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FRESH OHIO NEWS Written By "The Old Reliable" Gazette's Correspondents What Our People Are Doing Each Week—Church, Personal, Social, Lodge, Literary and Musical—Marriages, Deaths, Etc. 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 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. Blanton, Mrs. Irene Redman of Circleville and Ludlow Woods.—Andrew Johnson was se justly ill, this week.—Mrs. C. M. Granston is better.—Miss Virginalne Baxton has returned to Detroit. She spent the holidays with her parents.—Mrs. Bernadine Trimble entertained Rev. W. Green at dinner. New Year's day.—Mr. and Mrs. Charles Colter were guests of Mrs. H. Carlisle, the latter's mother, in Jamestown, Christmas. Mrs. Colter remained for a visit, returning Saturday.—Mrs. Donald Highwarden was her boss.—LT on New York, Bright Christmas decorations added attractiveness to the rooms and music was furnished by an orchestra.—Miss Lillian Harewood left, Monday, for Wilberforce University.—Squire Willis and son returned from Cleveland, Sat. CADIZ.—Miss Bessie Glenn has returned from Columbus where she spent her vacation.—Mr. and Mrs. G. Hughes of Hopedale were Cadiz visitors, last week.—Word was received, Tuesday, of the death of Mrs. Estella Hawkins of Mt. Pleasant.—Mr. Melvin Christian has returned to Washington, D. C. He visited his parents.—Mrs. Wm. Redmond of Harrisville made a business trip to Cadiz. Friday.—A number of the younger set were at Smithfield, Thursday evening, to a house party.—The choir of St. James A. M. E. church gave the cantata, "The Carpenter of Nazareth"; to an appreciative audience.—Mr. Moore lodge gave its annual banquet, New Year's night. A number of visitors were present.—The social event of the holiday season was the dinner-party given by the Greenleaf club at the A. M. E. parsonage, New Year's afternoon. HILMSBORO.—Mrs. John Williams, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Donald Highwarden and Barrett Williams were dinner-guests of Rev. and Mrs. James A. Young, Christmas. The entertainments at the Baptist church last week, were successes. Rev. R. L. Bray has begun revival services. Rev. L. H. Coleman, state evangelist, of Kentucky, preached two executions. Rev. A. Arthur Kittrell entertained at the dinner, Dec. 27, Mr. and Mrs. John Day, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hudson and family, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Rickman and family, Mr. and Mrs. James ALICE CELEBRATES! New Rochelle, N. Y. —Fourteen persons, half white and half colored, sat down to dinner at the Jones home here, Christmas, helping Mrs. Alice Beatrice Jones-Rhinelander to celebrate her recent court victory over her husband, Kip. Singing, phonograph and radio featured the party. Among those to dine were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brooks, Alice's sister and her colored butler husband; Mr. and Mrs. Grace Miller, Alice's other sister and her Italian husband; her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jones, and a number of friends and relatives, of both races. Late in the afternoon the guests went for an automobile ride, using three large cars and Kip's gift to Alice, a sporty roadster. $50 000 Gift for Hospital $50,000 Gift for Hospital Greensboro, C. Mrs. L. R. Richardson (Urbide), Mrs. L. Richardson, has offered to donate $50,000 for the establishment here of a hospital for our people, contingent upon this city and county (Guilford), providing maintenance. It is said that the city officials have agreed and the county commissioners will take up the matter at an early date. Mrs. Sternberger. (white), of this city, gave $10,000 for laboratory equipment and our people will raise a like amount for beds and other equipment. Says His Wife Is a "Negro." New Orleans, La.—Charging that his wife, Mrs. Hazel Ray Bush, is of "Negro" ancestry, Joe Bush has filed for divorce and asked that their two sons, age 4 years and 18 months, respectively, be declared illegitimate. Joe Bush has filed upon the damphool Louisiana law that prohibits inter-marriage. Bush just discovered that his wife is a "Negro," the petition states. "Link's" Widow Given Job. Washington, D. C.—Mrs. Georgia Douglass Johnson, widow of the late Henry Lincoln Johnson, Republican National Committeeman from Georgia, has been given an appointment by Secretary of Labor James J. Da Blanton, Mrs. Irene Redman of Circleville and Ludlow Woods—Andrew Johnson was seiously ill, this week. Mrs. C. M. G. Maragston is better. Miss Vigalinea Haxton has returned to Detroit. She spent the holidays with her parents. Mrs Bernadine Trimble entertained Rev W. Green and Dina Hinton. Mrs M.-M. and Charles Colter were guests of Mrs H. Carlisle, the latter's mother, in Jamestown, Christmas. Mrs. Colter remained for a visit, returning Saturday. Mrs. Donald Highwarden was hostess to 17 on New Year's eve. Bright Christmas decorations added attractiveness to the rooms and music was furnished by an orchestra. Miss Lillian Harwood left, Monday, for Wilberforce University. Squire Willis and son returned to school Saturday to pay the holidays to the former's sister. Curry Donaldson of Columbus spent Xmas with his mother here. ROXABELL. — Rev. J. J. Burr preached ably, Sunday, at the Second Baptist church, the music was excellent and the congregation large. Mrs. Williams was again with us.—Sidney F. Jones' funeral was conducted at Frankfort hall by Rev. S. H. Williams, assisted by Rev. Burr. He died in Columbus, Dec. 31. A widow, two sons, two brothers and other relatives survive him and have the heartfelt sympathy of the community. One of the sons is a doctor, the other an electrician and a teacher. He is the best school-teachers in Ross county. The deceased, age 72, was a credit to the race. His mother, age 95, was able to attend the funeral of her youngest child.—Mr. and Mrs. S. Miller of Circleville and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Brooks of Columbus were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Al Byrd.—Undertaker Whittaker of Columbus brought the remains of Mr. Jones here.—Mrs. W. Holley of Mansfield attended her uncle's funeral, visiting her father over Sunday.—Rev. and Mrs. Williams have returned from a visit with her parents in Cincinnati and Mrs. Albert Williams entertained Mrs. Sam Brewer New Year's day. Mr. Harry Byrd of Chillicothe dined with them, Saturday.—The revival opened, Jan. 3. to continue ten days.—Rev. Wilbur Jones preached at Bloomingburg, today. TUSKEGEE'S "LYNCH" REPORT Differs From That of the N. A. A. C. P. by Two—Less than Half of Those Lynch-Murdered Even Charged With Rape. Tuskegee, Ala. — According to Prof. Monroe N. Work, head of the department of record and research Tuskegee N. Work, head of the department of record and research Two of the victims lynched in 1925 Two of the victims were insane. Three others had been formally released by the courts! Ten of the persons lynched were taken from the hands of the law, 2 from jails and 8 from officers of the law outside of jails. Two of those lynched were burned at the stake and one was put to death and body burned. All were "Negroes." Six or less than one-half of those put to death were charged on rape or attempted rape. The rape, 4; attempted rape, 2; killing office of the law, 2; attacking child, 1; insulting woman, 1. The number lynched in each state: Alabama, 1; Arkansas, 1; Florida, 2; Georgia, 2; Louisiana, 1; Mississippi, 6; Missouri, 1; Utah, 1; Virginia, 1. Flays the American Press PLAYS THE MERCERIES. New York City. A passion for money-making, the exclusion of the highest ideals of journalism, is ruining new-papers in the oignion of Don C. Seitz, who has resigned from the World to become an associate editor and member of the board of directors of the Outlook. His article expressing this view is printed in the current issue of the latter publication and is the first of a series on "The American Press." It has the subtitle, "The Palladium of Our Liberties; Is It Cracked?" The Opposite of Alice and Kin PRIME SPORT NEWS KLUXERS DISBAND! Branding the K. K. K. as a National "Menace"—The New Haven "Kloncil" Takes This Action. New Haven, Conn.—Charging that the miserable Ku Klux Klan is a "national menace" which "can never be redeemed," Arthur J. Mann, former klgraph (secretary) of Provisional Klan, No. 1, of New Haven, announces the dissolution of the local chapter. In two letters, one to the press and the other to Walter F. Rossett of Indianapolis, imperial kleatiff (vice president), Knights of the Ku Klux Klan of Georgia, Inc., Mann "roasts" the order. About 600 members were affected by the decision to disband. The council of New Haven Klansmen, on Dec. 22, decided that the objects of the order were such "that Ned Haveners who were self-respecting Protestants and good citizens of the United States could no longer maintain." In the letter to the press Mann charges that the Klan is "entirely in the hands of one man. Standardized after his type, it (the Klan) has become moronic. Its psychology is bad and it has become not only un-American, but anti-American." The K. K. K. is slow, but surely disintegrating—dying—in all parts of the country. Theorem 1.1.1 The Sweets On Speaking Tour. New York City—Dr. and Mrs. Ossian H. Sweet of Detroit, out on ball, and Walter White, assist. sec. N. A. A. C. P., spoke in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington and Pittsburgh, this week, and will speak in Cleveland, town of the inbound of the organization's Legal Defense Fund ($65,000). Their new trial will not begin early in January as first announced. No date for it has as yet been fixed. 1925 Lynch-Murder Record 1925 Lynch-Murder Record. New York City.—Eighteen of our people were lynch-murdered in 1925 and sixteen in 1924, announces the National Report Mississippi led with six. This is one of the few times that Georgia has not led, in the last quarter of a century. Figures for the other states were: Florida, three; Georgia, two, and one each in Arkansas, Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Utah and Virginia. $20,000 for Orphans' Home Winston-Salem, N. C.—As the result of a gift of $20,000, from an unknown donor, the Memorial Industrial school, an institution for our orphans, is soon to be moved to a new and more suitable site. The new location comprises 386 acres, located on a new highway north of the city, which command a splendid view of the surrounding mountains. "Southern Contractors." Detroit, Mich.—Mrs. Mattie Lewis has filed a complaint against William Perry and Robinson Green, "contractors," in which she charges them with larceny of $2,500, funds with which they were to have built her a house. Green is under arrest. Henry O'Neill also filed a charge in the prosecutor's office, claiming that the two men owe him $462. Presides Over Board. New York City.—For the first time in the history of this city, an Afro-American member of the board of aldermen presided over its deliberations when Wm. T. Collins, president of the board, extended* the gavel to John W. Smith, alderman from Harlem. As Mr. Smith ascended the rostrum his colleagues applauded him. An Exeutional Man Gone All EXPERIMENTAL SANITARY GUEST Washington D. C. Washington D. C. Murray, the best posted employee of the Congressional library or many years, died here, this week. His death is a positive loss to both the library force and the race. An Echo of the Ring. "Ladies an' gennalum! The man-agement has requested me to announce that owin' to an injury, Benny McBiff will not—" "Siddown, you big tramp!" "Tear down 'em ropes an' we'lynch him!—" "How about the three bucks thirty I paid for this seat?—" "The same of' balon—" "Gennulman, piece! The man-emen has got a doctor's certificate to show you gennulman! All right, you pack o' heels, if y' won't lissen! Let somebody else tell ya'—" James E. Doyle in Cleveland (Daily) Plain Dealer. "Tiger" Gets Championship Bout. New York City.—Harry Greb will defend his title in a fifteen-round bout, against Tiger Flowers of Atlanta, for the world's middleweight championship, in Madison Square Garden, Feb. 26. The match, ordered by the state athletic commission when it accepted the $2,500 check-challenge of Flowers and ordered Greb to accept or reject the def within thirty days, was practically closed, last Friday, on Greb's arrival SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS MRS. ANNIE M. MALONE Awards Diamond Rings to a Group of Poro Employees as Five Year Service Gifts—Over 100 Such to Date. St. Louis, Mo.—With 250 persons gathered at the eleventh annual Christmas dinner at Poro College, Mrs. Annie M. Malone, founder of the institution, presented to a group of eighteen Poro employees beautiful diamond rings or gold watches as five year service gifts. Over 100 employees have received this award up to the present time. Those who received the five year service awards are: Mesdames Beulah Bragg, Katie Hancock, Lucy Wright, Estella Mitchell, Luila Maddux, P. F. P. P. son, William Williams, Martel Wade, Rosalyn Keith, Misses Dollie Evans, Rosalyn Rankin, M. Mae McAllister; Messrs. Edgar McDaniel, Edward Bolden, John Haywood, George Stanly, John Williams and Joseph Johnson. THE MAYOR "HELPLESS" Kansas City, Kan.-The "Birth (Rape) of a Nation" previously barred from the city, will be given its first showing here despite the fact it will stir up ill-feeling and prejudice. Mayor Gordon was asked to prevent the rotten exhibition, but he said he was powerless, since the state board of censors had passed it. He also said that the only person who would be the showing now is the Governor. It will be given in Soldiers and Sailor's memorial building. Clarence Sayers, lessee of the building, is secretary of the Wyandotte county chapter of the ku klux klan. Another Bank "Busted". Elizabeth City, N. C.—The Albermarle Bank operating here for the last five years closed its doors, the Thursday before Xmas, pending the arrival of the bank examiner from Raleigh to make a survey of the situation. The shortage of funds which resulted in the closing is ascribed unofficially to the large investments in long term real estate loans upon which the bank could not collect quickly enough to withstand the heavy holiday withdrawals. The bank has a capital stock of $25,000. Cullen Annexes Another Prize Boston, Mass.—Countee P. Cullon, leader of a new poetry school, has won the Whitter Bynner undergraduate poetry prize for 1925 while at Harvard university, where he is now doing graduate work. The contest was open to all college students in the country. He had already won second honors in the Whitter Bynner contest for 1923 and 1924. ORT NEWS here from Atlantic City. At his headquarters following a conference with Matchmaker Jess McMahon at the garden, Greb announced that he had agreed with McMahon on the date for the fight and that the match will be signed formally offer another conference, at which the title-holder expects to adjust a slight financial difference which prevented the signing, last week. Tiger-Shade Bout Planner Tiger-Shade Bout Planner. New York City—The state athletic commission on Tuesday took steps to bring about a match between Tiger Flowers of Atlanta and Dave Shade of California, to determine which is the foremost challenger of Harry Greb, middleweight champion. Flowers' challenge for a title match with Greb already had been approved by the commission, but the strength of Shade's claims prompted the boxing authorities to seek an elimination test. Leo Flynn, Shade's manager, was asked to make the match but deferred his final decision, asserting, however, he would demand $25,000 for it. Demanding and getting are oft-times so different. COPY FIVE CENTS UTH! BUTLER'S PROMISES LIKE PIE-CRUST! Delegations See Coolidge's Right- Hand Man Relative to Federal Segregation — Demand Its Abolition—Coolidge's Proviso Understood. Boston, Mass.—A sensational turn was given to an audience with Senator W. M. Butler in his Boston offices, Monday forenoon, by a delegation representing the National Equal Rights League and the Greater Boston Ministerial Alliance which again was asking the national Republican chairman to stop federal segregation, when Attorney Edgar P. Benjamin told Senator Butler that the proviso in the President's recent message about not interfering with the usages of enlightened society meant no interference with southern race-prospects. Mr. Benjamin, eminent lawyer and local bank president, was supported by Rev. D. S. Klugh, chairman of the delegation; Rev. Benj. W. Swain, vice president of league, and spokesman for the Ministerial Alliance; Attorney Albert G. Wolff, local league secretary; Mister Hester Colley, Col. E. B. Barco of the K. P., Rev. C. C. Somerco, Rev. J. W. Hill, Lawrence Banks and Rev. R. S. Pitman, Secretary Trotter as chair of some President-in-quisition. President's message was misunderstood. He had his secretary bring in a copy of the message. He said the false interpretation would be counteracted. More PROMISES—"Coolidge" promises! Chairman Klugh and Rev. Swain, Col. Barco and Mr. Benjamin declared the race had lost its patience waiting for the President to abolish segregation. They read and presented a detailed specification of the race, which was published in "The Old Reliable" Gazette Chairman Butler reiterated his opposition to segregation and so impressed the delegation that they will be surprised if something tangible is done. Butler is "long" on "bull" and promises. S. Coleridge-Taylor's Son Weds. London, Eng—S. Coleridge Tayor, Jr., musician, son of the famous composer, was secretly married to his accompanist, Miss Kathleen Markwell (white), last week. Young Taylor is a fine violinist and orchestra director in his own right. His sister married the sclon of a well known white family here, two years ago. His mother is an English lady and his father was an Afro-Englishman. Tom-Toms Barred. Havana, Cuba.—Playing of the tambor, or tom-tom, or other musical instruments of ancient African character, with singing and contorted dancing, have been prohibited by the laws of the United States. The class of music and the "rumba" are contrary to the good customs and public order of Cuba. Defunct Bank Now a Restaurant. Detroit Bank Now a Restaurant, Petersburg, Va. The building houses our defunct "People's Bank of Petersburg", two years ago is now occupied by a restaurant which serves excellent meals all hours of the day instead of check books and slips marked "insufficient funds". Barron Wilkin's Estate Bankrupt. Barron Wilkin's Estate Bankrupt. New York City.—It was revealed recently by action of the Surrogate Court that the estate of the late Barron D. Wilkins, cabaret owner and well known night life character, is bankrupt. Wilkins at the time of his death was reputed by many to be one of our wealthiest men in Harlem. Although his case was bound for the county grand jury, Monday, Patrolman James Patton was on the job, Sunday. During the day, assistant police and county prosecutors investigated and said they found no reasons for Patton's indictment, but decided to let the grand jury have the final say. Patton was alleged to have been drinking and to have been unjustified in firing the war wounded Charles Fletcher New Year's night following an argument. The case took official form after a report by Deputy Inspector Timothy J. Costello to Safety Director Edwin D. Barry. Patton was discharged in May, 1924, for intoxication, and reinstated by the civil service commission in February, 1925. In May, 1925, he was up on a charge that he failed to ring in his patrol box, and Barry fined him all days off the year. "Just before Christmas of fellow came in asking me to give him a day off around Christmas," said Barry. "I gave it to him as a Christmas present, and he got into this affair on the day off." Lois Deppe's Plantation Orchestra, from Pittsburgh, last week signed for the Ritz, and Bobby Robinson, and Clifton Jones, dancers, appeared with the orchestra. = te AND ALL1 CAN OFFES 3 | = SS Sy A Sa Sy MISS GEEVGM, 1M GLADE WELL co | Eni VAN tiv Sauna SOSH aT TaAve uM! == (6 Sere eee oe Oe cece ad [Sire See oul MANE =o SMELL GO | OY YACHT. 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SMITH ‘Editor and Proprietor THR GAZKITE 226 W. Superior Ave., Cleveland, 0. (Bell "Phone: Cherry 1259) Member Ohio Legislature: 1894 to 1806; 1896 to 1898; 1900 to 1902 ‘THE GAZETTE is the oldest and uae the largest bona fide circulation, double that of any newspaper in the taterest of Afro-Americans publish- ‘ed in the state of Ohio ,and compar- lwom with any will immediately cs- tablish its rank as one of the NEWS- MST AND BEST in the country. 10,000,000 Afro-Americans. 850,000 im Ohio. 40,000 im Cleveland, SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1926. One ofiour contemporaries publish- ed a Washington, D. C. letter, last week, in which reference was made to “John Wesley Langston”. Can you believe it? That is enough to make Ex-Congressman John Mercer Langston ¢urn over in his grave. aaa We are as every reader of The Gazette well knows opposed to mob violence, particularly lynch-murder by the stake route. But, Lord! burning-at-the-stake is entirely too good for Joe Bush (white), if the contents of our New Orleans letter in this paper be true. —iini— ‘The local branch of the N. A. A. ©. P., the local Federation ot Wom- en's clubs and our leading men and women of Cleveland generally ought nat_to stand supinely by and see those “‘color-liners”, whom Officer James Patton opposed in his restau- rant suit, have him “xailroaded”’ out ot the police department on trump: | ed up charges. ‘ The Michigan Supreme court has just handed down a decision to the effect that restrictions against the sale of property to our people on ac- count of race or color’ are invalid. ‘This is in line with the U. 8. Supreme court decision (in 1917) in the now famous Warley case. Let the good work go forward! tit Henry Lincoln Johnson's widow is ‘lovely woman—if for no other rea- gon than the fact that she lived in Cleveland for a time when a girl. It is to be hoped that Secretary of La- vor James J. Davis has given Mrs. Johnson a position commensurate with her exceptional literary ability. She is a woman far above the aver- ‘age, without reference .to class or race. u teem ro ‘The disbanding of that New Ha- ven, Conn, “‘chaptet” of kluxers, 600 in number, is surely a body-blow to ‘that lawiess organization which will 0 a long way toward hastening the end—the death of the K. K. K. Ever since the Atlanta, Ga. split, a year ‘or so ago, the organization has been slowly but surely disintegrating. May the end soon be reached is the de- vout hope of all truly law-abiding Ameurinenceitionns. Additional New Year's cards— from Editor Wm. H. Steward of Louisville, Ky., and.Mr. Phil Taylor, B. 46th St., this city; and beautiful Christmas presents from Mr. Tay- lor, Atty. Robert Fisher, Ulmer Bldg., this city; Mrs, Nettie Ricks Demby, wife of Bishop E. Thomas Demby of Little Rock, Ark., and many others have been received by the editor of The Gazette. Many, many thanks to all the kind friends who have in any way remembered us. Mrs. Annie M. Malone of Poro fame is a WONDERFUL woman, wonderful in her earnestness, sim- plicity and Christianity. She and her distinguished husband are the greatest benefactors of color the race thas ever produced. We have refer- fence not alone to the splendid gifts they have made our worthy ‘ndi- viduals, and institutions of various kinds but also, and particularly, to the many splendid opportunities they have opened to our young men and women in Poro College, St. Louis, Mo. More power to you, Prof. A. E. and Mrs. A. M. Malone! Don C, Seitz, former editor of the N. ¥. World, is right. It is now a commercialized press. in this coun- try. There are very few papers that ate not being published with a view to making money and that above everything else. Even the race press ‘has reached the point where nearly all of them are afraid to tell our people the truth at all times for fear of offending some politician (white or black), some church, lodge or something else. The hon- est, Joyal, untrammelled press, black and white, is gone forever, it seems. ‘What a pity! The masses of people everywhere are the greatest suffer- ers, af o result. Is HE FLIRTING? Ex-Congressman Charles L. Knight, former resident of Georgia, author of a history of the life of Jeff Davis, president of the Confeder- acy, and editor and owner of the Akron (0.) Beaedn Journal, in @ speech at Marion, this state, last month, asks what is wrong with the Republican party of Ohio? A num- ber of things! The most harmful, however, is “boss rule”. The heads of the-Republican organizations in Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati, Dayton and Toledo have “run the party in the ground” just where they would have had the state of Ohio, financially and otherwise, were it not for the people who have wisely re- fused to elect Governor their hand- picked candidates, ‘The political bosses dominate all the other state offices, the result being that state primary elections in Ohio are farces, pure and simple, as far as the great mass of Republicans are concerned. This same disgraceful condition ex- ists in their, the bosses’ particular bailiwicks. The foregoing is well- known to most of the workers in the organizations in the cities named, and until this shameful condition fs chang- ed for the better it would be worse than folly for the people of Ohio to elect a hand-picked candidate to the office of Chief Executive of the state. Editor Knight's Marion speech is a goed one, but for some reason or other, does not go clear to the bot- tom of the trouble. Can It be that he is angling for the support of the bosses, heads ‘of the Republican or- ganizations in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Toledo, Columbus and Dayton? BUTLER AND COOLIDGE PROM- ISEs, U. 8. Senator Wm. M. Butler of Massachusetts, chairman of the Re- publica» National Committee and President Calvin Coolidze’s “rigbt- hand” man in polities, is “playing the game to the limit” with his con- stituents of color, it seems. Several months ago, he made them PROM- ISES similar to those he made again on Monday last to the two delega- tions of our people who visited him in his offices in Roston. And that is as far as cither he or the Presi- dent will ever go in the matter of federal segregation. It is about time for all of us to recognize this fact. Neither the Senator nor the Presi- dent intend to do anything else ex- cept ‘string the Negroes along” like they did during the last national campaign when making their prom- ises of appointments of Afro-Amer- Jeans to office in event of Republi- can victory, They did not intend to keep them then and they do not In- tend to keep them now. Rev. Klugh, Rey. Swain, Col, Barco and Attor- ney Edgar P. Benjamin who is a fine, upstanding, thoroly loyal mem- ber of the race, certainly told the Senator the truth when they sald our people had about lost thelr pa- tience waiting on Coolidge to abol- ish segregation. Many of us never had any in him to lose; thank the’ Lord. It is pertinent to add that Senator Butler is an appointee seek- ing election at this time, and that| that undoubtedly accounts for his willingness 10 make promises. THE MAN WHO DARES “I honor the man who in the conscientious discharge of his duty dares to stand alone; the world, with ignorant, intoler- ant judgment, may condemn, the countenances of relatives may be averted, and the hearts of friends grow cold, but the sense of duty done shall be sweeter than the applause of the world, the countenances of relatives or the hearts of friends.""—Charles Sumner. ee a cee ps de ee | YY | OUR LESSON | Grea : | More ‘We must iearn to govern our- selves and work together for }\| 9SERIA our own advancement. If we do not learn to govern our- {i!| 50 SPEC felves and work together for {\| our owm advancement, we may 200 SHO be very sure that wo will be governed by others in. their Radio— "Bt own interest as well as worked ‘ by others for thelr own ad- } vancement and not ours.— D George W. Blount. OF! 1. The You MORTGAGES 52 iasies BOUGHT AND SOLD Properties Refinanced mn ee ‘WRITE US LAWRENCE & CO. e 304. Buckeye Bldg. N. W. Cor. 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Inquire at 5417 Woodland Ave. 'Phone, Ran. 7924. ..FOR RENT.—Store at 5808 Central Ave. for a tailor shop. $40 a month. Landlord will help the right kind of person to get established in business. Inquire at 5417 Woodland Ave. 'Phone, Ran. 7924. CLEVELAND Social and Personal The Caterers' club, in E. 40th St., had a small fire, last week, that damaged the basement. Hazel Harrison, one of our leading pianists, will leave soon to rEurope to take another post-graduate course. Mrs. Minnie Griffin, wife of the late Charles Griffin, was critically ill, last week. Her sister, Mrs. Cora Robinson King, of Riverside, Calif., arrived last week. Independent Banking club members were entertained at linner at the P. W. A., last week Thursday, by their frier husbands. All attended watch-meeting, also. When Mrs. Mabel Holmes Jackson, of Hudson Ave., returned, last week, from Chicago where she spent the holidays with her son, Wesley, and family, she found much of her home filled with ice. The oration on "Abraham Lincoln" for the banquet at St. Phillips' P. E. church, (white), west side, Monday evening, will be delivered by the Hon. John P. Green, a fine public speaker. Dr. B. F. Rucker, E. 30th St. and Scovill Ave., was called to Wadsworth, Sunday, to attend a patient critically ill with pneumonia. He returned, Tuesday night, "with victory perched upon his banner." The doctor is a very busy man, these days. The 20th Century club gave its first anniversary celebration, Dec. 31, at Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fletcher's, of Clarkwood Rd., and it was its greatest success of the year. The first 1926 meeting, Jan. 8, was held to Miss Jennifer Hunter's, Quincy Ave. D. R. Spencer's birthday, Christmas, was remembered most satisfac- THE GEEVU DON'T ORDER YOU HOW YOU E-BUT MAMM THE GEEVUM GIRLS *M. KLEIMAN'S 2928 Central Ave. BENJ. AKEERS', 3519 Central Ave. *THE S. & S. 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Police are still seeking Larry Rubin and Morris Fischer on a charge of jumping a $2,000 bail bond. Fischer and Rubin were bound to grand jury with Aaron Goldstein and Sam Mobile, all "white," on a charge against the judge. I conquered with the death of Wm. Morrison, a member of the race, killed, some weeks ago, in a Woodland Ave. restaurant. The grand jury got the case, early this week. Thos. W. Walker, of Pine Ave., and his first wife, mother of Mrs. Rachel W. Turner, are both very ill. It is said that he is critically ill, at this writing (Wednesday). Both are among our oldest residents of the city. Mrs. Turner improves slowly. She sustained a stroke of paralysis, some months ago. Sunday, she called to see her father, after an estrangement that has existed for many years. About 500 foreign-born and Afro-American Clevelanders dined and danced, last Tuesday night, at Hotel Cleveland in honor of Joseph F. Sawicki, the immigrant boy who became a municipal judge. Out-of-town guests were John Priebes, president of the Chicago society of the Polish National Alliance; Dr. Frank Fronczak, for the past two decades city health officer of Buffalo, and Baskell Novak, Chicago financier. The hall was sponsored by the Cleveland society by the Polish National Alliance, the Polish Ladies Club, and a group of Polish professional men. Speeches were made by a number of Judge Sawicki's associates on the bench, and by official representatives of organizations of foreign-born residents. Patrolman James Patton was fully exonerated by Chief Graul, Saturday, of any blame in connection with the shooting of Charles Fletcher, 3400 Woodland Ave., shot through the chest, police say, when he attempted to run from an alleged knife fight after being ordered by Patton to stop. Detective Captain Emmett Potts investigated stories of alleged witnesses who said the shooting took place in a house and not in Hackman Ct., as Patton reported, and then declared he had uncovered what appeared to be an attempt to "frame" Patton. Police Prosecutor Griffin, who collaborated with Potts in the investigation, expressed a similar belief "patton" gun and badge, which had been taken from him earlier in the day, were returned to him by Chief Graul. If Prof. Neal of Harvest Thomas, the only aggressive and unselfish leader our people of the nation's capital have, is not very careful he will up to public view a thing that had been taken from him. Cultural branches than those in Washington, D. C. and Cleveland. "Pea- UM GIRLS Y, GOLDIE! I'LL SHOW TO MAKE DAD BUY A HAT! HE JUST BOUGHT A ONE -- AND HE'S B-BUSTED! THE GAZETTE, CLEVER AND, O. SATURDAY, JANUARY 9, 1926 The FIRST and ONLY Cab Company Owned and Operated by OUR GROUP in the State of Ohio. IT EARNESTLY SOLICITS YOUR PATRONAGE. nut politicians" are the bane of the race, in and out of its organizations. We are greatly pleased to see that Prof. Thomas has "dumped and bumped" them good in that city, at least once. More power to you. Nevali Give them what Gen. Can. Give them what Gen. Can. The offener the better, for the good of the race everywhere in this country. STRANGE CAREER OF NOTED BOY CONVICT Twenty-five Years Ago Was Defendant in Sensational Trial for Murder of Four Persons. Kansas City, Mo.—It was seven years ago last Christmas Day that Willie Sells, who was sent to the Kansas State penitentiary when a boy to serve a life sentence for the murder of his mother and father and brother and sister, sat in the library of the penitentiary waiting for a Christmas gift that did not come. He had expected it all that day, an envelope from the Governor of Kansas containing his pardon. It was a gloomy Christmas that day for Willie Sells, but he didn't lose hope. "It may come next Christmas," he thought as he flung himself on his narrow prison bed. He worked on and on at his task assigned by the warden until the following April. Then one day when he wasn't expecting it the warden called him to the office and handed him the letter with the pardon. That night Willie Sells left the Kansas penitentiary behind him. No money in his pockets, few friends, but a desire and a will to make good, that was all he had. "It was a long time coming, but it was worth waiting for." W. B. Sells, druggist, said the other day in his own drug store at Thirteenth St. and Garfield Ave., Kansas City, Kan. "I've been out seven years now and I have worked hard to show the world that a man can make good even if he has spent eighteen long years behind the walls of a penal institution." It was the same Willie Sells who twenty-five years ago figured in one of the most sensational murder cases in the history of the west. Through the long dreary days of his trial for the quadruple murder Willie Sells maintained his innocence. His conviction was based on circumstantial evidence. The trial was held at Trie, Kan. Sympathizers with the boy, who believed he had been persecuted, started many petitions to obtain his relase without success. A petition containing thousands of names of persons in all parts of the state and some from other states was presented to Governor Hoch seven years ago and it was planned to free Sells on Christmas Day, but Governor Hoch delayed the matter until April. Willie Sells "beat his way back" by hard work. His education practically was obtained in the penitentiary. He worked some in the prison drug store, where he learned to fill prescriptions. So when he got out he obtained employment in a drug store in a small western Kansas town. He worked and saved his money. Three years ago he came to Kansas City and obtained employment in the store he now owns. LIKE CHAPTER FROM FICTION Exiled Father Recognizes Grown Son Last Seen as a Baby. New Orleans.—Three weeks ago Mrs. Castillon Vasques Castillo of Gautemala City, Guatemala, wrote her husband who had been an exile in New Orleans for the past sixteen years, that her oldest son, Arnulfo, aged 18, had run away from home to New Orleans. She asked Mr. Castillo to apprehend him and send him back home. 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 face these facts, the quicker we will begin to work for our own salvation, the sooner we will attain our rightful place as American citizens. — Philadelphia Tribune. CALL. RANDOLPH 3280. "SERVICE", OUR MOTTO. 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