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The broad ax., 1926-01-16
Senator Caraway's Bill

Senator Caraway the ardent Arkan-
sas democrat, has again breathed the
breath of life into the ashes of Rome
by introducing into the United States
Senate bill to prohibit intermarriage
between whites and blacks within the
District of Columbia, and the residence
in the Nations Capital Of such per
sons married in other states or terri
tories, which do not ban such marital
ventures. The bill provides heavy pen
alties for such attractions of racial adj
mixtures, and is the federal counter
part Of similar statutes upon the books
of Senator Caraways state, along with
the remaining lineup of the Solid
South. There is nothing new in the
spectacle of the Caraway measure; nor
is it any wonder that any of the
South's legislative ambassadors should
deem it to be their public duty to
strive for mythical racial purity
through law with teeth in it.
Fear is the indirect cause Of all legis-
lation; and where people have DEM
onstrated, as they have in the South,
that golden sunshine is the only per-
suasive force which will keep them
in their own back yard; then, of course,
racial burglary Of the nighttime must
be prohibited by law. Speaking seri-
ously, black people are as anxious to
preserve themselves as are the whites.
The great rank and file of them find
no cause for rejoicing over the thous-
ands of cases Of racial admixtures
which take place, each decade, partic-
ularly in Dixieland. When, however,
the law shall have taken away the
purge Of lawful weuIock, it will be
hard to tell what will have become of
public decency, public policy, and the
The broad ax., 1926-01-16
LITTLE 1o-YEAR-OLD ANNIE
JOHNSON ASSAULTED AND
BRUTALLY MURDERED BY A
CAB DRIVER

On Last Sunday evening, Jan. 10,
little Annie Johnson, age 10 years and
her second cousin, Morsey Wyatt
about the same age were returning
home from the store when they were
accosted at 50th and State SITS, by an
unknown cab driver who insisted on
carrying them home, saying that he
knew their parents well. The two
girls lived in the vicinity Of 53rd and
Federal SITS. Little Annie, the victim,
lived at 1898 Federal St, The driver
drove west on 50th St. to Dearborn
then instead of turning south he turned
north, driving to 46th and Dearborn.
He stopped his cab and got in the back
with the two girls. Little Morsey Wy
att, becoming suspicious of the mans
actions. opened the cab door to flee,
trying her best to drag her friend with
her, but the driver held little Annie so
tight the girl had to jump and run,
leaving her cousin screaming for her
mother The Wyatt girl ran home and
told her Uncle Simon White, who i'm
mediately notified the Johnson girls
parents. The police were notified and
a search was started. Officers Burke
and Hack rushed to 10th and Dear
born but no trace Of the cab or the
girl could be found. The officers then
returned to the home of Armies pa
rents, where a woman whose name
was not given, reported that she had
stumbled over a body of a little girl
in an alley between Dearborn and
Federal streets near 53rd street. There
the girl was found in a dying condi-
ton and was identified as the missing
Annie Johnson She was rushed to
Provident Hospital, where it was
found that she had been assaulted and
then beaten over the head with sonic
blunt instrument which fractured her
skull. After short time she died and
was removed to E. H. Williamson
morgue, 512l State street. Inquest
was held at Williamson's Chapel Mon
day, Jan. 18th, at 10 a. m. Several
suspects were held for questioning, but
no one as yet has been identified by the
girl that escaped. The inquest was
continued until Jan. 10Th. The cab
driver was described as being short
man wearing a small cap, army coat
and leggings.
The body was shipped Saturday to
Greensvil1e, Miss.
The broad ax., 1926-01-16
Preaching and Practicing

A veteran preacher, Rev. w. J.
Howard. Of Washington, d. G., passed
into the great beyond last week; and
so loved was he that more than 10000
mourners were unable to gain en-
trance to the church al which his fu-
neral services were held. The process
sion, of nearly 800 automobiles, was
more than mile long, and sincere
mourners almost fought that, in the
hour of death, they might pay their
last tribute to the veteran 5enefactor
whom they had loved through all the
years between The secret of such
demonstration was found in the fact
that the man had practiced what he
preached, through long life of use
fulness and service It is said that no
night was too dark for him to heed
the call of a parishioner; that he al
ways seemed able to finance some dire
need of the starving or the sick. When
distress came to any of his flock, the
venerable minister was the first to Of
fer aid and comfort and the last to
leave as long as there was service un-
performed. From the pulpit the
veteran labored not so long in explain
ing just why Paups letter to the
Ephesians was written, as he did in
admonishing his followers to observe
the Golden Rule. IF communicates
rent was a little short, Rev. Howard
would either help make up the differ
The broad ax., 1926-01-16
Koldfeet

Word comes from gentle New Eng
land and likewise from lion-hearted
Georgia that Koldfeet have attached
themselves to the Klan, causing that
august organization to exude the cold
sweat Of an unnatural death. In New
Haven, Conn, it is said that the join
ing fee has dropped down to ten bucks
per head, and that there are not few
nutmeg" state deserters who have had
quite enough of the malady of Klux-
ism Down in dear old Georgia, it is
said that the K1an has caused such
reversion of memories to the days Of
Governor Oglethorpe that under the
new slogan ITS great to be a Geor-
gian," the southern view is that the
xxx. is even too strong for the ex-
Oglethorpe territory.
If it is true that the Klan has kold-
feet and has decided that Americanism
is all right the way it is defined by
American traditions and the u. S. con
stitution, then the Invisible Empire
might turn its attention to some con-
structive work, all the way from in
creased Sunday School attendance to
enforcement of the state and federal
constitutions, according to law, not
according to hoods. This would be
far more American-like than the past
work Of the Simmons aggregation, the
feet of which might become warmed
by the potential inspiration which has
made real one hundred per cent Amer
leans patriotic Christian people.
The broad ax., 1926-01-16
RELATIVES SOUGHT WHEN
JAILED MAN TAKES I'LL
AND DIES
preston News Service)

Pittsburgh, Pa, Jan. 15.-Police and
officials of the coroner's Office were
searching last Thursday night for the
relatives of a man who died in the
Allegheny General Hospital at 4 o'clock
Thursday afternoon a short time after
he had been found unconscious in
cell in the Northside police station.
The man who said he was George
Rastum, 81 years old, homeless, had
been arrested down town Wednesday
morning for drunkenness. He was
given hearing before Magistrate Z.
M. Hough in the Northside police
court and ordered turned over to the
charity department.
Shortly before 4 o'clock Thursday
afternoon, the man complained of being
i'll and City Physician A. J. p. Hous-
ton was summoned. DR.. Houston stated
the man was suffering from asthma
and heart disease and ordered him re-
moved to the hospital.
The broad ax., 1926-01-16
COLORFUL NEWS MOVIES
By THE CAMERAMAN

rights of American citizens to exercise
their own prerogatives, especially with
regard to the persons with whom they
decide to live lawfully.
The weaker race has always suffered,
regardless Of either Common or statu-
tory law. The plan of prohibited inter
marriage will never solve the nexus Of
natural selection; neither will it pre-
serve either the white or the dark
races in purity any stronger than
honor and integrity Like the anti
liquor law, "bootlegging' will con-
tinue as merrily as before; only there
will be no solvent when remorse or
conscience prod the evil-doers TO con-
done their activities like real, red
blooded American men. Away with
the Caraway Bill!
The broad ax., 1926-01-16
THE PASSING OF SYDNEY p
CUNNINGHAM

The many friends of Mr. Sydney P.
Cunningham will be panied to learn
Of his sudden death, which occurred
Saturday morning, January End Mr.
Cunningham was man of sterling
qualities, dearly loved and highly re-
spected by all who knew him.
He was devout Christian. He
served as steward, trustee, class leader
and superintendent of Sunday school
He held the latter position in St. Paul
A. NJ. z. Church in Sanford. Florida
for sixteen years.
He was an outstanding business man
in his native state, Florida.
Several years ago he, with his fam
lily, moved to Chicago He irnne-
diately joined Bethel A. NJ. E. Church
and was a consistent member there
until the end came.
He was also an officer in the r. E
Moore Lodge, F. and A. NJ. 100.
The last sad rites were held at the
funeral parlors of Kersey, MCGOWAN
and Morsell, Wednesday evening,
January 9th, Rev. Carlton M. Tanner
officiating.
DIR. Tanner very touchingly and
beautifully described the life Of the de-
ceased. Rev. c. w. Cooper spoke of
him as Christian and friend.
Mr.. Emmett ]. Berger very .sweetly
sang, what Are They Doing in
Heaven" and There Is Balm in
Gilead."
Mrs. Rose Fouche very touchingly
sang, His Eye Is on the Sparrow"
Professor Edward c. Deas directed
the music.
There were resolutions from Bethel
A. c. E. League, the jacques Mig.
Co., where he was employed for six
years, and the Chicago Northern Dis
trict of Women's Clubs, and Cornell
Charity Club of which his wife is an
ardent worker
He leaves to mourn his loss a de-
voted wife, Mrs. N. Violette Cunning
ham; one daughter, Miss Sydnita; one
son, three sisters, and one brother.
His remains were laid at rest with
Masonic honors, by the R. E. Moore
Lodge of Masons, No 100, in Lincoln
Cemetery.
The broad ax., 1926-01-16
Pass the Anticipating Bill

Whether or MOTT the Dyer-M M kinley
Anti-Lynching Bill will pass is burn
ing question 1t is said that the south
ern democrats will resurrect their
practice Of old and filibuster it to death
or use it as a club over the heads of
the Republican majority, which has
other momentous measures Of ma
tional character to push through the
present session OF Congress. Argu
ments against the Bill will, Of course,
revert to the me-honored doctrine OF
States Rights, and the freedom and
right OF a state to invoke its own pro-
cedure to punish the promoters OF
lynching parties The practical trouble,
however, with the southern states,
however, is that seldom, if ever, are
lynchers brought before the bar of
justice where the victim was one of
color. The unwritten honor and in
tegrity'' OF southern gentlemen estop
them from prosecuting any Of their
number for merely lynching a Negro.
Some time or other the question Of
whether a colored citizen of the United
States has any racial rights as a cit
izen of Georgia or Mississippi, and
-Lat J., "a he
law in that territory must be settled;
and it might as we'll be now as then.
The Federal prohibition officers seem
to have perfect freedom in unfolding
the law enforcement of Nolsteadism,
all over the country Padlocks, rev
enue cutters, guns, and other instru
mentalities of the federal law are put
into action where a quart of whiskey
is concerned; and if the redress Of the
ruthless purloiners of the life of an
American citizen, no matter whether
he is in Maine or Mississippi, is not as
important as quart of sixty-proof
liquor; well. then, it's time to unlock
the gates Of Atlanta and Leavenworth
penitentiaries and give undisguised
freedom to all the guests therein abid-
ing.
We must watch the anti-lynching
bill and see that for the sake of Amer
lea it is passed We must throw be-
hind its supporters the potential per-
suasive force of every Negro in the
country The disgrace Of internal
barbarism must be removed from the
land Of freedom; and even if we can't
make the world safe for democracy,
let's make America safe Surely
there's too much Christianity here to
continue to permit our country to lag
in unfolding the doctrine Thou shall
not kill" We've been praying for the
advent of this virtue for century or
so. Let's now put some practical pep
in it by reminding Congress of the
power of the ballot
The broad ax., 1926-01-16
CHICAGO AREA BIG REVENUE
PRODUCER

The First Internal Revenue District
of Illinois, which includes Cook and
twenty-nine other counties of northern
Illinois, is one of the greatest sources
of income tax revenue for the United
States Government. 1t is also the only
district whose chief executive is a
woman-the Collector being Mrs
Mabel G. Renee
According to the annual report of
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue
recently published, individual taxpay-
ers PAL through the Chicago Office for
the year ending June 80, 1925, the sum
of $69,051, 1881. This amount is
greater by three million dollars than
the amount paid by individual income
tax payers for the same period in the
entire states Of Wisconsin, Michigan,
Indiana and Missouri. This is more
than eight times the amount paid in
federal income taxes by the whole
state Of Florida.
Corporations paid income taxes to
Collector Mabel G. Reinecke for the
year ending June so, 1925, a total of
$82,02o, 37.7o, an amount which is
greatly in excess of that paid by COR
porations in the states Of Wisconsin,
Missouri, Minnesota, Iowa and In
diana.
A greater number of income tax re-
turns is filed through the Chicago Of
fee annually than in any other collec-
ton district.
The broad ax., 1926-01-16

ence, or he probably knew the landlord
and could induce him to be lenient.
After all, the masses are just as impor-
tant as the classes; and, as some one
has said. God must have loved them
because he made SO many Of them
Rev. Howard's humble but highly serv-
iceable public career of practicing as
we'll as preaching is splendid ex-
ample to the sordid world of self, that
love is service, and that service is the
most beautiful, as we'll as the most
profitable adaptation we can ever make
Of the admonition to love our neigh
bors as ourselves.
The broad ax., 1926-01-16
BULLETIN No. 40 FOR Yo1p
SAFETY, BY CHIEF OF pa
LICE MORGAN A. COLLINS

The week ending January 9, showed
that the Police Department received
twenty reports of burglaries throrob
out the city, decrease OF twenty-nins
burgIaries for the corresponding per,od
of last year.
Upwards Of 80 per cent Of burpIaris.
reported to this department were mada
possible through the carelessness Of
the victim and could have been Dr..
vented. Here are few suggestions
on how to protect your property
Never leave your home without 81
curely locking all doors that are a..
cessible from the street, side or fear
entrances.
Have outer doors equipped with
chain or other safety device to prevent
entrance while conversing with stranp-
ers or responding to calls.
Back doors should have small glass
panels for observation purposes and
should be secured by a strong bolt a.
cessible only from the inside.
Be sure all windows are equipped
with strong safety catches so con-
structed that the catch cannot be
slipped back with a table knife or other
instrument
Never assume that basement and
side doors are locked. Try them Be-
fore leaving and on returning before
entering. This precaution may save
your life.
You are easy prey for a thief when
you leave keys under door mats or
over door or window castings.
Help us to protect you If you see
suspicious person lettering about
your premises, call your nearest police
station. An ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure.
The broad ax., 1926-01-16
Art Conquers Segregation
Colorgrams.

The tempest in the teapot Of Art
simmered down to serene tranquility in
Washington last week when patrons,
white and colored, settled down ell
bow to elbow in the Washington
Auditorium, and minus any evidence
Of segregation, enrapturedly listened
to the wonder tones of song which
burst forth from the throat OF Roland
Hayes, the golden-voiced tenor of
black hue but whose tonal charms
easily rank with those of John Mac
Cormack and Lambert Murphy. To
face honest Negro opinion, however,
it may not be amiss to tabulate the
views of few of those who did not
wholly ascribe to the hue and cry of
segregation which belligerant protes-
tants floridly aimed at the managers
OF the Washington Auditorium, i'll
famed among colored folks, because
of the segregation schemes which
wrecked the International Musicale
last spring.
One philosopher said: 'Inasmuch as
Hayes ranks in the world of musical
art along with Kreisler, Holman,
Anna Case and Elman, and since col
ored people are willing to be segre
gated to hear those great world artists,
| don't see why the color question
should be so accumulated when our
own Hayes, fostered by the same pro-
motors, comes to Washington to bring
his version Of art If they protest
segregation now, then they should
protest it when Paderwiski comes to
town
Another conservative critic said:
The loudest hue and cry in this
Hayes advent is being made by those
who are Jim Crow school teachers in
a segregated school system. If, as
they insist, Hayes should cancel his
engagement and obliterate his hnan-
cial returns because of segregation,
then some of these protestants should
forthwith blue pencil their names and
salaries from the payroll of the segre
gated school system, whose emolu
ments they gladsomely enjoy"
Ais well, however, that ends well;
and the great tenor sang his program
to a mixed audience whose individuals
courteously exchanged opera glasses,
joined sentiments in applause, and
spent two hours with Art, minus any
riots, insults, or disorder Art held
full sway; and self, at least, was laid
on the table as white and black, side
by side, acclaimed the Races greatest
contribution to field heretofore cor
nered" by the Anglo-Saxons and Ger
mans The treat was sublime; the
spectacle was inspiring; and, lest we
forget, the protestants had no need to
voice their protest. For two hours
Roland Hayes made Christians Of
everybody, and that's something that
happens once in a lifetime.
The broad ax., 1926-01-16
MRS. JULIUS r. TAYLOR EN-
TERTAINED A FEW LADY
FRIENDS AT LUNCHEON

Last Thursday afternoon Mrs.
Julius +. Taylor pleasantly entertained
a few lady friends at luncheon.
Those present were Mrs. Bertha
Gooden, Mrs. Mary King, Mrs. Stella
Combs, Mrs. Bessie Kemp and Mrs.
Jennie Johnston.
The ladies all enjoyed the afternoon
and spent most delightful time.
The broad ax., 1926-01-16
WILL HOLD BIG CARNIVAL

The various councils of the city of
Chicago of A. U. X. & d. of A., of
which Mrs. Eliza Jackson is state
grand queen, together with the mill
tary department Of which Co. James
Mccall is commander, will hold a big
six-day carnival at The Masonic Hall
from January 18th 10 25rd.
The broad ax., 1926-01-16
LOSES MOTHER

A. E. Pinckney, ALA Calumet Ave.
who was called to the bedside Of his
mother IN Grand Rapids, Mich, just
before the Christmas holidays, will at
tend the last funeral rites for her on
January 18th at Grand Rapids.