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Tih@ ^©n©® PUBLISHED WEEKLY “Dedicated to the promotion of the cultural, social and spiritual life of a great people__ Rev. Melvin L. Shakespeare Publisher and Editor Business Address 2225 E Street „ Phone 5-649 ' ii No Answer Call 5-7506 Ruble W. Shakespeare---Advertising and Business Manager Charles Goolsby_—---YM.C.A Lynwood Parker -..Associate Editor on Military Leave Mn. loe Green---- -- --Circulatioin Manager ‘ Membei ol the associated Negro Press and Nebraska Press Association_ * entered as Second Class Matter, June 9. 1947 at the Post Oilice at Lincoln. Nebraska under the Act ot March 3, 1879___ t year subscription_$2.PC Single copy---5c \ EDITORIALS The views expressed in these columns are those ol the writer and not necessarily a reflection of the policy of The Voice.— Pub. NATIONAL to/rop/Ai _ ASSOCIATION CRISP VS ATTVCKS By Nimrod Ross Some folks do great deeds that make the world happy and free and die fighting for the cause without being conscious of its greatness or of how heroic they were or that their work was honorable, or that it could be used as an example set for gen erations. I am going to make a brief remark on the life of one of the great Negro figures of all time and a true American. In 1770 there came to Boston, a man, almost a giant in stature, who gave his name as Crispus Attucks. He "was one of the lead ers of a group of patriots that died in the Boston massacre.' There was but very little known of Attucks’ life previous to that event which brought him prom inence and death. Some believed him to oe a sailor, since he was one of the leaders of a group of 50 or 60 men, mostly sailors, who, on the evening of March 5, 1770, Marched from Dock Square to the present State street where battle with a small group of British troops ensued. He knew all the tortures and abuses one must en dure when a slave. He had great sympathy for the American peo ple who had to be governed by the king, deprived of their rights and privileges. It made the American people slaves for the English. But he knew the chain of slavery was about to be broken and by a very little effort on the part of himself, it would help re lease them. There are but a few that would have ever had the ability or cour age to lead a group of men at that time against the well-trained troops of the English, which were the best in their time. He shed the first human blood for American liberty, a victim of the British. Attucks body was carried to Tanniel Hall where it lay in state and not only was it buried with honor, but the man who dared has been honored ever since. Every American should re member this great contributor to American liberty, that led the American people into the war against tyranny that gave them their freedom. DON’T BE TOO SURE By L. Carol Unland. Don’t be too sure that you are right. Don’t be too sure that those who disagree with you are wrong. Don’t be too sure that you have all the facts in the case. Don’t be too sure that you have not been misinformed. Don’t be too sure that your con clusions are logical. Don’t be too sure that your opin ions are not based on prejudice. Don’t be too sure because you might become dogmatic and fail to learn the truth which would «et you right. Don’t be too sure because you might become too aggressive and overbearing and then fail to convince your opponent of the rightness of your cause. Don’t be too sure because the first QUALITY PHOTOS Lower Prices—Faster Service PHOTO NOOK • *.»>. to t p.m. Ml Salto* 1443 “O’* Stmt lincoh. Neb*. 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I PHILCO I Freezers—Radios Refrigerators FRIGID SERVICE, INC. 1619 "O" St. 2-3911 Smith Pharmacy 2146 Vine Prescriptions — Drugs Fountain — Sundries Phone 2-1958 ;-- , —, ^ For Everything in HARDWARE Baker Hardware 101 No. 9th 2-3710 b VANES C. OLSON, Superintendent •TATI IISTOMICAL SOCIITT This year marks the centennial of the California gold rush, one of the most fantastic movements of men in all history, and one which saw thousands of Ameri cans make their way across Ne braska in search of riches in the Golden West. Gold was discovered at Sutter’s fort on January 24, 1848. The earliest reports oik the discovery were received dubiously in the East, but when on December 5, 1848, President James K. Polk included the news in his message to congress, the country was electrified with excitement. During the month of January, more than half a hundred ships cleared the eastern ports for Cali fornia. In February more than a hundred departed for the same destination. The gold fever spread to all parts of the world, and emigrants from Europe and Asia poured into California all during 1849. By early spring the overland emigration was under way, and the once empty valley of the Platte was filled with countless caravans of eager fortune-hunt ers making their way westward. Estimates as to the exact number vary all the way from 20,000 to 30,000. In general, the Forty-Niners followed the earlier Oregon Trail through most of Nebraska. Start ing from Independence, Mo., they entered Nebraska along the Little Blue, following that stream northwest across the state. The trail joined the Platte river east of Fort Kearny (established just the year before). Once past the fort, the eager travelers followed the Platte to the junction of the George H. Wentz Inc. PLUMBING & HEATING 1629 N Phone 2-1293 Ex-BWI Official Continued from Page 1 slaves from their masters, giving them economic freedom. Mr. Harriott and his wife, Minna, are part of the staff of Tabitha Home. Mrs. Harriott is a person of no mean ability, hav ing taught piano in Kingston as a licensiate of the University of London Schools of Music for many years with outstanding success. They have three chil dren in Jamaica: Chester, 16, who will receive his B.A. in music from the University of London this year, a daughter, Minna Love, 12, and Oscar jr., 8. north and south forks and then went down the South Platte to one of two “California Cross ings.” The lower crossing was near Big Spring and the upper near Julesburg. Those who took the lower crossing had to negotiate Ash Hollow, one of the toughest spots on the entire trail. From the upper crossing the trail ascended Lodgepole Creek. Both trails joined just east of Chimney Rock, whence they went along the North Platte past Scotts Bluff to Fort Laramie and beyond. The Forty-Niners were as col orful a group of emigrants as eve£ went through Nebraska. Many of them kept diaries. Still more wrote eager—and at times, homesick—letters to family and friends in the East. From these documents, large numbers of which have been published, we have a first-hand account of life ih Nebraska just a century ago. “tyCciSltCcfK (Pin Cyyiieel MULTICOLOR CASUAL Abo in: • Green leather • White leather The best borgct* gofog, *" Bett-of-fwe shoes by Morllynl { We Saw You ! There Jjj If you who are described in \ the following paragraph can suc cessfully identify yourself to the editors of The Voice, you will be awarded a coupon redeemable at some well-known place of busi- i.st We observed you Sunday aft- 1 ernoon about 5:30 p. m. You are a lady about 5 feet 4 inches tall. |pjgj| You wefe a guest at a very pretty .p affair honoring outstanding per- 4 sonalities in the city. You were wearing a grey dress with gold 1 trim, gold necklace and earrings, 1 grey shoes and brow-n hat and J purse.. 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