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NEWSPAPER
EDITORIAL PAGE
Lynching Goes Underground
Continued from last week.

The following report sponsored by Senators Robert
F. Wagner and Arthur Capper; and Representatives DO
seph A Cavagan and Hamilton Fish, co-authors of the
Federal Lynching bill in the House and the Senate
represents the results of Investigation made recently
of the technique adopted by mobs who have yncned
hundreds of persons quietly and without any attendant
publicity This report treats of those lynchings that do
rot find their way into annual published statistics because
hey never become known to the general public
INSTAIIMENT III
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Four rnreported L,nchIngs

Yonr Investigator was Informed
hy competent observers that since
the notorious double blow torch
lvnching which occurred AT Duck
Hill. Mississippi IL 1891. word has
been passed that in the future al
difficulties between Negroes and
whites will he handled bv small
group ~ white men already ap-
pointed for that purpose He was
similarly advised that in the Wei
nifty OF Cleveland Mississippi. al
least four Negroes had been lynch
ed within the past four or Eve
months.
Il is his Judgment finally that
every effort should be made to
secure the active cooperation and
assistance OF the Department Of
Justice r. an effort TO hiring 20
light activities as heretofore de-
scribcd
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Ill

crime. often OF the most trivial ma
ture and often without any real
charge at all. Pictures OF the mob
beers have been taken and widely
circulated. Souvenirs OF the lynch
ed man or womar. in the form Of
fingers. toes and other parts OF the
body. have been brazenly displayed
hy members OF the mob
Public opinion Is beginning TO
turn against this sort OF mob actl.
witty. Sentiment Is growing against
Iynching. Agitation Tor Federal
and state anti-lynchlng laws gives
pause 10 the lynching crowd.
Lynching. they say. must go on.
hut II must he done quietly 20 ms
not 10 attract attention. draw pub
llcity. Thus those who must rule
nv terror and intimidation turn 10
new methods. The old mob i dis
appearing hut the work Of the mob
goes on. Negro i accused Of
some crime. real or alleged. 4 few
white men gather. formulate their
plans. seize their victim. In some
lonely swamp n small body nj
men do the job formerly done by a
vast. bowling. bIoodthirsty mob
composed OF men. women and chill
dren. The word i then passed that
the matter has heen handled 10 the
satisfaction 81 those In charge ~
such matters.
Yonr investigator has probed
numerous lynchings. His acquain-
lance with lynchers and the lynch
ed extends over n lifetime. II is
his Judgment that countless Ne
groes are Iynched yearly. hut their
disappearance i shrouded In mys-
terry. for they are dispatched quiet
" and without general knowledge.
The lynching OF Joe Rodgers Is n
ease In point.
II Is his Judgment that careful
study covering four or five states
Of the deep South for period Of
months would reveal startling
number OF lynchings otherwise un-
accounted for lie believes that a
revelations OF this character would
greatly influence public opinion
and go long way in rectifying the
present situation.
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| | ST EN-
TO This
BARTER IN HUMAN FLESH
lQ9r IN THE DIM REcEssEs
AoSCbf the Congo basin n,La,
BY Hobart I. Mitchell

"A - ''iH bi'i REN tSSkS
AoHSif the Congo basin. nakea
sayages began to realize tha,
there was world outside thai,
encircling ring OF gorilla haunted
forests. world which would har,
ter for war-captives. Hitherto rs.
had made war for glutiory 10 m.
tain victims for their caanih,,
feasts, now they started form n
war-canoes TO raid for sla,os ahical
might be bartered for trade Goods
with the intermediary tribes an ia
River kwango.
The wars between one mani.
tribe and another. which were az
ried on for the ultimate nnrnoss
OF supplying slaves for Americ.
had existed previously thossh M,
on a large scale. Eunuchs con-
cubinee, and servants We're reon;r.
ed for the Moslems dhe Fas,er,
slave trade) and victims sor hs
human sacrifices and cannibsiI
feasts of bloody West africa 1asA
anti. Dchome Benin. and ths
Lower Niger. Liberia of The olden
times. the Ivory Coast Son,hern
Nigeria. The Cameroone. ami ina
inner basin Of the CONGO So far
as the sun OF human misery A.. |
rica was concerned. 1t is prohshlA
that the trade IT. slaves between
the continent and America scarcely
added TO II. Ii even 10 some exf, M
mlligated the suffering OF the 10.
gro in his own home for once ,hs
trade was set on foot ana r wa,l
profitable to sell human hee-
many a man. woman or chi,d wso
might otherwise have heen killed
Tor mere caprice. or as tooth.
some ingredient OF a hanque was
sold to a slave trader. Crlntras
who would have been executed Tor
serious or trivial olfenses aa-a
spared for the same purpose Bat
II was in the sea transit 10 An.-i-
ca under conditions several iin,es
referred to In this column nd in
the after treatment OF no slaya
when he or she reached heSe
shores. that the unpardon1h'o IN.
clfv occurred
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-20
DOMESTIC TROUBLES
THE NEGRO SUICIDE RATr

HE NEGIVO SUICIDE NAII u
rearly two thirds as h~s ~
the whites. The rural Ne-'o
seldom commits suicide ha MS
cannon be said OF the NcerN Who
lives in the city more faaa@al
and domestic troubles.
ANY Information conccrnn. ihis
column write in care Of ih'r paper
or 1912 Elliot Ave, Minn't,o.',
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NEGRO SOLDIER CAPTURES
VI AJ0R.GENERAI

A NEGRO SOLDIER. M TIE
"A name of Prince, c,pnref
Major-General Prescott b, ne
British army. on the 9th ~ lHlv.
f711 Then exrot was mac CONF
mendcd al The time ar us resals
were hfphlv inno fant
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-20

The BoOk surtr published
quarterly ffom lhe offices Of the
fommnee A. Is Fact 80 street this
Tho l.f "a. ioiiows
fICTIuN
How Ircen Was NJ Valley ny
Richard l.lewellyn The Dark
Wheel bv ; VI Dark PatricA
hy Ssumes MacManus To the End
OF me World by Helen Whit,
Jean Ciarambaux hl Itar Cons
seul love Ia me Sun hy Leo
Waimsie, They Souehf For Para
disc. D., Stuart -. Ergstfeand
Back Roads by Katherine Ilevl-
land TAYLOR and n Not Victory By
Frank % Honsh
(Conuuucd NeNt Week.
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N THE RECORD
IOH\ ADAMS. s.

Viz ADAMS. ATTOKNEl 'or
= the Britieh soldiers ia tho Alllrr
or Crispus Aitucks 1Negim ina
first man 10 die for the coHn,v,, N
his plea IN defense 81 the SaGier,
called Attucks and his associates
"A motley rabhle OF ssucy hoys,
Negroes and mulattoes
John Adams was later pt dent
OF the United states from l71. 10
1901.
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SUSPECT RELEASED

IN THE EVENING or JULY II
officers had beer led TO the
home OF Rev. Jackson where
The, arrested Negro man by he
name OF John Pate. Officers stat
ed al thar time that bloody soaked
clothes were found In his posses
sion. Pate was lodged in Jail and
charged with the robbery ~ Me-
Adams Within few weeks Pate.
who had been charged with the
crime. was released from the local
iail. II would appear that there had
been the slightest reason 10 ac-
cepi McAdams' version of the story
Pate would have been duly tried
and sent 10 prison or the electric
chair. That the story was pure in
vention is attested TO by the fact
that Pate continues 10 reside In
Canton and has not been molested
rs anyone since the affair of the
list OF July
Young Banks and Willie Jones
left the party between eight-thirty
and nire O'Clock. or shortly after
twilight BY the time they reached
the area occupied by the posse il
was not dark The incident oc-
Cured one month after the longest
daN in the year II is reasonable to
assume that McAdams was not dis
covered by officers before eight
thirty and in all probably not be-
fore eighl o'clock. The alleged at
tack upon his person therefore
must have occurred during the ear
" part OF the evening between
sever and eight O'Clock. AT this
time OF evening it Is siill quite
light II is unreasonable 20 believe
that a Negro would attack an m
known white man in the residential
section OF small southern town
~ an hour when most people are
seated on their front porches and
all windows ard doors flung wide
open. and when his action could
be easily discernible at a consider
able distance
The evidence seems 10 indicate
that the group Of men who fred
upon Banks and Jones was legal
~ deputized posse. II is UNDER
stood that numerous telephone con-
versaiions occurred during the
early part OF the evening between
the iail and local residents. II T.
further understood that Sheriff
James was in Canton at the time
II Is positively known that both
DEPUTIES and members OF the local
police force were among those VINO
shot Claude Banks.
I.ynching Goes Underground
With regard 10 the whole prob
lem OF lynchine your Investigator
desires TO make the following
statement It Is his considered
Judgment that for various reasons
lynching is entering new and
altogether dangerous phase lynch
ings in the past have been charac-
terizcd by the mob. The faggot. The
rope Hundreds of people. offer
thousands, poured out TO particl-
pate or witness the l,nching of
man or woman accused ~ some
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-20
THE CENSrS or 1870

THE BUREAU or THE rENSvs
in 1890 reported 27-7 negro
heads OF families who owned
ei.~oc
The Detroit tribune. (Detroit, Mich.) 1935-1966, 1940-04-20

The other day Director Of Traffic Fred W.
Juerges and your writer came TO the conclusion
hat in spite OF The fnrries ard cnangeable weather
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-08
January Payments To
Unemployed In State
Well Over Defenders

January produced big jump in
unemployment benefit payments,
the increase over December being
nearly 48 per cent, according to the
Maryland Unemployment Compeh-
sation Board. In December the
Board paid out only $354,928, but
the January total amounted to
$524,213.
Much of the increase is consider
ed seasonal as there was big rise
in January of last year above the
last month of 1887. In January,
1889, benefit payments amounted
to $625.832, exceeding last months
payment by $1O1,619.
New claims coming in appear to
be nearly stabilized for the time
being, the last two weeks showing
little change. But the last three
months in January produced an
average of 1,141, compared with
only 511 a week in the last three
weeks of December.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-08
Meet Young Woman Of FIFTY!

A good-looking woman 50 years
old is not unusual today. And
whether they realize it or not, these
young women of so owe their
youthfulness to advertising.
Idle talk, you say? Not at all!
Statistics show that the life span of
women has been extended IL years
in the last three decades. This pro-
longed youth is, to large measure,
due to labor-saving devices devel-
oPed by American Industry.
You merely have to look about
the modern American home to see
how the burden of household labor
has been shifted from mothers TO
motors. Vacuum cleaners, stokers,
oil burners and electric-powered
kitchen equipment are but few of
the wife savers.
Research TO discover new equip
ment and machinery to manufacture
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-08
Traffic Toll In
Counties Down
During January
Baltimore Fatalities Raise
Average For State Above
Last Years Mark

The counties of Maryland began
1910 with a banner showing in
traffic safety. The final report for
the month showed reduction of
four deaths in the counties, as
against January, 1899, for re-
duction of 26.6 per cent. This
continues the improvement in the
counties since the Maryland Traffic
Safety Committee began it's cam
paign in October.
Unfortunately, as happened dur
ing the last three months of 1889,
the Baltimore city record more
than Offset the counties accom-
plishments, a rise of five in total
deaths in the city starting the
State off with net increase of
one so far this year.
County groups are watching the
monthly figures on traffic deaths,
as their respective showings in
this regard will go far to determ-
inc the award of the safety flags
to be given by the Safety Com
mittee.
That, throughout the State public
education has made its mark is
evinced by the number of groups
that have pledged cooperation and
support of the safety program as
set up by the Maryland Traffic
Safety Committee. Among the
Statewide groups that have adopt
ed resolutions are: The American
Legion, Department of Maryland,
James B. Fitzgerald, commander;
United Spanish War Veterans, Col.
Henry F. Barrett, department COM
mander; st. Mary's Female Semin-
airy Alumnae Association; and the
Baltimore District of the Maryland
Federation of Women's Clubs.
Besides these, more than 800
resolutions are on file in the office
of the Traffic Safety Committee,
from civic and service groups and
smaller clubs, throughout the coun.
ties. From three counties - Wi
comico, Worcester and Somerset,
which have conducted their drive
jointly - almost 100 resolutions
have been received.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-08

and Mrs. Willis Robinson, of Vir-
ginia; Congressman and Mrs. Dave
Satterfeld, of Virginia; Congress
man and Mrs. Otis Bland, of Vir-
ginia; Mrs. Nell Lee Whiting,
Mrs. Norma Hardy Britton, presi-
dent of the Confederate States
Memorial Society; Gen. and Mrs.
Thomas Exams, General Van
Swearingen, Mrs. R. w. Howell,
Sponsor in Chief for the South;
Mr.. ]. A. Van Swearingen, Miss
jenkins, Mr.. and Mrs. Garrett Lee,
Mrs. Macdonald and Mr.. AL Jaf-
ritz.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Hall enter
tanned on Sunday at a birthday
party for their daughter, Susanna.
Susanna was seven years old last
Friday.
The first regular meeting of the
Garrett Park Garden Club will be
held Tuesday evening, February 20,
at s p. m. at the home of Major
and Mrs. Robert S. Hudgins. Those
interested should be sure to attend,
as the club will choose a name,
adopt constitution and decide on
the program for the year. Member
ship in this club is open to all men
and women in Garrett Park and
their friends.
Mr.. Eugene Melvin returned
home on Saturday from Peoria,
Ill. He expects to be home for
about two weeks, after which he
will return to Peoria on business.
Mr.. Donald Ward is here from
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ward are house guests of Mrs. S.
j. Collins, Mrs. Wards mother.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-08
Q Brown and BieeIow

goods on large-scale, low-priced
basis can be obtained only through,
advertising and nationwide sales.
The touch of progress goes be-
yond new equipment. 1t has created
new soaps that cut dirt but save
hands. 1t has filed the pantry shelves
with new foods packed with magi-
cal, health-giving vitamins.
Advertising has taught the Ameri-
can woman about these advance
ments taught her how TO buy
better merchandise for less money
-. how TO enhance her beauty with
preparations that once only queens
could have afforded.
Today, the wearyand work-worn
woman at 40 is disappearing from
America. In her place is the young
woman OF So. young at so be-
cause the American Way of prog
ress has preserved her youth.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-08
GARRETT PARK

The February meeting of the
Civic Study Club was held Febru-
airy 1, at the Garrett Park School.
The hostesses were Mrs. George
Keller, Mrs. Clark King, Mrs. w.
P. Lynch and Mrs. Eugene Melvin.
The program for the evening open
ed with a talk on the foods of
South America by Mr.. Antonio
Santa Cruz Of the Department of
Anthropology of Catholic Univers-
ity. There followed two sound
films loaned through the courtesy
of the Pan-American Union, and
entitled, Coffee, from Brazil to
YOU, and 1.-THE Story of Bananas.
These films were shown by Mr..
Harry Rauth of the Department Of
Psychology of Catholic University.
There followed a business meeting
and toward the end of the evening.
the hostesses served refreshments,
suggestive of South and Central
America.
Major and Mrs. Robert S. Hud-
gins were hosts on Saturday eve
ming at reception given at their
home for about 35 members OF
various Confederate organizations,
and others interested in the Con-
federacy. The Hudgins' home was
appropriately decorated with Con-
federate flags. Among those who
attended the reception were Gen.
and Mrs. ]. w. Howell, of Bristol
Va, and staff. Gen. Howell is
Commander in Chief of the
United Confederate Veterans in
which organization Major Hudgins
has just been appointed Major
General and Chief of Calvary.
Others present were Mrs. ]. A.
Van, president of District Daugh-
tiers of the Confederacy; Mrs. w.
R. Allen, Mrs. Snead, Congressman
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-08
Typhoid, Diphtheria Deaths Down
Throughout State During Past Year
Cases Of Both Diseases Also Diminished In 1889
Health Department Announces; Several Counties Hal
Perfect Records With No Deaths Listed

Provisional figures for typhoid
fever and diphtheria indicate that
IL of the % counties of Maryland
had no deaths from typhoid fever
and IL had none from diphtheria
during 1889.
The counties with no deaths
from typhoid were: Calvert, Car
roll, Cecil, Hartford, Kent, Mont
gomery, Prince Georges, Queen
Anne's, Saint Mary's, Talbot,
Washington and Wicomico. Those
with no deaths from diphtheria
were: Allegany, Calvert, Cecil,
Charles, Garrett, Hartford, Kent,
Queen Anne's, Saint Mary's, Wi
comico and Worcester.
DR.. r. H. Riley, director of the
State Department of Health, said
that the general reduction in both
cases and deaths from typhoid in
1889, brought the record for that
disease to the lowest level yet
reached in the State. There were
181 cases and 10 deaths from
typhoid reported, in comparison
with 281 cases and 81 deaths in
1888.
OF the cases and deaths from
typhoid reported in 1889, % cases
and 2 deaths were reported from
Baltimore city and 1853 cases and
16 deaths were charged against
the counties. Of those listed in
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-08

1888, 81 cases and 8 deaths were
reported from Baltimore city and
227 cases and % deaths from the
counties.
There were 242 cases of diph-
liberia and % deaths from that dis
ease reported in 1889 in COMPARE
son with $50 cases and 10 deaths
in 1888. Of the totals in 1889, 81
cases and 3 deaths were reported
from Baltimore city and ITS cases
and 10 deaths from the counties.
Of those reported in 1888, 125
cases and 3 deaths occurred in Bal
timore city and 231 cases with 16
deaths in the counties.
By way of contrast, DR.. Riley
gave figures for the two diseases
for 10 years ago. In 1929, he said,
there were $50 cases of typhoid in
the State and SO deaths - 100
cases and 81 deaths reported from
Baltimore city and $50 cases and
Al deaths in the counties. Diph-
liberia was charged with 1858
cases of sickness and 72 deaths in
1929; SAT cases in Baltimore city
and 511 in the counties; 33 deaths
in the City and 80 in the counties.
"Great progress has been made,
DIR. Riley said, "but the slightest
let-up in the organized fight
against these two very treacherous
diseases would bring about danger
Gus fiare-ups. Health departments
are constantly on the lookout
both to prevent and protect against
these diseases. Individuals can
help by making intelligent use of
the means for individual protec-
ton that are readily available =
vaccination against typhoid for
young people and grown-ups, and
immunization against diphtheria
for babies and young children"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-08
Star Dust
X Out Of Trick Costumes
X Ne,o York Looming?
X Vaudevillists' Chance
BY virginia Vale

NY VIE ShAAA0 WOAO
released by Western Newspaper Union)
DLONDE CAROLE LAM
- DIS is reporting on the
set at the Hal Roach studios
these days in a costume of
smartly-tailored, abbreviated
animal skins, and is praying
that some smart Hollywood
word-coiner won't give her a
suitable label, like "The Pre-
historic Peach" or "The Stone
Age Siren"
She is playing the role of "Loana,
the Golden One" in 100000 B. c."
the picture of cave man days which
Hal Roach is directing and D. w.
Griffith is producing.
''Tm studying English, French and
Italian" remarked Carole the other
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-08
I 2 !

ANOTHER WORD
on taxes. If last years
records are equalled
during the present fiscal
year the Federal Govern
ment will collect about
$600,000,0O0 in taxes
from the beer and liquor
industries, according to
testimony given before a
House committee by
w. S. Alexander, head
of the Federal Alcohol
Administration. A tax
revenue more than one
half as large will be
derived by those states
and municipalities per-
hitting the legal sale
of alcoholic liquors.
Money, however, is not
everything. When one
recalls the violence and
corruption which pre-
vailed under prohibition.
there seems to have been
a moral as well as finan-
cial gain.
Association of
MARYLAND DISTILLERS
e. ALLIED INDUSTRIES
,tERcANrnE rRusr BLDG. BALTIMORE, ND.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-08

N6C req network,
but it has not yet
been determined
whether it will
precede or follow
B i n 6 Crosby's
Music Hail."
T h e preceding
half hour will be
open, as Good
News will be cut
in half by that
time, and the
sponsor Of the
"Music Hall" will
he thA 800 81
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-08
Republican Revival

For the first time in history
Louisiana Republicans held prim-
airy at the same time Democrats of
that State held theirs a few days
ago. In fact, nothing has been
heard of the G. o. P. in the Pelican
State since days of the carpet-bag-
gers. A total of TOO pers ms are
registered as Republicans through
out the State.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-08
Quiet Please

During the recent concert in
Bombay, India, two policemen pa
raded in front of thebuilding carry
ing placards reading: Symphony
concert in progress; please drive
quietly"
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-08

day. And i've
studied voice for
years. l sang with
orchestras before
l entered motion
pictures. Honest
ly, I can do a few
other things be-
sides wearing a
skinny fur cos
tune. This pic
ture is a lot of fun
and I'm tickled
that l got the role.
But after it's over
T A -1 A.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-08
Fliers Found In Film

Two missing British airmen
were recognized by their friends in
a film of life in a German intern
ment camp.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1940-02-08
Tractor Teams

In connection with the plan to
increase the tillage of soil in
Northern Ireland tractor teams
will be organized in each county.