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St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-02
MT. OLIvET BAPTIST CHURCH

Cor. w. Central-Mackubin st.
Rev. c. B. Wheeler, Pastor
Mt. Olivet's B. T. U. was the
scene of a great spectacle on last
Sunday evening when honor was
paid to Mother Ella Golden for the
faithful and untiring service she
has rendered the Sunday School
and B. T. U.
In front of the church hung a
large poster of blue with letters
of gold reading ella Golden Day."
and bordered with American beau
ty roses. This poster was made
by Mrs. Lovey Bothic. The pro-
gram, was presented as a radio
broadcast.
Those appearing on program
were: Mrs. Lydia Brown, Miss
Gloria Williams, Mrs. Dorothy
Massie, Mr.. Harvey Hopkins, ST.,
Mr.. Harvey Hopkins, Jr., who pre-
scented Mother Golden with large
bouquet of flowers from the youth
of. the church. Mrs. Dorcie Wheel
er, who sang "When I've Gone the
Last Mile of the Way" dedicated
to Mother" Golden. Mrs. Arlee
Blakey wrote an acrostic about
Sister Golden's Christian life. Re-
marks by the pastor, C. B. Wheel
er, and presentation by Miss Viola
Nash, the Junior Choir, who sang
Mrs. Golden's favorite hymns,
closed the program by singing can
Evening Prayer"
Let US not forget the special
services on next Sunday afternoon,
August 4, 8 p. m. The Rev. C. w.
Spears of St. James A. M. E.
Church, Minneapolis, will speak at
Mount Olivet. Rev. Spears will
speak from the subject, "The Eagle
Stirs Her Nest" The Deaconess
and Mothers board invite you to
be their guest on Sunday. Sunday
also marks the end of the Mission
Circles quilt contest. You still
have time to give your contribu-
ton to your favorite contestant.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-02
Poetic Thoughts
BY MORRIS CHRIS

BY NORRIS GIBBS
The poetic editor offers this
timely poem by Emma A. Lent.
They Do Not Know
They do not know the harm they
do,
Who say an unkind thing;
The hasty word, by them forgot,
In some heart leaves a sting.
They never know the i'll they do
BY some unfriendly deed;
Or what harvesting of tares
Where they have sown the seed!
They do not know the good they do,
Who speak a heartening phrase,
Or lend helping hand along
Lies steep and rugged ways.
They do not know the good they do,
Who cheer, and laugh, and sing,
And so into toil-filled day,
A happier courage bring.
o careless ones, think what you do;
Take heed to what you say;
And, kindly ones, speak, laugh, and
sing,
And cheer us on our way.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-02
HOnOrs Fine Worker

Oet Baptist Church. St. Paul. found time last Sunday
Ella Golden of its saunch workers. for her
congratulated having such splendid
Added should
having good show Mother Golden publicly
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-02
Listen to This
By Hobart T. Mitchell

JURIES AND JURY SERVICE
The thought that is most pecu-
liar about jury service is the white
man shuns the duty while the Ne
gro courts it.
Before the adoption of the Four
teenth Amendment there was no
provision in the Federal Constitu-
ton which would prevent the states
from enacting statutes specifically
excluding Negroes from service on
grand or petit juries.
The object and effect of the 18th
Amendment Of the Federal Consti-
tuition was to place the colored
man, in the matter of suffrage, on
the same basis with the white. It
had no other effect.
First mixed jury ever impaneled
in the United States was to try
Jefferson Davis, president of the
Confederate States, for treason,
but the case never came to trial.
There were twelve whites and
twelve Negroes. Chief Justice
Salmon P. Chase was to preside.
The law of the state of Ken
lucky, in 1880, implies that a white
person indicted by a grand jury
composed wholly of persons of the
white race cannot complain be-
cause Negroes were excluded; nor
says Louisiana, in 1892, a Negro
cannot demand that he be tried for
criminal offense by a jury of his
own race.
In August, 1927, Judge Walter
A. White of Harrison County, Mis-
sissippi, dismissed the whole jury
list because Negroes had been
barred from the list.
The case of Neal VS.. Delaware
(103 U. S. 370) October, 1880,
brought out the startling fact that
no Negro had ever been summoned
as juror in the courts of Della
ware, where at the time there were
10000 whites and $4,000 Negroes.
A Negro, George Parson, served
on the jury that tried Albert B.
Fall.
John H. Dickerson (1927) was
the first Negro to act as a jury
foreman in the city of Brooklyn,
New York.
In an Oklahoma case, Carrick VS..
State, the State Supreme Court
held that the trial Judge commit
ted reversible error in denying the
motion by the defendants attor-
ney to quash the jury because Ne
groes qualified to do jury service
had been excluded from the jury
list.
DIR. Barnes, a Negro physician
of Johnson County, Texas (19O3),
whose testimony was rather Incl
sively to the effect that there were
no Negroes in johnson county
qualified to sit upon juries. He
stated that he was acquainted with
practically all of his race in the
county.
Arkansas, 1S49-"Every Grand
Juror shall be a free white male
citizen of this State, over twenty
one years of age, resident of the
county, a householder or a free
holder, and otherwise qualified ac-
eording to law"
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-02
Thanks!

We are at this time thanking
you very kindly for the liberal do
nation that you gave us in helping
us to sponsor our Drum and Bugle
Corps. Inasmuch as we are little
late in response to your donation,
we take the liberty at this time to
thank you again. We were the win
ner Of the first prize Division ga"
in the great Aquatennial parade
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-02

various departments of the We have benefited the
housing aid schools
The party therefore, has recognized
assisting formulating principles Of the
Democratic He contributes that When
minority stands such strategic position aid in dat
ing the policies of the organization.
Neither of the two major parties the
Negro Both find profitable offer nduent them
That healthy political trend and should be the method by which
ballot will eventually be restored coored the South
Chicago
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-02

of Saturday, July goth, of which
we are very proud. The gold cup
is on display at the Elks' Rest, so
again we thank you, and humbly
remain,
,AMES LODGE NO. LOG.
M. o. Culberson,
Exalted Ruler.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-02

The Queens have already been Sc
lected who will run for the high
est honor the Sunday School and
B. T. U. can bestow upon an indi-
vidual for service, the browning of
Miss Mt. Olivet of 1910, at its an
nual banquet on Labor Day, Sep
TENDER End. Get your ticket early.
M. Simmons.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-02
Didn't Sign

st. Paul, Mimi, July 80, 1910.
Editor, Recorder: It was noted
in your July 26th issue, that the
Stewards and Trustees of the St.
James A. M. E. Church, st. Paul,
Mimi, had made a signed state
ment in connection with the dis
graceful airing of the affair of
Rev. Gerald L. Hayden. Several
members of both boards were
asked of the truthfulness of said
published statement and in each
reply a denial of such was made.
A Member of Said Church.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-02

Editors Note: While it is ad-
mitted now that the board mem
bers did not actually sign the
statement in question, such infer
ence was naturally drawn when
the names Of those supposedly
present were placed, evidently
without their sanction, below the
statement in the church bulletin.
Our correspondents believed that
the appearance of the names in
dicated complete concurrence with
the vote of confidence.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-02

So with the clouds that drift away,
Then race across the sky,
Mistreated by an angry wind,
What can they do but cry?
They may resist the winds that
blow,
But with them twill remain,
Until they weep, and shower the
earth
With tears, which we call rain.
St. Paul recorder. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1940-08-02
Rain

Rain the tears of clouds must be,
Their falling brings relief,
Just as the tears of man relieves
The heart when filled with grief.
The sun may shine, the sky be
bright,
No sign of clouds appear,
But in the twinkling of an eye
They swiftly gather near.
=
-
Just like the whims and moods of
life,
Your heart with joy afiame;
Some little thing can cloud your
sky
And tears fall down like rain.
Evening star., 1940-05-04
Paint Will Brighten
Those Fuded Awnings

Will faded awnings spoil the ap-
pearance Of your house this sum-
mer? If your answer Is yes, wield
a paint brush for a few hours be-
fore you put them up. The cost In
effort and paint will be well spent.
Here are two methods:
No. Ito IL ounces of soft
paste formed by dissolving white
beeswax in pure spirits of turpentine
add approximately two pounds OF
heavy paste white lead into which
has been mixed two tablespoonfuls
of soft soap. When this formula has
been stirred thoroughly, work the
resulting paste well into the avn
ing canvas with large spatula.
Follow with body and finish coats
Of the priming paste thinned to
brushing consistency with equal
parts by volume Of pure boiled lin
seed oil and turpentine. Smooth
each coat we'll with a paint brush,
following the usual painting pro-
cedure. When color treatment is
desired, add colors-in-oil.
No. 2-The canvas may be treated
Evening star., 1940-05-04
kuwukumis Divorced

RENO, New, May 4 (P.-Helene
Osterrieth Kawakami OF New York
won an uncontested divorce yester-
day from Clarke H. Kawakami of
Washington, D. c., on the grounds
OF three years separation. They
were married in Geneva, Switzer-
land, July %, 1882. Kawakami is
a war correspondent, now in Lon
don. He formerly represented a
Japanese news agency in Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1940-05-04

which Is installed between the CELL
ing and the upper floors and can
be so adjusted as to light a given
area. No fixture is evident on the
surface of the ceiling, merely
small aperture through which the
beam of light penetrates. The
fixture may be installed in a wall to
light a picture across the room. It
Evening star., 1940-05-04

which has been dissolved in hot
water. Brush the size on the can
vas while it Is warm and allow it to
dry thoroughly.
Follow by brushing on evenly two
Evening star., 1940-05-04

with a thin glue size prepared by
mixing one pound of glue to three
parts OF water. Before this mix
ture is applied to the surface to be
painted, add one ounce of alum
Evening star., 1940-05-04

coats Of paint composed of three
parts by volume heavy paste white
lead, two parts boiled linseed oil
and one part turpentine.
Evening star., 1940-05-04

would be ideal to illuminate the
ping pong table in the recreation
room where the ceiling is low and
dome light is in the way. These
cost $26, plus installation, and are
the answer to many of those difficult
lighting problems.
Evening star., 1940-05-04
New Spot Lighting Lamp
Can Be Placed in Wall

Effective lighting over the dining
room table or the piano or any area
that needs spot lighting may be
cleverly done with a new fixture
Evening star., 1940-05-04

Many horses in Japan are suffer-
ing from beri beri as a result of the
shortage of rice.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-08
, STORIES
m STAMPS
Was Washington Wrong
In Training His Army?

Was Washington Wrong
In Training His Army?
THE American colonial army
was little more than an I'M
trained patriotic rabble when
George Washington assumed COM
mand at Cambridge in ITS.
Washington is shown taking COM
mand on the stamp above, one Of
the U. S. Concord issue
of 1925, concentrating the 150th
anniversary of the first battle Of
the Revolution.
Military critics now believe
Washington was wrong in trying
to make his army conform to
British standards of strategy and
discipline. Most of the Americans
were expert marksmen, but they
had no liking for lines, squares
and bayonets. They preferred to
hide behind rocks and trees, pick
off their British enemies.
Washington wanted an army
with strict discipline, drilled in
military tactics of the period. He
hated the familiarity of officers
and men, tried to make regula-
tons and have them kept.
But the rabble army showed
its courage at Lexington and Con-
cord and again at Bunker Hill.
The Americans made their best
showing at Bunker. Hill, losing
only AL men to the British 1854.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-08
N. {. Hosiery Firms
Are Hit By Injunction

RALEIGH, Sept. 7.-R-The
first lnjunctions in a nationwide
flve-industry campaign for compli-
ance with the fair labor standards
act, signed by Federal District
Judge johnson J. Hayes, restrain
two North Carolina hosiery firms
from further violations" of the
act, the w%age-hour division report
ed today.
The restraining injunctions,
which were filed in Greensboro,
contain stipulations calling for res
titution of payments for back
wages due employees totaling "sev-
eral thousand dollars" the division
said.
The complaints alleged that the
Avery hosiery mills of High Point
and the Puritan Hosiery Mills, Inc,
Of Burlington failed to keep ade-
quate records and to pay overtime
at the rate of one and one-half the
regular pay, as prescribed by the
act. The division said inspectors
found no indication of failure to
pay the minimum wage. l
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-08
C. r A NIU M
CIR A OK R
IN THE NEWS

Here are five questions about
persons who have been in the
news in recent weeks. Can YOU
name each from the description
given?
l. A former cabinet member
who is a teetotaler accepted an ap-
propriate position with a soft
drink firm. Who is he?
2. Who challenged President
roosevelt to a series of platform
debates during the coming
months?
8. The mayor of a large Cana
dian city was arrested for opposi-
ing compulsory home defense
measures. Who is he?
4. The governor of a group of
British islands in the western At
lantlc entertained the Duke and
duchess of Windsor en- route to
the Bahamas. Who is he?
5. A prominent Canadian came
to the United States to confer with
President Roosevelt O hemisphere
defense. Who is he?
ANSWERS on Page Nineteen)
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-08
Public Speaking Class
To Be Organized Here

Considerable interest is reported
to have been aroused in the public
speaking class which will be organ.
lied at the Y.M.C.A. on Tuesday
afternoon at 5 o'clock.
As it is intended to limit mem
oershlp in the class to some mum.
Der to be fixed at Tuesdays meet
ing, it is stated that all Whining
tonlan's who desire to join will De
more likely to have their names
on the roster if they attend and
nave a voice in determining how
many may participate in the train
ing.
The course will include weekly
sessions throughout the winter.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-08
POSTAL RECEIPTS
SHOW INCREASE
r;o,,res For Eight Months Of
Year Are Up 8 Per Cent
Over Last Year

nosta1 receipts for the first eight
s,tbs period of 1910 ending Aug
".t 81 show approximately an eight
cent increase when compared
i,.;,b the corresponding period for
,ooo Wilbur R. Dosher, postmast'
or. reported yesterday
pos-al receipts for the eight
-ontbs period ending August 81
.+.,od sl39, 5O5.53, an increase OF
"a 57O 50 or approximately g h
aor cent when compared with the
rscord of S129, 934.n for a similar
neriod a year ago.
receipts for the two periods were
,isted by Postmaster Dosher as
allows: for 1910, first quarter, $50,
1 ooa NJ. second quarter, S51, las. OF;
I-,lv and August, $35, 436.41, for a
,o+al of S139, 5O5,53; and for 1899,
tirst quarter. S48, 1890; second
quarter. S48, 4o6.oI, July ana Aug
vet $50. $50. "a, for a total of 1929,
934.71.
postal receipts for July this year
totaled SIS, 721,24 and showed an
Increase of approximately 20 per
cent or S3,210.02 when compared
with the record Of S15,511.02 for the
same month last year.
August receipts this year
amounted to SIS, 715.17 as COM
nared with the record of SIT, 1922
for August of 1899, showing a de-
cline of S434.05 or about two and
half per cent, Postmaster Dosher
said, /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-08
Luxembourg Puts Ban
On German MARRIAGE

LUXEMBOURG, Sept. 7.-LP-
Via Berlin)-Marriages or extra.
marital relations between Jews and
Germans were banned in this con.
quered country today.
All Jews were ordered to export
their domestic and f~oreien holding.
Jewish physicians, dentists, veteri
narlans and druggists were forbid.
zen to practice.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-08
SALES UP

NEW YORK, Sept. 7.-CP-Wal-
green Co, operators of a national
chain of drug stores, today reported
August sales increased 10.1 per cent
to $6,2S0.C93 from $5,704, 522 in Au-
gust last year.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-09-08

The national church of Iceland
Is Evangelical Lutheran but there
is complete RELIGIOUS liberty.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-12-26
WHY is CHINA OUT In THE
COLD?
(Spokane Chronicle)

Poor old, patient, friendly, long
suffering China always seems to
be left with the second fiddle to
play
When the Japanese moved in on
China several years ago, before any
of this frightful world chaos de-
veloped, much of the civilized world
acted as though it were shocked.
But nobody did anything about it.
When China's cities and helpless
civilian population were bombed
the world stood aghast but that is
all it did do Now that millions in
that stricken land are on the verge
of starvation, facing a winter made
bitter by the horrors of war they
had no part in starting, most of the
civilized peoples are turning all
their attention to Europe.
China has been a good friend OF
the United States. If any people
on earth deserve food and shelter
in these times they are the Chinese
1t seems little incongruous in an
emergency growing out of the fury
of predatory nations to leave the
burden of feeding and clothing
China's suffering and helpless peo-
pie on the shoulders Of few heroic
church missionaries.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-12-26
Should Have Acted Months Ago

Washington this the
announcement defense
speeding the production of defense
supplies deegatng the four who
all the possible them
William S. Knudsen who has been boss of
dusa production Sidney charge labor problems and
Secretaries
recently Knudsen
had planned
production production
behind discouagng
considered of Great
Britain struggle with Germany Italy depends
great supplying her with the needed
failure produce all the
Because generally conceded that Great Britain
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-12-26
Adventure, Mystery,
Suspense In Picture
Foreign Correspondent

With public attention focused at
no time since the days Of Floyd
Gibbons as now upon dispatches
filed by American journalists over
seas, the kootenai Theatre presents
Walter Wanger's Foreign Core
spondent" in a foreWord OF elo-
quence and force.
Adventure, mystery, suspense and
intrigue are its keynotes and these
are rung in sequence and out, coun-
terpointed on occasion with comedy
| in a manner to fascinate, amuse
entertain and--in a finish that hac
fa preview audience cheerlng-fhr1l
its beholders.
] Unlike other pictures pertaining
to the war in Europe, this one en-
ploys the place-London and Am
sterdam-and the time-August-
September, 1939--as setting for its
story of a newspaper reporter
sent from New York to get a story
about what's going on behind the
scenes of international diplomacy
The reporter is witness to the as
sassination Of Dutch paclflst, pur'
sues the assassin, learns that ths
murdered man is double, killee
in order that the pacifist may Of
tortured into revealing an unwrit
ten clause of a treaty, goes on t
discover that the supposed British
leader of a peace organization IS II
fact a German secret agent, fac
unknown to his daughter, witt
whom the reporter has fallen il
love.
Attempts are made upon the re
porter's life and other correspond
ents join him in his attempt to res
cue the Dutch pacifist, which sue
ceeds. Then war is declared, tn
German spy boards a clipper plan
for America, the reporter does like
wise, and the plane is shelled, come
down in the sea, reporter and gil
returning to London when rescued
the spy drowning to save his daugh
ter.
There is no withholding of ider
titles OF nations represented, bl
neither are there denunciations OF
of character, appeals to prejudice c
partisanship.
The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1940-12-26
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SPLINTERS
BY Ted Aronson
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
NEIGHRORLY AMERICANS.

There are men, just few, Of
course, who never let go of a nickel
unless they must. They like to
dance but hate to pay the fiddler.
They have headaches every time
they have to make a donation OF
some sort. They live for them
selves and have no feeling OF so
cial responsibility. Like the fellow
who told a soliciting committee,
What give amt nothing to no.
body
Utopia may lie ahead OF us, but
we still live in Wbfad where many
people need help from their fell
lowmen. Self-sufficiency does not
exist. Depressions, crop failures,
misfortune or sickness give rise to
want and misery. The families of
such useless beings as idlers and
wastrels arouse our sympathy. In
the main, there is no disgrace in
being poor or needy
Public relief cannot do the en-
tire job. There are gaps which
must be filled by private agencies
And that is what generous people
are doing. A few weeks ago more
than 500 cities refilled their Com
munity Chests, with the help of 3
half million volunteers. The Rec
Cross has just finished its annua.
Roll Call with a l6 per cent in
crease in membership. The cam
paign to combat tuberculosis is re
ceiving fine support. The Yuletidt
season always provides temporar.
assistance, and radiates spirit O
good will that lasts for more thar
a day. Hundreds of agencies are al
ways on the job in relieving dis
treSs.
Yes, Americans are, on the whole
big-hearted 1t is a tradition witt
them that the government shall no
do it all. In democracy, it is
self-imposed duty to be helpful ans
neighborly, and to contribute volun
tarily accordingly to the generosit.
of ones heart.
That is not charity: it is bein
! neighborly And it is good citizen
ship to help others to help them
selves, to help them to acquire 0
regain self-reliance, courage an
dignity; to keep them from degen
) Grating into bad or delinquent mem
! bers of the community
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