Address of S. E.
Gilbert At Zion
Mass Meeting
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Mr. Master of Ceremonies, Pre
sident McPherson, affiliating or
ganization of the National Negro
Congress Council, fellow citizens;
we have gathered here today for
the purpose of playing o-ur part as
American citizens to aid the effort
now being made to force the Wag
ner Van Nuys anti lynching bill to
success, realizing that should it
be defeated the most staggering
blow since tihe never to be forgot
ten Dread Scott Decision shall have
been perpertrated against thirteen
million black Americans.
The lynching record in our coun
try, America, the land of the free
and the home of the brave from
Reconstruction days to the present
time constitutes one of the black
est chapters in the nation’s his
tory. And lest you forget th s das
tardly practice has not aitoge' her
been limited to members of black
Americans. The records show thrt
since the Civil War, 5,500 Negroes
have been lynched; of that 5,500,
more than 100 have been helpless
women. The record also shows that
1,454 white Americans have fallen
victims to this unAmerican act.
The mob spirit is not confined to
► the South, but in lesser degrees is
present in all sections of the coun
try. Only Sunday, two weeks ago t
tl.e lynching of a Negro in the su
burbs of Detroit was prevented
only by the quick and loyal action
of deputy sheriffs, who rushed to
the scene of the disorder and saved
the life of tihe accused man. The
mob had already secured gasoline
7 and a rope and were preparing to
take the law in hand and aside
from taking the life of the would
be victim they would have trampled
upon the Constitution of this great
country of ours which gives every
person the right of the due process
of the law.
The alleged criminal, according
to reports was charged with that
age old cry by blood thirsty mob
sters, RAPE of a white woman.
We have no sympathy for rap
ists, whether colored or white.
They should bfe punished, but the
punishment should be adminstered
by the courts and not by mobs.
Rape of a woman by a white man
is just as reprehensible as the out
rpge of womanhood by a colored
criminal. Each is equally guilty
and deserving punishment; but
when a colored man is charged
with this offense the press and pu
fclic sentiment are inclined to paint
the crime blacker than when the
criminal is white.
Only last month in the state of I
North Carolina, a white man was
charged with having raped a little
seven year old colored girl, but d?
spite the strong testimony against
him he was acquitted. Rape is rape
A no matter by whom it is commit
ted. Still we live in a civilized
country in which every person ac
cused of crime has the right to a
fair trial in the courts. Convicted
rapists should be duly punished, but
mobs have no authority to under
take the job. Let the law take its
course.
Tuesday history was made when
United States Senator Bennett C.
Clark of Missouri, presiding tern
porarily, recognized a member to
make the motion which brought the
anti lynching bill up for discussion
and a vote. Simultaneously with
this history making act came that
age old procedure on the part of
Negrophobiertji to do all in their
power to block the passage of this
bill which is so vital to black Am
erica,
Leading this battle is Senator
Connelly of Texas who is using as
the subject of his filibustering
speech "the right of the states
will be jeopardized by a federal
bill against lynching and that in
doing so he decares the bill to be
unconstitutional. This age old cry
has fallen from the lips of men
who have and had no regards for
the right of human beings for
more than 26 years against the
struggles of black America and
many white people to stop lynching
in this country.
Today, my friends, 72 per cent
of the voters in the country are in
favor of the passing of the Anti
lynching bill.
In the South, the hot bed of lyn
ching, the count stands 67 per
cent for passage and 43 per cent
against, thus proving that fair
minded Americans, both black and
white arc against any delay in
passing the measure that is design
e<i to safe guard the constitutional
right*, the peace and safety of
every Amercan citizen.
When the measure was being
debated in the lower house a mob
went on a rampage in Mississippi
and lynched two Negroes by heat
ing irons red hot and applying
them to the screaming bodies of
their victims.
During the first part of last
week while Mr. Connolly, U. S.
Senator from Texas, was doing all
he could to prove that the anti
lynching bill was unconstitutional
because such a bill would supercede
stato rights and in a burst of ora
, ory, declared (hat the southern
states could take care of lynching.
Came the news that Jesse Turner
had been mobbed by 300 heavily
aimed barbarious Americans be
cause he had resented being man
handled by Sheriff Le Matthews
(white) of Clarksdale, while being
transferred to the Clarksdale jail.
Rclivers in justice and fair
j play, fellow citizens, here you have
the picture of how Mr. Connolly
means that the southern states
will take care of the problem of
lynching. Thanks be to God that in
Amierica there are millions both
black and white who are able to
see the gross neglect of the rights
of Americans because they are
black and have come to that
undeniable conclusion that yvhen a
state or states consistently neglect
the right of too large a percentage
of the citizens there is no alterna
tives left but for the Fedral gov
ernment to tep ini and protect its
citizens.
Black America, and friends of
justice, lynching is more than a
crime it boldly thwarts the most
elementary ends of justice constit
utes a complete denial of the rights
and responsibilities of citizens and
represents anarchy in its most vi
cious and insolent form. It flag
rantly strikes at the foundation of
all organized social life and out
liberty.
It tramples under foot the Con
stitution of America, that docu
ment which guarantees every Am 1
erican regardless of color or creed
a fair trial and a right to life and
a right to life and liberty.
In closing may I state that the
National Negro Congress Council
MMI.C-1 r—.
WALKER P
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(•OtCASATMim I
Beauty Culture on Wheels
Life never stands still. Perhaps
the latest innovation in the popu
lar profession of beauty culture is
the streamlined trailer fitted up
with the latest appurtenances for
beautifying women and demonstrat
ing* the most modem methods in
hair and skin treatment, shown
above. Mrs. Mlarjorie Joyner, pro
ident of the National Beauty Cul
tuns League and national super
visor of Mme. C. J. Walker Beauty
Colleges has just finished a 4,000
mile trip which took her from
Chicago to Dallas, Texas, where
she took part in Negro Day sub
stitutinig for Hon F. B. Hansom of
Indianapois. (ANP)
Wedding Anniversaries
The following are the most gen
erally accepted wedding anniver
saries; First, cotton; second, paper;
third, leather; fourth, fruit and
flower; fifth, wooden; sixth, candy;
seventh, woolen; eighth, rubber;
ninth, willow; tenth, tin; eleventh,
steel; twelfth, silk and linen; thir
teenth. lace; fourteenth. Ivory; fif
teenth, crystal; twentieth, china;
twenty fifth, silver; thirtieth, pearl;
thirty-fifth, coral (or sapphire);
fortieth, ruby (or emerald); fiftieth,
golden; seventy-fifth, diamond.
today issues a call for every red
blooded man and woman who be
lieves in justice and fair play to
notify your state representative in
Congress that you are among that
72 per cent of American citizens
who belieives that a Federal law
against lynching is needed and
that as your representative you
expect for him to do his part to
wards getting the same.
Lovers of justice and liberty can
pull this bill through the Senate
as it was forced through the House
if they pull together and pull to
gather now.
Victories are not won by wishing
but by fighting. And the desire for
dividual freedom and security in
America will be gauged by the of
fictiveness with which Negroes
support this fight.
The Household
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By LYDIA LE BARON WALKER
I"'HE name American patchwork
was given by the English to a
certain type of piece patchwoik evi
dently originated on this continent.
It is a name unfamiliar to most
Americans, although credit for the
beautiful work is given to the wom
en in the United States and Canada.
American patchwork found its way
from this continent to England in
the latter quarter of the last cei,
tury, somewhere about 1875 or 1880.
In Great Britain it was attributed
equally to the United States and
Canada, both countries being in
America, and there being an un
certainty about just which section
was responsible for the distinctive
patchwork.
The name of loghouse quilting was
given the design abroad. It has an
odd sound to us for log homes are
termed log cabins in America. Here
the pattern has been known through
the century as the log cabin pattern,
but the name loghouse quilting has a
fascinating ring to it. The patch
work was, and is, one of the hand
sornest types of all. Its special fea
ture was its use of ribbons foi
patches and also silk and satin <anc
sometimes velvet) cut into strips a'
ribbon widths.
IIow To Make Squares.
The strips are positioned in ever
widening rows about a small square
of one of the materials. In eacl
row strips overlap one another
Ends are straight, that is they are
not dovetailed or mitered. The rib
bon-like strips can be sewed to s
foundation square or be seamed to
gether. In the old work the rib
bons were sewed to a foundation,
with a square of silk sewed on the
exact center of the foundation
square After this the rows were
set in order about it. Edges slight
ly overlapped so no lining was vis
ible.
The method of arrangement ol
colors is definite One diagonal hall
of a square is of dark colored
pieces, the other of light ones. When
squares are sewed together dark
comes against dark and light
against light, producing a fascinat
ing sequence of ever widening
squares of light and dark. When
colors are artistically combined, the
quilt with fts rich materials is su
perb. We can well be proud of the
quilts which bear the name of Amer
ican loghouse quilting.
e).Itell Syndicate.—WNU Service.
Loghcuse Quilting Fashion* This Cherished Coverlet.
BARING SECRETS
OF APPLE PIE
Famous Expert Wants Hers
With Double Crusts.
By EDITH M. BARBER
• < O LESS my soul! No apple pie?"
exclaimed the Earl of Dud
ley, according to legend, whenevei
dinner was served without his fa
vorite dessert.
From my own experience with
Englishmen I feel sure that he prob
ably demanded an apple tart rath
er than pie, which may be called
purely American. We demand oui
pies with double crust. We use
plain pastry, while the English pre
fer crust of the puff-paste type
Both are good desserts, when wel'
made. Be sure that your apples
are tart and that you use plenty oi
sugar. I like to mix a little floui
with the same amount of sugar t(
sprinkle over my bottom crust be
fore I put in alternate layers oi
apples and sugar. Then I add a
good-sized piece of butter before 1
put on my top crust.
What, no cinnamon or nutmeg?
I do not go so far as did Irvin Cobh
when I asked him his stand on the
much discussed question of which
belongs with apple pie. “Neither."
he pronounced, "it is a sin againsi
a great fruit.” If I use either. 1
prefer cinnamon, but I usually re
serve it for brown betty with which
I think it does belong. I keep nut
meg for other important uses.
Apple i'ie.
5 or 6 apples
Vi cup sugar
Vi teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon flour
1 tablespoon butter
Pare, core and slice apples. Mix
sugar, salt and spice. Line a pan
with pastry, sprinkle with flour
mixed with a tablespoon of sugar.
Add the applies and sugar in alter
nate layers. Dot with butter and
cover with upper crust of pastry.
Bake in a hot oven, 450 degrees
Fahrenheit and bake until the ap
pies are soft, 40 to 45 minutes.
Pastry.
1V4 cups flour
Vi teaspoon salt
Vs cup fat
Cold water
Sift together flour and salt. Cut
in the fat with pastry blender or
two case knives. When fine add at
one side of the bowl one tablespoon
of cold water and stir in as much
of the flour and fat as the water will
take up. Continue this until you
have four or flve balls of dough and
some dry flour left in the bowl.
Press together with Angers. If all
the dry flour is not taken up, add a
little more water. Chill and roll.
Doughnuts.
1 cup sugar
3 tablespoons shortening
2 eggs
1 cup milk
4 teaspoons baking powder
Vi teaspoon cinnamon
V* teaspoon grated nutmeg
X teaspoon salt
Flour (3V4 to 4 cups)
Cream the shortening with the
sugar and add the beaten egg. Add <
two cups flour mixed and sifted with
baking powder, salt and spices, al
ternately with the milk; then add
more flour to make dough stiff
enough to roll. Roll to one-fourth
inch thickness. Shape with a dough
nut cutter, fry in deep fat, 375 de
grees F.. and drain on brown paper.
Size of Humming Bird
The size of the humming bird
zeeins very diminutive when com
pared with the world’s largest hlrd
the ostrich. The smallest humming
bird Is found In Cuba, and Its body
la about one and one-foui th Inches
long, while the ostrich may be elghl
feet In height and weigh as much aa
800 pounds. The largest known
bumming bird Is the “giant hum
mer,” eight and one-half Inches
long, found In the Andean moun
tains of South America. It re
sembles our swifts.
The Yorkihira Terrier
Although tho Yorkshire terrier
combines many of the characteris
tics of the terrier family, It has
been so pampered and petted that
its working terrier qualities have
been subordinated to the develop
ment of a beautiful and unusual pet
and show dog. It possesses the del
icate refinement of the Skye terrier
ami Pomeranian, the lovable dls|H>
sltion of the spaniel and pug, and
the Intelligence of setter and Scotty.
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Alcohol and Opium
Alcohol Is not a food but a drug
which has a definite effect on the
uervous system and numbs the
brain. Alcohol breaks down a per
son's resistance, and the body con
tracts disease more readily. Opium
Is a powerful habit-forming drug,
and once it becomes master it Is
practically Impossible to stop It, for
the victim loses all self-control.—
Hvgela Health Magazine,
Napoleon's Turn of Mind
De Bourrleune, Napoleon's class
mate at school and Inter his pri
vate secretary for many years, said
that If scientific courses had been
taught at ttie military schools Bona
parte attended he “would have pur
sued these sciences with all the
genius nnd spirit of Investigation
which he displayed in a career,
more brilliant. It Is true, but less
useful to mankind,"
Cactus Juice
Because the cactus has to live on
an absolute minimum of moisture,
the Juice of ibis plant Is markedly
potent In Its ability to handle min
eral in solution. For Instance, It
makes alkali water, that would
otherwise he poisonous, safe to
drink, nnd it was used for this pur
pose by the Indians of the South
west before Ooliitnbus discovered
America.
APPOINTED SOLICITOR
ROBT. D. BARKERS tUL
Philadelphia, Nov. 26—Robert D.
Raskervill, 31 yegr old attorney
was appointed Assistant City Soli
citor by Mayor Wilson, Monday.
Baskervill is a political protege of
Councilman James H. Irvin and is
legal advisor to the Colored Ameri
can Citizens Organization of Phil
adelphia, a political group of which
Irvin is president.
The appointee is a graduate of
the University of Pennsylvania,
1 »avin?’ gained his bachelor’s, mas
I t-er’s and law degrees in the school
there. He finished law in 1933.
He is editor of the Oracle, Ome
ga Psi Phi fraternity organ; direct
or of thSe Achievement Project and
president of the local interfratern
ity Council.
He has been junior partner in
the law firm of Rhodes and Bask
ervill since the beginning of the
year.
By L. L. STEVENSON
At the annual meetings of the
great corporations, many of which
are held at this time of year, there
are always present holders of a few
blocks of shares — and In many
instances, holders of only one share
each. With various proxy holders
ensting thousands of votes, their
voice in the proceedings means
nothing, Vet they turn out in num
bers. Often, they are as fully cog
nizant of the affairs of the company
as the officers themselves and al
ways they are given due considera
tion by the officers and board mem
bers. Some of course come to make I
as much trouble as possible. Others. '
even though they are decidedly in
the minority, are generally inter
ested. With still others, it is a
I diversion. Retired from actual busi
i ness, they buy a few shares here
and there and attending the meet
ings gives them something to do
a feeling, at least, that they arc
still taking part in the business oi
the country.
• • •
It’s a leap from the financial con I
ter up to Columbus circle and from
business to soap-box orators, liu'
last night 1 happened to stop Ion;
enough to hear a ragged, whiskerei
individual declare that business o
all kinds was iniquitious. So far as I
could learn, he didn't have any
remedy for existing condition:
though he was sure tha. they shouh
be changed. What I started to say,
however, was that at Columbus cir
cle there are traffic signs direct
ing vehicles, to "right" and "left."
Curiously, the groups seem to divide
with th::&? signs, those who support
the government standing noar the
"right" signs and the reds and
others moving over to the "left."
Consistent observers hold that It
always is that way, so it must bc<
by choice and not mere chance.
• • *
Addicts of marijuana cigarettes
("reefers," "muggier," "good
butts," or in Harlem, "Mary Warn
ers”) are having trouble in obtain
ing supplies. The cigarettes, dead
ly in their effects, formerly sold
at a dime each or three for a quart
er, with a heavy Broadway demand.
The price now is 50 cents each and
many peddlers have retired not only
because of difficulty in obtaining
stocks but because the government
has taken a hand in the matter
along with the police narcotic squad
Dealers and peddlers have been
retired for periods ranging from i
year up. There are said to b
15,000 narcotic addicts in New Yor
city. How many arc "Mar.
Warner" addicts is not known. But
prior to this fall, report shave it
that the use of them was spreading.
• • •
Behind the acute shortage li
months of activity on the port ot
the narcotic squad, aided by the
sanitary division of the Works Prog
ress administration. Marijuana is
a Mexican weed but it grows any
where. So it was extensively cul
tivated in open spaces in Queens,
Brooklyn and the Bronx. As the
plants grow four feet high, they are
easy to spot. Whenever encountered,
the WPA men rooted them up. It is
estimated that they destroyed in all
half a million pounds with a retail
value of about $9,000,000.
Funniest tiling in any country is
to see a “revolution" undertaken
without the aid of the people.
Last Min uteSnappy
News Items
FromNational Field
Washington, iD. C., Nov.* 26
(ANP)—While the streets were
thronged with late shoppers ah, the
New Cental' Market* a threeway
fight in a house on L street t|uxw
the neighborhood in wild egeite
ment. As a result of the affray,
one man was stabbed to death and
another was slightly cut. The dead
man is Romeo Bryant, 21, who was
pronounced <l>ad upon arr'val at
Freedman’s ho pitai. T. ; o hjr vie
tim, Preston Hines, was treated
at the same hospitrl for stab
wounds in the right, leg. Police are
holding a neighborhood character,
I.ulu Belle Davidson, in connection
with the killing.
Austin, Tex., Nov. 2fi (ANP)—
The Austin Students Interracial
Forum, comprising students orf
Si.mu< 1 Huston and T'llos*on col
leges and of the. University of
Texas, presented tha Rev. Father
d. M. Rinch in a lecture on current
conditions in Europe, in the Tillot
‘■on nudtorium on Monday after
noon.
Father Riach, widely travelled,
arresting speaker, reviewed im
nrersions from his recent tour of
Europe. He gave a stimulating ex
position of the totalitarian poli
tical philosophies as exemplied in
Nazi Gee-many, Soviet Russia and
Fascist Italy, particularly with re
feronco to freedom of worship.
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Phone WE 4137
Poultry and Egg Dealers
Out prices are reasonsable,
see us first.
Orchard & Wilhelm Co*
USED FURNITURE
it taken into our
Exchange Dep't
to encourage the purchase of new merchandise. It is
•d for resale at the lowest prices ws can put upon it
Our first and constant purpose is to maka it easy lot out
customers to have the new. Our second is the quiak «►
posai of the old.
Every day in the year there are laraa assortments affeiwi, [
In fact you can furnish a whole house from this stock j
which changes constantly. ;
It’s worth your while to come to the Exchange Depart* l
ment today, and a week from today, to secure what you
IS wf LIS'1' A FEW TYPICAL EXAMPLES. j
Pillow arm mohair davenport and chair . 12.50
Tapestry upholstered davenpo rt in good condition-12.50
Odd upholstered davenports, each .—. 3.00
Walnut reflectory dining table.—.—.. 17.50
8- pe. oak dining suite round ta ble ... 15.00
Several late style 8 pc. walnut dining suites.... 46.00 to 79.50
Odd room size rugs .4.50 to 27.50
Good selection of coat heaters and ranges.
Convenient Terms
