The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-03-02
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] BY Hobart I. Mitchell

NtNDtLL L. DAbNtt
Wendell Z. Dabney, born Nov. a.
1860. at Richmond. Virginia. Son
of John Dabney. caterer, and Eli
zabeth Foster Dabney. The nth of
nine children. Graduate OF high
school. teacher for several ears
aud later student OF Oberlin Coll
lcge, Ohio. Married Mrs. Nellie
fos.er Jackson IN 1891. Assistant
pa!mastcr ana later head paymas-
ter OF the Treasury OF the city OF
Cincinnati. OHIO. Hundreds OF em-
pioyes worked under him. served
Ia the above capacity Tor - years
+ ,lS9S-l9s3l. His collection ol books
( and prints on the Negro IS one OF
/ the nne-t IN America AT the pre-
sent ne is editor Of the Cincinnati
( Union
PROIRt DNG On LARK HEEL
/ The pfottuding heel on the back
ward prolonsaiion OF the os Oalcan-
cum 5 not simlan feature but one
that IS ultra human. The lark
heel is noticed IN the Wee, Airi-
can Negro and the ancient Euro
pean Negroes bat does not appear
ir the Asiaiie Negroes, Bushnan,
or congo pygmios The develop
ment oil the heel is observed To-
toe pain dwelling natives OF India.
TAe lark heel is probably
brought about hy excess walAing on
Level ground and more observ-
able ia Negroes living on The plains
than in those Dwelling q NOUS
lains
This feature IS observed ia SOME
American Negroes
II rHf NEGRO LAZY
tor 'hree hundred years or SO
eSpeca.s during the mncteeuh
century ihe white man has accused
lAe wA0e negro race OF lazinos,.
Of coat-e - slave, the domestic
servant fhe factory child can nel
er work too hard FOR the conient-
ment of nc slaye-driycr or the
average sa..IioNer.
Down % iew Years ago "a many
household ~ The upper middle and
lower miGde class IN our own
connf y u was ihoueht almost an
utraction OF some natural laW Tor
he domestic dtudgcs To want fe,t
ieiaxaron literature lovers, and
exercise IN The open a.r. 50 II the
Negro got bored with moroionon-
and unerGing work for somehcd,
cises man advantage Do WAS
stcma zcd as SO sieinusiv lazy
that 10 was really mora oblisa
tior 20 flog starve. or fine him into
Ssyphtau routine
AMEN TO Vol REV. BOTTOMS
Rev Grant BOTTOMS the local
pastor AZ Louisiana. Missouri. ~
The Church OF cod n Christ. on or
about Tho 7ih of August. 1925. IN
he nighttime guilty ~ loud and
noisiorous hollowing. yelling, ana
screaming by which the peace Of
The citizens ~ The city of Louis.
lana was d,iulbtd.
The alleged offense was COM
'n.red during tho course Of re-
ilsious service attended, hy ngcen
~ his little fioek. COMMENCING ar
O'Clock and ending about . 20 OF
,he same evening
The particular condic said 10
have disturbed the peace OF the
good citizens was his shouting
Amen" praise God "lilieluia."
throughout the service. BE- tone
which vas actually heard hy eer-
tain persons q, dlsiailcr of tNo
blocks from The church others
said be- could be heard even AZ a.
distance of six blocks
This meeting was attended by
lun white people nclnding two
police officers and on oiAei Smi-
iai occasion. as many as 300 white
people we're 10 OF about tho
ground, % The church
The fvo police Officers. who ios
iIfod n INC case. called rs the cry.
We're among those whose cgriosils
had prompted them 70 be present
AZ tho service
The Supreme Court r. rendering
rs n"ilSlon sam w 80 many WORDS
hat fhcs ronld NOT regulate the
volume ~ sound that may bc en-
ploycd 81 a lawfully conducted
church service; whether It NE OF a
lowly Negro congregation. housed
in temporary frame shack on the
outskirts Of the town. or OF a
fashionable white congregation as
sembled together in beautiful
edifice erected in an exclusive dis
trict.
Any Information concerning this
column or the facts stated therein
write IN care of this paper or 1912
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