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THE ADVOCATE — WHITE FREES CORRECTS RE scribed for the “old reliable", stat- ■ shrubs All kinds of fruit. Improve- none are more logical and reasonable ing she had read several copies of the meats In and paid. On Mt. Scott than that given by those who are FORT THAT BLACKS SNATCH paper and liked ita policy very much car line. &3nd street. Price reason- making the exodus. The reason la: WHITE WOMEN ---------- 831.SO ALL WOOL SUIT FREE The Bell Tailors, Dept. 1433, Chi cago, 111., will make a fine tailor to measure suit or overcoat free tor one man In each locality who will show aud recommend their high grade made-to-measure clothe» to a few friends. Simply »end them your name and address aud they will send you a large assortment of wool sam ples, styles book, self measuring chart and their Cree suit offer.—adv. (Special to The Advocate.) NEW YORK. N. Y, Sept. 31—Fol lowing an Investigation by Morris Lewis. Regional Secretary of the Na lloaal Association for the Advance ment of Colored People, at Chicago of an alleged riot on July 30 at Worth. 1U.. when, It was charged. Ne groes appeared at a community white dance hall and snatched women from their partners before be Ing driven off by the pol'cs, (he As Issued a refutation of •oclated Pre, the gtory as follows: "Chicago, Angus’ 33—Morris Lew Is, Regional Secretary of the Nation al Association for the Advancement of Colored People, denied today the report mad» by a Chicago newspaper July 30 of aa alleged raid on a com munity uance hall in Worth. 111. MR8. JOHNSON ARDENT WORKER Local Seventh Day Adventists have an ardent church worker and Bible instructor In the person of Mrs. K. O. Johnson who is in charge of the church for the colored people here Mrs Johnson is a highly educated woman, conversant on present day questions; she is intensely interested in the rearing of her children and be lieves in the ultimate success of the Race. Mrs. Johnson called at The Advocate office last week and sub Fire room bungalow, 14000. 8600 down, balance like rent. Four room bungalow, corner. 84000, 1500 dwon .balance can be arranged Good buv E. K. STANLEY 419 Abington Bldg Broadway <313 WHITE MANUFACTURERS DRAW COLOR LINE IN ICE BUSINESS.— This city has been peculiar tn that for a number of years Negroes re tailed practically all the ice made in this city. There Is « long, dry spell her* t»*ke» the ice business The whites P*eu,iArl3 profitable. were doing all the manufacturing Eventually, they become concerned over the Negro retail business. They drew the line. One Negro who was operating ten wagons for his trade, found that he could not get any ice. Others met with the same difficulty. White retailers sprang up. The Ne groes would drive their wagons up for a supply and would be kept wait ing all day; while the whites, the new retailers, came and went their wag ons loaded to th« brim. It took a Negro preacher to solve the problem, the Rev. R. M. Caver, Daughter Nora Taylor of Chicago by pastor of Mount Zion Baptist Church over 100 majority. Daughter Taylor Rev. Caver told his people to make is a noted evangelist and has done their own ice. The Idea Bounded good. Backing was received from D. great work in the order H. Raines, an oil millionaire. Negro, Contracted Fever Mrs. Taylor had recently returned with holdings in Louisiana and resi Raines be from Liberia, where she had organ dence in Hot Springs. ized a temple of Daughter Elks. It came president of the company to I was while in Liberia she contracted manufacture ice. and Caver secre the fever that later proved fatal. Her tary. The result is their present modern success in organizing the temple un der adverse circumstances was one of i plant, capable of turning out thirty I tons of ice each day. located in the merit The office of Grand Daughter Ruler manufacturing district of the city, will be held by Vice-Daughter Ruler with their own spur to the railroad, Mrs. Laura Williams of New York They now have a demand in exceaa of their supply. All the stock of the City. until next election. People’s Ice A Fuel Co. is paid in and earning dividends. FOR SALE The Negro' company has found that Eight-room house and one acre of ground. House is modern and the it can not only sell ice to Negroes, grounds contain beautiful trees and but the Negro retailer», who had white trade previous to the "Jim Crow" tactics of the white retailers, | find that all their old customers among the whites stay with them. What everybody seems to want good ice, promptly delivered. “Fully »5 per cent If not more of the men are said to be as orderly and law-abiding as any white men and the actions of a few hard boiled mem bers should not condemn the whole camp. Many of the men have been employed by the construction com pany for ten and even fifteen years It la said that there la not any more disorder to be found in this camp than there would be in a camp of white men of this sixe. "The people of Worth greatly re- sent the wild story published in the Chicago paper and wish to have it understood that it would not stand for anything of the nature as de i scribed in the Windy City paper. “The hot air story was the product of a sensational reporter who had more regard for scandal than for truth ” DIES IN CALIFORNIA Mrs. Lucy Morrow-Dingwall died recently in Monrovia. Calif., after an illness of many months. She was buried on the 13th of the month. Her husband, a native of Liberia. West Africa, a distinguished minister and medical physician, was in Africa at the time of her passing. Mrs. Ding wall lived for many years with her husband in Africa, where he conducted a hospital. Poor health caused her to return to her native country, where she tried in Mrs. vain to regain her health, Dingwall was born in Llttig. Tex . educated at Tillitson College, tin. Tex., where she taught for a number of years previous to her mar riage. She leaves to mourn their loss a husband, daughter and a host of relatives in Texas. California and Portland. Oregon. Investigate thia proparty. (Special to The Advocate) Littl» Rock. Ark., Sept. 1#.—"You RECEIVES COVETED HONOR can't keep a good man down." nor a Rev. I. A. Moore. formerly pastor good race. That strikes ths keynote of Portland, wars elected alternate del that has been responsible for the suc egate to the General Conference of cess of the People's Ice 4) Fuel Co the Zion A M E. Church at the re in this city. It is the outgrowth of cent sitting of the Annual Conference white prejudice and unfair businesa at Monrovia. Call! methods on the part of whites "The circulated «tory told how col Mr*. Nora F. Taylor, grand daugh ored workmen had entered the dance tar Ruler of the Elka, who was elect hall and snatched white women from ed at the convention in Chicago, died their partners and how they were suddenly at her home tn Chicago driven off by the police. toTh Monday evening. September 1- __ "'No such raid occurred,' said Mr Her untimely death came as a shock Lewis. 'In the first place, there la no to her many friends, also the frater community dance hall in Worth. nal circle», especially Elkdorn. There are some *6 colored laborers Defeated Former Ruler there. The story had ita origin in an Mrs. Taylor was commented on at attempt by several colored laborers the convention as follows: to hold up the commissary of the The most surprising thing, of company for which they were work course, was the defeat of Daughter ing. Four or five men were arrested. Mamie Hodge« for the office of grand That is the whole story. daughter ruler For fifteen years she " "City officials and local newspa has successfully defeated every as pers corroborate the findings of my ' pirant for her throne, but early the Investigation and declare that the word waa being passed that she was majority of the colored laborers in I to go. and when election time came that vicinity have always been or ; the opposition hsd manned their derly.' " forces in sufficient numbers to elect The Mokena News-Bulletin (white) of August 3rd said of the Incident: '•The Chicago American came out with a wild hair-raising story stating that the colored men had appeared at a dance and had pulled guns on the white men and took their girls from them All thia was bunk and in tact the whole story has caused a reflection to be cast on the colored people that is harmful. ' able. THIS BEAUTIFUL HAIR STRAIGHTENING AND SHAMPOO COMB This Comb Is Well Worth $1.00 Solid Brass, wooden band!« IM inches ion« weicht 4 ouncaa. grr«n •• « proooat io all who tak« ad van tag« of our great BIG OFFER NO. 1144 just white to us and say ?- “I would like to ret a bair straitbteninc and shampoo comb free Send me particulars re* Carding your No 1144 offer.” Be sb re and write your name and address plainly, and full particulars will be sent you. 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