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The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-06-23

makes it impossible to know whether
we have lost and which makes it GER
tain that we have not lost anywhere
near the number of members indi-
Gated rs lost on the face of the fig
ures. National and international
unions pay their per capita tax to the
A. F. of L. on the basis of the dues
collected by them from their member.
ship. Those organizations do not
collect dues from men and women who
are cut of work They issue 'out of
work stamps and no accounting of
the number of such stamps issued is
rendered to the A. f. of L. for the
reason that we do not require a per
capita tax on such stamps, since they
represent no revenue.
"The tax collected by the A. f. of
L., amounting to one per cent per
member per month, is on the member
ship paying dues to the various affil-
lated organizations The real loss of
membership. if any, is trifing, run
ming to few hundreds or perhaps
few thousands at most In view of
conditions the showing is remarkable
and is worthy of deep study by those
who seek the destruction of our move
ment
Taking account of the spirit of our
movement, our strength is greater
than ever, for there is today in our
ranks a militant spirit and solidar-
ity and unity never equalled Amer
lean labor has lost nothing, in spite
of every effort our enemies could
bring to bear We are here in full
strength, gaining and growing, abler
than ever in the defense Of the inter-
ests, the rights and the liberties of
the great masses Of our people And
it would be well for those who inn
agine they have the power to crush
labor to give the future some
thought"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-06-23
AID TO OLD PARTIES

Columbus, Ohio.-The seats of over
a score Of mayors who were elected
last fall on Independent tickets have
been placed in jeopardy by state
supreme court decision.
In a contested councilmanic election
in Cincinnati the supreme court held
that all independent tickets in munich
palities of over 1000 population are
void, the general assembly never hav-
ing enacted laws to make the consti-
tutional provision for independent
candidates operative.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-06-23

be high, the community viii be pros
porous, the homes bountifully supplied
and the people happy and contented
in their daily lives.
Only misery is in store for city
where wages are low and the stand.
ard of life is degraded and depressed
The union buster is always mis-
chief maker, and happy is the town
that has been kept free from the in
yasion of this vermin and from this
particular insect"
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-06-23
STEEL PAYS LOW WAGE

New York.-Low wages paid com
mon labor in the steel industry is
shown by the report from Buffalo that
the Lackawanna steel company has
raised wages from % cents an hour
to 26 cents. Rates for the steel trust
are slightly higher When the latter
made it's filst reduction, it assured
workers that the quick return to pros
perity and lower living prices would
equalize their losses.
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-06-23
By Eugene V. Debs

a number of persons have asked
me what think of the Morse case.
There is nothing extraordinary in the
case that | can see, nor any reason
why people should be shocked about
it amy more than there was for get
ting excited about the Newberry case.
The one bought his seat in the
United States senate and the other
bought his release from the United
States penitentiary. The only un-
usual feature in the Newberry case
was that he paid more than the aver
age market price for his toga, and the
only remarkable thing about the
Morse case is that he was ever con-
victed at all.
Morse simply bought his way out
the same as any other multi-million-
aire would have done, and | do not
hold that against him. | have no de
sire to see him go back to prison.
| may be less civilized than those who
now rule society, but | would not put
a profiteers dog, though he had bit
ten me, in penitentiary
Morse is neither better nor worse
than his profteering kind and if he
ought to be in prison, so ought the
entire lot Of silk-hatted looters who
bled the government white while the
poor devils they conscripted were
slaughtered for it in the trenches
As it is the Morses, who name our
Judges, especially those on the federal
bench, and more especially the select
few who occupy the supreme seats,
why should these judges be expected
to send the Morses to prison?
What business has multi-million-
aire in penitentiary anyway? He
does not belong there. The convicts
who are Gagged like beasts and treated
accordingly are not recruited from
his class, but from the crushed and
despoiled victims of his class,
The prison, like the poorhouse to
which it is first cousin, is for the poor
and not for the rich. Morse knew
this and who can blame him for re-
fusing to bring reproach upon his
class by occupying the position of
beetle -browed convict to which he had
no valid claim?
While at Atlanta prison | heard a
great deal about the Morse case. 1t
has been a celebrated case there ever
since President Taft gave Morse his
liberty in exchange for fraudulent
certificates stating that he was at the
point of death. These certificates
were procured by Taft's political pals
and we are now told that Taft was
deceived. How perfectly silly and ri
diculous! And what chumps they
must take their 100 per cent fellow
Americans to be to believe it!
Taft had his part in the affair and
well knew what he was doing when
he set Morse free. 1t was notorious
that the Morses had furnished his
campaign funds and that he abjectly
did the bidding of Wall street from
the beginning to the end of his admin
istration just as he did when he was
on the district bench in sending union
men to Jail for violating the despotic
orders issued by him through which
he came to be known as Injunction
Bill"
How could he, being Taft, refuse the
pals who had made him president?
But granting that he was deceived,
what sorry and sickening spectacle
he presents to his countrymen in that
humiliating role!
In either case, Taft was and is re-
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-06-23

SponSlDle, and no one else, and every
Morse of high and low degree in the
land eXulted in his elevation to the
chief justiceship of the supreme court
Of the United States
The Morse case furnishes topic
for unceasing comment in the Atlanta
prison High prison officials and IN
mates who served with Morse began
telling me about the case soon after
got there And this in substance
is what they told me:
Plans were laid to get Morse out
soon after he began to serve his SEN
tence. Tom Fielder then an Atlanta
lawyer of unsavory reputation, was
engaged to do the underground work.
Huge fees were pledged to him and
his confederates Dr. Fowler, the
prison physician, was at once placed
upon the Fielder staff After Morse's
release, the doctor hied himself to
Europe on a pleasure trip, and since
Morse's recent indictment Fowler has
been reinstated to his former position
as prison physician This is mere CO.
incidence, of course!
Soon after Fielder got on the job
he realized that he must find pal
in some politician who had pull"
with the president Eureka, Harry
NJ. Daugherty was next to the throne
and the very man for the part The
teamwork now began in earnest.
Gittering prizes would reward the
success of the adventure To ears, at
tuned as these were, the jingling Of
the cleaning coin could already be
distinctly heard Oh, liberty, what
virtues are practiced in thy name!
Morse had promised that he would
make the men rich" who got him
out of that hell-hole called the
United States penitentiary at Atlanta,
Ga.
The assistant attorney general of
the United States was promptly dis
patched to Atlanta to examine Morse.
The surgeon general himself soon
followed The prison physician CO.
operated with right good will Morse
must be certified to be in dying
condition and this granting of his
release pleaded as his only salvation.
The next move was the first sure
step toward freedom By order from
Washington Morse was mysteriously
transferred from Atlanta penitentiary
to Fort Mcpherson and assigned to
special quarters under care of two
private nurses.
Can you imagine any such mastery
maneuvering, any such special solici-
tude in the case of any other than a
multi-millionaire convict in a land of
liberty where all stand equal before
the law and where scores of men are
serving life sentences as convicted
felons for belonging to labor union
branded as ''unpatriotic" by the thiev-
ing profiteers and their prostituted
judicial, political editorial and cleri-
cal hirelings?
The rest is easy. The necessary
certificates are soon issued. Fielder is
all smiles Daugherty finishes the job
at Washington, the president gra-
ciously grants the pardon, and the
palms of the patriots now itch for
the promised coin.
Charles w. Morse fares forth a
free man! He bought and paid for
his release and who shall question his
right to his freedom or the right of
the man who had the pull with the
president to be made attorney general,
or the right of the president who ex-
ercised his executive clemency to be
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-06-23
MORSE AND NEWBERRY CASES
LIkENED IN THAT ONE BOUGHT HIS RELEASE FROM
THE U S. PENITENTIARY WHILE OTHER BOUGHT HIS
SEAT IN THE u. S SENATE
Says Taft Knew Well What He Was Doing When Opened Prison
Doors To Freedom For Morse Political Debt Paid?

seated as chief justice Of the supreme
court of the United States
For Of such indeed is patriotism
and 100 per cent Americanism under
the profteering system which now
has unbridled sway since the great
slaughter has made the world safe
for democracy
The Butler County press. [volume] (Hamilton, Ohio) 1900-1946, 1922-06-23

W. Harry Spears, democratic
candidate for state representative,
the poor mans friend.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-10-21

w. Sims, and remained a faithful
member until her untimely and
much regretted demise. Young
Miss Aquilla Dudley was united in
Holy wedlock to Mr.. 2. H. Means,
January 16, 1915, in the home of
her sister Hattie. Rev. r. S. Jen-
kins officiating. Mr.. and Mrs. 2.
H. Means, purchased a home at
1871 Helen Street and there they
lived lovingly as two doves in one
nest; indeed, they were devoted to
each other. During the summer,
1922 Mrs. Aquilla Means became Sc
riously i'll and was compelled to UNI
dergo an operation, from which she
never recovered; her suffering con-
tiaued until Saturday evening Octo-
Der Z, 1922 at 8: o'clock when the
end came, terminating most peace
fully, and she leaving a devoted hus-
band, a loving mother and host of
mourning relatives to mourn her
loss, which was Heavens gain Mrs.
Aquilla Means funeral service was
held at Bellville, Texas, the old
homestead, Rev. P. M. Lewis Off
ciating, assisted by Rev. Furgerson
and Rev. A. Fedford, Monday, Dec
tober 8, 1922. Sweet may her
slumber be until the resurrection
morning.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-10-21

A. Toote, and other high officials OF
the Carney disease for the sale OF
worthless stock and ticket on ghot
steamships. It Is known that besides
the Pennsylvania State authorities,
United States Government agents have
been keeping closeup upon the
doings of Honorable Marcus in this
section for several months.
The Carney break" with DR.. j. w.
Eason, his former American Leader
and with the Rev. ]. D. Brooks, both
of whom reside in Philadelphia and
have powerful political connections,
sealed the fate OF the Garveyites. That
King Garvey realizes his dangerous
position is evidenced by his employ
ment of Hon. j. Auth Norris to
look after his legal interests here.
This is all the more significant when
It is remembered that Lawyer Norris,
in connection with Rev. Eason, is
leading the sceeders against Garvey;
into the New African easy money
movement-known as the Universal
Negor Alliance.
Lawyer Norris represented Doctor"
Francis in Court to-day and upon
the lawyers advice Francis plead
guilty. Ihis is said by those in a
petition to know to be Norris clever
method Of forwarding the Eason drive
against Garveyism.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-10-21

tureg in the October "Bookman" (244
Madison Ave, New York;
Mrs. Martin speaking Of what has
been done and planned by interracial
committees in the South. asserts that
the chief obstacle to proper consid-
GRAFTON of race problems is that the
white man does not know the Negro.
''The white man in the United
States says Mrs Martin, will
never see the Negro as he is. until
he sees him as an individual, and
sees hi case as an individual case
The unrepresentative character of
the Southern Commission on Inter-
racial Cooperation is admitted in the
figures which Mrs. Mortin gives,
showing that only five out of the SIS
members are Negroes, but Mrs. Mar
tin shows that it has interested and
brought together many Of the best
white people of the South in an en-
deayor to create better conditions.
Mr.. Brawley calls the Negro 1.-THE
supreme challenge to American lit
erature.| Speaking Of the flood Of
inferior works now being published,
Mr. Brawley says: I'm all this well
fare OF commercialism and sensat-
ionalism the Negroes one request Of
literature so far as he is concerned,
is that 1t be fearlessly absolutely
honest"
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-10-21
SPECIAL BUILDING TO HOUSE
NEGRO EXHIBIT AT MOBILE
FAIR.

Mobile, Ala. Oct. 19.-The Gulf
States Agricultural and Live Stock
fair will open on the goth and last
until the goth of October. Beginning
with this year the Colored People are
going to have large share in MAX
ing this Fair bigger success than
it ever has been. A special building
both beautiful and oommodious, has
been erected on the Fair grounds
for the display and exhibition of work
of all kinds done by Negro people.
AS far as 1 know this is the only
case in the entire Southland where
the colored people have large build
ing of their own on the premises of
"a huge Fair corporation embracing
rs it does six states. Not only have
the colored people have building
of their own, but the management
is giving us whole day Of our own
that our work may be emphasized
and brought wildly to attention of
the thousands who flock there every
day. Our exhibits will be OF display
not only on Negro day, but on every
day OF the Fair. ]. A. Jackson of
THE BILLBOARD.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-10-21
NEGRO TEACHERS IMPROVE
RUAL SCHOOLS BY RAISING
$42S,52S.
DR.. James Hardy billiard Sums I'D
Years Work of the Jeanes Fund.

DR.. James Hardy billiard Sums In
Years Work OF the Jeanes Fund.
Hampton, Va, Oct. 19.-Dr. James
Hardy billiard of Charlottesville, Va.
president of the Jeanes and Slater
Boards, states that the Jeanes Fund,
which was created for the improve
ment of Negro Rural schools, CO.
operated during the school, session
ending June 80, 1922, with public
school suprintendents in 273 counties
in Is states. Doctor billiard reports
that this Negro, rural-school improve
ment work was takes over by the
State in four counties Doctor billiard
adds:
THE 275 supervising teachers, paid
partly by the counties and partly
through the Jeanes Fund, visited reg
ularly in these counties 1850 coun,
schools, making in all 1891 visits.
and raising for the purpose of school
Improvement $42S,52S,39.
"The total amount Of salary paid to
the supervising te.aher was $207, 27S,
rs, of which the sum of S114,52L5I
was paid by the public-school author
tiles and $92,7e6,24. through the
Jeanes Fund.
THE business Of these travelling
teachers, working under the direction
Of the county superintendent, is to
help and encourage the rural teach,
ers to introduce into the small country
schools simple home industries; to
Dive talks and lessons on sanitation.
cleanliness, etc.; to promote the inn
provement of school houses and
school grounds; and to organize clubs
for the betterment of the school and
neighberhood.'
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-10-21
CENTER OF NEGRO POPULATION
NOW in GEORGIA STATE.

Washington, ID. c., Oct 19.-The de-
partment OF commerce announces that
the center Of Negro population as de-
termined by the bureau of the census
on the basis Of the fourteenth census
enumeration, taken january l, 1920.
is located in latitude "a degrees 46
minutes and so seconds, and longitude
So degrees 80 minutes and 48 seconds,
being in the extreem northwestern
corner of Georgia, in Dade county,
about / ga miles n0rth-northeast of
Rising Fawn town, and that for the
first time in the history of the country
this center has moved northeast,
being approximately 9.4 miles farther
east and 1914 miles farther north in
1920 than it was in 1910. It's former
movements have all been in a south
westernly direction. In 1880 1t was
located 25 miles west southwest of
Petersburg, Dinwiddie county vir-
ginia. and one hundred years later,
in 1890, 1t had moved southwest Of
Lafayette. Walker county. Georgia,
the same county in which was located
in 1880. Between 1890 and 1900 ii
crossed the state line into Alabama,
its location in 1900 and again in 1910
being in De Kalb county, Alabama.
It's northeastward movement after
1910 has brought it back to the state
Of Georgia.
The northeasterly movement Of the
center of negro population between
1910 and 1920 is due principally to
the great increase in the negro popul-
alton VI Massachusetts. Connecticut
and Michigan. The total increase in
the negro population Of the United
States was 635, 1868 and It will be noted
that the increase in the northern
states mentioned was Sc per cent Of
the total increase. This northward
movement Of the negro population
was due mainly to the expansion Of
certain iFvstries during the world
war, the aagn wages paid being the
great aiteaeiion II Is probaIy true
alEat the, has been a considerable
return movement since the war, due
to the depression in c. tain indus
tries. and that a large number Of
negroes have moved south to their
former homes
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-10-21
RESOLUTION.
Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. AqullIa
Means--CInss No. 4, Allen ChapDle
A. NJ. Il. Church.

A. NJ. e. Church.
Leaves have their stime, to fall and
flowers to wither at the north winds
call. But thou hast their time Of
death.
WHEREAS. it pleased Almighty God
classmate and Christian AQuilla
Means.
Be it Resolved that we, the mem
bers of class No. / take our loss
bravely for he knoweth best This
brave woman in every storm of life
was oak and rock but in sunshine
no matter II its every moment the
jeweled with love and JOY will at its
close become a tragedy as sad and
as dark and as deep as can be WOW
en- Of the mystery of death. Life Is
narrow vale between the cold and
barren peak OF two eternities she adj
ded to the sum of human Joy and W.T.
cry aloud and the only answer is the
echo OF wailing cry and from the
voiceless lips OF the unreplylng dead
there comes no word but. in the night
of death hope sees a star and listen
ing love can hear the rustic of q
wing. She who sleeps here.
Inasmuch as the mighty oak is
years and years making its goal as
in life when one hundred years shall
have rolled by when other feet our
streets have filled and other hands
our lands shall sing as gay and
bright the sunshine of today we shall
remember our classmate Sister Means ans,
Be 1t Resolved that copy OF this
resolution be placed on the record of
the church and a copy be given The
bereaved family.
Sorrowfully submitted Glass No. /,
MRS. %. A. MITCHELL, Leader.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-10-21

The Rig PythIaE Drive, IN tne cItieI
Of Dallas, Fort Worth. and Houston
is far In excess Of the most sansulns
In point Of the acquisition Of new
members to the ranks OF the Grand
Lodge X. Of P.
In Dallas. the Drive Director re-
ports that men are coming In by day
and BY night and that It Is his aim
and purpose TO excel the record made
in the drive Of 1921. when the Local
LODGES acquired 1.S45 new members.
Word caihe from TT. Worth that the
Big Drive in the Panther City this
year Is. Ia every respect, far in adj
vance Of the achievements Of 1891, at
the same time in the course Of the
campaign and Drive Director Regis
ter hopes to lead both Dallas and
Houston IN the campaign for the ac-
QUESTION Of new members to the X.
Of p. Army.
Down at Houston It Is reported at
headquarters that Drive Director
Brawley has in the noighborhood Of
six hundred new applicants during the
first ten days OF the drive and the
indications are that. If the same
amount Of pep IS kept in the CAM
paign. Houston viii out distance Dali
las and TT Worth BY large mar
gin.
Grand chancellor W. s. Willis ex-
presses much satssfaction at the man
ner in which the brave boys are go-
ing out after new members and hopes
20 set new mark In the annals OF
Pytlianism during the years is22-1s2s.
The Dallas express. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1893-1970, 1922-10-21
Chicago
Re1s

The people of Morgan Park have
| gotten together and decided to have
a brass band Of their own for that
rapidly growing suburb. Looking for
ward to that end, great mass meet
ing was held at Phillips Hall Thurs
day evening, Oct IL at which time
many of the leading citizens of the
suburbs were present and made ad-
dresses as well as several citizens
from the city proper. Among them
were Hon. Warren B. Douglas, state
representative. and M. T. Bailey Of
1888 State ST., The Band will be on
its way at least by Thanksgiving day.
A new series will be opened Novem-
Der first by the Pyramid Building
and Loan Association with offices at
1888 South State st. This Association
during it's four years of organization
has loaned more than $4g0000O to
members of the Race to pay off mort
cages, purchase property and other
obligations.
Princess Council of S. M. T., with
Mrs. Serbia Jackson as president,
rendered beautiful program on Oct
9Th al which time Mrs Georgia Mont
gomery, princess OF Rose of Sharon
Council, read paper on Truth
which was highly enjoyed by all.
Short talks were made by R. R.
Hooker grand organizer of u. .. F..
of Illinois and NJ. T. Bailey, Secretary
of North Star Lodge No. g. Mrs.
Eliza Jackson, past vice-princess,
acted as mistress of ceremonies.
DR.. John Candy pres. The v. N.
g. |. l. Petersburg, Va. is looking
forward to visiting this city and other
parts of the middle west after speak
ing before great mass meeting to
be held at an early date in Grand
Rapids, Mich, under the auspices of
The Kent County Sunday School
Association. Dr. Candy was extended
the invitation to speak at this meeting
by the general secretary of the assoc.
iation. DR.. Candy will be accompanied
on part of his trip by NJ. T. Bailey
of 1888 State ST., who has served
for eighteen years. as president of
the Alumni Association of the v. N.
& |. /.
AS usual during the week there were
many visitors in Morgan Park from
the suburbon towns and the city
proper overlooking that beautiful sur
burb or visiting friends who have
recently moved there. Among those
seen were Miss NJ. NJ. Taylor; Miss
Noble NJ. Thompson; Edward IL
Bunch of Racine, Wis; George Z.
Mutt formerly of Virginia but now
of this city.
ly Of Virginia but now of this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Stratton of
1851 Cottage Grove Ave-. spent the
day last Sunday in Joliet, Ill, with
old friends. The STATIONS are for
mer residents of Joliet and have many
friends there.
NJ. T. Bailey. 1888 State St.. was
along the northshore during the week
adjusting business matters and while
there he met many old friends.