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Newspaper
The Union
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1922
Page
2
Editor notes on union values and loyalty while warning against Jim Crowism and segregation. Argues that Black and white interaction in streets and theaters fuels segregation, and predicts a future of increasingly separated schools and communities. Cites need for moral, political, and social reform to avoid racial division.
There is no discrimination shown at Jane Street Auto School. Night classes start May 1 at 7 30 P M offering drafting driving mechanics courses. G W Hales is the manager with West 1310 L phone and 744 Barr Street contact.
Mr Chas Dixon suffered three broken ribs in a riding accident. Miss Phillips of Pendry Ave remains convalescent. Mrs Armanda Johnson is building a new home on Oak Street in Wyoming Ohio. Mr and Mrs James Davis hosted several guests from Cincinnati and Covington on Sunday.
Miss Aida Crayman of Dayton visits Mrs Mayme Greene Brown at Gordon Hotel. A dinner honors Rev H W Webb pastor of Mt Pleasant Baptist Church in Kansas City. Rev James Wilson and Mrs Birdie Cross attend. Several local social items note birthdays, illnesses, deaths and weddings.
Dr J F Pennington told officials that an examination corroborated her charges. Gray was arrested this afternoon.
Jackson Mississippi May 3 Attorneys for Frances Birkhead stenographer may file a new suit against Governor Lee Russell her former employer following dismissal of a $100000 damage petition. The court held it lacked jurisdiction as Russell's home is in Oxford not Jackson.
London leader Lord DeWar told Leysian Mission attendees profiteering has spread since World War I, reaching Sudan where prices for a wife rose from four spearheads to eight, and cattle costs rose from four cows to seven, as reported from the meeting.
The speaker notes that certain items are easy to acquire yet costly to maintain, drawing an analogy to automobiles to illustrate the burden of ongoing expenses and upkeep.
The Lincoln Theatre showcases a first run vaudeville show with new faces from May 14. Anita Stewart stars in Invisible Fear alongside two leading men. May 16 features Appearance a Cosmopolitan Production. May 16 17 18 screens Tomble David and Way Down East with Barthlemes in a major drama. Guilty Conscience and Winners of the West play May 19 20. May 21 22 brings After Your Own Heart and Vanishing Trails serial No 1 with Tom Mix and Franklyn Farnum.
Day surprise party given on Mrs. C. N. Reider and visits from Mrs. Emily Murray rumors of a divorce proved false. Grace Smith’s eight children, youngest death in December. E. O. Coleman hosted guests Florene Henson and Anna Coleman of Kentucky and Ohio. M. Alice Prosser hosted Laurel Embroidery Club on Wednesday afternoon May 4. Prosser couple guests of Mrs. M. Alice Prosser. Huey family member travels to Detroit for eye operation while Lula Lewis joins in Detroit to be near sister.
Negro leaders of city Methodist Episcopal Church activities will convene nationwide at Central Avenue Church in Atlanta from May 10 to 14. It is the first such conference in the denomination’s history and seen as a milestone in developing Negro leadership for the 250,000 members of the church.
Bishop Thomas Nicholson of Chicago told the New York East Methodist Episcopal Conference that the older generation courted in church while the young now visit resorts where the church is a poke and the eighteenth amendment is mocked. L. F. Bower of Chicago blamed high living costs on sin, arguing 65,000 girls are lost yearly to commercialized traffic and that laymen could stop it in 12 months.
A white churchman warns against lax living and urges Colored ministers to focus on youth conduct, arguing that current behavior shapes future generations and responsibilities of tomorrow’s parents.
Judge Robert 8. Marx of Superior Court discharged a six man five woman jury Monday for the good of the public service after the panel failed to reach a verdict on a case tried over more than a week. It was the second consecutive case where jurors did not agree.
Historic notes describe protests by prominent men over wives sharing jury rooms with men overnight. The piece hints at further unrest and references a birth event linked to the contentious jury policy.
In Judge Stanley C. Roettinger’s court, Adam Hetzel, 50, of 1709 Pleasant Street, was found guilty and sentenced to 15 years in the penitentiary. Hetzel had been accused of attacking his stepdaughter Theresa Klink, 22, with prior imprisonment for a 1918 attack.
Rev P J Blackburn will lead Mother’s Day observance at Brown Chapel A M E Church with special choir music. The service will focus on honoring mothers and may include reflective messages and hymns of praise.
Five room frame bungalow at 3266 Gaff Avenue with hot and cold water. Contact H N Conway at Avon 3940 X for rent set at 45 dollars monthly.
The Union urges expansion of a city directory to include a brief colored history of Cincinnati. It asks for lodge church and business leaders, photos of houses and lodge rooms, and asks contributors to send information at once so future generations can learn of their forebears. The cost will be kept low for broad access.
The Grand Rally shows progress with many members paying dues. Miss Mabel Hall and Mr Howard Williams elected to represent Brown Chapel Sunday School at the Sabina Institute in July. Mr A B Hall serves as Vice President and Miss Reseda Berrey as Corresponding Secretary.
Senator William Borah of Idaho denounced the American occupation of Haiti in a May 1 Carnegie Hall lecture before 3500 attendees. He charged U S marines invaded and kept Haiti under military subjection for five years, claiming the move served primarily New York interests.
Winchester Kentucky 11 year old Mabel Gray appeared before County Attorney H J Moore and obtained two warrants for the arrest of her father Sylvester Gray 48 a farmer residing at Ford in Clark County. She said she had been mistreated Sunday night while her mother was away from home. The child was accompanied to the county office by an unidentified guardian.
The So Re Lit Club met at Mrs Eureka Harrison on Monday Pearl Christian succeeds Mrs Lucile Brown as President.
The Bloomington Illinois branch of the NAACP aided in halting the transfer of a Black man to Mississippi where he faced probable lynching, reflecting strong civil rights intervention by local activists.
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