davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1940-05-31
MIX CLUB ITS

.-.K CLUB LIFTS
The K.E.N.C1ub not ct tho home Of
oar lrf der st eleven o'cloc1: Sat-
urdc-, 2'0T IS. 70 hCd 1 picnic
dinner onG l26rnod how to 5c!co
biscuits in { reflector ovon. lft3r
dinner VIC hold our business r11ctin-.
Bonnio .'ooro plcyod the flute, s,nd
VS. scnC songs.
,.tss zi~-or~'on vas ocuost for . short
ti@?o.
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1940-05-31

Doris I'ooro
Club Report ter
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1940-05-31

ON !. III
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
The Opportunity Of Conventions

THE ANNUAL convocaton of Nurses of Georgia has
way and gone. just other conventions. We
wined and dned them and they went off with fine i'm
preston of hospitality saying they had good time
We suggested in editorial of welcome to nurses
form of ringing resolutions timed and toned for
pansion of the hospital idea this state We sought to
point out the grave danger lurking in every rural and
small town community where wholesome hospital facilities
lacking We cited the fact that the federal
had suggested small unit hospitals for rural in which
many deserving life might be spared and prolonged.
Our conventions and Grand Lodges unlike those of
other groups who have the Kwans international, the
Chamber of Commerce. and political executive committees
to sponsor their social civic and political needs Our
ventons have to address themselves the many varying
problems touching the general racial welfare In that they
take addition to their regular functions political
civic and economic phase. We all know this.
The colored in America will get any. place
long those representative bodies get together
their annua elect officers dsburse what monies they
raise have their pictures aken to swanky club
and pitch big dance long silks and uxedos, take motor
cade through the best residential and business sections and
then go home singing the song, GIVE HAD BIG
TIME"
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
BETWEEN THE LINES + r

matter of preserving the demo-
cratic ideals through which alone
the Negro may hope for the fu-
ture. Totalitarianism holds little
of hope for minority groups Ill
general and Negroes in particular;
our fortunes therefore, are bound
up with the democratic ideologies,
OUR BEST HOPE
Roosevelt seems to be our best
hope to combat the fascist move
ments and ideologies. He has man
ifested his interest in the masses
anG has striven to remember "the
forgotten man" That the forgot
ten man has got a better hand
in the New Deal cannot be doubt
ed It is true that every mans
dinner pail has not been filled;
but Roosevelt has seen to it that
the man with the full dinner pail
share something with the man with
empty pail.
This, it is true, has irked certain
classes but it has STAYED off rev.
olution and kept this nation with
even keel. Politically there is
nothing against Roosevelt aside
from the fact he has tried to keep
faith with the forgotten man.
The big fight then will be waged
around the tradition of the third
term. This should be no great bar
rier to thinking men throughout
the nation. Tradition is not some
thing too sacred to be sacrificed.
1t is just a pattern of behavior
which has nothing of the sacred in
it except insofar as It meets con-
ditions. Different conditions call
for new traditions just as time
makes ancient good uncouth."
Breaking down certain traditions
is one of the pressing needs of the
hour. 1t was once traditional to
lynch Negroes accused of certain
crimes Or no crimes at all Who
wants such tradition perpetuated?
It was once traditional that no Ne
gro has rights any white man has
bound to respect. Such was hell
ish tradition and it's complete pass
ing will be blessing
CONDITIONS MORE
IMPORTANT
1t is even traditional now in Ger
tain quarters that HIgroes can live
cheaper and therefore should be
paid smaller wage than whites.
This tradition is best seen in dou-
ble-standard of teacher salaries
throughout the South. Who wants
such tradition preserved?
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
Great Responsibility

AS clouds hang Europe America busy with cleo
on plans place the highest position the country
offers Whoever elected will have great responsibility to
shoulder for the next four for beside the unsoved prob
lem of unemployment and faced with
threats of making National defense vital matter
which be attended The Democrat Republican
that takes office will be busy handling the sixth column nem
ploymentJ from Within and the Nazs Europe beyond
boundaries.
The past depression has taught the Negro to de
pend his thinking ability and power OF production We have
problems sove producing Jobs much duty
is that Of the opposite We gradually learning that
worth be determined by color but by quail catons
Let prepare ourselves the opportunities OF lie
We have proved that equal both physically and mentally
any other by the example of Louis and Owens in sport
DR. Carver in science Marian Anderson and Bishop S L.
Green religion Yet there many professions (which we need
And by conscientious effort make selves integral
part
Shreveport
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
BY WILLIAM PICKENS

Batista, who has just been elect
ed president of Cuba, is Negro
If he had been born in South
Carolina, he would never have
been permitted to get education
enough to become an army ser
seant and shoot and bully his
way into a dictator ship of Cuba, AS
he did few years ago. Now he
has got out of the dictator class
and comes up into more respect
able status as elected chief eXecu-
tive of his native land.
What difference does it make?
We would not even mention it Il
it were not for the idiotic attitude
of Americans toward their fellow
citizens of Negro blood. We see
in the papers picture CT Hull. OF
Tenn, in close tete-a-tete with
F'ulgencio Batista. at dinner IN
Havana What of that, too? Why.
it shows up the hypocrisy and un-
civilization Of these southerners III
their own country.
In Cuba it is all right: Negro
is chief of the army or is president
of the government, and therefore,
for all practical purposes, a Negro
is not a Negro any longer. Georgia
girls go to Cuba, as queens OF
cotton" or something like that. and
of course they have to be entertain
ed by the secretary of the interior
in Cuba, who may be dark brown
Negro, and they cover it up by The
fiction that he is a Cuban, as
if Cuban" we're the name Of
race instead of simply a national
word. In the same sense, a black
man of Mississippi is a Miss
issippiss4. and any Negro of Ameri-
ca is simply an American.
Maceo the Great, the George
washington of Cuba, who battled
for it's independence, was also
Negro more Negrcid than half
the United States, and far more
Negro in blood than is even
Batista, Maceo's old mother gave
all her sons to the cause of free
dom for Cuba. The Cubans have
built great monuments to this
Mother and this Son.
A few years ago, when Batista
first became q dictator and seized
power, and killed few opponents,
our American newspapers mention
ed the interesting fact that he was
a Cuban Negro. because then they
expected him to fail soon, and that
would be a Negro failure. But
as his dictatorship stuck, they
gradually lost track Of their an
thrcpology and forgot his origin,
and now that he has become preSl-
dent of Cuba by election of its pee
pie, we expect them to forget that
he is a Negro permanently III
America, and never, never. never
mention it again.
Batista visited us a little While
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
Fourteen Get
Red Cross Aid
Certificates

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.-(SNS)-
In impressive ceremonies, last
Sunday evening, at the Mt. Paran
Baptist church, fourteen members
of a First Aid class received GER
tificates.
DR.. l.. A. Lew,o, local medic,
addressed the class from the sub
ject, "How First Aid Helps the
Physician"
Mrs. Rhoda W. Bacemeister
used as her topic, "Adult Educa-
tion." and sermonette, "Obligat.
ed Service" was preached by Rev.
C. H. Bell, pastor of Mt. Paran
Baptist church.
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
OUR HOMIClDES

OUR HOMICIDES
Few persons could witness read of the
many gruesome homicides that are the lot of our
race every week without wondering whether are
entirely civilized as group. The better elements
among will scott at such a statement, of course
But seriously, when one looks upon Negroes whacked
from ear to ear from head to foot stabbed with
anything with sharp point shot UP like sieves and
srrinkled generously with harsh acid, thought
comes to mind that need to get to work on
selves.
There is something about self respect, race
spect and human respect that ought to be taught the
"uncivilized" among in the home. the school
and the church. We hurting one but our.
selves with this rotous living for once it's applied
to anyone outside colored rank the judge usual
ly admonishes to prepare to meet thy God for
me day is not far Off"
There's no sense in taking peoples lives
ring their faces and bodies "over nickle," "over
a drink cover a woman "over a man." "for nc
at ALL "just because didn't like him or
her. "iust because 1 short term and
get out in a little while"
Leaders of my group can't tell that they are
interested in the welfare of the whole when they
actually wink at goings on by doing nothing to
train our people away from delinquency and capital
offense The teachers in the schoolroom the preach
in the pulpit and the mothers and fathers in the
homes ought to get busy. There's work in the art
of respect to be done.
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
DR.. J. n. DiIIard
By REV. J. c. WRIGHT


OCCASIONALLY, in every era
there appears man who, like a
solitary light house on some "stern
and rock bound coast" stands fixed
and immovable among the raging
tempest of contemporary opinions
and problems and sends beam of
hope and reinsurance to guide ear
nest, but often weak and wavering
souls, into sheltered harborS of
faith and truth.
In both word and deed they obey
the injunction of the Master to
"let your light so shine before men
that they may see your good works
and glorify your Father which is in
Heaven"
Such a man was DR.. James Har-
dy billiard whose death at eighty
four years of age is chronicled in
the mornings news. Among the
stalwarts to whose labors and lead
ership the past twenty-five or thir-
ty years may be attributed the
present marvellous development in
the education foJ Negroes in the
South, he was giant.
BIGGER THAN SECTION
A gentleman CT the "Old South.
he was nurtured in her traditions
and was a product of her culture
But he was bigger than either OF
both of these. The story of what he
was able and willing to give up in
order to be of service to the Negro
people in their upward climb is too
familiar to every intelligent student
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10

dict The invasion and conquerng of Great Britain
is going to prove headache no matter how furious
the onslaught, how many fresh hordes of Nazl
hellions are sent into battle against the islands ano
end their dominons.
The mad scourge" of Europe has never run
against battle line of blacks-inspred blacks from
Georgia and the South from New York, Illinois ano
Indiana Give them few tanks air planes ano
batteships and they won't fall back before Hitler OF
any of his archangels. However, if they don't get
them and get them trained in their use, they'll be
useless as weapon-ess French before flame-throw-
ing German tanks. Maybe it would be better 10,
them and get trained in their use, they'll be
fire and birthstone that may be hurled with success
if the United States of America doesn't wake up and
learn that the Negro constitutes one of the greatest
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10

/ of the last quarter of century OF
our history to need recounting here
How he gave up lucrative busi-
ness openings and opportunities for
distinguished professional service
among his own group to cast in his
lot with those who were forcing
open barred doors to a struggling
race, is one of these stories which
fire the Imagination and stir the
heart
His standing throughout the en-
tire South as a gentleman and a
leader, and his sincere devotion to
the cause of education for the Ne
gro people made him an ambaSSa-
dor of goodwill to whom no door
was closed. Educators, both white
and black, throughout the entire
South sought his counsel and guild
ance.
CLOSE FRIEND OF
WASHINGTON
He was a close friend and advis-
or of Booker T. Washington. AS di-
rector of the Jeannes and Slater
Funds, he spent much time upon
the Tuskegee campus making plans
and determining the methods which
have enabled that fund to contrib
ute so largely and effectively to
the improvement Ct teaching in the
rural sections of the South.
1t was upon these frequent visits
to the Institute that those who were
fortunate enough to be teachers Oh
the staff then, had the opportunity
of getting a closeup" of billiard
the man.
He was d gentleman in the fullest
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
1aaEE(sAa2iE22!1 ! |!l!! EE2{!|2i@6{ ! ! 8 s. I22!1
10y IAONsAs JEFEERsON flanagan Ns&GA u
AUGUST

l always welcome August Silly days.
When yellow corntops pierce the morning haze,
And every sleepy breeze that tips the hill
Bring fragrance of the melowed daftodll.
Somehow there is a 1u1 in cattle bells
hat shed soften soothe along the dels: >
The river tarres and the song is slow
That lifts its echo from the lifting flow.
The peaches long have left the swinging limbs,
And yelowed melons bring more that rousing hymn
That moves the land in all that halowed bliss
That sweeens a cold and bitter world like this.
l always hail with JOY the slumbering Augusttde
and snooze as on its pillowed clouds glide:
And while the fields dfowSy lease,
They tuck US meath shaded wings Of peace. i-
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10

It is traditional among certain
ignorant whites that Negro women
are utterly without virtue. The lie
of this has been proved a hundred
times and it still persists but who
wants to preserve it? It is tradi-
tional among certain Negro relig-
ious circles that seeing and hear
ing" something is a part of CONVEX
sion. A tradition that needs dis
carding.
The CONDITIONS DEMAND
ING ROOSEEMT LEADERSHIP
ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN
THIRD-TERMT TRADITION! IRA
DITION OR CONDITION?
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
By ROBERT M. RADCLIFFE

LAFAYETTE PAGE of Louisville filed suit for divorce
his wife Maudea He sought the separation grounds of
abandonment Brother Page wanted to get with quietly
possible
But Mrs Page got rather noisy She filed counter suit
charging cruel and nhunan treatment She asked for amony
M Page $8 per week. attorneys fee and her maiden
Now that's when hubby got He filed
his wfe5 charges stating that she had beaten him the head
had caught her the embrace of visiting revvals
He also Mrs Page and the reverend of having secret
love nest least secret be said until he found it.
What is Brother Pastor supposed to tell his nquSti< church
members that his sins have been exposed! Looks though
break another of the Ten Commandments make
himself right with his congregation.
ONLY TWO OF IA colorcd professional men in Charleston
S. c. knew of the recent ynng Brownsville Tennessee
coding reporter who went quiz assignment Among
the bog class he found that 10 of SO had either read or heard
Of the incident
He learned that none of the IA professional
knew of the NAACPs refutatOn of Tuskegee Institutes
report that lynchings occurred in the United States
during the first six months of this year
The professional men in Charleston have failed to follow in
the footsteps of their professional brothers of other cities ii the
reporter giving the right dope In most Cities gen
enen professions lean drugstore counters and read the
front pages Which accounts for the cahandcay customers
paper being tattered and dirty.
TWENTY Y-SIX-YEAR-O OLD Mrs James Perry, wife of
Kansas City, Missouri WPA worker qualities for kind of
title She broke into the news last after giving birth five
babies during byef period of IL months Tpe girls were born
the Perys last August and then the other day. WELL two little
boy babies along
The first step twins born Mr. and Mrs Perry two
ago lived only few. days There two other living children,
the oldest is four.
THE MOTHER OF THE month, however is Mrs.
Joseph Hunter of Poplar Bluff Missouri She gave birth
to 2O-pound daughter Mrs Hunter attended by
a midwife.
Papa Hunter who already had nine children to feed,
smilingly said eve saving the best for the last
A "ONE-CENT" MURDER has been admitted by four
youths in Orangebug s. c. The 55year-od victim slan
robbed of his only penny and his body placed railroad track
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
PLATFORM

To the coOred that they feel proud
of express political social
religious economic questions which the
that must become job makers as we'll job seekers
3 To instruct and girls in the art of thrift
To Faherhood the brotherhood of
s To build a foundation posterity
business the colored must compete
of technique
dealing with dependable ef
f1cnt will be able
enterprise realizing vital
the INDEX shall times heed respect
geion rendering better service
weekly published in which views
national
opinions
especially
The opinion of INDEX.
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
Fishing With Her
Husband, Georgia
Woman Is Drowned

WAYNESBORO, Cas- N 81
Mrs. Pearl Briggs, 40, drowned m
Iceman Lake, Brier Greek, early
wednesday morning while fishing
with !lcr husband, John Briggs, a
Wsynesbnro mechanic.
Standing some 20 steps from her
husband, MIS-. Briggs slipped ano
fell in the water. Mr. Briggs, un-
able to swim, was forced to watch
his wife drown.
The woman's body was recovered
an hour later.
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10

TaCIdI CIIdT we Suppose
that should Mr.. Hitler and his col
leagues win the war from the dem
ocratic nations, including the
United States of America, he would
propose to send us back to Africa
and "exterminate" us. Which re-
minds us of Bilbo and few others
right here in America.
Mr.. Hitler will have a lot of
fighting to do before he gets to
America and the Negroes, we pre-
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10

Rev. Mr.. Clements has mace
great strides since being a mem
ber of the North Georgia Con\er'
ence and the bishop should be
complimented in knowing men that
can be successful in places like ne
has assigned the Rev. E. G. Clem-
ents. Rev. Clements says, "Reyn-
olds, distance doesn't make any
difference with me, the further the
bishop sends me the better success
I will be-.
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
DENTIST TO SPEAK ON
WINGS OVER JORDAN"

CLEVELAND (ANP)-"ThS
Part Negro Dentists Have Played
in the First Hundred Years
of Dentistry and the History Cf
the National Dental Association"
will be the topic discussed by Dr.
Robert H. Thompson, Westfleld,
N. j., secretary, executive board,
National Dental Association on the
VIKINGS Over Jordan radio pro-
gram Sunday, August II, at $3.50
Eastern Stadard Time over CHS.
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
Negro Is Elected
President Of Cuba

ago, while he was army head and
dictator. That was funny enough
But if he comes again now. while
he is "Chief Executive" of one OF
our Sister Republics, what
laugh it will be on our id1otic
American race prejudice!
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10

Clements was in
midst of a big
rally to raise his
conference claims
from his congre-
cation. The re-
sponse was graft
flying and the
people seemed to
be happy to dC
t h e ir pastors
bidding.
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
POStman-PaStOr
Makes A Great
Success

ATLANTA, Ga.-(SNS)-
A FEW SUNDAYS ago, l visited
Adairsville, Ca, where the Rev.
E. G. Clements, the progressive
letter carrier and civic minded
young man, is the pastor. Rev.
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
By GORDON B. HANCOCK

by GONDON b. 1ANOOSk
WHEN THE DEMOCRATIC
convention nominated President
Roosevelt for third term recent
ly in Chicago, it did the wisest
and most logical thing in the
premise. It was matter Of pro-
ceeding from the known to the un-
known with Roosevelt as stand
ard-bearer; while in the case OF
Willkie, it is proceeding from the
unknown to the unknown
It is true, nobody knows what
turn events will take, but RooSe-
velt has proved himself in situa-
tions that were critical and when
measures had to be heroic. He has
brought thus far and in so far as
ability is concerned, Roosevelt is
a known quantity. AS much can
not be said of Mr.. Willkie. If this
country wishes to trust its destiny
in the hands of an unknown, un-
tried leader, 1t has perfect right so
to do; but common sense does not
so dictate az present.
ONLY TWO OBJECTIONS
There are only two objections
that really can be raised against
Roosevelt and one is political ana
the other is traditional. Politically.
Roosevelt is democrat, and OF
course all republicans of certain
persuasion will object to him on
general principles, which have no
place in critical times like these.
Intelligent men expect the Re
publicans to quibble and heckle
over non-essentials. They expect
the opposition party to raise op-
position to the good and the bad.
Nobody expects Republicans to en-
dorse a Democratic nominee and on
general principles then the fight
that Republicans will make on
Roosevelt should first of all be re-
garded as mere politics in the in
terest of the Republican party.
Divested then of its political as
poets, the coming election should
revolve around the issues of inter
nal unity and international safety.
Even more important than our
vaunted liberty and freedom is the
matter of their security. Liberty
without security is merely a psy-
Geological figment. fringed with
fantasy. More important than the
solution of our internal troubles is
this matter of perpetuating "the
American way of life" More I'M
portant than the matter of secur-
ing Negroes their every right is the
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
Suspects Is
Continued from Page y

CONTINUED from Page y
that 5000 was accepted from Leon
ard knight alias Race Riot" II
was alleged in a report read by
City Attorney Will Gerber that
Glisson accepted the bribe in pay
ment for keeping knights name
off a police docket. Knight had
been arrested after he allegedly
shot and wounded another man in
the arm.
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
The New Order

other day declaring that the United States could not
fit into the new order" to be instituted by the axis
powers because Of the presence of many Jews
and Negroes. They would have the United States
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10

The PHOENIX political party
faction
ions the ipartiay hatred
All matter coming to this should be in office sun
n the
plainly side
sf the the rights
the
Is paid
Make all payable to the INDEX 1914 East Monroe
Street contributors they
will
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
BACKAC He?
Try Flushing Excess potscns
And Acid Thru Kidneys
And Stop Getting Up Nights
IS CENTS PROVES 1T

When your kidneys are overtaxeo
and your bladder is irritated and pas
sage scanty and often smarts ana
burns you may need Gold Medal Haar-
lem Oil Capsules, a fine harmless stim-
ulant and diuretic that starts TO work
at once and costs but 35 cents at amy
modern drugstore.
IT'S one good safe way to put more
healthy activity into Kidneys and blad-
der - you should sleep more souadly
the whole night through. But be sure
to get GOLD MEDALCit's genuine
medicine for weak kidneys. Don't accept
a substitute.
The Phoenix index., 1940-08-10
Seeing and Saying BY William 4. Fo~1ke,

potentialities in this hemisphere and that he is
American as much as anyone else in the land
Or has this column said something wrong?