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JULIUS P. TAYLOR
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or four tents. The tents themselves
should also be so constructed as to
provide good ventilation; screened
doors and window openings to keep
out pestiferous insects.
And, finally, every camping place
should have one experienced and com
petent superintendent, who would be
charged with the responsibility of en
forcing sanitary regulations upon all
occupants, and who should see to it
that these regulations arc complied
with and that sanitary ronditons arc
maintained at all times.
MISSION PLAY IS TAKEN O
BY COLORED PEOPLE
THE PAUL DUNBAR MEMORIAL
AT ST. MARK M. E.
CHURCH
By Dr. M. A. Majors
HON. ANTON J. CERMAK
Associate Editor
DR. M. A. MAJORS
July 1, 1922
VoL XXVIL
No. 41
Member cf the City Council from the Twelfth Ward, Chairman
of its Committee of Railroads, Industries and Compensation;
member of its Financial Committee and other important
comTrittees of that body, who recently had the moral cour
age and the manhood to freely speak out in behalf of the
colored people residing in this city when they sadly needed
a friend at court and for doing so the editor of this news
paper desires to heartily thank Alderman Cermak.
Entered as Second-Class Matter, Aug
19, 1902, at the Post Office at Chicago,
IH. Under Act of March 8. 1879.
WHITE RACE NOT SUPERIOR
TO OTHERS DECLARES
ANTHROPOLOGIST
The white race is not superior to
others, declared Dr. A A. Golden-
weiser, anthropologist, in an address
delivered before the 13th Annual Con
ference of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People, in the Robert Treat School,
Norfolk and 13th Avenue, Newark.
Dr. Goldenweiscr is a lecturer on an
thropology -at the New School for
Social Research in New York Gty.
The evidence of anatomy and
neurology so far available does not
indicate any appreciable superiority
of the white Tace over the other
races," he declared. "The psycho
logical tests during the war to the
Contrary notwithstanding, the psy
chologist also fails to provide any
definite data to support the conten
tion of psychological inferiority of
.so-called primitive races, including
-the Negro, to the white.
"In the domain of civilization it
must, of course, be admitted that
other races, with the possible excep
tion of the Mongolian, have not pro
duced civilizations in all respects com
parable to our own, and even the
Mongolian does not qualify when
science and industry are taken into
consideration. But an insight into
the characteristics of the historic
process makes it more than doubtful
whether any but purely historical
causes need be invoked to account for
the differences in the civilizations be
tween different peoples. It must.
moreover, be remembered that in just
those particulars in which the white
man Is incomnarablv siinr?nr m
primitive races he is also superior to
the civilirations of the ancient world,
such as those of Egypt, Greece or
Rome.
"On its practical side, the problem
of races and in particular the Negro
race has two aspects; the present and
rurure ot the Negro in Africa, a-d
ulations elsewhere, primarily in the
United States.
'There can be no question that the
Negro civilization of Africa will hence
forth develop under the cver-mcrcas-ing
influence of white civilization. It
will, however, be unfortunate if all
specific tendencies, all local color
characteristic of such civilizations, will
be submerged in the process of as
similation. It seems more than prob
able that the importation of the white
man's civilization into Africa, if ac
companied by humanity and absence
of prejudice, will not result in the
complete obliteration of the indig
enous traits of Negro civilizations,
while furnishing these with the tools
and advantages of the modern white
world.
"By far the most difficult aspect of
the Negro problem refers to the Ne
gro populations outside of Africa, pri
marily in the United States. There
can be no question that complete le
gal emancipation is desirable, neces
sary, and will within the near future
be attained. The social aspect, on
the other hand, appears, much more
gloomy. Deep-rooted prejudice, sup
ported by certain physical reactions
and backed by historical tradition,
cannot readily be dislodged. Here
the work will be tedious, painful and
prolonged. It will not be achieved
without whole-hearted and self-sacrificing
co-operation on the part of
white and the Negro alike. But if
both groups assume their share of
responsibility, their ultimate success
in this domain also cannot be
CAMP SANITATION
The camping season is here and
without doubt a great many Chicago
people will avail themselves this sum
mer of the opportunity to spend a
short season living in the big out
doors, or as it is frequently called,
"camping out".
As a matter of fact, Chicago's col
ony of campers is increasing every
year. It is now quite the thing for
the boy scout organizations, not for
getting cither the girls' camping clubs,
to go camping and spend anywhere
from one to four weeks living the
open life.
doubted."
THE BIGGEST WOMAN IN
OLD VIRGINIA
Hampton, Va. Martha Dobbsr the
biggest woman of three counties near
here, is a problem on the hands of
the authorities. - She was arrested for
violating prohibition laws but she was
so big that she could not go through
the Circuit Court door; however, she
was found guilty .and fined $300.00
and sentenced to eight months' im
prisonment Now the jailer of Eliza
beth City County is scratching his
head wondering how hex can carry
out the orders of the court without
Now all this is very fine from the
standpoint of both health and recrea
tion, provided the sanitary conditions
in and about the camping place are
such as to make it safe rather than
dangerous. The trouble is that per
haps the majority of people who go
camping have had little or no experi
ence in this sort of life and also arc
not acquainted with even the funda
mentals of camp sanitation. Such
people, however, do have very pleasant
anticipations as to the joys of outdoor
living. This is perhaps due to the
fact that the average person has in
stinctively, especially at this season
of the year, an urgent call to return
to the primitive life; and almost any
shady nook or dell that looks entic
ing would be good enough for him,
or in fact a splendid place to pitch
a tent.
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tne present and future of Negro pop- tha should worry!
There are, however, some very im
portant matters that should be looked
into before deciding upon a camping
place. First, the lay of the land.
Always, if possible, pitch the tent on
a slope with the front open to the
South. Don't forget that cloudy
days will come and the rain will fall
in torrents; and for this reason your
camping place should be so selected
that water cannot collect, but freely
and rapidly will be carried away by
gravity flow.
Another very important matter is
the disposal of camp wastes of every
kind. Out in the big woods there
are no sewers or daily or even tri
weekly collections of garbage and no
toilets or bathrooms. Your bathing
place will probably be the nearby run
ning stream or the nearest body of
water. For toilets the dry earth sys
tem is admirable. Full instructions
for the construction of this system
of night soil disposal can be obtained
most anywhere, "but more especially
from the U. S. Department of Agriculture.
Last Sunday afternoon a large au
dience greeted Mr. J. Duncan Clarl:
who delivered a masterly address on
the life of our lamented great Negro
poet. As usual Mr. Julius Avcndorph
presided with dignity and grace. A
most excellent program was rendered.
Mrs. Antonctte Games was the star
of the occasion, who sang two songs,
the compositions of the dead poet.
Mr. Harrison Emanuel rendered two
very satisfactory numbers on the vio
lin. Miss Cleo May Dickerson played
a most excellently rendered solo, and
also acted as the accompanist.
Mr. Clark seemed to be in a happy
frame of mind, and he regarded it
an honor, he said, to be associated in
a work which gave fame and impcriih
ablc distinction to a member of the
black race and whose literary genius
he could trace by rugged inheritance
from the shores of Africa. UnKke
Dumas and Pushkin, who could lay
claim only in part to Negro blood
in their veins, here we find a gcnui.ie
Negro with no traces of a white
ancestry, measuring arms with Ho
mer, the master of the Greeks, Shake
speare, to whom the English look
rather than to their great statesmen.
Paul Laurence Dunbar has interpreted
for all time to come, the hopes and
aspirations of the oppressed by giv
ing voice to the smothered mutter
ings of a helpless people. He has
revealed in verse the rich truth of
the noblest humanity appealing to
God and to favored humanity for jus
tice and deliverance. Paul Laurence
Dunbar was more than prophet and
poet, he was more than philosopher.
That race is great than can develop
its own poet who with trenchant pen
and ap"ient intellect can arrest the
attention of mankind, which in turn
becomes awed by the sublimity of its
mighty mind. While the poet you
reverence is one of you, yet in a high
er sense he belongs to the great and
grand intellectual reaches of the no
blest humanity.
A collection of $42.00 was given
towards the Dunbar Scholarship fund
sf Fisk University.
Rev. John W. Robinson, who is al
ways eloquent and can express him
self to fit any emergency or literary
occasion, made a few remarks thank
ing both Mr. Clark, for his fine trib
ute to the poet, and Mr. Avendorph,
who brings to St Mark every year,
the Dunbar Memorial Service.
By way of special tribute to Johr
Steven McGroarty, author of the
"Mission Play," for whom they have
a friendly regard, colored people of
Los Angeles have declared a holiday
for today, to be celebrated at San
Gabriel. The festivities, which will
be unique, include not only the mass
theater parties at the quaint old Mis
sion Playhouse afternoon and evening,
but a mammoth basket picnic and re
union at the famous old grapevine
Music and speeches by prominent
folk of both white and colored com
munitics in Los Angeles will be the
order, with M. T. Laws, president,
of the Panama Club, and members
of this social organization taking overt
the "Mission Play" performances.
which will have crowded houses
John McGroarty will make an address
at each performance.
C. Bernard Tucker will be toast
master at the formal feast of the day.
at 2:30 o'clock, in the garden, Mr.
McGroarty opening the responses with
an address on "Negro Trail Blazers
of California," in which he will out
line the race history of California
since 1849. J. B. Bass, editor of the
California Eagle; Rev. CIcghorn,
Prof. H. Douglas Greer, Noah D.
Thompson of the Los Angeles
Evening Express and Frederick
Warde will be speakers.
Music will be furnished by the
Black and Tan orchestra, of which
Harry Southard is director; by
Maymc Wiley Lowe, mczza soprano;
Gus Perkins, John Williams, Mrs.
Pinkie Rosclla Pride, Herman Higgs,
Frisco Nick, Marie Austin and the
White Twins. Corinne and Cornelia,
will give song and dance interpreta
tions. The Evening Express, Los
Angeles. Calif.. June 24, 1922.
jHHnsuHHHHA 9& 'hBIHhHI
HON. MICHAEL ROSENBERG
Member of the Constitutional Convention of Illinois Who Is Pop
ular with a Large Circle of Friends, Candidate for One, of
the Trustees of the Sanitary District of Chicago.
LEAGUE PLANS ANTI-LYNCH-ING
DEMONSTRATION
Thousands Will March in Silent
Parade to Protest Lynching in
America. Fanueil Hall, the "Cra
dle of Liberty." Once More Will
Rock for the Cause of Justice
upholding a general Citizens' Equal
Rights Mass Meeting to elect dele
gates or give them a send-off. Na
tional Headquarters arc at 34 Corn
hill with William Monroe Trotter,
corresponding secretary, in charge.
MAKE JULY 2ND "ON-TO-
BOSTON ANTI-LYNCHING
SUNDAY"
"IT IS ALL IN THE POINT OF
VIEW"
"A Lost, But Honored Cause"
Scavenger service as to the disposal
of camp- wastes is easily accomplished
by burying. A trench of consider
able size may be dug and each day's
accumulation deposited and covered
with fresh earth, deep enough to ab
sorb all odors and prevent attracting
flies. Of course, the place selected
for this disposal of the garbage should
be remote from the camp. For your
own bealth and comfort you will find
lit worth all the trouble this may
cause. Where the camps are per-
"Bent of body, furrowed of counte
nance and feeble of gait, but with a
firm, serene spirit, conscious of a duty
well done and having no apologies for
the doing, the fast-failing hosts of a
cause that was defeated but not dis
honored are gathered together in the
city where their hopes were centered
for four long and bloody years. In
uniforms that were never stained by
a dishonorable deed, the few remain
ing members of that gallant band of
warriors who fought under the stars
and bars of the Confederacy, will re
ceive in the capital city of the lost
cause what will be for many, the last
tributes of love and admiration of a
proud and highminded people."
Commercial-Appeal,
Memphis, Tennessee.
"A Cause, Honored in the Loss"
"Bent of body, furrowed of counte
nance, feeble of gait and unregenerate
in mind embittered by defeat, and
holding until their last breath the re
bellious spirit which animated them
in 1865, the fast-failing hosts of a
cause that was unpatriotic and un-
honored save by themselves, are gath
ered together in the city where their
desDerate hones were centered for
manently maintained, of course, san- four long and bloody years. In uni
itary accommodations of a more per- forms that were and arc the badtres
manent character can be provided and
the expense met by each set of occu
pants paying their pro rata share of
cost and maintenance.
HON. WILLIAM W. MAXWELL
of their revolt against the United
States Government, many of the few
remaining warriors who fought under
the stars and bars of the Confederacy
received in Richmond the last tributes
, itvuicu ju luuuuunu mc last inonicj
The drinking water supply is ofjof love and admiration from those
prime importance. This should be I who were like-minded, and the com-
,- 4?BM!f r Judge f tke Municipal Cotxrfcof Chicago.
.. jc-. ami-Mutomr m Cicjscery of tke Superior Court of CookiCoofl-
rf m&mJ 9K W y,hM KMy.frMSMis'tobaaaycan-
; 4Mf r.4p'ffct'JcB of T5opriar CeS ia 1S23. Jbeit least one tap for every three
selected only from an approved source
and, jf the camp is located near
enough to a municipal supply to be
pjpejd in ,for camp cse, there should
passionate tolerance which many
highminded Americans have for their
wayward, misguided and backward
brothers.'
- Anon.
Boston, the home of abolition and
the "Hub" of the nation, famous for
its brilliant history, will be the scene
of another important convention
from July 4 to 8 inclusive, when the
15th annual meeting of the National
Equal Rights League convenes in
that city.
Elaborate preparations are being
made for the reception and enter
tainment of the delegates and visitors
expected to attend the convention
from all parts of the country and to
successfully carry out the work of
the League. A general Citizens Com
mittee has been appointed headed by
Rev. Charles D. Douglass of Cam
bridge, and this committee has been
divided into several sub-committees.
A splendid spirit of co-operation and
enthusiasm actuates every member of
every committee which assures suc
cess of the work of the committee as
a whole. Mrs. M. Cravath Simpson
heads the Housir committee, Mrs.
L. L. Fuertado the Committee on
Hospitality; Mrs. M. Kenswell, the
Committee on Entertainments; C. J.
Wright, Esq., the Committee on Fra
ternities; Monroe Mason, the Com
mittee on Sight-Seeing; Mrs. Edith
Bowles,Committec on Women's Clubs
and Rev. Walter D. McClane of Cam
bridge, the Committee on Arrange
ments. Plans are being made to royally en
tertain the delegates and visitors with
social dinners, parties, etc, and sight
seeing tours by autos and pleasure
boats down the Boston Harbor, tak
ing in most of the historic spots and
abolitionists landmarks.
The gala feature of the entire four
days session, however, will be the
big demonstration to be staged in the
late afternoon of Friday, July 7th
when thousands of Colored men.
women and children, will form a line
at the Frederick Douglass Square and
march in silent parade as an expres
sion of racial protest against lynch
ing and other injustice to Colored
people in America. A striking fea
ture of this parade will be "The Liv
ing Flag" represented by a group of
little girls all dressed in white and
arranged with stars and bars, making
a perfect picture of the flag arrange
ment of the Stars and Stripes. Mrs.
Mary E. Gibson with her assistants
will be in charge of this division.
With this exception there will be no
uniformity of dress. Every one who
wishes to may fall in line and help
put over the message of protest
against oppression.
Another impressive feature" of the
parade will be the banners carried,
all expressing in terse language with
a variety of diction the soulful pro
tests of the Race against National
wrongs.
Heading the parade will be. a family
of martyrs of the nation's foulest hor
rors the Tulsa riot and massacre of
last year. Rev. W. D. McClane is
chairman of the Parade Committee.
Eery visitor can register as a
delegate and the League especially
recommends that every Colored com
munity observe Sunday, July 2, "On
to Boston Anti-Lynching Sunday," by
Call Issued to Colored America for
Dyer Bill
Preliminary to the great 15th an
nual convention of the National Equal
Rights League in Boston, July 4 to 8.
the league earnestly appeals to pas
tors not only to have your church
send delegates, but to brin$r about in
your community a general Equal
Rights mass meeting to send dele
gates. The League appeals likewise
to every race fraternal and civic body j ot
We especially pray for the observ
ance of Sunday. July 2, as "On to
Boston Anti-Lynching Sunday" by
holding such a general mass meeting
to elect and send delegates.
Wc ask the Race to assemble for
the chief aim of a national Race con
vention at the "Home of Abolition,"
in the state of the U. S. Senate
Leader, Hon. H. C. Lodge, who can
do most to further the Dyer Bill.
Send delegates for a four days'
counsel, four afternoons of historic
tours, etc.. and a national Silent Pa
rade from Frederick Douglass Square,
Fanueil Hall, the "Cradle of Liberty,"
where on Friday night, July 7, wc
expect to rock it as of yore' for a
federal law against lynching.
Rates are reduced for the National
Educational Convention which meets
here at the same time. So "On to
Boston" for Equal Rights.
Rev. W. D. McClane, Chairman Com
mittee on Arrangements and Pa
rade.
Rev. M. A. N. Shaw, National Presi
dent Rev. W. D. McClane, Chairman Com.
on Arrangement and Parade.
Rev. C D. Douglass, Chairman Citi
zens Committee.
Wm. Monroe Trotter, Corresponding
Secretary.
BANKS, BUSINESS AND
BUNCOMB
By Dr. M. A. Major
To Mr lesse Binga, the citizens of
Uucago are indebted for their first
Xesro bank, likewise they arc indebted
to Mr. Anthony Overton and a Mr.
Chavez for the first National Negro
c-jntrolled bank in all cf America.
Not only in the financial world will
thce gentlemen shine, but in hi-tory
that is to tell of the races urand
achievements. Our children will yet
read brighter pages of noble men of
their race who struck out for the high
spots of human endeavor, ami leit
their names and their fame as an
inspiration to all succeeding sencra
tions that arc yet unborn.
Truly wc arc living in a giinl era
the world s progress lery
crowning effort we make as Negroes
must tell other races that we are not
different to others who reach up for
the best to be realized consequent o:
stalwart effort.
As Negroes wc have outrun all pre
dictions made of us and against us.
What remains yet to be done is a get
ting together, uniting our forces, and
presenting a strong united front in
all of the big things that wc under
take, so that we may become less
and less each year a joke to those
who try to play upon our weakness
by profiting upon our foolish and
giddy notions and whimsicalities
MR. H. RAMSEY STILL STANDS
BY THE BROAD AX
For the past ten years Mr. H.
Ramsey, 351 Garfield avenue, has
been a firm and constant supporter
of this paper and we are never com
pelled to remind him that his sub
scription is past due.
On the contrary he is alwajs John
ny on the spot with his money and
always pays his subscription from
one to two years in advance.
Persons like Mr. Ramsey always
cause the editor to feel that he is
j mighty near Heaven.
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HON. ALBERT NOWAK
Member of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County Who
V31 Be Re-elected as Such This Coming FaJi.
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