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Central 2870-K. Parma Toilet Specialty Co. 2239 E. 49th St. Cleveland, Ohio. Columbia Grafonola ART MUSIC SHOPPE 2290 E. 55th St. N. CHAIKIN, PROP. Grafonolas Columbia Records "ROYAL GARDEN and CRAZYBLUES", by MARY STAFFORD A-2365. COME IN AND HEAR THEM PLAYED. THE GAZETTE ESTABLISHED AUGUST 25,1883 And Issued Every Week on Time Since CLEVELAND, OHIO, SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1921 Written by 'The Old Reliable' Gazette's Correspondent Throughout the State What Our People Are Doing Each Week—Church, Personal, Social, Lodge, Literary and Musical—Marriages, Deaths, Etc. UHBRICHSVILLE—Rev. Pemberton, pastor, preached two inspiring sermons, Sunday.—Mrs. Annie Peterson and son who spent the winter here, and Mr. James Spencer have returned, from Columbus.—Mr. Wm. Webster has returned from Leavenworth, Kans.—Mrs. Jane Christian of Roswell spent the week-end at Connott, and Monday with Mr. and Mrs. J. Smith in Dennison.—Mrs. Nettie Adkins spent the week-end with her parents.—Al Roswell and Mrs. Grace Brandon of Sheridon spent the week-end with her sister, Mrs. Mary Christian. HILLSBORO—Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Alexander entertained Rev. J. Massie at a six o'clock dinner, Sunday.—Mr. and Mrs. Ben Pleasen as dinner-guest, Sunday. M. Ada Williams.—Mrs. Ona Lewis. Springfield's here visiting her mother who is ill.—Miss Gerrrude Ball was Miss Burnice Hudson's guest Sunday.—Miss Aliza Johnson entained at a six o'clock dinner, Thursday evening, the Misses Barbara Goins, Jeannetta Thomas, Cory Dickinson, Ethebelle and Cleona Caille in honor of Miss Rosetta Nels who returned to Willerforce, Me. 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, inquiries for relatives and advertisements of all kinds, including items announcing entertainments to be held in the near future, must be paid for in advance at the rate of 25 cents a line, six words to a line. Our rates for display advertisements will be sent on application. WILMINGTON.—The A. M. E. church's second quarterly meeting was held, Sunday.—Miss. Hazel Melley and Mr. Horace Watson were married, last Thursday.—The Ladies' Aid society will entertain the young men, the converts, the married men and wives, Friday evening, at the Second Baptist church, Mr. Frank Chapman gave a musical, April 12. The Willing Workers' club, Mrs. W. L. Tolliver, press, was given a lunch, Sunday evening. The B. Y. P. U. is progressing under the leadership of Mr. Frank Chapman, Mr. Maurice Duggar read an excellent paper on "Ruth." (Tell Mr. Duggar the editor of The Gazette desires to hear from him.)—Editor).—The entertainment, given by the converts of the A. M. E. church, conducted by Mrs. Thos. McKnight, last Friday evening, was well attended in spite of the inclement weather.—Give your order for a copy of "The Old Reliable" Gazette, every week. CADIZ.—Rev. G. H. Cotton preached at Seio, Sunday.—The Simpson M. E. church rally netted $120. Rev. Chinn of Martins Ferry lectured, Friday evening.—Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Brooks and family left, Friday, for their new home in Oberlin.—Rev. J. M. Gillmere, P. E., held the third quarterly meeting at St. James A. M. E. church, Sunday.—Mesdames Olive Lucas, Almanza Lee, Misses Helen Lucas and Genevieve Lee were in Pittsburgh, Friday.—W. L. Johnson will leave soon for Warren to spend the summer.—Mr. Peter Hyton has opened a first class restaurant on Main Street.—Two playtitles, "The Wandering Boy" and "The Quilting Bee" were given by the Mrs. Mable Christian circle; recently.—I. L. Strother of Canton spent Monday week here, with relatives.—Mrs. Charles Cockron visited in Akron.—Mrs. A. J. Wallace entertained at dinner in honor of Mrs. Ada Cockron of Oberlin.—Fred Wallace, who was struck by an automobile, Sunday evening, is improving. WASHINGTON, C. H—Mrs. Susan Taylor entertained Club 4, Thursday evening.—Mr. Richard Johnson of Chillicothe was here, Sunday—The Misses Louise Quonn and Bettie Kelly were in Bloomingburg, Friday, to attend a party given by Miss Thelma Ryan—Mr. and Mrs. Preston Gauzay of Greenfield were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Higgins. Miss Christine Kelly was in that city, Sunday. Miss Leona Thornton and Mr. Emmett Jones spent the day in Columbus.—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Jones announced the marriage of their daughter, Artie Lois, to John J. Shackelford, April 4, at Newark. The bride and Mrs. E. Michiel arrived, Wednesday, to visit Mr. and Mrs. Jones. The A. M. E. M. M. S. gave a supper, last Tuesday, at Mrs. Tillett Brandon's. The Harvester gave one. Thursday. They were successes.—Mrs. Watkins and daughter, Helen, of Sabina were guests of Mrs. Chas. Bryant, Sunday. The Second Baptist church Ladies' Aid dinner and supper, Saturday, were successes.—Master Carl. Edward spent the week-end with his grandparents. HILLSBORO.—Mr. and Mrs. Philip Alexander entertained Rev. J. H. Massie at a six o'clock dinner, Saturday.—Mr. and Mrs. Ben Pleasant had as. dinner-guest, Sunday, Miss Ada Williams.—Mrs. Ona Lewis of Springfield's here visiting her mother who is ill.—Miss Gertrude Baker was Miss Bunnice Hudson's guest, Sunday.—Miss Allie Johnson, entertained at a six delock dinner, last Thursday evening, the Misses Barbara Goins, Jeannetta Thomas, Corinna仁haincy, Ethelbellee and Cleona Carlisle in honor of Miss Rosetta Nelson who returned to Willerforce, Monday.—Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lamb of Leesburg visited Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Young, Sunday.—Mrs. Taylor and Roger Williams of Seaman were guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Gragron, Sunday.—Mother's club entertainment at Lincoln Bldg., Thursday evening. All are welcome.—Miss Alphae Steward and Miss Vioia Greene of Leesburg visited here, Sunday.—Mrs. Nellie Delancy returned last week, from a visit in Cleveland. Mrs. Rebecca Greene is better. Mrs. Nellie Frazier of Columbus and two children were here, last week, visiting Mr. and Mrs. James and Mrs. Eliza Blanton.—Mr. and Mrs. George Thompson of Cleveland are rejoicing over the arrival of a daughter. THE HAITI SCANDAL. The Rev. L. T. Evans (white) published further evidence concerning the outrages perpetrated by the U.S. Marine Corps in Haiti. Natives have been roped together to work in gangs on the roads, and the flesh on their arms reduced to a jelly by this barbarous shackling. Mr. Evans has repeatedly seen Haitians set upon and beaten bygendarmes until they were insensible. "I have seen the dead bodies of the ocaten lying in the jail yard covered with flies, and night after night have heard the cries and groans of the outraged." Natives are being robbed of their land, the constitution has been suppressed, and the representative body of the land dismissed. Mr. Evans also reports that a special delegate of the pope, an archbishop, bishops, nuns, priars and priests are receiving salaries paid by the financial adviser of the United States out of loans made to the bankrupt Haitian treasury. The members of the Marine Corps seem not to approve of Protestant mission work, however. "At Gros Morne, on the last Sunday in June, 1918, while on my way to hold services at the Baptist mission in company with the native pastor, I saw men and women stopped by the gendarmes and turned back from attending their place of divine worship. At this time I further saw two bands of some eight or ten natives roped tightly together and marched like slave-gangs. Among them I recognized members of our mission and our native preacher. During my stay at Jacmel I found that one half or so of the male members of our Baptist church were absent from the holy communion and in hiding, in the mountain districts in terror of the gendarmes." The Southern Baptist Board and the Negro Baptist missionary society of the United States are planning to enter Haiti together with a seminary for training preachers, a women's missionary school, a hospital at Port au Prince, dispensaries and deaconses. They will be warmly welcomed. Dr. Francois Delancour, writing in "Current Opinion," remarks: "All intelligent Haitians know that American statesmen and leaders of opinion are not aware of what is happening in Haiti. The American nation is too great and too good to tolerate such infractions of political morality." The government should see to it that its hyphenated low-brows in the Marine Corps should be removed, and that the officers who represent us in this needy and dependent land should be temperate, decent and humane.—Record of Christian Work. The Acmes won the playhouse championship, last Thursday evening, at the Second Presbyterian church by defeating the Tokalons, 37 to 21. A large and enthusiastic crowd of basketball fans saw a fast and exciting game. "Cap", Johns, Brooks and Joe Walker played a stellar game for the Acmes, Hampton shining for the losers. The beautiful silver loving cup, won by the Acmes, is on display at Askin's haberdashery. WILLIAMS ADMITS "PEONAGE" Takes the Stand in the Killing of His Eleven Farm Hands. COVINGTON, Ga.—John S. Williams, plantation owner, on trial for the murder of one and for being accessory to the murder of ten other Afro-American farm-hands, killed through fear of exposure of peonage conditions on his farm, took the stand here, last week Thursday, in his own behalf. "Like most farmers," he said, "I have bonded out Negroes and worked them," adding that "most Geoigia farmers" were technically guilty of peonage under definitions of that term given him by federal agents. The witness denied knowledge of the killing of Peterson, Preston and Price, three of the dead farm-hands said by Clyde Manning, his Afro-American farm boss and star witness for the state, to have been bound and thrown into a river with sacks of rocks tied to them by his (Williams)' orders. "Whoever put the bodies in the river did it for a purpose," Williams said. To please and help him (Williams), undoubtedly, "If I had done this crime, gentlemen, I would have had plenty of time to get where they could not put their hands on me. As far as this case is concerned I am absolutely innocent," continued Williams. This would be a joke but for its seriousness. The defense rested without calling any other witness which is anything but encouraging. By Arthur Brisbane. Enlightening testimony from Covington, Ga., murdering Negroes under pennage slavery. Claude Vanning, a Negro farm hand, testifies. Farm laborers Peterson and Preston Negroes, were tied up, then chained to one hundred pounds of rock. Thomas Williams, white farmer accused of the murders, drove the car that took the bound Negroes to a bridge and, says Manning, "they were stubborn and begged. And me and Charley rolled them over the banister into the river." "That's a picture of civilization white men planning it, 'me and Charley,' two Negroes, carrying, cut the orders, and drowning their helpless-bound colored brothers. 'That ought to interest theorists who think the world is ready for perfect government!' Active, aggressive beasts at the top, the "intelligent white men," and passive dull beasts at the bottom! It will take many centuries to reach your perfect government or civilization. WILLIAMS GIVEN A LIFE TERM For One of the Plantation Crimes—Peonage in the South Gets a Body-Blow. COVINGTON, Ga., John S. Williams (white), Newton and Jasper county planner, last Saturday was found guilty of murder of Lindsey Peterson, one of eleven Negro farmhands slain on his plantation. The jury recommended, mercy. Nerve! It had been out eighteen hours. "The jury has found you guilty, Williams," said Judge Hutcheson, as the planner stood to hear the sentence, "and the verdict of the jury is the sentence of the court. I sentence you to life imprisonment." Good! Judge Hutcheson thanked the jury, dismissed its members and adjourned the special term of court which had been called to try the case. Col. Greene F. Johnson, Williams' attorney, at once moved for a new trial. FIVE INDICTED IN THE GEORGIA KILLINGS The Plantation Owner, Three of His Sons and a Foreman Held in the 14 Murders. MONTICELLO, Ga.-Indictments were returned here, Monday, by the Jasper county grand jury against John S. Williams, his three sons—Huland, Marvin and Leroy—and Clyde Manning, his Negro farm boss, charging murder in connection with the deaths of fourteen Negroes on the Williams plantation. Eight indictments were found against John S. Williams, charging murder of eight farm hands whose bodies were recently found buried in pastures on his farm, or were dragged from nearby rivers. Eight indictments also were returned against Clyde Manning for the same killings. Huland Williams was indicted for the killing or a man called "Black Straps" One joint indictment was returned against Marvin and Leroy Williams, charging them with the murder of a hand known as "Iron Jaw." and Marvin Williams was indicted also for the murder of one named John Singleton. Will Investigate Lunching. Will Investigate Lynching. The jury continued. Tuesday, investigation of the recent alleged lynching of Eugene Hamilton. The investigation was begun, Monday morning, and Superior Judge Parks, in charging the jurors, declared that unless the law acted to check "these cold blooded murders and outrages, I firmly believe God Almighty will soon take the situation in hand." Judge Parks had a prayer said in the court before instructing the jury. "Lawlessness in this section has now reach SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS HENRY LINCOLN JOHNSON, The Race He Represents on the Republican National Committee Entitled to This Consideration—His Jurisdiction (Special To The Gazette.) No man has been, held up to rioticule and criticism in recent montons like Henry Lincoln Johnson. He is called by many uncomplimentary names. "The nine thousand dollar Georgia peach" is whispered in almost every conversation that arises concerning him. Delegations are waiting on Mr. Harding to see to it that Mr. Johnson be deprived of dispassing the patronage of the sound. His character as a man is being sailed and his company is being called "a band of graffers." Mr. Johnson seems not to reply to his cruises. We feel that somebody should speak out and deny the many nasty things being said about him or he should defend himself. We take this position because Mr. Johnson is looked upon as the representative of the entire race on the national committee of the Republican party. This of course is untrue. Our people did not put Mr. Johnson on the committee, but he was put there by the powers that he within the party. Mr. Johnson is the national committeeman from Georgia. He has only to do with Georgia. He has no more to do with our people of other states in matters of patronage than he has to do with the Zulu tribes of Africa. He represents the Republican party of Georgia, black and white. As such he is in duty bound to be fair to both races. Our interest in Mr. Johnson is due to the fact that he, as an Afro-American in the place he occupies, can bring distinction to the race as such or he can bring discredit. His success will add to the race's achievement and his failure will hurt as much. This should not be the case, but America unjustly holds the whole race responsible for the fault of one and credits to the individual any achievement any Afro-American may make. We dislike other people saying to us that the Republican party turned down two presidential candidates because of the wrong use of money but it also elevated a man of the race who received money, it is said, from both of these candidates (Wood and Lowden) to aid them in being elected. If the accusation be true, then Mr. Johnson should have been denied a place on the Republican national committee. His being on it under such circumstances, should reflect more on the white men who put him there than upon our people. The standard of Republican National Committee should be the same as that required of the nominee for the Presidency. The white race has made the mistake too long of taking an unworthy member of the race and elevating him apparently in order that he may be criticised and the conclu- ed the point where it will cause us to be shunned unless we check it." Judge Parks said. "We will soon reach the stage where no capital will come here and help us to develop our great natural resources." John S. Williams, owner of the so-called "murder farm," was convicted of the murder of one of the Negroes in Newton county, last week, and sentenced to life imprisonment. Wilberforce Commencement WILBERFORCE, O.—President J. A. Gregg of Wilberforce University is announcing the commencement program, this year: Bishop A. J. Carey will deliver the baccalaureate sermon at 10 a. m., June 12; Dr. J. M. Wheeler of Pittsburg, the address to the religious societies at 3 p. m.; Bishop B. F. Lee will address Payne Theological Seminary students at 7 p. m.; Dr. R. W. Mance, president of Allen University, Columbia, S. C., the literary societies at 7:30 p. m., June 15; the Alumni Association will inaugurate Dr. Gregg as president of Wilberforce at 7 p. m., June 15; the commencement address will be delivered at 10 a. m., June 16, by Chancellor E. H. Lindley, of the University of Kansas, the Alma Mater of President Gregg. In spite of the very cold, inclement weather, Sunday afternoon, the Elks headed by a good large band made a splendid showing on their march to Zion Hill Baptist church, in E. 37th St. where they listened to their annual memorial sermon and held services. Ben Redd was in his element, as he always is when his beloved order is "up and doing." There is no more loyal Elk in this city than Ben. It is really interesting to hear him warning "his boys" about lodge meetings, etc. IN UNION WE IS STRENGTH LE COPY FIVE CENTS ENCED! DER! OLN JOHNSON, Should Reply To His critics. ents on the Republican ee Entitled to This -His Jurisdiction Dr. William A. Byrd. sion drawn that the race as a whole is not fit for elevation because he, the one of their choice, is unworthy. We do not pass upon the guilt or innocence of Mr. Johnson but we are tired of his being assailed as the representative of all our people on the National Committee, for he is not. He is Georgia's representative, for both white and colored. However, in passing let us say, Mr. Johnson it will be well for you to remain in your own state, Georgia, and help render service there, for the moment you aspire to entree the politics of Ohio, New York, New Jersey or other states than your own, the trouble will begin. We wish you success in Georgia politics. An effort to middle in the politics of other states will only result in failure. Not because you are "a colored man" but because you have no jurisdiction outside of the state of Georgia. If you were white, the same would be doubtly true. The National Committeeman from Massachusetts, or other states must not enter the politics of any other state to try to reward friends or get even with enemies. We hold that the Republican committeemen and U. S. Senators and Congressmen of our respective states, together with the Republican machinery of said states are responsible for the fair and just awarding of patronage to all elements in the party. For the good of our people of Georgia and your own good name, Mr. Johnson either deny these nasty things being said about you if you can honestly and truthfully do so, or forthwith resign. (Rey.) Wm. A. Byrd. Dies With Confederacy Secret! WASHINGTON, D. C.-The whereabouts of the official seal of the Confederacy, an unsolved mystery for more than half a century, probably will ever remain unknown. James Jones, aged Afro-American employee in the Senate office-building, said to be the only person with a knowledge of where the seal was buried, died here, last Saturday, without disclosing the secret. He was a servant of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy," when Davis was captured. Jones, who was with him at the time, buried the seal. STATEMENT OF OWNERSHIP Management, Etc., Required by the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912, of The Gazette published weekly at Cleveland, Ohio, for April 1, 1921: State of Ohio, County of Cuyahoga. 55. Before me a Notary Public in and for the state and county aforesaid, personally appeared Harry C. Smith, who, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the owner of The Gazette and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management, etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 443, Postal Laws and Regulations, to-wit: 1. That the name and address of the publisher, editor, managing editor and business manager is Harry C. Smith. 2. That there are no bondholders, mortgagees or other security holders. Signed Harry C. Smith. Sworn to and subscribed before me this the 31st day of March, 1921. (Seal) Paul Apple Notary Public. My commission expires, August 13th, 1921. The GAZETTE PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY SUBSCRIPTION RATES (in Advance) ‘Three Months ................. 50 Subscribers are requested to remit by ostoffice money order or reg- istered letter Entered at the postoffice in Cleve- land, Ohio, as second-class mail matter. Address all communications to HARRY C. SMITH Editor and proprietor ¢ THE GAZETTE, (Bell "Phone: Ontario 1259) Blackstone Building, Cleveland, 0. Member Ohio Legislature: 1394 te 1896; 1896 to 1898; 1900 te 1902 THE GAZETTE is the oldest, and has the largest bona fide circulation, double that of any newspaper in the interest of Afro-Americans, publish- ed in the state of Ohio, and compar- json with any will immediately es- tablish its rank as one of the NEWS- TEST AND BEST in the country. 10,000,000 Afro-Americans. 350,000 in Ohio. 35,000 in Cleveland, SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1921. How many of the people who want the government to cancel the debts of Européan nations to us ever cancel ‘any obligations due them personally? ——n—— Apparently the war between ‘Tur- Key and Greece has been extended vo include France. Twenty French sol- diers are reported killed in a clash with the ‘Turks. But the serenity of the league of nations is not disturbed ‘thereby, While the blood is spilling in the Near East the league is con- cerning itself with abstract _diseys- sions of Austrian finance and how to increase the value of the currency of that afflicted country. —ali——_ ‘The national meet of the League of ‘Women Voters, being held in this city, this week, certainly received a “rude jolt” when Mrs, Lethia Fleming and ‘Mrs. Harry E. Davis asked it for a definite stand in favor of the enfran- chisement of our women in the South; and that it ask the Congress for an investigation of conditions in that be- nighted (politically) section of the country. Good for Mesdames Fleming ‘and Davis! They show more courage of the right kind than our leading ‘men of recent years have shown. Since the recent Williams planta- tion whole-sale murder—revelations, Georgia has been known as “the heart of the American Congo (lynch-mur- der) region,” so barbaric are its lat- est atrocities. That state is continuing to “sow to the winds” (as it has for many years) “to reap the whirlwind” ‘as Belgium did during the World War ‘as a result of its barbaric treatment ‘of the natives in its conduct of its rubber industry, years ago, in the Bel- rian Congo, Africa. Lord, have mercy! i ‘There were those who thought thay the Hon. Chas. E. Hughes was not the best man for Secretary of State because of his lack of experience in diplomacy. But the new secretary's notes to Panama and his reply to the soviet trade invitation leave nothing tobe desired. ‘The best mental equip- ment ‘that a Secretary of State can have is an abiding faith in the United States and a firm determina- tion to uphold American dignity and rights. Seeretary Hughes. possesses those qualifications in the highest de- gree, and knows how to put his sen- timents into vigorous language that all may comprehend. itt ‘THE INVISIBLE. BALANCE, Tn the financlal columns of the “Weekly Dispatch,” published in London, England, appears the fol- lowing: “The invasion of our shores by U. §. millionaires, which was promised for last year but fizzled out, looks like bécoming a real thing this sum- amer.. The Presidential election kept most of the big business men in the states last year, but today our large hotels are booking suites of rooms to U, S. agencies—a sure sign of a con: ing influx of American visitors.” If this information from the Lon- don periodical is correct it indicates ‘one way in which the trade balance between this country and Great Britain, and this country and Europe in general, will be adjusted. The Lon- don paper conveys the information ‘that among the heaviest purchases miade by Americans in England are cxrios and antiques “of very high values.” One antique dealer is re- ported as trying to get hold of 500 old “samplers” which he says he can sell at high prices during the ran ot ‘American invasion. It was also noted that rich Americans who vis- ited London buy the best class of motor ears which they use for their sight-seeing trips and “before they return they sell them at almost reer prices.” Before the war one of the effective means by which European countries overcame the ac- verse trade balance with the United States was through the expenditures made by American tourists. Casn thus spent in Europe, particularly for hotel and transportation service, re- quires no outgo in the way of com- modities. It is practically net pront to European nations. The facts set forth by the London paper are wortn keeping in mind in connection with ‘any discussion of readjustment of our trade relations. —ili—— THE PRESIDENT’S ‘FIRST MESSAGE. President Harding's denunciation of lynching and endorsement, of the sug- gestion that the Congress create a commission, composed of members of both races, to study and report on the great evil, America’s festering sore, are timely and give general satisfaction to a people that have just been horrified with those fourteen Georgia plantation lynch-murders. Since the Congress is powerless to enact a law against lynching that would be constitutional, owing to a decision of the U. S. Supreme Court, many years ago, which gave to the several states only the power to leg- islate against mob violence and lynch- ing, about the best and only thing that can be done by the Cogress is to create the Commission referred to. ‘The Gazette, like the great mass of people of this country, is tremendous- ly pleased with the President's splen- did message to the Congress. We have “the right man in the right place” at last, thank the Lord! ili — WILLIAMS CONVICTED. | Georgia has made a good begin- [ning by convieting John S. Williams ‘of murder and peonage. He is not ‘alone however, in this nefarious busi- ness. ‘Thousands of white’ farmers in the South are guilty of peonage and many may be quilty of murder. Georgia should “clean up” itself. ‘The way to do it, is to enforee the law! The easy way of convieting our peo- ple and sending them to prison in that section of the country, to be hired out lies at the bottom of this peonage craze. The general practice there of not allowing a member of the race to dispute the word of a white man has also contributed to the success of peonage. The state ot Georgia should not hire out ite con- viets but should devise ways wherevy they, should help to sustain the stare by their labor, under fair and fust treatment. Georgia should make it impossible for any man or set of men to do what John S. Williams~ has done. ‘The recommending of Wil- iams for merey is in dire contrast to his sense of merey toward the vietims he so brutally killed. The wnote country breathes with a degree of satisfaction as x result of his convie- tion. The whole miserable southern system should be overhauled anc every citizen be given a square ceal. If the killing of Afro-Amerteans, as was one by Williams, was all of it even this would be bad enough, but in addition ot this our people these are kept in mortal fear and their lives are hardly worth being lived in many in- stances because they feel despair faces them at every turn. ‘The cheap- ness at which their lives are rated makes them cower at almost any- thing. ‘They work the farms of tne South, are cheated out of what they make too often and are encouraged to be improvident. ‘Then their im- providence is heralded everywhere and this enables white men to rop them and keep them poor while the public belieyes them naturally waste- ful and improvident. ‘There should be a sane method adopted whereby every man should reap the reward of his labors and not be subject to the ser- fishness and eaprice of bad white mes. Clean up the whole mess, since a good beginning has been made. }~ MAGELLAN AND ISLANDS When Europeans Learned of New World's Size. It was not until some thirty years after Columbus discovered America that the Europeans learned of the new world’s immense size. The ex- plorers who visited it in those eariy yéars believed America to be an archipeligo and constantly sotilit for a strait or passage through it which would permit them to reach the spice islands of the east to make & fortune for themselves by carrying home cargoes of the valuable prod- usts of that region. As every schoolboy’ knows it was Magellan, a Portuguese captain in the service of Spain, who found the Passage round the southern extremity of South America, With a rebellious crew he had spent several: months along the Brazilian coast, then, de- spite the fear that the vessel was heading directly for the south pole whence they could never return, they sailed south along the coast. On Oct. 21, 1520, his little flotilla entered tue strait at the southern end of the ccn: tinent which now bears Magellan's name. In honor of the day they called tt the “Strait of the Bleven Thousand Virgins.” Silence ts a virtue that is frequent: ly overlooked. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, OHIO, APRIL 16, 1921. DO NOT EXPECT TOO MUCH. |, Vice-President Coolidge in At- lanta. “Mr. Coolidge, you haven't said a thing here tonight,”—A black ‘man to Mr. Coolidge during — the hand-shaking after the lecture. Not that I think it possible to im- prove on this black man's characteri- zation of the affair, but just to help emphasize it, I wish to speak of the pronouncement of Mr. Coolidge. ‘There is nothing unusual about it; 1 ‘is what almost always happens when a white speaker rises to advise Colored audience. And when white speakers face Colored audiences, es- pecially white speakers from the North facing colored audiences in the South, they always feel like “giving advice” rather than giving informa- tion and inspiration. _ So there stood Mr, Coolidge in the pulpit of the Colored Congregational Chureh in the city of Atlanta—and there sat behind him Governor Dor- sey of the State of Georgia. Now, Mr. Coolidge had talked it all over before hand with Governor Dorsey, but had not talked it over with that Colored audience. He was Governor Dorsey's guest, but he just “dropped in” on the Colored people. And after 50 often saying, “Yes, yes, that’s so,” at the dinner table, how could he cor: tradiet himself now, with the Gover- nor and the press as witnesses? And so he just came squarely to it: “You Colored people must not es- ‘peet too much!” ‘The most unnecessary advice im- aginable. There is not a Negro in all ‘the South who expects too much— from the South, from the Republican suppose the Colored people — should expect ENOUGH! - If they expect not to be lynched for the space of 12 months, is that “too much?” If being 46 per cent of the popula- tion of Georgia and over, Do not Ex- pect too Much! Fifty per cent of the workers, they expect more than 10 per cent of the educational facilities, is that “too much?” If they expect even-handed justice in the courts, is that “too much?” If they expect the same freedom, the same opportunity to advance un- der their historic handicaps—the ‘same freedom and opportunity whict white people have with all thetr ad- vantages—is that “too much?” If they expect to, vote and hott of- fice, is that “too much?” If they expect to share in the gov- ernment which they help to pay for if they expect the white Americar to live up to his own high preach- ments and his own laws,—in tne name of Washington and Lincoln ii that expecting “too much?” ‘And is there any Colored man in al the South who expects this or even the half of this? Mr. Coolidge shoulk have said: “You Colored citizen: should expect more and strive to at tain MORE.” But those who expected Mr. Coolidge to say that, were ex pecting "too much” of a northerr man making a speech in the Soutn, after he had already been elected ta high office, Mr. Coolidge might have said to the white South: “Do not expect Colored people to be content with mob murders, judicial Iynchings disfranchisement ' and ‘jim-erow’ cars—do not expect TOO MUCH o the Colored American!” And s0 we agree with that Colore audience which protested by its elo quent silence during the address an with that black man, who, after th meeting was over, told Mr. Coolida to his face that he had SAID NOTH ING. (Prof.) Wm. Pickens. EDITING MOTION PICTURE. Camera Men Must Photograph Much Eutea Flim. It is not generally known to the lay- men that the producing of motion pic- tures it Is necessary to! photograph many hundreds of feet of action in excess of the finished subject in order to secure the most successful results. For instance, it is said that the total amount of negative films taken and developed for cach two-reel Biograph photoplay is suficient to make a three or four-reel picture. The film ts gone over carefully in order to cut out ser- tions that have a tendency to drrg or that not essential to the story of the photoplay. ‘Scenes are shortened wherever pos- sible until every foot of the 2,000 fect Is full of action —World’s Advance Radio-Active Potassium. ‘The experiments of Elster and Get tel, supported by those of MacLen- nan, Henriot and others, appear to show that potassium belongs to the ist of substances possessing the prop: erty of radioactivity. It hae been found that salts of potassium, obtain- ed from the mines of Strassfurt, spon- taneously give out an emanation which {onizes the surrounding sir— World's Advance. sroseressessesseesesteeees ¢ THE MAN WHO DARES. ¢ “ZT honor the man who In the conscientious discharge of his duty dares to stand alone; the world, with tgnorant, In- tolerant judgment, may ‘con- demn, the countenances of relatives may be averted, and the hearts of friends ‘grow cold, but the sense of duty done shall be sweeter than the applause of the world, the countenances of relatives or the hearts of frlends.”— Charles Sumner. reeeteseeseseeesseeeeees CHARACTER, Character, like a fine old tree, matures slowly and is a riper growth than success that is forced as hothouse products are forced. Character in a news- paper develops through years of service to the people. For thir- ty-eight years The Gazette has been serving our people of this country. It has gathered a reader-clientele whose tastes it reflects, and whose power and responsiveness to buy are direct measures of ite present impor- tance to every advertiser. EDITOR. CONNECTICUT VALLEY HAS IN. TENSIVE AGRICULTURE DOWN TO SCIENCE, Watch Progress of Weed Growing Under Shade for the Past ‘Was Vea. The New England Homestead says that if the farmers of the west could visit the Connecticut valley and seo New England’s most intensive agri- culture, growing tobacco under shade they would have to admit that New England is not as far behind tho west in a farming way as they bave Veen inclined to believe. ‘The acres devoted to cigar leaf tobacco grewn in huge tents, largely represent in many instances practically reclaimed Iand—that which a decade or less ago was largely sandy plains on which of- ten grew smnall pines or serub ook. Other fields have not been recertly reclaimed but may have been growit g tobacco for several decates. Those who are in most intimate touch with the shadegrown tobacco Industry are possibly the most opti- mistic concerning its future. One of the best arguments is found in the proposed substantial inerease for this year, Shaderown tobaceo has jump- €¢ into popularity as a wrapper for the S-cent clgar within the past year or so. Manufacturers in many local- ‘ities have been hard pressed because of the financial disturbance, and shade-grown tobacco in many instan- ces proved their salvation, ‘Tobacco growers in New England, Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio and Wisconsin had watched the progress cf growing tobacco under shade fr the past ten years, and surely tt has ‘had its ups and downs. Many men have lost heavily; others have gaincd. With the past few years the industry has gotten on its feet, has eeome more nearly standardized, and hand- some profits where good management ‘was employed have been the result. A dozen years ago and more, the areas devoted to cizarleat tobacco in ‘the Connecticut valley was about 709 acres, and of those who tried to grow {{ some went into bankruptey. But as growers will remember, the first start was made with the wrong kind of leaf, Sumatra. Success has. been more or less rapid in recent veare, [and certainly since the adoption ot the Cuban variety of tobiteco. | ‘The fact that cigarteat manufnetur- “ers have to pay a duty of $1.85 per pound on imported Sumatra tobacco, | Which ts added to the orisinal eost ot the leaf, plus a profit from the dealer, ‘is a great argument in fuyor of the “Conneticut valley shaded crop. ‘The [manufacturer ean uy. the. sbaded product at $1.50 to $2 a pound, and use a very large percentage of it for wrapping cigars. This is forcefully brought home to the farmer wko grows tobacco in the open, because the inerease in New England in scre- age of shaded tobacco means a great- | ly augmented output. CAT SPEED REGULATOR, ‘Typographical Error Allows for Strange Mistake. “The clty shall have power to regu- late the speed-of railway trains and cats passing through or operating in the city, and to require fenders or other appliances for the safety of tle public.” Sounds funny, doesn't it? But that’s just the way’a paragraph in the city charter of Long Beach, Cal,, reads. ‘Evidently as a result of a typo: graphical error this ludicrous mistake was allowed to creep into official copy of the city statute, but it opened the way for an aggressive campaign against the unsuspecting feline tribe inhabiting the city, for it is being in- terpreted literally as giving the mu- nicipality the legal right to prevent cats from traveling bevond a pre- scribed limit of speed and to place fenders on them for the protection of the public. Under this odd provi- sion of the charter a handsome Av- gora cat was recently taken into cus- tody by police officials, who gravely charged it with having traveled fast: er than the prescribed limit. The fe Iine lawbreaker will be tried in a test case, it is asserted, by the complair- ing witnesses. WHITE FOOTED MOUSE. Nests in Bushes or in Low Lying ‘Thorn "Tree ‘The children of rural communities in the middle west used to be told that certain birds or all birds under certain conditions, became the par ents of mice, says the Toledo Blade. It was a thing easy to prove, and many children proved it for them selves. ‘They looked for nests in bushes or in lowlying thorn trees and if they searched long enough, sure enough they would come upon a nest with a brood of mice In it. Fortu- nately for their love of the outlandish, they did not hang about until the ‘mother bird returned. It would have been a long, long watch. More than twothirds of the gold now in use in the world was discov- ered during the last fifty years. TO OUR PATRONS. ‘When writing to or making purchases af any of our adver tisers, please mention: The Ga- zette. Editor. Makes Gas In Any Stove New Burner Beats Gy Gas for Cookin ud acing uursedSy ake a hskondetl to ure whled gets wood tor cooking aud baklag: iy te Pe aoaigraer or cree Sevavar wie ah cee poke oat $het/dmagery, Sud in Beat one ata: mer cooking. ‘the manufacturers offer fe eed ts remarkanieineeation om Sin esc aledancen” HAS a ‘want agent,” Welte them todayy? CORRESPONDENTS WANTED The old reliable Gazette desires an active agent and correspondent in every city and town in Ohio and neighboring states having a number of Afro-American residents. Only a Tittle time on Fridays or Saturdays ta required. We are especially desirous of hear- ing trom ‘persons in the following named cities: | Springfield, Dayton, Piqua, Lima, O., and other places, paiticularly in Ohio, where we have Write to the editor of The Gazette, Blackstone building, Cleveland, 0., and terms will be sent promptly. Our eaders ‘will oblige. us greatly by fending at once the addresses of per fons in the cities named and others inthe state, to whom we cap write tO ote ta the cain: “HUMAN NATURE'S FOULEST BLOT.” My ear is pained My soul is sick with every day’s report Of wrong and outrage, with which the earth is filled. There is no flesh in man’s ob- durate heart, It does not feel’ for man: the . natural bond Of brotherhood is severed as 3 the flax ‘That falls asunder at the touch } of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not colored like his own: and having power To enforce the wrong, for such ‘2 worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his } . layfal prey, gy Thus man devotes his brother, ‘and destroys: "Tis human nature's broadest foulest blot. i poe Secceesesesesecconesooeees REMARKS ABOUT ADVERTISING While it is true that occasional’ ad- vertising will bring extra business, it is equally true that constant, persist- ent advertising will keep , "business ‘growing during “dull days.” “The merchant who considers riches a burden should never advertise. His store may be like a summer resort in January. Do YOU advertise? ‘The merchant who never advertises under any circumstance or condition may imagine he is wise, but his com- petitors have no desire to disturb his Imagination, Its a good time to “get awake.” FACTS People who Advertise Can sell Goods. eee , People who sell Goods Can make Money. People who make Mon- ey can advertise goods, The Best Advertising Medium is “The Old Reliable” GAZETTE. ) A PRIVILEGE It is a pants to fearlessly stand for the right— Not a sacrifice, even though you go down. They. count not the cost, who fight the good fight, And unflinchingly face the ‘meer or the frown, Joseph C. Manning. eecsesssessseeeseeeeeees Cate ee ee eeee tees ee eee eee PROTEST AGAINST WRONG. ‘To submit in silence when we should protest makes. co- wards out of men. The hum- an race has climbed on Pro- test. Had no voice been rais- ed against injustice, Ignor- ance and lust, the inquisition yet would serve the law, and guillotines decide our least disputes. The few who dare, | must speak and speak again to right the wrongs of many. =rila Wheeler Wilcox. sresserocsscsesseeseeses SSSSSSs sss sss OUR LESSON We must learn to govern our- selves and work together for our own advancement. If we do not learn to pm ourselves and work together for our own advancement, we may be very sure that we will be governed by others in their own interest as well as worked by others for their own advancement and not ours—George W. Blount. eecrroesene seeneeseees PREJUDICE “Any prejudice whatever will be insurmountable if those whe do not share in it themselves truckle to it and Matter it and accept it as a law of nature.”— Jehn Stuart Mill. ANNOUNCEMENT! DR. H. L. WALLACE, DENTIST Has opened offices at 3001 Scovill Ave. cor. E. 30th St. PATRONIZE JOE HEDGES’ POOL ROOM | AND BARBER SHOP 3038 CENTRAL AVE. One of the Best in one ay: Everybody Wel- EEE tthe 04 Rosedale 1800 Quality Service. Central 7235 R SLAUGHTER BROS. Funeral Directors and Embalmers Office and Funeral Parlors 3829 CENTRAL AVE. Autos for All Occasions. Calls Answered Day and Night PS a TG eet CG eee” eee te rE 7 ae a = ’ a ' = PAINLESS EXTRACTION } 3 Free Examin- ation, ' : Expert Bridge | z Work : 2K Gold | : Used. | H Solid Gold Teeth, Gold Crowns, ' = White Crowns, Brid vor... 80-00 AND UP ' 7 ‘Hours 8:00" A.M. to 8:00 P.M. : 7 soa ; DR. GREENFIELD’S, Dental Specialists : OPPOSED TO PAIN 1 B 227 Euclid Avenue—Right Across the Strect from Kreege's § and 10 § tore. {00 Re GPO C00 SESS Ee 2 * ' s Phe Anchor Accident & Life Insurance Co. | _ Organized in the State of Ohio, whose Home Office is Cleveland, & M has been granted license (by the State Commissioner of Securities) § M to sell its Stock. ’ H The ORIGINAL Stockholders in life insurance companies have § BE earned a larger return on their money than in any other form of | m investment, ' s __ Life insurance stock is a time-tested investment. Large buildings, § big dividends and millions of dollars worth of assets ‘stand as a 2 m monument to the productiveness of this kind of investment. 1 M __ This is the first opportunity offered to the people of Ohio to be I H stockholders, to own and control a teal big life insurance company. | M This kind of opportunity does not knock at your door, every day. | M Take advantage of it and buy as much stock as you can while you ! can and be an ORIGINAL stockholder with the Anchor Life. Make | m this your company, the pride of Ohio! You cannot buy stock in any | M insurance company after it gets started. : z INVEST NOW 1 mM —_Terms, $15.00 per share; twenty per cent cash, balance on easy | M payments. ' M For further information address, : G. L. CHEATHAM - Anchor Life & Accident Insurance Company 1 s 2316 E. 55th St. ' = Cleveland, Ohio | a ea ae eee a a Sh oe The Christian church, colored, the Church of Christ, having been organ- ized in the month of February, 1921, is now holding services at 2366 E. 55th St. is planning to buy, in a few days, and is desirous of finding all for- mer members and friends of the Chris- tion Church. Services, every Lord's day: Sunday school, 10 a. m.; preach- ing, 11 a. m.; Christian Endeavor, 6:30 p. m., and preaching at 8 p.m. ‘All invited. C. W. Neloms, P. C. TREATED ONE WEEK FREE Short breath- ing relieved in a 5 few hours; swell- ing reduced in a few days; regulates the liver, kidneys, stomach and heart; purifies the blood, strengthens the en: tire system. Write for Free Trial Treatment. COLLUM DROPSY REMEDY CO., Dept. X-25, Atlanta, Ga. - The Pride of Carolina | The State Agricultural and ; » Mechanical College of f South Carolina Orangeburg, 8. C. Kose eatin agian eevee: ber 28th and ends May 26th, 1921. No Tuition, no Room Rent, no Charges for Water, Lights Brie mariaee ret gitow Roard $12.00 per Month in Ad- vance. Books, Laundry and ee eeeaek Every Modern Facility. Standard Equipment. Military Discipline. A Faculty of 67 Bee ae Se eee case: ore, wee Sa WiimINeON, Pres Orangeburg, S. C. WHEN the time * COMES for BABY’S photograph LET us take the pictures. WE will show you A book of proofs THAT will make YOU happy. JUST push open THE big door AT 6816 Central STEP in the lift AND presto YOU are in the PRETTIEST little studio IN Cleveland, A studio you'd LOVE to bring the, BABY to— ‘THERE is a child’s OORNER filled WITH toys and PICTURE books, ‘A photographer that LOVES the work OF child photography AND an atmosphere OF the most cheerful AND friendly SORT— LET the next picture OF baby be made BY— ARTHUR J SMITH 6316 Central Ave., Cleveland, 0. Photograyher of Children; at my ‘adic oat. your hema. - A CIRCLE | will be held at 2617 Scovill Ave. Every Sunday at 2:30 P. M. Admission 25 Cents MRS. ADKINS ——— A BARGAIN! Lot, 40 x 110, in fine location, for Sale. Only $690. Small down- payment. Balance, easy pay- ments. Call, Mr. Coulter, Main 2585. Evenings call, Eddy 3938R. Phone—Rosedale 1321. Office Hours—10 to 1, 5 to 7 Sundays by Appointment Dr. Wm. P. Saunders Physician and Surgeon. X-Ray—Electrie Treatments 4508 Central Ave., Cleveland, Ohio, For the PUREST AND BEST MEDICINES, SODAS, CIGARS, ETO., and for Preseriptions filled by a Registered Pharmacist is , L. A. Lesser’s DRUG STORE 2202 Scoville Ave. ineaunianuawan wang ' = Stock Money} : ' H can not be used for expenses, is B amother reason why people buy 5 2 our sock, : mg OVER $20,000 WORTH SOLD & H SINCE JAN. 1, 1921 ' @ Special Salesmen—P. W. Lem- m on, Arthur D. Morton, W. T. & m Clark, Mrs. Pear! W. Bran- & wham. : Call at, or telephone ' 7 The ' a . . ; = Empire Savings } ' = GLoanCo. 5 H 2516 E. 55th St. Cleveland, 0. § M Rosedale 6778 Central 1715-W § . H. E. Murrell, Pres. 1 = H.S. Chauncey, Secy, , te Sieg ney, Sere Dr. LeROY N. BUNDY, Dentist, Guaranteed and Efficient Work! Extraction with Gas Administered. Twenty Years' Experience. The "St. John", 2265 E. 40th St. Cor. Central Ave. 'Phone: Bell, Rose. 6978 Excellent Service Hours: 9 to 12, 1 to 6, 7 to 8. Sundays, By Appointment Office, Rose, 1412. Res., Gar, 6557 Princeton 171 Office Hours—4:30 to 7:30 P. M. Dr. O. A. Taylor PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 2288 E. 49th St., Cleveland, O. MRS.L.S.BRADLEY 8241 Preble Ave. Cleveland, O. Has Houses For Sale or To Rent Dr. N. K. Christopher Office Hours: 10 a. m. to 1 p. m. 3 p. m. to 8 p. m. Sundays by Appointment 2284 E. 55th St. Cleveland, O. 'Phone, Rosedale 6165 Office Phones: Main 2912; Central 1424-R Residence, 614 E. 107th St. 'Phone, Eddy 6533. JOHN P. GREEN Attorney-at-Law Room 510, Blackstone Building 1426 West 3rd Street Notary Public Polish Interpreter Cleveland, O. Bell 'Phone Rosedale 5598 Residence, Rosedale, 4417. Hours: 9-11 A. M.-1-3 P. M.-6-8 P. M. Sunday's 3-5 P. M. E. J. GREGG, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Special Service Diseases of Women and Children Office: 2322 E. 55th St., Temple Theater Bldg. Rooms 2-3. Cleveland, O. Dr. E. A. BAILEY 2265 E. 40th St. Cor. Central Ave. Cleveland, O. Office Hours: 4 to 7:30 P. M. Phone—Rosedale 2306 Central 1666 L. Residence—8012 Cedar Ave. — Residence Phones — Cedar 1943 Princeton 1459 W. MAIN THEATRE Scovill Ave. and E. 25th St. O. E. BELLES, Mgr. Friday, May 15 PAUL CAPELLIAN in "Infatuation of Youth." Saturday, May 16. LOUISE GLAUM in "Love." Sunday, May 17. J. OLIVER CURWOOD'S End. Also, RUTH ROLAND in "Avenging Arrow," No. 4. Monday, May 18. OLIVE TELL in "Wings of Pride." Also, "Diamond Queen," No. 7. Tuesday, May 19. BLANCHE SWEET in "Unwilling Hus- bands." Also, "Double Advent- ure," No. 12. Wednesday, May 20. GLADYS WALTON in "All Dolled Up." Also, "King of the Circus," No. 18. Thursday, May 21. H. B. WARNER in "When We Were Twenty-one." Also, "Fighting Fate," No. 12. THE TEMPLE THEATRE 2322 E. 55th St. Maurice Bolasny, Manager. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday April 18, 19, 20 and 21 —Special Feature— ALL STAR Colored Actors IN "The Sport of the Gods" Special Matinee Wednesday, April 20, at 2 P. M. Do not wait for the collector to call on you but call, send or mail your subscription money at once so as to not miss a single copy of "The Old Reliable" Gazette. *JOSEPH'S 4219 Central Ave. JACKSONS, 4401 Central Ave. *PHILLIP LURIE, 3651 Central Ave. J. S. HALL'S 3121 Central Ave. J. B. DENNIS', 3705 Central Ave. NOTICE TO S Subscribers not receiving T us at once. We desire every cop Send or bring locals and all office, 214-215 Blackstone Bldg. there, please. 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Bell 'Phone: Ontario 1259 Classified Advertising .. Department .. FOR SALE—A four-room cottage in E. 27th St., an eight-room house (with furnace, etc.), in E. 86th St. and a nice eight-room home in E. 66th St. at reasonable prices. A good chance to get a home! Call at The Gazette office or call Central 513-18. These are bargains. WANTED—A baby girl, six months to two years' old. A good home and care guaranteed. 'Phone Rosedale 3303 J. WANTED—An agent in every city in Ohio to sell our products. Write for particulars. Address, Haitian African Coffee Co., Buffalo, N. Y. CLEVELAND Social and Personal Mrs. Nellie Delaney returned to Hillsboro, last week. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Thompkins have a fine new girl baby. Miss Marie Taylor has purchased a home at 2228 E. 80th St. Mrs. Anna Bailey, of Pittsburgh, visited Mrs. Mollie French DeBrann. Will the friend who asked the editor to secure him an address in Brazil, please call for it? Arthur Abbott, celebrated his 38th anniversary with the Mutual Life Insurance Co., April 1. Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Travis, E. 33rd St., assisted by E. W. Mack, have moved into their newly purchased home at 2228 E. 87th St. Mrs. Grace Willis Thompson will give a recital in Chicago, April 26, for the Provident Choral society. The recent Wier-Jeter Trio recital proved a treat worthy of a far larger audience. It was not properly advertised. Sam Woods, Dr. Dr. Thomas, Geo Randol and Thos. W. Fleming are the candidates for the Council in ward 11 (up to date). Tuesday evening's program of the Dunbar Literary society of Shiloh Baptist church was fine as usual, Dr. J. K. Nickens, pres. Mrs. James Offer, president of the Optimistic club, continues to improve at her home in E. 34th St., after four week's illness. Pneumonia. Mrs. Lucy Manson Dickerson, who recently moved to 3810 Central Ave., entertained at a birthday party in honor of her brother, George Manson. At Acme Hall, Monday night, Gans won from Young, Buster Brown from Larry Gaskins, Kid Couzins from Wm. Huntley and Young Wills from Kid Lewis. Mrs. Roberts, mother of Mrs. Alida McFarland, who has been quite ill, is coalescent. She is one of our oldest and most highly esteemed residents. Dr. E. A. Bailey and his new Hudson Super Six make a fine team which Mrs. Bailey must drive toward "The Old Reliable" Gazette sanctum sanctum. The Autumn Leaf Culture club gave a card and dancing party for the benefit of the Cleveland Women's club home at Mrs. A. D. Boyd's, Carnegie Ave., April 7. The County Auditor at Seattle, Wash., refused last week to issue a license to wed to a white man who wished to marry a Colored woman. His act is illegal, too. The singing of Mrs. Grace W. Thompson and Mrs. Ruby Y. Slaughter at the recent Caberers' Association dinner is still being most favorably commented upon. Mrs. Fannie W. Howard, wife of Attorney L. A. Howard, guest of Mrs. O. A. Taylor returned to her school duties at Pa. Last week, after a pleasant visit in Cleveland, Mrs. Grace Wills Thompson writes The Gazette: "I wish to thank you for your words of encouragement and praise of the Harmonic Choral musicue. They mean much to us." The Tuesday Afternoon Thimble club did quilting at its recent meeting at Mrs. Grace Lucas', E. 55th St. The Hiawatha club met at Mrs. Lucy Douglass', last week Monday evening. We neglected to state in our last issue that Mrs. Josephine Pankey of Little Rock, Ark., is a sister of Mrs. Lottie Irving Gordon of Gibson Ave., this city, and Mrs. Esther Cooper of Ft. Myer, Va., all natives of this city. All Clevelanders, who have enjoyed them, unqualifiedly praise meals served in the Burley restaurant, cor. E. 20th St. and Central Ave. They are home-cooked and the best. Furthermore, the service is right, too. Private dining room in the rear—Adv. Examinations for skilled laborers for positions in the postoffice and custom services and for custodians and watchmen will be Saturday, April 30, according to announcement Friday by the local civil service commission. It is said that the Turner Automatic Fan Co., received more than $11,000, last year, from our people and has failed to date to open the plant it claims to be purchasing at 75th St. and Bessemer Ave., as published some weeks ago. Victor R. Daly and Harold E. Simmelkaja received $250 in settlement of their civil rights case against the Alhambra theater, N. Y. City, for refusal to sell them an orchestra seat, recently. The case was settled out of court. The first anniversary celebrations of the Central-Marion bath-house, recently, were successes that drew packed houses. All the participants acquitted themselves most creditably indeed and Sup't. Alex. O. Taylor has every reason to feel proud of his success. A. R. Gillespie, who left recently for Chicago for the purpose of recuperating, writes that he is considering a proposition from a Boston firm to represent them in that city in a business way and may accept. He has the Gazette's best wishes. The Mothers' Cradle Roll club of St. John's A. M. E. church gave their annual reception at Central-Marion bath house, last week, Wednesday afternoon. Mothers and cradle roll clubs of other churches attended. Teddie city gas lamp lighter, 16-year-old of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Williams E. 84th St., won the first prize for efficiency, last month, in a contest with 162 others all white. He won a prize from the City Light Department. The Association of the Home of our Aged latest report shows cash balance, Oct. 1, 1919, $350.28; receipts from Oct. 1, 1919, to Dec. 31, 1920, $6,046.07; expenses, $6,168.78; balance on hand, $227.57 (Received through the Welfare Federation, $5,045.) All of our local ministers are called to meet at Lane Metropolitan C. M. E. church, Tuesday morning, for a conference on a very important subject. They should not fail to take up also that German literature propaganda which is proving so very harmful to all of our people of this community. Pete Willett, the star athlete, has been elected captain of Central High football team, another distinct honor. The rest of his team is white. This recalls the days, years ago, when the editor of The Gazette captured both foot and baseball teams at Central and was their only Afro-American member. The Stenographers' Association presented Mr. Henry Haynes, the expert stenographer and teacher, with a beautiful gold lead pencil and gold fountain pen at their recent banquet in his honor. He reciprocated with a supper. Mr. Haynes accepted a lucrative position with the American Woodmen headquarters in Denver and will be missed. Have you ever dined at the Burley restaurant, 1952 Central Ave.? Our meals are home-cooked and the best. We also serve ice cream and soft drinks of all kinds. Give us a trial and we will please you just as we are pleasing the editor of The Gazette and many others. Private dining room in the rear—Adv. The Enterprise Minstrels under the direction of Dr. William P. Saunders, appeared at the Y. M. C. A. auditorium, Thursday evening, April 12. Gorgeous scenery and good music. The participants were boys of St. Andrew's Episcopal church, who have formed an athletic club and this entertainment was given by them for the purpose of purchasing equipment. The organization of a Parents' Community Betterment league is being planned by Supt. Alex O. Taylor of Central bath house. Meeting, Friday evening, April 22. A fine program is being arranged. Dr. and Mrs. Oliver A. Taylor of Crawford road had with them for the Easter vacation their daughter, Miss Thelma, who is attending of the leading schools in the East. Many social functions were given in her honor. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, OHIO, APRIL 16, 1921. Purchasing your groceries and meats from our own dealers (of color) or by going to the markets or "downtown" for them, you save almost as much as you spend. Watch it and see if The Gazette is not right in this, too. The "foreigners" stores, up Central Ave. are charging our people, and the poor whites of that section of the city, from two or three to ten and fifteen cents more for many need articles than they should. This is especially true of their grocery stores. Pass this word along among our people. A saving of $660 a day was effected, last week, in the garbage-collection and street-sections of the department of public service. Director Bernstein has announced that the discharge, last week Monday, of the fifty men in the garbage department will save $300 a day and street-men have been put on seven hour shifts to save $360 more, he said. Collection of garbage will not be hampered by the reduced force, Bernstein added. Further cuts in the public service department are expected shortly. A lad of the race about 14 years of age, was badly and viciously split between the eyes by a policeman's club in the Central Ave. playground, early last week. Alex. O. Taylor, Supt. of the Central-Marion bat-house, is said to have reported the officer to Chief of Police Smith. Here is another case for the N. A. A. C. P. local branch, the Women's clubs, the Ministers' Unions, the C. A. of C. M. and Councilman Fleming. We cannot afford to allow such wanton and fendish acts to go unreublked. Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Copes returned, recently, from a delightful three months' visit in the Bermula Islands, West Indies. They brought several Easter lilies and many gifts for friends from natives. An impressive sight, they say, are the beautiful houses of coral built by the natives. They were surprised to encounter so much race prejudice there, even in the churches. Natives have to enter by a rear door and sit together in the rear of the church. Mr. and Mrs. Copes were delightfully entertained in the islands and greatly benefited by the trip. G. L. Cheatham, well known insurance man of Louisville, Ky, came to the city from his home in New Albany, Ind., last Saturday, for the purpose of launching The Anchor Life & Accident Insurance Co., of this city. He is located at 2316 E. 55th St. Wednesday, business called him to Cincinnati. He will return, Monday, when he will complete all arrangements under his agreement. This will be found the advertisement of the company which certainly will fill a great need and want. The editor of The Gazette has known Mr. Cheatham for many years and recommends him and his new race enterprise to all. St. John's A. M. E. church raised $53 for the unemployed, recently. George A. Myers, proprietor of the Hollendon Hotel barber shop, donated $50 for the cause and baskets of food have been donated by Miss Bertha J. Blue, J. T. Dremer and $4 by Walter Douglass. Other churches and institutions and persons are able to do likewise. Thousands of our people are out of employment and in dire need. Many of them wouldn't save, last year and the year previous when they were "making good money" because they had to have "a good time," expensive clothes and the very best (most expensive) of everything to eat. Some of our people are still doing these very foolish things. They, too, will learn—a little later. "The Junior Messenger (for Mar.) written, printed and published by students of Detroit Junior High school", this city, reproduces a fine poster drawn by Madeline, a young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hansbury 1700 W. 24th St., and under it heads the following article with this line "Shows Great Talent in Art": Madeline Hansbury, a member of the 7A2 Class, is one of a number of our most talented pupils in art. She drew the above poster free-hand. The art department has recently submitted several posters in a contest with the other junior and senior high schools. One has already been chosen as a prize poster to be printed in the next issue of School Topics, a newspaper published in the interests of the public schools. Each junior and senior high is requested to enter two posters a month in this contest. It is to encourage and promote the art work that the contest is conducted." Mr. and Mrs. Hansbury certainly "have done well by their children" and have every reason to feel proud of them and the success, of racial as well as personal benefit, they are winning along several lines. "More power to them!" The Social Settlement, Hiram House, at 2723 Orange Ave., will celebrate its 25th Anniversary the week of June 5th. Plans of exceptional interest are going forward in preparation of this event, chief among which will be the presentation of the operetta "Little Almond Eyes." The playground is open on warm afternoons and evenings and about 500 boys, girls, young men and women are taking advantage of this early start. Some thirty young women connected with Hiram House neighborhood enjoyed their monthly party, last Friday, in the Model Cottage. An expert in the care and dressing of ladies' hair gave an interesting demonstration. The modeling, drying treatment, and general care of the hair was fully explained. Refreshments were served. April 30 has been for the entertainment which closes the winter's work. A Greek pageant will be given by the boys and girls of the House, depicting the various activities of the winter's program. Friday, Saturday and Sunday of that week a complete exhibition will be shown of the work that has been accomplished. Our mothers, fathers and friends are most cordially invited to attend and ought to frequent Hiram House far more than they do. It is for ALL people of the neighborhood. The Gazette's new 'phone number is Ontario 1259, Bell 'phone. It will be listed in the book under the name of the editor. Remember this, please, and tell all who wish to know. Oblige "The Old Reliable." Our advertisers want your trace. Those who do not ask for it in the columns of "The Old Reliable" Gazette certainly care little, if at all, for it. Therefore, we urge our readers and all of our friends to patronize those who ask for your trade in the columns of this paper! HINDU MYSTERY SHOWN. Noted Basket Trick is Performed In All Sections of India. Those who have been to India can hardly have failed to see the great basket trick. Indeed this trick has been performed on the theatrical stage in Europe and America, by Hindu magicians, and always with startling effect. Travelers have told exaggerated tales about it, but when investigated it proves to have no more mystery or real magic about it than any of the tricks which form the stock in trade of professional magicians in all countries. A large basket is brought on the scene. This has a hinged top which opens up to show the inside empty. The magician displays it to the audience. Meantime a Hindu girl runs out and exhibits herself to all, so that they can identify her again. She is dressed in clothes of brilliant colors, to make this easier. The magician then starts to catch her and she runs about and tries to escape from him. She darts in and out, but finally he grabs her, throws a sheet over her, crams her into the basket and shuts the lid. Then he takes a sword and jabs it down through the basket a number of times. The girl utters horrible screams, which grow weaker and at leength cease, and the magician withdraws the sword, which is seen to be covered with blood. In conclusion, he opens the basket and shows it apparently empty, and as his two assistants are carrying it away, the girl springs out from among the audience and exhibits herself alive and unharmed. A considerable amount of dexterity is involved in the performance, but it is nothing but a piece of common tickleery throughout. The basket has a movable partition in it. The girl who is placed in the basket is a substitute girl, and is very slender; she is a contortionist and can twist herself up into a remarkably small space—being trained for this by months of practice. When the magician chases the original girl, she manages to run behind a screen or some other object, and it is at this moment that the magician throws the sheet over the substitute girl, who is dressed in the same brilliant colors as the first one and changes places with her. The magician places the substitute girl in the basket, but the audience are under the fixed impression that it is the same girl they have already seen.—Pathfinder. Expansive Power of Cargo Causes Decks to Shatter. Bursting beans and barley are proving more destructive than the ocean storms in reducing the Aggi Norge, Norwegian steamer, aground on the west end of Santa Rosa island, off the California coast. The salvage crew has saved 700 sacks of barley and beans. All the remainder of the cargo was water-soaked. The water started the cargo to swell, and now the sides of the boat and the decks are shattered. Crunching timbers tell of the peculiarly explosive work of the water-soaked cargo. The Aggi and her cargo have been sold by the underwriters to the Universal Film Co., which is planning a series of thrilling films about the wreck, and expects to secure the presence of a submarine to heighten the effect. Stetson Hats BEST ON EARTH Sold by Hill & Hart 532 Superior Ave. Leader-News Bldg. THE BURLEY Delicatessen and Restaurant Special Service for Private Parties Silver Service and Private Dining Hall. Good Music Southwest Corner Central Ave. & E. 20th St. DARE TO DO YOUR DUTY "Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it."—Abraham Lincoln. ZINAMON'S 2 FOR 15 (Cents) The EQUAL of and BETTER Than Many TEN-CENT Cigars. $3.00 a Box. TRY THEM! A. Zinamon Cigar Manufacturer 2921 Central Ave., Cleveland, O. The Gazette on sale here, too. J. LOMSKY 3820 Central Avenue We carry full line of Dry Goods Ladies and Gents Furnishings The clean-up Cleveland campaign for 1921 begins April 16-23. What will you do to help make Cleveland the cleanest city in the United States? You can kill rats, swat flies, sweep up the rubbish, pick up the papers, mend fences and side walks, wash windows, paint up your buildings, dig up ground for a garden, make up a flower box and report the dirtiest place you know of to the Community Betterment Council, 509 Electric Building, Telephone Main 1. And you can think of other things to do to help clean up Cleveland. A clean city is worth working for. Folks keep well in clean cities. The children have better places to play. April 16-23 just begins the clean up campaign! When does it end? The day Cleveland is all cleaned up. What will you do today to help clean up the "Fifth City?" See us First for all JOHN S. Prices Reasonable. S. JEWELER AND 3121 Central Ave., Cleveland, O. Building Houses and Lots for Sale A. J. Bozarth EGG HARBOR CITY J. H. THOMAS Branch Office: 2309 Central Ave. Beat the Landlord! Buy Your Own Home, GO TO Diamond Realty & I 3612 Central TO BUY HOMES AT SMALL We Have the Smallest Down THOMAS W. 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CLEVELAND, OHIO , ; ss... aieeeeeameeccmmaamcen aa r mam Bac ae ere mene Se a —_" oe any” ea ‘ : “ Don’t Throw Away Your Copy of THE GAZETTE After Reading it, but Give tt to a Friend or an Acauzintance who Might Subscribe after Reading a Copy of It WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT Who Opposes the Appointment of Afro- Americans To Federal Offices In the South Not the Kind Of Man To Appoint a Member of the U. S. Supreme Court. (Special to The Oar oe Teena measia ontalde Of the South William Howard Taft as Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court but they can let the world and President Hard- ing know that they look upon the ap- pointing of Mr. Taft as the return to “slave rule.” Mr. Taft believes in the “white supremacy” policy of the South. When he was President he took the point of view of the rankest southerners. Since he has been ig- nominiously retired, he has sought to influence the country to follow his ex- ample set while President. If Mr. Taft was unable to be Just to colored people as their President we have no reason to believe he would be as Chief Justice. Mr. Taft’s recognizing the right of the South to keep its self separate and build up an antl Negro policy which the Federal Goy- ‘ernment should recognize and adopt in dealing with colored people, unfits him to hold any position where he may be called upon to render an unbiased de- cision respecting to the two races. Our Government is not built upon raciat lines and it does not give to any race any privilege that other races should not have. At the bottom of the South’s contention respecting the col- ored race is prejudice. This prejudice is born of the desire to keep the col- ored man as an inferior and a servant. The whole governmental fabrie of the south is constructed upon this basis. Mr, Taft advises Mr. Harding to re- frain from appointing Negroes in the South which is assinine adviee comine only from one of the bitterest foes of a democratic government. As Chiet Justice he would render his decisions ‘on this same basis irrespective of the merits of the case before him. Wil- liam Howard Taft is unfit to be Chief Justice and his appointment will he » challenge to Mr. Harding to make amends for violating the passage of Scripture upon which his hands rested when he took his oath of office. This country knows that peonage is rampant in the South and has been for many years. The “white supre- macy” policy is the method by which it is maintained and kept from being punished. What colored men suffer in the South “nobody knows.”~ For the last eight years this disregard for the lives and properties of col- ored people has grown immensely. Under the Wilson administration southern white men feared not the federal government and as the war held sway for several years, the in- terest in it hid the cruelty and bar- Imrousness of southern practice at home. Out of the investigation to be made in Jasper County, Georgia, we do not expect anything substantial. If so, we shall be agreeably disap- pointed. There is a secret agreement among certain farmers and politicians of'the South whereby colored men are forced to work the farms as convicts. For the smallest offense, a colored man is sent to prison and hired out to some white farmer who keeps him as long as he pleases. The courts and the vieious southern farmer work to- gether. When any colored man openly opposes this regime, he is either killed or cowed so that he keeps his mouth shut. Any educated self-respecting Iiniater who mav Know these thipas and cry out against them, is driven out of the community and some ignor- ant dupe of man takes his place. ‘When colored men are taken to the courts and are being tried they are afraid to dispute the word of the most notorious white liar that may be found. ‘The men that sit in the jury box are of the same type as those who are accused of injustice toward col- ored people Conviction is pee sible, The sentiment of the commun- ity is against convicting any white man for anything he does against a colored person. In very rare instances do we hear of any punishment being given whites for anything they do to colored people, murder not excepted. The state government does not desire to stop this evil because it is by let- ting white men do what they please; to colored people these state political vagabonds hold their jobs. As polit- ieal propaganda, these men make their fight on their bitterness toward the colored people. They preach from the hustings the prevention of colored people having anything vo do with the government and the “right” of the whites to rule, terrorize and do any- thing that pleases them. Into the U. S. Senate these imps of hell come and attempt even there to poison the| whole country against colored people. Senators and Representatives in Con- gress from the South are there be- cause they outrivaled their opponents in evidences of bitterness toward Ne-| groes whom they have placed in con- ditions worse than slavery. Our na- tion knows what I am writing. It has) known it for a long time. Will ft honestly attempt to put an end to it? What are Negroes going to do about it? We believe in order and law. But when we live in the midst of a people that advocate violence, repris- als and destruction, we must hit back, nit back with a vengeance! So long| 1s southern Negroes cringe and en-| jure the evils practiced upon them, o long will it continue. Negroes are | yeing killed and murdered to carry | wut the plans of lawless whites for|) heir material — and no white man suffers for it. je say to Afro-Amen | cans that it is their duty to go to the | eseue of their brethren in the South. | Aid them in any way that will put mn end to their miseries. There should | arranged now a deputation of one } } What President Harding Said to Our People, Last Fall. “I am for democracy in its fullness.” “T shall be glad to see as many Republicans as I am physically able to see; all Republicans look alike to me.” “T believe the federal government should stamp out lynching and remove that stain from the fair name of America.” . “I believe in equality before the law. You cannot give one right to the white man and deny the same right to the black man.” “The American Negro has the good sense to know this truth. He has the clear head and the brave heart to live it. I proclaim to all the world the truth which America ought to know, that he has met the test and that he did not and will not fail America. I pro- claim that America has not and will not fail the American Negro.” “T believe the Negro citizens of America should be guaranteed the enjoyment of all their rights, that they have earned the full measure of citizenship bestowed, that their sacrifices in blood on the battle-fields of the republic have entitled them to all of free- dom and opportunity, all of sympathy and aid that the American spirit of fairness and justice demands.” “Tf I have anything to do with it, there shall be good Ameri- ean obedience to the law. Brutal, unlawful violence whether it proceeds from those that break the law or from those that take the law into their own hands, can only be dealt with in one way by true Americans. Fear not. Here, upon this beloved soil you shal} have justice that every man and woman of us knows would ‘have been prayed for by Abraham Lincoln. Your people, by their re- straint, their patience, their wisdom, integrity, labor and belief n God, have earned it, and America will bestow it.” thousand people outside of the South, colored people who live in the North and elsewhere, who should go to Washington and ask Congress to do its best to end this orgy of crime, ask the Department of Justice to aid in wiping out this evil that afflicts the nation and then appear before President Harding and ask him to use his good offices to stop this gan- greenous spot on the nation’s body. If those who can aid, continue to allow this to go on, then Tet us follow, the example of our Irish friends. ‘There should be an intelligent program in- stituted whereby the unfortunate col- ored people in the South on farms could be taken off them and brought north, east and west to other farms where they may live and be human beings. We can help in this way. If the South and the Negro ean no long- er get along together then let them part so that both can live. For the sake of he children of the South, the colored children, it is our bounden duty to give them a place to live in where they can develop and become men and women. To this we should dedicate our all. Rey.) Wm. A. Byrd. IMITATE PRECIOUS GEMS. Zircons Are Often Used to Deceive Persons on Jewelry. Natute is often copied with con Spicuous success by those engaped in the Imitation of precious jewels, Z1- cons are composed of silica and at conia. Their luster is deceptive, a mieans having been discovered of ex tracting the color, thus leaving them @inmonds to all appearances, although their fastness promptly proclaims tt self when put to a test. Precious stones are often dyed with snc thoroughness and cleverness that, it is asserted, the stone may be broken without discovery of the process; that {e to say, by the unitiated. In Oberstein, Germany, the sole tn dustry is the manufacture of imitatfon jewelry and the dyeing of chalcedony and other stones. The onyx, carneli- an, bloodstone and agate may be cn- riched in color by immersion in the dycpot. The stones are placed in ves sels containing the coloring matter and are then subjected to great heat for periods varrying from a few hours to a week or more. In the case of chalcedony, which shows bands of different degrees of intensity, cer tain of the bands take the color and others do not, ‘The stones then re- ceive a further stewing in pots con- taining other dyes. Fluorspar is capable of great im- provement In tint when subjected to a heating process and crucidolite ts given a hue of blood red by a similar method. ‘The emerald and the catseye are of all stones the most easily fint tated One family at Oberstein Is eaid to possess the Secret of convert- ing crucldolite into catseye. Cats- eye also may be made of aragonite, some of the hornblendes, and even of fibrous gypsum. Energy emitted by radium has been utilized by a German scientist to drive a tiny clock. WANT ALIGATOR SKINS. For a long time the demand for allt gator skins has been so great that the manufactyre of serviceable imitations has attaiNed a point where even ex- perts are sometimes decelved. At least such is claimed to be the case in Burope, where “aligator” skins that grew on the backs of sheep are passed for the genuine article. In order to increase the supply of reat skins, the possibility bas been considered ot raising alligators in exrtain of the French possessions. Alligator oll or grease is also in great demand, especially by the manu- facturers of articles made from cha- mois leather—World’s Advance. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, OHIO, APRIL 16, 1921. Ohio’s Anti-Lynching Law! Leads the Country in Legislation Nesinge The Mob and Lynch-Murder—The | Work of a Member of The Race —Also Ohio’s Civil Rights Law. Section 6278, “Mob” and “lynching” defin ed. 6279, “Serious injury” defined. 6280. Damages in case of assault. S361. Damages in case of lynching, E82. Damages recoverable by legal representative of victim of lynching. 6283. Person suffering death or inj ury by mob trying to lynch another. 6284. Limitations of action. 6285. Order to include recovery and costs in tax levy. 6286. Guardian's custody, ete., fees. 6287. County's right of action against member of mob. 6288. County’s right of action against another county. 6289. Non-relief from prosecution, Our mob-violence or anti-lynching bill was introduced in the Ohio leg- islature in 1894 and re-introduced in 1896. It took Hon. Harry C. Smith, the editor of The Gazette, just three years to secure its enactment into Mo bs | Section 6278. A collection of peo- ple assembled for ar unlawful pur- pose and intending to do damage or injury to any one, or pretending to ex- ereise correctional power over other persons by violence and without au- thority of law, shall be deemed a “mob” for the purpose of this chap- ter. An act of violence by a mob up- on the body of any person shall con- stitute a “lynching” within the mean- ing of this chapter. (93 v. 161 2.) Section 6279. ‘The term ‘serious in- jury” for the purpose, of this chap- ter, shall include such injury as. per- manently or temporarily disables the peraun Tecciving it from earning a livelihood by manual labor. (98 v. 161 3.) | Section 6280, A person taken from lofficers of justice bya mob, and as- [saulted with whips, clubs, missiles or in any other manner, may recover, as hereafter provided, a sum not to ‘ex- ceed one thousand dollars as damages from the county in which the assault is made. (93 v. 16} 4.) Section 6281, A person assaulted and lynched bya mob, may recover, from the county in which such as- sault is made, @ sum not to exceed five hundred ‘dollars; or, if the in- jury received therefrom is serious, a sum not exceeding one thousand dol- lars; or, if such injury result in_per- manent’ disability to earn a -liveli- hood by manual labor, a sum mot to exceed five thousand dollars. (93 v 162 5.) Section 6282. The legal represen- tative of a person dying from injuries teecived from lynching by a mob, may recover of the county im which’ sucl injury occured, a sum not to exceed five ‘thousand ‘dollars damages for the family and education of the minor children of such person so lynched, if any survive him, until such children such unlawful killing. Such sum shall be applied to the maintenance of are of legal age, and then be distri- buted to the survivors, share and share alike, the widow receiving an amount equal to a child's share. If there be no widow or minor children surviving such decedent, such sum shall be distributed among the next of kin according to the laws of the distribution of the personality of an intestate, Such sum so recovered shall not be apart of the estate of such person so Iynched, nor be subject to any of his liabilities. (98 v 162 6.) Section 6283. A person suffering death or injury from a mob attempt- ing to lynch another person shall come within the provisions of this chapter. He or his legal representatives, shal have a like right of action as one pur- posely injured or killed by such a mob. (93 v 162 6.) Section 6284. Action for the, re- coveries provided for in this. chap- ter must be commenced, within, two years from the date of such lynching, in any court having original juris- diction of an action for damages for malicious assault. (98 v. 162 7) Section 6285. ‘An order to the com- ‘missioners of a county, against which such recovery is had, to include it with ‘the costs of action, in the next suc- ceeding tax levy ‘for such county, shall be a part of the judgment in every such case. (98 v. 162 8.) Section 6286. If the decedent so lynched has minor children surviving him, the fund shall be tumed over to a regularly appointed, guardian. zuardian shall administer. such fund under the direction of the probate jade, allowing not more than five ired dollars for counsel fees in the action for such recovery. (93 v. 162 9.) law. The Ohio Sse Court has several times upheld. the law which has been very effective. Only one other state Biota) in this country has such a law and it is largely a copy of our Ohio law. Here it is a the statutes) under the heading Section 6287. The county, in which @ lynching occurs, may recover the ‘amount of a judgment ‘and costs against It in favor of the legal rep- ‘resentatives of a person killed or ser- iously injured by a mob from any of the persons composing such mob. A person present, with hostile intent, at such lynching shall be deemed a mem- ‘ber of the mob and be liable to such ‘action. (98 v. 162 10.) | Section 6288, If a mob carries a ‘prisoner into another county, or ‘comes from another county to commit ‘violence on a prisoner brought from such county for safekeeping, the ‘county in which the lynching 1s com- | mitted may recover the amount of the judgment and costs from the county ‘from which the. mob came, unless there was contributory negligence on the part of officials of such county in failing to protect such prisoner or dis- purse such mob. (93 v 163 11.) “Section 6289. This chapter shall not relieve a person concerned in such Iynching from prosecution for homi- cide or assault for engaging therein. eS v 163 12.) 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 a Assembly, in 1894: ‘The General Code of Ohio: Sec. 12940. Whoever, being the proprietor or his employee, keeper or manager of an inn, restaurant, eat- ing house, barber-shop, public con- veyance by land or water, theater or other place of public accommodation and amusement, denies to a citizen, excent for reasons applicable alike to all citizens and regardless of race or color. the full enjoyment of the ac- commodations, advantages, facilities or privileges thereof, shall be fined not ess than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not Jess than thirty’ days nor more than ninety days, or both. Sec, 12041. Whoever violates the next, preceding section shall also pay not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars to the per- son aggrieved, thereby to bo recov- ered in any court of competent, jur- isdiction in the county where such of- fense 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. Judge Grant’s Opinion of the Law. Misled by the foolishly manufac- tured outcry for the passage of the Beaty bill, a few yeais ago, the Ak- ron Beacon Journal published an edi- torial to which the editor of The Ga- zette replied, calling its attention to the fact that the Ohio Civil Rights law was good law and did not need amending. The following letter from Judge Grant, former presiding judge of the Court of Appeals of the Eighth District of Ohio, is self explanatory: Akron, 0., April 25, 1919. Hon. Harry C. Smith, Editor The Gazette Cleveland, O. My Dear Sir: Observing your let- ter in the Beacon-Journal, of this city, 1 venture to send you, under a sep- arate cover, the Ohio Law Reporter of Feb. 3, last, containing the opinion of the Court of Appeals in the Puritan Lunch Co. ys. Leonard H. Forman, de- cided in Akron, last fall, in which a judgment for ($500) five hundred dollars was sustained. If the Beacon- Journal kad 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. Not a word was said by the Beacon-Journal when the Forman case was reviewed. Very truly yours, C. R, Grant. 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