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JOSEPHINE 0 BELLINGER-
tJ. J. ANDREWS
J. A. JAMES
.President
.Secretary
.Managing Editor
E. CELESTE ALLEN.
J. W. HOLLAND
Advertising Manager
—Circulation Manager
Contributing Editor
SAN ANTONIO NEGROES UNITE AGAINST CITY
MANAGER GOVERNMENT
w
ITH every Negro in San Antonio faced with the same im-
pending calamity—the loss of the power of his ballot in
the city's affairs and government—all citizens, despite their
past political affiliations, are uniting to present a solid block
of votes, a united stand against the proposed city manager
form of government, which proposal will be presented to the
voters of San Antonio. Tuesday, December 1".
The disaster that faces the Race, particularly, if San
Antonio's form of government is changed from the present
elective type to the dictatorial city manager form is obvious
tn all straight-thinking Negroes, and, subsequently, Race
political figures who have never before seen eye-to-eye,
politically, arc, for the first time, joining hands feverishly
working shoulder to shoulder to apprise the masses of the
dinger ahead. and to stir San Antonio Negroes to pour to the
polls, on December 17, in record-breaking numbers, to vote
unanimously against the proposed amendments to the city
charter that would substitute the undemocratic city manager
form of government, for the one we now enjoy, participate
in, and are a part of it.
San Antoni
the eyes t' the country, and especially in the South
has been interracial understanding
Contributions
Editorials
Recent Musieale
Patrons Listed
Purchasers of patron tickets for
"Musical Moments of 1W0'' pre-
sented, Thursday, November 7, at
Library auditorium, are listed be-
low— v
King Furniture company, Fawcelt
Furniture . ompany. Famous Cleaners,
Cherry Street Grocery ami Market,
Mrs. Ewlyii J. Booker, Mr.. Mrs.
Oscar Da vie. Miss Gerald I ne Williams,
Holmes Coffee shop, Mr.. Mrs. E.
Thompson, Mr. Eph. Charnishy. Ka-
rotkin Furniture company. Alamo
J<*elry company. Porter Lorlng,
T^wison htudio, Mr.. Mrs. James
Davis, Mrs. B. M. Robinson, Mrs.
IV. Pleasant. Rev., Mr*. J. B.
Mrs. R. St. Clair, Mr?. M. Lincoln,
Mrs. R. S. Clair. Mrs. M. Lincoln,
Mrs. Smith. Mr. T.. E. Aske.v, Mr.,
Mra, W. B. Weston, Mrs. A. E.
Mopson, Mrs. J. Rainey, Mr., Mrs.,
J. If. Johnson. Mr . Mrs. James
Walker. .Mr., .Mrs. H. Martin, Miss
L. H. Bovd, Mr., Mrs. I. Hull. Mrs.
Meems. Mrs. M. E. Harris. Mrs. L.
<5 Patterson. Mrs. L. Sutton-Taylor,
ir. I. E. Armstrong, Mr., Mrs. J.
l>. Johnson, Mrs. B. S. Leonard, Mrs.
Ethel Leonard. Mr.. Mrs. Ed. Appling,
Mts. C, L. Calhoun, Mrs. F. Eusan,
Mi*. E. Perryman. Mrs. Marv Jn-
sram. Mrs. Logan Giles, Mr. R.
Charles. Mr.. Mrs. C. Derry. Mr..
Mrs. O Fitzgerald, Mrs. L. Muckel-
roy. Dr., Mrs. M. E. Haywood. Mr.
Mrs. Lowery, Sr.. Mrs. A. Tollerson,
Miss Vivian Bvars. Mr. James Byars
—Boston, Mass.; Mr., Mrs. C. Par-
ish. Sr.. Mrs. Sam Beverly, Mrs.
Curry, Mrs. Lewis. Mrs. B. ' Harde-
man, Mrs. Lacy J. Johnson, Mrs.
Celestlne Bellinger, Mr Claud Samp-1
son, Mr. If. J. Brown. Mrs. Tumpkina,
Mrs. M. E. Daniels. Mrs. J. G. Camp-
hell, Mrs. Ladusky Sampson, Mrs.
Love Brown, Miss Hettie Mae Car-
penter. Dr.. Mrs o .Nr. Whittier,
Miss Inez Bumbrey, Mrs. I. E. Stuts-
man, Mr., Mrs. Julius Cameron. Mr.,
Mis Tom Holley, Dr. Mis. W. V.
Hurd. Mr. Mrs. John Carraway,
... . . Mr., Mrs. S. Foley, Miss Mav Larrv,
lias lOUjT enjoyed a unique distinction 1U Mr. Clarenza Cork. Mr. Julius Jones,
• n.. : *\ c ,,*u u\ . N,r ^,r8- 'Williams, Mr. Tucker
country, and especially m the oOUtil. roi h. Walla *
time imnn morial th
cooperation, and
to that of
cut only
rrnment. I
Mr. E. F. Dennis, Dr.,
favor
the ii
M I.. Trearher. Mr. l.oul
, , ! Washington, -Vn. Lucille Hall-Friar,
mitv unparalleled 111 the South, and equal I Mrs Eleanor h. nines, Mr. Herman
■' .1 I- :..l c...- Tl,_ \-„ 1,„ IBtnttoy, Mr . Mrs. Fletcher William*.
;:ny city in the I oited states, lhe .Negro has M,... ,Mrs R0bert .\ioo.i>, Mrs. Eim«
ctivoly and effectively participated in city gov- j Jj
ut has been an actual political power, and his i Edwards. Mr. Mr
1. The Negro, in San Antonio, long ago, learned | nr" s. "s.ione«,1 Mr^°^Mr .Mlitabeirt
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FRIDAY. iVOVEMnKR 29. 1940
and has. accordingly.
us
d it to
pr of the ball
further his interests.
All of this will be different—much different—if the form
of government is changed as proposed. The Negro, along
with the rest of San Antonio citizens, will be deprived of
the right to vote for the men who will operate the city gov-
ernment. But the Negro—as is always the case—will suffer
jnore than will other citizens. After all. despite all past
pleasant interracial relations, there are, nonetheless, many
persons, here in San Antonio, with pronounced racial antip-
athies, who will take full advantage of a situation in which
they find the Negro without means of redressor .self-ju'Otee
Theory that Rice is Particularly
Susceptible to [Tuberculosis is False
By HUiJH MacPHAIL
Publicity director, Kerrvllle state sanatorium
... - ...... r„„„, L'ERRVILLE, Texas-Foi many years it was believed that
r"' n,'i;' the Negro had a "Hut pi susceptibility" to tuberculosis;
t- i 'k'i'i''"1 that, because the Negro or d not built up a resistance to the
disease over the years, he had a more difficult problem in
Mason. Mr., Mrs F. E. Lewis, Mr J
Mra Reginald Ellis. Dr. J. T. Wal-
ton. Mr. Louis J. Ilopers, Mr. Thomas
V. Reed, Mr Harold Francis, Mr.
J. W. Neal, Mr. Richard Allen, Mr.
Speedy Hornsby. Mr. C. O. Van Dyke,
Mr. Jimmie Hines. Mr. Hugh Ross,
Mr. J. Johnson, Mr. Ollie Washing-
ton, Mra. W. R. Mundav, Mrs. Rob-
ert Beaslev, Mrs. W. H. Kenler, Mr.
Vernon Terrell. Mrs. Ethel Collins.
Mrs. Anita Johnson, Mrs. W. J.
Capes. Mrs. Nlles Friday, Mr§. Laura
Hawkins, Mrs. Hose Williams, Mr.
John Phillips. Mrs. Etta McDowell.
Mr.. Mrs. Wells Grimes. Mr. Harry
Calilax. Mrs. Vernon Larremore, Mra.
Mr"''1 Mr™" Job. "
- noVaru, * " "1"
overcoming tuberculosis
This theory has been
ities on tuberculosis incl
tendent nnd medical dlrecfi
the KerrvUle state sanatorium]
Negroes at Kerrtille, Texas,
has been a leader In the fl^
tnberculosis in Texas for
than 25 years.
Similar to the belief once)
concerning hereditv In tuber]
s
it became advanced.
by many outstanding author-
ig Dr. H. Y. Swayze, superin-
,of | It is difficult to continue the
fir treatment nt liome due to the
work he usually gets. This makes
tt Important to educate all races
about the cause, and the best
jut'hods of combating the disease
to decrease or eradicate the high
mortality rate. This can be done
only with the help of the general
•>«i<wr_.jrUh the «du -
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Science, Arts
Opinions
/Wm. PICKENS v
*—SAYS—^
DELENDA EST CARTHAGO!
Mussolini makes me think of the
old-time high school graduation
orations: "Cnrthnge must be de-
stroyed!" So thundered the orator
of ancient Rome: whatever the
subject, he always closed with the
words: "f)elenda est Carthago
Now, here goes Mussolini, over
two thousand years later, substi-
tuting "England,'' for "Carthage."
But he cannot exactly substitute
the English for the Carthaginian:
When Hannibal was at the gates
of Home, hi* African brethren
back home double-crossed him, re-
fused to send re-enforcements—
and the great black general, vic-
torious up to the last minute, had
to give up In that minute, and
suffer defeat and take to retreat.
But those British, of Coventry
and I/union, of Dover and South-
ampton, are not going to lie down,
and are not going to undermine
their own fighting forces.
That little boy, Benito, has been
wanting to be a Caesar for many
years—at least since he turned
from a Socialist into a Fascist.
A few years ago, he was afraid
of the dark, and a woman had
to show lilin home. A monstrous
Inferiority complex Is what It
takes to make a Nero or a Cal-
igula—a illtler or a Mussolini.
Hitler: "France must be destroy-
ed !"' Mussolini: "Delenda est
Britannia!" Adolf canuot be a
peaceable neighbor to another
great power—Benito cannot have
any other power on his "Italian
sea," and wants the whole Medlter
ranean to sail his own boats on.
Well, history often repeats it-
self—but with alterations: for
example—A little more then a
century and a quarter ago, Na-
poleon was loose in Europe, the
Adolf Hitler of his age. He was
of France—now the monstrosity
Is of Germany. At that time,
Russia was playing nronnd at
first. In the same way, being a
friend to the dictator, to Napoleon,
and helping to oppress Germany
(Prussia), as now Russia plays
with Germany and help* to oppress
Commentary—
By Dr. Charles Stelzle
THANKSGIVING CREEL
TN religion, Thanksgiving is just as important as faith. "With
*■ Thanksgiving—let your requests he made known to God,"
tile apostle wrote. \\c nsk nnd receive not, bee vise we hnva
failed to thank God for what lie has already given. We aro
like careless children who grah what is offered them with-
out saying, "Thank you!''
If you were to study the Bible
in connection with the subject of
prayer you would find that thanks-
giving Is one of the essentials of
receiving. This is not so bccnuse
God wishes to humiliate us but
because He has chosen to develop
our characters by being grateful.
Ingratitude is always a sign of
smallneta or Immaturity of char-
acter. A really big man Is al-
ways ready to acknowledge bis
indebtedness to the humblest per-
son who may have assisted blm.
To lie thankful, therefore, is an
indication of supremacy rather
than one of inferiority.
"I am debtor to the Greek a-id
to the barbarian,1' said the apostle
Paul. This showed that he was
grateful to men. But lie was
chiefly thankful to God for these
men, nnd for his associates. "I
thank my God for you all," lis
wrote to the Romans.
Paul was also grateful for what
God had done for others, and thi«
was a sign of still greater grati-
tude than merely thanking God for
what had been done for himself.
This was shown when he said:
"I thank my God always on
your behalf, for the grace of God
which Is given yon by Jesus
Christ; that in everything ye ara
enriched by Him."
Here then lfean outline of what
might be built into a Thanksgiving
creed:
I thank all men for what they
have done for ine.
I thank God for what He bat
done for me.
I thank God for wlint He has done
for my fellowmcu.
IfaTanee of power that has refteil with
the Negro block of votes that has brought him w\iat com-
munity improvements he has secured; it has brought him
audience with administrative officials when he had a griev-
ance to submit; it has brought him better schools; a few jobs
in the .city setup.
Without possession of that priceless balance of power,
the Negro, in San Antonio, as everywhere else where he is
politically impotent, will soon be confronted with neglect,
lost jobs, and worse, with his being unable to do anything
about. There will be no one to whom he may complain,
mi one particularly interested in his welfare. That is the
story of thousands of Negroes in hundreds of communities,
particularly in the South, where it is the rule to give the
Race even less consideration than he receives elsewhere. And
it can happen here!
And it will happen here unless the masses of Race voters
rally to the community leaders who have already thrown
a^ide all factional and personal differences to acquaint the
yotcrs with the imminent danger in the city manager form
of government.
r mt——3 -i—— or TexaV ha. ndd?
Mr" Knojn Taylor, 'in. iSLi I tlntlon that the "racl«l susco
This proposal must not. cannot,
and will, make it their business to :
Kace voters must,
that it does not.
Declares Prisons
what of a hodge-podge something.
It niisht Ik> likened to a kid play-
Train Belter than ir"""™ """
ility'' theory is false. P
whose infection Is not t
advanced nnd are suitable'
varlOtls treatments have re ]
to such treatment as that of
other race, according to S
Swayze.
Instead, social and ecoi
conditions surrounding the
are responsible for the high
Jjyit.v rate, Dr. Swayze has
and the knowledge now being
seminated through educational pi
grams concerning the best meth«ds
of eradicating tuberculosis hire
gone fur during the past ten y<
to decrease the death rate.
The Negro's living and worl
conditions, generally, have ad'
ed to n large degree during
lust decade, especially, and
advancement has been accomj
by a decline in the mortality
Another factor to be considi
in discussing the problem
tuberculosis among Negroes is
housing facilities. Most of
homes are overcrowded and
ly ventilated, making neci
hours piling his blocks with
which they extract a livelihood. I 'j
my /'II " notion wnatsoever as to what
IN e « r o 1 .olie«ies; b";"lini;,.
C ^ | The long bitter struggle be-
Roscoe D u n j e e Scores
.
ween the theories of Booker T.
Vushington and Dubois are still
xtant. Washington thought Ne-
froes should build from the
I ground up: while Dubois felt that
the proper movement should be
from the top down. I am here
to offer you the philosophy of
my good friend, C. C. Spaulding,
jmpetent to do! who in a speech in Houston three
tn secure from years ago. snid. 'The only thing
anv Negro college" was the state- j one may sue- esrfully start from
Faulty System of
Race Education
By rh« Associated Ve«rri> Pre t.
CHICAGO, 111.—"I can get in-
dividuals out of prison properly
trained and more
my work than I
ment mad * Thursday morning by
Roftcoe Dunjee. publisher of the
Black Dispatch, Oklahoma City.
.Wore the 18th annual conference
of president* of Negro land grant
colleges. In session recently at
the Metropolitan Community cen-
ter.
He told his audience that he
has secured linotype operators,
pressmen and photographers who
learned their technical skills while
"doing time," but that he was un-
the top is a ditch and a grave.'
"No one nhotild assume that I
today blame the Negro teacher
alone for the conditions of which
I complain. I think that the
honest estimate of the Negro in lars I ha
the field of economics, politics.
fraternal life and in education
can lie summed up in the title of a
song popular several years ago,
'I Don't Know Where I'm Going
But I'm On My Way.*
'"Down In Oklahoma, every sec-
able to secure the same type ofjtion line, street and alley is filled
employee from schools In his own
<tate.
"I do not come here to condemn
anybody as a class," said the
speaker, "but I do Indict a faulty
system cf education Negroes re-
c iv« &>r which all of us shoald
take some blame. One does not
hav« to look very far or long in
a survey of Negro life to recognize
the fact that there has been
Nothing scientific or properly plan-
ted about or regarding the Negro's
Jevelcpment here in the United
•tates.
up with young Negro boys and
girls, who have completed a teach-
er's training conn*. Hundreds
>t them are without jobs.
troop into my office seeking em-
ployment, but the truth is that
somebody Is going to hart
down in my state before any one
of these young people may secure
one of the good jobs. Even tho
we know thi«. we, every year,
continue executing the vicious
circle, "teaching others to teach
r 'hers to teach.'
Mrr Patsie Browne. Mra. Maud
Hatchett. Mrs. Myrtle Cabines*. Miaa
Millie Cart)!new, Mrs. Cecelia Selicler.
Mr. F. Seller. Mrs. Elizabeth (Jaines,
Mr. Chas. Wallace. Mr. Hxrnld Rvpp
Mis. Elsie Moore. Mrs. Johnnie rfop-
klnr Mrs. M J. McJohnson. Mr. O.
E. Smith, Mr, Mrs De Yoe. Mr
Mrs. William Fragg*. Mr.. Mrs.
Joseph Thomas, Mn- Eloise Emer-
son. Mrs. Virley Taylor. Miss Cecelia
Bellinger, Mrs. Gertrude Pendergrnph.
Mrs M. .T. Brewer. Mrs. Elcr PrJce,
Mrs. Helen Woods, Mrs. Fannie
Hall. Mrs. Teedie Campbell, Mr.
Uavence (loddard. Mr. Joseph Ham-
ilton. Miss Katharine Beverlv. Miss
Mae Rosa Hartfield. Mrs. Viola Tay-
lor. Mr. M. A. Booker.
will start producing individuals
who will be the finished product,
in the sense that they will not
feel that education is an end
within its self, but merely an in-
strumentality teaching men to
securely and effectively fit into
life situations, whatever the en-
vironment.
"Take my business as an ex-
ample. For 26 years I have had
to convert my establishment into
a kindergarten for the Negro
| youth employed there. No Negro
I < ollege has sent me a single one
| prepared to do the task from | clo i* aoociation of the
Therefore, when one member
a Negro family becomes infect
the other members will confc
the disease more readily
among the white race.
Some susceptibility would
ably be gained by a child in wh]
family several members had tu
culosis, but this eould be cam
by many other diseases, also,
constant presence of any d
would lower the lK>dy's resii
and give tuberculosis, or pracfi
!y any other ailment, a chanC*
infect that body. 1
Tu< , iiie Negro children do
generally receive the same
as that given white children
to economic conditions.
As is shown in mortality-ft
graphs of tuberculosis, the
skilled worker or laboring
is hardest hit by the disease,
a larger j er cent of Negroes l$jt
this type of work than anv otf
The Negro generally does
depend on doctors as quickly^
other races, and. developing
tuberculosis does, this makes it
the more difficult to overcome.
Also, Negroes, being of a moi
phlegmatic nature, usually fail
observe symptoms of tuberculi
as quickly as white people
therefore the disease gets a
"Twenty years ago I purchased
my first linotype machine. Sev-
eral months later I located a
young man down in Texas who
had had a little exi>erience on a
type-setting machine. In two
years' time he developed into a
very competent linotype operator,
but had. by that time, decided to
go Into business with his brother
in Waco.
"I then employed another youth
who soon became proficient in
handling the machine. Now the
sum total of my efforts in four
years was this: I had produced
two Negro linotype operators and
they in *urn had destroyed my
$3,800 investment. I might go on
and on to show thousands of dol-
ve lost in the intervening
years because Negro schools do
not give black business men,'
trained craftsmen and artisans ns
are furnished to white business
men by white schools."
The speaker then told of a
young man who came to him seek-
ing employment as a printer. "He
said he was a graduate of Langs-
ton university'a printing depart-
ment. Now I knew the printing
They department at Langston had no
equipment in its plant compora-
i that able to mine, ho I sat the young (start before they begin trea;
to die mna <W and mads- hi:r. agree Superstitions play «r, is*
It* I fct . . . i . I I ■ i Jii \ f * Vl . . f 1. n 1 1 - . ... .,
himself that he could not work
in my shop by asking him whether
he knew how to manipulate and
handle machinery he had never
heard of. That young man is
ruined for life. He ban lost faith, bercnlofisthere iV no" short"
] In himself and In the value of, to recovery.
part In the problem of tubercu.,
among Negroe# and much mo
Is spent for "cures," which me
authorities hold do not exist.
I the only way to overran
I wonder when 111. ■ d;iv wih the truiuiug he received at I^niFw I c,-«„ . ,. ,. .j|
"OU, .xUUac ha. heen aome- «„ . whe. our educational sy.ten.! ton - ^ ^VaWu, 7Latf
ent JThnnJrgrlvJ'""
flfty in thing must be
remembered: tuberculosis is no
respector of age, color, race or
creed; it strikes anyone.
Once.the tuberculosis germ gets
its foothold after overcoming thQ
body's defensive organisms, the
disease sets In, regardless of his
race.
Yet tuberculosis can be pre-
vented.
For free l>ooklet write to Pub-
licity Department, Kerrvllle State
Sanatorium, Kerrvllle, Texas.
♦
Santone's Annual
Xmas Seal Sale
Gets Under Way
Nearly 23,000 letters containing
four million of the 1!>40 Christmas
seals were mailed Wednesday to
residents of San Antonio and
Bexar county, it was announced
by W. W. McAllister, general chair-
man of the Christmas Seal com-
mittee.
The local campaign, which open
ed Monday, is conducted by the
Bexar County Tuberculosis asso-
ciation, and will finance the year-
round work of the society during
1041. This program Includes
health education in English and
Spanish; talks, lectures, motion
pictures and exhibits; clinic ex-
amination of indigent patients;
hospitalization, vocational rehabili-
tation; and cooperation- with the
•hnrslng services of the city and
county health departments; antlj
with various local aocial agencies
where problems of family welfare
fre involved. In addition, the
atsoclatlon hopes to employ two
trained public health nurses to
work in designated districts where
llie need Is greatest.
... "To reach our goal of $14,000
accessary to carry on this pro-
gram, the aid and assistance of
every 8an Antonian is needed,' |
said McAllister. "The tuberculosis
society Is not a member of the
:al Community Chest, which we
heartily endorse, but as an af-
iated branch of the National
iberculosla association, our Bexar
pounty organization will continue
to raise Its funds through the
Christinas seal method used
throughout the United States to
support this work."
active for the sale
Christmas seals among San Au-
>'s Negro population will lie
ucted by the Volunteer Health
under the chairmanship of
J. Sutton, member of the board
directors of the Bexar County
ulosla association, aud chair
of the society's Negro Sea
The conference res.
dictator — although the dictator-. ™ sfl™ a pr®>est to
ship Is this time In Prussia
(Oermany) and no'- in France. At
last Russln, after playing around
a while with the dictator, swung
to the side of England, nnd there
was Napoleon's Waterloo. What
will. Russln finally do this time?
Stalin Is no Czar Alexander,
either In looks or general charac-
ter. Alexander was the bend of
the monarcblal line; Stalin heads
a political machine.
What will Statin finally do?
History does not always repeat
itself, but It generally messes
around In much the same way.
Look out, Mussolini; it may be
the turn of "Home" this time aud
not the turu of ''Carthug*," for
destruction.
ceeds from the sale of seals, among
Negroes, will be used for the sup-
port of the two tuberculosis clinics
sponsored by the league.
At a meeting of the league held
Thursday, at the Library audi-
torium, plans for al. Intensive
campaign were outlined, and will
!>e announced next wtvk, Sutton
said.
Christmas seal head'iuarters Is
located In the nssocint on's office
on the fourth floor of the Court
house.
Park, Auditorium
Named for B. Church
Are Re-Named
MEMPHIS, Tcnn.—A struc-
ture and park built here in
1936, and named for R. It.
(Boh) Church, colored
Republican leader now in
Philadelphia, has had its
name changed because the
Memphis park commission
found that they hadn't been
officially named at all.
Henceforth the park ami
structure at 391 Beale will
lie railed Beale avenue park
and Beale avenue auditorium.
A park commission spokes-
man said that the commis-
sion felt the recreation cen-
ter and auditorium should
be named for the "most
famous of Memphis Institu-
tions," Beale street.
Yergan Asks Race to
Form 'Second' Major
Political Party
Bj th* Atioelated Jftcro Praia
NEW YORK, N. Y.—A call
to Negroes to take leader-
ship in the formation of a
second major political party
"because the recent election
proved there is now only
one major party in the
tnited States," was made
Tuesday by Dr. Max Yergan,
president of the National
Negro congress, to 300 del-
egates at the closing session
of the New York conference
cf the congress.
Dr. Yergan attacked both
the Republicans and Dem-
ocrats because neither party,
lie said, offered anything
constructive to domestic
problems. Particularly, he
said, neither promised to
eliminate the major prob-
lems liefore Negroes today
—unemployment, bail hous-
ing, poll taxes in the South,
•lim Crowism, ^nd discrimi-
nation in national defease
industries.
A delegation was appoint-
ed to go before Gov. Lehman
with a request that all avail-
le money be spent for low
Zll
.resolved also
i President
Roosevelt against Jim Crow-
ism In the armed forces of
the Vnited States.
Chicago Man is
Made Supervisor
In Post Office
Br Tha AitocUt.4 5.1.-0 FrtM
CHICAGO, 111. — Secretary 0.
O. Grady Gregory of the welfare
board of the National Alliance of
Postal Employees, with headquar-
ters In Washington, was appointed
as a supervisor In the Chicago
post office ou November 14. by
Postmaster Ernest J. Kreufgen,
it was announced Thursday nt the
main office here. Gregory has
been in the postal service for 19
years, and Is also secretary-treas-
urer of district seven of the al-
liance, comprising the states of
Illinois, Missouri, Iowa, and Min-
nesota.
Born in Meridian, Miss., where
he received his early education,
Gregory graduated from Talladega
college, in 1017, serving later in
the World war. Prior to entering
the government service In 1021.
he wns a Pulman porter. In addi-
tion to being active In the N. A.
P. E., Gregory la active in the
American Legion, the Congrega-
tional church, the National Federa-
tion of Post Office Clerks, aud
Fifteen South
Carolina Ku
Kluxers Indicted
By The Associated Noitro Pre**
SPARTAN BURG, S. C.—The 13
hooded men. Ku Klux Klan mem-
bers, arrested October 24 for
wearing masked robes, hoods and
colored glasses, distributing litera-
ture aud menacing local citizens
had a true bill of indictment re-
turned against them, Wednesday.
At the time of their arrest,
former Governor Oliu D. Johnson,
member of the law firm of Johns-
ton and Williams, appeared be-
fore the magistrate as counsel for
the defendants.
The cases of the men indicted
!e, the former
Miss Charlotte Davli of Birming-
ham.
Gregory's duties as foreman in
the Chicago post office. Includes
supervision orer many white em-
ployees as well as Negroes.
along with those of two men
charged with assault aud battery
with intent to kill, In connection
with the alleged beating of sev-
eral Negroes on a farm by a mask-
ed hand, one night last summer,
are pending trial mid are expected
to be called al the January tertm
of general sessions court.
HURT IN COLLISION
Napoleon Richardson, 2"J7 Ha^
riaon street, received possible In-
ternal Injuries, Thursday, Novem-
ber 21 when the car he was driv-
ing collided with one driven by
Mrs. May Murray, 2515 South
Flores street, at Dakota and Pin
streets. ne was taken to tho
Robert B. Green hospital In a
Collins ambulance.
NAME ORPHANAGE HEAD
OXFORD, N. C.—The bonrd of
directors elected Rev. John L.
Tllley, acting dean of Shaw uni-
versity, Raleigh, superintendent of
North Carolina colored orphanage,
Wednesday. Bev. Tllley succeeds
the late Rev. T. K. Borders and
will begin his duties January 1;
C. A. Alston, acting superintend-
ent, will become assistant super-
intendent. The orphanage, estab-
„ .. ....... llshed 57 yea-' ago, cares for 160
it committee. The entire pro'%olored youths
NIGHT
Night is a canopy, curiously bedigbt
'Broidered with .stars, smalt pin points of lis!-'
Night is a cover thoughtfully thrown
To shelter a tired earth
From an all-radiant sun.
The moon Is n disc of white gold
In a night-blue setting.
Through the ghost-wliite leaves
Of til*1 night-shrouded trees
A diminutive wind is fretting.
The moon looks down like a being benign
And smiles on those below.
But a passing cloud
Puts the moon In a shroud
* And leaves It a disc of white gold.
By Miss Cleo norteuse Ro'.<li: ->u
Austin, Texas
.....
I THINK I HEARD
I think I heard Him speak
Aloue among the trees.
No man, I think, could listen long
Except upon his knees.
I think I heard Him speak
I know not what It Is. but when I pn
A life that leaps within.
The work of an Almighty hand.
I think I heard Him speak,
The band that aiarie us is divine,
0 be my friend, and teach me to be Thine!
1 only remember now the things I saw in< heard.
By Mrs. Surah Kdwtrds
Galveston, Texan
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