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It gives you the reliable race news and not a lot of scandal unfit for a newspaper that enters the home. CADIZ. — Mrs. Elva Wallace addressed the Baptist M. S., Sunday, in Steubenville. — Misses Helep and Josephine Lucas were in Zanvilleus, Sunday. — Mrs. Sarah Jones, age 7, was buried, Friday afternoon, from St. James' A. M. E. church. Rev. H. Lucas officiated in the absence of Mrs. Maggie West, quite ill the past week, is improving. — Mr. and Mrs. Richard Smith and son of Smithfield were here, Sunday. — Rev. Richard Hughes, pastor of Simpson M. E. church, a year, was sent to New Concord by the recent conference in session at Chicago. He and his wife are an asset to any community. CORRESPONDENTS must mail all papers for publication on all their 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 city, or on the campus, less this latter is done, proper credit cannot be given you. Lists of names, wedding presents, etc., obliquity notices, inquiries for relatives and advertisements of all kinds, including items announcing entertainments to be held in the near future, must be paid for in advance at the rate of 20 cents a line, six words to a line. Our rates for display advertisements will be sent on application. WILBERFORCE.—The new home economics building of the normal section of the C. N. & I (State) Department was formally opened, Tuesday evening, in shorter hall auditorium with an interesting program participated in by Supt. R. C. Bundy, Bishop Joshina H. and President Gilbelt H. Jones, Rev. B. F. McWilliams of Toledo, a trustee of the State Department; Wilberforce Glee club and others. Miss Lucinda Cucuba is in charge of the normal section of the University, with William Thompson assistant. Prof. Harold F. Lee of Cadiz also teaches in this section. Prof. and Mrs. Charles S. Smith, the former in charge of the commercial department of the University, their daughter and Miss Cook spent Sunday in Cleveland. HAMILTON.—Mrs. Francis Clark attended the M. E. conference in Chicago.—Kenneth Berry of Wilberforce spent Easter with his parents.—The illness of an uncle called Mrs. Mary Fuller to Cincinnati.—Payne Athletic Association will give "The Million Dollar Wedding" at the church. Monday evening.—Robert Clark and Nathan Gillespie went to French Lick.—Logan Griffin of Ada visited Thelma Nixon, recently.—Miss Hally Q. Brown of Wilberforce lectured at Payne church. Thursday evenings.—The Building of the Hogans were in personal charge of the fine services at Payne A M. E. church. Sunday week.—All of our local churches had excellent Easter programs.—There is considerable sickness among our people here.—King Solomon Council met, Thursday evening.—Purchase The Gazette, every week. BRIDGEPORT. —Mr. and Mrs. R. Wilson of St. Clairsville visited Mrs. and Mrs. Ernest Steward, Sunday. —J. B. Holmes was in Bailerade, Sunday. —Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Thurman entertained rally club. No. 2, Thursday evening. —Mrs. L. D. Stevens has returned from Topeka, Kans. Mr. Alfonzo Rotan of Bellaire was here, Sunday. —Mrs. Adda B. Grigsby was in Martins Ferry, Saturday. —Miss Rosalyn Calaway of Lansing visited Mrs. Ethel Selpio and Miss Eleanor Smith, Sunday. —Communion service at Zion on Monday last Sunday. —Miss Roberta Wright visited in Colerain, Sunday. —Mrs. Mary Levice visited Mrs. Wm Cooper in Lansing, Tuesday. —Mr. and Mrs. George Richardson were in Steubenville, Sunday, where h conducted services—Mr. Frank Keys visited his mother in Pittsburgh, Sunday.—Miss Barbara Thomas, of South View, Pa. is here visiting her parents.—Rev. L. D. Stevens will preach at St. Clairville Baptist church, April 22.—Mrs. Georgia Lucas will sing therd. Sunday—Miss Amanda Levicy and Miss Eleanor Smith visited Lincoln High School, Wheeling. Sunday—Members of the different clubs are preparing for the rally at Mt. Zion Baptist church, April 21. ALLIANCE.—Mrs. B. M. Burrows and children visited her brother in Detroit, recently. Mrs. E. Horn, of Kansas City, Mo., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Burns.—Rev. C. W. Chapman preached in Columbus, Sunday, at Ebenezer Baptist church. Rev. L. A. McKissack, pastor. He will preach at Calvary Baptist church, Pittsburgh Sunday.—Little Charlie, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Johnson, is convalescing. —Second Baptist Gospel singers will render a program, Wednesday night. This will be their introduction to the public. Rec. C. W. Chapman, director. —Dorothy M. Duffie, Christine Irvin, Tighro Roe and Owen Travis are recounted in response to an arra again in School. —Willie Teague. Second Baptist B. Y. P. U. president, is striving for election to the June convention. —Mr. C. Snipe and Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Barker spent Sunday in Cleveland. —Rev. W. Cooper of Salem preached an excellent sermon at St. Luke's, Sunday evening. —The Allen Stars' monthly meeting was held, Sunday afternoon, at St. Luke's. Miss Elizabeth Prisby, pres. —Mr. and Mrs. F. Morse and sister of Lisbon visited Luke's, Sunday evening. —Mission Barker visited Mrs. Cannon, visited Mrs. Hattie Blackburn, last week. —Mrs. Leroy Miller spent Easter week with her parents in E. Liverpool. —Miss Pauline Sanders was awarded a Girl's Reserve匙 for winning the flower contest, last Friday evening. —Miss Adell Childers spent the week-end in Cleveland. —Mrs. Lillian Roach spent Easter week with her father and sister in Weems, and also visited in Stenbenville. —Mrs. Florence Phillips, son and Edward Johnson spent Easter Sunday in Johnson's relatives. —Mrs. Wilson Southern visited his mother in Dennis. —Mrs. Tillel Truman of Uhrichville and Mr. Wm. Smith visited Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Roach, Sunday. —Mrs. and Mrs. Rose Miller's baby has been quite ill. —Mrs. L. Taylor and Mrs. E. Kirksey are ill. HILLSBORO.—Mr. and Mrs. W. Salter of Cincinnati were guests of Rev. and Mrs. A. Ware. Sunday.—Clarence Pleasant, Floyd and Lorenzo Holland and Prof. O. C. Bullard visited the new K. P. temple in Columbus, Sunday.—Mrs. Samuel Evans visited her sister, Miss Ella Hardin. Thursday night.—Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Young returned, last week. The teacher, Mr. and Mrs. Wilberforce. Mr. and Mrs. H. Hill accompanied them, returning home the same evening.—Mrs. Lillie Whette died in Xenia, April 10. Funeral there, April 12. The remains were brought here for burial. She leaves a husband, daughter, two sisters and other relatives. Several persons accompanied the remains here.—Mr. and Mrs. H. Ames entertained him. and Mrs. H. Ames entertained Paul Campbell has been ill.—Mr. and Mrs. John H. Johnson of Cincinnati were here, Sunday.—Dr. J. B. Burr, pastor of Third Baptist church, Washington, C. H. preached there, Sunday. The Easter program, Sunday night, was excellent. Mrs. Burr spent Sunday there. They were entertained at dinner by Mr. and Mrs. Peter Scholer.—Mrs. Lillie Nukes and Mrs. James West M. S. convention in Richmond, Lnd. Mrs. Roy Trimble and son, Wayne, returned Sunday from Cincinnati. —Mr. and Mrs. E. Frye of Cincinnati spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Milton Day. —Mr. and Mrs. Charles and Archie Cole. J. R. Cole and Miss Ella Hardin attended the Whestle funeral in Xenia. —Mr. Walter Goins was on the program at Third Baptist Church. —Mr. Walter Essex was hostess to the A. M. E. Ladies' Aid. Friday night. —The Harmony Five's musicale at Washington School. Thursday night, was good. —Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Holland and son, Floyd, visited in Cincinnati. Easter. —Saturday night Mrs. Gertrude Christy was struck by Archie Cole's on auto N. High near Summer St. Several shees closed the head ground. She also sustained several minor bruises. THOMAS TO MILLS Neval Still After Under-Secretary Mills (a New Yorker) of the Treasury Department—Coolidge Administration Segregation! Washington, D. C. — A definite statement by Qdgen L. Mills, under-secretary of the treasury, on the segregation of our employees in the treasury department is requested in a letter sent, April 13, by Prof. Navel H. Thomas, president of the local A. C. Nicholson, Robb Nelson of the Elks, and Thos. A. Johnson of the National Equal Rights League. The letter to Mr. Mills is as follows: Prof. Neval H. Thomas. "We have the honor of asking you for the results of your investigations in your vast department, and your future policy dealing with your colored employees. It has been three months since we first called on you at the treasury department. Since then we have had two lengthy interviews with you, and paid five additional visits to see you without success. In the meantime, we have had work from you as to your work of one or more employees, therefore, take this means of contact. You will remember that we complained about segregation first, and informed you of the immense injury the democratic practice is doing our people, the government service, and the Constitution itself. We pointed out the 'jim-crow' section of the office of the register of the treasury where pernicious discrimination. keeps superior Negro clerks in lower salary grades, in inferior work, and under constant humiliation of being hugged together on the basis of color. The U. S. treasurer where there are the Hon. John T. Howe, ex-member of the North Carolina Legislature, and five other competent Negro clerks of superior intelligence and long service, set off in their office. White men whom they have passed over them to the position of chiefs of the department. You spoke to us of the immensity of your department, and its prevalence. We should that the merit system would that the merit out of so vast an army being paid by ALL of the people, there is not one Negro in a directive position. We know all too well of the superiority of the Negro clerk and that of all of the other colored employees, for white men of their calibre and attainment secure far more lucrative activities in the economic, civil and political Life of the nation. Hence, if the merit system prevailed in the treasury department, or in any other of the many other bureaus where there are at the capital, there would be thousands more Negro employees and many of them holding important executive positions. In the bureau of engraving and printing, the government printing office, and in others of the thirty-odd huge establishments that come under your jurisdiction the same complaints can be justly made. We, therefore, respectfully ask that you make us reply—belated, if you please—to our complaints." None in the Flood. Los Angeles, Calif.—Don't worry about the flood, some miles from here, recently, as none of our people were lost. They were not allowed to own property in that district or to live there. Therefore, none of our folk were in it. There is another suburb to Los Angeles, called Englewood, that all our people are allowed to do is to pass thru it. Porter, son of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Carroll of Columbus, spent Easter with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George W. Carroll, E. 74th St. He is a senior at the German Lutheran school in that city. The editor of The Gazette acknowledges the receipt, last week, of an invitation from the faculty of the C. N. & I. (State) Department at Wilberforce to attend the formal opening of its new home economics building. Tuesday morning. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS TO BE MADE THRU THE THIRD PRECINCT BY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND SANITATION. Ex-Councilman Stolte, Welcome F. Blue, Virginia Wing, Rev. Russell Brown, Green, Beck and Others Discuss the Housing Problem Very Interestingly. Two inspection trips to drag bad housing conditions in the "Roaring Third" out into the open—one in the morning and the other late at night—is to be made by the City Council committee on health and sanitation. The official inspectors assumed the task, last week Friday afternoon, at the first public hearing of the committee in the Council chamber on the crusade started by Councilman E. J. Gregg, who hopes, it is said, to end living in ramshackle and tumbledown tenements in that section. Andrew J. Thomas, New York architect, who designed the model tenements built in Harlem by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., has been invited to the city to make a study of conditions and make recommendations. The hearing was a long-drawn-out affair. The school of Cactus city invitation of Dr. Gregg was present at 2 p. m., the hour the committee was to assemble, and waited until 2:30 p. m. At that time the committee had not assembled, and did not reach "the roaring third" matter until very late in the afternoon. contribution to the public good." Wonder why the city manager has never got them started? Isn't the "Roaring Third" a part of the city he presides over? Wonder if this has ever occurred to him? Be sure to vote for the Davis amendment, next Tuesday. Let's get rid of Hopkins! Ignorance, not bad housing, is chiefly responsible for misery and risfortune in the "Roaring Third." Rev. Russell S. Brown, pastor of Mt. Zion Cong, church, said in a sermon, Sunday morning. "Any permanent improvement in conditions among our people must come from within," he told his congregation. "Unless we ourselves make the first move all the outside assistance in the world is futile. We have had a lot of surveys down here. We have seen a lot of agencies that have dashed in to take our social temperature and dashed out again full of theories. Unfortunately, that is all we have ever heard about it. Improve the hearts and minds of people and they will improve their own Stolte's "Body-blow". William S. Stolte, former Democratic leader, got the floor just as the meeting was breaking up and said a "mouthful." "There has been no persecution of the colored man in this city," he declared. "He got exactly the same kind of people as the newcomer. The colored man isn't laid off if he is right. I have colored people working in my home. They have been there for years, and I mean to keep them. Because they are right. But there are a lot of them who aren't right, and Dr. Gregg knows it as well as I do. There are people who aren't right. I owned a house in the colored district. It was in good condition when I rented it to a colored family. They nearly wrecked it, and after they got out I had to spend $300 fixing it up again. There is a job of education here that must be done by Dr. Gregg and other intelligence spirited members of the colored race. THE TRUTH Virginia Wing, secretary of the Anti-Tuberculosis league, told the committee there is five times as much tuberculosis among the colored people as among the white for which she blamed poor housing conditions. Six-room houses with baths out of order, and even with the window panes missing, are being rented for as much as $70 a month, she said. She believed the problem would be largely solved if condemned buildings were torn down at once. At present families persist in living in them contrary to law, she said. Smyth Howard Green, statistician of the Cleveland Health Council, reported a population of 126 to the acre in the district bounded by E. 22d and E. 35th streets and Scovill and Woodland avenues. Shanghai, China, usually regarded as the world's most congested city, has 22 to the acre, he said. Samuel Beck, assistant to the director of Associated Charities, produced figures to show that rents are higher in "the Roaring Third" than for others of equal economic status elsewhere in the city. In some cases three or four families are sharing six rooms, each family paying as much as $25 a month, he said. Ward Hill, the real estate dealer, said that if the would compel owners of houses to keep them in proper repair the housing problem would be largely solved. And that is so, too. Get Rid of Hopkins! City Manager Hopkins said that if the people of the city had any idea of housing conditions in the third police precinct they would be shocked. And the City Manager is largely to be blamed for the conditions. "No problem so challenges our humanity and our intelligence," he added. "Conditions are worse here than in any other city that I know anything about. That is due primarily to the fact that we are built of wood, and these old frame houses have greatly deteriorated from the city's smoke and fumes." And Hopkins lets them stand. "One wave of immigration after another has passed through them. The Negro is at the end of a long procession. We are in honor bound to get the answer to this problem." The city manager believes the only feasible solution is the erection of model tenements such as Thomas has built in New York. "You can get the money for this sort of work for anything else I know." he added. "The big insurance companies are anxious to invest in buildings of this sort, and public-spirited men of means everywhere are willing to make this THE GAZETTE is the oldest and has the largest bona fide circulation in Ohio, double that of any newspaper in the interest of Afro-Americans published in this or any other country. It immediately establish its rank as one of the NEWSIEST AND BEST in the country. THE COPY FIVE CENTS THIRD"! ACTION TOURS THE THIRD PRECINCT BY MITTEE ON HEALTH ANITATION. Welcome F. Blue, Virginia Brown, Green, Beck and the Housing Problem interestingly. contribution to the public good." Wonder why the city manager has never got them started? Isn't the "Roaring Third" a part of the city he presides over? Wonder if this has ever occurred to him? Be sure to vote for the Davis amendment, on Tuesday. Let's get rid of Hopkins' ignorance, not bad housing, is chiefly responsible for misery and misfortune in the "Roaring Third." Rev. Russell S. Brown, pastor of Mt. Zion Cong. church, said in a sermon, Sunday morning. "Any permanent improvement in conditions among our people must come from within," he told his congregation. "Unless we ourselves make the first move all the outside assistance in the world is futile. You see," he continued, "we have seen a lot of agencies that have dashed in to take our social temperature and dashed out again full of theories. Unfortunately, that is all we have ever heard about it. Improve the hearts and minds of people and they will improve their own conditions. Educate first, then look to better housing." Now Comes Tom—Last, of Course. After every one has expressed themselves, then our veteran councilman speaketh! Last Monday night was one of the exceedingly rare occasions when Councilman Fleming screwed up courage enough to find his tongue and talk a little. What he did say in large part was not and is not the same as it is, has NOT "the best paved streets in the city." On the contrary, it has some of the very worst. For instance, E. 30th St. from Woodland Ave. to Central Ave. Try to drive thru it without breaking an axle or some part of your car! It is "the rocky road to Dublin", alright. And there are others, in the "roaring third." His statement that "sanitary conditions are well kept up" is another joke. Garbage wagons with fire hoses are uncovered go thru the district even before the day of summer and complaints to Manager Hopkins has secured no relief. Much, very much more could be said. But what's the use? SOME of "the people that reside" in TOM'S district "are as good and upright as any citizens in any part of the city." But the good Lord will please help many of the others. The city government of Cleveland has for years made a criminal dump of TOM'S district, and he knows it, but does not the courage to say so. He does not the courage to admit what about everyone who lives in the district well knows. Dope-dealing and peddling, boot-leggers and speakeasies galore, prostitutes and their male "consorts" innumerable, street-walkers (female) by the scores, bad houses of all kinds, etc., etc. LORD, HAVE MERCY! Tom's talk was almost silly. Councilman Gregg, sponsor of the housing investigation, told Fleming that he misunderstood the purpose of the investigation. "For 23 years I've practiced medicine," he said, "and I can show you homes which my good friend Tom says are sanitary where no one can expect to live in and remain in health. There are homes in that section where people can't take baths because there is no water. There are places without lavatories, where they have common tubs in the basement with no privacy. We're not looking for class legislation. The aim of this investigation is to provide relief for all those who must live in congested districts. Statistics show that 1,663 new cases of tuberculosis were discovered in Cleveland last year and more than two-thirds of them came from that very district. When it comes to health, unless something is done in the district Fleming tries to defend. Cleveland will have the worst reputation in America. If the committee wants to investigate, night or day, nobody ought to object. I don't like newspapers to refer continually to this district as the "Roaring Third"." Councilman Louis Petrash, chairman of the committee, told Fleming that the two places he proposed first to visit were in the Second District, which Petrash represents. "If you had seen fit to attend our meetings," he said, "you would realize that the only sensible, decent thing to do was to go and investigate. You can't point out any subject handled more decently, more tactfully or more diplomatically." Mercy! Councilman Herman H. Finkle said he wasn't criticizing the committee, but he did criticise the newspapers for referring to the district as the "Roaring Third." (In Advance) One Year ..... $2.00 Six Months ..... 1.00 Subscribers are requested to remit by postoffice money order or registered letter. Entered at the postoffice in Cleveland, Ohio, as second-class mail matter Address all communications to HARRY C. SMITH Editor and Proprietor THE GAZETTE 822 W. Superior Ave., Cleveland, O. (Bell Phone: Cherry 1259) Member Ohio Legislature: 1894 to 1896; 1896 to 1898; 1900 to 1902 IN UNION IS STRONGER 10,000,000 Afro-Americans. 850,000 in Ohio. 40,000 in Cleveland. SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1928 The editor of The Gazette acknowledges the receipt of an invitation to attend Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. Steward's fifteenth marriage anniversary, Wednesday evening, at their residence in Louisville, Ky. Mr. Steward has edited and published The American Baptist for more than forty years and was in the mail-service of that city for many years. The Gazette wishes Mr. and Mrs. Steward many more wedding anniversaries. They are fine people. THAT HOUSING QUESTION. Since the city cannot legally do anything in the way of building in "The Roaring Third" and the owners of property in that section either will not or cannot afford to do so the outlook for relief in the matter of housing is dependent entirely upon philanthropy. Nearly all of the property owners referred to live out of the "Third". They are now getting higher rent for their places, a number of them "shacks", as charged, than they would get for new buildings providing a reasonable rental was charged, so high are rents in that section of the city at present. They have been higher, proportionately, ever since the World War, than rents in any other part of the city. If the city authorities can do so, they ought to remove the shacks. That will help greatly. It is about the only thing that it seems can now be done in addition to giving "The Roaring Third" the police protection that City Manager Hopkins has steadily refused to furnish in spite of the repeated demands for the same extending over a period of several years. Then there are too many of our people, not only in "the Roaring Third" but throut the city who are open to the charge that Councilman Wm. Stolte made at the committee hearing, last week Friday afternoon. (See page 1.) This fact is notorious, and that is where Rev. Russell Brown's suggestion of "education" enters the "equation". Only, a baseball-bat properly used, in such cases, might possibly be the best educator. There is entirely too much "codding" of this grade of our people, particularly in that section of the city. They are not talked to and worked with as they should be and as they sorely need to be. Councilman Tom Fleming's silly interview in a local daily newspaper, the past week, was so weak and so flagrant an attempt to "coddle" and so much of it absolutely untrue that it bordered on the ridiculous. On thing more and that is it is about time for Councilman Gregg or some one else to inform the local public that other than our people live in "The Roaring Third", many of them in "shacks", too. THIS IS THE "LIMIT"! The following is an editorial from a recent issue of our esteemed contemporary, The Pittsburg Courier: A HYPOCRITICAL PROTEST Of late there has come from southern states and from the representatives of the southern states in Congress, a loud cry against big Negro politicians in the South who are said to be making much money through the sale of federal offices to white men anxious for them. From Mississippi, Tennessee, Louisiana and Georgia come strident yelps for the scalps of Perry Howard, "Bob" Church, Walter Cohen and "Bob" Davis. It is charged that every time there is a vacancy in a federal office, these charges must be "seen" before there can be any hope of getting the job. Recently a postmaster in Georgia committed suicide and it was charged that he was driven to it by the exactions of the politician from whom he bought the office. Other ugly charges issue forth from time to time against other Negro politicians. Whether any of these charges are true or not we cannot say. But even if we do not believe that when he has American politics undergone such reform that the pur- THEM DAYS ARE GONE FOREVER I SEE YOUR WIFE'S AROUND-TEE HEE- I BET YOU'RE GLAD SHE CAME! OH DEAR- I DIDN'T HIT IT THEN... NOW ISN'T THAT A SHAME! chase and sale of public offices is considered immoral? What advantage would there be in holding the position of political boss unless there were offices to be sold or other favors to be cashed in on? To hear these southern gentlemen yelling and rolling their eyes in horror one would suppose that they wouldn't do anything against the Negro politicians if they had an opportunity to do so. The trouble with these gentlemen is not that offices are being sold, but that a Negro is making some money out of it. By injecting the color element it is hoped to so arouse public opinion that the Democrats will benefit by it. We feel certain that if the Democrats should win in the next national election, we should talk about the sale of offices—since white men and Democrats would be doing the selling. But even if they (the charges) are true, what of it?—The Courier. Why, the guilty person or persons, be they black or white, ought to be convicted and sent to prison. That's "what of it". Whether the purchase and sale of public offices is considered immoral (and it is), or not, it is legally wrong, and those who are guilty of doing it should be punished. If there is no honest and honorable "advantage" in being a "political boss" decent people should let the job alone. That southern whites, and they are not "gentlemen", stoop to that sort of thing does not make it honorable or right, and our so-called "big politicians" of the South, if they are guilty as charged, show a very low estimate of things moral as well as legal and ought to be promptly convicted and sent to prison to serve good long terms. This may explain why for many years they have been absolutely no good to our people or anyone else save themselves and those they sell jobs to. Our esteemed contemporary, the Pittsburg Courier, has made an awful mistake in taking such a position on a matter of such importance. The editor surely did not write the excerpt given above. Doings of the Race The Gary Ind. school-segregation case will be heard in court, April 30. W. C. Matthews, special assistant to the U. S. attorney general, and famous Harvard athlete, died, recently, following an operation for appendicitis. Rt. Rev. Henry B. Delaney, bishop suffragan in charge of our work in the Episcopal dioceses of North and South Carolina, died, April 14, in Raleigh, N. C. H. R. 481, known as "the Band bill," which will give commissions in the U. S. army to our band leaders also, has passed the Senate and is spending in the U. S. House of Representatives. Julius Rosenwald of Chicago has just given the N. A. A. C. P. $1,000; Moorfield Storey, Esq., of Boston, its president, sent $250; and Florida and South Carolina A. M. E. conferences, $950. Our only active woman attorney in New York City, Mrs. Ruth W. Whaley, honor graduate of Fordham University College of Law, has filed a $500 civil rights suit against her employer because she was refused a de luxe suite on a steamer plying between New York and Norfolk. CHARLES EDWARD RUSSELL The Well-Known Author and Writer Commands Hon. Joseph C. Manning's Very Interesting Work, "Fadeout of Populism"—Be Sure to Get a Copy! New York City.—At the meeting of the board of directors of the N. A. A. C. P., April 9, the following resolution was passed: "Resolved. That the board of directors of the N. A. A. C. P. hears with regret of the serious illness of the Hon. Joseph C. Manning who for many years fought bravely in the South for the cause of human rights, and especially for the Afro-American. Be it also resolved, that the board extends its sympathy to Mr. Manning in his illness and expresses its earnest hope that he may regain his health and strength Charles Edward Russell brought to the attention of the board the serious illness of Mr. Manning, and the resolution was passed unanimously. Mr. Russell, an author and writer of note, has warmly commended Mr. Manning's book, "Wade out of the popium, unfailable in the interest of its circulation. The price of the book is only one dollar and can be secured by writing direct to the Hon. Joseph C. Manning, 88 W. 119th St., New York City. By all means get a copy of the very interesting work. THE GAZETTE. CLEVELAND. O.. SATURDAY. APRIL 21. 1928 BORAH DODGING! The Ruthless Murder, Robbery and "Spoilage" of a Haitian Police by American New York City.—Senator Wm. E. Borah has refuted to a letter written him by the N. A. A. C. P., calling his attention to a proposed new land law in Haiti which it is alleged would constitute "spoliation" and "robbery" of the Haitian people. The Cadastral bill, as it is called, would require documentary proof of ownership of land in Haiti. The Haitian people, following their war of independence, spied on the high living on their homesteads peacefully for generations without any documentary proof of ownership. The Cadastral bill was designed simply (as a law) to facilitate acquisition of the land by Americans, dispossessing the Haitians and turning them into a landless peasantry. The letter also pointed out that Borah that the American policy on this move, changing the Haitian Constitution, over the objections of the Haitian Assembly, providing for foreign ownership of land in Haiti; and had this January, deprived Haitian judges of life-treatment, making them subject to removal by the President of Haiti, a creature of the "American Occupation." The N. A. A. C. P. asked that the Senate foreign relations committee, of which Senator Borah is commissioned to lead the bill, said to be sponsored by the U. S. department of state. In reply to the letter, Senator Borah wrote: "I have your letter under date of April 9th. Since receiving your letter, the Senate foreign relations committee has had under discussion the subject matter covered by your letter. We are very much interested in the situation in Haiti and have taken steps to secure the facts for the consideration of the committee. Speaking for myself, it is not clear to me what we can do in the situation we can make in change in the situation. We can make inquiry and investigate, but this is a situation which seems to require something more than that. That is the problem as it presents itself to me." FLEMING AND HOUSING Councilman Thomas W. Fleming lays himself open to the honest suspicion that he lacks interest in the housing investigation of the colored district, solely for the reason that he did not start it and that it bids him to contribute something less than nothing to his political capital. He admits that he has not attended the meetings of the Sanitation Committee. If he were really scientific and open-minded he would at least attend and find out what is going on. The fact is that Councilman E. J. Gregg, a Democrat, has the limelight in this investigation up to date, and he has a right to it. He started the public, and Councilman Fleming, a Gregg a chance to demonstrate. We suggest that Fleming give Gregg that chance. We suggest further that Fleming forget himself and his political fortunes long enough to lend a hand. If he has valuable information, as he suggests, he should personally place it at the command of the Sanitation Committee at the earliest possible date and in the most helpful way possible. Fleming tells the public, "I have taken good care of my territory and it's in good shape." He should realize in making this statement that a lot of people think what Fleming has done over the years is, first of all, Tom Fleming, Gregg has called for a deal in the housing matter, perhaps a new deal, and Fleming along with the rest of the people of Cleveland should take an honest look at the cards before passing any judgments, adverse or otherwise.—Cleveland Daily Press, Tuesday. EDITORS CONVENE And Issue an Address to the Country Condemning Lynching, Segregation, Discrimination on Common-Carriers, Etc. Louisville, Ky. — Our National Press Association, which convened in this city, last week, issued a timely report on the cases which included the following excerpts: We repeat our annual condemnation of lynching and mob violence and hereby record our gratitude to the press, as well as other agencies that are striving for the abatement of this national evil. 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And the interest fund comes from the pockets of the small home owners of this community.—Adv. Another Anti-Lynching Bill in Congress. Washington, D. C.—A bill providing a federal anti-lynching law was introduced, April 12, by Representative Victor Berger, Socialist, of Wisconsin. Citizens would be liable to five years 'imprisonment and $5000 fine for taking part in a lynching mob, and police officials who deliberately fall to take necessary precautions to prevent lynchings would be liable to two that penalty. Berger sailed the Republican canny plot, itself to an antitaking law, four years ago. He expressed hope Congress would not adjourn without making a "genuine effort" to enact one. 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 $288. Dr. LeROYN. 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We advise our readers to carefully examine The Gazette's advertisements before making purchases. Business men who advertise in this paper should have the patronage of our people. The fact that they advertise is assurance that they want it. All reading matter for publication in current issues of The Gazette must be in the office by noon, WEDNESDAY, of that week., at the latest. 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. Both practically new; used less than two weeks. Call, CHerry 1259 in the afternoon. CLEVELAND Social and Personal John J. Brown, brother of Mrs. Ida M. Cash, E. 36th St., has been very ill for a week. Mr. C. Snipes, Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Baker, Mrs. Florence Phillips, son and Mr. Edward Johnson of Alliance spent Sunday in the city. Councilman E. J. Gregg spoke to St. James forum, Sunday afternoon, on the housing conditions among our people in the third police precinct. Mr. Countee Cullen, poet, recently married in New York City to Prof. W. E. DuBois' daughter, Yolanda, an "Empire City" public-school teacher, will be in the city, next Friday, to read some of his poems. The Davis charter amendment forces hold a large meeting, Tuesday evening. Former Gov. Harry L. Davis, Joseph C. Breitenstein, Martin A. McCormick, James P. Mooney, Ezra Shapiro and Richard E. Collins spoke at Peck's Hall, Wade Park Ave. and E. 82d St. In renewing her subscription for another year, Mrs. Mary E. Jackson of Shaker Heights writes the editor: "You will find inclosed two dollars and I thank you for your kindness and service in sending the paper so promptly, every week! It is one of the best papers that I have ever read." Mr. Carrie Williams Clifford, of Washington, D. C., a native of Columbus and wife of the Hon. Wm. H. Clifford, a native of this city, two sons were born and the family lived for many years, has an excellent poem in the May number of the Carolina Magazine, published by the University of North Carolina. The Union Heights Republican club gave a very successful tea, Monday evening, at Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Fortner's residence, 9410 Dunlap Ave. National Republican Committeeman Maurice Maschke, County Commissioner J. M. Harris Mrs. Mary L. Forrest M. Rose Monk Mrs. Helen Maschke Mrs. Helen Maschke were the speakers; Fortner is president of the club and Mrs. C. H. Young, secretary. The Frederick Douglass Republican club's first annual banquet in the Elk's cabaret, last week, Thursday evening, was a success. The program was by O. Taylor, introduced by Councilman Tom Fleming, and the speakers were: Mrs. Hazel M. Walker, Republican National Committeeman 'Maurice Maschke, State Senator L. G. Collister, City Manager Wm. R. Hopkins and THEM DAYS YES. BRIDGET'S G I KNOW IT'S K YES. BRIDGET'S GOING OUT TODAY-- I KNOW IT'S KIND OF TOUGH-- YOU TREAT YOUR MAIDS TOO LENIENT DEAR-- YOU'VE GOTTA TREAT 'EM ROUGH- ROSENBERG'S DRUG STORE, N. W. Cor. Central Ave. and E. 55th St. The Gazette regularly should notify copy delivered promptly. business matters to The Gazette Gazette, 228 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. application in current issues of The by noon, WEDNESDAY, of that advertisements accepted until C. SMITH, Avenue, Cleveland, O. Hotel Cleveland.) Bell 'Phone: Cherry 1259 Issuing Department FOR RENT — Six rooms and bath, modern, at 5618 Whittier Ave. Call Cherry 8928 for appointment. FOR RENT — Five rooms (down) modern, in the East End, near E. 83rd St. Large yard, cellar; very near car-line. Call Cherry 1259 in the afternoon. Rec. D. O. Walker the principal speaker. Joseph Patterson of Evanston, Ill., "licensed preacher," must go back to Columbus, but not to deliver his scheduled evangelistic sermon there, Sunday. He faces a charge of auto- mobile theft. He admitted to Clev- man's palooza. Saturday that he stole a car in Columbus and drove to Cleveland to arrange evangelistic services here, this week. He was arrested at Cedar Y., last week Thursday night. It was his eighteenth birthday. W. H. Martin, age 77, for years a resident of Cleveland, well-known and highly respected, and one of the older members of St. Andrew's Episcopal church of this city, died, March 26, at Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, N. Y., his home of late years, from bronchial pneumonia. Mr. Martin is survived by a nephew and niece, Wm. and Cora Burghardt of 100 Winterthor St. Rochester. They have the earnest sympathy of Mr. Martin's many friends in Cleveland as well as Rochester. Mr. Martin was a subscriber of The Gazette for many years and a great admirer of this paper. Mr. John Clifford, age 67, a lifelong resident of this city, well-known and highly respected, was found dead in his room in Central Ave., Monday morning. For 30 years he was a trusted member of the law department. His brother, Hon. Wm H. Clifford, of Washington, D.C., a former member of the Ohio legislature, has been quite ill for several years. A nephew, Lieut. Jay W. Clifford whose home is in Washington, happened in the city, Monday, en route west, and Maurice, a brother of Jay, arrived Thursday afternoon, from Under-taker J. W. Wills' chapel in E. 55th St., was largely attended, particularly by our old residents. Last Saturday evening, the Cedar Y volley-ball team played a series of games with teams from the Central Y. Brooklyn Heights Y and East Cleveland Y, training for the middle-west championship games to be played in Chicago, May 1. "The Cedars' wore the northeastern championship, recently, all the other teams being white. In Chicago they will meet teams from Louisville, St. Louis, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Dell, Chicago, Chicago, Chicago, Indiana, Cincinnati and Chicago. Philadelphia, champions of the East, may be present. The personnel of the Cedar Y team is: Dr. B. F. Rucker, mgr.; Dr. D. J. Firse, captain; Steve O'Neal, Charles Miller, Dr. F. D. Webster, Dr. B. K. Smith, Dr. Quinn Montgomery, B. O. Davis, Charles Gardner, Phil Jackson and Coach Charles Frye. ARE GONE TONIGHT GOING OUT TODAY-- KIND OF TOUGH-- YOU TRY DEAR- THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1928 The P. W. A.'s formal opening of its new home, April 24 and 25. Miss Eva Borders' and Francis Goode's engagement has been announced. First it was the Elks, then the Owls, Moose, Eagles, etc., and now it is the grand united order of Antelope's. Have mercy! Our local Federation of Women's clubs is to entertain Mrs. Mary Bethune of Daytona, Fla., national president of our women's clubs, April 26. The local lodge of Moose will hold its annual thanksgiving services at Second Mt. Olive Baptist church, Sunday, at 2:30 p. m. Rev. J. E. Wilson, the pastor, will preach a special sermon. A mass meeting will be held, April 22, at 4:30 p. m. in Elks' auditorium, E. 55th St., by the Educational Commission. All well-wishers of our youth are invited. Indeed, their hearty support and co-operation is earnestly solicited. Mrs. Alice Hammond, Ridge Springs, S. C., has announced the marriage of her daughter, Miss Ruth Clyde, school-teacher, to J. Edward Cooper of this city, the affair to take place April 26, here. They will be at home after May 1, at 2323 E. 89th St. George Neal, center with the Union Towels' basketball team, has made an excellent record with the team in the city-wide contests, Class B. Neal is our only member of it. The Union Towels played for the championship in the second division, last week. TAKE BACK VOTE AS AN AM ELECT MAY You Don't Need Abolish the Ap Abolish P. R. Vote f DAVIS AM Election, X For the A Against th MAKE BACK YOUR RIGHT —To— AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN VOTE AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN ELECT YOUR AYOR Don’t Need a Guardian. Publish the Appointive City Manager Publish P. R. Vote for the IS AMENDMENT ction, April 24 For the Amendment Against the Amendment You Don't Need a Guardian. Abolish the Appointive City Manager. Abolish P. R. CHARTER AMENDMENT COMMITTEE, 308 Davis and Farley Bldg. EAT YOUR MAIDS TOO LENIENT YOU'VE GOTTA TREAT 'EM ROUGH- ```markdown ``` A Guaranteed and Efficient Work TWENTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE 'Phone: Randolph 5870 Sundays by Appointment Maurice, son of Sam Wilson, 9704 Cedar Ave., won two loving cups at the Central 'Y' recently. The first prize, hop, skip and jump, and third, in high average. Maurice is a Fairmount junior high pupil. Kennard Lewis of Kennard high won the second prize for hop, skip and jump. Men Pass On, But Principles Endure. —Senator Frank B. Willis. Rev. D. O. Walker, pastor of St. James A. M. E. church, who was the principal speaker at the Douglass Republican club's recent "banquet," is said to have "kicked the liver out of the jim-crow hospital movement" in his speech. If the report is true, he certainly deserves unstinted praise and The Gazette proposes to be among those giving it. Mrs. Nona Evans Berry entertained 16 friends and relatives at a birthday dinner at her recently acquired home, in E. 86th St., recently. She and her daughter, Miss Lillian, are being extended a hearty welcome on her return to the city from Youngstown where she has lived for 35 years. Miss Berry is a milliner, receiving her training and experience with the G. M. McKelvey Co., of Youngstown. The Cleveland Tigers defeated the Tellings, 5 to 1, in an exhibition game at Luna Park stadium, Sunday afternoon. The weather was cold and less than 500 fans were in the stands to see the athletes perform. The Tigers got away to a good start by scoring four runs in the opening session and with Stevens, Dixon and Mason setting the ice cream men down in order, the game was unfavorable, since the unfavorable weather, the game was well played, with Stevens, Dixon and Mijler hurling well for the winners, and Kapl, Hogan and Johns sparkling afield for the losers. YOUR RIGHT To— AMERICAN CITIZEN YOUR YOR and a Guardian. pointive City Manager. for the AMENDMENT April 24 amendment the Amendment CONFOUND IT ALL! 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Ahern Clarence Neal --- Don't Throw Away Your Copy of The GAZETTE After Reading It But give it to a Friendor Acquaintance who might Subscribe after Reading a Copy of It VOTE for HOOVER SAMPLE BATTLE Long residence in countries abroad, even extensive travel through foreign lands, broadens and materially improves nearly all who have such experience. Herbert L. Hoover spent many years abroad in various countries, Australia and the Orient being among the number, with the result made so clear in recent months by favorable action of great interest to Afro-Americans. When Principal Robert R. Morton of Tuskegee, Ala., N. & I. Institute, and the Flood Sufferer's Committee, of which he is chairman, wired U. S. Secretary of Commerce Herbert L. Hoover, asking the removal of a prejudiced New York woman, an official of the Flood Sufferers' Relief Committee in the south because of her heart-rending discrimination against Afro-American flood-sufferers, she was promptly relieved of her duties and separated from the service. When the segregation of Afro- WILLED $285,000 For Our Educational Purposes Hampton, Tuskegee, Voorhees, Haines, Moton are the Beneficiaries. New York City.—Through the will of the late Miss Olivia Eggleston Phelps Stokes, who died in Wash- ington, of a total of $800,000 to charities and education, will go to alfro- Don't T But give it to American clerks in the U. S. Department of Commerce, over which Secretary Hoover pre- HERBERT L. HOOVER sides, was called to his attention, a few weeks ago by Neval HI Thomas, he promised an inves American education. Tuskegee Institute gets $125,000. Hampton Institute, $100,000. Haines Institute at Augusta, Ga., and Voorhees Industrial School of Denmark, S. C., $5,000 each. A joint bequest of $50,000 was left Dr. Anson Phelp Stokes of Washington, D. C., and Dr. Robert R. Moton of Tuskegee Institute. Dr. Stokes is a nephew of the late Miss Stokes. The will stipulates that this fund may be administered as a memorandum in their possession directs. The will also ex- throw Away to a Friendor THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, APRIL 21, 1928 tigation, and when the facts were presented to him and he learned the truth of Prof. Thomas' segregation charges, Secretary Hoover immediately stamped it out! He was too big and broadminded a man to tolerate such an outrage upon American citizens of color, or any one else, in a U. S. Department presided over by him. These are the things that best show the man, from the Afro-American's standpoint, and ought to have a marked influence upon their determination as to whom to vote for on April 24, 1928. The utmost confidence can be placed in a man whose mind has been so broadened by travel and residence abroad as well as at home, that he is able to rise above the contemptible prejudice of the day to secure justice even to employees of color in his Department of the government service at Washington, D. C. Vote for Herbert L. Hoover! next Tuesday. plained that $25,000 of the $125,000, left to Tuskegee, is to form the "Booker T. Washington Scholarship Fund, a memorial to the founder of the school. The remaining $100,000 will become an orphaned endowment of the school. The late Miss Stokes was $1 years of age at the time of her death. She was a descendant of one of the most prominent colonial families in New England. Her grand-father founded the school. Conn. She was a resident of this city. y Your Copy Acquaintance CHIC COSTUMES USE BLACK SATIN FOR COAT. GAY PRINT FOR FROCK 14 motifs are indeed a very smart item to design this season. WHAT with the entry of silk prints into their making, it's a gay picture which ensembles are painting for the months to come. The newest fashion venture, and a very successful one it is too, is that of complementing the coat of cloth or satin with a lining of vivid print, the same to pose over a frock of the lively patterned silk. Those who see into the future have no hesitation in selecting a costume such as the picture defines, realizing that a black satin coat of this character not only enhances and completes a perfect ensemble, but it also solves the problem of a suitable wrap throughout the summer season. As to a silk print frock, it is as consistent a summer item as it is a spring one. So with the combination of satin coat and print dress, the two related because of the lining of the coat, one is not only providing for the immediate present, but for summertime to come. There is a very noteworthy feature There is a very noteworthy feature about the handsome satin employed in FASHION URGES THE WHO SMOC NOW that spring fashions are on "dress parade" one realizes more than ever the importance in the mode not only of fine needlework but of all sorts of handcraft, including beadwork, hand-tied fringe, appliques of felt and silk flowers, and that which is of outstanding interest from a fashion standpoint—handpainting. Embroidering, smocking and fagoting are three graces which especially lend their beguiling presence to spring gowns. The very dainty fagoted and smocked frocks worn by women wintering at Palm Beach and like sunny resorts are undoubtedly "shadows" which coming events for spring cast before. Not only is exquisite needlework playing a considerable part in bringing the much heralded "feminine note" into the season's styles, it is also individualizing the costume as only a choice bit of handwork can do. For instance, a blouse of cloth or silk gains distinction if it be embellished with a decorative monogram, worked to the left front. Monogram py of The e who might the making of the coat pictured, in that instead of being crepe-backed its reverse is a handsome faille weave. This new faille-lined satin is very well liked, for it forms its own self-trimming when made up using the two sides. If the young woman in the picture were to throw back the coat she is wearing, a blaze of color would greet the eye, for the lining thereof is of the same silk as that of which her charming one-piece frock is fashioned. The silk in this instance shows a leaf pattern of carnelian red contrasting a black background. Some of the newer ensembles go in for prints to the extent that both dress and coat are made of print. These are usually of the short-hacket or hip-length cape type, although some very clever versions exploit the three-quarter length coat. Which all goes to show the supreme importance of prints in the new modes. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. (© 1928, Newporter Union.) THE WOMAN BACKS TO "GET BUSY" motifs are indeed a very smart item to design this season. Bright zephyr embroidery is very pop-ular worked either on jersey or that which is newer—on sheer linen and other wash fabrice. Some of the handsomest ensembles and sports frocks shown are of linen, gay with band embroidered yarn flowers adding to their beauty. Perhaps the urge for high colors which is so insistent in styledom at the present moment accounts for the renewed interest shown in peasant embroidery of all kinds, especially for fagoting and cross stitch design. Frocks like the one in the picture either of crepe de chine or washable-volle, are very much in the spotlight of fashion just now. Not only are they attractive in white or pastel shades, but many of the most charming types are of black or navy or any dark-tanned crepe, the smocking done in most vivid reds, greens, yellows and blues. For the woman who "smocks," the season's styles present unlimited opportunity to work out interesting effects. Try smocking a flowered cliff on frock. A very beautiful model at one of the recent style displays used Roman red thread matched to flowers printed on a dark green transparent background. Cords and tassels of the red embroidery floss were tied at the smocked yoke and wristshack. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. (© 1928, Western Newspaper Union.) GAZETTE Subscribe af OUR CANDIDATES ON HOOVER TICKET IN OHIO PRIMARY J. H. H. Capt. Leroy H. Godman A graduate of Howard University, Washington, D. C., Capt. Leroy H. Godman of Columbus was a staff officer of the 366th Infantry, 922th Division, during the war and served overseas as Judge Advocate for his unit. He is a member of the Ohio State Bar Association, American Legion and numerous other civic and organizational organizations. Dr. Leroy Biddydy, of Cleveland, representing our people of northern Ohio, is a candidate for delegate from the Twenty-first district. He is a leader among our people of 1930 MYRON T. HERRICK. American Ambassador to France, who is honorary chairman of the Citizens' Committee of 200 sponsoring the campaign of the Salvation Army in Cleveland for $600,000 in May for endowment and new buildings to allow them to extend "the helping hand that never fails." QUEENA MARIO Sparkling prima donna of the Metropolitan Opera Company who will sing the role of "Gretel" in the matinee of "Haensel and Gretel" on May 4 in Cleveland Public Hall. She was born near Akron. Irish Expel Jews. Dublin, Ireland. — Two Jewish storekeepers left town, April 14, in haste after threats that they would be killed by hoodlums if they stayed here. "WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD!" Cleveland, O., Aug. 28th, 1925. Hon. Harry C. Smith, Editor, Gazette. Dear Friend:—I have read the latest copy of The Gazette through and after reading it, I can truthfully say: It is worth its weight in gold! I admire true manhood—a man who, seeing injustice and oppression, dares, within the limits of the law, to expose it and ashishize You. I have frequently, during the forty-two years since the birth of The Gazette, been, as the Scotch would say, like two McNeils, but when you, who find a man, such as you, who consistently, and persistently, through nearly half a century, puts his race foremost in his life struggle. I take off my hat to him, as being a true friend of our class. Long life to you and The Gazette. Yours for the right. John P. Green. (Former Member, Ohio State Senate.) Dr. Leroy N. Bundy Cleveland and adds decided strength to the Hoover cause in this industrial center. His Cleveland indorsements include six Republican clubs and the county Republican organization. There is no doubt of his triumphant election. Tuesday. Ohio Afro-Americans know that in supporting the Hoover delegates they are voting for the best interests of themselves and the whole nation. They know that a vote for Hoover delegates is a vote for Hoover, the anti-segregationist. —Adv. Denounces Indorsement Given His Amendment by Guardians of Jury Ex-Gov. Harry L. Davis, sponsor of the Davis charter amendment, denounces the indorsement given the amendment by the "Guardians of Liberty," on the grounds that "the amendment needs no support from bigots." "We want no indorsement from any persons or organization made on prejudice, whether racial, religious or otherwise." Davis contended. "The Guardian indorsement was contended in an editor's publication in the Rail Splitter, a Moline, Ill., weekly newspaper, in which the city manager plan is attacked on racial and religious grounds. "We denounce this indemnity most emphatically," Davis said. "We do not care for any support from such source. The whole scheme looks like one cunningly conceived by our lawyers. We have no reason the charter amendment cause in Cleveland. People still remember how the Ku Klux Klan, founded on the same racial prejudice as the Guardians of Liberty, fought against me in 1924 because of my expressed dislike for any such organization. I am satisfied, was intended to be a left-handed one," Davis finished. Blocton, Ala., Notes. Mr. W. Foster died, April 10, and was buried in Bucktown cemetery. Rev. C. M. Hayden officiating at the funeral. Mr. W. Branch died, April 14. Interment in Bucktown cemetery. Rev. W. H. Sanford, officiating. Rev. F. T. Thomas and family have returned from the funeral of Mr. Jos. Cleveland in Brent.—H. B. Banks of W. Blocton, very ill for two weeks, is improving rapidly.—A two weeks' revival began, April 11, at Peace Baptist church in W. Blocton. All denominations and churches invited. Rev. H. L. Phillips, pastor. The Gipsies' revival Kings' quartet will sing. April 27. The Junior High school in Orrville. Lily of the Valley quartet will sing. April 24, in First A. M. E. church, Montevallo.—Mrs. A. Wright, of Jenkins, Ky, is the guest of Mrs. A. A. Wilson.—Rev. E. G. Massey will review the S. s. lessons, 10:30 a. m., at Liberty Baptist church. April 22. LISTERINE THROAT TABLETS Antiseptic Prevent & Relieve Hoarseness Sore Throat Coughs Your Home Prettier Your Furniture Bright Your Work Less Use "Cleans as it Polishes"