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Louis, Mo.; 420 Long •ere Building, New York.\ SATURDAY....JANUARY 31, 1925 MIXING Up the colored folks has been so successfully accomplished all over the dountry that we cabnot tell which from tother”. . . . . *L TROUBLE Is FOR Us all and we can do best by stoically meeting it and by not fearing anything, not even death, for God baa promised us a reward In Heaven. * — —a-- — IT 16 ALL RIGHT to he stir necked at times and to be sensitive upon racial matters, but self-respect and respect for your white neighbors will win you strong support down here i» this land of sin and sorrow. -* STARTING OUT fn life does not worry some people for the reason that they never start out. They de-« pend upon leaning upon their parents as long as they are in this world to be leaaed upon. w PRESIDENT CALVIN COOLIDGE u pursuing the course of a fearless statesman. His proposition for the ■auction of the expenses of Govern ment :s the correct cne. He proposes to increase tlie pay of those persons who are employed by the government and to reduce the number of those employed., who are not essentially necessary for the conduct of the government. «• By this method, he would promote the efficiency of the service. Of course there will be a loud out,cry in certain quarters as a result of this policy, but it is carrying out the declaration of one of our greatest statesmen and financiers, when he said, what is needed is more business in government and less government in business. President Coolidge wtH need much nerve for the task that' he has un dertaken and ^lso fearless, faithful bureau chiefs to carry out this drastic policy. He will popularize his ad ministration with the taxjiaying cit izens and make it mighty unpopular with the politician*. IF THE BLACK STAR LINE and its supporters have stopped sending in sul*scripdons simply because the sl'eamer has been purchased and sailed for West Indian ports, the scheme is doomed. To be sensible and progressive, the monetary con tribution should be continued until a half million dollars more is avail able. Then the promoters will have enough ready cash to ensure the success of the venture by taking care of any losses wh.ch might take place before the vessel is on a paying basis. Tlie Negroes of this country must engage in commerce in order to win a p'ace in he respect of the c'vilized world. We have made our mark fighting in the armies and navies of many nations. Now. let us secure a lasting name by venturing in the commercial fields and by failing un til we learn how to engage in business without failing. Sentiment is all right, but plain, business methods must he employed in order for us to win a place among the commercial nations of the world. W0 pause to remark that there are millions in it. both for the offi cer^. the promoters and the people/, who risk their hard-earned cash in the ventures. A .MARKET FOR YOUR THOUGHTS The Dickerson Reward has ad vanced to $500. Let us beautify your home with $5.00 for improve-* ment. It should be a pleasure for you to think for $500‘. The fleading citizens of the United States are accepting the Dickerson Reward. You do not know what your luck may be. James Williams, of W«Bt Point, Va. made the first improvement. L. Dickerson Inventor of the Oys> ter Punching Machine, Nesting, Va. • NEW YORK. January 23.—Sx more Houston Martyrs, former mem bers of the 2 4th Infantry, impris oned for their alleged share in the Houston Riot of 1917, were released on January S and January 15 of .this yeai*. it was announced today by the National Association for the Ad ! vancement of Colored People reduc ing 'he total number of these men ' st 11 in prison to 29. Since the N. A.. A. C. P. presented the petition signed with 12 5,000 names to Pres ident Coolidge Ivn February of 1°24, 20 men have been released. The men released on January 8 are: Fred Avery and W’HUam Mance. A week later, on January 15, the following were released: Henry Green George Hobbs, WOlliam J. Hough and George J. Parham. Mr. Parham vis ited the national office of the N. A. A. C. P. in person to express his thanks for the efforts that had been made in his behalf. One of the men released January 8. William Mance, was originally sentenced to death, hiih sentence was communted to life imprisonment after the National Association appealed to! President Wilson in 1918, and this' latter sentence was commuted to 20 years, making him eligible for the parole which has now' been granted. Of the 101 men originally sentenced to death, whose sentences were com-, muted to life imprisonment through N. A. A. C. P. action. 6 have now been paroled as follows: 1 hn Lanier, released Nov. 10. 1924. Fdward Porter. November 26. 1924. John Gould. November 26. 192 4. John iGeter. November 26, 1924. Wil'iam Burnette. 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She had used this remark able cream but a short time when her friends began complimenting her on her clear skin and improv ed appearance. ... Anyone who wants lovely hair and a beautiful complexion should immediately purchase Exelento Quinine Pomade and Exelento Skin Beautifier. They can be ob tained at 25f each from nearly all drug stores, or will be sent post paid upor. receipt of price by the EXELENTO MEDICINE CMtlaita,6a. AGENTS WANTED EVERYWHERE Writ* For PMtkuUr* AN ANNOUNCEMENT, The Goodwill Baptist Church, 410 N. Monroe street is a new unit to the Baptist Church, with a very broad ! program. Rev. W. B. Ball, pastor invites the public and his many friends to worship Sunday, February 1st, 11:30 A. M. and 8:30 P. M. . Sunday School, 3:30' P. M. Special j music. All are invited. REV. W. B. BALL, Pastor. F. BALL, Clerk. 101 E. Clay 407 W. Leigh VISIT MALLORY’S MARKET. Inc. Keeps everything that’s good to eat All kinds of FRESH MEATS and all kinds of FRESH FISH, POULTRY FRUITS VEGETABLES, OYSTERS GROCERIES OF ALL KINDS. Up-to-date Sanitary Store. MALLORY’S MARKET. Inc Phone Randolph 4529. Night Call Residence Madison 6039 THANKS. JACK SPRATT HASN’T A CHANCE: AT THE FAT COLORFUL NEWS “MOVIES” By “THE CAMERAMAN.” 1—OPINIONS OF A FEW. 2—MICHIGAN AND MISSOURI MARCH FORWARD. 3—“COLD-BLOODED” BUSINESS. 4—JUDGE BARTLETT—OUR LATE FRIEND. G (Presto** News service) OPINIONS OF A FEW So fond is Misery of Company that com parisons have frequently been made between Negroes and Jews wi'h the assertion that the atter are as often the objectives of scorn and social hatred as are the former. It may be enlightening to see ourselves reflected in the mind of a son of Palestine, who i^ now a candidate for high degrees in one of America’s leading universities. The Jewish gentleman, whom we know personally, and who was mosi1 gracious and cordial in his approach, was quite clever enough to preface his remarks by a reference to the late Booker T. Washington, whom he quoted as having said: “Our greatest dan ger is that in the great leap from slavery to freedom, we may overlook the fact that the masses of us are to five by the production o( our hands”. Hand-production is always de serving of praise, and all the masses, white and black, are subject to the same rule. However, we think it is somewhat over emphasized with regard to the BROTHER who, like his racial} contemporaries, yearns for a graduation day, now and then, from the pick and shovel. > Our Jewish informant continued by saying that “in the Nepa’s lack of incentive is found a great part of the cause or the wgny in this so-called Negro problem”. We can hardly agree will our friend in this philoso phy. Too much incentive-E-that is, too much to suit the other fellow—is the thing that makes his palm itch fo clamp the lid tightly upon us. Our philosopher rambled on by slating: “We find the major part of the Negro work ers in the field of unskilled labor due in some cases to his lack of education, in some by exploitation by the white people, in other cases to the lack of assimilation which exists between the white and Negro races, in fur ther cases to the awkwardness of the race, and finally in the discriminations shown against the race”. Amen, with some reser vations as to “assimilation” and “awk-; wardness”. We thank our informant for his tribute to the Negro “pianter’ poet’ actor, singer, phy sician, lawyer”, and in fact, all the “en deavors which he has been allowed to work to his heart’s content. Our friend was a little “dusty” upon cer tain social conditions distasteful to us all. He said, very gloomily, “It is a regrettable fact that the colored people should, if they ac tually do, look for social equality with the white race”* Persona'iy, we have witnessed about fifty seven different varieties of social equality, many of which are existing under misnomers. The increasing number of mulattoes is one phase of the social equality game which we would like to see thrown in the discard. In conclusion, it can be seen that the Jew - ish group, unlike us, is not paying homage to the “misery-Ioves-company” doctrine. That group considers itself welli out of the woods, and is complacently basking on the isles of independenc, viewing our itts in the same nonchalant way and in the light of the same philosophies pursued by the other white groups. Clearly, it’s our move. I MICHIGAN AND MISSOURI MARCH FORWARD. Forward-looking movements of great, sig nificance, economically and socially, are taking place in the Statea of Michigan and Missouri, where* state officials are foreseeing a new day for the Negro population. In 9 Michigan, C. A. Campbell, a Negro special agent, attached to the State Department of Labor and Industry, has visualized a wide expansion of agricultural territory, upon the soil of which Negro farmers and agriculturists may find a wealth of employment in farming and agricultural occupations, which are quite as important as the anvil chorus of a factory or industrial plant. In Missouri, another State official, Robert S. Cobb, has compiled an illuminating report upon the conditions surrounding Missouri Negroes, Mr. Cobb did not miss anything in his facts and figures relative to industry, agriculture, health, education, housing, mi gration, and the resulting influences which may “make or break” the Missouri Negro population, present or future. If nothing more had been done by these two officials than >to pen a true picture of facta and influences bearing upon their breth ren, their official work would have been out standing. But the gentlemen have gone a step further. They havc made recommen dations to their chieftains, and they have pointed out to die country at large what may be done to put all the citizens of their Sta'es upon a parity, thus equalizing labor and protecting health, happiness and home. The remedy is a palatable one, and there is no reason under the sun why the people of Michigan and Missouri, both white and colored, should heskate to take it. It contains for such events as have had such harmful effects in East St. Louis, Chicago and Wash ington, and is a pioneer-like step in the jour ney to interracial peace and progress. “COLD-BLOODED BUSINffSS” The Manager of the Steamship line of the B'ack Cross Navigation and Trading Company, IpcT whose new vessel, the “Booker T. Washington”, is riding the bounding billows somewhere between New York and the West Indies, is quoted in the New York press as saying: “We are going to run it on cold-blooded business lines. We do not intend to cut rates. All we want is a quare deal”. “Cold-blooded business” has an ominous strain, not unlike the evening dirge of a hang man, or the reverie of the master of a galley skve ship. It is in direct contrast to the Golden Rule, and, if thoroughly applied to us poor mortals, it would make the world decidedly more unhappy than it is. Let us look at the “Log Book” of “Cold-Blooded Business”, where the debits make the credits look like grains of sand: “Cold-blooded Business” ruined Belz shazzar. If was the downfall of Napoleon Bonaparte. While it made the South be come prosperous for a time, through the slave trade, its final reckoning cost the South years and years of progress. “Cold-blooded Business” tried to silence the poetic voice of Paul Lawrence Dunbar, and wou'd have muzzled the songs of Rol and Hayes, It failed, though. It has cost our group the heavyweight championship at least once or twice. “Cold-blooded Business” has wrecked a number of our banks. It has forced a lum ber of our business enterprises into bank ruptcy and failure. Just a short month or two ago “Cold-blooded Business” had one of our most prosperous insurance companies staring at defeat. Again i*J was forced into the background by merit and justice. “Cold-b'iooded Business” and “hard boiled” methods, in fact, never pay al the way down the line, because their proponent always meet someone who is a little more “cold-blooded” and “hard-boiled” than are the protagonists of such principles. Quiet, honest effort, tempered with as much feeling for others as we would want them to. have for us will prevail over “cola blooded” business time in and time out, ex cepting, perhaps, in the stock market—and that is not a business'—it is a profession. JUDGE BARTLETT— OUR LATE FRIEND. i Time, the tireless censor of life’s span, has obeyed the call of Death by yielding up another staunch friend of our group in the passing of Judge Willard Bartlett, late Chief Justice of the New York Court of Appeals. We well remember the amiable justice, wha used to ‘fake delight in passing out gifts of candy and money to the little colored children of Middle Long Island, New York. Nor did they worry during the early days of Judge Bartlett about having fireworks on the Fourth of July, or plenteous goodies during Thanks giving or Christmas periods, for Judge Bart letL was sure to stop at the house and re member the kiddies, and mother and father, also. Judge Bartlett believed in an even break for everybody, and it is not strange that he remained on the bench year after year* he was given the highest judicial assignment within the bounds of the people of his State. Justice saturated his whole life and was ful some in his soul long before his elevation to the Chief Judgeship. It seems that many of our mends or the “yesterdays" are passing on, and though many remain in the ranks of the old-faalnoned just folk, such as Powder!^, Harlan and Bartlett are not stalwart. These absentees must be replaced and the growing band of “suprcmists" must be made to know that in no wise are "hey considered as embodying the true spirit of America. Justice must not be confined to the Bench, for it is needed just as much in the highways and byways where men of the type of Judge Bailfett seem to be few and far beKfween. We are grateful, though, for the advent of men such as he. From their memoirs We can extract wholesome examples of reaJ manhood which may sjvay the “pack** whenever it besets us most savagely. Stop Night Coughing This Simple Way People who have persistent, an noying' coughing spells at night, and who through loss of valuable sleep are weakening their systems and laying themselves open to dangerous Infections, can stop their distressing trouble promptly by a very simple treatment. Hundreds who have hardlv been able to rest at all for coughing, have gotten their full night's sleep the very first time they tried it. The treatment is based on a re markable prescription known as Dr. King’s Now Discovery for Coughs. You simply take a teaspoonful at night before retiring and hold it In your throat for 15 or 20 seconds be fore swallowing it, without follow ing with water. The prescription has a double action. It not only soothes and heals soreness and irri tation, but it quickly loosens and removes the phlegm and congestion which are the direct cause of the coughing. The result is that you usually sleep as soundly as a baba the very first night, and the entire cough condition goes in a very short time. The prescription is highly recom mended for coughs, chest colds, hoarseness and bronchitis, and is wonderful for children’s coughs and spasmodic croup—no harmful drugs. Economical, too, as the dose is only one teaspoonful. It is on sale at all good druggists. Ask for DRJSass cgftTs j-Try. Th* PJanet fop one J«ar and you will have it sent to yon for a longer time, $2 Is the Price, paofr Ma Ferguson’s Log Qabin Home , moil of th. country’* men, D^VparxJon,.women werei boro tatof cabin.. Tbto i* lv.dI*''. of “Ma" Ferguson, Texaa governor, near Templo, Tex. Inset, lira Ferguson.