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IN THE U.S. DEMOCRACY IMPOSSIBLE IN UNION 16 STRENGTH FADEOUT O THE POT AND K By JOSEPH Formation of the Popul list-Republican Fusion Mover giving also, the facts as to Dis Diagnosis of the Southern n of existing Political Condition Smith-Vare contests in the Saloon League and its working the Lynching of the 15th Am of present interest discussed. Price $1.00--First Edit T. A. HEBB 184 West 135th Street Warn don't take wrong p When you ask for Skin Whitener Prep get them. Don't le the wrong package. have been deceived failed to say Dr. F. original Dr. FRED Whitener Preparati merit and when you you are getting the FRED Palmer's Sk tions—AND TAKE Get These FREE Samples If you four o Skin W Face I address tories, Ask for and get I Skin Whitener SIXTH YEAR. No. 20. FADEOUT OF POPULISM —AND— THE POT AND KETTLE IN COMMON By JOSEPH C. MANNING Information of the Populist Party and history of the Publican Fusion Movement in Alabama and the fact, also, the facts as to Disfranchisement. 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Christmas Seals give protection to your friends, to your family—and to you! THE GAZETTE ESTABLISHED, AUGUST 25, 1883 And Issued Every Week on Time Since CLEVELAND, OHIO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1928. 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. CORRESPONDENTS must mall all letters for publication at their main postoffice sufficiently early on Monday (or Sunday) of each week to have them reach The Gazette office on Tuesday morning, and always write their names and that of their city or town on the outside of the wrapper about returned copies. Unless this latter is done, proper credit cannot be given you. Lists of names, wedding presents, etc., obituary notices, inquiries for relatives and advertisements of all kinds, including items announcing entertainments to be held in the near future, must be paid for in advance at the rate of 20 cents a line six words to a line. Our rates for display advertisements will be sent on application. Freedom, Pa., has been moved from City hospital to Mrs. H. Sykes.—Mrs. M. McWilson left, Sunday for Columbus to visit relatives. She will bring back her little daughter who has been ill.—Mr. and Mrs. F. Williams have moved to Pike St.—Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jackson have moved into their new home, 774 N. Webb St.—Special Xmas music will be rendered by St. Luke's choir Sunday evening. Xmas eve, S. S. pupils will render a program and a free will be loaded with gifts for the pupils. The children will surely be given a treat.—Special Xmas music by the Second Baptist choir, Sunday. The S. S. pupils will render a program, Xmas eve. HILLSBORO. — Mrs. L. Young LOIRAIN.—The Xmas bazaar at seventh St. M. E. church netted $17. The trustee-helpers' bake-sale at Kline's store, last Friday, cleared $10.50. They sold out and could have sold more—for the benefit of St. Mathew's A. M. E. church. Rev. Mrs. J. Yong, parents. Of Mrs. Huld, the trustee, went the weekend with her.—Stanley Wallace will leave, Dec. 23, for Pittsburgh to spend the holidays with his parents.—Mrs. M. Smith and Mrs. S. Powell attended the funeral of a niece, last week, in Toledo. Mrs. Powell will return there to keep home for her nephew.—The play, "The Only Way", given by Mrs. R. Young, Monday night, proved a success that was thoroly appreciated by all. ALIANCE.—Mr. Warren Kreese's knee was severely cut, last week, when he attempted to crank his car and ran over him.—The pioneer A. C. wishes games with our class C teams. Write Edw. Johnson, 9312 Noble St., this city. The Y. P. M. s party, Wednesday evening, at Miss Louise Harris', was thoroly enjoyable.—Mr. Ted Warren, who had his foot crushed, recently, is able to walk again.—Mr. Morgan had the fin. Mrs. Jeanette Comes has recovered. Mrs. L. Board, Mrs. H. Baker, daughter, little O. Trans, Mrs. Mattie Gore and two children have it. Mr. W. Prairie has pneumonia.—Mrs. Cora Nicholas of DETROIT'S NEWEST "BATTLE"! Michigan Law Is in Our Favor and Victory Is Assured—J. L. Hudson Co. "Jim-Crow". Detroit, Mich.—Theire of our people of this city has been aroused again to the fighting point over trouble that has been brewing for years, relative to where we shall or shall not live. This controversy which has been carried on ever since the famous "Sweet" trial, has resulted in the damaging of property by white hoodlums nearly every time our people move into a "white neighborhood." The writer, Bob Brady, "the moving spirit of the local N. A. A. C. P. branch, was rekled by a decision recently ahnded down by Judge Hart in the case of Mrs. Isabelle Johnson to the effect that she could own the home which she had recently purchased on Six Mile Road here, but could not live in it. Rev. Brady called a mass meeting. Dec. 9. A committee consisting of C. H. Lewis, Francis M. Dent, W. H. McKenny, and Wm. Mahoney, was appointed to the office of action. They have decided that the should be taken to the state supreme court and if necessary to the U. S. supreme court. Churches are leading in raising funds. Segregation is finding its way into big business here. The J. L. Hudson Company, Detroit's largest department store, is the latest to employ discriminating tactics. A week ago an order was issued that if our employees cared to purchase lunch in the company's dining rooms they would all have to sit in a corner of the cafeteria. On the day the order was issued all of our employees went out to lunch rather than be "jim-crowded" in the store. They were supported in this move by our heads of the various departments. It was further ordered that our mails, elevator girls, and other female employees should not occupy the same rest rooms with other girls, but all must go to the fourth basement. Youngstown, O.—Mrs. Wm. Headley of Pierpont. Trumbull county north of here, has just given birth to the third set of twins in three years. Five of them are girls. There are five other children in the family. The father is a prominent lumber dealer and sawmill operator. Freedom, Pa., has been moved from City hospital to Mrs. H. Sykes.—Mrs. M. McWilson left, Sunday for Columbus to visit relatives. She will bring back her little daughter who has been ill.—Mr. and Mrs. F. Williams have moved to Pike St. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jackson have moved into their new home, 774 N. Webb St.—Special Xmas music will be played by Luke's S. S. Sunday evening. Xmas is S. S. pupils will render a program and a tree will be loaded with gifts for the pupils. The children will surely be given a treat.—Special Xmas music by the Second Baptist choir, Sunday. The S. S. pupils will render a program, Xmas eve. HILLSBORO. — Mrs. L. Young spent Sunday with her brother, Charles Golins. — Mrs. A. Owens entertained the Get-Together club, Wednesday afternoon. — Mr. V. Wallace is improving. — Mrs. Ella Trimble Mr. and Mrs. George French, Rev. and Mrs. W. H. Alexander of Cincinnati, visited the former's mother, Mrs. K. Hill, Sunday. Rev. Alexander preached an excellent sermon, Sunday evening, at New Hope Baptist church. "Out in the Street," a temperance drama, will be given at high school auditorium, Dec. 29, for the benefit of the K. of P. C. Hudson, C. Pleasant, C. Colter, committee. — Mrs. Spencer Jones, of Washington C. H., visited her brother, James A. Young, Friday. — Miss Geneva Swift of Columbus spent Sunday with Mrs. Ada Highwarden who is ill. — Richard Willis and Raymond Williams visited in Greenfield, Sunday. — C. A. McFarland and son of Indianapolis visited Rev. and Mrs. James Young and his daughter, Mrs. Harvey Ames, Sunday. — Robert Young of Greenfield visited his brother, James Ames, Sunday. — Mrs. James Young and in Dawton, this week, Rev. J. J. Burr has revival services at his church in Washington C. H. The meetings are well attended and much good accomplished. — Mr. Samuel Young was taken ill, Sunday evening. — We wish the readers and editor of The Gazette a merry Xmas and happy new year. WELCOME BACK Several years ago, the firm of Spritz & Shield, which operates the well-known clothing and jewelry store, The Spritz Co., 2067 E. 9th St., this city, decided to add two branch stores, in other cities, to their very prosperous business in this city, Mr. Irv Spritz going to Danville, Ill., and Mr. Jim Shield to Elmira, N. Y., where they opened Spritz Co. stores, leaving their father (they are brothers-in-law), a very fine man too, in charge of the local store. Both succeeded admirably, of course, in their new fields of endeavor. But the continued illness of the elder Shield, which for many months had compelled Mr. Irv Spritz to make week-end trips to the city, finally forced the return to Cleveland of Mr. Jim Shield, much to the satisfaction of his hosts of local friends among whom are hundreds, yes thousands of our people. A veteran of the World War, in which his rugged constitution was all but wrecked, incapacitating and causing him great suffering for several years thereafter, Jim Shield has exceptional business qualities and personality along with a gift of making warm and lasting friends. That is why he is so well liked, popular and familiarly addressed and known throughout the city as "Jim" Shield. His return to Cleveland at this time is especially pleasing to The Spritz Co.'s hundreds of local friends. It will undoubtedly be the means of adding many more, as well as causing the return of any who may have strayed from the straight and wide path to the well-known store in E. 9th St. "The Old Reliable" Gazette felicitates The Spritz Co. on Jim Shield's return and wishes both individual and firm even greater success in the future. JIM SHIELD SAVE WEAVER! OUR WOMEN CALL! "DEEDS NOT WORDS!" Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs. Columbus, O., Dec. 17, '28. Dear Club Members: — Joseph Weaver is still in the death row of the Ohio Penitentiary, condemned to die for a crime in which, in the strong opinion of many, he took absolutely no part. That he is still alive is due to those who have championed his cause. First to be mentioned in this connection is Rev. T. JOSEPH WEAVER O. Reed, chaplain of the Ohio Pentitentiary, to whom in company with Warden P. E. Thomas was made a confession by another prisoner (sentenced to life imprisonment for the crime) exonerating Weaver, since which time Chaplain Reed has not ceased in strong concern and effort. Atty's. N. E. Cook and Wm. Marsellier, Room 518. Leader Building, Cleveland, are giving unstintedly in time, effort and money in behalf of their client of whose innocence they are convinced. They have knocked at every legal door for relief and are still so engaged. They will frankly discuss the case with anyone interested. Hon. Harry C. Smith, editor of The Cleveland Gazette, is doing splendid work in keeping before the public the case of this young man whom editorially he calls innocent Joseph Weaver, the Board of Ministers' Association, the Inter-American Ministers' Alliance, the Club of our lawyers, all of the resolution expressing willingness to co-operate in any way and every way in the movement to save Joseph Weaver. Wm. R. Conners, ex. sec. the League of Cleveland; Mr. Charles White, pres. Cleveland N. A. A. C. P. and Walter F. White of the New York office, in attendance at the Interdenominational Ministers' Alliance at Cleveland stand ready to assist. Mrs. Dove King Clarke, who formerly taught him in the evening schools of Cleveland, is now visiting our various Ohio organizations in an effort to pass over to these audiences her affection for her former punk feeling in his closely it is unthinkable to connect him with a sordid crime. The greatest anxiety now prevails to get this matter properly before Gov. A. V. Donahaye at once and this anxiety is made most tense by the fact that only a few days remain of his administration. I am asking that our clubs show co-operation by writing him letters at once asking for the pardon of Joseph Weaver; from individual clubs and from federations as well. Do not wait for regular meetings of your clubs, but get together on this, at once. Gov. Donahaye's term of office expires. Jan. 14: the matter should be closed days before then. Let every club not only send a letter to the governor, but influence ministers and influential persons and organizations to do the same, this month! ANNA V. HUGHES. Chair., Legislative Com., Ohio Federation of Our Women's Clubs. BLOCTON, ALA., BREVITIES Mrs. A. A. Parker of Brent spent the week-end with her daughter, Mrs. J. C. Avery—Mrs. L. Shepperd has returned from a two weeks visit with her mother, Mrs. I. L. Hick of Maruperville—"The Star'", church pageant, under the direction of Rev. C. M. Hayden will be presented at New Hope A. M. E. church, Xmas. In addition, there will be an attractive program of music and reading.—Our local schools will close Dec. 21, for the holidays, reopening Dec. 31.—The P. T. A. expects to renew its efforts to bring about more and better co-operation, next year. Prof. G. W. Crumpton, principal W. Blocton school, will spend the holidays with his family at Snowhill while Prof. Wm. L. Savage of Blocton school, will remain here. a wife, an assistant teacher has a nice program at No. 2 school house.—Miss Elizabeth Westbrook, another assistant teacher and a prominent young lady, will spend the holidays with her parents in Birmingham—Rev. E. G. Massey will review the S. S. lessons Dec. 23 at 10:30 a.m. at Liberty Baptist Church. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS UNTIL DISFRANCHISEMENT IS WIPED OUT AND ALL CITIZEN RIGHTS ACCORDED FREELY TO ALL, Says Editor Wm. E. Du Bois in an Address at the Nation's Capital—Other Problems Depend Upon Political Power, He Says! Washington, D. C.—Democracy is going to be impossible in the United States until the country faces the problem or disfranchisement in the South, declared Dr. W. E. Du Bois, speaking, Wednesday afternoon, before the National Intercultural Conference in the auditorium of the Department of the Interior building. make our minds and consciences clear; a disfranchised working-class in modern industrial civilization is worse than slavery, it is a menace, not simply to itself, but to every group in the community. It will suffer in health, it will be compelled to be ignorant, it will work on the lowest industrial plane, it will live in "Of all the questions which come before the National Interracial Conference, that of political power on the part of Afro-Americans occupies, to my mind, the key position," said Editor Du Bois. "There was a time when a study of health and population was necessary in order to prove that the race in America was not dying out or was not of a peculiar and unusual physique. Between the years 1890 and 1910, the right of the Afro-American to modern education had to be established upon a scientific basis, a problem which his occupation, housing, and recreation, all depend upon political power, and not, as many seem to assume, upon philanthropy. In the same way, we are going to abolish mobs and lynching and have a more equitable administration of law and justice, clearer citizenship rights, and more normal race relations, only if we can establish in the United States a democracy upon the fundamental truth that every group of those governed should have a voice in its own government. For twenty-five years this nation, even the friends of the black community, marched in the question of his vote should not be touched upon nor investigated. We do not, therefore, know how far he votes, today, only in a very general way. We need, first of all, thoroughgoing investigation of the facts, and before and after this, we need to JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER, SR. Ormond Beach, Fla., Dec. 11, '28. Hon. John P. Green, Blackstone Bldg., Cleveland, O. Dear Brother and Friend:—I am deeply touched by and very grateful for your beautiful letter of the 7th, received today. I rejoice with you when I see how greatly we've been blessed with health and strength and vigor of body and mind. No words of ours can fully express this gratitude. Though we have had to do actively with the affairs of life, we have yet lived quietly and temperately; and we are certainly reaping the reward of our careful living, in the long, long period which we have enjoyed, in the past. We have been we lie down and when we rise up; when we go out and when we come in; and are 'most appreciative of the kindnesses of the many friends who have favored us with their confidence and love. We bless them; and what a great blessing they have conferred upon us, in the appreciation alone they have always been pleased to present us the inspiring poem and the interesting clipping. It is just like you to keep on with these writings—it was in your nature, as a boy. I am not willing to concede, that you knew me before I knew you. I cannot remember the time in Cleveland when I did not know you and your dear sisters; all of whom we knew but to love and respect; and in whose hands we were better for the association. I am not given to writing long letters; and will ask you to pardon my making this one so lengthy. I send to you and your dear ones my kindest regards and every best wish. Sincerely your friend. John D. Rockefeller. (autograph). "JIM CROW" HOSPITAL Advocates "Dumped" by City Officials Who Are to Establish a "Jim Crow" Ward, Etc. St. Louis, Mo.—The Board of Aldermen and the Public Welfare committee, on Friday, unanimously approved a measure which would locate the proposed "jim-crow" hospital north of and adjoining the main city hospital for whites. This would repeal an ordinance, passed several years ago, locating the new institution in the heart of the "Negro" district. The repeal measure, it is clearly understood, is for the purpose of reducing the proposed $1.200,000 hospital to a "jim-crow" ward, adjacent to the white institution, and the abolishing of the proposed "Negro doctors, nurses and superintendents." 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. We immediately establish its rank as one of the NEWSIEST AND BEST in the country. THE COPY FIVE CENTS POSSIBLE FRANCHISEMENT ALL CITIZEN RIGHTS AC- REELY TO ALL, Bois in an Address at the Na- Problems Depend Upon He Says—Slavery! make our minds and consciences clear; a disfranchised working-class in modern industrial civilization is worse than helpless. It is a menace, not simply to itself, but to every group in the community. It will suffer in health, it will be compelled to be ignorant, it will work on the lowest industrial plane, it will live in poverty, it will be the plaything of mobs, and insulted by caste restrictions. No amount of goodwill on the part of philanthropists, or on the part of the ordinary citizen, will change these facts. How the working class is using it with the political power to better and maintain its economic position may still be a grave problem; but there is no problem in the certainty that without political power no modern working group can escape slavery. But that is not all. A disfranchised group compels the disfranchisement of other groups. Today, in the South, politicians have every incentive to cut down the number of voters, black and white. The smaller the number of voters, the greater is the political power of the cliques which today dominate the South, and their consequent influence on the political life of the whole United States makes a normal Third Party movement impossible. The interest, therefore, of the dominant economic classes, are bound up with the South. And until honest and clear-thinking Americans frankly and unflinchingly face this problem, measure disfranchisement and stop it by thorough-going means, democracy is going to be impossible in America and aligarchy of wealth and economic power is going to dominate the United States, mislead the white world, and seek to enslave the darker races." WEAVER AND SABO! The Afro-American and Hungarian Victims of Circumstances— Their People—The Difference! Columbus, O., Dec. 17, '28. Hon. Harry C. Smith. ```markdown ``` Editor Gazette, Cleveland, I. Dear Sir:—Ever since I’ve been here, since had no other job, I’ve been our teacher, not many as of many cannot write for themselves. Among the number is John Sabo, a young Hungarian in poverty like myself. He is new in this country and knows very little of the English language. It is believed, even by some of the state officers, that Sabo is innocent of the crime he is under sentence of death for. And since the Hungarian people are of the same conviction, word to that effect has been circulated among Hungarian-American citizens by Hungarian newspapers. John Sabo’s evidence, his incarceration isn’t strong as mine, and let me tell you that money from nearly every state in the union has been raised by the Hungarian people and sent to the treasurer of the fund for him at the headquarters in Akron to help him demand justice. Total amount, over $4,000. Our newspapers have published repeatedly the fact that I am an innocent man and about to be executed! Our race seem to believe they have more and better religion than any other race on earth, and I feel ashamed while answering not that only 8% Sabo letters, since have been helped by the Hungarian people for what they are doing to help him. Not more than a few, out of the ten million of our people in this country, have made a move to help me and those few consist of the Mission Volunteer society of the Seventh Day Adventist church, E. 71st St. and Cedar Ave., Cleveland; Rev. Dr. Clarke and his family of Columbus, he a former pastor of St. John’s A. M. E. church, Cleveland; you and a few others. Atty’s Cook and Marsteller asked me, after was “convicted”, did I have any money to pay for carriage up to the higher courts. I told them no. They said since we are convinced of your innocence, we are going to spend our own money and look to your people to pay us if they can. Thanks, thanks to the highest, for the stand you and others have taken for me, an innocent man. I am Cory choir monthly musicale, Sunday afternoon, was excellent. Communion services in the morning. Rev. S. H. Sweeney, district supt., officiated, assisted by the pastor. OH, AUNTIE, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR GIVING THAT PARTY FOR ME - IT WAS JUST TOO RITZY FOR ANYTHING, AND THE BOYS AND GIRLS I MET ARE PERFECTLY LOVELY I'M SO GLAD YOU HAD A GOOD TIME - I NOTICED THE BOYS WERE VERY ATTENTIVE TO YOU THAT WILLIE FRAZER IS AN AWFUL PEST, HE STOCK TO ME LIKE GLUE ALL EVENING AND TRIED TO TAKE EVERY DANCE HE CALLED UP TWICE YESTERDAY AND WAS HERE LAST NIGHT TOO - HE'S GETTING MONOTONUS AND I... SAY COUSIN PATRICIA I HEARD YOU TELL MOM YOU'D HAFTA GIVE WILLIE FRAZER THE GATE - YOU CAN HAVE THAT OLE ONE IN THE SHED. WE DON'T NEED IT ANYMORE. 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 IS STRENGTH SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1928. N. A. A. C. P. SURRENDERS! The announcement issued in New York City during the recent campaign by the N. A. A. C. P., pointing out in reality not what they demand, but what they cringingly surrender, was a great mistake, and one that is significant. The announcement in part ran as follows: "The emphasis of racial contempt and hatred which is being made in this campaign is an appeal to the lowest and most primitive of human motives, and as long as this appeal successfully can be made there is for this land no real peace, no sincerе religion, no national uplift, no social progress even in matters far removed from racial controversy. Do not misunderstand us, we are not asking equality where there is no equality. We are not demanding or even discussing purely social inter-mingling. We have not the slightest desire for inter-marriage between the races. We frankly recognize that the aftermath of slavery must involve long years of poverty, crime and contempt." This is a surrender by the N. A. A. C. P., for in the past this organization had taken a stand against all those who try to set up any barrier against us. This right-about-turn is more than a back down, it is an outright retreat at a time when this organization could have played a very important part in directing its members and our people towards the elementary rights which they are entitled to as human beings. This organization has thus surrendered a principle which is sacred and for which we must fight to the bitter end. Even the oppressors will be forced to admit that the demand of the Afro-American for unconditional equality is a natural and just demand, and to ask for less would constitute treason to the cause of real and complete emancipation. A "ROLAND HAYES" QUESTION! Cleveland, O., Dec. 17, 1928. Editor Afro-American, Baltimore, Md. Dear Conferee:—There is much to commend in Mr. Gillis Nutter's line of argument in the Roland Hayes - concerts - color-line-segregation discussion now general throughout the country. But there is another phase of this 'Hayes' segregation that our people must also consider and that is brought out in bold relief by asking the following question: Would an artist or singer of any other class or race than ours appear in public recital, as Roland Hayes does, with his people only segregated like a lot of pariahs in the theater or hall? It is not only very harmful humiliation and insult to his people but also to the "artist" or singer, whoever he may be, such as no self and race respecting member of any race should tolerate even to make money, an outstanding reputation as an "artist" or anything else. COUNCILMAN GREGG SHOULD ANSWER. Dr. E. J. Gregg, a councilman from the third district of this city and one of our three members of that more or less august body, has introduced "A resolution to submit to the electors of the city of Cleveland the question of authorizing the levy annually for five years of a tax not to exceed one-half of one mill on the dollar of assessed valuation for current expenses of the subdivision, towit: The police and fire pension funds." The resolution was read and referred to the director of public safety, city manager, committee on fire and police, appropriation and finance, director of finance and director of law. The chairman of the "committee on fire and police" is another one of our councilmen. Tom Fleming, who has been a member of Cleveland's city council for sixteen years and in all of that time has said or done absolutely nothing, that we can recall, of moment to our people of this community. We had not noticed the introduction of the Gregg resolution but our attention has been called to it by a steady reader of The Gazette who sent also the following query and comment: "Why is Gregg so much interested in the police and fire department? The firemen refuse to work with a Colored fireman at any fire station in the city. No 'Negro' can be a fireman here, and yet Gregg wants to help them". We respectfully refer the above question and comment to Councilman Gregg for answer because all the writer says is true. Tom Fleming has been a member of the city council for sixteen years and chairman of its committee on police and fire for years. He has had MANY opportunities to do SOMETHING for his people, and here is still another. It is a wedge, if used properly, with which Gregg and Fleming can pry open the fire stations to competent and otherwise acceptable Afro-Americans. Our three councilmen can also open the city hospital and its nurse training school to our people if they will. All are maintained by the tax-payers of the community and we are such in as large a proportion as any other class or race in the city. Come now, Councilmen Gregg, Fleming and Claybourne George "get busy" HOWARD CASE DISMISSED Five men charged with selling federal offices in Mississippi were acquitted by a jury in Federal Court at Jackson, Miss., last week Friday. Among the defendants was one white Republican. Our only national committeeman, Perry Howard, Mississippi Republican leader, charged with accepting money for the appointment of a U. S. marshal of the southern district of Mississippi, was also one of the five. The "illy-white Republicans" of Mississippi and Georgia, who were "Hooverites" working with the Ku Klux Klan, in the last campaign, trumped up these charges and those against Ben Davis, then National Republican committeeman from Georgia, for the purpose of taking those two states from the control of Afro-Americans and making the National Republican Committee "illy-white". They succeeded in ousting Davis but Howard is hanging on. For how long, it remains to be seen. The Hoover political management will etitle this in the finality and we will then be able to judge just how strong we are with the incoming President and how strong or weak the "illy-white" and the Ku Klux Klan are. As members of the National Committee, Davis and Howard were of little or no consequence to our people. So it matters little to the race whether or not Howard is kicked out as was Davis. HOWARD A FEDERAL UNIT. The House Bill Authorizing Annual Appropriations, Passes the U. S. Senate. Washington, D. C. — The House Committee on Appropriations has okeyed the Interior Department appropriation bill carrying $600,000 for Howard University. Last week Monday, without amendment, debate or roll call the U. S. Senate passed the bill, virtually making Howard University a federal unit. It provides authority for appropriations to Howard and passed the House at the last session. $now goes to the White House for President's signature. This he is sure to do. The bill ends a range practice that has been ongoing for years. Every time the Howard University item has been reached in the Interior Department appropriation bill some southern member of the House has had it stricken out on a "point of order". Then the Senate would restore it and it staved in the bill. Another Medal for Licorish Boston, Mass.—Gov. Alvan T. Fuller of this state, pinned the Golden Seal of the Commonwealth on the breast of Lionel Lichir, outstanding hero of the S. S. Vestris disaster, who saved more than a score of lives. Boston gave him a civic reception and ball, last week Tuesday night. He appeared at the Keith-Albee theatre, all week. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1928. Prime Sport News Prime Sport News It's "William" Now; Not "Gorilla" "New York City"—Tom McArdle wanted to substitute "Gorilla Jones", of Akron, O. for, for Rene De Vos against Ace Hudkins when De Vos became ill, but Hudkins wanted nothing to do with the "Gorilla". Jones would have been worth a good bet in such a contest. By the way the New York commission has insisted that Jones drop that "Gorilla" tag. He is William Jones in Manhattan now. His half-brother, Sam Bruce, is a corking fighter. He gave Jack Thompson a whale of a battle a few weeks ago. Chocolate Trims Helstein Buffalo, N. Y.—Kid Chocolate, sensational Afro-Cuban bantam-weight, defeated Johnny Helstein (white) of Buffalo in a 10-round bout here, last week Friday night, chocolate weighed 122 and Helstein 123. The Cuban boy had the American in a bad way on two occasions. Helstein taking a count of nine in the second round and being dropped for a count of one in the fifth. Helstein seldom was able to break through the Cuban's guard and was forced to clinch to escape Chocolate's snappy left jab, which continually found its mark. "Chick" Loses to an Italian New York City—Chick Suggs bantam and featherweight title-holder of New England, lost the judges decision to Tony Canzoneri, former world's featherweight champion, at the Olympic A. C. here, Dec. 8. Suggs fought gamely and was never more successful going out by the K.O route. The battle is considered one of his best exhibitions, the plucky little battler having fought more than 150 times. There is talk of a return match between Suggs and Canzoneri. "GET OUT AND GO!" The Pastor of St. James A. M. E Church Is Alleged to Have Said to a Forum Visitor. Last Sunday. Sunday afternoon, at St. James A. M. e. church during the hour fun, Mr. Alonze Grace delivered the main address. The chairman stated that after the address opportunities for discussion would be given. Atty W. B. Bowen, who was invited by several members of the church to attend the forum took his occasion to present his criticism of the last meeting and in doing so severely censured two or three persons, calling their names, because they were never seen at the forum until election time. When the time for discussions arrived Atty. Bowen got the floor and took issue with the critic for naming these men while they were not present, saying he thought it was beyond the duty of the critic. Then he talked on the main subject, Re. R. O. Walker, pastor of the church, summarized the talks of all and is alleged to have said: "In reference to the young man who took issue with our critic. I wish to say that our critic was all right in naming these men and that it was not beyond his duty, and if you don't like it you can get out and stay out of here, because our critic can name and criticise anybody that he wants to." Atty. Bowen is an A. B. of Moorehouse college, formerly of the Law School of Western Reserve university, and a LL. B. of Cleveland Law school. He is a registered applicant of the Ohio Bar Association and the son-in-law of Dr. L. G. Duncan, an ex-elder of the A. M. E. Church. Robeson's Salary $1,200 Week New York City—Paul Rebeson's reputed salary is $1,200 weekly for his performances in London, England. Writing of him in his "Day by Day" column, O. O. McIntyre, the columnist, speaking of Robeson's London success, probably the most brilliant of any player in England, says: "In England Robeson finds no racial prejudice. He is piloted to the best tables in cafes, invited to select Mayfair drawing rooms and becomes the guest of honor in the night clubs. Already America wants him back and Equity is deciding a dispute over his contract." An Echo of the Past. New York, June 24, 1919. Mary White Ovington (white), chairman of the executive board of the N. A. A. C. P., is a Socialist. I heard DuBois, out of his own mouth, say he was "not a Democrat or a Republican, but a Socialist." USED PIANOS Goodwill Industries 2146 E. Ninth St. Godfrey, the Best. When one of our noble nordic no-nice-nudgers draws "the color line" he is merely retreating behind the barrier John L. Sullivan erected between himself and Peter Jackson for the same reason that Sullivan declined to fight Jackson—because of the danger to be encountered in a contest with the able colored man. The best heavyweight in the ring topped George Gorey, black blemish of Leiperville, but the chance that he will succeed Gene Tunney is remote. None of the ranking heavies can be induced to have anything to do with him. Ray Campbell, sport writer, in The Cleveland Daily News. The "Keed" Bumps Another New York City.—Kid Chocolate, bantanweight contender, won a technical knockout in the eighth round of his 10-round match with Emil Paluso (white) of Salt Lake City, Utah, at the St. Nicholas arena here, Monday night. The "Keed" gave Paluso a terrific trouncing, the referee stepping in and halting the slaughter after two minutes and 35 seconds of fighting in the eighth round. Paluso, at that time, had been so badly battered he could no longer offer any resistance. Paluso fought a game battle all the way, eternally boring in to pound away at the Cuban's body. But Chocolate, calm and confident, brought his rival up short time after time with jarring punches to the head. In second Paluso ran into one of the right hook that almost closed his left eye. The Cuban made the injured optic a target until it was completely closed in the fifth. The weights were: Chocolate 121½, Paluso 119. Big Cable Will Toledo 'Phone Dredge ready to start across Maum Big Cable Will Carry Voices of Toledo'Phone Users Under River Bredge ready to start across Maumee river followed by cable on a snow WHEN the average person uses the telephone, he rarely takes thought of the route his voice travels in reaching its destination at the other end of the line. In Toledo, for instance, a person calling from a telephone in the business section to some one in Eagle Point or Rossford, across the river, sends his voice over a roundabout route through Toledo's East Side, since the Maumee at that point is too wide to carry the lines aerially and there is no bridge. But in a short time when talking between the same two points his voice will follow a route under the river from one shore to the other. it would be better to lay the cable directly across the river than to employ several miles of the expensive cable. The shorter route also would make it easier to maintain a high quality of transmission. So the new cable, now being laid, cuts directly across the river and will serve the outlying sections from a different exchange—the one lying closest to them by air line. New cables are being laid under ground to the river's edge on both shores. The submarine cable will be anchored in manholes at both sides, and laid in a trench from four to six feet deep under the water. The trench is first dug by a As telephone usage has increased, the traffic over the present long route has reached the point where additional facilities will soon be required. It was found that to provide adequately for the future, a cable containing at least 1,800 wires would be needed to serve the distant sections. In spite of the greater difficulty of the task, it was the opinion of engineers that Send In Your Send In Your Subscriptions Good-bye, Willie. LIE FRAZER, FUNFUL PEST, HE ME LIKE GLUE ENING AND TO TAKE EVERY ANCE HE TWICE AND NIGHT GETTING AND Just what our people of this community will soon have to do, in the case of the local City hospital and its nurses' school, has been done by our people of Charleston, W. Va., who last week won a sweeping victory when the Supreme Court of that state ordered the library to be the whites of Charleston. The principle is the same in both the Charleston and Cleveland cases: Citizen-taxpayers cannot be legally denied the free use of public institutions of any kind, maintained by public funds, and that includes city hospitals, libraries, bath-houses, bathing pools and beaches, and all other public institutions, municipal, state and federal or national, our own community of this community wake up, get busy at once, and teach City Manager W.J. Hopkins and his subordinate, Dr. Dudley "Segregation" Blossom a much-needed lesson along the line indicated. Atty. Robert Barcus of Columbus, our special assistant in the office of the attorney general of Ohio, is being opposed for reappointment by Councilman Tom Fleming of this city, it is said, on the ground that Barcus "has held the position long enough". This is RICH, coming from Tom who has "held" the office of councilman for sixteen years. We are not advocating for reappointment of the attorney as the head of our Ohio Knights of Pythias, with others we hold him responsible for the leasing of the new theater in our K. P. headquarters' building at Columbus to a man (white) who has a chain of movie theaters in Columbus from some of which our people are barred, and otherwise discriminated against in others. Of course, this ought to recommend Barcus to the color-line Republican governor in office. Tom's political servility has made him personal grata to the leaders of the local Republican party for the past sixteen years. 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Jackson of Everton JAve., is visiting relatives in New York Gity. Mrs. Mary McKee, of Mary B. Tal- bert temple, Elks, has been elected daughter ruler to Succeed Mrs. Nettie Bernard who served long and well. Last week Wednesday, Cuyahoga Lodge, Elks, elected the following officers: Selmo C. Glenn, exalted ruler; H. W. Burrell, re-elected, fin see.; Tom Fleming, re-elected treas.; M, Earley, ree. sec. Dr. L. F. Ruf, Presbyterian pulpit orator, spoke very interestingly on “What the Afro-American Means to Cleveland” at the Woodland Center mass meeting, Sunday _afternon. Atty. Alex. H. Martin presided. _ Representative-elect Perry B. Jackson actively sponsored the ap- pointment of Joseph Baylor, a local young attorney, as engrossing clerk of the Ohio House of Representa- tives, a position always given our peopie of the state, Antioch Baptist church’s newly organized orchestra made its first appearance with the S. S., Dec, 9. ‘The Brotherhood has elected the fol- lowing officers for the ensuing year: Allen Strong, pres.; Thos. Bell, viee- pres.; Joo Thomas, sec.; Wm. Shaw, assist.; and B. Sheflet, treas. ‘Active on the home economics committee of the P. W.,A., which plan to train maids for Cleveland Women is Mrs. Robert H. Bishop (white) of Novelty. A_ series of classes for training girls for domestic service is being started at the asso- ciation this month.—Cleveland Daily News. ‘The union city B. ¥. P. U. met at Second Mt. Sinai Baptist church, Sunday afternoon. Rey. Wm. Tally, of Evanston, IIL, preached, Sunday morning and afternoon, the pastor, Rev. D. W. Hill, being ill, Madam Catherine Williams sang a solo, L. R. Carey read and Master Luther Hill sang “Silent Night.” ‘The visiting court of appeals, here last week Friday, ruled that, Joseph Weaver, “convicted slayer” of a TUBBY THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O., SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1928. The editor of The Gazette ac- knowledges the receipt of an invi- tation from Mr, and Mrs. Arthur B. Smith to attend the wedding recep- tion of their daughter, Emma Fell- cia, and Carlton A, Batson, Tuesday evening. at Metropolitan club; nightwatchman for the Midland Steel Products Co., must die in the electric chair, from which he has thrice been snatched through the ef- forts. of his attorneys, Nathan E. Cook and Wm. F. Marsteller. Fol- lowing the appellate judges’ decision not to grant the slayer a new trial, Cook and Marsteller announced that an appeal will be made immediately to the state supreme court. Write Gov. A. V. Donahey, at Columbus to pardon Weaver, an innocent man. The home of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B, Smith, EB, T4th St., was the scene of a very pretty wedding, Tuesday evening. when their only daughter, Emma Felicia, was united in mar- riage to Carlton A. Batson, Rev. H. P. 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It has a threehorse-power Villiers engine, is shaft driven and can attain a speed of 60 miles per hour. The steering is similar to that of an automobile and the driver sits on an unbolstered seat and back. 'SHORT SALES' OF FUEL FOR MOTORS Only Eight States Have Taken Action to Protect Car Owners. "Although motorists spent $2,350,000,000 for gasoline and oil in 1927, only eight states have taken action to protect car owners from short measures." Charles M. Hayes, president of the Chicago Motor club announces. "A recent survey by the American Automobile association revealed that the motoring public is fleeced of approximately $20,000,000 a year through 'short sales' of motor fuels," Mr. Hayes pointed out. "It is deplorable that so few states have made provision for checking the sales of 317,000 gas stations and 604,000 pumps that were in operation last year. States Check S-les. "The eight states that check these sales are California, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Ohio. Illinois is one of twenty-five commonwealths which have passed protective legislation but are without sufficient appropriations with which to enforce those laws. "The states in need of such legislation are: Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico and North Dakota. Thomas P. Henry, president of the American Automobile association, urged in a bulletin addressed to 1,065 motor clubs affiliated with the A. A. A., that a program be launched immediately to check the losses sustained by motorists in purchasing gasoline and oil. Recommendations Made. "The principal recommendations of the national motoring body are, first, immediate adoption of new legislation on weights and measures by those states wherein there is no law of this sort or the existing legislation is inadequate; secondly, the creation of state and local enforcement organizations with an efficient personnel; thirdly, sufficient appropriations by the legislatures to enable the organizations to operate efficiently every day of the year. "It is expected that the National Conference on Weights and Measures, the United States bureau of standards, and responsible gas and oil companies and filling station owners, will lend their maximum co-operation in a determined drive to rid the highways of dishonest proprietors and pifering pump attendants." Painting Often Causes The 4dea of having a mechanical trouble following the painting of the car does not occur to the average motorist, yet such trouble frequently develops. This is because the painters must remove certain trimmings of the car, particularly the lights. This means disturbing electrical wiring. Batteries may run down and occasion starting and ignition trouble if the painters have been careless. Sometimes paint gets into places for which it was not intended. Since the popular method of refinishing cars today is by spraying on lacquer, it is customary to strip a car even to the point of taking off the door lock. Speed being the big asset of this process, it is apt to be carried too far and to the point of giving the motorist some mechanical or electrical troubles when the job is completed. New cars that have the advantage of adjustable steering columns are falling into the hands of thousands of automobile buyers at this season. If more than one member of the family is to drive the car, it is an excellent idea to have the steering wheel set at an average adjustment, usually the middle position of the three available. Here it will be found to be approximately right for the smallest as well as the tallest member of the family driving force. Gauge for Gravity-Feed Type or Gasoline Supply A number of automotive vehicles are fitted with gravity systems for fuel supply, particularly trucks and cars used for commercial purposes. The drawing shows an installation which provides the driver with a gas gauge on the instrument board, and a clean-out pipe to enable clearing the fuel line in case it is clogged. A T-fitting is inserted at the point indicated, and a 100-pound pressure water gauge is attached here so that its bottom is level with that of the gasoline tank and the gas in both will reach the same height. Turn cocks are provided at the tank and at the carburetor. A tire valve is fitted to the top of the gauge, which TIRE VALVE 100-LB PRESSURE WATER GAUGE TANK CONTENTS BREAD HERE FUEL LINE TURN COCKS CARBURETOR Gasoline Gauge for Gravity-Feed Type of Gas Supply Installed on Instrument Board. is graduated in gallons by starting with an empty tank and adding one gallon at a time until the tank is full. A file can be used to make the marks on the gauge. To clean out the fuel line, attach the pump above the gauge and alternately open and close the turn cocks. The air pressure supplied will then force out the obstruction—Popular Mechanics Magazine. Billions Spent Yearly FOR Automobile Service Motorists of the nation spend over $5,000,000,000 annually with service stations and repair shops, according to Richard Harfst, manager of the Detroit Automobile club. Mr. Harfst basis his statement on figures furnished by the research department of the American Automobile association, which show that in 1927 more than $5,250,000,000 was spent with service stations and repair shops by automobile owners. "This staggering sum," Mr. Harfst points out, "was divided as follows: Parts and service supplies, $500,000,000; tires for replacement, $25,000,000; fuels and lubricants, $2,350,000 and service labor, $1,092,000,000. In 1919 the total amount spent was $2,125,000,000, while in 1926 it had increased to $4,815,000,000." AUTOMOBILE HINTS --- Automobile production is now France's greatest industry. Does anyone know a centenarian who attributes the fact to insisting on the right of way? Since motorization, the old-fashioned sign "Look Out for the Cars" has taken on considerable territory. Cars today cost 29 per cent less than before the war. Commodities in general cost 67 per cent more. The automobile industry ranks first among all United States manufactures, rated according to wholesale value of production. "Well," said the motorist, as he parked the car at the home place, "I haven't killed anybody today—that is, not that I know of." The reckless auto speeders are more careful now at the railroad crossings. They've transferred the most of the tragedies to the city streets. * * * Honey can be used in the auto radiator as an anti-freeze mixture. Mix with an equal volume of water, half an hour, and skim. It is safe down to 25 below zero. THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1928 COATS OF WHITE AND LIGHTTONED FUR LEAD IN FORMAL CHIC SINCE 1920 AND UNDER 1920 SMART KID SHOES TAKE ON COMPLEMENTARY COSTUME COLORS AFTER all, there is nothing lovelier than white for evening wear, and the elite are proving it out during the present social season. Not only do frocks of satin, moire, taffeta and velvet proclaim the exquisiteness of white, but wraps are most often of snowy ermine, often with white fox. Every conceivable styling from capes to coats is given to these white fur wraps, sleeves being particularly elaborated. The ruffled sleeves which impart such a degree of distinction to the ermine coat to the right in the picture, convey some idea of the extent to which fanciful styling is carried. The sleeves of the companion ermine coat are also styled in generous graceful lines. Very beautiful evening wraps of white velvet are also much in evidence this season. These are usually collared with white fur, although many of the very new ones have very high SMART KID SHOES COMPLEMENTAR STYLES may come and styles may go but there are three things we will always have with us—the silk frock and the cloth frock in sports models, and good-style kid shoes of the conservative type to wear with them. Of the many creations in styles, fabrics and colorings we have a way of choosing the best and sticking to our choice. So with all the flares and drapes and ragged hemlines exploited we find ourselves clinging to our sports-model frock with little flare, no drapes, no temperamental hemlines, because it is the most practical and comfortable of styles for daytime wear. For the same reason we are loyal to neat well-modeled shoes for general wear. The frocks illustrated are looking forward to the early spring days when we go coatless. The vogue for the cloth coat-dress is clearly foreseen by those who are studying fashion's movements. It will come more into its own—the coat dress of light woolen weaves—than for many a year, but it will not, however, cut into the vogue for silk. As to the handling of the material in the sports and street models, silk is manipulated like wool and wool like silk. Bordered woolens and silks will be very fashionable during the coming months. In the picture the coat-dress to the left is made of beige cloth chevron bordered in navy, the border used as a trimming. Navy blue kid pumps and a navy felt hat add the y Your Co or an Acqu standing shirred ruffs at the necklines. When white is not worn then the wrap is very near certain to be in the lovely new honey beige shade. Many prefer this delectable color to white. The collar is exactly what its name implies—an indescribably delicate honey tone. A wrap made of honey beige transparent velvet furred in matching color is enchanting. Not only does white feature in evening furs but for daytime wear the swagger coat of the hour is of white caracul. There is also a decided tendency to trim coats of black or color with white or honey beige fur. These trim-furmed modes are all the more captivating because of the ingenious placement of the fur in cunning bows, novel cuffs, versatile collars which in every way depart from the usual stereotyped form JULIA BOTTOMLEY © 1928, Western Newpaper Union.) TAKE ON Y COSTUME COLORS finishing touch to this fetching color scheme. To the right is a printed silk in a two-piece sports model that borrows its design from tweed. Like its companion frock of chevron-bordered cloth, it uses its border as a trim. With this distinguish silk printed in brown and beige, brown kid shoes are worn, for fashion demands that our shoes blend into the color harmony of the costume. Kid shoes are taking to simpler lines and less trim with no intricacy of straps. The pair pictured in the foreground are of black glace kid, piped in gold. A very new note is the separate strap with metal buckle which slips through rings on the side. And now, speaking of colorful kid shoes, give ear to this! According to the annual exhibit of fashionable footwear which recently was held in New York, men are going to wear blue shoes. You can scarcely distinguish them from black, they are so dark. JULIA BOTTOMLEY. (@ 1928, Western Newspaper Union.) HERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY! "The Old Reliable" Gazette desires an active agent and correspondent in every city and town in Ohio and neighboring states having a number of Afro-American residents. Only a little time on Fridays or Saturdays is required to make some money. We are especially desirous of hearing from persons in the following named cities: Springfield, Columbus, Busledo, Statenville, Zaneville, Wilmington, Xenia, Washington C. H. Lancaster, Piqua, Lima, O., and others, particularly in Ohio, where we have none. Write to the editor of The Gazette, 226 West Superior Ave., Cleveland, O., and terms will be sent promptly. Our readers will oblige us greatly by sending the addresses of persons in the cities named, and others in the state to whom we can write relative to the matter. IS IT ANY USE TO CON-TEND FOR RIGHTS? Colored Americans are the only race, responsible members of which are in favor of "always will be discriminated submitting to discrimination on the claim that their race against." The Jews are still contending, after years of unresolved discrimination and are winning even social rights today. The Irish at home have contended for 700 years and are winning because they will die rather than submit. The race that says it's of no use to resist, downs itself and the world then will say. "Negroes are not worthy of equal rights; they are by nature alone self-respect and have no 'guts.'" The world respects only those who resent and resist, proscriptions for race. Let us be worthy of the abolitionists, worthy of our own fathers who have died in every war to vindicate the title of their race to equal liberty, and forever resist denial of rights in our native land, however long race discrimination may continue. To submit is to deserve contempt.—Boston (Mass.) Guardian. PROTEST! PROTEST!! To submit in silence when we should protest makes cowards out of men. The human race has climbed on protest. Had no voice been raised against injustice, ignorance and lust, the inquisition yet would serve the law, and guillotines decide our least displeasure. Our least must speak and speak again to right the wrongs of many. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. "I am convinced myself that there is no more evil thing in this present world than race prejudice; none at all" "I write deliberately—it is the worst single thing in life now. It justifies and holds to her beauty, honesty, cruelty and abomination than any other sort of error in the world." 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 by the death 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. The Truth! What would cause other people to gnash their teeth and gird their loins is question of debate for us. Kick us, beat us, pile depredations upon us, revile us, abuse us, lie about us, malign us and even impugn our valor and we are not unanimously insulted. It seems impossible to establish unanimity of insult in the black race.—Chicago (Ill.) Whip. OUR LESSON We must learn to govern oursels and work together for our own advancement. If we do not learn to govern oursels and work together for our own advancement, we may be very sure that we will be governed by others in their own interest as well as worked by others for their own advancement and not ours.—George W. Blount. Subscribe NOW! GAZETTE who might Su OHIO'S MOB VIOLENCE ACT OR ANTI-LYNCHING LAW LEADS THE COUNTRY IN EFFECTIVE LEGISLATION Against the Mob and Lynch-Murder-Three Years' Work of a Member of the Race-Also His Ohio Civil Rights Law. Section 6278. "Mob" and "lynching" defined. 6279. "Serious injury" defined. 6280. Damages in case of assault. 6281. Damages in case of lynching. 6282. Damages recoverable by legal representative of victim of lynching. 6283. Person suffering death or injury by mob trying to lynch another. 6284. Limitations of action. 6285. Order to include recovery and costs in tax levy. 6286. Guardian's custody, etc., fees. 6287. County's right of action against member of mob. 6288. County's right of action against another county. 6289. Non-relief from prosecution. Our mo-violence or anti-lynching bill was introduced in the Ohio legislature in 1894 and re-introduced in 1896. It took the Hon. Harry C. Smith, editor of The Gazette, just three years to secure its enactment into law. The Ohio Supreme Court has several times upheld the constitutionality of the law and it has been Section 6278. A collection of people assembled for an unlawful purpose and intending to do damage or injury to any one, or pretending to exercise correctional power over other persons by violence and without authority of law, shall be deemed a "mob" for the purpose of this chapter. An act of violence by a mob upon the body of any person shall constitute a "lynching" within the meaning of this chapter. (93 v. 161 2.) Section 6279. The term "serious injury," for the purpose of this chapter, shall include such inquiry as permanently or temporarily disables the person receiving it from earning a livelihood by manual labor. (93 v. 161 3.) Section 6280. A person taken from officers of justice by a mob, and assaulted with whips, clubs, missiles or in any other manner, may recover, as hereafter provided, a sum not to exceed one thousand dollars as damages from the county in which the assault is made. (93 v. 161 4.) Section 6281. A person assaulted and lynched by a mob may recover from the county in which such an assault occurred five hundred dollars; or, if the injury received therefrom is serious, a sum not exceeding one thousand dollars; or, if such injury result in permanent disability, to earn a livelihood by manual labor, a sum not to exceed five thousand dollars. (93 v. Section 6282. The legal representative of a person dying from injuries received from lynching by a mob, may recover of the county in which such injury occurred, a sum not to exceed $10,000, ages for such unlawful killing. Such sum shall be applied to the maintenance of the family and education of the minor children of such person so lynched, if any survive him, until such children are of legal age, and then be distributed to the survivors, share and share alike, the widow receiving an amount equal to a child's share, or children surviving such decedent, such sum shall be distributed among the next of kin according to the laws of the distribution of the personality of an intestate. Such sum so recovered shall not be a part of the estate of such person so lynched, nor be the property of any of his liabilities. (92 v. 162.6.) Section 6283. A person suffering death or injury from a mob attempting to lynch another person shall come within the provisions of this chapter. He or his legal representatives shall have a like right of action as one purposely injured or killed by such a mob (93 v. 162 6). Section 6284. Action for the recoveries provided for in this chapter must be commenced, within two years from the date of such lynching, in any court having original jurisdiction of an action for damages for malicious assault. (93 v. 162 7). Section 6285. An order to the commissioners of a county, against which such recovery is bad, to inquire into the case of the next succeeding tax levy for such county, shall be a part of the judgment in every such case. (93 v. 162 8.) Section 6286. If the decedent so lynched has minor children surviving him, the fund shall be turned over to a regularly appointed guardian. Such guardian shall administer such fund under the direction of the probate judge, allowing not more than five hundred dollars for counsel fees in the action for such recovery. (93 v. 162 9.) Section 6287. The county, in which a lynching occurs, may recover the amount of a judgment and the amount of a representation of a person killed or seriously injured by a mob from any of the persons composing such mob. A person present, with hostile intent, at such lynching shall be deemed a member of the mob and be liable to such action. (93 v. 162 10.) Section 6288. If a mob carries a prisoner into another county, or comes from another county to commit violence on a prisoner brought to the county by a police officer, the county in which the lynching is committed may recover the amount of the judgment and costs from the county from which the mob came, unless there was contributory negligence on the part of officials of such county in helping to protect such owner or displace such mob. (93 v. 163 11.) very effective. Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Jersey have followed Ohio's lead and enacted mob violence or anti-lynching laws which are copies of our Ohio 'law. Several other northern states and at least one border state (Kentucky) have also enacted anti-lynching laws, in recent years, like Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The Ohio law follows: OBJS. ed. representative of victim of lynching. try by mob trying to lynch another. costs in tax levy. must member of mob. must another county. MOBS. not relieve a person concerned in such lynching from prosecution for homicide or assault for engaging therein. (93 v. 163 12.) OUR OHIO CIVIL RIGHTS LAW Upon the request of many readers of The Gazette we print below the text of the Hon. Harry C. Smith's Ohio Civil Rights law which the editor had enacted while a member of the 71st General Assembly, in 1884: The General Code of Ohio: Sec. 12940. Whoever, being the principal manager or manager of an inn, restaurant, eating house, barber-shop, public conveyance by land or water, theater or other place of public accommodation and amusement, denies to a citizen, except for reasons applicable alike to all citizens and regardless of race or color, the full enjoyment of the accommodation advantages, facilities and privileges of the inn, if financed not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or both. Sec. 12941. Whoever violates the next preceding section shall also pay not less than fifty dollars nor more than hundreds dollars to the person aggrieved in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county where such offense was committed. This law has repeatedly been held constitutional and good law by the Ohio Supreme court. The trouble is our people will not use it as often as they should, but expect it to do for them what they should and must do for themselves, under it, in the courts. Judge Grant's Opinion of the Law. Misled by the foolishly manufactured outcry for the passage of the Beatty few years ago, the Akron Beacon Journal published an editorial to which the editor of The Gazette replied, calling its attention to the fact that the Ohio Civil Rights law was good law and did not need amending. The following letter from Judge Grant former presiding judge of the Court of Appeals of the Eighth District of Ohio, is self explanatory: Akron, O., April 25, 1919. Hon. Harry C. Smith. Editor The Gazette, Cleveland, O. My Dear Sir: Observing your letter, in the Beacon-Journal, of this city, I venture to send you, under a separation, Ohio Law Reporter of Feb. 3, last, acknowledging opinion of the Court of Appeals in the Puritan Lunch Co. vs. Leonard H. Forman, decided in Akron, last fall, in which a judgment for ($500) five hundred dollars was sustained. If the Beacon-Journal had known what was going on in its own town, there would have been no occasion to believe that the LAW OF OHIO is UNDER PROACH, nor our courts and juries, in administering it. Not a word was said by the Beacon-Journal when the Forman case was reviewed. "HUMAN NATURE'S FOULEST BLOT." My ear is pained, My soul is sick with every day's report. Of wrong and outrage, with which the earth is filled. There is no flesh in man's ob- durate heart. It does not feel for man; the natural bond Of brotherhood is severed as the flax That falls asunder at the touch of fire. He finds his fellow guilty of a skin Not colored like his own; and having power To enforce the wrong, for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys: 'Tis human nature's broadest foulest blot. —Cowper. Reading It For Reading It