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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (April 11, 1931)
T H K IL L U S T R A T IC I) F E A T U R E S E C T IO N A p r i l 11. 19.11 The Only Negro Detective Sergeant in Nebraska A n U n u su a l L ittle S tory o f Success patrolman. r H Jenkins, ¿»* ii# ♦ • The promotion came a* u Christ mas present from the department, not simply at a gift to help bulge Ills Christmas striking. but brean*** the work of Hrrgrant Jenkins during hi* ten years on the forer merited sucha promotion. Hi* rurerr that led up to hi* work with the police dr part incut In Omaha I* an Interrirti i Ig a* aonu of thr rune* and rx i a-runic**» he related Oral mg with law violato!« Hr ha* brrn a farmer, saw mull hand, bar tun. and 1 * ut present a de tective Horn on n farm in Louisiana. ■ hr worked with thr soil until rarly ! manhood, when hr Irft thr job of ruttili! corn for one of cuttiiiK log* i at a saw-mill. It was at the saw mill that hr lrurnrd how to barber "O n Haturday afternoon». ' Jenkins related. " I would cut the men's hair wlille they sat on an oak stump be hind our of the shed*. That wa> my oprn air barber shop, and before lonf I was doing a pretty g<M«t J<ib of It. too. My fame as u barber spread to Je^nerrtte. La« . and 1 gave up tlx* work at the saw-mill and got work In a regular shop in this small town "After a few years I moved to Lake D e t e c t iv e S e r g e a n t P . II. J e n k in s C h a rto and opened a shop of rny own. I was also in thr saloon busi • • . I «m heartilv In arrord «ritta Itili rrium im iuLIkm ami bc- ness for a while until the city line lieve that Olili rr Jrnkin«'« «orli In ll*e Detective Drpartm rnl warrant« moved across the street, where my hi« i«nftrmatlnn a« a detective «ergeant. saloon was located, which meant my Ihankinc voti (or w»ur favor alile r «malato rallon « f IM * r«-qwe»t. taxrs would br hlglier On one aide I am. of the street was the city limits, and "Vonr trvlv. on my side was thr county, so when • H t g n r a t J. J D / . i t S f m S K Y . thr city limits absorbed my aide of « h t o f *»f P o l i r e " the street, taxrs Jumped from $200 a year to $1.000 I went out of busi- Ho reati «n rxtrart frulli a ktirr+ha«l lo do alili ttir mntter t*f ron- la as altogether a ft w day* brforr ('tu latina* t<> A A niming si» aWrt and ritirim i Nrgro "Then I came to Omaha I opr ned W rstorgardr. c 'umili (’•»lonri «*f Polire. Omaha, Nt brnska. by thè clilrf of I Miller In thè sa tur city. The lei ter H K K F / S (¿ O O I> N K W K fo r colti r i f f e rem . S I J»»aeph,a I n t ana (tloubie «t m ir r ili) brtng« o \er- ititfht reM ilta. I l combine« thè he*t rtT il m e d ie I n e * w ith oulck Actinie la x a tiv e * . Sol«l ut ull n fu tf a io rea. The specimen of handwriting chos ^strike« out and does things. M< ntally Mr 8h< piird l* unusually en for this week show* a natilte that raz& S Z W I» rt m ai’. ably derisive When Mr b a n h * thin! b i n i M . he Mhrpard believes it thing he believe« •lxrs U |1 people Immediately. Hr un II nil the way lh n » \ h Wilt'll he derstands things. He Is raimble of doe* a thing he <ln* s it ritiphaticully, being very thrifty, and very careful (erU ln ly . with no Intention of being about everything thut he dors. Ucgular $1.00 Treatment wishy-washy •enl free—-one to eaelt family | With All of these qualities he doe'! not grt tlie ' big head. ' He does not ‘ I «M ii.«r u e d «n d kinged for « b»li| O M T d a y. «M ill a il my heart. Put • « • | I over-estimate his own Importance, t. « r h v lie r . litdiH it« d e n ie d ." w r it « « M r « but goes ahead, and dors thing*. u) t «eu t fur yuur , p rrtc t Ip tlon W li I I r 1 Tlilx makes the executive. It is the I «k in « llu* ««ro iirt | measure of the man who accomplish L o « I «roa intatti« to es results. « v p r r a « my tket>|3me«» ( I n rv rr had ■ «lek I However, there Is another strong ^ TJiT day I b r u n i* Ih « (quality sign here. It is a \ast under m oth er o f « flue * , *| standing of the spirit of music This pound baby (lo d j Is as strong as the administrative o n ly know our joy i t hope «v e r y woutdn ; '(juuliUes already mentioned long in « for m other You may have something in your In tod w ill t u hr tou t nature that would help you make a m e d ic h i« You are » r lc o in e to u « th l* greater success of your life You may . I r li, r and p tetu r* f I Tlicrr Is one thing thut Is very In- have dreams that you do not dare to B aby 9t h rllrr I l k m o n th «. I T * lb«. ; , MI tiriRtlng If things go wiong — If believe you can fulfill, but your writ You may have M a rrie d I I )»a u am i d o c to r* told m r there nre (llfllculttrs that Mr. Bhcp- ing holds the answer. I would i i o * r h a « « any r ltth lr v n ." w i l t « « artl (lnds Imnl to otTrcoinr. he simply talent so great that your name will M r« W h itr. I** I IfM > 0 1 m*tf| la* become famous It may be that all N ow I am to b* a mi th rr In O e t 'b r r My grits tils teeth, sml goes ahead There d r « r r « i w ith r* a ll* c d " Is a trenirndous strength of will here you need Is a chance to grt on the right track. I>r. | > r p f » 'i tre a tm e n t a noti-«pec<Ar It Is something that knows no defeat b ««< u on cila n d u liir a c tiv ity , h « « hern used The way you make an " a ’* or an >le bnllds many air castles, which w ith MKh m u lt a *v thonaam la o f » turn "o.** a "g " or a "y'' eon tell things th a t fag lib* n r « t mí gay* a m .i d a tis i will) some people would mean a tre a tm e n t »111 b r « r n t frra. pstaiptld, no worthless nature. Hilt Mr Hhepard about you. The way you cross your C oll, no r o t i no u b U fa tio n . to o t i j knows what he wants. H r dors not t'« may give secrets about your very w om an who w rite « BOUl 1 b i s tfl tt U 9 I M l i » i > 1 » »>♦ A lim ita d «u a p ly o f fra c tr c a tm r n t« w ill weakly dream about wliat he would be «e a t out t h i« tenth, m i b# aure and like to do; hr knows, and then goes cause 110 tan p N p | W ltli ftUkl Y ow school- mates, trained by the rame w rite to d a y A I«o a f i « e booklet. *C h H d ie»» about thr doing with a vast amount Ma r i sgra R « p l« ln e if . " w ill be sent >ou teacher write differently from you. o ( will power, enthusiasm and pur Htm ply «end nam e a p o ftd A fd w ill do There are tiny curls and twists In ai»d im iN ly w ill be m a iled in p la in w ra p pose. your letters that no other person puts per t>r I>e|»ew n eh eve* you w ill br iu r - The writing In this little slip sliowr In in exactly the same way It is as p rl«e d an d d e lig h te d A d ir ««« t>r DrHew. a spirit Hint Is aggressive — that though Mother Nature had been giv Butta I M . Comt r « llnuae. K u n w * t 'lt y . Mu en a great laboratory where human natures were mixed and moulded. She puts In one trait in one person, and another trait in another, but when (he finished person stands before us, that person Is different from all oth A «.»N T K W A N T ID I I H P - I » N « I I sm sM t.M IN ers because the character traits are Just a little different from those In A M M IR N M IN O IT N V ri <>»•►* WORK AT M A K E O O O Il M O N E Y B »«y . «v a r y werk HOMR during »parr time (Inbatantlal pay. any other single nature. aa our a g ru t fo r th r fam ou a W a y ln r H air experlvnc* unnrreaaary Digntflrd employ You may have your own writing AD- D m i i n g and o th e r ix p u ia r W a v ln e to tlrt- ment for hon««t. nnibitlmi» p«r«oiu VANCKMKNT LEAGUE, Dtp*. A. Napri- analyzed in a short personal letter If rlra ndvrrtla«<| r rg u la rly In la c e paprra For vlllr. Ill ou will send a letter to Dr. M. N. p a rtlru la ra w r ite T h r Itoyd M fv. Co , D ir- Hunker, care of this newspaper. Mere MFIHCAIs—WOMEN m ln gh a m , Ala. ly write a letter, and enclose a stamp - • ■ - --- —f------------ ---- — ■■■— ■ WOMEN DON'T HUFF.-lt! Our trrntmrnt ed envelope rarrfutly addressed to fiisrsntred Indian Mrdtclne Co . Okla- yourself. Include an extra two-cent I F Y O U W A N T a w o m k r fu l o p p o rtu n ity to home City. Oklahoma. nuika *1.1 p ro fit a d a y and g et a nrw stamp to cover the cost of paper F ord M o n br«dd*.<t. arnd m r you r name McnicAl used. If you live outside of the Ignit lin m a d la trly N o m p r r le n r r necr r.mty f*ar- ed .States, be sure to Include Interna MINO BUFFER ERA Will gladly tri! any llc u la r .1 fr r r . All»» rf M illa, ®071 M onm outh oar how .1 arreated my trouble Jeare tional Iteply Coupons rather than (M n rln n a tl, O. Miller. Htntlon I). Dept ?.. Columbi«*. Oh o postsge stamps. Do You Want a Baby? ■ Classified Advertisements / u buib* i shop and did well until the war 1 finally gave up barbering en- ! tlrely. and signed up as a patrolman ten year» ago I love the work, and luive always tried to handle offenders with a firm kmdncvi It always pays.' i 8 *rgrant Jenkins whs severely mod- cat when telling of his achievements in running down erlinlnals, but did fan* that he felt proud of the fact . Unit he caught, last sprlnp, the man wlio was i(*:.|Minslble for u number i of dang*voun holdup* throughout the eity. Hr Is active In church and irater- , nal work, and gives much of Ills time i to these activities despite the dc- • inandr. of his time on the force D ra- coti and triisU*e of Zion Baptist Church. Past mas ter of A F Ac A M . Omaha Lodge. 8hriner of Zaha Tem ple No. 52. Past Patron and organizer <»f Omaha Chapter of Eastern 8t«r. are some of the outside activities of tins busy detective Sergeant Jenkins has lived In O m a- lm for the post 22 years, and Is proud U> be a member of a police depart ment that boasts ten Negro police- iiicn. one a lieutenant and one a ser- reant ---- o — Hr *1 love you!** Slir: "But I have not a farthing In the world.'' He "Ah. but you would not let m e' finish I was going to say, I km* you— Ml.** She: "Indeed, I only meant to put you to thr test. The fact U 1 have a fortune of fifteen thon.sand pounds ’* Hr* ' ■ i upted me again Just now What I meant was I love you not for the sake of your ' money!'* She: “So glad to hear you say that! 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