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TIh® ^®n€© PUBLISHED WEEKLY Dedicated to the promotion oi the cultural, tocial and gpirttua Iife of a great people.*1_*_ Melvin L. Shakespeare Publisher and Editor Business Address 2225 b Street 2-4088 If No Answer Cal) 8-7808 Ruble W Shakespeare . Advertising and Business Manager Dorothy Green. .Office Secretary Mrs. Joe luen....Circulation Manager, ___ Member of .he Associate! Negro Press and Nebraska Press Association Entered as Second Class Matter, June 9, 1947, at the Post Office at Lincoln, Nebraska, under the Act of March 3, 1871 I year subscription. 8?7bO Single copy.tOe __Out of 8tate 1 Year Subscription *2.50-Single Copy 10c [ft MfiSKfi L_ _ - EDITORIALS ^ The views expressed in these columns are those of the writer and not necessarily a reflection of the policy of The Voice.—Pub. • . m___ Cross Burned At Harvard V. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Harvard officialdom has been reluctant to discuss publicly the burning of a fiery cross on Monday, Feb. 11 around 11:30 in the evening in the front ol Hollis and Stoughton halls within the Harvard Yard. Negro alumni of the famous universitj have expressed grave concern over the incident, whether a “maliciDUf prank” or otherwise, since the cross, emblem of the in famous KKK, was burned near the two dormitories where six Negro freshmen reside. * In spite of the statements of the Boston papers this week that the' incident first came to light thisj Gilmour-Danielson Drug Co. PRESCRIPTION DRUGGISTS 142 So. 13th St 2-1246 Please Ask For UMBERGER’S AMBULANCE 2-8543 Umberger’a Mortuary, Inc. DONLEY-STAHL CO. 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What the mo tives were—malice or a very poor joke-—canno* be learned immedi ately. It was most likely a ‘wise guy* stunt of freshmen who are more guiltv of ignorance than ac tual malice—ignorance because they could not have possibly realized the full import of their act. Tlv' strongest effect fell on the Neg’o students who felt the full impact of hate and terror as sociated with a burning cross. There is no sentiment which so bluntly represents the worst senti ments in America. The people who did this have allied themselves with ignorance and their ac* | makes no one laugh.” THE EVANS CLEANERS — LAUNDERERS Save Money Use our Cash and Carry Plan 333 No. 12th St. Diai 2-<5961 Where Your Furniture Dollar Buys More 1532 O Street Shurtleff's Furniture Co. Flowers By Tyrrell's D. L, TyrrelVs Flowers 6-2357 1133 No. Cotoer I h JAMES C. OLSON, SuptrinUndtnl • TATI ■IITOBICAL fOCIBTT Antelope County Antelope County in northeast ern Nebraska obviously was named for the fleet-footed animal which usee to be found in Ne braska in great numbers. There’s an interesting yarn, though, as to just why it was so named. The name was given by Leander Gerrard oJ Columbus, who served in the sta^e senate in 1871. In the summer oi 1867 or 1868, so the story goes, Mr. Gerrard, who was active in promoting the settle ment of northeastern Nebraska, was in the area occupied by the county with a group of home seeking tourists. They ran low on food, but Mr. Gerrard came to the rescue o> shooting a fine ante lope. This circumstance occurred to him when he was preparing the bill for the organization of the county, and he applied the name, “Antelope.” Another and more exciting, version of the story has it that Mr. Gerrard was in pursuit of In dians who had stolen some live stock around Columbus when he shot the antelope. A number of factors contributed to retard the early settlement of Antelope County. One was the conflict between the county com missioners and the B. & M. Rail road over taxes on the lands in the county granted the railroad in lieu of lands along the road’s right-of-way which earlier had been granted to the Union Pacific. The earliest town of signifi cance, and the first county seat, was Oakdale; laid out in 1872. A small, one-story frame court house was built in 1873 at a cost of $650. It burned in 1875, and was not replaced because of the desire of some of the citizens to remove the county seat to Neligh. Neligh was founded in 1873 on land that had been purchased from the Chicago and Northwest ern Railroad the year before by John D. Neligh. The town grew rapidly and for a time was a fa vorite hangout for cowboys and such notorious characters as Kid Wade and Doc Middleton. An im portant factor in the growth of Neligh was the location of the U. S. land office for the region there. Likewise, the early mill I -ir-iii-ras. SMITH Pharmacy 2146 Vine Prescriptions — Drugs Fountain — Sundries Phone 2-1958 was a dt awing card fur business. The cultural life of the new town was greatly enriched when the Congrcgntionnlists estnbl ished Gates CuUorc there, a flourishing institution in the eighties and nineties. As a result of this growth, Ne ligh was victorious in the long contest with Oakdale over the county seat, and after five bit terly-contested county seat elec tions, ths seat of government finally was removed in 1883. ! A good sketch of Antelope ! County b> Mrs. R. J. Hering will be found in Who’s Who in Ne braska. j Make WHITE'S Your FURNITURE HEAUUUARTERS / It's 108 No. 10th Street Just 27 Steps North of 10th £ O Sts. 2gr washes clothes dean S? With this big, fast-washing Speed Queen, you can wash up to 7 loads per hour. That, as you know, is really washing! 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