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“I ' Political
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by John Benj. Horton. Jr.
WELL FOLKS!
TECHNOCRACY; ITS SOCIAL,
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL
ASPECT!
• • •
The current topic looming in the
mind of men is the debate over Tech
nacrary. The
noted advocate of
this theory is Mr.
Howard Scott,
who aloofly ref us
ed to consider a
detailed discus,
•ion of his figur
es or the honest,
to.goodness truth
that labor-saving Johnny Horton
devices build up some employment
at least by releasing purchasing pow
er and airily casts aside the difficult,
ies involved in pricing commodities
in terms of units of energy. His op.
ponrotj. such as Mr. Sloan of General
Motors on the other side, seem to be
totally oblivious to breakdown all a
bout them of the capitalistic system
of economics and would have the peo.
pie believe that adjustments econom
ically were smooth tod automatic.
The mutual obfuscation continues,
the business panic penetrates to
greater depths and we pass through
our fourth winter of unemployment,
with a possibility of a fifth, a sixth,
and a seventh on the docket.
• • •
To this columnist here are but
two answers to our present chaos and
collapse. We must either devise an
intelligently planned credit and
money system which will put unem
ployed women and men and idle cap
ital to work producing for human
needs; or. we must socialize our pro
ductive mechanism for the same end.
In so many words, society must serve
as a deus-ex.machine to save capit
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alistic society from its occasional
breakdown by creating at such times
fresh money purchasing power for
socially need purposes or else step
in and MANAGE INDUSTRY IT
| SELF. This last development seems
almost inevitable; it probably will
materiaize in due course of time, and
unless the first step is acted upon it
will come much sooner rather than
in the remote distance.
* * *
Skilled engineers will be of vital
importance in either of the above
named venture, and their support for
a r.ew order is an almost necessary
prerequisite for its success. For the
Technocrats and the public to think
.hat the owners of industry will vol
untarily abdicate in order that the
engineers may run society is but an
other eut-cropping of that wildly ro
mantic optimism which has so be
fuddled the average American mind
rnd made us the largest consumer of
patent medicines in the civilized
world. Struggle and Organization
1 will win POWER; nothing else will
do this job. A militant organization
, of workers by brain and hand into
Unions. Bodies of the unemployed
and active Political Parties is what
we need in this country. Should fin
al catastrophe come, only such bod
j ies as these could save society from
dissolution and mad terrorism, and
organize it effectively for the future
i years. To the degree that the gospel
I of Technocracy may serve to energize
; men and women to participate in this
active way, it will be a great boon.
However, should we expect that the
“Tower of Babyfon” would fall with
the mere sounding of the Technocrat
ic trumpet, then we shall most decid
edly be deluging ourselves and swal
lowing in another of the social nos
trums which we have for long de
pended upon to grasp us from our
puzzling and ever present troubles.
* * *
Birth of Much Needed Organization
Effected!
The Community Civic Improvement
Club, is perhaps, a very much needed
enterprise formed to effect much
needed improvements in general with
in our immediate environs. Some of
the most finest moves to be made in
this organization will be to delegate
an investigation committee to report
as to the conditions of our housing
problems, our sewerage troubles, our
streets, and our alleys, etc., It is
finally agreed that on the account of
the impending city election that it
would be a great step to initiate
should this Club help in their meek
and humble manner in the indorse
ment of those worthwhile candidates
who would agree to give Colored peo
ple more jobs and positions on a basis
of the competency of individual to
hold same in the event those endors
ed canddiates win; these are the prin
ciples of said organization.
Five ideas, aren’t they folks? They
are worthy of deep consideration and
a just trial!
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ASA D. HERRING, COUNTY FARM
DEMONSTRATION AGENT, HELD
FOR MURDER
Raleigh, NC., (CNS) The arrest of
Asa D. Herring, Sampson County
farm demonstration agent, and four
other race representatives at Dunn,
Harnett County, for murder, caused a
sensation in mid-central N. Carolina
last week. Herring is the husband of
the Negro school supervisor of Harn
ett County. Herring’s father was an
influential Negro leader of Sampson
County for forty years, dying three
months ago at the end of a life of
signal usefulness in the service of his
people as teacher and farm agent in
Sampson County, just to the south
of Dunn.
The five men were lodged in jail
and charged with the first degree mur
der of Jacob Hill, prominent Clinton
Negro, Herring is held as chief ac
cesory before the fact. Hill, brother
in-law of Herring, was found dead by
police on the morning of January 16
on a byroad one mile north of Dunn
with a .32 caliber pistol ball in the
head. Hill’s car was found 200 yards
from the dead body stained with
blood.
The arrest in quick succession last
Friday of Johnny Lee, 21, Haul Holm
es, 23, Asa D. Herring, 35, Joe Ham,
27, and Howard Williams, 28 came
as a great surprise to the general
public but it was the result of infor
mation given the Dunn police that
tended to show that the murder of
Hill had been planned for several
weeks at the instigation of Herring
who is alleged to have promised to
pay Johnny Lee the sum of $200.00
to pull the job. At least two trips
were said to have been made to Clin
ton before Christmas at night to car
ry out the murder plot.
Johnny Lee claims to have been
paid since the murder $75 of the $200
promised him by Herring. Inform
ation already given the police is that
Johnny Lee on Sunday night, January
15, after securing Paul Holmes as a
companion, enticed Jake Hill who was
visiting Herring to go with them out
on a byroad a mile north of Dunn to
get some stolen goods which Lee and
Holmes are supposed to have hidden
in the woods. It was on this ride
that Jake Hill was shot through the
head while in the car. Johnny Lee
fled from the car with the pistol, la
ter found in possession of Dave Rob
erson to whose home Lee went after
the killing. Holmes said he started
off with Hill’s car leaving the dead
man by the side of the road, but a
bandoned the car a short distance
from the scene of the crime. It ap
pears that Howard Williams was not
in on the killing,, he being implicated
only in an abortive attempt in Clin
ton three weeks prior to the actual
killing in Dunn.
The murdered man and his wife,
Herring’s sister, were stopping at
Herring’s house in Dunn on the night
of the murder. It is claimed that
Herring took his sister back to Clin
ton early on the morning following
the disappearance of Hill without re
porting the disappearance of Hill to
the police, either in Dunn or Clinton.
FIFTY NEWSBOYS TO
DELIVER The OMAHA
GTTTPE TO YOTTR DOOR
OMAR BAKING COMPANY
45th and Nicholas Streets
Omaha, Nebraska
Dr. G. B. Lennox, M. D.,
1602^2 North 24th St.,
Omaha, Nebraska
Dear Sir:
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Have gone over your letter very
carefully and wish to let you know
that we have never shown any part
iality between races, if we had a job
we thought a man could handle. We
have in our employ two colored men
at the present time, both holding
I very responsible positions. One man
1 is in charge of our barns and the
j other is n'ght engineer of our plant.
When we operated the store on north
j 24th street, we employed colored girls
to operate the store and we wish to
assure you that at any time that we
can use people of your race, we would
be glad to add them to our payroll.
Very truly yours,
Omar Bakig Company.
F. J. Wear, Sales Mgr.
Dr. G. B. Leimox, M. D.
160214 North 24th Street
Omaha, Nebraska
Omar Baking Company,
45th and Nicholas St.,
Omaha, Nebraska.
Dear Sir:
I received your letter of August
13th in reply to the one I wrote you
concerning the employment situ,
ation among your Colored customers,
and I highly appreciate the consider
ation and information that was given.
I am sure your customers apprec
iate knowing that you have two Col
ored men at the present time, but
are wondering; are we not entitled to
more than two? However, realizing
conditions of today, and no doubt you
have never before been approached a
long these lines, we believe you will
do whatever you can to show that you
are appreciative of our patronage.
We appreciate using your bread, and
try to show same by paying in return
the necessary amount that is required
for these products.
Since this body of people are put
at the bottom of the list as to consid
eration, perhaps not by you, but by
the majority of concerns, we wish if
possible, you would kindly work one
or two more in here and there; in
proportion to the sum we spend with
you. Often we are looked upon dif
ferently than we should be; thinking
we are only suitable as janitors, bam
men, etc., but there are men and wo
men in our group as capable and
trained for any positions as are oth
ers; and are just seeking opportunit
ies to manifest their ability.
It is unfortunate that your store
operating on North 24th St., some few
months ago, could not stay open, as
we highly appreciated the consider
ation given to the Colored girl em
ployed. I believe nt was somewhat
difficult; owing to the location, and
so many of your wagons passing each
day, bringing fresh bread, making it
more convenient than having to go to
the store and purchasing bread a day
old, and this I believe is the main
reason the store was not successful.
We greatly appreciate the consider.
ation you have given, and the same
I am sure, will be magnified in each
Colored home.
Thanking you very much for the
consideration you have given, and
will give, I am
Respectfully yours,
Dr. G. B. Lennox.
FORCING GUARDIANSHIP ON
AGED WOMAN TENDS TO DISSI
PATE HER BANK ROLL
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Knoxville, Tenn. (CNS) After
more than twfelve y«ars Mrs. Lizzie
White, age 70, of this City, who by
careful management accumulated
more than 52,000 and successfully
guarded it from sharks and crooks,
finds herself a ward in the hands of
a guardian.
Dr. S. M. Clark, who recently found
that Mrs. White, a patient carried
$2,000 in her stocking, filed a petition
in Knox County Court requesting that
he be appointed guardian for the ag
ed woman who has no close relatives.
The case came up for examination
and decision in the Knox County
Court last week and although the pet
ition was opposed by many, the aged
woman was declared incompetent
and Dr. Clark was appointed her
guardian.
The action is termed by many as
“one of the most flagrant and ridic
ulous outrages ever perpetrated on an
inoffensive, defenseless woman.”
The News-Sentinel, a white daily
of the city in editorial comment on the
case, under the caption, “She Stayed
Out of Court” said:
“Down on Vine Avenue the other
day, “Aunt Lizzie” White, aged
and thrifty Negro woman, was being
examined by Dr. S. M. Clark, Negro,
who discovered a “tumor” on her leg.
The bulge beneath h£r stocking turn
ed out ■ to be a roll of bills totaling
point a guardian for “Aunt Lizzie.”
$2,060.
“Dr. Clark filed a petition to ap
A jury held her incompetent. George
W. McDade was made temporary
guardian and that cost “Aunt Lizzie”
$25. John Huff, attorney filed the
petition for Dr. Clark and that cost
“Aunt Lizzie” $50. Now Dr. Clark
has been made temporary guardian.
Later, he too, may apply for a fee for
his services. The average guardian’s
fee totals about five per cent. So
Dr. Clark may collect, if he wishes,
about $100.
“Aunt Lizzie”, it is estimated is a
bout 70 years old now. Incompetent
or not, she had sufficient wisdom to
accumulate and hold on to her for
tune.
“Perhaps we misunderstand. Per
haps it is the purpose of all these le
gal moves to return “Aunt Lizzie’s”
hoarded cash to circulation. This may
be a great social good, but it is prov
ing costly to “Aunt Lizzie.”
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VOLUNTEERS WRECK
CONDEMNED BUILDING
Washington (CNS) A gross mis
understanding concerning the legal
meaning of the word “condemned”, in
the Southwest section of the city,
leads a group of volunteer house
wreckers to swoop down on a building
so placarded at 419-421-423 First
street, southwest, and dismantle the
structure in short order.
It seems that great numbers of the
populace in the Southwest section
think that when a building is con
demned it can be dismantled by who
soever will and the materials appro
priated and utilized in any manner
whatsoever.
Leastwise that is the impression
Fourth Precinct police obtained from
their investigation of the razing of
two-story brick dwelling at 419 and
421 First St., southwest, and the
partial dismantlement of the third
at 423. The wrecking of the bhild
ings apparently was only an over
night job.
James Thompson, 42, colored, 142
C street, southwest, was taken into
custody in connection with the case
and was held on a charge of investi
gation. Thompson said that some one
told him that the buildings had been
condemned, that the materials were
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This is the second time that Fourth
Precinct police have been confronted
with the unauthorized wrecking of
buildings and the theft of the mater
ials. About a year ago they were
confronted with a similar case when
building near the Capital were wreck
ed.
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