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I?ogress —n®t Politics.
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Wjdidate for member
|SE OF REPRESENTATIVES
I MARICOPA COUNTY
»>ject to Democratic Primary
I American Friends service com
ft which maintains a hospital o!
■in au old chatou at Sermaize,
in «’f ■ <x trained
>.,)■ ili,
HH ‘ I'a'il An; 'w •
H^Bludelphia.
IPIHis well as men are wanted
I Government for the position of
fccaminer'to fill vacancies in the
Igation service. Military and
I division, War Risk insurance,
By in Washington, D. C., or in
■ Spring Street Branch of the
I C. A. in Columbus, Ohio, has
■fully carried out its campaign
|b hundred members, exceeding
Li by 145.
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■rristown, Pa.. William Lainpos,
ftuiant keeper, was fined fifty
■for refusing to serve colored
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■DVERTISEMENTS *
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Bern. Will rent very reasonable.
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K house, close in, $1,150 —$200
f2O a month.
n house near High school, $2,100 j
Cash, $25 a month.
r M. H. SHELTON,
215 \V. Wa-hington.
MUSIC TEACHERS
'STED —to form a Junior class j
ng, reed and brass instruments.
Iccept for evenings limited
r of students. Several years’
iWjj:. Satisfaction and auvance
jua ran teed. Rates reasonable.
M. W. Wftlker, 1027 E. Wash.
LODGES
: formed a club lor the purpose
anizing a Temple of S. M. T.’s
enix. We meet every Tuesday
at 1033 East Jefferson. Any
esiring to become a member of
•der will kindly meet with us
ftasday evening at Ihe above ad
pr call on Mrs. Ella M. Brown
[thtr information. Initiation fee
[ MRS. ELLA M. BROWN,
| Deputy Organizer.
■1033 E. Jefferson Street
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Commenting on the recent message
of President Wilson dealing with mob
law.', Helen Harper Vance has the fol
lowing to say:
At last w r e have at the head of our
government a man who is not afraid
to raise his voice, publicly, against
lynching and wonder of wonders that
man is a Democrat!
While his emphatic denunciation of
1 mob violence did not refer specifically
i to the lynching of negroes, what else
are we to infer when he speaks of
“protection to'the peoples who have
never known the privileges of liberty
and self government?”
Is it possible that we, the black
Americans, are at last to know the
true meaning of Democracy? If so,
those black boys “over there” have
not died in vain, nor are those heroes
whose blood is being shed for Democ
racy across the sea to be denied that
“Democracy in this land of the brave
and the free” on their return, if so
the Stars and Stripes will become a
more vital part of the black American
and wind itself about our hearts, not
only as the American flag, but as OUR
flag!
A BUCK PATRIOT
.. Elizabeth City, N. C., Independent. ..
Edmund Johnson of Elizabeth City
is 79 years old. He is black and gray:
that, is to say, his skin is black and
his hair is gray. He was a chattel
slave in his youth and did a man’s
work when he was ten years old. He
has been working ever since. Os late
years he has been feeble and not equal
to slegdy employment, so he ekes out
a 1 ring •by gardening. Ho has a
tittle garden of his own and he works
white, fo’ks’ gardens. Having worked
for til' years ana having put something
into life every one of those years, th's
poor old r>:au should have a little rest
in his declining >ears. There are so i
many folks in the .world who never
have done a day’s work in their lives,
who not only have pest, but luxury.
And they have rest and luxury simply
i because folks like old Uncle Edmund :
have done the world's work. If no
one worked all would starve; part of
the people doing all ihe world’s work
and housed. Too often the person who
produces most of the comforts of
life has no time in which to enjoy
them. But this is not a sermon. 1
just started out to say that old Uncle
Edmund is buying War Savings
I Stamps. He now has two of the five
i dollar ones, representing pretty much
all of his savings, “i want to see my
side win,” he told me in his simple
fashion, “And I don’t mind letting ’em
have w'hat little money 1 can spare.”
Has any white man done more for his
country than this black man?
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For service with the American Red
Cross* commission to Italy, a small
number of women is being supplied as
stenographers and warehouse clerks.
J'assport regulations’ which affect
women sent to France apply aiso to
workers going-to Italy, a knowledge j
of Italian is desirable for all can- j
, didates, and in the social service work j
it is indispensable.
A budget increase of more than!
i $12.000,U00 over last year to be used
so rwar work was passed at. the an
nual meeting of the national war work
council of the Young Women’s Chris
| tian Association in New York. Os the
| $15,000,000 raised a large appropria
| lion will go for work among the girls
employed in the National Capital.
The need for hostes shouses, which
are erected only at the request of the
commanding officer of the eimp con- j
cemed, has become so great that an
appropriation more than doubting the
amount spent last year has been made
for the construction and upkeep of
new houses.
Women stenographers and typists
are being called lor enrollment in the
Naval Reserve as yoemen, the re-1
cruiting office of the Bureau of Navi- j
I gallon announces. Calls for women
; for service in Washington have al- i
ready been issued by the recruiting |
1 offices in New York, Philadelphia and j
! Chicago.
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i American women woh speak Italian j
; fluent ly and who are trained in social |
j service work are being sent, to Italy
by the American Red Cross to help 1
with the refugees and children, to
) conduct soup kitchens and nurseries,
I and'to organize and carry on other:
’ forms of relief work, according to
| Lie statement of the American Red j,
| Cross.
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“Song of the Heart,” dedicated to
David Bispinun, a new- composition by
J. Rosamond Johnson, lias beer pub- \
j li&hed by Uticordi & Company; also
a book on organ transcriptions by
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'XUE PHOENIX TRIBUNE—ALWAYS IMPROVING
1 HOME CANNING IN A NUTSHELL
The" "billted S*atw Department of
| Agriculture recoma/ends the following
j method of canning to the housewife:
«Boil jars and tops for at least 15
j minutes before filling them. A wash
I boiler or any other large vessel (with
j tight, fitting cover) fitted with false
I bottom of slats or wire mesh may be
used for the processing vessel.
While jars are still hot pack with
prepared product.
Without delay place rings on jars
and put on the hot tops, but do not
screw or clamp air-tight at this stage.
I'lace partially sealed jars while still
hot Into warm water up over the tops.
Put cover on boiler.
Boil the filled jars for the time or
periods specified. Sear by clamping or
screwing tops until the jar is abso
lutely air tight. Coo! the jars out of
a draft and when cold test for leaks.
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• THE CALL OF THE U. S.
Our boys are bravely heeding
The bugle’s call to arms.
To God, their loved ones leaving,
Mid’st tears and terror’s storm.
They bid good-bye to their fair home
towns,
As they bravely march away;
They cast no lingering glance around,
As if they wished to slay. ■
High their heads are held,
Sturdy and staunch their martial
tread, J
Earnestness, their spirits teli,
Not of a shirking dread;
They tell of hope beyond the waters
blue; ,
They tell of men so strong and bold,
Os the sacrifice of many pleasures,
too,
And that patriotism of old.
Not as scourged Slaves do they go.
As if they saw their end.
They go in triumph to meet the foe,
And to prove themselves worthy
men.
They go with light hearts and lighter
still
They laugh to scorn the thought of
fear,
They know it is our Savior’s will-
And He will protect them there.
Go on, brave boys, enlist to t.he cal!
of the U. S. A.
Fight bravely and you'll win;
For we are praying by night and day.
To God to preserve our men.
Have courage when sorrows await you,
Let the kaiser fight as he may;
But remains your courage, too,
And remember, boys, ’tis the call of
the U. S. A.
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MY POLITICAL VIEWS
* Bisbee, Arizona.
July 31, ISIS.
Editor, Phoenix Tribune:
Sir: l —The colored population of Ari
zona is now estimated to be 4,000
souls. Being a cplored man and a
working man here ,al Bisbee I am in
terested in the progress and welfare
of my people.
I know it is an unbending rule of
your most excellent paper to take no
part in partisan politics and therefore.
1 am writing you this letter for publi
cation and enclosing herewith the
proper pay for the space it will occupy
in your paper so that vou may insert,
it therein as an advertisement..
The thing that I am most desirous
of saying to our people is this: That
in Arizona the Democratic party is so
overwhelmingly in the majority that
those of us who might be Republicans
are under the primary law praclically
debarred from having any voice in flic
election of our various officials of
State.
Now 1 desire to urge upon our peo
ple everywhere in Arizona to register. |
Register soon. The time for register-,
ing will be up with the ending of I
August. Not only must wo register,!
hut we Democrats must register so
that we may vote in the Democratic
primaries. Jt is certain that whoever
is nominated by that party will be
elected. There are now five candi
dates before the Democratic primaries
for Governor, in Cochise county our
people are all for Fred T. Colter, be
cause we know where he stands and
where he has always stood. We know
that he stands for a square deal for
everybody alike without regard for
money, position or gain of any kind.
Further, we know that he will not
discriminate against our race, and that
he will us Governor, treat all persons
fairly and impartially.
Mr. Fred T. Colter was born and has l
always lived in Arizona, which means
■ that he has none of the prejudices!
j that exist against us elsewhere. We j
[ should all be for him. but whoever we |
I may be for I hope you will urge all j
| of our people to register in time for j
! the primaries.
Very truly,
BISBEE WORKINGMAN.
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j opened at Ch'ristiansburg Industrial j
; Institute, Cambria, Va.
! Officers chosen at the Arkansas i
Baptist Sunday School Convention,!
held at Dermott, Ark., were: Dr. T. I
S. Sandefur, president; the Rev. J. W. I
j Stout, first vice-president; the Rev. J. I
E. Tidwell, second vice-president; PI. |
W. Holloway, recording secretary; !
Mrs. Kalie Kaffrey, treasurer; Mrs. L. j
C. Deloney, corresponding secretary.
At the new Jersey Rally Day of the
National Association oi Organists, Mr.
Harry T. Burteifli appeared as soloist
Vith his own edL positions.
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The noted American violinist, Eddy j
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AMONSTHEAPPUCAITS
FOB CLERICAL«
Hundreds of applications are filed
daily at. various departments in Wash
ing, D. C., by girls and women who
are neither qualified under civil ser
vice rules nor Specially trained.
The Food Administration authorizes
Food Administration. At one time
1 the following:
“There is no need of clerical assist
ance at present in the United States
there was a demand for punch card
operators and statistical clerks, but
this force is now being reduced. Abso
lutely the only positions to be filled
are-open to expert stenographers. The
salary for this position is $1,200 per
year; the hours from 9 a. m. to 5 p.
in. with an hour for lunch.
“There are on average 100 appli
cations for clerical posiitons a day.
About 5,000 such applications are now
on file.”
TEACHING PATRIOTISM
If there was ever a time in.any na
tion when it should be easy to lead
the young to have a cordial end loyal
feeling for their native land, such a
time has been reached in this coun
try at the present moment. Even
young children can now be made to
realize what “My Country” means.
They can be readily led to see evi
dences of their country in action all
about them. Every day events occur
which impress the fact that one’s
country is a very real entity, that
every citizen is profited by associa
tion with others, that without a coun
try which thinks for the individual
and helps protect him he would be at
the mercy of those stronger than he.
This war is being fought, more for
the safety and well-being of the chil
dren who are now growing up than
for Ihe adults who are bearing the
burdens; and young people should be
made to realize this fact up to the
limit of their understanding. They
may not grasp the full import of this
war at the outset. At first giance it,
may seem that we could have avoided
our troubles by staying at home. Per
sons of very limited vision arc apt to
think that there is no danger? ufitil
the enemy is at the gate. Iff they
cannot 'see a foe, they conclude! that
he does not exist. Their impulses lea
them,to defend themselves only when
they arc directly attacked. They can
not interpret the actions of the ene
my who is makihg preparation for the
assault to come, so they say, “Let us
stay at home and mind our own busi
, n< Bs.” Tier-' are a f< w shallow-mind
ed persons who are still saying this
in our country. But fortunately chil
dren are plastic, and under skillful
teaching liny cm bo made to compre
hend why the present is the time to
set lie the question as t.o whether or
not men shall be fre°. And the es
sential lesson for the child to learn
is that this is a contest between in
dividual freedom of thought and of
action on the one side and of subjec
tion to arbitrary authority In mind
and. body on the other side. The
teacher and parent can load children
to grasp the idea of individual liberty
and how immeasurably better it is for
one to live* in a land of freedom than
in a land of serfdom. These are the
times to make the rising gen era cion
in America feel the full force of the
ideals of liberty as contrasted with
bondage so that they will be loyal
defenders of freedom when their-turn
I comes to support the principles of
, democracy against those of autocracy.
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NO SLACKERS
(By Aaron Davis.)
Who sais dat we is slacjfdrs—l’d
sljo’ly like to know —
We’se bin fightin’ fo’ our Uncle Sam
sence the very fustis go;
Dar’s Washington, we lit v. id. him,
when he crossed the Delaware,
j An’ done de liebby wuk fo’ all, doe we
wan’t treated fair.
Ast Roosevelt an’ his riders ruff ’bout
Cuba's San Juan Hill.
| When de black boys tuck dat Spanish
fote an' lef’ um standln’ still.
|ln Mexico, who wua it data trechrbus
ambush stood,
An’ went back fru de enemy’s line an’
rescued Capt’n Wood?
| Who wqs it in dis war ob strife wus
de very fus (o go?
jDe Ninth an’ Tenth was fust in
France—no slackers, to be sho’.
I An’ all we wants is treatment, folks, if
its only has way rite—
i An’ de true blue hoys of de Colud race
will show you'ali how to file.
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j S. S. Kresige and Co. of Detroit has
j given orders to ila employees to dis
j criminate against southern negroes
! and foreigners, according to the North
j western Political league. Several ne
groes from the south were recently
refused soft drinks at the Kresigo
store.
KAISER SCENTS DEFEAT
First Man —“Why is it the kaiser
j will not take off ibis shoes?’?
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j' THE NEGRO IN BATTLE
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j The Negro boys who’ve left the South
■ We wish them much success;
| When they march out to the battle
field
: And try to do their best.
■ They- will try to defeat the Kaiser,
i Stand up to all his vims,
There’s not an American dreads him
With his ho3t of friends thrown in.
; Old Kaiser said a lot of things
■ He thinks he is very wise;
But then we all know how it is,
Thc-y were mostly lies.
: He said he will eat in Washington,
i And get a meal in France;
; But I don’t think K'H dare do that,
• Our boys won’t give him chance.
I They’ll stand up for our country
• And answer to her call;
■ ; And when they strive for liberty
Our flag will never fall.
W-e must be patriotic
Must come across to fill,
For if we do not come across
The cruel Kaiser will.
The Negroes are very handy,
They win wherever they go;
Now, if you don’t believe they do,
The Spaniards will tell you so.
. And another thing about these boys,
They are all just like wasps;
And when they get on German’s soil
They’ll destroy everything they cross.
Wile ft they get over in Germany
They will look mighty dreadful, v
The Kaiser will peep out, tremble and
say,
“Here comes those black devils.”
They’ll rip and rear and break and
tear
And destroy the German’s courage;
But let ’em, as it is the Kaiser’s loss.
We say, “Why should we worry.”
COME UNTO ME
(Composed by Archie Lewis.)
(May be sung to the tune of “Amazing
Grace, •)
The Master died that we might, live,
What more could he ltfive done?
But still He says: “Come unto me,
And rest, ye weary one.”
“I am the truth, the way, the light,
“Be faithful, believe on me,
“Be truthful and obedient,
.‘.‘The truth shall make you free.”
He bled and died upon the cross.
All this for our sake;
That we may be saved
If we only will from the <ir. and
brimstone lake.
Our own salvation we must work out, j
So let’s begin today;
Let’s quit the world, take up the j
cross, i
And bear it until Judgment Day.
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Robert Harris, a colored To y, was
awarded one of the prizes in the
Thrift Essay Contest conducted by the
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
MISCELLANEOUS
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! ~ The latest figures for church iiiem
j bership have, been given out by the
| census bur. au for the ten-year period
lending December 31, 1916: The col
ored Baptists report 3,018,314 mem
bers, with 19,423 ministers; the Afri
can Methodists have 552,265 mem
bers, with 8,175 ministers; the Zion
Methodists have 258,403 members with
3,962 ministers; the colored Metho
dists have 245,749 members, with 3,402
ministers. Other colored Methodist
bodies have 16,875 members with 598
ministers. As compared with the last
report of 1906 this shows an increase
of 750,000 members for the colored
Baptists and 75,000 members each fpr
the African Methodists, the Zion
Methodists and the C. M. E. Church.
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At the general conference of the
j C. M. E. Church ihe proposal to unite
I the three Negro Methodist church
| bodies was approved by a vote of '304
!to 48. Bishop Greer confirmed 165
: colored people at the Cathedra! of
|St. John the Divine. The.candidates
came from nine colored Episcopal
churches in Greater Now Yor£.
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The Church Extension Department
I of the A. M. E. Church trader Dr. B. F.
| Watson reports total assets of $418,-
! 680 and a cash balance of $27,178.
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! The Abyssinian Baptist Church in
I New York City raised $24,213 last
| year. The Rev. A. C. Powell is pastor.
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The colored people of Wetipquin,
Md., have established' a public com
munity library with 150 volumes.
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At Richmond, Va„ the United States,
Government has bought 79* acres of
i laaid owned by colored people to build
' an ammunition plant.
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Raymond Jenkins, a Baltimore coi
| ored boy, saved an eighteen months’
: old white child from drowning in the
I sewer.
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Big Bethel A. M. E. Church in At
j lanta, Ga., in a spring rally raised
j $5,200.
THE COLORED RED CROSS
News comes to us that the doors of
the military hospitals, at home and
abroad, are about to be opened to the
competent and prepared colored Red
Cross nurse, who stands willing and
ready to serve her country in that
capacity.
While we commend the steps taken
by those in authority in this branch i
of government service, the decision is
no more than we have expected to
come with the continuation of the
war. We venture to say that long
before the battle is over hurry calls j
will come for nurses—color not con- 1
sidered.
’Tis strange why we persist in deal
ing out the little things when we can
play a larger hand, a hand that spells
world freedom. Why let pressure
force the issue? Why lot pressure
continue to work, however, all will be
right ere the war closes.
Though the blind forces contiue to
work we cannot sit stupidly by and
not call attention to grave errors.
Ours is a great cause, and great ideas
must wor,k in the solution of our prob
lems. The thousands of black men
will welcome, when wounded, the
ministering hand of a race woman,
and the race woman is large eonugh
to take her place joyfully, over there
that she might dispense cheer and un
selfish service to all of our boys, and
especially the boys of color.—Louis
ville Leader.
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A FEW FACTS THAT ALL SHOULD
KNOW
America raises more food, eats more
food, wastes more food and Ameri
cans pay higher prices for (heir food
than any other people on earth.
In Germany today no food is per
mitted to be fried. This is to conserve
fats. Grease from any source is care
fully gathered up- by the government
and soap has become a. luxury for
millionaires. ,
Recent experiments on cans of to
matoes, corn, string beans, apples,
pumpkin and even sauerkraut, have
proved that canned foods are not
harmed in the least by remaining in
the original tin as long as sixty hours
after being opened.
Good doctors and many public health
authorities agree that Americans
would be healthier, happier and better
off every way by eating one-quarter to
one-third less food.
Canned tomatoes fill such an im
portant place in feeding our army
that the government asks for an in
| cveasd of 50 per cent from tomato can-
I nitig states. In addition to furnishing
] food value for energy, tomato
quenches the thirst of men and calls
for less water consumption in llie
camp or on the march.
Rice flour is coming into more gen
eral use. In the proportion of one part
rice flour to three parts wheat, it
makes delicious and nourishing bread.
- University, Macon, Ca„ her two-year- j
; old baby and two other persons were
1 saved by the heroism of the negro
- fireman, Janies Wallace, of Savannah.
The Virginia Branch of the National
- Board for Historic Service in charge
l of tlii' white University of Virginia
i has been judging sixty-four essays in
• a state contest by public school tencli-
I | era on the subject “Why the United
1.1 States is at War.” The first prize of
5 i seventy-five dollars for teachers in
; public elementary schools was award
-j ed to Edward G. Wood, a colored,
l! freshman at Virginia Union Univer
r j sity.
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| Colored Americans took an active
part in the largest parade ever held
> in Richmond, Ind., and were warmly
I applauded.
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-1 j The second annaul convention of
j ! the Mme. C. J. Walker agents will be
f! held in Chicago August 1, 2 and 3at
5 i Mt. Olivet Baptist church.
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The white women of South Africa
have responded to an appeal of the
! | colored women and opened the Y. W.
. C. A. centers for them in Cape Town.
- ; Similar branches are contemplated in
jfour other cities.
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j The property of the Philadelphia Di-
I city occupied boxes.
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Thirty-eight white and five colored
teachers have passed their rating
. j tests in general efficiency and their
j salaries advanced in Savannah, Ga.
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The eighty-seven til anniversary of
f j Union Baptist church, Cincinnati, the
I I Rev. W. Augustus, Pastor, is being
I celebrated this week.
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J. D. Reid has been deposed as prin
’ cipal of the Colored Granded school
s of Wilson, N. C., at the instance of
■ BAfcHiß~HXijiri|j
Tpv auieal ! M paCl.ient^B
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■he state. P.eid sided with theVßH|
sujV rintendent who slapped a OTTOred™
lady teacher several months ago.
- A handsome portrait of the lata
Julius C. Johnson, former national
deputy grand master of the Odd Fel
lows, was unveiled at Sharp Street M. V
E. church, Baltimore, recently. 1
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A Tag Day in Paterson, N. J, for
the Colored Y. M. C. A. brought over
$1,200 during the Liberty Loan cam
paign.
SHOUP S LAKE
The ideal place for picnics and out
ings. Boating, swimming, bathing.
Open to all races alike. Anybody and
everybody who knows how to be or
derly are as welcome as the flowers
i.n May.
Remember, you must furnish your own
bathing suits, as the swimming and
outing privileges are absolutely Frae.
When you feel like having a little out
ing, go to Shoup’s Lake, where every
thing is free and where you are cor
dially welcome.
Wlien you need-- lumber and other
building material, go to Shoup’s Lum
ber Yard at Fifth street and East
Washington, where you will get full
value for your money.
H. H. SHOUP
501 E, Washington St,, Phoenix, Arizona
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