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CKS BELTS HATS AND CAPS ```markdown ``` SANTA ESTABLISHED, AUGUST 25, 1883 And Issued Every Week on Time Since CLEVELAND, OHIO, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1928. SEGREGATION USED AT THE NATION'S CAPITAL TO LOWER OUR STATUS AS AMERICAN CITIZENS. How Much Longer Will Our Self and Race Respecting Press, Pulpit and People Submit to This Rank Injustice?—Protest, Protest! FRESH OHIO NEWS ((Special to The Gazette.)) Washington, D. C. In the postoffice, segregation is rampant. The faithful colored clerks work under constant humiliation and physical disadvantages. The department maintains a spacious cafeteria for whites only where interior lighting and chat apply organizing lunches and chat in comfort while eating, the colored clerks must bring cold lunches from home and eat them any place they can. The physical discomfort, disadvantageous as it is, is far less galling to the colored clerks than is the thought of their government taking their taxes, as it takes those of the whites, for the comfort of the latter, and setting them off as though they were lepers. The injustice stings all the more when they reflect that the whites, and render the government more intelligent and efficient service—the white man of their attainment being able to get far more lucrative employment. The department goes even farther in its solicitude for whites and neglect of colored. It maintains a well-appointed club room with pool tables and other games, comfortable lounges and other equipment for rest, sociability, and regression, and nothing for these same colored people. 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 CORRESPONDENTS must mail all letters for publication at their main postoffice sufficiently early on Monday (or Sunday) of each week to have them reach The Gazette office on Tuesday morning, and always write their names and that of their city or town on the outside of the wrapper about returned copies. Unless this latter is done, proper credit cannot be given you. Lists of names, wedding presents, etc., obbary 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 applaces. ALLIANCE—The Friendly Basket Ball club and the Sebring Pottery club's game—score was 12 to 2, in favor of the former. The Mrs. Zella Burton, evangelist, revival services at St. Luke's A. M. E. church began, Monday. She is a convincing speaker who has made extended tours in the East and West. Mrs. Julia Woods of Salem, formerly of Alliance, died at her son, Weldon's Tuesday, and was buried, Thursday, from the A. M. E. church there. She is survived by two sons, three daughters and a best friend of Mrs. Sarah Clas, Mrs. Chas. Deyeney and Mattie Williams attended the funeral, the last two named in an auto. Miss Josephine Oliver has been quite ill. Miss Lena Johns returned to Wilberforce, last week. Miss Margaret Jefferson, a Mt. Vernon student, spent the holidays with her parents in Youngstown. HILLSBORO—Mrs. Ella Gee and daughter, Miss Constance, of Xenia, were guests of Mrs. Jane Young, Christmas week.—Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Minor entertained the Cosmopolitan club, Friday evening.—The Georgetown church bountifully showeder Rev, and Mrs. Burr. It was appreciated.—Word has been received of the recent death of Mrs. Philin Butler (nee Christy) in Cleveland, and thenee Chrisy in Highwarden entertained the Cosmopolitan club, last Wednesday evening.—Mrs. Clarence Riggs was hostess to the A. M. E. Ladies Aid Society, Thursday evening.—Mr. John West is better.—The entertainment given by Mr. John Williams, Jr., Thursday evening, at the Baptist church, was a great success.—Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jones entertained Mr. and Mrs. Walter Goins at dinner. Sunday.—Mrs. Jane Powers, Tom Piperson, Mrs. Smith and Frank Zink are ill. Mrs. Smith and Frank Zink are ill. Mrs. Together club, last Wednesday afternoon. Delicious refreshments faithful employees. The white employees have even 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 officials for "the postoffice employees, yet not one was invited." The clerk was hurried a protest to the postmaster general the day before it was to come off, and he ordered the postmaster to invite the colored as well as the white. These clerks got around their colored co-workers by giving the function at a local hotel. It is inevitable that the wicked spirit of segregation would express itself in appointments, assignments, and salaries. Colored applicants are often passed over though their examination was superior. No "Negro, however, is general." It has seemed that must ever dream of a promotion to a directive position. The hard, unyielding caste passes whites over him, one after another, though many of the colored employees have won contests in quickness and accuracy in the handling of mail. The colored clerks have dared to form a union which meets regularly and often sends manly and intelligent protests to the postmaster, and often appeals from his decisions to the postmaster, and improves 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. BLOCTON, ALA., NOTES Miss M. B. Williams, who visited relatives in E. Blocton, has returned to Aniston.—Miss Uvel Hudson, who visited Mr. and Mrs. E. Ward, has returned to Westfield.—Mrs. Lula Phillips, after a week's visit with relatives in E. Blocton, has returned to Selma.—Mrs. Fannie Chisler of Adger is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. F. T. Thomas.—Mr. E. Williams, who visited relatives in Selma, has returned.—Mrs. F. Caddell is visiting relatives in Birmingham.—Mrs. W. Heard, a Maguffa Duff are visiting relatives in Brent.—Mr. G. Nolens, after a brief stay with Mr. and Mrs. C. Pearson, has returned to Margaret.—Mr. and Mrs. J. Brogden have moved to Piper.—Mr. Walter Caddell, who visited Mr. and Mrs. C. Qaddell, has returned to Copper.—Mrs. Pinkie Dobois, who visited relatives in Tuscaloosa, has returned.—J. W. Washington, who visited Mr. and Mrs. J. Avery, has returned to Birmingham.—Mr. W. who has been very ill four weeks, is in the T. C. I. hospital, Fairfield.—Mr. Monroe Smitherman, very ill for three weeks, is improving rapidly.—G. W. Williams, of Brookville, Miss, has moved to Blocton.—The extension course of Bibb county teachers at Blocton T. C. I. school, Jan. 7. Miss Ida Forest, principal; Prof. Turner of State School, Montgomery, Ala., in charge. It will convene immediately at Centersville.—The W. Blocton bank, recently destroyed by fire, is ready for business.—Services, Jan. 15. 11:30 a.m. at the Hill Bap Hall, in E. Blocton.—Mr. W. has returned from the funeral of his wife, recently buried in Tuscaloosa.—Mrs. Mattie Peterson of Greensboro, is visiting her son. B. Y. P. U, Jan. 15. 4:30 P. M., at Liberty Baptist church. Everybody cordially invited.—Be sure to purchase a copy of the Gazette every week from R. B. Maxwell. 545 MOTHERS GET AID. Cuyahoga Pension Fund Increased $100,000, This Year—Attention, Mothers! A total of 1,800 children and 545 mothers shared in the $272,600 mothers' pension fund for 1927. During the year, 340 applications were filed and there are now 300 on the waiting list; eighty-seven pensions were discontinued and 64 new ones added. An appropriation of $380,000 for the fund, this year, is promised by the county, commissioners, amounting to an increase of over $100,000. This will take care of at least 100 more families, according to Juvenile Judge Harry L. Eastman, who is charged with distribution of the fund. Chairman Dave Jones and Ex-Mayor Wm. S. FitzGerald welcome Hon. Harry E. Davis as new civil division member. A Smithsonian Curator Says He Fears Infusion of Colored Stock —Talks Like a Kluxer—Silly! Battle Creek, Mich.—A new race is being created in America, deriving elements of strength from all the other races, Ales Hrdlicka, curator of the division of anthropology of the Smithsonian Institution, told the closing session of the third Race Betterment Conference, last week Friday. Dr. Hrdlicka scored the pretensions of some Nordics to superiority over the southern Europeans and declared no such superiority exists. "There is no proof that the normal white immigrant, of any source, has lowered the physical or mental standards of the American people, or would threaten their deterioration," he said. "Differences there are, and their total resultant differs doubtless from group to group, but the mean group values within the white race are evidently not yet far apart. The indications, moreover, are that the immigrant in this country does not degenerate, but impoverishes, and his admixture, like that of a new stock in the various domesticated species, may be in general of biological advantages rather than danger. The one sore spot in American anthropology is the probable, if not inevitable, assimilation of the colored population by the white. As long as the colored tenth is held apart, there is no danger; the colored influx of white into the colored blood is a gain to the latter; the danger lies in the colored stream flowing eventually wholly into the body of the larger white group of this has sometimes some change the white body of the colored tenth it would be a body scientist who could argue that such an event might be beneficial." The 'change' would be for the better, as has always been the case. This leading and "bold" scientists have agreed and stated publicly for more than a quarter of a century long before Hrdlicka reached this country. Millions for Our Education: Oberlin, O.—Charles M. Hall, an Oberlin boy, who became a millionaire thru the discovery of a process to refine aluminum, left an estate now valued at $45,000,000. A third of it has been added to the Oberlin College endowment, a third is being used to promote the education of Afro-Americans in the south, and the remaining third to promote the study of Oriental art, archeology and culture. FOR SALE NEW MODERN 5-ROOM TWO-FAMILY. If you can invest a moderate cash down payment, your rent and the income from the second suite will very soon pay for this home. Opportunities line near Woodland Hills Park Opportunity knocks. Will you answer? Cherry 7472. Mr. Watson. Suit to Oust the Klan. Indianapolis, Ind.—Attorney General Gillium has filed suit in Marion circuit court asking cancellation of the certificate of admission of the Ku Klux Klan in Indiana and for an injunction to prevent further activities of the organization in the state. Appeals of a receiver also was asked. Fines. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS A NATIONAL SCANDAL Is What Congressman Tinkham of Massasauga obtained from the U.S. government Unauthorized New York City.—Speaking, Jan. 8, in the Mother Zion A. M. E. church, before the annual mass meeting of the N. A. A. C. P., Congressman George Holden Tinkham of Massachusetts assailed the "gross and lawless disfranchisement of the Afro-American voter in the South" as being a "national scandal without parallel in any other civilized country." This disfranchisement is more of a fraud upon the whole army than it is upon the Afro-American, making the national elections "half constitutional and half unconstitutional." This condition, Representative Tinkham asserted, can no longer continue "if the Afro-American will assert such rights and power as he possesses by refusing to vote for a party which unconstitutionally and lawlessly allows his disfranchisement. There can be no double standard of constitutional enforcement. The political morality of one state of the Union must be the political morality of all the states of the Union. The very essence of law is the fundamental law of the land, which in the United States is the Constitution." OUR MOB VIOLENCE ACT. Nets Seven of Our People in the Woodland Hills Bathing Pool Riot Last Summer, Over $3,000. Cleveland, O., Dec. 29, '27. Hon, Harry C. Smith, Editor Gazette, City. Dear Sir: I am sending you the information concerning the claims secured under your Ohio Mob Violence Act, or Ohio Anti-Lynching Law. They are as follows: Wm. Burton, 3351 E. 128th St., $500. Joe Ambler, 3358 E. 128th St., $500. Goodwin Turner, 3220 E. 128th St., $500. Joseph Walker, 3267 E. 130th St., $200. I am told that Atty. Charles W. White has received ONE-HALF of each of the above sums, I understand that Mr. White, president of the local branch of the N. A. A. C. P., had seven cases altogether. (Lord have mercy! - Editor.) **County of Cuyahoga** Cleveland, O., Jan. 10, '28. Hon. Harry C. Smith, Editor Gazette, Cleveland, O. Dear Sir:—In reply to your letter of yesterday, in reference to the climes arising out of the riot, July 25th, in the Woodland Hills Bath Pool, and which the County settled under your Ohio Mob Violence Act, I wish to say that the following adjustments were made: Thomas Williams . . . $750 Jos. Ambler . . . 500 Wm. Burton . . . 500 Goodwin Turner . . . 250 Jos. Walker . . . 200 Jno. Johnson . . . 750 And an allowance of $250 for Leander Scott, a minor, which amount will be paid over as soon as a guardian is appointed. Trusting this information is what you desire, I beg to remain. Very truly yours. J. H. ZMUNT. (The Cuyahoga County commissioners are J. H. Harris, pres.; John F. Fischer and J. R. Zmunt.—Editor.) IN UNION IS STRONGER COPY FIVE CENTS TTEN' Harry E. Davis Courtesy The Cleveland News. Hon. Harry E. Davis as new civil PRIZE WINNERS! Harmon Foundation Awards for Creative Work in Literature and Other Endeavor in 1927. New York City — Thirteen awards in recognition of our creative work in the fields of literature, education, business, and religious service were announced, Sunday, by the Harmon Foundation. The awards total $3,400 and are accompanied by gold and bronze medals. Two awards, of $400, and gold medal and of $100 and bronze medal respectively, were given in each classification as follows: SCIENCE — James A. Parson, Jr., age 27, of Dayton, O., first for special research in aluminum bronze, discoveries on corrosion test and developments in durron. No second award. MUSIC (no award last year) — First prizes to R. Nathaniel Dett, age 45, Hampton, V. Institute, for vocal and instrumental compositions, and to Clarence C. White, age 47, Institute, W. Va. for work as composer, Second prize to E. Hargreaves, age 36, New York, and G. Still, age 32, New York. RELIGIOUS SERVICE — Wm. A. Deberry, age 67, pastor of St. John's Cong. church, Springfield, Mass.; first, Bishop R. E. Jones of the M. E. church, New Orleans, second. EDUCATION — John W. Davis, age 39, pres. W. Va. College Institute, first; BenJ. Brawley, age 45, Raleigh, N.C.; second, english and writings. BUSINESS — Anthony Overton, age 62, Chicago, first; Wm. G. Davis, age 68, Durham, N.C., both for success in commercial organization. LITERATURE-James W. Johnson, age 56, New York, first, for poems based on the imaginative creations of the old time preachers; Eric Walrend, age 29, New York, second for book of original stories. Declines Award! RALEIGH, N. C.—Advised that he had been awarded a second prize of $100 and a bronze medal, for his essay on education, by the Harmon Foundation of New York, Benj. G. Brawley, a school teacher of Raleigh, said: "I have declined it, for all my life I have done strictly first-class work and I am not willing to accept anything that looks like an award for the second order of merit." NO LAND-GRANT COLLEGES Open to Our People in the North— We Don't Believe It—Contrary to Law. Cleveland, O., Jan. 9, '28. U. S. Department of the Interior, Office of the Secretary, Washington, D. C. Dear" Sir--Your "memorandum for the press; release Jan. 9, '28." just received contains the following sentence which we feel may be in error: Therefore ask concerning it. The sentence referred to: "There are 60 Land-Grant colleges, each State and Territory main- taining colleges for white students, and 17 operating additional colleges for Negro students." As Ohio and other northern states could not legally maintain any kind of a college for "white" students only, I wish to ask if a mistake has not been made in the sentence quoted? Please oblige us with an imme- diate reply. Thanking you for the same, I am Yours truly, HARRY C. SMITH. SUBSCRIPTION RATES 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 Phone: 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 NEWSIEST AND BEST in the country. 10,000,000 Afro-Americans. 850,000 in Ohio. 40,000 in Cleveland. SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1928 THE NEXT PRESIDENT! FRANK B. WILLIS OF OHIO. The publication date of the last issue of The Gazette in this month is January 28, the editor's birthday. day. President R. S. Wilkinson, what about that Interior Department statement published elsewhere in this paper? --- The Hon. Harry E. Davis spoke for Dr. E. J. Gregg, as well as for Atty. Clayborne George, during the recent campaign, so he informs The Gazette. This only makes their race disloyalty, as members of the City Council, to which reference is made elsewhere in these columns, all the greater. --- One of the seven Ohio delegates-at-large to the next National Republican Convention MUST be an Afro-American. The offer of an alternate-delegate-at-large would be a positive insult to our people of this state. This was made clear, eight years ago, during the Harding state campaign. We cast many thousands more than one-seventh of the Republican vote of Ohio. Hear, hear, Senator Frank B. Willis! --- Jimmy Dougherty sure gives Tex Rickard a real "panning" in that article in our prime sport news department elsewhere in this paper. Jimmy is giving evidence of loyalty to his great big Afro-American "meal-ticket," George Godfrey, the heavyweight puglist who has arisen from the professional "ashes" of Jack Johnson and Harry Wills to trouble Tex, and others. Rumor has it that Atty. Chas. W. White, president of the local N. A. A. C. P. branch, wants to be our local candidate for the Legislature, this fall. How long has he been a resident of Cleveland, anyhow? Then an explanation is due from him as to his awful 50 per cent charge in each of the Woodland Hills Bathing Pool riot victims' cases he settled—if what Mr. Emmett Meade writes The Gazette is true. In a letter to the editor of The Gazette, under date, Dec. 31, '27, the Hon. Bert B. Buckley, treasurer of state, writes, in sending his check for a subscription for one year: "After reading The Old Reliable Gazette, I will hand it to our colored CLERKs. Force is 127. Colored in the treasury, and responsible, respectable jobs, too." And this is the man we were told, during his campaign for nomination and election, was a member of the Ku Klux Klan. We did not believe it, of course. Thanks for 'best wishes for 1928," Mr. Buckley. The same to you, sir. All but three of our alleged Houston, Texas, riots have been liberated from the U. S. Disciplinary Barracks at Ft. Leavenworth, Kan., so the War Department at Washington, D. C., announces. The soldiers were given life or long sentences for successfully defending themselves from a Texas mob. It is hardly necessary to say that such a miscarriage of even southern "justice" would never have happened had the victims been "white," or grey as Clarence Darrow would say. Two of the three remaining ones may be liberated, next month. Our esteemed contemporary, "The Cleveland Call," has "passed out," for the third or fourth time since it was started, some years ago. This makes twenty-one of our papers to die in Cleveland since the inception of "The Old Reliable" Gazette, forty-five years ago, A. Mr. Webber of Pittsburgh, who took the management of "The Call," several weeks ago, did not last more than THAT'S BOUT THE FIFTEENTH ONE TODAY! -- I'D LIKE TO CATCH THE BRAT! I GUESS I'LL LEAVE THIS LID RIGHT HERE - AND LET IT GO AT THAT-- a few weeks. We congratulate Mrs. Oliver A. Taylor on being able to get out of the business as easily and quickly as she did. She sustained a considerable loss as it was. Col. Sindney B. Thompson should be nominated as our candidate for the Legislature, this fall, and one of the race placed on the Republican ticket as a candidate for the State Senate because our potency (over 40,000) as a voting factor of the party of this county entitles us to it. Hear, hear, Mr. Maurice Maschke, head of the local Republican organization! Dr. Alex Hrdlicka, of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., was unfortunate in his selection of a job that compelled him to reside where he had to mingle with prejudiced and backward southerners. Either that or his head needs to be examined. About everybody but him seems to know that leading scientists of the world have long since decided and announced that "influx of colored blood into the white" improves the latter immeasurably and its true, too, as all who have watched such mixing for years can and will attest. The doctor with the unpronounceable name must be a Kluxer, sure enough. Another one of our banks in the South closed its doors, Dec. 31, '28. The shortage announced was $50,000. The National Benefit Life Insurance Company loaned the bank $101,000 which is secured by the real estate holdings of the defunct bank. Again we remind our people that our so-called business men must stop "starting at the top of the ladder" and falling down instead of starting at the bottom and climbing up. Too many of them are starting banks, insurance and loan companies, etc., without the experience, and oftimes without the funds, absolutely necessary to win success. DAVIS, GREGG AND GEORGE The progressive element among the colored voters intends to work with Councilmen Clayborne George and E. J. Gregg and largely against Councilman Tom Fleming, who, previous to this year, was the only colored member of the City Council. The chances are that George and Gregg will receive the support of the Democratic minority in most of the measures they propose.—Cleveland (Daily) Plain Dealer. And that will "settle their hash" with their constituents who are all Republicans. It will, too, "settle their hash" with the Republican majority in the City Council. Councilmen Gregg and George made the mistake of their one-term councilmanic career when they entered that Democratic City Council caucus and when they refused to announce promptly at the very beginning, that they intended to vote for Harry E. Davis, the leading and our only candidate for membership on the City Civil Service Commission. Instead of doing this, Gregg, at the last minute and after about ten days' silence, voted for the election of A WHITE DEMOCRAT and plead with the Council for "recognition" for that Democrat's people (Polish) as if a single Pole, Republican or Democrat, had voted for him, and as if he was not sent to the Council by our people's votes to look after OUR interests in preference to those of all others, and expected to do so by all the other groups in the community. WE need MORE of EVERYTHING than local Polish-Americans who, because of their color alone, have every advantage of us in this city and country of prejudice, because "blood is thicker than water" with every other group but ours, it seems. Then, too, the Poles had an opportunity to elect Orlkowski, the white Democrat referred to, a member of the City Council, as Councilman Fielder Sanders well said, that evening, and failed to take advantage of it. Therefore, why Gregg's "crocodile tears" for "Polish representation" in the city's control? George, Councilman Clayborne George, if you please, at the very last minute, and after about ten days' silence, too, voted for Davis and apologized to the Council for so doing with a statement so "thin" that it made him look and seem 'childish,' to say the least. As he stood talking in the Council chamber, it was a pathetic spectacle, indeed, when considered from a race-loyal viewpoint. And what hurts our people of this community most is the unfortunate position in which they are placed in the minds of the thousands of thoughtful white friends and others here who believed we had developed and progressed far beyond the stage indicated by the most reprehensible course followed in this Davis matter by both Gregg and George, one-term councilmen! Mark that prediction, please. Lord, have mercy! PRIME SPORT NEWS Dougherty Answers Rickard Chester, Pa., Jan. 3.—Jimmy Dougherty, manager of George Godfrey, colored heavyweight, today answered Tex Rickard, New York promoter, with regard to his statement that 'Godfrey was the worst fighter I ever saw.' Dougherty's reply to Rickard's statement follows: "Tex Rickard is quoted as saying, 'that Godfrey will not be considered as a heavyweight champion and that Gene Tunney would not fight a Negro.' Rickard should be the last one in the world to make such a statement. 'Negroes picked him up out of the slums in Goldfield, Ney, Joe Gans We are free to confess, we did not expect the local Republican boss, Maurice Maschke, to make good his promise to support Davis and he sure is entitled to praise for holding 12 councilmanic votes in line for him for nearly ten days while Gregg and George refused to say whether either or both would come forward with the one vote more necessary to insure the election of Davis. And Davis, Gregg and George are all members of the race, too. But Maschke must see that an Afro-American is placed on the ticket for the State Senate, and elected, too, this fall, unless the entire local Republican ticket is defeated, if he is to get full measure of credit for the elevation of the Hon. Harry E. Davis from eight years' service in the Ohio House of Representatives to the position he now holds. An Afro-American candidate for the lower house of the State Assembly to succeed Davis will NOT satisfy our people of this community and we are here and now serving notice of the fact upon the head of the local Republican organization, Mr. Maurice Maschke. JIMMY McGINTY AND TOM FLEM- Two policemen, one drunk it is said, had "a brother from down home" at the police call-box at the corner of E. 30th St. and Central Ave., Tuesday afternoon, while another "brother" was shooting to death his wife or woman, diagonally across E. 30th St., about 100 feet away. The "brother", under arrest, took a bottle of "booze" from his pocket and smashed it on the pavement. Whereupon, one of the policemen hit him a terrific blow in the mouth. This, by the way, is a very common thing because Councilman Tom Fleming has never made any effort to stop it (because he does not want to "make enemies of the police", it is said). So some of the police "take the law into their own hands", making judge and jury of themselves, and often thus punish offenders or at least those charge with being such. Hardly had the two police and their hapless victim of color left the corner in the "wagon" than Councilman Jimmy McGinty appeared on the scene, went into Kleiman's store, S. W. cor. E. 30th St. and Central Ave., called the precinct police station on the 'phone and found that the trio, the police and man in the "wagon", had not as yet reached their destination, the station. McGinty then rushed out of the store, jumped into a taxi and in less than the time it would have taken the wagon to reach the station, the "brother" of color was back on E. 30th St. and Central Ave., too. This little "episode" illustrates better than anything else the difference between a REAL Councilman (Jimmy McGinty) and a pseudo one (Tom Fleming). The "brother was one of McGinty's constituents and supporters. Therefore, he "looked after him when in trouble" and WITHOUT CHARGE, he Did not ask the man: "Have you got any money; have you got a bank book?" Rev. and Mrs. Boston J. Prince have a true story of Fleming's activity you ought to hear, if you did not have this illuminating experience during the recent campaign. We must not fail to add, in conclusion, that Councilman McGinty is trying to locate the policeman that struck the "brother from down home" in the mouth who broke the bottle of "booze". When he does there is going to be some more quick and telling action or we will miss our guess. Sock This on Your Skypiece. PRIME SPORT NEWS Dougherty Answers Rickard Chester, Pa., Jan. 3 — Jimmy Dougherty, manager of George Godfrey, colored heavyweight, today answered Tex Rickard, New York promoter, with regard to his statement that "Godfrey was the worst fighter I ever saw." Dougherty's reply to Rickard's statement follows: "Tex Rickard is quoted as saying, 'that Godfrey will not be considered as a heavyweight contender and that Gene Tunney would not fight a Negro.' Rickard should be the last one in the world to make such a statement. 'Negroes picked him up out of the slums in Goldfield. Nev. Joe Gans earned for him his first dollar in the boxing game. Again Jack Johnson made him prominent. Frank Sutten, a prominent colored man of Pittsburgh, tells me that when Rickard came East to secure Johnson that he ate, drank and slept in the same bed with Johnson in his home. Claims Tex Is Biased. "Now he is trying to injure and deprive Godfrey of his just dues because he belongs to that same Negro race. Negroes put Tex Rickard in the boxing game and made him famous and Negroes are going to drive him out of the boxing game, because public sentiment is going to rally around Godfrey because he is a good clean man and an American soldier. "The boxing game as far as the heavyweight division is concerned is in the worst situation in the history of sports. It is handled by a lot of professional gamblers. "Godfrey's record is clean and he doesn't have to enter the tournament I never asked Godfrey to be entered in that tournament because several of the principal men, their managers acknowledged to me, would have no chance with Godfrey when matches were offered them in other places. "Rickard should be glad to enter Godfrey if he thought anybody could lick him. He told Joe Woodman that the other dog. As far as Rickard's dog, Godfrey is concerned, it doesn't amount to anything."—Cleveland Plain Dealer. Hubbard's Team Defeated! The undefeated Elks' semi-pro basketball team met DeHart Hubbard's Cincinnati Y team at Elks' hall here, Monday night, in the main attraction of a three-game card. DeHart Hubbard, who is holder of the world's broad jump record and former Michigan university's star trackman, has a great club which had a clean slate, this season, up to Monday night. Both clubs played for the N.C. State team. The Elks claked up their sixth straight win by trimming DeHart's Comets, 33 to 11. Monday night, Slaughter Brothers nosed out the Telling Ice Creams, 17 to 11, and the Williams Billards swamped the Pirates, 22 to 12, in the other games. Lindbergh to Visit Haiti Washington, D. C.—Col, Charles A. Lindbergh has accepted an invitation to visit Haiti, the country of the great Toussaint L'Ouverture. The date of the visit will be decided later, after his visit to Havanna, Jan. 16, during the Pan-American congress. Meta Vaux Warrick. Meca Vaux Warrick. The role of the great dancer, Lole Fuller, had thought to mind the loe of bronze and marble sculpture presented by her to the Cleveland Museum of Art in the late years of the war. Miss Fuller gave two talks at the Museum and later presented nine pieces of sculpture. Meta Vaux Warrick, D. Francesco Antomauxchi, Jeon Baptiste Gareaux, Jules Dalou, Theodore Rivière and Pierre Roche are each represented by one in this group, and artists were all close friends. These artists were all close friends. Fuller, especially Rodin, for her friendships were with the great creators of the world, as well as with royalty. The Museum is preparing a memorial display of her gifts. Mrs. Warrick is our leading sculptress. Subscribe Now Your Home Prettier Your Furniture Bright Your Work Less Use O-Cedar Polish "Cleans as it Polishes" Your Question How can I, a woman without training and experience, earn the money so necessary to the welfare and happiness of myself and those I love? Our Answer Our answer has solved the problem for thousands of Race Women, who make nice profits through PORO. 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Display advertisements accepted until 4 p. m., WEDNESDAYS! HARRY C. SMITH, 226 West Superior Avenue, Cleveland, O. (Opposite, Hotel Cleveland.) Notary Public Bell 'Phone: Cherry 1259 Classified Advertising Department FOR SALE.—A good bedroom set of three pieces. A BARGAIN—in good condition. Also a Way-Sagless spring and a first-grade mattress. This is a newly new; used less than two weeks. Call, Cherry 1259 in the afternoon. CLEVELAND Social and Personal Mrs. R. S. White, registrar at Fisk university, Nashville, spent her vacation in the city with her son, Atty. Charles W. White. The Caterers' Association will give its LADDES' DAY reception, Saturday, Jan. 21, 1928, from 2 to 7 p.m. All ladies are invited. By order of the trustee board.—Adv. Mrs. J. W. Turk gave a party for about 30 poor children at her home, E. 83rd St. Christmas morning. The kiddies enjoyed the feast and each one received a gift. This was fine of Mrs. Turk. More power to her! Mrs. Edna A. Gregory, E. 81st St. was visited, recently, by her husband, Prof. J. Francis Gregory, and daughter, Prof. Vince Gregory, in Miner normal and Dunbar high schools, respectively, Washington, D. C. Maj. and Mrs. W. T. Anderson, recently royally entertained the senior and junior choirs of St. James A. M. E. church, honoring Mr. Harry A. M. E. church, who has done such meritorious work in promoting the musical activities of the church. Hon. Harry E. Davis, newly appointed member of the civil service commission, was the guest at hour a dinner offered by the board directors of the Empire Savings & Loan Co. in the P. W. A.'s new home, Saturday night. Davis is a director of the company. St. John's church recently presented Mr. Carroll Scott with a good fat purse in honor of his 25th anniversary as director of the senior choir. Through Mr. Scott's patience and musical guidance, St. John has the reputation of having one of the finest chairs in the middle west. Antioch's choir will give its regular monthly musical, Sunday, at 7:45 p. m. Mr. Plummer Henderson, choirist and organist. This organization's musicales, under its efficient director, have grown to be "institutions" because of their excellence. So don't miss this one. Free, of course. Will the young man of the race, who lives in the East End and who spoiled to his former classmate (white) a Yellow Cab taxi driver, at E. 46th or E. 49th taxi and Central Ave., at noon on Monday, Dec. 19, 27, at The Gazette office at once or call Cherry 1259 in the afternoon, on 6:30? IMPORTANT! Gregg and George are one-term Councilmen. Mark that! It made no difference who backed Davis for THEM DAYS YOU SAY YOUR DAU GEAU WHO CALLS NIGHT? THEM DAYS ARE GONE FOREVER YOU SAY YOUR DAUGHTER HAS A BEAU WHO CALLS HERE EV'RY NIGHT? A LUCKY MAN TO GET A GIRL SO CLEVER AND SO BRIGHT! *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. business matters to The Gazette n. 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. dication in current issues of The by noon, WEDNESDAY, of that advertisements accepted until C. SMITH, Avenue, Cleveland, O. Del Cleveland,.) Bell 'Phone: Cherry 1259 Rising Department COLORED CARPENTER WILLING TO EXCHANGE SERVICES FOR RENT! Address Box 2, The Gazette, 226 W. Superior Ave., Cleveland, Ohio. the place—he was the only Afro- American candidate, and as such was entitled to all three of our councili- matic votes. He got two of them, one of these with an apology. Yes, we know Tom (Fleming) had to, because the "boss" backed Harry. Mrs. Della Wilson, E. 31st St., widow of Johnny Wilson, entertained thirty children at breakfast, Xmas, and had a beautiful tree and gifts for them. She found a family with seven children, in Quincy Ave., without fuel and food which she supplied with the latter and gave $12 in cash. This is real philanthropy and Mrs. Wilson is entitled to much praise and credit. Dan R. Fairfax was recently moved from the city waterworks, where he was chief clerk of the superintendent, to the city hall and appointed a clerk in the engineering department of the waterworks. His salary was increased from $2100 to $3000. Councilman E. J. Gregg "went to the front" for Dan and is entitled to the credit for the accomplishment, he claims, altho Councilman Tom Fleming says he did it. Mr. and Mrs. John Pettiford of Oberlin, former residents of this city, were highly entertained while in city recently. New Years, Mrs. H. B. Mason gave a dinner in their honor, Mrs. E. D. Gales, E. 103rd St., entertained in their honor, having also as guests Rev. H. P. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Pete Lucas and family and the Mason family. Dr. Alain Locke, of Howard University, will speak, Jan. 20, at M. Zion Cong. church, and make several other addresses in the city, including one before the Women's City club, under whose primary auspices, together with the Adult Education Association, he is coming to Cleveland. The subject of Dr. Locke's address for the N. A. A. C. P. local branch, Jan. 20, is "A Civic Program for the Afro-American." Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Grant, E. 93rd St. had as their guests, during the A. K. A. Boule, Miss Sadie Daniels and Miss Martha Chiles, school teachers of Washington, D. C., and Richmond, Va., respectively. Among those entertained in their honor were Dr. and Mrs. E. J. Gunn, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. R. Jackson, Miss Constance Fisher and Mr. Leroy J. Price, an old friend of the Chiles family. Mrs. Wm. Rosier Jackson of Cedar Ave., entertained at dinner, recited the poem, and cousin, Dr. R. L. Pope of Indianapolis, one of the leading ministers of the A. M. E. Church and a candidate for bishop at the general conference to be held in Chicago, next May. Major W. T. Anderson, Rev. D. O. Walker, Rev. H. P. Jones and Rev. Saul A. ARE GONE FOREV FIGHTER HAS A HERE EVER A LUCK SO CU THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O. SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1928 Lucas, close friends of Dr. Pope, were the other guests. Shiloh Baptist church began a week of special celebration, Sunday, in recognition of the installation of its new pastor, Rev. A. L. Bone, formerly of Fort Worth, Tex. Visitation celebration will close Jan. 15. Visiting speakers will be Dr. D. R. Shrimp executive secretary of the Cleveland Baptist association; Dr. W. Harry Freda, pastor of the Baptist church of the Master, and Dr. L. K. Williams, president of a Nation Baptist association. Sharpe and Freda are members of the other group or race. Rev. Jesse Smith, age 83, retired A. M. E. minister, was recently presented with a lifetime membership in the American Bible society at St. John's church. The certificate was a token of esteem from the members of the church and was obtained through Rev. S. A. Lucas, local secretary of the society. The presentation was made by Rev. H. P. Jones, pastor of St. John. Rev. Smith is the father of Mrs. J. C. Nooks, 90th St., and Miss Jessie Smith, a teacher in the commercial section of the State Department at Wilberforce. At the state capital Gov. Al Smith vetoed the bill providing for an additional municipal court in New York City, lest it might afford an opportunity for the elevation of a "Negro" to the municipal bench. Despite his alleged freedom from racial or religious bias, he has signally failed during his terms as Governor to name any member of the race to a position of honor or emolument under the state government. To do him justice, Gov. Smith has made no effort to establish a special friendship for the "Negro" but has calmly ignored him as a citizen and a voter.—N. Y. Age. Councilman Herman Finkle used a year's salary ($1,800) in the purchase of baskets of food (during the holidays) which he gave to the poor of the 12th ward, most of whom of course were members of the race. During the recent snowstorm he placed 700 of the 1,000 men employed by the city at work cleaning the streets. Most of the 700 were employed by the city in the care of a give him credit for this. What did Councilman Tom Fleming do for his constituents? Ask him! He entertained well-to-do Afro-Americans—Dr. and Mrs. Ames of Detroit, Atty and Mrs. W. H. Stanton of Pittsburgh, Mr. and Mrs. John Logan of Columbus and others. Atta, boy Tom! Among the officers re-elected unanimously by the Mt. Pleasant Mothers' and Community club, at its annual meeting, Monday evening, at First Mt. Olive Baptist church, E. 126th St. are: James W. Minor, pres.; E. B. Branham, vice-pres.; Mrs. B. Essie R. Trigg, sec.; Mrs. Frank Hawkins, treas.; Atty. Perry B. Jackson, legal advisor. Committees for the new year will be announced at the next meeting. Jan. 23rd, at same time. The Jan. alder unanimously to urge the Republican organization and the public to select Atty. Perry B. Jackson as a candidate for the State Legislature to succeed the Hon. Harry E. Davis, who resigned recently, to accept the position of City Civil Service Commissioner. Joseph Weaver, convicted here of slaying Joseph Russell, watchman of the Parish-Bingham plant of the Midland Steel Products Co., Madison Ave. and W. 106th St., must die in the electric chair, Jan. 20, the supreme court decided, Wednesday. Russell was slain the night of March 13, 1927, when he surprised a man who was asleep as they left the office of the plant where, it was discovered later, a safe had been tampered with. Maynor turned state's evidence and at the trial of Weaver testified before Judge Irving Carpenter of Norwalk that Weaver shot Russell and then rifled the watchman's pockets. The men were arrested when a piece of Maynor's coat was found caught in a fence. Maynor later pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of "bloody" Weaver. Weaver's attorneys, Nathan E. Cook and Wm. Marstellar, appointed by the court, took the fight through the court of appeals and the supreme court without compensation. Thanks, gentlemen. We won't forget it! Some of our local organizations went to Weaver's support, but to no avail. Judge Carpenter recently spent a week in the courtroom notifying Maynor in an effort to satisfy himself the testimony given accusing Weaver was true. He then wrote County Prosecutor Stanton that he was convinced the condemned man was guilty. The supreme court must name the date of Guaranteed and Efficient Work TWENTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE 'Phone: Bell, Randolph 6978 Sundays by Appointment THERE'S ONE GREAT THING ABOUT HER- SHE'S GOT COMMON SENSE ALL RIGHT... THEM DAYS ARE GONE FOREVER! Not five per cent of the votes cast at the recent election for the two new Afro-American Councilmen, Dr. E. J. Gregg and Attty. Clayborne George, were those of white voters, Republicans or Democrats. Both posed as independent Republican candidates, prior to the recent election, and as such received the united support of our people and were elected. In the face of this fact, Gregg and George, with full knowledge of the foregoing and other facts of group or race interest, for nearly ten days, and up until they cast their votes in the Council on Monday evening, steadfastly refused to say whether they would vote for the Hon. Harry E. Davis, the member of the race, the candidate for member of the City Council, the commissioner decided better paying and higher class position than the membership in the Legislature Mr. Davis has held for eight years, four terms, and which he publicly announced, last week, he would not seek again. It was apparently of no interest to them that the local Republican organization was backing Mr. Davis and that he needed but one more vote to win another honor for the race in this community. Instead of announcing in the very gimmick, more of the City Council, that they were for this candidacy of one of their own race, as all of our people and about everybody else in the community expected them to do, they refused to say, up to the very last minute, Monday evening, what were going to do in the way of voting, and capped this most reprehensible stand by refusing to enter the Republican caucus and entering the Democratic caucus! Can you imagine two independents, elected by their own office, all of whom are Republicans, making such an inexplicable mistake? Well, Gregg and George did it, and all the time (for more than ten days) refusing to say they would vote for Davis. In the Council, Monday evening, Gregg voted for the leading candidate opposing Davis, a white Democrat, Olkowski of the great mass of our people and by name, a former member of the City Council, and George, forced to agree with the City Council as easily as were the excuses offered by Gregg. These two men by their disloyal course, in this Davis matter, have lost the confidence their intelligent white friends in this community. Why, it was only a few weeks ago that Dr. Gregg assured the editor of The Gazette over the 'phone that he would NOT line up with the Democrats in that body but that he would be an independent Republican member of the City Council! Throughout the meeting the City Council agreed both Gregg and George acted more like children, from a political viewpoint, than men and in so doing held themselves and our people up to the ridicule of the thoughtful of the other race. LORD HAVE MERCY! Patronize Our Advertisers IS IT ANY USE TO CONTEND FOR RIGHTS? Colored Americans are the only race, responsible members of which are in favor of "always will be discriminated submitting to discrimination on the claim that their race against." The Jews are still contending after over 1900 years of universal discrimination and are winning even social rights today. The Irish at home have contended for 700 years and are winning because they will die rather than submit. The race that says it's of no use to resist, downs itself and the world then will say, "Negroes are not worthy of equal rights; they are by nature without self-respect and have no 'guts.'" The world respects only those who resent and resist proscription for race. Let us be worthy of the abolitionists, worthy of our own fathers who have died in every war to vindicate the title of their race to equal liberty, and forever resist denial of rights in our native land, however long race discrimination may continue. To submit is to deserve contempt—Boston (Mass.) Guardian. The U. S. Veterans' Bureau, Room 229, Hanna Bldg., desires to learn the whereabouts of Mrs. Lottie Chaney, wife of Richard Chaney, who was a soldier in one of our regiments in the World War. Information of her whereabouts will be at the Veterans' Bureau, if she will present herself. Any person knowing her present address is asked to forward it to the local bureau. CORRESPONDENTS WANTED! "The Old Reliable" Gazette desires an active agent and correspondent in every city and town in Ohio and neighboring states having a number of Afro-American residents. Only a little time on Fridays or Saturdays is required. We are especially desirous of hearing from persons in the following named cities: Springfield, Columbus, Toledo, Steubenville, Zanville, Wilmington, Xenia, Washington C. H., Lancaster, Hamilton, Piqua, Lima, O., and other places, particularly in Ohio, where we have none. Write to the editor of The Gazette, 222 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y., and terms will be sent promptly. Our readers will oblige us greatly, by sending at once the addresses of persons in the cities named, and others in the state to whom we can write relative to the matter. Little Rock, Ark. June 16. '25. Hon. Harry C. Smith, Editor, Gazette, Cleveland, O. Dear Friend:—Long live The Gazette! a welcome friend to the Ricks-Demby family for forty-three years. We boast of being among the oldest continuous subscribers of The Gazette—not the largest but the best in essentials and the most dependable of race journals! Wishing you continued good health and success, we are as ever. Very truly yours, (Bishop) Edward T. and Nettie M. Demby. Women to Sell LADIES SPRING DRESSES —on the— Credit Plan—Auto Furnished Good Earnings Assured. Full or Spare Time Call RAndolph 6742 For Appointment POISON BLOOD. Address me, H. H. Von Schlick, President, Marvel Products Company, Dept. X, Marvel Building, Pittsburgh, Pa. RACE PREJUDICE! "I am convinced myself that there is no more evil thing in this present world than race prejudice; none at all! "I write deliberately—it is the worst single thing in life now. It justifies and holds together more baseness, cruelty and abomination than any other sort of error in the world." —H. G. Wells. Take a Look at Your Tongue If you aren't feeling just right, go to the mirror and look at your tongue. That coated tongue tells you why the least exertion tires you out; why you have pains in the bowels, gas, sour stomach and dizzy spells; why you have no appetite and can't sleep. Try Tanlac and see how much the first bottle helps you. The cost is less than 2c a dose. Tanlac contains no mineral drugs; it is made of barks, herbs and roots — nature's own medicines for the sick. Get a bottle from your druggist today. Your money back if it doesn't help you. Tanlac 52 MILLION BOTTLES USED 69,632 Number Changes in New Telephone Directory The new telephone directory, to be delivered in a few days in the Cleveland area, contains 69,632 number changes. These changes were made necessary by: Rearrangement of lines in the GLenville and EDdy areas in preparation for dial telephone service which will become operative in GLenville in about one year. Preparations to open the new CLearwater central office on Lorain Avenue and West 137th street in the spring. Reconcentration of lines in growing areas such as LAkewood, MEIrose, WAshington and FAirmount. Please consult the new directory before placing a telephone call. The Ohio Bell Telephone Company E. H. Gustafson, Commercial Superintendent 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 It. 100 The photograph shows the new invention for safer driving, the leg accelerator. When the driver goes uphill or through dense traffic he can keep his foot on the brake and at the same time manipulate the accelerator with his leg. When not in use, the leg accelerator telescopes under the dash. CHOOSING COLOR OF IMPORTANCE Appearance Changed by Using Dark Tones Above Light on Some Models. Most persons are a little afraid of color. That is to say, any color that is at all bright and alluring. Perhaps it is just as well for the peace of mind of the general run of humanity that such is the case. Otherwise, if we run riot with the shrieking pigments that sometimes seem to fit our mood, the world would look like a madhouse. And yet, color is one of the greatest delights of our lives, whether we know it or not. There is no better way to judge the good taste of the average man and woman than by the colors of their automobiles. The colors of the cars when they come from the factory are the result of careful thought and experiment. But they are, of course, only a few of the possibilities. That is why you can almost always tell a car that has been refinished. The owner has not been bound by the colors of the manufacturer. Combinations Discussed. It is not generally appreciated that color either lives or is dead with perfect relation to the other colors that are used with it. For instance, black is somber and uninspiring. With vermilion next to it, it suddenly lives and breathes. Combine it, however, with the cold glacial feeling of the various blues and it retires within itself and ceases to delight us. Suppose the woman who will often drive the car has red hair. There is then no question but that she has certain subconscious likings for some tones of green. We may not realize it but these tones are direct complements of red and help to accentuate its beauties. As it is logical to cloth the body in colors that enhance its various physical attractions, so it is also logical to carry the idea further and surround your home and your car with colors that bring out your own individuality. Have Definite Idea. So, in refinishing your car, it is better to come to the refinishers with a definite idea. Choose some colors that are mostly friendly to you. These colors are to be bad, because the best of them are now formulated from the newest tones of the times and follow the Paris and New York modes in silks. They are the ones that will satisfy you because they are the ones you are used to wearing. Cutting Glass With Shears Often in working around the automobile or radio or in home repairing it is desirable to cut glass in a curve or glass that is too thin for ordinary cutting methods. In such cases it is very helpful to put both the glass and the shears under water, says the Michigan Farmer. Apparently the water absorbs the shocks and vibrations and prevents them from extending into the glass and shattering it. One job on which this will be found useful is in cutting a headlight lens down so it can be used on a smaller headlight. If possible the glass should first be scratched on the proper circle with a cutter or diamond. Be sure to practice on some waste pieces until you get the proper hang of using the shears. Time-Payment Plan "If there were a million people in France buying automobiles on the installment plan that country would be far more happy and prosperous than it is," says Alfred Reeves, general manager of the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. Reeves believes that installment buying is sound economy for purchases over $100, provided the purchaser pays one-third of the total cost as first payment. St. Louis Only Big City to Show Less Fatalities Among the larger cities of the nation, St. Louis is the only one in which the number of motor vehicular fatalities showed a decrease the first seven months of 1927, as compared with the same period of 1926, it is pointed out in a recent survey issued in New York by the National Safety council. The survey states that there has been a 29 per cent decrease in St. Louis, with a fatality record of 14.5 for each 100,000 citizens, which is unusually low, as compared with other large cities. Records of motor vehicular fatalities which are maintained by St. Louis police show that to date there have been 85 deaths this year from motor vehicular accidents, as compared with 118 for a similar period in 1926. This is at about the same ratio as the number of deaths the first seven months, the period covered by the National Safety council's survey. The survey points out that the autumn months ordinarily are the worst of the year, in so far as the number of traffic fatalities are concerned The number of deaths from motor accidents in the nation generally was considerably greater the first seven months of this year as compared with last year. Weather-Stripping Will Keep Snow Out of Garage Sections of old inner tubes tacked along the lower edge of the garage door will help keep the garage warm and prevent fine snow from being blown under the door. Be careful that the tube projects only far enough below the edge to make contact with the ground. If it hangs too far it may get caught and jam the door when it GARAGE DOORS OLD INNER TUBE WEATHER STRIPS SPACE UNDER DOOR How Sections of Old Inner Tubee Weather-Strip Garage Doors. is closed. If the doors fit too loose at top and sides additional sections of inner tube can be nalled to the frame so that the doors will press against them when they are closed. Doors thus made air-tight will keep the car clean longer after each washing, as they exclude dust—Popular Science Monthly. **************************************** AUTOMOBILE NOTES We can get even more value by taking proper care of our tires. The best of them will break down quickly under ruthless wear and inattention. A wealthy woman of Lenox, Mass., died at the age of eighty-nine years without having ridden in an automobile. That's why she attained the advanced age. A New York taxi driver, arrested for reckless driving, claimed that a bee had nipped his nose. But the judge fined him $10, and so he was stung again. "Big Gasoline Output Helps Auto Industry" says a Cincinnati headline. May we suggest timidly that the big automobile output isn't so bad for the gasoline industry, either? When grinding the valves, remove the valve springs and stand them in a row to see if they are of equal length. If any are short, replace them, as they have collapsed and lost their tension. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O. SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1928. SEGREGATION (Special to The Gazette.) Washington, D. C.—There is more segregation in Washington, today, under President Coolidge than there was under President Obama. The beginnings of the segregation were under President Taft. It was greatly extended, under President Wilson; increased, still further, under President Harding; and reached its zenith under President Coolidge. For instance, the largest of our parks President Wilson never troubled, but the present administration has and desire to introduce it even there. To many people, segregation is a Democratic scheme of insult, but such is not the case. President Taft introduced it in the bureau of engraving. He segregated the censurers in this city in 1910, restricting it to white and black to black, often duplicating work as most blocks had white and black residents. And, worst of all, announced in his official capacity that Negroes should not hold office where white people complained. Segregation, then, is a Republican institution, and not a Democratic one. One of the reasons is that they are carried on to its all-embracing extent by Republicans! There is far more of it in the departments, today, than at any time since the Negro first appeared, close upon the close of the Civil War. The picture requirement in the civil service, which makes it next to impossible for a colored lady or gentleman to enter the civil service, since their color is disclosed in their photograph which must accompany their papers, is tenaciously held on by our countryside President. Some months ago, a colored girl appeared after having passed the best examination, and after having been telegraphed for by the department. The photograph had failed to tell her true color, and they flatly refused to appoint her when she appeared and they saw her complexion. Commissioner Blair of the internal revenue bureau with thousands of clerks will not appoint a Negro clerk, and his word is law there, as he is the special favorite of Secretary Mellon and President Coolidge. He halls from North Carolina, the home of the other favorite author, the 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 cessation of minority 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 who have waved the "national" here in the Republican party, and receives no condemnation from the Republican President. WIDOWS AND SOLDIERS! Some Valuable Information for the Spanish-American War Veterans and Widows That Hundreds of Them Need—Read Carefully. Editor Gazette, Dear Friend:—May I presume upon our friendship of more than thirty years and ask that you publish the following: For nearly three months, I have tried to locate some of my comrades of color who served in the war with Spain, the Philippine Insurrection, or the Boxer rebellion. Now, I know that Colored men had a part in each of these campaigns and was honorably discharged, is entitled to a pension. But to locate them is the problem. Every soldier, sailor or marine who served ninety days or more in either of these campaigns and was honorably discharged, is entitled to a pension, the granting of the same depending not upon his service record, but upon his physical condition at the time of his examination by the medical men appointed by the government for that purpose. The standard set by law is your ability to earn a living by manual labor or to earn a salary for notary fee, which is usually 20 cents for each affidavit. The U. S. pays the examiners and, if the pension is granted, the pension bureau deducts from the sum allowed by law, $10 and no more. So that the cost to the veteran is less then he would pay for a movie, and is payable on the 4th day of every month as long as lives. Under the late law a veteran of the above-named periods of service, may receive from $20 to $50 a month for life, with an increase when his physician assists to dress you, etc., and $10 a month, if you are totally blind. There is also an amendment to the World War veterans' act which provides that a Spanish War veteran's application on a blank (furnished by our government) properly filled out, may receive a certificate of hospitalization which entitles him to immediate action by the Veterans' bureau, cutting all red tape now and not only when you need a hospitalization, will you any and all information FREE to all who inquire. Call Garfield 2250- M and ask for. 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. Pretty Things that are Made at Home I TITY making some bridge covers of colorful rayon, you will be delighted with them. One can buy rayon so reasonably, and it makes up beautifully, having a silken sheen which never loses its luster no matter how many times it is laundered. One can work out so many charming color schemes, too, such as sand with peach borders, silver gray with lacquer red, black with crimson, hydrangea with gold, also grass green with gold. Of course if you do not care to make them you can find them in the stores in these very color combinations. The main thing about bridge covers is to be sure that they are the kind that will "stay put." Playing bridge on a table where the cloth runs away with the cards is not exactly according to Hoyle. There are two ways of making these covers so that they will hold secure. One way is to attach tapes by which they can be tied to the table. A better way because it is much firmer, however, has been discovered, that of fastening elastic straps across each corner. Instead of the usual tapes, attach the strips of elastic across the corner as shown in the sketch, and there you are with really-truly honest-to-goodness CARACUL IS A FAW FUR FOR WHAT a glorious pageantry of furs is being staged in the realm of fashion! Not only do the furs themselves cover a scope beyond anything shown in seasons past, but they are that adroitly combined and styled, one is lost in the fascinating complexity of the situation. All this mingling and intermingling of furs known and unknown is certainly adding zest to the mode. Because of the novelty expressed and the diversity of furs a thrill awaits even the most sophisticated fashion-wise woman at every turn along the pathway of the mode. In this matter of the fur you like best, one has to "choose sides" this season, for two distinct types are competing for honors—flat furs versus py of The ce wh might "trump" covers—trump because these bits of elastic are the trick that wins. One of these covers makes a clever bridge prize or Christmas gift. Another lovely Christmas present on accessory to your own bridge party, is the lamp shade shown in the sketch. This one was made of a parchment lined with a novelty check gingham in dainty colorings, and trimmed with a border of silk in the color of the predominating tone in the gingham design. Until you try out one of these shades you have no idea how effective it is with the light shining through elusively reflecting the colors and design of the lining through the parchment. It is doubtful if you can buy one of these shades, but they are very simple to make. The gingham and parchment are glued together and the silk points glued on the outside before the shade is seamed. Then the whole is glued together in a neat flat seam. The best quality of transparent liquid glue should be used thinly spread on the fabric, left a second, and then glued to the parchment. If this is carefully done the glue will not spot the fabric. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. (@ 1927. Newspaper Union.) ORITÉ THE WINTER COAT long-haired types. Both here and abroad an increasing interest is being shown in the very flattest of furs, such as broadtail, gray belge or black, shaved lamb, calfskin and the like. Often the flattened is contrasted with collars and cuffs of shaggy furs. A very clever caracul coat is shown in this picture. Caracul, by the way, is one of the season's leading furs. That is why Mary Philbin, who is doing such clever screen work chooses the exquisite caracul coat for her very own, as shown in the illustration. It is a very unusual combination, being white caracul, with deep collar and cuffs of cocoa-colored American broadtail. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. (© 1927, Western Newspaper Union.) GAZETTE Subscribe af OHIO'S MOB VIOLENCE ACT OR ANTI-LYNCHING LAW LEADS THE COUNTRY IN EFFECTIVE LEGISLATION Against the Mob and Lynch-Murder-Three Years' Work of a Member of the Race-Also His Ohio Civil Rights Law. Section 6278. "Mob" and "lynching" defined. 6279. "Serious injury" defined. 6280. Damages in case of assault. 6281. Damages in case of lynching. 6282. Damages recoverable by legal representative of victim of lynching. 6283. Person suffering death or injury by mob trying to lynch another. 6284. Limitations of action. 6285. Order to include recovery and costs in tax levy. 6286. Guardian's custody, etc., fees. 6287. County's right of action against member of mob 6288. County's right of action against another county. 6289. Non-relief from prosecution. Our mob-violence or anti-lynching bill was introduced in the Ohio legislature in 1894 and re-introduced in 1896. It took the Hon. Harry C. Smith, editor of The Gazette, just three years to secure its enactment into law. The Ohio Supreme Court has several times upheld the constitutionality of the law and it has been Section 6278. A collection of people assembled for an unlawful purpose and intending to do damage or injury to any one, or pretending to exercise correctional power over other persons by violence and without authority of law, shall be deemed a "mob" for the purpose of this chapter. An act of violence by a mob upon the body of any person shall constitute a "lynching" within the meaning of this chapter. (93 v. 161 2.) Section 6279. The term "serious injury," for the purpose of this chapter, shall include such inquiry as permanently or temporarily disables the person receiving it from earning a livelihood by manual labor. (93 v. 161 3.) Section 6280. A person taken from officers of justice by a mob and assaulted with whips, clubs, missiles or in any other manner, may recover, as hereafter provided, a sum not to exceed one thousand dollars as damages from the county in which the assault is made. (93 v. 161 4.) Section 6281. A person assaulted and lynched by a mob may recover from the county in which such assault is made a sum not to exceed one hundred dollars; or, if the jury received therefrom is serious, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars; or, if such injury result in permanent disability, to earn a livelihood by manual labor, a sum not to exceed five thousand dollars. (93 v. 12 5.) Section 6282. The legal representative of a person dying from injuries received from lynching by a mob, may recover of the county in which such injury occurred, a sum not to exceed five thousand dollars damages for such unlawful killing. Such sum shall be applied to the maintenance of the family and education of the minor children of such person so lynched, if any survive him, until such children are of legal age, and then be distributed to the survivors, share and share alike, the widow receiving an amount equal to a child's share. If there be no widow or minor children surviving such decedent, share and share alike will be distributed among the next of kin according to the law of the distribution of the personality of an intestate. Such sum so recovered shall not be a part of the estate of such person so lynched, nor be subject to any of his liabilities. (93 v. 162 6.) Section 6283. A person suffering death or injury from a mob attempting to lynch another person shall come within the provisions of this chapter. He or his legal representatives shall have a like right of action as one purposely injured or killed by such a mob. (93 v. 162 6.) Section 6284. Action for the recapture is provided for. In this chapter must be commenced within years from the date of such lynching, in any court having original jurisdiction of an action for damages for malicious assault. (93 v. 162 7.) Section 6285. An order to the commissioners of a county, against which such recovery is had, to include it with the costs of action, in the next succeeding tax levy for such damage, shall be a part of the judgment in every such case. (93 v. 162 8.) Section 6286. If the decedent so lynched has minor children surviving him, the fund shall be turned over to a regularly appointed guardian. Such guardian shall administer such fund under the direction of the probate judge, allowing not more than five hundred dollars for counsel fees in the action for such recovery. (93 v. 162 9.) Section 6287. The county, in which a lynching occurs, may recover the amount of a judgment and costs against it in favor of the legal representatives of a person killed or mortally injured by one of the persons composing such mob. A person present, with hostile intent, at such lynching shall be deemed a member of the mob and be liable to such action. (93 v. 162 10.) Section 6288. If a mob carries a prisoner into another county, or comes from another county to commit violence on a prisoner brought from such county for safekeeping, the county in which the lynching is committed may recover the amount of the judgment and costs from the county from which the mob came, unless there was contributory negligence on the part of officials of such county in failing to protect such prisoner or disperse such mob. (93 v. 163 11.) very effective. Illinois. Pennsylvania and New Jersey have followed Ohio's lead and enacted mob violence or anti-lynching laws which are copies of our Ohio law. Several other northern states and at least one border state (Kentucky) have also enacted anti-lynching laws, in recent years, like Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The Ohio law follows: **UBS.** ed. representative of victim of lynching. try by mob trying to lynch another. costs in tax levy. unst member of mob ust another county. Section 6289. This chapter shall not relieve a person concerned in such lynching from prosecution for homicide or assault for engaging therein. (93 v. 163 12.) OUR OHIO CIVIL RIGHTS LAW Upon the request of many readers of The Gazette we print below the text of the Hon. Harry C. Smith's Ohio Civil Rights law which the editor had enacted while a member of the 71st General Assembly, in 1894: The General Code of Ohio: Sec. 12940. Whoever, being the proprietor or his employee, keeper or manager of an inn, restaurant, eating house, barber-shop, public conveyance by land or water, theater or other place of public accommodation and amusement, denies to a citizen, except for reasons of safety, of citizen or regardless of race or color, the full enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities or privileges thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than thirty days or more than ninety days, or both. Sec. 12941. Whoever violates the next preceding section shall also pay not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars to the person aggrieved thereby to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county where such offense was committed. This law has repeatedly been held constitutional and good law by the Ohio Supreme court. The trouble is our people will not use it as often as they should, but expect it to do for them what they should and must do for themselves, under it, in the courts. Judge Grant's Opinion of the Law. Misled by the foolishly manufactured outcry for the passage of the Beaty bill, a few years ago, the Akron Beacon Journal published an editorial to which the editor of The Gazette replied, calling its attention to the fact that the Ohio Civil Rights law was good law and did not need amending. The following letter from Judge Grant former presiding judge of the Court of Appeals of the Eighth District of Ohio, is self explanatory: Akron, O., April 25, 1919. Hon. Harry C. Smith. Editor The Gazette, Cleveland, O. My Dear Sir: Observing your letter in the Beacon Journal, of this city, I vonture to seize your journal separate cover, the Ohio Law Reporter of Feb. 3, last, containing the opinion of the Court of Appeals in the Puritan Lunch Co. vs. Leonard H. Forman, decided in Akron, last fall, in which a judgment for ($500) hundred dollars was sustained. If this hundred dollars had known what was going on in its own town, there would have been no occasion for criticism editorially. THE LAW OF OHIO IS UNDER NO REPROACH, nor our courts and juries, in administering it. Not a word was said by the Beacon-Journal when the Forman case was reviewed. Very truly yours, R. C. Grant. "HUMAN NATURE'S FOULEST BLOT." My ear is pained, My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage, with which the earth is filled, There is no flesh in man's ob- durate heart. It does not feel for man; the natural bond Of brotherhood is severed as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not colored like his own; and having power To enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey. • • • • • • • • • • • • Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys: 'Tis human nature's broadest foulest blot. —Cowper. ading It a Copy of It.