The Gazette
Saturday, September 12, 1925
Cleveland, Ohio
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GADIZ.—Mr. and Mrs. Harry Walker of Steubenville were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Benj. Tyler, recently.—Mrs. Ella Smith and daughters, and Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Smith spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Lizzie West.—The last quarterly meeting of this conference year, at St. James A. M. E. church, was held, Aug. 30, by Rev. S. P. West, P. E. Rev. and Mrs. Mason, Mesdames Madison, Blanchard and Mason motored to Cleveland, last week, to attend the Eastern Star lodge meet.—Mrs. Parthena Johnson and Mr. John Doub were married, Wednesday evening, at the parsonage.—John W. Curry is visiting in Altoona, Pa. Those from a distance attending the Newby reunion here. Saturday, were: Mr. and Mrs. Charley Green and family and Mr. Geo. Rideout of Zanesville, Mrs. Ambrose Kent and childrem of Steubenville and Mr. Burr Morgan of Flushing.—Rev. Lawrence and congregation at a St. James meeting on morning.—Mr. Francis Tyler visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Benj. Tyler, the week-end.—Mr. Harold Lee left, Tuesday, for Jacksonville, Fla. to teach in Edward Waters college.—Miss Emma, Strother has as guest. Miss Green Green of Zanesville.
HILLSBORO.—Rev. C. R. Jones, former pastor of New Hope Baptist church, for nearly ten years pastor of Second Emuelan Baptist church.
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Grays Again Puncture "Tires".
Pittsburgh, Pa. — The General Tires (white) lost the second game of their trip to the Homestead Grays, Sept. 2, 9 to 8, in seven innings. The game was called because of darkness. The Grays scored six runs in the second inning and chased Jim Vaughan, star Akron_hurler, to the showers. The Generals staged a rally in the first half of the seventh and scored four runs to tie the count. Managers Corcoran and Gray's hitting and playing featured. The Grays recently won the first series of games at Akron.
Hurry, Willie, Being Misquoted.
Harry Wills Being Misquoted.
New York City.—The daily newspaper sport-writers of this city have been doing their "darnest" to put Harry Wills in disfavor ghurt the country ever since he landed last week, returning from his trip to Europe. They have "put statements in his mouth" he has never uttered and lied most generously and effusively about him. In the first place he has never said that "the proposed match between him and Jack Dempsey never would be held", and a lot more "rot" along that line. Then the afore-said sport-writers, who wired their stuff to daily newspapers all over the country, began publishing a lot more "rot" about Wills' attitude toward a bout with Gene Tunney who is no more a match for him than was Moore for Tiger Flowers in Cleveland, on Monday night. They know Harry will knock off Tunney's "block" the minute his manager, Mullins, says "do it". It is anything with the aforementioned sport-writers to prevent Wills' getting in the ring with Jack Dempsey because they know what will happen to the latter. No one should be misled by those "poor newspaper fish".
Flowers-Moore Massacre.
Tiger Flowers certainly has won the right to the promised title bout with Harry Greb, middle-weight champion of the world, whom the Atlanta pug bested, in a contest at Fremont, many months ago, and was promptly jugged out of the decision.
Cleveland, his wife, two daughters and four sons, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. P. Kittrell from Aug. 21 to Sept. 2.—Walter B. ass of Chicago spent the week-end with Mr. and Mrs. John Hudson.—Miss Edna Ellott returned to Detroit, Sunday. She visited her aunt, Mrs. Laura Minor.—Mrs. Gertna le Christy attended the event.—Mrs. Robert Cole was entertained at breakfast by J. R. Cole. Sunday.—Mrs. Edward Brown and Rev. Johnson of Columbus visited Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Blakey, Sunday.
—The state rally was a success. Among those in attendance were: Mr. and Mrs. Thomas and family, Mr. and Mrs. Taylor, of near Chillicothe, Mr. and Mrs. John Hudson, Mr. and Mrs. Vluton Mayle, Mrs. Luoy Donaldson and Miss Aliose of Columbus. Those from Columbus were guests of Mrs. Mary Donaldson, Sunday.—Frank Day of Dayton spent Sunday with his father, C. R. Day.—Mr. and Mrs. Sloupe of Dayton visited her mother, Mrs. Francis Green, Pearl Green and Mr. and Mrs. Luke Roberts of Cleveland Spent Labor day here.—Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur of Dayton visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Williams, Sunday.—Harry Hughes, Ray Highwarden, Edward Hammocks and John Thompson of Columbus visited Jae Jenkins, Sunday, and were the dinner-guests of Rev. and Mrs. J. J. Burr, Sunday.—Horn to Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Ames, last Thursday, a son, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Williams, Jr., entertained Mrs. Lucinda Young, Miss Eva, Mr. and Mrs. Grant Hurd and family at dinner, Sunday. Mr. Howard Blair and Miss Algae Alexander were married, last week. The groom is a graduate of the H. H. S. and the bride, the popular daughter of Philip Blair, Edward Pole and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Rollins and Walter Price attended services here; Sunday, Rev. Bunch preached, Sunday evening, at the baptist church.—Mrs. Julia Pate and Miss Helen Johnson entertained with a widen roast, Monday evening. Rev. and Mrs. Bray and son were here, this week.—Mrs. Charles Cole and son, Richard, attended the state fair.
For, Monday night, at the Taylor bowl in this city, Tiger won all of the six rounds with Ted Moore, British middleweight champion, the referee stopping the bout, so badly beaten was the latter. Flowers is the Eddie Anderson of the middleweights. He swatted Moore with more punches than any lightning adding machine artist could keep track of. He hits his fists fly from all angles, shape open hand and backhand, but he is always scoring blows. He let loose floods, and torrents of blows on Moore's face and head, cutting his features, flattening, his nose and ever and anon-sending in a left cross to the stomach to vary the monotony. More than 8,000 fans saw the massacre which got so on the nerves of a local daily, newspaper sport-writer (Bob Selzler of the Cleveland Press) that he called 'Tiger about all the contemptible tars in a southern "crabker's" calendar. It seemed to onewardly as well as keenly. One real good thing about the Tiger is he hasn't tossed his money away but has saved it. At present he has a comfortable, from his earnings, which he has invested, most of it in real estate. He has provided well for his wife and three-year-old daughter, and incidentally for himself, so that he retires there'll be no need of benefits. Flowers has stopped Johnny Wilson, Tommy Robinson and hammered Billy Britton uncerely until the latter quit. He thrashed Jock Malone, class St. Paul middleweight, giving him what Boston experts declared was the worst liking Jock ever got. He was relentless in his attack and never gave the clever Malone a chance to get started. The Tiger is one of the most sought-after fighters in the world at present, and has been unable to accept all his offers even before the other middleweights began agreeing to fight all colors but "Please Omit Flowers". Four years ago he was a stevedore on the docks at Brunswick, Ga. Today he is one of the most dangerous punches and one of the most active middleweights in the world. Yet in all of his fights save one, he has never been warned
"You May Rely Absolutely on 'The Old Reliable' for Accuracy of Statement', Says One Real Race Fighter to Another—Burler, Coolidge and Federal Segregation.
Library of Canada, Canada, just returns from a long longer trip into French Canada, where people are active in alling and undemonstrate practices as segregation, I find
Prof. Neval H. Thomas.
an account of Your presentation of our cause to Senator Butler. I am highly heartened by your service in this fundamental thing, but I am modified to think that some member of the race has misled the Senator into thinking that segregation exists here in only "a small degree". It is practiced in nearly every department of the government, even taking the form of entire separate departments for "Negroes" in the
Editor Win. Monroe Trotter.
consists and its advisory departments. I have heard the register of the treasury refer to "my colloid department" in an address before an audience of our people as though it were the natural order of things. You yourself wring an admission of its existence from Woodrow Wilson in that historic audience you had with him, some ten years ago. Hon. A. D. Grimke has attacked it before congressional committees, several times, and it has never been denied. Others of us have done the same thing.
You may rely absolutely upon The Cleveland Gazette for accuracy of statement, as well as for loyal race utterance. Its able editor has made a life study of such harmful policies, and the many definite evidences of segregation that he gives, I am sure, will convince the Senator, and thrulm, the President.
As president of the Washington branch of the N. A. A. C. P., I receive complaints from governmental employees, both municipal and federal, almost daily against this humiliating institution. I have never known them to be more discouraged. At every protest I carry to the department I am asked for my informer. Refusing to jeopardize anyone's position by such a revelation, I am told that nothing can be done. Our employees feel that the President would remove this insult if he could be informed sufficiently of its existence, and of the depressing effect it has upon the morale of our group.
for hitting low or for in any way violating the principles of clean sportmanship. The one time, was when he was hooked by Referee Eddie Kennedy at Fremont, O., while Flowers was thrashing Champion Harry Gryn, but sports experts at the ringside agreed that the warnings were unnecessary and only intended to worry Flowers. The Tiger has been knocked out several times during his career in the ring—eight times to be exact. Kid Norfolk showed him over twice, so did Jack Delaney, while Panama Joe Gans, Jamaica Kid, Lee Anderson and Sam Langford each scored a knockout over him. All setbacks, barring those at the hands of Delaney, were sustained early in his career. He squared accounts with Jamaica Kid and Anderson later, by stopping them.
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AN AFRO-ENGLISH TRADER
Mother, a Native Black African, and Father, an English Business Man—Mr. Broadhurst Retired—An Interesting Interview With Him on West Africa.
London, England.—If there is one man in all London, who is an authority on West Africa, that man is Mr. Robert Broadhurst. For over 50 years, he was interested in the shipping of West African products, and since his retirement, about five years ago, he has ever worked for the good of the West African cause.
Born of an African mother and an English father, in Sierra Leone, Mr. Broadhurst received his early education at the Freetown grammar school. Later he was sent to his father's people in Cheshire, near the city of Manchester to continue his education. Upon his completion, he entered his father's business, with which he was connected, even after his father's death, until 1883. At this time he withdrew trbm the shipping firm to start one of his own in conjunction with an English cousin. For a great many years the trading of his firm in India rubber equaled that of most establishments engaged in that business. In 1906, however, following the financial crisis of the United States, his company suffered financial reverses, which forced him to close his doors.
Weds English Girl.
In 1890, he married an English girl, Sara Ann Cartledge, by whom he had three children (two boys and a girl). He has been a widower since 1915. His eldest son is now employed by one of the largest trading firms in Africa. In speaking of the potentialities of West Africa, Mr. Broadhurst said, "In spite of many difficulties which the trade change has brought, things are improving. As the natives are becoming more enlightened, there is hope that in the near future a plane will be reached where an African trader will be able to market his own produce in foreign markets.
Resources Unlimited.
The material resources of West Africa are unlimited. Nature has implanted there on a generous scale, palms, producing edible kernels and oil, which are foodstuffs for man and cattle; mahogany, hides, minerals, cocoa, and numerous things which are the absolute necessities of man.
Mr. Broadhurst is an authority on the characteristics of tribes which inhabit West Africa. In speaking of these several tribes, he said, "Back of Sierra Leone are the literates who are Arabic scholars. A branch
Agent and Advisor.
Agent and Advisor.
Since that time he has been employed as agent and advisor, by some of the largest firms doing business in West African produce. In 1912 he spent a year trading in West Africa, from Callabar to the French Guinea. Then came the war, and he returned to England to work as an agent employed by the Niger Co., as their agent in northern Nigeria. There he had charge of all their trading activities in the province of Nassagawa, where there were twenty-three different tribes. In 1918 he returned to England to represent a West African firm as its London agent. In 1920, he retired. His travel thru West Africa has been most complete. His business has led him to cross the Atlantic between Europe and Africa 57 times in 50 years. He speaks fluently several African dialects (including Fusler, Sou Sou, Hausa and Mandingo), French and English.
Wills to Post, Fortolt.
New York City.—Harry Wills was given a new appointment for this week Friday with the New York boxing commission to post his $25-000 forfeit for a fight with Jack Dempsey, next year. He was to have appeared, Tuesday, but failed because of illness, Paddy Mullins, his manager, said.
A. M. E. Team Corrals Title
Fremont, O.—By defeating the First Presbyterians, 7 to 5, in the last game of the season, the A. M. E. team won the championship of the inter-church baseball league here. Sept. 2. Plans for a tournament in which all church teams in the city will be represented are now under way by league officials.
An. "Empire State" Admirer.
An 'Empire State' Admirer, Syracuse, N. Y.—In renewing his subscription to The Gazette, R. E. Luttrell of this city said, Monday: "Of all our papers, I like 'The Old Reliable' Gazette better than any other in America because it is doing more for the race than all the rest of them. It is, too, 'cutting out' the objectionable word, 'Negro', as much as possible, and doing wonderful work against segregation". So you see Ex-State Senator John P. Green of Cleveland, Dr. W. S. Scarborough of Wil伯force, Bishop E. Thomas Demby of Little Rock, Ark, and scores of others have "company" here in this state:
SPEAKS FOR ITS-SELF!
Washington, D. C. Aug. 24, '25. Billy Hexter, Manager, Columbia Theatre, Cleveland, O. Ed Daley's "Rarin To Go" opened season here, today. Show is positive sensation and will break all records in Washington. Company numbers about seventy-five people, half white and half colored. Daley has provided company with elaborate production with twenty-two scenes. It's a fast, snappy performance. Capacity audiences cheered and applauded for three hours. Ira J. Lamott, Mgr. Gayet Theatre.
Mrs. Carrie Stanley Langston of Detroit and daughter, Mrs. Ione Jackson, and the latter's daughter, Ernesta, arrived, Saturday, to spend labor day with Mrs. Langston's sister, Mrs. Susie Stanley Johnson, and her husband, Mr. Edward Johnson, E. 89th St.
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African, and Father, an Eng-
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Interview With Him
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English Girl.
In 1890 an English girl, Sara Ann Cartledge, by whom he had three children (two boys and a girl). He has been a widower since 1915. His eldest son is now employed by one of the largest trading firms in Africa. In speaking of the potentialities of West Africa, Mr. Broadhurst said, "In spite of many difficulties which the trade change has brought, things are improving. As he navies are becoming more aligned, it is that the near future a plane will be reached where an African trader will be able to market his own produce in foreign markets.
Resource Unlimited.
The material resources of West Africa are unlimited. Nature has implanted there on a generous scale, palms, producing edible kernels and oil, which are foodstuffs for man and cattle; mahogany, hides, minerals, cocoa, and numerous things which are the absolute necessities of man."
Mr. Broadhurst is an authority on the characteristics of tribes which inhabit West Africa. In speaking of those several tribes, he said, "Back of Sierra Leone are the literates who are Arabic scholars. A branch of their family can be found between Foota-Dgallon and Nigeria.
Fighters.
"These are more or less pastoral people. The Fullers on the other hand are a fighting people. Their warlike proclivities as well as those of the Hausa's have caused them to be conquerors of many tribes. The Hausa people are also a pastoral trading people and scholars. The religion of the interior of Africa is either pagan or Mohammed.
Cossacks
"There are certain tribes that are noted for their craftsmanship or ability along certain lines. Among such are: The Timinti, the Cossacks, and the Mendi, physical giants, who are wonderful laborers. The Sou Sou's, who are proud and scholarly; the Ashantis, who are gold and metal workers; and the Yorubas, who do wonderful work in leather."—Baltimore Afro-American.
DOINGS OF THE RACE
Editor J. Finley Wilson, of the Washington (D. C.) Eagle, was reelected grand exalted ruler of our Elks for the fifth consecutive time at Richmond, Va., recently. They will meet, next year, in Cleveland. J. C. Scarborough, a Durham, N. C. undertaker, through the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance, gave as a day nursery and old folks home, the old Lincoln hospital plant, of that city, worth about $25,000.
Hon. Walter L. Cohen, comptroller of customs at New Orleans, and 32 others have been indicted by a federal grand jury on a charge of conspiracy to violate the national prohibition act. All are out on $5,000 ball each.
The Model Storage Co., a very successful business enterprise owned and controlled by Afro-American progressive business men in Philadelphia, has been in operation since 1902. It has two large warehouses packed to capacity. Officers: Robert S. Jackson, pres.; Charles H. Brooks, sec., and I. Phillips, treas.
Passengers using dining cars on the Pennsylvania lines are requested to learn their waiter's name, which is printed on a small card in the center of the table. The request is made in the interests of better service, more personal, interest and homelike atmosphere, it was announced. No more, "George", etc.
- Emancipation-To-Save-The-Republic
- Day
Boston, Mass.—"Sept. 22 is one of the greatest days in the history of Americans of African descent, being view with only by Jan. 1 which cannot be distinctive, being New Year's day; greatest because the day of the issuance of the emancipation proclamation in 1862. It should be annually noticed, not however as a reminder of race-slavery but to remind all America that the emancipation was declared as the only means to save the union of states by using the fighting power of our race to help secure the republic from destruction by the South."
Such is the opening clause of an appeal to the race nationally to publicly observe Sept. 22 as "Emancipation-to-save-the-Republic" day (from segregation and lynching), in every country, town or city by race mass meetings or conventions.
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10,000,000 Afro-Americans.
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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1925.
Hundreds of our poor people, who
did not know any better were misled
into going out to Color-Line Luna
park, Tuesday, so its prejudiced man-
agement and a few "jim crow" Negroes
could make some money out
of them. SHAME!
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Women of the race, who sought signatures to the petitions of Mary J. Higgins and H. F. Kimmel, candidates for members of the schoolboard, told our people stories that are bound to injure those candidates when election day arrives. Whether the two persons named are responsible for what the women said or not, we do not know.
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The editor of The Gazette acknowledges the receipt of an invitation to attend the 25th wedding anniversary celebration of Prof. and Mrs. Geo. M. Sampson, Jr., of Jacksonville, Fla., former residents of this city, at their residence, 1958 Hoeg St., that city, Sept. 11, '25. Mr. Sampson is a brother of Mrs. Hattie Dale, wife of Dr. E. A. Dale, one of our leading local physicians; and of Fred. D. Sampson of this city.
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The senior member of the firm of Wynne & Easley, leading undertakers, visited The Gazette sanctum, last week, with Messrs. Fred. Green and Geo. Stanley, of 5905 Thackery Ave., members of the race who had been attacked, last week Tuesday evening, at the corner of E. 55th St. and Cedar Ave., by white hoodlums who shot Mr. Green in the arm and threw bricks at both men while they were on their way home from work. The same crowd of toughs beat with a brick Albert Reed of 4305 Cedar Ave., the same evening, and later on went into Central Ave. and threw rotten eggs into a pool-room where but a few of our boys were playing, escaping in an auto. They also beat up a member of the race who was escorting a lady along the street (Cedar Ave.). Director of Public Safety Edwin D. Barry, on the request of Wynne, promptly sent plenty of officers to that vicinity and the toughs disappeared temporarily at least. Mr. Director, give us more police protection in that district; please!
THE 11th AND 12th WARDS.
Repeated barks of a revolver terminated what was said to have been a drinking party. Sunday, and when the smoke of half a dozen shots had cleared away Bertha Atkins, a girl was found dead and Sherrill Willis, her sweetheart, wounded seriously. The shooting occurred at a land Ave, the home of Miss Atkins, and concealed a full night party in police, police who Monday were investigating the double shooting, reported. Miss Atkins turned a gun on Willis, when he started to leave the house, police said, and shot him three times. Willis grappled with the girl and wrested the revolver from her hand and, before sinking unconscious on the floor, fired one shot through her heart, according to detectives. She was taken to Charity hospital, undertakers Wynne and Easley shipped her body to Kentucky.
Twenty-two-year-old Ada Lindsey, 2527 E. 19th St., Monday, was being held in jail on a charge of cutting with intent to kill and Clarence Anderson, 21岁, also of 2527 E. 19th St., is in charity hospital in a serious condition with a knife wound in his left side, following a quarrel at Mies Lindsey's apartment. Sunday night. Miss Lindsey told police she stabbed Anderson after he tried to strike her. Bray, 2544 E. 32d St., was arrested, Saturday, charged with having assaulted and robbed Ciskelim Cimlo, 2430 Woodland Ave., of $89. Cimlo complained that Bray and a woman beat him and took his money in a house at 2118 Scovill Ave. The woman is being sought by police. There are entirely too many foreigners and other whites who go into that district, day and night, hunting for "hootch", "dope" and prostitutes. The local city government makes of that section of the city a "dope", "hootch" and "bawdy" den by lack of police protection, particularly.
The result is that there are more murders and crimes committed there than in any other section of the city, as we have repeatedly called attention to in the last slx or eight years, ever since the first Davis administration. Again we remind our ministers of that part of Cleveland that there will be no change in the conditions referred to, except that they will continue to grow steadily worse, until they make a sustained, concerted public demand for it. Meantime, it is our women and children who are suffering most as a direct result of our ministers' almost criminal negligence. Let our people of wards 11 and 12 "get behind" our ministry or that section of the city and force the action so sadly needed. "Hooch" or "dope" or both, were undoubtedly "at the bottom" of the first two crimes, mentioned above.
AN OPEN LETTER.
226 West Superior Ave.
Cleveland, Sept. 8, 1925
Martin
I am enclosing Bob Saltzer's account of the Flowers-Moore fight at Faylor bowl, this city, last evening. It speaks for itself, especially since I have taken care to encircle the references to "Tiger" Flowers as "the Georgia Tar Baby", "the carnivorous Asiatic mammal", "the Scenegambian", "the crafty darkie", etc., etc. There are 40,000 Afro-Americans in this city, many of whom are readers of The Cleveland Press. In the face of the foregoing, how many self and race respecting members of my group in this community can continue to take the Press. How many of them would you, a gentleman, expect to continue to do so? Seltzer's exhibition, referred to, is positively the worst I have ever seen in any local publication in all of my forty-five years' experience in the newspaper business in Cleveland.
Additional Locals
Dr. S. Paul Berry, one of our local dentists, in an article in the September "Opportunity" says our people "want too much gold in their mouths and lack a proper appreciation of the aesthetic qualities in dental work".
Janitor Jas. Judy's familiarity with the daughter (white) of a tenant of the apartment at 6521 Hough Ave. resulted in his being bound over to the grand jury, last week, on a very serious charge. He is married. Hope he proves his innocence of the charge.
Dr. and Mrs. Oliver A. Taylor and daughter, returned, last week, from a wonderful trip in the Northwest. While in Chicago, where they were guests of Dr. and Mrs. Garnes and others, Dr. Taylor also visited the great Mayo Brothers' hospital in Minnesota and his home in Leavenworth, Kan.
Writing from Pleasantville, N. J., last week, W. T. Grant, former resident of this city for many years, said: "My wife and I send our best regards to you, Mr. Smith, and we also extend our sincerest congratulations upon The Gazette's entrance upon its 43rd year. Also please give my regards to all my Cleveland friends. Tell them I read 'The Old Reliable' and think of them often, especially when I see them mentioned in the paper."
The Second Reg. band, American Woodmen, returned, recently, from Denver, winners of the first prize of $1,000 given by the quadrennial national convention of the organization held there. The prize had been won before. By the band, once each at Indiana Chicago and another city. Second prize of $300 wanted to Fort Worth, Tex. The Cleveland delegation numbered 85 members. A. A. Carrington of this city was elected national auditor, with headquarters in Denver.
with screams of critical praise in its wake, Ed. E., Daley will pilot his super Black and White sensation "Rarin' To Go", into the Columbia Theatre, starting Sunday, Sept. 13. Here is a veritable double entertainment. Seventy players are programmed, 35 white stars and an equal number of our artists, blending the two sections of the frolic into a mammoth offering of musical comedy with a tinge of color.
A special feature of this attraction will be the big mid-night show on Friday night, Sept. 18, giving the regular performance in every detail. Some of the best known burlesquers and among the first chocolate-hued players on the stage are on the Daley roster. Heading the white division you will welcome your old comedy friend Billy Foster, he of the Dutch dialect, misfit clothes and humorous quilts. Billy has a new collection of mirthisms for this swing around the Columbia circuit and this comedy scene is the comedy scenes by two able foils. Eddie Redmond, a comical Hebrew character impersonator, and Syd Garrison, character man of many roles. The trio keep the fun still grinding out laughter almost continuously.
The women principals are likewise of big league standing in stageland—Lilliam Edbroke, new in burlesque, is the prima donna, and Lillian is said to be not only a "looker" but possessed of a very fine soprano voice; the ingenee is Lola LaMond, from Hollywood, we are told, and pretty Midgie Gibbons, always a favorite, is the saucy soubrette. There will be a chorus of singing and dancing girls to enliven the scenes.
To Sing in Opera Abroad.
Washington, D. C.—Mrs. Lillian Evans Tibbs, of this city, has been re-engaged to sing in opera at Nice and Monte Carlo, next winter. She recently arrived in this country on the steamship Savonie, and came directly home for a short stay. The singer has been receiving training for the last two years in Paris from the celebrated Mine. Ritter Champ. Mrs. Tibbs is the wife of Prof. Roy Tibbs, director of the Howard University Glee club, and other musical organizations. He is also one of our few members of the American Guild of Organists.
Bishop Cleaves Sucd!
Louisville, Ky.—Kuill was filed in Jefferson Circuit Court, Aug. 29, by Rev R. S. Stout, acting as agent and secretary of the Board of Church Extension of the C. M. E. Church, against Bishop Nelson C. Cleaves of St. Louis, for $250 plus interest at six per cent. The action grew out of the alleged presentation of a bad check to the Board by Bishop Nelson C. Cleaves. Claimed that he had made repeated efforts to have the defendant pay the sum of the check, but the latter had refused to do so continually.
Plagecentville, N. J. News
Pleasantville, N. J. News.
Raymond D. Clark and Miss Lena
O. Murphy have returned to Cleveland,
Maryland, to visit with his mother.
Mrs. W. T. Grant, former of that
city. Murphy will spend most of her
two weeks' vacation in New York
and Atlantic Cities. Mr. Clark was
here for two weeks. Mr. and Mrs.
Mitchell, of Norristown, Pa., the latter
Mrs. Grant's youngest sister,
were here, recently, to visit the
school. Mrs. and Mrs. Grant,
who are in business here,
certainly made it very pleasant for
them.
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Social and Personal
Mrs. John Ballard, E. 74th St., is
at home from the hovpital, convales-
cing.
J. Gerald Tyler of St. Louis will
give a plano recital in this city, next
week,
Charles White, a Harvard grad-
wate, as well ax Earl Fox, recently
passed the state bar exam,
Mr. and Mrs. Will Rogers of Xenta
visited his brother and wife, Mr. and
Mrs, J. A. Rogers, recently.
Dr, Chas, Bundy and son, Richard,
sup't. at Wilberforce, drove here
from Youngstown, Monday, in the
latter's new Buick car.
It_ Is just becoming generally
known that Bishop C. Lennox of Mi.
Pleasant died, several weeks ago. His
first name was “Bishop”.
Mrs. Velera Crawford French, for-
mer resident of Cleveland, now of
Los Angeles, Calif., writes of the ar-
rival of a daughter, Daun French,
Miss Bessie Early, mother, Mrs.
Willie Seott gnd daughter, Miss Cora,
a local publit school-teacher, visited
thelr old homes in Virginia, recently.
Mrs. Leathey Owen Hamlin, who
was seriously injured, Sunday morn-
Ing, in an auto accident in Euclid
Ave. at stop 10, is at her sister's,
2405 E. goth St!
Geo. W. Carroll, an old resident,
E. 74th St, sustained a stroke of
paralysis, last’ week, and his sons,
Will, of Chicago, and Joe, of Colum:
bus, were sent for.
The funeral services of Mrs. Myr-
tle Jones Martin, wife of Mr. Clar-
ence Martin, who died, recently,
were held, Aug. 28, and interment
at Piqua, ‘the following day.
George I. Hollingsworth, B. 26th
St. employed at the Textile Mfg
Co! who was burned badly, last
week Tuesday, and taken to St. Vio-
cent’s hospital, is coavalescing,
Miss Mary M. Randall of Laneas-
ter has for two weeks been visiting
her sister, Mrs, Erma Tyson of E.
1284 St., dnd an aunt, Mrs, Crawford
Warren of Hampshire Rd.
Mrs. Freda Raymer Earley, of Los
‘Angeles, Calif, former resident of
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Cleveland, arrived, last week 1 hure-
day, via Chicago, to visit her mother,
Mrs, Clarence Johnson, E. 70th St.
Bessie Brown, accompanied by
Walter Johnson, and Geo. Warmack
‘were our representatives at the stu-
dio of the Euclid Music Co., Satur-
day midnight, broadcasting.
Mrs. James G, Offer, E. 89th St.,
had as guests, during the 0. E. 8.
grand lodge, Mrs. Katie. Steele of
Cincinnati and sister, Mrs. Julia
Williams, a Texas sehool-teacher.
Mr. and Mrs, 1.(W. Kearns and
daughter, Miss Lois) E. 80th St., en-
tertained royally, ybeently, in honor
of Rev. Horace C. Mailey. ' Migs Lois
Will leave séon tf teach in N.C
St, John's Surflay school leads ail
local $8. in att{ndance for the sum-
mer, Its average (weekly) has been
X00 or more. -P. W. Lemon, sup't.,
and Atty, Perry B, Jackson, assist.
Bishop P. Arthur Hamlett and
family, De, Porter and. family, of
Jackson, Tenn., were guests of Mr.
and Mrs, Wm. Owens, E. 40th St.
last week. ‘They were en route East.
HS. Chauncey, who attended the
recent Nat'l. Business league meet at
Tulsi, Okla. has been appointed its
‘regional representative for this state,
Indiana and) Penn. ‘The league
moots in this city, next year.
_ Dr. FB. Rucker, E. 30th St. and
‘Scovill Ave, and family, returned,
last week, from a six week motor
‘trip to Denver, stopping at Chicago,
‘en route home, to attend the national
medical meet
Mrs, Ella Earley Harts, who under-
went an operation at a local hospl-
tal, some weeks ago, has recovered
and returned to Steclton, Pa., with
hor children. Mrs, Harts visited her
mother and sisters.
St. James A, ME. church, Hud-
son Ave., has purchased the Trinity
Cong. church property at E. 84th and
Cedar Ave. and Will take possession
about Jan. 1. Major W. 7. Ander-
Son was very helpful in consummat-
ing the deal
A speedsof 21 miles an hour in the
congested section of the city, E. 4th
St. and Euclid Ave., cost Jesse Jones,
4827 Scovill Ave., $25 and costs in
‘the police traffic’ court, last week
Friday. He was charged with reck-
‘less driving.
A.A. Robinson entertained at a
hayride, recently, In _honor of Mra
David Lambert, Miss Margaret White
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“SERVICE”, OUR MOTTO.
OS LRG Be ce a ae
‘They stopped at Mr. and Mrs. F.
Wickline’s in Mt. Pleasant and spent
a very enjoyable evening.
There is a letter at The Gazette
office for Rev, R. B. Vinson. Tell
him, please.
‘The Cedar Ave. Cong. chureh, pur-
‘chased by St. James A. M. E. church,
is a well designed modern stone
building, with interior finished in
oak, ‘The auditorium seats more
than a thousand, and a well-equipped
Sunday school, gymnasium, and oth-
er features required by a community
church are included in the building.
Rah! for “St. James”!
Homes For Children Wanted! The
Cleveland Humane society wants
bod homes for a small number of
our children, any one of whom would
right kind of people. There is Fanny,
age 3, and her brother, Lowney, who
are bright, attractive children. Sure-
will make any home happy. ‘They
ly, there are some good members of
the race waiting to give them a free
or adoptive home. Then there is a
wonderful boy, seven years of age,
and a girl, fourteen, who will be of
some help in the home. Sisters,
Marian and Colletta, 8 and 5 years,
respectively, that the Humane so-
clety is very anxious to place as soon
as possible, Communicate with The
Cleveland Humane society, 106 city
hall, or go in and talk it over with
them, or ‘phone, Main 4600, and ask
for Miss Estelle Hunt, The society
is also in need of a few boarding
homes for the temporary care of
Afro-American children. Also, adop-
tive and free homes.
We particularly call the attention
of our readers to the advertisement,
“The Utility Mortgage & Bond Com:
pany” (first page). We know that
this company 1s doing a very satis-
factory business with our race, ten-
dering the same treatment and rec-
ognition as is given to all respect
able citizens, We know this is the
exception, and such principles are
worth while, Even though your
savings may be small, here is an op-
portunity to place your money where
‘the largest returns are guaranteed,
Perhaps you can buy a mortgage,
large or small, on improved property
in this city ot county, the turnover
bringing you large returns. This
company will gladly explain any
point at their office, or you may
‘phone Mrs. May Clement (Main
189) who will call on you, giving
any explanation desired
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So Cleveland Afro-Americans, way
back in 1857, were “on the map"—
before Lincoin’s proclamation, ac-
cording to that eminent “Negro”,
Wm. Wells Brown. How come? Ne-
groes from the South in the last
eight years are wont to say with a
gusto that is positively amusing that
they put our people of this city “on
the map”. Wish they could have
seen Mr. John Lee's restaurant in
Euclid Ave., forty or fifty years ago;
or Mr, Freeman Morris’ tailor shop,
since then; or the Price Brothers’
wagon-making and blacksmith shop,
ete., ete. Perhaps it might be well
to ask, on what map they have put
our people of this city? Don’t all
answer at once.
Former State Senator John P.
Green is over eighty years of age
and still “going strong” as a prac-
ticing attorney at the bar in the
courts of this city. He has been a
resident of Cleveland almost all of
his long and well-spent life. As a
justice of the peace here for about
nine years, member of the Ohio, Leg-
islature for six years, U. S. stamp
agent at Washington, D. C., for about
the same length of time, Mr. Green's
has been exceptional experience in
public life. He has known “The Old
Reliable” Gazette intimately for for-
ty-two years and four weeks. There-
fore, what he has frankly and most
generously said in his letter, else-
where in this paper, cannot but carry
great weight with all who read it.
Hazel Marshall, age 20, - 3620
Broadway, charged with first’ degree
murder in the fatal stabbing of Wm,
Meadows, of 5914 Outhwaite Ave.,
was bound over to the county grand
jury without bail, Monday, by Police
Judge Bell. The’ girl is also held in
connection with the stabbing of Hay-
wood Jenkins, 2541 E. 43d St. She
is alleged by ‘police to have stabbed
Jenkins during an argument, and
When Meadows interfered, to’ have
stabbed him in the heart. This is
but one of the several or more usual
Saturday and Sunday night murders
committed in the 11th and 12th
wards, “Hootch” and “dope” are
at the bottom of most of them. There
are entirely too many “‘speakeasies”
and “dope joints” in those wards and
far too little police protection. Un-
til our ministers in that section of
the city make an insistent and con-
tinued, concerted demand for better
police protection there will be no
change for the better, but conditions
will continue to grow steadily worse,
as they have now for many months.
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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).
Washington, D. C., Oct. 4, 1924.
—There is more segregation in Washington today under President Coolidge than there has ever been since the Civil War. The beginnings of segregation were under President Fult. It was greatly extended, under President Wilson; increased, still further, under President Harding; and reached its zenith under President Coolidge. For instance, the largest of our parks President Wilson never troubled, but the present administration has found time and desire to introduce it even there.
To many people, segregation is a Democratic scheme of insult, but such is not the case. Mr. Taft introduced it in the bureau of engraving. He segregated the census-takers who worked in cities to white people, and black to black, often duplicating work as most blocks had white and black residents. And, worst of all, announced in his official capacity that Negroes should not hold office where white people complained. Segregation, then, is a Republican institution and not a Democratic one who was begun to embrace and are warned to its all-enbracing extent by Republican!
There is far more of it in the departments, today, than at any time since the Negro first appeared, close upon the close of the Civil War. The picture requirement in the civil service, which makes it next to impossible for a colored lady or gentleman to enter the civil service, since their color is disclosed in their photograph which must accompany their papers, is tenaciously opposed. Only last week, a girl appeared after she passed the best examination, and after having been telegraphed for by the department. The photograph had failed to tell her true color, and they flatly refused to appoint her when she appeared, and they saw her complexion. Commissioner 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 special favorite of Secretary Mellon and President Coolidge. North Carolina, the home of the other father, and leader of the segregation forces, Col. Sherrill, superintendent of buildings and grounds. it is no use to complain of either of these southern gentlemen.
The colored people here who know the President could destroy segregation in the departments of the government, and the photograph requirements in the civil service by the mere nod of his head, are at a loss 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 is not a firm believer in segregation, especially since segregation is one of the chief tenets of the Ku'klux Klan which has found its "welcome home" in the Republican party, and receives no condemnation from the Republican President.
(Special to The Gazette.)
Washington, D. C.—In the postoffice segregation is rampant. The faithful colored clerks work under constant humiliation and physical disadvantages. The department maintains a spacious cafeteria for whites only, where these inferior white clerks can buy appetizing lunches and chat in comfort while eating, while the colored clerks must bring cold luncheons from home and eat them any place they can. The physical discomfort, disadvantageous as it is, is far less galling to the colored clerks than is the thought of their government taking their taxes, as it takes those of the whites, for the comfort of the latter, and setting them off as though they were lepers. The injustice stings at the more when they object that they are far more than the whites, and render the government more intelligent and efficient service—the white man of their attainment being able to get far more lucrative employment.
The department goes even farther in its solicitude for whites and neglect of colored. It maintains a well-appointed club room with pool tables and other games, comfortable lounges and other equipment for rest, sociability, and recreation, and nothing for these same colored employees. This private club is in the magnificent postoffice building, built and maintained by ALL of the people. In the locker rooms there is segregation, and segregation is even attempted in the toiletts. And all of this is due to the dependable or faithful employees. Last year the white employees passed around invitations to the white employees, in the very pres-
ence of the colored, to attend a reception to the heads of departments, including the postmaster general, in the postoffice building. It announced dancing and a pleasant social evening with the officials for "the postoffice employees," yet not one was delivered to the colored clerks. I hurried a protest to the postmaster general the day before it was to come off, and he ordered the postmaster to invite the colored as well as the white. These clerks get around their colored co-workers by giving them the opportunity to unvictable that the wicked spirit of segregation would express itself in appointments, assignments, and salaries. Colored applicants are often passed over though their examination was superior. No Negro, however efficient or old in the service, must ever dream of a promotion to a 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 colored clerks have dared to form a union which meets regularly and often sends manly and intelligent protests to the postmaster, often appeals from his decisions to the colored general. It has secured some improvement in their working conditions, but they are still bitter over the huge injustice done to them for nothing else than the color of their skin.
(Special to The Gazette.)
Washington, D. C.—The government 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 interior positions there on account of the better and more lucrative avenues of employment being closed to them because of their color. The whites are generally of a very mediocre group, far from equaling our girls in educational equipment, culture, and working efficiency. 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 is a large cafeteria in this huge structure where all of the employees may go, but there are a few tables in an out-of-the-way room where our employees. I am glad to say that few, very few, of our people patronize the place, preferring a little physical inconvenience to the open, semi-public humiliation of segregation.
In toilet facilities, dressing-rooms, and work assignments, wherever possible, the law of segregation is in full force, and, of course, this same undemocratic practice reveals itself on the salary roll and in the hard caste that bars promotions. Here, the law of segregation forces which pass over our superior employees to directive positions, and higher salaries.
The whites have a large recreational center in this public building with many fine appointments for rest and amusements. During 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. He was the young lady of the race to take part in the dance. As soon as this couple started to dance the music was abruptly 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 dismissed on a trumped-up charge. He was a night-employee, because the dance incident after the dance incident a fire broke out in the office. He was quickly accused of setting the building afire in revenge for his exclusion from the dance floor. Detectives came to the building to arrest him, and falling to secure any evidence searched him only to discover the pistol. They quickly dropped the arson charge and substituted one for carrying concealed weapons by which he immediately dismissed. By this severe unjustified our employees are taught that is no way of escape for one who dares to resent the daily insults that their government (under President Coolidge) gives them.
Many of the employees have expressed their deeply-wounded feelings to me at being considered a pariah by the government whose institutions they are serving so faithfully, and I have taken up a number of cases only to be met by a denial that the conditions complained of exist, and a request for the names of those who were informants would suffer so I have never given a single name!! The department then taking the position
THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, D. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 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 government is so well settled upon it, and the militants cannot bear witness to it.
(Special to The Gazette)
Washington, D. C.—Segregation in the bureau of engraving and printing has an interesting history involving President Thomas Woodrow Wilson and members of his family, three heroic young colored women who lost their positions as a result of their protest, and the noble wife of Senator Robert La Follette. Shortly after the accession of Mr. Wilson to the White House, a member 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 noted 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 colored 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 lodged a protest with Secretary McAdoo to no avail, and his noble wife began a crusade against the undemocratic innovation. She took the platform here in Washington and Boston before 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 loca a white press, and addressed the national gathering of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in New York. When our people here were so profoundly discuraged, she came out one stormy afternoon to the Y. M. C. A. to urge them to continue the fight, or democracy was at the crises. Oswald, who was a member of the attack White House and Cabinet and arouse our people, and the Nation 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 segregates, namely, the elimination of the colored employees from the bureau ait together.
The same segregation which some of our people think is the cherished institution of the Democratic party is still there, in all of its fullness, under the administration of the party that Abraham Lincoln, Charles Summer and Frederick Douglass are helped to found. Our girls are employed there in far larger numbers than in any other branch of the public service. THEY ARE SEGREAT the teachers, the teachers and working stations, and of course none are ever thought of for promotions to executive places. They are girls from our best names, most of them with high age, normal school training, and fine culture. The white girls are of no such grade, as there is 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 best of our government. Our people are still hoping for the issuance of an order destroying this iniquitous practice in all of our government departments, for it not only humiliates the best of the government servants but impairs the government service.
(Special to The Gazette)
(Special to The Globe)
Washington, D. C.—The treasury department, according to the President's recent accession speech, isowing the most financial genius since the days of Alexander Hamilton. It is to be remembered that the great Hamilton came from the West Indies, and in that long sweep of history that the President traversed are the mighty Salmon P. Chase, secretary of the treasury in Lincoln's cabinet, who, in a national extremity such as this country has never known, devised the national banking system which financed the Civil War; and Ohio's master financier, John Sherman. These men never knew that segregation was!
The present head of the department of internal revenue, Mr. Blain from North Carolina, has not appointed a colored clerk since his incumbency. While his predecessor, Mr. Daniel Roper, a Democrat from Texas, appointed and promoted several of them. Since the income tax legislation and the numberless new taxes that the recent war necessitated, this is by far the largest demand for the government, several thousand clerks. Net Negroes are so scarse there that they can't be noticed. There is the same general complaint here among our clerks and other employees as there is in the other branches of the government—failure to recognize their efficiency when promotions are due; ability to go so far and far no further.
The various forms of segregation exist here as well as elsewhere—the restaurants closed or divided along color lines, and special toilet, locker rooms, rest rooms, etc., set off for colored. The toilets for the colored are few in such a large structure. Hence, the segregated clerks are trained to ensure physical inconvenience at times, and travel long distances when they desire the use of them. The department maintains a huge, magnificent
cafeteria, in the splendid sweep of woodland along our national driveway, where white people of every class can come to rest, dine, and socialize of afternoons and evenings at minimum costs. The white press of the city is constantly telling of the thousands who take advantage of the 'delightful retreat' and the fact that their presence creates. It seats two thousand diners 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 registrieship of the treasury, which Republican Presidents have given the Negro since Garfield appointed Blanch K. Bruce, is now filled by a white man, and the colored people are congregated in a separate room which is publicly proclaimed as "a colored division." When it is discovered that Negro clerks are "working as white" in other divisions, they are promptly transferred to this "colored division." Our people fear that protest against this segregation would result in the abolition of the division altogether so they reside in a dilemma, fearing not. Our clerks must accept segregation 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 compels endurance of it.
By a single stroke of his pen, President Calvin Coolidge can stop every bit of this damnable segregation, 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 government employees, the Treasury Department will most likely be the center of attack, for segregation in several of its bureaus has been most pronounced. This is particularly true of the office of the register of the treasury and the internal revenue bureau. In the former, beaver board walls were maintained until recently. In the latter there have been two cases of discrimination on account of color brought to public view. The words, announcing the election of President Colidge, were boldly told the effort to increase segregation in the departments here was on again at full speed. It had slowed up a little during the cannail.
Investigation of Bureaus
An investigation of the executive departments and bureaus listed below shows that segregation prevails in them as follows:
Office of the Register of the Treasury, there are two segregated sections—one with 30 Afro-American employees and the other with 14.
Navy Department — one segregated section of 18 of our employees, as well as a segregated lunch room.
Census Bureau — a segregated section of 60 Afro-American employees.
Bonus Section
Bonus section of the War Department—one segregated section of 180 of our employees.
Veterans Bureau—a segregated section of 16 employees.
Department of Justice—a segregated section of 10 employees in the file room.
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Bureau—a segregated section of 7 employees
regated section of 7 employees.
Office of the Treasurer of the United States—a segregated section of 4 employees.
War Department, Transportation Division—a segregated section of 5 employees.
P. O. Separate Lunch Room
Post Office Department—a segregated lunch room.
IS IT ANY USE TO CONTEND FOR RIGHTS?
Colored Americans are the only race, responsible members of which are in favor of submitting to discrimination on the claim that their race "always will be discriminated against." The Jews are still contending, after over 1900 years of universal discrimination and are whining about special rights today. The Irish at home have contended for 700 years and are winning because they will die rather than submit. 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 nature without self-respect and hideous spects only those who resent and resist prescriptions for race.
Let us be worthy of the abolitionists, worthy of our own fathers who have died in every war to vindicate the title of their race to equal liberty, and forever resist denial of rights in our native land, however long race discrimination may continue. To submit is to deserve contempt. — Boston (Mass.) Guardian.
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