The Gazette
Saturday, May 24, 1919
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THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR. No. 42.
IN UNION
IN UNION
THIRTY-SIXTH YEAR.
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FOUNTAIN PENS
MADE LONG AGO
THEY WERE NOT NEW AS FAR
BACK AS 1800, DECLARES
WRITER
Industry Has Grown to Capital of Mili- lion in America
Many of the present generation have the idea that the fountain pen is a very modern thing. Here is an odd item published in the Massacuses etis Mercury of Boston on Sept. 15, 1800 which mentions the fountain pen in a manner to lead one to suppose it no new idea at that time, and the use for which it is mentioned is also interesting in connection with the efforts for the education of the blind. The item as published in the Mercury follows:
INGENUITY
"Among the ingenious productions of a poor blind man of Whitehaven, named Thomas Spence, (by misfortunes and infirmities reduced to the maintenance of a poor house), are the following very astonishing inventions:
"A machine for teaching the use of figures to the blind. Another for making cordage for clocks and window washers, by which a child of 12 years will do as much work as ten men can perform, by another method used in the asylum for such unfortunate people. A tangible alphabet by which the blind may be taught to write and read.
"An apparatus for writing upon paper by the blind, either with a fountain pen or pencil, in straight lines. A shoe, the sole of which is made of twine, the upper part of sattinette, finished with an elastic varnish.
"He also digested a plan for forming an universal tangible character, to be printed; the practicability of which, he sufficiently demonstrates."
Of course, the fountain pen of the present is a very modern affair, not more than a quarter of a century old, and before it we had the old stylographic pen which possessed a conical point like a lead pencil, through which a small needle led the ink. Merchants and banks objected to it because the hucking shading in the writing made forgeries easy.
The earliest pen in use was probably the stylus, which consisted of a pointed hodkin of metal, bone or ivory, and was used to scratch or enrapture boowood tablets.
Then came the hollow reed or marsh grass known as the calamus, which is considered the true forerunner of the pen.
The quill pen was in use early in the 17th century, and the term pen really means feather.
In 1822 an application of horn and tortoise shell to the nibs of the pen was made, and in some cases the points were made more durable by the attachment of a diamond, rhyme or some other hard substance.
It is claimed as far back as 1780 a steel pen was made for Dr. Joseph Priestly by Samuel Harrison of Birmingham, England, and steel pens were made in England by Wise in 1803, but the holder and pen were all in one part and they were hard, stiff and unsatisfactory.
In 1822 machine made pens were turned out by John Mitchell, and in 1860 the manufacture of them was begun in Camden N. J.
It is said fountain pens are spoken of as far back as the beginning of the eighteenth century, but it was not until the beginning of the nineteenth century that Joseph Bramham manufactured fountain pens of silver and other metal. They were so thin that by pressure they collapsed, and the ink was thus forced from them by pressure.
In 1855 fountain pens were manfactured in England. A small button on the barrel was pressed by the thumb to cause the ink to flow from the barrel or handle. In 1900 in this country there were forty eight separate establishments manufacturing pens and twenty three of them made fountain pens employing a capital of $1,444,065.
"What will happen if the pretty widow spurns the judge who is making love to her?"
"He can sine her for contempt of court.
A Misunderstanding.
"I saw Jaggs the other day and he seemed full of spirits."
"Why, I understood he was on the water wagon."
Accounting for it.
"A metropolis is the heart of a nation."
"Is that the reason why the average metropolis has so many beats?"
THE GAZETTE
What Our People Are Doing Each Week---Church, Personal, Social, Lodge, Literary and Musical---Marriages, Deaths, Etc.
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lection at the church was very gratifying. The university sermon at Warren, June 14, Rec. J. M. Gilmore and Mr. Lee, of St. Stephen, on arm beach. 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, inquiries for relatives and advertisements of 'a' kinds, including items announcing the birth of a child, must be held in the near future, must be paid for in advance at the rate of 20 cents a line, six words to a line. Our rates for display advertisements will be sent on application.
WELLSVILLE.—Mr. and Mrs. Stanley A. Earley entertained, Tuesday evening, in honor of the former's sister, Miss Irene, of Pittsburg, who returned with them, Games and dainty refreshments. Mr. and Mrs. Earley and little son were week-end guests of relatives in Bridgeport and attended the Old Fellow's annual sermon in Wheeling, partly of this city, will graduate from the Painesville High School, this year.—Mr. P. Jones of Meridian, Miss., who visited his sister, Mrs. B. F. Hill, has decided to locate in Cincinnati. Rev. J. H. Mason, pastor of the A. M. E. church, preached a fine sermon, Sunday morning, to a large congregation. He exchanged pulpits with Rev. J. M. Gilmore of Steuben Hall, Sunday evening—Mr. S. First. Baptist Church, wishes to thank the A. M. Church pastor and choir for excellent services, Sunday, Mrs. Julia Johnson, captain. Club No. I will give a strawberry festival, Thursday evening, at its president, Mgs. B. P. Hill's.
AKRON.-A large number of Miss Glover's friends attended the surprise party given in her honor by her brother, Maurey, Monday evening. Many beautiful and useful presents were received. Out-of-town guests: Misses Ursula Campbell of Newcastle, Dev. Castle, Br. Mr. Chus, McDonald of Youngstown, formerly of this city, spent Sunday here.-Rev. R. A. Jones, pastor, has appointed a committee to arrange for the celebration of the birthdays of three of the oldest members of the Second Baptist church: Mesdames Charlotte Robinson, Nancy Riley and Ellen Thomas. The congregation recently the instructive sermon delivered by Rev. Crier of Bethel A. M. E. church. The services were hugely attended, Sunday morning. Rev. Jones preaching on "No Great Power" to a congregation that overtaxed the seating capacity of the church. Dr. J. Riley was a welcome guest. Sunday, Sunday afternoon at Zion A. M. E. church, Sunday afternoon, by Dr. and Mrs. C. R. Lewis.-R. L. Morrison, St. and Jr., and Mr. Woods of Wouster, were here Sunday.
HILLSBORO—The K. P. annual semen will be preached, Sunday afternoon, at the Baptist church—Proof and Mrs. Rose visited in Waverley, Saturday and Sunday—A council ordained Rev. J. J. Burr, last Wed. Rev. J. Burr, moderator, Rev. L. E. Burr, obliterator, Jackson Madisonville, and Rev. J. Gill, New Vienna, members; Deacon J. J. Rollins, New Vienna, see. Rev. J. J. Burr is pastor of Eden Baptist church, Hurvis Station, and has recently been called to Niguen church, Anderson Station. His many friends wish him a place, place, Sunday—The meeting in honor of our returned soldiers at the A. M. E. church, May 30, 8 P. M. will be addressed by Mayor Wilkins, Dr. Roberts of Allen Temple Cincinnati, and others. Everybody welcome. Admission free. Rev. Maxwell, L. P. proclaimed, and Mrs. Fannie Martin, of Boston, Mass., visited here, Monday, Mrs. Emily Freeland, Mrs. Jessie Goins' mother, died about a week ago at her daughter's, in Washington C. H.—L. R. Carey of New Vienna arrives from Cleveland, this evening, and will have as guests, starry L. Jacobs of Cincinnati and Prof. Bunny of Mt. Stevens M. Carey will visit here and in Cincinnati. The Gazette desires an agent and correspondent in Greenfield and other places in this section of the state. Write to the editor in Cleveland.
YOUNGSTOWN: -The K. I. annual sermon, at the Third Baptist church was largely attended. Rev. Phillips of Tabernacle Baptist church preached an able sermon. Wm. McKinley lodge and Olive Pettiford court, of Warren, also attended in a body and an excellent program was held. The Central Club, headed by the Central Club band, in addition to those mentioned were: Steel City and Logan lodges and Louisa Edwards court. The col-
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lectation at the church was very gratifying. Thu university sermon at Warren, June 14. Rec. J. M. Gilmore and Mr. Lee Cameron, of Steubenville, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Cameron—Wm. Saunders has moved his news-drop to 20. Dobbil zette there—Mr. Bias was called to Wheeling by her sister's illness. The latter was operated on—Geo. Warfield was mysteriously shot, (thru a window) in the mouth and arm while seated at his home. Several teeth were knocked out. The "bullet in the arm went thru his shoulder. He is convalescing and the police "investigating."—Silver Logan. On Friday evening — A number of Calanthcans went to Warren, Thursday evening, to see Miss Rhodia Holmes organize Alice B. Pettiford, court, No. 63; 17 members. Officers were elected. Miss Pettiford was senior grand master councillor of the order for a number of years. The evening proved most enjoyable. Lunch was served. Mr. Bias Berry and J. Berry Dobry and J. T. Oqhum were in Cleveland, last week, representing St. Augustine P. church and S. S. at diocesan conventions.
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Pleading in Extenation!
Still, schools of this type (Industrial Schools) as a rule do not produce men of the DuBois, Harry C. Smith, William Monroe Trotter J. Milton Waldron and the W. H. Jernigan type. It is essentially unfair to expect the products of these industrial schools to measure up to the standard of the schools being leaming (Yale, Harvard, idle) where the truths of history and great principles constitute the foundation stones upon which they are built. For our part, we have been surprised to see Scott and Moton do as well as they have done. Both of them seem to have seen a light, so to speak and have grouped their way in the direction of this light. We think then that it would be well for D. DuBois, Harry C. Smith and others to be charitable in these matters and not to expect the impossible from men of this type.—Richmond (Va.) Planet.
HOW, WILSON TREATED TAFT
Washington, D. C.—Southern Democratic newspapers, celebrated for their political impartiality, are complimenting Mr. Taft upon the breadth he has been displaying in supporting President Wilson. They might explain what they think of the breadth displayed by Mr. Wilson when, after his election as President, he put out a book, "The New Freedom," in which he said, in effect, "with which Taft is distrustful of the institutions and creatures of the special interests that were sucking the life blood of the people, it was doubtless due to no wicked intention on President Taft's part, but to the fact that Taft was such a bone-head he couldn't understand the situation and didn't know he was being used." Washington (D. C.) National Republic:
Sold a Thousand Pound Hog Waycross, Ga.—Like Land, a colored farmer who lives just outside the limits of Waycross, and who sold a bag on the market here a few weeks ago that weighed, dressed, 798 pounds, sold another to a farmer of Pierce county that weighed, 1,002 pounds gross. The price paid for the one sold some time ago was $120, the total received for the two hogs was $270.20 These hogs were a cross between Poland China and Berkshire.
The President on Lynching
From President Wilson's message on Lynching:
"There have been lynchings and every one of them has been a blow at the heart of ordered law and human justice. No man who loves America, no man who really cares for her fame and honor and character, or who is truly loyal to her institutions, can justify mob action while the courts of justice are open and the governments of the states and the nation are ready and able to do their duty."
Governor Signs Equal Rights Bill Lansing. Mich.-This state has at last gained a civil rights law. Governor Sleeper, last week Wednesday, signed the Condon bill making it illegal for the proprietor of any place of public resort to discriminate against any one because of race or religion. The bill is designed to give all persons equal privileges in hotels, restaurants, theaters, etc.
Social Settlement House
Detroit, Mich. For the encouragement of self-activity among our people a 14-room settlement house will be opened June 15 at 167 Columbia St. under the supervision of the Urban league. This will be made a center for community art, sports, athletics, and community expression in general.
Camp Sherman, O., May 19, 1919.
Hon. Harry C. Smith
Editor, Gazette
Cleveland, Ohio.
Dear Sir: Yours of the 16th received and complied with.
It gives me great pleasure to inform you of the 18th R. S. Dehb. has been ordered demobilized by June 15, 1919. The surplus men from our organization who were transferred to the 418th are the first to go, and following them all the married men and those carrying allotments will be released, leaving the single men without allotments to go last.
Mr. Emmett J. Scott that you were good enough to send me convoy goes further 16 show how well you have covered this job.
The short notice, the quick action, the apparent results. Everyone acquainted with your part in the affair has expressed the greatest pleasure and satisfaction of the boys of the 418th R. S. Bn. particularly, wish to thank you for the interest you have taken in their case.
Sergt. Wm. C. Dean.
WEST VIRGINIA FIGHTS-TO
KEEP GAS FROM OHIO
That State Resists Ohio and Pennsylvania's Attack on Gas Law.
Attorney General E. T. England of West Virginia announces that that state will do everything it can to defend the Stertor gas law enacted at the regular session of the West Virginia legislature. The law would prevent the expiration of West Virginia gas to other states and the states of Ohio and Pennsylvania propose to do before the United States Supreme Court and attack the law on the state. While no suit has yet been filed by either of the two states, it is evident from Attorney England's statement that West Virginia will fight the case to the finish. The question of constitutionality of the law was very thoroughly discussed before the legislative committee before the bill was passed and it was held to be entirely constitutional.
If the Supreme Court upholds the Supreme law, Ohio and Cleveland will have to enforce the written householders will have to turn to Old King Coal when cold weather comes around.
It looks like a bad winter ahead for those of us who have grown accustomed to the convenience and cleanliness and cheapness of gas heating.
DOINGS OF THE RACE
Subscribe for The Gazette now and get news. You can depend upon "The Old Reliable" for real and not "take" news and a lot of paper. Rev. Leroy Ferguson, an Ohio "boy," has been appointed an arch-deacon of the P.E. church. For 12 years he has been rector of the Church of our Merciful Saviour, Louisville, Ky. During the receipt he did M. M. C. A. work in the largest camp of our soldiers in France.
President Wilson can be as humanitarian as any one with regard to the oppressed Jago-Slaves, but he naturally does not want the treatment of the oppressors by the Southern states nor—or, for that matter, at home—New Bedford (Mass.) Daily Standard.
How a brigade of our artillerymen was instrumental in capturing strongly fortified positions held by Germans after two white divisions had previously failed was told by General John Burke, commander of the 107th Field Artillery Division, at Carnegie Hall, N. Y. City, Monday evening, May 5.
Hon. Henry T. Eubanks, (deceased) Cleveland, O. Hon. Edward D. Green of Chicago, Hll. and the editor of the Cleveland, (O.) Gazette—Hon. Harry C. Smith, three members of the race, are the fathers of the military anti-terrorism evidence legislature in this country. The last-named is the pioneer in the work, and Illinois' law is largely a copy of the Smith Ohio Anti-terrorism law—Louisville, (Ky.) News.
The "Old Reliable" Cleveland, (O.) Gazette opines that the Cleveland correspondent of the Negro Associated Press needs to hear his head. The suggestion is a pregnant and timely one. But there are others (of its correspondents); Their Atlanta (Ga.) correspondent, for instance. In fact we venture further: All alleged heads of the entire layout (Associated Negro Press) need to be "examined." Gounds and squashes aren't heads in any category—Waxhance (Chicago), Mrs. Mary T. Talbert, of Buffalo, N. Y. sailed Tuesday on the Espagne for France, Mrs. Talbert received her passport as pres of N. A. C. W., but
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Editor Gazette, Dean Snyder, W. J. Ham Howard Taft says that he would not trust the constitution of the United States, over night with an opener, that would not trust the Constitution with Taft far as I could throw a bail by the tilt.
This is not the first time that Taft has been an ally of southern democracy. When he was secretary of state and an aspirant for the Republican nomination for president, Taft went to the United States to speak which was interpreted by the southern political autocracy as an assurance that as president he would not disturb the Democratic nation of the south by the violence of the branchament.
Taft, when president, might be tolerant that he could not trust the United States to uphold it, seven to defend it, not one word did he say and not endangled did he to the face of the choking of constitution, government by the southern Democratic nation.
It is such stupidity, as he is exemplified, that has put political slavery on the people of the south and the southern democracy upon the nation. Taft has a looser appointee for an inert lie steak that in night into liberty principles of constitutional government in the United States, which avoids impunity, goes turfry in an opposing him as a looser that does. He second in the White House an exponent of would democracy.
The alignment of Taft with Wilson is not amazing and it would be a blessing if Taft and those like him would get out of the Republican party permanently. It is time for the party to permanently. It is time for the party to politically deadlock and be politically united. Let this man Taft surrender in the wilderness with Wilson. This is far better than those days when the Republican party went to hell with "Bill" Taft.
It is the United States that Americans must secure the liberty guarantees of the federal Constitution, not in France. I appealed to Colored Americans later requested that it be amended, and later was accepted by the Y. M. C. A. as a worker and will no doubt every camp where our boys are located. She is the accredited delegate to the National Council of Women and has been invited to the present at the meeting of the Executive Council which meets in England in summer and now reconstructs. Campbell in New York was unanimously elected Director-General of the Colored women of America for that organization.
This we have the spectacle of our army of /some 2,000,000 engaged on another continent in a war for the fundamental rights of the common white citizens of the nation that sent these men forth not only (Ynckel) took the law into their own hands in violation of fundamental rights, but indulged in orgies of the most degrading savagery for which there is no parallel among civilized people of the civilized world of Belgian citizens. While the civilized world was still white with anger over the execution of an English nurse by German soldiery, a Georgia mob visited the most horrible cemeteries upon an innocent Georgia woman of color who, had she not been killed in the war, had been mother in "a month—Indianapolis, Daily Standard.
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The N. A. A. C. P. and Lynchning
There are northern problem solvers who vote the South-in-the-sadder Democratic ticket, advocating a federal law against Lynchning. These dough-face creatures are joined in with their propaganda by some colored people, who consider these people their friends and refer to them as "good" Democrats. A national act against Lynchning may be passed, it may long enough seem from now on to corpure the to the northwest corner of hell, but it will be a serup of paper so long as there is a federal administration at Washington that is bossed by the southern Democracy—Hon. Jos. C. Manning in the N. Y. News.
Says Senate Won't. Fail
New York City—Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio in a speech in Carnegie hall, Sunday night, said: "At the present time the preservation of American nationality rests with the senate of the United States, and I can assure you that the senate is not going to fail you."
From Senator Lodge, Republican U.S. senator leader, himself, comes this statement: "Beforce me are through with this business, we will hang the hide of Taft on the wall of the senate chamber," Cleveland Daily Plain Dealer.
It is simply outlaw of lawy of Constitution. I ballot rights. It is a political affair that no person whites and blacks. It not unlawful and honored. In the latter box of nine days in the South the black host family were used to become the minority. Do we not be proud of our "mountain out the Negro"? It was a half
HON. JOSEPH C. MANNING
As He Appeared When Postmaster 57 Alexander City, Mt.
FREE PUBLIC SPEAKING
Hon. C. M. White, Supreme Commander of the Supreme Camp of the American Woodmen of Denver Col. will speak Tuesday evening, May 27th. Stets P. M. at Tristone Baptist Church, center E. 85th St. and Sewell Ave. Subject—"Democracy And Wondercraft."
Dr. White is a graduate of the University of Michigan and is the first Colored man who ever served as Supreme Commander of the Supreme Camp. The organization is 112 percent solvent and has a membership of more than 50,000. Over $8,000 paid
Hon. C. M. White
in salaries each month to men and women of the race. There are more than 500 people employed to carry on the work of this big race enterprise.
It has $200,000 for the protection of policy holders, paid $700,000 in benefits and written $400,000 of insurance. Persons between the ages of 16 and 50 may join this night for only $325.
Elections will be served free and the admission will be free. Come early if you expect to get a seat. The meeting will open on time.
Committee: C. C. Cade, supervisor; Bud Lee, deputy; AL L. Bernard, commander; Dr. B. F. Rucker, banker. - Ady.
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WOMAN SAYS YOUNG WOMEN ARE NOT TAUGHT HOW TO EARN CASH
Public farewell is required to pro-
vide a connection between num-
bers of schools interested in do-
national demonstration work in a school to connect with methods of demonstration and materials in the field of apoptosis in
various biological materials, and pro-
The school system almost includes the education and expressed effort of every child without a right to carry by provision. Make a financial means of school work which will be introduced to the children. This work will be given full protection in an environment so sweet and comforting, to the public school because a public and hence non-public institution, confidence is inspired to those who thus gain training necessary to citizenship in a democracy. Miss Hedges is New York state specialist in vocational education of girls and associated with Dr. John H Finley and Arthur D. Dean Mr. Lean, who contribute a foreword, declares, that Miss Hedges has a mission and beings a message. "She says, 'I say you and I, may be the picture of these girl workers and mature workers who need schooling, nourishing food, strong heritage' - a picture oftimes of the waste of human wealth; yet oftentimes the bright glow of life from individual cases will almost blind one's eyes to the darker spots; a picture which taken altogether makes us feel that there are no bounds to the moral mental and spiritual capabilities which unfold under the best civil, industrial and educational conditions. Truly a vision worthy of any canvas!"
The weakness in our public school system, Miss Hedges contentus, lies in the fact that training girls for wage earning has always been secondary to training boys for wage earning. Wage earning, she says, has become as vital to most women as to men, and is becoming increasingly so to managgers, because women wage earners have distinctive contributing power in the world of production.
"Men," continues Miss Hedges, "are added by preparatory and additional schooling in industrial classes, by the urge of family responsibility, and by the general public sentiment that men must and shall be the best possible wage earners. Women are hindered by lack of preparatory training in school and industry, by public sentiment unfavorable to their entering the wage earning sphere, by non-remission of the fact of dependence it others upon them. The urge of economic pressure has been almost if not quite as great on women as on men.
"But the light of faithiness is beginning to shine on women as wage earners; interest is growing in their needs as industrial products."
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and our readers know this.
The race press is and always has
been entirely too “charitable” in its
treatment of cases like DuBois’. The
journalistic lash has been spared too
often and too long now for “the good
‘and welfare” of the race.
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‘The Pittsburg Courier and Amer-
ican should see to it that Represen-
tative Geary adds a minimum pen-
alty to his Penosylvania civil rights
bill before its passage, if they wish it
to be effective as a law. We have
written Mr. Geary to that effect.
If you failed to read carefully the
Hon, Joseph C. Manning’s letter in The
Gazette of last week, you have missed
something of real value to every in-
telligent member of the race. The
same is true of the letter from his
pen in this paper and those we shall
publish in forthcoming issues. Do not
iiss any of them.
Under the Wilson administration
Washington's farewell address has be-
come obsolete. The Constitution has
ecome a scrap, or scraps of paper.
“And now the Monroe Doctrine has be-
‘come a mere “regional understanding”
whatever that is. What is really
needed in this country is the making
of Mr. Wilson into a private citizen
and the Democratic party into a rem-
iniseence.
Col. Charles Young, Camp Grant,
ML, says our race is entirely with-
out a definite program for advance-
ment along political, economic, edu-
cational and industrial lines, and tells
the truth when he says so. And we
have the N. A. A.C. P., the N. Busi-
ness League, the N. Equal Rights
League, the N. Federation of Wom-
en’s Clubs and a few other “national”
organizations. "Twas ever thus!
For the first time in twenty years
the city of Baltimore, chief metrop
olis of the south, normally Demo-
cratic by 20,000, elected a Republican
mayor by 2 majority of 10,000, last
week Tuesday, greatly to the aston-
inhment of the outside world. Local
ixsues assumed considerable promin:
ence in the campaign, but the big
over-tumning in no small degree re
flects a revolt against the Democratic
party as a national origanization.
Egitor John Mitchell of the Rich-
mond (Va.) Planet, how in the world
could you", As yet there has been no
effort: to: amend or replace our Ohio
Anti-Lynching law; nor has the N. A.
A.C. P. been advocating the enactment
of any such bill. More-over the offi-
cials of Ohio do not need a law to
‘make them do their duty under any of
‘our laws. And Ohio has all the en-
forcement of its laws anyone can ask
for. Confrere, again, how in the
world did you “come to” make such
mistakes?
What was done to those white
‘American soldiers in Russia who mu-
tinied, several weks ago? They were
‘on the “firing line,” too. Were char-
ges ever preferred against them? If
‘sa, we have never been able to hear
‘of it. It seems “a far cry” for prej-
udiced white officers to formulate and
prefer charges of mutiny against our
boys of the 418th R. S. Battalion, at
Camp Sherman, for the protests they
forred them to make. Qur people are
looking to Gen. Glenn, who is noted
for his fairness and proper treatment
‘of soldiers under him, for the “square
deal” our boys of the “418th”
are entitled to and we feel sure they
will get it, too. =
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A BLIGHT IN BRITAIN ALSO
Not only has Professor Wilson suc-
coeded in putting an everlasting
crimp in his own party, but he is in
a fair way to put the skids under
the patty behind Lloyd George. In
three by-elections which have been
held in England since George went
to the peace conference, the Lloyd
George followers have been trimmed,
and the reason given was the lead-
er’s teamwork with the American dic-
tator, W. W. “The premier of Eng-
land has gone so far toward meeting
the views of the President of the
United States that he now has his
own country swinging against him,”
declares Sir John Foster Frazer. “It
has been his (Wilson's) mission in
life to make trouble wherever he ap-
peared,” declares the yeteran Demo-
erat, Henry Watterson. The United
States has had more trouble since
Woodrow Wilson mounted his throne.
March 4, 1913, than in any six years
of its history, not excepting the Civil
War. It will take years to return to
a normal functioning of our national
life. It will take many more years tc
re-establish ourselves in the 00
opinion of the world. The reign of
Wilson has been a killing frost, bu
the nether rim of his frigid sun now
touches the summits of the weatert
hills. God speed March 4, 1921!
UNFAIR TO A BROTHER
itself the “Associated Negro. Pres
gent the item to them a number of out
contemporaries are heralding the fac
that the Boston Guardian missed an
issue recently. Come confreres, have
a litle mote journalistic pride and
charitable brotherly feeling for one in
the same business. especially one who
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has done the race so very much good
(which it does not fully appreciate)
and at the usual great loss. We haye
disagreed with Editor William Mon-
roe Trotter as we have with a number
‘of other of our colleagues but we did
not use that item and regret greatly
that it is necessafy for us to mentian
it even in this way. Stop that sort of
thing! There is plenty of other
news-items we can publish without
striking one of our own number when
hie is least able to stand it and cer-
tainly does not deserve such treat-
ment at OUR hands.
SCOTT vs DuBOTS.
Dr, Emmett J. Scott, special as-
-sistantto the secretary of war, ha:
issued a reply, to Editor W. E. B. Du
Bois’s attack in the May Crisis, which
apparently just about “skins” the ed
itor. The following by Mr. Seott
shows how correct ‘The Gazette was
when it intimated, last week, that Du-
Bois was “sore at” Scott because of
his (DuBois’) failure, last year, to se-
cure that captaincy in the Intelligence
Department of the War Department
at Washington, D. C., doubtless
blaming him for the loss of the chance
to get another salary:
“Dr. DuBois knows, and his friends
Know, and the record’ proves, that as
far back as two days before the meet-
ing of the Negro Editors’ Conference,
Which I called here in’ Washington,
Jame, 1918, he was seeking my per-
sonal good offices that he might rea-
lize personal aspirations. He knows
that I did everything I could to help
him secure that much coveted com-
mission in the army. which he so eag-
erly but vainly "Sought. He also
knows, as the record will show when
necessity arises, that there were
other occasions also when Dy. DuBois
probably felt I might be used, for
‘pulling chestnuts out of the fire’ for
him.”
‘At last! Here is the explanation
The Gazette sought, last June and
“July and ever since our return from
‘the conference referred to. We have
“repeatedly. said that we believed that
just such a condition existed and
‘that it explained why DuBois tried
to slip that “surrender rider” into the
conference's resolutions which, if it
‘had not been promptly climinated,
‘would have made a complete farce of
‘that meeting. It also explains those
Crisis “surender” editorials of last Ju-
ly and August. DuBois was undoubt-
edly “truckling” in an effort to en-
courage the Wilson administration to
give him that captainey and with it
would come another salary. He
hoped to retain his N. A. A. C. P. or
Crisis salary We have read, some-
where, that DuBois is a Socialist. Is
it true?
In his reply to DuBois, Dr. Scott
also gives several letters (and men-
tions a number of others) endorsing
his work in the War Department for
our soldiers and adds the following:
“I would rather have the testimony
of these gentlemen who know the
facts concerning my efforts in behalf
of Negro soldiers overséas, some of
whom actually served ‘over there,’
than to be at all perturbed by, or to
treat other than with appropriate con-
tempt the insinuating remarks, print-
ed and spoken, of a_ self-ccntered,
self-seeking, unfair critie—the main
THE GAZETTE. CLEVELAND. OHIO. MAY 24, 1919.
drift of whose life has been to try to)
‘tear down’ and to destroy what.
other men have sought to build up for
the honor and welfare of their country
and their race. Diseredited himself
by a large portion of the Negro press
of the country, he now, secks to dis
Leredit others. ‘Surely ‘misery | likes
Jeompans," but in. the desperate f-
| fort of Dr. DuBois to rehabilitate him-
[self in the eves of the Negro world
Jafter the severe drubbing he has re-
“ceived in the Negro public press and
otherwise, it might be well for him to
‘know that if he is trying to ‘come
back,’ and again pose as an ardent
defender of the race, he shall not do
[so at my expense. Tam fully pre-
|pared for any further onslaught he
|may make.”
We call attention to the fact that
\ the foregoing is but an endorsement
| of the position The Gazette took, last
| year, on our return from the Wash-
ington, D, C. June Conference of our
editors, and has maintained ever since.
[In common with many of our best
| people, we lost confidence in DuBeis,
{last Year, in June, July and August
[If there was need of anything addi-
tional to justify our position, Dr
| Scott certainly furnished it in his re-
[ply to DuBois’ vieious attack upon
him in the May Crisis.
| Concluding Dr. Seott says:
“1, Inasmuch as Dr, DuBois lett
for France December 1, 1918, and
Waited practically. five months (May
issue of The Crisis) before becoming
indignant about the treatment of Ne-
gro.troops overseas, I want to ask—
if he (DuBois) knew of the conditions
complained of and manifestly thought
Twas in a position to have those
| wronge corrected, why in the name of
Justice and High Heaven did he noi
bring them directly to my attention?
“2, How many of such overseas
complaints did he bring to my atten-
| tion as he easily could have done as
a ‘Correspondent.’
|" 43. What did he himself do to
help the situation overseas and to
have the wrongs corrected? Is it not
a fact that when the opportunity. was
offered for him to counsel with color-
led officers in group that he refused
|to do so, preferring to be in a posi-
tion to criticise later rather than to
|be ‘a present help in a time of trou-
Hble'? “If he did not, wish to. report
the grievances of colored soldiers to
|me personally as being beneath his
\ dignity, did he not have access to
| every regimental and divisional head-
{quarters in France the same as other
‘correspondents’?
4. "Did he make any effort while
in Fiance to have the injustices com-
plained of ameliorated, or did he
await his return to America, 3,000
miles away from France, to protest?
| “I challenge him to cite specifically
| what overseas complaints among. Ne-
gro troops he ever brought directly. te
my attention or to the attention of my
office, where, according to his owr
testimony, such complaints —shoule
j have been brought and pressed fo)
correction.
“I CALL FOR HIS ‘BILL OF PAR.
> TICULARS. I cagerly await his re
| ply.”
r As fay as any benefit to his peo
I! ple in this country is eoncerned, Du
Bois had better have remained in thi
\ country and not have gone to France
f Prior to leaving for that country. i
r was his continued “howling” abou
t “those African Colonies” and Dy. Em
+ mett J. Scott’ New York spovch ot
- the same subject that did much to de
“Jay and practically ruin the effort o
our people to get delegates to Franc
in an effort to reach directly or indi
rectly the World Peace Conference,
ANTI-LYNCHING LEGISLATION
Yn an ailress to the National Lyn-
ching Conference held recently in New
York City, William Nickerson, see-
retary of the Amevicun Mutual Ben-
Gfit Association. of Houston. Tex., de-
elared that eppeating to siate legisla-
tures was a waste of (ime as officials
wore afraid they would lose their po-
sitions if they took drastic action.
‘The same argument can be used
against appealing to the Congress for
‘the yaceaye of a federal anti-lynch-
‘ing bill. ‘Then, too, the U. S. Su-
Epreiie Court, in a decisfon many years
‘ago, declared mols vielence and lyn-
ching legislation & matter for the sev-
eral states to handle and that the fed-
eral government had no right to in-
terfere in lynchings, ete., until called
‘upon by the proper state officials.
Mr. Nickerson, in all probability, had
‘reference to southern and not noxth-
ern states, for two of the latter—Ohio
and Mlinois—already have such laws
‘upon their statutes, and they are effee-
tiye ones, too! Our criticism of Mr.
Niekerson is that which can be vis-
ited upon on a large majority of the
‘theorists and “intellectual wind-jam-
mers” who as a rule dominate such
gatherings—they talk, talk, TALK,
too often (as was true in his case)
without properly informing them:
selves. on their subjects, Further-
more, rarely are those who have
DONE something material, along the
line of their talk, ever invited to par-
ticipate in their “national” gatherings
0 as to afford them the information
they need. It may be that this is
not wanted because it would have a
very marked tendency to “put a
crimp” in their tatk.
While it is not our desire to “throw
cold water” on any honest attempt to
secure legislation against the Iynch-
ing evil, we feel that it is a
positive waste of time, money
and effort. to try to get
the Congress to pass a federal anti-
lynching bill in the face of that U. S.
Supreme Court decision. Futher-
more, in the present condition of af-
fairs in this country, without such a
barrier, in ur judgement it wguld be
just ax easy to get President Wilson
to forget his hobby, the League of
“Notions,” as it would be to get the
Congress to enact any such legista-
tion. Moorfield Storey. Esa., presi-
dent of the N. A. A.C. P. and every
other good lawyer in this country, as
well as many others, know this. Ther
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why spend the money of the organi-;
zation, most of which has come’ from
the pockets of our hard-working, poor
people, to pay “a committee of law
vers of prominence who will devote
their attention to framing and. pro-
posing a federal law against lyneh-
ing, and to the constitutional questions
involved 2"
‘The conference's decision “to or-
‘ranize in each state a committee to
‘inform public opinion of the horrors
‘of lynching, and to obtain adequate
(state) legislation against the prac
tice,” such as have Ohio and Llinois
|is a wise and ood one. The two
| states named also have provision for
‘the removal, by the governor, of local
officers who give up prisoners toor al
low them to be taken by the mob.
|The Hon, Henry V. Bubanks. (e-
ceased), a member of the Lewisla-
ture from Cleveland, had the honor of
placing this law upon the statutes of
the great state of Ohio, some years
ago, and it i< 2 valuable adjunct to
our Ohio Anti-Lynching law.
|PIETY-SIXTH ANNUAL COM.
| MENCEMENT, — WILBERTORCE
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Sunday’, June 1, 10:30 a, m., Bacea-
Jaureate sermon, by. Rev, Ru C. Ran-
som, D. D.. editor of the A.M. E. Rex
view, N. Vir dp. m, addiesé to, the
Feligions societies by Rev. C. H. Step:
teau, D. D., Baltimore, Maz 7:20.
M., annual Sermon to the Theological
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Monday, June 2, 7:30 p. ma dives
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Jackson, A.D. (Harvard Univ), see-
‘retary Y. M,C. A. Chicago, Il
Tuesday, June 3, 10 a, ma meeting
of the University Boad of Trustees;
7:30 p. ma prize speaking contest.
Werinesilay:, June 4, class day exer.
cises; 2:30 p.m, alurini dinner; 7:50
b. ma cantata, “Daniel, or the Cap-
tivity’ and. Restoration.”
Thursday, June 5, 4. m.. meeting
of the Normal and Indystrial Boar of
Trustees; 10 a. tn,” COMMENCE-
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Scott, Tuskegee, Ala.) special assisi-
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RECONSTRUCTION,
In the re-building of the war-torn
countries of Europe, we should givan
the lesson of re-construction of our
own affairs and begin to construct
for prosperity. and’ peare for onr-
‘This can best be done by each one
of us doing all things that goes to
make us independent. You can best
do thix by getting a home of your
own. You can make a start with
your Liberty Bond if you hurry
$5.00 per month makes the pay-
ments and gives you possession, You
can have your gaiden, this pring.
and let the lot help pay for itself.
They ave being taken by our peo:
ple from the Atlantic to beyond the
Mississippi—so they'll be gone be-
fore spring.
Whether you buy or not, call and
see C. C. Cade, 2403 E, 40th’ St., Suite
1. Maybe he’ ean help you.” You
cannot affonl ta nina this-oppoctunity
CLEVELAND
Social and Personal
‘The Alpha Phi Alpha will give a
dinner at the Hote! Winton, this (Fri
day) evening.
On page 2 there are several im-
portant editorial messages for you,
reader, Read them carefully,
thoughtfully.
BEST FoR THE BLOOD — Paro
Herbs, Soli only at Brown Drug Co.,
cor. E, 28th St. and Central Ave—
Ade,
There ig much you and your friends
should KNOW in the “Reaty” articles
on page 4. Read them carefully and
call attention to them.
Do you remember the Cleveland
Journal's “Booker ‘T. Washington
Special edition” a few months before
it died? Many persons do.
‘The pleasant Company club invites
all members and friends of ‘Tried-
stone Baptist church to a pew rally,
Thursday evening. A good program.
Do not fail to read and call your
friends’ attention to the Cleveland Co-
Operative Hardware Company’: ad-
vertisement elsewhere in this paper.
Adv.
AIL strangers and visitors in Cleve-
land are invited to have their mail
sent to 9512 Central Ave. Grant's
new mail-system affords each a pri-
vate box
Mrs. Sadie Cunningham Reid's hus-
band died at their home in. rank-
fort, Kya a few weeks ago. Pnet-
monia. She was a former resident
of this city.
You should take PURO HERBS,
the reat blood purifier and system
cleanser. On sale only at the Brown
Drug Co. 2742 Central Aye. cor. E.
28th St— Ady.
“Jim, the penman,” 219 Superior
Bldg, letters the class pictures of all
the large schools in the city, inclu-
ding the Cleveland Law and high
schools. Good?
It is reported that Miss Cora Jack-
son, of N. Y. City, a resident of Cleve-
land during her gisthood days and a
cousin of Will Marion Cook, was mar-
ried there recently.
‘The A. M. E. mission in Collinwood
is to have a home A church in that
section was to have been purchased
for it, Tuesday, so the Rev, Charles
Bundy, P. E. informed The Gazette.
‘There are forty-seven members of
‘the graduating class of the Cleveland
‘Law’ school, this year, ‘Three are
‘women, One of the latter is Miss
Hazel Mountain, a member of the race.
ahfQrmal opening gf the Noval
nn, 2288 °F. 55th St, Monday, was
a great success. Credit is due the
‘proprietor, Mr. Joseph Harris. Our
people should encourage him with a
Hoeral patronage.
The Luna Park management is
maintaining its wellsknown reputa-
tion from= drawing the color-line.
Tuesday, its new manager, entertained
sixty local newspaper’ men, all
“whites” Nuft spd”.
“Wm. Heiskell, former resident of
-this city and for years in the real es-
tate business in Detroit, is among
‘those of our people there endeavoring
to start a bank to be located on St
Antoine St, Detroit.
Our good friend, Mr. Andrew: Me-
‘Spadden had a birthday, last week.
Come “Mac.” send the editor his cig
‘and tell us how eld (or young) you
‘are, Don't be afraid, like our old
friend James R. Snyder.
The U. S, civil service commission
will conduct an examination for pos-
tal clerks and carriers June 7 in the
federal building, fourth floor. Citi-
zens betwoen IS and 45 are eligible
Get busy! See Sec. Mackin there, at
| once! a
THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, OHIO, MAY 24, 1919.
very interesting nevertheless. Thee
was a general discussion of the race's
outlook.
| Dr. 0. A. Taylor gave an infor:
{ mal, but very enjoyable “smoker
‘Tuesday evening after the lecture, in
| honor of Roseoe C. Simmons, whlch,
Mas attended by about owenty~five,
[The lecture wax @ success In spite of
[the exceedingly inclement weather
| Dr. George E. Haynes. director of
| Negro Economics Department of La~
i bor, Washington, D. C., and Mr. Char-
les E. Hall, Supervisor for the state
of Ohio, are in the city, attending the
National Conference of Employment
Managers in session at the Hotel
Cleveland. .
Mis. Edith M. Tarver of Detroit,
jwho has been visiting her mother, Mrs.
Jennie Morris, E. 43rd St., attended
the Elks’ ennual ball at Dreamland,
last week, and sang a beautiful se-
lection, assisted by Wm, F. Burton.
Mrs. Morris returned home, Sunday
evening
A bullet wound in his shoulder is
the case of Eugene Helm, 24, of 2828
Central Ave. He was at Scovill Ave.
and E. 30th St., when a bullet, fired
|by a girl at her sweetheart, went wild
and struck Helm. This is in wand
11. Police ave looking for the woman
and her sweetheart
Our K. P. lodges, Edwin Cowles,
Western “Reserve and Climax; the
Courts of Calanthe, Damon, Hermoine
and Dionycious; and the drill corps,
Royal and Star, heard their annual
sermon, Sunday afternoon, at Tried-
Stone Baptist chureh. They. made a
plendid appearance on the march to
the church,
‘The Imperial Jubilee Four left, Mon-
day, for Elyria, Obevlin, Amherst,!
Norwalk, Toledo and points in Michi
gan. The company has been very
Successful everywhere it has played.
Edward Parker, reader, has been ma-
kine a “hit” in his renditions, Rey
Cook, the company’s advance-nyent,
deserves credit for booking it in some
of the best churches. |
Hemy F, Streets, drum major and
professional bondsman, was named
defendant in a $1,000 bond forfeiture
suit filed in commen pleas court, last
week Thursday afternoon, by County
Prosecutor Doerfler, Earlier in the!
day Judge Foran returned a judge
ment for $540 in another suit avain-t
Streets who is a vietim of a condition.
promoted by the local Davis adminis:
tration.
Mrs. Blanche Lemky, E. 30th St.,
entertained, Sunday, at a six course |
dinner, Misses Gertrude, Jocha, Jes-
sie May and Willie Baxter, Messrs.
Vonghers and L. R. Carey who leaves, |
this afternoon, for his home at New |
Vienna; also Cincinnati and Hillsboro,
Harry L. Jacobs of Cincinnati and |
Prof. E. L. Burns of Mt. Sterling will,
visit Mi. Carey at an carly date
My visit to Cleveland brought so
many pleasant mtemories of fifty-four
years ago. I had the pleasure of vis-|
iting the Shiloh Baptist church and |
Stugohn’s AW MoE, church where
when I attended their Sabbath School
in 1865 and 1866, then with a member=
ship of twenty-five: and fifteen, now
‘St. Jofin’s has 800 and Shiloh 500
members. Tals addressed the Ane
toch, church and school.—Hon. Geo.
W. Hays in the Cincinnati (0.) Un-
‘ion, j
| Secretary Conners visited The Ga-_
‘zette office, May 15, and invited the
editor to the Community Center's for-
‘mal opening, that evening. On the fol-
owing Saturday, May 17, we received
the Center's printed “Announcement”
and invitation to attend. Rather
“backward work all around,” wasn’t
it? It is said that since Feb, 7, the
date of the informal opening, 118 dis-
charged colored soldiers have been as-
sisted finaneially and given employ~
ment through the center,
» Is it a fact that Secretary Conners
and his committee failed to induce
Garrett Morgan to give up the money
(about $50) tossed in to the big flag,
Feb. 22, when some of our overseas
)soldiers paraded in this city? Con-
/ners now says the money is to be used
‘to help finance a banquet to bo ten-
| dered the members of the old Ninth
Battalion on their return to the city.
‘The question is, who has the money
now—Morgan or the Conners commit-
tee which sought to have Morgan turn
it over to it?
| Special memorial services will be
held at Mt. Zion Cong. church, Sun-
day at 10:45 A.M, in honor of our
| deceased soldiers. All soldiers and
| ex-soldiers are urged to attend and
|help make the services @ grand stic-
Ices. It is hoped that they will fill
ithe front of the church Which has
| been reserved for. them. — Soldiers
| should wear thety uniform, but please
do not stay away if there is any un-
‘willingness to wear the uniform.
|Committee: Dr. Chas. Garvin and
| Chester K. Gillespie.
| The Philathea ciass club of Mt. Zion
| Sone church met at their teacher,
Mrs, Sadie Turner's, in Quebee St, re-
| cent, and listened to an interesting
talk on “Mission Work in Africa” by
oe Carrie Merriweather. Great in-
terest was manifested in the costumes
; and characteristics of the Timna tribe
| with whom Miss Merriweather work-
jed. An elaborate luncheon was ser-
ved by the hostess. The June meet-
ing will be held at Mrs. Bessie Free-
man’s, Painesville. The Philathea
club was delighted to, have Mrs. Free-
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One of the Best in the city. Everybody Wel-
come!
‘The Female Minstrel show at the
Temple Theater, sondy evening, for
the benefit of the Y. M. C. U., was
a splendid success, turning away
‘about 150 people. W. A. Anderson
and J. W. Noble are entitled to
jereai praise for. their meritorious
Work fm direeting the show and. the
music, respectively. The organization
extends The Gazetie its hearty thanks
for its telling efforts to help make the
atfair the most gratifying’ success it
was. Felix Worth, Y. M. C. U. di-
trevor, says the. organization” will be
Housed invite new home. in” about 60
days and that he is making arvange-
ments to hold Sunday meetings at
the same address. ‘The trustees. and
Ladion’ Ausiliayy are busy planning
meetings also,
Sirs. T. ‘D. Berry and Mrs. RN.
Wickfield of Youngstown were «ele-
sates to the SS. convention of this
dioces® of the Episcopal church, held
in this city at Emmanuel church, last
Week Wednesday and ‘Thureday. The
former, accompanied by Mrs. C. F.
Nickens, called on The Gazette, Mon”
day. Mr. Wickfield and Rev. John T.
Ogburn of that city were St. Augus-
tine cures delegates to the annual
rhurelt convention of the diocese, held
in Trinity cathedval, the same days.
John P. Green, Esq., one of the dele-
rates of St, Andvews' chureh, this eity,
marie a very interesting report, Sune
lay morning. Bishop Leonard ypade
special mention to the convention of
the wood ‘works done by St. Andrews,
the past fiscal year, pleasing greatly
ity membership and many friends,
YHE BUNDY APPEAL FUND
EF. Mt, Zion Baptist chureh, $50.09;
St. James A.M. E. chureh, $84.20;
A. M. E. Church Alliance, $9; St.
John's A.M. E. chureh, $70.56; ‘Trin-
ity A.M. E. church, Wilberforee,
S831, Bethel A. M. Bi church, Me-
chaniesburg, $7.35; Mv. George Hoop-
er, $100; Rev. J. FL Walker, St; Mrs,
William’ Anderson's group, $10.50;
Mrs. Alonzo Jackson's group, $13!
Mrs, 0. A. Taylor's group, $57; Mr,
Clifford Bundy's group, $45.61; Nirs.
Lizzie Melntire’s group, $35; Mrs,
Lethia Fleming’ group, $2; Avthur
A. Talbert’s group, $75.10, Total,
3618.72,
Additions to the Bundy Pund
A.M. E. church, Long, 0... si:
Triedstone Baptist, chureh, $20.61;
North St. A. M. E. church, Spring-
field, $75 Mrs, Lizaie MeIntive’s croup,
825; Mis. Lethia Flemings’s group,
86; Mrs." Minerva’s ‘Taylor's srroup,
861.10: Mrs, Alonzo dackson’s zvoup,
$14.50; Mr. A. A. Talbert’: group,
$20: Total to date. $777.9.
(Major) Wm T. Anderson, Treas,
Be Fe
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Vane tht
MRS. R. EVELYNE PAYNE
Sets Up 2 New Chapter of the Order
OF the Enstermitar’in’ Cleveland
Blazing Star Chapter, No. 7, order
of Easter Star, was duly organized
and set up on Monday evening. 1th
inst., at Masonic hall, E. 22nd St. and
Wooiland Ave, Cleveland, Ohio, by
the Supreme Grand Deputy Matron-
at-large, Mrs. R. Evelyne Payne of
Pittsburg, Pa. Twenty-six candidates
were initiated into the adoptive rite
of 0. E. 8. of the A. F. and A.M.
affiliation, including nine Mason
brothers as follows: JH. Cox, 3 de
ree, W.G. Ps Wm. H, Harris, 3
flegree; W. H. Downey, 3% degree:
Harry Menon, 22 degree; Dr. J. BL
Ketoi, 92 degree; E. P. Jones, 32 de-
uree: Thomas Sherman, 32 degree; E.
B, Jackson, #2 degree; B. Barny, 32
degree, under the auspices of the Key=
stone Grand Chapter of Pennsylvan=
ia.
Mrs. Mary Cox, W. G. M.
Mrs, Margaret Gammon, W. G. See.
—Ady
CELEBRATES HIS 72nd BIRTHDAY
One of the speakers at the Luna
Park celebration, last. August, said
some people were asking the foolish
question what would they do with the
Colored brother after having done his
“bit” for high democracy in the
world war? Being 72 years old, born
a slave and of slave ‘parents, ‘there
may be some excuse for the writer's
asking: the much-mooted question at
this time. Judging from’ the past,
naturally every race man with the
least speck of manhood seems to be
looking forward to better race con-
ditions. Our brave brown boys have
heen over the top and arc now re-
turning 100 per cent physically fit,
well trained and efficient soldiers and
can fill any position in line from
marker to the top-rounds of official
military capacity.
The militia bureau’s annual report
shows more than 600 National Guard
officers were removed from the’ ser-
viee after the efficieney board had ex-
amined them. Cause, inefficiency, and
yet someone is responsible for re-
moving a regular army officer, who
had seen active serviee, for a nation-
al guard officer. Col. Charles Young
has been on the board of inquiry. He
must be capable or he could not fill
that position, We believe the war is
over. At any rate the armistice is
‘on and peace may come any day. But
now comes the call for 2,000 -nailors
by the shipping board. Will we get
a slice of that pie? Also the army is
in 2 hurry to be recruited as those,
who enlisted or have been drafted
during the emergency, must all jn ae-
cordgnce with the law be discharged,
‘TheVentire U. S. force will be abso:
lutely inadewiate and insufficient. to
perform required vigilance and other
duties and now we are wondering what
will our boys get? Higher-ups have
seen the hand-writing on the wall, As
Whar van thes reed thane words ce
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BEATY SCORES THE "JUNKERS" AND SAYS OHIO CIVIL RIGHTS LAW ALRIGHT!
Don't Throw Away Your Copy of THE GAZETTE After Reading it, but Give It to a Friend or an Acquaintance who Might Subscribe after Reading a Copy of It
HON. A. LEE BEATY
Ohio's Only Afro-A
M.
THE BON. A. LEE BEATY
Our only representative in the Ohio Legislature has our sincere sympathy, in the matter of his mistreatment by the "Beaty bill junkers," referred to in his letter published elsewhere in this issue of The Gazette. Having had experience with their leaders, when a member of that August body for six years and at various times since, the writer is in a position to not only sympathize with him but to thoroughly understand what he has passed thru and complains so bitterly of. It is an unenviable experience, to say the least. We "handed" them differently than Mr. Beaty did and that possibly explains why we never felt called upon to complain or even refer to them. They are a set of selfish and narrow-minded individuals of color who have done nothing material for the race, in Ohio, but are continually trying to "but in," tearing down where ever it is possible if they are not permitted to "but in," and always seeking a place in the "lime-light," posing as "great race men." Mr. Beaty should have ignored them, refused to accept their "New York white men" alleged civil rights bill for this state and frankly and firmly told them just what he was, that Mr. Ohio Civil Rights law "IS A VERY GOOD ONE AND IF ENFORCED WOULD GIVE US ALL THE PROTECTION NECESSARY." That is all any law can do! No law, whether new or old, is effective that is not enforced and our Ohio Civil Rights law is enforced. The only trouble, as we have repeatedly said, is that our people DO NOT USE IT ENOUGH, thus securing a better enforcement of the law—the only way to do so! The courts of Ohio, almost without exception, have been "with us" in the matter of our civil and other rights ever since the enactment of the law, twenty-five years ago, and are still "with us" just as Judge Grant states in his letter, also republished in this paper, today. Great chagrin in the deserved failure of their framed-up force—the passage of a bill absolutely unnecessary, as Mr. Beaty admits and Judge Grant proves—the Ohio "Negro junkers," who succeeded in getting N. A. A. C. P. white officers in New York City to "wish" House Bill, No. 130, on Mr. Beaty, turned on him and charged him with "laying down on the bill" just as soon as prejudiced white Republican and Democratic members of the Legislature had been defeated—the defeated the bill. This shows well what sort are the aforesaid Ohio "Negro junkers." They attempted to "run" Mr. Beaty and he unfortunately stood their brazen effrontery—the first one in our memory to do so. When he lost his "Birth of a Nation" bill, two years ago, we were anxious to help him but would not even offer to do so without some word from him although we were urged to go to Columbus for that purpose by the leader of the "junkers." When we were in the Legislature we would have none of their interference and that, in no small degree, accounts for our success in securing the passage of our Ohio Civil Rights law in 1894 and the Ohio Mob Violence law, better known as the Ohio Anti-Lynch law, in 1896. If Mr. Beaty is as wise, in the light of his most recent experience, as he ought to be, he will keep the "junkers" away from him in the future and abandon his present determination to reintroduce the "makeshift" and unnecessary House Bill, No. 139.
HARRY C. SMITH.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
General Assembly of Ohio
Columbus, O. May 6, 1919,
Hon. Harry C. Smith,
Editor Gazette, Cleveland, O.
My dear Mr. Smith—In reply to
your favor of May 2nd, I beg to
adveise that I did not "lay down"
On house bill, No. 129, and in support
of the above statement I refer you to
any member of this General Assembly.
The bill was defeated by, (1st),
its over-zealous friends, and then, as
Don't Throw It to a Frier
merican Legislator
was to be expected, by those who are full of race prejudice.
Let me call my attention to the journal of April 17, 1919, and you will see where I made the motion to take up House Bill. No. 139, and at that time I knew that such a motion was inopportune and that I was facing defeat. But a committee favoring the bill were constantly buzzing and nagging me at every turn until, for by own protection and to satisfy the committee (?), I made the fatal mistake of making the motion I did.
I agree with you in your last issue in which you say that we have at present a very good civil rights law, and a law which I believe would give us the protection necessary!
House Bill. No. 139, was sent to me (from N. Y. City) to the N. A. A. C. P. and I am not the author of it, nor have I claimed at any time that I was. But I endorsed it and would do so again.
Why should I lay down? I have made enemies among the whites who are prejudiced. But of that I do not complain. I expected it. But from the members of the race which I was trying to serve—to be criticized by them is not only unjust but cruel! We will adjourn sometime in the near future to meet sometime after the 1st of next year and I will then reintroduce the bill and I will take all of the responsibility myself and will not permit any one to order me around as was attempted this time. The Republicans of today are not the same kind of men that were here during your time, but with all that if I had of had the able assistance of such men as yourself, instead of being hampered by some very VERY small fry, the Beaty bill might have passed. Thanking you for your kindness in the past, I am
Former Presiding Judge of the Court of Appeals, Eighth District, On Our Ohio Civil Rights Law Akron, O., April 25, '19. Hon. Harry C. Smith, Editor The Gazette, Cleveland, O. My Dear Sir:—Observing your letter in the Beacon-Journal, of this city, I venture to send you, under a separate cover, the Ohio Law Report, an opinion of the Court of Appeals in the Puritan Lunch Co. vs. Leonard H. Forpan case, decided in Akron, last fall, in which a judgement for $500) five hundred dollars, (under Ohio's Civil Rights law) was sustained. If the Beacon-Journal had known what was going on in its own town, there would have been no occasion for criticism, editorially. The law of Ohio is under no reproach, nor our courts and juries, in administering it. It was said by the Beacon-Journal when the Forman case was reviewed.
Very truly yours. C. R. GRANT.
A WHITE FRIEND WRITES.
Madison, N. J., April 26, 1919.
Editor Gazette, Dear Sir: I want to thank you doubly for the clearing up expose of the abominable "colored school teachers" scandal in high-class Waverly school. We will other race papers so slow in defending the moral standing of Negro women at the capital?
I rejoice with you in the defeat of the Beatty bill, "adding unnecessary provisions" to your well known and legally recognized Ohio Civil Rights Law of 1894. There was a similar successful attempt tried here in Philadelphia and Trenton—it, too, was a frame-up "face."
Why don't the so-called "jim crow" Negro learn learn how to leave "well enough" alone?
Wishing you all of heaven's choicest blessings, I remain
Your friend and well wiser.
(REV.) GEO. WILSON BRENT.
THE BEATY BILL THREAT.
Many colored voters of this city and state have been stirred unneces-
w Away You
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THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, OHIO, MAY 24, 1919.
sarily by the defeat of the Beaty bill in the House of Representatives at Columbus, Thursday, April 17, '19, and by the threat sent out from that city, at the time, by members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, John H. Shillady, (white), secretary; headquarters, New York city. The threat was, that Ohio colored voters would hold the Republican party responsible for the defeat of the bill, something they will NOT do because, when the facts given herewith are generally known by them, our people will be grateful to the Republican majority in the House of Representatives for the defeat of the bill. Rights law which the supreme court of the state has a number of times passed upon, holding it constitutional and good law. Afro-Americans of this state have won many suits under it since the writer secured its passage, when a member of the House of Representatives, in 1894. The Beaty bill (to amend the law) which was defeated, was sponsored by New York men (white) unfamiliar with the conditions here in Ohio and encouraged to do so by Ohio Afro-Americans, who apparently knew them but little, were prosecuted by the Assembly, the Ohio Civil Rights law would have been amended to its detriment. The fact is our people and not the Ohio Civil Rights law are "at fault." They do not use it often as they should but expect the law to do for them what they should do for themselves, under it, in the courts.
HARRY C. SMITH.
OUR OHIO CIVIL RIGHTS LAW
Upon the request of many readers of The Gazette we print below the text of Hon. Harry C. Smith's Ohio Civil Rights law which the editor had enacted while a member of the 71st General Assembly, in 1894:
The General Code of Ohio:
Sec. 12940. Whoever, being the proprietor or his employee, keeper or manager of an inn, restaurant, eating house, barber-shop, public conveyance by land or water, theater or other place of public accommodation and amusement, denies to a citizen, except for reasons applicable alike to all citizens and regardless of race or color, the full enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities or privileges of a proof, shall be furnished not less than fifty dollars or more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or both.
Sec. 12941. Whoever violates the next preceding section shall also pay not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars to the person aggrieved thereby to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county where such offense was committed.
This law has repeatedly been held constitutional and good law by the Ohio Supreme court. The trouble is our people will not use it as often as they should, but expect it to do for them what they should and must do for themselves, under it, in the courts.
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Patent Sectional Tooth Comb
No. 023 1/2
Teeth and snusers in this comb are made of separate pieces of brass mounted on a solid steel rod and held by a patented screw in resisting the handle and this will press the sleeve up tightly against the teeth and hold them firmly. This comb is 3% in over all, comb 4% in long and 3% in long about 6 inches. Price $1.75
Ford's Spiral Handle Hair Straightening and Shampoo Comb No. 024
Solid brass, large and very strong, cannot burn the handle of soldering. Price $1.50
We stuck to our regular prices in the face of the facts that materials entering into our products were raised on us, but we believe that war times is not the time to profiteer, so we cut down our expenses all we could, and by so doing were able to sell our goods at the same price as before the war.
WE STOOD BY YOU THEN, WILL YOU STAND BY US NOW?
We have faith in the honesty of humanity and the merits of our goods; so now it is up to you, to show your true spirit and stick by the ones that stood by you. Our goods are guaranteed to be just as we represent them, and for over sixty years Ford's Hair Pomade has not been changed in price to the consumer by us. Tell your friends what we have done and encourage a just cause, if you think it is right.
The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 46 West Kinzie St., CHICAGO, ILL.
Teacher of Mandolin, Banjo and Guitar
AGENTS--$6.00 A DAY
Olive Oil Pomade is an olive oil, sage and sulphur paste that helps to whiten and beautifully hair cleans the scalp of dandruff, crusts, scales; stops itching scalp, breaking it and it helps to healthy, healthy; helps it silky, brittle, hair.
some excellent for rmg
Oil Shampoo, contains
eggs and olive oil, medi-
cation oil, for shampooing
of shampooing Olene is best for
straightenings and
straightening, by mail to aary
count, $5 cents, 3 boxes
treatment, $2 money,
order or registered letter
to aary on day.
We want an agent in your
best preparations
for you; $6.50 with
you.
worm and tetter. Olive Oil Shampoo, contains eggs and olive oil, medicates hair and waving with irons. Price each, by mail to any preparations, for shampooing. Oil is straightening and waving with irons. Price each, by mail to any preparations, cents, 3 boxes at $1.50; treatment, $2; money order or registered letter. Send in the day. We want an agent in your town, best preparations, best money-makers for your $4.50 cash with order, start you. Send stamp for bulletin A and wholesale price list.
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The Summerset Method of Hair Care is the Most Effective Course of Instruction on Demonstration of the Hair and Scalp and their Proper Treatment, ever compiled; taught by mail; Learned at home! Ask to be graduated everywhere to introduce this wonderful method. Complete course by mail $10, cash or e-mail payment. Summerset College is the Gateway to a Successful Business Career. Enroll Now. Send stamp for circulation this newspaper.
FORDS
WITH
MILK
AND
CREAM
Dairy Cream Custard
Texarkana, Tex. March 6, 1917.
The Ozonized Ox Marrow Co.,
Chicago, Illinois.
When I began the use of your Pomade my hair was 1½ ins. long. After using it one year, my hair was 8 ins. long. It grows so thick and fast I have to cut it very often. This is my photo. Mrs. Josie A. Nelson. This is what Mrs. Nelson says about Ferd's Hair Pomade. Her picture shows the rest.
For harsh, curly, short and unruly hair. It's use makes the hair softer, more pliable and easier to comb and put up in any style the length will permit.
Guaranteed to contain no vaseline, petroleum, mineral oils or poisonous drugs.
Used for Over Sixty Years.
What better could be asked of an article than sixty years of universal success? Do not accept a substitute when you ask for Ford's Hair Pomade. The genuine is called "Ford's Hair Pomade" and manufactured only by The Ozonized Ox Marrrow Co., of Chicago, Ill. Price 25c and 50c a bottle.
Write Today for Further Information
"PORO" COLLEGE
Office Phones:
Maln 2912; Central 1424-R
Residence, 614 E. 107th St
Education, Eddy 2318-J
JOHN P. GREEN
Attorney-at-Law
Room 510, Blackstone Building
1426 West 3rd Street
St. Louis, Mo.
Phones:
Central 1424-R
4 E. 107th St
Idy 2318-J
NEGRO SOLDIERS
IN OUR WAR
FORE'S ROYAL WHITE
WHITE SUNSHINE
SUNSHINE
THE LONDON EDITION
BY JOHN H. HARRIS
LONDON: W. H. M. COOPER
1890
Try it if you want a clear, healthy complexion; imparts a whiteness to the skin that cannot be detected or rubbed off like powder. Relieves bumps and itching. Works after shaving. Exquisitely perfumed. Pleasant to use. Price 25s a bottle.
Ford's Large Brass Hair Straightening and Shampoo Comb No.025
Wooden handle, large and very strong, making a good and serviceable comb for kinky or thick curly hair.
Price $1.00
Ford's Hair Straightening and
Shampoo Comb No. 026
This comb is made of solid brass, highly polished, wooden
handle, and is 8 inches long over all, comb $19 \frac{3}{4}$ inches
long, and about 1 inch wide. Weight 3 oz. Price 75c
Ford's Hair Straightening and
Shampoo Comb No. 027
This comb is c½ ins. long over all, comb 2 ins. long. ¾
ins. wide. solid brass, weighs 2 oz. A fine temple or
mountache comb. Price 38s
Ford's Hair Presser No. 028
Solid brass knobs, steel handles, nickel plated; length
about 8 ins. over all. Weight c½ oz. Price 50s
Is very heavy and substantially made of solid brass highly polished, wooden handles. This article is designed to work faster than a No. 103, as it has a larger heating surface. Length about 6 inches over all weights about 8 oz. Easy and convenient to handle. Price $1.00
ING THE WAR
or products were raised on us, but we believe and by so doing were able to sell our goods
AND BY US NOW?
to you, to show your true spirit and stick by the sixty years Ford's Hair Pomade has not been
Tells all about the war; it is far to
colored people. A tremendous soldier.
Price only $2.50. Agents making $3 to
day. Send $20 quick for agents
outfit.
AUSTIN JENKINS CO.
50 Ninth Street, Washington, D. C.
Ford's Royal White Skin Lotion