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SATURDAY. .NOVEMBER 22, 1924
TROUBLE of one kind or the other
is for all of us in this world and
most of us know it and make no
complaint.
JAPAN has openly flouted the!
other Nations in the discussion of j
the opium traffic and that country ^
is strong enough to make its position
and wishes respected.
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•GREAT BRITAIN has had a polit
ical upheaval and the Labor Govern
nient is now out of power. ;
We CANNOT a'l be all that we (
wish to be. but we can continue to ,
strive to reach the goal most to be
desired. *. .
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Ail
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the INTER RACIAL law
the DISCUSSION of the recentlv
enacted inter-racial law seems to be
worrying some of the white folks.
It has but little more than a cursory
interest for the colored ones. The
agitation does not affuct the latter
either one way or the other, a though,
most of them welcome the decision,
recently rendered by a Judge in,
Rockbridge county, when he ordered
a marriage license issued to a white
woman, who has only a slight strain(
of Negro blood in her veins and this
is traced back loO years.
The colored folks have enough
white Negroes on their side of the
line a'ready and tlys number is be
ing constantly augmented by natural
or unnatural causes and they have
no desire to multiply the number.
They aro desirous of curbing or
stopping this intermingling of the
races and any real movement to ac
complish this end will be welcomed
by them. But laws of this kind and
character will i.ot accomplish the
purpose.
We are already so mixed up over
here that we have a difficult time
telling “which from tother” and it
is our desirei that if any Negro white
fo'fes are over the other side of the
line, let them remain there and not
confuse us with any more white Ne
groes, with which we are now em-'
barrassied. This whole subjact is one
that will prove abortive, when prac
tical results are expected along the
lines indicated.
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MR. CARTER’S POLITICAL
REVIEW
‘•To the Editor of The Planet: j
“Dear Sir:—The political battle,
of 1924 is now over and the victory'
where the writer would have it i
to be. Those gentlemen and ladie*
of the colored racm who advocated.
and voted for the success of the Dem(
ocratic Party are now left to modi-,
tate over the wasto of speech and the
loss of time. In the great campaign j
just closed, the writer observed that,
there was no breach of concord in.
the main ranks of the Republican.
Party. . .. J
When that is a fact, with a united
effort on part of the whole party, |
they are sure of success at the ballot.
box. It is, as you know, impossible
to nominate a man to be President
pleasing to every one. Hence, there
fore. the Democrats had much fault
to find with Mr. Coolidge, particu
larly his silence. But now It is
proved bv his unparallelled majoriy
that he was stronger in silence than
they who made great eloquent
speeches.
ANALYSIS OF REASONS. \
“And it is very evident that had
he been running for President when
he sent Ms first message to Congress
viewing the favorable! sentiment it
made he would have carried the
whole country. Many of our well
informed colored leaders went over
to the support of the Democratic
Party. Their reason for so doing
was the non-recognition of the Negro
by the, Republicans, when it is in
their power so to do. True, in some
respects. But there was more recog
nition of the Negro by the Republi
can Party in the years from 1865
to 1913, than there was by the Dem
ocratic Party in the timo from 1913
to 1921.
REPUBLICAN PRINCIPLES
UPPERMOST.
ft
Th> Negro’s intellectual and ma
terial advancement of today has not
be n attained by the influence of the
Democratic Party, but it has come
through the instrumentality of Re-;
publican principles on those great
principles, Mr. Coolidge won his—y
the biggest majority ever given to
anyone at the ballot box. His strength
ar.d success the country over were
far beyond the calculations of his
political enemies.
“ROBERT W. CARTER. ;
‘Brookline. Mass.. Nov. 14. 1924.”
MISS JACKSON LAID TO REST. (
Tha funeral of Miss Bertha A. J
Jackson, who died at the residence
of her father, Wl H. Jackson, 1208'
N 1st St., Monday morning, Novem
ber 10, 1924, at 1:25 A. M., was
held from the Ebenezer Baptist
Church, of which the deceased had
been a member since early child
hood, Wednesday, November 12, at
1:00 P. M. As the choir rendered
softly ‘Nearer My God To Thee” the
honorary pall bearers, Mesdames Re
becca Dickerson Peyton,. Daisy
Wright Johnson and MisSes Corinne
Daniels, Lavalette Allen heavily la
d)jn with bcautliful and costly de
signs, preceded the remains which
were encased in a handsome baby
pink couch which was borne into
the church by cousins of the de
ceased: Messrs. Edward, Ira and Ar
thur Sully and Messrs. James Shel
ton and John Ballard. Rev. W. H.
Stokes, pastor being out of the city.
Rev. R. O. Johnson, pastor of Moore
Street Baptist Church, beautifully
portrayed the life and character of
the ddceasjed. tyiss Jackson was a
teacher in Buchanan Public School.
The remains were borne to-, Ewirj
green by Funeral Director A. D.
Price, Jr.
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CHICAGO NEWS.
R. w. Weils, weT.I known In the
fraternal circles of this city and
head of The Weils Book Concern,
3710 Indiana Avenue*, is enroute to
Buckroe Beach, Va. to spend several
weeks in search of better health.
Ms. Lou 'Ella Young*, D. G. M. N.
. iG. Households of Ruth of Illinois
and jurisdiction, in company with
severat other officials of the organ
izations, visited Rockford, 111., last
Saturday evening and organized a
new Household, afterwards instruct
ed members of other Hou^holds.
Herbert Officers Council', No. 1,
A. U. K. and D. of ,A. of which
Mrs. Elizabeth Rochon is president
and Mrs. Sarah E. Garrison Js sec
retary, will give a reception to the
national and state officers at Com
munity House, 3201 S. Wabash Ave
nue on November 12th, at which
time a fine program will be rendered.
Ft. Dearborn Lodge, No. 44, I. B.
P. O. E. W., of which James C,
Martin is exalted ruler. W. C. Wil
son, secretary^, is preparing for a
big ball at the Coliseum on Thanks
giving evening, at which time many
grand officers out of the city are
expected to be present.
NEW ORLEANS WHITES WORK
UP CHRISTMAS FUND FOR RACE.
NEW ORLEANS, LA., Nov. 20—
(P. N. S.)—'The Chrtetmas Gift Fund
that Santa Claus in substantial form
to the poor Negro children of New
Orleans, due to thei efforts of Frank
P. Farrell, chairman of the Negro
committee, has been boosted to $165
and reported still! grovtfm*. The
money received through this fund is
used to buy toys for poor colored
children.
VIRGINIA—In the Hustings Court,
Part II, City of Richmond,
November 4th, 1924
MARY V. GADSON. Plaintiff
vs
GEORGE GADSON.Defendant j
The objeci of this suit is to ob-!
tain a divorce from the bonds of j
matrimony by the plaintiff from the 1
defundani upon the grounds of de
certion and abandonment for more
than hree yev.rs prior to the com
meneemun. of this suit. And affida ,
vit having been made and filed that i
the defendant George Gadson is not;
a resident! of the State of Virginia, !
it is ordered that tho defendant do ,
appear here within 5en days after
the due publication of this order and j
do what may bo necessary to project j
his interest herein.
A Copy—Teste:
W. E. DUVAL, Clerk,
by H G. DUVAL, D. C
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By “THE CAMERAMAN.'
FORGETTING THE MARNE
3—INDUSTRIAL MENACES A
5—“JIM" WATERS VS. PULLMAN COMPANY.
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2—IMPROVING AMERICA.
4—PRES. COOLIDG& TO EMMETT SCOTT
FORGETTING THE MARNE.
“Over There” and “Over Here”, as sym
bolized by the Armistice Day hopes and de
sires of celebrants in the office °f the Register
of the Treasury, are notoriously incompatible,
when applied to a memorial purporting to pay
a tribute to five dead soldiers who had given
their last full measure of devotion on the Marne
in defense of America and its institutions. It
seems that among the five deceased Americans
ihere were two noble sons of Africa, whom the
office of the Register of the Treasury had
yielded up to the German hosts of battle. On
Armistice Day, however, when a tablet was to
be tearfully unveiled as a silent ode to the he
roos whose bones are- bleaching somewhere in
France, the unveiling ceremony revealed two
tablets, upon one of which were artistically in
scribed the names of the white soldiers, while
a separate tablet had been segregationally hon
ored with inscriptions of the names of the black
patriots.
Their blood flowed together down the
Marne, but cold statuary made a fine separation
of valorous names “over here . Heaven is
doubtless the home of the soldier souls who
departed this life “over there”, but a marble
tablet was too eai'ihy to permit the admixture
of the names of black and white compatriots
“over here”. AVe’ll venture the thought that
before German bullets tore the bodies from the
souls of the valiants “over there” they had
ceased to pin their hopes upon the mess of
pottage “over here”.
But those who remain are unwilling to see(
themselves in the mirror of Heavenly hopes
“over here”. They are still playing cards with
a deck which has in it the most darksome “jo
ker” ever dealt. It is a shame ^hat they should
thus continue to cheat their souls out of the es
sence of true American patriotism, which, to
them, seems to be locked up in a marble vault,
to which death is the only combination.
The Negro so'idiery of America, however,
need ndi: fear the ultimate outcome of their
patriotism through all the wars. Their names
are inscribed more deeply elsewhere than they
| could ever be inscribed in cold marble “over
here”. Their names are emblazoned in the
memories of all) God-fearing Americans. Their
deeds are recorded in God’s Book of Life.
Their forms are silhouetted in Heaven. Their
persecutors are “mimics”—and mimicry has
never yet done any one any permanent harm.
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IMPROVING AMERICA
William C. Matthews, National Organizer
for the Republican National Committee, after
moulding together the advices of his confreres,
has followed up his 'laudable campaign efforts
with a program dedicated to the political and
civic improvement of the colored citizens of
America. The program is a notable one, con
cise in its contents, and calling for a national
recognition of the Negro upon a scale which
should meet the approbation of all thoughtful
Americans, black and white.
Each of the itemB listed in the program is of
utmost importance, from representation in the
State Department; where complex questions of
diplomacy arise, to representation on the Rail
rood Labor Board and admission to West
Point and the Naval Academy at Annapolis.
In fact, each recommendailipn is of significant
interest in connection with the hopes, desires,
and rights of America’s Negro population. The
thoughtful organizer did not neglect to give
attention to Liberia, which has long since
needed statesmanlike and financial assistance
from the American Government. And, the ad
vocacy of an actual sharing in the credits of
the Farm Loan Board emphasizes a crying
need on the part of the struggling Negro farm
ers of America.
The only thing the organizer did not include
in his program, which we think he might well
have included, is a warning to the American
Government to beware of alien organizations
and advocates, who, under the guise of up
lifters and proponents of Negro welfare, seek
to entice black America to migrate to Africa
or otherwise to a “peace-at-any-price” policy.
Mr. Matthews’ program calls for a strong
coalition of our leadership. It calls for die
“scrapping” of personal interests and the build
ing up of the same movement within our own
ranks that has made the American pioneer a
historic celebrity.
There is n0 reason why the program cannot
be consummated. There is every reason why
it should be made a reality. The time for in
terracial bickerings is past. The time for gen
uine frankness and the thoughtful consideration
of really improving America for all the people
i? at hand. Mr. Matthews’ program puts that
proposition squarely up to the country, and to
the effort we vollunteer our humble servic^.
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INDUSTRIAL MENACES
The recent interracial disorder at Harrods
burg, Ky., the proximate cause of which was
alleged to be crime, and the result of which
was !>he “laying off” of hundreds of Negro
workmen, is but a repeating illustration of the
creature of mob psychology. In this instance,
as in many others, the venom of turbulent
whites was aimed at innocent Negroes whose!
principal aims were to engage in peaceful in
dustrial pursuits, safeguard growing Christian J
families, and otherwise to form a part and par
cel of the ideals of Americanism. Antipathies
do not always find a mouthpiece by the lynch
ers’ rope. Nearly as dangerous as this menace
are the scourges of economic oppression and
inequitable industrial! adjustments. To cause
; a man to quit his means of livelihood in face
of terrorism is to jeopardize him and those de
pendent upon his toil almost as effectively as
to banish his life.
A poor motive brings a poor result, and a
menace to peaceful industry is a menace to
economic rights along with civilization. Or
ganization plus substantial police power are an
swers to the questioning menace. Those who
claim to be carrying the message of labor un
ionism to the four comers of the earth should
step off at Harrodsburg, Ky., and similarly sit
uated points, and hold revival services, rather
than risk the call of Hypocrisy. Either union
ism does protect or it does not protect, and
the forces of organization are found nearly ev
erywhere in some form or other.
Inroads upon production and idle peaceful
pursuit of labor must not be permitted to du
plicate themselves. The sooner they are made
impossible, the sooner will the aims of industry
; bt attained, and the more quickly will there
j be put to rout one of 4he chief instrumentalities
cf persecution.
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PRESIDENT COOLIDGE TO
EMMET J. SCOTT
“My dear Dr. Scott: My thanks are due
to you not only for this splendid message of
congratulation, but for the part you have had
ii. making the great victory possible. My
acknowledgment would not be complete if I
should omit assurance of my desire to render
:he sort of service that will justify your gener
ous judgment”.
Thus wired the Nation’s chief executive to
Dr. Emmett J. Scott, Secretary-Treasurer of
Howard University, and member of 'the Ad
visory Committee of the Republican Campaign
m answer to a telegram of congratulations sent
forward by Dr. Scott, which had as its keynote
the acknowledgment of America’s Negro pop
ulation of the President’s “eager willingness to
defend the constitutionally guaranteed rights of
all citizens of the Republic, without regard to
race, creed, or color.” .
The President’s reply is full- of nutriment.
Nor does he stop with the expression of his
desire to render service. He acknowledges
valuable assistance and pledges himself to jus
tify the high regard in which he is held by the
Negroes of this counlly.
Reading between the lines, we are
sure we see an era of unsurpassable execu
tive justice in the White House. We feel that
the Constitution is resting more safely than ever
before in the hands of reverent officials of our
Government. We are confident thafl cross
currents will not be permitted to disturb the
cea of equanimity in America. We believe
that the wrongs will be righted, and we rejoice
vith Dr. Scott in such a frank and far-reaching
pledge as he received from the victorious can
didate. Our leadership is safe and our des
tinies call for a high degree of optimism.
“JIM” WATERS VS.
PULLMAN COMPANY
“Jim” Waters, Secretary of the Howard
University Law School, is made of stem stuff,
and here is proof of our allegation. “Jim”,
who is a lawyer of extraordinary ability, is
going up against the Pullman Company in lit
igation which will determine whether or not
the surcharge imposed by the wealthy car com
pany for Pullman accommodations is legally
applicable to weary travelers. Jim started his
suit in the Municipal Court, which is the court
of lowest jurisdiction in the District of Colum
bia. Jim was sustained in that court and the
defendant appealed to the District Court of
Appeals, from fvhence the litigants are going
to the U. S. Supreme Court!. Four able white
attorneys have given battle to Jim all along the
way; but that means nothing to the Howard
Professor, who has dug up such an array of
legal precedents that the Bench has taken con
siderable notice of Jim’s arguments.
Some how or other we fee() that Jim is going
to win out. Anyhow, he’s the most fighting
“under-dog” we’ve seen in a long, long time.
Seme one said that Negroes could not stand a
sustained effort, but Jim Waters has joined the
mighty hosl* of performers which have long
4ince given that theory the lie.
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