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T SERVICE AT LOWEST COST TO Y --- Every HONEYMOON HOUSE MAKES Your 'PHONE WORTH MORE A man and a woman are standing in front of a house. The man is holding a bicycle and looking at the woman. The woman is holding a handbag and looking at the man. The house has a front door with a lantern above it. A NEWLY married couple moves into your neighborhood and puts in a telephone; a new store starts a few streets away and gets a telephone—two more doorways for your voice. Something similar is happening daily in every city and town. The value of your service is growing because you can reach more people by telephone. Although your telephone daily becomes worth more to you the price you pay is kept low by the company's policy of running the business on the barest margin of profit consistent with service, security and expansion. THE OHIO BELL --- Look Folks! GArfield 3589-J POPULISM the South are deprived of ought down to date by on League Politics. Price, Twenty-Five embracing the period from price, $1.00. ONEYMOON is Your WITH MORE moves into your neigh- bone; a new store starts telephone—two more ing daily in every city our service is growing people by telephone. It becomes worth more apt low by the com- business on the barest with service, security ST COST TO YOU TELEPHONE CO. MAGIC BELL THE GAZETTE ESTABLISHED, AUGUST 25, 1883 And Issued Every Week on Time Since CLEVELAND, OHIO, SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 14, 1931. 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. CINCINNATI. — Roy Noel and Louise Lewis, newlyweds, are located in a furnished apartment in Braxton Campbell Ct.—Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Speaks, of Springfield, visited their daughter, Mrs. R. E. Clark, recently—Geo. Hayes, Jr. is very ill—Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Alexander and Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Riee of Columbus were guests of their cousin, Mrs. Ida Higgins, recently. —Ruth and Faye Chance, Wilberforce co-eds, spent the week-end here with their parents. YOUNGSTOWN. — Armistice Day services at Oakville A. M. E. church, Sunday evening, under the auspices of the Progressive Ministerial association and in which several of our local churches participated, were very interesting indeed. Rev. S. P. Jenkins, pastor of Centenary M. E. church, preached the sermon; Oakville A. men's choir and Mahoning Zion A. M. E. church choir furnished the music. Rev. C. B. Dusenbury, pastor of St. Stevens Presbych, church, presided. —Mr. Wesley Dodson of the second ward and W. S. Vaughn of the third ward were triumphantly elected members of the City Council, last week Tuesday. DAYTON.—Mrs. Lillian Mallory royally entertained the Wednesday afternoon Bridge club, last week.—Mrs. J. Taylor, Mrs. C. Gibbs and Miss Loota Bell, Columbus teachers.—Mrs. J. Taylor, Mrs. C. Gibbs and Teachers' convention here, week before last, were guests of Mrs. Ella Taylor.—Wayman A. M. E. church is to have a honecoming program, Nov. 22, and a food show from Nov. 16-20.—Prof. Gee, Simpson, Messrs. Wren, Wales and Arthur Turtle, of Wren College, Xenia respectively, were here, recently, to attend Gee Schuyler's lecture. CORESPONDENTS must mail 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 town on the outside of the warrants 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 post office. Advertisements will be sent on application to a line. Our rates for display addition. CADIZ—Mesdames Lizzie Mosby and Susie Hann of E. Liverpool were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Christian, Sunday—Mrs. Nell Ware of Columbus visited Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lucas, Sunday—Mrs. W. F. Tley is able to be out again. Rheumatism—Misses Charlotte and Sidney Redmond visited in Flushing, recently—Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Goins of Cambridge attended services at St James A. M. e. church, Sunday morning—J. W. Johnson, injured in an auto accident, recently, is improving nicely—A number attended the Mrs. Deborah West of Smithfield, Sunday—Mrs. Florence Mason and Mrs. Mable Christian visited relatives in Connotton, last week.—Tell your friends to read The Gazette. TOLEDO. — Miss Beatrice Williams' reception in honor of Miss J. Frutile, just prior to her leaving the city to make Kansas City her home, was a success. — Mrs. Leona Mosely entertained with a bridge party, recently. First prize went to Mrs. E. Clark, second to Mrs. Ida Price; third to Mrs. Barbice Howard. First men's prize was captured by Mr. Talmadge Watson and second went to Atty. Albertus Conn. —Mr. and Mrs. Clarence R. Vena, who are traveling in Europe, were in Holland, last week. — Mrs. Robert Pulley entertained in honor of Mrs. A. L. Turner of Detroit, who was visiting Kansas City, is still confined to a local hospital. Geo. Shuplier of Y. N. City lectured here at the Indiana Ave. "Y", Sunday. Rev. Nicodemus Pacifacia, a Filipino, was arrested in Boston, last week Wednesday evening, after delivering a sermon on "Honesty, Decency and Veracity" at Holy Christian church. When arraigned in court, the next day, he pleaded guilty to the theft of $230 worth of clothing belonging to Chas. Walker and Judson Davis of that city. The ROUNDER WHAT'S DOING! Last fall during the campaign, Councilman Roy Bundy made a statement in the local newspapers that "if Maurice Maschke came into the 17th ward to make a political speech he would be run out of it." He didn't talk so gibby about running Mr. Maschke out of the ward during the campaign just closed. Many people had asked him about it. Bundy was so desperate, this time, that he welcomed him with open arms, and then some! There are to be examinations, next month, for appointments to the police force. All patrolmen for the next two years will be selected from the list of those who pass these examinations. Applications to take them must be filed before Dec. 8, "31. The physical examination will be conducted and the mental examination on Jan. 5. Applicants must be at least 5 ft. 9 in. height. Altho three or four of our men passed the examination, given some months ago, for membership on the police force, not one of them was appointed because of the NEGLECT of "The Blossom Triplets," Councilmen George, Payne and Bundy. There is to be another examination next month, applications for which must be filed before Dec. 8, '31. This will afford another opportunity for men seeking to be policemen, and to the Blossom Triplets" to help at least three of them. No one but the unsophisticated believes for a moment that Atty. Louise J. Pridegeon was given credit for half the votes she really received. And by the same token those who have inside knowledge know that George never received the total vote announced for him, even that he had run some thirteen of forty and buried behind the fourth district's first police Mrs Pridegeon will be the next Afro-American member of the City Council from the fourth district—two years hence. There are a number of ways "it" was done election day. Possibly the following, from The Cleveland Daily, 31 points to at least one of 31: Registered the Dead. "In the seventeenth ward only one precinct has been investigated, precinct A, in which Councilman Leroy N. Bundy lives. In that precinct, Joseph Silber said, 30 persons had registered who were not known at the addresses they gave. One had given the number of a filling station as his home and two others gave numbers which didn't exist. Among other irregularities cited by the committee treasurer are the registering of eight persons from a vacant house at 2701 E. 53rd St., and the appearance on the lists of one voter understood to have been dead since 1923." Campaign Echoes. The voters of the 12th ward showed last week Tuesday, election day, what they that of the Payne-Bundy-Bender K. K. K. policy of trying to dispose of the leadership of Atty. Alex. Bernstein and Councilman Herman Finkle. After having remained away from Finkle during the campaign and aiding the opposition to his candidacy, wasn't it a very bitter pill to swallow when Payne had to use a part of Finkle's votes to get "elected"? He like George, failed signally to get the necessary quota of first候选. Councilman John Marshall's advice in a speech to voters of the 12th ward to "vote for George as I will have plenty and won't need them" came very near defeating him. George can CHARGE LYNCHERS ESCAPE PENALTY Probers Find of Twenty-One Victims Two Were Innocent and Eleven Possibly So. Atlanta, Ga.—The southern commission on the study of lynch-murder says that although mob members generally make little no effort to identify the identity, "infortentions were returned in only six of the twenty-one lynchings in 1930. Its report, made public Tuesday, said "officers and others present" at lynchings usually "testified that they recognized none" of the mob. This attitude was attributed "only to con- [Picture of a man in a suit]. nivance or stupidity." Of the twenty-one persons lynched in 1930, two were "certainly innocent, and eleven others possibly so," the report adds. In some cases, the commission said it found "reason to suspect that the victims had been deliberately 'framed' for the purpose of concealment or revenge." The following statements were included in a summary of the commission's report: "Less than one-fourth of persons lynched since 1890 have been accused (not convicted) of assault upon white women. Many Innocent Lynched! "Claim that lynchings are necessary because courts do not convict Negroes for their crimes is found to be fallacious. Lynching is most frequent per tens of thousands of Negro population in sparsely settled areas. There is a direct relationship between lack of education, low economic status, and lynching danger." Discussing the offenses for which lynch-murders occurred in 1930, the report says: "One man was lynched solely because he had offended political opponents, and another to prevent his appearance as a witness in a serious court case against white men. In five of the other eleven cases, it was not clear that the mobs got the guilty persons, and in the other six there was doubt as to the truth of the charges against the men lynched." group investigating. The group was investigating the investigation, which was approved last year by the commission on inter-racial co-operation, was headed by George F. Milton, president and editor of the Chattanooga (Tenn.) News, and included Julian Harris, news director of the Atlanta Constitution; Dr John Hope, president of the Atlanta (Ga.) University; Dr. Benj. F. Hu, president of Georgia State College; Dr. Chas. S. Johnson, department of social science, Fisk University; Dr. W. P. King, book editor of the M. E. church, South; Dr. W. J McGlothlin, president of Furman University and also head of the Southern Baptist convention; Dr. R. R. Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute; Dr. Howard W. Odum of the University of Georgia; Dr. Alex Spence of Dallas, Tex., and Dr. Monroe Work of Tuskegee (Ala. Institute. The government is issuing a pamphlet which contains a list of Afro-American newspapers. There are 144 weeklies, 9 monthly magazines, 12 trade journals, 3 labor organs, 20 religious publications, 22 college papers, 5 high-school papers, 3 university and/orory journals and 9 publications in the interest of benevolent societies. The Abyssinian, African emperor, "Haile Selassie, king of kings, lion of Judah, elect of God and light of the world," has inaugurated a "modern government" with a two-chamber legislature, and celebrated it in a golden coach, once owned by Kaiser Wilhelm. A picturesque feature was a banquet for 10,000 of his Ethiopian tribesmen, wearing lions' skins, dress-dresses of lions' manes, carrying shields of rhinoceros hide, and eating raw meat a tribal custom. thank Marshall for his election if he has any political sense for he fell over a thousand first-choice votes behind the quota. SINGLE COPY FIVE CENTS THE ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN "BURNT UP" IN AN OPEN LETTER FROM A LOYAL DETROIT MEMBER OF THE RACE Who Tells Him "To Stay Home and Attend to His Own Affairs and Stop Meddling in Local Politics."—Hot Stuff. Detroit, Mich. — Congressman Oscar DePriest of Chicago made his second attempt to indorse the candidacy for mayor of Harold Emmons Monday night, Nov. 2, at Tabernacle church, but met with the same fate that greeted him at First Regiment armory Saturday evening, Oct. 31, when he denounced "the Music Thinging at Tabernacle church almost developed into a riot. Catcalls, hisses and jeers greeted every effort made by DePriest to deliver his speech. Rev. Pittman, pastor of the church, pleaded for order, but the confusion continued. In an open letter, Charles C. Diggs, undertaker and a defeated candidate for the common council, branded DePriest a traitor for his untimely speech (the first one) here, Saturday, at Light Guard armory before a crowd of 5,000 persons. The congressman, hissed and booed because he sought to be in local politics in the filibustered letter to stay home and attend to his own affairs. Diggs' letter: Detroit, Mich. Nov. 2. '31. Congressman Oscar DePriest, Congressman Dear Sir: Your action in hiring yourself out last week to come to Detroit, and speak for one Mr. Emmons, a candidate for mayor, whom you know does not represent the best interest of your group in our city and whom you know is the choice of less than 5 per cent of our citizens here, proves conclusively that members of your group and your congressional district in Chicago say that Chicago needs an honest, younger and more qualified man of the race as congressman from Illinois, are right! You came here under the camouflage of dealing with the unemployment question and as representing the national Republican committee. You express no program for unemployment relief, only outlining what you thought the man would do for us who paid you to come here. We, as citizens of Chicago, are asking you to that. The national Republican party has no interest in a non-protestant election in Detroit, not even our local and state Republican officials are taking any interest in Mr. GEORGE AND JOBS! Editor The Gazette:—Some months ago, Claybourne George went to a conference in Assist. City Atty. Ryan's office to stop picketing of Fisher Bros. chain stores but lost his fight. As a result, the Economic Race Development Society, whose slogan is "Do not spend your money where you cannot work", was able to interview The Fisher Bros. Co. which is something few "Negroes" had ever done. That interview proved fruitful to the E. R. D. society and an agreement was made to supply the stores in "Negro neighborhoods with eighteen managers and as many clerks as were needed to support the stores in the city." Mr. Grady informed the E. R. D. society that he would give us our own district manager. The Fisher contract is the fairest offered in the city of Cleveland. But what happened? Mr. George called a mass meeting at Temple Baptist church, called in Mr. Grady and pretended to be the original source thru which The Fisher Co. changed their policy of employment, and had the people, who were to be placed in jobs, stand up. He then made a lengthy speech, took a collection and left the people thinking he was the source thru which The Fisher Bros. Co. hired "Negroes. What went on between Mr. George and Mr. Grady. The Fisher Co. hired less than one dozen "Negroes in the time they asked to give full amount of representation, which accounted for would have been about 100 of our people, more or less. One hundred persons hired would relieve sofferings. The day before the conference mentioned was the first time the E. R. D. society knew Mr. George e. R. D. society knew Mr. George hired in the stores except for his own political gain. When he was asked his view on the hearing, he stated: "I sure am sorry Mr. Ryan called me in for I certainly am opposed to that movement." The job campaign, in order to continue to get good jobs for the people, must therefore get rid of Mr. THE GAZETTE is the oldest class 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 NEWSBEST AND BEST published in the interest of Afro-Americans. E COPY FIVE CENTS AITOR! CONGRESSMAN N OPEN LETTER FROM A MEMBER OF THE RACE Home and Attend to His Own p Meddling in Local Emmons, only to vote for his opponent, Mr. Murphy, who led Mr. Emmons in the primaries by $8,000 votes. State Senator Roxboro, our own representative to Lansing, is for Murphy. U. S. Senator Couzens is also for Murphy. It appears that our congressman from Illinois is taking a OSCAR DE PRIEST large responsibility upon himself to come to Detroit to protect the Republican party without the co-operation and best wishes of the leaders and the Republican officers of our state from governor down. I would say in conclusion that your speeches about national affairs are quite entertaining, but our interest in local political affairs in Detroit and your interests can be better served in the future by your remaining in Chicago, where I understand you have an acute unemployment problem that should claim your attention. Charles C. Diggs. George and let the Fisher Bros. and all other organizations operating in our community know that we contend for clean leadership. Signed MILTON G. ROBERSON, Sec. E. R. D. Society, GArfield 9651-J. ALL ARE INVITED To Participate in The George Washington Bicentennial Celebration, Year X—Send for Dumplings, Pies, Pegs, Pants, Etc.—All Free! The U. S. George Washington Bicentennial Commission, through its division of information and publication, again calls attention to the fact that all people, regardless of race, creed or color, are invited to participate in the nation-wide celebration in 1932 which is to honor the father of his country on the two hundredth anniversary of his birth. In creating the Commission, Concerned citizens placed that the Commission be universal in extent so that future generations of American citizens may profit by the examples of loyalty to country and high-mindedness of purpose set forth by the first President. The Commission has invited every state and city in this country to become an integral part of the bicentennial organization; it has invited every group of people in America to unite in paying tribute to one of America's two leading citizens, the martyr, Abraham Lincoln, and the first president. There are no boundary lines on the ground and no color lines in this movement. it is announced by the Commission. The celebration will begin. Feb. 22 '32, and continue until the following Thanksgiving day, and the Commission stands ready to assist all individuals and organizations wishing to take part in it. The Commission has historical pamphlets, program pamphlets, plays, pageants and suggestions for participation. Any of this information will be sent, free of charge, to those interested individuals to participate. Write the U. S. George Washington Bicentennial Commission, Washington Building, Washington, D. C. --- Charles C. Diggs. The GAZETTE PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY 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 STRONGER 10,000,000 Afro-Americans. 325,000 in Ohio. 75,000 in Cleveland. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1931 It is true that very, very few of our business men advertise and fewer still know the value of using the advertising columns of our newspapers. There would be less failures and much more prosperity if the foregoing were not true. --- It now looks very much as if President Herbert Hoover's war department is transferring our soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalry and those of the 24th and 25th Infantry to other units of the U. S. army and lowering their status as combat troops. In plain words, it looks very much as if the war department is making servants of them rather than soldiers. Its claim that soldiers (white) are being similarly treated and placed with other units of the army is being investigated. Congressman Oscar DePriest of Chicago, who was employed during the recent campaign to deliver two political speeches in Detroit, one Saturday evening in Light Guard armory before a crowd of 5,000 persons, and the other, Monday evening, in Tabernacle church, made the mistake of interfering in local politics during his speeches. He ought to have known better. We know of nothing that will excuse him for making such a blunder. It almost caused a riot in the church. --- More than $5,000,000 have been spent on the Harlem hospital, N. Y. City. A $2,000,000 women's pavilion and nurses' home addition to it has just been started. The medical board, the staff and the patients of Harlem hospital are mixed. Mayor "Jimmy" Walker of N. Y. City characterized the institution as "a monument to racial tolerance" and praised highly the achievements of our nurses and doctors on the hospital staff. He also praised Dr. Louis T. Wright, secretary of the medical board of the hospital and a police-sergeant of that city. This good news ought to be furnished former City Manager Wm. R. Hopkins, councilman-elect, and Welfare Director Dudley S. Blossom of this city. They need it! EDITOR DABNEY VILIFIED. For standing up for right and principles, so necessary to the progress of our people, Editor Wendell Phillips Dabney of "The Cincinnati Union" was vilified in a campaign paper issued, week before last, in behalf of Frank Hall, Afro-American candidate for membership in the City Council of the former "Queen City of the West." "Twas ever thus!" the editor of The Gazette can fully sympathize with his Cincinnati colleague and long personal friend, having had so very much of that sort of thing for many, many years. "Brother" Dabney; it is the penalty every honest, out-spoken, aggressive and loyal member of the race, particularly an editor, has to pay for the privilege of trying to help the masses of our people in preference to their double-crossing, rascally blow-bag "leaders". RAPIDLY RETROGRADING. The great majority of our people of today, unlike those who have passed and gone and who by their fraugility, truthfulness, industriousness and good common-sense demanded and commanded respect from all other races, seem to care only for pleasure and make-belleve, and to have little regard for the truth, make practically no preparation for the future, and only think of having "good time". They are martyrs to the cause of deception and pleasure, but cannot become martyrs for principles. Picnics galore, taxies daily, small down-payments on unreasonably high-priced homes and automobiles; vacations, entertaining and making every kind of an outward show of prosperity. But when a call was sent out, last fall, to raise a fund to send our Ex-Representative Perry Jackson to Columbus to watch and protect our interests in the last legislature, none could spare any money for this very necessary act. When the Empire Savings and Loan Co. was in need of help, we couldn't afford or didn't have the means to deposit a small sum in that organization for the purpose of restoring confidence in it and building up business for that very much needed enterprise. We can beg, borrow, etc., in order to present "a big masked front", but can do nothing to make this city a better grace for ourselves and our children, or to fight and try to stamp out prejudice, segregation, disrespect, distrust and "jim-crowism". Every day and in every way, we (as a race) are very rapidly retrograding. The Gazette can plainly see that it will only be a few more years, if our people don't wake up and start to think of the future, until we will have another Cincinnati right here in Cleveland, or a Columbus. It was there the K. K. K, recently held a state meet and in one of that city's public school buildings, to draft plans to "take care of the Negroes of Ohio during the next three years", and we are still sleeping and occasionally waking up to listen to unscrupulous leaders who are exploiting the race for their selfish purposes, and when we do have a "down home" up here, don't blame anyone but yourselves and your leaders. CAMOUFLAGE Councilman Roy Bundy introduced a resolution in City Council, Monday evening, authorizing an "investigation of the alleged defects in the election machinery" in ward 17, last week Tuesday. He claimed that "more than 1,000 electors in the 17th ward had been denied a vote, election day, because of mistakes in registration that were not the fault of the voters". All this is nothing but bunk and camouflage. He is trying to cover up the inflated registration in that ward and thus prevent an investigation that should include ward 11 at least, and be thoro. Instead of 1,000 electors in the 17th ward being denied a vote, last week Tuesday, a proper investigation would show what is pretty generally claimed in that section of the city and that is that the "registered voters" in that ward out-number the real voters by between one and two thousand. By all means let us have a thoro investigation of the inflated registration in both the 11th and 17th wards and not one for "alleged defects in election machinery". Councilman Larry Payne seconded Bundy's resolution with the following: "Numbers and numbers of law-abiding persons interested in their city were prevented from voting by a damnable dangerous registration system". Positively a silly statement and silly language—"damnable dangerous registration system." There is positively nothing dangerous about permanent registration. Even Payne ought to know that. SHILOH CHURCH SOLD Brings a Little Over Half the Mortgage Debt — Trustees "Up Against It" — "Bill" Columbus, O.—Thirty-two families face the possibility of the loss of their homes to make up a deficiency of $31,000 because the sheriff's auction sale of Shiloh Baptist church, October 24, brought only $36,000. The Bellefontaine Building and Loan Co. holds a mortgage of $65,000 on the property. Inasmuch as it did not bring the amount of the mortgage, the loan company may look to the trustees and members of the loan company who signed the mortgage note. On the payment of the deficit of $31,000. It is said that many of those signing the note claim that the pastor, Rev. J. H, Burks, misrepresented the matter to them and did not tell them they were signing a note. Those who signed the mortgage are: J. W. Waldron, Elmer Budford, H. C. Bland, F. O. Guthrie, M. F. Lindsay, I. A. Barbour, H. T. Jones, Lewis Perlew, Wm. M. Jones, James Duglug, Wilber West, Jesse Andrews, Elmer Miller, Willey Fordson, Wm. T. Johnson, James Braxon, Wm. Hawkins, Clarence Jennings, Geo. Bivens, David Bruce, and heirs to the estates of S. L. Gibbs, and Robert T. Steppe. Services were held in the church Sunday, and efforts are being made to refinance the church property.—Mr. and Mrs. Clark Browder, newlyweds, are at home to their many friends at 1441 E. Long St.—Mr. and Mrs. Homer Weaver and daughter, Vivian, were in the city, recently, to visit their daughter, Doris, who is attending O. S. U. Chas DeLoach, a recent O. S. U. Chas DeLoach, a recent engineering has been appointed an inspector in the state high-way department.—The sport writer of "The Columbus Daily Citizen" had the following to say, "Bill Bell," O. S. U.'s great Afro-American tackle, particularly his splendid work in the recent Michigan and Northwestern games: "I think he has more fight and possesses more football judgment than any lineman on the squad. He backs it up by his faultless play in every game. Who received the best hand from the crowd to day? Where was the crowd to day on his grasp his hand? Where was the student-member to give him a sweat-jersey? Where was the comment and praise due any such player from any of the Columbus newspapers?" THE GAZETTE, CLEVELAND, O. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1931 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. THINGS ARE BREAKING SO TOUGH FOR ME I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WHAT'S THE TROUBLE, JACK? INEVER KNEW WHAT TROUBLE WAS UNTIL WE GOT MARRIED AND THEN I GRABBED OFF YOUR WHOLE FAMILY WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO ABOUT IT? I HAVE A GOOD MIND TO BLOW MY BRAINS OUT THEN WHAT WOULD YOU DO? THEN I WOULD BE DEAD GO AHEAD, ILL LAY YOU EVEN MONEY YOU CAN'T HIT THEM WITHOUT A MAGNIFYING GLASS I MISSED WIN MY BET AND I STILL HAVE YOU SO MAYBE I LOSE Our mor-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 MOBS. 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, or 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, may be called in manently 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 for the assault is made. (93 v. 161 4.) Section 6281. A person assaulted and lynched by a mob may recover, from the county in which such assault is made a sum not to exceed 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 $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, and then be distributed to the deceiving 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 recov- 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 a lynchman. (93 v. 162 8.) 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 injury, shall be a part of the judgment in every such case. (93 v. 162 8.) Section 62x8. 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 62x8. The county, in which the inmates are, 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. 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 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 north ern 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: BS. ed. representative of victim of lynching try by mob trying to lynch another. costs in tax levy. must member of mob must another county. 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 conducted, in which the amount of the judgment and the number of county from which the mob came, unless there was contributory negligence on the part of officials of such county in failing to protect such prisoner or dispurse such mob. (93 v. 163.) 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 House of Representatives, in 1894: The General Assembly of 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 will enjoyment of the accommodations facilities or privileges thereof, shall be fined not less than fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, or imprisoned not less than thirty days nor more than ninety days, or both. Sec. 12941. Whoever violates the next preceding section shall also pay the next fifty dollars nor more than five hundred dollars, son aggrieved thereby to be recovered in any court of competent jurisdiction in the county where such offense was committed. This law has repeatedly been held constitutional and good law by the Ohio Supreme court. The trouble is our people will not use it as often as they should, but expect it to do for them what they should and must do for themselves, under it, in the courts. DOINGS OF THE RACE. An anonymous donor has given Atlanta (Ga.) University one million dollars. Peter N. Koinange, son of a chief in British E. Africa, is attending O. W. U. at Delaware. Alderman Fred R. Moore, editor of "The New York Age", was defeated for re-election, Nov. 3, '31. The 23rd annual meeting of our national Equal Rights League will be held in John Wesley Zion A. M. E. church, Washington, D. C., Nov. 29, 30 and Dec. 1, '31. Jack Johnson, former champion heavy-weight pugilist, introduced his latest wife (white) to the customers of his new night-club, "The Show Boat", at Los Angeles, Cal. C. L. Skinner and Martin Powell have been appointed assistants in the department of publicity of the U. 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