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The Easter exercises in the evening were enjoyed by a large congregation.—Mrs. Mary Clark is convalescing at her daughter's. Mrs. Clarence Clark and Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Todd are ill. Lumbago. Frederick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Warwick, died, April 5, a Springfield hospital. Tumorosis. The parents, six sisters, one brother, two nephews and five nieces survive him and have the sympathy of the community. Frederick would have been a 1931 graduate, if he had lived. CORRESPONDENTS must mall all letters for publication at their main postoffice sufficiently early on Sunday or Monday of each week to have them reach The Gazette office on Tuesday morning, and always write their names and that of their city or state of birth. The writer about returned copies, if proper credit for them is desired. Lists of names, wedding presents, programs, 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 office of the postoffice to a line. Our rates for display advertisements will be sent on application. CRESTLINE.—Mr. and Mrs. Robt. Hoke, Jr., are convalescing. Flu.—Mrs. Roxie Wilkerson and Mrs. Mary E. Mangrum are better but still confined to the house.—Turner A. M. e chapel's Easter services were largely attended. They began with a sunrise prayer-meter, led by Robt. Hoke; S. S. at 9:30 a. m., and lily service at 10:30, conducted by the school. After the pastor's talk, Easter illies were presented. The morning service was very impressive, the pastor's subject being, "The Living Christ." At 7:30 p. m., an excellent program was rendered in chapel, on the dedication of Mrs. Robt. L. Hardrick and Mrs. Addie M. Rolls. The church was crowded. On Good Friday, an extensive program in four parts was given in which many persons as well as the congregation, choir, pastor and other officials of the church participated. CADIZ. — Miss Alberta. White spent Easter with her parents. — Mrs. Edna Hill, of Wirton. W. Va. and Mrs. Ola West, of Monessen, Pa., visited relatives here, Monday. — Miss Elizabeth Redmond of Wilberforce and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Benton of Cincinnati visited their parents. Sunday. — Macaret the Woman. — Mrs. impine Robinson and Mrs. Jessie Ferrell visited their mother, and Mrs. Martha Gross and family motored to Oberlin. Sunday. — Mr. Jos. Jones died, Apr. 4. Funeral services at St. James A. M. E. church. Monday afternoon, the pastor officiating assisted the Woman in attendance from out-of-town were: Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Jones and Mrs. Steward Bruce of Mt. Pleasant, and Mrs. Geo. Johnson of Steubenville. — Rev. W. T. Biggers was called to Moundsville, W. Va. to preach the funeral of Mr. John Wade, a leading citizen. YOUNGSTOWN.—The funeral services for Mrs. Arrona Lynch were held. Monday afternoon, at the underwood funeral home, Rev. J. H. Maxwell of Steubenville, former pastor of Oak Hill Ave. A. M. E. church, officiating. Mrs. Lynch was secretary of the church for years and a candidate for the school of eight thousand votes. A husband, mother, one sister and three children survive her and have the sympathy of the community. The Emmerson girls' basket-ball team has just closed the season undefeated and with nineteen victories and two forfeits for non-appearance in their favor. Teams from Cleveland and Steubenville failed to materialize as per schedule. The Emmersons defeated teams from Pittsburg, Akron, Canton, Newcastle, other cities and town, Ruby Clark, captain; Ruby Bella, Sara Robinson, Hazel Smith, Irene Barnwell, Margaret Davis, Ora Gordon, Mayme Harper, Lerie Cheatham and Alene Mayfield. Nick Jones of Rayen 'High', '28, coach; Carrie Howell, sec., and H. G. Emerson, undertaker, manager. The team planned to train with tennis and girls' baseball activities, this summer. HILLSBORO—Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Bingham of Columbus visited the latter's parents here, Sunday—Rev. W. Farmer of Wesley M. church held quarterly meeting, Sunday Rev. A. A. Hughey of the A. M. E. church preached at 3 p. m. and its choir sang—Mr. A. Jones of Cincinnati was the guest of Miss Helen Johnson, Easter. The cantata, Sunday evening, was good—Rev. and Mrs. B. N. Parker of Piqua spent Easter, here. He is pastor of New Hope Baptist church and doing good work. Mr. and Mrs. Enoch Fry and Mrs. B. N. Parker of Piqua visited their parnets, Mrs. W. Farmer's infant son died, recently. Mrs. Archie Cole and two nieces shopping in Dayton, Saturday, while Mrs. Faith Goodson spent Easter here. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Jackson of Columbus visited their parents here, Sunday—Mrs. Lillie Powers has returned from Columbus. Her sister is much improved—John T. Williams and Mrs. Ethel Jackson of Greenfield were married, March 28. Mrs. Margaree Williams, Mrs. Aile Blake and Mrs. Grettie Ginnis and Mrs. Gladys Taylor of Dayton attended the funeral of Mrs Martha Abbott of Waukegan, III. The services were conducted, Thursday afternoon, at the Baptist church by Rev. J. J. Burr. KILLS PURSE-SNATCHER One of Our Detectives Shoots Prowler. Who Took a Woman's Pocketbook, Three Times. Thomas Spruce, age 34, of 4806 Cedar Ave., was shot and killed, late last week Friday afternoon, by Detective Harron Harrison as he fled up an alley westward from E. Harron as he grabbed the purse of a woman customer who was leaving a store 100 yards north of Cedar Ave. on E. 55th St. She was Mrs. Isabelle Jones, 1046 E. 131st St. Harron was struck by a bus and struck Spruce in the left calf, one in the right knee and one in the HARRISON HARNEY right thigh. The last bullet also penetrated the abdomen. Harney found Spruce lying on the Cedar Ave. sidewalk at the mouth of the alley. A police ambulance took him to Charity hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The body was removed to the county morgue. Harney was made a detective in 1922 as a result of his good work, at E. 36th St. and Carnegie Ave., where he, as a policeman, surprised four gunmen robbing a drug store. In a gun battle he killed one, wounded another and captured the other two. He dies at 6535 Carnegie Ave. Spruce is in the second man he has killed in the course of duty since he became a detective. Prof. J. T. Taylor of Durham, N. C., was a guest of Atty, and Mrs. A. H. Martin, recently. VOLPI AND TIBBETT Among the Great Made Artists to Come to Cleveland With the Metropolitan Opera Co.—Rosa Ponselle, Jeritza, Pons, Moore, Telva and Many Others. Unusual interest in the eighth annual spring festival of the Metropolitan Opera Company of New York, in Cleveland's big public auditorium, is not alone confined to the debuds of Maria Jeritza, Lily Pons and Grace Moore, for to the reappearance of the golden-voiced Rons Ponselle and the incomparable Lucrezia Bori. A great deal of attention centers about the masculine stars, for among them are the great-voiced Glaciao Lauri-Volpi, dramatic figure in opera and a major in the Royal Italian armies since the World War through which he served as a captain, and the singer and composer Lawrence Tibbett. Lauri-Volpi comes all too seldom to Cleveland, for usually he is commanded to appear at the opening of the summer season in Italy GIACOMO LAURI-VOLPI and sails before the Metropolitan comes west. This year his mighty voice will be heard in "La Traviata" when Rosa Ponselle sings her new role of "Violetta." Tibbett will also be heard in this opera on the opening night of the season, April 27, singing "Germont." When Maria Jeritza makes her first Cleveland appearance in opera, singing the title role of "Tosca as the tenor will be another new star, Georges Thill, from Paris and the great operas of South America and again interest is doubled because Lawrence Tibbett sings "Scarpla." Finally, on Saturday afternoon, the Cleveland premiere of the new American opera, Deems Taylor's "Peter Idbetson," will find Tibbett in the role of the cruel Col. Idbetson, uncle of little Peter. The opera is sung in English by a cast of twenty, headed by Lucrezia Bori, Marion Telva, Louise Lerch, Dorothea Flexer, Louis D'Angelo and Angelo Bada. It is conducted by Tuillo Serafin. Beniamino Gigli, great Italian tenor, will be heard in "Mignon" with Bori and Lily Pons, and in "Rigoloetto" with Pons and Gladys Swarthout. Thill will sing with Jeritza in both appearances, "Tosca" and "Carmen," while Armand Tokatyan will sing with Rosa Ponselle in her great opera, "Norma" on Friday night. TRIED STONE CHURCH NEWS. Beautiful Easter, a Great Day—Illustrated Sermon. Tried Stone was filled, Easter, to its utmost capacity. The pastor, by request, repeated his very interesting illustrated sermon, "Heaven's Dial Telephone." He wore the new presenter, Mrs. Pastor's Aide club, Mrs. Ora L. Reeder, press. Preceding the sermon, Mrs. Lois Branch sang, "Oh What a Wondrous Thing." The senior choir was at its best, singing several very fine Easter selections. E. Eugenia Brewer, directress and soloist; Maggie Gee, Fannie Scott, Lois Branch, Elsie Hammond, soprano and contralto duets; S. H. Smith and A. Murphy, bass soloists; Herbert Gee, bass soloists; Lois Branch soloists; Mrs. Lovesta Smith, pianist. Thursday, Bro. Alex. Morris was buried from the church. Heartfelt sympathy is extended the family. Tuesday night, the Intermediate B. Y. P. U. presented a unique program. Mr. Robt. Nolan, pres., Mrs. Yeoman supervisor. Next Tuesday, B. Y. P. U. will present the "Acme quartette" and other leading local talent. The S. S. presented an excellent Easter program. At night, "The Message of the Cross," an Easter cantata, was splendidly presented by young folk: Jas. Kelly, director; Robt. Nolan, pianist; Dorothy Thorington, soprano solist; Dorothy Thorington, soprano solist; Stanley Lyton, baritone; Stanley Lyton, minister; a chorus of 16 other voices. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS EVEN FROM BLACK REPUBLICS. THE AFRO-AMERICAN ALSO IGNORED IN OTHER U. S. FOREIGN AND LOCAL SERVICE. Virgin Islands Band Sent to Cuba After Refusing to Resign From the U. S. Navy—"All-White Set-ups" in Haiti and Abyssinia. Washington, D. C.—The present Haitian situation serves to draw attention to the condition of affairs in the foreign service of the United States as it relates to diplomatic representation in countries having a 90 per cent, or more, colored population. In the case of Haiti, it has been definitely learned, through official sources, that the Haitians have no objection to the appointment of an Afro-American as envoy extraordinary to the post at Port Au Prince, but, as a matter of fact, there is not even one race representative among this country's diplomats in that country. The congressional directory, for January, 1931, lists the following all-white diplomatic personnel in Haiti: At Port au Prince. Envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary, Dana G. Munroe. First secretary, Joseph F. McGurk. Second secretary, (also consul at jerusalem), Donald R. Heath. Third secretary, Gerald A. Drew. Vice-consul, Warren H. Kelchuer. At Cane Haitien. No Naval or Army Attachie. Another angle of the situation is seen at the airport Haiti is supposed to be still under United States naval control, there is neither a naval nor a military attache included among the U. S. administrative officials there. We will go to Abyssinia. In Ethiopia, (which is now "stretching forth its hand" for a loan of several millions of dollars), the all-white set-up, consists of Addison E. Southard as minister-resident and consul general, who has James L. Park as his vice-consul and secreter. These gentlemen are located at Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. The Virgin Islands. The most recent white set-up in a black country is in the Virgin islands of the United States, with a total population of only 22,012, ninety percent of whom are "Negroes." It is the largest national organization of Deeds Jefferson S. Coag, through the Republican national committee, strongly urged mixed representation in the major positions on the islands, but this request was evidently ignored for the list of candidates. To include the name of even one of the faithful Afro-American followers of the G. O. P. In this connection, it Lansing, April 1, '31. Hon. Harry C. Smith, Editor Gazette, Cleveland, O. Dear Sir: I—received your letter in reference to your Ohio Mob Violence Act or Anti-Lynching Law, and also the marked copy of The Gazette containing a copy of that law and your Ohio Civil Rights law. I am having a bill drawn from the copy of the former you have so kindly sent to me. Thanking you, I am Appreciates "The Old Reliable." Cleveland, O., April 2, '31. Hon. Harry C. Smith, Editor, Gazette, City. Dear Sir—As one of those you are longing to unselfishly, may not at the time thank you for the many good things that come on the race thrun your treeless, watchful efforts, and the outspoken attitude of The Gazette whenever our interests are at stake. Wishing you continued success. $10,000 Fire at Wilberforce. Wilberforce, O.—Fire of undetermined origin, discovered shortly after坠毁, on a week Tuesday, destroyed the $10,000. Music Tuesday, conservatory of Music building at the University. Students and faculty saved three of the several pianos but valuable records and music were lost. Sixty students were thrown out of classes. Built more than thirty years ago, it originally housed the commercial department. Later served as quarters for the instrumentalists and discernents Scarborough and Gregg, and five years ago was converted into a home for the department of music. THE GAZETTE is the oldest cism publication of the kind, and has the largest bona fide circulation among Ohio Afro-Americans, double that of any other newspaper published in this or any other state, and comparison with any will immediately establish its rank as one of the NEWBIEST AND BEST published in the interest of Afro-Americans. THE COPY FIVE CENTS ARRED BLACK REPUBLICS. ALSO IGNORED IN OTHER AND LOCAL SERVICE. nt to Cuba After Refusing to U. S. Navy—"All-White Haiti and Abyssinia. is learned from private sources, that the change from naval to civilian rule in the islands brought up a vexing question with regard to the navy band stationed at St. Thomas, commonwealth naval base, nel, under direction of Chief Petty Officer Alton A. Adams, a native Virgin Islander. As a solution to the problem of what to do with the band, the members were offered a chance to resign from the service, but this declined to do, as it would entail loss of rights to which they would be entitled at the end of their enlistment. Sends Band to Cuba. Accordingly, the navy department ordered the entire outfit to Guantanamo Boy, Cuba, where they are now stationed. Mr. Adams is the only Afro-American handmaster in the U. s. navy, and his band was heard in the states, some years ago, when it made a concert tour of the principal eastern cities. Seventeen officials work on March 5 to take over the Virginal government on March 11. The officers governor, lieutenant-governor, for St. Croix (population 11.014); commissioner of public works; commissioner of finance; commissioner of agriculture, commerce and labor; commissioner of adult education; home economic extension agent; enforcement officer; secretary of agriculture; supervisor of musical groups; director of public for adults; public health nurse; two assistants to the commissioner of public works; a secretary to the commissioner of public works. Many Complaints Heard. Although this is a very imposing and downright organization of experts, and while the race generally appreciate the helpful attitude of the administration in this particular instance, there are many complaints by those who believe that a sufficient number of capable Afro-Americans could form for or at least half of these major positions populated Virgin Islands. And it is probably unfortunate that those who claim to be "race leaders" are being so roundly cussed out because of their failure to deliver anything but the same old line of talk, and the promise that have been handed out to people doses during the past ten years. Evidently there is something wrong, somewhere.—N. Y. Age. DOINGS OF THE RACE. Gov. Pinchot of Pennsylvania has reappointed Dr. Chas. H. Crampton, gynecologist, in the state board of health for his seventeenth year. Jules Bledsoe, baritone soloist, a star of Ziegfeld's "Show-Boat" and an artist of the Columbia Broadcasting System Concert corporation, leaves soon to spend a year in Europe. Gen. John J. Pershing, commander of the A. E. F. during the World war, is openly charged by Parisians of color with sanctioning race discrimination in France during the war. Of the five hundred communists who paraded in N. Y. city, last week, displaying banners denouncing racial discrimination and unemployment, half of them were Afro-Americans. The highest colored English officer prior to the World War was a sergeant major. Few of any rose above the rank of captain during the World War, even in that country's black troops from its colonies. Gen. Dodds, a Senegalese malatto and one of France's ablest and most distinguished soldiers, was a member of that country's Supreme War Council during the World war. There was at least one other French general of color, several colonels and hundreds of lesser officers, also of color, in command of French soldiers (white) during the World war. Judge Jacob Stacel of the municipal council will speak on the "Traffic Problems (estrated)." April 9, at Bethany Baptist Church, under the auspices of the Mutual Republican club. Councilman L. O. Payne is also scheduled to speak. --- 10,000,000 Afro-Americans. 350,000 in Ohio. 60,000 in Cleveland. SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1931. STATEMENT Of the Ownership, Management, Etc. Required by the Act of Congress of August 24, 1912. Of The Gazette, published weekly, at Cleveland, Ohio, for April 1, 1931. State of Ohio, County of Cuyahoga. ss. Before me, a notary public in and for the State and county aforesaid, personally appeared Harry C. Smith, who, having been duly sworn ac- tive, and having been a member that he is the owner of The Gazette and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, man- agement, etc., of the aforesaid pub- lation for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act of August 24, 1912, embodied in section 411, Postal Laws and Regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to wit: That, the name and address of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business manager is: Harry C. Smith, Cleveland, Ohio. 2. That the owner is: Harry C. Smith. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgages, and other security holders owning or holding 1 per cent or more of total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are: There are none. 4. That the two paragraphs next above, giving the names of the owners, stockholders, and security holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they appear upon the books of the company but also, in cases where any of the owners appear upon the books of the company as trustee or in any other fiduciary relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting, is given; also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiant's full knowledge and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which the owners who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner; and this affiant has no reason to believe that any other person, association, or corporation has any interest direct or indirect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated. Signed, Harry C. Smith, Sworn to and subscribed before me this 26th day of March, 1931. Paul Apple, Notary Public. (My commission expires Sept. 6. 1933.) (Seal.) Bishop Archibald J. Carey, recently deceased, was not the only bishop or minister who made a dismal failure of the effort to mix politics and religion. When the U. S. purchased the Virgin Islands their population (90 percent colored) was 26,000. It is now 20,000. Prohibition has made them President Hoover's "poorhouse." St. Thomas, the largest island, is one of the most beautiful in the Carribean sea, too. WHAT WILL THE END BE? Years ago our people were well represented in high positions in the federal service in this country and in its diplomatic service abroad. But we have been losing ground steadily for the last quarter of a century until now we have practically no representation in either the local or foreign federal service. The few places, we have apparently been begrudgingly given, do not amount to anything, especially when one considers what Afro-Americans are entitled to on the score of their potency as a factor of the great Republican party which is in control of the government. Indeed, it has grown so bad that we are not only denied anything like the representation we are entitled to, but in an ever-increasing degree have been insulted in various ways by one Republican administration after another for nearly a quarter of a century. We are ignored, mistreated and openly insulted until it seems there is nothing that can be done to Afro-Americans that will make them strike back in a proper way in their own defense. In the face of all this and more, there are the Dr. John R. Hawkinses who voluntarily come forward, every four years, and offer freely their valuable (?) services for the purpose of organizing our people in support of an administration that has so grossly ignored, insulted and mistreated all of us. The President refuses to be photographed with an Afro-American, it is said. We are refused what we are entitled to in the local and foreign federal service. Color-lines innumerable are drawn against us almost everywhere in the government service including the hospitals, etc., through the country and its colonies. And nothing whatever is even attempted, to say nothing of being done, to alleviate or to remedy. What will the end be? It does begin to look as if, after all, we get about what we SHOW we deserve. Lord, have mercy! "THE BLOSSOM TRIPLETS." A local correspondent of a Chicago race-paper refers to Councilman Leroy Bundy as "a very important factor on the City Council's public utilities committee" and adds that "his splendid counsel was greatly missed" while he was ill in City hospital. This is one big joke! The correspondent also wrote that "the 'trumvirate' (Blossom Triplets), composed of Councilman Clayborne George, Lawrence Payne PETER H. HARRIS George. and Bundy, is now on 'in full swing' again." What kind of a "full swing"? About all of the foregoing, which said correspondent is quoted as writing, will only make the great majority of "The Blossom Triplets" constituents smile or laugh out loud. "In full swing" for what or for whom? All three have been of very little, if any, practical service to their constituents and our people of this community. Payne secured a job, his best one, for a resident of George's ward and district. Bundy has been a member of the city council's transportation committee, all last year and thus far this year. While the service on the Cedar, Central and Scovill Ave. lines, the ones most used by their constituents, has been steadily growing worse, there has never been a "whimper" from him and his two 468 Lawrence O. Payne "Negro" colleagues. Their membership on other council committees hasn't "meant a thing" to our people, either. If they have ever been of any consequence to them, as members of the Cleveland city council, we have not been able to notice it because there is just as much discrimination against our people in all of the city departments now as there was when they were inducted into office, the first of last year. Scores of our young men and women, who have won positions as the result of civil service examinations and have been turned down, last and this year, for no other reason than because of their color or race-connection, complain of their inability to get proper action from the "triumvirate" or "Blossom Triplets." And there are plenty of other good causes of compliant, but the major one is the utter failure of George, Payne and Bundy to do their clear duty in an effort to remove some, if not all, of the very harmful discrimination referred to. Add to this and to many other bonafide complaints against them the breaking of their pledge, made time and again during the progress of the campaign, of a year ago last fall, to do all in their power to help oust the color-line director of welfare, Dudley S. Blossom, and it will not take anyone long to fully realize what is going to happen to the "triumvirate" or "Blossom Triplets" this fall. If ever a people were sadly disappointed in their elective representatives in any body, we have all been most grievously disappointed in the really ridiculous and harmful representation in Cleveland's city council afforded us by "The Blossom Triplets." Because of the unemployment situation it is going to be mighty hard indeed to elect good Republican candidates to the city council, this fall. So one will not need a telescope or a microscope to read the THE GAZETTE. CLEVELAND, O.. SATURDAY. APRIL 11. 1931 THERE'S A GUY WHERE FROM CALIFORNIA THINKS EVERYTHING IN FLORIDA IS SMALL TO HEAR HIM TALK IT'S A LAND OF MIDGETS! IVE GOT A FUNNY IDEA WHAT'S THAT - TIR - TO PITCH? NO, I'M GOING TO PUT THIS IN THAT CALIFORNIA FELTER'S BED AND SEE WHAT HE SAYS? WHAT'S THAT? LOOKS TO ME LIKE A FLORIDA WOOD TICK! LITTLE SON-OF- A-GUN ISN'T HE? American New Feature, Inc. "handwriting on the wall" for Payne, George and Bundy, if they have the temerity to stand as candidates for re-election. And it will pay that local correspondent of the Chicago race-publication to awaken to the fact that he is harming his embryonic political career by indulging in such political rot as that quoted in the opening lines of this article. It is too thin, too ridiculous, too untrue, and about everybody knows it. COLOR-LINE IN ENGLAND The Paris, France, correspondent of the Baltimore (Md.) Afro-American writes: "The British are surer of themselves, are generally much better reared than white Americans, and are certainly politer; so they do not display their color- prejudice as crudely as the Americans." Judging by the treatment the new U. S. minister to Liberia, Africa, received at the hands of several London, England, hotel-keepers, recently, the English are learning rapidly under the tutelage of American officials and others "to display their color prejudice as crudely as Americans." Continuing, the same correspondent says: "Further, Britain is afraid of the Afro-American. The latter is an agitator for his rights, and Britain considers him a bad example for her black subjects. Hence the attempt to bar Afro-Americans from Africa and other parts of British territory." All of which proves that England is a willing pupil of the prejudiced Americans and explains why "Johnny Bull" and "Uncle Sam" are collaborating along a racial color-line. PRIME SPORT NEWS. The Thompson-Freeman Title Bout. Young Jack Thompson, former world's welter-weight champion, will get a chance to regain the title, said to have been unfairly taken from him, when he meets Tommy Freeman (white) at Public Hall, April 14. Jack arrived in Cleveland and he had been sitting at Kid Howard's gym in Chicago and is reported to be below the required weight of 147 pounds already. Jones' Card Is Heavy. Akron, O.—"Gorilla" Jones, who meets Paul Pirrone (white) in the semi-final spot on the Thompson-Freeman card in Cleveland public hall. April 14, has a rather stiff schedule for the remainder of the month. He must make 150 pounds for Pirrone, the lightest weight for GORILLA JONES the Akronite in more than a year. Six days later, April 20, Jones will fight Frankie O'Brien at Hartford, Conn., O'Brien being a 162-pound southpaw. From Hartford, Jones will jump to Kansas City to meet the 158-pound Ham Jenkins on April 28. The local battler is out to disprove statements that he is slipping. Sets New "Century" Mark! Bloemfontein, South Africa.—The world's record for the 100-yard dash was bettered, April 4, when Jourbert (white) of St. Ellenbosch university raced the distance in 9 2-5 seconds in the South African championships. The listed time was 5-10 seconds credited to Eddie Tolan, Michigan Afro-American sprinter, but the official American mark is 9 2-5 seconds, by Frank Wykoff. Bloodhounds Got Him' Atlanta, Ga.—Tracked down by bloodhounds and officers of eight Georgia counties, Fred Griffin, age 18, accused slayer of Sheriff Tom Camp of Campbell county, was placed in Fulton county tower here, Saturday, for safekeeping. Barefoot and bedraggled after a 10-hour flight from bloodhounds and encircling posse, he made his last stand in an open field, where he was overpowered. NEW YORK The ROUNDER WHAT'S DOING! The Citizen's league, supposed to be a standard of truth, justice, fairness and honesty in city affairs, has it seems, taken off its "sheep's clothing," exposing its "wolf's hide" in advocating a division of the city by the League's first district. The League's first district would be all of the west side; the second, all of the territory in the city on the east side of Cuyahoga river and north of Carnegie Ave. Its third district, all of the territory east of the river but south of Carnegie Ave. This last district would include the great mass of our voters in the city: | Position | Countimen | | :--- | :--- | | Dist. 1 | 34,202 | 8 | | Dist. 2 | 36,113 | 9 | | Dist. 3 | 37,721 | 8 | A glance at the foreground shows that the "holier than thou" Citizen's league would steal from our, the largest district, and give to the second, a smaller district. The third district with its largest vote is the one that should have nine councilmen, and not either the first, which has eight now, or the second district, which has nine, the maximum permitted by the city charter for any one district. The league is only running true to form in showing this racial prejudice. They have to be and undoubtedly finished in the past, and undoubtedly finished in the cult for the "leopard to change its spots" at this time. Wouldn't this be a parallel of other election steals? THE POETRY CONTEST Attracting Much Attention—Twenty-five Dollar Prize Offered—Open to All Cleveland. The poetry contest, which is attracting city-wide attention and is sponsored by the January club at Sterling branch library, 2200 E. 30th St., is open to all residents of Cleveland and may be original and should be mailed to: POETRY CONTEST EDITOR Sterling Branch Library. 2200 E. 30th St., City not later than July 31st. Manuscripts must be typewritten and are limited to two pages in length. Author's name should not appear on the contribution but should be enclosed in a sealed envelope. The following prominent Cleveland writers have consented to act as judges: Dr. F. H. H. Adler, Cleveland College. Miss Helen L. Gilchrist, Hathaway Brown School, Mr. Gilbert Ward, Cleveland Public Library. The prize of twenty-five dollars will be announced as soon after the closing date as possible. The January club, a group of writers of prose and verse, meets every other Wednesday evening at Sterling Library. Their project, at present is the publishing of a book of verse by our Cleveland poets, edited by Clarence Bryson and James Robinson. WTAM'S INSULT: Cleveland, March 31, '31 Manager, WTAM, Radio Station, Cleveland, O. Dear Sir: — Listening in (over WTAM) the other evening I heard a quartette in which the very insulting (to my people) term, "darkey," was frequently used. There are 60,000 of these people in Cleveland alone, and I verily believe they have a larger number of radios proportionately than any other class or group in the community. That you may thoroughly understand their role to the use of the mongrel term, dabag, "I wish to call your attention to the fact that it is just as objectionable as the following mongrel terms are to the races or groups at which they are occasionally directed: "mick (Irish), "sheeney" (Jews), "dago" (Italian), "hunky" (Hungarian), etc. Trusting the radio fans will not be so grossly insulted again and with best wishes, I am Boston Her Chocolate Daddy. Boston Mass., Cary Robert Hunt, 110 Candler, Mrs. Jas, Francis McKenna of Arlington, wife of a Boston navy yard official, have been "sweeties" for quite a year until recently when neighbors "squealed." When James Francis cornered Catherine she accused Cary of rape. This he proved untrue with love letters she had sent him in the year. Now he is suing her for $25,000 damages for false arrest. "WANT TO GO TO HELL?" "If a man wants to go to hell that's his business," Bishop Warren Lincoln Rogers (white) of the Episcopal Diocese of Ohio told the audience at the noon Lenten services of the Federated Churches in Old Stone Church, last Saturday. "If a man wants to go to hell, it is not my business," said the bishop. "It is a part of my duty to do what I can to prevent him, but I must respect his right to go. Americans are the finest moral medians in the world. We are always trying to tell others what they should or should not do." "In our mass production we have forgotten the individual. The beauty and strength of the Christian faith is that it stands by the man no matter what comes, because Christianity stands for the worth of the individual." A Woman Cause of His Death. Fincastle, Va.—Ned Cox (white), whose body was recently found in the James river after trying to get her back, she was taken to see Mrs. Helen McDaniel, age 29, was warned by Geo. Clark, age 29, to stay away from her. She had promised to marry Clark as soon as she got a divorce from her husband from whom she had been separated and kept in a ditch as badly beaten and lears in a ditch as a road be- fore being "taken home." Open Confession! "The God that I have discovered in the fourteen years of my ministry is a spirit or principle in which is involved moral intelligence. He is trying to produce intelligent people, dominated by love, guided by moral idealism, firmly rooted in the basic principle of loving one's neighbor as one's self, irrespective of race, creed or nationality." Thus spoke Rev. Joel B. Hayden, Easter Sunday morning, in the sermon closing his church. Dr. Hayden resigned, several weeks ago, to become headmaster of Western Reserve Academy at Hudson. 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 gullotines decide our least disputes. The few who dare, must speak and speak again to right the wrongs of many. Ella Wheeler Wilcox. 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 obdurate 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 wotty cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys: 'Tis human nature's broadest foulest blot. —Cowper. IS IT ANY USE TO CONTEND FOR RIGHTS? Colored Americans are the only race, responsible members of which are in favor of submitting to discrimination on the claim that their race always will be discriminated against. The Jews are still contending, after over 1900 years of universal discrimination, and are winning even social rights today. The Irish at home have contended for 700 years and are winning because they will die rather than submit. The race that says it's of no use to resist, downs itself and the world then will say, "Negroes are not worthy of equal rights; they are by nature without stereotypes and are not '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. 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 lyach 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. See Us First for All Goods in Our Line JOHN S. HALL Prices Reasonable. Satisfaction Guaranteed. JEWELER AND OPTOMETRIST Eyes Carefully Examined and Glasses Properly Fitted. 2183 Central Ave. Cleveland, OH CHerry 1878 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 MO Section 6278. "Mob" and "lynching" define 6279. "Serious injury" defined. 6280. Damages in case of assault. 6281. Damages in case of lynching. 6282. Damages recoverable by legal 6283. Person suffering death or injur 6284. Limitations of action. 6285. Order to include recovery and 6286. Guardian's custody, etc., fees 6287. County's right of action again 6288. County's right of action again 6289. Non-relief from prosecution. 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. A act of violence by a mob upon the body of a person may be 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 rob, and assaulted with whisps,ubs, mails or in any other manner, may recover, as hereafter provided, a sum not to exceed one thousand dollars as damages from the county in which the assault is made. (93 v. 161 4.) Section 6281. A person assaulted and lynched by a mob may recover, from the county in which such assault 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. 12 5.) Section 6282. The legal representative of a person dying from injuries received from lynching by a mob, may recover of the county in which such injury occurred, a sum not to exceed five thousand dollars damages for such unlawful killing. Such sum shall be applied to the maintenance of the family and education of the minor children of such person so lynched, or to survive him, until such children are of legal age, then be distributed to the survivors, share and share alike, the widow receiving an amount equal to a child's share. If there be no widow or minor children surviving such decedent, 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 subject to any of his liabilities. (Q3 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 had, to include it with the costs of action, in 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 survivi- g him, the fund shall be turned over to a regularly appointed guardian. Such guardian shall administer such fund under the direction of See Us First for All JOHN S Prices Reasonable. S JEWELER AND Eyes Carefully Examined at $188 Central Ave., Cleveland, By R WHAT'S THAT ? very effective. Illinois, Pennsylvania and New Jersey have followed Ohio's lead and enacted mob violence or anti-lynching laws which are copies of our Ohio law. Several other northern states and at least one border state (Kentucky) have also enacted anti-lynching laws, in recent years, like Pennsylvania and New Jersey. The Ohio law follows: UBS. ed. representative of victim of lynching. try by mob trying to lynch another. costs in tax levy. must member of mob. must another county. the probate judge, allowing not more than five hundred dollars for counsel fees in the action for such recovery. (93 v. 162 9.) Section 6287. The county, in which a lynching occurs, may recover the amount of a judgment and costs against it in favor of the legal representatives of a person killed or seriously injured by a mob from any of the persons composing such mob. in which a lynching with hostile intent, at such lynching with the named a member of the mob and be liable to such action. (93 v. 162 10.) Section 6288. If a mob carries a prisoner into another county, or comes from another county to commit violence on a prisoner brought from such county for safekeeping, the county in which the lynching is committed may recover the amount of the judgment and costs from the county from which the mob came, unless there was contributory negligence in the part of officials of such county in failing to protect such prisoner or dis pursue such mob. (93 v. 163 11.) Section 6289. This chapter shall not relieve a person concerned in such lynching from prosecution for homicide or assault for engaging therein. (93 v. 163 12.) OUR OHIO CIVIL RIGHTS LAW Upon the request of many readers of The Gazette we print below the text of the Hon. Harry C. Smith's Ohio Civil Rights law which the editor had enacted while a member of the 71st General Assembly, in 1894: The General Code or Ohio: Sec. 12940. Whoever, being the proprietor or his employee, keeper or manager of an inn, restaurant, eating house, barber-shop, public conveyance by land or water, theater or other place of public accommodation and amusement, denies to a citizen, except for reasons applicable alike to all citizens and regardless of race or color, the full enjoyment of the accommodations, advantages, facilities or privileges thereof, shall be more than less than fifty dollars nor more than hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than ten days nor more than ninety days or days Sec. 12941. Whoever violates the next preceding section shall also pay not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars to the person aggrieved thereby to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county where such offense was committed. This law has repeatedly been held constitutional and good law by the Ohio Supreme court. 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Business men who advertise in this paper should have the patronage of our people. The fact that they advertise is assurance that they want it. All reading matter for publication in current issues of The Gazette must be in the office by noon, WEDNESDAY, of that week, at the latest. Display advertisements accepted until 4 p. m., WEDNESDAYS! HARRY C. SMITH 226 West Superior Avenue, Cleveland, O. (Opposite, Hotel Cleveland.) Notary Public Bell 'Phone: Cherry 1250 Classified Advertising Department FOR RENT.—Six rooms and garage on South Blvd. A bargain for good people. Call FLorida 2261-J, between 6 and 8 P. M. FOR RENT. — A four-room suite (up) at 2347 E. 86th St. Nice rooms in good condition; front and back entrances, and porch. All modern conveniences. Aerial for radio, also. Small family. No children. $31 a month. Call, CHerry 1259. FOR RENT.—Five rooms (down), at 2417 E. 82d St., modern and in good condition. $31 a month. Call, CHerry 1259, or call at Suite 302, No. 226 W. Superior Ave., opposite Hotel Cleveland. CLEVELAND Social and Personal Miss Christine Davis, a graduate of a local high school of commerce, who was operated on at Lakeside hospital, recently, is convalescing. Local past-exalted rulers and past daughter-rulers, Elks, will attend the spring session of the district councils of northern Ohio, April 12, in Lorain. Bishop R. C. Ransom, former pastor of St. John's A. M. E. church, this city, preached there, recently, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. E. McIntire entertained for him. Robert Banks, Hiram Thomas and Geo. W. Carroll of Columbus visited the last named's grandfather and wife, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. W. Carroll, E. 74th St., last week. Atty. A. L. Tucker, said to be the oldest practicing attorney at the Philadelphia bar when he died, recently, was an uncle of Mrs. Wm. Rosier Jackson of Everton Ave. The local and Oberlin Morehouse-Speelman clubs will give an interesting program, this (Saturday) evening, at Temple Baptist church, cor. E. $44th St. and Cedar Ave. commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of Speelman college, Atlanta. New mission price and everybody welcome. Among the many Easter cards received, last, week and the first of this, were two that were exceptionally pretty—both from former residents of Cleveland: Mrs. Julia Anderson and Mrs. Nineie of Washington,童 and Mrs. Nineie Ricks Demby (and husband, Bishop E. Thos. Demby) of Little Rock, Ark. Mrs. Maria Al. Harris, age 96, mother of Mr. Al. Harris, died, Monday, and was buried, Friday afternoon, Rev. J. P. Wilson, officiating. Interment in Highland Park evemen-ter, Mrs. Harle leaves children, three sons and three daughters, all of whom have the earnest sympathy of the community. Opposition to the so-called Ackerman barbers' license bill was filed with each member of the Ohio House of Representatives, this week, by former State Representative Perry B. Jackson. With this bill, a law, no one could practice the barber trade unless a graduate of a "barber college" all of which draw a color-line in defiance of Ohio law. Five secondary schools will be represented at the annual Elk's oratorical contest, "April 17, in Elk's hall. The following will speak on The Constitution," Dorothy Carter, Cassella Howell, Josephine Holmes, Ernestine Overby, Valerie Thompson, Vernal Hargrove, Josephine Wiley and L. Jones. The winner will compete in state and regional contests for a $250 scholarship. I would try to accomplish the abolition of anti-Semitism, which is the sin of Christendom and the burden of the Jew, by rectifying the error that is still taught in so many Christian churches and Sunday Schools that the Jews crucified Jesus, and that is based on the latest of all gifts, that of St. John, which contains over 50 adverse references to the people of Jesus.—Rabbit B. R. Brickner. The editor of The Gazette acknowledges the receipt of the seventh annual report (Jan. '31) of Judge Homer G. Powell, chief justice of the court of common pleas of this county. It covers the report of the jury commission, domestic justice, common division, production, arresting and criminal record departments, that of Grand Jury Baillifl Charles Whittier, etc. A full and complete report. Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Jones of Drexel Ave., who spent their Easter vacation at the nation's capital with their son, Prof. Louia V. Jones, head --- ROSENBERG'S DRUG STORE N. W. Cor. Central Ave., and E. 55th St. MRS. VIOLA BOLDEN'S 8609 Quincy Ave. The Gazette regularly should notify copy delivered promptly. business matters to The Gazette n. 226 Superior Ave., West, oppo- you wish to see the editor call carefully examine The Gazette's purchases. Business men who have the patronage of our people assurance that they want it. dication in current issues of The by noon, WEDNESDAY, of that advertisements accepted until C. SMITH Avenue, Cleveland, O. Hotel Cleveland.) Bell 'Phone: Cherry 1250 Using Department WANTED. — A needy woman wants work—cleaning or washing; $2 a day. Will also work in exchange for clothes, for myself and four children from one to seven years of age. Address Mrs. M. Clark, 2181 W. 61st St. WANTED. — Information as to the whereabouts of Mrs. Ella Smith, who in March of 1925 lived at 2351 E. 46th St., and moved to 2417 E. 82d St. (Dn.), and who at that time was suffering greatly from bronchial asthma, is desired at once by the U. S. Veterans' Bureau, Hanna Bldg., Cleveland, O. of the violin department of Howard University, wrote the editor of The Gazette that they were having a wonderful time; that they visited Mrs. Marjorie Wilson Hopkins, a former Clevelander, in Alexandria, N.C., and saw eight sightseeing tours which included Arlington, Va. They expected to return to the city, this week. The 18th Ward Afro-American Democratic club will give its first annual banquet at the P. W. A. Monday evening, when it starts its membership drive to last one month. Among those programmed as baskets for the banquet, Mr. Morton, our civil service commissioner of N. Y. city, W. Burr Gong. PETER J. norman J. MINOR worm, Democratic county executive committee; Atty. Sully Jaymes of Springfield, Mrs. Bermice Pike member Democratic national committee and Ann Bermice both deocrats of both races or groups, Assist. Co. Prosecutor Norman S. Minor, president of the club, master-of-ceremonies. Among the members of the club's board of directors are Mesdames Iola Wimbs Ellis, Rut Hays, Lena M. Ann, Amna Max, and Dr. Jas, Owen, Flonza Murray, chair, banquet committee. A large and enthusiastic meeting of present and former Mosaics and friends was held, Monday evening, at Shiloh Baptist church, a feature of which was the installation, of newly elected officers of the several local chambers and temples, by Ellis Holman of Cincinnati, national chief deputy. The speakers included: the national director of agents; Lucinda K. Baker, national deputy, and Perry B. Jackson, state legal advisor. Music by Omega Jubilee quartette and members of the women's band. Rev C. Johns, master of ceremonies. Announcement, of the extension of the dispensation for new members till May 1, was made. There is a tour-room suite (up) at 2347 E. 86th St. (near Quincy Ave.) for rent at $31 a month. This is very cheap for such nice rooms, in PEOPLE WHO PUT THE GINK WHO RAVES ABOUT THE BEAUTIES OF PEOPLE WHO PUT YOU TO SLEEP—NUMBER NINETY-TWO By RUBE GOLDBERG YES, THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE THE HILLS AND THE WOODS AND THE BEAUTIFUL VALLEYS—WHEN I WAS A LAD I USED TO DANCE TEN MILES TO SCHOOL TO THE MUSIC OF THE NIGHTINGALE—THE SHELL OF NEW-MOWN HAY IS THE PERFUME OF THE GODS THE GINK WHO RAVES ABOUT THE BEAUTIES OF THE COUNTRY AND THEN TAKES A TEN-YEAR LEASE ON A TWO-ROOM FLAT IN THE HEART OF THE CITY. HE HASN'T OPENED A WINDOW IN THIS SARDINE CAN IN FOUR YEARS THE ONLY WALKS HE EVER TAKES NOW ARE FROM THE SOFA TO THE DINNER TABLE AS IF ANYBODY CARED! OIF I COULD ONLY BE A BARE-FOOT COUNTRY BOY AGAIN! CAN THAT BOLONEY! American News Features, Inc. Gazette DRUG STORE Central Ave., and BOLDEN'S Ave. RS you should notify empty. To The Gazette e West, ono- good condition, with front and back entrances, a large porch and all mod- ern conveniences; also an aerial for radio. Small family with no chil- dren. Rooms can be seen between 6:30 and 7:30 p. m. Key in suite (down.) For rent, five nice rooms (down) at 2417 E. 82d St., modern and in good condition. $31 a month. Call, Cherry 1259, or call at suite 302, No. 226 W. Superior Ave., opposite Hotel Cleveland entrance. The only FREE employment agen- cy in Cleveland is the State-City Em- ployment Agency at the City Hall, maintained by the state of Ohio. No charge is made when you file your address and request for employment. Many of our people do not know this. Tell all you can. Rev. Frank M. Baker supt., has issued an appeal to our local residents for worn clothing and furniture to provide employment for aged and needy workers at the Goodwill Industries, 2416 E. 9th St. Goodwill will trucks will be sent promptly for all large articles, Call, Cherry 7115, and Bag, Bag, Bag, Bag. Goodwill industries is a member of the local Welfare Federation and receives support from the Community Fund. By transferring to E. 55th St. car line you can get to the Woodland-E. 55th St. car line you can get to the almost any other in the city. Then, you can pro- market carries better groceries, meats, fish, fruits, vegetables and everything else to be found in a first-class up-to-date market. What is more, there you get the best treatment, you are welcome, indeed your trade is appreciated. It is a pleasure to go into the Woodland-E. 55th market because it is always clean, in the best condition in the city. Supt. Curtice sees to this and assures all patrons proper treatment at all times. Spend your money where it is appreciated. Schedule of Civil Service examinations for the month of April: April 10, bridge guard, city; April 11, sr. assistant, civil engineer, city; April 14, senior account clerk, county; April 15, elevator operator, city and board; April 16, auto parking attendant; April 17, plumbing inspector, city; and assist, chief right of way claims, county; April 18, leutenant, division of fire; April 21, district foreman, street cleaning, city; April 22, x-ray technician, city; April 23, bridge captain, city; April 24, platting engineer, county; April 24, tree-warden city, city; April 25, bridge layer, city; April 26, corstone cutter, city and county; April 28, garagemen, city and county; April 30, sr. building inspector, city; May 1, attendance officer, board; May 2, crane operator, city; May 5, garage foreman, board. The desire to "do big things in a big way" before they have learned to do little things well, which was brought to the North from the South in the last fourteen years, is what caused the A. M. E. Book Concern to move out of a $27,000 building into a $250,000 specially built plant, in Philadelphia, last year, and in Philadelphia, last year, and within the week. This at a loss of $30,000 which was paid on the $250,000 building, the loss of money paid for new machinery and equipment in that building, etc. As a matter of fact the Book Concern lost nearly everything it had accumulated in seventy-five years and will start all over again by purchasing new machinery as well as new quarters, says the Baltimore Afro-American. This same buying experience, only in a smaller way and for the same fool-reason, has been visited upon a number of communities thrust out the North, particularly during the economic depression of the last two or three years. AN OPPORTUNITY! "The Old Reliable" Gazette defines 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 desired of hearing from persons in the following named cities: Springfield, Columbus Toledo, Steubenville, Zanesville, Wilmington, Xenia, Washington C. H., Lancaster, Piqua, Lima, O., and other places, 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. We will also notify you only by sending us the addresses of persons in the cities named, and others in the state, to whom we can write relative to the matter. Editor. JOHN P. GREEN Attorney-at-Law Room 510, Blackstone Bldg. 1426 West 3rd Street CLEVELAND, OHIO Notary Public Office Phone: MAin 2912 Res.; 614 East 107th St. 'Phone, GLen. 3453 Chasing the Blues Away! Nothing so lifts one out of the "dumps" as a nice, warm bath . . . hair properly dressed . . . and a few minutes attention to the skin GENTS Everywhere PORO SKIN MEDICAL SHAM FOR SKIN, SCALP AND COMPLEXION PORO RECOVERED HLS PW OFF OF LOUIS, MISSOURI Garage Opens, Saturday, 7:15 A. M. Sharp 8,000 Employees for May Day Every branch of our service augmented for this supreme One-Day Selling Event. Free Parking Patrons' Garage Lakeside-Ontario EXTRA! FREE PARKING SPACE Circus Grounds, End of East 9th Street North of Lakeside Ample space for all cars. Free Busses to and From Store. Carry Small Packages With You To facilitate deliveries, kindly carry small packages with you wherever convenient. Help Us, So We May Help You Shop Be indulgent, be patient, be happy; we shall do everything to serve you as quickly as possible. Extra Street Car Service May Day Extra street car service for Saturday—MAY DAY—by special arrangement with the Cleveland Railway Co. See All Advertise-ments in All Papers for Extra Items See both Friday evening and Saturday morning papers for other specials. Many bargains not advertised will be on sale Saturday. Don't miss them! Look for MAY DAY signs. PORO Products for Every Detail of Ladies' Toiletry P FOR Sold By PORO AGENTS Everywhere For Complete List Write PORO COLLEGE 4415 SOUTH PARKWAY PORO BLOCK, 44th to 45th St. CHICAGO, ILL. AT PORO Soap...Deordorant ...Talcum...so refreshing for the bath. PORO Vanishing Cream... to make your powder "stay put." Then your shade of PORO Face Powder (8 shades from which to choose—5 Browns, Brunette, Flesh, White). AND SUDDENLY— the sparkle is back in your eyes, and the next moment you find yourself saying, "Oh, I feel so refreshed." PORO HAIR AND SKIN PORO MONTREAL, N.Y., P.O. CIF. ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI day) Is DAY" COMPANY The Day Sale Than Ever Day Specials— ar—to Use Home— A. M. Sharp ed for this SPECIAL NOTICE PORO FOR HAIR AND SKIN For obvious reasons some stores may attempt to undersell certain MAY DAY items. REMEMBER — Should any of our advertised MAY DAY items be advertised for less elsewhere, they can be bought still LOWER here, regardless of OUR advertised price. Store Opens 8 A. M. Closes 6 P. M. Set your alarm early to be down on time. Make every minute count Saturday. EAGLE STAMPS By RUBE GOLDBERG THE ONLY WALKS HE EVER TAKES NOW ARE FROM THE SOFA TO THE DINNER TABLE Don’t Throw Aw ay Your Copy of The GAZETTE A fter Reading It But Give it to a Friend or an Acquaintance who might Subscribe after Reading It VEHICLE TRAVELS ON HIGHWAY OR RAILROAD ‘| ene = [a | eee fh ei ai | x : : i re ; ir < ey % WN lal . a a i — s 2 s icant ah ey = a \ ( { && a ee ) 4 il I Es Pea Py ele ; ae 2 =] eal See sas A ; Se = 6 ae > s. cles eee ee Re ft hte ee way o¢ talsceds th sobee Out few minzten to oift,trom road, to rll. the Unis special preparation being a section of roadway bullt level with the top ee WOMEN DRIVERS EQUAL OF MEN Woman auto drivers, continually the butt of Jokes concerning their be- havior while at the wheel, have a reat champion in John R, Rostmeyen,.diree- tor of the Baltimore safety council, ‘Asked to comment upon a newspaper article which quoted P. Marshall Schroeder, deputy automobile commis: sfoner of Maryland. as terming wom- en “stupid” and charging them with cluttering up traffic courts with petty charges, Rostmeyer declared “there are no congsarable statistics available up ‘on which one could base such a con- clusion.” Tests Will Determine. “Perhups,in the remote future,” he said, “after exhaustive tests have been made of woman and man drivers, un- der exactly similar conditions, tt-with be possible to estimate the reaction of both sexes to emerzencigs aud to defi- nitely determine which sex is safest at the wheel. Until this is done, it Is un- fair to indict an entire sex for the mistakes of a few of its members.” ‘Not even science Is prepared to pro- nounce one sex more stupid than the other at the wheel, he said. “only the other day.” he declared, “I attended a meeting at Pittsburgh ‘and heard talks by scientists who had made a study of motor accidents. And the sum and substance of their re- marks was that, while thelr investi- gations had not produced evidence showing women were safer drivers than men, It had not been shown they were the reverse.” Rostmeyer said he believed the chief reason women have been held up to ridicule because of their driving is that they seldom get as much practice at the wheel as men. Man Has Experience. “The average man driyes his car more than the average woman,” he pointed out. “He usually drives to ‘work and often uses his car to drive around town. If there is no second car In the family, the woman gets a chance to drive only when the man Js through using the family car.” He added that he believed much of the tendency to criticize woman driv- ers so freely lay in the habit of the public to indict an entire class for misdeeds of a few individuals. “Take truck drivers, for instance,” he said. “Most persons are convinced these men are reckless and are con- itantly figuring in accidents. However, our interfleet truck contests, in which 0,000 drivers are participating, have proved this is not the case. In the past month none of the drivers figured 4m an accident, nor has there been a single fatality.” Seven Ways of Wasting Gas in Auto Are Told ‘There are no fewer than seven ways $n which careless operation of an auto- mobile will waste gasoline. ‘These in- elude the excessive use of the choke, unnecessary fdling, running the en- fine too cold, driving at excessive speeds when ‘not necessary, making unnecessary starts and stops, racing the engine and unnecessary accelera- thon. In adaition to these, there are sev- eral wastefol spots around the car ftself which should be watched, such ‘as Improper carburetor setting, loose pistons and rings, erratic fuel, stuck ‘carburetor float, loose connections, dirt In the tank or fuel line, leaks, drag- ging brakes, lack of lubrication or Improper inflation of tires. Battery Caps Fragile Although they stick sometimes, tac battery vent caps never should be moved with any metal tool. They are fragile composition parts and break very easily. If the motorist will Just get a Grm grip on the cap he usually cat mad te aie be eesved b¥ bend: * Education Is Urged to Prevent Auto Accidents “Familiarity breeds contempt” is us true of automobile drivers and pedes trians as it is of other individuals. The above is merely a short way of saying that the longer a driver slips by @ dangerous comer of school at high speed without accident, or the oftener he passes -a car going up a hill without crashing Into another car, the more careless he gets, Education of drivers and pedestrians rather than guards and safety devices will eventually reduce the number of traffic accidents’ to a minimum, says Dr. A. R. Lauer, Rssoclute professor of psychology at Towa State college. Studies have Indicated that safety devices eliminate only about 30 per cent of uccidents. Doctor Lauer urges the education of the public and , especially of high school children,” in safety habits, Drivers need to be acquainted with thelr dangerous driving habits and im- pressed with the necessity of correct- Ing them. “Apparatus to test the ability of Arivers to respond quickly to various ‘driving situations and to avoid acl dents is:being completed here by, Doe- tor Lauer, who has previously done similar experimental work at Ohio State university, and Dr. J. E. Evang, head of the psychology department. Useful Idea for Holding Gerawe to Start Them Many useful ideas for holding Parva Se i? ag oe a) oa . OREN EE LESS sine Hie rie seen eenereEEeeeet AUTOMOBILE NOTES Be ee ecesens Railroads in 1929 moved 3,667,792 carloads of automotive and highway material, Motor vehicles in the United States consumed 810,000,000 barrels of gaso- Ine during 1930. ‘A recent survey revealed that gas- oline costs less in the United States than anywhere else in the world. ‘Times are certainly poor. A taxt Ariver could not change a $5 bill the othér morning, as usual, but offered the passenger the cab. Farm hotses tn the United States have been decreasing for the past five years, while registration of tractors tias inereased. In 1929 there were a total of 13,905,000 horses on farms in this country; the number of tractors registered In that year was 846.102. If your car 1s not equipped with a fire extinguisher it should be, not be- cause It may save the car, but he cause there are times when an extin- guisher might safe a life. The extin- gulsher shonld be checked occasionally to make sure it Is ready for an emer- geney. CLOTH TAILLEUR PRESENTS, SMART VERSION OF THE REDINGOTE THEME Load Th, . <A é compe - ae - e a i | ae i em _i- sy 4 i 1a eee Ce 4 q : aay ast i a | ae ’ ae a CN 4 WS a NX semble, tailored of handsome cloth : oth ‘the ‘redingote cont and. th ‘ reper dash ef gay cole, illady é wears a bright green crepe Scart <. “ tied under the coat, for the new ewe In some instances the redingote 18 ‘loth and allk are combined. That - in a one-piece dress of print silk “plaids and stripes being. newer aun orate—is topped. "with a : ' cloth cent. designed along "red a ingote lines “eo. that the. front A pening reveals: the guy froek —. A Ve se Picks B ESA An ensemble of this type Is very [5,8 eettnea ane new | Heal ere a8 sear aa tBE okbtustloned—now new | Coat throughout spring and. summer Tee a a eet. ot amaten: | while the dress, tf short-sleeved, tunes tion, which is cansing them to do and | to the mild days to come, A navy SEWING MACHINE EMBROIDERY IS EFFECTIVE AND SAVES TIME —‘\ SS =o \ [= Were | 4 @ ce ye a { in) A ee (iia A See elena eee ne fashioned — redingote, designers have discovered a source of inspira- tion, which is causing them to do. and to dare in the direction of silhouettes which are refreshingly different from the usual trend. ‘The redingote dress made of plain and print silk has already become 30 popular and familiar a fashion, it no longer remains a novelty. However, these charming frocks, which are the {dol of the moment in the world of fashion, present only one phase of the question. There are other paths to explore, one of which leads into the realm of the tailored ‘wool ensemble styled with a redingote. ‘Phe picture herewith presents as smart a version of the redingote en- Bee eee sewing machine way? No? Well, it’s easy—easy to learn, easy to do— and the work goes s0 quickly you can initial a dozen napkins, monogram 9 table cloth, smock @ frock, or embrol- der faney designs or monograms on guests towels in no time at all. The new art is called trim stitch, and re- quires no other equipment than a sult- able trim stitch cotton, a very coarse machine needle, the machine itself, and electric c* foot power. The thread used is firmly twisted and heavy in comparison with the thread in general use. You can get it in bright colors, such as you would expect to find ix embroidery silks and cottons. You will require a machine needle capable of carrying a 20 to 30 six-cord thread. Secure bollfast col- ors, so that they will go through the laundry witholt Injury. For outlin- ing, monogramming, initialing, or stitching, use the trim stitch thread on. top and in the bobbin. For the most effective work, the stitches should run from eight to ten to the inch. Two contrasting colors, such as blue or green on top and yellow or orange in the bobbin are effective. Smocking is beautiful for dress yokes, for sleeves, for holding skirt SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 1931. rs oars. cee Gee Ren Po en eM ae coat throughout spring and summer. while the dress, If short-sleeved, tunes to the mild days to come. A navy flannel coat with navy and white print for the frock Is purticularly smart both as to materials and as to color combination. Perhaps even more practical ts the new three-in-one redingote ensembte which features, in place of the long one-piece coat, a holero and a skirt (open at the front) of the cloth, these designed to be worn over the printed frock for street and about town, Mi- nus the Jacket and detachable cloth top skirt, the silk frock tunes to dressy afternoon wear, “MERI, NICHOLAS, 6 hi ey Soares: fullness, for smocks, und for fine dresses’ of sheer fabric. For this Work, adjust the stitch to seven or eight to the inch, and have an ordi- nary tension, Use size 24 white, six- cord thread in the bobbin. As these bobbin threads are the ones you will have to pull when it comes ,to the shirring, they will need to be ‘strong. Group your trim stiteh colors as you would for hand smocking, and stiteh the rows true, so that when shirred up they will be perfectly even. When all the rows are in, stiteh across one end to hold them securely. Then, from the opposite end shir the stiteh- ing up, pulling the bobbin threads only, drawing them up at the same time, For tablecloths and napkins, this machine embroidery way is an easy method of fnitjaling or monogramming. Tn Initfaling bath towels use large in. {tials and stitch twice around each line, For table linen, use white trim stitch, and stitch the initial solid ; that is, with from two to six rows of stiteh- ing close together. Whenever a tai- lored stitching line is desirable, as on the edges of the collars shown in the sketch, several even rows of one color or of contrasting colors are effective. CHERIE NICHOLAS. (sis Hela Calan ROSENWALD SEGREGATION IN HOSPITALS AN D YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATIONS HERE IN THE NORTH. Badly Equipped Physicians With Poor Education Advocate “Jim-Crow”’ Hospitals in This Section | of the Country—Loud-Mouthed enorant Miaitess) s Be ie ee RAR, ee ean eR Ro aie ae ETT eee EC eee een ents if | Billions of 2B ABR Ghke 9) | Chuckles Gian } are credited every year to the inventor aan | of that inimitable style of comic draw- Ww aos i I ings whose characters are never con. hy <a ay | fused with those of any artist other than St al ; A . RUBE GOLDBERG YO ae 2 The readers of this newspaper are ) ye e +a a et. @ to join millions of other Americans ; Pu”. ae Ss in the enjoyment of his delicious ) Lf ay a humor which will appear in strip form = | pa) REGULARLY IN THIS , ae NEWSPAPER | Watch For Them! (Special to The Gazette) Jersey City, N. J.—Mr. Rosenwald as done much good for our people in the South where it is impossible for them to get a square deal. His hospitals and schools are of much value. We believe Mr. Rosenwald’s heart is right in his benefactions, but some one is leading him wrong in attempting to get him to build sep- arate hospitals in cities like New York City. There is no place for racial (segregated) hospitals in New York, especially when they are built to cover the erime, race diserimina- tion, Many of our physicians com- ing North from southern sections are active in trying to establish these separate hospitals. There is no need for them here and these physicians should know that they are just as un- acceptable as their “race hospital ideas” are. In Jersey City,! with more than 200,000 inhabitants, may be found some of the finest ahd best equipped hospitals in ‘this country, In these hospitals no discrimination is shown, Dr. Euclid Ghee, son of the well- known physician, Dr. Peter F. Ghee, has been appointed on the staffs of Christ hospital and also General hos- pital. Young Dr. Ghee is a gradu- ate of Harvard Medical school as well as the Harvard University Col- lege department. By his ability, stu- diousness and good sense, he has worked himself up to the leading places in these hospitals. It is claimed that our physicians, with bad equipment and poor educa- tion, are leaders in trying to have established ‘‘jim-crow” hospitals. Only physicians of known ability practice and operate in first-class hospitals. Our people. have been made the stalking way for our unprepared physicians to do their butchering. It may be concluded that, when one hears a loud noise about establishing some particular place for some colored professional man to ply his trade, there is in the back-ground incompetency, selfish- ness and graft. Our physiclans can be as well equipped as any other physician, if they would only take time and money and prepare themselves. ‘There are many of our men yelling for “race hospitals,” “jim-crow Y's”, etc., be- cause they are not prepared to ply their trade or enter “Y's” among men of standing and first-class qual- ifications, The day of “race accom- modations,” to cover ovér race un- preparedness to function as other men, HAS PASSED! Then, too, a great number of persons, trying to skim along on their “race love,” is nothing more than buncomb. With the open-door for equipment and qualification our men in every walk of life must take their places along side of prepared men and not only colored men. Perhaps the “Negro” ministry is great sinner In this particular. Too many ignorant, flamboyant and loud- mouthed colored men are preaching, today, having only a stentorian voice as their principle asset. Too many colored ministers, who have been educated, are following the same loud-mouthed practice of catering to the whims of ignorance and ancient habits of our people, simply to get money out of them. A very little conscientious effort is being made by our ministry to uplift and refine our churches. Men are preaching who cannot use correct English and A SPLENDID OPPORTUNITY 0 Get The POEMS OF PHILLIS WHEATLEY (iret Afro-American Poetess) With notes by C. Muth Wright, BS. wh a Ratan . Cx fe . Seti», | Z eh 7 cAs Or peas? jm a LEZ AS eG ee, —S a .. ————— PHILLIS WHEATLEY. Pred led tieoked eee a 51.50 1 Year's Suincription to THE GAMBTTE 0 B00 Total for Book and Supseription. cece $8.50 Boch (SPMCIAL to oa ee BD Address, THE GAZETTE, 220 W. Superior Ave., Cleveland, 0. many of them are not third grade pupils in grammar schools. These race-churches, like what physicians call “race hospitals,” are doing more injury to religion than help. “Negro” ministers and physicians should be the equals in every way of the ministers and physicians of all other races. (Rey.) Wm. A. Byrd. “NOT THE LARGEST, BUT THE BEST!" Little Rock, Ark., June 16, ‘26. Hon. Harry C. Smith, Rditor, Gazette, Cleveland, 0. Dear Friend:—Long live The Gazette! a welcome friend to the Ricks-Demby family for forty-three years. We boast of being among the oldest contin- uous subscribers of The Ga- zette—not the largest but the best in essentials and the most dependable of race journale Wishing you continued good health and success, We are as ever, Very truly yours, (Bishop) Edward 7. and Nettie M. Demby. What Some Editors Say Employees of The Ohio Bell Telephone Company have been working fo the past ter days on Bridge street, cearing up pave- ment, layirg conduit and installing underground cables. They expect before the work is finally finished, to eliminate all overhead wires in and around the business section. ‘There is no particular news in the announcement of the doing of the work, but the manner in which they are going about it is worthy of comment. Usually when Berea streets are torn up and trenches dug for the laying of sewer or water mains, litter is scattered about the streets, mud and dirt is piled high and al- Towed to remain for days and weeks at a time, traffic is detoured, and the public in general is given very little consideration. Even though pressure is applied by city officials, as a rule the contractor pays little attention and the mess is in evidence: as long as work is being done. We are nappy to note that the usual mess is not apparent on the telephore job, as dirt and rubbish are hauled avay almost as soon as it is thrown out of the trench, traffic has not been detoured at all, and the general attitude of the ‘Telephone Company seems to be “The public be pleased,” instead of “The public be damned.” ‘The Bell Telephone Company is one of the greatest public service organizations in the world. Its at- titude towards the public has un- floubtedly contributed much to- wards the success which it enjoys Other public service organizations and contractors doing public work might also enjoy a greater degree of prosperity if they would follow its example.—Berea News.