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CORRESPONDENTS must mall all letters for publication at their main postoffice sufficiently early on Monday (or Sunday) of each week to have them reach The Gazette office on Tuesday morning, and always write their names and that of their city or town on the outside of the wrapper about returned copies. Unless this latter is done, proper credit cannot be given you. Lists of names, wedding presents, etc., obituary notices, inquiries for relatives and advertisements of all kinds, including items announcing entertainments to be held in the near future, must be paid for in advance at the rate of 25 cents a line, six words to a line. Our rates for display advertisements will be sent on applies. YOUNGSTOWN.—Miss Fanny Bea sel of Columbus spent the week here with relatives.—Mr. and Mrs. Ples. Morton of Steubenville visited their daughter, Etta Poster. Major Wm. T. Anderson of Cleveland has been appointed temporary presiding elder of the Youngstown district of the A. M. E. Church, succeeding Dr. Charles Bundy (deceased).—Mrs John Harvey, Jr., is visiting in Newark and Columbus.—The P. N. F. club (Odd Fellows) has about completed plans to enter the council.—Mr. Frank Dade of Bellaire is visiting his cousin, Mrs. Fred Mayfield.—Mrs. Albert Edwards badly burned.—The R. D. C. club gave a corn-roast, last Saturday, on Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Lottie's lawn in Over- CADIZ.—Mrs. Rose Keaton and daughter, Mrs. M. Owens, of wheeling, are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Johnson.—Mr. and Mrs. George Manning of Newark were the week-end guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Wallace.—Mrs. Ada Cochran, Mrs. Cora King and family of Oberlin attended the re-union at McIntyre, Saturday, and were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dawn Marie Joseph visited his mother, Mrs. Margaret West, last week.—Mr. George Rideout of Zanesville, who attended the Elks' convention in New York City, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Tyler. Simpson M. E. church ladies' ald society gave a very interesting program, Sunday evening. It had a picnic at Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Johnson's Wednesday afternoon.—Stanley Wallace has returned from Pittsburgh where he spent his vacation. SHARLINE.—"The Old Reliable" Gazette is 45 years old; issued every week on time since August 25, 1883. In 1908, 19 years ago, I sold 25 to 30, every Friday and Saturday, on the streets of Bellaire, collected every nickel and had my news-notes in the Gazette office, every Tuesday ready for publication for the circulation of The Gazette because it helps the race at all times.—Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Logan are parents of a new baby girl. —Mrs. Anna Holliday is again headcook at the Elks club (white) in Youngstown, N.J. Melotah Toledo is visiting her sister, Mrs. Jessie Weatherpoon. —Rev. A. J. Blackman, ex-pastor of First Baptist church, is now pastor of Mt. Calvary church, Youngstown. —Miss Sadek Lusik of Indianapolis is the guest of Mrs. Pete Murrell, left,ames Elmur and Mrs. Teresa James for a visit to Niagara Falls and Canada. —Mr. Ray Presby, one of our mail carriers, has returned from a vacation in Canada. —The old fashioned camp-meetings, held by the three churches, closed, Sunday, Large crowds attended, each Sunday. —E. J. Churmen's choir (25 voices) of Youngstown furnished music, Sunday, Ralph Walls, director; J. Elmer Harvey, organist. HILLSBORO. — Wallace Captain of Cleveland visited here, recently. —Mrs. Jessie Davis of Wilmington visited Mr. and Mrs. James Captain. —Russell and Mrs. Fred Williams and grandchildren visited her daughter in Cleveland. —Mrs. Nettle Barber and son, Raymond, of Cincinnati were called here, last week, by the illness of her mother, Mrs. J. Young, of Cincinnati, and Mrs. Blanton left, last Wednesday for Cleveland to locate. —Rev. W. F. Lindell and Miss Pearl Smith of Cincinnati visited her parents, Rev. and Mrs. P. H. Smith, Sunday. He preached in the morning at the Baptist church. —Miss Rosa Clark has returned home to Louisville, Ky., for a visit. —Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Blakey motored to Cleveland and Pittsburgh to spend their vacation. —Mr. David Fortenberry of Cincinnati was here, Sunday. —Mrs. Lizzie Trimble returned, Sunday from a trip to New York. —Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Day of Cleveland were called here by the death of his father. Mr. John Day. —Joe Jenkins, ill at his sister, Mrs. J. J. Burrs, for some time, is much worse at this writing. —Mr. Geo. Hicks of Lydon is visiting his daughter, Mrs. C. H. Williams. —Miss Teana Williams of Indianapolis visited relatives here, recently. —Mr. John Day died, Aug. 25, after a long illness. Funeral service, Saturday 2 p. m. at the residence conducted by Rev. J. Borth He, wife of Rev. J. Borth, daughters, two brothers and four other leathers. —Mr. Earl Williams and Laura E. Ford were married in Covington, last week. They are at in Trenton 10. OUR AUTO DERBY IN AKRON, SEPT. 4. The Fastest Races Are Being At tracted to "The Rubber City" By The Big "Gold Pot"—Our Pro- tessional Drivers To Show. With interest in the mammoth LaBour Day auto derby at the Akron-Cleveland board speedway, at its highest pitch, holding foremost, of course, is the one hundred lap auto classic which will see some of the country's greatest drivers pushing their mounts around the saucer at a dizzy pace to obtain the larger shares of over three thousand dollars prize money. At nine in the morning the management will hold the elimination races when over fifty cars will race; the twelve fastest boats will be the ones to face the starter's flag at three that same afternoon. But "lest we forget", there are those who have never witnessed an auto race. So if you will just go, you will see and hear them, the one with its high-powered cars running, puffing, swerving, skidding and then adjusting themselves, shooting around the oval at almost unbelievable speed, crowd cheering every time some team passes another. The entries are rolling in fast. Local drivers who run away from speedcops, and think they can still get a faster, can secure entry blanks at The Gazette office, 226 W. Superior Ave. Phone, Cherry 1255. There are twenty-five hundred dollars in a purse of three prize money and a purse of three prize money to every driver finishing to the wave of the checkered flag. Some of the speed-kings who will have their charges roaring here on Labor Day are "Bill" Wiggins of Chicago, this country's foremost Afro-American driver. His brother will also pilot a new machine. Indianapolis is sending a trio here to carry off the honors. While "Ford", the inventor of "concentrated noise", will have the best Detroit can offer in the way of the world's fastest four-speed-ford. Well folks, all roads lead to the Akron speedway. Free parking, and a crew of gentlemen to show you how to park. Admission $1.00. Grandstand 50c. THRU AT THE WOODLAND HILLS BATHING POOL, Says Director of Public Safety Edwin D. Barry—The "Buckeye Road Gang" Encouraged by Kluxers—What Our Detective Says. Director of Public Safety, City. Dear Ed: I tried several times to get the troubles to week, on two different days but you were "busy in conference", and I twice left my 'phone number with a re- quest that you call me as soon as convenient, but have not as yet heard from you! I 'phoned because I have been kept too busy to call as much as I want to, particularly since the hills bathing-pool tu- bles developed. The very first opportu- nity I have, shall use to call, as there are a number of matters I would discuss with you. But will first 'phone and make an appoint- ment. The enclosure is part of a "news release" received, this morning, from Atty, Charles W. White, president of the local branch of the N. A. A. C. P. house address in New York, wan- t to address your attention to the complaint it contains of the latest failure of the police at the Woodland Hills bathing-pool to do their clear and full duty, promptly. This has been a standing complaint ever since the first outbreak there. Always have the troubles been permitted to gain headway, unnecessarily, because the police know, was one or two serious riots. You will recall that I introduced and secured the enactment of the Ohio Mob Violence Act in 1896 when a member of the Ohio Legislature for a second time. For a number of years prior to that year and ever since, I have made a careful study of mob violence with the result that I know, and you know, that if mob action is "squelched" in its incipiency there is never any action before the city of having prompt and effective action from the police at the pool whenever necessary and not the kind we have apparently been getting there. You can get this kind of action and be absolutely assured of it by stationing at the pool the Colored officers, Patrolmen Jones and Patton of the third or fourth precinct. They will afford it, and you will have no more trouble at the Woodland Hills bathing-pool as long as they remain there. I trust you will do this, just as my informant, a Kinsman Road business man in that vicinity, was in to see me again, last week, and is insistent that "the Buckeye Road gang", which it seems is notorious in that section, has been at the bottom of all the trouble at the Wood-Hills bathing-pool, and that members of the Ku Klux Klan in that vicinity are underneath the gang's activity and have influence with certain members of the police force who have been in the pool. It is openly stated in that section that certain members of the police force are members of the Ku Klux Klan. The lack of prompt action on the part of the police stationed at the pool suggests this, too. Very truly yours, Harry C. Smith. The Director's Reply. (Special Delivery Letter.) Cleveland, Aug. 25, '27. Hon. Harry C. Smith. Editor Gazette, City. Dear Harry;—I have your letter of August 24th and have noted the contents carefully. At the present time I do not know of anything more the police department can do. We have our men stationed there with special instructions to the deputy inspector of that district and the captains to see that there is no discrimination at that public no. The department has been many complaints that our department is unfair but I find that up to the present time those stories are not true. I wanted to make sure that our men were doing their full duty so I detailed Detective Arthur McFarland and as you perhaps know he is one of our best officers and a man that is absolutely fair. I called Arthur to my office, yesterday, and while he was only there two days and is going away on his furlough to Columbuse he told me in the presence of Inspector Matowitz that the department was doing its full duty. He also told me that during a little admiration the officers were arrested a white boy for disturbance. I informed Detective McFarland, in the presence of Inspector Matowitz, that our object in having him there at the pool was to see that all people regardless of creed or color were permitted to use that public pool. You are at liberty to call Detective McFarland and I am sure after your interview you will be perfectly satisfied that the police department is doing its full duty. I will also be pleased to have you call at my office. It will not be necessary to make an appointment. I will be glad to see you any time you call. Respectfully yours, Edwin D. Barry, Director of Public Safety. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS ADDRESSING THE FOURTH PAN-AFRICAN CONGRESS, LAST WEEK. Issues a Strong Manifesto Which Demands the Withdrawal of American Marines From Haiti—and Urges Afro-Americans to Use Their Political Power to Some Purpose, Etc. New York City—Addressing the opening mass meeting, last week, of the Fourth Pan-African Congress, Wm. Pickens pointed out that the ultimate causes of oppression lie deeper than race or color and that the fight for justice must enlist international co-operation. "In spite of the powerful tradition of the myth of race", declared Mr. Pickens, "we wish to say that a likeness in economic condition is a far sounder basis for co-operation among men than is a similarity of skin color or nose shape. If there is a factory or a mill that employs many people of different races, the destiny of those people is far more involved in their work and wages than in their language and birth-places. But the superstition of race and of nationality is so strong in the minds of men that many movements for the good of mankind still find themselves at first narrowly limited by racial and national lines. "The Pan-African Congress, a biennial conference of all the descendants of Africa throughout the world, was conceived by Dr. W. E. Du Bols and was first organized in Paris in 1919. H. recognizes that worldly dominated by group-conscious white men there is a 'color problem for our people of the world, and especially for the descendants of Africa. "Perhaps nobody dreams that the problem of the 'Negro' or of the Chinman can ever be solved simply by the co-operation of 'Negroes' with 'Negroes' or of Chinese with Chinese. The N. A. O. C. P. began with the conference and cooperated of a men styling themselves the Niagara Movement. This movement became a national power when by protest and publicity it brought some of the more socially-minded white people to see that they had a common interest in the claims and aims of the movement of the colored men." The Pickens declared that the Brussels Congress of Oppressed People had put oppression, imperialism, colonial tyranny and race prejudice in the same rank and added: "Economic exploitation knows neither race nor color. It will attack that group which is most helpless, most open to exploitation. The 'Negroes' of Africa were not enslaved because they offered the greatest return for the smallest amount of outlay and effort to the slave hunter. Capitalistic exploiters are a natural class not to be distinguished by race, color, language or ancient history. Even an American 'Negro' capitalist, late descendant of raped Africa, is just exactly like other capitalists. He must be the man who created the Axis and the Pan-African Congress must see common interest and make common cause with the other oppressed and exploited peoples of the world." The Fourth Pan-African Congress, ending its sessions here, last week Wednesday night, published a manifesto in the name of its delegates "from 20 American states, from nearly all the West Indies Islands, from Germany, Japan, India, South America, Sierra Leone, Gold Coast, Nigeria, Liberia and South Africa." The manifesto states the following main demands of "Negroes" throughout the world: 1. A voice in their own government. 2. Native rights to the land and its natural resources. 3. Modern education for all children. 4. The development of Africa for the Africans and not merely for the profit of Europeans. 5. The re-organization of commerce and industry so as to make the main object of capital and labor the welfare of the many rather than the enriching of the few. 6. The treatment of civilized men as civilized despite differences of birth, race or color. 7. The manifesto further demands the withdrawal of American armed forces from the black Republic of Halii and the restoration of self-government there; condemns the attempt of white South Africans to monopolize the land belonging to the black natives; and after touching on African conditions says of conditions in America. 8. "We believe that Afro-Americans should begin the effective use of their political power and that instead of working for a few minor offices or IN UNION IS STRENGTH COPY FIVE CENTS COLOR! WM. PICKENS RTH PAN-AFRICAN CON- AST WEEK. Which Demands the With- rines From Haiti—and to Use Their Political Purpose, Etc. for merely local favors and concessions, they should vote with their eyes fixed upon the international problems of the color line and the national problems which affect them." The manifesto also urges our en- trance into the trade unions in this country and says: "We urge the white workers of the world to realize that no program of labor uplift can be successfully carried through in Europe or America so long as colored labor is exploited and enslaved and deprived of all political power." On international affairs the Fourth Pan-African Congress expresses solidarity with national independence in Egypt, China, and India and the cessation of interference by the United States in Central and South American countries. The Congress with its upwards of 200 delegates was the largest in the series and it received the largest amount of carefully catalogued information concerning the peoples of African descent presented to any such session. The international committees have issued Fifth Pan-African Congress, two years hence, will work out a permanent international organization. DOINGS OF THE RACE Mr. Seymour Carroll, of Columbia, S. C., is the youngest field representative with the American Education society. Five thousand K. P. in the parade at their annual national meet in Chicago, as well as 10,000 Elks at their annual national meet in New York City, last week Tuesday, marched in the rain. Hampton, Va., Tuskegee, Ala., and Utica, Miss, Institutes will receive $5,000 each and the New York City Urban league, $5,000 as a result of the will, Mrs. Family Butler (white), New York City. Thirty-six of our clerks in the Pension Department, where segregation was installed, recently, have signed a protest letter to Sec. of the Interior Hubert Work. Some of them are veterans of the World War, too. Nebraska Williams, age 19, of Shreveport, La., landed in Boston, recently, completing a 2,000 mile hike in 84 days and winning a four year college course at Ann Arbor, Mich., as a reward for his feat, willis Bully, wore out one pair of shoes on the journey to his master's seven. They averaged 35 miles daily. The youth lost 16 pounds. We congratulate the editor, Hon Harry C. Smith, of The Cleveland, Ohio, Gazette, on the 45th anniversary of his great paper, without having a skip or a miss. Go on Harry, you are rendering a great and much-needed service for our group by your fearless method of attacking the wrong and injustice practiced against our race.—Portland (Ore.) Advocate. E. D. Cannady, editor; Mrs. E. D. Canady, manager. Blocton, Ala. News. Misses Isis Gibson and Margie Brown of Youngstown, O., are visiting their aunt, Mrs. Dealle Mainer. Mission meeting at Liberty Baptist church, Sunday. Everybody cordially invited.—Get a copy of The Gazette weekly from R. B. Maxwell. GOSH!--THESE FLIES ARE SIMPLY DRIVING ME NUTTY! CHEER UP, SIS! LOOK AT ALL THE FLY PAPER I BOUGHT! THAT'S IT!--PUT IT AROUND EVERY PLACE!--ON THE TABLE, CHAIRS---EVEN ON THE FLOOR! NOW WELL GO IN THE OTHER ROOM AND SHUT THE DOOR! ALL RIGHT, SIS! WE'RE BOUND TO CATCH SOMETHING! IMPERIAL FLY PAPER IMPERIAL FLY PAPER Tim Earley The GAZETTE 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 Address all communications to HARRY C. SMITH Editor and Proprietor THE GAZETTE 226 W. Superior Ave., Cleveland, O. (Bell Thone: Cherry 1259) Member Ohio Legislature: 1894 to 1896; 1896 to 1898; 1900 to 1902 THE GAZETTE is the oldest and has the largest bona fide circulation, double that of any newspaper in the interest of Afro-Americans published or circulated in the state of Ohio, and comparison with any will immediately establish its rank as one of the NEWSHEST AND BEST in the country. 10,000,000 Afro-Americans. 350,000 in Ohio. 40,000 in Cleveland. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1927. Those persons who are trying to work up a "draft Coolidge as the Republican candidate, next year", ought to have "their heads examined". We are of those who do not believe Winfred Tete-Ansa (quoted in our New York City letter elsewhere in this paper) ever said or could be induced to say anything of the kind "Read between the lines" and think just a little. ACTION WANTED! Street-car service in Central Ave. grows steadily worse. Several months ago, the Cleveland Railway Co. announced that the line operating in that avenue was the third best producer of revenue in the city. For several months, the patrons of the Central Ave. line have been receiving eleven or twelve minute service. The first of the week, another run was taken off the line which now makes impossible better than 14 or 15 minute-waits for a street-car. It seems to us that since Councilman Tom Fleming is practically of no use to his constituents, that Central Ave. car-riders ought to hold a mass meeting and demand of Councilwoman Marie Wing and her co-workers, in the city council from the third district, action that will result in securing not only better street-car service on the Central Ave. line but also street repair work such as has not been given in that section for many months, as well as a number of other greatly needed improvements of various kinds. There is no district in the city of Cleveland that is neglected so much and is so sadly in need of the assistance of a live councilman who has some regard for his constituents' welfare as those resident in the Central Ave. district. And it will pay Councilwomen Wing and Bronstrup and their co-worker, Councilman Johnny Sulzman, to pay some attention to this matter immediately. Some, if not all, of them will be looking for votes, this fall, which they will not get unless they do show some interest in the affairs of the residents of the Central Ave. district. Hiding behind Councilman Tom Fleming's broad expanse of coat-tail will not be accepted as an excuse any longer. "HOOTCH-HOUNDS" AND MINIS TERS. "Hootch-hounds", white men who go into the 11th and 12th wards of this city hunting hootch and bad women, almost wholly those of color, seem to be multiplying. Here lately they are often found sitting on doorsteps and asleep on side-walks with a step for a pillow, "cleaned" of all that is valuable they possessed when they entered the ward. About midnight, one evening last week, we passed one asleep in E. 30th St., using a doorstep of Shiloh Baptist church for a pillow. Late, Monday morning, several of them were reclining, as indicated above, on Central Ave. near E. 30th St. It has been estimated that from 500 to 1,000 of these "hootch-hounds" visit the 11th and 12th wards each week. Many of the women in that section and their he-males depend upon the patronage of "hootch-hounds" in order to exist, these days. So do many of the speak-easles which are frequently headquarters for bootleggers and dope peddlers. The buffet-fats, baudy-houses, gambling-dens and "chititin-suppers" are more or less attractive to the "hootch-hounds", but are secondary not primary. Last Saturday midnight, a band of color was choking the tongue out of an aged "hootch-hound" when Officer Patton happened along in time to save his money and valuables and possibly his life, and send both to the 4th precinct police-station. This "hootch-hound", like many others, FRESH BREAD, ROLLS, PIES, CAKE AND OTHER PASTRY DAILY. The Old Reliable Central Avenue Bakery a Delightful Lake Trip CLEVELAND to BUFFALO When you are tired and dusty from driving, or hot and stuffy from long hours on a noisy train—just stop off at Cleveland and enjoy a long night's restful slum- ber on a C & B Line Steamer. Your railroad ticket is good on our Steamers, leaving Cleveland every night at 9 p. m., arriving in Buffalo 7:30 a.m. Fare only $5.50 While at Buffalo visit Niagara Falls, America's Scenic Wonderland, and the gateway to Canada. The Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Co. East 9th Street Pier Cleveland, Ohio Tourist Guide with maps, sent on request. Auto TRAINS $5.00 and UP THE GEEVUM GIRLS was a man of good standing in the community among those who knew him. Occasionally, they are found dead on side-walks, usually in the vicinity of a speak-easy or bandy-house. And this sort of thing has gone on until it is a stench in the nostrils of the decent residents of the 11th and 12th wards, without the proper effort being made by the city to minimize the many evils of that section of the city, largely because our ministers of the two wards mentioned wink at it and steadfastly refuse to demand that the city manager raise the fearfully low, degrading, immoral standard that exists there. As we have taken occasion to say in the past, we repeat, periodic police drives afford only slight temporary relief. Only regular and liberal police patrol, night and day, of the district will produce anything like the desired result. And our ministers will not even demand this. They apparently are no longer charged with the "up-keep" of their people as they were wont to assert, years ago. Lord have mercy! PRIME SPORT NEWS Hornets Defeat The Tires. Akron, O.—After see-sawing back and forth, using six pitchers and a flock of pinch hitters, the Cleveland Hornets won a 14 to 10 game from the Akron General Tires, Sunday, at General Field. Ten extra base hits featured. Six triples and four two-baggers were included in a total of 100 shots. The commission and commission accounted for the defeat. Summers and Duncan made doubles and Barnes, Stockard and Summers, triples. Yarbo Stayed 12 Rounds. Wilson Yarbo stayed 12 rounds instead of 10 rounds in his fight with Champion Micky Walker, last week Thursday evening, and showed wonderful vitality and ability to take punishment. We still feel that it was a mistake to pit so young and inexpert players in the competition of his class. Such contests do not help a young fighter other than financially. Yarbo Wants His Money. Wilson Yarbo, local middleweight, has complained to Assistant Prosecutor S. C. Glenn, who is investigating the matter, that he has not been paid for his bout with Champion John Hawkins, on Thursday week Thursday night. Promoter Walter Taylor says that David Hawkins, Yarbo's manager, refused to accept $1,000 and is holding out for $1,500. Taylor also says that Yarbo was promised $1,500 if the gate-receipts reached $30,000 but that they came nowhere near that figure. This is why Hawkins evidently have another side, or they would not be contending for $1,500 and refusing $1,000. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1927. McVey Robbed of a Decision. It begins to look as if an Afro-American pugilist will have to kill his opponent at Taylor bowl, this city, in order to get an honest decision when he wins in a contest with a white "pug", or Afro-American who lives in Cleveland. We do not recall a single instance where this rule has been broken in our favor since Taylor bowl's opening. Jack McVey clearly outpointed former welterweight champion Jimmy McCarthy the middleweight title, Pete Latzo, Tuesday night, at that place and did it so decisively that the sport-writers of local daily papers and the great majority of those at Taylor bowl, that evening, frankly say so. "He outscored Pete in frequency of punches landed by at least 10 to 7 and possibly 10 to 6", says James E. Doyle, sport-writer of the Cleveland Daily Plain Dealer. Latzo was an even dozen pounds heavier than McVey. The first four of the twelve rounds ended with McVey slightly in the lead. He won the 55th round. The next round he drew the 76th, 9th and 10th for McVey; the 11th and 12th were a "toss-up". All this according to Doyle and the local daily paper sport-writers who saw the fight. Attendance 8,000. In cleverness and ringcraft, none of the welterweights, who have shown in Cleveland for several seasons, has excelled the New York fighter, Jack McVey. He has made three Cleveland appearances, this summer—the first in a one-sided victory over Walcott Langford, the second in a clean-cut contest against Bob Sage and the third, Tuesday night, at Taylor bowl. He won in all of the tests he was welterweight class personified. Indeed, every indication points to the fact that he is on his way rapidly to the championship of either the welterweight or middleweight class. A NATIVE AFRICAN On the American Negro's Lack of Business Training and Experience. New York City—Winifred Tete-Ansa of Accra, Gold Coast, West Africa, announced, Sunday, he had concluded the preliminaries for the $2,000,000 loan from New York banking interests. The loan will be used to market co-operatively Gold Coast cocoa. Mr. Ansa who is a native of Africa, and the cocoa producers, who are his clients, paramount chiefs to establish along the Gold Coast, plan to establish a cooperative crop bank of $100,000 capital. When questioned as to the bank staff and management personnel to run the newly formed co-operative cocoa enterprise, Mr. Ansa is quoted by the daily papers as saying. "I'm taking a white staff back with me, bank manager and accountants. I'll need Americans, because a good bank's business with America, with America, we use any New York Negroes. You see while I haven't been in New York very long, I've got the impression Negroes over here haven't much business training and experience. There are a few insurance brokers or real estate agents, but no one who seems to have any grasp of sound business principles." Dr. and Mrs. John E. Hunter and son, Daniel Herrick, *p* of Lexington, Ky., arrived in the city, last Saturday, from the recent Detroit meet of our National Medical Association and an extended auto trip which included many points in southern Canada and the Thousand Islands, Niagara Falls, Buffalo and other cities. They visited The Gazette sanctum and Oberlin, Tuesday, and dined that evening with Hon. and Mrs. John P. Green, E. 107th St. While in the city, Dr. and Mrs. Hunter and son stopped with Mr. and Mrs. Neal, 2193 E. 81st St. They left, Wednesday, for Cincinnati and home. Dr. Hunter lived in this city, many years ago, with orders of medicine and is an old friend of the man. Many of the old residents will remember him and Dr. Perry Robinson also of Lexington. Your Home Prettier Your Furniture Bright Your Work Less Use WISH to thank the Pulpit, the Press, and the Public for your unselfish support given me in the recent crisis through which PORO COLLEGE has passed. 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(Opposite, Hotel Cleveland.) Notary Public Bell 'Phone: Cherry 1259 (Call in the Afternoon.) Classified Advertising Department FOR SALE.—House and large lot. Beautiful seven - room up-to-date home, near St. Clair Ave. and Lake view Rd. Splendid location. Brand new Holland furnace. The owner lives in the house. Terms. Address: Box 20, Suite 302, 226 W. Superior Ave. FOR RENT.—Four rooms up and six down; $15 and $30 per month, respectively. Two garages; $5, each, at 3017 E. 82nd St. FOR RENT.—Four room suites, first floor. All conveniences for housekeeping. Heat, light and gas furnace; $7 per week, 2208 E. 90th St. CLEVELAND Social and Personal Bessie Lee Krump and Wm. Johnston were married, recently. Mr. and Mrs. James Blanton of Hillsboro are in the city to locate. The early marriage of Miss Lilly Reeves, E. 71st St., is rumored. Miss Anita Scott of Nashville is visiting her brother, Dr. I. B. Scott, E. 84th St. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Day were called to Hillsboro, recently, by the death of his father. King Tutt Elks band attended the order's national meet in New York City, last week. Mrs. Anna Taylor, of Leavenworth, Kan., visited her son, Dr. O. A. Taylor, last week. Mrs. Leland D. French, of Cedar Ave., has returned from a visit with relatives in Chicago. Miss Edith Lee and brother, Howard, are visiting relatives in Philadelphia and Reading, Pa. Atty. and Mrs. Charles W. Chessnut and family spent several weeks of this month in Idlewild, Mich. Russell and Mrs. Fred Williams and grandchildren of Hillsboro visited her daughter here, recently. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wm. Blakey of Hillsboro spent part of their vacation in the city, recently, leaving for Pittsburgh. The Harmony Trio, Mrs. Olive Wells Ball, Mrs. Pearl Cleage and Mrs. Maudina Pearl, was an attraction at the industrial exposition, last week. Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Taylor went from Washington, D. C., the first of the week, to Wrightsville, Pa., his old home town, to visit his parents. Dr. and Mrs. Boston J. Prince leave, Sunday, for Denver, Colo. to attend a National Baptist conven- THE GEEVUM THAT'S O'C ---I DIDN'T THERE WERE APPLES O'C TREE THE GEEVUM GIRLS *M. KLEINMAN'S 2028 Central Ave. *THE S. & S. DRUG CO. 7325 Central Ave. ROSENBERG'S DRUG STORE, N. W. Cor. Central Ave. and E. 554 St. The Gazette regularly should notify copy delivered promptly. business matters to The Gazette 226 Superior Ave., West, oppo-you wish to see the editor call carefully examine The Gazette's purchases. Business men who have the patronage of our people, assurance that they want it.ication in current issues of The by noon, WEDNESDAY, of that advertisements accepted until C. SMITH, Avenue, Cleveland, O. Bel Cleveland.) Bell Phone: Cherry 1259 (Call in the Afternoon.) FOR RENT. — Modern 3-room suites; steam-heat and hot-water furnished, at 8805 Cedar Ave. Inquire, Suite 11, or L. Kabat, owner Gar. 6617-J. This is a nice apartment just opened to the better class of our people. Splendid location for a doctor or dentist, too. FOR RENT. — Flive nice, good-size rooms, downstairs. Electric lights, bath, gas; all conveniences. Large cellar and yard, in the East End, very near Quincy car line. Call Cherry 1259, in the afternoon. Wallace Captain visited in Hillsboro, recently. tion. They will spend three weeks in the West. Robert H. Thompson of Pleasantville, N. J., arrived in the city, Wednesday, to locate. Mr. Thompson is the kind we like to have come to Cleveland—progressive. Prof. and Mrs. Charles Smith and Alice E. Brown, parents and daughter of Mrs. Russell S. Brown, arrived the first of the week from Wilberforce for a short visit. Those wishing to enter the great Auto Speed Races at Akron can get entry blanks at The Gazette office; Cherry, 1259. See advertisement, elsewhere in this paper. A very pretty post-card, dated Aug. 27, '27, Washington, D. C., received, this week, announces the arrival there of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Taylor, E. 90th St., who are visiting relatives. Stabbing Victim Dies.—Wm. Short, age 53, victim of a recent stabbing fray near his home at 2521 E. 43d St., in the "roaring third" police precinct, died. Tuesday, at Charity hospital. Only one of many! Sidney B. Thompson's injuries, sustained in a recent accident, proved more serious than at first thought and kept him at his home in E. 93rd St. for some days. Samuel V. Perry arrived on schedule time, last week Saturday, from Dayton after some months' absence, as announced in last week's Gazette, and circulated all week among his many friends much to their satisfaction. Mr. and Mrs. Gale Hilyer of Minneapolis, who passed thru the city, recently, from Detroit were guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. T. Suggs, E. 98th St. Dr. and Mrs. Oliver A. Taylor entertained at dinner for them and Miss Ida Gray who is a native of Minneapolis. Robert A. Corom, 1545 Winton Ave. Lakewood, for 37 years in the employ of the Cleveland baseball club company, received one of the 71 bronze prizes awarded oldest employees of concerns that exhibited at the exposition which closed, Sunday. Good for "Bob". Angus Arrington, Jr., of Cedar Ave. and sister Mrs. Phyllis W. Bryant, motored to Madison Court House, Va., recently, to share in the settlement of the estate of his de- GIRLS D, JOE! IT KNOW ARE ANY THIS! THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1927. 2027 ceased grandfather. They also visited relatives in Washington, Baltimore and Hagerstown, Md. The Political Crusaders met at Cedar "Y", Aug. 24, Mrs. Hazel M. Walker presiding. Current political problems were discussed. Next meeting at Mrs. Harry Breckinridge's, 3227 E. 126th St. (Mt. Pleasant). Sept. 7 at 2 p.m. Members are urged to be present. Important business. Misses "Mickle" Cook and Anna Williamson of Wilberforce, and the former's niece, Mrs. Louise Cook Hill and her husband, collaborated in writing on a very pretty post-card from Yellowstone Park, Wym., under date, Aug. 22, '27, the following: Greetings from one of the best baskets and creating points of our trip. Our summer has brought us experience that will never be forgotten and that will function significantly in our work." The Gazette is indebted to Major Wm. T. Anderson of this city for a printed copy of the general report of Rt. Rev. Joshua H. Jones, bishop of the third episcopal district, A. M. E. Church. It covers all monies received and expended in connection with the financing and building of the School in Wilberforce. The Major has been appointed by Bishop Jones temporary presiding elder of the Youngstown district, a position vacated by the recent death of Dr. Charles Bundy. The Telling-Belle Vernon and Tabor Ice Cream company entertained the inmates of our Old Folk's home at Garfield park, Aug. 24. They were generously treated to milk and ice cream, and thoroly enjoyed the novel experience. Before going to the park they were given a sight-seeing trip in a bus over the boulevards of the city. Pink Owens and Charles older, old employee of the company, were invited to secure this treat for the old folk. They were materially assisted by Mrs. Carter and Mrs. Owens in the serving. At a dinner, Tuesday evening, at Ex-Senator and Mrs. John P. Green's residence, given by them in honor of Dr. and Mrs. John E. Hunter and son, of Lexington, Ky., were the following persons in addition to those named in the foregoing: Prof. and Mrs. Charles S. Smith of Wilberforce, the latter a sister of Mrs. Green; Mr. and Mrs. John R. Cornwell, the latter Mrs. Green's younger daughter. The social function proved most enjoyable, indeed, largely as the rehearsal for the recounting. 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A Don't Throw Away Your Copy of The GAZETTE After Reading It But give it to a Friend or Acquaintance wh might Subscribe after Reading a Copy of HOW SEGREGATION IS USED AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL TO LOWER OUR STATUS AS CITIZENS. How Much Longer Will Our Self and Race Respecting Press, Pulpit and People Submit to This Rank Injustice? Washington, D. 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 turner, under President Harding; and reached its zenith under president Coolidge. For instance, the largest of our parks President Wilson never troubled, but the pres- ent administration has found time and desire to introduce it even 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 engra- ving. He segregated the census-takers in this city in 1910, restricting white workers to white people, and black to black, often duplicating the most blocks had white and black residents. And, of all, an inbounded in his official capacity that Negroes should not hold office where white people complained. Seg- regation, then, is a Republican institution and not a Democratic one. was begun by Republicans, and carried on to its all-embracing ex- ent 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 to by our Republican President. Only last week, a black civil appeared after passing 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 was a favorite of Secretary Mellon and President Coolidge. He hails from North Carolina, the home of the favorite 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 postoffive segregation is rampant. The faithful colored clerks work under constant humiliation and physical disadvantages. The department maintains a spacious cafeteria for whites only, where these inferior white clerks can buy appetizing lunches and chat in comfort while eating, while the colored clerks must bring cold luncheons from home and eat them any place they can. The physical discomfort, disadvantageous as it is, is far less galling to the colored clerks than is the thought of their government taking their lunch, as it takes those of the white for the comfort of the locker and setting them off as though they were lepers. The injustices all bring all the more when they perfect that they are far more capable than the whites, and after the government more intelligent and efficient service—the white man of their attainment being able to get far more lucrative employment. The department goes even farther in its solicitude for whites and neglect of colored. It maintains a well appointed room with two tables and other games, with a portable lounges and other equipment for rest, reciprocity, and recreation, and 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 very presence of the colored, to attend a reception to the heads of departments, including the postmaster general, in the postoffice building. It announced dancing and a pleasant social evening with the postmaster, the office clerk, yet not one was invited to the colored clerks. I hurried a protest to the postmaster general the day before it was to come on, 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 the job is not an employment Negro, however efficient or old in the service, must ever dream of a promotion to a directive position. The hard, unyielding caste passes whites over him, one after another, though many of the colored employees have won contests in quickness and accuracy in the handling of mail. The colored clerks have dared to form a union which meets regularly and often sends manly and intelligent protests to the postmaster, and often appeals from his delegations to the postmaster himself. It has secured improvements 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 conditions. Some poor girls are set off from the whites with the latter, of course, having the better working conditions, salaries and recreational facilities. There is a large cafeteria in this huge structure where all of the employees may go, but there are a few tables in an out-of-the-way 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 in salary roll and in the caste that bars promotions. Here, as elsewhere, the 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 rest and amusements excluded 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 Negroes who believe in the power of a man who dismissed on a trump-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 falling to secure any evidence searched him only to discover the pistol. They quickly dropped the arson charge and substituted one for carrying conceal weapons. By this medially 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 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 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 a rebel during the Civil War, wife of Senator Robert La Follette. Shortly after the accession of Mr. Wilson to the White House, a mem- der 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, oblivious upon ultimate 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! abolition of the division altogetner; 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 even a体力 compulsory duration 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. Washington, J. C. — We wish to call Senator La Follette lodged a protest with Secretary Madoo to no avail, and his noble wife began a crusade against the undemocratic innovation. She took the platform here in Washington and Boston before the famous Twentieth Century club. She used the columns of the Senator's magazine, sparing neither space, nor vigor of utterance. She thundered against it in our loca a white press, and addressed the national gathering of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in New York. When our people here were so profoundly discuraged, she came out one stormy afternoon to the Y. M. C. A. to urge them to continue the fight for the abolition of the crusade. 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 altogether. The same segregation which some of our people think is the cherished institution of the Democratic party is still there, in all of its fullness, under the administration of the party that Abraham Lincoln, Charles Sumner and Frederick Doug gass helped to found. Our girls are employed there in far larger numbers than in any other branch of the public service. THEY ARE SEGREAT the teachers that they work as teachers and working stations, and of course none are ever thought of for promotions to executive places. They are girls from our best names, most of them with high and 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 sequestration, 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) The various forms of segregation exist here as well as elsewhere—the restaurants closed or divided along color lines, and special toilet, locker rooms, rest rooms, etc., set off for colored. The toilets for the colored are few in such a large structure. Hence, the segregated clerks are 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 be poor, with no other opportunities in this southern atmosphere, must take the former. They are depressed at the wrong, but economic stress compels endurance of it. By a single stroke of his pen, President Calvin Coolidge can stop every bit of this damnable segregation, just as he can condemn that lawless organization the Ku Klux Klan. Washington, b. C. — We wish to call attention to the fact that in the night 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, beet/veer bureaus were maintained 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 Burcuses An investigation of the executive department 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 employee Bonus Section Bonus section of the War Department—one segregated section of 180 of our employees. Veterans Bureau----a segregated section of 16 employees. Department of Justice—a segregated section of 10 employees in the file room. Internal Revenue Internal Revenue Bureau—a segregated section of 7 employees. regated section of 7 employees. Office of the Treasurer of the United States—a segregated section of 4 employees. War Department, Transportation Division—a segregated section of 5 employees. P. O. Separate Lunch Room Post Office Department—a segregated lunch room THE PRIZE WINNERS Announcement, of the Lucky Ones in The Contest for Our Composers, At Our Nat'l Association of Musicians' Annual Meet. John S. Hall, our oldest jeweler and optometrist, for the past twenty-six years in business in Central Ave., has established himself thoroly in the confidence of our people of this city because of fair dealing, honesty and reasonable rates. Patronize John S. Hall's jewelry store, 3133 Central Ave. 1 MODISH DAYTIME FROCKS STRESS COMPOSE OF ORGANDIE AND GINGHAM THE FASHION WEEK TO BE ever so chic this summer, one must own at least one fluffy, printed chiffon frock, made with a view to emphasizing the soft silhouette, Fashionables everywhere are yielding to the magic of the teeny weedy figured chiffons. They are so truly feminine in their charm, and when they are flounced and bloused and shirred like the one in the picture, with a touch of snowy georgette accenting the modish jabot treatment, they are simply enchanting. It is observed that the best people are wearing chiffons which are styled very simply. Every woman knows that it requires a superior technique and skill to fashion the simple-appearing frock. That is why the model in the picture is so alluringly naive and eminently high class in appearance—it emanates from the salon of a leading member of the Art League of America. It needs no further credentials as to the aristocracy of its fabric and its fashion. Notice how cleverly the deep-shirred ruffle which forms the skirt laps over the front to the extreme MODISH DAYTIME COMPOSE OF ORGA THEY'RE present at the most unexpected events—it's cotton frocks we are referring to, if you please. Nowadays, according to fashion reports from Paris to America and back again, it's organdie for the wedding party, cotton volles for the races and the horse show, gingham and swiss and plaque and dimity, too, also sateen prints at bridge party or tennis tournament, and so on and so on. Which all goes to show that to be absolutely chic, one's wardrobe must contain a goodly showing of smartly styled cotton frocks this season. If every frock of cotton weave is as charming as the one in this picture, no wonder they are receiving such flattering indorsement by the mode. For this arresting model the compose theme has been developed, by combining organdie with gingham. The gingham used is one of the season's novelty checks with half-inch blocks in black and peach threads scattered on a very fine check ground in sea green and white. The skirt is box-shaped. A modish sleeveless bo- GAZETTE Subscribe a side, thus giving hint of a one-side overskirt drape. This is an idea worth remembering if you are thinking of making up some pretty soft fabric into a midsummer frock. Vivid little flowers, say bright red or yellow on a black background, are the last word for printed crepes, chiffons and silks. Do not forget this fact, if you are choosing material for a new gown. These gay flowers stand out against their ebony background with startling color effect, and they make up wonderfully effective—quite the most swagger thing on the mode's newest summer dress fabric program. Stunning ensembles of these tiny flowered silks feature sleeveless frocks with either a short jacket, a full-length coat of plain navy or black to match the background, these same being lined with the gay flower-covered silk of the dress. To complete the picture, wear with this animated flowery ensemble, a hat of tremendous brim, simply banded with velvet ribbon. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. (© 1927, by Western Newspaper Union.) FROCKS STRESS INDIE AND GINGHAM jero over a blouse of peach organdle achieves chic in every detail. Parchment kidskin shoes are worn with this costume, with champagne hose—which goes to show that fastidious accessories are as necessary to the fashionable cotton frock, as they are to the most formal silk or satin costume. There no end to the clever things being accomplished with gingham and organdle in combination. A perfect gem of a sports frock consists of a plaited skirt of the gingham with an overhose of organdle which has graduated bands of the gingham running from the hem to within yoke depth of the neckline. The sleeves show the gingham bands below the elbow. There is also a band of the gingham across the square neck—and listen to this!—a shoulder flower cut from the gingham is posed in a manner most fetching. Yes, there's no getting around it, the prestige of cotton-weaves is growing by leaps and bounds. JULLA BOTTOMLEY. (© 1937, by Western Newspaper Union.) E After Reading THE "SEEANDBEE". The C. & B.'s Great Ship Soon to Start on Its Annual Chicago Cruise—A Wonderful Trip! The Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company at Buffalo and Cleveland announce the 1927 lake cruise de luxe of the great ship to turn, leaving Buffalo to Chicago and turn, leaving Buffalo, Sept. 7 and Buffalo, Sept. 7, back in Cleveland on the 12th, and at Buffalo on the 13th. This Chicago cruise is one of the most luxurious pleasure events planned on the Great Lakes, and has an extensive patronage among the socially prominent people not only in Buffalo and Cleveland, but draws its guests from Pittsburgh, Rochester, Erie, Cincinnati, Columbus and many other cities of the neighboring states. The great ship offers all the facilities of a great modern hotel, with a corps of courteous attendants ready to serve one with every desirable comfort. Imposing in size, with spacious decks and rich interior appointments, it affords every opportunity for an ideal cruise. This, combined with beautiful scenery, interesting stop-overs at the famous canal locks at the "Soo," historic Mackinac Island, and a ten-hour hours at Chicago, offer a trip seldom known for its enjoyable experience. At Chicago, there will be a sightsighting trip by auto, with ample time also for shopping and the theatre. Every detail of this cruise has been carefully planned by The Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company to afford the utmost in recreation, rest and scenic interest. Days of luxurious idleness on deck, or one may enjoy the definitely planned C. & B cruise hostess. Evenings in the moonlight with dreamy dance music furnished by Louis Rich and his fame broadcasting orchestra. Deliciouse meals of renowned C. & B. excellence will be served in the main dining room overlooking the water. The itinerary of the cruise is as follows: Wednesday, Sept. 6. —Leave on the great ship "Seeandbree" from wharves S. Michigan Ave. Bridge, Buffalo, at 9 p. m. (Staterooms available at 5:30 p. m.) Wednesday, Sept. 7. —After a night of refreshing sleep on Lake Erie, arrive Cleveland 7:30 a. m. Seventeen hours for visiting and shopping in this interesting city. Leave Cleveland Thursday, Sept. 8. —A delightful daylight cruise up Detroit River, Lake St. Clair, St. Clair River and Lake Huron, passing Detroit 8:30 a. m. and Fort Gratiot 2 p. m. Friday, Sept. 9. —Another charming daylight cruise thru the picturesque St. Marys River, reaching Sault Ste. Marie 10 a. m. Two hours to shore and three hours to locks. Leave Sault Ste. Marie, 12 noon. A daylight cruise on Lake Michigan Saturday, Sept. 10.—Arrive Chicago 10 a.m. Fourteen hours in this great city. Two hour sightseeing trip by automobile thru north, west and west sides, also thru Chicago's famous parks. Leave Chicago, 12 midnight. Sept. 11.—Daylight cruise on Lake Michigan, arriving Mackniac Island 3 p.m. Three hours amidst nature's grandeur. One hour's sightseeing trip around the island. Leave Mackinac Island 6 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12.—Daylight cruise down St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair, Detroit River, and Lake Erie, passing Fort Gratiot 7 a.m. and Detroit 10:30 a.m. Arrive Cleveland 5 p.m. Leave Cleveland 9 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13.—Arrive, Buffalo 7:20 a.m. Cruise passengers from Buffalo and Niagara Falls and return to Cleveland with sight-seeing trip and luncheon at Niagara Falls. Tuesday, Sept. 13.—Leave Buffalo at 9 p.m. arrive Cleveland, Wednesday, Sept. 14, at 7:30 a.m. Cruise passengers from Buffalo may continue on to Niagara Falls and return to Buffalo with sight-seeing trip and luncheon at Niagara Falls. (Schedule based on eastern standard time.) The capacity of the great lake is 1500 guests; the luxe is limited to 500 guests, doubly assuring those taking the trip of a most enjoyable, long to be remembered vacation. ON OUR 45TH YEAR! Sharline, O., Aug. 27, 27. Hon. H. C. Smith, Editor, Gazette, Cleveland, Ohio. Dear Sir:—Greetings! I want to be one of the first to congratulate you on The Gazette's entrance upon him. Without question, it has within its purported beautiful and inspirational thoughts. It has given me a greater and grander vision of the beauties of life and it should be in the homes and in the hands of everyone of our race in Ohio, at least. James Harvey Jackson, one of your former partners, had part of my name. As long as I live, I would read "The Old Reliable" Gazette. James Elmer Harvey. Pennsylvania State News. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wilkes and children of New Castle and Paul H. Ray and sister, Miss Bessie, of Clairton, attending Yongstown, Monday, attending the institution on Line" Idora park—Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Bush of Sharon were in Youngstown, Monday and Tuesday—Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Foreman and family of Bellfonte are visiting Mrs. Wm. Wade in Youngstown—Mrs. Anna Spencer and children of Pittsburgh spent a week in Youngstown on business is visiting in Sharline. Miss Simmons, formerly of Bellaire, is working as a waitress in Clairton. Must Have Been a Southern "Dracker" Cambridge, Mass.—Resenting an insult directed at his color in a Cambridge restaurant, Mr. John Schenkens, Assistant U. S. District Attorney, choked a white ruffian into submission here, last week Tuesday. At the police station where Attorney Schenkens was exonerated, Bowers, the individual who insulted him was told by the judge that if he could not act a gentleman to stay out of Cambridge. He doubtless will now.