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fcre of our Community.
Sol Porter,
2113 No. 25th St.,—2 in farnfly.
Mrs. D. Stromile,
2504 Franklin St.—6 in family.
J. R. Martin,
1918 No. 27th St.—6 in family.
James Hayden,
2624 Franklin St.—
Jack Whitman,
8416 Parker St.—5 in family.
Geo. Conway,
2417 Burdette St.—3 in family.
C. C. Williams,
1413 No. 25th St.—4 in family.
H. Williams,
1918 No. 24th St.—1 in family.
Sterling Jones,
2520 Hamilton—2 in family.
E. A. Williams,
2508 Burdette St.—2 in family.
Lee Bryant,
2534 Parker St—3 in family.
Rose Johnson,
2512 Decatur St.—5 in family.
Joseph Henry.
2508 Decatur St—3 in family.
Mrs. Mary Smith,
2436 Decatur St.—4 in family.
Helen Frampton,
2432 Decatur St.—5 in family.
Lois Thomas,
2428 Decatur St.—1 in family.
Hazel Brown,
2428 Decatur St.—1 in family.
Mrs. W. H. McGuire,
2428 Decatur St.—2 in family.
Mrs. Bessie Williams,
2428 Decatur St—2 in family.
Mrs. J. S. Sloan,
2428 Decatur St.—2 in family.
Robert Hawkins,
2410 Decatur St.—3 in family.
Elzabeth Winn,
2408 Decatur St.—3 in family.
Irene Jackson,
2410 Charles St.—4 in family.
Elnora Hall,
2420 Charles St.—10 in family.
Mrs. H. Jordan,
2522 Charles St.—7 in family.
Mrs. Frank Wesley,
2113 No. 25th St—2 in family.
Mrs. Roxcie Austin,
2518 Decatur St.—5 in family.
Irane Booker,
2606 Decatur St.—1 in family.
Mrs. Mae Perkins,
2524 Decatur St—7 in family.
OHie Bostic,.
2530 Decatur St.—3 in family.
Lizzie Carver,
2919 Seward St—2 in family.
Mrs- F. E. Gibson,
2604 Decatur St.—3 in family.
Mrs. Lucy Beil,
2604 Decatur St.—2 in family.
W. R. Estell,
2606 De«fctur St.—2 in family.
Jessee Allen,
2608 Decatur St.—4 in family.
Ruth Burleson,
2616 Decatur St—4 in family.
Ida Bryant,
2624 Decatur St.—2 in family.
Mrs. Charles Curry,
2624 Deeatur St.—4 in family.
Tollie Stearns,
2622 Deobtur St—6 in family.
Mrs. Gray,
2618 Decatur St—3 in family.
Mrs. Beatrice McRae,
2623 Decatur St.—3 in family.
Mrs. O. C- Beck,
2628 Decatur St.—3 in family.
Mrs. R. C. Gaskin,
2640 Decatur St.—2 in family.
Mrs. Mildred Carter,
2640 Decatur St—2 in family.
Pearlie Baldwin,
2714 Decatur St.—4 in family.
Mrs. R- Littlejohn.
2710 Decatur St.—3 in family.
Ella Bultian,
2718 Decatur St.—2 in family.
Rev. P. J. Price,
2718 Decatur St—1 in family.
Mrs. J. J. Long,
1861 No. 28th St.—7 in family.
Mrs. Sally Dill,
1805 No. 28th St.—2 in family.
Libby F. Harris,
1809 No. 28th St.—2 m family.
Mrs. L. DeSote,
18»9 No. 28th St—2 in family.
Edward Slaughter,
1816 No. 28th St—8 in family.
Mrs. Walker,
1812 No. 28th St.—6 in family.
Mrs. Francer Redd,
1/SD6 No. 28th St—We. 3256.
Mrs- G. W. Kellogg,
1S02 No. 28th St—4 in family.
Walter Johnson,
2811 Decatur St.—3 in famly.
Mrs. John Moore,
2816 Decatur St.—
Mrs. James Mayberry,
2816 Decatur 9t.—
Mrs. C. Cam,
2913 Decatur St.—4 m family.
Mrs. Findley,
2902 Decatur St—2 in family.
J. Edward Grooman,
2906 Decatur St-t-3 in family.
Bertha Moore,
2922 Decatur St—5 in family,
flfcs. M. B. Anthony,
2929 Franklin St.—3 in farm y.
Mrs. Esteila Butler,
2909 Franklin. St—2 m fanuly.
Mm- Moore,
2908 Franklin St.—11 in family
Walter Barrow,
2835 Franklin St—3 in family.
2822 Franklin St.—5 in family.
Mrs. Viola Reis,
2811 Franklin St.—4 in family.
Mrs. Laura Triplett,
2807 Franklin St.—11 in family
Rufus Campbell,
2812 Franklin St.—4 in family.
Mrs. Norine Anderson,
2720 Franklin St.—4 in family.
Mrs. Anna Pannell,
2731 Franklin St.—3 in family.
Mrs. H. L. Preston,
2735 Franklin St.—4 in family.
Mrs- Pearl Mitchell,
2716 Franklin St.—5 in family.
Hallie Chesney,
2712 Franklin St.—6 in family.
Arthur Smith,
2637 Hamilton St.—1 in family.
I Arthur Smith,
2637 Hamilton St—1 in family.
Joe Henderson,
1605 N j. 27th St.—1 in family.
Maggie Welch,
2511 Decatur St.—2 in family.
Bessie Anderson,
2517 Decatur St.—6 in family.
Mrs. Jackson Davis,
2523 Decatur St.—2 in family.
Mrs. P. L. Love,
2523 Decatur St.—2 in family.
Earl M. Roberts,
2509 Decatur St.—2 in family.
Mrs. E. M. Ferrest,
2531 Decatur St.—7 in lymily.
G- D. Benson,
2607 Decatur St.—No family (2)
Mrs. Louise Whidby,
2615 Decatur St.—Ne family (7)
Lisunia Brown,
2617 Decatur St.—7 in family.
Mrs. Charlotte Robinson,
2619 Decatur St.—5 in family.
Mrs. Mildred Glover,
2619 Decatur St.—3 in family.
Minnie Franklin,
2625 Decatur St.—7 in family.
Mrs. Roy Davis,
2 in family.
E. G. Scoll,
2633 Decatur St.—1 in family.
Ameda Hogan,
1 in family.
F. H. Hunley,
2223 Clark St.—1 in family.
Mrs. Elizabeth Kinney,
1728 No. 27th St.—2 in family.
Mr. Edward Wallace,
1712 No. 27th St.—4 in family.
Mrs. Hill,
1706 No. 27th St.—1 in family.
Mrs. C. W. Blive,
2635 Franklin St.—1 in family.
Ernest Prestor,
2712 Franklin St.—1 in family.
Addie Watron,
1609 No. 27th St.—2 in family.
Mrs. A. D. Gumer,
1605 No. 27th St.—2 in family.
Eugene Harrison,
1516 No. 27th St.—1 in family.
Mrs. W. C. Edson,
2708 Charles St.—4 in family.
Helen Thomas,
2708 Charles St.—1 in family.
Mrs. A. L. Road,
2317 No. 29th St.—6 in family.
Mrs. A. Webster,
2317 No. 29th St.—3 in family.
Charlie David,
1818 No. 26th St.—1 in family.
Loma Taylor,
1402 No. 27th St.—4 in family.
Wm. King,
2726 Charles St.—6 in family
Lylse Lawson,
928 No. 25th St.—3 in family.
Mrs. George Litmor,
2215 Clark St.—2 in family.
Edith Scott,
2502 Decatur St.—5 in family.
Mrs. Ella Powell,
1720 No. 25th St.—7 in family.
.Mrs. Grace Speese,
2513 Decsftur St.—7 in family.
Lulu Woods,
1716 No. 25th St.—8 in family
Mrs. Anna 5. Tubbs,
1712 No. 25th St.—1 in family.
Mrs. Roberts Hall,
1711 No. 25th St.—3 in family.
Y. W. Logan,
1711 No. 25th St.—2 in family.
O. A. Calhoun,
1713 No- 25th St.—2 in family.
Mrs. Georgia Allen,
2436 Franklin St.—3 in family.
Mrs. Ella Reid,
2835 Franklin St.—2 in family.
Mary Hobbs,.
Mrs. Riggs,
2436 Franklin St.—5 in family.
Nelie Brown,
2433 Franklin St.—1 in family.
Mary Williams,
Apt. 2, 2433 Franklin—2 in family
Edna Davis,
2433 Franklin St.—1 in family.
Odessa White,
2433 Franklin St., apt. 3—3 in fain.
Mrs. Smith,
Apt. 4, 2438 Franklin—2 in fartiiy.
Mps. Greenfield,
2115 No. 25th St.—1 in fam®y.
Mrs. Vera Graham,
2509 Grant St.—1 in fawiily.
Mrs. Lula Mae Ridge,
2509 Grant St.—2 in family.
H. E. Walton,
2515 Grant St.—1 in family .
Daisy Nared,
2517 Grant St.—2 in faniily.
Beatrice Gray,
2620 Grant St.—1 in family.
Ida Washington,
2514 Gfcant St—2 in family.
G. XL Myrick,
2514 Grant St.—2 in family.
Lillie Sheldon,
2520 Grant St.—£ In family.
George Macklin,
2525 Grant St.—3 in family.
George Preston,
2525 Grant St.—1 in family.
Rev. M. K. Curry,
2526 Grant St.—7 in family.
R. L. Anderson,
2914 Lake St.—4 in family.
Mrs. L. S. Davis,
2530 Grant St.—4 in family.
Mr*. Robert Adams,
2601 Grant St.—2 in family.
Sama Dalneshe,
2514 Grant St—2 in family.
Mr Olie Love,
2613 Grant St.—2 in family.
Tom Vann,
2618 Grant St.—1 in family.
Juanita Bassett and Miss E.
McGawgh,
2621 Grant St.—8 in family.
Bernice McGawgh,
2623 Grant St.—2 in family.
Lorraine Parker,
2622 Grant St.—1 in family.
Mae Childress,
2622 Grant St.—1 in family.
Golither Halcomb,
2625 Grant St.—7 in family.
K. Harvey,
2627 Grant St.—2 in family.
Isaiah Bates,
2630 Burdette St.—1 in family.
Beulah James,
2628 Burdette St.—2 in family.
Mrs. Fields,
2623 Burdete St.—1 in family.
Ader Hall,
2621 Burdette St.— 1 in family.
Mrs. M. H. Thomas,
2617 Burdette St.—4 in family.
Ezra Young,
2718 Charles St.—4 in family
Emma Smith,
2618 Grant St_1 in family.
Mrs. S. M. E. Baker,
2870 Miami St-—1 in family.
Mrs. E. Matthews,
2870 Miami St.—£ in family,
j Rai Gordon,
2217 Charles St.—5 in family.
Mrs. Davis,
2211 Miami St.—2 in family.
Miss Helen White,
2226 Ohio St.—1 in family.
Dr. G. B. Lennox,
2527 Patrick Ave.—2 in family
Mr. Frank Stewart,
3015 Manderson St.—3 in family.
Mr. L. L. McVay,
2868 Corby St.—2 in family.
Logan Patten,
2419 Binney St.—4 in family.
Mr. Arthur B. McCaw,
1914 N. 28th St.—6 in family.
Mrs. Julia Thompson,
2316 N. 27th St.—3 in family.
William Cooper,
2608 Blondo St.—2 in family.
Mrs. Nora Hann,
2713 N. 26th St.—4 in family.
Maryann Wilson,
2516 Corby St.—2 in family.
Mr. Larry W. Burnette,
2510 Corby St.—5 in family.
Mrs. H. L. Lewis,
2427 Maple St.—3 in family.
Mrs. J. C. Shaw,
2427 Mape St.—3 in family.
Mrs. H. R. Clark,
2820 N. 25th St.—5 in family.
Mrs. Billie Crawford,
2505 Maple St.—3 in family.
Mrs. Jewell Miller,
2516 Maple St.—4 in family.
Mrs. Martha Wilson,
2523 Miami St.—2 in family.
Mrs. Murphy Lee Rilly,
2515 Ohio St.—3 in family.
Mrs. Watson,
2307 N. 27th St.—7 in family.
Mrs. S. W. Williams,
2111 N. 26tth St.—4 in family.
Mrs. F. A. Powell,
1722 N. 25th St.—7 in family.
Mrs. Jack Lane,
2881 Decatur St.—4 in family.
Mrs. RusseM Taylor,
2630 Blondo St.—5 in family.
Dei*i Bell,
2623 Blondo St.—3 in family.
Eunice Butler,
2113 N. 26th St.—5 in family.
Frances Sims,
2319 N. 26th St.—1 in family.
J. L. Richardson,
2436 Patrick Ave.—6 in family.
Matilda Barris,
2308 N. 26th St.—3 in family.
i Mrs. Fedwilda Artison,
2002 Erskine St.—3 in family.
M. L. Harris,
2219 Ohio.St.—8 in home.
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PROVERBS AND PARABLES
By A. B. Mann
(For the Literary Service Bureau)
“We Live In Deeds, Not Years”
The meaning of this axiom is that
in considering and evaluating life,
deeds, and not years, give us the pro
sper standard. One person may live a
hundred years and accomplish little,
wUle anotheg m»y crowd much of
usefulness into a few years. Another
way of expressng the same truth is,
“It matters not how long we live, but
how!”
The biography of the man who lived
longest of all humanity is very short.
It is found in Genesis 5:27: And all
the days of Methuselah were nine
hundred sixtjj and nine years: and he
died- So a man may live to be “three
score y«rs and ten,” and accompli#!
very little that would be contributory
to human good.
The entire passage of which this
axiom is a part, reads:
“We live in deeds, not years—
In thoughts and not in figures on a
dial;
He lives most who feels most,
Arts noblest, does the best.”
DOINGS AMONG THE SWING
GAR AND HOTEL WAITERS
By Hopie
“Be ye also ready, for you know
not the minute or the hour the Son of
man cometh”. The saddest moment of
a person’s life cannot be expressed
with penc.l or pen. Only the inward
sobbing of the heart, cutting like a
knife, can express the sad passing
of a friend.
Some how, some way, yet we know it
is true
We cannot seem to understand
That some day we will be compelled to
do the same thing too
Travel alone to that unknown land.
But. oh, when the smile still clings
to the face
After earthly friends they see no
more
Shows how they are being welcomed
to that peaceful place
By mothers and loved ones on the
other shore.
Will cause us to stop weeping and
sighing
And think of the moments when we
too must go
Stop sinning, stop backsliding, and
stop lying
And prepare to meet them on the
other shore.
This little poem seems to come to
me through the heart, as I sat home
thinking of a close friend of mine,
Mr. Wm. Ousley, who passed on last
Monday. And I do hope that this is
only a parting for a happy and ever
lasting beginning over there. With
prayer, with faith, and with a binding
determination, we will be able to join
him as he has joined those who trav
elled on before him.
May I say to his family and his
loved ones, “Stand up in grace, hold
that faith in the almighty. Be strong
er than efer in your determination to
serve God. And some day you will be
again united with that father and
husband who for many years shared
grief and joy with you. This is my
wish as a family friend”.
_
Dear Friends and Waiters:
We lost a good friend, and I am
sure everyone of us extends all of our
sympathy to the family. We can do
no more for him, but trust in God that
he may be given a seat in His king
dom, where we feel that he will be at
rest and in peace forevermore. He
will be missed very much by his many,
many friends.
Let us begin to think of ourselves
and prepare. As the farmer prepares
the soil and plants, not knowing what
the outcome may be, let us, also, plant
God’s grace in our hearts and live up
to it. Because He said, “You know
not the minute or the hour the Son of
man com^th”.
May I call your attention to one
thing that happened at Mr. Ousley’s
funeral while we were listening to
one of the heart touching and right
to-the-point sermons delivered by the
pastor of Zion. Remember, it was
cloudy, but every now and then the
sun would appear and beam through
the window pane, just like a smile.
Well, it really made a reprodhction of
the Ousley’s smile, and it seemed to
me that he was smiling from his
casket. To those who knew him, it
will always seem the same. And who
knows if it wasn’t he smiling, as he
received a flearUy welcome over there?
Well, of all things. Listen to this.
Wiy is it that the men who work
down town and whom the government
compels to have a day off each week
to rest, just can’t stay away from the
job? Get lonesome? Hungry or ner
vous ? And, yet you get sore if I
write abodt yoh being down there.
Why should you care if all is O. K.
Any way, you surely can’t expect it
to be a secret, because everybody sees
you, and some people just can’t keep
nothing. They get a kick out of see-1
ing or hearing of you. dodging rolling i
pins, street cars and police cars. Play,
sale, and if you can’t stay at home,
stay aw&y from the job. Anyway,
first warning.
•Say, did you ever stop to think
when you call a man a “dumbell”, just
w’hu't Jrou are saying? In fact, how
dumb is a dumbell ? And wiien is a
man dumb? Stop now and think!
Comparison! God said, “He that
knoweth rrfy commandments and keep
them not . . . Well, God does not
hold man responsible for that he
doesn t know. So it is with mas. If
he doesn’t know, why call him dumb?
^ et. when a man finds out, by some
means or other, and then goes and
gets into the same thing, well, you see
he can t be dumb because he knows.
And still he was dumb, and then he
finds out he’s dumb, which erases his
dumbness, and then gets right back
into the same thing or maybe worse.
And knowing how dumb he was be
fore, and still he knows and you can’t
call him dumb from God’s statement.
Which can we call him? Shhhhh—
drop it.
Speaking of dummies: Every! dum
rtie has his day. In fact, they come
in very handy at times. For instance,
out at the dub they have a dummie
elevator. And boy it Ss good and
saves many a step from the kitchen
down stairs. And Lucas was the only
man that got up the tree and couldn’t
trust the dummie. He said he could
beat any dummie. Then there are
dummies in the show windows that
they) dress up and you will go in and
say, “I want a suit like the one on
that third dummie. Handy thing to
have around sometimes. In fact, there
are lots of dummies we could name.
What—drop it.
THE NEW DEAL brings us new
ideas, services and new waiters. And
the Paxton really keeps up. Last
Sunday they introduced into the main
dining room a Maine course baby
lobster service, called “Streamline”—
Class—I say. But like Brandeis’s
Restaurant and a few others, is too
far ahead of the Omaha people. So
it was sent back to be served at the
table as the guest liked it. Yes, Pax
ton service, slogan, “Serviny Omaha
for Fifty years”. Sorry.
Did you see “Imitation of Life”?
Well, Delilah surely must have lost
her Rabbit’s foot. Johnny tells me
that a certain waiter has one, and
since ‘stationed’, depends entirely up
on it. Well, well! Miss Bea had luck
everytime she received it and made
millions off of pancakes. So you can
never tell what this gent will do.
0. K. Johnny.
Sometimes I wonder if the waiters
don’t forget and saj4 things around
home or around their sweethearts that
don’t fit in just right? Of course
some of the sweethearts may enjoy
it. but it really couldn’t be acceptable
in a home. Why they say some of the
funniest things. Some of them carry
a lot of weight. Listen to this: C. Me
told a waiter, “Monkey man has mon
key ways”. True! You could not ex
pect him to have elephant ways. Ele
phants do things in a big way. Wait
—skip.
Remember, I told you some time
ago that Mr. Simon Harrold of the
C. of C. lectured every morning to
the waiters. Weil, it pays, and then
they forget. A few days ago he held
inspection, and behold, one of his reg
ular men had on a leather bow tie
and did Mr. Harrold tell him? They
tell me he did, thusly: “Young man,
don’t ever wear that tie here again.
When they pay their last respects to
yoa will be soon enough, but save it
because they do hold their own while
you cross over Jordon, and you will
be able to stand the inspection at the
gate, outwardly, anywaiy. But we are
not dead up here yet”. My, oh, my!
Remember, he has only two regular
men. Don’t guess, Drop it.
We learn in our Bible the happen
ing of B. C., meaning ‘before Christ'.
But some of the waiters are now
asking the waiters of B. P. how to
serve certain drinks. In this new
day of S. P., meaning Since Prohibi
tion, the waiters are deep in dumb
ness, like they were in sin B. C. Sat
urday night Watson who waits upon
the table, ordered two drinks like this:
One whiskey sour without bitters and
one Scotch with ale, without lemon.
The bartender stood dumb and asked
for a B. P. waiter to instruct Mr. Wat
son that bitters or’lemon didn’t go in
either of them. Don’t blame the
waiter. Blame prohibition. These
waiters came along in corn days and
cotton fields. Ask them of a corn or
cotton ball amd he will explain either
quickly.
Be sure you are. right and then go
ahead. Isn’t that it? Sometimes if
we are to be right, it pays to back up
or turn around, I think. Of course,
the man that wrote the quotation
must be smarter than I, so take his
word for it. This is what J. H. did
Saturday night. He got one order for
four special steaks combination. So
he carried four menus out, and told
the cook, “Pour of these with coffee”.
0. K. Jay, safety first will get it,
but should you get a party of twenty
to order the same thing, you will
have to have a black board, regard
less. Use safety first, Jay. and all
will be O. K.
Good music, good food, good ser
vice, and, last but not least, good tips
will get the business and keep it, and
boys that is what the managers are
looking for. So work hard and sing
this little song.
I’ll smile all the while
If you tip me freely
And I will always bring
Your steak so tenderer.
What tune? Oh, “Smile a While”.
Good Night.
ALA. LEGISLATURE PASSES I
NEW ANTI-LABOR MEASURE \
Birmingham, Ala. — (CNA) —
The State House of Representa
tives here passed the Street Bill
designed to block the struggle of
Negroes and white toilers for
elementary civil rights.
The bill bans “any publication,
writing, cut, cartoon, utterance or
conduct which is organized, en
couraged, or aided by societies
and groups advocating outbreaks
against any branch of govern
ment.”
The anti-labor nature of the bill
is so obvious that even the “lib
eral” Birmingham Post wras forc
ed to remark in an editorial that
“under such an act there could
be no freedom of press or free
speech. A minister preaching in
his pupit would not be beyond
reach. The organization for trade
and labor unions might easily be
curbed. Certainly the right of
peaceful picketing would be taken
from them for all time.”
Joint struggles of Negroes and
white workers against lynching,
peonage, discrimination or for
equal rights for Negroes would be
illegalized by this bill and of
fenders subjected to fine and im
prisonment.
HALTS HANGING
OF MISSISSIPPI TRIO
i
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New York.—Ed Brown. Yank
Ellington and Henry Shields, De
Kalb, Miss., condemned to hang
February 8 for the alleged mur
der of Raymond Stewart, a white
farmer, were granted a reprieve
by Governor Conner until Febru
ary 21, the National Advance
ment of Colored People announ
ced. This respite will give the
trio’s lawyers time to file a writ
of error and the si'ate supreme
court to consider it. This failing,
an appeal will be made to the
supreme court of the United
States.
The three men were convicted
on the basis of a confession forc
ed from them by healing and tor
turing, a procedure roundly con
demned by Supreme Court Jus
tice W. D. Anderson in a dissent
ing opinion. There was no other
j evidence against them. The N. A.j
A. C. P. has agreed to furnish
money for the expense of an ex
pense of an appeal to the United
States supreme eourt. The law
yers in the ease are A turner
John A. Clark of DeKalb. anil
ex-Governor Earl Brewer of
Jackson, Miss.
News that the three condemned
men, ?i£ht. escaPe the noos#
reached Meridian, where they had
been held in the county jail since
the slaying a year ago, and mur
murs of a possible lynching arose
Actmg on an order from Judge
S' S « *?™der of Starksville,
Sheriff B. M. Stephens rushed the
trio to Jackson last Sunday where
they were lodged in the strong
Hinds County jail. Judge Mag
ruder expressed the view that the
removal would be expedient to
the public welfare.
NATIONAL RECOVERY
ADMINISTRATION
NEWS LETTER TO SALESMEN
Industrial Production in December
rose to 85 per cent of the 1923-1925
average which is the highest level for
that month since 1929 according to
the Federal Reserve Board. Bank de
posits made large gains and bank
failures were recorded at 56, the low
est since 1920.
Steel Trade Activity continued ex
I pansion according to Iron Age. The
1 current rate of operations is estimated
at 56 Vi per cent of capacity against
| 56 per cent la?t week. Mills produc
I ing automobile steel are virtually op
! erating at capacity. The output of
pig iron in January showed an in.
, crease of 43-8 per cemt over the De
I cember average.
The automobile industry speeds to
ward recovery at 60 m. p. h. without
! fear of getting a ticket. Retail sales
for new passenger automobiles ac
cording to the Bureau of Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, were 33 per cent
higher in the year 1934 than in 1938,
and for the month of December 1934,
57 per cent over the corresponding
period of the previous year.
A large steel corporation is reported
to have restored salary cuts which be
came effective last September through
the omission of Saturday work. The
workers can thank the better business
situation for this return to pay nor
malcy.
Banks suspended in 1934, accord
ing to the Federal Reserve Board,
were fewer than in any year since
1920. The number of unlicensed
banks at the close *f last year was
approximately 190—a great reduction
from over 4,500 banks unlicensed 22
months ago.
Restaurants, dairies, and food
stores have attained the highewt de
gree of immunity to failures. The
National Industrial Conference Board
in a recent study of failure rates in
retail establishments records that ap
proximately 6 out of 1,000 restaurants,
7 out of every 1,000 dairies and food
stores, and a total of 14 out of every
1,000 retail establishments fail each
j ear. Business failures were recorded
at 268 for the week ended February 2,
according to the Bureau of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce. The com
parable period of last year showed
305 failures.
An increase of 9,280 freight car
load.ngs for the week ended January
19 over fhe preceding week has been
reported by the Association of Amer
ican Railroads. Sharp increase in
miscellaneous freight, coal, forest pro
ducts, and coke loadings did their part
in bringing about the total rise for
the week.
New residential building permits
were the leading factors in increased
buying operations during the month
of December. According to the Bu
reau of Labor Statistics, figures based
on reports from 764 cities with 10,000
or more population, show a total of,
37.6 per cent increase in building ac
tivity in December 1934 over the cor
responding month of 1933.
Cham Store Age states that Decem
ber trade among its subscribers
reached 98 5 of the 1929-1931 average
This was 6 points higher than in De
cember 1933. Variety storey; had 6 per
cent more sales in December 1934,
than in December 1933, according to
the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce. The Alexander Hamilton
Institute estimates that the value of
department store sales in 1934 was
13 per cent higher than in 1933.
Wholesale prices are now 9 per cent
higher than they were a year ago.
A ‘sharp” reversal in normal trends
during December and the fif-st 3 weeks
in January has given factory- employ
ment and general industrial produc
tion more that! normal seasonal in
creases, according to the Federal Re
serve Board. In December, its index
of business activity advanced to 85 or
11 points higher than in November.
It is often asked what per cent of
the business firm’s dollar goes to the
wage-earner. The American Iron and
Steel Institute reports that 43 cents
out of every dollar realized from gross
sales between 1930 and 1933 was paid
out as salaries ariB wages. In 1929,
the peak year of the boom, the work
ers’ share was 37 cents; in 1918, M
cents.
December tfroke payroll records for
that month for fifteen years, accord
ing to the Bureau of Labor Statistics,
y a rafee in factory employment of
17 per cent and in payroll* of 6.2 per
cent. It is estimated that 340 000
workers were added with a weekly
payroll increase of $10,800,000.
Continued increase in business a«
tivity was shown by the advance In
electric power output in the week
January 26. The Edison Electric In
?I’?!™?0*'*1 that this staled
1,781,666,000 kilowatt hours, an in
cretse of 10.6 per cent over the same
week of 1934. In the prior week end
ed January 19. the increase was 9.4
of*"1934* °Ver thC corresP°ndin£ week
Bank clearings continue to rise ac
cording to the Dun & Bradstreet re
port on 22 leading cities in the U. S.
The week ended January 23, recorded
tn increase of 15.8 per cent over the
correspond.bg week of 1933 and th*
week ended January 30, showed a 5 »
Per cent increase over the compara
ble period for the previous vmr
Uass I railroads of the United
Stttes installed 24,103 new freight
cars in 1934, reports the Association
of American Railroads. In 1933. the
number placed in service was 1,879.
In addition, last j-ear, the roads pl’teed
in service 59 new steam locomotives
and 31 new electric locomotives. In
1933, only 1 locomotive was added.
A gam of 3.2 per cent in weekly
earnings and an increase of 1.1 hours
m the average work week in 25 indus
tries was reported by the National In
dustral Conference Board for the
month of December over November.
In addition the Board reports tn an
nual increase of 3.1 in employment in
1934 over 1933.
WORKER IN ATTEMPT
TO FORCE “CONFESSION”
} Birmingham, Ala. — (CNA) —
Police here cruelly tortured Syl
vester Holmes, laborer, in am. at
tcmpt to secure a “confession.”
Holmes is charged with “rob
bery.” Even Roderick Beddow.
(white), the attorney for the
worker, stated that in all his 21
years of law practice, he had
never witnessed anything s o
viciously brutal.
Upon his arrest, Holmes was
taken t0 the basement of the po
liee headquarters. Here, three of
ficers stripped and beat him mer
cilessly, covering his body w<itb
■innumerable whelps, welts and
sears.
Police Chief Luther Holmes
(white*) denied that Holmes was
given the third degree. However,
he was forced to launch an inves
tigation.
Beddow was the notorious
Klansman-lawver hired by a group
of Alabama Aegro ministers in
April 1911 to defend the Scotts
boro boys. His sham defense help
ed the court to convict the boys.
IF I COULD LIVE
By R. A. Ada/ms
(For the Literary Service Bureau)
If I could live my life again.
Back from the dead,
If I could but recall the years,
Forever sped,
This one thing I would do:
I’d live niy life more true,
To every task to me assigned—
To God and to all humankind.
If I could live my life agalh,
My steps retrace,
If record of past words and deeds
T could erase,
I would indeed eontrfve, *
And faithfully would strive,
To live a life such as would be,
From all self-condemnation free.
But I can never live again
The years gone by,
So, folly it would be for these
To whine and cry;
But I can, and I will,
The years remaining fill
With service, and rejoice to know
Such on life’* reco^d-sheot will show*