
proceeded to explore it's coast.
1S50-By Act of Congress, flogging
of seamen was abolished on U. S.
ships of commerce.
1S64-First Communist Information
al, which lasted till 1872, established
in London as the International Work
ingmen's Association-Karl Marx it's
chief inspirer.
1869-Horace Mann School for Deaf
established in Boston-first sessions
on Nov. 10. First public day school
for deaf. ever opened.
1918-American aviation at it's best
in war-bring down 60 enemy plains
and II balloons in past two days.