The Chicago whip., November 20, 1920, Image 2

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UNDER THE LASH OF THE
. WHIP
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Constructive Criticism of Men and Measures, In the Hope of Correcting
Errors and Evils.
The South is extremely anxious to have Negroes to return. The
slump in production and the price of cotton and the neglected crops
are worrying the Rulers of Lynchland into nervous frenzies. _ rhese
frenzies are expressed by insults and Lynching Bees. This action will
cause negroes to remain eternally away' from Dixie.
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Georgia was determined to bar colored women from the polls.
In accomplishing this unsavory task many white women were likewise
denied the privilege and right given them by the Susan B. Anthony
Amendment to the constitution. This travesty upon justice and this
utter disregard for the laws as laid down by the constitution of the
United States of America should be dealt with summarily.
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Wendell Phillips High School, one of the largest and most re
nowned high schools in the country, is patronized almost entirely by
colored students. It is the only high school in the city of Chicago that
is not represented by a football team. Either the Athletic association
is eaten up with checkers and other indoor sports or the ether teams
will not tolerate an aggregation of colored youths upon the gridiron.
In either case something is radically wrong and a general shakeup is
needed.
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In the mad scramble for political jobs many Uncle Toms are
loudly crying: Here are we, Lord, send for us. If the jobs that will
emanate from the ingoing administration are distributed upon the
basis of intrinsic value and real merit the clamoring Uncle Toms will
get nothing.
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In the last election the Bloody Shirt of the Civil War was waved
so arduously by the Southerners that one would think that the Flag
and Union was only meant for the Yankees. The South is not so
charitable as the Germans are to Allies who are already sending Ex
change Professors to Old Enemies of a few days ago.
TO THE YOU KNOW
1 ’EM EDITOR
Say, you know that society lady
who danced and flirted so audaciously
while her husband was offering his
life’s blood on Flanders’ fields, think
now, you must know her. because she
is not a bit more careful in her actions
with a certain policeman than she was
before he returned. Watch your step,
you will lose your reputation and your
husband.
I know you know that proressional
man who left here on the Golden
State limited, who was met at a little
town just a few miles away from
joined him in his trip. Nosey missed
the train by just a few seconds, and
owing to the condition of his exche
quer, was unable to hire a taxi, but
look out, the You Know ’Em Fiditor <
saw them.
I know you know that married man
out in the neighborhood of 47th St.,
who is playing high jinks with the
“high yallers” of the younger set.
Well, if you know him, you tell him
to look out, because that New York
doll won’t stand for that sort of
foolishness, and she often slips in
here unaware to him. Calm your
self, old boy, and get your bearings.
I know you know that organization
of pickpockets. 1 mean that unob
structed association of light-fingered
gentry. Well, if you do, just tell them |
lhat one of their number go.t his arm
broke last week. He put his hand
in a policeman’s pocket. Be careful
boys, there are a lot of strange cops
around now.
You know this cold weather, well
if you don’t, just ask the Jackson
Loan & Diamond Co. They say the
chilly winds have blown numbers of
the boys in for funds.
You know those home brew makers,
well tell them to take the war tax off.
The war’s over, y’know.
You know that lady who shot the
pastor, well she threatened to shoot
the newspaperman who put her name
in the paper. Well, if she wouldfft
do such things, her name wouldn't
be in the paper, and if she makes
that threat again, a warrant will be
taken out for her arrest.
lou Know inose uaiiKrupi iauuis,
Tom Williams, Ed Green, and Stet
son, “The Square Tailor," well did
you know that they all went bankrupt
the same day, hour, and minute?
Well, old Loftis put that bankruptcy
scheme through again. Who got bit
this time?
Do you know those two ladies who
got into a fight the other day on
30th St,, well one of them certainly
does know how to pull off wigs.
When the hat and wig were pulled
off at the same time together, the
bare and baldheaded one ran and
stuck her head in an ashcan under
the “L."
You know that cow’s fluid called
tnilk, good for babies, both young
and old. well did you know they
charge 10c for a glass of it in a certain
restaurant—I mean they charge a thin
dime. Stop thief, let go my pocKet
book.
You know those painless dentists,
those sporty boys, who ride around
in Pierremobiles, well they say they
are going to put the WHIP editors
in jail for talking about the painless
way they extract gold, not from your
mouth, but from your pocket. Well,
Nosey heard the editors say they
weren't going to pull any McSwiney,
but they are going to back out of
jail and do some more exposure.
Read The Whip
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By Georgia Huston Jones
'Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak
No Evil
On every hand in this fair land,
proud Ethiope’s swarthy children
stand, beside their fairer neighbor;
1 he forests flee
before their
stroke, their ham
mers ring, their
forges smoke —
they stir in hon- j
est labor
They tread the I
fields where
honor calls, their
voices iound
through senate
halls in majesty
and power;
*'T8 nghTlile^hlftfW? UjrmnTflfry
sing up to the skies in beauty ring,
and bolder grow each hour.
—Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
“No citizen'shall be prohibited from
doing anything that any other citizen j
may do on account of race or color, j
May these words so simply stated
yet so comprehensive in their scope;
he safeguarded in their entirety and
be jealously watched lest in the j
interipi elapsing before they become
part of the basic law of Illinois, some
harm befall them.
The Third District of Illinois gave
us Edward H. Morris, delegate to the
constitutional convention. Father of
the above mentioned Civil Rights ;
Bill, and promises to give us for the
first time in the history of the state,
three representatives in the General
Assembly at Springfield in the per
sons of Warren B. Douglas, Adelbert |
H. Roberts and Morris Lewis. With
S. B. Turner, from the (First District, j
we have all told four members of the j
race—all good men and true—to ;
stand “on guard" and to see to it that
this latest child of the brain of the |
able Ed Morris is not mutilated be
yond recognition or ruthlessly slain
in the storm that is sure to center
about it when the new constitution,
drawn up by the members of the I
Constitutional Convention is sub- |
mitted to the General Assembly of
the State of Illinois.
It is such men as these that the -ace j
.is fortunate to have in “high places” ■
during such crucial times as now ob-j
tain.
Dr. Win. F. Garnett, 4336 Forest
ville Ave., for twenty-five years or
more a resident of Chicago, is a man
whose attainments should not be
mantled by a smoke-screen of silence.
Too often the spot-light of publicity j
is thrown on fae unworthy but we j
have no place for such in this j
column.
Dr. Garnett, unpretentious though
j he is, is not only possessed of a most
lucrative practice in his chosen pro
fession but of considerable property
as well, which stamps him at once as
a substantial citizen.
It is not for this alone, however,
that I would laud him, but for those |
inherent qualities, expressed in intel- I
lectual force, commanding presence, ]
and a charming personality that mark
him as a man amongst men.. Added
to these estimable qualities is an
intense love of race and an earnest
desire to help his people to secure
"a place in the sun.”
Dr. Garnett is a born leader and
the Third Ward is proud to acknowl
edge him as such.
Dr. V. Chas. Downs, 3454 Indiana
Ave., is an artist in the use of the
instruments of his profession. By
their skilful use he managed to re
lieve the injured hand of the "Official
Booster of the Whip” of a consid
erable amount of finely shattered
glass which became imbedded therein
| last Monday evening as a result of a
street car accident.
Dr. Downs is a “first aid” expert.
Now that the women have the votfe
they propose to use it with telling
effect. Already such leaders amongst
“NOSEY” SEES ALL
KNOWS ALL
E> VERY NIGHT at about 11 :45 that
I aged and decrepit spouse ior
rather “souse”) of the very ver
satile society lady sallies forth to get
>omc ice cream. Well, Nosey saw him
try to induce a stunning little girl in
fox furs to accompany him to the icc
cream parlor. Nosey did ttot hear what
he said, but his invitation must have
stated something about things other than
ice cream because the little lady wielded
her umbrella and forced the old gertt to
heat a hasty retreat back to his Grand
Blvd. residence, without the ice cream.
Nosey found out yesterday that he told
his wife that he slipped and fell on 37th \
St. Mavbe ho did "fall." They say that i
they all “fall” sooner or later, but the j
old gent seems to “fall” every night
that he goes out for "ice cream.”
NOW and then Nosey looks into,
folk's faces to see if he can find
any character there. He saw
some character on Grand Blvd. last
week while between 35th and 37th Sts.
on the west side of the block. Bad
character is what he saw. It was just
the faces of those dissipated sots who
frolic and revel all night long and sleep
during the golden hours of the day.
Nosey sees them every night easing
along’ the street as they cautiously leave
those houses of ill or doubtful repute
that the police authorities have been
closing one eye to as they pass. 1 'ale.
painted, powdered women with blank
brazen stares on their faces and cold
glassy eyes that peer at you as if from
a mask. Nosey knows that their souls
are dead. Trailing along with them are
their paramours, escorting them with
dog-like fidelity. You have seen the
paramours with their eye rims all ted. I
cheeks pale, powdered and sunken and
the inevitable lines of dissipation drawn
all over their countenances. Stand on j
Grand Blvd. any evening between 7:30
and 8 and see human nature as Nosey
sees it.
OH, YES, Nosey dropped in to the :
Armistice Ball at the Eighth j
Regiment last Thursday, all
dolled up in his light grey suit. Nosey
looked good because one of Chicago’s I
trained and experienced ‘‘vamps" told I
him so. Weil, Nosey was dancing one j
rjf"“t^'iTcag <ALawn*’ ’uahee’s’ ami* fiad* t«>
listen to a lady trying to convince a j
handsome (that is, he was handsome in i
his uniform .1 lieutenant that she _ was
only twenty-two years old. Nosey |
heard her use the same arguments^ to
a dozen different young men in New j
York some fifteen years ago and the
lady certainly was not ten years old •
then. Even Uncle Eph states that she j
used to give him pennies to put in Sun-1
day school. She certainly must have
had a drink at the "fountain of youth.”
Nosey knows where her birth certificate
is hidden, but will not disclose it if she
really gets fun out of the little game.
SAVE ME! MURDER! POLICE!
were the cries that greeted Nosey
as he turned the corner of Wabash
and 37th St. Nosey thought that a
million morons had broken loose, but
it turned out to be only a "gold tooth”
holdup. Two husky burglars had just
held up one of the State Street “strol
lers" and in her freight her gold set of
teeth “chattered" out. The burglars
asked her where she had such a set of
teeth made and she bad told them at
those "gold teeth dentists" of painless
fame at 35th and State St. The bur
glars pushed her “gold” teeth back into
her mouth and told they were no good
to them as they wanted real gold. They
took the poor girl’s sweater and pocket
book containing 20 cents and a tele
phone slug and left her to call for help
which she did. Nosey thinks he will
invest $2,000 in a set of tiiose teeth.
If you can’t eat with them they at least
make the burglars leave you alone.
YOU SHOULD have gone with
Nosey to the police station and
seen the cabaret “queen” who has
been arrested for murder. Such a study
is seldom afforded one as the face of
this once gay and light-hearted girl who
was so often seen at the cabarets and
places of amusements “along the Stroll."
Deep lines are on her face now and little
crow’s-feet appear at the corner of her
eyes. It was a picture which tells all of
the sordid story of the life of the bright
them as Mrs. Blanche Gilmer, Mrs
Johanna Snowden-Porter, Mrs. Irene
Goins, Mrs. Lindsey Davis, Mrs.
Olivia Bush-Banks, Mrs. Bertha
Montgomery, Mrs. Edmondson, Mrs.
Nell Callaway and others, have hy
their earnest efforts in behalf of “Our
Women,” aroused them to a sense of
their responsibilities as citizens. Now
is the psychological moment for these
able women to pool their varied abil
ities so that their individual influence
might be welded into a unified effort
for civic betterment.
You have paved the way. The
women of Chicago are eager to come
into their own. Harness their enthu
siasm into channels of constructive
action while it is at high tide. Wage
a campaign of education as to the
use of the ballot and ballot rights
In the past you have struggled
bravely on neath the double burden
of SEX and COLOR—and achieved
much. Now that SEX no longer
bars the path of progress—What may
we not hope from the women of Chi
cago?
Boost and we will all boost with you
—Knock and you knock alone. Read
the “Whip”—Chicago’s Best Booster.
By A. N. FIELDS
A survey of exchanges of Southern
■vlnte dailies indicates an active pro
laganda which is being systematically
pread throughout the South to dis
ourage the Negro in his migration
rom Dixie. This propaganda as
unies various phases; ofttimes edi
orials appear admonishing the
olored man that his friends who are
nigrating to Northern cities arc face
o face with dire distress. A case
n point, the Savannah (Ga.) News,
’riday, Nov. 5, published a double
rolumn editorial, headed, "The Negro
Returning."
I'lie regular appearand of editorials
•'.irh as was carried in 4he Savannah
News m daily papers tfcjrnughout the
south, leaves us safe in concluding
hat there is a definite, organized
.inderstanding existing between
Southern newspaper with the sole
purpose of spreading- propaganda
calculated to discourage further mi
gration. kSIsC ■.
In the editorial mentioned (and all
an dike), the writer says that during
tin/ last two summer months a quarter
nt ,1 million Negroes have come
North and East, and foolishly con
cludes tiiat these Negroes were en
"tiraged to settle in certain states for
tin- purpose of voting the Republican
ickc: in the presidential election. In
ibis conclusion, the Savannah News
(as most Southern newspapers) rea
-i ns from a basis void of facts, and
shoves ,t remarkable ignorance of
election rules and regulations in the
North and East.
In another paragraph the writer
adds that the Negros desire for a
larger social outlet (meaning, oi
urse unrestricted contact with
whit -') has lured our people, to seek
tin Ea-t and North. In this conclu
ii is another glaring misapprehen
■ >n i i the real cause for the Negro’s
forsaking tile land of his birth to ex
plore new fields and acclimate himself
in i.i v. environments. The thinking
•■loro! man who is leaving the South
for the North is forced to do so
because of a desire to protect himself
and his family against the economic
slavery of the South as Well as against
the cruel invasion of his family life
by the brutal social environment
characteristic of the forced attention
by Southern whites upon colored
women.
No Return Noticeable
We are unable to ascertain from
what source the Savannah News gets
its facts and figures. that a quarter
of a million Negroes' have returned
South in recent weeks. \ casual
. I.fuce over statistics published by
■ailroads and chambers of commerce
justifies the assertion that the Savan
nah tacts as to the number returning
i- as baseless as its cfcuse is for their
return.
The News also sa<s that the war
lias had it' effect on it{l classes. This
is true. It has awakened the Negro
as it has other races; first, as to the
value of his serYJSL'' second, as to
Ml g-j.qst~c-Q.ti.it •v«*>maujiu4i4s*
receive for the same. It has also
lights, sustained jazz, cocktail, dance and
laughter without a care. Now a murder
charge is hanging over her head which
i' bowed in remorse over her hasty act
of vengeance. Oh, Nosey does so much
wish tiiat he could take a great number
of the little "butterfly-girls" that he sees
in the cabarets to that cell and let them
read the story that is written on the
face of this “queen" of the cabarets.
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attracted his attention to the fact that h
there is no natural environment for fl
mankind, such as the News men- H
tions, except that it is natural for ||
a m«in to aspire to the highest heights I
attainable in his efforts to achieve
success. This, of cou:rse is in contra
distinction to the teachings of the
South, which attempt to lay out as
the natural environment in which the
Aegro should live, the ante-bellum
South.
No Scarcity of Work
i lie Savannah News seeks to
frighten Negroes into staying South
by representing a scarcity of work
in the North and East. This disposi
tion on the part of the News to throw
tins frightful picture on the screen
has for its object a specific purpose,
and that purpose is to rehabilitate the
South in the agricultural wT>rld
through the return of the very people
who for a half-century have been
robbed of their rightful earnings by
Southern planters.
I he assertion that work is,becom
ing scarce in the North cannot be
substantiated as a matter of fact. It
is readily admitted that certain large
corporations are dispensing with some
°i their employees, but the records
show that five-sixths of these em
ployees were pursuing technical and
scientific work, but that the laboring
classes are still being retained in
greater numbers than before.
The News also says that in this
return, the Negroes are serving
themselves best. How •'tan this be
true? A man can never serve himself
host by leaving economic freedom to
groan in economic slavery, nor can
he serve himself best by leaving an
environment where his‘children can
he raised and schooled in at atmo
sphere of equality before the law to
return to a community where he has
no landing in the eyes of the law.
If there is really an honest desire on
the part of the Savannah News to
determine these facts in the light of
the truth, their investigators need
only to make a short visit to a locality '
in their immediate vicinity, for in- !
stance, to Orlando, Fla., where it is
report* d that from 30 to 60 Negroes
were killed on election day. There
he will find that practically every
Negro in the county has turned his
face North. If the Negroes from the
vicinity of Orlando, Fla., have not
gone to Northern or Eastern states,
Hhey certainly must have left the
United States entirely, for they have !
certainly forsaken tin* South.
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