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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1923-06-09

Democrats one day and the next day
Republicans.
1t is, that class of Bible Founders
and changeab1e and cooked politicians
who must be endorsed in order to
clear the way 50 that highly decent
and honest men can force their way
to the front as the true leaders of the
colored race in America.
Several weeks ago, one Of the white
speakers at the Eighth Regiment
Armory at the time that Col DePriest
and his spiritual adviser, Bishop Arch
ibald James Carey, gave their grand
blow out, the white speaker compared
Col. DePriest to the immortal Fred
erick Douglass, which ras the cruel
est and most deadly blow that Mr.,
Douglass ever received for there is no
more comparison between Col. De
Priest and Mr.. Douglass than there
IS between the smallest ant and the
largest elephant which roams through
the wiIds Of Africa.
Mr.. Douglass was always consistent
in politics; he always contended that
the Republican party was the ship,
all else the sea" Mr.. Douglass al
ways used the best words in the Eng
lish language while conversing with
any one and he never befouled his
mouth by repeating vulgar and OBJ
scene stories, in other words bis Ian
guage was always chaste, clean and as
pure as the beautiful white snow as il
falls to the earth from the high heav-
ems. Mr.. Douglass was never classed
as an overbearing bulldozer and
throughout his long and useful career
he always conducted himself ike a
highly cultured gentleman.
On the contrary, Col. DePriest IS q
regular turncoat III politics, ne i one
thing today and another thing the
next day and. seemingly he generally
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1923-06-09

lines up on the side where the largest
pile of real easy money is in sight
and he is past master in the art of bull
doing and cussing anyone out who at
tempts to differ with him and who
fails to fall down on their hands and
knees and worship him as the head
god of the universe
From this day on, anyone who at
tempts to compare Col. DePriest with
the late immortal Frederick Douglass
who was the greatest and most dis
tinguished parsonage that the colored
race has SO far produced in any part
OF the world, should be sent to the
crazy house for ten years or to the
pen at Joliet for the same length oi
time.
With these side remarks, we will
now proceed with the main show. II
will be recalled that former County
Judge Hon. Louis w. Rinaker was the
NGpuDHCAH CdNUlQdIc lOE 0tdLc ) At-
torney Of Cook County at the No
vember election in 1912; that Col
Maclay Hoyne was the Democratic
candidate for the same important
and responsible position and that
Hon. William "A. Guinea was the so-
cialist candidate for States Attorney
and the vast majority Of the sporting
or the gambling element white and
colored, marched under banner of Col
Maclay Hoyne and with Mayor Car
Ger III. Harrison and his machine be-
hind him a desperate effort was put
forth all along the line to elect Col
Hoyne, for all the tin horn gamblers
the highwayman and the tough ele-
ment in general almost solidly lined
up behind Col Hoyne; also including
such highly eminent citizens as Alder
man al Tearney, whose dead house
joint was even at that time the hang
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1923-06-09

desire to show his authority he at
tempted to put over this motion. The
people Of the City Of Chicago should
know that the City Council, whenever
a measure comes up where they are
vitaly interested on the question of
race advancement, and where there is
no rGold" to be had, neither Of their
aldermen are eyer found on the right
side.
The colored voters shoHld also know
that the Democratic administration, of
which we all speak SO harshly, has
recommended this park and to. the
great credit of Honorable Martin J.
O'Brien, the matchelss comptroller of
the City Of Chicago, it can be said
that he has done everything he could
to secure this institution for this ter
ritory. The Chief OF Police, Hon.
Morgan Collins. has released any OBJ
lection that he might have. The
Corporation Counsel, Hon. Francis X.
Busch, of whom Mr.. Anderson un-
wisely criticized in his argument be-
fore the Cuncil, upon the consideration
of his motion also has put his o. X.
upon it, and Mr.. Henry Hool, Demo-.
cratic Committeeman Of the 2pd
Ward, has given his absolute indorse-
ment to it, yet, none Of them are Re
publicans. Sometimes we have brain,
sometimes there is more Drawn than
brain, in this case it appears that there
is more Drawn being used than brain.
This park has capacity of 10000
people. On Sunday. June 8, 1928.
there were more than 1000 people en-
tered this park from noon until IL
o'clock r. M. Then the question
comes up, where would these people
60 Tor their amusement had not this
amusement park been available7 1t
IS OF vital interest to the City Of Chi
cago that place be created where the
citizens of their immediate vicinity can
60 tor amusement. rather than to COM
pei them to spend their money in wan
dering over the City looking for places
Of amusement, and in most cases land
ing where they are not wanted. II i
hoped that the Alderman will awaken
to his sense of honor, and join with
the people who are trying to do some
thing for the betterment Of the people
OF his ward and the entire City, rather
than to object to things worth while.
The promoters and managers Of this
amusement park are as follows: Geo.
1. Williams, brother of Attorney "A.
l. Williams; James r. Copper, r. +.
Spriggs, Ollie Scales.
These men have declared that the
park will be conducted at all times in
an orderly manner where the best
class Of all races can freely patrouize
II without mo1estation.
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This park consists of $50 feet on
Wabash avenue and $50 feet on 33rd
street, which is fostered by leading
citizens of the district, and is now
one of. the most beautiful spots in
Chicago. There are more than forty
thousand $4,000 dollars worth Of
improvements already on the ground
for the Peoples amusement. This
plot Of ground heretofore was an eye
sore to any person passing by on
Wabash avenue or 33rd street, but
since the improvement it is most
pleasing sight to the eye and on the
inside it is wonder to behold.
On Wednesday, June s, 1923, at the
regular Council Meeting, Alderman
Anderson offered a motion to suspend
the rules for the purpose Of voting
upon an amendment introduced by
the said Alderman, which would put
this park out Of existence, but to the
great credit of the wise, experienced
knowledge of the business men OF
the Council such as Aldermen
Schwartz of the 4th Ward, Eaton OF
the 5th Ward, Guernsey of the 9th
Ward, Woodruff of the 9TH Ward
Byrne of the 18th Ward, McKinIay
Of the 10Th Ward, Moran of the 10th
Ward, Grove Of the And Ward, and
Frankhauser of the 10Th Ward, these
said Aldermen voted against the mo-
ton and it was declared by the Hon
orable Mayor to be lost, and the
Amendment was <eferred to the Judi
ciary Committee. Mr.. Anderson did
not explain what place he was refer
ring to, even Alderman Jackson, who
was his next seat colleague, was not
informed of his plans but voted I,
just the same.
There are more than 175,OOO colored
people in the City of Chicago. These
people had no place, Of amusement
until this park was created, and they
were compelled to go to the four cor
ners Of the city seeking amusement
in many instances, creating disturb
ance, which could be avoided by hav-
ing such place within the confne oi
their own dominion. Alderman An.
derson knew this at the time he offered
this amendment, but it is said that
"he was not in on the deal and Il
therefore did not meet his approval
and from that fact alone. it shows thai
he cares nothing for his constituents
who have honored him repeatedly BY
placing him in the said Council and
he showed his colors by the fight un-
der the cover he made for the passage
OF his motion. The Alderman did not
even stop to think whether the park
at 33rd street was a carnival or ar
amusement park, and we are Of the
opinion that he does not even know
the distinction now, but in his wild
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1923-06-09

On the day OF the election disorder
and all kinds of rascality and lawless-
ness stalked through the city and in
some sections it was extremely dan
gerous for Reaceable citizens to appear
upon the public streets. II seemed that
puguglies and other rough and ready
gentlemen and strong-arn men had
become all powerful and had COM
pletely captured the city. Ballot boxes
we're stuffed and stolen and thousands
Of dead men sprang forth from their
graves and marched to the polls and
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1923-06-09

freely voted for Col. Hoyne for States
Attorney.
Some Of the daily newspapers whose
editors were friendly to Col. Hoyne,
strongly intirnated that his election
was tainted with fraud. Several cleo
ton officials were arrested and sent 10
jail for the part which they had played
I'm the rotten election, but Hon. VIM.
A. Cunnea was never able to have the
ballet boxes opened and the ballcts
re-counted in order to discover the
Continued on Page p
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LATER ON COL. HOYNE, IN HIS FA-
NOUS DRIVE AGAINST COL. DE-
PRIEST IN THE CRIMINAL COURT,
FORCED COL. WILSON TO BRAND
COL. DE PRIEST "AS THE LORD
MAYOR OF GRANVILLE"

this newspaper but the rare empty
headed birds who worship at the big
feet Of Bishop Archibald James
Carey and Col DePriest, must learn
this one undisputed fact namely, that
it is the high mission Of the newspa-
per to drive back to the rear whisky
drinking and immoral preachers, those
who delight to have good time with
the dead game sports and with the
ungodly and that class Of rough
house politicians who for money are
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1923-06-09

Right on the start we wish to state
that it is no pleasure to us to turn the
searchlight Of the past on Col De
Priest and Bishop Archibald James
Carey, who seems to be like his old
time pal. Col DePriest, double
tongued, double-mfnded, double-heart-
ed and double-faced, for every time
that we turn the electric light on them
some Of their blind and short sighted
followers riie up and endeavor in
every way that they possibly can to
roll up all the enemies they can against
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1923-06-09
COL Oscar DePriest and His Tricky Associates at
the November Election in 1912, Come Within One
Hundred and Sixty Two Votes of Carrying the
Second Ward for Col Maclay Hoyne, Democrat
for States Attorney of Cook County.

LOUIS B. ANDERSON
TRIES TO DEFEAT THE PROMO
TON OF THE AMUSEMENT PARK
AT 33RD STREET AND WABASH
AVENUE. MAYOR WILLIAM E.
DEVER LOUDLY DECLARED HIS
MOTION LOST.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1923-06-09

HON. j. GRAY LUCAS WORKED
VERY HARD FOR THE SUCCESS
OF COL. HOYNE AT THE POLLS
DELIVERING MANY TELLING
SPEECHES FOR HIM IN ALL PARTS
OF THIS CITY WITH SOME KIND OF
AN UNDERSTANDING THAT HE
WOULD LAND IN "A POSITION IN
THE STATES ATTORNEYS Of
FICE IN CASE COL. HOYNE WON
OUT AT THE ELECTION.
ON THE OTHER HAND MIR. EDWARD
E. WILSON, WHO WAS AT THAT.
TIME THE PERSONAL ATTORNEY
FOR COL. DE PRIEST AND ONE OF
THE HIGH OFFICIALS S OF THE SEC
OND WARD REPUBLICAN ORGAN
IZATION, WHO DID NOT DELIVER
ONE SPEECH NOR EVEN RAISE
HIS LITTLE FINGER TO AID In THE
ELECTION OF COL. F1OYNE IN ANY
MANNER OF FORM.
NOTWITHSTANDING THAT FACT
THROUGH THE INFLUENCE OF
THE. LATE LAMENTED MAJOR
JOHN. C.. BUCKNER, COL. DE
PRIEST, ALDERMAN AL TEARNEY,
MIR. VII SON WAS PLACED IN THE
STATES ATTORNEYS OFFICE,
AND Mr.. LUCAS WHO WAS HIGH
LY ENDORSED BY MAYOR CAR
TER H HARRISON AND FORMER
MAYOR EDWARD F. DUNNE, WAS
BRUSHED ASIDE AND HE WAS
GIVEN THE LOUD HORSE LAUGH
BY col. DE PRIEST AND HIS
CROWD, THEY STRONGLY NTI-
MATING THAT mo COLOREDI
MAN HAD THE MORAL RIGHT TO
BE A NIGGER' DEMOCRAT"
LATER ON COL. HOYNE, IN HIS FA-
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-13
Carneys Point Has
Interesting Activities
Social News And Y. NJ. c. A.
Happenings Show Com
munity Spirit


Mrs. Walter Denny and son, Lester,
have been visiting her mother, Mrs.
Maria Humphreys, at Auburn.
Mrs. John King has as her guest
fer a month, her sister, Mrs. Edward
Finn, Of Providence, r. l..
Mr.. ard Mrs. Joseph Eckhardt are
entertaining during the week, Miss
BassettI, of Brdgeton.
Mr.. ana Mrs. Thomas Gerald re-
turned OF Saturday after spending a
few days at Wildwood
Or. and Mrs. A. c. Burdick have
Bee4 entertaining Mr.. and Mrs. J.
D0cEstader and family, Of Wood
bridge.
MI. d Mrs. John Wesley Hawkins
nave announced the engagement Of
iHelF o4ugn1ef, CamliIa Lindsay HaW--
I'm, u SarlleSs I0l4l, 70 VT Mar
-, u e!'ls GfoEe. both are
hIio"A soGlalIs D OHeif participation
Nv Pobart ~ pierco a -, -. o.. ;a,i,,
O Ia1g4bv 80 i. A~+lan+io CO. Si'S
Nv and Mrs.. Fred NJ ora,.
and daEgT+ar uarasqa+ ~ ziaoIel
Trae+ are The g'leefs If M .nG III
w. c. Holmes. in ocean Civ, for the
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. L. Duncan are en-
t~eTtaining his mother. Mrs. G. H.
Duncan, of Baltimore, who will remain
for two weeks. His brother, R. R.
Duncan, OF Washington, was also
their guest during the week.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-13
KAMP KARNEY KLIPPINGS

The day after the Fourth the boys
settled down to real camp life and
camp sport. 4 boat race caused con
siderable excitement and was Won by
the small but speedy boat Of tent
Give"
Twelve boys have passed their
swimming test and a half hour daily
is being devoted to those. who do not
know the art of water propulsion with
Camp Director "Unk" Crockett as
instructor.
Or Sunday, at 8 P. NJ, Rev. Depue,
of Carneys Point, conducted Sunday
services under the Council Oak. He
spoke to the boys on the courage OF
Jesus and Of his out Of door life.
\ merit system is in effect and
tventy-one of the boys have already
earned the necessary three hundred
points and the right to wear the merit
emblem. Points are given for extra
study as orderlies and walters. Every
body wanted to wait on table Sunday
as Pop" Eanneman outdid himself
and handed out chicken potpie with
all the ixins.
1t was a grand feed for the forty
five new boys who arrived at camp ON
Saturday. which included three from
Ped~icktowr and two from Maryland.
A large gong has been installed
which begins with reveille at 6.30 and
tolls forth every thirty minutes until
taps at $50.
The program now in vogue IS as
follows:
$50. Reveille.
9. -
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-13
A ESCAPE

A party of young people from
Penns Grove had a narrow escape
with their lives last Sunday evening
as their a turned turtle on the main
highway a few miles out of Baltl-
more, pinning all six of the occupants
beneath the car and resulting in nu-
merous decorations, principally about
their heads, and bruises and minor
cuts on their hands, arms and bodies.
The party, consisting of Misses
Hilda Schascheck and Laura Walters,
Messrs. Norman Buler and Edward
Hurley and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Shoe
maker. Jr., were returning home in
the Buffers car after a pleasant week
end spent with Mrs. ~Shomaker's aunt,
in Washington, and sightseeing at the
National Capital and Mount Vernon
Southwark traffic was heavy along
the highway and the car driven by
Mr.. Buler was proceeding at a moder-
ate rate of speed a few miles north
of Baltimore. 1t appears that another
car attempted to pass Buler from be-
hind and in order to prevent a COLI
sion he pulled owe to the side. In so
doing he went off the road into about
a four inch drop Of the road shoulder.
It all happened in an instant and
whether it was as he left the road or
as he attempted to pull back on to it
is not known but the brakes seemed
to lock the wheels and the a turned
over on top of the occupants.
Passing automObilists extracted
them and took some to Laurel, Del
and others to Baltimore for treatment
At present, Miss Schascheck, who was
beside the driver and the most seri-
ously injured, is recovering nicely in
st. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore, having
received severe cuts about the head
which at first was thought to be q
fractured skull. Miss Walters has
severely wrenched shoulder.
Mrs. Shoemaker has badly %lacerated
hands and severe bruises, while it was
necessary to have several stitches
taken in Mr.. Shomaker's scalp ano
hand. Buler received minor injuries
and Mr.. Hurley was fortunate to re-
ceive only a few scars.
The occupants feel that the accident
was unavoidable and that MI. Bule1
handled the machine in such a way
that prevented what might have beef
a more serious accident.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-13
Construction of
More Highways
TrentOn-PrincetOn Section Most
Important of One Million
Dollar Total

Trenton.-Early construction of
more than 81, 200 900 worth of work
on the state highway system was au-
thorized by the State Highway Com
mission. Major VIM. G. Sloan, State
highway engineer, reported that al
ready $4,000, 900 worth of work actu-
ally had been constructed for or is
being advertised,
The most important work author
lied was the section of the Lincoln
Highway between Trenton and Prince
ton, a distance of approximately eleven
miles, which will be improved at an
estimated cost of more than 5000, 900.
Where the road passes through Law
renceville for a distance of $500 feet
the tracks of the Trenton & Mercer
County Traction Corporation, now
skirting the westerly side of the Law
renceville School campus, will be
moved to the center of the road. The
expense of relocating the tracks will
be borne by the Highway Commission,
which will advance approximately
$4,000 to the trolley company for the
purchase of new rails and ties. This
will be repaid within two years. The
construction will be a bituminous sur
face an a concrete base.
Another section of highway added
to the 1923 construction program was
that between Swainton and Cedar
Springs Station in Cape May County.
This is a link in the route between
Cape May City and Egg Harbor City.
The present gravel highway will be
replaced with concrete.
Major Sloan submitted a report
placing at $194 900 the estimated cost
of improving approaches to various
State institutions under the law au-
thorizing that work be done by the
Highway Commission. In response to
a request from the Mercer Freehol-
ders the Commission decided to bear
half the expense of extending the inn
provements of Sullivan way to the
State Hospital in this city and to the
rev site for the State School for the
Deaf in the vicinity of Trenton. 1t
also authorized an expenditure of S13,-
900 for improving the approach to the
State Agricultural College, $4,000 for
the approach to the Vineland Home
for Feeble Minded, and $4,000 for the
approach to the Boys Home at James
burg.
The question of improving the road
in Morris County from the Hunterdon
County line to Long Valley, a State
aid project, was again given c~onsidera-
Continued on page b
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-13
Jailed For Robbery And Assault

Peter Burk. of Philadelphia, came
to Penns Grove on Saturday to visit
his brother. who lives at rs Beach
Avenue. Sunday afternoon he sought
a shady spont in the corral between
Railroad and Beach Avenues. Later
he was awakened by a hand being
thrust into his pocket. When he got
his bearings he resisted being rob
bed. Four young fellows confronted
him and beat him numerically, cut
ting his left eye, bruising his left
cheek and the back of his head.
Three of the fellows were later ar
rested and identified as the marau-
ders. They were Johnny Riley,
Nicholas Gerace and Harry Howard,
Howard is a lad of II and has never
heen in trouble before, but Gerace and
Riley have both served sentences in
the county prison.
They we're arraigned before D. Y.
Summerill, Jr., on Monday evening
and committed to jail on a charge of
assault and battery and robbery.
:Judoe Mecum will set the amount
of hail as a Justice of the peace does
not have the authority in such cases.
Nick Gerace paid a fine of $50 at
tho last term of court charged with
arriving concealed deadly weapons.
Hic brofber James is a fugitive from
irs+ice charged with cutting Ed. Will
son with a razor.
Riley served 60 days in the county
Jail for his part in beating up a
| State police on November Z, 1922, IN
Penns Grove.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-13
A joyful Christening

A most enjoyable christening took
place on Saturday July 8, at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Julien Bendazak, on
Willis Avenue, when their young son
was ch~ristened Mike.
A table was erected on the back
lawn and was bountifully filled to the
iov of the large number of friends
present. among whom were Mr.. and
Mrs. John Markowicz, Mr.. and Mrs.
Mike Usiles, Mr.. and Mrs. Dominic
Bacon, Nh. and Mrs. Philomen Homen,
Mr., and Mrs. Drubis, Miss Sara Gas
SON. Miss Henrietta Goings and the
children of the families. Mike Usilis
was the godfather.
The Penn's Grove record., 1923-07-13
P. O. s. of A. Elect Officers

The Patriotic Order Sons Of Amer
lea held their election Of officers re
Gently and expect to have the follow
ing installed on Tuesday evening:
President-Oliver Clayton.
Observation-Disclosures Fennimore.
Master of Forms-William Roberts.
Inspector-Howard Dolbow.
Guard-Charles Peterson.
Conductor-George Watson.
Recording Secretary. Milton
F~eatherer.
Financial Secretary-Harry Blohrn.
Treasurer-Henry J. Blohn.
Trustee for IS morths-David
Featherer.
A district meeting Of the P o. s.
of A. was held in Woodstovn, on
Monday night, when five Of he SIX
camps in this district had good rep
r~esentatives present.
NJ. H. Cliar. the retiring president
of the local order. was chosen District
President at this meeting.
There was a discussion Of the com
ing gathering. on September 7th, at
Philadelphia. of the P. O. S. OF A.
members from all over the country.
and it is planned to have at east two
hundred present from Salem County
ARRANGEMENTS are also being made to
have a band participate with ms dis-
trict.