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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-29
Birthday Coming

The special Fourth Anniversary edition this will be
sued August In it will birthday greetings the
from various public figures merchants clubs and organizations
Four not long time in the life of individual but it is
long time in the life independent community
No other journal published this section the
Negro family Negro other has
received such great from readers and advertisers
Because this general appreciation has continued have right
feel that it med the theory continue
to merit public confidence in work.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-29
RonIIe was a Cabinetmaker

The word ''boulle, /" to antiques en-
thusiasts, has come to connote a
type of marquetry, or inlay, that
consists of bits Of tortoise shell and
brass set in combination into the
wood surface of a piece of furni-
ture. Actually Boulle was premier
cabinetmaker of the epoch of Louis
XIV, and although the turquoise and
brass marquetry technique had al
ready been used in France before
he began his career, he was almost
exclusively responsible for its pop
ularity.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-29
Here And
There
By w. NJ. Saith

The general public, for reasons
not too hard to understand, has an
Unborn prejudice against hospitals.
This is especially true of hOspi-
tai where tuberculosis is treated.
have always regarded this situa-
ton as most unfortunate where the
Negro group is concerned for as a
rule we need disqualification more
frequently than other folks and it
is agreed that our people are more
subject to the ravages of tuber-
culOsis than are members of the
white group.
Medical authorities are thor
oughly convinced that the best
possible place for a sick person is
a hospital where every scientific
care is available and where a
trained personnel brings to service
it's learning and its experience.
In the case of a tuberculOus pa
tient, early and careful attention
are the great essentials. After a
visit to the magnificent Glen Lake
Sanatorium this week am more
than eager to convey to all my peO-
pie who stand in need of its SER
vices the very splendid equipment
and set-up of this Hennepin county
institution and how it places its
helpful aid for all to use without
stint, without cost and without ia
vor of race or creed.
The history of this institution is
so intensely interesting and the de-
velopment of its widespread activi-
ties so marvelously beneficial that
it can not be given just appraisal
in one article.
I hope in future issues and at
various times to tell of its wonder
full aid in many fields aside from
that of health restoration. Suffice
it now to say that its present great
building, which resembles a mod
ern hotel, is a logical development
governed by the experiences of its
growth. This is largely the result
ing influence of the Hennepin
County tuberculosis Association as
it has induced legislatures to grant
to the counties of the state en-
abling acts making possible build
ing and supervision of these units
in place of one state controlled in
stitution.
Twenty-Five years ago when such
action was authorized, methods
were much simpler and much less
effective. Then it was accepted
that patients should be isolated
and given as much fresh air as
possible. So tents were first used.
Then cottage units were estab-
lished. The years have determined
that tuberculOus patients need the
same careful attention, good food
and nursing as any other sick per-
sons must have.
Therefore tents, cottages and un-
limited fresh air have been aband-
oned in favor of the scientific mod
ern structure with it's competent
staff of nurses and administrators
housed in it's more than $4,000, 900
building, capable of caring for all
of 750 patients. These are divided
into 700 adults, 60 children and 100
in summer camps.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-29
Buyers Guide
(Reprinted by Request)
BY CLARENCE H. PEACOCK

When the people country to use the hid
den economic they have they whip into line
and organizations who do not desire accord the Negro right
must cooperate in the of their purchasing gain
poyment opportunities for the
Coored spend hundred dollars
their purchase powders Negroes
tenth Of the total population of the United yet they buy 5 per
of all the this country. of the
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1938-07-29

oS-NS ~ go SAAS 0NesP 0NA0 40 OAAAO ~
laundresses Commercial laundries
excluded) in America are colored.
Four of the larger soap manu-
facturers spent over $4,000, 900 to
advertise their products for one
year. From my own observations,
not one of these manufacturers
found it necessary to spend any of
this amount in the Negro press.
In 1886 these companies spent
the following amounts for adver-
Using.
1. The Proctor and Gamble Com
pany, manufacturers of Palm Olive
Soap, Chipso, Ivory Flakes and
Ivory Snow, spent $5,876,146 for
advertising.
2. The Colgate Palmolive-Peet
Company, manufacturers of Palm
Olive Soap, Cashmere Bouquet
Soap, Super Suds and Concentrated
Super Suds, spent $2,969,577 for
advertising.
8. The Lever Brothers Company,
manufacturers of Lux, Rinse, and
Lifebuoy Soap, spent $2,SO3, 1903 for
advertising.
4. The Fels Naptha Company,
manufacturers of Fels Naptha,
Soap and Chips, spent $4SO,719 for
advertising.
If these soap manufacturers had
spent only one per cent of their ad-
vertising in the colored newspapers
the income of these papers would
have been greater by $121,3OO in
that year. These new advertisers
would have had to employ colored
statesmen to back up their adver-
tisements and to promote the sale
of their products in this market.
The increased revenue of $121,30
would enable the colored news
papers to give employment for one
year to seventy-five or more col
ored youths.
About ten years ago the Lever
Brothers made bid for colored
patronage by advertising the mer-
its of their products in the colored
newspapers. They employed col
ored lecturers and participated in
colored cooking schools. This COM
pany is still enjoying a consider
able amount of colored patronage.
Every colored housewife is an
important buyer of soap and soap
powders, for the use of her own
home. Those who do domestic and
laundry work are also important
buyers as they exert considerable
influence regarding the brands
bought in the home of their White
employers.
Patronize your colored newspa-
pers, watch their advertisements,
SO that you can do your part by
buying only those brands that are
advertised in your papers. By
spending your money with those
companies that invite your patron
age, you will derive direct benefits
through the increased employment
opportunities for the race.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-11-23
TSports Sputterings
By Cliff Cockill

oo1orf1 spectacle the Arm-Navy game will be play
Rather pleasant thought when you consider
the Contests" they waging in other Countries.
..........The entrants in the Greenbelt A. C.
ketba1l league look darling in their brightly
trunks ..B blocks particularly cute.
Stanley Provost, local high school senior should be
excellent teria1 some COLLEGE grid coach
though he has been denied the privilege and be-
nefits Of interscho1astic football because Of the
State of Mary1and's silly ban that sport in it's
high schools. .How does Maryland schoolboy
gain recognition if he happens to be q potential
good gridder? ..Provost. who towers about SO"
and tips the scales at $50 is a yo,ngster who can
make the grade if given the ohance...............
During Of the basketball games the other mite,
Al Bracken got his signals mixed and Let one go at
the wrong basket. .Bracken is good infielder...
Zen Go1dtadden halls from real basketball hotbed;
Newark, NJ New Jersey in estimation pro-
duces the oountry's best basketball players
Such fellows as: Lou sugerman. Ted Kearns. George
G1asco. Dutch Dehnert, Johnny Becman, Benny Borge-
man. and Jimmy Campbell, whose are Legend in
basketball history all originated from Jersey.....
% oohoeo Is unquesoasnao1y Greenoe1t's No.
football sAhout the only teams Bill hasn't
seen In acti on this those the coast...
.....We like Penn Cornell ...Col,mbia over
Brown and Texas A. and U. Texas tomorrow.....
and Army Navy. Pitt Duke. Georgia
Tech over Georgia.. Dartmouth Stanford.
ans Washington State Washington Satur day..
If the pending Petunia Bowl game between Wellesley
and Maryland materializes, shall string along
with good, old Wednesday,. the dears. 90.
j BLOCK ToUCHERS TAKE ON BLOCK
Greenbe1t will have it's little Turkey Day
grid contest tomorrow morning when the big bramy
j block touch footbal1ers take a shifty D block
six. block is being quoted by the local betting
gentry lo-7 favorites Tt is r,mored that the
boys from that block have pooled together the
Of l9e and are ready to put it the line if they
find any takers. The kickoff is scheduled
for $3.50 which will give the boys sufficient time
to get their fractures set before tearing
turkey.
To the Sports Editor:
We Of the Athletic Club be thankful that
the usual drab atmosphere Of the gym has finally
been Frightened by Lester Sanders co1oru1 pants.
hayward Boy
Editors Notes They cutes aren't they? And
they fit snug.
COUNTY P. T. A. MEETING
regular meeting Of the Prince Georges Fedora
ton Of ParentTeachers Assocs. will held Seat
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-11-23

GLIDER CLUB
The Greenbe1t Glider Club met Friday Nov. 10 to
discuss ways and means Of purchasing glider. Due
to the fact that membership is small at present
times the actual purchase of glider will be de-
ferred until the member ship is increased. Accord
ing to Of the members, secondhand glider can
be purchased for 500.
Greenbelt cooperator. (Greenbelt, Md.) 1937-1954, 1938-11-23
GoLDFADDEN SIGNS WITH HEURICH,s

Greenbelt basketball fans will be interested to
know that Ben Goldfaddens who moved to town in time
to help Widger's Cliff DFel1ers win the soft-ball
ohampi onships has been signed by the Heurich
ers basketeers who have taken franchise in the
fast professional American League.
Go1dfadden. George Washington University lma-
mary for several years. member of the Heur-
1ch quintet last season. He is employed a
creational director for the District Columbia and
is assisting with the promotion Of the local
ball league.
BOB TEMPLE SETS PACE IN BOWLING LEAGUE
By virtue of stellar performances of the Beavers
and Cardinals the for first place in the
Greenbe1t Bowling League stands in a three-way
tie. This accup1is shed by the simple procedure
Of the Cardinals humping the former paoe-setting
brakes two games out Of three, while the Beavers
trounced the Alligators three straight games. The
cobras took the Bears in camp in three strai ght.
and the surprising Eagles repeated the task by
ing the set from the luckless Jeeps.
Outstanding was the scinti1lating set tossed by
Bob Temple. l29 ll9 135 record set
for the Of 383.
The standings to date are:
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16
PERSONALS

Rev. E. C. Mock returned to
Glassborough, N. j., with his fam
lily.
Mrs. George H. Raymond is Wis
iting relatives in Chester, and at
tending the commencement exer-
cises of the Military Academy
where her son Clarence, is at
school.
John H. Hoffecker will leave on
Friday for the Convention at Chi
cago as one Of the delegates from
Kent county, accompanied by Will
liam A. FAIRIES and most PROBABLY
John A. Hoffecker.
Superintendent I. n. Mills left
Clayton last week for a week or
two's visit to New England.
Mrs. Charlotte Neil, Of Philadel-
phia, is visiting her granddaugh-
ter, Mrs. Walter o. Hoffecker. Mr..
and Mrs. George Warner, of PhIa-
delphia, were also guests of Mrs.
Hoffecker on Monday.
J. Harvey Spruance, who has
been in Baltimore the past eight
months, is spending a week home"
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16
STRAWBERRY SEASON ON
DELAWARE r. r.

This is the most satisfactory
season our strawberry growers
have had for several years. This
has resulted mostly from the fav-
orable weather, there being no rain
since the picking commenced, but
plenty before. The prices in the
city have ranged from to 16 cents
per quart. Thus far about 1900
carloads have gone over the Della
ware Railroad, or some 100000
crates. The crates will return on
an average Of $2.25 per crate clear
of freight, commission and carriage,
thus showing over one and a
quarter millions of dollars have
been divided on the Peninsula be
tween the growers and the pickers.
A quarter of million more will
probably be added to this, without
taking into account the very large
quantity sold on the Peninsula The
strawberry money is money that
gets into circulation at once, and
its benefit is already being felt in
the channels of trade.
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16

DOC, to F. H. Hendrickson -
Oceania, N. ].
M. L. Lichtenstein, of Wilming-
ton, Ex-Secretary of the PerpetmsI
Building and Loan Association II.
been found short in his account !
over 100000. He has confaeee5
judgment to the association IA IN
amount of $4,000.
The Peninsula Farm ana Cara.u
a monthly agricultural paper ma
lished by Caleb Boggs at Moortor
has suspended. It is expected tbat
the Farm and Home win absorb
the advertising and subscrintior
patronage of the defunct paDer
The young men of Dover Wisb II
erect a monument to the memo,,,
Of Caesar Rodney and ask the NH
Of the citizens Of Delaware n Il
doing. Any one wishing ii car-
tribute to the fund can al II.
sending their names With t5a
amount to this office 81 III HI ~
Kerbin, President Of the R 5drer
Club" Dover, Del.
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16
CROP PROSPECT NEAR
BRENFORD

Joseph r. Jefferson residing be
tween this town and Brenford is
credited by his neighbors with hav-
ing the best field of wheat in the
neighborhood. ]. H. Donovan on
the farm of S. G. Wilds takes the
cad in corn, as seen fro mthe road,
while E. Lower and George ID.
Wright are vieing with each other
as to which shall have the best
titled and cleanest peach rochard.
In addition to fine wheat and grass
fields and thrifty peach orchards,
this neighborhood excells in hand
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16
THE DEATH OF
MISS SADIE BOGGS

The sudden death of Miss Sadie
Boggs at Clayton on Wednesday
afternoon last just as we had run
off our issue of that day was a
shock, as a sudden death by raj
road or otherwise Always is to a
community. Detective N. H.
Hutchins who saw the young lady
as she was avoiding the train in
one direction caught by the cars
backing in the opposite direction,
the wheels mangling her body and
causing instant death, informed
Coroner Wright of the sad acct
dent and an inquest was held the
same evening the jury Of which
brought in verdict not only
charging the railroad but censur-
ing it for negligence and derelic-
ton of duty in not providing prop
er safeguards at the crossing
where the deceased came to her
DEATH The young lady was held
in high esteem by those who knew
her not only for what she was but
what she promised to be. Her
Sunday School Superintendent
Sunday inalluding in the loss they
had sustained in her death, char
acterized her as one who at Sun
day school, church or at home, was
always ready to lend helping
hand. She had been selected to
take charge Of the floral decora-
lions in the preparations of the
dedicatory services of the new
church. The flowers were there,
furnished by other hands, but they
were draped in the emblem of
mourning as a fitting tribute to
one they loved and in whom was
the promise of more than usual
usefulness.
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16
SUMMER SCHOOL HERE FOR
TEACHERS

We announced in our last issue
that superintendent L. Irving
Handy and Principal w. c. Lake
intended to have during a part of
the summer a normal school for
the advantage of teachers, of those
intending to fit themselves for this
business. They intend to hold it
from July 9th to August 10th, hav-
ing secured the use of the public
school building Of this town for the
purpose. They say 1--WE have es-
tablished a Summer School to give
an opportunity for normal instruc-
ton for Delaware teachers, and to
prepare for examination those who
desire to commence teaching" The
course Of study will be arranged,
as far as possible SO that the stu
dents may use the text books in
use in the free schools in Della
ware. THE school will be divided
into three classes, responsive in a
measure to the three grades of GER
tificates provided by law. The first
class will be prepared for first
grade certificate and in addition
will be given elementary Latin"
The cost of tuition will be $40. and
board will Be from So to IS per
week, making the whole expense Of
the course from $25 to S35. If
thirty or more students enter, and
they desire the attendance of none
except those willing to study and
study hard; a third instructor will
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16

somely cared for lawns conspicuous
among which might be named
those of Eugene Crow, E. Lower, ].
P. Dickson, G. r. Lofiand and John
Severson. If we were to include
the base line of this quadrangle
on the State Road, Belmont the
home of Mrs. Peterson; Woodlawn,
the home of Col. George Cummins,
and the farms of S. B. briggs and
d. w. Trumpeller near the big
oak" might also be named.
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16
THE NEW BISHOP OF
DELAWARE

After twenty-four ballots DR..
Leighton Coleman of Sayre, Pa,
was elected Bishop of the Protest
ant Episcopal Diocese of Delaware,
at Dover, on Wednesday. The do
cese has been without a bishop for
over a year and two former con
MENTIONS held for the purpose, were
unable to unite upon a man. DR..
Coleman was born in Philadelphia
fifty years ago and after a rector
ship Of some years in Wilmington
he went to England, remaining at
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16

Oxford for eight years. He return
ed about a year ago and has been
stationed at Sayre since. His lead
ing opponent in Wednesdays bal
loting was Rev. w. F. Nichols, of
Philadelphia. The latter was NOM
mated once by the clergy, but the
lay delegates refused to confirm
him.
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16
15O-Ton Signpost Erected

London. More than $50 tons q
concrete have been used to make
Great Britain's largest signpost-
the aerial signpost just completed
in the meadows at Kings Langley
HertS.
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16
WARNING
In the Rough

You want more money! Why,
my boy, I worked three years for $40
month in this very business. Now
I'm the ownerl"
We'll, you see what happened to
your boss. No man who treats his
assistants like that can hang on to
his job. "-Pearson's Weekly.
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16
FIND CENTER
OF POPULATION
Follows Closely in I. s. A
the Thirtyninth Parallel
of Latitude
FORECAST OF 1872 TRUE

Washington, D. ca prophecy
made by a noted geographer 65
years ago that the center Of popula-
ton Of the United States would ul-
timately be at a point 80 miles east
of st. Louis appears nearer of full
filment.
The term center Of population"
as used by the census bureau, is
that point which may be considered
the center of gravity of the United
States; that is, if it were a rigid
plane without weight and the popu-
lation distributed over it, with each
individual being assumed to have
equal weight and to exert an in7u-
ence on a center point proportional
to his distance from the point.
Although the bureau has not made
a study to determine the center Of
population since 1880 because Of the
expense involved. it was believed
that on the basis of most recent
population distribution estimates,
the hypothetical point is several
miles west of Paxton, Ind, close TO
the Indiana-Illinois line.
Stationary Point Forecast.
In 1872, ]. D. Hilgard, prominent
geoGrapher of his day, predicted the
line which the center of population
would follow and prophesied that
the imaginary center Of gravity
would move by the year 1000 to
point approximately 80 miles east
of st. Louis where it would remain
stationary in subsequent years.
The census bureau in 1880 com
puted the pivotal point at site 2.9
miles northeast of Linton, in Stock
ton township, Greene county, Indi-
ana. In the decade from 1920, the
center moved 22.3 miles westward
and 7.6 miles southwark. Because
of the large westward migration Of
population in 1888 and thereafter, ex-
perts believed that the shift in the
center would exceed Is miles.
The greatest movement west was
during the decade from 1850 to 1860
when the center advanced 6O.6
miles. The least movement west was
during the decade from 1910 to 1920,
when it advanced only 9.8 miles. The
total westward shift from 1850 to
1880 was $50 miles.
Along Thirty-ninth Parallel.
Hilgard predicted that the center
would follow close to the thirty
ninth parallel of latitude. Census
bureau experts said the line OF the
since 1872 has been re-
markedly close to that parallel.
The point farthest north was
reached in 1890 and farthest south
in $780, In 1890 the center was ap-
proximately % miles east Of Balti-
more. In the next decade it had
moved to 18 miles west Of Baltl-
more. Succeeding decades found
he center moved SuccesslVeIy 70
points 30 miles northwest by west
IF Washington; Is miles east Of
w. Va; 10 miles west
southwest of Moorefeld; Is miles
south of Clarksburg. W. Va; Is
niles southeast of Parkersburg, W.
Va; 20 miles south by east Of Chill
icothe, Ohio; 48 miles east by north
# Cincinnati; miles west by south
# Cincinnati; 90 miles west Of Co
umbus, Ind; miles southeast OF
in the city Of Bloom
ngton, Ind, and in 1920, 8.3 miles
outh-southeast Of Spencer, Wash
ngton township, Owen county. In
Llama.
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16
APPROPRIATE

The teacher was not satisfied with
the efforts Of the singing class.
Come, come" she said, this
will never do. Open your mouths
wider and sing as heartily as you
can, Little Drops of Water and
for goodness sake put some spirit
ito it. STRAY Stories Magazine.
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16
Hi Ho Saving

zone of lofty mind" said Hi Ho,
the sage of Chinatown, may fan
into error by assuming that his
ideas are shared by those who have
not even tried to understand them"
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16
Salmon In Fresh Water

Not all salmon spend their lives
alternately in fresh and salt water.
In Maine, Canada and Norway are
landlocked salmon that spend their
entire lives in fresh water.
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16
A Change for the Worse

Bob-See any change in me?
Johnny-No, why?
Bob-I just swallowed Is CENTS
Stray Stories Magazine.
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16
Truthful Salt

rs my wife forward?" asked the
passenger Of the ships captain.
We'll, err" replied the truthful
captain, "a little"
Smyrna times., 1938-06-16

be added. Here is an opportunity,
for thoseteache rs who desire to be
better tied for their profession to
DO so at a small expense.