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THIRTY-THIRD YEAR. NO. 29. THIRTY-THIRD YEAR ABR:A BORN F Solemn and mirthful, strong of heart and limb, Tender and simple, too; he was so near To all things human that he cast out fear, And ever simpler, like a little child. Lived in unconscious nearness unto him Who always on earth's little ones hath smiled. —S. Weir Mitchell. LINCOLN, 1858. I am speaking on the occasion of the celebration of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln and to men who count it their peculiar privilege that they have the right to hold Lincoln's memory dear and the duty to strive to work along the lines that he laid down. We can pay most fitting homage to his memory by doing the tasks allotted to us in the spirit in which he did the infinitely greater and more terrible tasks allotted to him.—Theodore Roosevelt. LINCOLN'S RELIGIOUS BELIEFS In view of the much discussed question of the religious beliefs of Lincoln, this letter, recently published, is of special interest and importance. it was written to a prominent Quaker and was quoted for the first time by Major General Grenville M. Dodge in his "Personal Recollections," issued for private circulation. The letter follows. Executive Mansion. news: Executive Mansion, Washington, Sept. 4, 1864 Elijah P. Gurney: My Naezedem Friend—I have not forgo- ten—probably never shall forget—the very impressive occasion when yourself an arm of God has been sent to you two years ago. Nor has your kind letter written nearly a year later, ever be forgotten. In all, it has been your pu- pose to strengthen my reliances on God am much indebted to the good Christian arm of God, prayers and consolations and to no or of them more than to yourself. The pu- poses of the Almighty are perfect ar- ms of God, and you fail to accurately perceive them advance. We hope for a happy termi- nation of this terrible war long before the but God knows best and has ruled other wise. We shall acknowledge his wisdom and the greatness of God. We must work earnestly in the best lie he gives us, trusting that so working at Your people—the Friends—have had and we are having a very great trial. On our own ground, we have been oppression, they can only practically oppose oppression by war. In this hard dilemma some have chosen one horn and some the other. For those appealing to the Lord, they have ground their own and shall do the best I could and can, in my own conscience, under my oath to the Lord. That you believe this doubt not, but you believe your country and myself your earnest prayers to our Father in heaven. Your sincere friend, A. LINCOLN. MADE "OLD ABE" WORRY. Slow Roturns From His Own Prescinct Bothered Him on His Election Night. Lincoln spent most of the night of Nov. 6, 1830, in an office room in the statehouse at Springfield, Ill., receiving returns from the election. That was the day he was elected president of the United States. Late at night it was observed that the candidate was a little worried about something, despite the fact that most cheering news was coming in from New York, Pennsylvania and other big states which he expected to carry. Finally Lincoln admitted that he was worried about his own town, which was a Democratic place. At last the news came that Lincoln had carried his own prescinct. Lincoln clucked, it is said, and then remarked that he answered he go home, which he did. He appeared Jubilant over having carried his own prescinct and had ceased to worry about the rest of the United States. THE GAZETTE LINCOLN, 1865 WHEN LINCOLN DESPAIRED. Worried by Anti-tam, but Next Day Found-Him Cheerful Again. The late Robert C. Ogden, famous us an educator and philanthropist, said in a public address that on the night after the second day's fighting at Antelope Schuyler Colfax, then speaker of the house of representatives, after a vain effort to obtain news of the result of the battle, went to see the president. It was 3 o'clock in the morning, and he found Lincoln lying on a lounge, with his clothes on, awaiting dispatches. When Colfax said that there was still no news the president said: "Schuyler, what does it all mean? Are we not on God's side? We have thought we were right." Then, with a gesture of despair, Lincoln added, "I would gladly exchange places tonight with any dead soldier boy on the battlefield." The next morning Colfax went to the capitol and asked several representatives if they had any news of the battle. "No," was the reply. "But we have seen Lincoln, and he seems to be feeling so good and told us so many stories that everything must be all right." The House in Which LINCOLN Died THE house in which Abraham Lincoln died on the morning of April 15, 1865, stands opposite Ford's theater in which posite Ford's theater, in which the president was shot on the preceding night. The house, known sometimes as the Peterson house, from a former occupant, is now devoted to the exhibition of a wonderful collection of Lincoln relics owned by Osborn H. Oldroyd. Mr. Oldroyd has given his life since boyhood—he is now an elderly man—to the study of the life of Lincoln and the collection of objects connected with the life of the president. He has rails spit by Abraham Lincoln, the Lincoln family Bible, etc. ESTABLISHED AUGUST 25, 1883 AND ISSUED EVERY WEEK ON TIME SINCE: CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1916. Without an instant's hesitation I place Lincoln far above any other on your shining list—far above Bismasck, who created an empire: far above Gambetta, who saved a fallen people, or Mazzini, who helped put a new soul in another, or the Marquis Ito, who transformed some hermit islanders into the present first of Asiatic and peer of European powers.—Whitelaw Reid. LINCOLN, 1858. It took his countrymen full four years to find Abraham Lincoln out. By the light of the campfires of victorious armies they learned to see the outline of his gigantic figure, to assess the integrity of his character, to comprehend the majesty of his conscience, and, when at last they looked upon his careworn face as the nation reverently bore his body to the grave, through their tears they saw him exalted above all thrones in the affection of the human race.—Jonathan P. Dolliver. Lincoln's Lesson Books FOR a page out of one of the "Sum Books" that Abraham Lincoln used in his studies between 1822 and 1824 a collector paid $240 at a recent sale of Lincoln in New York city. On one side of this defective leaf appear some examples in long division, the date 1824 and the autograph "Abraham Lincoln's Book," while on the other side is a schoolboy's jingle that reads: Abraham Lincoln in my name. I wish you can write the same; I wrote in both haste and speed And left it here for books to read. Beneath this is another autograph signature that is rather faded. The sum of $145 was paid for another leaf containing some examples in compound interest worked out by Lincoln and $90 for a check drawn by J. Wilkes Booth on Jay Cooke & Co., being one of the so called "blood money" checks drawn by Booth before the assassination while he was living in Mrs. Surratt's house in Washington. Three of the legal documents showing that Lincoln was associated with lawyers not known to' his biographers were bought for J. Pierpont Morgan's private library. A rare Lincoln "broadside" issued in Alton in 1840 brought $210. The Two Addresses at Gettysburg- At Gettysburg on Nov. 19, 1863. Lincoln gave an extraordinary illustration of the strength that lies in that simplicity of speech of which he was the master. Edward Everett, the most scholarly and polished order of his day, made the formal ordon at Gettysburg that day. He spoke at great length and with studied preparation. Lincoln's speech was but "a few remarks," hastily, composed on a moving train. Next day Everett wrote to Lincoln in praise of the latter's brief address. Lincoln wrote to Everett a note in which he said Everett was expected to make a long address and he, Lincoln, a short one. He added: "I am pleased to know that, in your judgment, the little I did say was not entirely a failure." Why Lincoln Told Stories. Chaucey M. Depew of New York, a famous story teller, told thus why Lincoln was fond "warning" "I can remember a conversation with Abraham Lincoln, who was the original story teller of this country, in which he said to me: 'Depew, they say I talk too much and tell to many stories. They say it does not comport with the dignity of the presidential office and that, it detracts from my personal dignity; but, Depew, the common people—the common people-like plain talk, and they understand what I mean when I tell them a story, and I don't believe I shall quit it just because it isn't considered dignified." A Visit to Lincoln In Wartime MAJOR GENERAL GREN VILLE M. DODGE, failed both as a commander in the civil war and as the chief engineer during the construction of the Union Ipside railroad, wrote for private circulation a book of personal reminiscences of Lincoln, Grant and Sherman, each of whom he knew, the last two intimately. In the book General Dodge recounts a number of anecdotes of Lincoln not generally known. He tells of a visit he paid to President Lincoln at the White House at a time when the chief executive was greatly worried over the command of the Union forces because he was receiving so many demands that Grant he relieved of the command. General Dodge writes: "When I arrived at Washington and went to the White House to call on President Lincoln to my state in the antebellum, and he took me in to see the president. It happened to be at the hour when the president was receiving the crowd in the mute chamber next to his room. Senator Harlan to me up to him immediately and patted me to him. President Lincoln received me cordially and said he was very glad to see me. He asked me to sit down while he disposed of the crowd. I sat down and waited. I saw him take each person by the hand and in his kindly way disposed of them. To an outsider it would seem that they all got what they wanted, for they seemed to go away happy. "I sat there for some time and felt that I was overestimated my time with him, so stepped up, and said that I had merely called to pay my respects and that I had to business and so would say goodly. President Lincoln turned to me and said: 'If you have the time I wish you would wait. I want to talk with you.' "I sat down again and waited quietly until he had disposed of the crowd. When he was through he took me into the next room. He saw that I was ill at ease, so he took down from his desk a little book called 'The Gospel of Peace. I think it was written by Artemus ward and was very humorous. He opened the book, crossed his legs and began to read a portion of a chapter which was so humorous that I began to muggle, and it brought me to myself. "When he saw that he had got me in his power he told the book down and began to talk to me about my visit to the Army of the Potomac and what I saw. He did not say a single word about my own command or about the west, showing his whole interest was in the Army of the Potomac. While we were sitting there talking we were called to lunch. "During the meal he talked about the Army of the Potomac and about Grant and finally led up to the place where he asked me the question of what I thought about Grant and what I thought about his next campaign. "Just as he asked the question we got up from the table. I answered: Mr. President, you know we western MIS WHOLE INTEREST WAS IN THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC. men, have the greatest confidence in General Grant. I have no doubt what ever that in this next campaign he will defeat Lee. How or when he is to do it I cannot tell, but I am sure of it. "He shook my hand in both of his and very solemnly said, 'You don't know how glad I am to hear you say that.'" "I did not appreciate then what a great strain he was under—not until reading Welles' celebrated diary, showing that Lincoln had no person around him to advise him; that everything he did was from his own thoughts and decision. It is a wonder to me that he ever got through the war so successfully. I did not know then that Lincoln's table was piled with letters demanding the change of Grant, declaring that his campaign was a failure and wanting to have a different commander sent, etc. "When I was ready to leave I thank President Lincoln for what he had done for me and asked if there was anything I could do for him. He said, 'If you don't care I would like to have you take my respects to your army.'" LINCOLN William Cullen Bryant's Ode For the Martyred President's Obsequies Read In New York, April 25, 1865 OH, slow to smite Gentle and me Who, in the fear of The sword of power In sorrow by thy hand Amid the awe that And speak the anguish That shook with me Thy task is done; the We bear thee to a Whose proudest man The broken fetter Pure was thy life; the Hath placed thee with Among the noble h Who perished in OH, slow to smite and swift to spare, Gentle and merciful and just, Who, in the fear of God, didst bear The sword of power, a nation's trust, In sorrow by thy bier we stand, Amid the awe that hushes all, And speak the anguish of a land That shook with horror at thy fall. Thy task is done; the bond are free. We bear thee to an honored grave, Whose proudest monument shall be The broken fetters of the slave. Pure was thy life; its bloody close Hath placed thee with the sons of light, Among the noble host of those Who perished in the cause of Right. NATION NEEDS LINCOLNS. Will Be Sad Day For America When It Fails to Produce Such Men. At a public dinner in New York, in commemoration of Lincoln, Miss Ida M. Turrell, author of a "Life of Lincoln" spoke as follows: "I think I can say Abraham Lincoln is the only man. Living or dead, with whom I could have spent five years and not known boredom. "Lincoln was a man who never pretended to be anything he really was not. He never found time to conform to the usages of society. He did not understand or care for its amenities. He never learned to wear his clothes properly. His trousers bagged. His coats did not fit. "You may remember the eminent Massachusetts statesman who spent an hour with Lincoln, and the only entry he made in his journal after their discussion of great national affairs was that Lincoln wore yarn socks. "Lincoln always was anxious to get things just right. Sometimes, in consequence, he seemed slow to the country, but he always insisted with himself that his acts must conform to the moral law. You cannot conceive of Lincoln trifling with his conscience. "He wanted to be sure always that his decisions should ever stand as just in the animals of the world and the history of human endeavor. "There are several instances to prove this. He was told by his supporters he would lose an election by taking a certain stand. He did lose, but he said: 'We are right. The people will recognize it by and by.' They did, and four years later he was in the White House. "Lincoln had real goodness—not the kind of goodness that preaches only on Sunday, but the kind of goodness that reaches out and embraces all one's fellow men. He was the tenderest man that ever lived. No one suffered more than he during the awful four years of civil strife. "Lincoln was the best man American institutions ever produced. It would be, indeed, a sad thing if our institutions failed at any future great crisis to produce such as Lincoln." When Lincoln Did Not Get His Way. What Lincoln Did Not Get His Way. The application of a man who waited to be chaplain in the army during Mr. Lincoln's administration was recently found. Attached to it are a number of indorsements which are not only interesting in themselves, but aid in disclosing the characters of the two men whose influence largely molded the policy of the government in those turbulent times. The indorsements by President Lincoln and Secretary of War Stanton read as follows: Dear Stanton—Appoint this man chaplain in the army: A. LINCOLN. Dear Mr. Lincoln—He is not a preacher. E. M. STANTON. The following indorsements are dated a few months later, but come just below: Dear Stanton—He is now. A. LINCOLN. Dear Mr. Lincoln—But there is no vacancy. E. M. STANTON. Dear Stanton—Appoint him chaplain at large. A. LINCOLN. Dear Mr. Lincoln—There is no warrant of law for that. E. M. STANTON. Dear Stanton—Appoint him anyhow. LINCOLN. Dear Mr. Lincoln—I will not. E. M. STANTON. The appointment was not made, but the papers were filed in the war department, where they remain as evidence of Lincoln's friendship and Stanton's obstinate nerve. and swift to spare cruciful and just, of God, didst bear power, a nation's trust, bier we stand, that hushes all, aguish of a land in horror at thy fall the bond are free. in honored grave, monument shall be ars of the slave. its bloody close with the sons of light, most of those the cause of Right. IMPORTANT DATES IN LIN- COLN'S CAREER. Feb. 12, 1809 Born in Hardin county, Ky. April 21, 1832—Elected captain of a company raised at Richland, Ill., for service in the Black Hawk 1833—Appointed postmaster of New Salem and held the office for three years. 1834—Was elected a member of the Illinois legislature and was re-elected 1836, 1839 and 1840, after which he declined further election. 1835—Began the practice of law in Springfield, Ill., in partnership with John T. Stuart. 1846—Elected a member of congress and on the expiration of his term was not a candidate for re-election. 1849—Offered the governorship of the territory of Oregon by President Taylor, which he declined. 1854—Began a series of earnest political discussions on the repeal of the Missouri compromise and the slavery question. 1858—Commenced his series of public discussions with Senator Douglas on the slavery question, which established his reputation as one of the leading orators of the Republican party. May 1860—Nominated by the Republican convention at Chicago for the presidency. April 13, 1861—President Lincoln issued a call for 75,000 three months' militiamen. March 6, 1862—Sent a special message to congress inclosing a resolution offering pecuniary aid to states that would adopt the gradual abolishment of slavery. Jan. 1, 1863—President Lincoln issued his proclamation emancipating the slaves. Nov. 19, 1863—Delivered his famous speech at the dedication of the national memorial on the occasion of Georgetown. Nov. 8, 1864—Elected the second time to the presidency. July 18, 1864—Sent open letter through Horace Greeley to southern agents in Canada, stating 'the only terms upon which peace could be made. April 11, 1865—Delivered his last speech on public affairs in front of the executive mansion April 14, 1865—Shot by John Wilkes-Booth in Ford's theater, Washington. April 15, 1865—Died from the effect of the assassin's shot. When Lincoln Had Few Friends. In 1864 Lincoln did not possess the confidence of the Republicans in congress. On one occasion an editor visiting Washington asked Senator Thaddeus Stevens to introduce him to some members of congress who were favorable to Lincoln's reelection. Stevens led him to the desk of Mr. Arnold of Illinois, "There," said he, "is the only Lincoln member of congress that I know." Stevens himself regarded Lincoln as incompetent and weak. Henry Wilson afterward vice president) spoke of him as politically a failure. Greeley had a low opinion of his ability. His personal friends, such as Washburn, Raymond F. and Timlow Wood, believed his reelection was impossible. Eva Lincoln doubted it. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS COPY FIVE CENTS READY TO AWARD SPINGARN MEDAL National Association Will Meet In Boston Feb. 22. EVENT CREATES INTEREST. Governor McCall Selected to Present Coveted Trophy to the Winner at the Historic Park Street Church—Former President William Howard Taft Serves on Special Committee. Boston. — The National Association For the Advancement of Colored People starts the year 1916 with many great problems before it for solution. The success of the work the past year was in many ways very gratifying to the board of directors and other of its officials, but with lynchings on the increase and many stubborn cases of segregation to fight the association must use every means at its command in order to create a stronger sentiment in favor of giving justice to all citizens not because of their color, but because it is right and in accord with the fundamental law of this republic. *The big public event of the association for the third week in February will be a great mass meeting, to be held in the Park Street church, Boston, on Tuesday, Feb. 22, at which the second Sphingam medal will be presented, by Governor McCall to the man or woman DR. J. E. SPINGARN. of our race selected us having made the most distinguished achievement during the preceding twelve months. The Spingarn medal, the gift of Dr. J. E. Spingarn of New York, formerly professor of comparative literature in Columbia university and chairman of the board of directors of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People, is a gold medal of the value of $100 and is awarded annually to the American Negro who has rendered the most distinguished service during the year in any field of honorable or elevated endeavor. The award committee consists of two northern white men—President William H. Taft and Oswald Garrison Villard—a southern white man—Dr. James H. Dillard, director of the Slater fund—and two colored men, Bishop John Hurst of Baltimore and President John Hope of Morehouse college, Atlanta, Ga. The first medal was awarded in February, 1915, to Dr. Edward E. Just, professor in the Howard University Medical school, for distinguished work in biological research. It was presented to him by Governor Whitman of New York before an enormous audience in New York city. The incident received an unusual amount of publicity in the press throughout the country. Even southern newspapers commented widely on the fact that a medal to a Negro was awarded for scientific attainments. The recipient of the second medal will not be announced until Governor McCall presents it to him in the Park Street church on Washington's birthday. It is expected that several other speakers of national reputation will make addresses, at the same meeting. The Spingarn medal may be said to be the most distinguished recognition which a colored man receives in this country for scholarly attainments and distinguished service. the meeting at the Park Street, church will be held under the auspices of the National Association For the Advancement of Colored People, of which Mr. Moorfield Storey of Boston is president and Oswald Garrison Villard of New York vice president. Much interest is being taken in this coming event, which is not simply local, but one of nation wide importance to our people. Meeting of Evangelical Publishers. The National Baptist Publishing house at Nashville, Tenn., was the only business concern among the colored race represented at the annual meeting of the Sunday School Council of Evangelical Publishers held at Richmond, Va., the last week in January. The delegates were the Rev. Do R. H. Boyd, founder and secretary of the National Baptist publishing board, Dr. C. H. Clark, the Rev. Henry Allen Boyd and Dr. W. S. Ellington. The GAZETTE One Year.....$1.50. Six Months.....1.00 Three Months......50 Subscribers are requested to re- mit by postoffice money or order or registered letter Entered at the postoffice In Cleveland Ohio, as second-class matter. Address all communications to Blackstone Building, Cleveland, O. Member Ohio Legislature: 1894 to 1898; 1896 to 1898; 1900 to 1902 THE GAZETTE is the oldest, and has the largest bona fide circulation, double that of any newspaper in the interest of Afro-Americans, published in the state of Ohio, and comparison with any will immediately establish its rank as one of the NEWSIEST AND BEST in the country. 10,000,000 Afro-Americans.. 180,000 in Ohio. 20,000 in Cleveland. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1916 "Let us have faith that right might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it"—Abraham Lincoln. It has been interesting to note newspaper comment on Huerta's death. No matter how most editors may have regarded the old Indian, none of them forgot to recall that he did not "satuate the flag" at President Thomas Woodrow Wilson's command and that the blood of our soldiers and sailors was shed in vain during the puerile expedition to Vera Cruz. A list of five members of Secretary McAdoo's family, who are feeding at the public trough, has made its appearance. The bureau of internal revenue supplies the provender. If Mr. McAdoo is not careful he will get into a muss with First Assistant Postmaster General Daniel C. Roper as to whose kinfoks are going to run the United States government. --- Since February fourteenth has been accepted as the birthday of the Hon Frederick Douglass, our people everywhere should observe that day in connection with their Lincoln birthday celebrations. As the martyrs president, Abraham Lincoln, is the greatest character in American his tory, so is the "silver-tongued orator the old man eloquent," Frederick Douglass unquestionably the greatest Negro or Afro-American that has lived to date. The most embarrassing feature of President Wilson's frequent change of attitude on important governmental problems is the practical admission that his judgment has been bad. He has changed front on every issue except the tariff. That is the only issue on which the American people wish he would change, but he won't. By changing on every other issue, he practically admits that the American people have been spending $75,000 a year to convince him of the error of his previous notions, or, in the event that he was formerly right and wrong now, we have spent $75,000 a year to no purpose. Next time we will employ as chief public servant some man who has had experience in the solution of national problems. DEALING WITH A "CRISIS." At a moment when the peripatetic Carranza had not been reached with our protest against the murder of Americans in Mexico, when Southern Senators were grandiloquently vocal in an attempt to embroil our relations with Great Britain, when our controversies with the Teutonic Allies were still in process of discussion, when Congress was wrestling with the grave problems of providing for the national defense and of finding the money to pay for that while at the same time wiping up the deficit caused by Democratic extravagance and folly in the conduct of the nation's finances—at a time, in short, when, if ever, there was occasion for dragging to the front once more that well-worn theatrical property of the administration, a "crisis," how did the President deal with it? Did he come forward again in his well-remember character of "the lonely man in the White House?" Did he for an unnumbered time, fill the ears of the people with the muff fled click of his rickety typewriter as he closed the door of his study and composed another of those "notes" so fine in their phrasing and so barren in their benefits? Did he summon the chiefs, either of his own party or of the opposition, to confer with him as to the national policy? Did he go again in person to Congress to demand a "blank check" of indeterminate power to use the military forces of the country as he alone might see fit? Did he do any of the things which a man clothed with heavy responsibility might be expected to do in the face of a situation grave enough to be described by that weighty word "crisis?" HE DID NOT! He boarded the presidential yacht, the "Mayflower," and went off for a pleasure cruise. "BIRTH OF A NATION" TRUTH! Editor, Plain Dealer, Dear Sir:— In the interest of fairness and truth, and in reply to a statement made in The Plain Dealer of this date, please state that "The Birth of a Nation" has been "interfered with" and its presentation opposed in MANY cities of the north and a number of the south. There are states of the south from which it has been barred, and a large number of cities in the north, if not states other than Ohio and Kansas, have been and are strongly opposed to the photo-play. Nowhere has it been presented in this country but what it has caused prejudice and in many cases, trouble. Boston and Philadelphia are not the only cities in which demonstrations were made against the presentation of "The Birth of a Nation." Editor W. Monroe Trotter of The Boston Guardian did not "stir up the disturbance" in that city. It was SPONTANEOUS; nor was he "ordered out of the White House for insulting the President of the United States." Politics had absolutely nothing to do with the demonstration against the photo-play in Philadelphia, which, like the one in Boston, culminated in a riot against the photo-play that lasted considerably more than "a few minutes." To patriotic Americans who have not seen "The Birth of a Nation" and who wish to know something of the photo-play, I suggest a careful reading of Attorney General E. C. Turner's recent letter to the Ohio Board of Film Censors, after witnessing the photo-play's production, a few weeks ago, in the State Board's rooms at 232 S. High St., Columbus, O. Yours truly, Harry C. Smith. Cleveland, O., Feb. 4, 1916. "WHY LYNCH-LAW EXISTS." In what we regard as one of the most remarkable communications—because of its frankness and evident truthfulness—we have ever read, C. D Rivers ("white") of Summerville, Ga., in the Chattanooga, (Tenn.) Daily Times of Jan. 26, 1916, explains why there are so many lynchings and other mob-violence demonstrations in the south, especially Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana. He holds plantation owners responsible for them and says they are invariably promoted by the overseers who adopt this method of cowing the colored employees and inhabitants of their immediate section of the state. The former, with a view of securing the largest results from their labor and the latter, for the purpose of protection. He calls attention to the fact that: "And as much as possible to prevent the Negroes from taking revenge, it is absolutely necessary that they should always be kept in mind of swift and terrible penalties, which wait not for the slow movements of the law, but stand ever ready to strike them. The authority which the overseers and owners of these Negroes are obliged to resist the Negro workers cannot be sustained by law. There must be extra legal means always in reach, and this extra-legal means is the mob, always ready to inflict capital punishment upon Negroes violating that 'code', which arises upon the relations between blacks and whites in the black belt. Consider the immense territory over which these conditions prevail, and the immense white population that lives in the area, the influence of the interests which are protected by lynch law, and you may see how difficult it is to suppress lynching" While it is undoubtedly true that the foregoing does not explain all of the lynching and mob demonstrations in the south, it certainly does do that very thing for a very large proportion of them. Long, long ago the overseers lost sight of the fact, if indeed they ever recognized it, that humane treatment of employees, and fair pay, would make the mob unnecessary even in those densely populated sections to which attention is called. The same power that suppresses it can secure the treatment necessary. Therefore, it is not a difficult problem to solve. The difficulty lies in getting the power—the law making and enforcing power of the south—to act properly in the matter. Seduced 13-Year Girl Topeka, Kan.—Arthur Davenport, "white," married, an employee at the State Hospital, has been convicted by a jury composed of "white" men, in the district court, for seducing Thelma Grant, the 13-year-old committed the asylum and other places, and a number of letters from Davenport to the little girl, in which he expressed his love for her, were read to the jury. On the stand and in the presence of his wife, he admitted that he loved her, and that he had sent her from the city to prevent her testifying in the case. Alston-Fox Marriage Lockland, O. — Saddle Belle, the daughter of Rev. and Mrs. Primus Alston, of this city, the latter well and most favorably known throughout Ohio, was married, Wednesday, Jan. 26, 1916, at high noon to Rev. A. R. Fox, D. D., of Hannibal, Mo. Rev. Fox is a 1915 alumnus of the theological department of Wilberforce University, and Mrs. Fox is also a 1915 alumnus of the commercial, millinery and cooking department of the university. They are residing in Palmyra, Mo. Gov Harris on Lynching Atlanta. Ga.—Lynchings of eighteen Negroes in Georgia in January, this year, is denounced by Gov. Harris in a statement, last Thursday, in which he declares that "unless conditions improve by the time the next General Assembly meets" he will ask for the enactment of laws in this state." Pretty near time to do something. The General Assembly meets in June. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1916 What Our People Are Doing Each Week—Church, Personal, Social, Lodge, Literary and Musical — Marriages, Deaths, Etc. RAVENNA—There is a revival at Allen A. M. E. church, this week. We wish it every success. The Ladies' Aid society will give an entertainment and chicken supper, the 24th. The R. D. S. club met at Mrs. Thaddeus Proctor's, Saturday, and spent an enjoyable evening. Mr. Earl Jackson is training Arn Fremont to fight Chub Baxter, Feb. 15th, here. The trainer is a new star, is very fast, and a hard hitter. We look for him to win. SANDUSKY—Mrs. S. D. Anderson, Mrs. M. N., Washington, Mrs. Chas. Salee, Mr. Wm. Jones, O. B. Shackleford, Mrs. Pete Patre, Mrs. Alice Gaines, Mrs. Albert Sutton, Rev. J. D. Singleton and Rev. G. D. Smith are better—Mr. Charley Taylor is falling fast—the two churches' union meeting was held at the Second Baptist church, last Friday evening. The debate, "Resolved, that this country should prepare to protect its citizens and its liberty," proved very entertaining. Morte Thompson and Fred Thompson, aff., and Earl and Harry Axeland, and Scott J. McCarthy, M. J. French and W. W. Pinkins, J. R. D. Davis, master of ceremonies, ice cream and oysters were served to a good crowd—The S. S. and church were well attended. Sunday—Mrs. Anthony is expected to return home from the hospital, soon. CORRESPONDENTS must mail all letters for publication at their main postoffice sufficiently early on Monday (or Sunday) of each week to have them reach The Gazette office on Tuesday morning, and always write also, their names and that of their city or town on the outside of the wrapper about returned copies. Unless this latter is done, proper credit cannot be given you. Lists of names, wedding presents, etc., obituary notices, speeches, resolutions, poetry, inquiries for relatives and advertisements, including items announcing entertainments to be paid in the near future, must be in advance at the rate of ten cents a line, six words to a line. Our rates for display advertisements will be sent on application. IRONTOON.—Mr. Canutt was buried from Triedstone Baptist church, Friday afternoon.—Quarterly meeting at Quinn A. M. E. chapel, Sabbath. Rev West, P. E., Rev J. S. Ferguson, pastor. C. D. Irwin and committee, Mames king and banks rendered excellent service. the choir will reorganize with Misses Flosee Jones, Page, Prince, Robison, Harris and Fox as young lady members. Mrs. King may join it. Rev Brewer, pastor at Ashland, Ky., and members, will attend meeting here at Quinn A. M. E. chapel.—Mr. Brewer is good bar-shop on 7th St.—Rev Vanessa of Triedstone Baptist church is conducting a revival.—Mrs. Peters is the reporter for the personal column of the Irontonian.—Mr. and Mrs. Stratton run a first-class boarding house on 8th St.—Let our people take The Gazette every week and get the race news. HAMILTON.—Mrs. Jackson, age 68 of Cokeon, died, after an illness of several months. She moved here, 9 years ago, was a native of Kentucky, and leaves five daughters to mourn her loss. The remains were interred at Coventry.—Mr. and Mrs. Bates of Co. Kentucky, where are on business. Mrs. Glover, who visited her mother in Plaqua, has returned to Jackson, Mich.—Mrs. Hackley is convalescing. Mrs. S. C. Dyson is convalescing. If you want to read the race's Ohio news also, purchase The Gazette. Call 1555 L, and Charles Dyson will be glad to take your order. Call 466, and R. B. Moseley will be glad to receive your news for this letter. Mrs. G. Chand, Mrs. R. B. Moseley, Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Moseley entertained. Thursday evening. Games music and a fine lunchon. HILLSBORO—Rev J. M. Ross, pastor, and the A. M. E. congregation are holding revival services to which all are invited. They have an excellent choir—Miss Raymond Day and Mrs Lyman Ross visited their sister, Mrs Oliver Smith, in Cincinnati. Sunday, Mrs Oliver Smith, in Greenfield, visited Mr. and Mrs. Frank Powers, this week. Wesleyan church's Loyal League gave Mrs. Lizzie Trimble, (a member) a liberal donation, last Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. James Taylor entrained Mrs. Lillie Young, at dinner, Sunday. The "Grig" society entertained at Mrs. Lillie Young, at dinner, Sunday. Rev E. Burr is conducting revival services at Georgetown—The Mothers' club will meet at "Dear Old Lincoln" next Friday evening, and a special program will be rendered. The president of the Cincinnati club, will deliver an address. All members are requested to attend. Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Taylor, niece Miss Lucy Qualls, who visited her sister, Mrs. Minne Hudson, left Monday for Arkansas. SMITHFIELD.—Mrs. Homer Harris delightfully entertained the Silver Leaf club, last Saturday evening and also entertained Mr. and Mrs. D. Christian at dinner, Sunday.—Mrs. E. H. Harris and daughters, Mrs. Alice Henderson and Miss Nelle Miller, both of Wheeling, N. J. Houston of Wheeling, Saturday and Sunday. She was brought home quite ill by her sons, John, and Haze, in an auto, Sunday.—Mrs. Ford of Steubenville, is here visiting her daughter.—Rev. R. B. Lowe, Mrs. Powell and B. B. Acke.—Dave and Frank Christian, Hendale, spent Sunday here.—Miss Effle Beall was in Pittsburg, Saturday.—Mrs. Chas, Ford, Geo, and Wm. Harris of McIntyre, visited their mother, here. Sunday.—Dave Freeman of McIntyre, spent Saturday and Sunday, here.—Mrs. Chas. Thompson is seri- tious. The infant daughter was buried, last week.—Mrs. Carrie Fitzgerald has located in Steubenville. CADIZ—Messrs. Francis Tyler and Dwight Brooks were in Steubenville, a day, last week—Miss Elizabeth and her sister, Miss Elizabeth, in a small school here, was called home to "The Republican Party is the Ship, all else the Sea."— Frederich Douglass. FREDERICK DOUGLASS. "The Old Man Elouquent," the greatest Negro This Country Has Produced —Feb. 14 His Birthday. The Dallas (Texas) Daily Times Herald has a letter from a "white" man landing Frederick Douglass, a black-breasted bachelor who was recognized for over 20 years by the greatest minds of all political parties as the greatest Negro that America Hopedale by her mother's illness. We regret she cannot finish school, this term. Miss Martha Tyler of Flushing, has returned, Mrs. Ola Brown and Mrs. Sara Miller are ill—Mrs. Cora Olmstead of M. T pleasant, is visiting Mrs. Laura Olmstead—Mrs. Parthenia Johnson and Mrs. Edward Freeman who arrived by boat by Mrs. Bowles' death. No evangelist in years has so stirred this community as has Miss Emma Bowman of Cleveland, who conducted a three weeks' revival at the A. M. E. church that resulted in 48 conversions. Modest and massuming, yet thrilling and eloquent in preaching the gospel, she touched the hearts of many. A large group of the people of both races here. A large free-will offering was presented her, Sunday evening. R. F. Ballard spoke in touching terms of the lasting impression of her labors here. Miss Bowman was the guest of Rev. and Mrs. O. W. Childers. Rev. W. S. Meek, a well-known, well-meeting at the M. E. church, morning. -Michael Jones of Mt. Pleasant, is seriously ill. YOUNGSTOWN—Mrs. Jane Bradley, aged 80, died at her daughter, Mrs. Mark Palus', in Hubbard, Wednesday evening.—Mrs. Adel Arman of Chicago has located here.—Chas. Van Dusen died at the city hospital in Sharon, Saturday.—Mrs. Margaret Simms announces the engagement of her daughter, Mae Lenora, to Herman T. Smith.—Miss Elie Crabble of New Castle, spent Friday with Mrs. R. Jones, Agnes Lucus, gave a decretely enjoyable The Hunt party, last Friday evening, in honor of Miss Violet Robinson who is to wed the last of this month. Prizes were awarded those attaining the highest scores. The decorations were in white and pink. An elaborate luncheon was served by the hostess.—Wm. Honesty entertained. Wednesday evening, at dinner in honor of Thaddeus Young who leaves, Thursday, to locate in Atlantic City, N. J.—Wm. D. Dawson died, Friday. He was born in Nelson Co. He leaves a wife, mother two brothers he is ill, a demeisse H. J. Hobson is ill.—Mr. and Mrs. Andy Smith's infant died, Friday evening.—J. C. Jackson died at the city hospital, Saturday.—Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Jefferson's little daughter, Margaret, has a broken leg.—Buckeye lodge annual party, Mar. 7. Watch Your Manner. As a rule courtesy receives courtesy. Many times a rudeness which we resent was called out by something out of the way in our own conduct. A child will very often speak impertinently to one who addresses him roughly, while courtesy he instinctively answers in kind. The girl who is continually encountering rudeness, had better make a study of her own manner. Swimming Grindstone. Some of the fishermen on the River Tyne, in England, are not only ignorant but stupid. On one occasion two of these fishermen were caught by a heavy freshet and driven out of the river to sea. As the story goes, one of the men saw, in the dusk, a hoop floating by. The hoop was full of foam. "We are saved!" exclaimed the man. "Here's a grindstone swimming!" Book of Mormon. Joseph Smith published his work known as "The Book of Mormon" in the year 1830. He claimed that the work was a transcript, under divine guidance, of certain golden plates buried in central New York, the existence of which had been supernaturally revealed to him by an "angel from heaven." His Practical Mind A certain famous British cathedral, which shall be nameless, was visited by two farmers. A clergyman on the same errand waited by them, curious to hear their opinion of it. At length after looking long and earnestly at its interior space and height, one said to the other: "Man, John, what a fine lot of hay ye could put in here!" Real Neighborly. Willie—"Ma, may I have Tommy Wilson over to our house to play Saturday?" Mother—"No, you make altogether too much noise. You'd better go over to his house and play."—Boston Transcript. Daily Thought. The best of men and the most earnest workers will make enough mistakes to make them humble. Thank God for mistakes and take courage Don't give up on account of mistakes —Dwight L. Moody. has ever produced—and to our thinking the world, unless it might be Toussaint L'Ouverture of Saint Domingo, who styled himself the greatest of blacks and Napoleon the greatest of "whites." "When we consider the conditions and the environments existing at the time of their living Booker T. Washington's fame or greatness will compare with Frederick Douglass, as will to sunlight on a twilight day in June." WILLIAM H. LEWIS, ESC. Former Assistant U. S. Attorney General Made an Excellent Showing in the Mohr Trial. Providence, R. I.—The notorious Mohr trial has finally come to an end, with the conviction of the two colored men, one of whom Attorney Lewis defended, and the freeing of the woman. The leading attorney in the trial of Mrs. Elizabeth Mohr, for the murder of her husband, Dr. Mohr was William H. Lewis, Esq., of Boston, the former Harvard football star, whose senses and his fine conception of legal tactics, showed him a lawyer of marked distinction. Physically and otherwise he towered above the others, and his quickness of perception, his brilliant cross-examinations, and his alertness, logic, politeness and keen sense of humor stamped him at once as an exceptional man. He is regarded as one of the ablest lawyers freshman at Amherst college, in '82 Judge Stearns, the presiding judge at the trial, was a senior. Mr. Lewis played center on the Harvard football team, in '83; was an assistant U. s. attorney-general at Washington, D. C., under President Taff; an assistant U. s. attorney at Boston under President Roosevelt; and, prior to both of these appointments, to be president of the college institution. In Lewis' law class at Harvard was Attorney-General Herbert A. Rice, who was head of the prosecution's legal staff in the Mohr trial. THE DELEGATE RACE IS OPEN The Secretary of State's Ruling Aids Senator Foraker's Plan. Columbus, O.-Any voter in Ohio who cares to, may run for delegate to the national conventions, this year, under the construction of the law made, Feb. 4, by Secretary of State Charles Hildebrant. All the voter must do is to declare he will support, as first and second choice, men who have notified the secretary of state they are willing to have their names used as a candidate for president. Under the ruling, Senator Joseph Benton, who was elected late for a place on the Republican big four, and he will not be forced to obtain the permission and approval of Theodore E. Burton, either. Old Citizen Dead. Columbus, O.-James S. Tylier, old and well known resident of this city, died recently. He was the father of Ralph W. Tylier and four or five other sons, and two daughters. He was highly respected. Some Name. Over the whole basin of the Atlantic there is spread an enormously thick covering of what seems to be mud, but is really a mixture of tiniest shells, either perfect or in pieces, that need the microscope to be seen. This is called Globigerina Ooze—just as if it were a girl.—Cumberland (England) Mail. Hardly Worth Consider it Hardly Worth Considering. "Would your wife vote for you as a candidate for office?" "I don't think there's any use of my bothering my head about that," replied Mr. Meckton. "I don't believe Henrietta would let me run in the first place."—Washington Star. What He Thinks Remarkable "Do you think there is anything remarkable in love at first sight?" asked the romantic youth. "Not at all!" answered the cynic. "It's when people have bees looking at each other for four or five years that it becomes remarkable." — Pearson's Weekly. NATION'S SACRED HISTORY DISTORTED THE "BIRTH OF A NATION" AN IN SULT TO THE NORTH, DE- CLARES OHIO'S ATTOR- NEY GENERAL. UPHOLDS CENSOR BOARD In Barring the Infamous Photoplay From the State and Says the Picture Glorifies Outlaws and Grossly Misrepresents the Reconstruction Period. Columbus, O., Jan. 17, 1916. Hon. Harry C. Smith. Editor Gazette Cleveland, O. Dear Sir:—Enclosed you will find a copy of Attorney General E. C. Turner's statement in a letter to the Ohio Board of Film Censors, which is self-explanatory. Yours very truly, Chas. G. Williams, Chairman, Ohio Board of Film Censors "After viewing the photo-play entitled 'The Birth of a Nation.' I are firmly of the opinion that the board of censors did right in not permitting this picture to be shown in Ohio, Over and above the mistreatment of the Negro, the picture is an insult to the North and a contemptible distortion of well-known history regarding the Civil war. The proper title of this picture should be 'An Insult to a Nation.' In the face of the indisputable fact that the mulatto is the product of the South alone, the author of this picture has dared to attempt to attribute the actions of the leaders of the North to the influence of lioness with colored women, typifying a congressional leader, preceding, during and after Civil War, as low, coarse, vindictive. Negroes as well as white, of mixed marriages having as a mistress a mulatto who wields an influence sufficient to justify the subtitle 'A Great Leader's Weakness that is blight a Nation.' This immediately precedes Lincoln's call for volunteers. That there may be no mistake as to who is meant by this coarse caricature, they pick out a cripple to unmistakably denote Thaddeus Stevens. For fear that some one might not understand a subtitle stating that. The executive mansion of the nation was transferred to this man's residence. After glorifying the rebel flag and the flag of South Carolina, the author dresses a horde of the lowest type of bad land Negroes in the uniform of Union soldiers and causes them to enact scenes similar to those of General Early's army at Chambersburg, Pa. Not satisfied with even this, the author labels officers as 'scalawag white captains.' FLING AT SHERMAN. "A fling is taken at General Sherman's memory in the marauding scenes under the titles of 'While the women and children weep a great conqueror marches to the sea' and 'The torch of war against the breast of Atlanta.' General Grant, the man who, according to fact and real history, sent 25,000 rations to General Sherman, when he came to ride the horses and mules hounds as to be able to cultivate the soil; the soldier whose terms of surrender had been so generous as to evoke from General Lee the statement, 'This will have a very happy effect on my men'; the man who did not even wait to witness the formal surrender of the troops, this here not only of the men, but of the women pictured with a siogie-like cigar in his mouth tilted at the angle chosen by cartoonists to represent 'Uncle Joe Cannon, and with his hand jammed down in his pants pocket, is made to swagger over in front of General Lee, who remains the personification of dignity. Time after time the North is unfavourable contagued against the South. A woman of the thigh by a gallant son of the South, who has but two competitors for her affections, one a leering lout dressed slouchily in Union blue, the other a Negro. MISREPRESENTS NEGROES MISREPRESENT'S NEGROES. After insult is insult upon the soldier's uniform made sacred by the boys in blue. Notwithstanding the boys in blue, the Negroes were the protectors of the men and children of the South during the dark days of the Civil war and that no ravishment of white women by blacks during that period is recorded, a Union officer's uniform of blue is placed upon the lowest type of Negro imaginable, and he is made to pursue a little white girl who jumps from a cliff to her death, and there is then flashed upon the screen. For her white women, the stern face of honor we should not grieve that she has found sweeter the opak gates of death. The Negro's 'just for white women' rather than the white man's lust to regain lost power, is made the justification for that organization, well-known in history as the Ku Klux Klan. And what all history, including the reports of the courts, say was a band of outlaws, is made an organization of heroes under religious rights. Brush up your history an imagine if you were a Ku Klux Klan to this nation. Among this mass of false and distorted history there was flashed upon the screen the reason for the picture and the books which preceded it—Bitter memories will not allow the poor bruised heart of the South to forget. WHENCE INDORSEMENTS COME. "After viewing this picture I read the brief of attorneys for the corporation seeking to commercialize this Insult to a Nation," and found quoted therein purported indorsements of the picture by Claud Kitchin, L. P. Padget, R. N. Page and other sons of the South, who are now prominent in congress. In addition there is quoted therein the testimony of the picture by a state commander of the Confederate Veterans. In his indorsement of the picture this commander says: "The Sons of Confederate Veterans today are working along two lines, first, to see that the Southern side of the controversy which led to the Civil war is correctly stated in history, which will demonstrate to the world that we are not sons of rebels but sons of patriots." We of the North are asked to forget and the same time, insult the heroes of the promoters of this picture are asking the youth of the North to accept in this picture manufactured history. In this brief there is quoted letters purporting to come from children of this state who had been shown this DOINGS OF THE RACE Miss Mary M. Gibson, age 17, attending Radcliff College, rated one of its brightest students, has written the music for the class-song. "The Birth of a Nation" has been barred from Kansas. Ohio led, however—as usual. Denver, Colo., barred the photoplay, too. Walker C. Cole, appointed auditor of Tuskegee, Ala., Institute, is a graduate of New York university, a former deputy collector of internal revenue, and an expert accountant for two or three big business houses, N. Y. City. There were ninety-four lynchings, last year—fourteen were "whites." In 1914, there were seventy-two lynchmurders—three "whites." Georgia led with 29 in 1915, and has 18, already this year. Major Charles Young, is to be placed in command of the Haitian constabulary, it is said, though under orders to take command of his battalion of the Tenth cavalry, stationed on the Mexican border in Arizona. Magdelena McLean, age 17, Jersey City, N. J., is at the Hudson County hospital附设 with leprosy. She was added to the hospital years, and was, prior to that time, a winner of prizes for essays at Public school, 23, that city. ☆ ☆ ☆ Mrs. Mary Allen Talbert, living at Riverside, Iowa, recently celebrated her 118th birthday. She was born in Garrett county, Ky. Dec. 25, 1779. She has wonderful vitality, her seeing power, strength, and she can walk and hear well. --- 0 0 0 While Smith Johnson was being initiated into the order of the Knights and Daughters of Tabor, at San Antonio, he tripped on a sword worn by one of the members and the blade penetrated the wound. The court ruled that the Grand Temple and Tabernacle, K. and D. of T, must pay Johnson $12,000 for his injury. The Du Bois club will take up the works of Albion W. Tourgee, at its meeting, next Wednesday. The editor of The Gazette, Hon. Harry C. Smith, whose personal acquaintance and association with Judge Tourgee (one of the very best friends the race has had) extended over a number of years, will be a club, and will give some interesting "Tourgee" reminiscences. The club members and their friends (visitors) anticipate a rare treat. Mrs. Gray will be the hostess on this occasion, at the residence of Mrs. John Fairax, 2213 E. 35th St. The following are officers of the club elected for the year: Blanche A. Gillmore, pres.; Mrs. Della Erbanks, vice-pres.; Mrs. Gregor Gass, pres.; Mrs. Howard, cor. sec.; Mrs. George Bundy, treas.; Mrs John Albion W. Touragee Fairfax, chair, program com. The musical and literary program given, Tuesday evening, at Mrs. Bell Bolden, E. 85th St., was a rare treat and great success. The special feature was the address, "The Spirit Knighthood; Does it Still Live?" by Hon J. P. Green. The numbers of the "Try Hard" orchestra—Miss Marie Bolden, Dr. Arthur D. Scott, Mr. Clarence Brown and Mr. Myron McAdo—and the vocal numbers by Mr. Brown were beautifully rendered and given. Through the kindness of Mrs. Bolden her home was opened to the club for this occasion. The cordial welcome extended, the hearty approval of the club's work, and her best wishes, have won for her the esteem of the members of the organization. They attended the club so many friends of the club who so kindly contributed to the success of the occasion. picture through the efforts of a man blinded by parrisan politics. These letters show that these children are accepting the incidents of this picture as real history. This picture shows the South to have been right and the North to have been wrong. Our fathers settled that controversy in the arbitration of arms and no good can come from an attempt to re-open the court or distort its history. This picture is a memoir of a moral, educational, amusing nor harmless character, and the statute (Sec. $7149 G O) specifically provides that only such films as are either of a moral, educational or amusing and harmless character may be passed by the Ohio board of censors." MME.C. H. 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If anything ean bring you results, it can and wil Clevek iG | _,,Miss Emma Tolbert of 2218 E. 25th (St, is ill. |" Mr. Thomas Cook, B. 29th St. i convaleseing. | Mr. John Burden was summoned to Detroit, the first of the week. | Mr. ‘Fred Richey, E. 0th St, is | convalescing slowly. | Mr. James Pigg of Chicago, is the “guest of Mrs. Fox, E. 43rd St. | _£ 8, Thomas was called to Chicago last week, by his: grandmother's death __ Miss Bertha Sutton continues to im “prove and hopes soon to be teaching “again, "Miss Edith Wright made a splendic ‘talk on “Mosaic Art” Sunday at the PW. A. vesper service. | nBNS, following, (sick), ‘are. improv ing—Mrs, J. E. Reed, Miss Laura Lec ‘and. Mr. ‘Thos. Edmonds. The Minerva Reading club will meet at Mrs, Sarah M. Bailey's, 221% B. s7th St,, today (Saiurday.) Do not forget the valentine social ‘Feb, 14th at Mrs, Joseph L. Seelig's 2317 B, 71st street —Adv. | Mrs. Lucy Matthews of E. 9oth St. “who has been fll for the past three months, is slowly improving. “Dr.” Newton is critically ill at his ‘rooms over the barbershop in Central Ave, opposite E. 38th St. Dropsy “Mrs. Charles Jackson, E. 110th ‘street, entertained the Wisteria club recently She is @ delightful hostess Miss Inez Richardson was apointed chairman of the music department and of the library of the East End Normal setioot Mrs, Rachel Anderson who visited her daughter, Mrs. Walter Brown, E. 29th St, retumed to Cincinnati, Wed “nesday, “Mr. Wm. Mead was Mrs, Lulu Mead Brown's father. She has the heart ‘felt sympathy of a host-ot friends in this community. Tf you wish to purchase a fine bust ‘ness in Central Ave, call on The Gazette. It is splendidly located and the outlook excellent—Ady. Mrs, James Rogers of Central Ave. ‘Was hostess to the Tuesday Afternoot ‘Thimble and the Fortnightly clubs, ‘the ast week, ‘Mrs. Daniel Fairfax entertained the Book and Thimble club, last week Fri day. The guests were: Mrs. Mary ‘Slaughter, Messrs. Arthur Morton and J. Fairfax. Do not forget the New York res taurant when you want something ‘good to eat, good service, and in Unico, neat, clean and upio-date res taurant—Adv. ‘Miss Bugenia Ballard has returned from a very pleasant week's visit with Major Chas. Young, wife and mother, Mrs. Armintie Lowery, 0 Wilberforce. Wanted—1,000 men to trade regu larly at the Central Shirt Shop, 292: Central Ave. Hats, caps, neckwear, underwear, arrow collars ‘and shirts etc.—Adv, | The Harden Printing Co., a race en: ‘terprise, does first-class work at mosi reasonable rates, Orders called for and work delivered promptly. "Phone Garfield 4379 M—Adv. Mrs. Della Offer, who left, recently ‘for Chicago, called by the iliness of 3 nephew, whom she reared, writes thal ‘he is still critically il,” with smal “chance of recovery. | Miss Ruth Sissle, a recent graduate ‘of Shortridge High’ School, Indianapo is, arrived in the city, recently, t ‘visit her mother, Mrs, Martha Sissle |Miss Ruth is to enter Butler College this fall. Cirele No. 30, of St, John’s A. M. E church, gave a social and guessing ‘contest, this Friday evening, at Mr John Ballard’s, 2250 B. 46th St A pleasant evening was spent with “fa miliar authors.” ‘The editor of The Gazette receives a very pretty souvenir post-eard trom Oklahoma City, Okla., Thursday morn ing, from F. DB. Samipson, W. C. Cal ‘houn, C. Marshall and John H. Hunt “ef, all Clevelanders. “urs, Daisy Underwood Wade's “quartette sang at the —Hippodrom “Sunday afternoon and evening. Th ‘members are Mrs. Wade, soprano: ' Miss Bessie Cook, contralto; John D THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1916. lnc harinhacheacaciacishcethtintetiatindadiatndt | Washington, tenor; H. Edward. ‘Thomp son, baritone. | We request our readers to bus their clothes of 1. B. Grossman, de signer and tailor, 209 Schofield Bdy. He is a friend of the race, a first class tailor, and deserves a tair share ‘of your patronage. See his advertise ment elsewhere in this paper —Ads. ‘Additional appointments under the Davis administration: Wood B. Haw. kins, on lake front, $60; Clarence Beasley, driver asphalt. truck, $8 ‘Elmer #, Daugherty, garbage depart “ment, $80; and five more white wings at $2 per day. No clerkships, yet Win. Mead, for years tamiliarly mown as “Uncle Billy" by. his close friends, died, last Briday, after a briet Mines.” Biood:polsoning. Funeral, ‘Monday, from Rogers’ undertaking parlors,” Mr. Mead was hteward of the Caterers’ ehib, for years The funeral of Mr. Sam Lambert jwas held at Mt. Zion Cong, church, last week ‘Thursday. afternoon, the pastor conducting the services. | The Caterers’ association, of whieh the deceased Was a member, atended in @ body. Mrs, Jesse ‘Thrower who enter tained, recently, has established a fine reputation as an exceptional hostess. She and her husband, Sergeant Throw: er (U. 8. army, retired) haye made many ‘frlends since locating in this city, several years ago. A’ valentine and oyster social will be given, Monday evening, Feb. 14, at Mrs. Joseph L. Seelig’s, 2317 E. Tist St. The program will consist of musie and games. ‘The proceeds are for the benefit of Mt. Zion lagies' 8. S class: Miss Bessie Brown, chairman. Adv. Shiloh Baptist church’s new choir is doing splendid work under Miss Lucille Fleming, chorister. The mem hers: Mesdames Gantz, Smith, Brown, Erwin, Perkins, Farlow, Miss Ada Smith, Messrs, Renfrow, Scott, Wil liams and Wiggins. Miss Ruth Brown is organist. Read The Gazette every week—tell your friends and they, too, will un: derstand such “Birth’ of a Nation” publications as appeared on the “Movie” page of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, last. Friday. It certainly stirred up some of our people—not readers of “the old reliable” Gazette. ‘Misses Myrtle nd’ Inez Johnson, 1 sard St, entertained the Alpha ‘Mu club, Salurday evening. ‘The author, “O'Fienry,” was discussed very inter: estingly by Misses Wilberetta Hans. dary and Lucretia Grant. Miss Amy Rogers will entertain the club, the 19th. 1 “Harry A. Williams, the tenor soloist, vocal teacher, musical director and composer, another native of this city, who has been located in Washington, D. C., for several years, is at Palm Beach, Pa., playing and singing at the Hotel Ponciana, possibly the greatest (summer or) Winter hostelry in the ‘country. ‘The following were among the graduates from the several high Schools of the city, recently: Mayme Brock, Hazel. Dangeriield, - Katheryn Taylor, Justine Stannard, Herbert Wilson, Geneva Revd, Bonnie Sands, ‘Lois Scott, Moss Lee, Mildred Ander ‘son, Ruth Washington, Russell Davis, ‘Manola Smith and Dorothy Myers. “Having noticed in the “Oid Re liable”, last week, the dire need of a place Wherein our lodges and other organizations may meet, we desire to State that we have leased Woodlf dlock; that it is now clean and up: to-date, and that we ask our lodges to make it their future home. White & Wells, managers. See advertisement, elsewhere in this paper—Adv. ‘The drama, “The Perils of a Great City,” given’ last week Friday eve ning, for the benefit of the P. W. home, was a success. The _ parti cipants were: Misses Inex Bunce, Ruth Jackson and Hazelle Black; Messra. Reginald Ryan, Daniel Fow: ler, Ernest P. Jackson, Woodworth Wright-and Quinn F. Montgomery. Mrs, Lottie Stewart of Blaine Ave, entertained the Book and Thimble club, last Friday afternoon, and Mrs. Ida B. Cash of E. 36th St, the Inde pendent Banking club, in the evening The officers of the latter are: | Mrs George Brooks, pres.; Mrs, Grace W. ‘Thompson, sec., and Mrs. P. W. Lem on, treas. ‘Our dentists, for more than a year have insisted that there has been more work than they could do. This makes it look mighty good for Dr A. J. Whitehead, well and favorably Known in the city for several years who recently returned and opened fine offices at 3655 Scovill Av. His advertisement will be found. else where in this paper, Patronize him Adv. Rev. E, H. Smith, after years’ serv fee, tendered his resignation as pas tor of Shiloh Baptist church, one eve ning this week, and insisted upon its acceptance. ‘This was done. Rev. H ©. Balley of Antioch and Rey. C. R Jones of Mt. Haven, also resigned, re cently. Rev. W. M. Page of Mt. Zior church, East End, is our only loca Baptist pastor not to abdicate. ‘An informal, yet delightful recital was held at ‘Mrs. Lillian Rogers ‘Thompson's, Blaine Av., recently. The participants’ were: Mrs. Kittle Mitchell, Mrs. Grace W. Thompson Mrs. Jeanette Allen, Miss Marie Me Abeo and Mrs. Rogers Thompson. so pranos; H. Edward Thompson, bari tone, and Miss Hattie Nelson, accom panist. Perfect Fit |, Or No Pay For Good Tailoring » Goto LE. Grossman | Designer of Snappy Clothes No. 209 Schofield Bldg. Formerly of Klein & Grossman A Guarantee with Every Suit Low Prices Better Clothes Samuel Lambert, a resident of De troit for years before tocating. inthis ity about 15 years ago, died, Monday, week, after geveral months” ilinens He was @ head-waiter on the D. & ¢ line for twelve years and. in its em ploy for ‘fifteen Years, Mn. Lambert a eccecnceepiniomntsicnent oh Oe Bae Re roel | Reese me Paes Pea cheat we aa AEB ok! einen nes oo Le i Cc. fe Bi: Sarat A st i a, eee lak peace and wife lived in Woodland Ave., near E, 28th St. He was popular with his employers and all who knew him, His wife and other relatives have the sym pathy of the community. “Funeral from the residence, the middle of last week, J. W. Noble gave a very enjoyable program to a crowded house at Cal vary chureh, East Cleveland, recent- ly, and displayed splendid ability as &'mandolinist, responding to several encores. ‘The Harmony” Trio, the Misses Wells and Mrs, Pearl Cleage, also responded. to. several. encores: Miss Bessie Cook, accompantst, played three plano solos. ‘The audience has requested an early return date ‘The Pleasant Company ciub met, last Thursday afternoon, at Mrs. 1. 4! Lawson's, E. 128th St jand presented her a haudsome cut-gliss fruit bow! Mrs. Mattie Pierson gave a splendid rendition of original poems and the “Life Works ‘of Miss Bettla Heloise Folsom.” An elaborate luncheon was served, Mrs. Lawson proving a charm- ing hostess, Miss Eva G..Burleigh,-former resi. dent of Brie, Pa, has been elected ‘Superintendent, and Mrs. Lola Jolin ‘son Guerst, matron of the Sojourner ‘Truth House, a home for unfortunate girls in New York City: Miss Bur- leigh is a sister of Harry T. Burleigh, the baritone soloist teacher, and com: ‘poser. She has many friends in this city. Gov. F. B, Willis made a strong ‘talk at the Tippecanoe club banquet in this city, last Saturday evening, making a pleasing reference to our people whieh the guests gid not Hwarm up to” ae they should have, He made it however, and good and strong, too. Our people appreciate the statement and the man who was manly and courageous enough to make it. More power to his kind, Mrs. Annie Seals Robinson died, Sunday. She was one of the late Dan- fel Seals’ two daughters and a native Clevelander, Mrs. Robinson was a fine woman and always highly respected. Her husband and family have the hearifelt sympathy of many old friends in this community. A sister, Lizzie, who has lived abroad for many years, and:a brother, Daniel, in addition to her immediate family, survive her. ‘The members and friends of ‘The Cleveland Branch of the National As sociation for the Advancement of Col- wored People are invited to attend the “Lincoln Day" services at the First MB. church, Buclid Ave. and E. 30th St, Sunday, February 13, at 7:15 p, m. sharp. The pastor, Rev. Ernest Lynn Waldorf, will deliver the ad- dress, subject, “Lincoln's Unfinished Task” All are welcome—Adv. i “white” men are looking for white leaders they go to the State Capitol or heads of big. enterprises for them, but when they look for Ne gro leaders, do not they go to the ‘back-yard of some: person, get some ‘reliable trusty servant {0 lead the business, professional and tradesmen of color of Denver? Why is it? Is Ht because we stand for 11? How long ‘will you stand for it?—Denver (Colo.) ‘Star. The Old Folk’s Home “investiga- tion” committee met, recently, and listened. to. a communication” from George A. Myers in which he declined to act as a member of, such a com- ‘mittee. No further action looking to ‘the promised investigation has been taken. The committee is in a quan- dary as to whom to ask to serve as chairman of the committee. We sug- gest Alex. H. Martin, Esq. ‘The ma- tron of the home is to leave, next week Tt is said only about six changes may be made in the detective depart- |ment. "Many of the men not certain ‘of their positions are new men. The men among whom the changes will be made are Arthur McFarland, Michael Bellet, Fred Schutt, David Sifting, ‘George Franke, Conrad’ Wingle, Fred Homer, William Brenner, William Isaac, William Hackett, Davis Ros- ser, Thomas Appleton, Ben Woodring, Jacob Somers, Albert Soukup, George |Piess, William Kaiser and Albert Westphal.-Cleveland Plain Dealer. McFarland is our only detective. Mr. George W. Carroll of Cleveland, [Ollo, one of the oldest and most re spected of Cleveland's citizens, spent three days at the Tuskegee Institute, last week. For many years, Mr. Car- roll has been interested in Tuskegee and has been of considerable help to ‘the school. During his sojourn here, he was a guest at the Twentieth Cen: tury Club meeting held in Dorothy Hall on Saturday, the 0th, Mr. War- [ren Logan, host.” Mr. Carroll is very enthusiastic In his praise of the work [Dein done at the school.—Tuskegee (Ala.) Student, Feb: 5, 1916, CORRESPONDENTS WANTED. ‘The old reliable Gazette desires an active agent and correspondent tn every city and town in Ohio and neighboring states having a number of Afro-American residents. Only a little time on Fridays or Saturdays is required. We are especially desirous of hear- ing from persons in the following named cities: Springfield, Dayton, Piqua, Mt, Vernon, East. ‘Liverpool, Akron, Lima, O., and other places, particularly in Ohio, where we have none, Write to the editor of The Gazette, Blackstone building, Cleveland, O., and terms will be sent promptly. "Our readers will oblige us greatly by send: ing at once the addresses of persons in the cities named and others in the state, to whom we can write relative to the matter. Fish Killed by Lightning. ‘There are eases on record of lght- sag. Seaniy: AMTRORG tt tesa Remodeled! New Center Hall (Old Woodliff) Under new manage- ment. To rent to lodges and for Private Dancing 4 Parties, ete. | WHITE & WELLS Managers j 2490 Central Ave. Cleveland, 0. WANTED A reliable Agent in each elty and “town” for Phyllis Hair Dressing & Grower. It straight ons harsh, stubborn and. kinky hair Without the ald of & straightening comb, thereby avoiding the danger of burning the hair. with an overheated coinb—and makes the hair Grow long, glossy and’ beaut ful. "Write at once for exclusive territory open. Polyclinic Medicine Co. Dept. G. Cincinnati, 0. ———————— (Western Reserve Dental Schos!) Wishes to announce to his many Friends and to the public that he has opened his office at 3895 SCOVILL AVENUE Where he will be found during the following office hours: 9t012a.m., 2to5p.m, 6to8p.m. Sundays by Appointment. The Harden Printing Co. Art Printers sig ate ESSE ie ek ‘Originators of Peculiarities’ AGG ARTO Ayes ee Confectionary Store seven ws desu birnornieron oon ere ees ernie PERM Your copy of The Gazette after reading it, but give it to a friend or ap acquain- tance who might subscribe after reading a copy of the paper. Editor | New York Restaurant 3854 Central Ave. Silver Britto, Prop. 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