ARKANSAS NEGROES NOMINATE RACE MAN FOR GOVERNOR. # ____•_

LILY WHITES BAR COLORED IN ARK.

Negro Delegate* Are Denied Seat In Republican Conven.

tion. Hold Separate Meet-

ing.

NOMINATE A RAGE MAN TOR GOVERNOR

Contesting Delegation, Not In. structed. Elected To Chica.

go Convention.

Little Rock. A«k —The ex-

pected lock-out of the colored del-

egation by the Repulilicans in » on-

vention here yesterday occurred. The delegate- were denied -cat- by the credential* committee and were

later defeated un the ll «>r of the

Convention. The colored delegation held a

separate convention and nor only elected delegate* to the national convention but nominated a colored

man, J. M Hlouni * emcipal 01

the public school at It dena. to be

a candidate for Govern r.

The colored delegat * were not

instructed on presidential favorites

I No candidate* were mentioned in

the speeches that were made and

I no effort was made to* secure an

p 1 indorsement for any one.

Card of Thanks.

t We wish to thank our many

£ friends and neighbor* for the kind-

C. nr-s snown us dirring the last iii

nets and death at our dear wife

and mother. Mrs. I.aura MrCfel- I* land. We thank Undertaker Me-

L- Crary. and Jeptha Chapter No. 14 j O. E. S., lor tbeir faithful service 4

and floral offerings. Whenever death shall visit your

homes we ever stand re,idy to do

out part. George B. McClelland.

Husband Miss Mary Parker,

Daughter

Md. City, 111.

April 13, 1920. To the Moderator o4 the Mt. Oh

ive Baptist Association and to

whom it may concern: •

This certifies that the 1st Bap- I. tist church ol Md. City asks that

& the Mt. Olive S. S. Convention convenrie with ns Wednesday be-

i fore the 4th Sunday in |une. u Rev. C W. Cole, oastor.

Mary K. Daniel, clerk.

Dr. J J Olive, c*l Cairo, was in

the city Wednesday and lectured

at the 1 st Baptist church to 1; or

f iS members and sinners at night I He was a Gazette caller and sub-

f « tibed lor our aurral. Come a

j; parson

Mr. Gc.ut^e landy, and laugh ter. ol C:ider. K> sttcr.de 1 ’tie

marriage S.u lay f the f'iai t-

( ntecc, Mrs, Matgc. i a tidy 1

labor squarely behind! GENERAL WOOD

Chicago Unionist Say* He Offer* On*

Need of Employer and Em-

ployee-Justice. <*

In nn editorial entitled -Oeneral Wood nnd Labor’s Need," the Chicago Colonist comments on the result "f

the primaries In Cook county, and Clil- u* follows:

**Mnlng up the pro*hk*?itlal pos.si- Hllltles side t»y side, and considering what each ha* to offer labor, we be-

lleve tliat Cener.il Wood'* tribute to

our cause will be labor's one need— lustier. We want nothing more, ,*r.d

most emphatic! nothing less.”

Speaking of the strikes In Chico,;o, which caused him to abandon ids

speecli m*klng tour In the eastern

states to return here, Cieueral Woo*!

said: •‘Till* routdry l« going fo tie run by

Americana, cs-t what It may. No clo*a

legislation. efther of wealth. labor, or

power, hut ‘n retd democracy and a

spirit of co-o|M-ratIon and helpfulness, i* the need,”

Yes, General Wood, you have put your linger op the pltlae of the situa-

tion. Lalmr la menaced by fiRM from within. You are tight In protesting against cine* legislation. Lalier want*

no legislation giving It a tinlnnce of

power, hut labor die— want legislation giving It Its right*: nothing more;

nothing k-a*. Labor de*lre* no legla- Intlon *>f Haas. Labor want# no leg!*-

| tat Ion of wealth. Labor w ant* no

legislation of power, and nliove all. labor wont* w legislation of la I mr.

l.n>Mtr wattta Juathe; justice to Itself; iuatlce fo capital; justice to every combination of rifunnry that gi"** to

make nor great American mit hat. I.m tew- will tat aatlsfted with Justice. and nhen Jusilce t* meted out tn-r, the

umiercitrretit of utire*l will In- calmed; loir tn»t before. 0

So, General Wood, more power to

y**«. your dictum against • Ih»» leg- islation. whelhev of wealth, or of la- Inr, or of |muer, iIsm** credit to vott,

tweatts- It la « Ur it every true Atie-rl mu citizen waui*—jilatlee for all, and

-rpeelitJ privilege* for none.

WOOD FAR AHEAD IN PRI MAH VOTE.

Wlllinnt •'♦sifter lUHtiir, Hmlrittiiti of tin- Ltutisril Wood i.iitloiinl cam-

paign committee gave (Mil the follow-

ing slalv-menf relative to llu- Nebras- ka return*:

Nebraska was a naiiiiitl victory for

Johnson. a> so many distinct clement*

were cooperating lit his favor, while the other vole was divided In the ra-

tio ol almtif dO to 4d lietwecM Wood uud tbiefal I'et-'hlttg. In Nettraska

U» always where titerc hit* lte<tt any te*t of pofmliir approval of Wood’* nuidUlacy, he hits run first or second, yielding fir»t place »«» Johnson only in Michigan and Nebraska, where he wm

a close Mecond, dcteatlng nil oilier ran-

‘dilutes. Hill the New Jersey and Ohio primaries are coining next Tuesday and Indutnn oil Ihe Pillowing Tviesduy, where lliv-is* will he a different verdict.

Tin* primary vote wits:

Minnesota—Wood. 12,*127; Jvdinsott. 8,517; lluover, IJM; l.oudeti. AJH'it.

.South Jiakota WinmL ISUWti; l.ow- deu, 25.7W1; Johnson. 23,51*4, I'otude*- ] ter, itUO.

Michigan Johnson, 127,253;' WikiiI, •<1.747; Ltnulm. 4I5.IM7, Hoover, 41,- ."i44.

Wisconsin—I at Kollette. 7.381>; Wood. 2,1741. Hoover. 14112; Johnson, ',412; l.un den, ,T2d «All uaiiie* wrlt- leti 111).

Illinois -Lowden. 222JW2; Wood, 17>h, 101; Johnson 4f*.,rk*CI.

Nebraska—Johnson, 24.4145; Wood, lT'df5; Pershing. 12,521.

Thla ir, a wonderful demonstration of the nationwide interest and earnest

approval of the American |*s>ple in

favor of Wpod'u candidacy. In all

parts of the country. In all sorts of

places, among all sorts of people, his

candidacy is strong mid till* showing will mean hi* final indorsement in

June it the 1’hl.ugo convention.

SAME ALWAYS TO FRIENDS.

<’iipf. toward Harlow, who knew i l.eoudrd Wood hs a hoy, has givc-u j Eric Khth«r Wood, Ids biographer, I tunny anecdote* ot the general's life. He said;

'No a; tltei he. c'yvaiod in- g, cs, be

neve* ehn.gt-s lu-tml hi* old friends. I ! •• ten him ’f« it good timuy

: I ■ : c- 1 t •> he: e, I ..'c.'ity y* at

? I l I: >•*'- *v II on account f isli-i *!up -a:I.tig ullt

Baltimore After Colored Police and firemen

Baltimore, Md., April 20.—Col-j ored citizens here have taken up. the fight for Colored police and, firemen. There are 175 vacancie-

jn the police force and it is the j t\rst time in the history of the city | that colored people are sending 1

men into the examinations.

Circulator of Crisis Is Thrown In Jail

Jackson, Miss.,—Becau-e he

represented the. Cribs Magazine, published in New York, K. K.

Franklin has been has been sen*

tenced in Holm's County, this

state, to six months imprisonment and and fined $400. The case a-

rose out of an editorial in the

January i‘4ue of the paper, in which the whites heie stated that it demanded •’too many rights for the Negroes, and would only serve

to swtll their heads.” -t.

Jack Johnson in Mexico Defies World lighters

Calexico. Cal ,-Jack Johnson, | ex-world's heavy weight champion arrived at Mexicali, Mexico, a*! cross the border from here, yester- lav, accompanied i>y his wife, nephew and ix ife smaid He wil] tight an exhibition herp Sunday and will then issue a deft to the

world's lighters and Jack Dempsey 111 particular. Despite pre^> can- j ards Johnson has never returned to

America* soil, but has a passport. It is doubtful il ho will ever return.

We Are Surprised

We arc surprised to tind a cer-

tain teacher foremost in stirring up strife in a community among Bap- tists by using his influence in fact- ional lights against persons who

have done them no harm, but on

the other hand were insttumental in assisting them to their present position The editor never has

thrown a rock and hid his hand and will not do so now, but will use our influence against any man

or set ol men who will come in this

community and disturb the peace of the Bap.' family or who tries

to create a revolt. Teachers like

preachers, being servants of all the

people should not try to incur the

ill will of the very humblest patron. 1 have tried to hold my peace, but

if it becomes necessary for me to

•trike 1 can do so and will strike

hard. 1 am for my people, when

I ste men who profess to he lead-

ers creating a division in the ranks

for personal gain pure and simplef Mare anon.

A man who is ignorant, and who

knows not but thinks he knows and w.ho ha o wr be n i to any

thing will ■ii.i.b ak< anything once j if he h ■s to be u i a. trim < <1 him-1

if V\ hit : y :i U' ■.v? i

Well What Do You Think Of Thi;?

NEW York, N. Y -Because al white man of American temper;[ ment visited an amusement park in

I.ondon recently and saw rolo ed

md white people logeth* r, he

wrote to an English newspaj er de-

manding a law to prevent colored men from wearing flannel pants and

to prevent white women from ad-

miring them —Negro World.

Do a Little Thinking

The churches 'hat are sound in’ the faith of the Lord and SavioLr

Jesus Christ will do well not to'

listen fo the Rev. Or Olive, who| is an hireland for the Interchurch

movement who seeks to bribe them into his new association (or the

purpose of taking them into that great Inter church movement.

Don't allow j ourselves to be

hoodwinked into that "clap-trap." Be strong in the spirit and power this might, not to be easily moved

by such men who allow themselvc %

to be used to tear asunder the Bap- tists of this country. Use a little

common one horse sense and think

some for yourself. If you would stop a minute and

think you could see that Olive is

not interested in your welfare, to

the extent that he will pay money out ol his own pocket in visiting the churches but it is to his own

intetest he is looking a'ter. He

said, he could lead all of the min-

isters and churches into the fold

without money and without price. He has been here more than 5

year-. Why has he not manifest-

ed some of his great interest in the

churches and young mmistcis be-

fore this late hour? Because he

had no axe to grind until now.

He has been offered a big paying job if he can break up the Bap- tists in Southern Illinois. He and

his co-harts have already caused

much disccosion in the Baptist churches of the district, by having neighbors and friends to iall out over the association and almost

split asunder. The devil is never

so happy as when he can have his

emisaries carry out his plans.

Centralia, III. ►

Rev. J. McCrary, Kditor of Gazette:

The K. of P's. had their annua

Thanksgiving services Sunday a-

the 2nd Baptist church, The Mt Vernon Lodge turned out with the

Centralia lodge and the affair wil) be long remembered. The courts

of our city and Mt. Vernon al o

attended the services. Kev. Mr. (

Thomas, of Mt. Vernon preafched the sermon and also at night. We

hope he will visit us again. The j Mt. Vernon choir furnished excell-

ent music which made the program

interesting. Among the distinguished gnesfs

were A. 1). Campbell, master o

ceremonies. Rev. Burrell, of In

dianapolis I mi lJ H. Young, Revs. W it. ( artor, Win Adder

,tl 1 in Huff, and 1’rof. t-in»,

t n

GREAT IN HIS PENMANSHIP

Leonard Wood Puts Himself in Class With Horace Greeley and

Napoleon.

Leonard Wood's penmanship Is tils weakest point, but In that he has as

prototypes, Horace Greeley, Napoleon and many other Illustrious leaders. Olive Newconie Ilartt,' who was his

stenographer at Governor’s Island, writes:

“During the winter of 15)16-1017 Gen- eral Wood was traveling here and there speaking in behalf of prepared- ness. It was part of Captain John- son's duties—Captain Johnson being an aide to the general—to keep ill touch with his Itinerary. One day the captain came into the office, aud pick- ing up the general's memorandum pad. scowled in perplexity at the words scrawled across the page in the gen- eral's Inimitable handwriting. The general watched him quietly for a few moments, then said:

“‘What's wroug? Fire away.' “That was his usual signal that he

was ready to listen to what one had to say.

“Er—excuse me, general, said c ap- taln Johnson, hesitatingly, 'but, but— I don’t quite understand the memoran-

dum. This reads "Here for lunch" while my slate says you are not In town tomorrow—and I don’t quite un-

derstand—that is, I’ve made no plans for lunch for tomorrow.’

•“Let me see it,' said tin* general. “He glanced quickly at’the notation

on the pad, ami then said disgustedly: “'That doesn’t say anything about

“Here for luiieti.’’’ It r'Outfs ’’Leave for

Ithaca." ’"

WOOD LEADS IN LITERARY DIGEST

Leonard Wood Is More Than 6.000 Votes Ahead of Nearest

Competitor. *

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In lr« attempt to learn the compos- Ite choice of the tuition for nomina- tion for president, the Literary Digest «r the week of April 21 publishes the

second Installment of its presidential poll of H.000.000 voters. The returns include 1-19.004 votes. Leonard Wood continues to hold a big lead.

Wood lias 32,.'151; Hoover, 112,908; Johnson, 22,009; Harding, 10.432; Hughes, 5,1122; I.owden, 0.449; Taft. 3,400. Among the Democrats, Kd- wards gets 7.508; McAdoo. 0,740; Wil- son. 0.491; ('ox, 5,0-19; Bryan, 3,885.

Hoover receives u Democratic vote of 9,974 which is larger than the Dem- ocratic vote cast for any avowed Dem- ocrat. McAdoo has the lirst place in the declared Democratic vote with 5,613 and Wilson Is second with 5,342.

The vote continues to come mainly from Ohio, New Voqjc, New Jersey, California, Texas ami Washington.

New York Leant Ever Woodward. New York, April 24.—Although the

people of Ohio will actually vote for tile selection of only 48 delegates to

the Chicago convention at the polls on

April 27, llte result of their balloting will materially intiuetice 88 delegates from New York state at nomination time.

A poll of tue Empire slate's 88 del- egates, elected oil April 0. shows Dial they are for tile strongest candidate with a leaning toward General Wood because he is in the lead. The re

markable showing General Wood made in Illinois against Governor Lowden line boosted his stock vNth the 88 New Yorkers and they are now watching Ohio. If General Wood makes ns good a showing against Senator Harding in Ohio as lie did against Governor Low- den, this fact will practically insure the vote of the vew York delegation for him.

John J. Lyons, a leading New York delegate elected to go io Chicago, said:

"Two tilings are certain about the New York delegation: Kir.st, it is not

for Senator Johnson, because all the .Johnson pledged candidates for dele- gates were beaten by three to one or

worse in the recent primary election: second, it is going to vote for the man who is nominated. At present it looks tike Wood Is goint; to be nomi- nated, for he has split the delegation in one favorite son’s state and It looks like he lifts a chance io split another favorite son’s native slate's delegation. If he does the New York delegation will regard him as the ntnn most likely to get the nomination and will support him after a complimentary first bai- ler for fir. fviclio!i'*_ Murray Hotter. A

k $

SLAYER Of GIRL TO BE ELECTROCUTED.

Indianapolis. Iod April 30 vVilliam Ray, colored, 19 years old was sentenced to be electrocu- ted August 5 at the Indiana State Prison, Michigan City, by JucJge James A. Collins of the Criminal Court here, when a jury returned a

verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree.

Ray is said to have stabbed to

death 14-year old Martha Huff, a

white girl, on April .19.

Notice Not to cne but to all, it is to

you my sisters the Master calls. Will you answer, if so. meet me

in Murphysboro on Wednesday before the 4th Sunday in May 1920. Pastor W. P. Washington and the members of the Shiloh Baptist church, are making ex-

tensive preparation to entertain

the Gen. Missionary Baptist State Association-

We must make this meeting £4

record breaker along all lines, viz. socially, numerically, financiv

ally and spiritually. Let us make the following our

Motto: "Not 1, but Christ be

honored, loved: Not 1 Christ be

seen, be known, be heard; Not 1, but Christ, in every thot and

word.”

If this our motto we wi.'i give our means lor the advancement of His Kingdom.

We must contribute to the State. Home, Foreign Mission, and for Education. These are

the steps that lead up the royal ladder, that approaches throne. Every circle is expected to repre- sent with $5.00 exclusive of tlie various objects.

The aged Ministers Home must not be neglected. Sisters, let this be a self examination. Nyt what we can do but what 1 caa

do as an individual. The Lord wants me to do. Remember sis- er, the Lord is calling you; will

you answer ? Sister Bettie Wilkerson,

, Pre., Mt. Vernon. Sister Maggie B. Taylor,

Colp, Cor. Sec.

Stanley—Tandy

Sunday morning at 10 .00 A. M. Roy Stanley, and Miss Margie Q. Tandy, were united in the holy b >nds o( matrimony at the home the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs.’ D. L. Tandy; witnessed by 75 or

more friends of the city, Paducah, and Crider, Ky. Many valuable

presents were received. Rev. T, M. Moses, officiated.

Ice cream and cake was served

to the del ght ol all present, then

Jiusts departed wishing Mr. and

Mrs Stanley a long and prosper- ous life.

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