PARAGRAPHICS CURRENT NEWS AND OPINION (By X. Mabie Wright) EVERYBODY WINS.--That's in The Leader's contest soon to be launched. That is a big improvement over erstwhile contests in which just one or two could win and the rest got for their pains the crab apples of defeat. ***** Dorothy Dix writes sensible stuff. This from her is certainly worth reading: "The most amazing thing in the world is that anyone, with intelligence above that of a congenital idiot, will keep on making the same mistakes and getting the same results in trouble and suffering. Even a dog has sense enough not to make the second meal of laundry soap or stick his paw in the fire again. But we humans, who esteem ourselves so clever, let our past mistakes erect no warning against the future." Here's a little sermon that has gone THROUGH many heads. ***** The Booker T. Washington Community Band won second prize in Chicago. Taking everything into consideration, that was no small achievement. It is a deserved award for their hard work and loyalty, and it puts Louisville on the map more distinctly. ***** Last week the newspapers said that Prof. Irving Fisher, renowned economist of Yale University, said that President Harding that that he (the President) favored the League of Nations but could not for political reasons make his views public. Now the professor says that some newspapermen misquoted him. Here's another case in which it is unsafe to jump at conclusions. But the funerals befitting the position and excellencies of Mr. Harding over, may he rest in peace. ***** The anthracite coal strike is settled.--thanks to Gifford Pinchot, Pennsylvania's able governor. The mine owners and miners were at loggerheads over hours, wages, check-off, collective bargaining, and some other matters which must be kept straight between the mine operators and the union diggers to insure a sufficient production to keep the grates and furnaces of the country aglow. President Coolidge selected Gov. Pinchot as the go-between to adjust the differences between the operators and the diggers, a selection acknowledged from the first to be a wise one. In terminating the strike Mr. Pinchot places another feather in his cap and Mr. Coolidge wins another victory to strengthen the confidence that the people have in his ability to do things. ***** Cleveland, Ohio, with her face averse turns the palms of her hands to the black stream pouring northward from the Southland and says "Please, don't stop here; we can't accommodate any more of you." Meanwhile, attracted by the better wages and more humane environment in front and driven by the boll weevile and inhospitable atmosphere behind, the colored brother with his wife, children, and luggage continues to his industrial trip to the land of promise, deaf to the importunities of beautiful Cleaveland. With the black migrant it is live or die. He migrates. ***** The State Fair is a chapter on the progress of Kentucky expressed concretely by the actual products of the labor of her citizens. The greater the span of life, the more edifying the chapter. The Fair is an assemblage of a great variety of things worth seeing. And there are fun features and tempting food to relieve and refresh body and mind. The doll-babies and the wheels-of-fortune are conspicuous by their absence. More reputable things are in their stand. The Fair is an experiment whether a fair can fare without cheating wheels and bauble prizes. It is a part and form of infidelity to believe in the ultimate victory of wrong.
Woman Wanted To Assist In Home A woman is wanted to assist in housekeeping. Can live on or off the place. A woman of some experience preferred. Call at The Leader office, 422-424 S. 6th St., Phone City 7788.
Oklahoma Governor Proves to Be Friend Governor Walton Klan Fighter and Political Genius Was Once Opposed By Negroes
"Aunt Jemima" Is Dead; Born In Kentucky
Japan's Trouble Supercedes Other Topics Leaders Strong In Their Endorsement of Assisting In Japanese Relief Program
Makes suggestion on discriminatory cases NOTE: in last week's issue of the Leader a letter was published from Mr. W.F. Downs, well-known young man of this city telling of discrimination experienced by him while in the Bluegress section of the state. Dr. James Bond of the Inter-racial Commission read [Mr.?] Downs' letter and in a letter to Mr. Downs gives good suggestions as to how such situations and experiences as that of Mr. Downs may be handled. Dr. Bond's letter, a copy of which was sent to the Leader office follows: Louisville, Ky., Sept. 8 Mr. W.F. Downs, Mt. Sterling, Ky. My Dear Mr. Downs: I have just read your letter in the Louisville Leader on the "Jim Crowism in the Blue Grass" complaining of your experience on the Kentucky Traction and Terminal Company lines. Let me make a suggestion or two as the best way to meet a situation such as yoh describe. 1. Gather all the facts in a given case together with witnesses and their addresses. 2. Present these facts in person if possible to the President of the company. 3. Consult a lawyer as to the law in the case. 4. If the law is being violated in any particular and no relief is obtained from your personal interview with the President of other high officials, bring suit. My experience has been that there is nothing to be gained by a quarrel with the conductor or other white people occupying [menial?] positions in the (Continued on page 8)
Louisville Leader's Campaign Announcement Attracts Attention LEADER'S OUT-OF-CITY READERS RESPOND Friends Living Out Of Louisville Rush Nomination Blank On Page 6 The announcement of the second big subscription campaign and contest in so short a space of time, last week has brought about no small amount of comment and speculation. And while our friends here in Louisville are not eligible to enter, and those very much interested are trying to answer for themselves the question whether The Leader can solely depend on out-of-town friends and patrons to make so big a proposition a success. The Leader management is whipping things in order, and each day is being encouraged in its efforts, and liberality by the responses of those friends out in Kentucky and in other states who have so readily decided to take advantage of such a rare opportunity, and have sent in their names signed to the nomination blank on page 6. In connection with the whole page plan on that page, we are reprinting the announcement as carried on the front page of The Leader last Week for benefit of those who live out of Louisville, in Kentucky and the other states where we have many friends who need more time to fully make up their minds to help themselves and so worthy an institution as the Negro press, and so reliable and creditable newspaper as The Leader.
DEMOCRATS ADOPT STRONG RESOLUTION AGAINST KLAN The State Executive Committee of the Democratic party in session here last Saturday names Congressman William J. Fields as its candidate for Governor to fill the place made vacant by the death of Congressman James Campbell Cantrill, who won the nomination after a heated campaign and primary of a few weeks ago. Along with the naming of Mr. Fields the State Central Committee and State State Executive Committee adopted a strong platform, and especitlly is that part of the declaration of principles which refers to the Ku Kulx Klan interesting to colored citizens of the state. Under "Public Societies" the following respects to the Klan are paid in no uncertain tone:
"Antedating the constitution and the flag is a peculiar American devotion to civil and religious liberty. The pioneer conquerors of the Western wilderness braved the perils of the savage and the sea that they might worship God according to the dictates of their own conscience, erecting in the primeval forests their own altars unmolested or unafraid. Liberty of speech and of conscience is the bedrock of our free institutions. The spirit of the Declaration of Independence is imbedded in the first sentence of the Bill of Rights of the Constitution. Nearly a century ago the Democracy of this republic in national convention assembled, then, as now, the champion of civil and religions liberty declared that:
"The liberal principles embodied by Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence, ad sanctioned in the constitution, which makes ours the and of liberty and the asylum of the oppressed of every nation, have ever been cardinal principles of the Democratic faith."
Whereas, since the foregoing declaration was uniformly adopted by our predecessors in national convention, an edverse political and religious body has been secretely organized known as the Ku Klux Klan, claiming to be exclusively American, it is proper that the Democratic party should clearly define its relation thereto and declare its determined opposition to this and all secret political societies, by whatever name they may be called.
This Democracy, the proud destroyer of Knownothingism, true to its ancient faith, still abhors and still condemns any effort anywhere to injure or ostracize any American citizen on account of his religion, color, or political opinions, and we emphatically condemn as un-American, as indefensive and as absolutely lawless and criminal any effort by organized associations to injure or intimidate any citizen because of religious or racial ties. Those who are oppressed by such associations must look now, as in the days of Knownothingtsm, to the Democratic party as their sure and only defense--the undaunted and invincible champion of civil and religious liberty."
Colored Man Only Republican To Support Measure Against Klan
Colored banks get share of school savings First Standard Bank and American Mutual Savings Bank have been allotted the School Savings of colored pupils in the Public Schools of Louisville. - the various schools being equally divided between the banks mentioned. The School Savings of all the Public Schools were formerly carried in one bank, - but the School Board this year decided to divide the busienss among all the banks in the city, - the white children making their deposits at the central office on Fifth Street and the colored children placing their School Savings Fund with the two colored banks. When the First Standard Bank first opened for business an attempt was made to secure the School Savings of colored childrenand each year this effort was renewed. Owing to a contract already in existence with the School Board it was not found possible to accomplish this until the expiration of the contract already in force. Next Tuesday is to be the first banking day in the public schools this term. Practically every child has now, or will have, a savings account of 1 cent or more. The school savings operated in the past through the Liberty Insurance Bank met with quite a measure of success, but it is the feeling of the banks that this effort to be made in the next five yeas should, and will, meet with a broadest measure of success. During the next five years the banks will spend $100,000 on this effort. The greatest return from this money will be about $35,000; in other words, it is an actual expenditure of at least $65,000 towards the education of thrift in the public schools. Certain of the public schools have been designated to carry their accounts with the First Standard Bank and other schools with the American Mutual Savings Bank. Both of these banks have made preparations for taking care of the school savings during the future. The colored school children have been among the leaders in the amount of their deposits and the number of children who have accounts and it is expected that by placing their accounts with the colored banks will greatly increase the number of depositors in the colored schools as well as the amount of such deposits.
Officer a Mean Man POLICE AT STATION CHARGED WITH ABUSING, STRIKING, ARRESTING AND THREATENING LIFE OF COLORED CAB MEN APPEALS TO BOARD OF SAFETY DO NOT HELP Colored Taxicab owners and drivers are still having hteir troubles at the Tenth Street Station. Treatment meted out to them by the officers in charge once Jim McGruder, is becoming more and more unbearable if reports coming from several of the men are true.
Some months ago a colored driver was forced to shoot one of the operators of the Brown Taxi Company because of undue authority and treatment, and since that time conditions have grown to a point that it seems that colored men who for years have used the taxi business as one of their means of earning a livelihood must now give up either their business or their lives.
It seems that there is an understanding between the police and others in authority higher up, and the Brown and Yellow Companies to put the colored men out of business or make it so hot for them that they will have to go elsewhere to operate and try to live. It is claimed that laws at the station are interpreted and enforced by this officer in such manner as to work hardships upon the Negro owners exclusively. Men who are known as law abiding citizens, having license to operate their business, and who at all times keep within the bounds of the law as applied to them as Taxi men, are without cause abused, arrested, and oftimes struck and their lives threatened by this officer. This officer is a regular bully, who hates Negroes and often in his tirade against the men tells them that where he comes from Negroes are not allowed to even look at white people. This is a Republican policeman says the men, who owes his job in Louisville to the votes of Negroes in Louisville. Yet the most conservative of the colored men have been arrested twice in the same week for even looking as if he might be seen anywhere near the station asking a passenger to get in their car while Brown and Yellow Taxi men are allowed to solicit at will and operate in or out of the station. If the men are once arrested and escape with a fine less than $5.00 they are told by this officer that they will be gotten again, and they usually are, and each time as innocent as they are a fine is put on them.
If one word is uttered in disapproval of the treatment of this officer by these men who are too often abused and arrested about nothing. this officer threatens the men with death, and on several occasions has made a play for his gun. The men have gotten to a place where they are fearful of their lives or serious trouble of some sort if something is not done to ameliorate conditions. Protests to the Board of Public Safety have availed them nothing. "It seems that the officer knows his business and is carrying out the wish of the Board, our supposed friends, the Republicans." said one of the colored men of the committee making the reports to colored organizations and citizens as their last resort to make protests to Board of Public Safety as will move them to such action as will guarantee them fair and just treatment and privilege to all within the law at the station, that they may be enabled to go about their only means of earning a living for themselves and families in peace.
QUINN CHAPEL TO HOLD EIGHT-EIGHTH ANNIVERSARY The officers and members of Quinn Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church under the direction of our efficient and forwardlooking pastor, the Rev. Dr. Noah Wellington Williams, have planned to celebrate the eighty-fifth anniversary of Quinn Chapel, Louisville, which was organized in 1838 which makes this the oldest African Methodist Episcopal church south of the Ohior River. We will begin this celebration Sunday, September 23 with a "Home Coming Service" at eleven o'clock to which we invite all the members of Quinn Chapel, all who ever have belonged to Quinn and all who who attended the Sunday School in their childhood days. Dr. Williams, our pastor, will preach a special sermon and every body knows that a special sermon by Dr. Williams means his best effort, Sunday School will be at 12:45 and will be a special feature. At the evening service of this day there will be a service of the old songs by the choir and a short sermon. Monday night, September 24th, "Young People's Programme" at which time all the A. M. E. Sunday Schools will render numbers on the programme. Prof. Wm. H. Shackleford of Nashville, Tenn., who is one of the greatest experts with young people in America, will give a demonstration. This will be a special treat. Prof. George W. Jackson will preside Monday night at the young people's programme. Tuesday night, September 25--Doctors, Dentists, Pharmacies and Trained Nurses will render the program. Dr. G. H. Reid, the chairman of the committee for this night will preside. This class of our public men and women should make this a great night. The card of each one of the above class who are present will be read at this programme. Prof. Shackleford will give one of his noted demonstrations of 20 minutes at this programme also. Wednesday night, Sept 26 -- Our banks and business institutions will render the programme. Mr. Wilson Lovett, president of the First Standard Bank is chairman of the committee for this night and will preside at the programme. The card of each business institution present by representative will be read. Our business men and women should make a great showing (Continued on page 8)