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FRESH OHIO NEWS 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. NEW VIENNA.—Many persons of both races, in this village are greatly pleased to again meet and greet L. R. Carey of Cleveland, who has been here, two weeks, visiting his mother and old home. Mrs. Rose Rollins and Mr. Walter Price dined with Mrs. Carey and son, Tuesday evening. The Careys were the honour guests at a dinner in Greenfield, Monday at Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Johnson. They made several social stops en route to and from that little city.—Mr. Leonard and Johnie Rollins were in Greenfield, Sunday.—Mrs. Edgar Peele and son, Isaac Newton, spent Sunday with her daughter, Mrs. Vivian Bunch, in Chillicothe. recently broke an arm, is rapidly convulsing.—Miss Veetta Jackson of all visitors visited Miss Clarice Lewis Sunday—Miss Thelma Curtis of Pittsburg is visiting her grandmother Mrs. Irene Johnson. HILLSBORO.—Mrs. George Williams of Dayton was here, Sunday.—Mrs. Ella Johnson has returned to Cleveland after a visit here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. V. Wallace.—Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jones and son spent Sunday in Xenia and Wilberforce.—Miss Lyne Hudson entertained at lunch, Sunday evening, Miss Lillian Harewood, Harold Hennison CORRESPONDENTS must mail all letters for publication at their main postoffice sufficiently early on Monday (or Sunday) of each week to have them reach The Gazette office on Tuesday morning, and always write their names and that of their city or town on the outside of the wrapper 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 heed 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 applause. ALLIANCE—Mrs. S. Ratliff, of Port Smith, Ark., is visiting her son Wendy Gordon, George Sanders, Mr. and Mrs. Edward Oliver and daughter, Josephine, motored to Youngstown, Sunday, visiting Rev. and Mrs. Luther Gordon and family—Little Ethelene Mitchell was quite ill with a cold, last week.—Mrs. Luella Board, Misses Beatrice Cain, Myrtle and Lillian Miller left, Monday, to attend conference at Columbus.—Mrs. Dorothy Moxley (nee Tull), is convalescing in Pittsburgh.—Miss Elizabeth Prisbie entertained a host of friends, last Saturday afternoon, with a party. All report a fine time.—Mrs. Mayoma McGowan is assisting Mrs. Ida Burton with revivals in Pittsburgh. WILMINGTON. — Misses Esther, Bertha and Mr. Frank Chatman entertained, last week Thursday evening, Mrs. I. B. Carey of New Vienna and son, L. R., of Cleveland, who were touring in their new car to the Sabina street fair. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Graham had them as guests at the A. M. e. church, Sunday.—Rev Wm. Ridley, M. e. pastor, preached a very interesting sermon, Sunday morning. The solo was "Jesus Is Tenderly Calling, Today"—Miss Cordelia Anthony, very ill for some time, is slowly convalescing.—Miss Ruby Graham of beberforce University spent a spell with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Graham.—The coagregation of the M. E. church was greatly pleased to greet L. R. Carey of Cleveland at Sunday morning's services. CADIZ.—Mrs. Maude Mayle of Zanesville is the guest of Mrs. Alice Howard, who leaves for Cleveland, Saturday, to locate.—Mrs. Alice Cole of Youngstown is here visiting.—Rev. and Mrs. C. M. Hogans are in Columbus attending the quadrennial missionary convention.—Mr. Verle and Virginia Redmond have returned from a visit in Canton and Akron.—Mr. and Mrs. Roy Clark, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lucas, Mrs. L. Smith and Mrs. M. Gilliam of Martins Ferry visited here, Sunday.—Mr. Austin died early Monday morning after a few days' illness. He was prominent in church and lodge work. A widow, son, grandchildren and many friends mourn his demise. Funeral, Wednesday afternoon, from St. James A. M. E. church, Dr. C. M. Hogans officiating. WELLSVILLE.—Rev. I. A. Brown, pastor of I. A. Mrs. Myrtle Lewis attended annual conference in Lima, this week.—Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Jackson and family of Alliance spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. U. Lewis.—Mr. Homer Winslow spent Sunday with relatives in Pittsburg.—Mrs. Olive Payne, Mrs. Myrtle Lewis and Mrs. Lena Brown, and Mrs. Savannah Allen of E. Liverpool will leave, Monday morning, for Columbus to attend the quadrennial convention of the Women's Parent M. M. society.—A baby-contest, under the direction of Lee's chair, was held, Sept. 28. First and second prizes were awarded to Arthur J. Winslow and Margaret Jenkins, respectively.—Miss Verna Lewis, who recently broke an arm, is rapidly convalescing.—Miss Veetta Jackson of Alliance visited Miss Clarice Lewis Sunday.—Miss Thelma Curtis of Pittsburg is visiting her grandmother Mrs. Irene Johnson. HILLBORO—Mrs. George Williams of Dayton was here, Sunday.—Mrs. Ella Johnson has returned to Cleveland after a visit here with her parents, Mrs. and Mrs. V. Wallace.—Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jones and son spent Sunday in Xeniaxia and Wil伯force.—Miss Lyne Hudson entertained at lunch, Sunday evening, Miss Lillian Harewood, Harold Hennison and James West.—Wallace and Charles Nelson and Miss Alice Cole visited the formers' sister, Mrs. Rosie Moore, in Georgetown. Saturday.—Mr. John Lewis spent the week-end with his family in Ripley.—Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Frye of Cincinnati visited her parents. Sunday.—Read "The Old Religious" Gazette, a real race paper. Rev. D. P. Thorpe has returned after spending the summer in the East. Preached, Sunday. E. Church.—Miss Violet Greeriana has returned from a visit in Cincinnati.—Mr. Clarence Hudson and Mrs. Gertrude Christy visited in Cleveland, several days last week.—F. L. Reynolds and Mrs. Blanche Voirs of Columbus, Ohio Baptist state workers, were guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Mragston, Saturday evening.—Mrs. Ajen Thomas is improving. STATEMENT Of The Ownership, Management, etc. Required by The Act of Congress of August 24, 1912. Of The Gazette, published weekly at Cleveland, Ohio, for October, 1927. State of Ohio, County of Cuyahoga, ss. Before me a Notary Public in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared Harry C. Smith, who, having been duly sworn accession to the law, imposed and says that he is the owner of The Gazette and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management, etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 411, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to wit: 1. That the name and address of the law, law managing editor, and business manager is: Harry C. Smith, Cleveland, O. 2. That the owner is: Harry C. Smith. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgages, and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: 4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of the owners, stockholders, and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the books of the company but also, in cases where the stockholder or security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation to which an issuing, is given; also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corporation has any interest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him. Signed, Harry C. Smith. S sworn to and subscribed before me this 28th day of September. 1927. Paul Apple. (My commission expires Aug. 8th, 1930.) African Segregation Hits Jews. Capetown, S. A.—The African World reports that the residential segregation has hit the Jew here. Jewish school teachers are unable to obtain posts in certain cases because of their religious beliefs. Deeds to property in the Cape sometimes contain an endorsement to the effect that the property is never to be transferred to a Jew. Publication of the fact that a colored doctor had charge of a practice among white women led to the proposal that South African black doctors hereafter shall practice only among their own people. DOINGS OF THE RACE There have been 89 lynchings in Oklahoma since 1889. Ten kluxers of Jefferson County, Ala., were indicted by special grand jury, last week, for flogging and Spelman College, Atlanta, opened its forty-seventh session, last week, wit ha total enrollment of 559 students. The National Equal Rights league will hold its annual meeting in John Wesley A. M. E. Zion church, Washington, D. C., Oct. 25-28, '27. The legislative council of Sierra placed under bonds totaling $100,000. Leone, W. Africa, has unanimously enacted a law providing for the freeing of all slaves in that English protectorate after Jan. 1, 1928. Noble Sissle has been engaged by the Okeh Recording Co. to record a number of his popular love ballads and "hit" songs. Current rumor has it that he and Eubie Blake have dissolved their partnership of long standing. Harry T. Burleigh, composer and baritone soloist, of N. Y. City, was guest-artist of the New York Edison Co. Station WRNY, at its recent broadcasting program. He sany a group of spirituals, principally of his own composition. W. J. Worthington, ex-klan official, who admitted purchasing Arthur Hitt's farm, near Birmingham, Ala., valued at $20,000 for $800, was indicted, Sept. 27, by a special grand jury in Jefferson County, Ala., and placed under a $30,000 bond. Klux-ers took Hitt from his home at night, flogged and forced him to sell, and leave the community. Mme. Evanti (Mrs. Lillian Evans Tibbs of Washington, D. C.), a very promising lyric composer, soprano, who has spent several seasons abroad particularly in Italy, studying and singing in opera, is soon to leave for a 3 years' stay in Europe. Before leaving, however, she will make a concert tour of this country which will include this city. ALMOST A RIOT! Bad Negro Kills a Police Captain and Wounds Other Officers—Our People's "Open Letter" Had a Good Effect. (Special to The Gazette) (Special to The Gazette) Dayton, O.—The recent shooting of several policemen, one, Capt. Post, dying of his wounds, by bad "Negroes" has fanned the mob spirit in this city to fever heat. The Ku Klux Klan of this community has been for many months promoting segregation of one kind and another in every conceivable way, with the help of "jim-crow Negroes", several of whom are among our most prominent residents of the one time, "Gem City". The kluxers are delighted with the most recent turn of events and of course our real leaders here are correspondingly sad. It is the old, old story of bad "Negroes", which includes the "jim-crow" kind, wilfully placing bludgeons in the hands of our enemies to beat us out of our rights and privileges in public places, if not to beat out our brains. Capt. Post's death precipitated things, with the result that prejudiced whites and the police made it more less unarmamentable days, or all our residents of this city. A letter to the safety director of the city sent by leading members of the race, in which was written: "Regardless of race or creed, desperados, professional crooks or law breakers of any hue do not have the sanction of the better element of the Colored people. But we stand for law and order." This letter had a salutary effect upon the entire community and helped considerably to allay the anti-rage feeling. This letter was signed by J. E. Bush, president of the N. A. A. C. P. local branch; Rev. O. W. Childers, pastor of Eaker St. A. M. E. church, representing our local ministral alliance; E. W. Jackson, president of Union Body of Civic Societies; and David Poe, president of our West Side Men's Improvement association. While conditions are not so critical, at this writing, they are far from being good. The bad "Negroes" recent crimes are such as are not to be easily and readily forgotten. The editor of The Gazette is slated to address our employees of the local post-office and postal employees, Sunday afternoon, at 3 o'clock at the Cedar "Y". His subject will be "Segregation". The meeting will be open to all who wish to attend it, we are informed. The Inter-Racial Study club met, Monday, at Mrs. J. I. Arnold's, E. 82nd St. After a delicious luncheon, served by the hostess, the president, Mrs. Ida M. Burton, opened the meeting. The club decided on a five-course progressive dinner dance, Oct. 19. First course, at Mrs. J. Perry's, E. 83rd St. After a vote of thanks to the hostess, the meeting adjourned until, Oct. 10. Mrs. May Hunter, reporter. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS SENDS HIM A STINGING LETTER ON SEGREGATION IN HIS DEPARTMENT. Tells Him He (Thomas) Is Not an "Outsider" and Why—Twenty Examiner Jobs Lost in the Last Few Years—36 Sign an Appeal to Work. Washington, D. C.—Neval H. Thomas, president of the local N. A. A. C. P. branch, has written to Dr. Hubert Work, secretary of the interior, relative to the segregation of our clerks in his department. In his letter, Mr. Thomas refers to Mr. Work's resourcefulness in the situation, "I beg to repeat," writes Mr. Thomas, "that I am not an 'outsider' but one of the 120 millions of citizens from whose pockets the great Department of the Interior and all of its servants are maintained. And I must state again that I came to you in the name of this great nation-wide organization, that I am from colored people come and whose wrongs it must seek to right. So please do not consider me an 'outsider'. You said that the colored clerks were satisfied. Certainly some one has misled you, for this splendid group are stung to deep hurt at this unnecessary and unjust discrimination. Did not 36 out of 42 of these segregated servants send you a respectful though vigorous response from colored people to the group appear before you in appeal and protest? Have you not received appeals from colored employees from divisions of your vast department other than that of pensions? I beg to assure you that there is almost unanimity among them in the feeling that you have made an undemocratic distinction in assembling them in one place. In the case of the few who did not protest the protest failed only for fear of possible reprisal. Let me emphasize again, your colored clerks are not satisfied. You told me with great emphasis that there is no segregation in this novel arrangement in the pension office, and that you were only considering efficiency, and that I did not know the workings of your office how to run your office, but I must repeat my reply of yesterday that color and efficiency have no possible relation and the congregation THE ELKS' REAL JOB! The Organization Establishing Civ Liberties Department—A Wonderful Opportunity For Service. Washington, D. C.-At the recent grand lodge meet of Elks, a resolution was adopted providing for the appointment of a commission of five to be known as the Department of Civil Liberties, said commission to consist of the grand exalted ruler, the grand legal adviser, and the G. E. R. J. Finley Wilson, who has named Robert J. Nelson, of Wilmington, Del., as executive director. The other two members are to be appointed later. The commissioners are to provide ways and means to look into the civil and political welfare of our group with a view to help them remedy harassment and conditions, speaking of the program to be developed by the Civil Liberties department, Mr. Nelson made the following statement: What it Proposes To Do. "We propose making a survey of the states having equal rights bills, investigating segregation both nationally and locally; discrimination in the courts, both with respect to seating and failure of our group to be recognized in the drawing of juries; ascertain what proportion of school funds is allocated to the colored schools, where colored schools obtain; inquire what Land schools are involved in the share of appropriations for said schools; request information from State and municipal governments with respect to colored people being given employment under such government; ascertain whether the conditions in the penal and charitable institutions are equal for colored and white. The commission also intends going into the number of colored citizens who register for the purpose of filling in addition to those made the ascertain whether or not the failure of protection to the Afro-American in the South is due to lack of suffrage. When we shall have gathered the information above enumerated through questionnaires sent out to the lodges throughout the country it will be the purpose of the commission to help correct the evils through proper recommendation of remedial measures. Starting as we do with lodge units ramifying into all parts of the country the Elk have at the beginning a most powerful machine which can be successfully used to help correct evils from which the race suffers. It is our purpose to co-operate with agencies already in existence." IN UNION IS STRENGTH COPY FIVE CENTS WORK! OF INTERIOR G LETTER ON SEGREGA- DEPARTMENT. Is Not an "Outsider" and er Jobs Lost in the Last an Appeal to Work. of nearly all of your colored employees in one division is no accident. It is segregation pure and simple. I also made it plain that the colored people feel the gradual Prof. Neval H. Thomas. dwinding of numbers of colored examiners and other colored clerks in your department. Today, there are but 5 colored examiners on your rolls, when but a few years ago there were 25. Some of these vacancies have occurred under your administration, but more than surprised to have you ask me if those cultured employees wanted to be with white people and white women. I repeat that they do not and that that is in no wise the issue. They simply want to be let alone, to rise to the level of their merit and to have their government officials for their pariads, an insult that will work discriminations in salaries, working conditions and character of work." CLEOTA COLLINS Captured the Great Ocean Steamer, "Celtic", While En Route to Melbourne. Paris, France.—The Celtic arrived at Cherbourg, Sept. 18th, from which port the Legionaires boarded a special train for Paris. The one person who, perhaps during the ninety voyage did most to advance the cause of the race was a little woman whose name is already well known to music lovers throughout the United States—Mrs. Cleota Collins-Lacey, of Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Lacey, a resident of Cleveland, Ohio, years ago, is in Europe to continue the study of music. The passengers on board the "Celtic" were organized along state lines, and of course, when Ohio held its meeting Mrs. Lacey was present. When her musical ability became known the leaders in her state unit after a consultation, invited her to preside at the piano at all of their entertainments afloat. She at once consented and as the only member of our group in that unit thus became the representative of all of us in this sphere, both afloat and ashore. Her talent was at once organized and appraised at its true value. Mrs. Lacey's numbers opened the concert program, a unique honor in itself. She was rendered with dhanam and grace that were irresistible in their appeal to music lovers who cheered her to her. As an encore she sang "Lil Gal," a delicate tribute to our own Paul Lawrence Dunbar of her native state, as well as to J. Rosamond Johnson, to both of whom she referred before rendering the number. Mrs. Lacey accompanied herself in this last number, thus displaying a versatility of which many in the audience were hitherto unaware. Many concerts were given on the "Celtic", but none excelled the one in which our own Cleota Collins starred. After the performance a few of her friends held a delightful buffet luncheon in her honor. Cleveland's tax rate for 1928 will be $2.45 on every $100. County Auditor Zangerle estimated. Wednesday. This will be an increase of 4 cents over the 1927 rate and it will be increased 7 cents more, or to $2.52. if the voters approve the special assessment for salary increases for policemen and firemen at the November election. Zangerle said the estimated rate would have been $2.39. 2 cents less than last year's, had it not been for the special 6-cent levy that the state has laid in the move to rehabilitate its finances. THERE'S THAT HOUND FROM THE NEXT ADAPTMENT! -- HES GOT ONE OF YOUR SHOES! COME HERE WITH MY SHOE, YOU BRUTE! HAW! HAW! WONDER WHO BELONGS TO THE CANAL BOAT! IDD LIKE TO SEE THE DAME WHO WEAR'S THAT SHOE! HERE NERO, NERO, NERO, NERONERO, NERONERO! ME OW! Tim Early Dr. LeROYN. BUNDY, Dentist, Cedar Branch Y. M. C. A. Cor. Cedar Ave. and E. 77th St. A HOME FOR YOUNG MEN! RESTAURANT - HOME COOKING Individual Beds $2.50-$3.00 Randolph 8288. KNOXIT PROPHYLACTIC Unnatural and mucous discharges can be avoided by destroying the germs of infectious diseases. 2374 E. 84th St. Cleveland, O. Has Houses For Sale or to Rent JOHN P. GREEN Attorney-at-Law Room 510, Blackstone Bldg. 1426 West 3rd Street CLEVELAND, OHIO Notary Public Office Phone: Main 2012 Res.: 614 East 107th St. 'Phone, Glen, 8458. O. K. 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Joe Jackson has returned to Ohio State University, Harold Johnson to the University of Michigan, Betty Stokes to Howard University and Will Lambright to Lincoln University. The local branch of our National Association of Musicians will make a drive for a greater membership, starting, Oct. 10, and ending with a mass meeting, Oct. 24. Mrs. Grace THE GEEVUN THERE'S THAT HOUND NEXT ADAPTMENT! ONE OF YOUR *M. KLEINMAN'S 2928 Central Ave. *THE S. & S. DRUG CO. 7325 Central Ave. ROSENBERG'S DRUG STORE, N. W. Cor. Central Ave. and E. 551st St. The Gazette regularly should notify copy delivered promptly. b business matters to The Gazette nk, 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. lication in current issues of The by noon, WEDNESDAY, of that advertisements accepted until C. SMITH, Avenue, Cleveland, O. tel Cleveland.) 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Miss Juanita Gregory, public health nurse, has returned from an interesting tour in Europe, visiting England, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Italy and France. She is the sister of Dr. Herman Gregory, the dentist, 5007 Woodland Ave. Rev D. H. Hill, E. 46th St., junior pastor of Triedstone Baptist church, who underwent a successful operation at the Oxley Home, about two weeks ago, returned to his charge too soon and as a result sustained a relapse. Albert M. Stokes and Josephine M. Mitchell were married, recently, by Rev. C. Lee Jefferson, pastor of St. Mark's Presbyterian church. Miss Elsie Stokes, sister of the groom, was bridesmaid and James Summerset, brother-in-law of the bride, acted as best man. Mrs. Lulu Hall Alexander of Columbus, popular field-agent for the Mme. Walker Mfg. Co., has been in the city, several weeks, preparing for the opening of the new beauty parlor the company has located in the Frazier building, corner of E. 79th and Cedar Ave. Miss Thelma Louise, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. O. A. Taylor, has returned from an extended summer trip in the East. In Philadelphia, she was highly entertained by Mrs. Thelma wife of the editor of The Philadelphia Tribune, and at Cape May she accompanied Prof. Carl Diton in a recital. For rent, five nice, good-size, newly papered rooms, downstairs at 2417 E. 82nd St. Electric lights, bath, gas; all modern conveniences. Large cellar and yard. Very near Quincy car-line. Call, Cherry 1259, Suite 302, No. 226 W. Superior Ave., opposite Hotel Cleveland and over the Terminal Theater. M GIRLS FROM THE HE'S GOT SHOES! COME HE'S SHOE, Y THE GAZETTE. CLEVELAND. O. SATURDAY. OCTOBER 8. 1927. Mrs. Ogla Gunn, wife of Dr. E. J. Gunn, entertained at an exceptionally enjoyable bridge luncheon, recently, in honor of her sister, Mrs. Mary Coleman of New York City. Beautiful prizes were featured. Mrs. Clayborne George won first prize; Mrs. U. S. Tarter won; Mrs. Mary Jones won third and Mrs. Coleman, the guest prize. A 16 per cent reduction in lake steamer rates plying between Cleveland and Detroit goes into effect, today, Saturday, A. A. Schantz, president of the Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Co., announced, the first of three steamer season closes will remain in effect until the close of the present navigation season scheduled to end about Dec. 1. Navigation companies operating vessels on the lakes report the season so far has been financially successful. Eugene A. Taylor was awarded judgment for $3500 (back salary as an accountant and auditor) in common pleas court, last week Friday, against The Anchor Life and Accident Insurance Co. Taylor was represented by Atty. Perry B. Jackson who made an excellent talk to the jury. The insurance company was represented by Atty. Alex. H. Martin and Charles W. White. Atty. Jackson has been honored with the degree of past exalted ruler by King Tut lodge, for "meritorious service." At Phillip's C. M. E. chapel, Rev G. W. Samples, pastor, 2633 E. 63rd St. (just south of Woodland Ave.), Rev H. Pinckney will deliver a special sermon at 11 a. m., Sunday, when a special men's day program will also be rendered. At 3:30 p.m., the speakers will be Dr. E. J. Gregg, Councilman Herman Finkle, Atty. Clayborne George, the editor of The Gazette and others. In the evening Miss Jennie E. Hunter, executive secretary of the P. W. A., and Atty, Chester K, Gillespie will speak. An all men's chorus, directed by J. H. Marshall, will furnish musle throughout the day. Everybody invited, the pastor announces. Rev. Russell S. Brown, who for two years has been pastor of Mt. Zion Cong, church, was formally installed, Monday evening. Preceding the installation, there was a dinner at 6 p.m. and the Cleveland Cong, church, at 4:30 p.m. the charge, to the people, was delivered by Dr. Dan F. Bradley of Pilgrim Cong, church, and the charge, to the minister, by Dr. Ferdinand Q. Blanchard of Euclid Ave. Cong, church. Rev. Brown came to Cleveland, two years ago, from Atlanta. Mt. Zion has adopted a community program and is in a campaign to raise money for the congregation's work. The installation ceremonies continued Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. OUR WAR VETS' CHANCE To Get Valuable Land at Once From the Government, pass the Word "Alone." Seattle, Wash. — Following the opening of 100,000 acres in Marlopa, Yavapai and Mojave counties in Arizona, Oct. 11, for public entry for homesteading purposes, it is announced by the general land office, department of the interior, that approximately 6250 acres of land in Snohomish county, this state, will be opened, Oct. 10, '27, for World War veterans. On Jan. 19, '28, the land will be open to the general public. The Snohomish county lands lie partly within the Snoqualmie natural forests, and is timbered with fir, hemlock, and cedar, and also contains deposits of gold, silver and copper ore. Soil in this region is described as dark loam, mixed with rock and gravel. The land office for that district is located here. Attention! Readers! Our advertisers want your trade. Those who do not ask for it in the columns of "The Old Reliable" Gazette certainly care little, if at all, for it. Therefore, we urge our readers and all of our friends to patronize those who ask in this paper for your patronage. Editor. Guaranteed and Efficient Work TWENTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE 'Phone: Bell, Randolph 6978 Sundays by Appointment Our Parents of High School Pupils Are Said to Have Foolishly Accepted Such Disgraceful and Harmful Treatments of Settlement. Gary, Ind.—The pupils of Emerson High school, who were prompted to strike by the K. K. K., last week, because of the enrollment of additional Afro-American students, returned to their classes, last Friday, following a ten-minute mass meeting at which terms of settlement were explained. All but three of our students were removed to parlor, in junior high, funding erection of the $15,000 building provided for in an ordinance passed to final reading in the city council, last week Thursday night. The three remaining are seniors and have attended Emerson for three years. The ordinance providing for the new building came up for final action, last week Friday. Gary has several "jim-crow" junior high schools but no senior ones. According to Sup. Wm. ten, the 36 of whom are registered in schools also attended by whites. The N. A. A. C. P. is seeking means to avert the threatening segregation and has wired Supt. Wirt to stand firm against it. IN DAYTON AND GARY. "Chickens Are But Coming Home to Roost"—Segregation Begets Segregation. We desire to speak of two occurrences so as to emphasize the lesson that they teach. When our editor was lecturing at Dayton, Ohio, in 1915, he protested a Colored primary school insisted upon by Colored parents to give their daughters positions as teachers, and in 1921 he found Colored doctors, dentists and saloon-keepers had asked the white ones to refuse to serve Colored people. Now the killing of two white police by two Colored desperados led the white people to seriously attempt to slaughter all the Colored. Segregation begets hatred! When speaking at Gary, Indiana, we found prominent Colored people had insisted upon Colored elementary public schools. Now we see white high school children striking, refusing to attend school, parading in protest to the attendance of eighteen Colored students, and they won an award, a "tim-crow" high school. We said so. White children in white grammar schools will not tolerate mixed high schools. It is a lesson. Self-segregation begets segregation.—Wm. M. Trotter, editor, Boston Guardian. Cleveland, O., Oct. 1, '27. Editor, "The Plain Dealer", City. Sir:—There is absolutely no truth in the statement, published in Wed- nesday morning's Plain Dealer and attributed to Director of Public Safety Edwin D. Barry to the effect that. "The class of undesirables that infest the third precinct have lived there all their lives". This statement is a vile slander of the old residents of the precinct and this entire community should know it. That is why I am asking the publication of this communication. As a resident of the third precinct for more than a half-century and still residing there, I am in a position to know whereof I speak. Harvey C. Smith. 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It was greatly extended, un- der President Wilson; increased, atill further, under President Hard- ing; and reached its zenith under President Coolidge. or instance, the largest of our parks President Wilson never troubled, but the pres ent administration has found time and desire to introduce s even there. ‘To many people, segregation is a Democratic scheme of insult, but such is not the case, Mx, Taft i- troduced it in the bureau of engrav- ing. He segregated the census-takers in this city in 1910, restricting white workers to white people, and black to black, often duplicating work as most blocks had white and black residents. And, worst of all, an- nounced in his official capacity’ that Negroes shald not hold office where white people complained. Seg- Tegation, then, is a Republican in- stitution and Rot a Democratic one. It was begun by Republicans, and carried on to its all-embraciag x tent by Republicans! ‘There is far more of % in the de- partments, today, than at any time since the Negro first appeared, close upon the close of the Civil War. Tha picture requirement in the civil serv- jee, which makes it next to impos- sible tor a colored lady or gentleman to enter the civil service, since thelr color is disclosed in their photo- raph which must accompany their Dapers, is tenaciously held on to by our Republican President. Only last week, a colored girl appeared after having passed the best examination, and after having been telegraphed for by the department, ‘The photo- graph had failed to tell her true color, and they flatly refused to ap- point her when she appeared, and \ney saw her complexion. Commis- sioner Blair of the internal revenue Dureau with thousands of clerks will aot appoint a Negro clerk, and his word is law there, as he is the spec- lal favorite of Secretary Mellon and President Coolidge. He hails trom North Carolina, the home of: the other favorite and leader of the seg- regation forces, Col. Sherrill, super- fntendent 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 segre- gation in the departments ot the government, and the photograph Fequirements in the civil service by the mere nod of his head, are at a Joss to understand why hé does not put bis splendid declarations on democracy into operation _ here, where it would not even cost him a single Yote and where he has full ower and obsolutely no opposition. ‘They wonder it he is not a firm be- liever in segregation, especially since segregation is one of the chief ten- ets of the Ku Klux Klan which has found its “‘welcome home” in the Republican party, and receives no condemnation from the Republican President, i (Special to The Gazette.) Washington, D, C.—In the postof- five segregation is rampant. The faithful colored clerks work under constant humiliation and physical disadvantages. The department maintains a ‘spacious cafteria 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, disadvantage- ous as it is, is far less galling to the covored clerks than is the thought of their government taking their taxes, as it takes those of the whites, for the comfort of the latter, and setting them off as though they were lepers. ‘The injustice stings all the more when they refiect that they are ¢ar more capable than the whites, and Fender the government more ntelll- gent and efficient service—the white man of thelr attainment being able to get far more lucrative employ- ment, ‘The department goes even farther in its solicitude for whives and neg- lect of colored. It maintains a well- appointed club room with pool tables and other games, comfortable jounges and other equipment for rest, sociability, and recreation, and nothing for these same colored em- ployees. This private club is in the magnificent postoffice building, built ‘and maintained by ALL of the peo- ple. 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 pree- @nco of the colored, to attend @ re- ception to the heads of deparments, fmeluding the postmaster general, in ‘the postoffice building. It announced dancing and a pleasant social eve- ning with the officials for “the post office emplogees,”” yot not one was Gotivered to the colored clerks. 1 hurried a protest to the re guensgpel general the day before it was to! come off, and he ordered the post- master 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 Stself in appointments, assignments, and salaries. Colored applicants are often passed over though their ex- amination was superior. No Negro, however efficient or vld in the serv- ice, must ever dream of @ 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 col- ored clerks nave dared to form s union which meets regularly and often sends manly and intelligent protests to the postmaster, and often appeals from his decisions to the postmaster-general. Jt has secured Some improvement in their working conditions, but they are still bitter over the huge injustice done to them for nothing else than the color of their skin. (Special to The Gazette.) Washington, D. C.—zthe govern ment printing office keeps faith witn the government's universal scheme of segregation. Some of the best and brightest of our girls are forced to accept inferier positions there on ac- count of the better and more lucra- tive avenues of employment being closed to them because of their cor or, ‘The whites are generally of a very mediocre group, far from equal. {ng our girls in educational equip: ment, culture, and working efficien- ey. Yet these superior xiris are sel off from the whites with te lavver, 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 fection reserved for our employees Lam glad to say that few, very few, ot our people patronize ‘the place, preferring a little physical incon- yentence to the open, semi-public hu- miliation of segregation. In tollet facilities, dressing-rooms, ‘and work assignments, wherever possible, the law of segregation Js in fall force, and, of course, this same undemocratic practice reveals itvelf on the salary roll and in the hard caste that bars promotions. Here, as elsewhere, the inferior whites pass over our superior employees to directive positions, and higher sal- aries, "Phe whites have a large recrea- tional center in this public building with many fine appointments tor rest and amusements. During lunch and dinner hours they repair to this restful retreat for sociability aad dance. Last fall, a young Afro- American with a splendid record in his work, felt the injustice of this exclusion of our employees 30 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 ab- ruptly stopped, and the young man reported for ‘attempting to take part in an entertainment provided for employees, He was called to the office, lectured for being “one of those smart Negroes" who believe in “social equality,” and then dismiss- ed on a trumped-up charge. He was a night-employee, hence he carried @ pistol. Right after the dance in- cident 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. De- tectives came to the building to ar- Fest him, and failing to secure any evidence searched him only to dis- cover the pistol. They quickly drop- ped the arson charge and substituted one for carrying concealed weapons for which he was immediately dis- missed. 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 ther government (under President Coolidge) gives them. Many of the employees have ex- pressed thelr deeply-wounded teel- ings to me at being considered a pariah by the government whose In- stitutions they are serving so faith- fully, and I have taken up a number of cases only to be met by a denial that the conditions complained of ex- Ist, and a request for the names of my informants. I knew the fate thes informants would suffer so I have never given a single name!! The de- partment then taking the position that it cannot take up the case. It is perfectly clear that this iniquitous scheme of segregation {s a difficult thing to fight, since the goverament is 80 well seitled upon it, and the complainants cannot bear witness = (Special to The Gazette) Washington, D. C.—Segregation in the bureau of engraving and printing has an interesting history involving President Thomas Wood- row Wilson and members of his fam- fly, three heroic young colored wom- en who lost their positions as a re- sult of their protest, and the noble wife of Senator Robert La Follette. Shortly after the accession of Mr. Wilson to the White House, a mem- @HE GAZETLE, CLEVELAND, 0. SATURDAY, OCTOBER §, 192 oer uc om family visited tne bureau where she saw white and colored girls working togetuer im perfect uarmony, oblivious to any thought of race. Suortly tnereatter came an order for segregation of the races, and a white lady who had been not- ed for her puilantnropy among our people and who Was upon inumate terms at tae White House appeared at the bureau to tell our giris to be contented with the new order as “a great Negro leader had taught col- ored people to stay in their places.” ‘Three of the young ladies resisted the order to the last ditch and were summarily dismissed! Senator La Follette iodged a pro- test with Secretary McAdoo to no avail, and his noble wife began a crusade against the undemocratic in- novation, She took the platform here in Washington and Boston be- fore the famous Twentieth Century club, She used the columns of the Senator’s magazine, sparing neither space nor vigor of utterance. She thundered against it in our local white press, and addressed the na- tional gathering of the National As- sociation 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 ¥. M. C. A. to urge them to continue the Oght, tor democracy was at the crises. Os- wald Garrison Villard came to town to atiack White House and Cabiner and arouse our people, and the Na- tion 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, aame- ly, the elimination of the colored employees trom the bureau al to- gether, ‘The same segregation which some of our people tink is the cherished institution of the Democratic party ig still there, in all of 1t8 fuliness, ander the administration of the party that Abrauam Lincoln, Cuarles Sumner and Frederick Douglass helped to found. Our girls are em ployed there in far larger numbers than in any other branch of the pub |iic service. THEY ARE SEG || GATED in their rest rooms, toilets ‘| und working stations, and of cours \| none are ever thought of for promo | tioms to executive places. They ar -| girls from our best nomes, most o "| ute with high ax normal schoo +| tryuning, and bme culture. The wait -] gis wre of no such grade, as ther Jis no segregation for them Im th -| great world of tuings. ‘They havi ‘|uniimited fields at high wage fo -Jeven mediocre talents. The best ‘our girls must take these inferio ,| positions, the inevitable result of se | gregation. Our people are still hop ‘| ing for the issuance of an order de ‘| stroying this iniquitous practice 1 ‘all of our government departments ’) tor it not only humiliates the bes ‘| ot the government servants but im ‘| paire the government service. (Special to The Gazette) | Washington, D. C.—The treasur; department, according to the Presi dent’s recent acceptance speceh, is how under the ablest financial genius since the days of Alexander Hamil ton. It is to be remembered that the great Hamilton came from the West Indies, and in that long sweep of his- tory that the President traversed are the mighty Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the treasury in Lin- coln’s cabinet, who, in a wational ex- tremity such as this country has never known, devised the national banking system which financed the Ciyil War; and Ohio's master finan- cier, John Sherman, ‘These men never knew what segregation was! ‘The present head of the depart- ment of internal revenue, Mr. Blair from North Carolina, has not ap- pointed a colored clerk since his in- eumbency. While his predecessor, Mr. Daniel Roper, a Democrat from Texas, appointed and promoted sev- eral of them. Since the ineome tax legislation and the numberless new ‘taxes that the recent war uecessl- tated, this is by far the largest de- partment of the treasury, employing several thousand clerks. Yet Ne- groes are so scarce there that they can't be noticed. ‘There is the same general complaint here among our clerks and other employees as there Js in the other branches of the goy- ernment—fallure to recognize their efictency when promotions are due; aulity (0 go so tar and no farther. ‘The various forms of segregation exist here as well as elsewhere—the restaurants closed or divided along color lines, and special toflets, lock- er 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 inconven- fence at times, and are forced to travel long distances when they de- sire the use of them. The depart- ment maintains a huge, magnificent cafeteria, in the splendid sweep of Woodland along our national drive- way, where white people of every class can come to rest. dine, and s0- clalize of afternoons and evenings at minimum costs. The white press of the city is constantly telling of the thonsands who take advantage of this ‘‘delightfal retreat.” and the festive scene that their presence creates. It seats two thousand din- ers with space tc spare: but not one Negro! His only share is in the taxes he is forced to pay for this luxury for another group! The registership of the treasury, which Republican Presidents have given the Negro since Garfield ap- pointed Blanch K. Bruce. is now filled by a white man. and the col- ored people are congregated in a sep- arate room which {s publicly pro- claimed as ‘a colored division.” When it is discovered that Negro clerks are “working as white” in other divisions, they are promptly transfered 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 dilemna, fearing to act. Our clerks must accept se gregation or elimination, and being poor, with no other opportunities in this southern atmosphere, must take Se ioeaaen | Tey BES Aapreseed AC) the wroug, but econorate stress com- pels endurance of it. By a single stroke of his pen, President Calvin Coolidge can stop every bit of this damnable segrega- tion, Just as he can condema that lawless organization the Ku Klux ‘ion. Washington, b. C.—We wish to call ‘actention to the fact that in the figut against the segregation of our gov- ernment employees, the ‘Treasury Department will most likely ve the center of attack, for segregation in several of its bureaus bas been most pronounced, This is particularly true Of the office of the register of the treasury and the internal revenue bureau. |n ‘the former, beaver board Walls were maintained until recently. In the latter there have been two cases of discrimination ou account of color brought to public view. ‘The words, announcing the election of President Coolidge, were hardly cold before the eifort to in- crease segregation in the depart- ments here was on again at full speed. It had glowed up a little dur- ing the campaign. Investigation of Bureaus An investigation of the executive departments and bureaus listed be- low shows that segregation prevails in them as follows: Office of the Register of the Treasury, there are two segregated sections—one with 30 Afro-Amer:- can employees and the other with 14, Navy Department — one sogre- gated section of 18 of our employ- ees, as well as a segregated lunch room, Census Bureau-~a__ segregated section of 60 Afro-American empioy- Bonus Section Bonus section of the War Depart- ment—one segregated section of 189 ot our employees. Veterans Bureau—a segregated section of 16 employees. Department of Justice—a segre- gated section of 10 employees in the file room. Internal Revenue Internal Revenue Bureau—a seg- regated section ot 7 employees. Office of the Treasurer of the Un!- ted States—a segregated section of 4 employees. War Department, Transportation Division—a segregated section of 5 employees. P. 0. Separate Lunch Room Post Office Department—a segre- gated lunch room. LOCAL COURT “BUMPS” UNION “COLOR-LINE"! Wills' Terrace Garden, a local res- taurant, hired Afro-American wait- ets and’ paid them union wages, last and this year. This year, the busi- ness agent of the local waiters union demanded that white union waiters be employed. ‘This, the pro- prietor of the restaurant refused to accede to. Retused membership in the local union, at the request of their employer Several of his wait- ers went to Cincinnati to the inter- national headquarters of the union and applied for a charter for a ‘‘jim- crow” local in Cleveland. ‘They were referred to the local union which re- fused their request. Thereupon the local union began picketing the restaurant and stationed automobiles In front of it which bore signs read- ing: “Wills' Terrace Garden is un- fair to organized labor”. Naturally, this controversy landed in the local courts which sustained an injunction against the “union boycott on racial grounds". ‘The Afro-American wait- ers got what was coming to them, when they applied for a charter for a “jim-crow" local, and the local Union got what was coming to it for rofusing our Waiters membership, es- pecially In view of the fact that about every other nationality, or race, under the face of the sun is represented in its present member- ship. Our waiters at Wills’ Terrace Garden, and everywhere else in this community, show stay out of the local union unt — that organization sees fit to open ts doors to them in common with all others. There is no need, either, of a ‘jim-crow"’ 10- cal in Cleveland. A fight similar to the foregoing is all that is necessary to eventually open the doors of the color-prejudiced electrical workers’ union and others in this community. Therefore, the sooner they are brought, ihe better. A thing that is not worth fighting for is hardly worth having, and certainly there ‘ought not to be complaint, as a re- ‘sult of its denial when a proper fight has not been made for it. Follow ing {9 the court's opinion in the ‘Wills’ Terrace Garden waiters’ union case, in part: “It appears that there existed no real trade dispute; both the em- ployer and his employees are satis- fied with each other, the standards of the union both as to wages and working conditions are being ob- Served. The employees wanted to af- filiate with the union and the employ- er wanted them to, and they went to no little trouble trying to do so, and were refused by these defendants, solely because of thelr race... The ideal of all union efforts is and must be the improvement of the s0- cial and economic condition of those who work, and the law seeks to pro- tect the union in the fair accom- plishment of such ideal. This boy- cott does not appeal to this court of equity as conforming to this stand- ard. "In its last analysis it is a case of white men opposing colored men As this court sees it the only infor- mation these defendants could prop- erly and truthfully give the public about plaintiff is that he employs colored people, and I do not believe these defendants care to advertise that fact_as such. It does not ap- peal to this court of equity as fair for these defendants to say to the peblic that plaintiff is ‘unfair to or- ganized labor’ under the undisputed facts. ‘The motive prompting this attack on the plaintiff under these circumstances cannot be justified by this court... . This court feels that under all these circumstances justice requires that the temporary restraining order prayed for be granted and such order may issue on the execution by the pliaintift of a San ta Whe eee of 6508.” GAY WAISTCOATS ENLIVEN SUITS OF STURDY TWEED EN a a 4 4 ae r al 4 A HANDSOME FOX FUR NECKPIECE ENRICHES THE AUTUMN ENSEMBLE Bigs i ~~ q eel | 1 ane A Bee ara i See enlightenment as to fall ea eas ee and its swagger-cut coat. It is Marion Ce Rel is aannycemet n tones the whole outfit. A bit of the ‘red suede escapes from the vest to do ae a ea gs an nae go fashionable are directely in con- Suet oe caeccin er oat Ser ae season. For that reason they achieve to length of skirts, this depends to length of skirts, this depends Batre for the girl who has re- = a he sane ca Pieces are “foxy” describes them in more ways than one. Frém the mod- ish standpoint they are all of that. Se Se blue fox, red, platinum and beige. As oe eee Subscribe af ject from the American or Paris stana- point. French couturiers are inclined to somewhat longer lengths, but wom. en here, especially the flapper age, are proving quite deflant, many of them insisting on continuing a display of knees. Of course Paris usually wins in the finals, but Just now brevity fs the rule, espectatiy for the youthful style enthusiasts in America, Another item of interest—the smart est suits have not an inch of fur tn sight as actual trimming, this because ‘of the vogue for the separate fur piece, Every one who can afford It fs going to own a beige or platinum fox fur searf this fall. Seems as if browns are to have their inning this season, lovely chest unt shades, cocoa, deep leat tones an¢ the like, which of conrse establishes the color trend for novelty cloth sults More formal type sults appear in black and also in leafy-colored broad: cloths, but tt is the sports sult whieh Is the “nifty” thing for general wear. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. tek seek. ty es Se scape will be crowded with Just such. A fox neckpiece never fails to en- tumn vogue, there 's nothing so swag- sarily luxuriously long, joining as they do two furs at the back of the neck, Soc eee Serre dare sane tendency to wear sable. This fur, by oo BEER os | After R u er ne ‘ ter Reading THIRD, AGAIN CONDITIONS THERE SO ROT- TEN THEY “STINK TO HIGH HEAVEN.” Dope-Dens — Speakeasies Ga- lore — Drunken Men and Women — Prostitutes— And Hootch-Hounds— A Four A, M. Crap Game. |_ A reporter of Cleveland’s only morn- ing daily newspaper, The Plain Dealer, seems to have stirred Director of Satety Edwin D, Barry to a little more action in the case of “the roar- ing third” police precinct. If it is to be another drive, Mr. Director, conditions in that section of the city will be bettered only temporarily, as has always been true in the case of drives in the past. ‘The feartully immoral and degrad- ing condition in “the roaring third” is infinitely worse than pictured by The Plain Dealer reporter, Wednes- day morning. Indeed, we do not believe that it is within the power of human endeavor to accurately de- scribe it, Director Barry says there are “one hundred officers and men in the third precinct, under the direction of In- spector ‘Hughes—more than in any other precinct in the city”. The writer lives in the heart of “the roar- ing third” and has resided there for more than a half-century and has known Director Barry, intimately, for many years. If there are “one hundred” or even ten policemen in the third precinet, those of us who live there do not know it because we rarely if ever see one. When we do, they are sent to apprehend some- one or more persons for committing some crime. We believe it would pay Director Barry to find out consider- ably more than he seems to know about those “one hundred officers and men in the third precinct”. We tell him again, as we have on many occasions in the recent past, that that whole section of the city is without proper police protection. Speak-easies, dope-dealers, drunken men and women, prostitutes innu- merable with their “Johnnies” are in evidence thruout“the roaring third”. AN night long it is one ca- rousal after another. Tuesday morn- ing at four o'clock, we were awaken- ed by two half-drunk derelicts who were shooting craps on the sidewalk in front of our home. It is almost impossible to pass thru many of the streets of the district, day or night, without being hailed, time and again, by female-derelicts. Hootch-soaked men and women, cursing and stag- gering along the sidewalks, are a common sight for not only adults but also for the hundreds of boye and girls of tender years who live in and pass thru that section of the city, From 500 to 1,000 hoteh-hounds (white) frequent “the roaring third”, mainly at night, each week. They ‘are the main support of the bad women of the district which Di- rector Barry will never “clean up” until he drives them from the city. Their “Johnnies”, who depend upon them for food and clothing, would follow. Then close the speak-easies, dope-dens and bootleggers’ head- quarters, and the greatly desired re- lief will be afforded not only the ineniiees int Oka entioa abe A “Bareface” Lie. Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 29, 1927. Mr, Edwin D. Barry, Director of Public Safety, City Hall, Dear Sir:—You are quoted in Wednesday morning's Plain Dealer as saying: “The class of undesirables that in- fest the third (police) precinct have lived there all their lives”. If you are quoted correctly in the foregoing, I wish to inform you that whoever gave you that mis-informa- tion told you a bareface He and did [t for political effect. T have lived in the third precinct for more than sixty years and am still residing ‘there and know whereof I speak. | There are hundreds of old resi- dents, nearly all good people, still living In the third precinct who will surely resent at the election, this fall, the statement at zeast attributed to you in Wednesday morning's paper unless it is retracted or the an- nouncement made that you did not make such an unfortunate mis- statement. Yours truly, Harry ©. Smith. CORRESPONDENTS WANTED! “The Old Reliable” Gazette desires an active agent and correspondent in every city and town in Ohio and neighboring states having @ number of Afro-American residents. Only a ttle time on Fridays or Saturdays is required. | * We are especially desirous of hear- ing from persons in the following named cities: Springfield, Colum bus. Toledo. Steubenville, Zanesville, ‘Wilmington, Xenia, Washington C. H., Lancaster, Hamilton, Piqua, Lima, O., and other places, particu. larly in Ohio, where we have none. Write to the editor of The Gazette, 226 West Superior Ave., Clevelond, Q., and terms will be sent promptl,. Our readers will oblige us greatl, by sending at once the addresses or persons in the cities named, and oth ers in the state to whom we can write relative to the matter, The San Diego N. A. A. C. P. branch was victorious in fis fight for admittance of our girls as nurses in the San Diego county hospital. Hear, MBAR! Cleveland N. A. A. C.F eae