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VOLUME ONE LINCOLN. NEBRASKA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 9, 198S. _ NTMBKK SIX
House Favors Repeal
of Deficiency Judgments
Cane IUU to Cam tot lafair rrwj ia
Ftmtovt) Ordered to Its
Third Readme
By George W Klme
linctda. hds-After aererai boon
of oratory Wednesday, the house ad
vanced to third readme Cone s toil
H R 10 to ban deficiency judgments
in foreclosure sties The voce aai 01
to 12
House Roll 11. proeidmg for a mor
atorium has also bees reported oat
after a prolonged tussle with the judi
ciary committee This biB is also by
Cone
Progressive action by the senate and
house a expected to have the effect
of decreasing the number of holiday
marchers next week. Among the peo
ple there have been repeats of lobbying
in Lincoln and decisive gains made by
the forces of reaction Tbe report has
gone out that nothing will be done m
the way of immediate relief in tax re
duction. stopping foreclosures or cut
ting high salaries. Tbe outcome of the
debate on the deficiency judgment tall
was awaited with interest throughout
the state.
A carefully drawn tall to prevent de
ficiency judgments was the measure
prepared by representative Chase of
Omaha H. R 161 prevented the con
firmation of a sale bringing less than
the face of the mortgage and thus
eliminated all chances of iaw judg
ments on notes in addition to or be
fore foreclosure.
A powerful effort is being made to
defeat all legislation aimed at plac
ing lodge and church property now ex
empt on the tax lists. Van Kirk’s bin
to place fraternal property- on tbe tax
hat was killed by a vote of the revenue
and taxation committee of the senate
Wednesday afternoon
The house has passed the jury serv
ice bill for women with the optional
clause included. This feature has
aroused the ire of the women's organ
izations which have been championing
the btU. bet wanted emnpdwsy jwry
senice for women.
The senate Wednesday killed Boelts
bill forbidding school boards to make
contracts with teachers until after the
annual school meeting in June
, Weaver is Questioned
Arthur J. Weaver is to speak cm riv
er navigation Friday evening and inci
dentally answer Representative Cro
sier of Polk, who touched off some
fireworks earlier in the session
The Nebraska Progressive League
hag asked Mr Weaver to discuss the
amendment made by the constitutional
convention of 1920. giving the legisla
ture pow er to fix salaries of of fleers,
excepting members of the legislature
once in an eight year period.
Mr. Weaver presided over the con
vention and joined in an address to
tbe people, explaining that “no salar
ies are fixed in any of the proposed
amendments except salaries of the
members of the legislature but the
legislature shall have full power to
provide what they shall be".
As soon as the constitutional amend
ments were adopted, the “temporary
schedule" placed the salary of the
governor at S7.500 boosted from *2500.
Supreme judges were hiked to *7500.
district judges and state officers to
*5 000. The legislature of 1921 broke
all records in passing a special salary
appropriation bill because the salary
boosts took effect at once No revision
has ever been made. Miss Muir has in
troduced a simple li;tle bill suggesting
that the people feel that the time is
auspicious for ‘ fixing" the salaries for
an eight-year period
County agents have turned out in
force to save the Farm Bureau from
extinction. There are several bills
pending for this purpose.
Is Bine Monday
While the storm xa son last Mon
day. several chills of reaction ran
along the spines of the wheelhorses of
democracy. The progressives in the
state looked askance at the failure to
inaugurate real code repeal last week
However, they were reassured by prom
ise of more aggressive action against
duplication in the senate.
Three political short circuits happen
ed in a row on this stormy Monday
The house ordered H. R. 281 to third
reading, despite the appeal from Muir
for further consideration. This bill ef
fectually wipes out the advances made
in the handling of first offenders in
penal institutions and places reforma
tories on the same basis as peniten
tiaries It developed that Mrs Benson
of the board of control had urged the
passage of the measure and printed
copies of the bill were not available
until Monday morning. During the de
bate on the floor the information was
elicited that federal offenders are be
ing received at the York reformatory.
H. R. 28 transfers all the women from
the penitentiary tc the Institution at
York
the attorney general,
the power of the
tehef Iron the
dme. He tta>
and
oT the
•ad «ta
of attorneys
As • master of fact, a ram by the
attorney general t* little better time
, the opened bamnted by the way Ast
rS slowed person knows that the
coarts in the Third Oangresawen! dis
trict pursar • pobey iawilj the oppo
site from the opwnan of Sir Good
The flatl blow so the hopes at the
pngnam came with the nr->-n*ry
tilting at the KB by Mur. ti R 27
to ncwlUiU and •bnftsfi state offics
The ynmiwm Umegboe the state •
for i^.neia^ salary i
-tr.nioonl officers
mens adapted m 091 ind the
□umber at office* and nwkrrsg code re
peal pomade
Repr asentasrse OGara made the mo
tion to mdefmltefy postpone the MB
and the measure was sMightered a to
27
Vwte Om the Xor Bel
Tlx Muir Mil was one of the awas
•ores in Use with Use announced pahey
of Governor Bryan The voce ms as
follows:
The democrats voting to kffi the MB
were: Adams Douglas. Adams iScocss
bluff • Bulder. Barclay Barnes. Bee
siiausen. Bor'rocr. Bndstrid Brown
Buffington Barr. Campbell Creams
Croner Dowefl. Dugan England Fin
negan Forell. Freeouf Ea retest- Hawk
Haycock Heater. Hill. ladrtce Jack
man Jensen. Qontag. Lanes. La
VeUe. Lereon. Lowry LcaeodL Mc
Gocugle. McMahon Me line Meyers
Obernuiier. OGara Owen. Pstiavtea
Pitney Ratcliff Reuter, fbuhards
Rohlfl. SMymaker Set ufmvCJe Trer r
Stringfellow. Vance. Webber • Frank -
Uni. Weber iCottaxi. and Woodruff
Tlx republicans voting to kili the
bill were Carman. Gunnc. 'ts Miteh
eil. Raasch Smallwood and St-ucz
Democrats voting against tilling the
MU were; Anderson Sucked Btn
field. Bock. Bruveleii. Cha-burg. Efcera
Gillespie. Graff. Luter-s. Lundstrom
Meier Sea Ksckies. Peters. Turner add
Warrington.
Republicans voting against tiling
the MB were: Comstock Crcmer Cash
ing. W. R Johnson. McBride MceDe*
Muir. Orerbe.k Reed Vauier and Wil
liams
Those absent or not voting were:
Democrats—Anderson t Kearney >-Coe£
Newlon, O'Murray. Sheldon. TurtoyfiL.
Uttecbt and Wells. Republicans Chase
S. B Johnson
SnmBcoxt. democrat, was in the
chair and his vote was not recorded
against the bQL
A Social Chat By Loretta
Mr and Mrs Millard Woods enter
tained a few friends Saturday night,
complimenting their guest. Mr W
Robert Smalls executive secretary cf
the Kansas City Urban League, who
was a week-end visitor at the Woods
home.
Mrs Eugene Edwards was called to
Fairmont. Nebr.. last week by the ser
(sous illness of her mother. Mrs Watts
Miss Anna Page had her tonsils re- ,
moved Saturday, and is getting along ’
nicely.
Miss Maybeil:- Scott of Beatrice. We- ,
braska. spent the week-end at the
home of Mrs. Guy Wiley.
Mi. Car>erin<- WO hams p.pular!
ttudent at the University of Nebrws- 1
ka. was called to Omaha by Use sad- 1
fen death of her father
Mr. and Mrs L Gordon of Beatrice:
were week-end guests of Mr and Mrs
t B. Smith
Mrs. Blanche Johnson entertained
the members of the South Side club
'est Senrrday evening at her beautiful;
home. The hostess served a covered
dish luncheon
The Rev. Brain brid-e and Mr Mll
'ard Woods motored to Beatrice last
Saturday evening, wher- they bo’h ap
peared on the s P Girls Reserves nro
erani during foe National Nearo H's
tory Week. Mr Robert Small, executive
secretary of the Kansas CMy Urban
League was the mam speaker of the
evening
Miss CM-a Harris has returned from ,
a visit with relatives in Frankfort.
Kans
Mi&s Ruth Clavton. charming daugh
ter of Mrs Charles South, was married
last Monday to Mr Clinch The Renew
extends ccncratulations and wishes
them a long and happy married life
Mrs Mavme Todd, who was painfully
burned when she fell across an oil
stove at her home. Is getting along
nicely and hopes to be out again soon
_
espe«KX*r of as* mm be *Cht Fat
RsT' SB the rawer d deinnw
Sneth Ctotet aw he hgihphme
The tacts »eee ewe bot asaeewsa*.
because Uh tetth a the m» of the
psdactaa *Twu,* atsaris B aea*
pres thh mtt h tbe rameaj
rhj»B 1 w sere that the wyftr
Sy of the tei^tne ud he of the
S«PW» departed e the pky does M
sa assy *sew«Tpe the pmua day »e
«ro- tesd Mr tah
tt tMrm at U» A 11 E ffesrcH
Rrr L B Sana told Rn Baand*
and the caaptcaas of a prwal ar
^asmus w£li the speaker's father
W Rater. SssaTij Sr. u Mtiaad^
etatimgaa horn South Ctafat
Berra* enjoyed the dHtaaon of the
subject. After the DepRaka Eb«r
He was later i Hurts kail ax the bate
of Mr and Mrs Prank Sw*Z3E»aa
Mlt Fatdreae street i
Mr. tern rtenhie aetnug of the
Omaha Urban Lease? who spent sane
one with tux friend Mr Smalls. in
Lsretn Saturday. was has hose Mon
day Mr Sera: 1« spoke to the ’Workers
ftera' uhlle tc (feats Be returned
to lircofa las Tuesday afternoon.
Again Tuesday night. Mr Knits
was the guest of the Osnvsstry of jte
braska. He eaptasnt the necesaC .
at a better understands^ between Use
re*. 31 his talk b lare a packed
faottse at the CmwerstT Temple He
made this talk between arts at Tufy*
at the isreSahn of university offi
cials. He congratulated the deputhsa:
i at undertaking s.icft a pk? and the
cast for their success la portraying
this ptrex.te trir of Negroes, who
ear* occupied “Catfish Row’ wfcseh a
oarxr an artist eaeeay. Ir. his doam
remarks, be said: “T want to comrat-:
oltte the people of Lmcctr on brinemg
to their sy tie 43c h brands at the
National Urban League whose funds- j
mental purpose -s to coordinate the ef
forts of peoples by bringing thou: a
better understanding between races.' ,
He further said: “T cannot hr Ip but
believe that if the production of this
play means nettling else, it will mean.
that the young men and women taking
part in it win understand and have * 4
greater tolerance few one another as a *
result of the contacts that are bring :
made”
Mr SntaiK has been asked to return j
by authorities at the Nebraska Ufciver
*tty to address the student body. He
says he likes Lincoln and will be tiad !
to come back and to further assist in ’
the final steps of the organization of ;
the Lincoln Urban League
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Beatrice, Nebraska
Mrs O. P WaEhingttst and daughter
Dorna Marie are ill with the influenza
Mr. and Mrs. J L Gordon and Wise
MarbeQe and Henry Scot: at Beatrice
were week-end visitors, in Lincoln
The educational program, "postered
by the S. P G.rU Reserve, was a great
success Mr W Robert Smalls, execu
tive secretary of the Urban League a!
Kansas City, was the main speaker
The address on education was appre
ciated by the audience to the high
est extent
Mrs Ida Berry at Wellington. Kan*
is visiting her daughters in this city.
Mr. W. Robert Smalls, guest at the
home of Mr Robert Scott, tuts left for
Lincoln
Rev. Burbndge and Mr Millard
Woods of Lincoln were speakers in
Beatrice Friday night on the educa
tional program.
Mr Charles Scott left few York. Ne
braska with his running greyhound*
to enter the races He also sent hound*
to St Petersburg. Florida
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New York is to have an anu-noase
campaign, in which the speakeasies
will doubtless lend heart* coopera
tion.
Nation-Wide Action
Of Farmers Protest
The Alabama Attack
Tbr ftw tajfc-e cs>uppers sufi m ja£
hrtt been tciliwd beU far tbr grand
my a? Jade- 08mr of DaSmEf and
M art br m net Ned Cobb anr
at tbr naapav b dumd amii as
Sszpwc. Alfred mate CJin-m Uca‘
and te Hob. arr tbuyed arttb br
ag acreawtie* Tbr ocjx proof offerra
» in Off
Jar a «u raided fan
The Battle at te&n. utn am
teoro a TWBapmwa county took place
ob Deeesnber UUt when taro deputies
mt so (be home of Cliff James a
Negro IinefT. m so attempt to servo
attochaam w arrants CD tar mules
They were refused atmUUDOf by the
farmers and resumed a lew hours la
ter wfih two more depoUn aO four
of itas armed More than IOC Ne
groes had gathered a James house
So protect him The croppers charge
(hat the white deputies opened fire
to them In Use shouting that fol
lowed one Negro farmer was killed
ape lour OepitiB wounded When Use
deputies had fired aS at their isana
mtsrm they drove back to town lor
letrfoc-temrnlr
Sherds m five surrounding cour
ts® mot bendy armed pomes to the
tew to usae m the round-up of Nc
cro farmers The country-sine was
ttoured Negroes were driven to hide
ic maps to escape their attackers
Tern* reigned for days
Twelve farmers were arrested and
held to Jail Two of them. Cliff James
and Mdo Bentley, died a few days
m -wounds they settaved when
they were arrested James was deliv
ered to toe county officers by author,
tics of the hospital of Tiukere Co
te,?? tm Meg:roes, there he had sough:
refusr He died several days later,'
for lack of medical care vrhile in JaiL
having b«n forced to lie raked ami
with open wounds cat a bare floor
without a stitch to cover him Five
farmer were subsequently released
fuse jaiL due to :he saw opinion
which had been aroused, and which ex
pressed Itself in telegrams, and tetter:
to the eutbonttes.
The fcSkfe* letters two of atar
which the Governor of Alabama and
the sheriff of Tallapoosa county art
reading, is a result of this frightful
outrage
We see by the papers that in your
state in Tallapoosa County, several
cohired folks were shot and killed be
cause tty refused to have their live
stock taken from them, which is their
only meanr livelihood Now this
we undf-Lt&nc has all happened be
ettse those colored loiss are try in:
te areaErrs,
Inis lasts to us Holiday farmers
as a celi-fc.ooded murder and as on*
cf the delegates to the National Re
bel Ccr: rrence in Washington. D C
and chairman lor Platte County. Ne
braska. Hoaday farmers we proles'
against uth action in any of our
United Elates, regardless of creel, race I
cr cotar"
• Stenedi C J. Christensen. Chair -
man of the Fiatte County Holiday
Association Nebraska
We fanners ol Grady County. Ok
lahoma. protest against the armed
warfare waged against the Share Crop
pers' Union. These are very trying
times for the farmer and a very good
time for the acid test of preference
And we ask you ta exert, your exec
utive powvr to see that justice is dune
■ Signed* John Phillips. Secretary,
Grady County Holiday Association
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Thomas Reilly, payroll messenger for
a Chicago factory, promptly turned
over a heavy bag to bandits who held
him up. and was allowed to go his way.
Arriving at the factory be took anoth
er sack, containing payroll money from
under the car seat The robbers had
been given a bag of scrap iron which
Reilly had long carried for use in such
an emergency,
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Forward passes on a sharp highway
curve are also frequently incomplete
Rev. Williams, Noted
Pastor Dies in Sleep
The Rev John Albert Williams 6$
•nr at thr beat known clergymen IB
ihr I'nited States, died Saturday alter
an illness at only a few day* Rev
WShams wwa rector at the E*H scops’
Churrb at S PtnUip the Deacon 1121
No 21st amt. Omaha Neb? Hr wax
taken U suddenly last Wednesday and {
collapsed while «c hi* way to a church
meeting He was taken home and at
thr time his condition was not cor«
sadered serious Hr Jell a*disy Sunday
afternoon and passed away to hi
sleep
Father Williams, as he was called by
the many inend* that knew him well
served U years from one church thus
establishing a record
Hr was thr only man at his race to
be given one ctf thr highew honors at
tatnabir to the Episcopal church. Nov
1 1*2# whrti Bishop E V Shaylcr be
red upon htm thr Croat of thr Or
at Sangreat, being thr only man
Tn Omaha and one of the few to the
world to be awarded thts Ones Rev
Will yam* was born in London Ontario, i
Feb 28 1866 His father was a Wick
layer sad plasterer The family moved
to Detroit to 1878 Mr William* fin
ished Detroit high school, Detroit
Church Academy and then thr Sra
bury DtvtoSy School at Fairbsult Min
nesota where hr graduated June 8.
lddl Doming to Omaha he passed thr
OanrmioaJ examination Chaplin of the
diocese He was ordained to thr Dis
cerns te to St Barnabas church June 11,
1881. by Bishop Worthington Then
taking charge of the church a few
months later be was advanced to the
Priesthood by Bishop Worthington
with a congregation of about two doe
en Today the congregation numbers
nearly three hundred
Rev WxLuuns was active tn Diocesan
affairs serving as assistant secretary
off the Diocese of Nebraska 23 yean,
and secretary for two years He was
for ten years editor of the Cruder and
also served as examining Chaplin and
Hisongrapher far several yean
He was married June 37, 1901 to Miss
Lucinda W Gamble, a school teacher
and they have three children, two girls
and a boy. One duaghter, Miss Cath
erine William* is a' student* in the
Universaly of Nebraska at this wrrtt
Thr funeral will probably be held
Tuesday
i—• Review joins the many friends
of Miss Williams tn expressing our
deepest sympathy tn this hour of sor
row
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Church Notes
QUINN CHAPKL—Sunday school at
9:30.
Doe to the cold weather the attend- j
arwe was not so large as usual, but
nevertheless a goodly cumber braved
the a nther and a splendid school was
held
Rev Eurbndge delivered an inspiring
sermcn at 11 o'clock, subject was ‘
"Jesus Called Hi* Disciples," Luke Sth j
chapter, 12th verse. The evening serv- I
ice was in charge of the Allen Chris
tian League with Miss Thompson as I
chairman Mr W Robert Smalls, ex
ecutive secretary of the Urban League
of Kansas City, was the speaker, and
gave a very Interesting talk of hte
wort in social fields. Next Sunday. j
Feb 12th. Rev, Burbridge will fill the j
pulpit of the Plymoth Congregational i
church. 30lh & D St. Come out and
worship with him.
A. M. E. Church News
Prayer meeting Tuesday evening
A. C. E. League will render a program
at 7:30 p. m Sunday.
There has pone to all pastors at th..
city an invitation for all churches to
participate in anniversity week by
hiding a Scout Service on Sunday,
Feb 12th, Several of the pastors have
already responded and the prospects
are that a large number of churches 1
will Join in honoring Scouting.
The following activities will be held
at the A. M E. church parsonage:
Stewardesses Monday P. M.
Official Board Meeting Tuesday
Trustee Meeting Wednesday Night.
SUwarts Board No. 2 Thursday.
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J. Harvey Kerns Here
J. Harvey Kerns, the executive secre
tary of the Omaha Urban League, who
recently directed a sociological sur
vey here, was in Lincoln most of the
day Saturday and Sunday morning,
reviewing points that were necessary in
the completion of his report.
Mr Kerns spent most of his time
in conference with M. T Woods, pres
ident of the temporarily organized
Lincoln Urban League, and Dr A L
Weatherly of the All Souls Unitarian
church, who is the chairman of the
findings committee to which Mr Kerns
will make his report Important data
was interpolated and deductions were
made in the final analysis of the ma
terial at hand
The report will be made Tuesday.
February 14th. The committee con
sists of 20 or more members
Insensate Officials
Are In the Saddle
Pn I«a nl and Vlf President i tiler -
lam at TaMe Set With «.olden
Knives and Farkv
Or> o*e lembie night of February 8.
the sufferings of the poor the travail
of the unemployed and the distress of
the needy wrr appalling Throughout
the notion the earneM clluens sought
to palliate and relieve this condition.
Not ao the President of the United
States
Neither was the mind of the Vice
President centered an the calamity
that had bef allen a stricken nation
Tucked away in the obscure recesses
of the rooming papers you will find
this Item n may interest you. The
Associated Press evidently saw little
imparlance in it. Historians, however,
in a later age may give it the promi
nence It really deserves and grant to
the chosen guest list the undying re
membrance that comes to humans
through eternal anathema The Item
reads
DINNCK TO VICK PRESIDENT
* White House
At a table set with golden knives and
forks, the president and Mrs Hoover
were dinner hosts to Vice President
Curtis and his sister and official hoe -
teas, Mrs Dolly Gann Around tlie huge
iroldefi laden table in the state dining
room were 69 other guests, many of
(hem of national prominence and in
eluding John D Rockefeller Jr.. Mr
and Mrs Bdsel Ford, and Mr. and Mrs
Harvey 8. Firestone Jr. To Mrs. Gann
went the seat of honor at Mr Hoover's
right, while the vice president sat at
the right of Mrs Hoover. All ate from
the gold laid plate used on state oc
casions
Others prominent *mong the guests
were Will H. Hays, former postmaster
general, and Mrs Hays; Myron C
Taylor, steel magnate, and Mrs. Tay
lor, Governor Buck of Delaware, and
Mrs Buck. Robert P Lamont, former
secretary of commerce, and Mrs. La -
moot, Wilbur M Buckner, former gov
ernor of Michigan and Mrs. Buckner;
Garner Cowles. Sr . director of the re
construction corporation, and Mrs
Cowles; Frank E, Gannett, publisher,
arid Mrs Gannett J«epn 8 Kretlng
huyaen, former New Jersey senator,
and Mrs Prellnghuysen
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Here And There
Mr Robert Lee was honored with a
surprise graduation party, given by his
sister, Mrs Joe White. Friday night.
February 3rd The evening was spent
in playing bridge and dancing Cake
and whipped cream were- served. Those
present were Doris Jones. Mr. and
Mrs A. Knowles, Hazel Smith, Am
Page, Cordelia Kinney. Gertrude Buck
ner. Delia Mae Fleming, Marget Lee.
Mr. arid Mrs. CUnchc. Rose or- Beck
'fonree Williams, Jr.. Bob Dorsey, Bon
Lee. Hershel Burden. Joe Knowles.
She-wood Venerable and Alfred Ray.
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Lincoln High
School News
Miss Oniella Banks has been iU for
the last few days, and has not been
afck- to attend school this week.
The rumor that Mr. Monroe Wil
liams is returning to school was heart
all over Lincoln high Monday. We are
virv glad to have him back in our
midst.
The tryout for the Junior annua!
play i3 to begin Friday. It would be
good if some of the colored children
with 54 to 64 Hrs. would try it.
Tlie weather was so bad Tuesday and
Wednesday that it kept Quite a few
students away from school.
Miss frnleUa Moore fell and hurt
her arm quite severely
Miss Ernestine Taylor was out of
school Tuesday and Wednesday, ill
with a cold.
Mr Wyatt Williams entertained an
exclusive ;TOup of university and high
school students Friday Right, February
3rd The evening was spent in dancing
and bridge.
Now Laugh
A farmer ma!'BZlne agent went to a
farmer and offered him a five year
subscription 8* a reasonable price.
The Farm I stin t be living
five year; f!
Agent—Oh 'll ight. I will
see that you a~' .
Farmer—E '■ - u'?
Agent—I t > — shed on
asbestos, ant ■». copy
I will bring t u
A man wr »- • -i
on a trip to
Mar— Woi » -
falo
Wilt— No, . air
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GRAND OPENING AMERICAN (' AFE
Sunday. Febrt ty 12. 1931
Souvenirs to the Ladies. Also
SPECIAL S» N»V4Y BREAKFAST
of Waffles
from 8:30 to 11:30 a. m.