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SATURDAY, JANUARY 7 1939

FOR THE FARMER A Column Dedicated to the Farmers of

States • . • and Their Problems United

By H. L. PRICE

Agricultural Editor

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f$ki ^ s y r d 4«, primarily, a product 0 / thf « H t Farming and

farm problems are things of v i tal concern to Mm. With this

' t^oujfte i * mind, The Pittsburgh Courier hat secured t M ablo •oftHcos" 0 / JST. L. Pr ice to iirterprs* a n d clarify the m a n y now ' late* and regulations which affect the farmer.

This new feature, w o /pel uHQ servo to instruct and educate

our farmers. Bead it. Tell your friends about it. / / you have

anyfiptistiOns to ask, write Mr. Price. Be will be glad to an­

swer.—The Editors.

HELPING THE FARMER TO HELP HIMSELF A Under the F a r m Security Administrat ion the national government

t s m a k i n g an effort to help thousands of broken down, discouraged farmers who have no visable w a y of carrying o n »lurther farming opera­t ions . I t m a k e s small loans to farm famil ies w h o cafaaot g e t credit f rom any other source to enable t h e m to hpy tools, l ivestock, seed and Other equipments necessary to carry on farming operations. Where t h e farm famil ies are in need of food and clothing, provision* are made t o take care of these needs. This is a needed help that every farmer' w h o is fortunate enough to be helped should work a lmost day and night to' show his appreciation. W h e r e farmers receiving this help from the government are Industrious and s h o w that they a r e , w o r t h y they are o f ten furnished thoroughbred l ivestock, canners , cans, sealers, modern p l o w tools and helped in various other ways .

I t s e e m s t o l is that this is th« opening of the door of hope to • v e r y unfortunate farmer, both black and white , in t h e South to enable hfln or her to begin life a n e w at the s ign board which reads, "If you have failed in the past. If you are discouraged and if you have lost bop*, take new courage and let the F a r m Security Administrat ion 3how y o u the way." Go to your County Rehabil i tat ion Supervisor for your county and let h i m explain to you h o w under thi* program the gov» e m i n e n t Is helping wi th this program w h i c h w e think is a good on^. W e advise you to cont inue w i t h it. Work hard and l ive u p to the plans laid out for you by the County Supervisor. Don't go into the program k n o w i n g mor* than the government or the Supervisor but go into it w i t h a n honest determination to m a k e good and to^pay for everything t h a t t h e government buys for you. If you do this, you will ge t back o n your feet again and not only be able to paddle your own canoe but y o u .will be able to help others, both precept and example. SHORT SURVEY MADE

W e have made a short survey of the workings of this program for

the past three years a m o n g the farmers, and we regret to say that we

find m a n y of our farmers are not us ing this great opportunity to the

proper advantage. Many of t h em have 'not used the money loaned to

t h e m so as to get the best results from it, they have not properly cared

for the l ivestock sold to them and they have not done all that they

I could to mee t their honest obligations to the government.; Many of them

h a v e surrendered their horses, mules, cows, wagons , plow tools, canners,

I i a t e , and allowed them to be sold at auction, thus defeating the very ob­

jects- and a lms of this great a i m of governmental help g iven by the

F a r m Security Administration.

A s a. race w e are poor and need this he lp-and we should strive in

• v e r y w a y to prove ourselves worthy of this help by making good use

o f the money borrowed from the F a r m Security Administration, w o

should take the very best of care of the l ivestock and tools bought for

n s and we should carefully co-operate wi th the County Supervisor's gov­

ernmenta l plans. r Is

In our short survey w e find quite a number of our people who are

m a k i n g good by taking advantage of most of the opportunities that have

been offered to them by the County Supervisor. These are to be com­

m e n d e d and we urge them to continue this good, work and to urge

j the ir needy neighbors to seek, help from tli# same source. Unfortunate-

1 ly m a n y of our farmers "know too much" a n d think that it is their duty

5 t o give advice instead of seeking advice. But no m a n ever gets to the

I place where he does not need advioe. An ignoramus can somet imes

g i v e good advice t o a col lege president on some subjects.

EXAMPLE OF A WORTHY NEGRO FARMER To show w h a t the N e g r o farmers of the South can do under the

j F a r m Security Administration program we are printing the following I s tory which is the true story of a Texas Negro who made good under j axtremely discouraging circumstances.

DALLAS—The story of Fred Pearson, a Negro of Limestone County, •was chosen as one of the four best out of approximately 125 sued • tor les submitted by rural supervisors from the entire state at the an­nual conference of F a r m Security Administration workers in college Station t h e week of A u g u s t 1.

Pearson was one of the m a n y tenants w h o had to seek other means of Qnanclrig w h e n landlords found themselves unable to continue the astabHahed custom of furnishing their tenants . Pearson had lost three mules , also. He had a family of eight children and was cult ivating onl 45 acres o f land. A loan of $266.35 w a s made to h im in 1936 by the Fa Security Administration. Further loans in 1937 and 1938 brought the

\ total amount borrowed to $626.65. Of this sum, all bu,t $242.80 has been repaid already. H i s net worth has increased from $368 in 1936 to $805 a t the present time, an increase of $437. N o n e of the money loaned th is year w a s for subsistence needs. F ive milk cows produce enough regular income to pay for clothing and all the groceries not produced at borne.

The grocery bills are not high, the story indicated, for the family has already canned this year 485 quarts of food and will complete a c a n n i n g budget of 864 containers. I n addition, they have stored 15

, bushels of Irish potatoes, 8 bushels of onions, a good supply of cushaws, j pumpkins , peas and beans are being put away. Two steer calves and

t w o hogs promise a good meat supply this winter, while 47 laying hens and 75 chickens provide plenty of eggs for the table.

The cult ivated acreage operated by this family has been increased f r o m 45 to 65 acres. Many Improvements have been made on the place.

| A trench sile h a s been dug, the wal ls of the house papered, and storage

j apace for food and clothing bu i l t What Fred Pearson has done any Other farmer c a n do and should do. ._ *

H e l p ! He lp! Courier's Missing Persons Bureau

H O I ^ O W A Y , J A K E — Wil l you please help m e to locate m y b r o t h e r , Jake Hollo way, last heard f rom w h e n he w a s in Bal ­timore, Md.?—Susie Adams, 801 F i f t h >St, Augusta , Ga.

COUSINS, A L F R E D A — P L e a s s he lp m e locate Miss Alfroda Cousins, last k n o w n address, 2417 Oak Place , N e w Orleans, La. I a m now aeribusly ill in the Mercy magic hour of m i d n h j h C t h e 'joints Hospital , Pi t tsburgh, Pa. , and j w e r e 'Jumping,* the 'oats' were

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bom Reflections From Wylie

"The Streefc That Starts a t a Church and Ends in Jail By CHESTER L. WASHINGTON

HILARIOUSLY HAPPY but not disorderly, Deep Wylie drowned its sorrow* of 1938 and embarked on its ^1939 cruise on the turbulent sea of Hope in a colorful, jovial and spectacular New Years Eve celebration. Long before the mnrin hoi»- of mldnurht. the 'joints'*)-' -*—

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NEWS AND VIEWS —OF—

THE WEST INDIES j N E W KING'S COUNSELS:

The dignity op King's Counsel has been conferred on Hon. S. W. P. Foster Sutton, assistant attorney general of

Jamaica , and Sidney Lyons Stafford of British Guiana. : Both these gentlemen are very popular with their respective j c o m m u n i t i e s and have demon- v • t i t r a t e d marked ability,

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[ • H A N OF YEAR" The Colored Community Coun-

o f Colon, during a meet ing »ld las t week, selected Percival

a n indefatigable commun-worker, as the Man of the

Mr. Seales Is a Barbadian through his ability the Bar-

communi ty has made a of m a n y business ven-

in* Colon. Their most recent rement is the erection of a

structure and bakery a t g&j P street*. .Laa^ week's

has g iven the lie to a that th* Council only ia-

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tended t o Honor Jamaicans . A public demonstrat ion in honor of Mr. Seales is planned.

• • • W E S T I N D I E S IN LIMELIGHT

Anybody who can write or talk in England about the West In­dies is being lionized and the big dailies carry regularly articles dealing with West Indian condi­tions. Rev. Thomas Wilkinson of Pershore in a recent lecture praised the religion, beauty and loyalty of W e s t Indies, but said a "black spot" w a s leprosy. Mr. Gordon Miller, chairman of Caro-ni. L t d * the large sugar combine

would l ike for anyone knowing the whereabouts of Miss Cousins to ge t in touch wi th the hospital. —Gaston Bryant , Mercy Hospi­tal, Pi t tsburgh, Pa .

COLEY, DOROTHY M A E - I would like to locate m y daughter, Doro­thy Mae Coley, last heard of in Jacksonvil le , Fla., when she w a s l iving a t 924 Duvalle s t r e e t — Lillie Coley, Coleman, Fla,

BROCK1NGTON, CLARA L. — I, Clara L Brockington, read in the Missing Persons co lumn that m y mother is trying to locate me. She did not give her ad­dress. W h a t is i t? — Clara L Brockington, £15 E . Collom St., Germantown, Pa .

WILLIAMS, T H O M A S - P l c a s e help m e to find my brother, Thomas Wil l iams, last heard of in 1915 in P a l m Beach , Fla. — E m m t r Gibbs, Chielland, Fla .

GURLEY, SAUL. — Is there any w a y you can help me to locate m y brother, Saul Gurley, who w a s last heard of in Dayton, O.? —Bertha Gurley, < 511 B r a n s o n street, Florence, S. C.

A R M S T R O N G , MOLLIE. — Please help m e to locate m y adopted sister, Mollie Armstrong, and m y brother, Latt imore Cross, last heard of in Detroit , Mich.—Mar­tha Tunson, 702 Laura St., P lant City, Fla .

B U T L E R , F A N N I E . — P l e a s e help m e to locate Fannie Butler and Ina Marshall, school friends of mine last heard of in Crockett, Texas.—Lucylle N i m m o n s - Miles, 1108 Laura St., P lant City, Fla .

A P P R E C I A T I O N . — I don't know how to thank you for locating m y children in Okmulgee, Okla. j I will continue to read The Pit ts ­burgh Courier and also to pass it on where it will do some good. —Sylvester Dangerfield, Detroit , Mich.

H E N D S O N , MARY.—Please help m e to locate Mrs. Mary Hcndson who left Birmingham, Ala., to go to Troy, Ala., and was last seen Thanksgiv ing Day.—Same-lee Scott, 1531 Charba St., Eas t Birmingham, Ala.

GIPSON, GILBERT.—Please help me to locate m y ' u n c l e , Gilbert Gipson, last heard of in Detroit , Mich.—Helen A. Ross , 103 Steele St., Huntsvil le , Ala.

SMITH, F R E D THOMAS.—Please help me to locate my son, Fred T h o m a s Smith, aged 57, last heard of in Pittsburgh. He's blind in one eye.—Mrs. Joanna Smith, 510 Sycamore St., Gaffney, S. C

GARET, ELSIE.—I would like to locate m y sisters, Mrs. Els ie Garet and Mrs. F lorence Gallon, who were living in Chicago.— Mrs. Mary Hand, Box 245, Loyal-ton, Calif.

swinging' and the j itterbug* were knocking themse lves out.' Then,

w h e n the whis t les sounded, the s i rens shrieked, a pistol barked h e r e and < there and the church bells tolled out their so lemn testi­monial of the arrival of the new year, the' serious' drinking and dining ceremonies started.

SIGHTS S E E N and sounds heard a t the "Hot Corner" {Wylie and Ful ler ton) :

AUDACIOUS 'ABSOLUTELY* — the Hill's c lown w h o spends s o much t ime in jail tha t N o . 2 Sta­tion is contemplat ing charging h im rent—stroll ing in 'tailsV and tlp-

F r o m pharmacy, E d turned to Naturopathy, then polit ics a n d a c i ty detective'* posit ion. Later he turned t o pharmacy aga in in the quiet t o w n of Clairton but now he's answered aga in to the Hill's clarion call.

J I T N E Y J I T T E R B U G S , even though they are hounded by the P . S. U. C and the ever-reaching a r m s of the law, are rendering a real service o n s o m e of these zero days . D u r i n g shopping hours, w h e n one frequently has to wait 15 or 20 minutes for a car only to be passed up by a loaded trol­ley, the j i tneys c a m e in mighty handy. Many of the trolley com-

Sua Southerners

Minuta Biographies of the U v e e of S o u t h e r n Men and W o m e n W h o H a v e Made Good

By O. a W. "TAYLOR

ftATORPAY, JANUARY

ping his top-hat to wondering pas- p a n y # m p i 0 y e e s are discourteous ;

doing business in the West In­dies, ^ said his corporation has al­ready authorized expenditure of $75,000 on new houses for laborers because they were pinning their faith on the Royal Commission.

* * * M O V E M E N T S I N CRICKET

Trinidad this week selected her t eam to play in the Intercolonial tournament against Barbados in January. It consists of: R. Grant, captain; E . Constantine, L S. Bir-kett, D. Gait, G. Gomez, Harbin, F. Johnson, P. Jones , C. A. Merry, C. Pouchet , B e n Sealy, V\ Stoll-meyer, J. Stol lmeyer and R. Tang-choon. Meant ime Barbados is tak­ing her t e a m through the paces in preparation,

• • • J E W S F O R W X

The talk about J e w s coming to settle in the West Indies is grow­ing more prevalent and protests are go ing from m a n y of the colonies. It was stated in London recently that the Dominican Re­public is ready to take 100,000 J e w s provided the refugees are wil l ing to sett le on the land and that each possess sufficient capi­tal io insure that they would not become a charge on public funds. Cuba is also reported to be ready to take a similar number on like financial terms.

• * • LIGHTING R A T E S R E D U C E D

The first reduction of rates for electric l ighting in Port of Spain since the government took over the Canadian-owned power s tat ion was approved by the legislature this week. The general rate is reduced from 24 cents to 20 cents per u n i t Domest i c power w a s re­duced in the same proportion.

• • • G O L D E N J U B I L E E

A public meet ing w a s held re­cently in the Methodist Church a t Cast tics, inaugurat ing the cele­bration of the 50th year of the presence of the Methodist Church in St. Lucia. Hi s Honor Mr. A. A. Wright, C.M.G., administrator, w a s chairman. The church in Castries is to be repaired, the manse and day school repaired and painted in honor of the occasion.

• • • KINGSTON'S S E A T /

The fight for Kingston's seat in the Legis lat ive Council, "made va­cant by Mr. Simpson's passing, promises to be most interesting. M n Alexander Bustamante , unde­cided at first, has come forward after three days to definitely an­nounce that he will not stand. "Fighting" Barrister E. A. Camp­bell is wil l ing to serve, but has been residing in St. Andrew and for that reason m a y not be quali­fied. The most l ikely successor to Mr. Simpson is Councillor E . A. Rae, a Jamaican of much promise and ability.

• • • A R B I T R A T I O N

T h e Arbitration Tribunal ap­proved b y - t h e governor of Trini­dad to decide certa in iaauea rft-

se rs-by . . . T h e c l icking of a pistol that wouldn't go off . . . And another that did fol lowed by a whining report . J . B L I N D BOB, the Hill's beloved crooner, feel ing h i s ' w a y down to the ave ­nue toward the Crawford Grill . . . T h e s w e e t chistting of the church bells on the c o m e r . . . A lovers' argument by a girl who wanted to take her t ipsy boy-friend home . . . Broad-shouldered whi te cops marching, two-by-two, down the Avenue.

S C A T T E R E D SIGNS on Wylie's Windows: "PARKER'S—Specia l Sea Foods All Week.* Here the elite eat . . . "PASTICCERIA—G. Spumonia. Spum^nia <fe Gelati. Mussolini probably knows but your guess is as good as mine . . . " R E L I A B L E LOAN SHOP* Oh, y e h ? . . . The brilliantly-illumin­ated sign, towering like a halo over the Avenue "GOD I S LOVE," at The Pi t tsburgh Bible Inst i tute . . . "NIGHT OWL CHICKEN SHACK" They H A V E something there, wi th that D o w n in Dixie f lavor . . . " E V E R Y B O D Y ' S MISSION" — Seek the Loid. Res t ing place for the spiritually weary . . . Across the street""JAMES LOVUOLA, Al­derman." Where transgressors tes­tify . . . "CHARLIE TANG, Hand Laundry." You dirty 'em, he cleans 'em . . . Historical Bethel M. E . C h u t e . "7th B R O T H E R B A R ­B E R SHOP." Brother, can you spare t shave? Beauti ful Ebenez-er Bapt.st .

STATISTICAL S I D E L I G H T : Maybe you haven't not iced i f but there are thirteen p a w n shops crowded into a few blocks on the Avenue. Lucky for some but un­lucky for others. T h e pawnbrokers do a prosperous business. Down-and-outers, crooks and cops are the most frequent callers. The for­mer pawn personal belongings, the second c lass "hock" th ings that belong to somebody else and the latter secure the clues which help them solve m a n y crimes.

LOOKING L I K E a N e w Orleans nighterie in the middle of the Mardi Gras season, the Berryman & West Club was the Hill's most hilarious whoopee place. It was the hottest spot despite the fact that "Snowball* is its E m Cee. Here entertainer "Boots" Swan was kicking the gong around, bluesical-ly speaking. Frequenters were snow-white and tan-tinted. Across the way Marcel Anderson's place was doing such a rushing business that the "Ribs N o More" sign had to be hung out early. At about four ah-hem, in came a party of social i tes who demanded some of that famous Bar-Be-Cue. The rib supply being depleted, they left in a huff . . . Farther u p the sepia s tem, the Hill Top w a s at i ts peak, in a business way . Liquor was f lowing freely, the crowd was jostl ing each other about and the "jernt w a s jumpin."

POLITICAL POT P O U R R I : The Democrats who are in closed the door in the face of all those who* were on the outside. N o w they'rf one their way out. The Republi­cans are promising jobs to those who came in before the 'Donkey' had his hide tanned. The smal l business m a n , s a y s he can't hire any help outside of his o w n fam­ily circle. The big business man has yanked h i s "gilt" out of cir­culation until he can m a k e a war­t ime profit. But the spirit of the N e w -Year is to "keep your chin up," carry o n and keep your in­surances paid up SO that a t least the undertaker will ge t a break w h e n you arrive a t trail's end.

P A T S P O P U L A R Pool Palace is the center of the cue world now that the big billiard tourna­ment is on. They're s tag ing a keenly-contested cue-fest down there and the winner will earn a niche in the Hill's Hal l of F a m e . Old-t ime cue sharks wil l be in­terested in knowing that "Black Mattie" (Thornton Wil l iams) is still alive and l iving in Cleveland. H e visited the "stem" during the holidays. "Mattie" and "Hand­some" Albert Cuff, who died in St. Louis in 1917, were ranked as the t w o best pool players ever turned out in Pit tsburgh.

E N E R G E T I C E D B A I L E Y Is back in . the pharmaceut ical biz down Deep Wyl ie again . This t ime his prescription-dispensing spot is a t 106 Fullerton Street, one of the main arteries from the Ave­nue. E d wfll be remembered a s the youngest drug store operator oh» the s tree t in days gone by.

to passengers . Countless instances are being brought to our attention.

Dr . Sol R. Powe l l

A n e w drug s tore w a s opened this last week in Shreveport , La., and the one w h o f inanced- i t w a s Dr. Sol E , PoweU, a lready the owner of one of Shreveport's f inest drug s tores . Dr . Powe l l i s regard­ed not only a s an outs tanding phy­s ic ian in Shreveport but i s held in h igh e s t eem on account of h is bus iness sagac i ty and for h i s in­ves tments . H e is the owner Of one of Shreveport's mos t pretent ious office, bui ldings, a two-story brick s tructure valued a t nearly $40,000 which houses besides his o w n of­fice and his modern drug store, the office of another phys ic ian , a c leaning and press ing establ ish­ment , a barber shop, a beauty sa­lon, a grocery, the branch offices of three insurance companies and a large dance auditorium. The building is modern in every re­spect and is one of the outs tand­ing features of Shreveport . Dr. PoweU is a nat ive of Shreveport j hav ing been born just a little from

OLD N I N E T E E N T H I R T Y - E I G H T H A S P A S S E D l \

LIMBO of forgot ten th ings . W e shall r emember him for

reasons , e i ther because h e appeared a s a modern Beelzebub

a revered sa int . B u t our b a c k s have b e e n turned on -Mm si

forward to 1939 a n d Its prospct*. H e r e in the cradle of N „«

the bib and tucker set have g r o o m e d t h e m s e l v e s for a busy 5 - ..r

every yoke l w h o c a n beg borrow or rent a soup and ft*fc -,.

m a n y inninga before Decora t ion D a y s m a c k s u s in the ka« . r

Doctors , lawyers , dent is ts , bus ines s man, government *rork»r»

leg ians and racketeers al l wi l l sport in the m o s t e legant mar

of W a s h i n g t o n , for the open eeason for formals and their .

t ions is upon us . W i t h m o r e t h a n Its share of c landest ine a ? * , - , ^

leg minis ters , s h y s t e r lawyers , hungry profess ionals and propers,.

racket m e n blended wi th e n o u g h n i te life to satisfy e v « | h. ^

effete a n d fas t id ious the c i ty of the P o t o m a o will be the c*&*.«• <-

sport for all the s e t s cav iar t o o for t h e remainder of the

season, w i th quite a share of emphas i s on the sport.

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IT WAS ONLY TOLD TO ME H A R O L D C H A N D L E R , o n e of the g a y e r Lotharios of : , 35*^1

t o w n played the g a m e in true H e n r y A r m s t r o n g fashion (mm r-;: ;r j l

f ighting all the t ime) m u c h to the surprise of everyone at the K y^awfl

w h e r e e h e used to work, a n d n o w Haro ld is at the top of the hap g | These things prompt the public to the city. H e a t tended the Shreve- j the s a m e t ime te l l ing all the fe l lows h o w lovely a place Siva: support the j i tneys, despite* the \ port .public schools , H o m e r Acad- ' i s A c luck w a s m a s h e d in the k isser t'other nite when he fac t that they k n o w the drivers m i g h t .be technical ly v io lat ing the law. ^

R E A L R E S O L U T I O N S for im­provement of condit ions in the Hil l Dis tr ict should be adopted by i ts citizenry. One of the first should be for more street l ights on Wyl ie a n d at least SOME s top l ights. There's nary a one be­tween Tunnel Street a t the Herron Avenue Presbyter ian Church which caresses Wylie's head. Let's s tart a drive for s top l ights at Wyl ie and Fullerton, Kirkpatrick and Wylie and Francis and Wylie to start with. If they're necessary any place in town, they're cer­tainly needed at these traffic-in­fested corners. Let's try to put that across in 1939.

S E V E R A L S T O R I E S about San­ta Claus have leaked out down the Avenue. The first is about Maecel Anderson who was suppos­ed to receive a bullet-proof vest from the good old gent. Santa forgot the jacket, the rumor goes , but s e n t the Madame a "left-hand­ed" pistol. A cartridge exploded and the f ingers of the Madam's left hand were damaged. And Mar­cel . . . well, "Marce" was un­hurt—that time. The other was

Ly le s af ter the Incident a t t h e dance . . . B r o w n i e Combs, pract ic ing medic ine in Shreveport for the pas t f i fteen years. H e conducts the Lakes ide Clinic for children and expectant mothers and more t h a n 600 are treated in this clinic wi thout charge annual­ly. H e is the head of the board of trustees of the C. M. E . Temple Church and for a number of years was medical director of the Courts of Calanthe. H e is married and the father of four boys and one girl. T w o of h is chi ldren are still in college, one is a graduate den- I w a s tist, one m a n a g e s the drug store j better ne ighborhoods X m a s ni te and not R a l f h Harlan.

e tem's better k n o w n sportsmen, i s to be the o ther half of a tm

lange tha t is co-featuring Marie McEntree , the blending is

early date so the w a g s h a v e i t . . R u m o r s are in the ozone

the sale of one of the local sheets , sti l l quite unoff icnl as

P e r s o n s about the gos s ip cen ter s w h o w e r e p a s s i n g out the u<•;

malarkey concern ing the s u d d e n d i sappearance of one 0* :

doctors w h o has run afoul of spir i ts c a n learn here that he is

s a f e and not Incarcerated nor annihi la ted a s the c o m m r . ' : • ? s : j

had it, . . Lo these y e a r s the goss ips n e v e r gfct a n y t h i n g stra ig€,

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and all are m a k i n g good. Dr. Powel l is a baseball and prize f ight enthusiast . H i s great desire, however, is to have a little spare t ime in which to do research in his field of medicine.

Santa Claus at Kaufmann's w h a t he wanted for X m a s . He urged the old gent to jot the i tems down so that he wouldn't forget them. 'Jpon being taken to Gimbel's he saw Santa again. And aga in the boy was asked w h a t he w a n t e d from K i n g Kris. So the kid re­sponded reprimandingly:

'Dog&onit, Santa, I told you you about the little boy who told the ' shoulda v r i t f e n that down!"

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lat ing to w a g e s and working con­dit ions on Oilfields, began i ts work last week. Evidence a s to in­adequate w a g e s w a s led by two representatives of Oilfields work­ers, and Mr. Melville, general manager of the Trinidad Lease­holds, Ltd., conducted a searching cross-examination of wi tnesses . Colonel C. B. Hickl ing. a former manager and attorney of the Apex Trinidad Oilfields, interposed to make explanations on certain points raised by witnesses . The Tribunal has a t cha irman Sir James Black Baillk', specially sent out , from England with Sir Henry Cowper Gollan to sea Justice done.

Q, Kindly print the colored popul-latiojh of the fol lowing cit ies: Charges Tate, Ambler, Pa., Scranon, Wilkes-Barre, iJaston, Altoona, Be th lehem and Allen-town.

A. 1500, 000, 500, 700, 500, 100.

. Give me the name of some school that sponsors courses for 'Negro County H o m e D e m ­onstrators,' l ikewise who is head of the 'Extension Service County Agency' work in the South.'—C. B . Londers, 539 6th avenue, Columbus, Ga.

. C o n s u l t Tuskegee Inst i tute , Tuskegee , Ala. Also T h o m a s Campbell, Uni ted States F a r m Extens ion Service, Washington,

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Kindly send me the address of a school teaching watch- j Q. m a k i n g by mail. Robert Curry, Route 4, Box 808, Bessemer , Ala. Consult the International Cor­respondence School, Scranton, Pa . Also the Olson School of j watch-making , 166 W e s t Chi- J A cago Ave., Chicago, IU.

m e n t employment for World war veterans' wives? W h a t procedure should one t a k e to become employed as a sales­girl in the five jand ten cents stores in Chicago, N e w York, Washington , D . JJ.—Mrs. A. M. Rca, 716 Cherry stcet , W e s t Point , Ga. (1) M a d a m e Walker School of B e a u t y Culture, Indiana ave­nue, . Indianapolis , Ihd.; Apex School of B e a u t y Culture, At­lant ic City, K. J. X2) Consult the Secretary of War, W a s h ­ington, D . C. (3) There are a lways m a n y appl icants for such posi t ions and natural ly it would be necessary to b e - ki the city in which one Is seek­ing employment , a n d contact the stores personaUy.

P l ease tell m e h o w I c a n con­tact Eddie Durham. Does? he still a r r a n g e unpublished songs? — Jacquelyn Kenehion, 1224 P a y n e street, Waco, Tex. W e do not know, perhaps some

of our readers c a n teU you.

I would appreciate to k n o w what the Republican and D e m ­ocratic parties had in their programs in 1932 and 1936 wi th reference to the Negro.—John A. Dornsife Jr., State College, Pa. Consult J a m e s Farley, Nat iona l chairman, Democrat i c party, Wash ington , D . C. a n d J o h n D . Hamil ton, chairman, R e ­publican party, Wash ington , D. C. r* .

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Where can I ge t a history of Ethiopia and her people?—Bill Woods , Indio, Cal. Consult the Crisis Book Shop, 69 F i f th avenue, N e w York City. Anything printed about the Negro in any * part of the world, from antiquity down to the present t ime m a y be pro­cured there. ,t would like to know if the Sterl ing Insurance Company of Chicago, 111., insures Negroes , a n d will it do as outl ined in i ts pol icy?—Rev. O. C. Dur­ham, 2322 Taylor street, Colum­bia, S. C. T h i s company Is i n a better posit ion t o tell y o u the c lass of people it insures and under w h a t condit ions t h a n w e are. Consult i t In the Insurance Center Building, Chicago, 111.

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decided tha t N e w Y o r k w a s the proper t i te^for N e w Year s . r - * ;

Seabronne K i n g figured that s ince he h a d b e e n campaigning sior.g

P o t o m a c sector w i t h no results he m i g h t jus t as wel l fol io* fer ; |

H a r l e m a n d try his luck. . . Ethe l B r o w n the A K A scror :<? t:

rav ing e m p h a t i c a l l y about t h e fine t ime had by all and E:h •'.

t icular a t t h e Boule in Detroit , but w h a t about the mWSmaft

hil l who just loves those d imples of yours? • • •

KICK IN THE PANTALOONS DIVISION I M A G I N E Y O U A R E C U F F O F T H E N E W Y O R K GIANT?

then boot our favorite ( e m p h a s i s on the bo) c o n g r e s s m a n Until y « fagged out for being unfai thful e n o u g h to ideals to crash a p r>«;-.. formed at the 14th street Peop le s D r u g Store. H e and Huectrr. a,:« people w e cal l our leaders , a n d ye t w e are lambasted aplenty eras discover their rank indiscret ions and expose t h e m to the plain tfcps,

people w h o compose the gullible m a s s e s a n d are the bulwark til *.: support and s teps in their ladder to f a m e and fortune. Out in iChU where the good c o n g r e s s m a n is sent from on m a n y an occasion ?; l ine crashers have b e e n thxaehed to wi th in an inch of their live*, you can bet that after a bea t ing your Congress ional i m m u n i t y writi *i good. Bet ter be careful Hon. MitcheU or the handkerchief that i*

over your head will show. M

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GALLERY GLIMPSES AT YULETIDE N E W YORK'S B E A U T I F U L I N E L L W A L T O N , house-guest irx

Clara Bel le Shamwel l . . . R ichmond's contribution to the select F. 11

the t w o Kirsey brothers and Magg ie Laura W a l k e r sc ion of the wral

Virg in ia family of the s a m e n a m e . . . J e a n Westmoreland,? howe

FLsk where she ie an instructor, a n k l i n g through the scale of n8

w i th Charlie Lofton the dignified, providing the company . n . . P*

Saunders J o n e s fresh from Sugar Hill t o s s ing a s w e e t hello •:

friends a n d acquaintances . . . Harr ie t B r o w n t h e Baltimore ttm

m a r m merely m a k i n g W a s h i n g t o n a place to c h a n g e trains i

hurried jaunt to R i c h m o n d , Va, . . N a o m i Green, demure sne

v o w i n g to Eddie E v a n s (Lincoln Thea tre ) tha t Newark , New

holds no c h a r m s for her, and they m a y do the goose-etep to the

grin at any date. . . Otyce Brown , of the N o r t h e a s t B r o w n clan

ducing her housegues t E m m a W a s h i n g t o n f r o m Lit t le *R«tk,

where both of t h e m are i n the school s y s t e m . . . A R T I E JACKS

very very m u c h in love a n d accept ing the congratulat ions

wishers w h o have spied the gorgeous d iamond that adorns ;he ksjfe*]

finger of h is loved one, J U L I A S I N G L E T O N , the marr iage will * I

. . G E N E H O L M E S , t h e H o w a r d professor, w h o w a s married te M*

ret Cardoza Lofton during the hol idays m a k i n g a toast to love aasj

pinese. . . Connie Lucas W i l l i a m s confiding tha t th i s t ime It is rstf

is real ly after the m e l t i n g papers . . . M a r y and Letit la To*?]

Cincinnati , Ohio, v o w i n g t h a t t h e y w a n t to s h o w all the Oho,

how the P o t o m a c j i t terbugs "come on," s o fasc inated irere ftst

P e g g y H u e s t o n hurry ing t h r o u g h t h e foyer of Union S'.a'.:M

brother Bil l a-trail ing w i t h t h e bags preparing to board the i r « f l

for the Motor City, a t t i m e s cal led Detroi t , w h e r e the AK.Vf B**j

and "Rastus" Johnson were ho ld ing forth. . . (Knotz ) P r y - 1 : :

u p the s idewalk In front of the Ho l lywood te l lnig the s-^y-r-t

about the very e l egant t ime h e h a d wh i l e sojourning in Bos' « v

love of h i s life, Haze l l e Lomax.

EASTERN SEABOARD CHATTER J A M E S E . ( J i m m l e ) SCOTT t h e real es tate tycocn wrt

Grand P o l e m a r c h of K a p p a Alpha P s i a t the ir Detro i t meet re

N e w N e g r o All iance D a n c e on the 13th of this month ft* P

Casino, the S i g m a De l ta Tau l a w fraternity's s w i n g #*s*i '

Colonnade on January 6 and the Cross K e y s January 20

affairs for the c o m i n g m o n t h to date. . . And as a tont

tbe G U A R D S M E N are featuring a hilartoue week-end Feb

their dance a s the top attract ion. . . N e w Y o r k bound to -

N e w Year's in the m o s t approved s ty le w e r e J e a n Taylor, F

Bi l ly Pippin, George Wil l iams, Bil l B lake , Haro ld Chan 1

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H o w did the N e g r o e s in Penn­sylvania proceed in get t ing the Civil Rights* L a w passed?— I W A S H I N G T O N , D." Ct, Jan . 5— Carmen Strickland, secretary, j According to the annual report of Progress ive Club, 4236 W. P a g e I Secretary of the Interior Harold Boulevard, St. Louis, Mo. -1* Ickes , the Anna T. Jeanes fund, Th i s law w a s passed a few ;

t h e principal and interest of w h i c h years a g o by a Democra t i c leg- I were used for colored rural schools is lature In Harrisburg, P a . I is exhausted . H o w t h e Negroes proceeded we The fund amounted to $15,919.21 do no t know. on December 31, 1936. Th i s s u m

w a s appropriated during the year With regard to joining the ! a n d added to the s u m of $12,500 navy, where would I ge t in- ' remain ing unpaid at* December 31, format ion? — Irene Alexander, j 1 9 3 6 - resulted in a total s u m ap-1406 , Des iard street, Monroe, I propriated of $28,419.21. L a . — , i ,

Consult the Secretary of the j There are plenty of wh i t e people Navy , Washington , D . C. w h o would appreciate our s ide of

t h e story . . . If they k n e w I f Give me the n a m e s of s o m e beauty schools . I s there govern-

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D o you know the addresses of any laboratories t h a t employ Neg'-oes? I h a v e a B.S. de­gree and my professor told me that I was capable of holding such a position. — Wil l iam -H. Ingram Jr., 454 Broad street, Macon, Ga. W e do not know of any such laboratories, h o w e v e r you might consult the U. S. Civil Service Commission, Washing­ton, D . C , w h i c h will s end you „ Information relative to dates of B 1 ! ' y PiPPin. George Wil l iams, Bil l B lake , Harold Chan >r H examinat ions for p o s i t i o n s , Neal , Joe Sewall , ( W i n d y ) Wal lace a n d scads of Washir.c*:f.:**l for when you m a j he qualified. K n o w tha t it m e a n s luck for the res t of the year if when 4t<

scream, the whis t les toot and the househo ld howitzers bark mrt"

a s the old year p a s s e s out If y o u are s lapping your eh1?-* * "I

plate of delicioue b lackeyed peas and pig tai ls , the traditit«<jl

Year's eve fare in H a r l e m . . . P e g g y Wil l l s ton Cocper an 1 h u * |

w e r e h o m e for the hol idays , t h e y are l iv ing In N e w York. ^ ]

D e d m o n , t h e O k l a h o m a lad w h o finished H o w a r d La^v S ^

h u n g u p h i s ahingle i n M u s k o g e e dropped i n to see »•**

Scurlock D e d m o n a n d w h i s k e d her off to Detro i t and the '^1

vent ion. , . Dr . Herbert H e n d e r s o n and w i f e Carolyn Rich ^•'H

the ho l idays In D . C. . . D i t t o Mae Al len of Phil ly, Gr * He«*J

Phil ly, J i m m y McLendon, the Chicagoan, and more and n

t h a t he lp m a k e co lumn fodder. . . Lou i s Anderson the

waa here v i s i t ing h i s mother . . . T h e DeBruhls , the Fred P h i l ! ^

J o e Whi t ings , B i l ly Syphax, D o l l y H u g h e s a n d Bobby PnirJs*

noDoed w i t h P h l i i y s e l i te a t the Commiss ioners N e w T " ' ^ 1

Members of the town's y o u n g e r ee t are sti l l raving a V * '*

affair g iven dur ing the ho l idays by a c lub called the SAi |

Quite cute , chic , etc. , e t c . . T h e Kahoe ' s she w a s L

t h e D . C. Tribune office staff wil l be threeing as the srs

breezes waf t pas t in April . . . E s t h e r and F r a n k Jones, h d

were hos t s t o a r lp-snort lng N e w Year's E v e party in 'h

room. . . D i t t o A n n o z e a n F l a g g . . . And as the New VW

G E O R G E C R A F T spUt the s ides of all the sourpu.^e* * V i

beside a lady w h o bes ides b e i n g a lone w a s all dolled nr « ^

red outfit t h a t s m a c k e d of the 14th century and sane Y - >l;

B e e n a Beaut i fu l Baby , 'Causa M i g a w s h Look A t You Vo<

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L only .U * » ^ l " n o " •'J" - low-card tsee Article 2 2 M . . .

innc suits ' four c a r d s or mui rlrS S U P P O R T OF F'All

L-ER'STRCMP B I D In nd.li honoi-winncts and long »*

I- A u n t s 5*ort suit?, which m tmrnSm the winn ing of R U K F i :

rwOKS. \Vt now c o m e to a type of i

l.hlCh has not ye t been discus Lmcly ^ e short or•ruff ing t. 1 T h i s l y p '

trick depend-the fact th.it fluently th» spending II will hoid f\i r void, a yin^l-• one, <aid> . d o u o k t o n it cards* in s. Sido suit S. h e i s ulso n<> to ho'd a cei a m o u n t t rumps due the fact that is cons idering] raise, it is q,i| l ikely that

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relarer. If he >nttact. will be able to make i

these short su i t s and 1 tiff 0 U Ji«o losing cards . Clearly th.

: presence of a short sui t nr. counted as worth somethi

td the values a s s igned must |nd to a certa in extent upon t »mhri of trumps held. rife Responding Hand sh«i

line -and count in s u p p o i i If!net's suit-bid:

Honor and sol id suits at th trvalfie. In Partner's suit , cou r<\ King or Q-J 1, Queen ot J

but n e v e r ' m o r e than l1.. v,;

i for honors in pat tnc ; ' s tttm l * « g eards in p a r t n e r s ts i

pt.and in s ide su i t s : hut r*•••.• is have no length value v. h. tnerrhas shown a two *n;*,.

Ruffing tr ick*, a e e o i d i l g foltov/ina table:

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IMl two short s u i t s , emu;; -the shorter Doubletoti i-

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Vith 3 Ttunj ips - ' j It sck ; i cks .

ith Four or More T n r,~m 2 tricks, 3 tricks,

ton may think at fiist .:.*|. these is quite a dinVren<-»/r

fcen the value ass igned a »m for example , when ! ,

t iumps and v v h r p ^ h o , Humps. However , • it stan

|'<-ason that j f you*#i. , 'd I>ni \» trumps Declarer *«••: j(.< \ not be %blo to tuff nu.i e

otherwise losing c a t d r V Opponents will try to c;,r tjus by leading: '*•'imp* -nen

res. When you hoid f.v. Declarer wil l he pi.

pe Ihle to ruff two.

Pns valuation is i a t > -ffl but it is .not as difrt-M*.. and is of' pi est |Sinq how to i-alue >o tpose that in each < f t»-

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P a s s your Courier a long t o s u c h a ~\dm •

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I', must say I rnj<>\ fftcnsnng high school •"'^ to know :f I -• ,;

ttni&h and c a i i y out

A Kirl wi th your lire |»«hation is bound t.i .

ambit ion I predict lliutl not only finish high s , \un>'\

¥m j o u K | 1 | a K o cr.iduat. j»»itors from Tuskeg ,«

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