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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-08

long ride south. Oh, yes, may
be that was a sort of excuse.
There was always plentH/of
gambling going on and liked
to gamble.
One night a stranger rode in
and put up his horses. He
limped into Red Clarke's on a
game leg and introduced him
self.
I'm Lame Bradley"
There wasn't much hospi-
tality in that trading post. |
don't know whether Bradley
expected everybody to crawl
under the tables or jump up to
buy him a drink. They didn't
do either.
He hobblcd up TO the bar
and tossed off a couple Of stiff
drinks. That looscncd up his
tongue. He started Dragging,
but nobody paid any attention
TO him. If you were tough in
those days you kept your
mouth shut and did your talk
ing with a six-shooter.
Lame Bradley was a blow
hard and the fellows who hung
around Red Clarke's didn't
waste either time or bullets on
his kind.
He had been a sailor but
hurt his leg in a fall on a boat
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-08
eSe nv SOS S~ore

Are them things what they look ike?" one
asked.
They're rattlesnake heads. Nuthin else"
The hunters ran down the peddler rolling along
over the prairie to the next camp and held out the
heads.
Found EN- in your whisky barrel How in
tarnationd they git there
"Fellers. I'm plumb whipped out" The travelling
bartender. scratched his scraggly beard. "Yuh
found out my secret-Why my Whisky's tn best in
tn country"
"Yuh mean yuh put 'em there?'
"Ycssr, allus do. Half dozen RATHER
heads in every barrel That's what gives it
power
reckon the boys knew why one cupful made
them feel like biting a bull buffalo.
That the kind of men and whisky you
bucked into around Red Clarke's
ERODE in to Clarke's one day with saddle pony
i and pack horse on my way to Texas after
trip north with trail herd 1t was good place
to lay to rest the horses before tackling the
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-08

UST about eightytwo the first of the daring Pony
Express riders his and dashed cloud
lkali the gruelng miles of wild
Indians, Billiards,
sitting
Mississippi and California.
1t the beginning OF the the gambler and the hudy
gurdy girl the baman and the gunhng marshal who bazed their
with through the heoarng frontier About
the only law coled Viglanes saddle
The OF those coorful been
readers The Weekly
last frontier cowboy
eghter buffalo Sunday of
Kansas City and God of Fort Smith"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-08
/ woke up one morning on the Old Chisholm

woke up one morning on the Old Chisholm
Trail.
Rope in my hand and COW by the tail
herded and hoIiered and I done very we'll.
Till the boss said, Boys, just let EN- go to
hell"
Stray in the herd and the boss said xiii it,
So / shot him in the rump with the handle of
the skillet.
We rounded EN- up and put EN- the cars,
A md thar was the last of the old Two Bars.
I'm on my best horse and I'm goin az run
I'm the quickest Shootin' cowboy thar ever
pulled gun.
win ,ta my my knees i" 'h5%'ddIe and my seat i"
I'll quit Punchin' cows in the SWEEP bye and bye.
From the Old Chisholm Trail
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-08
OUTLAWS AND INDIANS.
BY FRANK MURPHY
Noted IlainSman. Trail Driver and Indian scout.
CHAPTER VIII

l9c An.ttean we,ig. Britain Htg1's
n LEFT the. corral gate open Lame Bradley,
1 the Black Hills outlaw. last week SO l reckon
bcttCis round him up next He a stage rob
Der in the Dakota bad lands along with Billy
IitcIc the e&-QuantreH raider who put in eight
months with me on the Oregon Trail rounding up
and branding a herd Of fifteen thousand cattle to
drive east to Big Powder River Montana. for the
N-Bar outfit.
TItchie was the fellow told you about getting
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-08

a nccktie party
from the Mon
tana Nigilantes
soon after that
for bein G too
h a n dy a bout
using his run
min iron on
other folks cat
tie and horses.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-08

'Hanmcrhcad OBricn Failed to Hccd the. Scou
Returned to Find His Cabin Fire and the RdIdn0 CI
Off His livestock
zone of the BraUcS Had the Settlers Wife SIun0
Horn. She Stretched out Her Arms ImpioringiV TOua
They Rode Array.
"OBrien Set Out in Pursuit But the Raiders Outdi
KneW What AWdited His Wife. II Took Him Only an In
Raising His Rifle. He Took Careful aim and
Woman SIuniDed OUer Her CdptOrs ShOuIdcr-Dedd"
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-03-08

"OBrien Set Out in Pursuit But the Raiders Outdi
u What AUdited His Wife. II Took Him Only an In
Raising His Rifle, He Took Careful Aim and
ldn Slumped OUer Her Cdptor's ShouIdcr-Dead"
so had to give up his seafarng Somehow he
landed in the middle of the prairie country and die
the rest Of his ling on board a horse.
First he got job with General Crook chasing
Indians. Nobody could figure what sailor
would be in an Indian campaign, but Crook hire
him because h needed man who could men.
tents and Bradley was an old hand at sewing sails
When his job with the troops was over he went
10 robbng stagecoaches in the Black Hills ~
Eilly Richie | heard all about that from RIV he
The two of them holcd up in a cabin on Sand Greek
in Dakota Territory pretending to be beaver trap
pers. But the only trapping they ever done was
with shotgun on the Deadwood to Sidney stage
line.
When the bad lands got too hot for Bradley he
headed south and pulled up at Red ClaIkcs.
One night he was sitting in poker game witt
He got pretty chummy.
Murphy yuh look like tn right sort" he said
Suppose yuh tie in with me Wen head south to
gether'
mo" I told him, Il amt ready to leave yet In
havin' too much fun.
l was ready to move on, but | didn't banker &c
have Lame Bradley for pardner, on the trail OF
any place else He was always Dragging too mucl
TO suit me. ! never had much use for big talkel
and figured Bradley wouldn't 60 far before some
= body called his hand
Sure enough ne Qldn |. Alter ne lOulhl out
wasn't going to throw in with him he saddlcd w
the next morning and headed for Camp Supply
He always rode his horse sideways, like a woman
on account of his bum leg.
When l pulled into the stage station at jim
Springers ranch on the Washita River few days
later the boys there told me about Lame Bradley
riding in drunk. As usual, he started talking big
But he was shooting off in the wrong place tina
time One of the cowboys hanging around the ban
gJt pretty tired of it.
we don't savvy that kind o lingo.n this
country" the cowboy said. "If yuh got anythn;
to say yuh better git EN- talkin quick
Bradley made pass for his forty-iourS, bu
he never got them out of the holsters. The cowboy
shut him up for good with a six-shooter.
That same trip to Red Clarke's pretty near sen
me on that lorg ride over the Great Divide, too
Luck was sure perched right on my saddle horn.
Red wouldn't let anybody but his own men dea
gambling game in his place ] liked TO deal Sc
after Lame Bradley pulled out went over TO a b
buffalo hunters camp near the trading post.
The hunters had sold their hides and had thci
pokes full of money. They were itchin TO gamble
so we Matched up game and spread a blanket OF
the ground for round of Mexican monte. Tha
was my game. was pretty fair hand at it and
Evening star., 1942-03-10

Beautifully tailored shirts Per-
feet for your new suits ond
skirts. Convertible collar. Short
sleeves. Sizes 81 70 40. White,
pink, n,oize or blue. Washable
royon crepe!
The Omaha guide., 1942-05-09
NAACP CONFERENCE CROWDS
HELD TO 5000 BY ARMY

Los Angeles, Calif.-Regulations
Of the Army high command on the
Pacific coast will limit the size of
the crowds at the NAACP annual
conference, which meets here in
July, to 5000 persons. General De-
Witt has ordered all indoor meetings
held to this size.
The NAACP conference, which has
not met on the Pacific coast since
1928, is expected to draw large
crowds to some of the mass meet
ings where nationally known speak
ers will be on the program. One
such meeting will be held Friday
night, July IT, when A. Philip
Randolph formally receives the 9Th
S%pingarn medal. The final mass
meeting Sunday afternoon, July 19
will be held in the famous Shrine
Delegates from the East are ex-
pected to come to the conference on
Auditorium here.
a special train leaving st. Louis, Mo.
Friday AFTERNOON, July 10. Vaca-
toners and visitors to California,
who plan to leave about that time,
are invited to make reservations on
be secured by writing to the nation
The Omaha guide., 1942-05-09
DEAL CLOSED ON LOCATION
OF WASHINGTON BUREAU

New York-The NAACP announc-
ed Friday, May 1, that a deal hiss
been closed with the landlord for an
office for the Associations Wash.
ington bureau at 100 Massachusetts
Avenue.
The new office is near the inter
section Of Massachusetts, and New
Jersey avenues, close to car lines on
both avenues; two blocks from the
Union station; close to the Capitol,
the United States supreme court;
House and Senate office buildings
and other government agencies.
The date for the formal opening
will be announced as soon as neces-
sary renovations have been complet-
ed, the NAACP said. The establish
ment Of the Washington Bureau
marks an extension Of the machin-
cry for the NAACP's service to Ne
gro America and will increase it's Of
fectiveness as guardian of the cit;z-
enship rights Of Negroes, officials
said.
The Omaha guide., 1942-05-09
DETROIT CITIZENS PRAISED
IN SOJOURNER TRUTH
VICTORY

New York, N. Y.-Although many
forces were at work to secure Negro
occupancy of the Sojourner Truth
Housing project in Detroit, which
began April 20, chief congratulate
ions should go to the Sojourner
Truth Citizens COMMITTEE, it was
asserted today by the NAACP.
In a telegram Of congratulations
to Reverend Charles Hill, chairman
of the Citizens Committee, the MA
ACP said:
National Association for the Adj
vanctment Of Colored People sends
heartiest congratulations t you and
every member and supporter of the
Citizenh' Committee on the final
victory in the long battle for the &C.
cupancy Of the Sojourner Truth
projec. Many forces were at work,
but without the united and persist
ent efforts Of the citizens of Detroit
through your committee, we doubt
that we would have won"
The Omaha guide., 1942-05-09

Gratis, Socialists, Communists and
Independents could vote in the De-
mocratic primary so long as they
were white. No Negroes, regardless
of their qualifications, were allowed
to vote.
DR.. Smiths suit against E.. S.
Albright and James J.. Luizza, ell
ection judges, was filed here Novem-
Der is, 1871. The defendants have
claimed that the Democratic prim-
airy elections in Texas were party
elections and therefore not subject
to federal or state control.
Thurgood Marshall, NAACP spec
ia1 cunsel, who has just returned to
New York from Houston, said that
testimony brought out that the De-
mocratic party here has but few
characteristics Of a closed organtz-
alton. 1t has no constitution, no
bylaws, no rules, save statutes of
Texas, no membership rolls, and no
method for becoming a member, cx-
cept by considering oneself one.
Butcher and Germany also stated
that Democratic party elections
were run in accordance with the
statutes of Texas.
Mr.. Marshall, counsel for DR..
Smith, point ed out in his argument
before the court that under the facts
and law, this case is almost identic-
al with that of U. S. VS.. Classic, in
which the U. S. Supreme Court held
that the primary election in Louis.
Jana was an integral part Of the eI-
ection machinery Of the state and
therefore subject to federal control.
Mr.. Marshall was assisted by Al.
torney w. J.. Durham of Sherman,
Texas.
The NAACP attorney submitted
briefs in which were included tabl.
es giving the results of elections in
Texas from 1859 to 1910, showing
that with two minor exceptions, De.
mocratic candidates for public of.
flee had always been elected in the
state. Other tables showed the sim.
ilarity between election statutes OF
Louisiana and those of Texas and
between the primary election laws
and the general election laws OF
Texas.
After argument Judge T. NJ. Ken.
nerly of the U. S. district court took
the case under advisement.
The Omaha guide., 1942-05-09

the GUIDE called Girls On Tie
Streets Remember, G. Q. some
months ago.. in one of my letters, I
said 1 thought the title of that eel
umn was a horrid one? Well, l
hadn't been in Omaha when I made
that remark. That title would be
horrid in any city except Omaha.
In nearly every other city that l
have been in the political powers
that control the colored districts
have used their power to foster and
guarantee political and police pro-
lection for nearly every form of
racket that you can think Of. I'm
der such a system you can readily
understand that Girls On The
Streets" would certainly have a sin
lister implication but here in Omaha,
apparently, there are no organized
rackets of any kind, thus giving to
the title an entirely innocent mean
Continued on page g.
The Omaha guide., 1942-05-09
WITNESSES ADMIT ONLY RULE
FOR VOTING IN TEXAS DEMO
CRATIC PRIMARY is TO BE
WHITE
WHITE

CONTINUED from page II
at the trial Of the famed Texas
white primary ease Saturday, Apr.
rs. These admissions and other
testimony at the trial, along with
the statutes Of Texas, led to predic-
tons among authorities in constitu-
tional law that Negroes in Texas
will soon have the right to vote.
One of the election judges being
sued by DR.. Lonnie E. Smith of this
city, for refusing him a ballot in the
Democratic primary, July, 1910, ad-
mitted a white prospective voter
was never questioned about what
party he belonged to. AS a matter
of fact, he revealed, white Demo
The Omaha guide., 1942-05-09

by giving them old papers, magaz-
ines, tin cans and SO forth which
they would otherwise throw away,
the boys can earn enough money to
pay their Camp Expenses this yea
If you have any such material,
please call WE. 4129 and The Boys
will call and pick it up.
1t is a part of the WAR EFFORT
and by helping the boys you aid the
War Effort.
The Omaha guide., 1942-05-09
TROOP 70 OF THE BOY SCOUTS
JOINS SALVAGE CAMPAIGN

Boy Scout Troop No. 70 directed
by Scoutmaster T. P. Mahammitt
and Committeeman Preston Heron
ymous and Willis Gray, has entered
upon the Salvage Campaign" in
earnest.
The boys are collecting old pap
ers, magazines, tin cans and other
materials. These are sold to the
Salvage Committee for a very a
enable sum per pound, and each Boy
Scout receives as his own, so much
per pound.
If the public will assist these boys
The Omaha guide., 1942-05-09
NAACP WANTS NEGROES
ON RATIONING BOARDS

New York. Negroes should be
placed on local rationing boards,
and should be considered for en-
ployment as paid executive secre-
taries of the boards, the NAACP
suggested to Leon Henderson adj
ministrator of the Office of Price
Administration in a letter May 1.
The NAACP said that it under
stands the rationing system will
provide for local boards of three or
five persons from each $4,000 pop
ulation, members of which viii
serve without pay. To these the
NAACP urged the appointment Of
Negroes, perhaps in proportion to
population ratio in various comm.
unities."
The NAACP also said that it mas
learned that the plan is for each
board to have a paid executive Sec
rotary. 1t urged that Negroes be
considered for these positions and
mentioned the precedent set by the
Selective Service Act.
anderson was also told that freez-
ing prices at March levels in GER
tain sections Of communities where
prices are very high would work
hardships on colored Americans and
other disadvantaged groups by fore
ing them to carry a heavier burden
due to lower average income, discrim
ination in employment and the nee.
essity of paying the same tax as
others more advantaged,
The Omaha guide., 1942-05-09
RULE THAT NEGRO MUST BE 81
TO VOTE
MAY BE CHANGED IN
SOUTH CAROLINA

Columbia, S. CATER all the
names of Negroes. who had reglst-
cred to vote in the Democratic pri-
mary here were purged from the
lists because Of the rule that they
must have voted the Democratic
ticket continuously for sc years, a
large delegation of aroused citizens,
led by the local NAACP, succeeded
in getting the city board Of elect
ions to ask the convention Of the
state Democratic committee to con
The Omaha guide., 1942-05-09
slider changing the rule.

slider changing the rule.
The state committee will meet
month. Should it change the rule,
it will be a major victory in colored
citizens fight for full democracy.
the NAACP said.
Negroes were allowed to register
for the primary election here, but
according to James M. Hinton, chair
man Of the NAACP executive COM
mittee, it was an empty gesture,
since under the ruling of the Demo-
cratic party, a Negro must be at
least 81 years old to vote.
Appearing before the board Of e.
lections, April %, the delegation
crowded the court room of the coun-
ty courthouse where its spokesman
DR.. r. w. Nance, read a statement
which called on the Democratic
party of South Carolina to meet the
challenge of the times and allow
Negroes in the state to vote.
Mr.. Hinton said that Negroes
burst into applause and whites were
astounded when r. Herbert Beverly
outstanding white attorney, speak
ing as an interested citizen, declar-
state Democratic committee to re-
wise its rules and put in clauses ell
lowing Negroes to vote because, ito
deny the Negro the right to vote is
denying him suffrage and is there-
fore unconstitutional"
The Omaha guide., 1942-05-09

Your sociable and petite office
secretary, Miss Bernice Gray, 2210
No. 27th Avenue, is responsible fer
nv contact with the Morning Star
Baptist Church.
Through her recommendation 1
! went around to the home Of Mrs.
Eva Johnson, 2110 Ohio Street, to
partake in the special barbecue Of
fered the public, Saturday, by the
Senior Choir of the Morning. Star
Church. The barbecue must have
been a huge success for when l ar
rived it was all gone. Better luck
next time, 1 hope.
But Sunday morning l did attend
| the services at the Morning Star
Baptist Church, 26OS Franklin
Street. C. c. did you know that
your office secretary is quite a solo.
list? I arrived in church just il
time to hear Miss Gray sing. The
pastor, Rev. L. w. A~nderhon, Ger
tainly appears sincere and courag
eous. He rendered a sermon-"Hon
esty with God"-that deserved .
much better attendance. 1 would
like to hear Rev. Anderson give thai
same sermon in one of the large
churches of the country-Bethesda
Of Chicago, for instance; Abyssinia,
of New York; Temple, Of Philadel
phia; Bethel, of Atlanta, or any of
The Omaha guide., 1942-05-09

I find a lot Of the younger set get
quite a kick out of the column in
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al office Of the NAACP, So Fifth
Avenue. New York City.
A MESSAGE TO
GALLOWAY
CONTINUED from page u
tied Arkansas and Texas.

tied Arkansas and Texas.
CON-
I've been talking with a lot of
your readers, G. @. as you suggest
ed that I do, and many have come
up with some useful suggestions.
Mrs. Laura Moore, 1858 Burdette
Street, would like to see the GUIDE
built up to compete with the large
national racial weeklies.
Mrs. Lottie Keys, 2516 Burdette
Street, really has a useful and prac-
teal suggestion. In these times Of
economic stress she thinks a lot of
valuable household hints could be
provided readers and believes that
other readers could contribute the
rtsults Of their experiments, etc. Do
you suppose other readers would
take the trouble to do so, G.. C?
I can't begin to remember all the
comments Of those I have already
contacted but as 1 write this rambl-
ing message to you, C. c. and as 1
think of the many incidents I'll lot
them down.
-CCM-
Met a Mrs. Elmer Cant, 1920 Will
lis Avenue, and discovered that for
several years she lived in Michigan
Flint, I believe.
CEN
Every time I pick up a Defender.
Call, or Courier, to read, 1 see Rag
land Bros" stamped at the top.
Well, I met the father of the bro
theirs. He is w. G. Ragland, 2294
Seward Plaza. He says that the
family has been local distributors of
national papers for eighteen years.
Right now though he is patiently
counting the days until the close of
school as he is then expecting his
daughter, Elece Naomi Ragland to
return home from Pasadena, Calf
ornia, where she is now attending
| school.
CON-
! NH. ro,a;o5z - +bo4
Mrs. Harry Leland, 1924 No. 18th
| Street, also in the newspaper game.
I've seen the Leland jottings in the
Call for years.
CEN
Did you know that Mr.. and Mrs.
| George Selby, 2519 Blonde Street,
have been in Illinois for several
months? Mr.. Selby is attending an
arsenal School somewhere in Him.
| ois."
CEN
John Pinn, Of Forth Worth, Tex
as, is now making his home with
his daughter Mrs. Marie Parker,
1925 No. oath Street. Mr.. Pinn's
health has been failing for several
years but expects to rapidly i'm
prove under the tender care of his
! daughter, Marie.
CEN
Mrs. Nellie George, 2423 Seward
| Street, who broke her arm while at
Fort Crook, some weeks ago., is
mending rapidly.
-CCM-
Caught Mrs. Bailey Sims, 1927
Seward Street, while busily engag-
ed in making an attractive rock
garden around her hilltop res:d-
ence.
-CCM-
How do they keep a double gen.
eral out of the war? Met a young
chap with the military-sounding
name Of Foch Pershing Allen. Be
| lieve he said he was an advertising
man. He introduced me to a Al
, bert Andrews Of the National De
tense.
CEN
Heard a good one on you, c. c.
1t seems that for a year or more Dr..
Price Terrell, 25O1 IL No. oath
Street, has been suggesting the need
of a minor operation on your eye
but vol always SHE'D away. The
way I heard it he got you in his Of
flee the other night, applied some
novacane and before you knew it
the operation was over. Who was
it that said, There's no fear like
fear itself"
-CCM-
Your sociable and petite office
secretary, Miss Bernice Gray, 2210
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.CCM-

c. c. here's one for the book.
Mrs. John Voner, 1887 Binney Street
phoned up and wanted some on 10
call around there and collect some
money she owed. How many sub.
scrihers do that C. Z?