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The Chicago Whip An Independent .\cuspapcr — Published l eery Week VOL. IV. "SEPTEMBER 16th, 1922 No. 37 Published by THE MAC NEAL PUBLISHING COMPANY (Incorporated) : Office: 34 JO STATE STREET Phone VICTORY 4606 JOS. D. BIBB. L. L B.Editor HENRY H. PROCTOR.City Editor A. C. MAC NEAL.Business Manager Terms of Subscription (Payable in advance): One Year . $2.00 Six Months. , $1.25 Three Month . 75c Admitted as second clasx matter, Oct. -1, *10. at the Post Office at Chicago. 111., under the Act oi March 3, 1890. ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION All unsolicited articles, manuscripts, letters and pictures sent to the CHICAGO WHIP are .•' in at the owner's risk, and the CHICAGO WHIP expressly repudiates any liability or responsibility for their =nfe custody or return. All communications must be sent in thy name of the CHICAGO WHIP. No attention whatever paid to unsigned matter. Stamps must accompany all queries and manuscript. WITH DUE REQARD FOR RIGHT, WITH PURITY OF MOTIVE IN OUR EXPRESSION, WITH CONSCIENTOUS COMPAS SION FOR STRICKEN HUMANITY. WITH UNSTINTED CREDIT TO THOSE WHO MERIT, WITH TRUTH AS OUR GUIDE POST AND LOVE AS OUR INSPIRATION, WE HAVE COMMITTED OURSELVES TO THE WORLD OF JOURNALISM. WE HAVE DEDICATED OURSELVES TO PUBLIC SERVICE. ILLEGITIMA TE CHILDREN Fathers of illegitimate children stain and stamp their offspring with badges of shame which the cold hand of time cannot wipe away. These unfortunate children may climb the ladder of fame and achieve greatness, but the wrongs of their fathers, like the sin of David, is ever before them and it is barely possible for them to stare the world in the face without a tremor. Poor illegitimate children know not their fathers, cannot claim with pride any family lineage and through the world of toil and struggle they pass on with the hideous blemish ever upon them. Professor Tiernan, distinguished Professor of Law at Notre Dame University, finds that his home has been invaded and defiled by an outsider and that the youngest child of his wife is not of his own flesh and blood. Prof. Tiernan feels that the morality of civilized so ciety has been grievously and grossly offended. It has. Prof. Tier nan now seeks through the court of Indiana to establish the identity of the man who defiled the sanctity of his home and to give a name to the child begotten on the body of his wife. A queer case which causes us all to stop a minute and ponder over the shame and dis grace of such affairs. Those who have lived in the South and have gazed into the faces of that mottled array of those so-called “colored people” cannot help but know that homes have been invaded and sanctity trampled under foot. Who are the fathers of those people so varied in color like the hues in the rainbow? It is needless to use the blood tests that Prof. Tiernan used, for upon the face of those people is •written in tragic characters the tales of seduction, invasion and bastardy. Husbands of black skins but whose “children” are of inordinate fairness have no recourse in the southern courts, but the world knows of the grievous wrong, and the moral sense of civilization is offended just as it is in the Tiernan case. Prof. Tiernan says that he only ex pects to receive a judgment of six cents. If the south would pay a six cent judgment for present day illegitimate children begotten on the bodies of black women by white men the receipts from the an nual cotton crops would suffer sadly and panic would stalk grim and cold. A STUDY IN COLORS — Those who have witnessed the two great musical extravaganzas, Shuffle A.Iong, and Strut, Miss Lizzie, which are composed entirely of talenl of the black people, will observe that the choruses are com posed entirely of octoroons, quadroons and mulattos. The girl of black skin is conspicuous by her absence. They call these galaxies of chorus stars Creole Beauties. Yet the drawing power of these shows is based on the fact that they are produced by the black race. There is nothing black about these beauty choruses, and the types of blcck beauty do not seem to be in demand. If the lovers of baseball could witness the games of the National Negro Baseball League they will observe that men of black skin com pose most cf the teams and that the octoroon, the quadroon and the mulatto are here conspicuous by their absence. In both cases it strikes us that it is a carefully studied out plan that cannot be attributed to mere “coincidence.” We have clamored for “social democracy” and obliteration of color lines, and we have concrete cases where we have drawn these lines ourselves. Color cannot ever determine fitness in the affairs of life, and beauty standards are creations of Caucasian brains. What is beautiful today will be ugly tomorrow. An African chieftain, when presented to a famous English beauty remarked that she was charming, but he would term her very lovely if she was only black and fat. It is all in the viewpoint. The black people in America need to do some independent thinking on these subjects. This much we all are sure of: that baseball prowess does not depend on the color of the skin. “Babe” Ruth. Sbler and Cobb, who are white men, plav about as well as Rube Foster’s Stars. Don’t they? THINK IT OVER It has been rumored that many of the candidates for election in November here in Chicago are members of the Ku Klux Klan. In the same breath it is also whispered that the Klan has put out a marked ballot. It seems that they would do this very thing and it behooves us to guard against it. If it comes to the su free that some of our Republican favorites are associated and affilirUd with the Ku Klux we will just have to cook their goose at the polls. We can do it and we will. The Chi cago Whip will publish for the benfit of the black people in Chica go the names of those men who are members of the organization which stands for white supremacy and the suppression of the darker races. It is rumored also that we have Senators and Representatives in the House who are in the Klan. Prepare for upheaval in Illinois politics. Think it over. Reports of the disgraceful conduct of some of our leading citizens at well known and fashionable summer resorts disgust those who want to see the black people stop adopting the vices of the white people, and eschewing their virtue'. We have got to accomplish so many things, and we are capable of doing so much more than we are that it seems so foolish to tamper with the dangerous playthings which are causing the white races to disintegrate. The whole world is gazing upon the black people of America and they cannot do the things that others do and “ get away” with them. Temper our pleas ure with discretion and avoid further disgraces at resorts where we seek to avoid the monotony of life. [health hints 1 By Dr. Troy Smith PREVENTION OF TYPHOID BY VACCINATION In 190(1 there were 354,000 rases of typhoid fever in the United Stale-. \s is well known, the mortality in civilian life is about 10 per cent; so that the deaths due to this disease numbered about 35,400. In 1916 there were about 95.000 cases, which is less than one-third. This decrease was due both to improved sanitary measures and to vaccination agaiu-t the disease. \ll previous wa'rs, until the recent C.rcat War, were handicapped by this disease as it was the greatest scourge of the armic- m the held. In the f ml W ar there were 75,000 ease- of typhoid, with 37,000 deaths in an army of about 431,000. In the Spanish W ar there were -’0,000 cases of typhoid, in an army about 108.000 with 1.500 deaths. The Japanese Army at the time of the Russo-Japanese war was the first to make use of the improved methods of sanitation. The result was that with approximately equal forces, there were otilv 5.000 cases of tvphnid in the Japanese Army, as compared with ’1 000 cases in the Russian Army. Sanitary measures and most important of" all anti-typhoid vaccination were responsible for the results obtained in tile recent war. In the American Army from September 1, 1917, to May 1917 with an average strength of over 3.000,000 men there were only 1.900 cases of tvphoid with 313 death- Hail the death rate of the Civil War obtained there would have been 51.000 deaths: had that of the Spanish Antcr 1 ican W ar obtained, there would have been 68.000 deaths. Precautions and Contradictions Unpleasant reactions after typhoid vaccination arc favored by fatigue, over-eating, alcoholic indulgence and the presence of acute infections. On the dav of the vaccination the patient should cat lightly and avoid marked physical exertion. The injection is best given late m the afternoon, after the day's activities. The reaction occurs tints in the night, and usually passes unnoticed. In the ease of persons suffering from any of the acute infections, vaccination should be postponed. There arc certain groups of individual- upon whom vaccination should be especially urged as of the utmost importance: 1. All nurses in training in hospitals. 3. All traveling men and travelers who arc visiting small towns and rural districts generally. 3. All persons planning to go to the country for summer vacation. 4. All contacts with a case of typhoid fever. 5. All persons in a community where typhoid fever i- epidemic or threatens to become epidemic. 6. All persons living in towns with unsafe water supplies. 7. All persons dependent upon shallow wells for water supply. LEGAL HINTS Dear Editor: I went into a store to purchase a very expensive lamp I told the clerk what X wanted, and he took it down from the shelf and placed it on the counter. While I was tak ing out my money to pay for it the lamp accidenta!!y_ fell and was broken, neither of us being at fault. Whose loss is it? O. E. J., Chicago. Answer: The storekeeper. The ordinary rule if the contract is a cash transaction payment of the price is a condition precedent to the transfer oi possession and title. The promise to deliver, involved in an agreement of sale and the promise to pay the pur chase money arc mutually dependent. Neither party is bound to perform without contemporaneous performance by the other. Payment of the price is the condition on which alone the pur chaser can require the seller to com plete the sale by delivery of the property. Attorney Adams: I bought a gro cery store and business from J. (i. In ignorance of the fact, and on the day of the sale, II. J. sent an order for goods to J. Cl. Without the knowledge of If. J. I tilled the order and H. J. consumed the goods. I sued tor the payment and H. J. pleaded he had I loaned J. <». some money to a greater I amount than he owed, and that he had not purchased any goods from me. For which party should judgment be given? HENRY, Chicago. Answer: H. J, He having con tracted with J. G., you could not force a contract on him. You should have given him notice of the fact that you were the successor to the vendor J. G. and got his consent before filling the order. Dear Sir: I have a very beautiful Bull Dog that I keep in nty back yard, and in the house, but sometinies he gets out and frightens the neigh bors. Then they say the fence is not high enough to keep him from jump ing over, and demand me to get rid of him or build an expensive fence. Can they compel me to do so? Answer: You have a right to own a dog or any other animal that you see fit to own as a pet or otherwise, but you are compelled to keep him from injuring others. The law im poses a duty upon every one to so use their own so as not to harm others. If you lived in the country bv your self you could keep your dog without any fence at all, but it is different in civilized settlements. This Week in History Sunday, September 10 The State of Massachusetts author izes a Negro battalion to he- officered wholly hv Negro officers, 1920. Monday. September 11 Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Mas sachusetts (Masons) organized 1808. Warrant for first colored lodge was granted from England 1784, to Prince Hall of Boston. Tuesday, September 12 Hon. John M. Langston wa the fir>t colored lawyer of Ohio. He became professor at Howard and at once be gan the establishment of the law de partment. Born, 1854. Wednesday, September 13 The Abyssinia Baptist Church of New York City organized. 1800. Thursday. September 14 The lirst Baptist church west of the Mississippi organized by Jo-eph Wil lis, 1805. Friday. September 15 The United States forced a treaty upon the Haitian people which prac tically marie them forswear their inde pendence, 1915. Saturday, September 16 First day school for Negroes estab lished at Fortress Monroe, Ya. This school laid the foundation of Hampton Institute, and was the beginning of the general education of the Negro in the South, 1861. Seen At a Glance The tallest oak tit the baptist for est has fallen in the hall of fame. (Nashville) I'ttion Review. Hope it didn't break up many high priced pieces of sculpture in its de scent. Dr. Morris was admired bv all who knew hint yell.—•Chicago Kntcrprise. The good doctor didn't have |» veil to make people admire him. did he? Jiang black and white man on same scaffold.— Indianapolis Ltdgcr. lie must have looked like a zebra. The Louisville News prints the pic ture of a building and oyer it this enlightening caption: "Twenty-six Years in One Spot.’’ Thunderbolts from a dear sky now on the market.—Star of Zion. Maybe Kdisott will buy a few of them. Argonaut mine lire makes blood of miners bail.—Indu-trial Solidarity. Nothing surprising about that, is there? UNDER,THE LASH OF THE . WHIP^-l A column of constructive criticism of men and measures in the hope of correcting errors and evils. Captain Edward Salisbury, noted explorer, starts off soon to search in Africa and China for “humans with tails.” In the interest of science, this trip is evidently being planned. In the interest of humanity some daring, bold and fearless individual should explore the wilds of the South and reveal to the world the habits, character istics and tendencies of the human head hunters (white) and the red necked varmints who elate over the stench of burning human flesh. No humans with tails are likely to be found, but we are sure that men with horns will be chanced upon. * * * # One of our contemporaries writes a pertinent editorial on the abol ition of the Camp Meetings down south. Those who hail from that section of the country know all about them. Eating, drink’ng and preaching orgies with attendant evils. All these relics of slavery and plantation days are out of shape with the times. We don’t need any more Camp Meetings. We have too many meetings anyway. Carter's Temple C. M. E. Church Rev. Jas. A. Stout, Pastor. Inclement weather reduced the crowds at Carter's Temple last Sunday but there was no lack of interest in the services. The Sunday school had an average crowd and was addressed by Prof. Hlackshear of Washington, II. < . Bishop R. A. t arter delivered a strong sermon at 11 o’clock. In the after- i noon the Progressive Company ren dered another of its excellent programs with Judge Holmes of the Chancery Court as principal speaker. Represent atives Douglass and Turner were pres ent and made short talks. The Kp- 1 worth League was up to the usual standard with a program of music. Rev. Stout preached at 8:30 on “Cut it out.” The pastor will preach both morning and evening next Sunday. The choral class will give a program at 3 p. m. Olivet Baptist Church L. K. Williams, D. D„ Pastor. In spite of rain and coolness of the weather a large crowd was present at ( Hivet Sunday morning last. The Rev. Dr. II. S. Yas' preached a very accept able sermon. There were on the pulpit a number of visiting ministers from in and out of the state, some on their va cation. and others in route for Helena. Ark., where thev will attend the fu neral of the late Dr. K. C. Morris. At 3:30 a nice crowd was present at the regular meeting of the Litcrarv Soeietv In the evening, the Rev. J. W. Jardon nrcached in the absence of the pastor. There will be good preaching all day next Sunday. All are welcome. Berean Choir Musical Last Sunday. September 10. at 8 p. m. the Berean Choir, under the di rection of Mr. Isaac T Yarbrough, rendered their initial program of the season at the Berean Baptist Church, Sind and Dearborn Streets. Despite the inclement weather a large and ap preciative audience was in attendance. Hon. Edward F. Dunne, former gov crnor of Illinois, was the speaker of the evening. He delivered an address on “Humanity” which was an able and instructive one throughout. lie touched very forcibly upon lynch law and the Ku-Kltix-K^m and declared the insti tution a-blot upon American civiliza tion. The following musical artists ap peared and were well received: Baritone solo, Mr. J. Telfair Myers: piano solo, Master David Johnson: so prano solo. Miss Helen Robins; bari tone solo, Mr. John H. Woods; an them, Mr. Finis Moore and choir. Kstclla C. Bonds, organist; Jackson J. Stovall, president; Isaac T. Yar brough, chorister: Rev. W. S. Rrad dan. pastor; Miss Helen Thomas, chairman of Program Committee. People’s Forum The People’s Forum, recently organ I zed by Rev. (i. W. Baber,, had an un usually large attendance last Sunday; In addition to the wonderful religious dadress delivered by the president, I>r. Baber. Attorney Kugenc Marshall, the speaker of the day, delivered an ad dress such as will be long remembered by those present for its wonderful dc livery as well as depth of thought. The sponsors of the Peoples Forum arc highly elated over the support the public lias give nthe Forum thus far and are confident that the near fu ture will demonstrate the wonderful possibilities of this organization. Sun day September the 17th Mr.. Nathan I). Brasher, President of the Associated Negro Press, and one of the h ading journalists of the country will speak on the subject (i What’s it all about”. Mr. Brasher as President of the Associated Negro Press has traveled extensively, coming in con tact with all conditions of our peo ple. He will speak to the Forum out the fullness of his experience.. Pro | fessor Reese's chorus of 130 voices will render special selections. The public is invited. Snappy Thoughts By E. F. S. *Owdy! Making moonshine may make you money but it's unhealthy it you’re caught. My bonnic lies over the <> can, By bonnic lies over the s» a: (She knew it was pure Vau.sc h t*»1d her ). Oh, bring back my bonnic to me. One of contemporaries say> that if it kills v/i then you know it's wi*od alcohol. Well, just remember that isn't worth a darn when you’n dead In a large town you are judged by what you have on; in a small town you arc judged by what the neighbors have on you. Judging from the number of speeders taken in tow every day, signs should be posted reading: “Ride slow and see our city; ride fast and see our jail.” Whatdya Think 0‘Dat Riding along a country road I saw a ign nail'd upon a tre<* in a sard which read “White mule for sal'’ here.” There was a white mule standing in the yard. Money will soon begin to talk- Head line. We trust that it will tell where it has been. HOW TO CARE FOR THE EYES (By Dr. I'r.mV. '■ -mith, I'.yrMght Spn ialist.) 1. Do not attempt t-• read in a poor light, nor in a brilliant, glaring . . . steady aim 'in fused. 2. Do not read on the rare. The constant jar ring, curving, and bumping of the cars keep the fours con stantly chang ing. 3. Do not read when lying in bed. The arms arc not steady, the focue con chan per! ami L)r. hmith there is a strain on tnc eyes. 4. Do not* sit, read or work with the light sinning direct!’- into the face, and do not let the light strike the ryes too strongly. 5. Do not try to read print that § too tine. If you cannot read or dinary type without the lines blur ring or running together, it means that you need glasses. See Smith and you’ll See. 6. T)r> not try to read immediate' on waking from sleep. 7. Don’t abuse your r; c*. Don’t overwork them, or you mud pay the penalt; in eyestrain and • 'her ocular troubles. 8. Don’t ml) your rye- Rubbing «an si irritatioi mation It m.r can- the < lashes to fall out. 9. It your ryes burn, i-ch or run v • ter, that is a signal that they need rest. You evidently have an error of refraction and a pair of g'asi:» would be helpful 10. Make it a rule to close your eye* for three minutes twice every day. The rest will give them relief and prove beneficial. 11. Avoid using “rye drops" o? which you do not know the formula If you need an cy-wash, see our doctor. 12. Do not overtax the eves with ' ng. continuous reading or sewing. If re sult. U S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRI CULTURE WEATHER BUREAU ( barb*. 1 Marvin. < hut WVathrr outlook l *r tin period f September 11 to September 1 f\ 1922. Inr the region of the < ir* at Lak* s, the* upper Mi ^i- pp' and 1>>wrr Mis souri valleys. generally fair, with t*-in * tual. Do You Want a Good Job? 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