The Gazette

Saturday, April 25, 1925

Cleveland, Ohio

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Aquarium has 10 Hotel has 56 Rooms; Telephone Water in Every Room. Rates BATH RA 21 Baths . . . $13.00—10 ● 21 Baths to Pythians and Hot Radio-Active Water Furnished by the Government For AL Baths Suitarium has 10 Rooms, Diet and Operating Rooms The Lost Chord The sweetest sin that ever graced God's sanctuary responded to the urgent efforts but once, and then be parted never to return. Likewise we come and go to-day, but tomorrow may find us gone forever. It is at this hour when the heart of the bereft is bowed down with brief that we are able to offer solace by our anticipation of your every wish and our sincere ministrations. Wynne & Easley Funeral Directors Perfected Service Phone Rm. 6400 2803 N. 55th St. IN UNION IN STRENGTH BUN MONO THE GAZETTE Those Who Recognize the Usefulness of Pe-ru-na Are Never Without It Pythian Bath House and Sanitarium Knights of Pythias of N. A., S. A., E., A., A. and A. (Operating Under Supervision of U. S. Government) 415½ Malvern Avenue • Hot Springs Nat. Park, Ark. ESTABLISHED, AUGUST 25, 1883 And Issued Every Week on Time Since CLEVELAND, OHIO, SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1925 Doings of the Race FRESH OHIO NEWS Our mail carriers number 3,663, of whom 24 are females. Needham Roberts, World War hero, was jailed, recently, at New Orleans. Pittsburgh raised $15,000 for the new Cardinal Gibbons Institute (for our pupils) at Ridge, Md. Atty, Gale P. Hillyer is a candidate for a nomination as judge of the municipal court of Minneapolis, Minn. A bottling works located in New York and owned by enterprising Afro-Americans puts out 5,000 cases of soft drinks monthly. Mrs. Emmy Ransom, wife of Bishop Reverdy C. Ransom, has been appointed a member of the National Board of the Y. W. C. A. We have 367 owners of flour and grist mills in the U. S. and eleven male and five female ticket and station agents for steam railway companies. The Tivoli theater, Chicago, has paid Dr. Leon Heiden $1200 in settlement of his civil rights and damage suit. The court awarded him $2,000. Col. Wm. A. Taylor (white) has been appointed colonel of the 369th N. Y. Reg. by the adjutant general of that state to succeed Col. Arthur Little, resigned. Leaving an estate estimated at half a million dollars, Caledonia Fackler Johnson, better known as "Cal" Johnson, a widely known philanthropist, died at Knoxville, Tenn., Apr. 14. A precedent was set in an Albany, N. Y., high school, when Lela King. CADIZ.—Mr. and Mrs. James Pettress were Steubenville visitors, Sunday.—Rev. A. V. Holland and Mrs. Wm. Taylor will leave, Tuesday, for the M. E. conference in Dayton. The literary contest, given by the young girls, was very successful. Mr. and Mrs. Rezla Cooper entertained Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Mason and others at dinner, Sunday.—A play, "The Ladies' Aid society", was given by the people of Mt. Pleasant at Simpson chapel, the 18th, for the benefit of the church.—The A. M. E. Sunday school won the contest from the Newark schools with a majority of 150. 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. HILLSBORO—Mrs. Cora Young returned from Dayton, Sunday. She visited her daughter. Mrs. Lewis Goodson—Rew Wm. Bray, of Louisville, Ky., preached at New Hope Baptist church, Sunday, and will do so again, Apr. 26. Hs is an able DEATH Durham, N. C.—Mrs. Susan Davis, who was born in 1821, died here recently. She is said to have made the first shirt worn by the late general J. S. Carr. Columbia, Tenn.—A woman; who, it is authentically reported, was born shortly after the American Revolution, died, in Blue Springs, near here, recently. She is Mrs. Charlotte Bell, 113 years old; born in 1812 Italians Massacre Africans. Rome, Italy—Operations, by Italian military police against rebellious natives of Cyrenaica, in northern Africa, resulted on April 12 in the start of a three-day battle in which the natives lost 250 dead, while two Italians were killed. More "Coolidge" Segregation. Washington, D. C.—It has finally come to light that, in keeping with the "Coolidge" custom, Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg, the new official, recently met the 66 Afro-American employees of his office, after he had conferred with the white employees. This is just a little more "Coolidge" segregation. the only member of the race, among its 800 students, was awarded first scholastic honors in the June graduating class. Because of inability to meet $150,000 in notes due on its mortgage, the National Baptist church, one of our finest in the country, located in Harlem, N. Y. City, will be sold to the highest bidder. A suit for $10,600 has been filed in Los Angeles, Calif., by Mrs. Lola Alexander Turner of Graham Station, Calif., against the leaders of a committee, who called upon her and forced her to move from her home. Mrs. Anna J. Cooper, prominent high school teacher of Washington, D. C., has returned from France, where she received her doctorate at the Sorbonne in Paris on March 23. Her diploma will be forwarded from the University of Paris to the Washington city commissioners for formal presentation. Thomas R. Clark and Charles H. Flagg, realtors, and Atty. J. T. Tetleff, of Washington, D. C., have each filed a $10,000 damage suit against the Washington, Baltimore and Annapolis Electric Railroad Company, from one of whose traitors they were beheaded because of their race. rof. Aaron E. Malone, of St. L. is, was recently given confirmation for Curator of Lincoln University by the Missouri State Senate Dr. J. Edward Perry, of Kansas City, and Prof. C. G. Williams were also confirmed. The university has been given an appropriation of $399,700 for the next two years by the State Legislature. speaker.—Mrs. Nancy Williams is ill.—Mrs. Clara Evans was called to Infantianapolis, recently, by her daughter's serious illness.—Mrs. Elworth Harris of Greenfield, vice-pres, third district Baptist S. S. institute, spoke here, Sunday, concerning the work. Mr. Vernon Young entertained him at dinger, Sunday.—Mrs. Lucinda Colter and Mrs. Ellen Lamb are improving.—Mrs. Jennie Morris of Cleveland is at the bedside of her mother, Mrs. Lolisa Young.—Mrs. Lewis Goodson of Dayton visited relatives here, Sunday.—Mrs. Mary Holland is a delegate from the Hattie E. Jackson M. S. to the week-end convention in Chillicothe at First Baptist church. CANTON—The Menclik Culture club's second annual style show at Fraternal hall, was a unique success. A large crowd saw the splendid display of morning dresses, sport wear, street costumes, other day and evening clothes. They were loaned by the leading stores of Canton. Music was furnished by Arthur's Syncopators, and Gladys Adkins rendered a vocal solo. Dorothy Hunter played a piano selection during intermission. The proceeds will go to a scholarship fund to be presented, next June, to the graduate who has the highest average and who is planning on attending college in the fall. The models were little Lucille Hunter, Iva King, Ruth Bane, Val King and Leonard Dandridge; Mesdames Lottie Hunter, Cleo Smallwood, and Alex, Williams. Mr. McKinley E. Shanks, and Ethel Smallwood, Lavalla Cook and Catherine Golins, Miss Katherine Allen, head saleslady of a local clothing company, assisted in training the models. Baltimore, Md.—The board of estimates has asked the school board and public improvement commission to explain the delay in opening our new high school, cor. Carey and Baker streets. Completed, last fall, at a cost of more than $1,400,000, the building was accepted by the school board, Dec. 3. George F. Wieghardt, business manager of the schools, and the public school association, have declared that the delay was due to a faulty heating plant. Mayor Jackson says there is nothing wrong with it. The 369th Inf. Loses Nine White Officers. New York City.—Taking sides with Col. Arthur Little, who recently resigned as commander of the 369th Infantry, New York's famed Afro-American regiment in the National Guard, nine white officers (two majors, five captains, and two lieutenants) have either resigned or announced intentions of doing so. The resignation of Col. Little and other officers, followed a combined fight in which it was contended that our officers should command the regiment. . New York City. In "In the Nation," Luis Munoz, Marin in an article entitled, "Porto Ribe, the American Colony," states that this tiny island is the only one of America's possessions in which the color question has been successfully handled. He says in part: "From the middle class down, the union of white women to brown or black women is not unusual enough to astonish or enrage anybody, and the union of black or brown women to white men is of course more frequent. Discreet instances of both varieties of intermarriage may be found in the highest social pinnacles, where the prejudice against people of Negro extraction finds, expression in drawing-room whispers of 'What are we coming to?' Lynching and the humiliation of Negroes by statute are unthinkable. There are no segregated districts, though the general division of labor brought about by climatic conditions has assigned the mountains to the white man and the coast to the white and black. 'Jim-Crow' cars would seem as treakish as a man with two thumbs on one hand and eight fingers on the other. A white Porto Irene sonator once traveled through Virginia with two Negro friends in the black man's car and justified his presence to the conductor by claiming Negro blood. After close scrutiny the conductor decided to throw a curtain proportion of the school teachers are of Negro and mixed education and they give their services to black, brown and white indiscriminately. White, Negro and mulatto lawyers, physicians, journalists, poets, politicians, philosophers lead a common professional and spiritual life. One of the ablest and most respected leaders of the Republican party (the party that stands for Americanism and usually for statehood) was Dr. Barbosa, a Negro physician. A newspaper in Ponce employed Carrion Maduro, a well-known Negro writer, as editor with a white staff under him. Our most expressive composer was Campos, a light mulatto. Men of both races get along quite well with another in all social strata. It is the women of the upper classes who offer the most stubborn resistance to a complete acceptance of the tolerant spirit that dominates our racial relationships. This acts as a strong determinant of the tendency of whites to marry whites and of blacks to bring lighter blood into the family. The 'Coolidge' American authorities, in so far as they may act, without fear of raising a hullabaloo, introduce segregation, as in the national guard." Additional Local The remains of John Cox, age 29, of the E. E., who died recently (pneumonia), were taken to Ravenna for interment. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Cox, Sr., "moved here from that place about 18 years ago. He is survived also by four sisters and three brothers. A very pretty souvenir post-card, received last week, from Los Angeles, Cal., announces the arrival there of Mr. John Cox, who joins his Cleveland, several years ago, going East. He writes: "No doubt you will be surprised to hear from me at this time and to know that the wife and I have been in California since October. We have had a delightful time all winter. Have visited San Diego, Pasadena and several smaller places. Also Tijuana, Mexico. Hope this will find you well and business good". Mr. Dennis was for several years in the tobacco business in Central Ave., near E. 377 St., and was very successful. They are fine people. Her mother and brother are still residents of Cleveland. Equal opportunities in industry for our people and whites, is included in "the principles of Christianity and the golden rule," said Atty. Alex H. Martin, chairman of the interracial commission of the Federated Churches, in an address, last week Friday, at a meeting of the commission." The church should take a more active part in proclaiming the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man in application to the interracial situation in industry. Discrimination, which exists against the employment of Afro-Americans, presents a serious problem", lie continued. An interracial conference will be held under the auspices of the commission, during the week of May 4. Speakers will include Mr. Martin, HdV. H. M. Kingsley and Prof. Herbert A. Miller of Ohio State university. Reports will be made by special committees, on a survey of interracial relations in Cleveland; on promoting better understanding and closer co-operation between our and the white churches; on law enforcement in mixed communities of both races; on the treatment of our people in the courts and penal institutions, and on the social and recreational activities in our churches. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS ROLAND HAYS ONE OF THE WORLD'S GREATEST TENORS It is rarely that one finds a white man who has a sensible, true conception of the Negro. He thinks of the Negro as a comedian or a clown, who is always doing funny and foolish things. The blackface of vaudeville to for him a sufficient and all-embracing picture of the Negro race; he solidly reflects that the perfectly white adopt in stage foolery might as reasonably be defined as the type of light-skinned mankind. Again, the man who happens by no choice of his own to be white is prone to think of the Negro as a born slave so designed by Nature, and having been in a condition of slavery from the beginning of time. He is ignorant of Negro history; of the story of Negro civilization in Africa; of the importance of the Negro in the ancient world, and until the development of the extensive slave trade. The current American-white view of the Negro is simply a product of the institution of slavery. Yet the Negro is not going to remain a slave even in spirit, no matter if others persist in regard him as a creature of slavish quality. And I wonder how white men, who observe the increasing evidences of Negro culture, can still fail to recognize (or refuse to concede) the very normal and sound character of the Negro. For example, a letter that. I receive from Charles A. Stark (1803 E. 18th St., Kansas City, Mo.), should give pause to any one who sees the Negro as a funny or low creature—the kind of man who laughs at the Negro and exploits him and says, "I have nothing against him if he keeps his place." What, I wonder, is the place of Mr. Stark? It appears to my unbiased gaze that his place is among intelligent men. Mr. StarR writes: "We have contributed something original to American civilization in music, art and science. Many critics say that America's only original music is the Negro music. America has produced no greater artist than Henry O. Tanner, an originator of artistic ideas. Roland Hayes is possibly the world's greatest tenor of today, based upon this distinction: he can sing the songs of his race with native ability, that no white man can possibly do, then with a superior musical culture he is interpreting the so-called classics in French, German and Italian with a degree of fine art excelled only by a few in the past. Indeed, it is stated that the great Caruso took lessons from Hayes in learning the celebrated tremolo. The Negroes have some two thousand inventions to their credit in the U. S. Patent Office. "It is my idea that all races contribute more or less to the advancement or confusion of progress, and that no race can boast of all normal units. The great liberal-minded geniuses best exemplify the human race. One great liberal insisted that 'The world is my country, to do good KLUX STATE LEADER And Two Other Indiana Klansmen Refused Ball—Charged With Murder in the First Degree. Indianapolis, Ind.—Admission to bail of D. C. Stephenson, Earl Kinch and Earl Gentry; all white, the trio of Kluxers held on a charge of first degree murder in connection with the death of Miss Midge Oberholzer (white) of this city, was asked in a petition filed, Tuesday, by their attorney, Eph Inman. Judge James A. Collins said hearing would be held on the petition, Monday, April 27. Is inning capsules for the arrest of the three after the grand jury indicted them last Saturday, Judge Collins specified they should not be admitted to bail and since their arrest they have been confined in the Marion county jail. Good! Stephenson is the state leader of the K. K. K. The Caterers' Association's annual memorial services, Sunday afternoon, in its club rooms was featured by an address by Rev. H. M. Kingsley and a beautiful solo by Warren J. Cossey which was splendidly rendered. Deceased members: Wm. Matthews, Samuel Wiggins, Charles L. Martin and James L. Cooch, Committee, D. E. Moore, chair; Johnson Carter, John Bennett, Geo. H. Richards and S. E. Thompson. Officers of the association, S. C. Glenn, pres.; Jos. Lucas, vice pres.; E. R. Bell, see.; W. L. Archer, asst.; John R. Elllott, chair, house committee. IN UNION IS STRENGTH THE COPY FIVE CENTS Artist OF OUR RACE E OF THE WORLD'S T TENORS Comment on the Average Reception of the Negro by Race or Group my religion'. Another, the whitest of the white, was liberal enough to say to an unprogressive element. 'If you will not progress, then stand aside and let the deserving Negro pass'. "We do best by studying the ideals of others, regardless of race. Thus it was no disgrace for the Greeks to borrow certain established, civilized facts from black Egypt, and Moses could hardly be censured for the advertisement which proclaimed him as being 'learned in the wisdom of the Egyptians'; so the Negro should not be ridiculed for imbibing a culture by which he is surrounded in America, when he more or less has succeeded in its appreciation. "The whites are terribly carticulating the Negroes. The Associated Press and the movies are the big mediums, used for this—the press overly and subtly by its omission of the larger, good concerning Negroes and its exploitation of bad concerning them. The movie attitude encourages scenes depicting Negroes running from ghosts, shooting craps and the like, but is too intolerant to ever show any elevated life among these people. This looks like some one is afraid of the real ability of the Negro to progress." The accusation is true that in the movies and in popular fiction the Negro is presented in a false comical light. It is interesting to consider this "typical" Negro of stage and story, not as a real type of the Negro race, but as a type of that artistic poverty and shiftlessness which repeats certain cheap and easy effects for lack of imagination. It is so easy to get a bit of comedy through the introduction of the funny black man. It is depressing to run across this stock character of Negro whenever one enters a theater and particularly the pseudo-Thespian precincts of vaudeville. As Mr. Stark says, this Negro is always observed running from ghosts, shooting craps, engaging in tall talk, and alternating between attitudes of servility and silliness. He is never by any chance given the role of a true human character with whom we can sympathize and in whom we can gimpse the heart, not of a race but of the race—the human race. Contrast the viewpoint of Mr. Stark with the viewpoint of many white men filled with the kind of racial pride that marks limits rather than strains for achievements. Mr. Stark sees that the great liberal minds, triumphing over false and cruel distinctions, best represent the human race. He sees in the mingling of cultures, in the free interchange of the good qualities of all races, the real wisdom of progress. This in truth and beyond cavil has been the way of progress; and no race is free of indebtedness to other races—including the Negro race, which has both given and taken the gifts of culture.—Haldeman-Jullus Weekly, *Girard, Kane*. PRIME SPORT NEWS Browns Win From Tellings. The Tellings Triple A baseball team (white) struck a snag, Sunday afternoon, at Hooper field, going down before the Cleveland Brown's 9 to 3, in an eight-inning game. The Brown's scored four times in the first inning and were ahead all the way. Weak pitching and fielding hampered the Tellings. In sharp contrast to the poor playing of the Tellings was the mid-season form exhibited by the Brown's. The pitching of Fields was superb and he was given splendid support by his teammates, Bobo Leonard and Morrison being in leading roles. The former chased a fly up the hill in left center and captured it, turning, a somersault while Morrison caught a foul ball while tumbling over a bench beside the dugout. Barnes, Summers and Ellis of the Brown's each made a two-base hit, while Schlee and Divis of the Tellings did likewise. Bailey and Dornkott pitched for the latter. Tiger Flowers Re-Instated Philadelphia, Pa.—Tiger Flowers, middleweight of Atlanta, has been reinstated by the Pennsylvania State Athletic Commission, after drawing a 60-day suspension. Wilberforce Nine Triumphs, Cedarville, O.—Wilberforce opened the baseball season, recently, with Cedarville College (white). Score, 10 to 0, in favor of Wilberforce. PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY One Year ..... $2.00 Six Months ..... 1.00 Subscribers are requested to remit by postoffice money order or registered letter. Entered at the postoffice in Cleveland, Ohio, as second-class mail matter 226 W. Superior Ave., Cleveland, O. M. Member Ohio Legislature: 1894 to 1896; 1896 to 1898; 1900 to 1902 THE GAZETTE is the oldest and has the largest bona fide circulation, double that of any newspaper in the interest of Afro-Americans published in the state of Ohio, and comparison with any will immediately establish its rank as one of the NEWSIEST AND BEST in the country. 10,000,000 Afro-Americans. 350,000 in Ohio. 40,000 in Cleveland. SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1925 The revival at Phillips chapel, C. M. E. church, Rev. G. M. Noble, pastor, is attracting a great deal of attention and meeting with exceptional success, it is reported. Mrs. L. J. Jordan, of Millersburg, Ky, is preaching, every evening. Italians in Africa slaughtered a few hundred defenseless natives, the other day. In this way only, it seems, they can get even for the stinging defeat the Abyssinians gave them, years ago. Some misguided "brother" from N. Y. City, a delegate to the national meet of spiritualists, in session at Labor Temple, Tuesday, urged the "jim crowing" of Afro-American spiritualists, doubtless at the behest of prejudiced "spiritualists" (white). Twas ever thus. The editor of The Gazette acknowledges the receipt, last week, of an invitation to attend the graduation exercises of The Harlem School of Nursing, of Believeue and Allied Hospitals, N. Y. City, Thursday evening of this week, at St. James church, that city. A reception at the nurses' residence there followed the exercises. Miss Mabel D. Parks of this city, stenographer in the office of The Gazette, several years ago, was one of the graduating class. Congratulations, Miss Mabel. Now the spiritualists "have gone and done it". With the help of a Negro tool from New York City, they held a national meet of their "Negro" members in this city, this week, and practically divorced them from the national organization by giving the "Negro" in question a couple of hundred dollars and telling him to have himself elected to head a "jim crow" spiritualist organization. His fourteen delegates ("Uncle Toms") from N. Y. City stood with him while the other eight fought the separation to the bitter end. As we have taken occasion to say many, many times in the past, the W. M. N. (white men's Negroes) are the bane of the race. Fine spiritualists (?) are they who have prejudice in their hearts. Our students of Lincoln High school, Kansas City, Mo., were not permitted to show their musical prowess to the convention of the National Music Supervisors, in conference there, last week. Nevertheless, our public school children of that city, including of course the students of Lincoln High, sang before the 3,000 music teachers and supervisors from their perch in the second balcony of convention hall, where they were forced to sit. There are "jim crow" schools in Kansas City, with "Negro" teachers. Lord have mercy! What won't some of our people do, to the entire race, for an opportunity to promote their selfish personal ends? It is enough to make Frederick Douglass, John M. Langston and other real leaders of the race, in their day, turn over in their graves. ANNUAL CLEAN-UP WEEK. April 27 to May 2 is annual cleanup week and The Gazette urges our people generally to observe it in a proper manner. All the community betterment forces in the state have united to promote this work. Next to moral cleanliness comes physical cleanliness. Both are absolutely necessary as all know. So let our folk see to it that no other group in their community surpasses them in the extra effort to be made next week to improve their immediate vicinity and more. Here in Cleveland, there will be a parade today, Saturday, of the city cleaning forces. The merchants will give window displays advertising the campaign. Posters and pamphlets will be distributed. Landlords will be urged to have entrances and halls of apartment houses cleaned. People are being urged to clean houses inside and out, clean the yards, put rubbish in holders and clean the side-walks. The city will collect all rubbish in holders and clean the streets. The Gazette is assured that with the proper sanitation secured, the next attack will be on the vice-breeding spots, particularly those in wards 11 and 12, and this seems almost too good to be true. The Lord knows and we do also that it is high time such action was being taken not only by the community betterment forces but also by the authorities of Cleveland. Continual demands of the city council for more money to carry on municipal business have increased Cleveland's taxes more than $2,225,000 during the past year, according to a report issued, last week Wednesday, by County Auditor Zangerle. The general increase in taxes in the state for the past year was $5,500,000, leaving Cleveland's increase more than a million dollars higher than that of all other cities and villages combined, the auditor declared. The growing load on taxpayers was blamed on increasing demands of council for money to operate the city government and put through improvement projects. The auditor declared Cleveland has failed to heed the call for economy which has kept down taxes in other communities of the state. Cleveland's per capita tax is $10 per citizen over that of other communities. The local tax is $5 per head, while the rate in the rest of the state does not exceed $42.55. We call our people's attention to the foregoing particularly because the City Council is getting ready to try to float another two or three million dollar bond issue, this fall, which will mean even higher taxes, and higher rentals than are now being charged and the Lord knows our people get the worst of the rent-charges in every community in which they live. We simply must pay more attention to these things and use our ballots far more intelligently than we do, in an effort to protect ourselves in these matters of vital concern. They are vital because they reach right into the very heart of every home, whether you pay rent or taxes, and affect even the food you eat, both as to quantity and quality. High rents and high taxes mean less food, clothing, etc., and an inferior quality of all. It is time, too, that our ministers begin to enlighten their congregations along this line. County Auditor Zangerle has performed a public service, in issuing the above warning, the value of which cannot be overestimated and for which he is entitled to the thanks of the community. OUR LESSON We must learn to govern ourselves and work together for our own advancement. If we do not learn to govern 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. FACTS People who Advertise Can sell Goods. People who sell Goods Can make Money. People who make Money can advertise goods. The Best Advertising Medium is "The Old Reliable" GAZETTE. "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 obdurate heart. It does not feel for man: the natural bond Of brotherhood is severed as the flax That falls aound 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 a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey. * * * * * * * Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys: Tis human nature's broadest foulest blot. —Cowper. --- THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1925 DEADLY TO WEEDS IN SUGAR LANDS ARSENIC SPRAYED UPON THEM PROVES MORE EFFECTIVE THAN THE HOE. TO BE TRIED OUT IN LOUISIANA Agricultural Department Experts to Test the Method in the Corn Fields. Washington — Officials of the department of agriculture are greatly interested in reports received from Hawaii, to the effect that one of the big sugar companies has adopted as a regular field practice the system of destroying weeds by use of an arsenic poison spray instead of by hosing. Experts who have conducted experiments on Hawaii sugar lands estimate that by the spraying method a saving can be made in labor of $15 to $30 an acre per annum. The latest development along this line in Hawaii are discussed in a letter received from Prof. H. P. Agee, director of the experiment station staff of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters' association. Before going to Hawaii, Prof. Agee co-operated with the department in experiments on Louisiana sugar land. The value of this method in Hawaii is very great, because of the fact that, like most tropical regions, the islands are subject to torrential rains. The less the surface of sugar and other lands are disturbed by cultivation the less chance there is that heavy rains will wash off the top soil or immediately beat it into compact form. A few years ago the department of agriculture issued a bulletin dealing with the weed factor in the cultivation of corn, following a series of experiments extending over several years, which apparently established the principle that it is the removal of the weeds rather than the cultivation proper that contributes most to the production of the corn crop. A series of 125 experiments were conducted covering many states. On some plots the most approved methods of cultivation were employed, while on other plots there was no cultivation whatever, the weeds being eliminated by surface scraping with a hoe. A general average of all these experiments showed that the plots that were simply weeded produced 95.1 per cent as much fodder and 99.108 per cent as much grain as those that were subjected to the most approved methods of cultivation. The arsenic spray method will be given a trial on corn land in Louisiana this year by experts of the office of Farm Management in co-operation with local authorities, with a view to determining whether it is not available for use in that region, where climatic conditions to some extent approach those in Hawaii. At present it is not believed that the arsenic spray can be generally employed throughout the United States on corn and other lands because of the great difference in climatic and soil conditions. In Hawaii the spray is applied to the weeds with great care, since if it touches the leaves on the cane they are immediately destroyed. When carefully applied, either by a hand spray or by a spray consisting of an oil barrel attached to a stone sled especially constructed for the purpose and pulled by one mule, there is no danger to the cane. Frequently it is necessary to follow the sled spray with a hand spray in order to kill the few weeds that are not reached. The results of the spraying method have been so satisfactory that experiments are being conducted with a view to improving the some what crude implements now in use. WOODEN LEGS FOR DUCKS. His Latest Improvement Is Rubber Webs for the Artificial Members. Benzoina, Ariz.—You can not tell Benn Lewis, who lives over Beauh way, that kindness does not pay. Last fall Ben was over on Grass Lake duck hunting. He found in the reeds a wounded mallard. One leg had been shot until it was hanging by a thread of skin. Ben amputated the injured leg, fed the mallard and before long it was hopping around the barn lot with the domestic ducks. Later Ben became attached to the bird and made it a wooden leg with a paddle on the end so it could swim better, because with one foot it usually went in a circle. In the fall the mallard flew south- ward. Ben thought no more of it until last week, when the mallard returned with seven other mallards, every one with their leg shot off. The duck evidently informed them of Ben's kindness and brought them up to Benzoina. Ben has been busy making wooden legs and improving on the paddle foot by making rubber webs. They say that the first time a man marries he wonders if he will be good enough for her, but the second time he wonders if she will be good enough for hm. Unusual Accident Is Reported from Dodge City. Dodge City, Kan.-Peter Burgland, a butcher, fell against a meat hook in his shop and the hook cut off his nose. He also broke his arm. CO-OPERATION IN Girls Learn Boys to Saw and Boys Instruct Girls in Garden Work —Proud of Teacher. Macon, Ga.—Over at La Porte, Macon county, is a district school operated like a partnership concern. The teacher and members of the board are the directions and the students are "stockholders." Miss Goldyke Ready is the teacher. She draws $60 a month, the top salary paid district school teachers in Macon county, and has proven herself worth every cent of it and more. On taking employment as teacher of the La Porte school Miss Ready laid down the principle, which the board heartily approved: "There are to be no bosses; all of us are to form an active working company for the purpose of education." That meant the student was to be a factor in the upbuilding of the school as well as the board and the teachers; each was to be held individually responsible to do his or her part in the adding of features, of ureserving order and of aiding in instruction. It was to be just like a good, big family, all earnestly on touching a given point. Now there is a sewing machine and the girls aid the boys in learning how to sew on buttons and mend rents in clothing. The boys help the girls in manual training and in garden work. Of course Miss Ready is the active supervisor and directing head of it all, but her method is to implant in every pupil a strong sense of individual responsibility and a personal pride in making La Porte the banner district school of the county. The students and board members look to this partnership school idea enthusiastically. If Miss Ready took a notion she needed anything to add to the attractiveness of the school, or to aid in the work, she had a dozen persons eager to get it for her. An organ, sewing machine, sewing tables and chairs, paper for the walls, cement walk and porch, grading of the yard—all were willing and generously provided by the patrons of the school. Miss Ready has among her older students what she calls an "advocacy board." On certain days in the week she meets this "board" of eager young folks and they discuss ideas calculated to advance the work along practical lines. Several school journals, newspapers and farm magazines are taken and read by the pupils, and things which have been found advantageous in other sections of the country are considered with reference to their adoption by La Porte. The members of the board are proud of everything connected with the school, but are particularly so as regards their competent and enterprising teacher. The La Porte co-operative school is equipped with a good furnace, ventilation and has a good light system for night entertainments. This is one of the interesting features. They not only have weekly debates, musical and literary entertainments, but the fame of the school has traveled so far afield that whenever Miss Ready destres she can get the attendance of amateur actors from the normal schools to present short comedies and dramas. The school is practically a community center for all sorts of meetings, but it's main success and development lies in the establishment of the cooperative principle, by which each unit is a working factor beyond the more learning of lessons and the keeping of deportment. "Our idea is based something on the action of the American soldier," explained Miss Ready. "While thoroughly obedient to discipline, he is of greater capacity than just a machine. He has an individual interest in the outcome of the battle. By right of this he takes a personal pride when he wins, just as he feels a personal disappointment when the result goes against him. It is the soldier principle applied to the schoolroom—and it works!" SKYSCRAPER JAIL A MODEL. Baths, Washed Air and "Box Stalls" Provided for Prisoners in 10-Story Building. 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B Bozarth Corporation, Dept. M., Egg Harbor City, N. J. CLEVELAND Social and Personal Mrs. Jennie Morris is visiting her mother in Hillsboro. The latter is quite ill. Cory M. E. church Y. W. M. S.'s spring bazaar and food show was held, last evening. Friends from Detroit were entertained, last week, by Dr. and Mrs. Leon S. Evans, E. $2d St. Rev. and Mrs. Saul A. Lucas, E. $9th St., were visited, last week, by an aged uncle, G. B. Randall of Windsor, Ont., Ca. The Carl Diton recital at Antioch Baptist church, Tuesday evening, proved the usual treat. He is one of our best pianists. The Present Day musicale, given, Sunday afternoon, in Miss Mable Clarke's studio in Mt. Zion Cong. temple, proved very enjoyable. The Exposition Jubilee Four, Messrs. Harris, Booker, White and Fountain, made quite a hit at Keith's 105th St. theater, last week. H. V. Phillips of Chicago, J. D. Whitlow and others addressed a labor meeting at Hanna hall, 5311 Woodland Ave., Thursday evening. Some one cut the tires of Rev. B. J. Prince's auto, one evening last week, as the car stood in E. 30th St., near Shiloh Baptist church, ruining two of them. Mr. Wm. Gibson, who returned, last week, from a month in Florida, left for Los Angeles, Washington, and Vancouver, B. C., accompanied by Mrs. Gibson. Special writer, Karl B. Mickey, had another splendid article in Monday's Press—on M. H. Gassaway, of Woodhill Rd., former South Carolinian; driven from there by a mob, some years ago! The following special sermons are booked for Mt. Zion Cong. temple; April 26, Moose; May 3, Elks; May 10, Odd Fellows; May 17, Knights of Pythias, and May 31, A. U. K. and D. of A. E. M. Zion Baptist church has rescinded its call of Rev. C. A. Williams of Washington, D. C., who came here, recently, to take charge. He did not like "arrangements" and returned home. Mrs. Ella Early Harts, who came from Steelton, Pa., very ill, several weeks ago, underwent an operation at Women's hospital, Euclid Ave., and is convalescing slowly, according to her sister, Miss Bessie Early. Monthly meetings of the board of lady managers of the Old Foiks' THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O. SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1925 D. BARBER'S 2006 Central Ave. BENJ. AKERS, 3519 Central Ave. *THE S. & S. DRUG CO. 7325 Central Ave. SUBSCRIBERS Gazette regularly should notify delivered promptly. business matters to The Gazette If you wish to see the editor faultily examine The Gazette's ad-hases. Business men who advertise patronage of our people. Theince that they want it. location in current issues of The 4 p. m. TUESDAY of that week, events accepted until noon, WED- TH, Room 304. Avenue, Cleveland, O. Bell 'Phone: Cherry 1259 home have been changed to the first Monday of each month at 3 p. m. and those of the Association to the second Monday of each month at 8 p. m. Clarence Cameron White, violinist, was entertained at dinner by Mr. and Mrs. Alex. O. Taylor, recently. He was en route to Buffalo for a recital and was to meet his wife in Fort Wayne, and then go to South Bend, Ind., for a second recital. Among the babies christened at M. Zion Church, recently, was little Miss Gloria, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. E. A. Bailey. The Dr. has called as pastor the Rev. H. Proctor of Brooklyn, N. Y. He will succeed Rev. Kingsley, June 30. St. Mark's Presbyterian choir's 12th musicale, Sunday, evening, was featured by Miss M. Harris of Detroit, soprano; Mrs. M. Bruce, contralto; Mrs. Edith Wright, soprano, and Mrs. Gertrude Campbell, reader, also participated. G. H. Ambrose, director. Cuyahoga lodge, Elks' O-U-C-H club's second smoker, recently, was arranged by the following committee: Isaac Lewis, chair; P. B. Matthews, sec.; Wm. Rose, E. Curry, A. Wynne, assisted by H. Harris and J Youngblood. Osborne Jackson, press. Lunch. The Mozart Glee club's annual spring concert at Lane church, Thursday evening, proved very enjoyable indeed. Miss E. Sinkford, soprano, and Miss Leota Palmer, pianist, both of Oberlin conservatory, were the soloists. Capt. Chas. Frye, director. Dr. R. Maxwell Richardson, dental surgeon, has fitted up offices in the new General Medical building. With him are Dr. Eugene C. Clarke and Dr. M. L. Crawford. Others located in the same building are Drs. Gregg, Youngblood and Harris. Dr. John H. Taylor will join May 1. The Tuesday afternoon Thimble club gave Geo W. Carroll a very pleasant surprise, last week Monday evening, the occasion being his 78th birthday. Easter Sunday, he was visited by his son, Dr. Jos Carroll, and grandson, Geo W., and Frank T. Shearer, all of Columbus. A street fight between Ulysses Brown, age 35, of 2310 E. 46th St., and Charles Robinson, 3430 E. 105th St., resulted in the death of Brown, Monday. Robinson shot Brown in the neck, police say. Police arrested Robinson at his home on a charge of murder. The Cleveland Business association, to affiliate with our National Business league, has elected the following officers: H. S. Chaucey, pres.; Clayborne, vice pres.; Perry B. Jackson, sec.; Alex O. Taylor, George E. Cochron, J. W. Turk and Mrs. Elizabeth Owens, membership committee. Other committees were appointed at this week's meeting. The Seventh Day Adventists' second church will dedicate its recently acquired church-building, cor. E. 71st St. and Cedar Ave., on May 17. Rev. J. E. Cox is in charge of its membership of 125. Among the out-of-town speakers will be Rev W. H. Green of Washington, D. C. Prof. C. Lemmons of Columbus, organist. St. John's orchestra, Clarence Jones, director, made an excellent impression at Antioch Baptist church, Palm Sunday. The members are: Clarence Jones, Calvin Early, George Turpin and Edward Cheatham, violinists; Richard Jones, cornet; Milward Weaver, pianist; I. Mason, saxophonist. A trombone player, an additional violinist, a drummer and a recently acquired bassoonist complete the orchestra. The little son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ross, E. 46th St., celebrated his fourth birthday, recently, with a party for 10 of his little friends. He received several nice presents and money. His parents report that he has a savings account of $50 in the bank, which speaks volumes for them. Would that more of our parents would emulate their example in this respect. The St. James A. M. E. Brotherhood will hold the second of its series of meetings, Sunday at 7:45 p. m., at the church, E. 105th St. and Hud- son Ave. This one will be "A Night With Lawyers". Atty. Francis E. Young will preside. Among those who will speak are: Atty. Alex H. Martin and Perry B. Jackson. All members of the meeting as honored guests of the Brotherhood. The program will include musical numbers. Tell It, Brother, Tell It! There is something radically wrong with a group of people who refuse to help relieve their own burdens. The day of throwing bouquets is gone forever. The Afro-American must face the facts as they exist. We won't gain anything by fooling ourselves into thinking that everything is all right. Everything, affecting the lives of Afro-Americans, is all wrong. The sooner we will these facts occur, the better we will work to for our own salvation, the sooner we will attain our rightful place as American citizens. — Philadelphia Tribune. 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 newspaper develops through years of service to the people. For forty-two 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 its present importance to every advertiser. 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Ful funeral should not be a burden be its responsibility. The same be rendered with our $90.00 funeral be arrangement. INSPECT OUR ESTABLISHMENT KEY. 229 "I am convinced myself that there is no more evil thing in this present world than race prejudice; none at all!" "I write deliberately—it is the worst single thing in life, injustice and hate together more baseness, cruelty and abomination than any other sort of error in the world." Patronize Our Advertisers Goods in our Line HALL Satisfaction Guaranteed. OPTOMETRJST D. Prospect 3659 AS OWN lothes St. W. L. EASLEY One of Cleveland's Finest and Most Modern Mortuaries mes. That is the over a deviation. 0.00 basket, engraved dressing, shav- Segregation An Outrage! Be Help The “Old Reliable” to increase its circulation! 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. COOLIDGE PERMITS IT! How Our Men And Women Are Insulted And Humiliated In the Government’s Departments—Will the Self and Race-Respecting Negro Press of This Country Continue to Stand for This Sort of Thing? (Special to The Gazette.) lence of the colored, to attend a re Washington, D. C., Oct. 4, 1924. —There is imore segregation in Washington today under President Coolidge than there has ever been since the Civil War. The beginnings of segregation were under President ‘Taft. It was greatly extended, un- der President Wilson; _ increased, still further, under President Hard- ing; and reached its zenith under President Coolidge. For instance, the largest of our parks President Wilson never troubled, but the pres- ent administration has found time and desire to introduce it even tere. ‘To many people, segregation is a Democratic scheme of insult, but such is not the case. Mr. Taft m- troduced it in the bureau of engrav- ing. He segregated the census-takers in this city in 1910, restricting white workers to white people, and black to black, often duplicating work as most blocks had white and black residents. And, worst of all, an- nounced in his official capacity that ‘Negroes should not hold office where white people complained. Ses- regation, then, is a Republican in- stitution and not a Democratic one. Ht was begun by Republicans, and carried on to its all-embracing ex- tent by Republicans! ‘ ‘There is far more of it in the de- partments, today, than at any time since the Negro first appeared, close upon the close of the Civil War. The picture requirement in the civil serv- ice, which makes it next to impos- sible for a colored lady or gentleman to enter the clvil service, since their color is disclosed in their photo- graph which must accompany their papers, is tenaciously held on to by our Republican President. Only last week, a colored girl appeared after having passed the best examination, and after having been telegraphed for by the department. The photo- graph had failed to tell her true color, and they flatly refused to ap- et ee an ‘she appeared, and saw her complerion. Commis- stoner Blair of the internal revenue bureau with thousands of clerks will not appoint a Negro clerk, and his word is law there, as he is the spec- fal favorite of Secretary Mellon and President Coolidge. He hails trom North Carolina, the home of the other favorite and leader of the seg- regation forces, Col. Sherrill, super- {ntendent of buildings and grounds. Ei TS tn = oma ‘The colored people here who know the President could destroy segre- gation fn the departments of the governthent, and the photograph requirements in the civil service by the mere nod of his head, are at a Joss to understand why he does not ‘put his splendid declarations on democracy into operation here, where it would not even cost him a single vote and where he has full power and absolutely no opposition. ‘They wonder if he fs not a firm: be- Lever in segregation, especially since segregation is one of the chief ten- ets of the Ku Klux Klan which has found its “welcome home” in the Republican party, and recelves no condemnation from the Republican President. (Special to The Gazette.) Wuskinbtes. D. C—ta the posto fice segregation is rampant. Th « faithful colored clerks work under constant humiliation and physical @isadvantages. The department maintains @ spacious cafteria for Whites only, where these inferior white can. buy appetizing luncheons and chat in comfort while ‘eating, while the colored clerks must bring cold Iuncheons from home and eat them any place they can. The physical discomfors, disadvantage- ‘ous as it 4s, is far leas galling to the colored clerks than is the thought of their government taking their taxes, es it takes those of the whites, for ‘the comfort of the latter, and setting them off as though they were lepers. ‘The injustice stings all the more when they reflect thet they aro far more capable than the whites, and ender the government more iatell!- gent and efficient servico—the white man of their attainment being able to get far more lucrative employ- ‘ment. ‘The department goes even farther fm Ite soliciende for whites and neg: Ject of colored. It maintains a ‘appointed club room with pool tables and other games, comforte ble Jounges and other equipment for rest, sociability, and recreation, and nothing for these eame colored em- ployees. This private club is in the magnificent postoffice building, built and maintained by ALL of the peo- ple, In the locker rooms there is segregation, and sogregstion is even ‘attempted in the toilets. And all of this is against the mont dependable and faithful employees. ‘Last year the white employees passed around {invitations to the ‘white employees, in the very pree- ence of the colored, to attend a re- ception to the heads of departments, including the postmaster general, in the postoffice building. It announced dancing and a pleasant sgeial evo ning with the officials for “the post- office employees,” yet not one was @elivered to the colored clerks. I hurried a protest to the postmaster general the day before it was to come off, and he ordered the post- master to invite tho colored as well ag the white. These clerks get around their colored co-workers by giving the function at a local hotel. Tt is inevitable that the wicked spirit of segregation would express itself in appointments, assignments, and salaries. Colored applicants are often passed over though their ex- amination was superior. No Negro, however efficient or old in the serv- fee, must ever dream of a promotion toa directive position. The hard, unyielding caste passes whites over him, one after another, though many of the colored employees have won contests in quickness and accuracy in the handling of mail. The col- ored clerks have dared to form a union which meots regularly and often sends manly and intelligent protests to the postmaster, and often appeals from his decisions to the postmaster-general. It has secured some improvement in their working conditions, but they are still bitter ‘over the huge injustice done to them tor nothing else than the color of their skim. (Special to The Gazette.) Washington, D. C.—The govern- ment printing office keeps faith with the government's universal scheme of segregation. Some of the best and brightest of our girls are forced to accept inferier positions there on ac- count of the: better and more lucra- five avenues of employment being closed to them because of their col- or The whites are generally of very mediocre group, far from equal ing our girls in educational equtp- ment, culture, and working efficien- ey, Yet these superior girls are set off from the whites with the latter, of course, having the better working conditions, salaries and recreational facilities. "There {s a large cafeteria in this huge structure where all of the employees may go, but there are few tables in an out-of-the-way section reserved for our employees. Tam glad to say that few, very few, four people patronize ‘the place, preferring a little physical incon- ‘venience to the open, sem!-public hu- miliation of segregation. In tollet facilities, dressing-rooms, and work astignments, wherever possible, the law of segregation fs in fall force, and, of course, this same undemocratic practice reveals itself on the salary roll and in the hard caste that bars promotions. Here, as elsewhere, the inferior whites Dass over our superior employees to @freetive positions, and higher sal- aries. ‘The whites have a large recrea- tonal center in this public building with many fine appointments for rest and amusements, Durng lunch and dinner hours they repair to this restful retreat for sociability and dance. Last fall, a young Afro- American with a splendid record in his work, felt the injustice of this exclusion ‘of our employees so keenly that he secured the company of a young lady of the race to take part in the dance. As soon as this couple. started to dance the music was ab- ruptly stopped, and the young man reported for ‘attempting to take part in ‘an entertainment provided for employees. He was called to the office, lectured for being “one of those smart Negroes” who believe in “social equality,” and then dismiss ed on a trumped-up charge. He was a night-employee, hence he carried a pistol. Right after the dance in-| cident a fire broke out in the office, He was quickly accused of setting the buflding afire in revenge for his exclusion from the dance floor. De- tectives came to the building to ar- rest him, and failing to secure any evidence searched him only to dis- cover the pistol. They quickly drop- ped the arson charge and substituted one for carrying concealed weapons tor which he was immediately dis- missed. By this severe punishment our employees are taught that there is no way of escape for one who dares to resent the daily insults that thelr government (under President Coolidge) ives them. Many of the employees have ex- pressed their deeply-wounded feel- ings to me at being considered a pariah by the government whose in- stitutions they are serving s0 faith- fully, and I have taken up a number of cases only to be met by a denial that'the conditions complained of ex- ist, and a request for the names of my informants. Tknew the fate these informants would suffer s0 I have, never given a single name!! The de- partment then taking the position ‘THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, J. SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 1925 that it cannot take up the case. It is perfectly clear that this iniquitous scheme of segregation is a difficult thing to fight, since the goverament is so well settled upon it, and the complainants cannot bear witness to it. (Special to The Genetie) OP aM Seca ica nS oma eee nee in the bureau of engraving and printing has an interesting history involving President Thomas Wood- row Wilson and members of his fam- fly, three heroic young colored wom- en who lost their positions as a re- sult of their protest, and the noble wife of Senator Robert La Follette, Shortly after the accession of Mr. Wilson to the White House, a mem- ber of his family visited the bureau where she saw white and colored girls working together in perfect harmony, oblivious to any thought of race. "Shortly thereafter came an order for segregation of the races, and a white lady who had been not: ed for her philanthropy among our people and who was upon intimate terms at the White House appeared at the bureau to tell our girls to be contented with the new order as “a great Negro leader had taught col- ored people to stay in their places.” Three of the young ladies resisted the order to the last ditch and were summarily dismissed! Senator La Follette iodged a pro- test with Secretary McAdoo to no avail, and his noble wife began a crusade against the undemocratic in- novation, She took the platform here in Washington and Boston be- fore the famous Twentieth Century club. She used the columns of the Senator's magazine, sparing neither space nor vigor of utterance. She thundered against it in our local white press, and addressed the na- tional gathering of the National As- sociation for the Advancement of Colored People in New York. \ When our people here were so profoundly @iscouraged, she came out one stormy afternoon to the Y. M. C. A. to urge them to continue the fight, for democracy was at the crises. Os- wald Garrison Villard came to town to attack White House and Cabinet and arouse our people, and tho Na- tion Association secured publicity in over six hundred influential white papers in the country. The fight checked what was thought to be the intention of the segregators, name- ly, the elimination of the colored iployes from the bureau alto- gether. ‘The same segregation which some ot our people think is the cherished institution of the Democratic party fs still there, in all of its fullness, under the administration of the party that Abraham Lincoln, Charles Sumner and Frederick Douglass helped to found. Our girls are em- ployed there in far larger numbers than in any other branch of the pub- lic service. THEY ARE SEGRE- GATED tn thelr rest rooms, tollets working stations, and of course none are ever thought of for promo- tions to executive places. They are girls from our best nomes, most of them with high ant normal school training, and fine culture. The white girls are of no such grade, as there 1s no segregation for them in the great world of things. ‘They have unlimited fields at high wage for even mediocre talents. ‘The best of our girls must take these inferior positions, the inevitable result of so- gregation. Our people are still hop- ing for the issuance of an order de- stroying this iniquitous practice in all of our government departments, for it not only humiliates the best of the government servants but im- pairs the government service. (Snecial to The Gazette) ‘Washington, D. C.—The treasury department, according to the Prest- dent’s recent acceptance speech, 1s now under the ablest financial genius since the days of Alexander Hamilton. Tt ts to de remembered that the greai Hamilton came from the West In- dies, and in that long sweep of his- tory that the President traversed fare the mighty Salmon P. Chase, secretary of the treasury in Lin- coln's cabinet, who, in a national ex- tremity such as this country has never known, devised the national banking system which financed the Civil War; and Obio’s master finan- eler, John Sherman. These men never knew what segregation was! ‘The present head of the depart- ment of internal revenue, Mr. Blair from North Carolina, has not ap- pointed a colored clerk since his in- eumbency. While his predecessor, Mr. Daniel Roper, a Democrat from Texas, appointed and promoted sev- eral of them. Since the income tax legislation and the numberless new taxes that ‘the recent war necess!- tated, this is by far the largest de- partment of the treasury, employing several thousand clerks. Yet Ne- groes are so scarce there that they ean’t be noticed. There is the same general complaint here among our clerks and other employees as there {s in the other branches of the gov- ernment—faflure to recognize their efficiency when promotions are due; ability to go so far and no farther. ‘The various forms of segregation exist here as well as elsewhere—the restaurants closed or divided along color lines, and special toflets, lock- er rooms, rest rooms, ete., set off for colored. "The tollets for the colored are few tn such a large structure. Hence, the segregated clerks are forced to endure physieal inconven- fence at times, and are forced to travel long distances when they de- sire the use of them. The depart- ‘ment maintains a huge, magnificent afeteria, in the splendid sweep of woodland along our national drive- way, where white people of every class can come to rest, dine, and s0- clalize of afternoons and evenings at minimum costs. The white press of ‘the city is constantly telling of the thousands who take advantage of this “delightful retreat,” and the festive scene that their presence creates. It seats two thousand din- ers with space to spare; but not one Negro! His only share is in the taxes he is forced to pay for this luxury for another group! The registership of the treasury, which Republican Presidents have given the Negro since Garfield ap- pointed Blanch K. Bruce, is now filled by a white man, and the col- ored people are congregated in a sep- arate room which {s publicly pro- claimed as “a colored division." When it is discovered that Negro clerks are “working as white” fn other divisions, they are promptly transfered to this “colored division.” Our people fear that protest against this segregation would result in the abolition of the division altogether; So they remain in a dilemna, fearing to act. Our clerks must accept se- gregation or elimination, and being poor, with no other opportunities in this southern atmosphere, must take the former. ‘They are depressed at the wrong, but economic stress com- pels endurance of it. By a single stroke of his pen President Calvin Coolidge can stop every bit of this damnable segrega- tion, just as he can condemn that lawless organization the Ku Klux Klan. COOLIDGE’S SEGREGATION Washington, D. C.—We wish to call attention to the fact that in the fight ‘against the segregation of our gov ernment employees, the Treasur3 Department will most likely be the center of attack, for segregation tn several of its bureaus has been mos pronounced. This Is particularly true of the office of the register of the treasury and the internal revenue bureau. In the former, beaver doard walls were maintained unt! recently. In tho latter there have been two cases of discrimination oz account of color brought to publi view. ‘The words, announcing the election of President Coolidge, were hardly cold before the effort to in- crease segregation in the depart. ments here was on again at full ‘speod. It had slowed up a little dur. ing the campaign. Investigation of Bureaus An inyestigation of the executive departments and bureaus lated be low shows that segregation prevails in them as follows: Office of the Register of the ‘Treasury, there are two segregated sections—one with 30 Afro-Amert- can employees and the other with Mu. Navy Department — ohe segre gated section of 18 of our employ- ees, as well as a segregated lunch room, Census Bureau—a segregated section of 60 Afro-American employ- ees. Bonus Section Ronus section of the War Depart ment—ono segregated section of 180 of our employees. Veterans Bureau—a segregated section of 16 employees. Department of Justice—a segre gated section of 10 employees in the file room. | Internal Revenue Internal Revenue Bureau—a seg. Tegated section of 7 employees. Office of the Treasurer of the Unt- ted States—a segregated section of 4 employees. War Department, Transportation Division—a segregated section of 5 employees. P. 0. Separate Lunch Room Post Office Department—a segre- gated lunch room. IS If ANY USE TO CONTEND FOR RIGHTS? Colored Americans are the anly Face, responsible members of which are in favor of sub- mitting to discrimination on the claim that thelr race “al- ways will be discriminated against." ‘The Jews aro still contending, after over 1900 years of universal discrimina- tion, and are winning even so- cial rights today. ‘The Irish at home have contended for 700 years and are winning because they will die rather than sub- mit. The race that says it’s of no use to resist, downs itself and the world then will say. “Negroes are not worthy of equal rights; they are by na~ ture without self-respect and have no ‘guts’. The world re- spects only those who resent and resist proscriptions for race. Let us be worthy of the abo- litionists, worthy of or own fathers who have died in every war to vindicate the title of thelr race to equal liberty, and forever resist denial of rights in our native Iand, however long race discrimination may continue. To submit is to de- verve contempt.— Boston (Mass.) Guardian. OHIO’S ANTI-LYNCHING LAW LEADS THE COUNTRY IN EFFECTIVE LEGISLATION Against The Mob and Lynch-Murder—The Work of a Member of The Race—Also His Ohio Civil Rights Law bet rtd 6278. “Mob” and “lynching” defined. 6279. “Serious injury” defined. 6280. Damages in case of assault. 6281. Damages in case of lynching. 6282. Damages recoverable by legal representative of victim of lynching. 6283. Person suffering death or injury by mob trying to lynch another. 6284. Limitations of action. 6285. Order to include recovery and costs in tax levy. 6286. Guardian's custody, etc., tees, 6287. County's right of action against member of mob. 6288. County's right of action against another county, ee See eR eee eee eee Our mob-violence or anti-lynehing bill was introduced in the Ohio leg- Islature in 1894 and re-introduced in 1896, It took the Hon. Harry C. Smith, editor of The Gazette, just three ‘years to secure its enactment into law. The Ohio Supreme Court has several times upheld the con- stitutionality of the law and it has Section 6278. A collection of peo- ple assembled for an unlawful pur- pose and intending to do damage or injury to any one, or pretending to exercise correctional power over other persons by violence and with- out authority of law, shall be deemed a “mob” for the purpose of this chapter. An act of violence by a mob upon the body of any person shall constitute a “lynching” within the meaning of this chapter. (98 v. 161 2.) Section 6279. ‘The term “serious injury,” for the purpose of this chap- ter, shall include such injury as per- manently or temporarily disables the person receiving it from earning a livelihood by manual labor. (98 ¥. 161 3.) Section 6280. A person taken from officers of justice by a mob, and assaulted with whips, clubs, mfe- siles or in any other manner,” may recover, as hereafter provided, a sum not to exceed one thousand dollars as damages from the county in which the assault {s made. (93 v. 161 4.) Section 6281, A person assaulted and lynched by a mob may recover, from the county in which such as- sault is made a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars; or, if the in- jury received therefrom fe 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 not to exceed five thousand dollars. (98 v. 162 5.) Section 6282. ‘The logal reprosen- tative of a person dying from injur- ies received from lynching by a mob, may recover of the county in which such Injury occurred, a eum not to exceed five thousand’ dollars dam- ages for such unlawful killing. Such sum shall be applied to the mainte- nance of the family and edacaticn c? the minor children of such person %0 lynched, it any survive him, until such children are of legal age. and tien be distributed to the survivors, share and share alike, the widow re- celving an amount equal to a child's share. If there be no widow or minor children surviving such dece- dent, 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 a part ‘of the estate of such person so lynch- ed. nor be subject to any of his Iia- bilities. (98 v 162 6.) Section 6288. A person sufforing death or injury from a mob attempt- ing to lynch another person shall come within the provisions of thie chapter. He or his legal represente- tives shall have a tke right of action ‘as one purposely injured or killed by such a mob. (98 v 162 6.) Section 6284. Action for the re- coveries provided for in this chap- ter must be commenced, within two vears from the date of such tvnch- ing. in any court having orizinal jurisdiction of an action tor dam- ages for malicious assault. (93 v. 162-7.) Section 6285. An order to the commissioners of a county. against which such recovery fs had. to tn- clnde tt with the costs of action. tn tha next sneceeding tax levy for snob county, shall be a part of the jnde- mont in every auch case. (98 v. 182 Ry Section 6286. Tf the denedent so lynched has minor children enrete- tne him, the fund shall be turned over ton regnlarly apnointad enar- Alan. ‘Sneh enardian shall admints- ter such fund under the direction of tha probate Indes, allowing not more tan five hundred dollars for conn- sot toon in the nation for such re covery. (9% v 162 9.) Section 6287. ‘The county, In which a lynching occurs, may re- cover the amount of a judgment and costs against it in favor of the legal representatives of a person killed or seriously 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 member of the mob and be Ilable to such action. (98 v. 162 10.) Section 6288. If a mob carries a prisoner into another county, or comes from another county to com- mit violence on a prisoner brought: i ii ee ee been very effective. Illinois, Penn- sylvania and New Jersey have fol- lowed Ohio's lead and enacted mot violence or anti-lynching laws which are copies of our Ohio law. Several other northern states and at least one border state (Kentucky) have also enacted anti-lynching laws, in recent years, like Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The Ohio law follows: from such county for sufexeeping, the county In which the lynching ts committed may recover the amount of the judgment and costs from the county from which the mob came gence on the part of officials of such unless there was contributory negli- imprisoned not less than thirty days county in failing to protect such prisoner or dispurse such mob (98 v. 163 11.) Section 6289. This chapter shal) not relleve a person concerned 1n such lynching from prosecution for homicide or assault for engaging therein. (93 v. 163 12.) OUR OHIO CIVIL RIGHTS LAW | Upon the request of many readers of The Gazette we print below. the text of the Hon. Harry C. Smith's ‘Ohfo Civil Rights Iaw whieh the editor had enacted while a member of the 7ist General Assembly. 0 1894: ‘The General Coae of Ohio: See. 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, except for reasons applicable alike to all citizens and regardless of race or color, the full enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facili- ties or privileges thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or 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 per- son aggrieved thereby to be recov- ered in any court of competent jur- Isdiction in the county where such offense was committed. ‘This law has repeatedly been he!d constitutional and good law by the Ohlo Supreme court. The trouble s 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 ft, fm the courts, Judge Grant's Opinion ot the Law. Misled by the foolishly manufac tured outery for te passage of the Beaty bill, a few years ago. the Ak- ron Beacon Journal published an editorial to which the editor of The Gazette replied, calling its attention to che fact that the Ohfo Civil Rights law was good law and did not need amending. The following letter from Jndge Grant former presiding judge of the Court of Appeals of the Bightb District of Ohfo, {s self explanatory: Axron. 0.. April 25, 1919. Hon, Harry C. Smith. Edttor The Gazette. Cleveland. O. My Dear Sit: Observing your Tat- ter In the- Beacon-Journal, of thiz city. T venture to send vou, under » senarate cover. the Ohio Law Re- vorter of Feb. 2. last. containing the opinion of the Court of ‘Apnaain tn the Puritan Tanch Co, ws. Teonard H. Yorman, decided fn’ Akron. last fall, in which a judgment for ($R00) five hundred dollars was sustained Tt the Beacon-Journal had known what was going on In tts own town there wonld have heen na aecasion for eriticism editorially. THR LAW OF OTP IS UNDER NO RE- PROACH. nor our conrts and Juries in administering It. Not a word was sald hy the Beacon-Jonrnal when the ‘Forman casa was reviewed. Very truly youre R. 0. Grant. = trade. ‘Those who do not ask i E for tt fm the columns of “The & 2 014 Retlabta” Gazette certain. Pty care tle, tf at all for tf = Therefore, we urge our read- = Z ers and all of our friends to = = patronize those who ask in this = = paper for your patronage— = = Baitor, = VAUDEVILLE STUNTS IN MOUNTAIN SETTLEMENTS. Talented Nomads Find Willing Pat rons in Circults That Know Se: Greedy Teeta:. SR ee a Te Juliaa, Cal—Little mountain settle- ments in this region have their vaude- ville circuits and they are as impor- tant to the people and afford them as much pleasure as Keith’s or the Or pheum afford pleasure seeker of the large eities. ‘The players are generally Mexicans. They travel by wagon or burro, com ing pp from Lower Californta, swing- ing across the mining region and turn Ing south again into the peninsula, ‘A handbill pinned to the door of the postoflice or store 1s the only pro- gram. It announces, in Spanish, that a company of artists, unsurpassed for excellence, will be honored to enter tain the people at greatly reduced pri- ces—15 cents for children and 25 cents for adults, whereas in large cities, like Ensenada, the company wouldn't at- tempt to do the same thing for less than a dollar admission. Sometimes the performance is acro- atic: sometimes it is a concert with accordion and guitar, to be followed with a dance; again it may be an old- fashioned Punch and Judy show, or a roaring comedy, the actors speaking their lines in Spanish, whieh, by the way, makes no difference to the bord- er folks, all of whom understand that tongue. In addition to the handbill, a erier oes through the vicinity, announcing from house to house the merits of the performers and urging everybody not to miss this last and only chance to seo and hear so rare a collection of stars, why, meanwhile, are preparing thelr’ evening meal beside the road and making their beds under a tree. ‘The play is staged wherever shelt- er can be found—in schoolhouse or some large barn, or more likely in the daace hall, for nearly every settlement has such a place. The settings are easily procured. A plank across the tops of two barrels may serve either as a terrible abyss or a shaded sylvan walk, ‘The following morning the all-star troupe rolls out of its separate and in- Aividual blankets, cooks breakfast in the open, jumps astride burros or tum- bles into a wagon and makes for the next night-etand, ° TRAMP'S MEAL BRINGS , $10,000 To DONOR. Woman Leaves to Claim Handsome Legacy Left Her By Man She Refetentad. | Atlanta, Ga. — Mrs. James Maner, living near Gilmore, on the Marietta car line, is planning a trip to Miami, Fla, to inspec: a legacy valued at $10, 000, left her by a tramp. ‘This does aust lend itself readily to the fancy, but this time fancy will have to brace up and take it like a man. Truth may be more of a stran- ger and all that, but the legacy is there, and traveling expeases for Mrs. ‘Maner to go down and view it—$50 in the hand, with a lot of legal assur- ance. “Bight years ago,” she said, “a man came limping into our front yard. He looked like a tramp, and then again he didn't look like a tramp—I mean his elothing was rogged and worn, and he was limping from an injury to his foot, and yet he didn’t have the man- ners of a tramp, if you could call them manners. “The man was penniless, he said, and in trouble. I felt sorry for him, I took him in and gave him some din- ner, and then 10 cents to pay his way to Atlanta on the trolley line. He seemed very appreciative, and insisted on taking my name and address down in a little book.” It seems that the tramp did not lose the little book. And after eignt years back came the bread from of the waters, only it was multiplied to a fold entirely out of step with serip- tural precedent. : ‘Mrs. Maner paid no attention to the first information that the legacy bad ‘been left her. it required an urgent appeal from a Miami lawyer and the proffer of traveling expenses to make her realize that an estate consisting of several houses and some land had really come her way at the expense of a dime, a good dinner—and a bit of the miJk of human kindness, KISSING ON STREET PROPER So Rules a Wise and Sympathetic Old Jurist. Baltimore, Mr.—It fs not disorderly conduct for two men to frequently kiss a girl when they are bidding her good night at a street corner. At least that fs the decision handed down by Jus- tice Dean of the northeastern police district. Charles 4awson and his brother, Harry Lawson, had attended a party {p northeast Baltimore with Miss Eva wa. After the party adjourned they sccompanted the girl to the street. ‘They-wete kissing and hugging each Aher when they were interrupted by Patrolmen Callahan and Murray and taken to the northeastern police sta: tion. Justice Dean dismissed the case