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OUS" Money capacity, and our own uses the newest designs in to $1.95, saves you $1. ... 75c and $1.25 e Selection of Hats at 4.95. FACTORY G OUT ESTABLISHED, AUGUST 25, 1883 And Issued Every Week on Time Since 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. ALLIANCE.—St. Luke's S. S. scholars will render an excellent program, Easter night.—Mrs. Julia Jackson has been quite ill, the past week.—Mrs. Craig has moved from Keystone to N. Liberty St.—The Girl Reserves went-on a hike, Thursday, to Silver Park. In the evening they held their meeting for the first time in the new Y. W. C. A.—An Easter program will be rendered by the Second Baptist church and also by Mt. Olive S. S. scholars.—Rev. Brown of Salem spent Sunday with Rev. Edward Newsome. will have an Easter sale at Mr. Willis' store, April 16th. The M. S. will meet at Mrs. C. M. Gragston's, April 21, at 7:15 p. m.—Rev J. J. Burr preached in Georgetown, Sunday. SANDUSKY.—Rev. Ora M. Locust of Delaware is conducting the revival at Second Baptist church. It is well attended. Special services, Sunday, beginning at the S. S. hour. He will address the school. The meetings will continue all the week.—The Jordan Studio of music has issued its March honor roll. The CORRESPONDENTS must mail all letters for publication at their maill 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., obbiliary 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 applesa- HILLSBORO.—Mr. Newton Delaney is better.—Easter programs will be rendered at the A. M. E. church in the morning, at the Wesleyan church in the afternoon and at the Baptist church in the evening.—Mrs. Jane Young, Mrs. Amanda Owens, Mrs. Cora Young, Mrs. Sarah Johnson and Mrs. Emma Jackson visited in Washington C. H., last odyssey.—Mr. William Trottel. His wife was Miss Ida Nelson.—Mr. Wm. Pope of Columbus visited his daughter, Mrs. Ada Blanton, a few days.—Clarence Hudson is convalescing—Howard Kilgour, Starling Hancock and Chas. Day have gone to work above Circleville.—Mrs. Edward Jones and son, Glenn, visited the former's mother, Mrs. Rhoda Newman, in Greenfield, Sunday.—Elizabeth Hill and Sarah Newman of Greenfield and Sarah Hill, also Joe H. Williams and Mrs. Ora Clemens are ill.—The Lads' Aid were entertained at Mrs. Chas. Day's, last Thursday.—The Baptist Lads' Aid MT. ZION'S CAMPAIGN For Funds to Wipe Out its Debt Opened by Dr. Charles F. Thwing —What the Church is Doing and What Closes for the Sunday, April 10th, Palm Sunday, the largest crowd that ever worshipped at Mt. Zion packed the Temple on the occasion of the opening of their campaign to free it of indebtedness. Dr. Thwing, President Emeritus of Western Reserve University, as a member of the Campaign Committee, paid a glowing tribute to the work of Rev. Russell S. Brown, pastor and his associates who are doing so much to serve the community. It was pointed out by Dr. Brown that "Mt. Zion is a community church. It serves the entire community. It is a center for conventions, music festivals, conference groups and community aunts. It serves the community with no religious affiliations." In speaking of the plans of Mt. Zion, the committee is sending a message to Cleveland's citizens pointing out the needs of the center in the district where Mt. Zion is located. A day nursery where parents can leave their children there; the public Library which formerly operated for the Jewish contingent; a gymnasium for adults and first aid service to the poor. Dr. Dan Bradley, pastor of the Pilgrim Church, congh and associate moderator of the national council of the congregational churches of America, will be at the Temple with his chorus of one hundred and twenty voices and congregation, Sunday evening, April 24th, to help boost the campaign and the IMF, the Elkridge Masons, N. A. A. C. P., and other community organizations are lending their co-operation for that night, to make it the biggest day ever witnessed in Cleveland religious and social circles. Rev. Russell Brown, the pastor, in thanking the public for their interest said, "We appreciate deeply what our friends are doing for us. We are directing the temple and center for the public. Our own object for the service. Our own people have already paid $39,000 on our debt and we feel justified to ask the public to assist us." SANDUSKY—Rev. Ora M. Locust of Delaware is conducting the revival at Second Baptist church. It is well attended. Special services, Sunday, beginning at the S. hour. He will address the school. The teacher will address the school. —The Jordan Studio of music has issued its March honor roll. The following names are on it: Melba Rodgers, Eva M. Bryant, Ethel Lewis, Florence E. Thompson and Mittle Jenkins. —The April church bulletin of the Second Baptist church has made its appearance. Officers: editor-in-chief, Marcellus Anderson; assist, Jane Alexander; bus. mgr., Alaina Alexander; Alaina Clayton and Viela Parks. The church's sewing circle will meet, Wednesday, at Mrs. Della Scales, First St., and the Gleaners' club will give a concert at the church. —Claudine Sallee and Marge. Duncan of Oberlin are visiting their brothers on Reese St. —Special B. Y. P. Monday evening, and will have a fish-fry at the same place, Wednesday evening, Mrs. Lou E. Brown, pres.; Mrs. Thomas Cole, sec.—Dr. West, P. E., of the Cleveland A. M. E. Sunday, and conducted services at St. Shephens church which were largely attended —The Blue Ribbon club will meet, Monday evening, at Mrs. Chas. Bodkins', Taylor St. Miss Nettie Seals, pres.; Mrs. Essie Simpson, sec.—Mr. Marcellus Brown and seventh, —Young were in seventh, last week. Ware of Cleveland is visiting his sister, Mrs. Shephens Young. —Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Brown and Mrs. Thos. Cole motored to Lorain and Elyria, the first of the week. —The A. M. E. church, M. S. met at Miss Edith Gardner's, Thursday afternoon. Next meeting at Mrs. Nettie Long's, Warren St. Miss Edith Gardner, pres.; Mrs. Edith Gardner, Mrs. stewardess board. No. 2, will give a musicale and supper at the church, Thursday. Miss Lillian Hugh, pres.; Miss Edith Gardner, sec. Nature Reigns Supreme. In a recent issue of "The Cincinnati Union," Editor W. Phil, Dabney advises Cincinnati females to remedy certain defects by exercise and diet, and says: "In the days when there were only limbs, shapelliness was a matter of conjecture to the general public. When the maid became a wife, the husband saw what she walked with and discreetly held his peace if the appearance was unsatisfying or not gratifying. But now, alas, short hairs have coated with them legs. Short legs, long legs, bowlegs, fat legs, etc. The owners should by all means labor to remedy defects by exercise and diet, for nature now reigns supreme. Camouflage is no longer possible. Paint and powder may cover a few facial deficiencies, but, alas, decollete dresses defy attempts to fortify breastworks or reinforce hose. The day of pads has passed." Will Make Hicks Wealthy. Little Rock, Ark. — A long legal battle for the possession of a one acre cemetery in Union County was settled, last week Monday, when the state supreme court handed down a decision in favor of Louis Hicks who had been given a deed to the land by Jesse T. Murphy, a wealthy businessman. The decision versed the ruling of the Union County Circuit Court and took the valuable cemetery from the Lion Oil and Refining Company. The Famous Cap Factory is now showing the newest in hats and caps for spring 1927. They make their own caps and sell them "Direct from Factory" only and can assure you of large savings. You can always select from a large and up-to-the-minute line, of nothing but the latest colors and fashions. Their three years at 3229 Central Ave. have gained many satisfied customers. Patronize them. WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY. Money just rolls into your pockets. Students, men, women, berber shops, cigar stands, billard parors, making good money. For particulars address. The Cryderman money. P. O. Box, 1325 Indianapolis, Ind. MAJOR U. S. GRANT Very Different From His Illustrious and Famous Grandfather—Admits Segregation. Washington, D. C.—A committee, led by Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, W. D. Nixon, Haley G. Douglass and Prof. Neval H. Thomas, appeared before Maj. U. S. Grant, superintendent of public grounds and buildings, at the War Department, and disclosed to the latter that a drive was being opened by our citizens of the district to fight departmental and recrational segregation. Mrs. Mary Church Terrell. Mrs. Terrell made an appeal in the name of his illustrious grand-father whose memory is dear to the race. "Col. Grant," she said, "I know you well and feel near you. I am the widow of Judge Robert H. Terrell whose father, Harrison Terrell, served President U. S. Grant through years, and was with him even to the moment of his death; hence I know most intimately the noble spirit of fairness that moves your great family. Of course, you were but a little boy then, but we know that you revere the traditions you inherit, and won't yield to the prejudices, often imaginary, of a portion of the population." Prof. Neval H. Thomas. Prof. Thomas then exposed the schemes of the Coolidge government to deny our people their rights by inventing the system of regional swimming pools placed in various parts of the city. He told Col. Grant that he (Grant) had read his testimony before Congress from which he secured two pools, one white and one colored with nails, the Driveway, and then declaring his intention of asking Congress for seven more next year. After some persistence, Col. Grant admitted that it is his intention to place one of those seven pools on the Driveway, next year, for white people. He admitted his intention of placing the pool for our people in one of our neighborhoods less congested than the driveway, which is very near the Driveway. Mr. Thomas then told him frankly that it was but a scheme to achieve what the various departments of the government have been seeking for years, the exclusion of the Afro-American from our vast parking systems. The whole delegation agreed to this stand, and made it plain that it was vicious and unnecessary. The case will go to the Secretary of War, to Congress, and to the President of the United States, where it has been carried many times before. Another Anti-Lynching Bill. Dover, Del.-A bill against lynching, submitted by Representative Davis, was passed by the house recently with but three dissenting votes. The bill provides that the state shall be subject to damages up to $1,000 to the wife or minor children of a person lynched, and in other ways follows the lines of the pioneer Ohio anti-lynching law. The measure also provides penalties against members of mobs, whether they commit violence or not, ranging up to $1,000 fine and imprisonment for twelve months, and declares the members of a mob guilty of a felony and subject to imprisonment. Senator Latchum has a similar bill in the senate. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS POLICE CAMPAIGNING AGAIN IN THE "ROARING THIRD" PRECINCT. Many Gamblers Arrested—Their Paraphernalia Smashed—Fines Doled Out—Woman, Fined, Tells of Threats by Competitors and Claims of Police Protection Being Purchased. Mrs. Alberta Floyd, following her conviction in police court, last week Friday, on a charge of suffering gambling, blamed her competitors in the "roaring" third precinct for her predicament. Sitting in a cell, awaiting transportation to the courthouse because of inability to pay her fine, she declared three proprietors of gambling houses in the neighborhood of her own place at 2308 Woodland Ave. had threatened to "get me through the police" during the past week. Claimed Police Bribed. "They came to me separately and said they had decided it would be 'healthy food' or me to move." Mrs. Floyd asserted. "We're paying some police for our protection," they claimed, and won't have you take away any of our business. Either move or we'll have your place raided. Because of their threats I had a guard put on the outer door," she continued. "I thought he would be able to warn us if the police did job and now I'm the goat for all the gambling places that are running wide open." Fined on Two Charges. Mrs. Floyd pleaded guilty to the suffering gambling charge and was fined $100 and costs. On a second charge, she was sentenced to law she entered a plea of not guilty and was fined another $100 and costs. Three women and ten men, surprised while gambling over the dining-room table when police broke in, were fined $10 and costs each. The doentender, Thomas Hicks, was fined the costs and sent to the workhouse for fifteen days. The case of Floyd's friend was the first gambling拉 in the third precinct since City Manager Hopkins proclaimed that vicious practices in the so-called "black belt" must be cleaned up. Exonerate Club Official. Shortly after Mrs. Floyd's arraignment, John Ferris, one of the officials of the Autumn Leaf Club, was exonerated on charge of murder and the fatal shaming of Wm. Curtis on March 26 in an alleyway outside the club at 4711 Scovill Ave. Ferris declared that "JIM CROW" HOSPITAL "Big Mass Meeting" an Alaskar Frost—Big Church and Only Twenty in Attendance. The "jim-crow" Mercy Hospital gesture "great mass meeting" at Cory M. E. church, Sunday afternoon, sure was a frost, if ever there was such a thing. Mrs. Letha Fleming presided, with $200 a month "publicity-agent" Dwight Williams assisting. According to their way of counting there were twenty-six bourne being abolished, being "jim-crow" hospital doctor advocates. Dr. Chas, Garvin, who moved away from his people away out Wade Park Ave, and caused so much trouble thereby, and George Hinton, were upholding segregation in their short absurd arguments. They claimed a subscription, Sunday, of $400. The P. W. A. claimed a "Negro" subscription of $158,000, too. Rev. Skelton said he was in favor of the hospital but he said: "Let the doctors lead the way." The proponents numbered eighty-four bourne Mrs. Fleming ended the meeting by trying to defend "the roaring third" police precinct. She claimed that Hough Ave., "Little Hollywood", and some places in the Heights were no better. All of the "jim-crow" hospital advocates (doctors) looked sick as a result of their futile efforts to "jim-crow" our people of the community. In his talk, Dr. Chas. Garvin said: "We must not fight segregation all the time; we must have all the bourne in a supposedly loyal and educated "Negro". Lord, have mercy! The one opponent of the abortive Mercy Hospital movement, who spoke against it, was complimented and thanked for his interesting and able talk by several in attendance, after the meeting adjourned. The Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Co. opened its steamer service between Cleveland and Buffalo with the trip from Cleveland, Thursday, 9 p. m., and from Buffalo, Friday, 9 p. m.; thereafter to November 14th. Local fares between Cleveland and Buffalo are $5.50 one way, $9.50 round trip. The company will also give service during the mid-mummer months, between Cleveland, Erie and Buffalo, from September to Sept. 14, new feature for 1927) between Cleveland, Cedar Point and Put-in-Bar, June 12th to Sept. 5th. IN UNION IS STRENGTH COPY FIVE CENTS GUN VICE-LEADERS GAIN IN THE "ROARING PRECINCT. — Their Paraphernalia Out—Woman, Fined, competitors and Claims in Being Purchased. Curtis attacked him with an iron pipe as he was "returning from the bank with quite a large sum of money." Police Judge Sweeney discharged him because of a lack of evidence. The campaign against gambling was continued, Monday, when Deputy Police Inspector Tim McCarthy was called upon an alleged two-room gambling hall in the rear of a store at 2011 Scovill Ave. The raid followed a similar one, Saturday night, in the E. 55th-Perkins Ave. precinct in which forty-nine men were arrested and charged with gambling. In police court, Monday, the drive got a helping hand from Judge Stacel. John Parks, arrested in the Scovill Ave. establishment on a charge of law, drew fines totaling $160 and costs. Eleven others arrested pleaded guilty and were each fined $5 and costs. John "Hot Stuff" Johnson and his brother, Clarence, arrested, Saturday night, in a raid upon the Waldorf club, 4901 Central Ave., on charges of suffering gambling, had their cases continued until April 26. Forty-seven others arrested in a clerk on charges of law, drew fines totaling $160 and costs continued until the same date. Card tables and other gambling paraphernalia were smashed by the raiding officers at the club. Miss Jane Hunter, general secretary of the P. W. A., on Friday appealed to Safety Director Barry for permission to carry a gun because of letters she had received, which declared her life would be a forfeit because of her exposure of certain places of vicious conditions in the roaring 'third prefect.' A temptation to quitter Miss Hunter's fears by insisting that "conditions aren't so very bad." A joke! Miss Hunter replied that both she and her fellow workers feared a retaliation by the vicious element and wanted to be prepared. Barry finally sent her to Chief of Police Graul for permission to buy the gun and advised her to tell all she knows of conditions in the neighborhood of her home to Capt. Dorothy Doan Henry, head of the policewomen's bureau. BARNETT'S CIVIL RIGHTS BILL. Lincoln, Neb—House Bill, No. 223, a copy of the Hon. Harry C. Smith's pioneer Ohio Civil Rights law, has just been introduced in the lower branch of the Nebraska state assembly by the Hon. Ferdinand L. Barnett, one of our two members of that august body from Omaha. It will readily be recalled that it was Hon. Ferdinand L. Barnett. only a week or ten days ago that Mr. Barnett secured the enactment of an anti-lynching law for this state to which reference was made in our letter to The Gazette of last week. Mr. Barnett assures us that House Hill, No. 228, will also become a law and this state will then have an effective civil rights law as well as anti-lynching law or mob violence act, both practically duplicates of the pioneer Ohio laws. Rah! for Barnett! Joins Phi Beta Kappa. New York City.—Arthur Paul Davis, of Hampton, Va., is one of thirty seniors and 1926 alumni elected to the Columbia chapter of Phil Beta Kappa, highest scholastic award in the college. Davis was said by Prof. Harry J. Carman, acting head of the chapter, to be the first Afro-American admitted to the Columbia group. Davis has worked his way almost entirely through school. IT'S A SHAME TO FISH ALL DAY AND NOT CATCH A SINGLE FISH! I'll SAY IT IS!--LET'S BEAT IT! GOSH!--THE FOLKS WILL CERTAINLY KID US! SAY, SIS--THERE'S A STORE OVER THERE!--GO BUY SOME FISH, AND WE'LL SAY WE CAUGHT THEM! FINE!--I'll GET A COUPLE CANS OF SARDINES! Tim Early PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY (In Advance) One Year ..... $2.00 Six Months ..... 1.00 Subscribers are requested to remit by postoffice money order or registered letter. Entered at the postoffice in Cleveland, Ohio, as second-class mail matter 226 W. Superior Ave., Cleveland, O. (Bell Phone: Cherry 1259) Member Ohio Legislature: 1894 to 1896; 1890 to 1898; 1900 to 1902 THE GAZETTE is the oldest and has the largest bona fide circulation, double that of any newspaper in the interest of Afro-Americans published or circulated in the state of Ohio, and comparison with any will immediately establish its rank as one of the NEWSIEST AND BEST in the country. 10,000,000 Afro-Americans. 850,000 in Ohio. 40,000 in Cleveland. SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1927. Miss Jane Hunter's only mistake in her interviews on "the roaring third", published recently in a local daily newspaper, was made when she gave the names and addresses of offending places. This was unnecessary because the police of "the roaring third" know where all of the gambling and disreputable houses in that precinct are located. Her mistake justifies her fears which are more or less well grounded. --- Dr. C. Lee Jefferson was secretary of a sub-committee of the committee authorized by some of our local ministers to formulate a public statement on the abortive Mercy Hospital movement. He was not secretary of the committee. A prominent member of that committee authorizes The Gazette to state that neither it nor the local ministers endorsed the segregation movement and that Dr. Jefferson's statement to that effect is wrong, doubtless an error of the head rather than of the heart. Therefore, his letter reproduced in a local publication should not be accepted in its entirety. Dr. Jefferson should hasten to make proper correction, too, something we feel sure he will do. --- The editor of The Gazette spent Saturday afternoon and Sunday in Campbell, former East Youngstown, the guest of City Solicitor and Mrs. Joseph E. Julius who had just entered their beautiful new $9,200 home. Saturday evening, a reception and dinner was given for the editor, and Sunday afternoon he was taken for an auto ride thru Campbell, Struthers and Lowelville. In the evening, he was entertained, as guest of honor at a dinner for six at the residence of Editor and Mrs. D. E. Knepper of The Campbell and Struthers Tribune after which he was driven in Mr. Knepper's Hudson to Cleveland. On their way to Campbell, Saturday, the editor was taken (by auto) to Akron and Canton. He sure had one good time, Saturday and Sunday last. "JIM CROW" HOSPITAL EFFORT. Wm. R. Green is still president of the so-called Mercy hospital association, according to a communication he sent to a local publication, last week. In it Willie said he sent his letter of resignation as president to its board of trustees and gave as his reason for resigning the condition of his health. Then goes on to say that for twenty-five years he has given of his "time, energy and health" in the fight against prejudice and discrimination affecting those of the race in this city. We have lived in Cleveland many more than twenty-five years and this is news to us. We are not overlooking his activity for several years, in recent years, as president of the local branch of the N. A. A. C. P., either. As a matter of fact, that is the only time we have known Willie to give of his "time, energy and health" in the fight against local prejudice and discrimination. It seems that the pseudo hospital association labored with Willie to withdraw his resignation which he has done and announces that he intends to give it all the support he is physically able to give. This, of course, eliminates him as a possible candidate for municipal judge, this fall. Meantime, it is announced that he is to visit Detroit where another abortive effort is being made by "jim-crow Negroes" to segregate the "Negroes" of that city in a "jim-crow" hospital, going from there to Chicago to look over the Provident hospital, a "jim-crow" institution on the south side of that city of riot-notiorely and a "jim-crow Y". The statement of a local publication to the effect that our ministers and doctors of this city are supporting the Mercy Hospital segregation scheme is not true, of course, as nearly every one knows. because our ablest, oldest and leading ministers and doctors of this community are unalterably opposed to the "jim-crow" hospital segregation effort. This reminds us of what one of the doctors, referred to, wrote The Gazette, several weeks ago, to wit: "The men back of this project are deceivers. What they want is a job; that is all. But not only do they want a job, but they want to get their hands in the Community Chest. I regret that I have to tell you this, but the situation has come to a "show-down" and it is imperative. This is true!" And what George A. Myers wrote us, a week later: "The one claim of the 'jim-crow' Mercy hospital proponents is that such an institution is necessary to provide places for our two or three yearly interes (graduates of local medical schools) and would-ben-nurses. This could also be done from Cleveland's city manager who has the power to open Cleveland's City hospital and nurses' training school to our people in common with all other citizens and tax-payers of the community. And if he fails to do this promptly on request, we have recourse to the local courts which would surely compel him to do so. This would not cost $220,000, jether." And a third communication, sent us by Rev. Horace C. Bailey, one of our oldest, leading local ministers: "Our people of this community are now grooming and writhing with great church debts, saddled upon them unnecessarily", and "during and since the World War, they have been exploited by unscrupulous speculators, most of whom paragraph of his letter with this appeal. "Doctors, I pray you, give a breathing spell to our 'overworked' people." What we said, several weeks ago, we repeat; the proposed "jim-crow" Mercy hospital is entirely contrary to the progressive spirit of this community, would prove a hundred times more harmful to our people of the community than helpful, and is unnecessary because we have wonderful hospital facilities here in Cleveland open alike to all of its residents. Then, too, there is that indebtedness of our local churches approximating a half million dollars which with the Philis Wheatley indebtedness totals more than a half million dollars. Add to this $220,000 for a "jim-crow" Mercy hospital and the indebtedness of the "Negro" controlled institutions of the city of Cleveland would be nearly one million dollars—over $700,000 to be exact. Our people of this city, almost helpless in the face of their present church and Philis Wheatley indebtedness, with the most generous assistance upon the part of their white friends here and everywhere cannot for a single moment consider adding to it the sum asked by the few doctors sponsoring the "jim-crow" Mercy hospital movement. We repeat, there will be no such institution in this city. Telephone Personalities The Telephone Installer THE telephone installer is always in evidence when a new telephone is being placed in a home. It is he, who comes in contact with the inmates of the house, who strings the wires from the pole, who places the wires inside the house and finally connects the telephone instrument. It is he, who makes the first call over the newly installed instrument and then announces it is in working order. Telephone installers are numerous because telephones are always being moved, taken out or installed. Upon his courtesy rests the good feeling toward the telephone company. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O. SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1927. Pro and Con of Pruning For Garden Enthusiasts Along about this time of the year people start to think of their gardens, shrubs and trees, and as it is still too early for active planting, etc., they turn to the subject of pruning, and many inquiries as to the why and wherefore are received. Pruning is a long traditional practice handed down among our old gardeners. Individual experiences here and along the line of inheritance, leave some room for criticism as to its benefit, but as a whole, pruning is accepted as being indispensable to successful horticulture. As we look about us we find nature more than active in this practice. The struggle for existence between all organisms is generally known where one lives most power. For if one species were to multiply to the full extent of its power, the equilibrium in relations of types or species would be over balanced, and the one member would completely cover the earth. As we study a tree we find it easy to think of it as a colony of individuals, parts or branches. Every branch may, as occasion wha- bear branches, do this; bear leaves, flowers and seed. Each branch competes with all the other branches, and there are more po- potential branches, that is, more buds from which branches start, than ever be branches on any one tree. No two branches of a tree are identical, but are just what their position, condition and inheritance will make them. Some are strong some are weak. Branches of a tree or shrub do not grow to any definite size or maturity, as the branches of the animal where each is definitely co-ordinated to each other, and each functions to the service of the others. Rather, branches are competing individuals, and as such many perish. The majority of buds die before even starting a branch. The branch may be weak and soon perish, or one end may be weak and soon perish, or so end the contest for many branches on it. In other words, plants must and do prune themselves. Branches Compete We then conclude that all the branches are not necessary to a tree; some of them are an extra load, and many are an actual detriment. While we think of the branches as individual competitors, still there is a certain relationship among them, for we assume that the plant is which we from, also contributes to the development of the trunk and root system of the tree. Here the old question arises as to whether the cutting of a limb is an injury, because it removes a certain amount of tissue that the plant has expended effort in growing. The vitality of the plant is determined and is largely determined under the conditions it grows—a matter of food supply, soil and environment. As plants have no nervous system, there is no fear of producing a shock that might kill or injure. The removal of a part can not destroy a plant's vitality, unless the portion removed is so great as to interfere with the nutrition of the remaining parts. A plant derives a certain part of its food from the soil in the form of water and soluble inorganic materials. This fluid ascends the tree through the young-wood, to become associated with organized materials in the leaves. This food mixture is used in the construction of a part of the tree, leaves, twigs, trunk and roots, where it is used for repairs and new growth. The development and growth of roots are then determined by the vigor of the top or leaf portion of the plant. If too great a part of the top were removed, it would prevent a supply of elaborated food sufficient to the needs of the roots. Except in the unusual necessity of constructing the top of a long neglected, devitated, overgrown tree it is advisable to prune too heavily. The removal of very large branches, exposes dangerous wounds it may allow the sun to scald sensitive parts, and so weaken them o.pest and disease. It may spoil the symmetry of the tree, and a certain convenience or usefulness may be lost. Too heavy pruning may even affect the nourishment of the root system. Shrub "Butchery" The tree and shrub butcher is a menace, and unintelligent cutting is dangerous. The shearing and lopping of bushes and trees usually neither shows good sense or good taste. The gains in pruning are peculiarly the result of the art and skill of the pruner, and of his judgment. To the landscape viewpoint, a good part of pruning lies in the conforming of the plant to regularity of shape, and the gardener finds that a judicious pruning stimulates the remaining parts—particularly if the plant is not itself vigorous. Properly pruned plants are apt to appear more vigorous than unpruned plants. Again, increase in size and quality of bloom, follaged or fruit is the usual reward for the gardener. Pruning creates a feeling of tidiness and order, and makes for ease in spraying and general maintenance. Plants differ in their needs and require little if any pruning. 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SMITH, Doe ane sree Goes Acer cercctanas 0! et acca er cinvelaal) Notary Public Bell ‘Phone: Cherry 1259 eee tees irre ee ee a Classified Advertising Department | WANTED — AGENTS — NEW PLAN, makes it caay to earn $50.00 fo $1000 weekly, selling “shirta Girett to. wearer. No capital or ex: CLEVELAND Social and Personal The Harmony Trio has twelve concert dates in the immediate fu- ture. Mrs. John P. Green royally enter- tained a few friends at bridge, re- cently. Mr. Geo. Brooks, B. 90th St., has succeeding J. Henry Davis as mail- carrier at city hall. Mrs. Irma Ritter and Mr. James Morrow were recently married at Mrs, Oakley's, B. 100th St. H. L, Parrish headed a mixed ‘delegation of six fellow-citizens of ‘Campbell, 0., to call on the editor of The Gazette, Wednesday. Miss Maude Johnstone, H. 85th St., one of our well-known local public-school teachers, died, recent- ly, Rheumatic heart-trouble. Wm. §. Beldleman, one of our old residents, who hasbeen quite 11 in recent weeks, left Friday, to 1o- cate at our Masonic home ‘in Ur- bana. Gordon Bunch, of minstrel and yaudeville fame, is engaged with the great drama, “Rain", which has a big New York cast, Clara Jewell be- ing the star, The N. A. A. C. P. Ladies’ Aux- illary heid its ‘monthiy meeting at Mt. Zion Cong. chureh, Tuesday night, to start a campaign for new members, this spring. Migs Julia, daughter of Mrs. Mil- dred Gants, B. 89th St., gave an ex- ceptionally' enjoyable party, recent- ly. Madam Gants: is the daughter of Mrs. Henrietta Braggs. Jesse B. Green, a son of Ex-Sen- ator John P. Green and a de luxe chef ‘of many years’ standing, has reopened the restaurant at the cor- ner of B. 49th St. and Central Ave., and is serving fine meals and food in a thoroly up-to-date manner. Give him a call! Mrs James Offer recently enter- tained at dinner L. H. Lightner, su- preme clerk of the American Wood- men; Mrs. Carrie Warfield, Mrs. Carrie Fields and M. K. Dukes, su- pervisor. Mr. Lightner was here to attend the memorial service for the late Supreme Commander White. A man snatched a bag, Monday atiernoon, from Miss Dix who was carrying $750 to the Woodland and B. 55th bank for the Crusaders Ins. Co. ‘The Crusaders Ins. Co., a new organization, took over the Hope ‘Mia & Reliet society, some weeks ago. ‘The Lincoln Embroidery club met, Apr. 7, at Mrs. L, J. Gibson's. After the regular routine of business, the hostess served @ delicious luncheon ‘The critic's report was very. satis- factory. Mrs. Clara Evans, visitor TRE GeEEVUM GIRLS perience needed. Represent a real manufacturer. Write for FREE SAMPLES. Madison Shirt Makers, 362 Broadway, New York. gave a beautiful and appropriate stata. ‘There is no need of our ministers ot “the roaring third’ employing private detectives to learn the loca- tion of vile resorts in that sectior of the city because the police know every one of them, St. James A. M. B. choir gave ity fourth musicale, Sunday, pre senting the Harmony Trio—Mrs. M. Brown, soprano; Mrs. Pearl John son and Mrs. Olive Wells Ball, con- traltos; ‘Mrs. G. Smyles, Miss’ Mar tha Swan, organ solo. Choir under the direction of Harry E. Thomp- son, ‘The Hiawatha club's twenty-sixt! anniversary was fittingly celebrated last week Wednesday afternoon, al ‘Mrs. Annabell Young's residence in Dunlap Ave, An excellent program was rendered and lunch served. Ox the program were: Cornelius Young, Mrs. Carrie Crawford, pres.; Mis: Irene Austin, Mrs. Dazalia’’ Wace, Mrs, Branch, Miss Sanford, Mrs Lottier, Miss ‘Nell Hackney and Mis: ‘Wright. ‘The Cedar “Y" volley-ball_team which recently returned from De troit champions of the middiewest will try for the championship of the western region on May 29 a Indianapolis, The members of the team to visit Detroit were: Dr. Jess Firse, captain; Drs. Rucker, Web: ster Martin, ‘Montgomery and B K, Smith, Chas. Miller, Steve O'Neal and Phil Jackson. Capt. Chas. Frye, coach, Proponents of a “jim-crow” Mercy hospital had “a mass meeting” al Cory M. E. church, Sunday atter- noon, in spite of the fact that they would make it harder for thi church to raise the $200,000 neces- sary to pay for the, old Epworth ‘Memorial church in case it is de- clded to make the purchase. Our churches, so heavily in debt, make a serious mistake to even “flirt” with the “Jim-erow” movement in such a way. At the recent sixth annual recep tion of the Current Events club held ‘in the Caterers’ Association rooms, E. 40th St., the following persons Were on the program: Mrs LeRoy Bundy, vocal solo; John H. Karly, violin, accompanied ‘by Mis: Dorothy Fister; Mrs. Amanda Tay: lor, reading; Mrs. Ruth Basey, vo cal’ solo; Harold Taylor, Jr., violin; , Adams, saxophone. Phe’ officers of the club are: Mrs. Mabel Biggs pres.; Mrs. Esther Spencer, vice: pres; Mrs. Pearl Smith, sec; Mrs. Hazel Holland, treas.” Mrs. Eivs ‘Taylor, reporter. Im a letter received, Tuesday, by the editor of The Gazette, Wm! E Beidleman, one of our old residents who was quite ill in (recent months and decided to go to the Ohio Ma sonle home at Urbana, wrote: |“ arrived safe, Friday, at’ p. m., anc was received with all the ‘kindness that would make one happy. The home is a palace and 1 am very wel pleased with my new home. I am Sending you two dollars for “The THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, 0 SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1927. Old Reliable” and hope to hear from you at once. You know I have been reading The Gazette since its birth and must not miss a copy of it.” ‘The O. K, Printing and Acme Book €o., 3113 Central Ave., will celebrate” their fifth anniversary, this month, April. Special redue- tions on bibles and other books! One hundred cards given free with every order for printing of five dol- lars or more, Logan Owens, great, big, genial and good hearted “Logg”, as he was familiarly called by a’ host of friends, dropped dead, last weok Friday, at the residence of a daugh- ter in E. 40th St. He came to Cleve- land about fifteen or twenty years ago from Georgia and for some years was associated with “Star- light” (A. D.) Boyd in the conduct of the Douglass and Z clubs. He was over six feet tall and weighed about 275 pounds. After “Star's” death, “Logg” took over the Z and ran it for a year or two. A wite, from whom he had been separated for some years, two daughters and a son survive him and have the earnest sympathy of many. “Logg” was vice-president of the Starlight Realty & Investment Co. and owned about $25,000 worth of real estate at the time of his death. Funeral services were held at Mt. Zion Cong. church, ‘Tuesday afternoon, and were largely attended, Cuyahoga lodge Elks in charge. \ The pastor officiated, As The Gazette has said trequent- ly in the past, it repeats at this time; the solution of the lynching probiem in this country rests wholly and entirely in the several state legislatures because the Con- gress has not the power to enact a federal anti-lynching law that would be declared constitutional by the U. 8. Supreme court. If Congress had the power so to do, the prejudiced southern Republican’ and Democratic influence in Congress has been and is so strong that it is able to block ‘any such legislation projected and sought there. The right to legis- late against mob violence and lyneh- ing rests with the several states of the union, as we have said. It is a state right which the U. 8. Su- preme Court Jong since declared could not be usurped by the federal Congress. In this decision the lead- ing and ablest constitutional law- yers in Congress concur, ‘The appeals of Miss Jane Hunter, secretary of the P. W. A. to City Manager Hopkins, the first of the week, and the alleged threats upon her lite, said to have been made in threatening letters written by deni- zena of the underworld in “the roaring third”, are Dut a magural outcome of the miserably immoral conditions existing in that, section of the city. At last, too, they have forced one of our ministers’ organ- {ations in “the roaring third” to also appeal to the city manager for relief from a vile condition that ought not to be permitted to exist in any section of any city. The Gazette has cried out for years against it and pleaded in vain with our ministers and other reputable residents of the section for action that would help to force the city’s management to afford “the roaring third” the police protection, it 1» 0 sadly in need of. And the gam- bling in that section, so’ thoroly exposed by a local daily newspaper in the last week or ten days, is the least of the evils to be complained of. However, these newspaper ex- posures, along a gambling Une, are apparently what finally stirred both Miss Hunter and the ministers to action, This latter ig welcome re- gardless of what encouraged it. Periodic clean-ups of “the roaring third” by the police department of the elty afford only slight temporary relief and do not effect any perma- nent good, There are just two things that must be done, if ever that vile Immoral condition ts to be eradicated to the minimum and that is, Director of Safety Edwin Barry must restore police patrol duty fin the third and fourth police-precincts of this city. Second: He must drive out of these precihets the hundreds of prostitutes that infest them and upon whom hundreds of disreput- able men rely for a livelihood. Drive them from the city, Mr. Director, and their miserable’ male consorts will be forced to follow them or starve because they will not work. This will do more to clean up “the roaring third” than merely hound- ing the gamblers and their follow- tie Officer Wins Promotion. Philadelphia, Pa.—Charles T. Bel- grove, district detective attatched to the 13th and Pine streets police. sta- tion, was promoted to corperal, re- centiy, ‘making. two Afro-American police corporals in this city. Detective Belgrove has been in the police de- partment for 21 years, and during Gen. Butler's tenure of office as Di rector of Public Safety, Detective Belgrove worked as a special inves tigator. “JIM CROWISM” Riddled By One of The Oldest and Ablest Members of The Race in ‘The Great Northwest. Minneapolis, Minn.—A local mem- ber of the race wrote a boyhood driend in Marion, Ohio, recently, a8 follows: All the Negroes in Ohio never could, never did and never would now, if they could, do in a thousand years what Harry C. Smith did for ‘the race the three tenms that he was in the Ohio Legislature. Mr. Smith has put laws on the statute books of the Buckeye state. Those who oppose him, have done noth- ing. This is a sample copy of massed Negro ignorance—whieh is worse torture to intelligence than will be hell, fire and brim-stone to the unredeemed sinner when he dies, Also, a friend of mine here from Marietta, Ga,, who believed in ‘jim-crowism” such as has been here and there projected in Ohio, had his leg broken and was taken to the hospital. White orderlies, nurses and doctors attended him; in the general ward with white ‘pa- tients. I asked him if that could happen down in Georgia. He said no! From that “no”, I riddled his “jim-crowism" into birdseed. So you see we have here in the north, recently from the south, in the making or rather material out of which “jim-crowism" grows. My brother-in-law even made his melt- ing and plating department in the Duber Watch Case Works in Can- ton, O., an all colored outfit, until some of them began to steal. 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C., (Special). —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 Coolidge; and reached its zenith under President Coolidge. For instance, in our parks President Wilson never troubled, but the present administration has found time and desire to introduce it even there. To many people, segregation is a Democratic scheme of insult, but such is not the case. Mr. Taft introduced it in the bureau of engraving. He segregated the citizens in this city in 1933 by enlisting white workers, white people, and black workers, 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 Republic situation and not a Democratic one, 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 their papers, is tenaciously held on our Republican President. Only last week, a colored girl appeared having passed been examination, and she was then 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 an excellent favorite of Secretary Mollon and President Coolidge. He hails from North Carolina, the home of the other teacher 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 decoration on democratic operation here, 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 tests of the Ku Klux Klan's "white home" in the Republican party, and receives no condemnation from the Republican President. (Special to The Gazette.) Washington, D. C.—In the postfostive segregation is rampant. The father colored clerks work under constant humiliation and physical disadvantages. The department maintains a spacious cateria 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 white as the comfort of the clerks and setting them off as though they were loops. The injustice stings all the more when they protect that they are far more vulnerable than the whites, and under 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, com for t able lounges and other equipment for rest, sociability, and recreation, and nothing for these same colored employees. This private club is in the magnificent postoffice building, built and maintained by ALL of the people. In the locker rooms there is segregation, and segregation is 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 very presence of the colored, to attend a reception to the heads of department, including the postmaster general, in the postoffice room. It announced danced a pleasant social event with the officials for "the postoffice employee." yet not one was delivered to the colored clerks. I hurried a protest to the postmaster general the day before it was to come off, and he ordered the postmaster to invite the colored as well as the white. These clerks get around their colored co-workers by giving 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 may not be necessary. He must officers old in the service, must ever dream of a promotion to a directive position. The hard, unyielding caste passes whites over him, one after another, though many of the colored employees have won contests in quickness and accuracy in the handling of mail. The colored clerks have dared to form a union which meets regularly and often sends manly and intelligent protests to the postmaster, and often appeals from his decisions to the postmaster-general, his counsellor, and in their working conditions, but they are still bitter over the huge injustice done to them for nothing else than the color of their skin. (Special to The Gazette.) Washington, D. C.—The government printing office keeps faith with the government's universal scheme of segregation. Some of the best and brightest of our girls are forced to accept 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 and facilities. There is a large cafeteria in this huge structure where all of the employees may go, but there are a few tables in an out-of-the-way section reserved 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 promotions. Here, we see where, not where, one pass over to 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 band and an assistant his work, felt the injustice of this exclusion of our employees so keenly that he secured the company of a young lady of the race to take part in the dance. As soon as this couple started to dance the music was 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 people who believe in the truth" and then dismissed on a trumped-up charge. He was a night-employee, hence he carried a pistol. Right after the dance incident a fire broke out in the office. He was quickly accused of setting the building afire in revenge for his exclusion from the dance floor. Detectives came to the building to arrest him, and to secure an evidence searched him only to discover the pistol. They quickly dropped the arson charge and substituted one for carrying concealed weapons by a firearm, which was made easily dismissed. By this severe punishment our employees are taught that there is no way of escape for one who dares to resent the daily insults that 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 dental 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 single name!! The department then 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 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 senators, and one noble wife of Senator Robert La Follette. Shortly after the accession of Mr. Wilson to the White House, a mem- of his family visited the bureau where she saw white and colored girls working together in perfect harmony, oblivious to any thought of race. Shortly thereafter came an order for segregation of the races, and a white lady who had been noted for her philanthropy among our people and who was upon intimate terms at the White House appeared 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! abolition of the division altogether, so they remain in a dilemma, fearing to act. Our clerks must accept segregation or elimination, and being poor, with no other opportunities in this southern atmosphere, must take the former. They are depressed at the wrong, but economic stress compels endurance of it. By a single stroke of his pen, President Cainn Coolidge can stop every bit of this damnable segregation, just as he can condemn that lawless organization the Ku Klux Klan. Senator La Follette lodged a protest with Secretary McAdoo to naval, and his noble wife began a crusade against the undemocratic innovation. She took the platform here in Washington and Boston before the famous Twentieth Century club. She used the columns of the Senator's magazine, sparing neither space nor vigor of utterance. She thundered against it in our loca a white press, and addressed the national gathering of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in New York. When our people here were so profoundly discouraged, she came out one stormy afternoon to the Y. M. C. A. to urge them to continue the battle for democracy at the town of Oswald 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 fulness, under the administration of the party that *bramam Lincoln, Charles Sumner and Frederick Doug* has helped to found. Our girls are employed there in far larger numbers than in any other branch of the public service. THEY ARE SEGREGATED in their rest rooms, toilet, and working stations, and of course none are ever thought of for promo girls from our best names, most of them with high age normal school training, and fine culture. The white girls are of no such grade, as there is no segregation for them in the great world of things. They have unlimited fields at high wage for even mediocre talents. The best of our girls must take these inferior positions, the inevitable result of segregation, 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 President was a man of 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 been the national banking system which the national 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. Blain from North Carolina, has not appointed a colored clerk since his incumbency. While his predecessor, Mr. Daniel Roper, a democrat from Texas, appointed and promoted several of them. Since the income tax legislation and the numberless new taxes that the recent war necessitated, this is by far the largest department of the treasury, employing several thousand clerks. Yet Netanyahu is scarce to find that he can't be noticed. There is the samegeneral complaint here among our clerks and other employees as there is in the other branches of the government—failure to recognize their efficiency when promotions are due; ability to go so far and far no longer. The various forms of segregation exist here as well as elsewhere—the restaurants closed or divided along color lines, and special toilet, locker rooms, rest rooms, etc., set off for colored. The toilers 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 work in the dark, straining 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 feel the presence creates. It seats two thousand duers with space t. spare: but not one Negro! His only share is in the taxes he is forced to pay for this luxury for another group! The registries 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 poor, with no other opportunities in this southern atmosphere, must take the former. They are depressed at the wrong, but economic stress compels endurance of it. The single stroke of his pen, President in Coolidge can stop every bit of the 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. It had slowed up a little during the campaign. Investigation of Bureaus Office of the Treasurer of the United States—a segregated section of 4 employees. War Department. Transportation Division—a segregated section of 4 employees. P. O. Separate Lunch Room Post Office Department—a segregated lunch room. EASTER IS HERE. Over the landscape dull and drear The sunshine falls and then a thrill Quickens the crust on the hillside sere, Wakens the seed and loosens the rill; Out of the south the soft winds blow, Up from the south the white clouds veer; Nature, the wakened, murmurs low: "Easter is here!" Story of old—yet ever new— Told us again in quickened dust. Told us in seed, in changing hue. In flower, in breeze, in waking crust; Chiming afar from joyous bells, Carolled by children, sweet and clear. Higher and higher the message swells: "Easter is here!" —W. R. ROSE, in Cleveland Plain Dealer. "NOT THE LARGEST, BUT THE BEST!" Little Rock, Ark. , June 16, '25. Hon, Harry C. Smith, Editor, Gazette, Cleveland, O. Dear Friend: —Long live the Gazette! a welcome friend to the Ricks-Demby family for forty-three years. We boast of being among the oldest continuous subscribers of the Ga- den, at the largest but the best in essentials and the most dependable of race journals Wishing you continued good health and success, we are as ever, Very truly yours, (Bishop) Edward T. and Nettle M. Demby. "WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD!" Cleveland, O., Aug. 28th, 1925. Hon. Harry C. Smith, Editor, Gazette Dear Friend:—I have read the latest copy of The Gazette through and after reading it, I can truthfully say: It is worth its weight in gold! I admire true manhood—a man who, seeing injustice and oppression, dares, within the limits of the law, to expose it and, if possible smite it. You and have, during the forty-two years since the birth of The Gazette, been, as the Scotch would say, like two McNeils, but when I find a man, such as you, who consistently, and persistently, through nearly half a century, puts his race foremost in his life struggle, I take off my hat to him, as being a true friend of our class. Long life to you and The Gazette. Yours for the right. John P. Green. (Former Member, Ohio State Senate.) ONLY FOR USE IN THE MUSEUM ENTHUSIASM RUNS HIGH FOR THE BLACK AND WHITE COMPOSE THE BENCH AND WHITE COMPANY FASHION is in a lavish mood when it comes to embroidering the blouse. If you are at all gifted in the art of needlework, the blouse of the present is opportunity knocking at your door, coaxing to use your talent to the glory of the present-day modes. Lovely is a white jersey blouse enlivened with realistic flowers—daisies, buttercups, forget-me-nots and wild roses—done in wool yarns in colors true to nature. When one considers its effectiveness, the simplicity of the work is amazing. Even an amateur need not hesitate to undertake it. A few "lazy daisy" stitches, considerable outlining stitch, a solid worked flower here and there, and presto! you are the possessor of a blouse which will excite both the envy and admiration of all who behold. There's this about the hand-stitchery of today: it individualizes the garment it adorns. That is, it becomes a very part both of the costume design and its color scheme. In no ENTHUSIASM RUNS THE BLACK A THE mode continues to "say it" most emphatically in black and white, and this, too, when colors were never more entrancing. However, since the fashionable wardrobe must contain many costumes for many occasions, black and white plus all the colors of the rainbow are not more than enough when it comes to catering to the whims of munday. As to the black-and-white mode without a doubt it is making a record display this season. When it comes to carrying the message of that intangible something called "style," there is no combination quite so convincing as black with white. Startling effects as here pictured are the stylist's pride this season. An interesting feature in the development of this black-with-white fat crepe dress is the skirt which alternates the plats in striking contrast. One notes GAZETTE Subscribe a instance is this so definitely stressed as in connection with the present black and white vogue, enthusiasm for which is sweeping throughout the world of fashion. The smartness of black embroidery on white is artfully told in the two-piece frock here portrayed. At a private exhibit of exclusive modes held by the Fashion Art League of America, this stunning costume occasioned much favorable comment. The skirt is of black satin and the blouse of heavy white crepe de chine, the same harmonized to the black and white ensemble by means of handsome black embroidery describing a wide girdle and sash effect. The high neck and the button trimming are the last word. The peasant blouse which abounds in embroidery and smocking is a foremost favorite. These range from sheer white cotton voiles done in vivid cross-stitch embroidery to the finest of crepe de chine models. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. (© 1927. Western Newspaper Union.) HIGH FOR AND WHITE COMPOSE this treatment not only in connection with the black-and-white composes, but repeatedly when two colors or materials are employed. There's a bit of embroidery on the girdle. Methods of interpreting the black-and-white vogue are many and varied. Some there are who prefer the all-black costume enlivened with dainty white accessories. A smart black crepe or crepe-back satin frock with a becoming and fashionable flat neckline either V-shaped or square, a rope of pearls and a cluster of white violets on the shoulder, a white fur-collared black satin coat, topped with a black-and-white chapeau of exceeding great chic, this indeed is a costume ideal for spring. If one aspires to tailored perfection, then choose a short-jacket two-piece tailleur of fine black twill. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. (© 1927, Newest Newspaper Union.) E After Reading after Reading KU KLUX KLAN! CHURCH DEBTS! Segregation was born, many years ago, when Dr. Booker T. Washington made his famous Atlanta, Ga. speech, the outstanding statement of which was that "the colored and white people could live in this country separate as the fingers of the hand". From that day to this, predicted white people, particularly Ku Klux Klan in the United States, have not now under or segregation until now an organized movement thrust the north to separate (segregate) the two races or classes in all public places of accommodation, amusement, etc. This "separate-as-the-fingers of the hand" segregation-idea, born, in Atlanta as we have said, many years ago, is now a Ku Klux Klan tenet or fundamental, as far as our people are concerned. Washington spoke unfortunately, many years ago. The Gazette was the only race publication in the country to take issue with him and to characterize his statement as a most harmful one which the future would sure prove, and we were right, as all now know. This week, The Gazette was informed, by those in a position to know, that the segregation or our people of this city in a separate or "jim-crow" court, were concerned by the local Ku Klux Klan and that their "Negro" allies were gained by the promise to secure ten thousand lilars and the use of an old, unused building in Woodland Ave., owned by the city, for the proposed "jim-crow" hospital. This offer, a few months and the probability of a few jobs and an opportunity to handle not only the ten thousand dollars promised to the two thousand dollars asked for, which hoped they would come from the Community Chest and other local sources, won them. And, too, regardless of the fact that underneath it all was the Ku Klux Klan, working to carry out its work, or segregation idea in this city. The additional fact that the establishment of a "jim-crow" hospital meant separate schools in this city, their children, nothing to them. Thereupon, the few local "Negro" doctors and their misguided friends became, knowingly or otherwise, the willing tools of the Ku Klux Klan of this city. That separate schools would mean the loss of about sixty of our seventy-five or eighty teachers in the local public schools, some of whom are wives of some of these very same doctors, or not. For "Negro" hospital proponents, seems to give them no concern whatever but would undoubtedly do so, when too late to undo the harm done, should their scheme prove successful which there is now no likelihood of. In this community is nearly a half million of dollars. This vast sum our people here can never hope to raise among themselves and will have an awful time getting it, if they ever do, from all sources and peoples, local and at a distance. Adding to that sum the one hundred and fifty-eight thousand dollar debt on the new Phillis Wheeler home, on the first day of the month, more than a half million dollars! And this does not include the indebtedness of a number of our churches in this community we have not as yet been able to get in touch with. Then for a few backward "Negro" physicians, in the face of this, to ask this community to finance and support a hospital for them does not seem to be a matter of twenty thousand dollars, making the total indebtedness of "Negro" controlled institutions here more than seven hundred thousand dollars, nearly a million dollars, is simply ridiculous and out of the question. This is only emphasized when one recalls the fact that there is positively no need of a hospital controlled by "Negro" physicians; that it cannot be entertained on a most frequent "tim-crow" affair; "Negro" burden on the community; that it could never hope to give the service our people are now enjoying in all of the other hospitals in the community a number of which have Afro-American physicians connected with them, some on their staffs. The one claim of the proponents of Mercy hospital that such an institution is necessary in order to make the graduates of local medical institutions to train as interns, is also ridiculous. Such an opening can be made without a two-hundred thousand-dollar expense and with a hundred times less trouble, if it is really necessary. All that is necessary is for City Manager Hopkins to open the City hospital and nurses' school to our interns and to our graduates, so that our people as citizens and tax-payers can use the courts to compel him to do so, and it will not cost any $220,000 to do this, either. We want our readers, particularly the local ministers, to read carefully and ponder—the following of our local churches indebtedness: Cory M. E. church, $4,000; Shiloh Baptist church, $4,500; Zion Hill Baptist church, $15,000; Gethsemane Baptist church, 8,000; Ionian Baptist church, $18,000; St. James A. M. E. church, $30,000; E. M. Zion Baptist church, $20,000; E. M. Zion Baptist church, $6,000; E. 74th and Kinsman Rd., $5,500; churches in Mt. Pleasant, $3,500; E. 64th and Quincy Ave., $25,000; St. Paul A. M. E. Zion, $30,000; 2nd Emmanuel Baptist church, $8,000; E. 33rd and Central Holy Trinity Church, $25,000; Baptist church, $6,000; Llundale churches, $8,000; Frank Ave. Baptist church, $2,000; Monumental Baptist church, $17,000; Baptist and Methodist churches in Collinwood, $12,000; Triedstone Baptist church, $9,000; Friendship Baptist church, $13,000; Miles Avenue church, $2,000; Zion Baptist church, $2,000; Mt. Zion Baptist church, $50,000; churches on West Side, $3,600; Philips Wheadley Association, $158,000. Total $588,100.