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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-11-12
EnIT0RIAl
CO M M E N I S

of-town speakers to appear during
the 1878 series of the X Boos-
ters Forum program.
Much interest is being manifested
on the part of the citizens OF Gin
cinnati both white and colored in the
coming Of this outstanding leader
iii YMCA and Interracial circles. He
has recently completed tour Of the
world, visiting the foreign work as
sociations In countries and cities Of
Europe, India, Egypt, Palestine,
China and Japan, hence he is in
the position to discuss world events
from the standpoint Of a personal
observer.
The speaker has been invited to
address the Social Welfare Council
of Cincinnati at the Central YWCA
on Friday, November 18th at noon
luncheon; the World Service Com
mittee Of the .YMCA, during the
afternoon at dinner meeting; the
leaders Of the Lockland YMCA at
night; he will be at home with a
small group of young leaders on
Saturday evening at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse M. Chiles.
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Calvin 5 Digest

Of their organization. Our profes-
sional classes are gradually learning
that in union there is strength. But
it is still true that our shining ex :
amples Of achievement, in most cases,
are the individualists who help only
themselves.
More New Books
Three new books have come to
our notice: Background in Tennes-
see by Evelyn Scott, published by
Mcbride and Company of New York; /;
4 Was Share-Cropper," by Henry
II. Kroll, published by Bobbs-Mer--
rill Company Of Indianapolis; and
Night at Hogwallow," by Theodore
Strauss, published by Little Brown
and Company Of Boston.
The first work is an exposition on
southern tradition and one can
imagine that the Negroes place in
the traditional" South was not a
very comfortable one. Any book,
honestly written about the Negro in
the South, and not designed to inn
prove racial relations, can hardly be
recommended to colored readers, for
it can only bring them pain and
displeasure. The very truth Of such
a volume is its worst feature for US.
Mr.. Kroll's book shows that some
whites of the South are as much in
need Of social improvement as many
Of the colored The life of the
share-cropper, whether he be white
or black, is one Of squalor, drudgery,
misery. It is a phase Of the south
ern scene which it is hoped will soon
be blotted out for both races, and
Mr.. Kroll's book, because it will be
more widely read than that Of a coll
ored man, will do much good in
arousing the conscience of the better
America to improve. on the share
cropping system.
Might at Hogwallow" is a story
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of racial hatred, race rioting. all
about white woman. 1t is O nau-
seating story, but no worse than
those which we read in the daily
press about lynchings. Others, who
do not suffer from the scourge of
lynching, may talk of the literary
merit Of such story, but for colored
people, the problem is too real to
view it effectively. We welcome
anything that strikes at this social
monster of the twentieth century
which snuffs out human life by the
most base methods imaginable.
Collection Month
President G. D. Rogers of the
National Negro Insurance Associa-
ton has proclaimed December as
National Collection Month, in which
all colored insurance companies will
make determined effort to collect
the highest percentage possible on
the insurance they have in force.
Last May the Association sponsor
ed an Insurance Week drive in which
$11, 100000 in new business was
written. It is one thing to put the
business on the books, and quite an
other to keep ID there by collecting
for it each week, month, or quarter.
In this drive emphasis is being plac--
ed on keeping the business already
in hand.
Because the insurance business is
one Of the most inviting and profit
able for trained young colored men
and women to enter, and because
the growth and development Of this
business will mean increased en-
ployment as well as increased pro-
lection for the group, the public is
urged to lend it's cooperation in
making National Negro Collection
Month a success.
G. T.. Townes of Richmond, Va,
secretary Of the association says:
aThis is the NNIA's first attempt at
nationwide collection effort, and
your enthusiasm and cooperation this
time will have great effect upon
results Of such drives during sub
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Fee A T u r E 5

Water and Power Commission to
solve a financial emergency said to
face the Bureau Of Water Works
and Supply"
me Los Angeles Water and Pow.
q Commission, which has been laud-
cd to the skies by the public owner
ship enthusiasts throughout the
country, controls that city's water
and electrict distribution resources
According to opponents, its rates
lave been low, which demonstrate
the blessings Of public ownership.
The present emergency, however,
seems to take away god deal Of
the glitter.
The Water Bureau has an IL
mile new tunnel more than half
completed but it lacks the money
TO continue. Unless fresh money ]
produced, there is danger that thu
Ii nncl walls may collapse.
The Power Bureau has only ST.,
100000 leash on hand and needs
al it money, plus a projected $10,-
g0GG3 bond issue, to build new
ifcuit to an existing hydro-electrit
.am 9r to construct steam plant
50 il looks very much as If the
on4nmer ii goirg to he stuck agar
waite water or c:eciric utiil
III of money, because II ha
o.f.ecsed 10 baild up a surplus,
aa1d + q las'gs Cd ont Of bainess
reroed that the consume flc
through g rate increase Q progi8
tse deficit Instead, its stos'
alder# would be stuck ani un'e1
ase stockholders were mere th2'
diratilp foreFearing. naW mar
I'm nt would soon be installed.
TSat when d puhlialy ownel utilit
,es broI.e, or rana short Of th
enev required for necessary I'M
ovenent or expansion. the usae'
NV oat Il to pass The buck to the
onsumcrs and taxpayers. They may
.ick-but that doesn't make the bill
hey haze To pay any less. The eX-
erience Of Los Angeles has beer
duplicated, to d greater or lesse
legree, in thousand other Amer
an. communities.
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s.4. is tileie days OF grace"
iii ldu4srlal insu. ancc policy?
Aas Yes. Four we.ks from the
se - which the premium is raid.
n f. NYnen does an industrial
ley 80 lA.o effect!
Ans. NO o1iiga ion is assumed
~ the i..saring conn unless on
ne date and delivery OF policy the
insured is alive and Ia .ound health.
louth Must Be Served
The colored youth of today is full
# vim, vitality and ambition. I'm
,ble to find an outlet he is restless
ind dissatisfied.
The majority of our parents spend
heir energy and meney rearing us
lp, educating us, and then turn us
3ut into the wide world with no jobs.
There they stop, thinking that they
!tave given their all to us. They
.hink they have done their duty to
IS and they say SO. IT'S true that
they have made a wonderful contri-
button to us; all is appreciated, well
and good, but it is just like building
automobiles in a country where there
is no gasoline.
Time is the stuff life is made of.
Generations are also made of life
Things equal to the same things are
equal to each other; therefore gem
erations are made of time. Hence
generations change with time. The
horse and buggy day was years
ago, people had different ideas. Then
came the automobile; and now we
are flying in the skies. Time chang
es things. So it is with generations.
People of years ago might have been
satisfied and contented to accept
conditions ais they were, but it is
not SO with the youth Of today. They
have aspirations and desires to
to accomplish something. In
other words chance to follow the
line OF work they have chosen and
prepared themselves for. That is
where our parents, the men and
women of the race come in. When
we make a job for our boys and girls
THEN we can say that we have done
our duty and have completed our
job.
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sequent years. / believe it possible
to make the collection drive just
as successful as our National Negro
Insurance Week drive, which gave
our companies a production of $11,-
916,051 during one weeks effort last
May. Frankly, am Of the opinion
that a well planned collection effort
during the month of December will
60 long ways toward keering some
Of that same business on the books,
despite the fact it is now six months
old"
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Syndicate Published every Friday by
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BY FLOYD ]. CALVIN
(only Column in the Negro Press
listed by Editor & PubIisher)
Individualisls

Individualisss
The gaining of three crowns in the
ranks Of boxing by colored young
men serves to emphasize, once more,
In each of these intances, individual
or personal prowess won top rating
rhe innocent among us might ask,
why can't we gain some of the larg-
er rewards of life which come thru
group action. The answer is, we are
not organized. And what is the rea-
son? 1t is simply that we do not
know how to work together.
Working together-in unison--is
an art which must be learned. To
learn this art, there is much that
must be unlearned BY the individual.
We must change our thinking from
self to Aall for one and one for all. !"
Find the group that does this and
You will find q successful group.
Find those who think in terms Of
self, and you will lind those who
stand apart.
1t III interesting to note that in
Negro life, the greatest working
group, and the group with the most
money at its command, is the edu-
cational group. That within itself
should be a lesson to the rest of US,
but apparently it is not. Our edu-
Gators are our best organized group,
and they stick closest together. The
result is that our most substantial
group, economically, is our teaching
group. Any merchant will tell you
that.
When Negro business learns to
really organize and work together,
it will get somewhere. Our religious
organizations do fairly well, because
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The How And Why
Ut The National
Unemployment s.cnsus

1. Wat & purpose u the Unem-
ploymet lenstA4 70 get an accal
ate count Of the unemployed an
partly unemployed
2. - whom VII CARDS he sent.
TO every family ii tae United States.
3. Under who auspices is tbs
census bciAs takelt Jongl less ha
deereed, and fe ideat directed
that il be takcn
4. Is Tie GeHsa a49l olEz
But every unemelo 4 ! p-l III u
employed person ii yently request
cd to cooperate.
i. How will the Genius be con
Quoted? Through the facilities
the Post Office Department Repol
Cards viii be delivered TO ever
family. Cards are to be rotmne
BY mail to Washington for tabulation
and analysis.
6. When viii the Census Is
taken2 Cards will be delivered on
November 10 and must be feturned
by Midnight November 20.
I. Who should fill TT and returl
cards? Every person vino Il unem
ployed o. partly unemployed who ]
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s. What age limits apply2 There
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The Dayton forum. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1913-1949, 1937-11-12
TOBIAS SPEAKS
In CINCINNATI

Lights and Shadows in the Far
East will be the subject from which
DR.. Charming II. Tobias, of the Ma
tional Council of the YMCA will
speak before the Sunday afternoon
Forum Of the Ninth Street YMCA,
Cincinnati, November 21st. Mr..
Tobias will be the first of the out
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INSU K AN c Z
QUESTION BOX
BY STERLING D. TAYLOR
Supt. Of Supreme Liberty Life
Insurance Company

This column will be used TO
render free service. and advice
to the public. Write your ques-
tions and address them TO Sterl-
ing D. Taylor, care of the Day
ton Forum, 414 w. Fifth Street,
Dayton, Ohio. For personal adj
vice send self-addressed, stamp
ed envelope. All letters and
names will be kept strictly con-
fidentiaI.
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THE CUSTOMER
GETS STUCK

a proposed s2,ooo,ooo annual
water rate increase for The city Of
Los Angeles was recently Eia'ed by
the CityCorneil. but. accord ag 70
&ha Los Angeles T,1no fie mea-
sure il sure 90 be revived by the
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lean and Irish-American calling out
of greetings, this babb1e-Mrs. Hamtll
had occasion to nod only once or twice
on her progress to the grocery. And
now, when two or three neighbors
dropped in Of an afternoon, they
weren't a limited part Of a large group,
they were the whole Of the old guard!
But it's like a deserter I'll feel, even
50" Mrs. Hamin said to her successful
son, John Junior, when he first told
her that she'd have to make up her
mind mil d. to mcye' going off and leaving
John Junior smiled and patted her
hand.
You'll not be leaving your friends,
mother" he said. They can all come
to see you, and they will. Think Of how
much fun you'll have showing them
everything in a new place. This white
elephant of a house, with its Lack OF
conveniences, is too much for you to
handle-what you need is a smart little
apartment"
Mrs. Hamill sighed, IT guess you're
right" she admitted, "but, Johnny-boy,
you don't know what a lack Of con-
venience is! When your father and I
first moved in here there wasn't any
such things as bathrooms. We drew
u water from a pump in the kitchen
and cooked on a coal range. And
now'-she smiled-"well, I've got a
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URGE EMERGENCY =.
SEED PAINTINGS
LIVESTOCK FEED AT A PREMIUM
SAYS STATE COLLEGE
AGRONOMIST

With livestock feed at a premium
in nearly all sections Of the state,
every producer should try to pro-
duce and save every possible pound
OF. feed for livestock by making
emergency paintings, advises Ralph
ID, Mercer, extension agrOnomiSt.
Recent rains together with addi-
tional moisture will make favorable
conditions for the production Of
emergency feed crops.
OF the emergency crops, corn stands
better chance of producing feed
should the weather turn hot and dry,
than any of the small grains, Mercer
says. If sufficient moisture arrives, it
Is still possible to obtain mature corn
by planting such early varieties as
Northwestern. dent, Falconer, or any
of the flints. If forage is desired, rather
than mature corn, the latter varieties
should be planted.
Mercer says corn for emergency feed
be surface planted rather than
listed. The rows should be from 80 to
AZ inches apart and the planting rate
reduced to give individual plants a
chance to make maximum growth on
the available moisture. Five to six
pounds per acre is the usual rate of
planting.
Corn planted in June for forage will
produce more pounds than any other
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FOR SALE-60 Acre Irrigated Farm
Richland County, M. L. dien-
dive, Montana.
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s batht'uD, such as it is-and a gas
John Junior hastened to push his
point. II know, mother" he assured
her, you've done wonders with the
It. I know how you feel about leaving,
tool felt h same way when I went
off to my own diggings. Heaven knows,
I was brought up here-it's still home
to me, in a sense But times change,
and the block has changed, and people
If you lived in a modern apartment
I'd feel so much better about bringing
Serena to see you. Her parents, YOU
know, have always lived in such a fine,
up-to-date fashion"
Mrs: .Hamil bristled. IT Serena
doesn't like to conn here" She began.
error. "Oh, but she does" he told his
It's just-ah, mother dear, you're so
sweet and pretty yourself, and this
setting doesn't fit you-it isn't good
enough: It's like finding something
kind Of pinks you used to grow in the
garden-thrown on a heap of ashes.
That's how I feel about you living
IN this section of town, in a shabby
Mrs. Hamill was blushing like a girl;
like a girl she was bridling to a mans
any mans ardent flattery. Her
her sons.
"Johnny-boy," she told him, when
you blarney a woman that way, what's
she to do? Even when she's your
It was Mrs. Hamill's surrender.
1t hadn't been hard to find the new
apartment. John Junior and his mother
spent only n afternoon of searching
for an elderly woman, alone. It wasn't
large, 1t was just q living room and a
bedroom m a bath-and a kitchen to
make any female persons mouth water!
It was spotless and gay and shining
with its tiles and its bright, decorative
you'll be very happy here, mother"
John Junior said as he surveyed the
place, and Mrs. Hamill's face was awe
struck as she answered:
The bathtub's lavender, John; did
Oh, yes, she'd be very happy in the
new place; Mrs. Hamill assured herself
mopped the old painted floors that
never would look quite clean, she re-
minded herself Of the glossy parquet.
She used the word chromium when
sne tried to make the faucets shine
INC couldn't get q glow to them no
pit Of the dining room ceiling flaked
OH, b shrugged and said:
h. Hl II doesn't matter; I'll soon
And when the neighbors came to
cal. d fairly preened herself.
located midway between going to bed
line u the dawn-when a hundred
these dark hours Mrs. Hamill won
oere3, with q. vague sense of fear,
whether she'd be lonely in the apart
ments newneSsl
It wa moving day. The men were
coming with their van. and boxes, in
az hour-and John Junior was coming,
also, to direct. Some Of the household
tnings Mrs. Hamin wasn't taking-most
O the things. In fact. John Junior had
CONVINCED her-end rightly so-that
ment.
"Your furniture Is 80 old and worn,
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would say, ito have a well-o off son to
do for you, Mrs. Hamill. Sure, it'll be
a blessing when you get out of this old
house that's ready to fall down about
Almost eagerly Mrs. Hamin would
life preserver flung at a time of dire
need into LIES sea.
That's just what the house is" she'd
hurry to say, falling down about my
ears. Every board + step OF creaks
like mad, and try as I will I can't
enamel's that worn" Here she paused
to pass the cake, Mrs. Hamill's golden
sponge cake was famous in the neigh
borhood, and for the moment CONVEX
Sation ceased.
The neighborhood? Oh, it wasn't
what it used to be! Once the cottages
that sat side by side on the little street
were like neat, well-behaved children
in pinafores. VII. With Their u IT, hair r brushed nee
been thirty, forty, forty-five years ago
when Mrs. Hamiil had moved to the
neighborhood as a bride.
She remembered the first time she
walked-as an actual tenant-.dowr
the little path that led to her house,
and how John Hamill had lifted heI
in his own arms and carried her over
the door sill for good luck. The house
then had seemed the realization of all
dreams-it had been so modern that
it fairly gurgled with newness.
But now the house had grown old
lust as Mrs. Hamill had grown old
and the prim street had changed its
character. The neighborhood had gone
foreign; so foreign that the cottages
no longer had the neat, good children
look about them. Lawns were Uttered
and chickens pecked at neglected
flower beds, and most Of the windows
were curtainlesS.
Walking down the street toward the
corner grocery one wa conscious OF
a sense of confusion, of a babble of
alien tongues. It wasn't the good Amer
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BY MARGARET E. sANGsTER

BY MARGARET e. SANGSTER
Published by Special Arrangement With The
Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate.
Incorporated
IN TWO PARTS-PART ONE
MRS. HAMILL, PREPARING
TO LEAVE THE HOME SHE
ENTERED AS A BRIDE, IS
N BY OLD MEM
DRIES.
n RS. HAMILL couldn't seem to
keep from Dragging about the
N new apartment. It was as II
NA she felt q queer urge, q burn
ing necessity, to brag. "Just
when they dropped in at tea time to
exchange the gossip of the neighbor-
hood. "Iu be after having you all
down the minute I'm settled. There's
everything!" Mrs. Hamilrs tired, work.
worn hands always made an expansive
gesture at this point. "A tiled bathroom
and an electric refrigerator and an
incinerator and even," her eyes were
childishly wide, "a cOl0red porcelain
sink. You never saw such q place-it's
like the demonstration department in
a st0re!"
One of the listeners invariably gasped
at the climax of the colored sink.
You're a lucky woman" the listener
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help -. - :
KIDNEYS PASS
; LBS. A day

Doctor! ny your Kidney, contain Is miles
SIooay and mike keep ID You healthy. ~aiSI NE Me- r. pe eSpty pass as
about 3 pints q day or about 3 pounds Of waste.
Frequent or scanty. passages with smartins
and burning shows there may be something
An excess Of acids or poisons in your blood,
when due to functional kidney disorders, may
be the cause of nagging backache, rheumatic
pains, lumbago. leg pains, loss Of pep and en-
under the eyes, headaches and dizziness.
Don't waiti Ask your druggist for Doan's
Pills, used successfully by millions for. over 40
is miles Of kidney tubes flush out poisonous
waste from your blood. Get Doan's Pills.
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A Real BUY-SO ACRE FARM. Some
years ago it sold for SIPS per acre: We
can sell it for s43.7 rs per acre lss,5oo) II SOLO
within 30 days. rs inches irrigation water.
Good buildings, 7 miles from Bozeman. Cash
required.
s2o ACRES OF REALLY Goo dry land.
Good locality. Very fair house. GOOD Spring;
ooo acres in pillow land. Pay us s687.50 anu
assume a So, 375. 90 mortgage-5 percent@ano
the place Is yours.
Rozeman, Montana.
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FIREWORKS !

SAVE HEAVY EXPRESS charges from
East. We ship same day. Cash with order.
Satisfaction guaranteed. Largest line IN west;
imported Fireworks, positively nothing better.
SEAS, s3.75, s4.85, s7.45 and $685.. Full line
We duplicate or excel half of regular prices.
FREE punk. Our Firecrackers excel all others.
CASCADE FIREWORKS CO., Box 161A, Great
Falls, Mont.
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Beeswax mixed with equal portions
Of salt will remove rust from irons.
other stains and ways in which they
may be removed are: % coffee, tea,
or chocolate stains on cups-moisten
a little salt with cold water; ca flow
e e1, stains son n yaSesE tJo shse %,Sa
Of vinegar to each half cup of boiling
water and wash it out-after 10 min
utes or so-in hot water and soapsuds;
90 stains on brass or copper-use equal
portions of salt and vinegar.