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"if '' - 1 r .: . & i . i AJ HEW TO THE LINE; LET THE CHIPS FALL WHERE THEY MAY i VOL XXIV. CHICAGO, ILL., SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1919 No. 45 SffPi " "tTf V 'JiFMPrir zsk b. sB lJPsm; mwBY -ffSbi - as prr- jr y tfcws mirrmmrj 20 ar w fvBmBmw. " WnLfj ffWiV B 1 ml (fiif U rf' ImsssssBmBmBBme' jH iRPf BkBBmBBBsw sHr?rmMmiMrJ5 BmBmBatBr iri . VSLimSBmBsmBmBmBmBmBmBmBBBm .. VBmBmBmBBmJk. BBmBmBBmBmBmBB .BBmw jfinSE VBmBmBm&BmBmBmBmBv EBmwPmBmr smmBmmBmBmBmBmW BmBmr smSmBmVBmv y idered To Col. Franklin A. Den Recognition of the Splendid Over Service - "f K vt ,fe SA s Country as Commander of "Old 8th Regiment" of Illinois or the 370th U. S. Infantry .V THE AFFAIR WILL BE HELD THE LAATER PART OF SEPTEMBER, EITHER IN THE ORCHESTRA HALL, OR IN THE AUDITORIUM THEATRE AT WHICH TIME COL. DENISON WILL BE PRE SENTED WITH A FINE OR BEAUTIFUL CHEST OR CASKET OF SILVER AS A TESTIMONIAL FROM THE CITIZENS OF CHICAGO. ! HON. THOMAS F. SCULLY, JUDGE OF THE COUNTY COURT, ELECTED CHAIRMAN OF THE CITI ZENS COMMITTEE WHICH WILL CONSIST OF . ONE HUNDRED PROMINENT WHITE AND COL ORE?) CITIZENS HON. HENRY HORNER, JUDGE OF THE PROBATE COURT OF COOK COUNTY, CHOSEN CHAIR MAN OF THE FINANCE COMMITTEE MR. DAVID M. MANSON, SELECTED AS SECRETARY FOR BOTH COMMITTEES, JULIUS F. TAYLOR ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE CITIZENS COMMIT TEE AND THE COMMITTEE ON ARRANGE MENTS. GEN. LEONARD WOOD, GOV. FRANK O. LOWDEN, MAYOR WILLIAM HALE THOMPSON WILL. BE AMONG THE SPEAKERS; ONE OR TWO PRO MINENT OUTSIDE COLORED SPEAKERS WILL BE PRESENT AND ORATE ON THAT AUSPICI OUS OCCASION. Some of the many warm friends of Col Franklin A. Denison who great ly admire him for his many manly SaaEtiei haTe felt right ! thatis B fairness that he was Justly entitled . L receive some censideratiosVaad re ttjaition from the eitirens of hi ejo in the way of a public reception ad a testimonial for the plendid werseas services -which he so unself 5 rendered to his country as com anider of the "Old Eighth Xegiment f Dlmois" or the S70th U. B. Infan cy, on the battlefields of France, for it win be recalled thatjthe ccsomand- : os of the French -army were so well l&d with the military achier- !at of CoL Denison that they Ranged the name of SkMihielsector to Denison sector in honor f him; Eat he had his mea .trained so "well a an of the latest military tactics &tthey were able awl ready-to rnsh io batUe on the-SriBg line or to rre in the teaches 3 to A months ead of the other American soldiers B Prance, it waa for heing a10 $ aomplish some ef these things be rfcre he was stricken 4own witirffl ttss on the French fcsttlefields aud edered home that many W 'wiit8 4 Colored f elloVotixesa'Ieel Seep -&n in their "heartaaof hearts that -tleast a little houer Is de him. With this obtest is Tiew .and as politics in it the following friends of CoL Denison who know his worth as a- loyal and patriotic American citizen, met Monday afternoon in the chambers"of Hon. Thomas F. Scully, the ever popular and liberal minded Judge of the County Court; and after short talks all around it was decided to tender a public reception to CoL Denison and at the same time present him with a fine or a beautiful chest or casket of silver as an evidence of the high esteem he is held in by the citizens of Chicrgl, regardless of race, color or politics. The affair wfll be held Jhe latter part of September, at either Orches tra Hall, or the Auditorium Theatre, everything in connection with it wfll he free, which will enable the very best class of white eitixens-both men and women to be hold at close range the very best class of Colared mem and -women of Chicago: The following gentlemen were pre sent at tie meeting: Hon. Thomas F. Scully, SenHarry Olson, Chief Jus tice ef the Municipal Courts, Major Allen A. Wesley, Hon. John G. Drea nan, Xfetrict Attorney for the DlineU Central Baflroad, Hon. S. A. T. Wat kms. Hon. Hebert MeMurdy, Men- Deanm J. Egan, Chief BaSisTof the itfanidnal Court; Mr. JteberMi. Tay lor, Hon. Henry Horner, Judge M the Probate Court; Dr. Charles E. Bent ley, Hon. George F. Harding, Jr.; City Comptroller of Chicago; Mr. Da vid M. Manson, Hon. Howard W.Hay es, Associate Justice of the Munici pal Court; Mr. Julius F. Taylor and Dr. J. Frank Armstrong. Hon. Thomas F. Scully was elected chairman of the citizens committee which wQI consist of one hundred prominent white and Colored citizens, chairman Scully selected the follow ing who will compose the committee on arrangements who will have entire charge .Of working out all of the de- wroi RKORGE R HARDING. JR.. CITY COMPTROL- ISR'OF CHICAGO, EEEC1WT28IRI theater THE COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS WHICH WILL HAVE ENTIRE CHARGE OF ALL THE DETAILS IN CONNECTION WITH THE AFFAIR. making event: Hon. Robert MeMurdy, Hon. John G. Drennan, Robert L. Taylor, Hon. Henry Horner, David M. Hanson, Hon. George F. Harding and Julius F. Taylor. Mr. Harding was elected, chairman of the committee on arrangements and Mr. Manson' was chosen secretary of both commit tees and Hon. Henry Horner was elected chairman of the Finance Com mittee, and -without any question about it he is the right gentleman in t ie right place. General Leonard Wood, Governor I rank O. Lowden and Mayor William Hale Thompson will be among the prominent speakers. BIG EMANCIPATION CELEBRA. TION AT THE. EIGTH REGI MENT ARMORY, THURSDAY, JULY 31, AND FRIDAY, AU GUST 1, BY THE LEADING COLORED BUSINESS MEN ON THE SOUTH.SIDE. MR. R. W. HUNTER, HEAD OF THE HUNTER BANKING IN STTTUT IONS WILL BE ONE OF THE SPEAKERS AND ELA BORATE ON HIS PLAN OF OR GANIZING A NATIONAL BANK WITH TWO-HUNDRED THOU SAND DOLLAR CAPITAL. EX -JUDGE WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON AND MAYOR WIL LIAM HALE THOMPSON WILL BE AMONG THE OTHER SPEAKERS. 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Denuom. . ,- t - Thursday, July 31 and Friday, Au gust 1 promise to be two of the great est days among the Colored people in Chicago, for pn those two Hays the leading Colored business men and. wo men on south State Street or on the South Side, will hold a big Emancipa tion Celebration at the Eighth Regi ment Armory, 3517 Forest Ave. Ex-Judge WiSiam Henry Harrison will be the leading speaker the first day of the celebration and Mr. R. W. Hunter, President of R. W. Hunter Se Company, bankers, wQI talk on the I plan of organizing the First National Bank among Colored people with a capital stock of two hundred thou sand dollars, and the R, W. Hunter banking houses will be the leading participants in the big celebration. On Friday, August 1, Mayor Wm. Hale Thompson win be the head speakers and tiity, -County and State officials, including many other prom inent pcrsoBs white and Colored, wffl occupy front seats on the platform. Prof. J. Wesley Joses, wfll conduct the great cherps, coudsting of four hundred votes whkh wfll be aug mented with aa orchestra of fifty piecer aad the whole affair wfll long be ptMiswtly remembered by the -Col ored dtiseas ef Chicago. GALLOWAY McDONALD WEDDING. Mr. and Mrs.Wflliam Iart, 3511 Federal St, are successfully conduct ing a noat KUJe action store and ice cream parlor at that number and they are maldac good. They sefl ice cold bottled root hr; coca-cola; soda- The wedding of Miss Grace L. Gal loway and Lieut. John McDonald was solemnized at th'a residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Galloway, 4816 St. Lawrence Avenue by the Rev. E. T. Martin Pastor of Bethesda Baptist Church on Wednes day evening last in the presence of about one hundred 'friends of the young couple. The bride was very beautifully gowned in white chiffon over charmeuse trimmed in pearls, the bridal veil being caught with a bandeau of pearls. The bride's sister Miss Violette Callaway, acting, as maid of honor was sweetly attired in blue charmeuse while the bridesmaid, the sister of the groom, Hiss Mattie McDonald wore pink cbarmctue very effectively. The young couple were married in a bower of palms and roses, under a marriage beU of white rose petals, which after the ceremony re leased a shower of petals over-ihe The beautiful gowns were relieved by the khaki -of our army for the xroom of the remaining members of j the unfortunate Company A. of the 370th U. S. Infantry, had as Us at tendants his Captain Devere J. War ier and Lieut. Robert Ward. The happy, couple after receiving the con- Lsratulaticns of scores of friends were driven amid a shower of rice to their residence at 6717 Champlain Avenue where they wfll be at heme after August 1st. The wedding gifts were numerous and cosily, the most prominent per haps, being a chest of silverware, fte gift of the lawyers of Chicago, aU of whom have for the bride the high est regard and esteem and for whom she has worked conscientiously and faithfully for the past four years as a stenographer. water and near beer aad ether cooling driahs. ' v r J ,i newlyuaitcd bnde and groom. Officers were instaHed last Friday evening. Officers past upwere Inmate Mary Hunter, P. M..N.G.; Inmate SarahjBlaney, M.-N. G.; Inmate BettTe Perkins, N.'G. it -tfi :v, f H 4! i iM I'l 1 :?i - - . i& . - v" "V;J