The Savannah tribune. (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, October 16, 1924, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOL. XXXIX MERA ■ FOR NEGROES OF GEORGI A loftier Farming, Better 1 Homes and Education Evidenced By R. B. Eleazer Atlanta. Ga., Oct. 14.—That the Ne groei of Georgia are making rapid progress economically and otherwise was evident to the thousands who vis ited the colored exhibit at the South eastern Fair in this city last week. For the first time the management of the Fair had made provision for the colored people to be represented, erect ing a big tent for their exhibits, offer ing prizes aggregating $l2OO. and hold ing out hope of a building next year, provided the present experiment was successful. Right well did the Negroes respond, overflowing the space allotted to them with an exhibit of farm, home and sehtad products that would do credit to any group in the state. The Fair management was enthusiastic in its praise. “This is one of the most cred itable exhibits at the Fair,” said Col. F. J. Faxon, chairman of the Execu tive Committee. “We heard nothing but favorable comment on it. The management is greatly interested and hopes to have a building for the col ored people next year.” Thirteen counties were represented : Chatham, Clarke, Coweta, Fulton. Jackson, Liberty, Monroe, Newton, Folk. Rockdale*, Troup. Ware and Washington.—as well as all the public schools of Atlanta and Fulton County, a number of private schools, and two thousand individuals. Houston Coun ty forwarded an exhibit also, but it was somehow lost in transit. All the counties represented are those in which Negro farm or home demonstration agents are at work, and the exhibits grew largely out of their efforts. The display was a remarkable testimonial to the value of the work of these agents in promoting higher standards of effi "ieney and better living conditions. State Agent E- A- Williams of Savan nah, had charge of the exhibit, assisted by Miss Camilla Weems, also of Sa vannah- So finally varied were the pro ducts displayed that only the barest mention is possible. The schools sent . drawings pictures, maps, posters, es sa. s, historical sketches, model homes and farms, basketry, aprons, dresses, ta.de overs, patch work, cut outs, clay models and ever so much more that goes to make up modern education. Through all the school ejxhibits the health interest ran and not one was without some attractive lesson in jier son'al cleanliness. sanitation., whole some food and fresh air. In evidence also was the patriotic note—hand-made booklets of American history, posters illustrating the development of the flag, mottoes. “The Southeastern State a Good Place for Homes,” even “It’s Groat to lie a Georgian.” The county exhibits were more var ied still. There Were till sorts of farm and garden products—cotton, corn, peanuts, soy beans, sorghum, alfalfa, tobacco, oats. fodder, melons, po tables, tomatek*?^* apples, poaches pears, home-mao and I|am „ Ev cry farm should fe.Q?ltself." the agents are preaching, and the farmers are loginning to take notice. The dis plays of corn sent by the club boys were especially tine. The work of the women was much in i" idence and most creditable. There or rows of canned vegetables and fr iits. beautifully packed and perfect ly “processed.” The most unlikely .ro se trees had been utilized to make the home more livable—beautiful baskets of pine needles, pine cones, sweet gum burs, corn shucks, willow twigs; taste ful rags and 4ven attractive suits ami drosses made of fertilizer bags There were real works of arts with th no die- dresses, spreads, table covers baby things., in bewildering variety. Tjtere were home-woven chair bottoms and mats, purses, hand bags and pil lows made of auto tiros; bats plaited from straw and shucks; even a homo, made cooker and an iceless refriger ator. All these were the work of club women organized trained by the homo demonstration agents. And there at the Fair were the agents still at work, tolling the visitors how to do it. Inquiry of the farm agents revealed the fact that they are centering on a number of essentials—better farm methods, legumes for conservation of the soil, permanent pastures and home grown food supply. A white agent who has observed the colored work at close hand for several years testified to the good results in enthusiastic terms. “There is another important result, also” ho said. “This farm and home demonstration work, more than any thing else, tends to keep the Negroes «;n tin* soil. They learn to farm more profitably, to live more comfortably, and they have no disposition to leave. In my county there are 215 Negro land ownefs and not one has gone North.” ( LYO GEORGIA QUARTERLY CONFERENCE Clyo's fourth quarterly conference held the ninth of October. Rev. C. W. Prothro. presiding, preached it soul stirring sermon. Clyo is looking for ward to a bright future. We raised fov I). 8. $17.50; for World Service. • ?14.(t0; for pastor. $12.50. Pastor in charge: Rev. H. E. Forney. fßWWiiMrahMwß, John H. Deveaux League Of New York An invitation was received in the city this week to the ball and recep tion of the John H. Deveaux League of New York City to be held on No vember Gth at New Star Casino. The League was organized on February loti, of this year and its organization marks another progressive move by a number of Savannahians now residing in the metropolis city. The naming of this league for the late Col. John H. Deveaux of this city is a distinct trib ute to the memory of a man who was an outstanding figure in the commun ity, a man of a national character, and rhe founder of the Tribune. The in vitation is a four page folder carrying the portrait of Col. Deveaux and a roster of the league’s membership. The officers are: J. J. Smalls, president; James C. Denham, 2nd vice-president; B. 11. Godfrey, financial secretary; C- B. Smith, treasurer; George S. John son, chairman board of directors; John P. Taylor, chairnSan publicity commit tee; T- IL Alston. Ist vice-president; Joseph Crawley, 3rd vice-president; James W- Gardner, recording and cor responding secretary; A- C- Jackson, chaplain: Wm. H. Logan, chairman membership committee; Edward R. Collins, marshal. MORTGAGE BURNING GIRLS’ HOMESUNBAY Impressive Ceremonies Be Held and Free Dinner Served Sunday afternoon, three o’clock, will mark an epoch in the life of the Home For Delinquent Girls at Thunderbolt. At this hour the mortgage on this home will be burned with due festivities ac companying the ceremony. For sev eral years the home has been run un der a heavy indebtedness, but through the efforts of the City Federation of Colored Women s Clubs in their drive last month, sutticient funds were secur ed to lift this and we have enough left to make necessary improvements at tiie home. Aside from the ceremony surround ing the burning of the mortgage, there will be a free barbecue dinner served all who attend this affair. Friends who have no other way of conveyance to the grounds, are asked to catch the car leaving the city at 2 o’clock for the College so as to give them ample time to reach the home before the cere monies begin. The ladies of the Federation are still securing funds for the home and there have Iwen many contributions made to this institution during the week. They are. St. James A. M. E. church. .$25.25; C. D. Carswell Court, $5.00; Dr. W. T. Knight, $1.00; Morris & Sullivan, $1.00; Mrs. Lizzie Brais ford, aoe> Mrs. Mattie Jackson. 50c; Chas Davis, $1.00; cash. $1.00; Mr. Williams, of Macon, $1.00; Savannah Chapter O. E. S., $10.00; Ml Mc- Nichols, $1.00; L. E. Williams, $l.OO. We take pleasure in announcing that Mrs. Ellen Hogan has raised fifty dol lars. Mrs. Meta Hart has also raised the amount of fifty dollars. MUTUALS HOLD GLORIOUS MEETING On Monday night last, at the home of William Fields, Waters avenue and Gwinnett street, a grand gathering of Savannah's oldest social and benevo lent organization was held. The occa sion was the meeting of the Mutual Benevolent Society, Inc. There was nothing out of the ordinary about the Mutuals holding its meeting as this has been done for nearly a half century, hut. a befitting coincident combined to add a. feeling of mirth and joviality to the occasion that was unprecedented. First, it was the initial meeting since the second decision of the court giving the society the exclusive right to the use of the above name, and sec ond. was the shower of tasty and palatable edibles which the host poured forth in continuous succession until it seemed truly endless. There were viands to please the most scrupulous epicurian, and in such an abundance that the guests had to finally admit they were inexhaustible. The meetings of this society are invariably filled with congeniality, amiability and jollification, but this one was admitted a record breaker. The members must have gotten a tip on what Mr. Fields had in store for them as the entire membership, with few exceptions, was present. The pleasantries of the occasion are still uppermost in the minds of the mem bers and will go down in their history as one of the real big occasions and long to be remembered. The officers of this organization are: P. Edw. Perry, Pres.; Samuel J. Brown. Vice- Pies.; (’has S. Siegling, Secty.; Mack B. Branham, Treas. ENTHUSIASTIC CROWD AT COOLIDGE-DAWES MEETING An enthusiastic crowd was present last Friday night at the mass meet ing of tin Coolidge-Dawes club which was belli at the Fox Club. These meet imrs being every Friday night, the last meeting being the most largely attended since the inauguration of these mass meetings. The principal speakers of the evening were Homer H. Stiles, president of 4he club; Mrs. Add e Johnson, Geo. L- Smith, Prof. Dudley and Samuel E. Minus. The next meeting of the club will be Friday i.’o’t* P 4 * * »'f plnh. SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16,1924 NOV. STH TO TEI! WHAT NEGROES THINK OF COOLIDGE (By Kelly Miller) Any administration seeking a new grant of power is rightly called upon to give an account of its stewardship. If President Coolidge seeks tin* Ne gro vote in the approaching election, the race should make an appraisement of what he lias done as a reasonable earnest of what he is going to do in the future. -Mr. Coolidge is running on his rec ord, Messrs. Davis and Lail ollette, on their prospects. The one says, judge me by what I have done; the others must be judged bj what they propose to do. The party in power always labors under the ad vantage and dis advantage of its record. Its good deeds count to its credit, while its mis deeds redound to its discredit. The party not in power is nnhelped by past achievements and unhampered by past failures. Charles J. Bonaparte .Attor ney General in the cabinet of Theodore Roosevelt, declared that Presidnt Taft might have been regarded as an ideal candidate for the presidency if he had never been president. On the other hand, if Calvin Coolidge were not now president, no discerning politician would deem him an ideal candidate for that office. In his address of acceptance, Mr. Coolidge treated the existing adminis tration as a unit, and did not differ entiate between the complementary ]>arts played by himself and his prede cessor. He assumed the fullest meas ure of credit for the good deeds of the joint administration, but sank into his customary silence concerning the deeds not deemed so good. The Negro, then, may surely follow the example of Mr. Coolidge, ami treat the present admin istration as a unit, placing in the credit and debit columns its accom plishments on tiie basis of their merit. Let tiie Harding-Coolidge administra tion be judged by this test. We may discount and discredit all campaign promises and pledges in advance- We need pay no need to what the admin istration promises to do in the future except as appraised in the light it has done in tiie past. Mr. Coolidge has been president fur fourteen months. What he lias done during that time is fairly prophetic of what he will do if his time is extended forty-eight months beyond March the fourth. He has had as large a majority in this Congress as he can reasonably hope to have in the next. Little heed need be given the point that he is now carrying out the unfulfilled administration of another and is not free to project and carry out his own policies, as he would be if given commission by direct vole of the people. He is now as much president as lie ever will be. When the people vote for a vice-president they are fully aware that they are selecting a poten tial president. He follows tiie policies of Ins predecessor only because he elects to do so. .The Negro gave the Harding-Cool idge ticket a much larger proportional vote than the Coolidge-Dawes ticket can jiossibly hope to secure. The Re publican party, therefore, is under a much heavier political debt to the Ne gro during the present administration than it is likely to be for the ensuing one. How the present debt has been paid is the best guage as to how the future one will be honored. The race has no good reason to expect any other or better treatment from the Coolidge- Dawes administration than it lias re ceived from the Harding-Coolidge regime. Through eomjx>tent repre sentatives, the Negro was definitely promised that its quota of presidential apiiointments would not only be re stored to the standard under any pre vious Republican administration, but would be carried beyond the limit. It was also promised in positive terms that the ruthless raping of the liberty of Haiti would be speedily remedied and attoned for. It is known and ac knowledge of all men that these solemn campaign pledges remain un considcred and dishonored. Ihe Harding-Coolidge administra tion had it early understood that it would not appoint colored mon to of fice whore such appointment would en gender local opixisition and where con firmation by the Senate might cause bitter race agitation. With a single seeming exception both predecessor and successor have clung to this decision with religious Consistency. The ap pointment and confirmation of the Re corder of Deeds for the District of Columbia were manipulated by Sena tor Elkins of West Virginia for reasons of local political exigency. 'l’he ap pointment of Charles W. Anderson as •'ollector of Internal Revenue of Now York was greatly facilitated by the finesse of his democratic friends. Tiie only outstanding exception to this self imposed limitation of Negro appointees is seen in the case of Walter Cohen, Comptroller of the Port of New Orleans In this instance the administration re versed its declared policy. The politi cal motive was perfectly apparent, and was whblly uncomplimentary to the Negro race. The progressive element in the party was making dangerous headway under the leadership of Hiram Johnson and Robert LaFollette, and was seriously threatening the re nomination of both the head and the tail of the old ticket. The African reenforcement must be kept in line for reactionary ascendency by a gesture of official favor. Hence the appointment of Cohen and the enlargement of south ern representation in the Republican National Convention. Mr. Cohen se cured his confirmation by the Senate through the unparalleled generosity of Senattr LaFollette and the gracious assistance of northern democratic sen ators. ater rejection by a Republican Senate. The otfi’e ol Register of Treasury has been held by colored men i under every Republican administra elnn„ Cn 1 son following the wake of Republican preceden appointed a democratic Ne gro to iliis exalted position. The ap pointment failed of confirmation I hough no fault of his. But the pres ent administration firmly refused to appoint a colored man to this position for purely racial reasons. Every col ored leader who had the favor of the administration urged this appointment as the determinative text of attitude towards the political claims of the race, bat to no avail. President Ta ft appointed William 11. Lewis. Assistant Attorney General. This position ranks next to a cabinet portfolio, and records the high-water mark of official recognition of the col or d race. This administration was besought to restore this rank in recog nition of the capability and desert of the ra< ■. But it found an off-set by designating a distinguished colored lawyer as special Assistant to the At torney-General a jxisition without statutory status and which does uot' tequire confirmation by the Senate. While it is said tiie work and pay of Perry W. Howard is comparable with that of William H. Lewis, yet the grade of official mognitiou was lowered by a peg or two. In the matter of designating ■colored men as Special Assistant to cabinet of ficers. tin administration followed the example set by Woodrow Wilson who designated one colored man as Special Assistant to the Secretary of War and anothe- as Sjiecial Assistant to the Secretary of Labor. The Harding-Coolidge administra tion approved the appointment of col ored stall' for { he Negro Veteran’s Hos pital at Tuskegee Institute Tuskegee. Alabama. This adjustment covered tin* overlaping ,»eriod of the Harding- Coolidge administration. The final out come gave grateful satisfaction throughout the race- Both Harding and Coolidge are to be thanked ami praised for the consistency and firm ness of their stand. "We must keep in mind, however, that this was purely a uon-political arrangement, and cannot in any sense count in fulfillment of poli tical obligations. The policy of racial segregation is in harmony with the po litical code and social creed of the S'Utli- The Tuskegee tangle found little support in the South beyond the limit of local excitement which has now died away into approval of the cus tomary race relations of teacher and pupil, physician and patient, which prevailed in the days of Booker T. Washington. Ilie Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, er roneously interpreteu as a special racial legislation .instead of a provi sion to cheek lawlessness and crime which knows no race, was introduced in the last Congress. It passed one house and died in the other. There is a deep conviction that it died the death it was intended to die, by apathy and neglect. The administration must as sume full responsibility and weight of blame, if blame there be for the failure of this measure. Two-thirds of both houses were Republican. Every demo cratic representative from the North voted tor the bill, if the Republican administration acknowledged its disin clination or inability to pass remedial legislation for the black man’s bene fit. with a Congress containing a two thirds majority in both houses, how can it. be expected to succeed in tiie coming Congress where the marginal Republi can majority is threatened to the point of evanishment? In this connection it might be well to mention President Harding’s Bir mingham address setting forth his Ne gro policy. His pronouncement did not meet with favor or practical accept ance, by North or South, by the nation or by tiie Negro. ’Hie first act of Mr. Coolidge after assuming control of the administration to appoint as his private secretary, ah ex-Virginian Congressman who bad Voted against the Dyer Bill aud who was the leader of the lily whites of his state. The first effect of this appoint ment on thi» Negro race was dumb founding. Under the lily white iiolicy, Negroes were physically excluded from the meeting jilace of the Republican ’Convention. It. is said that Mr. Slemp is usually kind and considerate to col ored visitors who have business with the President. This display of kind tiess is a slave to the Negro’s easily ap peased spirit, but. it docs not wipe out the effect of the first impression which the appointment provoked, nor yet does it explain to the Negro’s full satisfac tion the state of mind of the President when he made such appointment. Mr. Coolidge, so far, has not given a single colored man a presidential ap pointment. As a pimple problem ini arithmetic, it might be interesting to inquire if Mr. Coolidge does not ap point any colored men to office in four teen months, how many will he appoint in forty eight months? Under authorization of the Presi dent. the Secretary of Ijabor designat ed a commission of colored men to visit and rei>ort iqion conditions in the Virgin Islands. Although the trip only involved three weeks, the administration is entitled to full credit for this measure of recognizing tiie value of special racial interest and point of view in dealing with racial affairs. The precedent was set by President Grant in 1872, when he mimed Frederick Douglass as a mem ber of the Commission to study into conditions in San Domingo and advise him as to the wisdom of annexation of this black republic to the United States. President Taft appointed a mixed commission of white men and colored representatives to visit and re port upon conditions in Liberia. Mr. Coolidge has recommended a commission of white aud colored rep resentatives to study the complicated question of race relationship In the United States. This bill has been banded about the committees of Con gress for the past ten years, but may now be galvanized into life by presi dential recommendation. The Presi dent seems to have great faith in gov ernment by commissions. Let it be recorded in Mr. Coolidge’s favor that he recommended an extra appropriation for half a million dol lars for the Miedical School of Howard University. For this generous act, Howard University and the colored race are duly grateful. This institu tion depends upon congressional grants which for the past forty five yeais Gave been voted with equal lib erality by Republican and Democratic administration alike. This national largeness is wholly without political character and, of course, the Presi dent hatk no such consideration in mind when he made the recommenda tion. ,>lt may be of public interest and of some curiosity to know that the appropriation bill of a half mil lion dollars for the Freedmen’s Hos pital, an institution in close ofiiliation and working articulation with How ard University, was presented to the Senate by the late Senator Tillman from South Carolina. Hon. Franklin K. Lane, Secretary of the Interior un der President Wilson, recommended an enthusiastically urged a budget of one million and eight hundred thou sand dollars for the betterment of this national university for the Negro race When this appropriation was thrown out by tiie Republicans under the guise of tiie American Protective As sociation, prototype of the Ku Klux Klan, in the nineties, it was restored through the eloquence ami iiersuasfon of Congressman Sayers ,a Texts Demo crat. An unknown correspondent wrote to President Coolidge protesting against permitting a Negro to run for Congn-ss from the Hanem District of New York. The answer was publish ed with almost dramatic timeliness. In his reply the President took the only ixisition which any responsible American official could take without stultifying the government which lie represent. He reiterated the obvious with an unction that is refreshing. Mr. Coolidge assured his youthful cor respondent that the Negro was an American citizen and as such was fully entitled to all of the rights, priv ileges and immunities which that citi zenship implies, in this he was true to his own character and to the obli gations of liis oatli of office. Wood row Wilson took precisely the same position, though it did not receive such wide publicity when confronted with a similar situation. A Negro was nominated on the Republican ticket of Princeton, x. J., for Justice of the Peace. The Democratic poli ticians raised the usual hue and cry about Negro domination. An inflam matory circular was prepared to in flame the minds of the local electorate. Mr. Wilson was running for Governor at the time. The circular was sub mitted to the head of the ticket for approval. Mr. Wilson put an end to the circular and to the anti-Negro ardor of its promoters by telling them 'flatly, that his Negro had the same right to seek the suffrage of his fel low citizens for Justice of the Peace, as he had to seek it for Governor of the state. . The Ooolidge-Hardiug admhiistra tjon has taken no steps to correct the Negro s complaint against the abuse of the Civil Service law whereby the Ne gro applicant is cheated out of ap pointment to the classifiedxservice, nor has it remedied the just complaints against racial discrimination in the government departments at Washing ton. During the Harding-Coolidge admin istration, tiie Ku Klux Klan which President Grant put out of commis sion in 1.872, again raised its hideous head. Its basic principle and mode of operation tire so repugnant to open ly defend its objective. Rtice ani mosity is its chief dynamic. The subordination of the Negro is the first clause of its creed. The issue has be come political. The Klan has bored into the Republican party as the worm into the heart of the apple. This is the one vital issue to the Negro in the present campaign. Write Anti-Klan at the top of the platform and the Ne gro will be comparatively indifferent as to what is written underneath. La- Follette and Davis have spoken out in terms as condemnatory as language can make them. Although challenged to utterance, Mr. Coolidge still re mains silent. Silence is golden only when the silent has nothing to say. The Ku Klux Klan has the right to as sume that those who are not against it are for it. The Negro certainly feels that those who are not tor him on this issue are against him. Mr. Coolidge has permittwl his secretary to state that the President is not a member of the Kian and is not in sympathy with its aims. No one who believes in the sincerity of his character questions the genuineness of this assurance. But iu the heat of a moral issue pas sivity is not enough, v This is but a repetition of the attitude of James Buchanan, who affirmed that he was not a slaveholder and was not in sym pathy with the institution of slavery. It was this negative type of character that the slave oligarchy could use to the best advantage. He goes down to history as the asquiescent foe of human freedom. It is but idle sermonizing to condemn sin in the abstract without nailing the guilty to the cross of his own sin. David was perfectly willing to denounce the sin of murder and adultery wheu presented iu the form of an allegory, but Nathan, the pro phet. had the courage to confound the guilty abstract moralizer with identi fying finger of defiance. On a clear cut moral and patriotic issue we qx- Sent Wife To Lure Negro Fairmont, W. Va., Oct. 14 (By The Associated Negro Press). —In the trial of Janies A. lamdis, chairman of the secret committee of the local klan, and 15 other klansmen in connection with the shooting of Daniel Washington. Mrs. Olive Brown, white, testified that her husband had interceptedjone of her letters from Washington and that he and Landis gave her instructions for meeting him. She was to stoop low when they yelled so that they could shoot Washington without harming her. The meeting took place anad shots were fired, Washington being left for dead. He recovered, however, and re turned to secure the indictment of 16 of his would-bc-murderers- Missionary Pageant Sunday Afternoon On Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o’clock there will be a missionary pageant by tiie girls of Haven Home. ’The public is cordially invited to be present at this affair which will be both inspir ing and instructive. CHOGOMOB TAKE LIFE OF YOUNG NEGRO Was Accused of Making Improper Proposals to White Woman Chicago, HI., Oct. 14 (ANP).—Wil liam Bell. 33 was beaten to death by a mob in a foreign district of the city • n.c which a large number of Negroes have recently moved Wednesday night. At the time of tiie murder the mob, unwilling to listen to his explanation, ••'cccmnl him of being guilty of flirting v.i h two white grls. He died from being struck over the head with a base ball bat. I oliee arrived too Lite. Twenty mem bers of the mob were arrested after the man’s life had been taken. Only three were kept n jail, Otto Epstein, watchman in a sacramental wine shop; George Bell, brother of the victim ami Ihomas Clark, a witness. Clark is a Negro. C lark and Bell both denied that the man killed was guilty of the alleged flirtation- Later, the girls Miss Bertha Deutsch. 21, and Miss Betty Green b.dtt. failed to identify William Bell as the man who spoke to them. They are said to have not known whether th? man who spoke to them was white or । oloreil. The dead man was a light colored man. Miss (ireenblatt explained that she had not expected murder to be com mitted when after being accosted by some man. she had gone into the wine shop to ask a friend she thought might be there to accompany Miss Deutsch home. \\ lien she learned of what the men had done, she was extremely sor ry that she had said anything at all. '1 here is division of opinion in the city as to whether Chicago is to be ac cused ot a lynching. The Tribune and other papers found convenience in de scribing the murder as a lynching. The Chicago Daily News did not carry the story at, all. Bell was killed. * The facts point to him having been iuno cent of any guilt. The crime occur red after midnight wheu there were no policemen around. The blow across thi head with the bat proved fatal. It is believable that he would not have rtceiveil more than a severe beating l<ut for the bat incident. Epstein, chaiged with weilding the bat, is in custody. Bell's murder seems to be more like that that'any white man in a white district, colored man in a Ne gro district, or either man in either sort of district, might be the victim of in an early morning fight. If Bell was lynched, it is just as easy to say that a white policeman was lynched at the Northern Lights Case a few weeks ago. SPECIAL SERMON The Rev. Moses G. Miller, former pastor of Grace Baptist church of Darien, now a member of First Bry an Baptist church of Savannah, will deliver a special sermon at St. Philip A. M. E. church. Charles and West Broad street, on Mondy night, Oct. 20, at 8 o’clock for the benefit of Club No. 10, Mrs. M. C. Wicks, captain. pect President and Candidate Coolidge to rise to the courage of the occasion and denounce both sin and sinner as Lincoln and Roosevelt would do, and Davis and LaFollette have done. Tn his iiersonal character and atti tiule, Mr. Coolidge has not only a kind ly but a philanthropic attitude towards Hie Negro This breathes through his public speeches and addresses. This often leads to disappointment- The Negro expects the President to speak with the authority and determination of his office, and not to indulge in ele mentary morals maxims which are taught in every Sunday school in the laud. Thus .•'lauds the account be tween Mr. Coolidge and the Negro. How it is balanced aud wiped out uoue will know until the fifth of November. NUMBER 52 DOEQBeiI । RIGHTS INCLUDE THE NEGRO? A J "u-. “ So Asks Baptist Minis ters of Democratic Candidate Philadelphia, Ta-, Oct. 11th. —The Baptist Ministers Conference of this city and vicinity have written John W. Davis, Democratic candidate for President, inquiring whether or not his" broad expressions in regard to “equal rights to all men” include col ored citizens in view of the hostile at titude of his party toward them. The open letter addressed, to him calls his attention to conditions ob taining in the South where the Negro is disfranchised by means of the Dem ocratic primaries restricted to white voters only. If the Negro is included in his statements, they ask unequivo cally whether or not the Democratic party will subscribe to his views inas much as it is dominated by South erners who advocate disfranchisement- The full text of their letter is as follows: "The Baptist Ministers’ Conference of Philadelphia and vicinity take the liberty of addressing you with refer ence to certain repeated statements during your recent trip in the West, particularly in your speech at Gary, Indiana, in which you made certain declarations as to the unchallenged democracy of the Democratic party, to-wit: “ ’The Democrats lielieve in a gov ernment of the people, for the people, with equal rights to all men, and spe cial privileges to none.’ And further ‘That if elected to power in November the Democratic party will put an end to unwarranted search aud seizure, will uphold under all conditions the inalienable right of free speech, free press and free assemblage.’ “You are the acknowledged stand ard bearer of your party. If such sentiment represent your policy of ad ministration should you lie elected President, then we cannot but hail with joy the new spirit of fairness with which you and your party have become possessed, and all the more so in view of the past record of the Democratic party with reference to the colored citizen. {Southern Conditions “But candor compels us to remind you of certain undemocratic condi tions now existing in the South. The Democratic party has openly violated the Constitution, which you quote, iu that it has established a one party government, which system of govern ment could uot obtain in a real demo cracy. “In the Democratic primaries of the South, for example, colored Demo crats by statutory law are prohibited from voting. And this is used as a pretext by your party to enslave the Negro forever politically, socially and economically. “While it is not the intention of this body to go to the grave yards and ex hume the |>etrifying bones of Demo cratic leaders of the past, still may we call your attention to stale, and states, where the Negro is denied the privi lege of the franchise on the ground that he will become the equal of the Anglo Saxon in the body politic. And such conditions are antagonistic to your declarations in your speech at Gary, Imliana. on Septeunl>er IP^i, when you pledged the Democratic party to uphold the Constitution. Quest lons “And now in view of this open com munication to you we are taking the liberty of propounding to you the fol lowing questions with the hope that the answer to them may be of such character that in living reality we may be made to fool that you believe in a ‘Government of the people and for the people with equal rights to ail men and special privileges to none.’ “And here we rest our case with the following questions: 1. When you say ‘Equal rights to all men,’ we wish to know definitely whether you include the colored citi zen “2. If so, are you aware that you are setting a new precedent for your party? “3. And do you think that your party will subscribe to your views, knowing that, your party dominates the South where these conditions are worse, and the section from which the largest number of your electoral votes come.” Savannah Girl At Veterans’ Hospital Miss Geneva H. Bogan who for the last three years taught at Fessenden Academy, Fessenden, Fla., as primary and domestic science teacher, has re signed and is now connected with tiie U. S. Veteran Hospital 91, Tuskegee, Ala., as dietitian. Miss Bogan is an honor graduate of the Ga. State Indus tiial College, class of 1919 and also specialized at Columbia University in domestic science. Her many friends will be delighted learn of her re cent appointment and wish for her con tinued success. A GIRL Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Smith ani nounce the arrival of a baby girl Anna Laura, Sunday, Oct. 12. Moth er and baby are doing fine.