The Monitor
A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTE® TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS
<£ THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor
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buffaloes Are in Second Place
and are creeping dangerously close on Denver team who lead League
Everyone Attend the Saturday and Sunday Games
CHICAGO CHOSEN
CAMPAIGN CENTER
BY REPUBLICANS
Great Mid-West Metropolis Will Again
He Chief Headquarters of
Vigorous Political
Buttle.
WEST COMMITTEE SECRET’Y
Mall hews Forecasted as Influential
uud Very Prominent Char
ac'er in Organization of
Colored Voters.
Chicago, June 27.—(By the Asso
ciated Negro Press.)—Chicago is the
republican political capitol of the na
tion. William M. Butler, of Masaa- j
ebusette, who has sueceeded John T.
Adams, of Iowa, as chairman of the
republican national committee, has an
nounced officially that the chief bead
qarters of (lie campaign will be in
Chicago, with branches in New York,
Iaib Angeles and possibly Washington.
The famous Wrigley building, just
across the Chicago river on Michigan
boulevard, will be the headquarters
of the committee and Mr. But'.er will
spend much of his time in Chicago.
Roy O. West, of Chicago, who has
been named Secretary of the Commit
tee, succeeding George B. Lockwood,
of Indiana, will function, according to
information, in a more active manner
in management than did ids predeces
sor. Thb doubtless is duo to the fact
that West is a political strategist of
the first water. He knows the game
from Augusta, Ua., to Zanesville, O.,
and ‘hat’s’ thut.
How is the racial vote to be ap
pealed to? It is a “safe and sane”
bet that colored America will be more
in the political limelight this Ninetteen
Hundred and Twenty-four than In any
other previous year of Our Lord. The
reason is obvious, and beyond con
tradiction. In the first place, there
an- more votes to go after in ttie
states of the big middle west and near
east, where there are to be lively con
tests. By tens of thousands, there are
votes to stack up in Missouri, Illinois,
Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, New Jersey
and many other states where the sum
total haB been materially changed in
the last four years. Maryland, Mas
saebusetts, West Virginia, Kentucky, j
Tennessee and Wisconsin will have
about the same type of pull as here
tofore.
New York will be a great battle
ground, together with Pennsylvania
and with the assertion that democrats
are hoping to carry Pennsylvania, re-1
publicans will doubtless inquire in to
the immediate cause for such a brazen
assertion, which Is regarded as much
republican as Mississippi is demo
cratic.
The Associated Negro Press can
slate with authority that it has not
been fully determined as to the exact
manner in which the colored votes of
the country will be organized by re
publicans. William C. Matthews, of
Boston, rests his case with the action
of the group meeting at the Elks Rest
In Cleveland, and there is very good
reason to believe that Matthews will
get a favorable hearing. By virtue of
their positions as members of the
Republican National Committee, Col.
Henry Lincoln Johnson anil Attorney
Perry W. Howard, will be a de facto
part of the republican wheel of pro
gress. Their political wisdom and
strategy will be utilized to the utmost
by the committee, it is understood.
Careful and unbiased investigation
discloses the fact that the new repub
lican organization proposes to give a
fair hearing to the opinion and view
points of all divisions of the various
voting groups. There are those who
are desirous of having bureaus as in
the Harding-Coolldgo campaign of
1920, and there are those who desire
the ’‘representatives to be scattered
about." II will be for Chairman But
ler and his advisory committee to de
termine which method Is the more ef
fective. It will be several weeks be
fore the program has been entirely
mapped out.
Charles G. Dawes, Chicago banker
and philanthropist, who is named as
the republican candidate for vice-pres
ident, is bitterly opposed to the Ku
Klux organization, and was, more than
a year ago, the organizer of a body
known as the “Minute Men of the
Constitution", whose avowed object is
to uphold law and order. Mr. Dawes
has general familiarity with colored
America, has a few Individual friends
MAYOR OF PHILADELPHIA
WELCOMES CONFERENCE
Philadelphia, Pa., June 27.—Mayor
W. Freeland Kendrick of this city ut
the opening mass meeting Wednesday
night of the Fifteenth Annual Confer
ence of the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People
delivered the following address of
welcome:
“As mayor of Philadelphia I ex
tend a hearty welcome to the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People of the United States.
“It Is my earnest wish that your
Annual Conference to be in session
here from June 25th to July 2nd may
result In much good to your people
in our city and to your entire race
throughout the country.
“It was In Pennsylvania, in 1790,
that the first definite step was taken
toward the abolition of slavery In the
United States. Since then the pro
gress of your race in this country
has been steady and upward, which
augurs well for further and greater
development in the future.
"Conventions like the one to be
held by your Assoclationwill not only
accelerate that development, but will
bring about a co-operation and un
derstanding between the races so
necessary for the welfare and ad
vancement of our great nation.”
IIIE HOOD OLD TYPE,
THE KINO ADMIRED
Atlanta, Ga., June 27.—(lty the As
sociated Negro Press.)—The white
folk of Georgia are not disposed to
think much of Col. Henry Lincoln
Johnson, Georgia national commit tee
man, but they make no effort to con
ceal their admiration of Jim Demo
crat, an antebellum Negro whom they
took and ate showing off ut the demo
cratic convention in New York, where
they hope McAdoo will be made the
presidential nominee.
Jim Democrat went right along with
the white delegates. To distinguish
him a card was attached to his coat
lapel, reading: “Jim Democrat is my
name, of Marietta, Ga.—the birthplace
of Win. Gibbs McAdoo. I am an old
ex-slave darkey. I drove the attend
ing physician to the McAdoo home on
the night that William Gibbs McAdoo
was born. I came here with the Geor
gia delegation to see him nominated
for president. Won’t you vote for
him?"
OMAHA COLORED WOMEN
STATE CLUB OFFICERS
Lincoln, June 26.—Mrs. F'annie Rus
sell, Omaha, was elected president and
Mrs. Fannie Harrold, Omaha, second
vice president of the Nebraska State
Federation of Colored Women’s clubs
at the closing session of its annual
state convention here today. Other
officers included Mrs. Rhieva Harrold,
Omaha, secretary.
BISHOP COPPIN DEAD,
AFRICAN M. E. CHURCH
Philadelphia, June 26.—Bishop Levi
J. Coppin of the African Methodist
Episcopal church died at his home last
night cf pneumonia. He was 76 years
old.
Bishop Coppin had supervision over
the fourth Episcopal district which
comprises the states of Michigan, Illi
nois and Indiana.
New York, N. Y., June 27.—-(By the
Associated Negro Press)—While re
turning from a club engagement ut 4
o’clock In the morning, Gertrude Saun
ders, formerly “Shuffle Along” star,
ran down an ice wagon with her
automobile, Injuring the driver. She
was arrested and obliged to leave her
car as bond until the hearing.
Upon an invitation from the Colored
Commercial Club several business men
attended a meeting at the club rooms
Tuesday night and discussed plans for
closer and more effective cooperation.
A tentative organization was formed
to further this plan and another meet
ing to perfect arrangements will be
held next Thursday night, to which all
business men are invited.
within the race in whom he believes
profoundly, but hag never been spec
tacular In his declarations. In Evans
ton, ill., the Chicago suburban home
of the nominee, there are about 6,000
colored residents, and the community
spirit of the aristocratic suburb, the
home of Northwestern university and
hundreds of Chicago’s wealthiest folk,
has always been generous and favor
able.
A STORY OF THE MARTYRS OF 1822
A Story of Ante-Bellum Days, Dealing With Slave Insurrection at Charleston
A curious circumstance connected
with this plot was the high regard
In which the insurgents were held by
the whites. But Instead of my own,
I prefer to insert in this place the
remarks of the slave Judges on this
head. In their story of the plot they
observed: “The character ami condi
tion of most of the insurgents were
such as rendered them objects the
least liable to suspicion. It Is a
melancholy truth, that the general
good conduct of all the leaders, ex
cept Gnllah Jack, had secured to them
not only the unlimited confidence of
their owners, hut they had been in
dulged in every comfort and allowed
every privilege compatible with ‘heir
situation in the community, and al
: though Gullah Jack was not remark
i able for the correctness of his deport
I ment., he by no means sustained a
1 bad character . . . But not only were
the leaders of good character and
much indulged by their owners, but
this was generally the case with all
who were convicted, many of them
possessed the highest confidence of
their owners, and not one of bad
character."
Comment on this significant fact Is
unnecessary. It contains a lesson and
a warning which a fool need not err
In reading and understanding. Op
pression ig a powder magazine ex
posed always to the danger of explo
sion from spontaneous combustion.
Verbum sat sapienti.
Another curious circumstance con
nected with this history was the trial
and conviction of four white men,
on indictments for attempting to in
ci e ihe slaves to insurrection. They
were each sentenced to fine and im
prisonment, the fines ranging from
$100 to $1,000, and the terms of im
prisonment, from three to twelve
months.
And now for the concluding act of
this tragedy, for a final glance at four
of its black heroes and martyrs as
they appeared to the slave Judges, who
tried them, and to whose hostile pen
w0 are indebted for this last impress
ive picture of their courage, their for
titude and their greatness of soul.
Here it is: “When Vesey was tried,
he folded his arms and seemed to pay
great attention to the testimony, given
against him, but with his eyes fixed
on the floor. In this situation he re
mained immovable, until the witnesses
had been examined by the court, and
cross-examined by his counsel, when
he requested to be allowed to examine
the witnesses himself. He at first
questioned them in the dictatorial,
despotic manner, In which he was
probably accumstomed to address
them; but this not producing the de
sired effect, he questioned them with
affected surprise and concern for
hearing fa'.Bo testimony against him;
Btill failing in his purpose, he then
examined them strictly as to dates,
but could not make them contradict
By Francis J. Grimke
Part VIII
(By The Associated Negro Press)
Meet Peutli Like Brave Men
(Concluded.)
themselves. The evidence being
closed, he addressed the court at con
siderable length . . . when he received
his sentence the tears trickled down
his cheeks.”
I cannot, of course, speak positively
respecting the exact nature of the
thought or feeling which lay back of
those those sad tears of our hero. But
of this I am confident that they were
not produced by any weak or momen
tary fear of death, and I am equally
sure that they were not caused by
remorse for the part which he had
taken, as chief of a plot to give free
dom to his race. Perhaps, In that
solemn moment, he remembered the
time, years before, when he might
have sailed for Africa, and there have
helped to build, in freedom and sec
urity, an asylum for himself and his
, people, where all of the glad dreams
1 of his strenuous and stormy life might
have been realized, and also how he
had put behind him the temptation,
“because,” as hfli expressed it, "he
wanted to stixy and see wbnt he could
do for his fellow creatures in bond
age.” At the thought of it all, the
triumph of slavery, the treachery of
black men, the immedicable grief
which arises from wasted labors and
balked purposes, and wide-spreading
failures, is it surprising that In that
supreme moment hot tears gushed
from the eyes of that stricken but lion
hearted man?
But to return to the last picture of
the martyrs before their slave Judges:
“Kolia when arraigned affected not to
understand the charge against him,
and when it was at hiB request further
explained to him, assumed with won
derful adroitness, astonishment and
surprise. He was remarkable through
out his trial for great presence and
composure of mind. When he was in
formed he was convicted and was ad
vised to prepare for death, though
he had previously (but after trial)
confessed his guilt, he appeared per
fectly confounded, but exhibited no
signs of fear. In N'ed’s behavior there
i was nothing remarkable, but his |
countenance was stern and immovable,
even whilst be was receiving the
sentence of death; from his looks it
was impossible to discover or conjec
ture what were his foldings. Not so
with Peter, for in his countenance
were strongly marked disappointed
ambition, revenge, indignation, and an
anxiety to know how far the discove
ries had extended, and the same emo
tions were exhibited in his conduct
He did not appear to fear personal
consequences, for his whole behavior
indicated the reverse; but exhibited
an evident anxiety for the success of
their plan, In which his whole soul
was embarked. His countenance and
behavior were the same when he re
ceived his sentence, and his only
words were on retiring, ‘I suppose you
will let me see my wife and family
before I die?' and that not in a sup
plicating tone. When he was asked a
day or two after, if it was possible
he could wish to see his master and
family murdered who had treated him
so kindly, he only replied to the ques
tion by a smile."
The unquailing courage, the stern
fidelity to engagements, and the spirit
of devotion and self-saci ■lf*e which
characterized so signally the leaders
of this slave plot, culminated, It seems
to me, in the unbending will and
grandeur of soul of Peter Poyas,
during those last, tragic days in
Charleston. I doubt if in six thousand
years the world has produced a finer
example of fortitude and greatness of
m:nd in presence of death, than did
this Negro slave exhibit in the black
hole of the Charleston work house,
when conversing with his chief, and
with Holla and Ned Bennett, touching
their approaching death, and the safe
ty of their faithful and forlorn fo'low
ers, he uttered this intrepid injunc
tion: "Do not open your lips! Die
silent aB you shall see me do.” Such
words, considering the circumstances
under which they were spoken, were
worthy of a son of Sparta or of Home,
v. hen Sparta and Home were at their
highest levels jas breeders of iron
men.
It is veri'y no light thing for the
Negroes of the United States to have
produced such a man, such a hero and
martyr. It is certainly no light herit
age, the knowledge, that his brave
blood flows in their veins. For his
tory does not record, that any other
of its long and shining line of heroes
and martyrs ever met death, anywhere
on this globe, in a holier cause or a
subllmer mood, than died this Spar
tan-like slave, more than three quar
ters of a century ago.
May some future Rembrandt have
the courage, as the genius, to paint
that tragic and imi>osing scene, with
its deep shadows and high lights aB
1 see it now; the dark and hideous
dungeon, the sombre figures and grim
faces of the four glorious black mar
tyrs, with Peter in the midst, speaking
his deathless words: "Do not open
your lips! Die silent aB you shall see
me do.”
“Right forever on the scaffold,
Wrong forever on the throne,
Yet that scaffold sways the future,
And, behind the dim unknown,
Standeth God within the shadow,
Keeping watch above His own.”
(End)
FIGHTING AGAINST ODDS
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People Is the
watch dog of the race. It stands as
an ever present enemy against those
forces which seek to destroy American
ideals. It has brought the lace prob
lem, with all of its attendant horrors
before the world In an intelligent and
forceful manner. It champions the
cause of unfortunates who are unable
to combat the sinister influences
which oppress the. It protests day
and night against segregation and Its
allied evils. Because it Is engaged in
a heroic struggle against wrong, it is
not popular with white people and to
our shame, It is not supported by col
ored people.
The National Association has fought
courageously in our courts to free vic
tims from unjust confinement. In
short, the N. A. A. C. P. is honored
and feared more than any other as
sociation working for the uplift of our
people. Possibly It has not done ev
erything that it should have done and
has done some things it should hot
have done. Its method of procedure
may uot please every one. However,
It is a fact that cannot be gainsaid,
the N. A. A. C. P. stands In the van
guard working for the elevation of
a down trodden people.
Regardless of what we think of (he
individuals who head the association
every fair minded person must admit
that It has been instrumental In ac
complishlng much good for colored
people. Results are the only fair
means by which a movement can be
judged. The main question is, what
has it done? Sean the annual report
for 19211 and the answer Jumps out
from every page. The association has
accomplished great tilings for colored
people, because it is working lor our
elevation, it should have our support.
Kvery Negro in America, it does not
make any difference what his position
in life may be, is affected by race
hate. It is as inescapable as the air
we breathe or the water we drink.
This common enemy of the race makes
11s brothers suffering the same sor
rows, enduring the same heartaches
and chafing under the identical task
masters. The agony which is caused
by this curse to humanity stinkB to
heaven and transcends all others. How
it Is possible for any Negro to see the
sufferings and agonies of bis people
without trying to correct them is
beyond understanding. If colored
Americans can be satisfied while coa'.s
of fire are heaped upon their heads
without joining forces with those
agencies which are working for our
mutual benefit, they are Indeed in
ferior and deserve the punishment
meted out to them by the dominant
group. If colored Americans can sit
down and see the grossest and most
inhuman insults heaped upon them
i
without offering vigorous resistance,
they are unfit to be called men and
ought suffer the agonies of hell, if
we are too selfish and self-centered
to work for our full rights as Amer
ican citizens we should not have those
rights and even those which we do
have should be taken away.
Since the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored People
has h working program it would seem
wise for all of us to Join forces with
it. The effectiveness of the associa
tion’s work depends upon the number
of its membership. The larger the
membership, the greater its powers,
it is doing much. It can do infinitely
more if colored Americans would take
hold of this work and make its ul
timate aim more certain.
The association does not belong to
DuBois, Johnson, Spingarn, Pickens or
any other individual. The organiza
tion is ours, founded and fostered in
the interest of all colored people. God
knows, the colored people need some
thing to look out for their interests.
Therefore, when we permit our little
individual differences to interfere with
our final triumph we are worse than
fools and our condition is to be pitied.
Suppose we get behind the N. A. A. C,
I P. and make it hum for righteousness.
Let us prove to the wofld that we are
men and women worthy of respect and
ag such demand absolute equality at
Americans.—Philadelphia Tribune.
ANNIVERSARY WEEK OF
ZION BAPTIST CHURCH
Zion Baptist Church, Twenty-second
and Grant street, will observe Anni
versary Week from June 29th to
July 6th, in commemoration of the
thirty-sixth anniversary of organiza
tion of the church and the fourteenth
anniversary of the pastorate of the
Rev. Dr. W. F. Botts.
The following program will be
given:
Sunday, June 29th, 11 a. m.—“Thir
ty-sixth Anniversary of Zion Baptist
Church.” Sermon by the Rev. J. P.
Jackson, pastor Tabernacle Baptist
Church, Council Bluffs.
Monday, 7:45 p. m.—Sewing Circle
and Missionary Circle, leading. Ser
mon by the Rev. J. S. Williams, pastor
Salem Baptist Church.
Tuesday, 7:45 p. m.—Pastor’s Aid
and Choir leading. Sermon by the
Rev. Thomas A. Taggart, pastor Betn
el Baptist Church.
Wednesday, 7:45 p. m.—Sunday
School and B Sharp Circle leading.
Sermon by the Rev. Wm. Franklin,
pastor of Pilgrim Baptist Church.
Thursday, 7:45 p. m.—The Progres
sive Club and Wide Awake 24 leading.
Sermon by the Rev. W. C. Williams,
pastor of St. John’s A. M. E. Church.
Friday, July 4—The 14th annual
picnic at Miller Park all day. Plenty
of refreshments, amusements and
games for old and young.
Sunday, July 6th. Fourteenth An
niversary Sunday. Sermon by the
Rev. F. J. Union, pastor of Beulah
Baptist Church, Council Bluffs.
Each brotther is asked to give $10
and each sister $5. Each choir and
congregation is to be present with its
pastor. The public is invited to at
tend all the festivities. Visitors from
other cities are also invited.
COMMITTEE ON ARRANGEMENTS,
DEACONS and TRUSTEES.
COMMITTEE ON DINNER, Mrs. M.
1>. Irwin, Chairman.
DR. W. F. BOTTS, Pastor.
MRS. EDITH SCOTT, Church Clerk.
MRS. ANNIE M. JOHNSON, Church
Reporter.
SOME HISTORIC HAPPENINGS
IN THE MONTH OF JUNE
June 20—Charles W. Chestnutt, fore
most novelist and short story writer
of the race, born in Ohio, 1858. The
colony of Georgia refused to admit
slavery, 1739.
June 21—The Supreme Court of the
U. S. declared the Grandfather
Clause invalid 1915. Two troops of
Tenth U. S. Calvary were ambushed
at Carrizai, Mexico, by 700 Mex
icans, 1916.
June 22—Sir Samuel Lewis of British
West Africa is the only full blooded
Negro ever knighted within the
British Empire, 1903.
June 23—From African tribesman to
bishop of the Episcopal church is
the remarkable record of Rev. T.
Monolu Gardiner, 1921.
June 24—Negro troops of the regular
army figured in a brilliant charge
at Las Quasimas, Cuba, during the
Spauish-American war, 1898.
June 25—Samuel Sewell of Massachu
setts, contributed the first article
againstt slavery, 1700.
June 26—A National Liberty Congress
was held in Washington under the
general management of William
Monroe Trotter of Boston, 1918.
June 227—Paul Lawrence Dunbar,
noted poet and writer, born at Day
ton, Ohio, 1872.
June 28—The Negro enters the labor
union. The American Federation of
Labor voted to open its doors un
conditionally to the Negro, 1917.
June 29—The Fifth Spingarn Medal
awarded Archibald H. Grimke, for
seventy years’ distinguished service
to his country and his race, 1917.
June 30—Charles Gilpin, distinguished
Negro actor and star in “The Em
peror Jones”, awarded Spiugarn
Medal for 1921.
GILPIN IN NEW SHOW
New York, N. Y., June 27.—By the
Associated Negro Press)—Charles
Gilpin, former star of “Emperor
Jones”, Is to be cast in a new piece,
“Tlie Black Hour”, under the direc
tion of John Cort. The production
calls for a cast of eleven people.
New York, N. Y., June 27.—(By the
Associated Negro press.)—"Runnin’
Wild”, the Miller and Lyles show
which had Just completed a long run
In this city was forced to rettum for
a week’s engagement, entertaining
delegates to the democratic national
convention.
EDWARDS RECEPTION
PROVES ELARORATE
SOCIALFUHCTIOH
More Than Four Hundred Guests At
tend Delightful Affair Friday
Night at Beautiful Dream
land Hall.
MANY 0IT-0F-T0WN VISITORS
Elaborate Gowns of Handsome Maid
ens and Matrons Add Brillaace
and Beauty to the
Event.
Probably the largeest and most bril
liant event in Omaha’s social calen
der took place Friday evening, June
20th, when Dr. and Mrs. A. G. Ed
wards, 2409 Erskine street, gave a
formal reception and dance in honor of
the graduation of their son, Dr. A.
Gerald Edwards Jr., Meharry Denial
College .24.
This party was the first private af
fair to be held at the beautiful Dream
land Hall, in the new $75,000 Jewel
building.
Notably among the four hundred
guests were more than one hundred
graduates of various colleges and uni
versities; the Phi Beta Sigma Frater
nity, of which the young dentist is a
general officer, had many representa
tives.
Dr. and Mrs. Edwards, assisted by
their daughter, Mrs. Anthone Robin
son, received the guests; the hostess
wearing orchid chiffon beaded with
rhinestones and the daughter silver
cloth trimmed with black velvet and
rhinestones. Many other beautiful
and elaborate gowns were worn mak
ing the party a gorgeous affair.
Autographs of the guests were re
ceived by three little girls costumed
as flowers, Marjorie Jane Edwards,
Celestiue Smith and Albertine John
son, who also presented the mono
gramed programs and novelties.
At 12:05 an intermission was filled
with a program nocti: A powderpuff
dance by Miss Margaret Bell; vocal
solo by Dr. A. Gerald Edwards, Jr., and
a piano solo by Mr. Valrez Spratlin of
Denver.
Congratulatory telegrams and many
valuable gifts were received.
Dr. Edwards, Sr., dean of the med
ical profession of Nebraska and state
vice-president of the National Medical
Association, is also a graduate of
Meharry ’95.
Among the out of town guests were:
Wm. Bowers, B. S., Howard univer
sity; R. W. May, Kansas university;
Solomon Harris, A. B., Meharry
Dental; Wilbur Stewart, Iowa univer
sity; H. Shackelford, Nebraska uni
versity; Miss Rachel Rice, Buffalo, N.
Y.; Timothy Lindsay, Tampa, Fla.;
Miss Geraldine Matthews, Missouri
Valley, la.; Mrs. Id. L. Spratlin, Miss
Estrelda and Mr. Valrez Spratlin of
Denver, Colo.; Mrs. W. Redman and
Miss Doris Goring, Brooklyn, N. Y.;
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Alexander, Nash
ville, Tenn., and Miss Ida Mayo, Fort
Worth, Tex.
Dr. Edwards, Jr., will do post work
at the University of New York before
entering the practice.
AFRICAN CITRUS GROWERS
PLAN U. S. SALES
Washington, D. C., June 27.—By
the Associated Negro Press.)—Pre
parations are already being made by
citrus orchardists of Eastern Trans
vaal and Portuguese East Africa to
enter the European and American
markets when their trees come into
bearing with the next few years, says
Consul Cecil M. p. Cross, Lourenco
Marques, in a report to the Depat't
inent of Commerce. This fruit will
reach the American market at a time
when our own production is out of
season. Because of the distance and
the tropical climate intervening, re
frigerator service will probably be re
quired.
DEMAND TOOTH HKU8HES
IN SOUTH AFRICA
Washington, D. C., June 27.—(By
the Associated Negro Press).—The
market for tooth brushes in South
Africa is steadily improving, owing
principally to the great increase in
the number of dentists during the
past few years and to advertising.
While the largest demand in South
Africa is for low-priced tooth brushes
selling for about 21 cents, the market
for the better grades is fairly good.
W