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HON. ROBERT J. ROULSTON
Vice-President of Durand-McNeil-Horner Co., 251 E. Grand
Avenue, who rank among the largest wholesale grocery
concerns in the world. Mr. Roulston easily ranks with the
best business men in this great city. From September 1,
1899, down to the present time he has been one of the
many warm frinds of the editor of this newspaper.
HON. AND MRS. ROBERT J.
ROULSTON HAVE MOVED
FROM THEIR OLD HOME, 436
W. 61 ST. PLACE, INTO THEIR
ELEGANT NEW HOME AT
1448 LAKE SHORE DRIVE
It was like unto a loud clap of thun
der from a perfectly clear sky when
it was announced last wfeek that Hon.
and Mrs. Robert J. Roulston were
already to vacate their old home at 436
West 61st place where they had re
sided for many years and had raised
and educated their children; the com
fortable home was right next door to
Hon. and Mrs. Charles S. Deneen and
the two families were the best and
warmest of friends, that "was one of
the hardest ties of long standing
friendship for both families to sev'er.
Mr. and Mrs. Roulston have for
some time in the past been drinking
in the new spirit of this new moving
age and they finally decided to be
come joint owners in a large, strictly
modern co-operation apartment budd
ing at 1448 Lake Shore Drive and this
newspaper once each week will fol
low them right into their elegant new
home.
MRS. GERTRUDE M. PARKER,
JACKSONVILLE, FLA., IS EN
JOYING HER VISIT TO CHI
CAGO
The first of this week Mrs. Gertrude
M. Parker, who is one of the popular
school teachers of Jacksonville, Fla.,
arrived in this city to spend the sum
mer with her three sisters, Mrs. S. L.
Figgs, 4105 South Parkway, Mrs. Wil
son .and Mrs. Violet N. Cunningham.
All of them will give Mrs. Parker a
most delightful time while in this city.
While here, she will take some spe
cial courses at Northwestern* univer
sity.
Dr. and Mrs J. R. White have re
moved from their old home, 5908 South
Michigan avenue, to their new home,
5358 Indiana avenue, where they will
be pleased to meet their many friends.
HON. WILLIAM H. WEBER
Member of the Board of Review of Cook County, who is one
of the smoothest Republican politicians in the state of Illi
nois. He is known to every man, woman and child within
the borders of this city and county and the people never
tire voting for him every time he jumps into the political
ring.
The National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People Publishes Its 18th
Annual Address to the
American People.
The Address Which Was Adopted at the Late
Conference Held at Indianapolis, Indiana, Was
Drawn Up by a Committee Headed by Dr.W.E.
B. DuBois, aiid Is As Follows:
“For twenty-five years the white
primary system of the South has been
the most successful method of dis
franchising Negroes. This year, for
the first time, we have secured from
the Supreme Court of the United
States, in the Texas case, a decision,
which is the beginning of the over
throw of the white primary; and not
only this, but in its decision the Su
preme Court in the most emphatic lan
guage rewrote and reaffirmed the four
teenth amendment as the fundamental
charter of the rights of Negroes in
America.
“The champions of race segregation
have been chased from, pillar to post
in city council, legislature and court by
this association during the last fif
teen years; the pursuit -was crowned
with success by the Louisville deci
sion of the Supreme Court in 1917;
and that decision was, this last year,
reaffirmed and strengthened in the
Louisiana case.
“The association, during the past
year, has clearly proved the insuffi
ciency of state law to cope with
lynching. We have shown that a state
like South Carolina is unable to punish
mob murder even when furnished with
circumstantial proof of individual guilt.
At Aiken, S. C., the lynchers are
known. Their unmolested freedom is
the final demand for national action
against lynching.
“We have studied during the year
the Negro public common school in
seven Southern states and shown to
the nation the present demand for ele
mentary education for black America;
a demand reinforced by the cultural
movement in literature and art which
this association largely inaugurated
and first encouraged, and which is still
showing vigorous development and
healthy growth. The reform in Negro
higher education, begun at Fisk and
continued at Howard has, with our con
tinued encouragement, spread to other
institutions.
“We note with hopeful interest the
beginnings of liberal sentiment in the
backward South, manifested in a
changed attitude in some of the more
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courageous newspapers; a growing
open-mindedness among white stu
dents; a gesture, still all too feeble,
toward correcting the outrageous dis
crimination against Negro schools; an
increasingly sympathetic attitude on
the part of the cultural elements of
the South; and, finally, a more decent
respect for the public ftpinion of the
civilized world. These sentiments do
not dominate Southern opinion as yet,
but their existence is encouraging to
every lover of justice. The persistent
campaign of the N. A. A. C. P. for
social justice has played no small part
in the rise and development of this
new conscience in the South.
“This record of achievement is by
no means complete, but it indicates
the magnitude of our task and the
encouragement which crowns our ef
forts. ■»
“It would, however, be a grave mis
take for this association or for the
Negro race in America, to feel that
our recent record of triumph is rea
son for relaxed effort or lessened anx
iety. On the contrary, from this rec
ord of achievement we have just
learned true methods of aggression and
defense and we have just begun to
fight in deadly earnest.
“Let us be frank and open with our
selves. The American of Negro de
scent is still a slave in the United
States. „ Lynching is again increasing
and the burning of human beings has
not ceased. False accusation of crime
as at Coffeyville is meat for mobs.
Many Negroes are forced to labor at
wretched wages and under impossible
conditions. Peonage, even in the
midst of such a calamity as the Mis
sissippi flood, has been carried out
openly and publicly with armed guards
and militia. The doors of trades
unions still remain partially closed, and
the path of the professions is strewn
with discouraging obstacles even to
conspicuous ability.
“The position of the Negro children
in the public schools, both North and
South, is still deplorable and they are
not being given an equal or decent
chance for common school training.
Adequate high school facilities are be
ing denied in a large part of the
Southern states and' Tn many of the
Northern states. Negro colleges are
starving for funds. State institutions,
like Lincoln of Missouri, are at the
mercy of grafting politicians and the
admission of Negroes to Northern col
leges, even to state universities sup
ported by public taxation, is being re
stricted by race discrimination.
“Residential segregation, clearly
against the spirit of American insti
tutions, the law of the land and the
decision of the courts, is still being
carried out by the manipulation of real
estate dealers and financial interests.
Unfair marriage laws to encourage
bastardy and prostitution are pro
posed annually in those states where
they have not yet been enacted. In
the government departments at Wash
ington, Negro civil servants are still
openly segregated with the approval of
the administration.
“Above all, the ‘Jim Crow’ car rides
its unchecked career on the railroads
of the United States throughout the
South and even openly and brazenly
into the Northern states. This form
of open and deliberate stealing by
charging black travelers for accommo
dations which they do not receive, musl
be attacked in the courts with the
view of utterly abolishing the in
iquitous and undemocratic ‘Jim Crow’
system.
“Despite, then, all that we have ac
complished, our task for coming years
is all too clear. We must continue to
strive for a national law against
lynching, for more intensive investiga
tion and prosecution of peonage, for
the better education of colored children
arid for the abolition of ‘Jim Crow’
cars in interstate traffic. We must
continue to attack disfranchisement
and segregation and constantly stand
on guard against further encroach
ments on our fundamental rights.
And we must, above all, remember
that our most effective weapon is an
independent and unpurchasable ballot
mortgaged to no man nor party and
cast not -for past favors but only for
those individual candidates who vote
and act for our best interest and the
general good.
“Girding ourselves for this battle at
home, we are not unmindful of our op
pressed and segregated fellows abroad;
we send greetings to the oppressed
people of Haiti and Central America;
to the enslaved natives in the Union
of South Africa; to the people of
Kenya, whose land and liberty have
been taken away; to the people of
West Africa still struggling for full
political rights; and to the independent
but gravely threatened states of Abys
sinia and Liberia. We hail the dawn
of freedom in China and the ho($e of
independence in India and Egypt.
And \te thank all nations who are
helping the darker peoples to gain the
recognition of equality for all races
of the world.”
FOR BLUECOATS’ WIDOWS
AND CHILDREN
Some day soon — perhaps today,
maybe tomorrow, a big fellow, blue of
coat and smiling of face, is going to
walk into your office or knock at the
door of your house.
In his hand he will hold a bunch of
tickets. He’s going to tell you in a
few words what it’s all about. And
you, if you’re a Chicagoan who is
proud of the fact, are going to buy
two or more of the tickets.
For the proceeds of the sale of
these little tickets are going to pro
vide'^for the widows and orphans _ol
policemen slain in the line of duty,
and to provide a general insurance
fund for all policemen.
You’re going to get your money’s
worth, too, because the tickets will ad
mit you to the big annual Chicago
police department championship base
ball and field days at Wrigley field
and Comiskey park, Aug: 13, 14, and 21.
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HON. HUGO PAM
One of the high and honorable Judges of the Superior Court of
Cook County, who continues to make a brilliant and un
tarnished record on the judicial bench. Judge Pam will
soon ease out of town on his summer vacation.
Bulletin No. 13
PROTECT YOURSELF AGAINST
PICKPOCKETS
By Chief of Police Michael Hughes
Beware of pickpockets!
Such is the message to all citizens
contained in this week’s bulletin issued
by Chief of Police Michael Hughes.
The bulletin follow's:
This advice is" particularly directed
to women. Do not carry large sums
of money in handbags. A dangling
handbag is an invitation to a pick
pocket.
When riding in public elevators,
grip your handbag or purse securely
with both hands so that it. cannot be
opened. Women when shopping
should not lay their handbags or
purses carelessly on the counter.
Beware of affable women shoppers
w'ho are anxious to make your ac
quaintance. Avoid against being
jostled in crowded places. Keep on
the edge of the crowd as much as pos
sible.
Men should use extreme caution
when carrying large sums of money
on their person. You are easy prey
for a thief when you carry your wal
let in your hip pocket.
Always be on your guard when rid
ing in public conveyances. Beware oi
the stranger who thrusts a newspaper
before you. A sharp pair of nippers
and your diamond pin, watch or stud
is gone.
Keep a memorandum of the num
bers and. markings of your watch or
any valuables you may carry. In cast
they are stolen and the thief is caught,
you will be able to identify your prop
erty. • #
Co-operate with us. YVe are trying
to protect you. If you cause the ar
rest of a pickpocket, help us to con
vict him.
DELEGATES LEAVE FOR ST.
LOUIS
Special train over the Illinois Cen
tral from 12th and Michigan avenue
will leave Saturday at 11:55 p. m. for
St. Louis, Mo., to the 20th triennial
session of U. B. F. & S. M. T. Among
the delegates will be J. B. Street, state
grand master; Mrs. Georgia E. Hard
ing, state grand princess; M. T. Bailey,
of 3638 South State street; Mrs. Geor
gia Montgomery, special deputy; Mrs.
Serilda Jackson and other delegates
HTh] the general public, who are in
vited to take advantage of the special
rates.
MAN RUNS AMUCK AND SLAYS
OFFICER; CAPTURED
(Preston News Service)
Cincinnati, Ohio, July 15. — John
Rucker, aged 46, ran amuck here
Monday night and shot and killed Pa
trolman John Franken and also
wounded Officer Yearion. An aged
wpman dropped dead from fright on
her front porch .while the shooting
was going on in front of her home.
Rucker is said to have been under the
influence of narcotics. It is believed
that the man was crazed by the in
tense heat. He was captured and
placed in jail charged with murder.
HON. ANTON J. CERMAK
President of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County, who
without any doubt is one of the best public officials in this
city or county, and the small taxpayers in this county should
always vote in favor of permitting him to represent them
■l in some high office.