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ARTICLE XIV, CONSTITUTION OF THE ?
!1 UNITED STATES f
1I Citizenship Rights Not to Be Abridged f
! | 1. All persons born or naturalized in the United States, X
;; and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the ?
<« United States and of the State wherein they reside. No j
! | state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the |
{; privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor |
<• shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or prop- |
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INSANE OR JUST PLAIN FOOL?
JS THE MAYOR of Johnstown, Pa.,
insane or just an ordinary fool
"cracker” from some benighted
Southern section obsessed with the
idea that Negroes have no rights
which white men are bound to re
spect? Surely no man in his right
mind or with a modicum of common
sense would promulgate such an or
der as that issued by Joseph Cauffle,
mayor tof Johnstown. Because of a
melee between a few Negroes, one of
whom is said to have been crazed
with moonshine whiskey, and police
officers, in which two police officers
were killed, this sapient mayor issues
a drastic order ordering all Negroes
who have resided in Johnstawn less
than SEVEN YEARS to leave the
city immediately; furthermore, ne
says that no more Negroes will be
permitted to take up residence there;
and he forbids any Negro residents,
to have any parties, socials or public
gatherings, divine service alone ex
cepted; moreover any Negroes VIS
ITING Johnstown in the future must
register and report to him or the
chief of police, telling their where
abouts and activities during their so
journ within the limits of the city.
Doesn’t it seem increditabl e that a
man with brains enough to be mayor,
even of a dog pound, would be foolish
enough to issue such an order as
this? He ought to know that he has
no right to order any law-abiding cit
izen to leave Johnstown whether he
has resided there FIVE MINUTES or
FIFTY YEARS. If one be a law
breaker it is his duty to see that he
is arrested and prosecuted and made
to pay the penalty of his crime. He
has no right in law or morals to issue
a wholesale deportation order against
a race or group because of the crimi
nal acts of individuals of that group.
The action of this obscure Pennsyl
vania official, aside from its assinity,
is interesting only as illustrative of
the attitude of some shallow-pated
individuals towards the constitutional
rights of colored Americans.
POLITENESS PAYS
E WANT to urge upon our people
the necessity of politeness, good
manners and consideration on all oc
casions. There is one place in particu
lar where many of our men can show
much more politeness and consider
ateness than they do and that is on
the street cars. We know what some
will say. It is this: “White men don’t
get up and give their seats to colored
women on street cars and why should
we not follow their example?” Be
cause others are inconsiderate and
wanting in politeness, does not justify
our being the same. Gentlemen should
set examples. We would like to see
our men politely profer their seats to
women, any women on cars, and par
ticularly to elderly women. The cus
tom of doing this is passing we know;
but we believe that such acts of po
liteness on the part of our men would
be wise and profitable. Suppose we
all try it.
NEVER NAPS ON ITS JOB
jQID YOU NOTICE how quickly the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People got on
the job in the Johnstown affair? Did
you notice how intelligently they
went at it? Did you notice that the
Governor of Pennsylvania promptly
responded to their telegram, giving
assurance that the whole power of the
State would be invoked, if necessary,
to protect the rights of all citizens ?
Do we not need such an efficient or
ganization ? The N. A. A. C. P. never
sleeps on its job, but works 365 days
in the year intelligently safeguarding
our rights as citizens which may be
imperilled in the North as well as in
the South. “Eternal vigilance is the
price of liberty.”
Time Well Spent.
Tlrr* Is money, and sometimes very
much more than money. To spend our
lives dollar-ehaslng may get us wealth,
but not refinement. Time devoted to
Improving the mind and heart results
In far greater satisfaction.—Orit.
TYPES OF HOMES OWNED isV COLORED CITIZENS
RESIDENCE OF DR. AND MRS. L. E. BRITT, 2519 MAPLE STREET
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An Unnecessary Question
“Upright men shall be astonled at
this, and the innocent shall stir up
himself against the hypocrite. The
righteous also shall hold on his way,
and he that hath clean hands shall be
stronger and stronger.”
A few days ago, the writer of this
article was In the District Court rep
resenting a white client. A certain
official supprisingly asked the said
client: “Why are you represented in
court by a colored attorney, are you
a Catholic?” (Sounds like the Ku
Klux Klan).
Can you understand why an official
should ask a question like thiB? Do
you suppose that same official has
ever asked a colored client why he is
represented by a white attorney? And
whether said colored client so repre
sented by a white attorney, is a Cath
olic? What difference does it make
so long as the business is legitimate,
whether one comes into court with a
colored attorney or with a white at
torney.
1 am an attorney engaged in the
general practice of law, and my office
is opened to the general public; I do
not t^ink that 1 am too good to rep
resent a white client in court If one
happens to need my assistance and is
willing to employ me as some are.
This court official had no business
to so question my client to whom my
services were satisfactory.
Very respectfully yours,
NOAH W. WARE.
Move* Rapidly.
A department store wag recently
told of one Bostonian dir uaslng mer
chandising with a breesy traveling
salesman In a Pullman car. saying
that the vocabulary of the average
woman waa only 800 words To which
the salesman replied: "That may be
true: hut think of the turn-over."—
Boston Globe.
Overcrowded.
Billy’s nose was ont of Joint, all on
account of the arrival of little sister.
He took his overcoat and hat to the
nurse and asked her to put them on
him, as he was going away. She asked
him If he hadn’t better wait and see
his father. He replied: “I’m going to
my father; Uncle Frank Is going to
be my father now. This house Is get
ting too crowded."
Handicaps of Age.
Men of age object too much, con
sult too long, ad -enture too little, re
pent too soon, and seldom drive busi
ness home to the full period, but con
tent themselves with a mediocrity of
success.—Bacon.
Nebraska Civil Rights Bill
Chapter Thirteen of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, Civil Rights.
Enacted in 1898.
Sec. 1. Civil rights of persons. All persons within this state shall
be entitled to a full and equal enjoyment of the accommodations, advan
tages, facilities and privileges of inns, restaurants, public conveyances,
I barber shops, theatres and other places of amusement; subject only to the
conditions and limitations established by law and applicable alike to every
person. |
Sec. 2. Penalty for Violation of Preceding Section. Any person who
shall violate the foregoing section by denying to any person, except for
reasons of law applicable to all persons, the full enjoyment of any of the
accommodations, advantages, facilities^ or privileges enumerated in the
foregoing section, or by aiding or inciting such denials, shall for each
offense be guilty of a misdemeanor, and be fined in any sum not less than
twenty-five dollars, nor more than one hundred dollars, and pay the costs
of the prosecution.
“The original act was held valid as to citizens; barber shops can not
, discriminate against persons on account of color. Messenger vs State,
26 Nehr. page 677. N. W. 688.“ ,
“A restaurant keeper who refuses to serve a colored person with re
freshments in a certain part of his restaurant, for no other reason than
that he is colored, is civilly liable, though he offers to serve him by getting
a table in amors private part ef the house. Ferguson vs Gies, 82 Mich.
. 868; N. W. Tit,*
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21,763,275 IN
SCHOOLS OF U. $.
Census Bureau Gives Out Statis
tics for 1920.
(ARY IN DIFFERENT STATES
The school attendance In the United
States In 1920. according to statistics
Just made public by the bureau of een
aus, was 21,763,275 of both sexes be
tween the ages of five and twenty
years.
Of these 10.886,703 were male and
10,876,572 female. The percentages
are based on the population live to
twenty years, inclusive, for the reason
that the number of persons attending
School at ages above and below these
limits are Insloiiicant.
"The statistics of school attendance
compiled from itie returns of the cen
sus of 1920 are based upon the an
swers to a question on the population
schedule as to whether the person
enumerated hnd attended school be
tween September 1, 1919, and the cen
sus date January 1, 1920,” the bu
reau’s report continues.
“If the person had attended any
school, college or other educational In
stitution for any length of time with
in the period In question an affirma
tive answer whs to he made.
Figure Exceeds Daily Total.
“The total number of persons re
turned as attending school is, there
fore, larger than the number who were
simultaneously In attendance at any
one time between September 1, 1919.
and January 1, 1920. Although this
period represents considerably less
than half the entire school year 1919
20 the number of persons who attend
ed school In that year subsequently,
but not prior to January 1, would form
an insignificant proportion of the total
enrollment. The figures are, therefore,
fairly comparable with those for pre
ceding censuses, at which enumera
tlons were made later In the year.
"The statistics on school attendance
presented are limited to continental
United States ns a whole, the states
and cities having 25,000 Inhabitants or
more. Less detailed statistics for
states, counties and for Incorporated
places having 2,500 Inhabitants or
more, and complete statistics for the
outlying possessions enumerated at
the fourteenth census are presented
In Volume III of the fourteenth census
report.
vary in Different States.
“Ages of compulsory school attend
wT^e vary In the different states, be
ginning at seven years In 21 states and
at eight years In 27 states and the
District of Columbia.
"The differences among the propor
tions attending school for the several
classes of the population are due in
part to differences In distribution as
between urhan and rural communities.
The native whites of foreign-horn or
mixed parentage and the foreign-born
whites are found mainly In urban com
munities, In which school attendance
begins and In general ends at some
what earlier ages than In rural com
munities. It is probable, however, that
the decidedly higher proportions for
the native stock, fourteen years of nge
and over, are due in part to the better
economic and social position of this
class of population. Attendance at
school, college or any other education
al Institution at the older school age is
more clearly Indicative of a higher
economic level than school attendance
at the younger ages, when local school
facilities and legal requirements are
dominant factors.
PAYS 44-YEAR JUDGMENT
*75 Debt That Grew to $450 "Both
ered" Farmer’s Conscience.
J. N Wiggins of I’almyra, Neb., has
achieved a little fleeting fame In the
newspaper*. He appeared at* the
court house at Wlnterset, la., the other
day and said that he came to pay a
Judgment rendered arsinst him forty
four years ago.
Wiggins was a farmer In Iowa and
a friend went surety on a note for
175. When It came due the surety
had to pay. Wiggins having to leave,
ft was entered for $87.50, February
22. 1870.
The surety, 3. 8. McGinnis, took an
assignment, hut died years ago. Wig
gins paid McGinnis's heirs 1450. which
was the amount with 10 per cent In
terest compounded. Wiggins said that
the statute of limitations had run
against the claim, but it hail
’’bothered'' him and he wanted to get
rid of the uneasy feeling before he
died.
WARNS OF STEAM BOILERS
Engineers Issue Safety Rules to Pre
vent Explosions.
Steam power is taking the place
of strong right arms and "elbow
grease” on West and Middle Weat
farms, according to the boiler code
committee of the American Society of
Mechanical Engineers. The use of
steam for scalding milk pails, cream
separators, churning machinery and
other dairying apparatus is fast be
coming general. Steam power la being
used to pump water apd saw wood.
With the announcement of the In
creased use of steam on farms, the
committee has sounded a warning
that the application of safety laws to
guard against explosion of high-pres
aure hollers la needed. The high-prea
aure holler Is as potentially dangerous
M TNT, the committee declares.
At Lsast One of the Causes.
Every year aecs one-time luxuries
added to our llai of necessities That
la the main cause of the high coat of
living, directly as well aa indirectly.—
Exchange.
ASK YOUR MERCHANT OR
THOSE FROM WHOM YOU BUY
WHY HE DOES NOT ADVER
TISE IN YOUR NEWSPAPER.
c? jsgar «T**Mra'
doctor says city folks
IRE BECOMING GERM PROOF
Constant Contact Produces Im
munity, Is Conclusion After
Research Work.
City dwellers are becoming Imronn*
to many diseases because of constant
contact with the germs which produce
them, said Dr. William H. Park, di
rector of the research laboratories of
the department of health In New York,
In making the observation that sub
ways are an aid to health rather thnn
a detriment. Subway travelers breathe
In so many germs their systems be
come used to them.
Scientific determination of the truth
of thla statement. Doctor Park ex
plained. resulted from examination of
public school children for diphtheria
gernis.
The examination disclosed that many
children had diphtheria germs. Dur
ing the period they carried the germs,
deaths from diphtheria declined rapid
ly, partly due to the anti-toxin and
partly to natural immunization.
Tendency of city dwellers to become
Immune was iflTSt noticed during the
I war. It was found at camps that men
from larger cities did not succumb to
epidemics as paslly as men from rural
districts. The country dweller Is not
stricken by disease so often, but when
he la the disease Is more serious in
form. Another reason for the city
dweller's resistance to disease Is that
country houses are not so well venti
lated In the winter as city homes.
Immunity, Doctor Park added, la
not found only In the subways, for
every congested portion of a city
breeds tha same resistance to disease.
But In the subways, he said, the air la
full of millions of germs which would
produce terrible epidemics If the hu
: man body had not learned to assimi
late them. Strengthening of resistance
tends to reduce the germ vitality, and
the fact that there la leas tuberculosis
now than fifty years ago la partly be
cause the tuberculosis germs have de
creased In virulence, Doctor Park said.
Fig-Tree Emblem of Home.
The fig tree, from earliest times bsa
been s garden tree cultivated for Its
shade and general usefulness. “Be
neath the vine and flg tree" Is ussd
more than once In the Old Testament
to designate "homsi" For centuries
the fruit, fresh or dried, has made
up a large part of the food of the na
tives of Western Asia and Southern
Europe. Its Juice Is used to make a
drink, and also to dye cloth. Its leaves
polish Ivory, and the bark makes cord.
The sap of one species Is polsonons.
The flg tree, In climates congenial to
Its growth, produces two and some
times three crops of fruit the same
year, on distinct shoots. The trees
grow rapidly from cuttings, and are
propagated by budding, grafting and
seeds. The large, beautiful leaves are
deciduous, palmately veined, three-to
five lobed, wavy-margtned, and some
what rough and leathery.
Village Bars Domino
Gameg on Sundayg
Dunbar, W. Va.—Blue laws of ultra
marine hue are being enforced In this
municipality. The policy of the ad
ministration is keep the lid down
tight. Somebody slipped over the line
of demarcation the other Sunday and
played dominoes. News of the crime
reached the ears of Mayor R. H. Gar
rett, and he forthwith caused the fol
lowing notice to be published In the
Dunbar Advance:
“Must close Sunday!
“Notice Is hereby given that the
playing of dominoes In any public
place in Dunbar on Sunday will not
be permitted after this. date. B. H.
Garrett, mayor.”
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