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The Phoenix index., 1940-10-12
Grandchildren
And Great Grand
Children Attend
den rule to my neighbors.'

Mrs. Mary Bacon, also of LeXing-
ton, is the mother of five children
and Is grand children, the remain
ing heirs of the aged mother have
given her the remainder of her
great grand children other than
Dewitt Hoover and Miss Rose Ella.
Mrs. Hoover looks upon her chill
dren, grand children and great
grand children with much pride.
Aside from the children afore-
mentioned they are Walter Hoover
the oldest son, 80; Mrs. Emma H J..
Lopez, Dewitt Hoover and Mrs
Martha Kimbrough, all residents
of Almeda. Mrg. Hoover's Oldest
Grand child is So and her youngest
IL years.
Aside from beng almost entirely
blind, Mrs. Hoover is in fall
health. A few weeks ago she con-
tracted a severe cold, which caus
ed much concert but she has now
fully recovered.
Her eyes became impaired three
years ago, preventing her sew
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There are some of the highlights
of "The Plantation South To-Day"
a phamplet just issued in the Divi-
sion of Research of the Federal
Work Projects Administration.
Written by A. j. Woowter, Jr. and
A. E. Fisher, this publication is the
fifth in a series designed to present
simple, factual information on So
cial problems of general interest.
"The Collapse of Cotton Tenancy,
by DR.. Charles e. johnson, of
Fisk University with Drs. Edwin
r. Embree and w. w. Alexander,
Is listed among eleven other books
making up the photography OF
"The plantation South Today"
OWNERSHIP CONCENTRATED
"In true plantation area land
ownership is highly concentrated,
the WPA social problems pamphlet
says, "and the proportion of ten
ants among farm operators is
high. incomes in such areas are
greater per capita than in other
Southern Agricultural countries,
but lower than in other farming
sections of the Nation. There are
comparatively few urban and VIII
1sge dwel1ers and few non-agri-
cultural industries. Families are
large but schools are relatively
small and DOOR, especially for Ne
groes. Health services are marked
ly deficient. Living standards are
nesr the, minimum level"
Problems of relief and rehahilita-
tion have seriouslv erected thu
rural South, particularly in th'
cotton belts LARGE families a.
mong tenants have been consider
ed advantageous by the plantation
landlords chiefly because th
Younger members constitute
cheap labor supply.
During the 1920-193O decad
about cso0o0 persons comnosin
the excess labor supply migrate,
each year to regions where tn
industrial demand was expanding
after 1880 the industrial labo
market began to shrink. Migra
tion restricted the demand fo
labor and intensified the problem
of relief and rehabilitation. tn,
latest wPA psmsphlet explains.
CLARITY SYSTEMS
The various types of landlord
tenant arrangements which arr
often confused in the public's mire
are made clear in 1.-THE Planta-
tion South Today Renters wht
rent land outright from the own.
ers are the least dependent of the
plantation workers. They receive
all the proceeds of their crops witt
the exception of a fixed rent paid
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Pauline Redmond Is
Named To NYA Job

WASHINGTON D. C.-(SNS)-
The National Youth Administrator
has Just announced the appoint
ment of Miss Pauline Redmond to
the position of Assistant Informa-
ton Specialist in the washington
office.
Miss Redmond is a graduate OF
the University of Chicago ana
holds a Masters degree from the
University of Pittsburgh. She was
awarded one of the coveted Urban
Le>gue scholarships during her
school work at the University OF
Pittsburgh.
She has been associated with
the County Bureau of Public Wei
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fare, has served as Case Work
Consultant and as a social worker
at the Tice Clinic of the Munich
pal tuberculosis Sanitarium in
Chicago.
Miss Redmond is one of the
pioneers among young people in
youth organization movements and
has had a rich experience both as
director of youth activities in the
Chicago Urban League and as or
ganizer of the Illinois Statewide
Conference of Negro Youth, which
organization she has served for
four years as president.
Her duties with the National
Youth Administration viii be dea! :
ing .srgely with Negro youth and
their organizations Her work will
carry her throughout the entire
field where she will interpret to
Negroes the program of the NYA.
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in cash or crops. Next IN Oroer OF
dependency are the share tenants.
These workers own their work
stock and tools. They must usual
lv be provided with food, fertilizer
and house by the owner of the
plantation. Share tenants culti-
vate a fixed size of land and re-
ceive in return share of the crop,
USUALLY more than one-half.
"Still more dependent are the
sharecroppers, who furnish the
landlord nothing but their labor
and must be provided with stock,
tools, fertilizer, food and a house,
the WPA publication says.
"They receive half their crop IN
return for working a tract of about
20 crop acres, but all advances
made to them for half OF the
operating expenses, food and other
necessities are deducted, with
interest, from their portion by the
operator when the crop is sold.
There are more of these sharecrop-
pers than any other type of planta-
tion labor. None OF them nave
legal claim on any improvements
they make to the land or the build
ings. and so they have little desire
to conserve or improve them. what
thev do is drift from place to place,
looking for better conditions some
where else but usually finding that
they are much the same or worse.
At the bottom of the agricultural
ladder are the wage hands, who
are hired for a fixed wage, and
the casual laborers, who are hired
at peak seasons by the day."
REMAIN DESTITUTE
Gwen when troopers and share
tenants clear anything on tht
years farming, they usually ex'
haust their resources within a few
months and are destitute again a
the beginning of the crop year. Th'
landlord has to advance then
credit to finance the new crop anc
to provide for their living expenses
until the crop is sold. The average
tenant in 1887 was advanced So
for his share Of CROP expenses ane
$l04 to live on while the crop wa!
maturing. Thus the average
tenant borrowed around $780," the
study continues.
AS early as 1884, the WPA made
an exhaustive study OF labor condi-
tions in plantation regions of the
South. This study was concluded
with series of recommendations
and the following proposals for
solving many of the plantations
problems were offered:
1. Retirement of submarginal
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zines of opinion.
In joining the staff of the Ma
tional Defense Advisory Com
mission, Mr.. Poston will work with
Miss Frances Williams, Assistant
to the Chief of the Civic Groups
Section Consumers Division; DR. i.
Charming H. Tobias, member OF
the Joint Army and Navy Selective
Service Commission, and DR..
Weaver, in the task of integrating
Negroes into. the national defense
program.
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IenSe. InlS mas Deen proven al
through history.
1t was George Washington's
ability to rnify and smooth out
the differences between the tnir-
teen colonies that spelled success
for this nation at it's struggle for
birth.
CAUSED FRANCES FALL
1t was the lack of this unity
that brought on the quick collapse
of France. And on the other
hand it is Winston Churchill's
IL xx.olI
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Negro To Construct
Government Houses

I ]. Collier graduated from
Prairie View College in 1925, came
back to his Alma Mater in 1877 ana
served as foreman of construction
until he was awarded this con-
tract. He has constructed the
100000 hospital here, the Industrial
Engineering building, the Library.
the New Anderson Hall, the Gym
nasium and number of cottages
on the campus.
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General characteristics Of Old
Plantations Same Survey Shows
PIiqht Of Negro
Workers Discussed

WASHINGTON D. C. -(SNS)-- Outwardy, the OLD
anatons that foursed for onehundred and fifty years
from Virginia to Texas have changed The general charc
teristics however, have remained the same lhere IS SUI
argescae ownership of the land and of the tools OF
ton Plentiful cheap labor forces continue with Whte
farm tenant and aborer families in the Southeast now @
ceedng Negro families similarly employed onarecroppg
keeps alive many of the evils of the old pantaton economy
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Barrier To Unity
WE HAVE MANY holes I

WE HAVE MANY holes to patch in our po-
litical and economic fences before we can con-
slider ourselves anywhere near being secure as
race in America facing national emergency
unlike anything it has confronted before.
The current crisis calls for national unity,
a singleness of purpose, of action and of thought
for ALL citizens. Unity is always the strongest
bulwark a nation can build for victorious de-
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A Minnesota physician has in
vented a device that enables an
aviator forced to leap from an air.
plane with a parachute at a
height of $4,000 feet to supply him
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-22
ROBBED BY HITCH-HIKER

Horace Spriggs, colored, aged II
years, of Kalmia, Hartford county,
was arrested last week after he had
held up and robbed at pistol point
Mr.. George Wyatt and his son, Ran
som, of $143.68.
The colored youth had "thumbed"
ride in the Wyatt car, and after
getting out he drew a revolver from
his pocket and ordered the Wyatts
to "shell out" The father gave him
al lof his cash after they had been
forced to remove their trousers. The
colored boy, a former inmate of
Cheltenham School for Colored Boys,
then ordered the victims to redress
and marched them down the road for
over mile.
When the colored youth left the
Wyatts gave the alarm and Spriggs
was subsequently arrested and lodg-
ed in jail.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-22
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE SERVICES

"Soul and Body" will be the sub
ject of the Lesson-Sermon in all
Churches of Christ, Scientist, on
Sunday, November "a.
The Golden Text will be from
Psalms So: s, go bless our God,
We people, and make the voice Of
his praise to be heard, which holdeth
our soul in life, and suffereth not
our feet to be moved"
Among the citations comprising
the Lesson-Sermon will be the fol-
lowing from, the Bible, Eph. 4:4.
There is one body and one spirit.
even as ye are called in one hope Of
your calling"
The Lesson-Sermon also will in
clude passages from the Christian
Science textbook, Science and
Health with Key to the Scriptures"
by Mary Baker Eddy, among which
is the following, page ATT, Identity
is the reflection of Spirit, the reflec-
ton In multifarious forms Of the
living Principle. Love-"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-22
P. T. A. HAS INTERESTING
PROGRAM

The first P. T. A. meeting was
held in our auditorium ON the eve
ming of November IA.
An entertainment feature, musi-
cal program under the sponsorship
of Mr. Stuart, was greatly enjoyed.
Two of the numbers were "Moon-
light in the Colorado" and "Stout
Hearted Men," Ogoretta Sutphin and
Jean Howry also rendered two cow
boy songs.
The second feature of the evening
was the election of officers. The fol-
lowing persons were elected:
President-Mrs. r. c. Dodson, vice.
president-Mr. Glenn GRAPHICAL, Secre-
tary-Mrs. A. Clendenin, Treasurer
Mrs. Howard Wilson.
One proposed outgrowth of the
year: P. T. A. program was discussed
at length-the forming of an adult
library in conjunction with the pres
ent school library. Miss Hite, ibrar-
ian, has a committee at work on this
project.
Dues, heretofore fifty cents per,
were slashed to twenty-five cents per
patron or teacher, in an effort to slim
ulate growth of the organization
numerically.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-22
TIPS FOR MOTORISTS

AS a poetical theme, frost may be
all right on pumpkins, the Keystone
Automobile Club observes, but frosty
mornings can play havoc with motor
cars not yet conditioned for cold
weather driving.
In a bulletin just issued, the Club
gives advice on how to avoid many
of the hardships encountered by car
owners in freezing temperatures.
Five important points are stressed,
as follows:
'First, make sure the battery is
fully charged. Very few motorists
know that a battery showing only
one-quarter charge will freeze at Is
degrees above zero. At half-charge,
it will freeze at zero, but it is good
for SO below when fully charged.
Second, it is well to change from
heavy to a lighter oil. Even strong
battery will have difficulty in turning
over a motor begged down in heavy
oil. Your dealer knows the correct
grade fir your car.
Third, make sure the gas line
and carburetor are clean.
Fourth, check the ignition and
spark plugs.
Fifth, use anti-freeze mixture
in the radiator. Thirty per cent of
denatured alcoho1will guard against
freezing at two degrees below zero;
like percentage of wood alcohol
and glycerine will give protection
at five degrees below; so per cent
of glycerine alone will protect at
zero.
while keeping the car in shape
for cold weather it is advisable to
remember that defects in safety
factors will continue to develop, and
that frequent checking and adjust
ments are necessary for safe driv-
ing"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-22
MATTRESS MAKING DEMONsTRA
TION HELD AT UNIVERSITY
OF MARYLAND

Sixty-flve chairmen Of county
councils of homemakers clubs, chair
men of the AAA committees, and
county and home demonstration
agents from the IA counties in
Southern and Western Maryland,
attended cotton mattress making
demonstration at the University Of
Maryland on November A, held under
the leadership of the Extension Ser
vice.
The demonstration was part Of a
nationwide project which Is being
sponsored by the Federal and State
governments for the purpose of util-
izing surplus cotton and providing
farm families having low incomes
with new, low-cost mattresses. The
cotton and ticking are supplied by
the Federal Surplus Marketing Ad-
ministration and only families hav-
ing an income of 900 or less are
eligible to make application for cot
ton and materials for the mattresses.
The demonstration was conducted
by Miss Nell Pickens and Miss Lucille
Mallette of the Alabama Extension
Service, where the understanding
project has been Of considerable sue
cess.
It is planned to offer opportunity
to obtain mattresses to eligible
families in all counties in Maryland
through the county and home DEM
onstration agents in the respective
counties and the county AAA COM
mitteemen. Applications will be re-
ceived and handled by representa-
tives of these agencies in the coun-
ties. Certification Of those who are
eligible will lbe made by the local
AAA committees and demonstra-
lions an obstruction in making the
mattresses will be handled by the
Extension service agents. Miss Venia
M. Kellar, Assistant Director Of the
Extension Service in charge Of home
demonstration work, and Paul E..
Nystrom, County Agent Leader, are
supervising the Statewide program.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-22
RISING SUN HIGH SCHOOL
BY The Journalism Club
p. T. A.

The attendance of the Parents at
the p. T. A. last year was rather
good--as far as the attendance of the
parents of elementary school pupils
was concerned. A prize was offered
to the room, the pupils of which had
the most parents with them at the
meeting. tbs prize was won fairly
constantly by the elementary school.
What must that indicate to us
high school students Why, 1t must
indicate that the elementary school
pupils were more conscientious
about bringing their parents to the
meetings, than we were. It indicates,
that, too, they must have realized
and considered better than we all
the benefits that their parents could
obtain by attending the meetings.
When parents come to the meetings,
they have a chance to participate
and converse about all the happen
ings that concern the children and
can enjoy interesting programs.
/ think that we high school stu
dents should all get together this
year and make an extra effort to
bring our parents out to the meet
ings. Let us make a resolution that
the elementary school children aren't
going to show us up any more by
having more parents at the meetings
than we high school pupils do.
Hazel Coale
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-22
GUERNsEYs SOLD

The American Guernsey Cattle
Club, Peterborough, N. H. reports
the sale of a registered Guernsey
bull by Elwood r. Morris to James
H. Potts of Chestertown, Md. This
animal is Sir Robert Of Town Re-
lief 292251.
The American Guernsey Cattle
Club, Peterborough, N. H., reports
the sale of registered Guernsey bull
by James M. Hollisten to Robert A.
Cissel of Rising Sun, Md. This ami
NAL is Fairlea's Duke of Sycamore
$4,000.
The American Guernsey Cattle
Club, Peterborough, N. H., reports
the sale of a registered Guernsey
COW by George w. Carr to G.. Car
son Goodman Of Conowingo, Md.
This animal is Riverside Susie Bell
6O0606.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-22
200, 900 1914 CHEvROLETs

In an address before more than
1000 Chevrolet dealers in the
Pacific Coast region attending sales
conference at San Francisco, M. e.
Coyle, general manager, Chevrolet
Motor Division, announced that in
less than two months since the pub
lie presentation of its new 1941
models, Chevrolet has produced 200,-
900 cars and trucks of the 1941
series. The 20O,O00th production
unit rolled of the assembly lines
Nov. Tin approximately six
weeks after the new 1941 cars made
their debut.
An unusually high production
rate has been maintained at Chew
rolet plants since the new models
were put in production. Mr.. Coyle
said that this pace will be maintain
ed for an indefinite period of time
in order to meet the demands of the
public who have given the Chevro-
let 1941 models the most enthus-
iastic reception of any new cars in
the history of the company. 4.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-22
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN MISSION
WEEK

Baltimore, November Is. Cover
nor Herbert r. O'Conor last week
proclaimed November "a to Decem-
Der National Christian Mission
Week." asserting there was urgent
need for the proclamation of the
Christian message with renewed
vieor, and the elimination of racial
suspicion and enmities which have
become SO widespread"
During the week thirty interna-
tionally known clergymen and Chris
tian workers, conducting nation
wide evangelistic crusade, will visit
Baltimore, one of twenty-one cities
In which the Mission is being held.
Governor O'Conor said in his pro-
clamation that THE spirit of war,
with the resultant chaos and desola-
ton throughout the world, has chal-
lenEsd cur Christian faith here In
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-22
JOIN CLUBS

Every pupil should join as many
clubs as he possibly can. Clubs are
very important, especially in the
winter when we can't go out of
doors. They give us chance to do
the things we like to do; for ex-
ample, if we don't know how to
dance and wish to learn, we just
join the dancing club. If we like to
build airplanes, we join the airplane
club, Through clubs, we can develop
in many different ways; socially,
physically, and mentally.
We hope that every pupil will
join as many clubs as he is permit
ted to join.
Elaine Steele
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-22
ALIENS MUST REGISTER BY
DECEMBER 20, 1910

Alien registration will end on
December 26 and all non-citizens
who have not yet registered are
warned that severe penalties will
follow failure to comply with this
Federal law.
All aliens, IA years of age and
older, must register in person and be
fingerprinted.
Alien children, under IA, must
be registered by their parents or
guardians.
Registration takes place at the
post Office.
There is no charge of any kind
connected with alien registration.
The Department of Justice warns
aliens to beware of racketeers.
The Post Office Department. and
the Department of Justice will will
ingly assist the alien in every pos
sible way.
Earl G. Harrison, Director of
Alien Registration of the Depart
ment, suggests that those aliens
who have not yet registered do SO
as soon as possible to avoid the
Christmas rush at the post Offices.
ALI aliens are also warned that,
having registered, they are required
to report any change in their per-
manent residence address within
five days to the immigration and
Naturalization Service of the De-
partment of Justice in Washington.
Forms for this purpose are obtain
able at all post Offices.
No alien need be unprepared for
the questions he will be asked.
Sample registration forms which
show him exactly what information
he will need at registration are
available in all post Offices.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1940-11-22
NATIONAL CHRISTIAN MISSION

Baltimore, November 18--A Mary
lander who has carried Christianity
to far corners of the world, whose
work for the past 33 years has made
him perhaps the best-known mission
airy evangelist on earth today, Is
returning to Maryland this month for
week of missionary work" at
home.
He is DR.. E. Stanley Jones, init
mate friend Of Mahatma Gandi,
writer and Christian worker best
known for his missionary activity
in India, but known also to thous-
ands to whom he has lectured in
japan, Korea, Burma, China, Ma
laya and in South American cities.
DR.. Jones is one of thirty inter-
laymen who will conduct the Nation
al Christian Mission here Novem-
Der "a to December /. The week-long
Mission will be the tenth in a series
being held throughout the nation.
Every Protestant church in Mary
land has been asked to participate
by sending delegates to the program
which will include nightly mass
meetings, seminars, Christian life
forums and a youth conference.
DR.. Jones, who was born in Clarks-
Vile, Maryland, returned to the Unit
ed States last summer to take part
in the National Christian Mission.
He received his formal education in
City College, Baltimore, and in AS
bury College.
His work in foreign fields started
in 1907, when the Methodist Episco-
pal Church commissioned him as
pastor of the English Church in the
city of Lucknow, India. Three times
he has refused election to the posi-
ton of bishop--preferring to continue
his work in the Far East.
For ten years he worked In the
Missions in India, and in 1917 he
was appointed evangelist at large for
the North India Annual Conference.
He still holds that position. He has
written eight books, best sellers IN
both America and England, and they
have been translated into some
twenty foreign languages. His first
work was the famous "The Christ
of the India Road" and his latest
"Is the Kingdom of God Realism?"
just recently published.
DR.. Jones will address three OF the
night mass meetings to be held at
the Fifth Regiment Armory during
the Mission week. On Sunday, Nov
ember "a, he will speak on SIS the
Kingdom of Realism?" on Wednes-
day he will discuss '"The Living
Church." and on Friday his topic
will be "Crusading Christianity"
Other prominent churchmen, wide
" known for their work both here
and abroad, will speak at other meet
ings.