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RA NEW LOCATION—2308 E. 55TH St. to announce to our friends and patrons that on both, we will open at our new location, 2308 E. from 2286 E. 55th St. essential food, cooked right, served right, price L'S QUICK SERVICE LUNCH COU 2308 East 55th Street ECONOMY STYLE SH 3324 CEDAR AVE., CLEVELAND, O. PRUNG FASHIONS. CLOTHES DISTINCTION FOR EVERY OCCASION Evening Gowns and Wraps. Street Eatpoon Dresses. Three-Piece St. Spring Coats. Correct Hats. Used Garments! FORTY-THIRD YEAR No.43 See us First for all Goods in our Line JOHN S. HALL Prices Reasonable. Satisfaction Guaranteed JEWELER AND OPTOMETRIST 8188 Central Ave., Cleveland, O. Prospect 3659 COMPLETE LINE OF FORD PARTS & ACCESSORIES 30x31½ CORD TIRE, $6.95! Battery Recharging, 50 Cents Only THE OHIO AUTO SUPPLY CO. 2548 E. 55TH ST. RAN. 7069 OUR NEW LOCATION—2308 E. 55TH ST. We wish to announce to our friends and patrons that on or about May 15th, we will open at our new location, 2308 E. 55th St., moving from 2286 E. 55th St. "Substantial food, cooked right, served right, priced right." POOL'S QUICK SERVICE LUNCH COUNTER 2308 East 55th Street ECONOMY STYLE SHOP SPRING FASHIONS. CLOTHES OF DISTINCTION FOR EVERY OCCASION Evening Gowns and Wraps. Street and Afternoon Dresses. Three-Piece Suits. Spring Coats. Correct Hats. Used Garments! Faith Strong in' PE-RU-NA Mrs. Albert Huet, 109 Prospect St., South Manchester, Conn., convinced that it saved her life, writes: "I had catarrh of the stomach, bowels and liver. Was confined to my bed. I have taken Pe-ru-na and Man-a-lin and de de thank. God for a good stomach and appetite. My faith is strong that Pe-ru-na is a life saver. I advise my friends daily." Pe-ru-na is backed tions, more than fifty y SOLD EVERYWHERE Straw Hat Latest Style Straw H Straws $1.45 Leghorns, Pan Newest Caps to Plea Famous 3229 CEN "Fact It’s Fun Odds Like all good housekeep week. Whenever we fin broken lots, we cut their Every Friday you'll find store. The prices are so tise them—that's where y in. The very thing you them. Need a rug? A suit? A v row and look for the sig There's one in each depa Pe-ru-na is backed by the verdict of two gen- erals, more than fifty years of success. EVERYWHERE TABLETS or L Straw Hat and Cap T Best Style Straw Hats, Leghorns & Pa- st Straws $1.45, $1.95 and $2.45 Leghorns, Panamas and Porto Rica Best Caps to Please, 95c, $1.45 and Famous Cap Factory 3229 CENTRAL AVENUE "Factory to You" It's Fun to Hunt for Odds and Ends All good housekeepers, we clean house one Whenever we find incomplete size rang in lots, we cut their prices for Fridays selling Friday you'll find unadvertised items all o The prices are so low it wouldn't pay us to me—that's where your chance of a bargain the very thing you're looking for may be rug? A suit? A vase? Lingerie? Come in and look for the sign with the blue and wh is one in each department. Pe-ru-na is backed by the verdict of two generations, more than fifty years of success. SOLD EVERYWHERE TABLETS or LIQUID Straw Hat and Cap Time Latest Style Straw Hats, Leghorns & Panamas Straws $1.45, $1.95 and $2.45 Leghorns, Panamas and Porto Ricans Newest Caps to Please, 95c, $1.45 and $1.95 Famous Cap Factory 3229 CENTRAL AVENUE "Factory to You" It's Fun to Hunt for Like all good housekeepers, we clean house once every week. Whenever we find incomplete size ranges and broken lots, we cut their prices for Fridays selling. Every Friday you'll find unadvertised items all over the store. The prices are so low it wouldn't pay us to advertise them—that's where your chance of a bargain comes in. The very thing you're looking for may be among them. Need a rug? A suit? A vase? Lingerie? Come in tomorrow and look for the sign with the blue and white top. There's one in each department. Look for the Odds and Ends Sign The May Co. --- THE GAZETTE Faith Strong in* PE-RU-NA Mr. Albert Hust, 109 Prospect St., South Manchester, Conn., convinced that she saved her life, writes: "I had catarrh of the stomach, bowels and liver. Was confined to my bed. I have taken Pe-ru-na and anan-a, and dye for a good stomach and appetite. My faith is strong that Pe-ru-na is a life saver. I advise my friends daily to use Pe-ru-na and many have been helped." by the verdict of two genera- years of success. TABLETS or LIQUID and Cap Time Hats, Leghorns & Panamas $1.5, $1.95 and $2.45 Panamas and Porto Ricans lease, 95c, $1.45 and $1.95 Cap Factory NTRAL AVENUE factory to You" to Hunt for and Ends keepers, we clean house once every find incomplete size ranges and air prices for Fridays selling. and unadvertised items all over the to low it wouldn’t pay us to advert your chance of a bargain comes you’re looking for may be among vase? Lingerie? Come in to tomor- sign with the blue and white top- department. --- ESTABLISHED, AUGUST 25, 1883 And Issued Every Week on Time Since CLEVELAND, OHIO, SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1926 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 to those of masters, wedding presents, etc., obituary notices, inquiries for relatives and advertisements of all kinds, including items announcing entertainments to be heir 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 applica in. Mrs. M. Gurnell of Springfield, visited the former's uncle, Saturday evening. Mr. John West returned with them for Decoration day. Mrs. Etta Keith of Cincinnati is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Dent. Mr. and Mrs. Edw. Jones visited Mrs. and Mrs. Harley Hill in Greenfield, Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Pred Harding of Columbus spent Decoration day here. MANSFIELD.—Rev. J. Brisco of Cleveland will preach at the A. M. E. church, Sunday morning. Mrs. Wm. Harding of Akron has gone to Columbus for a two-week visit. Mrs. Cora Croom has returned to Jefferson was accompanied by Mrs. Fred Alexander who will visit in Cleveland and Ashtabula.—Rev. ROXABELL. Sunday was a great day at Sherman William's Grove. The morning service was conducted by Revs. Richardson, Seward and Carter. The program, at 2 p. m. Principal speakers, Geo. J. Heintzleman (white) of Chillicothe, and Mr. Fred D. Patterson of Greenfield, Rev. R. L. Bray and Charles Colten of Hillsboro; recitations, Misses Payne and Gibbs of Roxabell; special music, Mrs. J. H. Hill and Mrs. Donald Highwarden of Hillsboro. The community band of Roxabell and Frankfort also rendered an engagement in Chillicothe in June. We highly recommend them, and thank the good friends of both races that so ably assisted to make the grove meetings a success. A large crowd was present from all the surrounding towns. Another great star has been added to our pastor, the Rev. J. J. Burr's crown. HILLSBORO.—A goodly number of people from here attended the grove meeting at Roxabell, Sunday.—Mrs. Hillary Buruns is here to attend commencement. Her son, Dwight, is a high school graduate.—Mrs. Ella Cowan has located in Indiana and spent last Thursday in the country, guest of Mrs. Lizzie Willis.—Mr. and Mrs. Paul Campbell visited Mr. and Mrs. Grant Hurd, last Wednesday.—Mr. and Mrs. Ol Young, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Easton visited in Washington C. H. and Mt. Sterling, last Thursday.—Miss Fannie Capobi of Boston, visited with Mrs. Jay Cole of Columbus spent Monday here with relatives.—Mr. Clyde West and cous THAT CHAMPAGNE BATH. Joyce Hawley, White Chorus Girl, An Aphrodite Who Laves in Waves of Wine—A Dabney “Classic” In New York recently, a young white woman at a party, disrobed and bathed her lovely self in a tub of champagne! The foaming liquid, enhanced probably by secretions and emanations from her form divine, was eagerly dipped by the fashion- able gentlemen present as though 'twere nectar brewed for the gods. This epoch-making, convivial event in high society, furnished us in- spiration for these lines: She removed her chemise, And got in the “cham”; The men were so pleased, The children a delight. For they drank all the wine— The germs that it bore, And sang Auld Lang Syne, While they wished for some more, We do not envy our Nordic friends the heights they have attained in the ethereal realms of civilization. However, many of "us brunettes" have followed their fads, even to increasing our naturally large supra-cheeked heads, limitation of hair, exposing vast expense of body and showing a more or less choice assortment of limbs. The "colored" champagne bath is next in order. Owing to the scarcity of that beverage, possibly a tuh of coca-cola would be a noble substitute, and if laden with a liberal dose of juice, maybe some might take a chance, but have serious doubts in that regard, since the Negro seemingly has no desire to follow the ultra fastidious innovations of high life. He loves women and he loves liquor, but the civilization that prompts a combination of the two, is foreign to his simple soul—Editor W. P. Dabney in Cincinnati (O.) Union. Arthur Tracy, age 32, 52,16 Scovill Ave., was reported dying in Charity hospital, of a knife wound inflicted in his left side. Monday night, during an argument in front of his home. Police declared Tracy and his assailant both drew knives during the altercation. Tracy was stabbed in the neck, and the knife taken to the hospital in a police car. His left lung was punctured. Tell our minister of this. in, Mrs. M. Gurnell of Springfield, visited the former's uncle, Saturday evening. Mr. John West returned with them for Decoration day.—Mrs. Etta Keith of Cincinnati is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. Ingram, and Mrs. R. Ingram, visited Mr. and Mrs. Harley Hill in Greenfield, Sunday—Mr. and Mrs. Fred Hughes of Columbus spent Decoration day here. Police Sergt. Samuel J. Battle. New York City—Born in North Carolina, a state where southern race hate bars the door of every opportunity to members of the race, which has helped to realize his life's ambitions. In the freedom of a northern city he made his way, step by step, from redcap to patrolman, and from patrolman to the first police sergeancy ever held in this city and state by a member of the police force, has had something that the mob-ridden South would have been an utter impossibility. Elected Moderators New York City—The Rev. Alexander C. Garner, pastor of Grace Cong. church, 308 W. 139th St. is the second Afro-American minister to have been elected, within a few weeks, to a high office by fellow clergymen. At the annual session of the state conference of Congregational churches, at Walton, N.Y., Dr. Garner, the only Afro-American man, was unanimously elected vice-moderator. The Rev. H. H. Proctor of our Brooklyn church (of the Nazarene) recently was chosen moderator of the New York City Association of Congregational Churches. "Philly" Leads in Police Philadelphia. Leads in Philadelphia, Pa. With 515 Afro-American patrolmen at an average salary of $1825 and a total annual salary of $547,875. Philadelphia leads the cities in the number of Afro-American policemen. Washington is said to stand second, Chicago third and New York fourth. In the municipal courts here we have 12 probation officers and one special investigator. In the fire department, tenemen officers. There is 10 school assistant principal, and 10 teachers in the recreation department. Must "Take His Medicine". Springfield, Ill.-Charles Kuchan does not want to pay Miss Bessie Pickett $70 for refusing to sell her a ticket to a show in his Capitol theatre at Canton, but he will have to do so, just the same. The Fulton county circuit court allowed her the $70 judgment against Kuchan who has appealed the case but there is no danger of a failure of the State Supreme court to uphold the F. C. court's decision. "HATS OFF TO MATT"! The Only Man Alive to Reach the North Pole on Foot—He and Peary Were the First To Do So. St. Louis, Mo.—According to an editorial in the St. Louis Daily Post-Dispatch, "Matt" Henson was right. The editorial follows: "The report of the Amundson expedition that they found only ice and wasted the Pole should cause Matt Henson pleased smile, Henson, the 'Negro' who was at the pole with Peary, said in an interview a while back: "I'll eat all the ground they find around the pole". He explained his reasons with little scientific terminology but with much common sense and practical judgment, based on 20 years' experience in the Arctic. The currents are too swift around the pole it to be land-locked. Henson said 'Amundro Peary, and I drifted 10 miles in 24 hours on ice pack. We noticed, too that the ice shored and hummocked much more than it would if there were land underneath or if the ice fields we crossed had been tied somewhere to land. Perhaps the Wilkins expedition will make a broader survey than Peary and Henson did. It is still possible that land may be found. But for the time being we will be able to 'lost continent' of the Arctic wastes is a pleasant conjecture, yet all indications point to water, and not land." MEMORIAL BILL RECOMMENDED The U. S. Senate Committee, Approves Col. Hamilton Fish's House Resolution To Erect a Statue in France To Our World War Soldiers. Washington, D. C.—Representative Hamilton Fish's resolution for erecting a monument in France to our soldiers of the 93rd division, A. E. F., was reported favorably, May 25th, by a 6 to 5 vote by the Senate military affairs committee. The bill has passed the House of Representatives and its supporters will now attempt to get it through the Senate before the close of the session. It has been consistently opposed by Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, chairman of the Battle Monuments Commission. Southern members of the senate military affairs committee, it is reported, supported the bill almost unanimously. Two weeks now remain of the present Congressional session and it is earnest hoped that those throughout the country who are interested may acquaint their U. S. Senators of their desire for theible action on this military issue is less interested in our military units of the 93rd division which served with so much distinction in France during the World conflict. Write to the U. S. Senators of your state, at once! German Critics Amazed. Berlin, Germany.—Edna Thomas, of New Orleans, La., U. S. A., one of the greatest singers of "Negro" spirituals, repeated her London triumph in Berlin, last Friday evening. German critics were amazed to hear in this music of half a century ago the forerunner of the modern jazz. The singer closed her program with old "Negro" street cries from New Orleans and Baltimore. The songs the Crook and direct. The audience remained and demanded encore after encore until she finally was forced to beg to be permitted to go home.—Chicago Daily News. A CATHOLIC BISHOP THAT IS His Admirable Statement at a Recent Confirmation in St. Peter's Cathedral, Cincinnati. Cincinnati, O.—Last Sunday week at 4 p. m. all those ready for confirmation went with their sponsors, to St. Peter's Cathedral and were confirmed by Archbishop McNicholas. Among them was a large number of our people, many of whose sponsors were white, and sponsor can stand for two and must keep hand on candidate during confirmation. Most eloquent was the address of the Archbishop. In his remarks he said: "I'm so happy to see so many of our colored brethren here today—to you I extend a special welcome. There is no colored nor white Catholic Church. There is but one church, the Holy Catholic Church. I want you to know that you are welcome in any Catholic Church, and especially are our large come to the Cathedral. It is yours, come here. There is perfect equality here and in every Catholic Church." Given $1,000. Chicago, Ill.—George Garner, tenor soloist, sang for Mr. and Mrs. Max Adler, last week Sunday night, and was given a $1,000 bill, the following evening. Mr. Garner, a pianist, went aboard, a few weeks ago, further, he musical formation. Mr. Garner will join her, the Adlers having made arrangements for him to sail with friends aboard the Leviathan, July 3rd. The Stewart, of Crennell Ave., was our only representative in his school orchestra at the annual public school musical festival in public auditorium, then week. He is the principal of the orchestra, having won the honor with an excellent record, receiving G-plus at all times. He is one of Prof. Day's (white) pupils. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS HIS AGGRESSIVE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE FOR VIRGIN ISLANDERS THOROLY APPRECIATED. Ohio Afro-Americans' Attention Particularly Is Called to It by One of Their Leaders Practical Demonstration. PRIME SPORT NEWS By Casper Holstein President Virgin Islands Congressional Council It is a rather common thing for a white politician to be the friend of Negroes in words, especially when those Negroes are in his own constituency. But Senator Frank B. Willis, of Ohio, has had his friendship put to a severe test of sincerity and has come out true blue. During the present session of Congress, Senator Willis, as chairman of the Senate committee on territories and national possessions, has taken up the cudgels for a people of whom the greater majority are Negroes more than fifteen hundred miles away from his home state, on the pure ground of justice. The people of the Virgin Islands have had their cause championed by the senior U. S. senator from Ohio all through the present session of Congress. He has shown himself mischievous in his friend in urging the low-senators to grant to those islands the blessings of civil liberty and to bring them from under the The Pitcher and The Well. El Paso, Tex.-Bob Lawson, of New York City, light heavyweight champion, Sunday afternoon scored a technical knockout over Jack Johnson, former world heavyweight champion, in the seventh of a scheduled 12-round bout in the Juarez, Mexico, Coliseum. Johnson was floored at the end of the seventh, lifted to his chair and unable to return for the eighth round. Wills vs. Sharkey Boston, Mass.—Harry Wills, who started light training at his headquarters, several weeks ago, will "take on one or two" during the summer months, to put him in the best shape and condition for his championship contest in September with the artful dodger, Jack Dempsey. So his manager, Paddy Linus, has announced that he has signed to the first bout he is to be with Jack Sharkey, New England heavyweight champion. John Toomey, Providence promoter, has offered a purse of $200,000 for the bout, to be held at the Providence cyclodrome, the two heavyweights to arrange for splitting the sum. Manager Johnny Buckley has accepted for Sharkey. The date will be decided upon later. Wills vs. Dempsey, Sept. 16, 26. Hot Springs, Ark.—Jack Dempsey will defend his heavyweight title, Sept. 16. That announcement was made, last Friday night, by Jack Linus from Hendersonville, N. C., last week Friday morning, for a conference with Rickard, which was held in the afternoon. "Dempsey and I have agreed as to who his opponent will be." Rickard said. "And the date of the bout will be on the night of Sept. 16, 1926. Who Dempsey will defend his title against. I will make public when I appear before the New York state boxing commission, this week Wednesday." The commission says Harry Wills. So that settles that! "Dempsey will pass July and August in Colorado Springs, and will come to New York in September to finish his training." Harry Shows 'Em' "That's what I'd do to Dempsey, too!" yelled Harry Wills to the ringside customers at Taylor Bowl, this city, Monday night, as he visited synthetic punishment upon the well-known heavyweight Jeff Clark. Jefferson To Banneker. When the copy of his first almanac received the approval of many distinguished astronomers, Thomas Jefferson wrote Benjamin Banneker: "Nobody wishes more than I do to see such proofs as you exhibit that nature has given to our black brethren talents equal to the other colors of men, and that the appearance of a lack of them is owing only to the degraded condition of their existence both in Africa and America." Banneker died in 1804 at the age of 72 and was buried in an unmarked grave on his farm near the present Ellicott City, Md., where he had lived all his life. In Business 63 Years. Franklin, Tenn.—A. N. Williams, this town's oldest merchant, is known as "Uncle Allen." He has been in business here since 1863. IN UNION IS STRENGTH COPY FIVE CENTS ILLIS! PASSIVE FIGHT IN ISLANDERS THOROLY CIATED. ention Particularly Is Called Their Leaders— monstration. heavy hand of the U. S. navy whose officers have been running things there on the basis of their superiority dogmas. The representatives of the Virgin Islanders receive the most courteous and cordial co-operation from Senator Willis in making them便 fortunate pass to which their people have been reduced by nine years of naval rule. It has been a great fight for justice to the weak and oppressed and in this fight the senior senator from Ohio has shone in the forefront of the battle. He has dared to champion the cause of a downrodden people and has stuck manly by his guns all the way through. His generous heart and chivalrous bearing in this conflict has won to him not only Virgin Islanders but thousands of Afro-Americans. And if it were in our power to make him some more suitable acknowledgment in return we should gladly do. But we trust that the Negro people in his own constituency will bear in mind his services to the fellow Negroes in the islands of the Carribean when he comes before them for re-election, this fall. ORT NEWS There was a trace of venom in the "Brown Panther's" voice. And the big crowd that had come to the bowl principally to look Harry over fully realized that he was telling them the truth much as nearly all of them (white) hated to believe it. As Ray Campbell (white), a sportwriter for daily papers, Monday, "I tell you this: when you see Harry Wills you will see a man with as beautiful a body as any man ever possessed. He is a picture, is Wills, and Rodin or any of the old masters would have cried for him as a model. Thin legs, small waist, wide shoulders, well formed head, looks like a bronze god in the rhyme." That is just what the crowd at Taylor Bowl saw, Monday night. Dempsey's master in the ring—a bigger, better proportioned, more skillful and far braver fighter than the champion who fears Harry Wills and the crowd. He did not generally acknowledged (to this day) prince of fighters, Sullivan's superior, Peter Jackson, the man who held off Jim Corbett for nearly fifty rounds-fighting with one hand, for the other hand or arm had a break early in the contest. Who ever forget he heard it mentioned, these days. And, too, even then Peter was wrestling with incipient tuberculosis. Monday night, Harry weighed 215 pounds and was in good condition. His opponent, Clark, was not expected to do much more than give Dempsey's master a chance to win. He did not win the crowd and this he did to the best of his limited ability. Wills but toyed with him. --- Jack Must Sign By June 22 Jack Must Sign By June 22 New York City—The New York state athletic commission, Tuesday, formally directed Jack Dempsey to sign articles not later than June 22, 1926, for the defense of his heavyweight championship against Harry Wills, challenger and logical contender. That Jack Dempsey on July 17, 1925 accepted the challenge of Harry Wills to box for the heavyweight championship of the world, the commission now feels that ample time has elapsed for signing articles and hereby directs Jack Dempsey to enter into proper articles of agreement with the challenger not later than June 22, 1926." "Common meter," the foregoing, isn't it? a card hanging in his work testifies. He comes to his work regularly each day and enjoys the good opinion of all persons in the town. He owns several store-buildings on Main St., and is continually increasing his holdings. Good! for "Uncle Allen". Memories of Pushkin. Schmittillating memories of the great poet of Russia, Alexander Pushkin, ("Negro"), are vividly portrayed by Prince D. S. Mirsky in a 266-page biography of the late poet, of whom Mirsky says: "Pushkin created that beautiful verse and diction which is his alone, which we recognize without failure by the way it feels on the tongue, by its taste. For purity and flexibility, ease and elegance, there is nothing like it in Russian." ~ ee a a, ee eer A ne ee we Te = geet —~ ae) eee ee ve STEP RIGAT IR, a Sg DONT Aegue. Sis! Pur your - coer Leavy ‘\ SX 4 ual ae | HaT ont WERE Rt | aac Die! . A e Y MBLES AND HAVE THATS” eB (aera A se Ee (i 3, “oor SURES! Poe. 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Mrs, Mamie Jackson, B. 100th St,. who. has been’ seriously ill, is im- proving. Bishop Phillips has recently been assigned to this episcopal district of the C. M. E, church. While convalescing, L. R. Carey, of Cedar Ave., fell, Sunday, sprained an ankle and bruised his lett side, Mrs. Rebecea Skinner Walker, of Pine Ave., is critically il, having suffered second stroke of paralysis. Among the social workers in the city, last week, in attendance upon the’ national ‘conference was Miss va Bowles of New York City, a native of Columbus, Jim Mabel, chet at the “2” club for Many years, who went to the city hospital very ill, some weeks ago, has been transferred to the hospital at Warrensville, it is said. The Bmpire 8. & L. Co. cele- brated its sixth anniversary at An- tioch Baptist church, last week Fri- day ‘evening. Among those on the program was Rey. Saul A. Lucas. Rey. H, C. Bailey left, Wednes- day, for Fallahasse, Fia., to resume the temporary charge of the church he pastored there many years ago. He will return to this city, July 1. The editor of The Gazette return- ed, yesterday, from Wilberforce, where on Thursday he attended a meeting of the board of trustees of the state department of the uni- anaes dAb*e*sEEVUM GIRL. Miss Rotha Calhoun won the oronze medal in the Cleveland Plain Dealer's second state contest in the peace declaration demonstration held, recently, at Buelid Ave. Chris. Aun” church. ” She ‘represented | St John's church. Six girls contest: ed, four white. One of the leading social affairs last week, was that of Saturday eve: ning, at Mr. and Mrs. George A. Myers, in Pasadena Ave., their daughter, Miss Dorothy, being host- ess to the Ye-Buz-Fuz club, A num- ber of out-of-town guests were in oe For real quality and reasonable ‘rates go to The Fainous Cap Factory, 3229 Central Ave, The latest, pret- tiest and most stylish straw hats and caps in the clty ate found there, where you are welcome and always treated the best. Go in and see for yourself. In the recent Cleveland Plain Dealer contest, for the best essay on the “Charleston”, three important questions were asked. Although there were about 2,000 persons in the contest, Mrs, John R. Cornwell, youngest daughter of Hon. and Mrs John P. Green, won the third prize ($15). Among the leading settlement workers at the national conference sessions at Wade Park Manor ho- tel, last week, were Miss Constance Ridley of the Robert Gould-Shan house, ‘Boston, and Miss Wille} Brown, a settlement worker in Min neapolis, who left Cleveland, Satur day, for New York to sail for Eu rope for an extended trip abroad Both were on the speakers’ program last. week Monday afternoon, ‘The Progressive Link club's nev officers are: Ed Frosh, prea; Mrs Ivey, viee-pres.; Mrs. Howard’ John son, sec.; Mrs. Chas. Howell, as sist.; Mrs, Ivey, treas.; Howarc Johnson, reporter. At the receni meeting at Mr. and Mrs, Howar Johnson's, in Cedar Ave., Messrs Frosh and Johnson entertained, gas tronomically, and whist was enjoy ed. Commiitees were appointed t put the club on a high basis. Th Glub adjourned to meet at Mr. anc Mrs. Ivey's, E. 97th St. Hiawatha club members enter tained their husbands and friend at a five-course dinner, recently, a Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gray's, B. $1s St. Covers were laid for 36. Th program, prepared by Mrs. Walte B, Wright and Mrs. Dazalia Under wood Wade, was unique. In th brain contest, Mrs. Ella 0, Autho won first prize, for women, and Mr Crawford? husband of Mrs. Carri Crawford, president of the club, wor the men's prize. Miss Elsa’ Cos sang and Mrs, Wade read. Mrs Julia Thurston, sec. ‘The American Woodmen’s annua Thanksgiving services were held a Antioch Baptist church, Sunday week. Gen, A. S. Morgan of St Louis was the speaker. Rush T Emanuel sang a solo and littl Elizabeth Owens read. The Wood men parade to and from church which’ included several bands, wa: in charge of Capt. Gray and In structor L. iH. Hamilton. — Capt’ H. P. McAllister and Robert Wil liams commanded camps 3 and 10 Patrick Henry junior high schoo band, of which John H. Early i our only member, won first prize a the annual bigh’ school contest i Mecuatald venautls. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, 0. SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1926. The speakers, scheduled for the Public Square on Decoration day, were: Hon, John P. Green, Col. Carmi Thompson and former U. S. Senator Atlee Pomerene. The in- ability of the two latter to be pres- ent made Ex-Senator Green the principal speaker of the day. L. C. Carran, as usual, was chairman of the exercises, introduced the speakers and raised the bran-new flag to the clarion tones of a bugle, assisted by a drum corps. Col. Cooney Beck, an 80-year-old vet- eran of the war of the rebellion, the other speaker, praised our sol- diers in that war, particularly. In his address, Mr, Green spoke at length of Lincoln, and the Influence of christianity on the progress of our race. At its conclusion, as usu- al, many of both races’ warmly congratulated him, and also. the Colonel, : Posing as federal prohibition agents, one Albert Collins and Clar- ence Shaw, Elks, the latter exalted ruler of one of the local lodges, last week Monday night, attempted to force their way into the home of Mr. ‘and Mrs, Thomas Bird, 2851 Central ‘Ave, The latter was struck (at her door) over the head and on the left ‘shoulder with a large revolver, tis second blow leaving a long black and ‘blue mark about six inches long and fully an inch wide, before Mr. Bird could go to her rescue. Warrants for assault and battery were secured, they were arrested and are under bond to appear in police court on June 10, "26, Mr. Bird is also an Elk, a member of the same lodge as Collins and Shaw, Two days later, Collins is said to have- threatened Mr, Bird at the corner of E. 46th St. and Central Ave., in the presence and hearing of several other Elks. Mr, and Mrs, Bird propose to prose- cute Collins and Shaw to the full extent of the law. A MINISTER-LEADER SADLY NEEDED! Sunday morning two “hootch” victims were picked up in Central Ave. between E, 28th and E. 29th Streets, one dead and one dying. Sunday night, another wag found dead in an alley near Central Ave. and between EF. 30th and B. 31st streets, Monday noon, a mother and her young daughter and two men, full of “hooteh”, were seen in Central Ave. near E. 30th St. Tell your minister about this. He ought to know it. Edward Reeves, age 24, 3737 Sco- vill Ave., was charged with murder, Monday, and three other men with gambling, following a dice same at Reeves’ home which resulted in the fatal stabbing of Calloway Qualls, age, 25, 2386 KE. 46th St. Sergt. Harvey Weitzel and a police squad from the Orange Ave.-E. 37th St. precinet station, found Qualls dead In the rear of the home when they were called to quell a fight. Reeves was arrested at Scovill Ave, and E. 30th St. He is said to have admit ted stabbing Qualls to death with a buteher knife during an argument over money in a dice game. Those held for gambling were: John Thomas, 3737 Scovill Ave.; Ellis Simpkins, 2546 EB. 37th St, and Leanus Seinghton, 2328 EB. 49th. St. Strange that dur ministers ‘and churehes of the city take positive- ly no Interest in the heart-rending conditions existing among our peo- ple of Cleveland! They ought, at least, to force Councilman ‘Tom Fleming to get the police service so sadly needed in our section of the city. There is praetically no patrol gerviee done there by policemen. Haven't we one minister in all Cleveland who has the ability, cour- age, manhood and Christianity to take the lead in this matter and awaken the Ministers’ Alliance, Min- isters’ Conference, race organiza- tions of this city, and our churches to a proper sense of their responsi- bility in this matter? We sin- cerely hope 90. 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FINIS dy [see Wy iil oP fas its final tase a) ; jepee | a ed My I | everett be Hels witin our ca | { ) ye oi os oe fe Zp i Srroatnele heyinelgenly \ OSA | Eetitoreet ter Vs Ga ie une rl mi sf ig ; | en ‘eae car | cM in 7 j P i F Reve yu tom tory an Hi) ]) WYNNE & EA‘ ~~ ; y i | Funeral Di SLEY |] LUA | 262 E. 55 irectors eae La Phone, len STREET a ” . 6466 ais | PGs wi NS eee CORRESPONDENTS WANTED! “The Old Reliable” Gazette desires an active agent and correspondent in every city and town in Ohio and neighboring states having a number of Afro-American residents. Only a little time on Fridays or Saturdays is required, We are especially desirous of hear- Ing from persons in the following named cities: Springfield, Colum- bus, Toledo, Steubenville, Zanesville, Wilmington, Xenia, Washington C. H., Lancaster, Hamilton, Piqua, Lima, O., and other places, particu- larly in Ohio, where We have none. Write to the editor of The Gazette, 226 West Superior Ave., Cleveland, ©., and terms will be sent promptly. Our readers will oblige us greatly by sending at once the addresses 01 persons in the citfes named, and oth ers in the state to whom we can write relative to the matter. SEGREGATION AN OUTRAGE! Help The "Old Reliable" to increase its circulation! Don't Throw Away Your Copy of THE GAZETTE After Reading it. But Give It to a Friend or an acquaintance who Might Subscribe After Reading a Copy of 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? 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 Taft. It was greatly extended, under President Wilson; increased, still further, under President Harding; and reached its seventh under President Coolidge. The first 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 in this city in 1910, restricting white workers to white people, and black to black, often duplicating work as most blocks had white and black residents. And, worst of all, 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. It was begun by Republicans, and carried on to its all-embracing extent by Republicans! 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 papers, is tenacious and on to by our Republican president. Only last year a girl appeared after having 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 President Coolidge. He halls from North Carolina, the home of the segregationist 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 postface face segregation is rampant. The faithful cloaked clerks work under constant unmililation and physical disadvantages. The department maintains a spacious caferla for whites only, where these inferior white clerks can buy appetizing luncheons 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 a bit more when the agents that they are far more liable 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 whives and neglect of colored. It maintains a well-appointed club room with pool tables and other games, comfortable lounge 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 toilets. And all of this is against the most dependable and faithful employees. Last year the white employees passed around invitations to the white employees in the office 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 to the colored office 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 the function at a local hotel. It is inevitable 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, then the colored employees have won contests with much success and accuracy in the handling of mail. The colored officers have dared to form a union which meets regularly and often sends manly and intelligent protests to the postmaster, and often appeals from his decisions to the postmaster-general. It has secured some improvement in their working conditions, but they are still bitter over the huge injustice done to them for nothing else than the color of their skin. (Special to The Gazette.) Washington, D. C.—The government office prints keeps faith with the government's universal scheme of segregation. Some of the best and brightest of our girls are forced to accept inferior 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 cafe in this huge structure in which the employees may go but there are a few tables out-of-the-way I am trained for 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 promotion. Here, the law of inferior whites 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 importance of the office of employees so keenly that he secured the company of a young lady of the race to take part in the dance. As soon as this couple started to dance the music was 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, hence he was carried off the floor. The accident 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 for which he was immediately unharmed. Our employees are taught that there 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 my informants. I knew the fate these informants would suffer so I have never given a shriek to them, taking the position 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 THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O. SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1926. is so well settled upon it, and the complainants 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 rebel in their protest, and the noble wife of Senator Robert La Follette. Shortly after accession of Mr. Wilson to the White House, a member or his family visited the bureau where she saw white and colored girls working together in informal 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 local 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 flight. Oral arguments at the Oral Law wald Garrison Villard came to town to 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 segregators, namely, the elimination of the colored employees from the bureau alt 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 *braham Lincoln*, Charles Summer and Frederick Douglas are helped to found. Our girls are employed there in far larger numbers than in any other branch of the pub service. THEY ARE SEGREGATED at their own expense and working stations, and of course none are ever thought of for promotions to executive places. They are girls from our best nomes, 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 and working stations. 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) Washington, D. C.—The treasury department, according to the President's recent acceptance speech, is now under the ablest 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 what segregation was! The present head of the department of internal revenue, Mr. Blair 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 tax laws enacted this, is by far the largest department of the treasury, employing several thousand clerks. Yet 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 no farther. The various forms of segregation exist here as well as elsewhere—the restaurants closed or divided along color lines, and special toilets, 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 forced to endure physical inconvenience at times, and are forced to 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 this "delightful retreat," and the festive scene 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 remain in a dilemma, fearing to act. Our clerks must accept segregation or elimination, and being 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 Coolidge, were hardly cold before the effort to increase segregation in the departments here was on again at full speed. Had alluded up a little during the campaign. Investigation of Burcures 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 employ- 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 regular section 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. Separate Lunch Room Post Office Department—a segregated lunch room. RACE PREJUDICE! "I am convinced myself that there is no more evil thing in this present world than race prejudice; none at all! "I write deliberately—it is the worst single thing in life now. It justifies and holds together more baseness, cruelty and abomination than any other sort of error in the world." —H. G. Wells. 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 several years of armed discrimination and are winning even social 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 not responsible and have no 'guts.'" The world respects only those who resent and resist proscriptions 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, forever resist discrimination, however long race discrimination may continue. To submit is to deserve contempt. — Boston (Mass.) Guardian. LEADS THE COUNTRY IN EFFECTIVE LEGISLATION Against The Mob and Lynch-Murder—The Work of a Member of The Race—Also His Ohio Civil Rights Law Section 6278. "Mob" and "lynching" denned. 6279. "Serious injury" denned. 6280. Damages in case of assault. 6281. Damages in case of lynching. 6282. Damages recoverable by legal representative of victim of lynching. 6283. Person suffering death or injury by mob trying to lynch another. 6284. Limitations of action. 6285. Order to include recovery and costs in tax levy. 6286. Guardian's custody, etc., fees. 6287. County's right of action against member of mob. 6288. County's right of action against another county. 6289. Non-relief from prosecution. Our mob-violence or anti-lynching pill was introduced in the Ohio legislature in 1894 and re-introduced in 1896. It took the Hon. Harry C. Smith, editor of The Gazette, just three years to secure its enactment into law. The Ohio Supreme Court has several times upheld the constitutionality of the law and it has Section 6278. A collection of people assembled for an unlawful purpose and intending to do damage or injury to any one, or pretending to exercise correctional power over other persons by violence and without authority of law, shall be deemed an unlawful chapter. An act of violence by a mob upon the body of any person shall constitute a "lynching" within the meaning of this chapter. (93 v. 161 2.) Section 6279. The term "serious injury," for the purpose of this chapter, shall include such injury as permanently or temporarily disables the person receiving it from earning a livelihood by manual labor. (93 v. 161 3.) Section 6280. A person taken from officers of justice by a mob, and assaulted with whips, clubs, missiles or in any other manner, may recover, as hereafter provided, a sum not to exceed one thousand dollars as damages from the county in which the assault is made. (93 v. 161 4.) Section 6281. A person assaulted and lynched by a mob may recover, from the county in which such assault is made a sum not to exceed five hundred dollars; or, if the injury received therefrom is serious, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars; or, if such injury result in permanent disability to earn a livelihood by manual labor, a sum not to exceed five thousand dollars. (93 v. 162 5.) Section 6252. The legal representative of a person dying from injuries received from lynching by a mob may recover of the county in which such injury occurred, a sum not to exceed five thousand dollars damages for such unlawful killing. Such sum shall be applied to the maintenance of the family and education of the minor children of such person so lynched, if any survive him, until such children are of legal age, and then be distributed to the survivors, share and share alike, the widow receiving an amount equal to a child's share. If there be no widow or minor children surviving such deceased, such sum shall be distributed to the next of kin according to the laws of the distribution of the personality of an intestate. Such sum so recovered shall not be a part of the estate of such person so lynched, nor be subject to any of his liabilities. (93 v 162 6.) Section 6283. A person suffering death or injury from a mob attempting to lynch another person shall come within the provisions of this chapter. He or his legal representatives shall have a like right of action as one purposely injured or killed by such a mob. (93 v 162 6.) Section 6284. Action for the recoveries provided for in this chapter must be commenced, within two years from the date of such lynching, in any court having original jurisdiction of an action for damages for malicious assault. (93 v. 162 7.) Section 6285. An order to the commissioners of a county, against which such recovery is had, to include it with the costs of action, in the next succeeding tax levy for such county, shall be a part of the judgment in every such case. (93 v. 162 8.) Section 6286. If the decedent so lynched has minor children surviving him, the fund shall be turned over to a regularly appointed guardian. Such guardian shall administer such fund under the direction of the probate judge, allowing not more than five hundred dollars for counsel fees in the action for such recovery. (93 v. 162 9.) Section 6287. The county, in which a lynching occurs, may recover the amount of a jungle robbery and costs against the of the legal authorities of a person killed or seriously injured by a mob from any of the persons composing such mob. A person present, with hostile intent, at such lynching shall be deemed a member of the mob and be liable to such action. (93 v. 162 10.) Section 6288. If a mob carries a prisoner into another county, or comes from another county to commit violence on a prisoner orrogh been very effective. Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Jersey have followed Ohio's lead and enacted mob violence or anti-lynching laws which are copies of our Ohio law. Several other northern states and at least one border state (Kentucky) have also enacted anti-lynching laws, in recent years, like Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The Ohio law follows. HBs. req. g. representative of victim of lynchingury by mob trying to lynch another. h. and costs in tax levy. a. inst member of mob. b. inst another county. from such county for safekeeping, the county in which the lynching is committed may recover the amount of the judgment and costs from the county from which the mob ganggement on the part of officials of such unless there was contributory negligence not less than thirty days county in failing to protect such prisoner or disperse such mob (93 v. 163 11.) Section 6289. This chapter shall not relieve a person concerned in such lynching from prosecution for homicide or assault for engaging therein. (93 v. 163 12.) OUR OHIO CIVIL RIGHTS LAW Upon the request of many readers of The Gazette we print below the text of the Hon. Harry C. Smith a Ohio Civil Rights law which the House had enacted while a member of the 71st General Assembly, in 1894: The General Coge of Ohio: The General Code of Ohio: Sec. 12940. Whoever, being the proprietor or his employee, keeper or manager of an inn, restaurant, eat-in convenience or land-shop, public convenience or land-shop, other place or public accommodation and amusement, denies to a citizen except for reasons applicable alike to all citizens and regardless of race or color, the full enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities or privileges thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or more than ninety days, or both. Sec. 12941. Whoever violates the next proprietor's shall also pay not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or both. The person aggrieved thereby to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county where such offense was committed. This law has repeatedly been held constitutional and good law by the Ohio Supreme court. The trouble is our people will not use it as often as they should, but expect it to do for them what they should and must do for themselves, under it, in the courts. Judge Grant's Opinion of the Law Misled by the foolishly manufactured outcry for the passage of the treaty bill, a few years ago, the Akron, Ohio, court published an editorial to which the Court The Gazette replied, calling its attention to the fact that the Ohio Civil Rights law was good law and did not need amending. The following letter from Judge Grant former presiding judge of the Court of Appeals of the Eighth District of Ohio, is self explanatory Akron, O., April 25, 1919. Hon. Harry C. Smith. Hon. Harry C. Smith. My Dear Stir, Observer, O letter in the Beacon-Journal, of this city, I venture to send you, under a separate cover, the Ohio Law Reporter of Feb. 3, last, containing the opinion of the Court of Appeals in the Puritan Lunch Co. vs. Leonard H. Forman, decided in Akron, last fall, in which a judgment for ($600, five hundred dollars was sustained. If the Beacon-Journal had known that the Beacon-Journal had no owner there would have been no occupation for criticism editorially. THE LAW OF OHIO IS UNDER NO REPROACH, nor our courts and juries in administering it. Not a word was said by the Beacon-Journal when the Forman case was reviewed. The Truth! What would cause other people to gnash their teeth and gird their loins is question of debate for us. Kick us, beat us, pile depredations upon us, revile us, abuse us, lie about us, malign us and even impugn our valor and we are not unanimously insulted. It seems impossible to establish unanimity of insult in the black race.—Chicago (Ill.) Whip. Reading it. Reading a PRESENTED WITH THE SMOKED DRIED HEAD OF A BRAZILIAN INDIAN Unlike. Shrinken Examples From Upper Amazon, This One is Natural Size Washington, D. C.—Dr. C. Hart Merriam of Washington has just presented the United States National Museum with the smoke-dried head of a Brazilian Indian, obtained on the headwaters of the Tapajos River in 1777 or 1878. This object is one of the few specimens in this country of these rare human trophies collected and prepared by the Parentintin tribe of the Tapajos River in Para, Brazil. It is the head of another ribesman, killed and preserved by the Parentintins; the dried skin is yellow and stretched tightly over the skull; the black hair hangs loose in bobbled style; the eyes are covered by wax cone ornamented by two small rodents' teeth to imitate the pupils of the eyes, and the ears still are decorated with the cord Insertions and turfs of red and yellow parrot feathers worn by the Indian in life, it was suspended by a cord which still emerges from the mouth, but now it is arranged on a stand. Unlike the better known Jibaros of the Upper Amazon, who preserve the heads of their enemies by removing the skull bones, and shrinking and drying the skin until the head is much reduced in size, the Parentintins leave the head its normal form. They first remove the brain, then smoke the head by use of an aromatic wood until it is thoroughly dried, and hang it up to decorate their houses. Dr. Merriam says that about 40 years ago while he was in New York City, Ernest T. Morris, a young South American explorer came to him with this head and several others which he desired to dispose of as soon as possible, being in need of funds. In relating his experiences, Morris stated that while he was traveling near the headwaters of the Tapajos River he was captured by the Indians and kept prisoner several years. In attempting to make their captive into an Indian like themselves, they tattooed his cheeks and lower jaw with native pigments, which he found could not remove. For a long time he was in fear for his life, as they threatened to kill him for his head, so to speak, which they would have hung from the lodge poles as a trophy. Put for some reason he was spared, although he mentioned one instance when an Indian with whom he was talking was shot by an arrow and killed—his head going into the collection. After two or three years of imprisonment his captors became a little lax in their watch, and one night in 1877-78, Morris managed to escape in a small boat. He took eight of the trophy heads with him, knowing that they would be valuable objects to museums of this country. By traveling only in the night and hiding in the day, he succeeded in descending the Tapajos River and reaching the Amazon, and finally the city of Pera, where he secured passage to New York. Arriving there he found himself stranded financially, with nothing but his ghastly heads as assets, and at the same time much embarrassed by the very noticeable tattooing with which his Indian captors had decorated his face. Unfortunately he could not raise a beard, and he would not appear in public as he was. Finding that Dr. Merriam was in the city, and knowing him to be a scientist, he decided to approach him in an endeavour to raise some money on the heads. Dr. Merriam says they found no difficulty in doing so; the American Museum of Natural History taking two and himself one—he does not remember where the others went, but recalls that all of them were sold at $75 each, getting the explorer about $600. With the receipt of the money Morris' spirits rose again, but having no place where he could seek seclusion from the public eye, he embarked on another trip to South America and as far as Dr. Merriam knows has never been heard from since. Pays $1.50 Bill 53 Years Old Pays $1.50 Bill 53 Years Old Fairmont, W. Va. - Payment of a bill due Jerry Hutchinson, who has been dead 53 years, has been received here from a man in Morgantown. The letter is written to M. L. Hutchinson, son of the late Jerry Hutchinson, who conducted a general store. Mrs. E. W. Arnett and C. F. Hutchinson are also surviving children. The letter follows "Dear sir—I owe the heirs of the late Jerry Hutchinson $1.50. Please hand Cyde and your sister their share M cents each?"