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These and other topics on in Press--Order Now NS, Publisher B New York City BUY AS SEALS Then "Buy Christmas Seals," for they are fighting tuberculosis every day of the year. Christmas Seals give protection to your friends, to your family—and to you! L TUBERCULOSIS ASSOCIATIONS UNITED STATES THE GAZETTE ESTABLISHED, AUGUST 25, 1883 And Issued Every Week on Time Since CLEVELAND, OHIO, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1928. FRESH OHIO NEWS FRESH OHIO NEWS WRITTEN BY "THE OLD RELIABLE" GAZETTE'S CORRESPONDENTS. What Our People Are Doing Each Week—Church, Personal, Social, Lodge, Literary and Musical—Marriages, Deaths, Etc. WASHINGTON C. H.—Annual Thanksgiving services will be held at Rawlin St. Baptist church, with a dinner at noon. Pregaching service at H. A. M. and 2:30 P. M. Atty, J. T. Onaeal and Rev. W. H. Smith of St. Louis will be the principal speakers. The editor of The Gazette regrets that it is not possible for him to be present also. Be sure to come and hear the speakers. Rev. J. J. Burr, pastor. Ellijah Rickman in Bainbridge, Sunday—Mrs. Faith Goodson of Dayton visited Mrs. Ayleigh Cole, Sunday—Mrs. Asa Jackson and granddaughter, Mrs. W. Chavis and Mrs. John Hudson visited in Samatha, last Monday—Mrs. Mildred Waters and Miss Matilda Blair were hostesses to the Get-Together Club, Wednesday afternoon—Mrs. Clarence Johnson and Mrs. Blanche Gilmore of Cleveland visited their father, who was 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., obituary notices, inquiries for relatives and advertisements of all kinds, including items announcing entertainment 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. ALLIANCE—M.r. and Mrs. Charles Williams of Ravenna attended the wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Brown, last Sunday.—M.r. and Mrs. Geo. Burns of Cleveland were week-end guests of Mrs. Sarah Cisco.—M.r. and Mrs. Warren who purchased a house in N. Webb St. The Glee club's play at Mt. Olive church was a great success.—Mrs. Burruss is visiting a sister in Kansas City.—Rev. Phillips and family of Warren visited Second Baptist church, Sunday.—Rev. Rhodes of Pittsburgh visited Rev. C. W. Chapman, last week.—Rev. T. Truce of Pittsburgh an extended visit with her mother in Alabama.—Rev. E. H. Newsome preached an excellent sermon, Sunday afternoon, at Mt. Olive church and St. Luke's choir sang several fine songs. Mrs. Ella Sanders, pianist, and Mr. W. Davis, director.—Mrs. Florence Phillips left, Wednesday, to visit Mrs. Eva Sanders, whom their Christmas rehearsals, Wednesday, Mrs. Hattie Blackburn, chair; Mrs. Eva Hutchinson, assist., and Mrs. Ella Sanders, music.—Mrs. Sutherland of Dover visited her son, Sunday. Mrs. Nellie Oliver is able to go out. LOIRAH. —7th St. M. E. choir has been reorganized. Mr. John Coleman chorister. Its good singing is adding much to the services. Union Thanksgiving service will be held at this church. Rev. Giles, pastor. Rev. Smith, the new pastor of Seed and Baptist church, will deliver the hermon. He will speak with Mr. and Mrs. Ira Wallace, Sunday. —Mrs. Criss visited her mother in Cleveland over the weekend. —The Eastern Star gave a surprise supper in honor of Mrs. Mary E. Davis and Mrs. Leola Wallace, Wednesday evening. Mrs. Davis, royal matron, is leaving to live with her daughter in N. Y. Mrs. Davis will be given a p. for her service as past matron. —Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Thompson entertained, Saturday evening, in honor of their 24th marriage anniversary. —St. Matthews willing-workers entertained with the "womanless wedding," last week Friday evening. It was a success. —Mr. Lex Foster was painfully injured while out hunting, Thursday. He is at St. Joseph's hospital. —Lakewood will be hosting Thanksgiving night. —Mrs. Ada Cochran of Oberlin is visiting Mrs. Elvira Wallace and Mrs. Sarah Simms, this week. HILLSBORO. —Miss Hattie Tatman is quite ill. Her cousin, Mrs. Byrdie Crook of Georgetown, is attending her. —Mrs. Mrs. Young and Mrs. Archie Cole were in Dayton, Tuesday. —Sherwin W. U. Trimble has acute gastritis but is improving. —Union Thanksgiving services at the A. M. E. church. Rev. R. L. Bray will preach at 11 A. M. Wesleyan m. church will serve Thanksgiving dinner, and give a play in the evening. —A. F. Donaldson, O. P. guard, came to hunt last week, and returned home, Wednesday. —Mr. and Mrs. John Hudson were called to Sardinia, Friday morning, by his mother's serious illness. —The mother and Cecil Hudson of Detroit visited their aunt and attended services, Sunday, at the Baptist church. —Mr. and Mrs. James Sloane of Dayton visited her mother, Sunday. —Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jones and son visited Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Rickman in Bainbridge, Sunday.—Mrs. Faith Goodson of Dayton visited Mrs. Archie Cole, Sunday.—Mrs. Asa Jackson and granddaughter, Mrs. W. Chavis and Mrs. John Hudson visited in Samatha, last Monday.—Mrs. Mildred Waters and Miss Matilda Blair were hostesses to the Get-Together Club, Wednesday afternoon.—Mrs. Clarence Johnson and Mrs. Blanche Gilmore of Cleveland visited their father, who was a teacher at the son entertained her son, A. F. P., and Mrs. John Williams and Donald Highwarden at dinner, Sunday. Mr. Donaldson gave an interesting talk at the Baptist church, in the evening.—Jas. Blanton will be in Cleveland before Thanksgiving with all kinds of game for sale. WEAVER CASE UP, NEXT WEEK The Cleveland N. A. A. C. P. Branch "Turns a Deaf Ear," He Writes —The O. P. Chaplain Declares He Will Lead Fight for Justice. O. P. Columbus, O. Nov. 15, '28 Hon. Harry C. Smith, Editor Gazette, Cleveland, O. Dear Shr: This is to let you know that I received the copy of The Gazette on the 10th of this month, as you have been donating me weekly for the last ten months, and I cannot explain how glad I was to read how firm you are yet standing for justice for me though your fight is not new because you even wrote the Governor, last winter, asking for my freedom because I are continue if I have been about a score other prominent persons of Cleveland stood up as strong for an innocent man as you have, with the meager evidence that is pretended to be held against me, in all probability I would have been free, eight months ago. I feel disappointed for not having received the assistance of the N. A. A. C. P. branch of Cleveland before which I put my complaints, more than six months ago, but they have turned me a deaf ear. But I am glad to say that Attys, N. E. Cook and Wm. F. Marsteller, of 518 Leader Bldg. with you have not I am comfortable with Mr. Cook and Mr. Marsteller have spent not less than $1000 in my defense just because they saw that a rotten and an unfair deal was given me. On Nov. 13th, I had the visit from Rev. and Mrs. E. A. Clarke, the former a former pastor of St. John's A. M. E. church, Cleveland. He is now pastor of St. Paul's A. M. E. church, Columbus. Mrs. Clark was my former teacher at night at the Rutherford B. Hayes school, E. 40th and Central Ave. I learned that my case will be up in the court of appeals in Cleveland on Nov. 26th. I am expecting to be free immediately after then. If the courts deny me a new trial, I believe that our associations will step to the front for justice for an innocent member of the race, and the chaplain of this institution declares he will lead. The headline, "O. P. Chaplain Strong for Weaver," that you had in your paper of Nov. 10th, means a fortune for my liberty and beside from that you are asking all who will to write the Governor for my release as you have already done. Many, many thanks to you. I cannot thank you as my heart desires. I am. Yours very truly, Joseph Weaver. HON. H. C. SMITH. (By W. P. Dabney, Editor.) "Harry" Smith, for nearly half a century the editor of "The Old Reliable" Cleveland Gazette, will go down in history as an uncompromising advocate of what he considers right. Regardless as to whether the public agrees or not, he "hews to the line let the chips fly where they may". This is a quality that so many people lack, notably our public men. He has withstood overtures from celebrities, most flattering in their promises, and calmly pursued the even tenor of his way. Let us hope that more of our public men, particularly promising celebrities, possess characteristic. Even a little of it, mixed with wisdom, will go far towards elevating, immeasurably, the race to which we belong.—Cincinnati (O.) Union THE NULLIFIED 14TH AMENDMENT (Editorial) The nullification of the fourteenth amendment in congress has given the United States a form of representative government for which the constitution does not provide. It also gives the nation a manner of electing a President for which the constitution does not provide. It is not a question of whether southern states have found legal ways of keeping Negro citizens from voting and thus preserving the white control of government. It is recognized that some states may have and will have franchise restrictions. A person can be an agent of citizenship and not a qualified voter in an American state. But if such persons are twenty-one years of age, are citizens and cannot qualify as voters they cannot be counted in the population of the state for purposes of representation either in congress or in the electoral college. If they cannot vote because they are unwilling or unable to pay a poll tax, because they cannot read or write or interpret a part of the constitution the state which requires such qualification, there is a number of these nonvoting citizens deducted from the total on which its representation is based. The right to impose a qualifying test is recognized but it carries what may be called a penalty. It is not in reality that. It is an adjustment or compensation. The state which has free and unabridged voting rights available to all citizens of legal age is intended to have all its population, exclusive of unattested Indians, counted as the basis of its representation in congress and in the election of President. A state which disqualifies some of its citizens cancels them out, under the constitution. There is much passion and prejudice in the issue because the amendment was intended primarily to give the Negro freedmen the franchise and because the attempts of the radical Republicans to coerce the south after the civil war promoted as much bitterness as the war itself. The supporters of suffrage restrictions say that all have been made effective legally. If that is to be conceded it remains that the ego disjunction presents the hope that he not been made and it has not been made because the members of congress do not obey the command of the constitution. The restrictions are not all in southern states, but there are the conspicuous issues. If the southern states have the election laws they want and find necessary the attainment of their object requires them to give up a certain voting strength in the election of a President. Arthur Heining in his articles dealing with this subject points out that Hughes and not Wilson would have been elected if the electoral college had been properly constituted. The person who thinks that this nullification of the constitution is a matter of no importance hasn't much regard for the working of his form of government. If it of so little concern that there is nothing to prevent other holes being shot in it. The fourth amendment has not been repealed. It does not require machinery of enforcement. A little work by the census bureau would give congress the figures and thereupon the adjustment of representation to suffrage laws becomes automatic. All congress need do, and has it commanded, is to appoint an amendment bill complying with the constitution and recognizing the facts. This question will not quiet itself. It is presented to congress. Submit that amendment for repeal or obey it. If the people no longer want their government organized in that form, they'll vote to repeal such a system of representative government they'll vote it out of the constitution. It is not dead wood in the body of organic law, although congress seems so to regard it. It is a most important part of the American system of representativeocracy and of the republican form of government — Chicago Daily Tribune "JO" BAKER "DANCED" MONEY She Had "Nicked" the Bank a Monte Carlo and Gave a Poor French Girl Several Thousand France Notes. Monaco — Josephine Baker, famed brownskinned Afro-American dancer, who is married to an Italian count, gave the bank of Monte Carlo a few bad minutes, recently, when luck stayed with her long enough to win a huge stock of 1,000 franc notes. Onlookers' eyes bulged as she put the bundle in the bosom of her filmsy evening gown and whirled out on the dance floor in the arms of Earl Leslie (white). The couple danced and from under that Baker's skirt 1,000 franc notes, flushed falling leaves. The manager managed "wits" and, detailed two attendants to collect the bank notes one by one as they fell and return them to Miss Baker after her dance. The franc is worth four cents today and the 1,000 franc notes, $40 each. 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 state, and is widely well established to establish its rank as one of the NEWSIEST AND BEST in the country. THE COPY FIVE CENTS KLAN AGAINST IT UPHELD! IN FOR ANOTHER LEGAL HAS IT GOT IN PENNSYL- MONTHS AGO. Jon Promotes "Hurtful Re- udices", Says the Court— to Its Own Hands" and largely at Night", c., Etc. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS THE N.Y. LAW AGAINST IT UPHELD! THE KLUXERS ARE IN FOR ANOTHER LEGAL "PANNING" SUCH AS IT GOT IN PENNSYLVANIA, MONTHS AGO. The Lawless Organization Promotes "Hurtful Religious and Race Prejudices", Says the Court— "Takes the Law Into Its Own Hands" and "Functions Largely at Night", Etc., Etc. --- Washington, D. C.—The purposes and activities of the Ku Klux Klan were criticized in severe language by the Supreme Court, Monday, in an opinion sustaining the New York State law which requires the Klan and similar oath-bound secret associations to file a complaint with the secretary of state. Quoting other judicial decisions and a hearing before Congress, the court said it was clear that the Klan belonged to that class of societies which made the "secrecy surrounding its purposes and membership a cloak for acts and conduct inimical to personal rights and public welfare." The state warranted the states in aiming at such organizations laws different from those applying to organizations which had no such tendency. Described as a Revival. In the opinion, which was handed down by Justice Van Deventer in a case from Buffalo, the Ku Klux Klan of today was described by the court of today as the Ku Klux Klan of an earlier time, with additional features borrowed from the 'know-nothing' and the A. P. A. orders of other periods; that its membership was limited to native born, gentile, Protestant whites; that in part of its constitution and printed creed it proclaimed the widest freedom for all and full adherence to the Constitution of the United States; in another exacted of its members an oath to shield and preserve 'white supremacy', and in still another declared an oath to actively oppose the state to be 'the only ingredient in the body politic of our country and an enemy to the weal of our national commonwealth.'" The opinion declared the Klan was conducting a crusade against Catholics, Jews and Negroes and stimulating hurtful religious and "THE FATHER OF THE BLUES" Establishing a Branch Office in Chicago—Also to Organize a Stage and Dance Band There. New York City. — W. C. Handy, music publisher of this city, and "father of the blues", went to Chicago with Monarch Lodge, Elks, and found so much to interest him that he has been there ever since. Mr. Handy sees the heart of a branch face in at Chicago, and has been asked to head a musical organization in that city, presenting a stage and dance band. He celebrated his fifty-fifth birthday. Nov. 16, with double cause for celebration: a Victor record of "ST. LOUISE BLUES" by Gene Austin, being released all over the United States on that day. Mr. Handy sold his first "blues" composition, "The Memphis Blues", for $100, but held on to subsequent compositions, which now yield him large revenues from radio vitaphone, musician, phonographs, and musical reproductions, not only in America, but in European countries. His four sons and daughters, now grown, have the management of his publishing business on Broadway. Edu尔·Gazette, jersey Smith. One of the very encouraging elements in my campaign was the interest shown in my candidacy by yourself and The Gazette. I appreciate this greatly, and herewith acknowledge that fact. OBITUARY Wheeling, W. Va.—Mrs. Sadie J. Brooks of Fowler, Col., years ago a resident of Cleveland and sister of Mrs. Sophie Steele of that city, who lost her husband (Mr. Brooks) in Fowler on May 28. 28, was called here, early last month, by the critical illness of a sister, Mrs. Nellie E. Mason, who died, Oct. 22. Mrs. Brooks who resided in Fowler for 20 years is temporarily located here at the residence of her brother-in-law. She has the earnest sympathy in her double bereavement, of a host of old friends in both Fowler and Cleveland. race prejudices; that it was striving for political power and assuming a sort of guardianship over the administration of local, state and national affairs, and at times it was taking into its own hands the punishment of what some of its members conceived to be crimes. He quoted a court as describing it as "the greatest knowledge that this organization functions largely at night, its members disguised by hoods and gowns and doing things calculated to strike terror into the minds of the people." There was good ground to differentiate such organizations. Justice Van Devanter continued, from Masonic lodges, Knights of Columbus, and other organizations exempted from making reports the secretive nature of the purpose of the exempted organizations were well known. The case was brought before the Supreme Court on an appeal in the case of George W. Bryant, a member of the Buffalo provisional Klan of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, who was convicted for failure to file a report required under the Walker law. The Supreme Court in its ruling devoted much attention in the case of iff it presented a federal question giving it jurisdiction to review the conviction. All of its members with the exception of Justice McReynolds held that such a question was presented. Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 19.—The Ku klux Klan, cause of bitterness and bloodshed in 1924, is due for another airing. Assistant District Attorney Walter F. Hofheins announced, today, that he would immediately move the trial in City Court of the case of George W. Bryant, alleged kleagle of the Buffalo Klan. Good! WANTS THE EDITOR To Run for Congress, Two Years Hence—Opposed to All Kinds of "Jim-Crow". There is one man in Cleveland that we can truthfully call an honest and fearless leader. Above everything else, he has always championed the rights of his people. Hon. Harry C. Smith does not belong to that class of leaders that is willing at every opportunity to sell the race out for a little self advancement. There have been many times when he could have done this but he is a "stand pattern" and is never afraid to challenge any man in the interest of his people. In politics Mr. Smith is for any man who is going to mean the most to his race regardless of party affiliations. He has waged a constant war against "jim-crow" schools, Y. M. C. A.'s, Y. W. C. A.'s, and all other forms of segregation that are trying to creep in. Thru the efforts of Mr. Smith, we have two Ohio laws that are of ex- ceptional interest to our people. They are the equal rights and the anti-lynch mob. We have a num- bler office in Ohio that have held public office but not one has such a creditable record as our Hon. Mr. Smith. He should be representing us in some public office where we would be getting the full benefit of his honesty and fearlessness. We need such a man as a candidate for the U. S. House of Representatives, two years hence. Mr. Smith was a personal friend and colleague of the late President Warren G. Harding and U. S. Senator Frank B. Willis, serving in the Ohio legislature with him in 1560. His ability as a journalist and lawmaker stands out as a credit. Let's all unite in sending this favorite son of Ohio to Congress, next time. Andrew J. Cunningham. BLOCTON, ALA., ITEMS Mrs. J. E. Montgomery of N. Birmingham spent the week-end with her aunt, Mrs. M. A. Wilson.—Mrs. R. E. Roberson and Odean Lilley have returned from a two weeks stay with relatives in Montgomery, dew. He will farewell sermon, Sunday at 11:30 a.m. in New Hope A. M. E, church ALL RIGHT FOR YOU SPIDER, YOU DIDN'T KEEP YOUR PROMISE - YOU SAID YOU'D GIMME HALF OF YOUR JELLY-BEANS AN YOU DIDN'T - YOU OLE TIGHT-WAD! KEEP YOUR OLE JELLY BEANS - GO ON, WHADDA I CARE, YOU OLE TIGHTWAD! TIGHTWAD! TIGHTWAD! GO ON KEEP A MOVIN' - YOU OLE TIGHTWAD! I MIGHT CATCH UP WITH YOU AN' THEN YOU'D HAFTA GIMME SOME MAYBE IF YOU SPOKE KINDLY TO YOUR LITTLE FRIEND YONDER, HE'D DIVIDE HIS CANDY WITH YOU I DON'T NEED TO - HES GOT A HOLE IN HIS POCKET AN AS LONG AS HE KEEPS A MOVIN' THE CANDY DROPS OUT PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY 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. IN UNION BE STRONGY SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1928. Editor J. Finley Wilson of the Washington (D. C.) Eagle must have his little joke, it seems. He says the recent "campaign benefitted the Negro". It may have done so for certain individuals but surely did not benefit the race in any way. Atty. Charles W. White, re-elected president of Cleveland's branch of the N. A. A. C. P., has only to continue the stand out in the open he took when he opposed the local City hospital bonds to gain the confidence and support of our people of this community. --- Refusal of a white club at Bamako. French Soudan, to admit a "Negro" officer has aroused a storm of discussion in the Soudan and in colonial circles in France, and has brought about the resignation of every white officer in the club. That's the French, not the American way of doing such things. Long live, France! Al Jolson, the well-known comedian, very properly mashed a big rowdy (white) in the jaw in a cabaret out at Hollywood or Los Angeles, one night the first of the week. The newspapers, in giving an account of the fracas, announced that Jolson in doing what he did was resenting the rowdy's reference to his (Jolson's) "racial origin". This excites our curiosity. Just what is Jolson's "racial origin", please? We should like much to know. Last week and the week previous we were so busy that we failed to thank all of our people who showed self and race respect in refusing to vote for Judge Frank W. Gelger Republican candidate for the state supreme court, and Myers Y. Cooper, color-line Republican candidate for governor. As all now know, Judge Gelger was defeated and Cooper was carried into office by the Hoover land-slide. There will be no Republican land-slide, however, two years hence. Ethel Waters, singer of blues, must know she is slowly but surely retrograding, "slipping", because she has resorted to the usual extreme in such cases to hold a place on the stage. This week at Keith's 105th (theater), she sang songs that were so indecently suggestive that, according to the Cleveland Daily Plain Dealer, they "brot blushes to the cheeks of a supposedly shock-proof clientage". Keep that up, Ethel, and the end will not be long coming, rest assured. A meeting was held, last evening, at St. James A. M. E. church, this city, for the purpose of "considering what is due to our group in the way of appointments for services rendered", presumably in the recent campaign. This meeting was attended by local members of the race active in the interests of "both major political parties". Invitations to the same were sent out by Rev. Ernest Hall, pastor of Mt. Zion Baptist church, this city. Meetings for such a purpose should have been held long before the primaries and a course of procedure mapped out then and acted upon promptly thereafter. While The Gazette did not support Gov. Al Smith and his "cracker" running-mate, Senator Joe Robinson of Arkansas, we do not agree with Editor Ben Davis of The Atlanta (Ga.) Independent when he says Editor Abbott of The Chicago Defender, Editor Young of The Norfolk (Va.) Journal & Guide and Editor Murphy of The Baltimore (Md.) Afro-American had "absolutely no excuse" for the editorial support they gave the Democratic candidates for president and vice-president. Ben knows better, and is only affecting an ignorance of conditions with which he is thorny far miliar, for the purpose of toadying to the Republican powers-that-be. Not only newspapers of the race but individuals also who differed from us, in the recent campaign, had plenty of excuse that was good for what they did and we are not of those who are inclined to criticise or scold them for so doing. This should be Ben's position, too. --- KEEP THE RELIGIOUS ISSUE OUT The Hoover landslide by its very size ought somewhat to allay the religious discussion which at one time threatened us with immense disaster of parties formed, or at any rate political action taken, along ecclesiastical lines. Smith's electoral vote might have been larger if he had been a Protestant. He could not have been elected. The total popular vote for both candidates would have probably been smaller. There was a shocking display of Protestant bigotry which fortunately was repudiated by the most responsible Protestant leaders. Thousands upon thousands of Jews and Protestants voted for Smith to rebuke bigotry. This fact, the self restraint of Catholic leaders in their public utterances, and Gov. Smith's own fine stand ought to do much to lay the evil ghost of religious bigotry. We shall not, however, be free from the twin evils of religious and racial bigotry until we have united in a large loyalty to the general good and learn to work together and vote together irrespective of anything except our reasoned conviction of the way to bring plenty, peace and freedom to earth. POOR OLD DEMOCRATIC PARTY. In defeat, Governor Smith shows to fine advantage his admirable personal qualities. He is a good loser and his radio farewell after the election ought to do much to mitigate such religious and other bitterness as may still persist. Moreover Governor Smith is right in insisting on the importance of a minority party. What we cannot understand is how he expects the Democratic party to give that effective opposition which he desires. For years all important legislation in Congress has been passed or defeated by blocs which crossed party lines. Those "liberal" principles in the Democratic party to which Governor Smith kept referring to simply do not exist. Certainly he never defined them in the campaign either in the matter of labor legislation, foreign affairs or any other important issue. The Democratic platform, as everybody knows, was a national joke. One of the eight "liberal" states which went Democratic was Arkansas (as usual) which at the same election by popular initiative adopted an anti-evolution law which will bar even Webster's dictionary from the public schools. In the face of facts like these, Governor Smith's big popular vote doesn't mean much. Some of it was a personal tribute to him, some of it was cast for the Democratic name in spite of him. There is now no cohesive power at all, except a traditional name, to hold it together, no philosophy, no outstanding personality, no concrete program, no federal patronage or hope of federal patronage. Mr. Raskob and his friends will probably pay the deficit but will scarcely want to send good money after bad to finance an organization campaign. Of course, party names and traditions are so tenacious that the Democratic party will not formally disappear. I will, however, be impotent to offer effective opposition for some considerable time. THE MAN WHO DARES "I honor the man who in the conscientious discharge of his duty dares to stand alone; the world, with ignorant, intolerant judgment, may condemn, the countenances of relatives may be averted, and the hearts of friends grow cold, but the sense of duty done shall be sweeter than the applause of the world, the countenances of relatives or the hearts of friends."—Charles Sumner. TUBBY THE GAZETTE CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1928 Prime Sport News Orangeburg, S. C.—State College romped over Benedict College, Nov. 15, and won 31-0 in a game which was for the most part one-sided. From the very kick-off it was seen that State was the stronger. Morehouse Humbles State Normal Atlanta, Ga. — Flashing a surprisingly strong running and aerial attack against a revamped Hornet lineup. Morehouse college eleven crashed its way to a decisive 25-7 victory over the local State Normal school eleven at Patterson Field, last week Friday afternoon. Wins A. A. U. Race. New York City. — Gus Moore youthful Afro-American star run under the colors of the Brooklyn Harriers; Sunday captured the National Senior A. A. U. cross-country championship race at Van Cortlandt Park from a field composed chiefly of metropolitan runners. Jones vs. Light Akron, O.—Gorilla Jones, who whipped Pal Silvers in New York, last week, met Billy Light of St. Paul in the ten-round welterweight go on top of Jim Mullens' Chicago card, last night in New York. In Jefferson Square Garden Dec 14, for a ten-round bout with Tony Vacarelli of New York. Kid Chocolate's K. O.'s 28. New York City — Kid Chocolate, sensational Afro-Cuban bantamweight has scored thirty-two straight victories, including twenty-eight knockouts, in his brief career. Monday night at the St. Nicholas arena, he scored a six-round knockout over Jackie Schweitzer, local boxer, who had won twenty-nine consecutive bouts. Obio's Annual Football Classic. Columbus, O. —The great annual football classic, which takes place every year here at Neil Park, will be played, this year, by Bluefield W. Va. Institute and Morehouse College, Atlanta, teams, beginning at 2 p. m. Thousands from all parts of Ohio and adjoining states, will attend this game, as usual. This Thanksgiving, larger than ever is looked for, Bluefield defeated W. Va. Institute, a few weeks ago, and is a great eleven. Wilberforce Defeats Virginia Union. Wilberforce Defeats Virginia Union Wilberforce, O.—In a closely contested game in which Wilberforce's football was superior throughout, the local team defeated Virginia Union, last Saturday, 13 to 6. The ball was constantly kept in Union territory. Tynes scored the first Wilberforce touchdown in the first period. In the third period Clark, Wilberforce tackle, intercepted a Union pass and ran 74 yards for a touchdown. In the same period Union scored when Wilberforce fumbled and Boyd of Union recovered, running 77 yards for a touchdown. Wilberforce-W, Virginia Football teams from these two institutions of learning are to "mix it up" at Lana Park stadium. Thanksgiving. It is unfortunate that this game was not scheduled for some other field in the city or near here. The miserable reputation for discrimination against our people Colorline Luna Park has tenaciously held to for years is bound to hurt the attendance at the game even the it is insisted that the management of the park and stadium are in no wise connected. There are, also, those who claim that the stadium is only from the owner or learner of Colorline Luna Park. That as it may, there are many like the writer who would like to over so much to see the two teams "mix it" but who cannot do so under the circumstances. Then, too, the Thanksgiving game at Neil Park, Columbus, will undoubtedly limit the attendance at the game in this city on that day. Baby Joe Gans Robbed! New York—Joe Glick (white) of Brooklyn, was given a ten-round decision over Baby Joe Gans of California before a $60,000 house in Madison Square Garden, last week Friday night. They each weighed 134½ pounds. Despite the "official" verdict, the Associated Press score sheet gave Gans five rounds and Glick four, with the fifth, even in acerulea, with many writers at inside. The "official" verdict was greeted with cheers and booes, the latter being much more numerous and stronger. "Gorilla, Cleans Up," Aga n., Gorilla Jones, of Akron, O., won the decision over Pal Silvers (white) of New York in an eight-ronz illiminary. Jones weighed 152 and Silvers 523. Silvers had strong, flooring Silvers on a seven count in the best round, and held the upper hand throughout. Gorilla Jones turned in the best fight of his career when he whipped Pal Silvers in the Madison Square Garden, last week Friday night. We were able to see that match and the Lou Moskowitz-AI Singer fight before rushing to our train and they were corkers. The customers, who were in line with 848,000 bill, got plenty of action in the brawns that preceded the Gans-Glick bout. — Ray Campbell in Cleveland Dally News. MYERS Y. COOPER GUILTY Cincinnati, O—Those of our people throne out the state of Ohio, who read The Gazette during the campaign just closed, got the truth and nothing but the truth relative to the color-line activity, in his real estate business here, of Myers Y. Cooper. The Gazette never denied the charge. He could not do so. Even the Jews, who know full well that they were refused certain of his property, which they tried to purchase, in Walnut Hills (this city), can testify as to that. Our people here certainly appreciate the noble stand of The Gazette and thank its editor for (O) The Gazette, who passed away, raised endorsers, editorially, Cooper's candidacy even if its Cooper's Ku Klux Klan helper, E. W. Curry of Springfield, manager of the "jim-crow" division of his campaign organization, did try every way he could to get such endorsement. Negroes who did not heed The Gazette's clarion call, the troops that they forced to elect a man governor of Ohio who drew a color-line on their own people here in this city. May God forgive them! ministers and all. Love is the Sesame that opens Heaven's gate; The tie that binds, and scorns the whims of Fate. The living stream that nourishes the Tree of Life; Which wilts and bows its head, in face of strife; This primal gift, which animates the heart and mind, And twines each sentient being like a vine, Is not of earthly mold, composed of common clay, But comes from realms above, like light of day. When man in Eden's fatal garden knew no fear, And view'd the transient glories, far and near, He felt this wondrous gift from Heaven above; And his first spoken words were,—"God is Love". And so, to-day, adown the turbid PROTEST! PROTEST!! To submit in silence when we should protest makes cowards out of men. The human race has climbed on protest. 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Talbert Temple will hold their annual memorial services at one of our local churches, Dec. 9. The veteran and popular tonsorial artist, Joseph Smith, 2359 Central Ave., who was quite ill, recently, is convalescing. Heart trouble. Congressman - Elect Oscar DePriest's affiliation with "Big Bill Thompson (mayor of Chicago) and Bishop Carey came near defeating him, says the Baltimore Afro-American. Mrs. Julia Anderson Burdine who relocated, recently, in Washington, D.C. with her daughter, wishes to be kindly remembered to her many friends in this city, her home for years. Rev. Sterling N. Brown, years ago pastor of Mt. Zion Cong. church, connected with Howard University, Washington, D.C., almost since leaving Cleveland, was 70 years old, Wednesday. It is rumored that Mr. Harry Richardson, a clerk in the Central Post Office, is to leave in February to join the faculty of Tuskegee (Ala.) N. and I. school where Mr. Albert Turner of this city is similarly employee. Yes, Walker claims to have lived in North Carolina, but has failed to even register in Ohio, it is said. The Gazette would like to have him explain why he does not exercise his right of franchise as a citizen TUBBY GOODNESS, AUN WHAT IS THAT TERRIBLE RACK IN THERE? ROSENBERG'S DRUG STORE, N. W. Cor. Central Ave. and E. 55th St. The Gazette regularly should notify copy delivered promptly. b business matters to The Gazette , 226 Superior Ave., West, oppo- you wish to see the editor call carefully examine The Gazette's purchases. Business men who have the patronage of our people. assurance that they want it. education in current issues of The bay noon, WEDNESDAY, of that advertisements accepted until C. SMITH, Avenue, Cleveland, O. Tel Cleveland.) Bell 'Phone: Cherry 1259 (Call, in the Afternoon.) Luther Luttrell, age 26, of 2280 E. 97th St., bell-boy at Wade Park Manor, lost his life recently by falling down an elevator shaft at the hotel, fracturing his skull. He died at Mt. Sinai hospital. Funeral, last week Wednesday. here, if he is a citizen. When our intelligent citizens fall to vote in the North, our future as a race, in this country, is not at all encouraging to say the least. Mr. Anthony Overton, president of Victory Life Ins. Co., and Douglass Nat'l Bank of Chicago, was the guest of Dr. and Mrs. O. A. Taylor while in the city, recently, to address a mass meeting at Shiloh Baptist church. He was tendered a dinner by local business men at the P. W. A. the same date. Richard E. Burrell, age 46, of 2273 E. 71st St., was held under $2,500 bond to the grand jury, last Saturday, after he was arraigned before Police Judge Sawicki, on the charge (manslaughter) that he had crashed a red traffic light with his car and caused the death Oct. 15. of John Riordan, age 36, of 6712 Carnegie Ave. Councilman Tom Fleming, chairman of the entertainment committee of Cuyahogaoga, Elks, sought a permit, last Saturday, to use Public Hall. Thanksgiving night, Director Shuler said, the city charter contained a clause "bidding citying in which the city was concerned and "turned Tom down flat". However, Shuler told Fleming that some other member of the lodge, not a city employee, could rent the hall. St. Mark's Presbyterian church celebrated its tenth anniversary, last week, with a series of programs, rendered evenings, in which others of our local churches and pastors participated. Rev. C. Lee Jefferson, pastor, has been in poor health for some time but continues his effective work for the church just the same. Mr. Henry Reed, of Colonial Ct., for many years a trusted messenger of The Cleveland Trust Co., who sustained a serious operation recently, is at home slowly convalescing. Clifton Banks, Cleveland player sentenced to the Ohio Penitentiary last January for four years for manslaughter, was pardoned, Saturday last, by Gov. A. V. Donahue when he learned that the prisoner was near death. Warden P. E. Thomas recommended the pardon and the prisoner was turned over to his sister who is to take him "down home to Mississippi" to see his aged mother before he dies. Banks was convicted of shooting a man whom he found in the home of his sweetheart. He entered the penitentiary April 4. Write the governor at once to pardon innocent Joseph Weaver. Samuel Costanzo, age 49, convicted of second degree murder in connection with the death of Patrolman Ernest Ford on Sept. 19. Saturday last was sentenced to a life term in TIE! T RET THE GAZETTE CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1928 Creosote Bath Acts As Fountain of Youth for Telephone Poles VIEW OF A POLE TREATING PLANT the Ohio Penitentiary by Common Pleas Judge Fred H. Wolf. Atty. James T. Cassidy, who defended Costanzo, failing to get a new trial, said he would carry the case to Court of Appeals at his own expense. He was appointed to handle the Common Pleas Court trial because of Costanzo's lack of funds. Evidence at the trial showed that Ford was near the Costanzo home, 3314 Scovill Ave., investigating a still when he was shot and killed by Costanzo. The N. A. A. C. P. held its annual election of officers. Tuesday evening, for the ensuing year at St. James' A. M. E. church; Chas. W. White; pres.; Eleanore Alexander, vice pres.; S. P. Keeleb, sec.; Edw. Jackson, treas.; and the executive committee. Walter White, ast. sec. of the National Organization, and Hon. Harry E. Davis spoke to the audience of less than seventy people. The former spoke of the local organization's plans for the annual convention to be held here, next summer. The local branch referred to the local branch's very proper opposition to the "jim-crow" hospital and "Y". "Y" hospital bonds (at the recent election) and the organization's demand, last summer, on City Manager Hopkins for a conference on the Woodland Hills Creosote Bath A of Youth for VIEW OF A POLE Poles are still a substantial item of telephone construction, even if many of the lines in the cities are being put underground. This year The Ohio Bell Telephone Company is setting 60,000 new poles, enough to build a line from Columbus, Ohio, to Salt Lake City, Utah. This part of the $18,000,000 expansion and betterment program is of particular benefit to rural communities, where many of the lines are being rebuilt and extended, and to users of the long-distance service. In some of the exchanges as many as 1,000 new poles are being set to put the rural lines in first-class condition and to allow for new telephones. This program is being continued from 1927, when many rural lines were entirely rebuilt. At Upper Sandusky, for instance, more than 1,000 poles were put up, and more than 500 in the vicinity of Fostoria. Work just as extensive as this is being done this year in nearly every part of the state. On much of its work this company now is using a type of pole that is expected to add many years of life to the average line. In the past cedar and chestnut have been used extensively for poles because of their lasting qualities. Usually the butts of these poles were treated to preserve the part in the ground. The pole now being employed is of pine, which is very tough but in the past was not considered to be as durable as other types. The pine poles now being used are treated with creosote from end to end under great pressure. The creosote penetrates to the heart of the wood, and according to telephone engineers will prolong its useful life many years. Its preser- A Fugitive F OOH!!! CHESTER! Guaranteed and Efficient Work TWENTY YEARS' EXPERIENCE 'Phone: Randolph 5870 Sundays by Appointment bathing pool trouble which Hopkins refused, and cited several investigations into alleged local troubles along a discrimination line. Mrs. Dovie King Clarke, wife of Rev. E. A. Clarke, pastor of St. Paul's A. M. E. church, Columbus, and former pastor of St. John's A. M. E. church, this city, arrived in the city, last Saturday, in the interest of Joseph Heaver, in recent mentions of incarceration the Ohio penitentiary at Columbus under sentence of death for a crime he never committed. Mrs. Clarke stopped with her daughter, Mrs. R. B. Scott, 3013 E. $2d St. Monday she held conferences with Attys, Cook and Marsteller, Weaver's uniting legal representatives who have fought to local Municipal Alliance and Conference, and the local N. A. A. C. branch; and on Wednesday conferred with the editor of The Gazette. She continued her efforts with very encouraging success until yesterday when she again conferred with the editor and left for home. Mrs. Clarke has for many years been a national and national women's organizations, both religious and secular, and is an exceptionally fine woman of superior education and ability. cts As Fountain Telephone Poles TREATING PLANT PINE TREES ENTERING A CREOSOTING VAT. vation in good condition will be a protection against interruption of service during storms, since there will be less likelihood of the poles being carried down by wind or sleet due to concealed weaknesses. Following the sleet storm which carried down thousands of poles in northwestern Ohio last March, it was found that the creosoted pine poles generally were not damaged. In replacing the broken poles, therefore, pine was used wherever possible. In creeoseting, the poles are loaded on steel trucks, and are pushed into long vats, which are then sealed. 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Yes Siree, it stiil chugs along, toot t. ‘SPEED LAWS ARE MORE GENEROUS Opiniones Eavce of Min: A nation-wide tendency on the part of the states to Hberalize speed lint its and to judge the recklessness of the driver on the facts in the case 4g disclosed by ® legislative survey ‘undertaken by the American Autom ile association, Increased speed limits were texis lated in at least ten states during the sessions of the legislatures last yest while the problem is to be considered in a large number of the other states in impending sessions, according 1 a statement by the organization writes Karl W. Miller in the Detroit News. So far, however, only one state. Connecticut, has followed Michigan's example by abolishing the speed tin ft and requiring only that speed be “reasonable and. proper.” Facilitates Trattic. *fove on’ seems to be the watch word on the highways in the open country and this has done much te facilitate the movement of the ever increasing number of automobttes. says the statement. “here is a marked increase of opinion in favor of minimum speed Jaws, this thowzht being advanced by state officials who have observed over a long period of time that many accidents are due te people taking a chance in getting out Of. the line of slow-moving traffic.” Increase Speed Limits. A total of 23 states have increases their speed limits during the past three years, according to the A.A ” These states are: Alabama, 80 to 45; Arizoaa, 20 to 8; Connecticut, 30 ‘to “proper ano ‘careful operation’; Florida, 30 te 45; Georgia, 90 to 40; Idaho, 30 tw 85} Indiana, 25 to 40; Towa, 2 to 40; Kentucky, 90 to 40; Maryland, 25 to 40; Michigan, 23 to “reason able and proper”; New Hampshire 25 to 5; New Jersey, 30 to 95; North Carolina, 80 to 45; North Dakows 80 to 85; Oregon, 20 to 353 Penusyt ania, 30 to 85; Rhode Istand, 25 to 85; South Carolina, 95 to 45; Tes esse, 20 to 30; Vermont, 25 to 30: Virginia, 90 to 35, and Washiyston. 20 to 40. Check Meters of Speed Cops, Says Auto Club ‘Tie American Automobile associa tion urges that potice snd court oft dials ses that police speedometers ‘are absolutely correct at all tines and at all speeds in order that mo tor car owners may be assured of us tice’ to which they -are entitled in Court on a speeding charge. It 18 de Glarea that a host of motoyists have been unfairly fined tens of thousands ‘of dollars because “police and court officials de not realize that the Speedometer is by no means the ac Curate Instrument of measurement It is supposed to be.” ‘ Speed of 22 Miles Best on All Crowded Highways A speed of 22 miles per hour per mits the maximum capacity of a Crowded highway, according to inves tigations made by the Pennsylvanta department of highways. If all drivers maintained this speed. fx would be possible for 1,009 vehicles to pass a given point in one hour on a one-lane highway. If the speed Is Increased, it becomes necessary for the vehicles to stay far ther apart and the capacity of the ond is decreased. “If the vehicles + Slower and closer together, the ca pacity of the road also decreases, Guarding Against Oil © Lag Quite Important Tt isn't necessary to be an engi- neer to understand what 1s meant by “lag of ofl pressure,” even though It does sound technical. It Is obvious that the pressure of the oil cireutiat- ing in an engine should be in propor- tion to the needs of the bearings and ‘other vital points requiring untalting lubrication. When this ofl_ pressure is not high enough for engine speed it Is said to “Ing.” ‘The amount of lag 1s Increased by unskillful driving. Since oil pressure is regulated by engine speed, a driver lias only to accelerate too rapidly or to foree his engine suddenly to start the pressure lagging, ‘This may pave the way for trouble. ‘The best rule is to accelerate a little, then cut down engine speed and then accelerate again, This gives oll pressure @ moment to catch up with engine demands, If accelera- tion is reasonably progressive the amount of Iag will never be enouzh to cause trouble, 7 Courtesy of the Road Is Worthy of Consideration Rey Menon ene ee PO ot the other fellow when on the high- way, oF do you feet that the road Is yours and to blazes with the other fellow? ‘The golden rule of road eour- tesy is far from belng selfish not re- tote of thoughtlessness, Si, Mayer, president of the Automobile Club of Minois ina bulletin issued by that organization, asks that a_fifty-fifty tireak be given your neighbor of the ‘mad, which combination of reciprocity ig sure to bring about more genial re lationship on the highways “To receive courteous treatment, tt ix always best to first practice the procedure yourself,” declared Mr. Mayer. One of Greatest Racers ne or xz 4" Ne ae PAI hy e = es a Se) ee as Chiron, one of Europe's greatest automobile racers, 1s seated in his big racing car just before the sixth annual meet at San Sebastian, Spain. ERR RARER RITE RERIE IE AUTOMOBILE NOTES RAAT ER How does a weak tire know you sire all dressed up and ready for a party? ‘There are all kinds of weak tlres, including those who know when It fs beginning to get dark. 1¢ they begin making rubber tires from corn, a fellow is likely to find a cob In his tubes any time. Incidentally, the speeder who was pursued for 18 miles and then fined S150 got a run for his money. ee ‘The way rubber casings and tubes sre going down there should be a greater demand for teething rings. appr eraty Uniform markers are to be adopted for through highways, and now if the constables had uniform markers the Speeders would not have so much to ‘eobry about. SHEER PRINT VELV"=TS REVEL IN A RIOT OF ENCHANTING COLOR Ro * wii 2oe =) | foe | —t—+ ” €9 ‘oe LARA | Ces 7 ee ; . eri f sae by i ea Bee i 38 car, ol y Na ‘ Gin Fate LS Rass 4 RES a 3 1)» gga ge tg Pad Nh Tl Re Eee om | |) | "eee ee A i ay HS il as “zi | | Reet Lp Mee STYLISTS ENHANCE ONE FABRIC WITH INSETS OF ANOTHER 0 Te = . Q ae ‘ A q wo j » 4 iS) \ i LS >a } \ . se ' } \ \ | \ : Jj < 4 . pe é bs ee ae aces % is Just one velvet frock q afer another, One really cannot qualify as a tulle © / fledged fashion follower who 6% does not acquire several = { frocks and ensembles of vel 4 vet, this season. id To “play the game” ap to the mode’s standard, one sim: ply must, In addition to a Iuindsome ensemble of mono- tone velvet, indulge in w be: guiling afternoon frock of colorful print velvet. _ It Is @ very strong-minded woman, indeed, who ean withstand the wiles of a frock like the one in the picture. ‘The velvet for this winsome model is most exquisite, both in its sheer dainty texture and in its gorgeous chestnut brown and rust colorings. If fis ruddy autumn tones do not lay seige to your faney, then the same patterning is available in deep blue or wine or dark green for the basic color, A dvess of prettily patterned trans- parent velvet bears the same relation to the winter mode as did the flowery chiffon 10 past summer fashions. ‘That Js, it is a gown which is a most happy possession, in that itis ever ready, al- Ways tattering, and the sort which never fills to solve the “what-to-wear” problem, . ‘The very newest print velvets adopt Hiny repeat designs in lovely blended colorings. ‘Thelr patternings favor both ‘mall florals and diroinotive geomet: Spee cane modernistic desixn, which Is everywhere stressed these days, is offering to the world an en: tirely new and refreshing channel of espression, Not only is this trend toward a startling new order of things reflected in our home furnisitings, in the pleture which artists paint, and in fact through all decorative art, but dressmaker and couturier have taken up the theme with atmost enthusiasm. ‘Not only through print and weave is this modernistie note heing sounded but stylists by combining cwurrasting materials and colors through most ity genfous seamwork are incorporating into dress design the curious squires, triangles. panels and such which are so indicative of the modern decora tive trend. ‘A charting exponent of the cos: tume which features @ modernistic styling is.shown In the picture. This Stunning street frock suggests a fem: fulzed version of the coat-dress, which fashion so emphatically sponsors for street year this season. It is de: “veloped in navy and marine blue “worsted, The lighter material ts inset by means of skillfal seaming, produc- ing a notably modernistic effect. © ‘So many of the new woolens are treated in this way—sewed tozether ‘as insets or in Some instances one ma- SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1928. =LV=TS REVEL )F ENCHANTING COLOR SEGI G@ = = | be Fy AT THE 0 : €: > WN ! E 2 4D a ST. “| fam - iy ne. OB RES. How Much | by pita Meee rae . Press, Pi re ts eh ~ BA | RE | 2 AN ea SAI aes 1a (Special to BE REM Sam UG} scarcention in tg eA ope :, | under ‘President EE eer, ten hy Che ea The beginnings eae [eos cee oe TRI naan | Aon: Theron NR See | der President Hi Massie Sa8 |{ts zenith under a] [ie semi ener Circo hy BIN WA PaFeh Yd ad a ty O \ BE m EPS \ 3 \ bi \ \ d AS am és 4 Z t 1d the | rleals, Since there fs such rivalry be- n the | tween printed and plain velvet, a isome | charming compromise is effected by in its | fashioning the costume blouse of the geous | print, the skirt and jacket or tong s. It | coat being of the solid color. Tt gives t lay | a softly feminine silhouette, it the same | skirt be styled with plaited ruffles, for blue | modern velvet yields so pleasingly to basic | this treatment. Not only fs print velvet vogutsh for trans: | frocks, Smart shops are showing ation | most fetching sets of handbag, scarf, nwery | hat and delt- made of gay printed vel- That | vet, These replace similar sets in sappy | printed crepes which were so popular ly, al- | during the summer months, It's a which | question which will score the greatest wear” | triumph this winter—these matching sets of patterned velvet or those made adopt | of supple thin fur which is manipu- ended | tated in a fabriclike manner. @ r both JULLA BOTTOMLEY. Sait, (NE eee Ragan iniipmncn Rey terial appliqued on another | Especially is this method adopted in the burstling of Jersey and the new so-pupular suede finished cloths. Then, to. frequently strips.of material in varieus ninetane shades are seamed together forming most attiactive horderitas for both silk and woolen frocks blouses nd even eats Phe inser iden is ase cleverly alee “ed by milliners whe sew hits ot tet be gether ar patches of velvet contrasted In coloring, accomplishing must inins: uing design Felt expecially slelds te Inset treatwents, suszesting the eect iveness of mosaic art in thar the pieces are so ingeniously fiited tozetly er, Matching handbags often comple: ment such hats ‘The fact that the suurtly-styled street dress in the picture has a cape is significant, for capes are vers im portant In the present mode. It adds to the wearableness of this frock that the cape is detachable, In Its ensem- ble as pictured this costume is emi- nently tuned to the milder autumn days. With the cape removed it makes an admirable afternoon frock, worn under one’s handsomely furred eloth coat or the all-fur wrap as the case may bee JULIA BOTTOMLEY. (@. 1928, Western Newspaper Union.) 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! (Special to The Gazette.) | Washington, D: C.—There i# more “segregation in Washington, today, under President Coolidge than there has ever been since the Civil War. ‘The beginnings of the segregation were under President Taft. It was [greatly extended, under President Wilson; increased, still further, un- der President Harding; and reached its zenith under President Coolidge. For instance, the largest of our parks President Wilson never trou- dled, but the present administration ‘hag found time and desire to intro- “duce it even there. To many people, segregation is & “Democratic scheme of insult, but ‘Such Is not the case. President Taft ‘introduced {t in the bureau of en- graving. He segregated the census- Aakers in this city in 1910, restrict- ing white workers to white people, 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. Seg- Fegation, then, 13 @ Republican insti- tution and nota Democratic one, fe was begun by Republicans, and carried on to its all-embracing ex: tent by “Republicans: ‘There 4s far more of it in the de- partments, today, than at any time Since the Negro first appeared, close upon the close of the Civil War. The picture requirement in the civil serv- Keg which makes it next to Impos- ‘sible for a colored lady or gentleman fo enter the civil service, since thelr color Is disclosed in thelr photo- Sraph which must accompany their papers, is tenaciously held on to by dur Republican President. Some months ago, a colored girl appeared after having passed the best examin- ation, and after having been tele- graphed for by tho 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, Commis- sioner Blair of the internal revenge ‘puroau with thousands of clerks Will ‘not appoint a Negro clerk, and his word is law there, as he is the spe- Gial favorite of Secretary Mellon and President Coolidge. He hails from ‘North Carolina, the home of the other favorite and leader of the seg- ‘regation forces, the superintendent of buildings ‘and grounds. It 1s no Gse to complain of either of these Jouthern gentlemen. “The colored people here who know ‘the President could destroy segre- gation in the departments of the government, and the photograph re- Guirements in the civil service by the mere nod of his head, aro at a tose to understand why he does not put his. splendid declarations on democracy into operation here, where it would not even cost him a single vote and where he has full power and apsofutely no opposition. They wonder if he is not a firm believer In segregation, especially since seg- regation 1s one of the chief tenets of. the Ku Klux Klan which has found its “‘weleome homie” here and in the Republican party, and receives no condemnation from the Republi- tan ieesiaank *{&necial to The Gazette.) | Washington, D. C.—In the postof- fice, segregation {s rampant. The faithful colored clerks work under constant humiliation and physical disadvantages. The department maintains a spacious cafeteria tor Whites only, where inferior white clerks can buy appetizing luncheons and chat in comfort while eating, while the colored clerks must bring cold luncheons from home and eat them any place they can. The physi- cal discomfort, disadvantageous as It fs, Is far less galling to the col- ored 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 they are far more capable than the whites, and render the government more intelli- gent and efficient service—the white man of thelr attainment being able to get far more lucrative employ- ment. | ‘The department goes even farther in its solicitude for whites and neg- lect of colored. It maintains a well- appointed club room with pool tables and other games, comfortable loung- es and other equipment for rest. s0- clability, and regreation, and notb- ing for these same colored employ- ces. This private club is in the mag- nificent postoffice building, built and maintained by ALL of the people. In the locker rooms there is segrega- tion, and segregation is even attemp- ‘ted in the toilets. And all of this is against the most dependable and faithful employees. The white em- ployees have even passed around !n- |vitations to the white employees, tn the very presence of the colored, to “attend a reception to the heads of departments, including the postmas- ter general, in the postoffice building. It announced dancing and a pleasant social evening with the officials for “the postoffice employees,” yet not one was delivered to the colored clerks. I hurried a protest to the postmaster general the day before it | was to come off, and he ordered the | postmaster to invite the colored as well a3 the white. These clorks got “around their colored co-workers by \oiving 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 ex: amination was superior. No “Negro,” however efficient or old in the ser- vice, must ever dream of a promo- tion’ to a directive position. The hard, unyielding caste passes whites over him, one atter another, though ‘many of the colored employees have won contests in quickness and ac- curacy in the handling of mail. The colored clerks have dared to form a union which meets regularly and often sends manly and intelligent protests to the postmaster, and often Appeals from his decisions to the postmaster-general. It has secured Some improvement in their working conditions, but they are still bitter over the huge injustice done to them for nothing else than the color of their skin. a a als ra lala As ment printing office keeps faith whe the government's universal scheme of segregation. Some of the best and brightest of our girls are forced to accept inferior positions there on ac- count of the better and more lucra- tive avenues of employment being closed to them because of their eol- or. The whites are generally of a very mediocre group, far from equal- Ing our girls In educational equip- ment, culture, and working efficlen- ty. Yet these superior girls are set off trom the whites with the latter of course, having the better working conditions, salaries and recreational facilities, | There is a large cafeteria in this huge structure where all of the employees may g0, but there are a few tables in an ‘out-of-the-way section reserved for our employees. Tam glad to say that few, very fow, of our people patronize the place, preferring a little physical incon- Yenience to the open, sem{-public humiliation of segregation. In toilet facilities, dressing-rooms, and work assignments, wherever possible, the law of segregation 1s in full force, and, of course, this same undemocratic practice reveals itself on the salary roll and in the hard caste that bars promotions. Here, as. elsewhere, the inferior whites pass over our superior employees to Girective positions, and higher sal- aries. ‘The whites have a large recrea- tional center in this public building with many fine appointments for rest and amusements. During lunch and dinner hours they repair to this restful retreat for sociability and dance, Last fall, a young Afro- American with a Splendid record in his work, felt the injustice of this exclusion of our employees so keenly that he secured the company of a young lady of the race to take part in the dance. As soon as this couple started to dance the music was ab- ruptly stopped, and the young man reported for attempting to take part {nan entertainment provided for employees. He was called to the office, lectured for being ‘one of those smart Negroes” who believe in “social equality,” and then dismiss- ed on a trumped-up charge, He was a night-employee, hence he carried a pistol. Right after the dance in- cident a fire broke out in the office. He was quickly accused of setting the building afire in revenge for his exclusion from the dance floor. De- tectives came to the building to ar- rest him, and failing to secure any evidence searched him only to dis- cover the pistol, They quickly drop- ped the arson charge and substituted one for carrying concealed weapons for which he was immediately dls- missed. By this severe punishment our employees are taught that there fs no way of escape for one who dares to resent the daily insults that thelr government (under President Coolidge) gives them. Many of the employees have ex- pressed their deeply-wounded feel- ings to me at being considered a pariah by the government whose in- stitutions they are serving so faith- fully, and I have taken up a number of cases only to be met by a demal that the conditions complained of exist, and a request for the names of my informants. I knew the fate these informants would suffer so I have never given a single name!! The de- partment then taking the position that {t cannot take ap the case. It is perfectly clear that this iniquit- ous scheme of segregation is a dit- ficult thing to fight, since the gov- ernment {s so well settled upon it, and the complainants cannot bear tags (Special to The Gazette) Washington, D. C.—Segregation in the bureau of engraving and printing has an interesting history {nvolving President Thomas Wood- row Wilson and members of his fam- hy, three heroie young colored wom- en’ who lost their positions as a re- sult of their protest, and the noble wife of Senator Robert La Follette (deceased). Shortly after the ac- cesion of Mr. Wilson to the White House, a member of his family visit- ed the bureau where she saw white and colored girls working together in perfect harmony, oblivious to any thought of race, Shortly thereafter came an order for the segregation of the races, and a white lady who bad been noted for her philanthropy ‘among ovr people and who was. sp- House appeared at the bureau te on. intimate terms at the White {ell out girls to be contented with the new order as “a great Negro Teader had taught colored people to Stay in their places.” ‘Three of the young ladies resisted the order to ihe last ditch and were summarily dismissed! Senator La Follette, father of the present Senator of the same name, Maged a protest with Secretary Me- Adoo to no avail, and his noble wife began a crusade against the undem- geratic innovation, She took the platform hére in Washington and Heston before the famous Twentieth Century club. She used the columns of the Senator's magazine, sparing neither space nor Vigor of utterance. She thuadered against it in our local white press, and addressed the national gathering of the N. A. A. ¢. P. in New York. When our peo- pie here were 90 profoundly dis- couraged, she came out, one stormy afternoon, to the Y. M. C. A., to Urge them to continue the @xht, for democracy was at the crisis. ” Oe wald Garrison Villard came to town to attack the White House and Cabi- ‘net and arouse our people, and the N. ‘ALA. C. P. secured publicity in over six hundred influential white papers in the country. The fight checked ‘what was thought to be the intention ‘of the segregatore, namely, the elim- {nation of the colored employees from the bureau altogether “The same segregation which some of our people think is the cherished institution of the Democratic party fs still there, in all of its fullness, under the administration of the party that Abraham Lincoln, Charles Sum- ner and Frederick Douglass helped to found, Our girls are employed there in far larger numbers than in any other branch of the public serv- ice. THEY ARE SEGREGATED in thelr rest rooms, toilets, and work. ing stations, and of course none are ever thought of for promotions to executive places. They are gizls {rom our best homes, most of them with high and normal school train- Ing, and fine culture, The white girls are of no such grade, as there is no segregation for them in the great world of things. They have unlimited fields at high wage for even mediocre talents. The best of oyr girls must take these inferior positions, the inevitable result of segregation. Our people are still hop- ing for the issuance of an order de- stroying this iniquitous practice in all of our government departments, for it not only humiliates the best of the government servants but im- pairs the government service. (Special to The Gazette) Washingtoa, D. C.—The treasury department, according to the Prasl- dent's acceptance speech, is now un- der the ablest financial genius since the days of Alexander Hamilton, It is to be remembered that the great Hamilton came from the West Indies and in that long sweep of history that the President traversed are the mighty Salmon P. Chase, secretary of the treasury in Lincoln’s cabinet, who, in a national extremity such as this country has never known, devised the national banking sys- tem which financed the Civil War; and Ohio's master financier, John Sherman. ‘These men never knew. what segregation was! The present head of the depart- ment of internal revenue, Mr. Blair from North Carolina, has not ap- pointed a colored clerk since hig in- cumbency. While his predecessor, Mr. Daniel Roper, a Democrat from Texas, appointed ‘and promoted sev- eral of them. Since the income tax legislation apd the numberless new taxes that the recent war necessi- tated, this is by far the largest de- partment of the treasury, employing Several thousand clerks. Yet Ne- groes are so scarce there that they can’t be noticed. There is the same general complaint here among our clerks and other employees as there isin the othr branches of the gov- ernment—failure to recognize thelr efficiency when promotions are due} ability to go so far and no further. ‘The various forms of segregation exist here as well as elsewhere—the restaurants closed or divided along color lines, and special tollets, lock- er rooms, rest rooms, ete., set off for colored. ‘The toilets ‘for the colored are few in such a large structure. Hence, the segregated clerks are forced to endure physical inconven- fence at times, and are forced to travel long distances when they de- sire the use of them. The depart- ment maintains a huge, magnificent cafeteria, ii the splendid sweep of woodland along our national drive- way, where white people of every class can come to rest, dine, and s0- clalize of afternoons and evenings at minimum costs. The white press of the city is constantly telling of the thousands who take advantage of this “delightful retreat," and the festive scone that their presence creates. It seats two thousand din- ers with space to spare; but not one Negro! His only share is in the taxes he is forced to pay for this luxury for another group ‘The registership of the treasury, which Republican Presidents have given the Negro since Garfield ap- pointed Blanch K. Bruce, is now filled by a white man, and the col- ored people are congregated in a sep- erate room which {5 publicly pro- claimed as “a colored division.” When ft 1s discovered that Negro clerks are “working as white” in other divisions, they are promptly transfered to this "colored diviston.”” Our people fear that protest against this segregation would result in the abolition of the division altogether; so they remain in a dilemna, fearing to act. Our clerks must accept seg- regation or elimination, and being poor, with no other opportunities in this southern atmosphere, must take the former. They are depressed at the wrong, but economle stress com- pels endurance of it. By a single stroke of his pen, President Calvin Coolidge can stod every bit of this damnable segrega- tion, just as he can condemn that lawless organization the Ku Klux Klan whenever he decides to do so. Subscribe Now