Paragraphics Current News and Opinion (By X. Mabie Wright) Evolution Siki, Benedict Again The Alienist: What Is He? Does Justice Go Into The Courts Blind? Evolution. Perhaps its' better to be concerned not whether man's decent is from a monkey, but whether his ascent is toward God. Sometimes it seems as if men are, in some respects, descending from monkeys, and that monkeys instead of men might be insulted by the theory of evolution. Battling Siki has a new wife. She is a Miss Lillian Werner of Memphis, Tenn. She is 30. Siki is 23. Maybe the seven years difference isn't much in her favor physically. Race papers have been making some fuss about her complexion - her color. Seriously, who cares a rap about her nationality. Oh, for several reasons. In the last analysis, perhaps neither man nor maid is cheated. Senegalese Siki has been a disappointment to us. He has fallen down woefully both in pugilism and conduct. We thought we had a star. He turned out to be a meteor. A respectable pugilist is not an impossibility. The Leopold-Loeb case. Money turns a trial into a farce. Is is reported that one of the alienists is getting $250 a day. It that is so, newspaper readers do not wonder at the wordy slush (called "expert reports") they read. There's one thing those alienists do not know, and there's one thing they do know. They do not know themselves the meaning of all that pychological verbiage which they have concocted. They do not know what they are being paid to do. Alienist is derived from the Latin alienus, meaning foreign, or away from home. So a modern alienist is one whose mind may be caused by a sufficient sum of money to wander away from home. Briefly, an alienist is one who under the influence of the almighty dollar becomes temporarily erratic. An alienist's sanity seems sometimes doubtful. Two neglected street urchins, two poor devils without their millions, cannot have a string of alienists to establish the fact of "interlocking personalities," "compound insanity," "suppressed emotions," "inexplicable phantasies," "ethical under-ageness," when they commit crime. No. The surest cure for "interlocking criminal personalities" is the gallows or the electric chair. If Leopold and Loeb escape the death penalty, the alienists will have proved nothing to American people, and the judge will have strengthened the public assertion that money perverts justice. In her pictures justice is blind. But it seems that it isn't this fair minded goddess that the culprit meets in the courts.
Philadelphia Republicans Refuse to Endorse Coolidge
The Masonic Grand Lodge The report of the Grand Lodge session of the Masons at Paducah this week came too late for publication.
Ready For Big Picnic BUSINESS MEN WHIP THINGS IN ORDER FOR MONDAY AT THE STATE FAIR GROUNDS -- PARADE AND PROGRAM TO ATTRACT THOUSANDS Everything is in readiness for the big all day outing of the Louisville Business Men's Association at the State Fair Grounds, Monday, August 11. The officers and others directly connected with the association have left nothing undone in their effort to make the first annual event the greatest of its kind of the season, and other business friends and those of the public called upon to cooperate, have responded willingly and nobly.
It will be a gala day for everybody both young and old and more than 5,000 are expected to pass thru the entrances of the beautiful acres put into one of the finest outing places in the country, and enjoy the last and best program of the year. The grounds and all the buildings are in first class order in preparation for the Annual State Fair early in September and those who are going to avail themselves of the opportunity of going with the business men Monday are in for a rare treat in comfort, entertainment and amusement.
The Parade; The Line Of March
The big parade, headed by the Booker T. Washington Band, with automobiles in line representing the various institutions and organizations of the city, will form at Sixth and Walnut Sts., at 9 o'clock. The parade will begin at 10 o'clock, starting at Sixth the parade will go west to ninth, south to Chestnut, west to Twenty-fourth, north to Walnut, east to Tenth, north to Liberty, east to Jackson, south to Madison, east to Hancock, south to Breckenridge, west to Fifth, north to York, west to Eighth, south to Oak, west to Sixteenth, north to Breckenridge. From Sixteenth and Breckenridge a number of the cars will go on to the Fair Grounds.
The Children; The Attractions
The Fair Grounds will be open for the picnic at 10 o'clock. Hundreds of children will be admitted free from then until 4 o'clock in the afternoon. More than 100 gallons of ice cream have been contributed by business men and women of the race to be given free to the young folks under 12 years of age, and several young ladies dressed in white will be on hand to serve the young guests of the Business Men's Association, a number if tickets being given out counts for anything, will run around five or six thousand. Miss Louise Shakespeare of the Domestic Life Insurance Co., is arranging several interesting games and contests for the children.
Motorcycle,bicycle and mule races are being arranged for the big race course in the afternoon The baby contest will be held at 5 o'clock. At 7 o'clock the Booker T. Washington Band will begin its Band Concert in the Hippodrome. The competitive drills, from the crack Uniform Ranks of local fraternities and the big Track and Field program, with Mr. A. E. Morris in charge, will also be held in the Hippodrome. Howard Jordan's popular Saxophone Orchestra will begin in the pavillion at 8 o'clock. If reports are true, there'll be few people left on the streets of the city Monday afternoon and night. They'vy be at the State Fair Grounds in a cool spot, the guests of the Louisville Business Men's Association.
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Reduced Rates For Business League Delegates
Rev. Noah W. Williams, pastor of Quinn Chapel Church, has returned from a vacation spent at the Waddy Hotel in West Baden. He will preach at both services at Quinn Chapel Sunday.
Putting Over The Big Program [photo] Mr. Sam'l Thompson Real Estate Dealer - Chairman Arrangements. [photo] Mr. A. D. Doss Supt., Mammoth Life Insurance Co., Ass't Secretary and Chairman of Publicity. [photo] Mr. A. B. Ridley Undertaker, Chairman of Finance [photo] Capt. A. L. Simpson Jas. T. Taylor Realty Co., Chairman of Entertainment. [photo] Mr. J. E. Smith Vice President Domestic Life Insurance Co., member Committee of Arrangement. [photo] Edward Nelson Confectioner, member Committee of Arrangements. Out of a membership that is near the one hundred mark, the President of the Louisville Business Men's Association selected Mr. Cassius Smith, of the Guy W. Smith Co., movers and packers, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee; Mr. H. D. Cox of the Eastern Ice and Coal Co., a member of the Committee on Arrangements, and the men whose likenesses appear above, to do special work in connection with the Big All Day Picnic at the State Fair Grounds Monday. These men have left nothing undone in their effort to put over the program in a big way.
Zion Leaders In 1st Meeting Since Gen'l Conference (Special To The Leader) Washington, D. C., Aug. 7. - The A. M. E. Zion Council of Bishops, General Officers and Boards will meet in Buffalo, N. Y., August 13, 1924. It will be the first Denominational meeting held since the General Conference. Bishop L. W. Kyles will complete his term as Chairman of the Board of Bishops and Bishop W. L. Lee, of Brooklyn, N. Y., will be elected. Bishop G. C. Clement, the Secretary, will report the results of the Inter-racial activities in the country. Aside from the special consideration (Continued on page 8)
BIG BUSINESS PROGRAM STARTED IN BLUE GRASS (Special To The Leader) Lexington, Ky., Aug. 8. In the city of Lexington where fifty thousand human beings, God fearing and loving citizens live, fifteen thousand of whom happen to be wrapped in black skin, who previously since the Civil War have been bickering and differing over a gnat's eye, by virtue of which scisms and differings have operated in opposition to the establishment and operation of any big business among them. Only an individual opening and operating a little business for a short time, which to an (Continued on page 8)
Bid Made for Negro Vote VICTOR COOLS APPOINTED MANAGER OF COLORED LA FOLLETE FOR PRESIDENT CLUB -- ENDORSED BY LEADING RACE ORGANIZATIONS (Special To The Leader Chicago, Ill., Aug. 8.--Mr. G. Victor Cools of Chicago has been appointed National Manager of the Independent Colored Voters La Follette-for-President Club, by Congressman John M. Nelson, National Manager of Senator La Follette's Campaign. Mr. Cools is eminently fitted for the position. He is a product of the Middle west, and is thoroughly conversant with the political suestions which are now before the public, as well as the reaction of the Negro Voters on on these questions. Although a native of the East he received his education in Illinois and Iowa. He is a Bachelor of Arts from Illinois and a Master of Arts from Iowa. In addition to that he is a member of the Co-operative League of America, The American Academy of Political and Social Science and the only Negro member of the American Economic Association. Mr. Cools has the indorsement of the following organizations: The National Negro Progressive League, The Non-Partisan Colored Voters Association and the Independent Colored Voters. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People whose secretary, Mr. James Weldon Johnson, made the nationwide fight for the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, has come out in favor of the Third Party.
"I am in absolute accord," said Mr. Cools, "with Dr. W. E. B. Dubois, one of the foremost Negro scholars of today, who, in the August number of the Crisis magazine, editorially endorsed the third party movement. In the candidacy of Senator Robert M. La Follette, the peerless champion of the people's rights, the colored voters are given the first opportunity for a square deal. On the questions which vitally affect the well-being of the people of color Senator La Follette's stand cannot be questioned. He has stood the acid test.
When the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill came up for discussion in the House, Representative Nelson, the Christian gentleman and statesman, was one of the progressive leaders to support it. In the Senate, Senator La Follette did not only support the measure, but has consistently voted for all protective legislation in the interest of human rights and aspirations.
In the recognition and representation of the colored voters in their government, Senator La Follette has dared to mete out justice to them. At his request, Senator Shiptead recalled the committee in order to change his vote so that Walter Cohen of New Orleans, might be confirmed for the position of Collector of Port. This is the only representative position obtained by a Negro in twelve years. Roscoe Simmons, writing in the Chicago Defender of March 8, quoted Senator La Follette as saying: 'I must wrong no man.' said Fighting Bob, 'particularly no man fighting against the odds the colored citizens are compelled to fight against.'
"On the Ku Klux Klan question Senator La Follette has not remained silent as in the case of President Coolidge. Governor Blaine, running on an anti-Klan platform in Wisconsin, received the whole hearted support of the senator, and defeated his political friend of many years who dodged the issue. The colored voters are for Senator La Follette as well as all other candidates who has openly challenged the right of the Ku Klux Klan to govern the country.
"We solicit and welcome the support of all progressive colored people as well as those who feel that the colored people are not getting a square deal from the two old parties."
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Catholic Club for Square Deal and Fair Play (From The Record, a Catholic Family Weekly) The Claver Club held its regular monthly meeting last Friday night, July the 11th in the rectory of St. Augustine's Church. The members discussed the reported action of the Board of Education in reprimanding the two colored teachers involved in the recent controversy with the guards at Iroquois Park. It was also reported that the Board of Education intended discontinuing the normal school for colored teachers, and an investigation was ordered with a view to possible protest. Miss Lydia Johnson spoke interestingly on this subject, outlining the advantages of the colored normal school, and its culture value to the students. Plans were also discussed for an extensive membership campaign. The Reverend Martin Frankenberger suggested the division of the membership into three classes - student, advisory, and active. He discribed the first division as one whose members make a particular study of the inter-racial question, in an effort to broaden the general attitude toward the Negro race and offer prayers for the success of the colored missions. The second division is to assist in formulating the work of the club. Reverend Frankenberger pointed out that the attendance of this division at the monthly meetings would of necessity be regular. The third class is to be composed of those who are actively engaged in inter-racial work, such as visiting hospitals, and various public institutions, etc. The chairman of the Hospital Committee reported that an effort was made by that body to procure perpetual access to the City Hospital, which is at present the privilege of the St. Vincent de Paul Society. The Claver Club is planning a picnic to be given in August. A special meeting was called for Tuesday night, July the 15th to discuss arrangements. The Catholics of Louisville are earnestly requested to give their generous support of this affair, concerning which more definite information will be given in a later issue of The Record.
Bishop Cleaves to Preach Woman's Day Service at Chestnut St. C. M. E. Church Sunday, August 10, 1924, Bishop N. C. Cleaves, A. M., Ph. D., D. D., presiding bishop of the Sixth Episcopal District of the C. M. E. Church, will preach at 11 o'clock. The public is invited to hear him.