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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-02-11
DIED

The funeral of Miss Rachael Carey,
80, of this county, who died Monday,
February 1, at the home of her nephew,
Carey Mcmahon, near Frostburg, was
held last Thursday morning from ST.
MichaePs Catholic church, Frostburg
Rev. Joseph A. Weber, assistant pas
tor, delivered the sermon. Interment
was in st. MichaePs cemetery.
Pallbearers were George Pope, Will
liam Turner, Scott Layman, Forrest
Michael, John A. Miller, and Leonard
Wampler.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-02-11
Revival Services Close

The special revival services, being
conducted at the Union Gospel Mis-
sion, closed Sunday evening with a
large attendance. Several conversions
were reported. ~
Rev. Clifford E. Keys, who conducted
the meetings, and Mrs. Keys motored
to their home in Washington on Mon
day.
A prayer service was held Tuesday
with more than eighty persons in at
tendance. Rev. H. o. Teagarden was
in charge.
There will be street meeting Sat-
urday evening at z o'clock on Second
street, followed by services in the mis-
sion at 1880. There will also be preach
ing on Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-02-11
RED OAK

Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Childs, of
Morgantown, West Va, were visiting
Mr.. Child's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F.
C. Childs, on Sunday.
/: Brown Cooper received word that
his daughter-in-law Mrs. Jane Cooper,
of Flint, Mich, died Sunday. Mrs.
Cooper is survived by her husband,
William Cooper, and by two children.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Strawser, of
Eglon, were visiting Mrs. Strawser's
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Brown Cooper,
Sunday. $50.
! Mrs. Josephine CLIP has been i'll
the past several days.
e. The following children had per-
feet attendance record at the local
school during the month of January:
Charles Cooper, Albert Truban,
Charles Liller and Jacqueline Bear.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-02-11
WILLIAM S. SHARPLESS

Following a brief illness, William
S. Sharpless, of near Swanton, died
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Ed.
Harvey, Sand Flat, on Saturday,
February 6, 1887. He was aged 80
years and 5 days.
Surviving are three sons and one
daughter, Hollie Sharpless, Swanton;
Stanley Sharpless, near Dodge school
house, north of Oakland; Dewey
Sharpless, Kitzmiller; and Mrs. Ed.
Harvey.
Funeral Services were conducted
Monday by Rev. P. P. Snyder in the
Mt. Zion church of which he was a
member for many years. Interment
was in the Mt. Zion cemetery.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-02-11
Sunday Services In Red House
Lutheran Parish

Church service at Gnegy at 9:15;
Sunday school program following.
Red House Sunday school at $3.50
followed by the church service. Luth-
er League at 7:45 at which time the
young folk will study "The Best
Ways of Using the Bible"
Rev. A. K. Jones, pastor, will speak
on the theme, "The Value of Temp
tation," at the worship services.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1937-02-11
MILTON WALTER LYLE

Milton Walter Lyle, of the Friends
vile community, born on February g.,
1870, died on February 6, 1887, at the
age of Sc years, II months and 27
days.
Funeral services were conducted on
Monday afternoon with Rev. George
The Arizona gleam., 1937-06-04
Jersey City
AIphas Offer
SI00 Scholarship

JERSEY CITY, N. ]. (C) After
year of existence, the Beta
Alpha Lambda chapter of Alpha
Phi Alpha, organized by DR.. Far
row Allen of New York, regional
national organizer, is making
splendid progress, according to a
report by Richard L. Martin in the
current Sphinx. Alpha official
organ. The chapter is offering a.
$100 cash scholarship to the
colored high school graduate who
has the highest four-year average,
and the group brought from ST.
Louis Attorney S. r. Redmond,
who is fighting the Lloyd c.
Gaines case, as guest speaker re-
Gently. The chapter is giving a
closed affair to members and their
wives at Donhaven, Pleasantville
N. Y, this Thursday night. DR..
Harold Branch is president and
Robert Frazier is secretary.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-06-04
SCHOOL PAPER
MAKES SIS PROFIT

DOWNINGTOWN, Pa. (C) The
Downingtown Bulletin, school
paper Of the Downingtown Indus
trial and Agricultural school, J. H.
N. Waring, Jr., principal, makes a
profit Of SIS year, $40 of which
is used for commencement prizes
and SIS goes for subscriptions for
faithful graduates. The paper is
published monthly from Septem-
Der to June, has never failed to
come out promptly since it began
publication in '33, and is supported
by its paid subscriptions and adj
vertisements.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-06-04
John b. .
Rockefeller
Mourned


NEW YORK (C) The death
of John D. Rockefeller. ST., 81.
Sunday. at his Ornond Beach,
Fla, home, brought sadness to
Negroes throughout this country,
those interested in edn-
cation and social service. The
Rockefeller philantrophy to Negro
education is well known Spell
man college Of Atlanta is named
for Mr.. Rockefeller's wife, and ne
gave $1,O0O,O0O to the schools en-
dowment, as well as money for
erecting several buildings ON the
campus. Fisk University and
Tuskegee Institute have also re-
ceived large gifts from Mr.. Rookie
feller, and the General Education
Board, founded by Mr.. Rockefeller,
has financed the graduate study of
many Negro scholars and made
large contributions to Negro
schools throughout the South.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-06-04


boys win plead guilty and get
prison terms, in order to end the
csse. Leibowitz said he knew no
thing of any such proposition, that
the boys are innocent, and will
fight to the last to go free. It is
said that Morgan county, where
the trials were held last year, is
practically bankrupt, the prosecu-
tion having cost about $4,000, and
is anxious to be rid of the cases.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-06-04

The baccalaureate service of the
high school graduating class will
be held Sunday afternoon, at 800
pm, in the high school audito-
rum. at Fifth and Grant Streets.
Rev. c. L. Upthegrove, pastor of
Tanner Chapel, A. M. e. Church,
will deliver the sermon.
Miss Dorothy Jones, high school
alunnus and a recent graduate of
Tempe State Teachers College,
will render a vocal solo.
The commencement exercises
will be held at 800 pm, Monday
evening, June 7, at the high school
auditorium.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-06-04
Bill Robinson
TO Top June Iq
At Texas Fair

DALLAS. Texas Bill Robin
son, idolized Negro tap dancer,
will appear June 10 at the Pan
American Exposition as a. head
liner for emancipation day cele-
bration by Negroes of the South
west.
Contract with the tapping king,
ace of stage of motion pictures,
to appear and perform at the Ex-
position on June 10, Negro Day
at the Fair, and again on June
20 was announced by Director
General Frank L. McNeny.
Lucky Millender's orchestra.
popular Negro band, will play the
same two-day engagement.
Tentative plans are to present
the celebrated Negro entertainers
from stage in the semi-circular
entranceway of the marble Hall
of State, with the celebration to
feature street dance in the broad
Court Of Honor, where several
thousand couples can dance.
A stage will be constructed tC
allow Bill Robinson to perform his
famous staircase dance.
Since June 10 falls this year
on Saturday, second weekend OF
the Exposition, turnout of tens
of thousands of Negroes from this
entire section Of the country is
expected.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-06-04
Bishop College
- ,..r
: !. Deun| TO Tour
s The Continent

Dean n. M. smith has been in
!, yllssd e. speak in six European
countries as "a good will ambassa-
dor from the Negro Baptist to
young Baptist. Of p; Europe This
Atlnsual invitation.Was extended by
Dr.;;J H. :RuahbroolSs- of London.
!. Engia1ly who.is the general secre-
tary Of the Baptist World alliance.
Gu this trip dean Smith will be
the Official guest Of Baptist in the
forl o W I'm & countries, les, England,
Wales Scotland, Germany, France
and Switzerland. In 1884, DR..
Smith spoke before large and en-
tnusiastic groups in Germany and
Romania- Many Of these same
organizations have requested MS
return Of the international Baptist
headquarters in London.
Dean Smith sails from New
York City, June 2, in order to
begin this series of engagements
which VIII carry him from Edin-
burgh, Scotland to Zurich and
Lake Geneva in Switzerland.
While in Europe, his headquarters
will be the Baptist World alliance
office, southampton, London,
England.
The expense involved in this
"good will trip" has been under
written by group of wealthy
white Baptist laynaen of New
York, who are deeply interested in
inter-racial and international fel-
lowship.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-06-04
/ ssul Dufe SET For
Pa++erson's Appeal Of
75-Yeor Sentence

in the case (nauseating, imprint
able testimony, some of it) with
out grave doubt of the guilt Of
the Negroes. This columns per-
sonal conviction is that the testi-
money proves them not guilty."
Mr.. Graves wrote in reply.
Immediately readers wrote in to
protest, typical among them being
this letter from a local white man
which said, "if it were possible
for you to weigh the sentiment
in this state and see how you
completely stand alone in your
viewpoint. -. believe it would
be revelation to you.
IT know that you have COM
pletely destroyed whatever USE
'fulness your column might have
had to the people of this state. I
base this on a cross-section of
people with whom I come in con-
tact"
The Arizona gleam., 1937-06-04
Mdsons TO
Hold Joint
Meeting

Maricopa Lodge No. 1 and Salt
Valley Lodge No. Free and Ac-
cepted Masons will hold a joint
meeting Thursday June 10th, at
8 pm. at the Prince Hall Masonic
Temple, 4th Street and Jefferson.
7lans for the st. Johns Day serv-
'ce will be made.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-06-04

BIRMINGHAM, Ala (C) Hey
wood Patterson's appeal from his
75-year sentence in the Scottsboro
case viii be heard Thursday by
the state supreme court upon re-
quest: of Asst Attorney General
Stlas Garrett, who is expected to
hand the prosecution.
r. Meanwhile the ordinary white
Alabanan is still anxious for the
blood Of the nine boys, it is in
dicated here last week. John
Temple Graves, IL, noted colum-
: mist on the Birmingham Age
<f1eraId and speaker at Tuskegee's
Founders Day exercises, exposed
the prevailing psychology in print
last week after reader complain
'ea of the delay in getting an ac-
SqhittaI' or q confirmed conviction
In six years and at several thou
Sands OF dollars in court costs.
e .''No one can read the testimony
The Arizona gleam., 1937-06-04
Sco++Sboro
"DeaI' Denied

NEW YORK CO. = Attorney
Samuel L. Leibowitz, defense
counsel for the Scottsboro boys,
denied on Saturday a persistent
story from Alabama that IDEAL"
would be made, now that Prose
u,toc Knight is dead, by which the
The Arizona gleam., 1937-06-04
MISS IDA JACKSON
TO TUSKEGEE

TUsKEGEE INSTITUTE, Ala.
(C) - Miss Ida L. Jackson of
San Francisco, who Is doing spe-
cial work at Columbia university,
has been named Dean of Women
at Tuskegee.
The Arizona gleam., 1937-06-04

ATLANTA, CIR. (C) = The At
lanta World on Wednesday carried
an editorial praising the Governor
of Georgia for keeping his CAM
paign pledge to raise the salaries
of colored teachers. The paper
said:
Announcement from the State
Board of Education of the increase
in salary of the 5000 colored
teachers under it's jurisdiction will
be received with joy by many.
'The new salary schedule will
go into effect, with possibilities of
a few minor changes, the first of
is to- fulfilling of one
of our governors platform pledges.
Under the new schedule, teachers
who have only county licenses and
who are not certified by the state
will receive a minimum Of twenty
five dollars a month. The lowest
The Arizona gleam., 1937-06-04
GEORGIA GOVERNOR KEEPS
CAMPAIGN PLEDGE TO
PAY TEACHERS MORE

pay for any teacher certified by
the state win be fifty dollars per
month.
"As has always been the case
in Georgia, colored teachers re-
ceive much less, about 40 per cent
less, than white teachers for sirn-
liar training and for teaching Sim
liar subjects. We, are not max
ing the practice of dtfferential In
salaries the man issue Of this
editorial. But we believe that the
state should raise the standard OF
rural teachers OF the lowest brach-
cts as we'll whereby they would
be compelled to become eligible for
certification by the state before
being allowed To- teach. This would
automatically raise the now pitt
fully low salary schedule % these
teachers" z..
The Arizona gleam., 1937-06-04
COMMENCEMENT WEEK
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL

Miss Othello Phillips, the class
representative will deliver the
class address on the subject, "The
Need of Leisure Time Activities"
Members of the graduating class
are Virginia Barber, Charles
Bryant, Victor Cook, Leta Mae
Davis, Juanita Favors, Garfield
Hamm, Bernice Kepler, Mary
Kepler, Sterling Mccarthy, Lille
Nichols, Othello Philips, Richard
Taylor, Ollie Thompson, Annie
Watson, Alfred Smith, Roscoe
Johnson, Christine Smith.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-28
WITH THE ABORIGINES IN AUSTRALIA
"Tod At The Explorers Club"
By Edward P. Bailey

1t was always my custom to carry COM
pass on these trips, but more generally, to re-
trace my journey, I relied on remembering the
characteristics Of the trail had made. was
in strange territory and crossed many gullies
and elevations, into a maze Of wooded country.
The trees were teeming with bird life Of many
varieties. Brilliantly plumaged parrots few
about in restless activity; cockatoos cawed and
screeched. That wonderful mimic the Tyre bird,
now almost extinct, the shyest of all avian
creatures, frequenting only the secret places Of
the wild bush, could be seen in numbers The
beautiful bower birds with their dancing and
courtship mounds were there. The bell birds
were also holding high carnival with their ring
ing bell-ke notes.
1t was glorious day. The eucalyptus trees
and fragrant boronias were in bloom Wild bees
were gathering honey and their buzzing in the
air was like the drone of distant machine.
Kangaroos and wallabys were numerous, feed
ing the hillsides. With the exharation of
nature in all its beauty, lost track of time,
direction and place, until the sun was well over
the meridian I had been successful in my mis-
sion, had had a glorious time and had seen
several species of snakes that were new to me,
so ! decided to call it day.
1 started on my return trip as I thought, but
after nearly two hours tramping recognized
that, by some trick of the maze, was still near
to where had started to return. I speedily re-
allied that l was long way from the camp
and temporarily lost. AS it would he folly to
wander around in the bush after dark the only
thing to do to camp for the night and
make fresh start with early daylight.
AS l always went prepared to camp out if
necessary this was no hardship There are no
man-eating or otherwise dangerous mammals
in Australia; reptiles are the only real menace
in the bush. AS it was mating season, it of
course made a difference where and how one
camped, that is all knew that at seven o'clock
in the morning the ballast-wagon locomotive at
the camp would give the usual three piercing
blasts on the steam whistle to call out the men,
and it was possible that I should be able to
hear it and orient myself and then travel by
compass
Locating my night camp high up on a hill,
away from the creeks and gues, put the billy
on to boil to make some tea and settled down
to write up my notes of the many interesting
things had seen that day, including a cave I
had found with its walls covered with aboriginal
ochre drawings, with all the indications that it
had been at some time in the distant past an
important native rendezvous.
During the day had not seen, or found trace
of, any human beings, nor heard their coo-ee In
the distance. l was busy with my notes and
absorbed in the thoughts of the days expert
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-28

Clipped in with fints as crude chises. These
drawings existed In thousand and one places
on rocks and caves, not only in the bush but
also on the plains, where almost every rock
bore myriad Of cryptic designs, reptilian forms
and representations of animal, bird and human
life. Some Of the huge circular designs covered
areas close to hundred square feet with
symmetry of curves and complicated tracings
and marshalling of lines that proved the black
man artist.
THE MORE I studied this art the greater
| the fascination. In the earlier days, would
journey alone into the depths of the jungle or
wander over the hills and gullies, seeking new
scenes in that land of an old geological period,
or into its deserts, which have charm all their
own This brought me into frequent contact
with the wandering tribes Many times would
travel long distances or spend many days thus
exploring without seeing a sign of human be-
ings, perhaps because the natives wished to
observe me without being observed but most
likely because they were elsewhere, as they
were constantly on the move to new fields, their
numbers being small compared with the great
area Of unsettled bush country.
While the blacks never stay long in one place,
their wanderings are limited to their own tribal
territory, which is mutually understood as with
in certain defined boundaries according to the
topography of the region, but covering large
areas In thlS, as IN their moral relations inter-
tribal etiquette is punctilious to a degree. l
found, however, that when my activities were
understood, l had nothing to fear from the
natives; they were honest and loyal and, if
treated fairly, they were all right am refer
ring, of course, to the aborignes away from the
civilized frontiers, in their native haunts Where,
however they touched civilization they were too
prone to take on all the white mans vices with
out the compensating value of his virtues.
never had any serious misunderstanding with
them learned to mind my own business and
to show no fear, no matter how the goose-hesh
might creep over me-and the cold shivers did
run up and down my spine many times.
My most thrilling experience in connection
with these explorations and the most indel-
IDLY fixed in my memory occurred in the earlier
days, before l had become accustomed to the
tactics of the natives
had gone off on one of my expeditions into
the bush in the Gippsland Lakes district in
eastern Victoria, to explore certain ranges and
incidentally to hunt for large quandongs, fruit
growing on large wide-spreading shrubs which
the emus very fond of and which was plen-
tiful in that section. The stone of this peculiar
fruit is large, round and strangely rdged and
indented as if carved with fine tracings. 1t was
used by the railway men for making into tie
rings, to pass away their spare time.
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-28

Life teaches most of us, sooner or later, that
it is folly to look down on any one, no matter
how lofty our own place may be!
Here in this picture you see the wise man and
the fool riding over the sands of the desert to
Cairo. The fool. from his lofty perch atop the
camels back looks down upon the wise man
riding a donkey. But as they reach Cairo, the
wise man will dine with kings while the fool
will lose even his camel.
Many are like the fool in the picture. They
are tempted to believe that because their posi-
ton is higher and their clothes finer they are
more important than the odd looking little fel
low below, but they are wrong! Often those
who look the strangest and seem to be the most
obscure are the most brilliant!
Probably one of the wisest poems ever writ
ten is Edward Rowland Sill's Fools Prayer"
which follows:
The Royal Feast was done; the King
Sought some new sport to Danish care,
And to his jester cried: Sir Fool,
Kneel now and make for us a prayer
THE Jester doffed his cap and bells,
And stood the mocking court before;
They could not see the bitter smile
Behind the painted grin he wore.
HE bowed his head and bent his knee
Upon the monarch's silken stool;
His pleading voice arose: oh Lord,
Be mercful to me- fool
4" No pity Lord could change the heart
From red with wrong to white as wool;
The rod must heal the sin; but Lord,
Be merciful to me, fool
"''Tis not by guilt the onward sweep
OF truth and right, o Lord, we stay:
'Ts by our follies that so long
We hold the earth from heaven away.
L" These clumsy feet still in the mire,
Go crushing blossoms without end;
These hard well meaning hands thrust
Among the heart-strings of a friend.
3" The ill-timed truth we might have kept
Who knows how sharp it pierced and stung?
The word we had not sense to say
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-28

ences as the silence of the bush with approach
ing sundoWn began. had heard no sound but
the laughter of the companonable hookaburra
in the trees. What attracted my attention I
could not say-it may have been a moving
shadow or a chance glance about me-but I
became suddenly aware that there was group
OF ten or twelve aborigines not ten PAGES awav.
silently watching me, with their weapons poised
as II they were portraying tableau of an at
TACK 1t was as startling as it was unexpected.
want to say right here and now that the
man who says he has never experienced fear
mas never been in really dangerous position
or does not tell the truth. know that for the
moment thought was paralyzed. However I
controlled my feelings and regained nv poise
mechanically waved salutation and. lighting
cigarette and extending the package. got I'M
and walked toward the natives. grinnino ike
a clown
Thls broke the tension and in a few minutes
we were all laughing hilariously as I used up nv
cigarettes and matches, teaching them the bane-
ful habit OF smoking and thus probably starting
them in the practice of pestering the settlers
VINO later followed our steel trail with REQUESTS
for Just little baccy."
True Stories From
"Toid At The Exblorers' club"
Courtesy Albert & Charles Boni Inc
fPDbIisbns - NsW York)
Imperial Valley press., 1937-03-28

collect facts after long
experiment concluding that
one man out of ten, and four
women out of ten. possessed
this strange faculty: they
read the history of objects!
Where one man ends, an
other begins. Professor Den
ton, famous mineralogist,
said: Nothing is impossible.
I'll make my own expert
ments." The fact that Psy-
chometry was a word coined
from the Greek, meaning lit
orally Soul Measuring" did
not deter him; he was a sci
enlist intent upon a new dis
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