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The Phoenix index., 1940-03-23

life will be a marriage and a hap
py one too.
C. R. R.-My husband stays out
all night, sometimes comes home
at almost day but insists that he
isn't going with woman. Now /
want to know if I had a baby for
linn would it change him any?
Ans: Heavens no. Don't try it.
A husband who isn't cOnsiderate
of his wife during early marriage,
isn't going to change much if a
child was born. advise you
against having a child under the
present circumstances for he Just
isn't going to change anytime
soon.
D. G. H.-A friend of mine told
me a way to stop this man of mine
from drinking whiskey. She told me
to get the CUTS of fish and put
it in a half pint of whiskey anc
let it stay all night, then strain il
and give it to him and / wish tc
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Citing the case of the people of
Warrenton, Ga, village some At
miles southwest of Augusta, Miss
Northcutt revealed situation
which has brought about fear in
the minds and hearts OF some
charitably minded whites, fear Of
physical harm to themselves and
to the projects they ordinarily
would raise for Negroes
According to the state law in this
instance, two thirds of a large sum
ct money appropriated by the state
for education in this county should
have gone to the Negro children,
amounting in total to about
$4,000.
Instead. the greater part OF the
money was diverted illegally to the
use of the white children of the
community, who already enjoy a
magnificent high school, while Ne
groes have to struggle along in
two unpamted barn-like structures.
BUSINESS MAN THREATENED
When the injustice was related
by a white man, his business was
threatened and he was tcld that
if he spent any money for the con-
struction of a school for the Ne
groes, it would be blown up.
Realizing that something had to
be done for the colored population,
this man, in conjunction with an
ether who unfortunately was KILL
ed in an automobile accident re-
Gently, decided to try to give the
Negroes something better in the
way of education facilities.
"Cne of the chief difficulties IN
the South" said Miss Northcutt,
referring to the educational prop
lens. is the lack of sufficiently
we'll trained teachers. There are a
number of old time teachers, VINO
themselves are still prepared,
teaching and receiving only $25 per
month for their work. instead OF
teaching, they are merely spread
ing ignorance to borrow a phrase
Miss Northcutt continued.
South of North Carolina, MISS
Northcutt pointed out, there are no
TRANSPORTATION facilities for chill
dren going to. school and they
must travel the entire way on loot,
or if their parents have a mule and
buggy they might get there thai
way. But compared with the pig
consolidated white schools. Wnlch
furnish transportation and every
modern facility for the convenience
of their students, the Negroes are
woefully forgotten and dlscrlm-
mated against.
In nine counties in Georgia, this
worker said she found that the
parents Of the Negro children fur
nished everything but the teacher:
There was a fairly good Scnool
building of the school-parent-
teacher associations were dong
most of the work, where 1t was
possible to organize them.
COMMUNITY CENTERS
Compared with the white settle
ments. the Negro schools have be-
come the community centers III
their own areas. Here they have
their entertainments, moving pic
lures and little socials-when they
are not conducted in the churches.
Recreation facilities are unknown
and sanitary facilities are fairly
good.
However, the growing tendency
on the part Of the younger gener-
alton of teachers to secure more
information and better education
has resulted in a general spreading
of goodwill between white and Ne
groes.
Miss Northcutt illustrated this
bv saying that when Negroes go
North and East to obtain hlgher
degrees at big white schools. tney
are thrown into close contact wlth
whites from their own sectlons' =
This contact is not only IN tne
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time" has annually been hailed
with rejoicing. 1t has been time
for Lartying, for get tCgethers, and
big "shindigs" among the colored
folk from the bottoms OF the
Prazes to the open and expansive
prairies of the Gulf Coast.
But within the past six or sew
en- years, hog killing among the
Negro farmers Of South Texas has
undergone a radical and revolu-
tionary change. Figures tell the
story, revealing one Of the most
progressive agricultural move
ments in the state.
GAIN IS SHOWN
According to J. II. Williams
district Negro agricultural agent
extension service, eight years ago
Negro tanners in % Gulf Coast
counties produced only 4o'oCo
pounds Of cured pork annually. IN
1888 a total Of 100000 pounds was
produced in the same area.
And the Negroes are mlghly
proud OF their cured hams. As Wll-
lians expressed it: I'VE are Tex
ans and we are tired OF hearing
about these Virginia hams. Oul
people, working alcng mooefil
lines, arc curing hams today that
will equal any in America.
I'm fact, We are just anxious &c
dispute about it. We believe We
have better mans than Virginia
ever made and we stand ready tc
contest about it,
That's right, put in l.. G. Luper
Negro County agent. There's nc
better hams anywhere than those
being cured in South Texas to-
day"
TO STAGE EXHIBIT
To prove their point, agricultural
agents from % counties Will stage
an exhibit at City auditorium
March 20 and 81. Some 1900 Me-
GRO farmers are expected to attene
the two-day rally, Luper said. More
than 100 pieces of cured meat, col
lected from the % counties, VIII b.
on display. Reserved seats will b.
available for white people and sew
eral white speakers will be on pro
gram. The choral club of Prairi
View college will furnish entertain
ment features of the meeting.
Back of the rapid srogress beln!
made in pork production by color
ed farmers are two main factors
Williams said. One of these
modern methods and the other i
cold storage OF the nearly 100000
pounds of meat cured by the farm
ers in Houstons immediate trad
area, 80 per cent of it was cure'
by cold storage methods.
Electric power brought colo
storage to the crossroads, Will
liams said.
1t has eliminated the weather .
che of the main factors in the kill
ing and curing of meats. Using tn
technique developed at A. and M
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-23

Here's an all-vegetable way to
relieve constipation, that is easy
to take and gentle with your lazy
intestines if you'll do this:
Take a quarter to a half tea
spoonful of this spicy, aromatic
laxative at bedtime wash it
down with water.
That way, BLACK-DRAUGHT
generally permits a good nights
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-23
CCC To Observe
NegroHealthWeek

Tuskegee Institute.
The CCC and u. S. Health Serv-
ice are two of the governmental
agencies now a part of the Federal
Security Agency directed by Ad-
ministrator Paul V. McNutt.
The concluulng program of the
National Negro Health Week cele-
bration will fall on the seventh
anniversary of the Civilian Conser-
walton Corps.
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AN-VesetabIe Way To
Pep Up Lazy Insides

rest; acts gently, thoroughly next
morning; usually relieves consti-
pation's headaches, bad breath,
b:liousness, sour stomach.
Chief of BLACK-DRAUGHT'S
alI-vegetable ingredients is an
''intestinal tonic laxative" that
helps impart tone to bowel
muscles.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-23

stitute Post Ohice in mailbag loads,
declared that he expected the firsg
U. S. Stamp hono2ing Negro to
break all records in the ten cent
denomination for first day sales.
The previous record is held by the
Mark Twain ten cent stamp re-
Gently issued at Hannibal, Mis-
so,,ri, when 1904 envelopes and
270.872 stamps were sold
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-23
YEARBOOK HONORS TRAINER

PROVIDENCE, r. LAMP
More than 100 seniors voted Mon
day night to dedicate Providence
colleges 1910 yearbook, "Verltas',
to the late Malcolm II. Brown, pop
ular Negro athletic trainer of the
benefactors who made possible a
new college dormitory.
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NOTE-YOUR question viii be FREE in this column
ONLY when include clipping Of this column and sign your
6frthdate address letter. For
Private Reply send only 25c and self addressed stamped
envelope ASTROLOGY READING ard receive by
retur uiaU FREE ADVICE ca Questions
sena al, letter, 10: ARRE WALLACE care OF The SCOTT
NEWSPAPER SYNDICATE. 210 Auburn Avenue Atlanta Ga
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HOLD ANNUAL MEET

I,ANGSTON, Okla. - (ANP) =
The National Association of Col
legiate Deans and Registrars in
Negro Schools adjourned their an
nual meeting here last week with
election of the following officers:
J. P Whitaker, Atlanta unlVer-
sity, president; Mrs. Theresa b.
wilkins. billiard university, first
vice-president; F. D. White, Llv-
ingstone college, second vice-pres-
ident; S. Herbert Adams, Johnson
c. Smith college, secretary; j. D.
Cade. Southern university, assist
ant secretary; and Joe T. BROOKS,
Alabama State Teachers college,
treasurer.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-23
|<Hapg KILN ;" Time Has
Ne,u Meaning For Negro
Farmers, Report SholOs
Bv MARTHA ANDERSON

HOUSTON xas-(ANP)-'HaWg KILN Tune
This Of the has for years dating back 10
presavery days. been rejoicing among the Negroes u
the Gulf Coast country. -,
The mildness of the winters and the lateness with
which cold weather arrives in this area has placed W
Culf Coast Negro at disadvantage with his cousins OF
Texas.
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CoIored Schools
Beinq Penalized

WASHINGTON D. C-(ANP)-"Few people outside
the immediate vicinity where these things happen realize the
predcament of Negroes in the South when to their
securing the fundamentals of education" said Miss
Shee Northcut supervising teacher for the Southern
Educational Association commonly known as the
Jeannes fund.- recently returned from extended trip
through thicky populated Southern states.
The Phoenix index., 1940-03-23

]. M. WIN 1 succeed in this
college that 1 am attending OF
not? Am I feeble minded or just
what is my trouble?
Ans: You have plenty of brain
mower. but you don't have the
desire to use it by studying. The
college you are attending is just as
good school as any of the others
and if you don't study and try u
uass there, you won't do any bet
ter elsewhere. Start digging anr
stop tring to excuse your laziness
by insinuating that you are feeble
mindeS.
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know if that would kill him?
Anss Don't be fool enough to Try
it. Th~e is a possibility of it max
ing him very sick and 1t won't
change his taste for whiskey one
bit If he found out that you tried
a stunt of this kind on him, ne
would never speak to you again. Ii
YOU don't like his drinking, then
YOU had better give him up, Tor
drinking is a part of him.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-11
Post Office Bids
Will Be Reopened
Waterbury Concerns Given Further Opportunity to
Bid for Misunderstanding Contracts Here
Especial To The Democrat)

Washington, d. G. May li--After
comforting with Post Office Depart
ment officials yesterday Congress-
man ]. Joseph Smith announced
that bids for window washing con-
tracts at the Waterbury Post Of
flee will be re.opened 10 afford
waterbury concerns further oppor-
tunity TO participate In the bidding.
An order calling for new bids has
been issued by Fourth Assistant
Postmaster General Smith w. Pur-
dun. The contract Is now held by
an out-of-town concern.
A misunderstood OF govern
ment requirements related to work.
mems compensation Insurance APP
parently has caused several local
contractors to refrain from bidding
In the past. Some local concerns
employ less than five men and
therefore do not come under the
Connecticut Workmen's Compensa-
ton law.
These will be eligible to bid II
they comply with the terms Of the
following stipulation which Is In
corporated In government specifica-
tions for such work: 1.-THE bidder
must furnish whatever safety APP
pliances are required TO perform
the work with the least possible
danger. The government will not as
sumo responsibility for casualties
TO meet claims resulting from ac-
cidents the responsibility will rest
upon the bidder Of complying Will,
any State Public Liability and
Workmen's Compensation laws tc
which he may be subject as ar
employer Of labor" Only one local
concern submitted bid for the
most recent contract.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-11
VACATION PLAN
IN FACTORIES.
Smaller Industries May
Follow Example Of
big Three"

Announcements from q number OF
smaller factories that they will
close the first week in July to give
employees q vacation are expected
to follow those Of the three largest
factories In the city, the American
Brass Co., the Scovill Mfg. Co., and
the Chase Brass 81 Copper Co.
Plans Of the three major plants
were disclosed IN The Democrat
yesterday and Thursday, though
official notices Of the weeks vaca-
ton have not yet been posted.
Employees Of the big three" fac
tories will receive o weeks vacation
with pay, II they have been em-
ployed for q year or more. 1t Is eX-
pected that the Waterbury Buckle
Co., and Mattatuck Mfg. Co., both
OF which have contracts with the
Waterbury Brass Workers union,
will close the same week. The Oak
vile Co., q subsidiary OF Scovill's,
Will DO closed during the same per-
iod. The smaller plants which also
decide 10 give vacations with pay
will probably close for the first week
OF July. also.
With thousands on vacation at
the same time. there Is expected 70
be a rush for cottages at lake and
shore resorts about the state. The
Worlds Fair will attract hundreds
during tho holiday. while many
others will enjoy automobile tours
10 points OF interest.
The Brass Workers union Is seek
Ing vacation pay for Scovill employ
es who had more than year Of
service but who have been laid off
since the first OF the year. Similar
negotiations may be undertaken at
other plants.
Vacations with pay are provided
for In the union contracts with the
American Brass Co.. Oakvllle Co.,
Waterbury Buckle Co., Mattatuck
Mfg. o., and~ q few other factor
les.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-11
FINE ARTS SERIES
FOR l940-4l
Four Concerts Featuring
Top Artists Planned for
Next Season

The Fine Arts Series Of concerts
sponsored In this city by the Mat
tatuck Musical Art society, announce
four great offerings for the 1904
season, as announced by the local
concert chairman, Mrs. j. w. Beech
er. The series opens III November
with o concert by the phenomenal
Negro soprano. Dorothy Maynor,
Already Miss Maynor has become on
important figure In the musical
world. Endorsed by Sergein Kous-
sevitzsky Of the Boston symphony,
she Is already booked for o splendid
career.
Miss Maynor will be followed by
Alexander Sved, one OF the worlds
finest baritones, who has had concert
and operate experience. Critics In
many cities have hailed him as an
artist Of the first rank. The eighteen
year old violinist, Robert Virovai,
who has become O sensation will be
numbered among those appearing
on the series. Virovai has astounded
with his masterful performances
The fourth notable offering In the
series will be the internationally IA
nous Russian duo-pianists, Vronsky
and Babin. In past seasons no two
artists have created such all en-
thusiasm. Since their debut In 1887
they have been acclaimed by the
critics and audiences as two impor-
tant artists who do marvels In two
piano performances
Subscriptions for the concert
series have been applied for since
this series opened. Applications may
he made to Mrs. Ethan Pendleton
Of IS Fern circle.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-11
ROACH FACING
COURT ACTION
Hartford Lawyer Seeks
Permission to Scan PO-
lice Accidents Records

Supt of Police William j. Roach
might face another court action
seeking to force him 10 show police
records TO an attorney.
Atty. Robert Halloran Of Hartford
yesterday told Judge Carl Foster
that he was refused permission to
view records at local police head
quarters In a case he Is interested
In and might as result bring court
action TO secure the records he de-
slres.
The accident report which Atty.
Halloran desired to see was In con-
nection with an accident In which
Harry Smith Of Dover, N. II. was
injured.
Judge Foster ruled In q recent
action brought by Atty. William
Wertheimer, counsel for Edward
Doherty that the attorney was en-
titled to view the police accident
report In the case although such
permission had been refused him at
police headquarters.
The Smith action In the case now
ut hand was brought by Charlotte
Smith OF Dover, N. II. as admin
istratrix OF Harry Smiths estate
against Carroll Mamshuck Of "a 30.
Leonard ST. and william Wesson OF
Eagle street.
A truck owned by Wesson and
driven by Mamshuck collided with
q machine driven by Smith on
March 20, 1880 causing fatal Injuries
TO Smith.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-11
The Cabots!
Medical journal
Scores Dr.. Hugh
c a b o I, Biased
Salesman-Re.
cent Witness
Here.

OF interest here IN Waterbury
iS the criticism leveled ut Dr..
Hugh Cabot Of Boston, Mass, IN
the Convention Number OF the
Connecticut State journal, official
publication OF the state medical
society, Oh the subject OF medical
care plans which are receiving
wide attention In many parts OF
The nation,
Medical service plans have been
widely discussed here IN Connec-
ticut and are expected 10 be
brought up before the Legislature
next year, Just az they were IN
1889 when some action was taken
by Connecticut Solons
Dr. Cabot, who was q witness
IN a Superior Court case here
this past winter Is criticized SO.
Vcrely by The Connecticut State
journal rs follows
HUGH CABOT, SALESMAN
mo more OutskOpen and biased
salesman Of any OF the recent
plans for medical care has arisen
than Hugh Cabot, NJ. D., who Is
now pcddling group practice
through his book The Patients
Dilemma and more recently
through magazine articles. An en-
ample OF the latter appeared In
the April issue Of American Mag
axlnc. Laurance Redway, Editor
Of the Westminster Medical Bulle-
tin. advises his membership TO-
read carefully this artful piece Of
special pleading and 10 note the
'rabbit-Stew' character OF The de-
famatOry cartoon accompanying
the article.
Just why Doctor Cabot Of late
has stopped 10 such odd perigrina-
lions Of both legs and hands u Is
u little puxzllng TO determine but
what Is still more puzzling Is why
he does not tell the truth. Tcsti-
mOny In court under oath by q
physician should never afford the
slightest possibility Of doubt MS TO
It's veracity. No more should the
public be fed with such prOpagan-
da as this: I feel that most Of the
trouble with medicine today comes
from this system Of private prac-
ticc.' II Is this system which IL
,ccping the patients home In
drovcs while the doctors are won
dering how 10 pay their rent 4
am appalled, at the inadequate, in
fcriOr, and terribly expensive care
that the American people are re-
ceiving today 49,.
Doctor Hugh Cabot would have
us plunge into group practice, di-
vidcd responsibilities, buck pass
ing, and all, because VIC are such
an immoral group Of individuals
without principle or high stand
ards. Boston still may be the
home OF the bean and the cod,
but the CabOts no longer show
evidence Of talking only with
God. :"
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-11
PAY CHECKS FOR
FACTORY WORKERS
Oakville Plant Paying En-.
pl0yes in Cash-Old
Plan May Return

One Waterbury factory has dis.
cartled Its practice OF paying Its
employees by check and several
others are said 10 be on the verge
Of renewing the old custom OF put
ting the weeks salary IN cash In
the ever popular old pay envelope.
The Oakville plant Of the SEQ
will Manufacturing Company paid
Off In cash this week and will con-
tinue to do so and II Is claimed
that several other local factories
will fall in line.
The matter OF paying IN cash is
strictly o matter Of accommodating
employees, 1t was stated ut the Oak
vile Company today, Heads Of the
company learned that employees
were having difiiculty cashing their
checks and decided 10 do away with
the check system.
The trouble Is not being able to
cash the checks Is not that the
value OF the checks was questioned
but that employees OF the Scovill
Oakville plant could not reach Wa
terhury or Watertown, where most
OF them reside In time 10 cash the
checks In the extra hour between
I'VE and SIX p. N. that certain
banks IN Waterbury and one In
WATERFOWL kept open In order TO
cash checks. This resulted In the
butcher, the baker, the candlestick-
maker, and particularly the corner
bartender, being made bankers and
asked 10 cash the checks. The above
mentioned did the best they could
but could not cash all the checks.
The bartender angle Is one that
caused considerable thought among
factory heads. Several tavern and
restaurant owners carry much cash
on hand on pay days In order TO
accommodate customers. This
means that when a man comes In
TO cash his check he buys q drink
and sometimes stays too long and
spends too much Of his pay.
Another angle Of the check situa-
ton Is that II causes employees
much Inconvenience. 1t means that
on pay night II they cash their
checks at banks they have to rush
to get TO the banks and then stand
In line TO get the checks cashed
and waste about an hour In the pro-
cedure.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-11
Enthusiastic Greeting
Awaits Legion Leader
Prominent World War Veterans Gather Here for
Official Reception-Banquet to Climax Welcome

start at $3.50 and " Is expected that
more than 500 persons will be pres
ent representing every legion post
In Connecticut.
No stone has been left unturned
10 make Commander Kelly's visit TO
Waterbury one that he will long re-
member.
The commander arrived In Hart.
ford yesterday, had luncheon and
then visited the veterans hospital
Mt Newington, He then went to New
Haven.
AT New Haven last night Kelly
attacked the Communist party and
called for q "re.deflnitlon Of the
dividing line between legitimate hui
man rights In constitutional re.
public and reasonable and seditious
license OF q destructive and danger.
GUS character"
Charging that subversive ele-
ments hide behind" the Bill OF
Rights, Kelly he said that FOR six
years the American Legion has at
tempted to Outlaw and 10 Danish the
Communist party from the Amer
lean political scene"
Advocates Neutrality
The national commander, speak
Ing under the auspices Of the Con-
neeticut Federation for Patriotic
Education, declared;
The American Legion can sec
no reason for citizens OF this ma
ton being give nthC opportunity
of voting for the emblem OF the
hammer and sickle when BY 10
doing they reasonably express
the desire 10 be ruled by the blood
stained hands OF M Asiatic dict0-
tor, residing In Moscow"
In n plea for the continuance OF
American neutrality, Kelly called
war O moral and economic carou-
sal" and said Legionnaires believe
II Is worth an effort 10 maintain
q national sobriety,"
Ralph LAYERS OF Boston, Held 8ec-
rotary OF Aerie A, American Legion
which includes oil the New England
states, has accepted the invitation
OF the local committee 10 attend,
During the past year he was De-
partment Commander Of the De-
partment OF Massachusetts, q post
he resigned 10 accept the field Sec
rotary post, n permanent Job,
The party with Mr.. Kelly Will
come here from New Haven and
will be mot by police escort at the
local LegionnaireS are asked to be
ut the City Hall at 4 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-05-11

Several vacancies may be filled
by The Beard OF Education Mon
day night, reliable sources dis
closed today. Among The appoint
ments expected 70 be made win
be that Of . physical director In
the grammar schools.
The appointments, which are
said win become effective In Sep.
tember, win include . science
teacher ut Leavenworth high
school No names Of app0lntees
were disclosed.
The post Of physical education
director, left vacant by Joseph
Colloty months ago, has not been
filled because Of q deadlock be-
tween board members. The board
was said 10 have been evenly div