The Lancaster news. (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, August 19, 1919, Page PAGE TWO, Image 2
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Negroes In C
(F. Frank Gardiner in New York; "syndicate
Times.) pendent c<
Exploitation of the negro in Chi-j that distr
cago, by politicians is regarded by, These gan
many as the chief underlying cause of der the na
the race riots in that city. The be-1 roll gainec
stowal of political preferment, and' "Bill" I
the license under which "everything; gambler, c
went" in the Black Belt of the second fifth stree
largest American city was tho intiam-j brazen wa
mable part of the tinder which finally bling hous
set the citv ablaze. did not b
The influx of thousands of negroes down, and
from the south In the last three years from the
was a contributing factor. Their ar-( railroad s1
rival in an already congested district of seeming
made expansion necessary. Steadily', lugs of tl
the Black Belt, which stretches for drawn,
five miles through the heart of the J Conclit
densely populated south side of (.'hi- The nev
cago, bulged out into what a few edly expos
years ago was a choice residential dis-; Belt. Me
trict. This continuous encroachment sometimes
aroused protests and bitter feeling. I visited th
The advance guard of the colored wrote loi
race which moved into white neigh-, .Numerous
borhoods was the better class of no- the police,
gro families, who sought to escape so notorio
the steady encroachment of the unde-j rets were
sirable element of their own race, the Black
They had no desire to antagonize 'luiet. exec
their white neighbors. Their relations which wer
had always been friendly. But they, Then ca
were between two fires. Pressing al- the shape
ways behind them was the influx of a reality dai
lawless element of their own race, had no liq
Few of the newcomers brought negro of them i
women with them, and some Chicago didn't opei
observers hold the absence of home or 1 a. m,
life among them partly accountable which sur
for the present trouble. the closing
Political Power. ' sunrise.
The second ward in Chicago is the| The old
heart of the Black Belt. Eighty per! State strec
cent of the voters in this ward are ing negro
black. White men represented this country, I
ward in the city council until 1915. halls. Th
but now both aldermen are negroes. for a loni
Two men control most of the negro lested, l>u
vote in Chicago. They are Congress- council ps
man Martin B. Madden of the First nance whi
Illinois Distrist and George F. I lard-j on the nig
ing, former alderman, later state sen- Cast spri
ator, and now city controller. 'election c;
It was the balance of power held by Thompson
the negroes and swung by Harding election i
that gave William Hale Thompson, i Black Belt
more widely known as a pro-German When tl
than for his kindnesses to negroes.'the lid w
the nomination for mayor of Chicago! sorts whi.
in the spring of 1915. Harding had ened. Th
represented the second ward in Chi-! the centre
cago for several years. He retired With tl
and permitted Oscar Do Priest, a no- and prohi
gro. to be elected. In return for this near futui
favor the negroes swept the mayor- thorities '
alty nomination into Thompson's lap. stayed off
Thompson won the nomination by a conditions
margin of a few hundred votes. been unpr
I)e Priest became one of the chief traveled t
floor leaders in the city council for nowhere i
the Thompson administration. His witnessed
public career was cut short by his in- the notori
dictment in connection with the al- on the sou
logod collection of tribute in the State A
Black Belt, but he was later acquit-1 Chicago a
ted. Another negro succeeded him. blame for
Then the second ward negroes grew the politic
bolder, demanded both seats in the the negro,
city council, and got them. | "The pc
In his campaign for the nomination . j|ovno "h
and election in 1915 Thompson ca-1 Pxtent bv
iereu to trio negro voters. Alter h's white, on
election he rewarded many of their afraid 5<?
lcau?*i.-. with jobs. i with polit
So openly did the Thompson crowd to have pc
treat with the negroes that somebody Others
dubbed the city hall "lTneie Tom's ings from
Cabin." One man caused handbills to or three v
be pr- setting forth a complete Munici{i
cast .. characters, which included after sittii
Mayor Thompson and other city hall court, wh
jobholders, white and black. It got aj the offent
big laugh, which is Chicago's usual women, sa
good-natured way of disposing of her I "My op
problems. in tliis cot
Thompson had been mayor only a among col
short time when evidence was appar-| erately fo
ent that there was no lid so far as thej adminlstri
Black Belt was concerned. From other thieves at
sections of the city white men and lowed in t
women of the old underworld, who colored pe
had experienced some long, lean j pression, '
years, llorked to the neighborhood, as a warn
White men bought saloons and caba- the law e
rets, and pushed negroes to the front When (
as their ostensible owners. Soon the!0f (he nig
Black Belt became known as the dis-l^ay, it is
trict where everything "went." which irrc
All-night cabarets were jammed <'abin" pa
with whites and blacks until the; return. T
morning sun streaked the sky over! 32, of win
Lake Michigan. In other parts of tho tai of injn
city saloons and cabarets closed at 1 patches n*
a. m., but automobiles lined the curbs that perha
for blocks all niuht in the Black Belt,'jured wltl
and late comers stood in line forjthe police
hours outside some of the more no- Governor
torious "black and tan" cabarets wait- troops to >
ing for a chance to get inside. Jazz mobs, tint
bands filled the air with syncopated, Gen. Dick
sound, while i:i the cabarets while and had been 1
blacks intermingled in carousal. It' Kor fivr
was here that the "shimmy" dance by the riot
is said to have originated. meats or i
The rattle of dice and the click of Harding, t
poker chips were seldom stilled in the ferment in
heart of this district. Gambling was ence in t!
conducted on a business basis. A bottles of
THE LANCASTIT
movement of supplies In thaV
m ? tion was initiated at the same
Negro undertakers began to pi
for the burial of the dead. I
the disturbance there had be
funerals in the Black Belt,
was formed, and no inde- Pre8Uniably Chicago has leai
>uld operate successfully in ,esso|1 such
as she never drew
ct wit out its appro\al. numeroua surveys of negro
.bling houses were run un- Uon8 ,n thftt cUy Qr frQm waf
me of clubs, but a fat bank- Whether other American citie
I easy admission to them. take tho ,esson to heart remaIm
..ewis, noted for years as a seen
onducted a game in Thirty- Chlcago.8 negro population
it near State street. * So fl . to estimate. The estlmat,
s the conduct of this gam- from 50 000 to 175,000. There
e that for a long time Lewis authentic information of recen
other to pull the curtains on the subject. The Un|ted
the games could be watched cengug taken m0 reports a
platform of the elevated ,at,on of 44 1Q3 negroes ln c,
:ation nearby. Finally, out In the ,agt three yearg howeV(
* consideration for the feel- Increa8e has been enormous. T1
te police, the shades were ored population has grown moI
idly in proportion to its number
ions Generally Known. ftny Qther part Qf the cJty.g p
vspapers of Chicago repeat- tb>n
.ed conditions In the Black Juniug B WoQd of The C!
mbers of the city council DaUy Newg who made an cxt
denounced it. Reformers gurvey Qf lhe neRro problem (
e all-night cabarets and caRO e8tlraatod the colored p
ng reports about them. U(m |n 1916 at ?5 000 Tho gtw
complaints were made to flux of thoU8and8 of ncgroe8 frc
Conditionsnnallybeca.no Soulh and (he contlnuous spn
us that the all-night caba- the colored gect,on of the clt>
closed. For a few weeks categ thnt the popuIation l8 mor
Belt was comparatively 100 000 at present. It is a d
'Pt for tht> gambling games. population to count. Pr0bably
e seldom molested. than 50 ppr cent are lodger8>
me vice in ? new in Chlcago.8 IMack Belt is an a
of clubs, which were in of haJf a mile w,de although lt
.ce halls. These new places tQ Qne and tWQ mi,e8 |n w,dth .
u?r "censes, although most tain pointg From Twenty_s
sold intoxicants, and they street u rung gouth beyond
a their doors until midnight tMrd 8treet South state 8treet
. They caught the crowds backbone The south slde e]l
ged out of the cabarets at raIlroad riIns through ,he heart
; hour and held them until di8trict Ug entire ,ength The
State street surface car line is p
Pekin theatre at 2.700 lzed almost exclu8lvely by nc
t. for years one of the lend- Most of the Qthe, 8Urface car
amusement houses in the ... _ ... .. ....
coiiiiecunK me loop, v nica^u
lecame one of these dance ineas distrlct> wlth the south 8ld
tey were openly conducted throURh part of lhe nogro dl8tr
i? time without being mo- Tho ea8(ern edge of the Ulac
it early in 1918 the city ls a handsome residential distr
issed an anti-cabaret ordi- wh|ch (hp negroes have pnon
ch put a damper for a time 8teadily for year8. Its western
ht life of the city. dary ,s a rajjroad and industri;
lug. however, th emayoralty trict There are othpr rolore
fime around again. Mayor tions the p,ty tWQ on the
was a candidate for re- s,dp and onp on the wegt Rjd
md was re-elected. The they aro reatrlcted in area.
did its duty. Advantages of Negroes,
.e primary campaign opened For vears neRroes lived in C
as tossed overboard. He- vvlthoul f,.lctlon and without d!
ch had been closed re-op- anrps of any kin(, f eadcs
e Illack llelt became again racp held positlons ()f fru,..
of night actiiit.es. sands of them bought homes,
he elections over in April of them achievod SUPre88 as la
bition looming up in the phvs,cIans, and business,
e. the hearts of the city an- ohlldren went to the public s
(vore softened, and the lid wlth whitP childn,n. There w
In the last lew months segregation. Some negroes hel
in the ltl.uk lhdt have j?t. offioo. both elective and appo
ecedented. Men who have Twe|Ve negroes have served
he country over say that niinols 8(ate |0gislaturo.
n the United States have ? has bpen 8a|d ,hat ,.h
such scenes as they saw in probably wield more power l
ous "black-and-tan" resorts, nt.g|.0es than with anv other
th side In Chicago. class in'the United States. Ti
ttomey Maclay lloyne of ored people in Chicago have
few days ago laid the churches, which had a member*
the race riots at the door of 1910 of 111.870. Their metnb
dans, who, he said, taught is probably much'larger now.
s disrespect for the law. nro fi 11 :i ti < !: 11 v nm<nftfmic nml
>liee department," said Mr. ?>f the larger ones maintain ei
as been demoralized to such inent agencies. Many of then
the politicians,' black and duct day nurseries where child r
the south side that they are car. for while their mothers w
arrest and prosecute men Chicjfgo has two institution
ieal backing or who claim ducted by colored people for m<
tlitical influence." of their own race, which are i
have issued similar warn- of their kind. One is toe fro
time to time in the last two hospital, at 16 West Thirt:
ears. street, which has figured promt
>al Judge Harry M. Fisher, in the day's news concerning th
r.g for a time in the morals ing. The other is the Wahnsl
ere the larger per cent of nue department of the Young
lers were negro men and Christian association, at .1.7611
lid: Wabash avenue, conducted exc
inion. based on observation 'y lor colored men.
irt, is that crime conditions The Provident hospital Is tin
ored people are being delib- ing institution of its kind in th<
stered by the present citv ed States. With the Natlian M
I
ition. Disorderly cabarets, $30,000 homes for nurses, the
id depraved women are al- represents an investment of $1'J
he section of the city where and is free of debt. Its affai
ople live. They have an ex- conducted exclusively by negro<
the law is around tonight.' about one-third of the sufferers
ing to behave, so seldom is for there are charity patients,
nforced." for the establishment of this i
hicago began to come out tion was Kiven by Philip I). Ai
htniare of rioting last Frl- Marshall Field, and tleorge M
probable that the smiles man- deceased, and H. II. Kohl:
seted that "Uncle Tom s retired newspaper publlsheer.
rody had worn off, never to Negro In.situtions.
he city's roster of dead was The Y. M. ('. A. establishmet
>m 14 were white. The to- $185,000. It has more than
ired was given in press dis- members, and 150 young men
? 300, with the probability its dormitories. The negroes
ips 200 others had been In- their own stores and theatre:
tout making any report to there is a bank conducted by a
and hospital authorities, and patronized almost exelusi-.
Low den had sent 6,000 members of his race. Many ni
<uard the city and c|uell the pers are published by and for n
lor the direction of Adjt. 111 *
man, and apparently quiet "Unl-Snap Heats the Host lra|
restored. Made," Mrs. P.nii'y Shaw Sa
i days the district affected . ' "M* h,'8btt"? 11
bought a 50c box of RAT-SNA I
ing had been without iresh jrap only caught 3 rats but
/egetables. City Controller SNAP killed 12 in a week. I'm
vho owes his political pre- without RAT-SNAP. Reel
i large measure to his influ- raise chicks withou
. ,,i - ., i* . ? RAT-SNAP conies in cakes,
ho Black Belt, sent 2.000 gjzps 26(, 50c $, on an(|
milk into that area and the anteed by Bennett-Terry Co.
NEWS, LANCASTER, S. C.
ulrec-j in Chicago. Some are local, but oth- VMM
time. | ers have national circulation. The
repare) Defender, published by R. S. Abbott. Q| .||
luring' has the largest circulation of its kind
en no in the United States.
In Chicago, as elsewhere, negro
ned a negro families of the better class have weakened
from always been ambitious to get into bet- This bei
condi- ter homes and better surroundings, gaStive^o
nings. | This has been one of the chief causes working i
s will | of complaint. The entrance of colored Joyed* by1
3 to be residents into highclass white neigh- Por ov<
j borhoods has always been met with weak'nees
is dif- protests, and sometimes with threats, vanclng :
es run Sometimes real estate operators were d?otlon!m<
s is 110 back of these invasions. They hoped loclosed I
_. , ? . containing
t date to protit by affecting real estate value, thorn as y
States A study of the negro housing prob- KVKV
popu-j lent in Chicago made by the Chicago ???
licago. School of Civics and Philanthropy re- . .. .
Ill UUIU Ui
*r, thejvealed that colored tenants paid dis- Week
tie col-j proportionately higher rent for their merce sul]
o rap-] apartments, which, as a rule, were In Ju;nt jegj,
s than, poorer repair than those of their lm- reconuner
opula- migrant neighbors. bm t}]
hicago DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL W"1 be cc
state com
ensive WILL COME UP TODAYI resentativ
n Chi-^ , advisory c
idyU|n ' 'lia' Will lk* Made to Over- The pi
?m the! ride Presidential Veto and approved
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have righ
e than | Washington, Aug. 18.?Despite the |g proposi
IfflcultJ pre-eminence of the peace treaty con- measure 1
more troversy and the high cost of living .
... | Final s<
I question, much other important legls-,
verage^ iation faces congress this week. J over repei
flares. Railroad legislation will be pressed 's planned
it cer-j an effort
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AGE STARTS
WITH YOUR KIDNEYS
aya that old aire begins with swallow of water. The oil stimulate*
kidneys and digestive organs, the kidney action and enables the
ing true. It Is easy to believe organs to throw off the poisons which
keening the kldneva end dl- cause premature old age. New life aud
rgans cleansed and In proper strength incase as you continue th?
order old age can be deferred treatment. When comp etely restored
irolonged far beyond that en- continue taking a capsule or two each i
the average peraon. **7- <*>?-? M&DAL. Haarlem Oil Capaulee
will keep you In health and vlgoi
>r 200 years GOLD MEDAL, and prevent a return of the dteeaae.
Of) has been relieving the Do not wait until old age or disease
es and disability due to ad- have settlnd down for good. Oo to youi
fears. It la a standard old- druggist and got a box of OOLC
remedy and needs no Intro- MEDAL. Haarlem Oil Capsulss. Money
SOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Is refunded If they do not help you. Three
n odorless, tasteless oapsuDs sizes. But remember to ask for tht
( about 6 drops each. Take original Imported GOLD MEDAL brand,
ou would a pill, with a amall In sealed packages.
ranches. Before the end of on a permanent military policy to the
i the senate Interstate com* senate military committee' tomorrow,
' committee, drafting pcrina- in further hearings on the war deflation,
hopes to report its partment bill to create an army of
idations with a tentative S76.000 men, with compulsory mllle
full committee. Hearings lary training for 19-year-old youths,
intinued by the house inter- Legislation to change army courtmerce
committee with rep-, martial procedure is up for consldera
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cultivated and Improved for three
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ban all the foreign-grown tobaccos
lly the lively taste and rich flavor
rollna tobacco can account for this.
In a cigarette made entirely of
Una do you get the full flavor and
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of up to Piedmont.
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es of the railway executives*] tion tomorrow by a senate military
:ommittee to be heard today, sub-committee. Former Judge Advoohibition
enforcemenridll. cate General Samuel T. Ansell is to
by the senute judiciary com- appear in criticism of present military
ill be reported favorably to! ju?tico methods and to suggest ree.
Other minor bills now forin Th0 ncw oil land leasing bill
t of way in the senate, but it , . , . . . ... . ,
,, '. . . is to be taken up tomorrow by the
;d to call up the prohibition
ate in the week. senate, and after its disposition bills
ettlement of the controversy to develop whatever powers are to be
il of the daylight saving law framed by committees.
1 Tuesday in the house, with Vaughan, Farmer, Tells How He
to pass the bill over the I^jst All His Prize Nee<l Corn.
s veto. In view of the house ,
... . "Sometime ago sent away tor some
cently to muster the neces- pe,||Kreetj see(j corn. Put it in a gunthirds
vote to override the ney aaok and hung it on a rope susveto,
it is doubted whether pended from roof. Hats got it all?
eto can be annulled. If the how beats me. but they did becase 1
I. 10 override the new veto. ?? V?" p .'it
after trying RAT-SNAP. Three sizes.
ill stand Indefinitely. 25c, 50c, $1.00. Sold and guaranteed
ry Baker will give his views by Bennett-Terry Co. t
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