Gary American

MITTIE THORNTON ck" to serve by giving nd world "The Truth-Quick" In our humble way we strive to serve the Colored people of America by giving them a truthful story of local and world news. Mustard HELLO, EVERYBODY! Mr. Etaoin Shrdlu, who frequently gets in the newspapers, and Little Dickie Dishwater, the office pest, wish to state that an announcement printed and sent out by them relative to a coming social event was slightly in error. The announcement follows: Mr. and Mrs. George Blackman announce the marriage of their daughter, Lucille, to Mr. Clifford Brown at their residence, 1820 Mitchel street, on the evening of September 8. According to Mr. Shrdlu and Dickie, the name should have been Mr. anr Mrs. Edward White. They state also that it is not a marriage but a party that will be given and incidentally, it is for their son, Harold, who is having as a guest a Mr. Whitfield Brown. They have no daughter. Mr. Shrdlu and Dickie also said that there was a slight discrepancy where the address is concerned as the number is 2603 Blackhawk Street and the date will be October 20 instead of Sept. 8. Outside of these one or two minor mistakes, the announcement was correct as made. Mr. Shrdlu and Dickie stated also that they would be prepared to print other announcements with their customary care and freedom from error. ADD PITIFUL CASES: ONE SIAMESE TWIN G E T T I N G SCARED AND TRYING TO HIDE FROM HER SISTER. It is further alleged that as a result of these defalcations, teachers' salaries and sundry other bills to the amount of $6,000 are unpaid. The petitioners ask fora receivership and accounting of the funds. esultoti e. aflodlr firbutw AIN'T GOT NO EDUCATION Josefus was a senior bold, That the petitioners state that they fear that Bishop Johnson will flee jurisdiction of the court, and hence they ask that tribunal to grant a writ ad personam, which will kep him in the state of Mississippi. So the dean he called one night And spoke these words to he: CHO. "Sticks and stones will break my bones Afore me'll graduate. Oh I've learned to drink and really think There's few gals I can't make. But my ambition never reached fruition ("T was my mother's hope) To learn full well just how the hell It will be recalled that considerable discussion arose at the last meeting of the financial board because Bishop Johnson failed to turn over to the financial department its share of the dollar money from any of the Mississippi conferences. Josephus left for his home town As the morning sun did shone; He got there and right soon did found The mother from whom he roamed. She looked at him with tear in eye And cigaret in mouth, Finds Friend Paramour Of His Spouse And as he spake these sentiment His baby sister came She listened then she said, "A gent Are you I do maintain. Are you I do maintain. You did not broken up our home By getting your degree Osborn Lyons, 3224 Jefferson, returned home earlier than he was expected Wednesday night. To the surprise of his wife, he discovered her in a compromising position with his friend, Eller Ward, 2172 Jefferson. Lyons proceeded to "protect his castle" by attacking Ward with a knife. Ward countered in the attack with his knife and neighbors called the police to stop the duel. By getting your degree. And so they gave him beer with Wine and gin will soak your skin Before you graduate. Oh, you wear no hat, can shoot a crap And drink your whiskey straight, But while in college you got no knowledge Both men were taken to San Antonio hospital. Lyons had received three minor wounds in the left shoulder, while Ward had been cut in the leg. After treatment of the wounds Lyons returned to his home. On the order of the police Ward was held by the hospital authorities. (It was our fondest hope) You cannot tell just how the hell To eat an artichoke." * * * OLD JOB MAY .HAVE. BEEN PATIENT, BUT HE NEVER SAT AROUND WAITING FOR .THE CHICAGO WHITE SOX TO WIN A PENNANT. Lyons swore out a warrant Thursday for the arrest of Ward on the charge of assault with intent to kill. POSSUM SENTER NEWS ITEMS A pee-wee golf course has just been installed here, which means that our town has had to practically double its city limits. Mrs. Lucius Budd was somewhat embarrassed this morning when she saw that it was her husband who had returned unexpectedly and grabbed her, Mrs. Budd thinking that it was her pastor. It's beginning to seem that Mr. Calvin Coolidge, in spite of his reputation for silence while our President, had more to say then than since he's been a newspaper columnist. —F. M. D. Girls return from Stewart House camp, 24 girls were there; Tong wars over here are likely to discourage philanthropists who sent missionaries to China to inculcate American civilization. Doctors Begin $300,000 Discrimination Suit Detroit.—Failure of the Detroit-Windsor Ferry company to permit 12 Negro doctors attending the National Association of Chiropodists here to use tickets purchased for an excursion has resulted in the filing of 12 damage suits totaling $300,000 against the company. In order to give its employees a holiday, there will be no editions of The Gary American on Monday Labor Day, September 1. All departments of The Gary American in observance of the holiday, will be closed and work will not be resumed until Tuesday morning September 2. The jimcrow tactics of the company were evidenced on August 6 when officials of the boat company refused them passage to Bob-Lo island, to which the whole convention had been invitedfl. The Cary American --- VOLUME III No.41 You eat an artichoke." But her joy full soon did die As up did spake the youth: (CHO.:) And said these words to he: CHO. : Gary American To Be Closed Monday Claim Bishop Misused Cash School Owned Claim Bishop Misused Cash School Owned Sue Bishop Johnson For $22,000 Shortage At Campbell College $6,000 In Salaries Owed to Teachers Bishop Had No Right to Receive Money, So Officials Say Jackson, Miss. — Charged with causing a shortage of $6,000 at Campbell college and misusing $22,000 in funds, Bishop William D. Johnson, of the Eighth Episcopal district of the A. M. E. church was named defendant in a suit in equity filed in the circuit court here last week. It is claimed in this petition that Bishop Johnson not only received the $22,000 without authority to do so, but mishandled it and diverted it from the use for which it was intended. Salaries Behind Denies Charges Bishop Johnson is said not only to have abruptly denied the charges, but to have in effect pooh pooh the filing of the suit and told them to try any means they wanted to reach him. Irate Mate Duels With Wife's Lover Jazzin' The News (The Week's News in Verse) By F. Marshall Davis Whites chase boys from local park; find sign holding threat; Bishop charged with cash misuse, y college Six Grand in debt. Water White learns about Marion jail, sends report to "gov" of state; Youth called down for "sass" at home, beats grandma to retaliate. June your radio Tuesday nights when The American's on the air. The Gary American Gary American On Air Tuesdays Over WJKS In South Side Hour Activities of Gary Negro business concerns were broadcast Tuesday night over the air in a radio program sponsored by WJKS under the direction of George W. Edwards, director of colored talent. In a program which described the services and products of five local businesses, one colored newspaper, one restaurant, one beauty parlor and one contracting firm were represented during the thirty-minute broadcast. Headed by The Gary American, Gang Warfare Grips Youths Of Baltimore Boy Dies With Sealed Lips; Guns, Knives Used In Fights Baltimore.—Taking their cue from Al Capone, Bugs Moran, the Aiello brothers and other notorious gangsters, the youthful element of this city have organized into six gangs that follow the code of the underworld in every way. According to rumors current among local boys, one youth is dead following beatings received at the hands of rival gangsters after a picnic at Thompson's park recently. He died in City hospital without divulging the names of his assailants. Boys 16 to 20 These gangs, composed of boys ranging from 16 to 20 years of age, have such names as the Red Dragons, the Underworlds, East Baltimores, the Point Boys, the Ramases, and the Y. M. C. A. Boys—the latter so named because they hang out at the Druid Street "Y." Any encroachment of one on the territory of the others results in an exchange of shots and hand-to-hand battles with blackjacks, knives and razors. Several boys have been seriously wounded as a result of this warfare. These gangs have regular meeting places where they plan their activities. All of the boys are said to carry guns, blackjacks, razors, knives, brass knucks, and other weapons. Householder Beaten A householder was severely beaten recently when he refused admission to uninvited gangsters who sought to break up a house party given by another group. Shots were exchanged. In retaliation, a straw ride given by the latter group was shot up when the band attacked at the house party followed -the revelers to a park here bent on revenge. Shot Up Carnival A block carnival given at the Sharp Street Community House was broken up when a group of East Baltimore youths were cornered by another gang and shot their way out. No one was hurt, and the rioters made their escape before the arrival of the police. Individual members of the various organizations are attacked and severely beaten hen caught in rival territory. Serious consequences are feared by parents and police who seem unable to discourage the practice of carrying concealed weapons. Many charges of pocketbook snatching, strong arm holdups and petty larceny cases have been attributed to these boys who have no lawful employment. Two Delegates Go To Musician Meet Two Delegates Go To Musician Meet Two representatives from Gary attended the state meet of the Negro Association of Music at La Porte last week. They were Hazel Whitlock, 2305 Connecticut street, and Mrs. McDougall, 2300 Madison street. The Roosevelt school band was there last Friday for a special program. This convention, held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, was attended by delegates from all over Indiana. A program consisting of music in its various forms was given during the meeting. Delegates were also elected to attend the national convention held this week in Chicago. A special concert was given by the Roosevelt school band Friday afternoon at La Porte. That evening it took part in the parade through the business section of the town. Women in politics do not hesitate to tell an old time political boss what they think of him. The feminine privilege of the last word is eternal. GARY, INDIANA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 30, 1930 whose announcement of its serial story, "White Laughter," was broadcast several times, the five businesses represented were: Bolton's restaurant, 24 West Seventeenth avenue, the Butler contractors, the Juliatine Beauty Shop, 1828 Broadway. The program will be repeated next Tuesday night over WJKS between the hours of seven and seven-thirty p. m. as the result of a plan to sponsor a series of five programs on Tuesdaay nights, according to Edwards. Garyites Take Part in Three Conventions Indianap'lis and Chicago Give Warm Welcome To Hoosiers By Florida J. Leeke Staff Correspondent A brief review of the activities of Negro people around and about this section of the country during the last two weeks surely fills our hearts with joy, appreciation and hopefulness. At Indianapolis, we saw assembled many of America's eminent physicians, surgeons, dentists and pharmaceutists. There they had gathered, the National Medical association, just as they have done annually for the last 37 years, to discuss together their successes, their failures, their hopes for service to mankind; to get renewed vigor and encouragement from the hearty handshakes and the sympathetic understanding of those who have gone a few steps farther in the great work. The daily sessions were held in the main auditorium of the Attucks high school. The evening meetings and programs were held in the various church auditoriums about the city. In direct contmrast to this very dignified assembly, and in the same city during the same week, there was gathered another group of Negro people, equally as fine a group, only serving another purpose. With racket and ball, light hearts and friendly spirit, they came to vie with each other for the national championship of the tennis court. They played—oh! how they played. And how thoroughly convinced was this writer that in deed and in truth the American Negro is learning how to play as well as how to work. The two greatest essentials for any race of people! The National Tennis tournament was held at Douglas park. This park was given over several years ago to the Negro people of that city. It affords them a very splendid, modernly constructed swimming pool and golf course, of which the city is very proud. Indianapolis was indeed proud to have these two great meetings within her city at the same time and exercised her pride in the very delightful entertainment which was given all visitors during the week. There were breakfast parties galore—and may I digress a bit to say: To the bridge playing ladies of Gary, never fear; our city was well represented and brought back the bacon. One of our own very charming matrons very gracefully came in for second place of the light beautiful prizes given at the large card party, honoring all visiting ladies at the two conventions. Then coming a little nearer home, we find another group of our own worthy people adding to the joys of living with song and music, that art of all arts in which we so fully share by right of birth. Chicago is being lifted up this week with the sweet mellow notes of song and instrument, coming from the hearts and fingers of American Negroes. The National Negro Musical association is being held in the Eighth Street theatre and Chicago is proud to have such wonderful musicians with them. Chicago radio stations are proud to have the opportunity of broadcasting the wonderful programs which are being given there. We are proud of all the activities of our people. (C), 1930, The Gary American Held To Criminal Court As Burglar's Aid Charged with receiving property stolen from the Indiana Clothing company in a robbery hare a few weeks ago, Lindsey Henderson, 2140 Jefferson street; was bound over to the Lake. Criminal court Monday by Judge Herman L. Key in bonds of $2,000. Lewis Robinson and James Cunningham, charged with the robbery and arrested a few days after the burglary, are awaiting trial. They were held to the criminal court last week by Special Judge Moise. Mob Had Open Way To Cells, White Learns N.A.A.C.P. Investigation Of Marion Lynching Is Completed State Heads Given Names of Leaders Walter White Condemns And Lauds Officials For Their Action New York City.—That the two solid steel doors of the Grant County jail, which would have prevented entrance of the mob which lynched Tom Shipp and Abe Smith at Marlon, Ind., were not locked on the night of the lynching was revealed on the return to New York of Walter White, Acting Secretary of the N. A. A. C. P. This is but one of the instances of gross failure to protect the prisoners charged by Mr. White in a letter to James M. Ogden, Attorney General of Indiana. In his communication Mr. White gave the names of alleged ringleaders and members of the mob which snuffed out the lives of the two Negro youths at Marlon. In a statement made public this week Mr. White declared: "Beldom has there been an instance of more flagrant carelessness in preventing a lynchings than was the case at Marion. Sheriff Jacob Campbell claims he had no intimation the lynchings were being planned until around seven o'clock in the evening of August 7 when Mrs. W. T. Bailey, wife of a prominent physician of Marion, telephoned him. Mrs. Bailey is president of the Marion branch of the N. A. A. C. P. and of the state conference of branches of the N. A. A. C. P. It is difficult to understand how Sheriff Campbell could not have known of the plans tounch the two Negro boys. Apparently everyone else in Marion knew early in the afternoon that the lynchings were to be staged. Claude Deeter, the white man killed by the colored boys, died about 1:30 in the afternoon. Immediately crowds began to gather in the streets and threats were openly made that Shipp and Smith would be lynched that evening. Tampered With Cars "Sheriff Campbell stated to me that when Mrs. Bailey warned him of these lynchings, he went to the jail garage and found someone had removed the gasoline from the two cars there and had let the air out of the tires. This was around seven o'clock and the lynchings did (Continued on Page 3) Razor-Killer Held To Criminal Court As an aftermath of a cutting scrape at 2169 Adams street on July 26, W. T. Anderson, barber, 2192 Adams, was bound over to the Criminal court Wednesday on the charge of murder, when his case came up before Special Judge Samuel P. Moise in the city court. Anderson fatally wounded his friend, Joe W. Nicholas, who died July 31 in St. John hospital. Both Men Drunk According to evidence secured by police officers both men had been drinking heavily and disagreed over whether or not Anderson would remain all night with Nicholas. The argument brought on a fight and in the melee Nicholas' head was nearly severed from his body by razor slashes inflicted by Anderson. To the awe of doctors he lived until the following Thursday. Attorney George McCaly appeared as attorney for the defense. The case will be called in the fall term of court. To Stage Boxing Bouts At Pine Beach Pine Beach will be the scene of 26 rounds of boxing Labor Day when K. O. Peaks, 180 pound local boy, swaps punches with Billie Gable, Chicago fighter of the same weight, in the main attraction. Supporting them will be Frank Ukon, Gary, and Ellijah Lee of Chicago in an eight round lightweight contest with an eight round featherweight go between George Stokes, Gary, and John Steele, Hammond, as the starter. These bouts, which are being promoted by A. B. Whitlock, will be judged by Billl Johnson, Dr. Samuel Blackwell, and W. J. Hardaway, Jr. Tickets are on sale at State Hotel, Climax and Dixie pharmacies, and the Broadway gymnasium. TEACHER SAVES FRIEND Hampton Institute, Va.—Miss Anita Foster, a teacher in the Baltimore school here, saved the life of a friend while swimming at Bay Shore, Tuesday. Cop, Whites Eject Colored Lad From Park On South Side Boy Attacks Grandmother With a Club Boy Attacks Grandmother With a Club Jailed This Week For Attack In March As Long Search Ends A brutal assault of a boy on his aged grandmother several months ago was brought to light here this week with the arrest Wednesday of Elmer Hughes, 18, 1704 Maryland street, by Detectives Bolden and Fields. It was on a night in March that the attack was made. Mrs. Addie Morrow, 2636 Van Buren street, the grandmother, had requested William Hughes, father of Elmer, to pay her some money owed to her aged husband. The boy, who lived there at the time, interfered in the conversation. Mrs. Morrow told him to keep quiet. Returns With Club Enraged at his grandmother's words, he left the house only to return after all had retired and steal in the dark to his grandmother's room. There, according to Mrs. Morrow, he began beating her with a club and did not stop until his fury had been spent. Then he ran away. This attack was not reported to police. The father, however, kept a watchful eye, believing that his son might be in the city. It was only a few days ago that he learned where his son had gone and went to the police station to swear out a warrant for his arrest. The grandmother, in commenting on the attack, said she was "lucky to be alive." St. James Church Will Give Cantata "Jephthah And His Daughter" To Be Feature "Jephtha and His Daughter," a cantata, will be presented by the St. James A. M. E. church choir and friends from other churches, in the auditorium of St. James church at 26th and Massachusetts streets on September, 4. The cantata will be directed by Dr. Elizabeth Kelley-Greene, assisted by G. Sanders and his Roosevelt school band. Henry Reese, baritone, has the male lead, with Mrs. Vera McGirt, soprano, taking the part of Jephtha's daughter. Wilbur Gasway, tenor, and Mrs. Yoland Smiley, contralto, will portray Eloni and Naomi. Herbert Caldwell, bass, will have the role of the prophet, and Mrs. Fredonia Gates will take the part of the friend to Jephtha's daughter. Tickets are on sale by members and friends of St. James. Superb War Film To Play Broadway Once in the proverbial blue moon there comes to the screen a picture before which all critics of motion pictures must stand silent; a picture which proclaims that the screen possesses powers inherent in no other medium of artistic expression; a picture which appeals with equal strength to the intelligence and to the emotions. Such a picture is "All quiet on the Western Front," Universal's super-production of Erich Maria Remarque's famous novel, which opens at the Broadway Theatre next week. The story of "All Quiet on the Western Front" is poignant in its simplicity. It is the story of Paul Baumer, transformed from a school boy in a German village to a soldier in the trenches of the Great War. Before he had begun to live, all that makes life worth living has been snatched away. CUT IN FIGHT OVER WOMAN Charged with assaulting Charles Brown, 537 East 15th, with a razor Saturday night in a fight over the affections of an unnamed girl, Daniels, 29, 1754 Jackson street, is in jail. The battle was staged at the Jackson street address and resulted in a 12 inch slash across Brown's forearm and his confinement in St. Antoine hospital. Final Edition News while is is news—and a complete Illustrated Feature Section with each issue of the paper. Delivered to any part of the city. Eject From South Side 1920 Washington Park Is Scene of Ejection Inspector Woods Told Of Sign and Action At Local Park Miss Rosalind N. Lawson, who came to this city one year ago to become social service secretary of the John Stewart Settlement House, is terminating her services in the city this week. She is being transferred by the general secretary of the church board of extensions of the M. E. church, under which department her work is planned. Miss Lawson has not received official word as to the location of her next position, but has been granted a month's vacation pending her new assignment. She is leaving Sunday to spend that vacation at home, with her parents, in Hartford, Conn. Girls Return To Gary From Camping Trip Stewart House Group of 24 Used Campfire Girls As Model The girls of Stewart House, under the direction of Miss Rosalind N. Lawson, returned last week from an eight-day camping trip spent at Greenwood Camp Chickagami, near Hobart, Indiana. Twenty-four girls took advantage of the outing, and all of them reported having a wonderful trip. While in camp the activities of the girls were regulated on the same plan as is done by campfire girls. The morning program consisted of setting-up exercises, swimming, devotions and cleaning-up camp. Afternoon program consisted of camp fire classes, hiking, swimming, devotions and a social hour with a special program sponsored by the different patrols. "Taps" sounded every night at 9:15. Parents and friends of the girls were constant visitors at the camp throughout the week. Dr. F. S. Delaney, pastor of Trinity church and director of Stewart House, was a visitor and expressed himself very well pleased with the activities of the camp. On Friday night, August 22, which was the closing night at the camp, Miss Lawson, as supervisor, distributed the camping honors. ST DRAMATIC EVER PRINTED THE MOST DRAMATIC STORY EVER PRINTED WHITE LAUGHTER by William T. Smith, brilliant author of "The Dark Knight," is an absorbing tale which portrays a Northern youth's struggle between ambition and love. It is a tale of life out of he very heart of romantic Louisiana. It is glamorous, and, while exciting, is yet a glowing story of love with many thrills and action galore. Never before has there been written a story like this. No one before has penned so daringly such events as occur interior." It is a beau realistic recital of plantation, during shaking things hap taking rapidity. "White Laughter into the human emacters live and breathe things which cause love. It is an interest sure to begin it new appear in the Illu Section of The Gary American "The Distinguished Newspaper." --- Hunters Find Sign With Warning to 'Niggers' On Calumet Bridge Trouble, dormant for several weeks at Washington parrk as a result of the fight made by The Gary American and the N. A. A. C. P. for Negro enjoyment of its privileges, again stalked across the horizon Thursday afternoon when Stanley Elyson, 1640 Madison street, was ejected by three white youths and Patrolman Ottto Ebert, officer stationed there, in view of an American representative. A sign with the following words: WARNING NIGGERS WARNING NIGGERS Don't Let The Sun Go Down on You South of This River was found Wednesday morning by Howard Barnett, 2168 Adams street, and B. F. Stevenson, 2445 Massachusetts street, as they crossed the Georgia street bridge over the Calumet river. Youth Ordered Out According to Elyson, he went to the park to use the washroom on his way home from a motion picture show. He had been inside only a few seconds when a white man approached him and asked what he was doing there. Elyson stated his mission. "Get the hell out of here" the white man ordered The colored youth refused to go. The Caucasian then left and in a few minutes returned with two more white boys and the park policeman. They seized Elyson, struck him several times, then brought him out of the building housing the washroom. Viewed By Newspaperman At this point Booker Thomas, business manager of The American, passed by. He asserts that he saw Elyson struck and shoved and Patrolman Ebert draw a gun on the colored boy, although it was not used. The affair has been reported to Inspector Woods. It is not known just what action he will take in the matter. Sign Handed In The sign, which was taken from a stick on the southwest corner of the Georgia street bridge, was turned over to Inspector Woods by the finders. They were going hunting at the time. "South of this river," the forbidden district mentioned on the sign, is Glen Park where no Negro lives. Detective Bolden makes light of the affair, although others claim that it is an outgrowth of the park fight. Nothing has as yet been found pointing to the author of the warning. The winners, and their honors were: Alta Fields, most popular girl; Hazel Fletcher, best camper; Casterlane Harris, best sport; Lillan Penn, camp baby; Allie B. Smith, camp cry-baby; Juanita Simons, quietest girl; Eloise Ingraham, most cheerful; Georgia Dearing, neatest girl, and Katie Monroe, Hazel Bratton and Gursia Harris received special honors for volunteer work on "kitchen police" duty. events as occur in "White Laughter." It is a beautiful, yet highly realistic recital of life on a vast plantation, during which heartshaking things happen with breathtaking rapidity. "White Laughter" plunges deep into the human emotions. Its characters live and breathe, and do the things which cause both hate and love. It is an interesting story. Be sure to begin it next week. It will appear in the Illustrated Feature Section of Price 5 Cents “ae Sn deeanaenaneanmeneeimenemeineeee a a = ~ Fs al® i , | rere ad et TWO irs. Leeke To Head Society Dept.of Paper P meer hens Teacher ' To Be Editor of F Department | Under a new plan of re-organ- 3 effected today, Mrs. Flor- Ada J. Leeke, pioneer Gary school r, will be editor-in-chief of scociety news department of Gary American. former newspaperwoman and ter for many publications, Leeke is a teacher of Eng- and expression in the local system. She was formerly contributor to the local daily, the ‘Post-Tribune. Many of the read- ers of that day will remember her contributions to the afternoon t. Agreement to head the society mews department of The Amarican ‘Was reached today between Mrs. Leeke and this newspaper. In ad- dition to heading this paper's so- ciety news department, Mrs. Leeke ‘wil alsa, contribute signed articles om home-making, child training ‘and welfare, training children for Tesponsible citizenship, and other articles of interest to both women 6¢ White La ughter’’ Between the love affair of Carl and Toto is Bogo, a giant dangerous ‘“he- man” of the Louisiana Swamps, who is also in love with Toto. Enmeshed in the snares of the elusive Toto, Carl soon finds himself in an embarrassing predica- ment. Torn between duty and desire, he knows not whether to follow his fath- er’s advice and have a career, or lose hisidentity in a wild infatuation with Toto. Many a youth has found himself in such a situation. On one hand, a ca- reer, a chance to be a success, but, on the other hand, love and th satisfaction of being with his heart’s desire. It is not an easy choice to make. Especially for a young man. It was not an easy matter either for Carl to decide. What he did in this situation makes ‘White Laughter” one of the outstanding serial stories of the year. Along with “White Laughter’’ there will be many other intrsting features in The Gary American during the month of September. You will not want to miss a single issue. Arrange today to have the boy bring you a copy. Phone Gary 6134 and give your name and address. Or buy The American at your fa- vorite news stand. The Cory J American “The Distinguished Newspaper” Drunk’s Punishment Is To Join Church Choir Paulsboro, N. J.—A new punish: ment was established for whiskey tenors and gin baritones this week by Mayor vames A. Wert. When Henry Harris, 40, appeared before the mayor, he prepared te pay a fine of $5 for drunkenness and let it go at that. But fate and Mayor Wert ruled otherwise. “They tell me you have a very good tenor voice,” said the mayor sitting as police recorder,“and I'm going to make it my business tc see that it isn’t wasted. Maybe s job singing in the church choir will keep you out of trouble.” “T'll try it, judge,” promised the ‘armbed defendant: and misses as well as to parents. In order to thoroughly cover the activities in the social world of the social world of the entire city, ed- itors of The American, after a conference today, have decided to use a number of persons to gather and write news for this paper's society news department, placing Mrs. Leeke at the heead of the de- IVAN C. DUNLAP Jeweler Successor to Stringfellow’s Jewelry Department Expert Watch Repairer 548 Broadway partment. Sub-editors of the de- partment, who will assist her are: Mrs. Marguerite Pearson, for- merly of the regular staff of The American, who will handle news of Gary students away from home at college; Miss Eugenia Ward, popular Gary debutante and for the past year a staff writer for The American; and Mrs. William Wethers, the former Miss Mae Diffey, sometimes a contributor to The American, and a teacher at Roosevelt high school. This step is the first of a num- ber to be taken in keeping with The American's program. Others will be announced from time to time. Listening in on a radio sermon has the advantage that one can tune out while the collection plate is passing. The trouble is that there is no spot in an early cantaloupe to in- sert a crowbar, the vegetable in question being seamless. Screens Galore We Make Them by the Thousands That’s why our prices are lowest. We also make screen doors. Combination doors and porches. GARY SCREEN MFG. Co. 1041 Jefferson. Phone 7059 a eS A Story About Love! A STORY of mad love affairs—of the devotion of a hand- some Northern youth to a lovely, alluring siren of the tropics.” That’s “White Laughter,” -the new serial stcry written.by .Williym.'F- Smith, brilliant author of “The Dark Knight” which begins in the Illustrated Feature Section of The Gary American next week, September 6th. You willl want to read this interesting story. Your friends and family will want to read it. It is one of the most dramatic stories ever printed! ! It is the story of the eternal triangle, with Carl, a dashing youth in love with Toto, an almost untutored girl of Southland, but a girl whose beauty and grace would sweep any man off his feet. THE GARY AMERICAN, GARY, INDIANA SHERIFF'S SALE (10) West of the Second Pr STATE OF INDIANA Meridian, Lake County, 11 LAKE COUNTY as. If said rents and profits w LABRE COUNTY ss. No. 20221.. Lake Circuit Court, April Term, 1930, American Home Security Corporation, a corporation, vs. David Posner, et al. By virtue of an Order of Sale, to me directed from the Clerk of the Lake Circuit Court, I will expose to public sale to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the east door of the Court House in Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana, on Tuesday, the 16th day of Septem- ber, 1930, between the hours of ten o'clock a. m. and four o'clock p. m., the rents and profits for a period not exceeding seven years of the following described real es- tate to wit: Lots Forty-three (43) and Forty- four (44), in Block Five (5) as marked and laid down on the re- corded plat of Madison Terrace, a subdivision of the Northeast Quar- ter of the Northeast Quarter of Section Twelve (12) Township Thirty-six (36) North, Range Ten 9 | Lork’s Confectionery Ice Cream, Fruits indy and Cold Drinks! C. LORK, Prop. 2500 Adams Street SE== = (10) West of the Second Principal Meridian, Lake County, Indiana. If said rents and profits will not sell for a sufficient sum to satisfy said decree, interest and costs, I will at the same time and place offer for sale the fee simple in and to said real estate, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to sat- isfy said judgment, interest, costs and accruing costs. Said sale will be made without relief from valua- tion or appraisement laws. Taken as the property of David Posner, et al at the suit of Amert- ean Security Corporation, a corpo- ration. OSCAR D. HUTCHISON, Atty. for Plaintiff. JOSEPH B. KYLE, Sheriff Lake County, Indiana. &-23-30-9-6 ALLEN’S SERVICE STATION 21st and Virginia Gas and Oil EMPIRE LOAN SHOP 811 Broadway Bargains In— HI-GRADE LUGGAGE JEWELRY & LEATHER Goops Watch Repairing Important Announcement! T [ erminal Cabs Reduces Its Rates! 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August 30, 1930 Have The American Sent To You lon Your Vacation. See ee EN re Mob Had Open Way To Cells, White Learns N.A.A.C.P. Investigation Of Marion Lynching Is Completed vals setae reenter tate itr Pom. _ yin poe not occur until nearly three hours afterwards. He apparently made no effort to get another car to re- move the boys to a place of safe- keeping. Furthermore, the two steel doors which would effectively ha ve blocked attempts of the mob to seize the prisoners were not locked. Each of these doors is about seven- eighths of an inch thick, made of solid steel and each is set in solid steel frames. They could have been opened only by the use of a blow-torch and it would have taken an hour or more to open each door. This would have given ample time for arrival of police re- inforcements from nearby towns, which could have prevented the lynchings. The first of these doors, as one enters the jail, does not close by two inches or more, as I found by testing it myself. To neither this door nor the second solid steel door were there any keys. Sheriff Campbell, when asked about these keys, stated that he had been sheriff for four years and had never seen any keys to these doors. He did not seem at all to feel feel that this made any difference. Sheriff Campbell is un- doubtedly guilty of gross, if not criminal negligence. The N. A. A. C. P. has made formal request of Attorney General Ogden to take action which he is authorized to take under the Indiana law against lynching, towards the im- peachment and removal from office of Sheriff Campbell. Punishment Doubted “There is, in my opinion, based upon conversations with colored and white people at Marion of all classes, little hope of apprehending and punishing the lynchers, if prosecution is left to local officials. Prosecutor Harley Hardin ex- pressed unwillingness to cause the arrest of lynchers prior to the con- vening of the September grand jury. He did not impress me as being a strong or an able charac- ter. He was much alarmed when I talked with him because of some anonymus threats he had received --some from whites threatening him if he proceeded with the pros- ecution and some from _ colored people threatening him if he did not proceed. The N. A. A. C. P. has formallly requested Attorney General Ogden and Governor Har- ry G. Leslie to take charge of the investigation. It is the general consensus of opinion that only by such a step will any of the lynch- ers be brought to trial. “The N. A. A. C. P. has supplied these two officials with the names of certain of the lynchers and evi- dence against them which I se- cured in Marion. 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DATE OF EXECUTION SET PHILADELPHIA, Arthur Win- der, who shot and killed a grocery- man and who was sentenced to die for the crime, has had the date of his execution set for the week of September 22 by Gov. Fisher. SHERIFF'S SALE LAKE COUNTY J ss. No. 20231 Lake County Circuit Court, Feb- ruary Term, 1930, American Home Security Corporation, a corpora- tion, vs. Gordon H. Leary, et al. By virtue of an Order of Sale, to me directed from the Clerk of the Lake Circuit Court, I will expose to public sale to the highest bid- der for cash in hand, at the east door of the Court House in Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana, on Tuesday, the 16th day of Septem- ber, 1930, between the hours of ten o'clock a. m. and four o'clock p.m, the rents and profits for a period not exceeding seven years of the wit: ‘following described real estate tc | Lots Three (3) and Four (4) and the North half of Lot Five (5) in Block Seventy-nine (79) Unit Twen- ty-three (23) in Woodmar, an ad- dition to Hammond, more common. ly known and designated as 1604 Wicker Avenue, in the City of Hammond, Lake County, Indiana, together wiith all improvements thereon. If said rents and profits will not sell for a sufficient sum to satisfy said decree, interest and costs, I will at the same time and place offer for sale the fee simple in and to said real estate, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy said judgment, interest, costs and accruing costs. | Said sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws. Taken as the property of Gordon H. Leary, et al at the suit of American Home Security Corpora- tion, a corporation. OSCAR D. HUTCHISON, ‘Atty. for Plaintiff. : JOSEPH B. KYLE, Sheriff Lake County, Indiana. 8-23-30 and 9-6 Suits Cleaned and Pressed bupsses $ 1 COATS INDUSTRIAL CLEANERS We Call and Deliver 1116 Adams Phone 7207 DRINK Dixie Dairy Milk A pure fresh milk from content- ed cows. Furnished thru a mod- ern plant. 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Living Conditions Effective Diseases which are generally as- sociated with unfavorabe sanitary conditions or a low economic sta- tus, such as malaria, pellagra, pul- monary tubercpulosis, typhoid, and puerpal conditions, show the great- est relative difference between the white and colored races. The resporatory ailments cause a greater mortality among colored people than ailments of any other organ. They include pulmonary tuberculosis, pneumonia, and whooping cough. The ratio of the digestive system diseases among Negroes to mortal- ity from the same causes among the whites is about 1.3 to 1 for each cause of death, Four Lower Ratings There are four diseases, accord- ing to the statistics, which are low- er among Negroes than the whites: cancer, diphtheria, measles and scarlet fever. Tuberculosis takes its greatest toll among persons in the early middle age or about 25. From the age of 60 upwards, the colored id-m .rates whoote almost on Are you in need of MONEY See Sam at 1604 Broadway Phone 2-3477 THE GARY AMERICAN, GARY, INDIANA SHERIFF'S SALE Four Marx Brothers yy. |STATE OF INDIANA In “Animal Crackers’ LAKE COUNTY ss. — No. 20224. The Four Marx brothers,| Lake Circuit Court, Nov Groucho, Harpo, Chico and Zeppo,|rerm, 1929, Ameriemn Hon are combined in another rollicking | curity Corporation vs, Wils success, “Animal Crackers,” which | Dibble, et al, played to packed houses all over|” By virtue of an Order of 8 the country. me directed from the Clerk Their wit and hilarious comedy | Lake Circuit Court, I will « is the same as in “Cocoanuts,” yet | to Public sale to the highes it is different. They actually set|der for cash in hand, at th new MARX in comedy, in gaining | door of the Court House in ( laughter from audiences, and in Point, Lake County, Indiar attendance. In order to get all of | Tuesday, the 16th day of Si the laughs and thrills in “Animal ber, 1930, between the hours | Crackers,” one must see the pic-|o'clock a. m. and four o'clock ture over and over again, be-/the rents and Profits for a cause the “gags” come so fast it is|not exceeding seven years « hardly possible to understand all of | following described real est: them. The Marx brothers are as- | wit: sisted by a huge cast of favorites Lot Twenty-nine (29) an which tends to make “Animal | North Eight (8) feet of Lot ' Crackers the finest picture of its | (30), in Block Eight as m kind. i eat hE Re ee Oi tnd a rates are little higher than the white rates. Organic heart disease and acute nephritis, or Bright's disease, are negligible causes of death under 20 years of age, but increase from this age on. Over the age of 75, the Negro mortality rate from these caouses is lower than the white rate. More Cancer Among Negroes Under 50 years of age, the death rate from cancer (all forms) is higher among Negroes, cancer of the breast being the most mortal. A study of three cities, Balti- more, Charleston and New Orleans, reveals that the rate of decline of mortality from all causes for white ‘ colored has bee the same. Transportattion by ririgible be- gins already to challenge the old theory that the railroad asserted natural supremacy in all affairs re- lating to traffic. 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By virtue of an Order of Sale, to me directed from the Clerk of the Lake Circuit Court, I will expose to public sale to the highest bid- der for cash in hand, at the east door of the Court House in Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana, or Tuesday, the 16th day of Septem: ber, 1930, between the hours of ten o'clock a. m. and four o'clock p.m. the rents and profits for a period Not exceeding seven years of the following described real estate tc wit: Lot Twenty-nine (29) and_ the North Eight (8) feet of Lot Thirty (30), in Block Eight as marked and laid down on the recorded plat oof Franklin's Addition to the City of Hammond, in Lake County, In- diana. If said rents and profits will not sell for a sufficient sum to satisfy said decree, interest and costs, I will at the same time and place offer for sale the fee simple in and to said real estate, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy said judgment, interes, costs and accruing costs. Said sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws. Taken as the property of Wilson A. Dibblee, et al at the suit of American Home Security Corpora. tion. OSCAR D. HUTCHISON, Atty. for Plaintiff. JOSEPH B. KYLE, Sheriff Lake County, Indiana 8-23-30-9-6 Dr. Just Sails for Confab in Italy Washington, D. C.—Dr. Ernest E. Just, head of the Department of Zoology of Howard university, and vice-president of the American As- sociation of Zoologists, sailed yes- terday from New York for Padua, Italy, where he is to be one of six speakers at the general sessions of the eleventh International Con- gress of Zoologists to be held Sep- tember 4 to 11. In this matter of lengthening the skirts, the girls seem to be making haste very slowly. 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"Let it be impressed upon your minds, let it be instilled into you children, that the Liberty of the Press, is the palladium of all civil, political and religious rights of free men."——Junius BRANCH OFFICES GARY—1819 Washington Street. Phone Gary 6134. HAMMOND—530 Kenwood Avenue. Phone Hammond 3945-W. EAST CHICAGO—2214 Broadway. Phone East Chicago 1382. INDIANAPOLIS—520 Indiana Avenue. Phone Lincoln 7222. CHICAGO, ILL.—608 South Dearborn. Phone Harrison 8768. NEW YORK CITY—551 Fifth Avenue, The W. B. Ziff Company. A Waste of Money DESPITE unemployment and throughout the nation, wealthy of any considerable sufficient funds to indulge his m. In Chicago, the Baptists are ed by perhaps 15,000 delegates to draw at least that number. Baptists will hold their talkfe reeks from now. This is not various other national and state season. The heads of these organ classed as leaders. But a triscanty coffers of his race at a lar counts. These conventions are little events. There is little actual not be done biennially or througness sessions factional fights a but a sour taste in the mou claims the other has steam-roll or has misused funds, or in gently questionable manner. After queting by night, the delegacities only with indigestion as they've had a chance to full looms with new fights to be held of the old. Much of the money spent a better use. The thousands spent yearly gabfest could be used in employment to members of the ject, for that would would meracies and petty financial jugs. So the 1930 Negro sees the convention fire while thousands lack of work. Many of those attribute toward convention fugates to conventions. Practical expense of the hard working of the congregation. There are times when such be engaged in with only a man in evidence. But this season and lack of employment, shoution of what little financial reswealth in the height of prosper portions. unemployment and prevailing morbidity about the nation, the American race, and any considerable American group, leads to indulge his mania for convention.ago, the Baptists are holding a convention caps 15,000 delegates. The Elks consist of least that number to Detroit. They will hold their talkfest in New York in now. This is not taking into consideration national and state bodies which lead of these organizations have so many leaders. But a true leader would be leaders of his race at a time like this when conventions are little more than mere there is little actual work taken up by the biennially or through correspondence.ons factional fights are rampant and a taste in the mouths of delegates other has steam-rollered its candidacy used funds, or in general behaved its unstable manner. After quarreling by a night, the delegates return to the with indigestion and new animosity and a chance to fully recover, another new fights to be heaped on the globe of the money spent on conventions conducted. The thousands spent by each organistest could be used to finance business to members of the race. But that would would mean a cessation of petty financial jugglings. 1930 Negro sees thousands being be fired while thousands of Aframerican folk. Many of those fortunate enough toward convention funds and the senate conventions. Practically all of the past of the hard working sisters and trust congregation. More times when such flummery as comes in with only a minimum of intellect. But this season, with its financial employment, should be a time for the little financial resources we have, for the height of prosperity is of almost DESPITE unemployment and prevailing money shortage throughout the nation, the American Negro, least wealthy of any considerable American group, can find sufficient funds to indulge his mania for conventions. In Chicago, the Baptists are holding a convention attended by perhaps 15,000 delegates. The Elks conclave expects to draw at least that number to Detroit. The rest of the Baptists will hold their talkfest in New York City a few weeks from now. This is not taking into consideration the various other national and state bodies which have met this season. The heads of these organizations have somehow been classed as leaders. But a true leader would not tax the scanty coffers of his race at a time like this when every dollar counts. These conventions are little more than monster social events. There is little actual work taken up which could not be done biennially or through correspondence. In business sessions factional fights are rampant and leave nothing but a sour taste in the mouths of delegates. One side claims the other has steam-rollered its candidattes into office, or has misused funds, or in general behaved itself in a highly questionable manner. After quarreling by day and banqueting by night, the delegates return to their respective cities only with indigestion and new animosities. Before they've had a chance to fully recover, another convention looms with new fights to be heaped on the glowing embers of the old. Much of the money spent on conventions could be put to better use. The thousands spent by each organization in its yearly gabfest could be used to finance businesses and give employment to members of the race. But the leaders object, for that would mean a cessation of their autocracies and petty financial jugglings. So the 1930 Negro sees thousands being burned in the convention fire while thousands of Aframericans suffer for lack of work. Many of those fortunate enough to work contribute toward convention funds and the sending of delegates to conventions. Practically all of the pastors go at the expense of the hard working sisters and trusting brothers of the congregation. There are times when such flummery as conventions may be engaged in with only a minimum of intellectual myopia in evidence. But this season, with its financial hardships and lack of employment, should be a time for the conservation of what little financial resources we have, for the race's wealth in the height of prosperity is of almost minute proportions. Punish The Lynchers NOT since the beginning of Indiana been the scene of as that last week at May of this century has the state ligation to its citizens and to punishment of the human fiefment of the revolting deed. A lynching in Dixie is no southern newspapers or thin white. Sherriff Jake Campbell is identifying six participants in fact that no arrests had as might lend his aid! Had he uphold the law stood their gue that the double lynching womined resistance has caused mind. But Campbell and his When this slimy monster raidily by while the fiends rust tolerant north, it is the duty of fought in its normal habitat very foundation of our north black youths to a horrible dead law officers shown greater us. And the black citizens of while two of their race were hunger of demons in human fife They cowered in their ho then assembled to hold an "1,800 people should have been lynching talk was first in the their meeting on the road the groes can tell the tale of a B solely because a few had guo who fights back. But it is th have been. Let us hope that the grantment will become so forceful cape. Let the race band in full investigation and punish safe in the north then Black crisis. Prosecutor Harry Hardin cutte the lynchers to the full said also that he would ask to the 16-year-old boy who esi The American asks that he fear that the mob leaders, if that the black boy will be the This is an age of skepticism a murder, he has to be exam insane, or just a desperate front page. This drouth in the corn be of them all. Since the beginning of this century has, since it been the scene of such a display of hat last week at Marion. Not since the century has the state been faced with a new its citizens and to humanity than the out of the human fiends who led in the revolting deed. Nothing in Dixie is no longer condoned in newspapers or thinkers. It is being off Jake Campbell is reported in the daily six participants in the orgy and "dead no arrests had as yet been made. And his aid! Had he and other officials the law stood their ground, there is a double lynching would have taken place has caused many a mob to attack Campbell and his men fired not a shot but a slimy monster raises its diabolical while the fiends rushed in and dragged forth, it is the duty of all to slay it let its normal habitat of the uneducation of our northern culture, both acts to a horrible death. Not even in this shown greater unfitness for their black citizens of Marion—what is of their race were dying to appease demons in human form? Powered in their homes until the deed embled to hold an "indignation" meet, he should have become "indignant" talk was first in the air and they showing on the road to the jail. Kansen tell the tale of a lynching that did cause a few had guts. Few people back. But it is too late to talk of hope that the gradually awakening become so forceful that not a ringle at the race band itself together and negation and punishment, for if Negro the north then Black America faces. utor Harry Hardin has said that his lynchers to the fullest extent of the that he would ask the death penalty for a car-old boy who escaped the wrath of American asks that he show no favoritism the mob leaders, if apprehended, will black boy will be the only one to suffer an age of skepticism. When a man she has to be examined to see if he or just a desperate person who wants south in the corn belt seems to have NOT since the beginning of this century has the state of Indiana been the scene of such a display of hellishness Indiana been the scene of such a display of helplessness as that last week at Marion. Not since the beginning of this century has the state been faced with a greater obligation to its citizens and to humanity than the arrest and punishment of the human fiends who led in the accomplishment of the revolting deed. A lynching in Dixie is no longer condoned by leading southern newspapers or thinkers. It is being constantly white. Sherriff Jake Campbell is reported in the daily press as identifying six participants in the orgy and "deploring" the fact that no arrests had as yet been made. And well he might lend his aid! Had he and other officials sworn to uphold the law stood their ground, there is little chance that the double lynching would have taken place. Determined resistance has caused many a mob to change its mind. But Campbell and his men fired not a shot and stood When this slimy monster raises its diabolical head in the idly by while the fiends rushed in and dragged the two tolerant north, it is the duty of all to slay it lest it ruin the fought in its normal habitat of the uneducated south. very foundation of our northern culture, both black and black youths to a horrible death. Not even in Georgia have law officers shown greater unfitness for their positions. And the black citizens of Marion—what did they do while two of their race were dying to appease the hellish hunger of demons in human form? They cowered in their homes until the deed was done, then assembled to hold an "indignation" meeting! These 1,800 people should have become "indignant" when the lynching talk was first in the air and they should have held their meeting on the road to the jail. Kansas City Negroes can tell the tale of a lynching that didn't happen solely because a few had guts. Few people attack him who fights back. But it is too late to talk of what might have been. Let us hope that the gradually awakening public sentiment will become so forceful that not a ringleader will escape. Let the race band itself together and demand a full investigation and punishment, for if Negro life is not safe in the north then Black America faces its greatest crisis. Prosecutor Harry Hardin has said that he will prosecute the lynchers to the fullest extent of the law. He has said also that he would ask the death penalty for Cameron, the 16-year-old boy who escaped the wrath of the mob. The American asks that he show no favoritism—yet we fear that the mob leaders, if apprehended, will go free and that the black boy will be the only one to suffer. This is an age of skepticism. When a man confesses to a murder, he has to be examined to see if he really did it, is insane, or just a desperate person who wants to make the front page. This drouth in the corn belt seems to have made "drys" of them all. There's nothing like having a young graduate in the bosom of the family to bring the unemployment crisis home. Next to the spot the kalsominer missed, probably nothing shows up any faster than an amateur mayor. Professor Einstein says he evolved his new thory of space eating up matter while lying in bed. It perhaps was a nightmare. The two alpacas acquired by the St. Louis zoo arrived in good season. PAGE FOUR ar, in advance; for six months, $1 ing rates upon request. Copyright Co., Inc. Executive Editor Business Manager Davis; News Editor: Rudolf Jonson: Erie Burrell and Dennis A. Bethea. minds, let it be instilled into you Press, is the palladium of all civil, men."——Junius OFFICES Phone Gary 6134. Phone Hammond 3945-W. Phone East Chicago 1382. Que. Phone Lincoln 7222. Nn. Phone Harrison 8768. Que. The W. B. Ziff Company. and prevailing money shortage in the American Negro, least American group, can find sufficiency for conventions. He holding a convention attendee. The Elks conclave expects to detroit. The rest of the rest in New York City a few striking into consideration the state bodies which have met this organizations have somehow been the leader would not tax the time like this when every dol- le more than monster social work taken up which couldough correspondence. In busi-ire rampant and leave nothing worths of delegates. One side offered its candidattes into office, general behaved itself in a higher quarreling by day and bans return to their respective and new animosities. Before they recover, another convention ceased on the glowing embers on conventions could be put to rent by each organization in its own finance businesses and give the race. But the leaders oban a cessation of their autocollings. thousands being burned in the wars of Aframericans suffer for fortunate enough to work conds and the sending of delectly all of the pastors go at the sisters and trusting brothers of flummery as conventions may minimum of intellectual myopia with its financial hardships and be a time for the conserva-ources we have, for the race's purity is of almost minute pro- at this century has the state of such a display of hellishnession. Not since the beginning been faced with a greater ob- humanity than the arrest and ends who led in the accomplish- longer condoned by leading makers. It is being constantly reported in the daily press as the orgy and "deploring" the yet been made. And well he and other officials sworn to ground, there is little chance would have taken place. Determinany a mob to change its men fired not a shot and stood uses its diabolical head in the hed in and dragged the two of all to slay it lest it ruin the life of the uneducated south.ern culture, both black and white. Not even in Georgia have fitness for their positions. If Marion—what did they do dying to appease the hellish form? times until the deed was done, indignation" meeting! These come "indignant" when the air and they should have held to the jail. Kansas City Neyching that didn't happen ats. Few people attack him so late to talk of what might usually awakening public senti- that not a ringleader will eself together and demand a ment, for if Negro life is not like America faces its greatest I has said that he will prose- est extent of the law. He has the death penalty for Cameron, capped the wrath of the mob. I show no favoritism—yet we apprehended, will go free and be only one to suffer. When a man confesses to need to see if he really did it, person who wants to make the it seems to have made "drys" Professor Einstein says he evolved his new thory of space eating up matter while lying in bed. It perhaps was a nightmare. The two alpacas acquired by the St. Louis zoo arrived in good season. by using the most economical form of transportation in town. The saving is money earned. The most economical form of transportation is also the most dependable. All Over Town For 8 Cents. Digesting The News DIGESTING THE NEWS By Clifford C. Mitchell Recently a Negro writer, Frank Eckland, was killed when his plane fell at Phoenix, Arizona. This fact causes the column to digest the standing of the race in the field of aeronautics. We have one publication devoted to racial aviation, The Bessie Coleman Aero News, published monthly. Among the more prominent aerial clubs are: The Bessie Coleman Aero club of Phoenix, Arizona. The A. Porter Davis Aviation Industries, Inc., of Kansas City, Missouri. The Turner-Evans School of Flying, also of Kansas City, Mo. Artis N. Ward, of Los Angeles, California, appears to be the first Negro licensed as an engine and airplane mechanic, with Ace Foreman following as the second to be so licensed. Probably the most youthful race flyer is Alfred Anderson, of Bryn Mawr, Pa., who recently received minor injuries in a crash at Bryn Mawr. He is but 23 years old. Ernest Holman, of St. Louis, Mo., is the 26 year old aviator who made somewhat of a record in flying from Columbus, Ohio, to St. Louis, Mo., a couple of months ago. Mrs. Mary Doughtry, of New York City, a representative of the American Aviation School (white), is a nationally noted parachute jumper and has established a record and reputation for herself throughout the east and south. Edward F. Smith, a 26 year old parachute expert of Cincinnati, Ohio, is the official representative of the Irwin Air Chute Company (white) of Buffalo, New York, and as such has given many exhibitions in behalf of his company at the leading flying fields in the east. Herbert Julian, who some years ago attracted much publicity to his feats as a pilot and parachute jumper in and around New York, is now a colonel in the Abyssinian army, airplane division. There are quite a few race students who intend going into aviation as a profession and not necessarily for a hobby, as some are doing. Millard F. Brown, of Charleston, W. Va., is in Paris, France, to study under the best experts there and upon completion of his studies he expects to become a teacher of Aeronautics to other race youths. Thomas Perry Jones, of Kansas City, Mo., and a grandson of Frederick Douglass, is studying at the Kansas City flying school. Even in the inventive field of aviation the race has its representatives. J. H. Montgomery, of Los Angeles, California, a former student of the Colorado School of Mines, has invented a set of flying wings that offer such potential advantages to aerial flight achievements that a group of white aviation financiers are backing him in his efforts. In New York City, Clement Irving Clark has invented a monoplane with features permitting it to flop its wings like a bird and has received many substantial offers for his patent. Space prevents the recording of many other interesting features of our part in aviation and to the pioneer efforts of those who have passed on, but a sufficient number of instances have been cited to indicate that there is no form of American enterprise, industry, science or achievement but what finds the Negro taking some active part. In spite of depressed conditions, a possible record has been set this summer in the number of race students and tourists who have sailed for Europe to further their studies or interest in science, art and culture. No sailing seems complete without its quota of race patrons, and yet we read where high authorities claim that first-class Make Money! by using the me form of transpo The saving is mo The most econo transportation is dependable. All Over Town Gary Railways THE GARY AMERICAN. GARY. INDIANA Society THE SOCIETY NEWS DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT of The Gary American alms to give a correct and comprehensive picture of the social life of the "Steel CClty." Persons desiring to have news inserted in this department may do so by calling Gary 6134 and giving the news they wish to insert to the telephone operator, or call Mrs. Florida J. Leeke, society editor, Gary 6096. Return From Rev. and Mrs. S. E. Gross and Mrs. Yoland Smiley have just returned from a motor trip covering six states, where they visited relatives and friends along the way. Little Albert Smiley joined their party at Kansas City where he has been visiting his grandmother, and traveled the rest of the trip with them. He will attend school here this fall. All report having a happy time. Mrs. J. A. Knighton of Tulsa, Oklahoma, is a visitor in the city, the guest of her niece. Mrs. Barnette Mrs. Maud Barnette, 1833 Washington, is visiting her brother, Mr. Palmer Monroe, in Detroit. Chicagoans Visitors Mr. and Mrs. William Grimes and Mrs. Georgia Gandy, of Chicago, stopped in Gary last week en route to Detroit, New York and Niagara Falls. While here they visited Mr. and Mrs. Will Gandy, 2041 Massachusetts. Daytonian Is Fair Visitor Here Miss Mildred Tate, of Dayton, Ohio, is in the city visiting Miss Arrella McGee, 2541 Jefferson. Miss Virginia Johnson, of New Castle, Pa., is in the city, visiting Miss Marguerite Steptoe, 2545 Jefferson. Mr. Winston McReynolds and his aunt, Mrs. Clara Thomas, of Dixon, Ill., were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. E. D. Butler and family last Sunday. boat accommodations for Negroes cannot be secured. * * * In contrast to our trans-atlantic tourists are the hundreds of motor parties we are constantly reading of, some coming east while others are going west. The Negro is truly on "Big Parade." The man who let the champion onds was the real hero of the ex-Italian barber shave him in 42 sechibiton. LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING PUBLIC SERVIC COMMISSION DOCKET No. 10133 IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF WILLIAM G. PAXTON, ET AL FOR LOCATION OF A NEW HIGHWAY, OR EXTENSION OF BROADWAY, IN CENTER A..D CEDAR CREEK TOWNSHIPS, LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA. Notice is hereby given that the Public Service Commission of Indiana will conduct public hearing in the above entitled cause in the City Hall at Gary, Indiana, at 10:00 o'clock A. M. on Thursday, September 11, 1930. Public participation in this hearing is requested by the Commission. PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION OF INDIANA Indianapolis, Indiana, August 19, 1930. Lower-Merritt DECORATING CO. Expert Interior Decorators 566 Washington St. Phone 2-6277 most economical portation in town. money earned. ```markdown ``` Mrs. Nona Powell and Mrs. B. Harris of Birmingham are visiting Mrs. Chaney McDaniel, 2635 Tyler street. Mrs. Powell is the sister of Mrs. McDaniel. Mrs. F. D. Rucher, 2565 Madison, Mrs. Campbell, 2441 Jefferson, and the Messrs. Cay and Luther Allen, 2368 Washington, are attending the Elks' convention in Detroit. Normal Student Leora Norton, of Paris, Ill., and a very popular student of Terre Haute state normal school, is spending a few days with Mr. and Mrs. William Lane of Harrison street. Gotham Resident Guest of Mrs. Leeke Miss Susanne Jones of New York City is spending the week-end as the guest of her sister. Mrs. Florida J. Leeke. Miss Jones is returning from a month's vacation trip to California. Lawsons To Return On Saturday Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Lawson, of 2356 Connecticut, will return home on Saturday of this week from a two weeks vacation trip in the east where they visited their son, John L. Lawson, Jr., who is studying in New York City. Mr. Lawson's aged mother, who lives in Virginia will return with them and remain during the winter months. Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Smith, 2370 Washington, accompanied by Mrs. Gus Smith of Chicago, motored to Idlewild, Mich., Tuesday of this week to spend a week of bathing, fishing and frolicking at that beautiful resort. * * * Mrs. Irma Lownes, 2320 Adams, has returned from Pittsburgh where she was called on account of the illness of relatives. Mrs. Lowndes was accompanied by her niece, Miss Jessie Baily of Pittsburgh, who will remain in our city for a few weeks. Miss Bailey is a graduate of the school of pharmacy of the University of Pennsylvania. We are hoping that Gary will make a favorable impression upon Miss Bailey and all other young graduates who are casting their nets for promising locations. DEACON WHIPS HIS WIFE ATLANTIC CITY. — Alexander Webb, deacon of Abury M. E. church, was given one night in the police station for whipping his wife, Etta, who had rented a room to a boarder. WANTED Young, energetic and educated colored man to sell popular priced cars. Attractive proposition to right party. Write or call, giving references to the Adv. Dept. of The .Gary .American, .1819 Wash. St. Phone 6134. Your Good Deed for Today the Pause that refreshes Drink Coca-Cola Delicious and Refreshing MILLION a day TUNE IN ON STATION Every Wednesday Coca-Cola Dance Orchestra. Grantland Rice interviewing sports champions. Broadcast from NBC New York Studios. Coca Cola Bottling Works 1629 Adams St. Phone 2-3563 BUSINESS IS GOOD--- IT's time to get down to business—time for executives to get back to their desks—time for salesmen to get back into harness—time for all of us to pay more attention to our own business. Now, more than ever, we should tell people what we have to sell. The country isn't going to the dogs. Business is fundamentally sound. People are still going to buy. But they need to be sold harder now than ever. Gary American advertising will help you do that. Sell more goods, reap more profits thru advertising in the medium which covers the Negro field like a blanket. To sell them, you must tell them. SHERIFF'S SALE STATE OF INDIANA LAKE COUNTY ss. No. 20219 Lake Circuit Court, November Term, 1929. American Home Secu- rity Corporation, a corporation, vs. Helen M. Williams, et al. By virtue of an Order of Sale, to me directed from the Clerk of the Lake Circuit Court, I will expose to public sale to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the east door of the Court House in Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana, on Tuesday, the 16th day of September, 1930, between the hours of ten o'clock a. m. and four o'clock p. m., the rents and profits for a period not exceeding seven years of the following described real estate to wit: Lot Numbered Five (5) in Block Two (2), as marked and laid down on the recorded plat of Michigan Avenue Addition to Hammond, Lake County, Indiana. If said rents and profits will not sell for a sufficient sum to satisfy said decree, interest and costs, I will at the same time and place offer for sale the fee simple in and to said real estate, or so much thereof as may be sufficient to satisfy said judgment, interest, costs and accruing costs. Said sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisement laws. Taken as the property of Helen M. Williams, et al at the suit of American Home Security Corporation, a corporation. OSCAR D. HUTCHISON, Aty. for Plaintiff. JOSEPH B. KYLE, Sheriff Lake County, Indiana 8-23-30-9-6 SHERIFF'S SALE STATE OF INDIANA Lake Circuit Court, November Term, 1929. American Home Security Corporation, a corporation, vs. Harvey A. Morey, et al. By virtue of an Order of Sale, to me directed from the Clerk of the Lake Circuit Court, I will expose to public sale to the highest bidder for cash in hand, at the east door of the Court House in Crown Point, Lake County, Indiana, on Tuesday, the 16th day of September, 1930, between the hours of ten o'clock a. m. and four o'clock p. m., the rents and profits for a period not exceeding seven years of the following described real estate to wit: Lot Twenty-nine (29) as marked and laid down on the recorded plat of F. J. White's Addition to Hammond, Lake County, Indiana. If said rents and profits will not sell for a sufficient sum to satisfy said decree, interest and costs, I will at the same time and place offer for sale the fee simple in and to said real estate, or so much thereof A BODY BUILDER Most of the ills and primary causes of disease are due to can be cured unless the bowels move regularly. If the bowels faulty elimination. No disease do not move properly toxic poisons accumulate through the bowels into the blood. Therefore it is important in treating chronic or lingering disease that the bowels move regularly. DR. MICHAEL'S ALL-HERB TONIC acts as a mild soothing TONIC laxative. It thoroughly cleans every fold, tube and gland, of the entire alimentary canal, it flushes out , cleans and strengthens the kidneys, carefully removes the superfluous bile from the liver. Therefore it is very essential to rid the body toxins which eliminate through the pores of the body, the urine and bowels, then nature's machinery is ready to do her work in a natural way, putting forth rich, red, healthy blood flowing throughout the entire system, and health is restored. DR. MICHAEL'S ALL-HERB TONIC imparts making and building qualities to the blood. ASK YOUR DRUGGIST Pertinent Paragraphs By Rudolf Jonson A Negro Baritone. John Burdette won the singing championship of Chicago last week in the Chicago Tribune Chicagoland Music Festival. In the final contest, he won third honors among white contestants representing five states. Many musical critics in the Chicagoagoland district, including Edward Moore of the Chicago Tribune, a recognized criterion, marvelled at the fact that Burdette worked daily as an elevator operator, but at night was able to step before the world and win great laudation as a singer. But in every critic's praise of Burdette they never failed to mention the fact that he was a Negro, nor fail to describe the satin overalls and the blue work-a-day shirt he wore, in addition to his sprinkling powder in his hair to make himself apold while singing spirituals. Just a thought in passing—we wonder how much praise would Burdette have gotten from the critics had he dressed in tuxedo attire as did all of the white boys and sung age-old interpretations from old masters instead of singing spirituals; something most white people want Negroes to sing always. Funny people, these Caucasian Americans. The Bar Association Meet. Hundreds of Afro-Amarican barrists recently gathered in the nation's capitol to discuss the work they had done, or had not done, during the past year. Great progress has been made individually by members of this organization, but very little has been done collectively. We do believe that this group is like most Negro conventions; they convene, confab and—that is all. Euclid Taylor of Chicago, assistant state's attorney of Cook as may be sufficient to satisfy said judgment, interest, costs and accruing costs. Said sale will be made without relief from valuation or appraisal laws. Taken as the property of Harvey A. Morey, et al at the suit of American Home Security Corporation, a corporation. OSCAR D. HUTCHISON, Atty. for Plaintiff. JOSEPH B. KYLE, Sheriff Lake County, Indiana 8-23-30-9-6 We Have Received 1000 Pairs of SUMMER CHIFFONS Perfect Stockings. —Very Sheer and Clear. Pure Silk from top to toe. At less than cost. 50c Per Pair A Holiday Special of 48 Gauge HOSIERY A beautiful all silk hose, full fashioned, slightly irregular, of our own $1.95 quality. $1.00 Per Pair NEUMODE Hosiery Store Palace Theatre Bidg. Fred C. Eakin, Prop. for Those Who Go After It August 30, 1930 Paragraphs county, while addressing the meeting, stated "in the field of deliberate mass murder for profit, the Negro is unknown." Although Mr. Taylor has direct connection with the greatest law-enforcing body in the state of Illinois, we are forced to disagree with him in that statement. There are numerous cases on record of "murder for profit" among Negroes, and although the percentage is small, it compares favorably with that of the other races. (Do not think we are praising the Negro for his criminal tendencies, but we believe in facing the facts.) Most outstanding in the 1930 annals of "murder for profit" among Negroes is the Pierson murder case. We are not attempting to be the judge in the case and say the persons indicted are guilty, but we do know that the indictments have been returned. And, too, those indicted would rather fight extradition than appear on the scene and "face the music." Another case, right in Attorney Taylor's bailiwick, is the supposed "murder for profit" of an aged woman by three reputable men of the community, a law student, a real estate broker and a literary critic. The law student has been indicted for the murder, while the other two men are being held as accessories to the fact. A large insurance policy is said to have been the cause of the murder. Again we say that Assistant State's Attorney Taylor veiled his facts while addressing the National Negro Bar Association because the Negro has "graduated into a first-class criminal." Nevertheless we sincerely wish that Attorney Taylor's statement were correct, but we must face the facts. TO ERECT STOP LIGHTS Two stop-and-go lights, one at Broadway and 17th and the other at 25th and Broadway, will be erected soon, it became known when an ordinance appropriating $5,000 for this general purpose was passed by the city council at its Monday night meeting. Sanitary Beauty Shoppe 1917 Washington St. —Presents the new and the effective in beauty technique. —Charming chic is available here at moderate cost. PHONE 2-1646 AUTHORIZED Speedometer SERVICE Genuine Parts Trained Specialists Personal Service Official Speedometer Service AUTOMOTIVE SPECIALTY EXPERTS 119 W. 4th Ave. Dial 2-1849 Open evenings till 8 Phone 6134 Art And A Fortune, From Collecting Rare Coins Art And A By DON PORTER Emerson told me Sunny Spot, his country that he owned a wash every country under the sun, portance, were exceedingly v By DONN BRYAN PORTER Emerson told me, when I interviewed him at Sunny Spot, his country place near Sikeston, Missouri, that he owned a wash tub full of coins representing every country under the sun, which, for their historical importance, were exceedingly valuable. I had heard of Porter Emerson very frequently, and now that I stood in his presence, I began to feel the influence of his remarkable personality. The most unusual ct is that. Emerson is blind. He lost his eyes in an adventure, the object of which was acquiring a California gold coin. He recovered it from a serious fire at the home of a friend who was also a coin collector. The friend had refused to go in after the gold piece and told Emerson that if he recovered it he could have it. Emerson made a heroic effort and had success. It was a stroke of misfortune that he lost his eyesight in that fire. There is no way of foretelling the extent of his accomplishment had he retained the keen eyesight which once he possessed. Porter Emerson is not interested in anything except coin collecting; it is his business and his hobby, combined. He says that he has made a fortune, and spent one in pursuit of this pleasure. The way he makes money out of the occupation, which he catalogues as an art—it is, when one figures that Porter Emerson is the most highly respected authority in the State of Missouri, on coins—is intensely interesting, at least. He has conceived plans and executed them for elegantly arresting window displays, and innumerable banks, and other similar institutions, have engaged him to show his enormous collection in their windows. Moreover, this colored coin collector has lectured at several colleges and schools throughout the country, and showed his collection for admission, earning quite a considerable amount of money in this manner. "Nothing ever interested me but coins," Emerson said, when he had invited me into his study. "Ever since I was a boy and my grandmother Betty gave me a penny she had found in the backyard while making soap in a kettle, I have been acquiring coins, one after another. I suppose I get a bigger thrill out of finding an old Roman coin, or one of the Colonial period, than you would if you found a hundred dollars in current money. It means just that much to me." There is a colorful history in every coin, and countries have written their histories in them, as clearly, and unmistakably as a history could be compiled in words, according to Emerson, and who has revealed more interesting facts bout coins than he has? Once a strangely beautiful woman came to his house to seek shelter from a rain storm, leaving her car on the road, not far distant. In those days the highways were in poor condition, and when it rained hard, the roads became almost completely impassable. The woman was unescorted, and although Emerson is a bachelor, and lives alone in a big house of many rooms, he took this visitor in. She tried to ensnare him, once throwing her arms about his neck while they were dining together—Emerson having prepared a meal for her. This made the coin collector suspicious, and he decided to watch his guest. He couldn't --- True Stories Achievement Stories TANKE THE SPONSIBILITIES CONSTITUTIO ROMAN FIRMNESS UNDERSTAND FEDIGIO NITIO YOR CHINESE 1652 XII Above—Six examples of the priceless coins in the Porter Emerson collection, for which coin collectors and museums are bidding. Can you figure out their significance? help but believe that she had a hidden motive. So when midnight came, and the rain still pattered against the mansard roof and there was a sound of running water off the eaves, he suggested that they retire. This tall stately woman was willing, and smoked another cigarette; then she allowed him to show her to her bedroom which was adjoining the coin room,—the latter place was a sort of museum. The Garg American ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION-August 30,1930 Venerable Porter Emerson, Colored Coin Authority Has a "Mint" in Old Historical Coins, Some of Which Have As Much Significance As Judas's 30 Pieces of Silver Never a word had she spoken in regard to coins, and when she entered her room she bid him a pieasant good-night. But Emerson did not immediately retire. There was an enormous fire-place at the end of the low-ceiled hall, and he skipped into the shadow of this, where he waited and watched. He had been there no longer than ten minutes when he saw the woman, almost nude, slip out of her room and steal surreptitiously into the museum. Then, like a flash, it occurred to Emerson that she was after some of his coins, possibly one in particular, or again maybe she hoped to steal as many as she could carry. He had several pieces of immense value in the museum. So he walked boldly up to the door, flung it open and paused Human Interest Features Clean Fiction the Illustrated Feature Section were posed, but depict principals unless so captioned. are Coins d Coin Authority l Coins, Some gnificance Silver upon the threshold. There were countless hangings and tapestries decorating the interior, and when he did not see his guest, he naturally supposed that she had hidden herself behind one of these. Therefore, he bid her to come out. "I know you're a thief," he declared, "and you might as well give up peacefully." Immediately she came out. She admitted that she had been sent there by another coin collector to steal his Roman coins, and was to be paid a hundred dollars for her services. Emerson did not prosecute her, but he sent her out into the driving rain as punishment. He never saw her again. When the sun rose the next morning, he walked out to the road and found where her car had been, but there was no sign of its presence then. Regarding the Roman money in his collection Emerson said: "Ancient Rome wrote her history in her coins. On the earliest Roman money we find oxen and pigs and chickens pictured in rude relief on brick shaped ingots about 4x8, and weighing up to five pounds. These were the principal animals sold in the market place of Rome, and each ingot bearing their image was supposed to equal them in value. These animals were also used in sacrifice in the worship of the Roman gods, and were considered sacred to this divinity or that. "Several coins have come to light which show the delegates from various states around Rome making treaties of peace and alliance over the head of a sacred sow. According to Vergil, Aeneas of Troy was the original Roman, and decided on building the city there when he saw a sow with a litter of thirty pigs." There are many beautiful legends connected with the coins, some of these pieces, heavy bronzes, weighed as much as one full pound. They were gradually reduced until no bigger than our copper cent, in the days of the empire. But it is of the early American coins that Porter Emerson takes most pride in telling, and these, some of the most important or the collection, are pictured in this issue. They are rare coins, and hard to obtain, but they are by no means the most valuable coins he has in his collection. In fact, they are valued low. But Mr. Emerson thought that they would picture better than the others. I saw Chinese coins, strings of them, coins of England, France, and from the far distant corners of the world. And the extraordinary collection of gold coins, numbering one hundred and ten pieces, belonging to Porter Emerson, could be spent today, thereby differing from the other coins which he would have to dispose of as commodities. Mr. Emerson is now busy writing a book, which he is dictating to his sister, about his adventures while seeking curious coins. --- SERVAN Wildcat (in derby) and Buck (in straw hat) looking the girls over in a scene from the Pathe short-subject, "Darktown Follies." These two experts guide the steps of many movie chorines. What Colored Writers DRAMA in the past has portrayed the Negro farthest down. That was good as a starter, in fact, it was the only kind of play that would have been welcomed or even received by the great universal public. Now, however, the time is about ripe for plays of a different nature. Stories that tell of the hopes, dreams, yearnings, heartbreaks and yes, even the joys and fullfilments of today—the history of our great middle class, should be written. of yesterday and bask of today or even trail to peep into the pink drow! After the day's toil fretting cares, we turn theatre as toward a where a wand would our cares vanish in an allurement. Most of the plays in had a kitchen setting, Present-day youth wants to see life depicted as he is now living it, he wants drama that gives him the familiar present with its highlights and shadows, its smiles and its tears. He wants to look about him and forward, not ever and always, backward. The fathers and mothers of today's youth would welcome something more modern in pattern, many of them would like to forget some of the trials Don't take Chances, be SURE When You buy Aspirin look for the name BAYER There is a way to be SURE about the Aspirin you buy. Look for the name BAYER on package and the word GENUINE printed in red. It's your guarantee of purity safety and reliability. Genuine Bayer Aspirin is what the doctors prescribe. It relieves pain promptly, harmlessly. It does not depress the heart. Relieves colds, headaches, sore throat, pain from various causes. Bayer-Tablets Aspirin BAYER Genuine of yesterday and bask in the sunlight of today or even trail the rainbow and peep into the pink dawn of tomorrow! After the day's toil and the many fretting cares, we turn toward the theatre as toward a fairy palace where a wand would be lifted and our cares vanish in a land that has allurement. Most of the plays in the past have had a kitchen setting, and around its drab center our thoughts are tethered. Now let us move for a while into some other portion of the house or out of doors maybe—the great open. One reason for the long continued production of plays of this sort has been that a ready market was found. Dialect or broken English was accepted and welcomed as was poetry that delineates the popular blues. Writers are proverbially poor and naturally seek the paying market; but each forward step in art as in other fields, must have its martyrs—those who are willing to lose something for the good of all. These young writers must brush the dew from the path that the way may be safe and clear for the great procession that shall pass this way tomorrow. Our life today is so full of rich material, so pregnant with vital issues, so astounding, that the young playwright needs only leisure and the will to do, provided of course that he is a playwright. At this point it is well to leave excursions across the color line; rest for a while until the time ripens for that. Plays that deal with life within the race group will find a market, but those that touch too vitally upon issues that are as yet raw had best wait their time. Even this type of story, will have its day, but not just now. It would be an excellent idea for the young writer who is even now dipping his pen in great impatience to begin, for him to get the plays of the writers who have pioneered this field. He will find what has been done and calculate his improvements thereupon. 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When the mob attacked him, he defended himself with a club until his arm was broken and he was battered into unconsciousness. When he regained it, with his arm in a sling, he insisted on speaking again. During the anti-draft riots in New York City when the mob was attacking every colored person, Douglass faced it undaunted. His courage stood as firm as the pigment in his skin. During all this time he was running the risk of being caught and returned to his matser. This danger he had somewhat avoided by using another name and giving another birthplace. But the pro-slavery faction was challenging him as a fraud. To prove that he was telling the truth, Douglass boldly wrote his autobiography, giving all details. The book had a tremendous sale but it put the slavers on his track, and he fled to England. Besides, he had long been wanting to go there to strengthen the anti-slavery cause. On the way over he came near losing his life. In a speech he spoke with his accustomed fearlessness against slavery, and a party of incensed Southerners attempted to toss him overboard. But it developed that they had really done him a good turn. The English papers took up the incident and gave him tremendous publicity. The greatest in the land invited him to their homes. Cobden, Brougham, Peel, Disraeli, great British orators, welcomed him. He swept England with the fire of his oratory. Whenever he spoke it was like a warbugle ordering the charge. For the first time, too, he knew what it was to be a real man. Even white Americans, who would not have noticed him at home, sought him out now, some of them in the hope of getting acquainted through him with the English elite. Once while speaking in the House of Commons with Lord Morpeth, a certain minister, who he said would never have recognized him at home, came up to him and asked him to introduce him to the lord. When he spoke of returning to America some of the leading English personages urged him not to, offering him a home as long as he lived, but he replied that there was no inducement strong enough to make him desert his people. "Whether a slave or a freeman," he said, "America is my home and there I mean to spend and be spent in the cause of my outraged countrymen." (It is important to note that he said "countrymen." not "race.") When his English friends found out that he could not be persuaded, they gave him $20,000; of this sum $750 was to purchase his freedom; the remainder was to found a newspaper. Back in America with his freedom bought, he went to Rochester and founded the North Star, a paper through which he meant to fight not only for freedom, but equality. This step was necessary as the abolitionists generally opposed equality, some because they were not in favor of it; others because they feared it would alienate friends. Douglass, however, believed firmly in the equality of all men. "I know of no race problem," he insisted; "there is a human problem." He saw the slaves and the freedmen not as Negroes but as Americans, the countrymen of the proudest in the land. He contended that the Constitution was an anti-slavery document; he firmly opposed the Back-to-Africa idea, saying that the place for the black man was his country, America; and he preceded Booker T. Washington by urging free colored persons to own land, build up farms, and learn trades. Harriet Beecher Stowe becoming interested, went off to collect funds. The above differences with some of the abolitionists were the cause of his withdrawl to Rochester. Rochester, which was later proud to have a monument in his honor, at first opposed him, not wishing a "Ne- At Pendleton, Indiana, the m it attacke A At Pendleton, Indiana, the mob tore down the platform on which he was speaking; when it attacked him he defended himself with a club. gro" paper in its midst. According to Douglass, even some of the Negroes made fun of him But he stuck. the South into Canada, was called. In England once more, he agitated strongly for the cause, returning to America when the North had begun of the South was to hang all colored prisoners. As Horace Greeley said at the time: "Every black soldier now goes to battle with a halter about his Nor did he desert the lecture platform. With his firm friends, Wendell Phillips and Theodore Tilton, he went everywhere. By this time he had become, in himself, the most effective argument against slavery, and won converts by the thousands. The pro-slavery party hated him more than anyone else. Another who was greatly inspired by Douglass was John Brown. The latter was a frequent visitor to his home. When John Brown was about to make his raid on Harpers Ferry, he begged Douglass to come along, but Douglass realizing that it would be an attack on the federal government rather than on slavery, refused. Most likely he also realized the hopelessness of the attempt. Nevertheless the raid brought him much trouble, and he was forced to flee into Canada, and thence to England. His name had been found among John Brown's papers, and all ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—August 30, 1930 Facts about an Eminent American Statesman, which are Very Seldom Brought to Light persons who had been connected with Brown were being rounded up. What he really feared at the time was this: he had been aiding slaves to escape for which he was liable to imprisonment. He was a stationmaster on the Underground Railway, as the methods of getting slaves from ob tore down the platform on d him he defended himself wit the South into Canada, was called. In England once more, he agitated strongly for the cause, returning to America when the North had begun to view the John Brown raid in a different light. When war actually began, he threw his whole weight into its prosecution. His slogan was: "Union and Emancipation; Abolition or Destruction." Consistent with his policy of equality, he demanded that colored persons should be used as soldiers in the army, instead of merely as servants and laborers. Northern color prejudice opposed it, and Lincoln obeyed the popular will. Still, Douglass fought for it, and as the need of men grew with thousands of white men deserting the North, he was forced to accept them, at last. It was these colored soldiers, as was said, who turned the tide of battle in favor of the North. Douglass helped to raise the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Regiments, his sons, Charles and Lewis, being among the first to enlist. He, himself was promised the post of As- --- sistant to General Thomas by Secretary of War Stanton; the latter, however, did not keep his promise, although Douglass reminded him of it many times. With colored soldiers now in the army, the next task was to see that they were fairly treated. The policy which he was speaking; when h a club. of the South was to hang all colored prisoners. As Horace Greeley said at the time: "Every black soldier now goes to battle with a halter about his neck." Douglass insisted that the North should retaliate on such occasions; further, that the colored soldier should receive the same pay as the white, and the same opportunity for promotion. Stubbornly he fought for this, and was a frequent visitor at the White House. Lincoln thought him much of a pest at first, but as the Negro soldiers began to prove their worth, Lincoln learnt to appreciate the wisdom of his counsels, and in darkest moments of the conflict would sometimes send for him. On one occasion he sent for him to ask what was the best means of getting the slaves to desert their masters as he felt that that was the quickest way to demoralize the South. At Lincoln's second inauguration, Douglass was, however, barred at the door because of his color. A gentleman, who knew him well, happening to come up, took Douglass in along with himself. After his address, Lincoln, seeing him in the crowd, came to meet him. "Here comes my friend, Douglass," cried Lincoln. Taking him by the hand he inquired: "What did you think of my speech?" "Mr. Lincoln," replied Douglass, "I must not detain you with my poor opinion. There are thousands waiting to shake your hand." "No, no," answered Lincoln, "you must stop a little. There 's no man in the country whose opinion I value more than yours. I want to know what you think of it." "Mr. Lincoln," responded Douglass, "that was a sacred effort." But for Douglass also, the Negro might not have become a citizen at least when he did. President Johnson's idea was to get the South back into the Union by giving it as free a hand as possible with the freedmen. Douglass saw where this would lead to, and demanded the ballot. The liberty of America, he said, depended on three boxes: the Ballotbox, the Jury-box, and the Cartridgebox. "From the first," said Douglass, "I saw no chance of bettering the condition of the freedman until e should cease to be a freedman and become a citizen. I insisted that there was no safety for him or anybody else in America outside the American government. . . . "I set myself to work with whatever force I possessed to secure this power for the recently emancipated millions." This proposition was received as ridiculous even by most of the abolitionists. Even Garrison, himself, had to be won over to the idea by Wendell Phillips. With the winning of the ballot, Douglass's greatest task was done. But there were honors, such as they were, in store for him. He served in the following posts: U.S. Commissioner to San Domingo; Minister to Haiti; Member of the Legislative Council of the District of Columbia; presidential elector of New York, and bore the vote of that state for Grant to Washington; and Marshal of the District of Columb in which post he officiated at the inauguration of President Garfield. At one Republican convention he was one of those named for the Presidency. Later, he gave lectures on "SelfMade Men," that thrilled black and white alike. In 1871 he delivered an address at Arlington Cemetery at which President Grant was present; in 1876 at the unveiling of the Freedmen's Monument in Washington, he was the orator of the occasion. President Grant, his cabinet, and other dignitaries were present. This speech was printed and sold over the nation. In 1886 he toured Europe and visited Egypt. Himself and Mrs. Douglass were invited to all public functions at the White House by President Cleveland. His declining years were spent on his property, Cedar Hill, at Anacostia, D.C., on land formerly owned by an aristocrat who had decreed that neither mulatto, Negro, nor Irishman, should own a foot of his land. Here, surrounded by his books and souvenirs, he devoted himself to the study of music, of which he was passionately fond. Here, also, national and international personages visited him. He became known as "The Sage of Anacostia." Many other interesting stories could be told of him, but the following deserves mention. After the war, he longed to visit his friends in Maryland but he was regarded as an outlaw. Many years later, however, he was permitted to do so. Among those he saw was his cruel master, Thomas Auld. Auld, poverty-stricken, lay on his death-bed with Continued on Page Seven gE sae eg tanga lees gad GER RICO EET eT eT eT 4 ~~ “ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION——August 30, 1930 Bt ee ee eee ee ¢——_—_——BAFFLING MURDERS______e’axn «ac De ae ae ee THE most entertaining moments can be spent in following clever, well constructed detective stories with plenty of eee poure: ao the blood tingle as well as furnish the mind with delightful action in fol- lowing the unexpected maneuvers of arch criminals. Gruesome crimes and the most eens tricks provide the anusual thrills of “Baffting Murders.” {t will be genuine pleasure to read the clean-cut. sophis- ticated, true murder mysteries related by Hubert Holcomb. master detective. This is an exclusive {Mustrated Feature Section feature provided ee your entertainment. Look forward each week to “Baffling- Mur- eva” THE GRIFFIN MURDER CASE By BROWNING STREAT ‘ Part II In telling Ralph Miles and myself this, his fifth experience with arch crimi- nals, former Detective Hubert Holcomb has led us through a series of sensa- tional cireumstances, in which the police department receives typewritten letter giving up the astonishing information that the writer is a member of a newly formed firm—Messrs, DEATH & CO. He professes that they have made a scientific discovery which precludes the necessity of anyone fearing death, or A I WK \ — AF | A \ = / B N ' ANN SSE {7 SQ NY oe OBR Velie ¢ Peat 5: mA aw 1: ae lances flash back and forth with telegraphic rapidity.’ committing suicide. 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Elmer Grif- fin, formidable figure in the world of Negro finance, had purchased her death with the same nonchalance that she had in the old days, pur- chased a string of pearls. Newspaper editorials came thick and fast, forcibly denouncing this amazing incident as—quoting the News—“an affair that smacks dis- gustingly of the fiendish accomplish- ments of an irresponsible maniac!” In its home edition of Friday after- noon, four days after the finding of the old woman’s body, this newspaper took another step and stated that: “While we are aware of the fact that we are living in’ aft age in which Scientific research has, figuratively speaking, spread her wings; while we can accept the fact that a powerful bomb can be set in motion and guided by means of radio to a destination two thousand miles away, and that this same bomb can destroy a city the size of New York in ten minutes, this newspaper finds it a great tax on its intelligence to believe that a gas has been discovered or invented, that can bring to the human body both completely ecstacy and death at the same time. “With all due respect to Dr. Fields, the first of his profession to view the body, who later sated that the dis- | coloring at the tip of the dead wom- lan’s nose might have. been caused |by @ contrivance at the end of a length. of hose, through which this | mysterious gas passed into her body. |and to Coroner Hall and Chief Rog- |gerty, this newspaper believes that ‘much might be accomplished .by ig- noring the letter, the odor found in the room, and the statement by mem- bers of the woman's family that she had recently attempted suicide in he home. 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Fa- miliar footsteps had sounded out there. “Something’s up for sure!” drawlec the young reporter, who had beer just about to leave the room. “It’s Holcomb. It’s not like him to walk fast like that.” “No, it ain’t,’” Roggerty murmured, tugging thoughtfully at his ~ heavy mustaches. “It sure ain’t!” The next instant the gaunt form of Holcomb stood framed in the door- way, smiling. “Howdy, chief!” he greeted. “Howdy, Williams!” “Morning, Holcom .” | “Where in the ‘Sam Hill’ have you been these last four days?” Roggerty Yoared. | | “Doing a little scientific investigat- ing, Chief.” = _ “Any rare snakes?” ' _ “Nope—only rainbows!” _ The reporter started for the door. It's a wonder they hadn’t kicked him out right away, he thought; but just at that moment Holcomb swung around and addressed him. “:iold on a minute, Williams,” he cried, digging for his watch. “What time does the News go to press? Hmmm!—on> o’- clock, eh?” __ “And it'll be on the street at three,” the reporter went on brightly. Holcomb made a swift calculation. Roggerty arched his eyebrows and smiled blandly. Then the celebrated sleuth began again: “Listen, Williams,” he said, “I want you to write up a nice little story, see? The police suspect the author of the letter; they’re going to make an arrest in a few hours.’ It was all a frame-up, see? She was murdered in cold blood. Spread it on thick, understand? And I want a headline spread across the top of the front .page!” He grinned. “But this ain't to go in this edition, Williams,” he said. “I want only one paper for inysélf, and I've got to have one with that story in it. I've got a scheme. If it works, the News will get a good scoop for an extra edition tonight. I don’t know how you're going to work it but get me one paper with that story back here in an hour!” Even before the sentence was fin- ished, the reporter had vanished. 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I wish you'd help me if you can.” I get a good many letters from fathers\and mothers who have sons like this, and some letters from wives who have husbands who are never satisfied or content. They are always changing jobs, or if they have a good job, want to change the “houses where they live, or they want to be doing something that is dif- ferent all the time. Their families get worried sick with their constant changing, and yet there is something that they do not realize, that desire for charige is a part of that person’s nature, and the only way to handle it is to USE it instead of worrying about it. (ently Do If you are always wanting to change—if you want to go places and do things all the time—then the thing for you to do is to get into a kind of work where you can do this In the specimen of handwriting we have this week, there is all the evi- dence in the world of this changing, restless nature. Those long locps run from one line into the next. Such @ person is never satisfied. 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Her body was perfectly proportioned and inspired a mingled feeling of admira- tion and passion. She was no less talented, consequently at an early age, it was discovered that with careful training she had possibilities as a great singer. Madame Boucher, who, ‘beneath her superficial austerity toward Jeanne, was really fond of her, placed her with a very handsome musical instructor. This was really the beginning of Jeanne’s adventurous. career, al- though, she had enjoyed a mild affair with the handsome errand boy of a neighborhood butcher. Pierre Batou, the musical instructor, soon fell in love with Jeanne just as Madame Boucher wished. In fact, the wily guardian of Jeanne had purposed to make a match for her beautiful foster daughter. Batou was of social distinction and some day expected to receive a title which would of course mean, in turn, the ultimate social recognition of the ambitious Madame Boucher. Finally the match was consummated. 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Mr. Evans." outside for a ready to pro- eh?" "You want to know how you did it," Holcomb was murmuring. "Listen. Mrs. Griffin was worth a hundred thousand dollars, most of it being willed to you three. You wanted to get your hands on it. She was old, but somehow she wouldn't seem to die. You got together. Planned. Your Mr. Reid, I learned, is a spiritual healer. "Now the old lady was half ill most of the time. You, Mrs. Griffin's grand-daughter, prevailed on her to go to the Park Hotel—and she went because you said that the man who would visit here there could surely cure her. "Bundy, you wrote that letter to the police, to throw us off the track. And an hour or so before it was received, you, Reid, went to that hotel room and smothered the woman to death! The army blanket you used I found in your car-gray hairs on it. That was not all. There was an old inner tube, and it still smelled of expensive perfume—and natural gas—the newly discovered scientific aid to a pleasan, death. Bah! 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Douglass greeted the dying jan kindly and freely forgave him. en Auld addressed him as “Marshal Douglass,” Douglass re- lied: “Not Marshal Douglass, but derick.” This touching way of showing his forgiveness was later trued as subservience by Doug- ‘Ss enemies among the colored ple, many of whom never forgave im for his second marrizcge. When Auld died he had his name the leading paper: of the country anks to the fact that he had once wned Douglass. He was received as a privileged haracter almost everywhere in the orth, but that did not prevent his ing snubbed by two colored dining ar waiters who did not wish to at- nd him because of his color. Writ- ng of this in his autobiography, uglass said: “In their eyes I saw Fred Doug- , suddenly, and possibly unde- rvedly, lifted above them. The fact hat I was colored and they were col- red had so long made us equal that he contradiction now presented was much. After all, I have no blame lor Sam and Garrett. They were rained in the school of servility to lieve that only white men were titled to be waited upon by colored en... . “While the rank and file of our ple quote with muck vehemence e doctrine of human equality, they among the first to deny it and lenounce it in practice.” Having won the vote for the black an, Douglass threw himself into the ht to win it for the women. But e end had come. On February 20, Sick stomachs, sour stomachs and digestion usually mean excess acid. ie stomach nerves are over-stimu- ted. Too much acid makes the stom- h and intestines sour. Alkali kills acid instantly. The best rm is Phillips’ Milk of Magnesia, be- use one harmless, tasteless dose neu- izes many times its volume in acid. ince its invention, 50 years ago, it s remained the standard with phy- cians everywhere. Take a spoonful in water and vour happy condition will probably en%i five minutes. Then you will alwavs ILLUSTRATED FEATURE SECTION—August 30, 1930 1895, after addressing a woman’s suffrage convention, he returned home to dinner, all apparently in the best of health in spite of his seventy-eight years. Dinner finished, he stopped in the hallway to relate with his usual enthusiasm, the events of the day. Suddenly he dropped to his knees, his hands clasped. | Mrs. Douglass thought he was only acting but he sank lower and lower, and finally tumbling to the floor, breathed his la. . The press of the civilized world mourned his loss and carried stirring /eulogies of him. Memorial services were held for him in many pcrts of ‘the nation, while the city of Roch.;- ter voted to suspend business at his burial. A monument, costing $10,000 was also erected there in his honor. Of this sum $1,000 was voted by the State, and a like sum by the Repub- lic of Haiti. Theodore Roosevelt was the orator of the occasion. The Northern press, as wa: said, spoke in highest terms oi him, thougt!- but one or two of the many hundred editorials on him can be quoted. The Chicago Western Newspaper Union said: “Physically, mentally, and morally, Mr. Douglass was a grand specimen of manhood, and any race might be proud to claim him as a representa- tive. .. . As an orator and a thinker he ranked with the best in the land; though slave-born and excluded ‘rom the advantages of education he had a@ command of the English language that was marvelous in its perfection. ...Sneered at, hissed, mobbed, stoned, assaulted, he stemmed the tide and came off ._ conqueror. When it was dangerous for white men even to yknow what to do. Crude and harmful ‘methods will never appeal to you. Go prove this for your own sake. It may save a great many disagreeable hours. 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Ce ee se: ae RO ee eae : : i 5 “gv a a ‘ fed eS ee 4 Z aa Pee ee ee i § mere ee ee ee ee ale PS eee OS es ee eee eee ee mee Paul Laurence Dunbar, the poet, close personal friend ot Frederick Douglass. Are Long Dresses Silly? —Well, Read This! speak the truth on the question of: slavery, he did not equivocate or palliate evil with soft words. He lifted his voice like a trumpet and told the people of their transgres- sions.” The Narragansett Times said: “Slave, fugitive, crusader, champion achiever of truest success, wielder of vast usefulness, commander of the world’s respect, yet with all of his honors, humble, gentle, as are all the truly great. “In his immense ascent from the lowest depths of condition where the masses were reached not even by the faintest gleam of hope to the heish‘s of meritorious and even majestic triumph, in his noble aspirations and upward mountings, his final com- plete and serene success, the life of this man affords one of the most satisfying illhstrations of high human realization that appears in the his- tory of the whole world.” Paul Laurence Dunbar, whom he befriended: wrote: “And he was no_ soft-tongued apologist: Don't give up a sensible skirt for one that is not sensible—style or no style. If enough women will laugh at the stylists, their fads will die overnight. Bobbed hair proved a boon to many women whose hair was so long that headaches were the rule rather than the exception. Stylists tried to bring back long hair, but few aside from the flappers who had never lived as adults in the long-hair days allowed their hair to grow. Most women of nature years had learned that bobbed hair was by far the best, and they have refused to go back to the old style. Men banished it in the days of Samson; and women are showing their sense vy refusing to go back to smelly tresses, no matte: what the stylists say. Treat the long skirt advocates in (the same way. When you make a step forward in dress reform, see that you do not slip back at night He spoke straight-forward, fear- lessly, uncovered. The sunlight of his truth dispelled the mist ‘ And set in bold relief each dark- hued cloud. _ To sin and crime he gave their proper hue And hurled at evil what was evil’s due.” Theodore Tilton wrote: “I knew the noblest giants of my day And he was of them, strong amid the strong.” Some day when the mists of color shall have been blown away, Douglass will be honored for what he was: the equal of any great man this na- tion has produced, and an inspiration for all mankind. The Negroes of America owe him an immense debt; but for him things would have been much worse for them than they are today. ADDENDUM Lincoln was opposed to giving the Negro the vote. In his speech at Charleston, Tllinois, September 18, 1858, he sald: “I am not, nor have ever been in favor of mak- CLASSIFIED ADS SONGWRITERS ar reer eee SONGWRITERS — Opportunity. Tommie Mahe, I. .F S., 4215 North Ave., Chicago. HELP WANTED—MALE DETECTIVES—Travel, make secret investi- @ations. Experience unnecessary. Particu- lars free. 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The background is a plain, dark color, providing a stark contrast to the dancer's light attire. FLORRIE MILLER, pretty stage beauty, formerly of the "Harlem" cast, will soon be seen in Lew Leslie's "Blackbirds." Mary AMY SPENCER, charming specialty dancer of Connie's "Hot Chocolates," continues to be one of the stellar attractions in "Lil' old New York." GLADSTONE CARTER, 14-year-old Colon, Panama, newsboy, who supports a mother and twelve brothers and sisters by selling newspapers. ANITA RIVERA, beautiful and widely-known dancer, the wife of her dancing partner, Danny Small. GLADSTONE CARTER, 14-year-old Colon, Panama, newsboy, who supports a mother and twelve brothers and sisters by selling newspapers. 8