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By GEORSEWEI
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I Author of The Child
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| - QtirajHonn pfnlniniin, In Ifi y.nr^ti
interest and not too long, will be b
I - column. When space will not perm
letters will Be personally answere
twhen a stamped envelope is enclose
- to Geo. Wells Parker, The^Associa
Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
Copyright, 1924, by As30
Who was Sophonisha ??G. L. n
F., Pen3ac^>^^^^g b<
^daughter of Hasdrubal of Han- w
tribal. "She' was -rewed to hate tl
dtome. She was^iiiancecl to e<
Masinissa, king of the Numidi?i?
ans,but was giv^lLby her father tr
i ~ to Syphax. Scipio insisted that o
_ this marriage be annulled, but D
' the Numidian sent her a bowl
of poison, which she drank with- A
_L out hesitation. She has been the a
-subject ?of many dramas in I
French, Italian and English. v
WHAT city or town in the U. F
S. A. has the Negro made the _
greatest relative progress in in- p
dually, cuinmerce and^profes- "h
sion in ??T, C. A. Chicago, 111. i*
This question can hardly be tl
_ answered off hand. It would take %
considerable study and the data b
i for such study is nOt-to be had" ~r
k ~""v WHO was JPrester Johk-^and g
where did he live??G^M. Y. O- li
maha, Nebraska. /
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Prester John is a character a- h
bout which a great deal of fic- F
tion and mystery has tyeen wov?
en, He wa? said to have been a e
king of Ethiopa and richer than h
all ^the^monarchs pf the world, vv
One legend claimls him to have p
been the son -of the Queen of h
~ Sheba by- Sdlomon^_lanothen v
claims the name refers to a line d
of kings of Ethiopia, while still b
another claims he was the ruler d
of the Magi or wise men. During
the Middle Ages much was
said and written of prester John
and of his wealth and. many
sought him, but he remained a _
*j"-my'aluiyr _ ' " o
?I havo hoard-that one of tlnf ^
>, ^constellations was named after
. _ an Ethiopian queen. _Is this e
true mid which one is if??T_JLlt
- J. Philadelphia, Pa. 1<
.A great number of the con-?,
_ stellations have been named af- t
ter African heroes and heroins, v
but I presume you refer to Cas- i:
siopea, yueen or Ethiopia. Shejn
is^said to have boasfe^Gpiat the t
beauty- of hor daughter ^mlro- ii
Fmeda surpassed that of the^ner- J
eids of the sea. This angered ii
Neptune, god of The waters,, and E
ha hrnnght a lifting** iipiwi F.llil-^
opla. The penalty was to chain S
Andromeda to a rock to be de- S
^stroyed by a sea monster, but E
Perseus, the Grecian hero, freed St
her and married her and founded ft
the royal house of Argos.
WHEREl was Roland Hayes a
born??G. F. D., Raahway, N. Y. t
He was bprn in Curryville, Ga. r
WERE tfie Egyptians-acquaint v
ed wlthnghreFMowing?^?H. P. 0.
Wheeling, W. Va. " ~tv
Yes. Glass blowing was prac- ?
I . -ticed in Thebes 31500 B. C., and in t
practically the identical manner V
... Jn_Whfch it ia-practiced today! a
HAVE the west Africans any *
u?universities??S. S. WTlndian[
apolis, Ind. ,-fc
.. - No. There are many mission F
; schools, but no university oYthe F
Answers F
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Negro History.,(
jLS PARKER B:
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Iren of The Siin. ,
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! 1 story, naywhere if of "general C
mswered by Mr. Parker in this _L
it or the-subject is not suitable " e>
d, subject to limitations, and ^
d. Address all communications . ted
Neg^-o Press, 3423 Indiana ? ^
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ciated-Negro Press. L<<
ame. The west Africans have rz
36n agitating for .a university p,
>r sorrie years. At present the ai
ealthier of the natives?sendti
aejr childron to Europe to be
located. m
WHO was the African woman
tentionetKn hifltorjnas-the ruler J
f the island of Rhodes??F. D.
Corinth^ Miss.
Polyxo. She was a: native-of T
rgos in Greece and a descendnt
of the Egyptian colonists.
WAS Tiznakah, the Cushite in- .
ader, o^Judah, a Negro ?-?K. L. ^
Cusjiite was a general term ap- ^
lied by the -Jewish writers to ?
Tr>s*ir v.r>s./<vc
iay.i\ iav.cs, LU .C.I/IUUi^ns.~~
Tizhakah was. probably
he same personas Tearchoh, the"
Ithiopian conqueror mentioned
y Strabo and the same as Ta- C1
akos,^the Ethiopian king of
ypt whose name Appears in. the tt
st of Manetho. r <j;
WAS Caracalla, emperor of oi
lome, a full blooded Negro??
. W. W. Cairo, 111. r(
No. His father, Septimus Sev
rus, was a .native of Africa and o
is mother, a Syrian woman, 0i
ife of Severus. Severus asenu u
eror proved a great and firm j
fiF~son. Caracalla. T.
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.as something-of-a-tyrant -and
espot. He built the Caracallian fj
aths'which were one of the won- a]
ers of Rome.? ~~ p(
Holly Hill Items. 4'
We wereindeed proud to have
ur District Sunday School Suprintendemr
Mr. L. W. White, w
vith us Sunday morning and ,
vening. Mr. White is the disrirf
snpRrintondont of the Char ?
iston District. While here, he .
explained fully the object' of "
;he difftrirt. Himowntonrlont'a
/ork. After which we organ- ^
sed "A Yonug People's Move- .
lent" for the purpose of helping
he Sunday School in anyway__
can. The movement is thor- ?
ughly organized with the followng
named officers: Mr. Enoch w
tall, Pres.; Mrs. Zadie Johnson, n
'iCU Pret. ; Mrs7~MatiIda Mack, 3
lecty. r Mrs. Izora Griffith, Asst.
iecty.; Miss Ollie Bunch, Treas.; "inancial
Committee, Mrs. Ollie
Williams, MissJMary J. Ellis, g<
liss Matilda Johnson. ? tl
We Are expecting a yery pleas- h
nt snil fTn tVrp hph ftf Virmp Tr>r 01
his movement. Everybody is ti
nuch enthused ancl willing to
pprk.__ . _ ia
We also have a vrey wide-a- tc
pake Sunday School here, led by tl
Ir. A. D. McKelvie its superinendent.
He has a deal of ex- vi
lerience in Sunday School wo^k, ;cl
flrtj'a alsh n prngrpgaivA rhnrA tl
porker. - - ci
The entire cabinet is working hi
larmonioufcly with him, and is F
tutting thnigs over. We are
latmifigtomake this a tftnm=J_
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* COLUMBIA,
S.C.,
ecomes Certified;
Jt'ublic^ Accountant
In^Louisiana.
By The Associated Negro Press.)
New Orleans, La., Jan.-^B. B.
ration, formerly of Chicago,
iL_jiQw:employed as a book?eper?in
the -office-ef- &?Wt
reen, supreme chancellor of
le Knights of Pythias, has just
;en justified by Archie W. Smith
psifTprvT-nf flip statp hnnrH nf
irtined public accountants oZ
Qiiisiana, that he passed the
camination recently conducted
i the board and is- now officialrecognized
as a certified puby
accountant in the ^st ate of
ouisana. = zi?. j
A part of the letter reads;
-Youjire the first of your
ice to acquirer the title of C.
Ap in thp state of Louisiana,
id, as far. as I know, in the enre
south. I congratulate, you
pon the T-esnir. and wiflh ynn
uchT success/*
udge George Highest
Paid Official.
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Judge Albert B. George, of
re Municipal Court, Chicago, is
re- highest paid lacial official
l the^country. The salary of
idge George-la 110,000 per
aar. _ _ 1
' CHARACTER. _
Dying," Horace Greeley "" exaimed:
"Fame is ' a vapor,
ike wings, those who cheer tore
thing endures?Character!"
These weighty words bid all
jmember that life's one "task
i the making of real manhood.
ur worm is a scnooi, events
lr teachers,-happiness-the gradation
- point, character is the
jf>lofha~Xrod giygfr-^nafti?-?he
>rces that increase happiness
re many, including money,
dends, position; but one thing
lone is indispensable to success,
msonal worth hnd genuine mapood.
He who stands, forth
othed with real weight of goodess
canneitlier be fooblo in life,
or forgottn in death. Society
dm ires its scholar, but society
3ver3C3-and., loves its here
hose intellect is clothed with
oodness. For character Ts not
f the intellect but of the dispoition.
- Its qualities strike thru
nd. color the mind and heart
yen as the summer sum strikes
le matured fruit through with
licy ripeness. ?
Milton said: ?A
good man is the ripe fruit
nr earth holds up ?oyGod." How
ianv nf lis rnn-^fhis crnnH nlH
orld hold up and. say^ this is
g ood Tiian-t-a good Character ?
-4Henry D. Pearson.
sr Sunday School in the^future
lan it has been in the past. We
ftvo the proper materials who
r<r ready^Eo work in any posion
they are placed.
Rev. R. H. Dunber, the pastor
very enOrgotiCr-and is billing
) he|p put over any project for
le betterment of the church.
Our public school is superised
bv the writer of -t+da-*rti
e. We have a very strong disation.?We
are pfenning to
ave "Field Day Exercises" or
eb. 27th^l925 at Orangeburg,
y J. M. Woodbury,
-?^-Reporter.
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JANUARY 31, 1925. "J
Coolidge Takes Stand?
On Ku-Klux.
. The 'Associated Negio "
Washington^ D. C., Jan.?No
member of %he Ku Klux Klan is
to be appointed to a federal po..sition
if President?Coolidge
. knows anything about it. This
' is the inference taken in connection
with jthe appointment j
-of Robert C.^ Raltzell to a fedr
Baltzell was nominated by7
Senator James Watson of Indi-I
ana. When it was learned that
his name had been given to the
President, word was sent here
that Baltzell was a member of
-^heManr^Fh^ president immediately
directed llie aUoraey^gem
eral to have -the prospective:
judgfi^wcome to this city where'
_ he igjreported beeit qiics"
tiond regarding Jhis klux affiliations.
When be~Tiad corivTnced
Mr. Coolidge that he was not
- connected with the organization;
his name was sent to the Senate.
the answer to the question as
to how die stood on the hooded
organization during the recent
campaign... Those on the inside
^leclare, now, as formerly, that
a klansman hasn't got a chapce-.
i DIOCESE WOULD
BUY VOQJiHEES
Episcopalians Vote For Purchase
of .School?Would
Also Buy Kanuga"
fc Rooolutiono approving the tak
ing over of the Voorhees Normal
and Industrial school at Denmark
by the two Soiith Carolina
1 dioceses of the Episcopal church
: and approving, the purchase of
the - Lake Kanuga property in
r western North Carolina were a
^topted at the; morning session
"Wednesday of the third annual
i per South Carolina meeting in
the Church of the Good Shep:
herd in Columbia., The morning
, business session following the
. celebration of the holy communi
ion and morning prayer was
. consumed in discussing and ar
dopting these resohilions and In
the hearing of various reports.
"~~"FoHowirTg a report n ?pnn
rffff'committee on the Voorhees
, scnooi matter, read by Ex-Gov.1
R. I. Manning, chairman, the res- j
, olutions were adopted approve
. ing the takings over of this msti-=
i tute by the upper state diocese;
; in conjunction with the diocese;
i of South Carolina upon certain
condition's. Among these condi,
.titfns were Jthat each - diocese
should elect an equal number of
trustees, on the hoarcLjif ihe^institute,
and that the bishop of
each diocese be allowed to apr
point the chaplain of the school
who shall nave thc Veneral supervision
of the religious training
of the students and control
of the religious services, that
the American institute for Ne-j
groes pledge itself to contribute
not less than $$,000 annually,.to;
'The support of the school, and
that the diocese of South Caro
nil* pieujfe iisen to raise tne
8um of 12,000 apmually towards
the support of the school.?The
Record""*
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The first daily neftftparfer
~ published by thd^colored people
edited and published by Hon. W.
A.Scott,, nf Claim, TIL The first
issue came from the press April
25,1882. - ZI]
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(By The Associated Negro Press.) fir
Chicago, 111., Jan.?The Eighth J.
Illinois National Guard regiment H(
n?l l rvi? {-*-x
v^oionei uus rs, _i/uncan, com- ed
mander. may be a feature of the Th
groat inaugural parade of Pres- 22
Merit Calvin Cooirttgcin Wash- -re~
ington, March 4th. The invita- m(
tion is taken very seriously by tir
Illinois leaders, including Hon- It
orable Edward Wright, the inj
five racial members of the legis- W
lature, the aldermen, and leacL W
ing-_bnsiness-men -of-the^com^" "In
munity. Mr. Wright, a member rej
of the Illinois ^State Commerce -an
Commission; 'anfl~~tHeT recognized mi
loader of Illinois -and Chicago be
politics, is taxing a personal and rej
active interest in the develop -ba
ment~of the idea, which was sa
Garvey's Ship- R
1 Goes Sailing ?n.
(By The Associated N^gro Press.)
New York, Jam?The' steamship
Booker T. Washington, pur- ati
cnasea jpy tne tsiacK (Jross Mavigatfon
company, one of the num- w
erousorganizations headed~by T*1
Marcus Garvey, at a reported oc<
cost of $100,000 was launched w*
here Sunday before an admiring 80
throng of 10,000 watchers and Af
set sail at six o'clock for Phila- sei
delphia, from where it will go n<
to Norfolk and thence to the rei
West Indies. -garvey arinouTicod l gr
that ihost of the loan holders to *nl
the new company are American ca
Negroes and that the ship is bu
expected to make trips between
the West Indies, and New York Sr
VPrv f w Atrf vo H air a fiT
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Made Poet Laureate no
j Of Georgia^
- (By The Associated Negro Press.) v.
Atlanta, Ga., Jan.?Frank V du
Stanton, author of Mighty Lak
A Rose," "Just A-Wearyin1. For >=
You" and a number of other fQ]
works suggestive of the spirit or
of the Negro has been named ^
poet-laureate of the state of CQ
Gorgia, according to a proclama^j^.
tiorr~tssued irom the executive
offices of Governor Walker. er
Mr. -Stanton conducts a col- eje
limw f AW O *ITV\ II/N ai1?* ' I "1-- ^
I4111H iui a wince utnije. xyvu ui i
his poems, ~"L,yncnecl'' and-?j
"They've Hung Bill Jones," once"
caused an Oklahoma governor
to commute-the sentence of a ^
man who had been sentenced to ^
be hanged. ? ? ?
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State Officers for the^.?J
Next Two Years.
The following?officer a, conoti - pe
tuting the State " administration, i^o
were aworn in last Tuesday to fei
serve for two years: _ ed
Governor, T. G. McLeod, of coi
Biahopville. JL>ii
Lieutenant Governor, E. B. Ds
Jackson, of Wagner. __~-1
'Attromey General, John" M. Ifbi
Daniels, of Greenville. m<
Comptroller General, C. J. 10
Bcattie, of Camden. _ ; al
Secretary Tif~ State, W: P7W
Blackwell, of Laurens. -- - sh
Treasurer, S. T. Carter, of Cd- fire
lumbia. - ?f?f~? th
Adjutant and Inspector Gen- kn
eraL Robert E. Craig, of Colum- co
Bia, ? ,?3
Superintendent of Education^ ge
James H. Hope, of Union.
- Commissioner of Agriculture,"
Harris, of Pendleton.
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C-:7-?^rit-coPY^
lient
end Inaugural.
st suggested by Hon. Emmctt
ScottJSeQretary-Treasurer of
>ward University, and follow
up for. action in lllinois by
ie Associated Negro Press.
the only national guard reglmt
in the United States _enely
officered by^ racial-?men. has
an illustrous history, dat- "
? from the Spanish-American
ar,? and including thei^Woildr ?
ar, where_under-_direct com- "
and of Colonel Duncan, the ?
gimerrt was in actual battle c;
d clococt to Ccrmany on Ar
atice-day;?An invitation has
err extended, also, to the 15th
giment of New York, and the
tallions of-Washington, Mas-??
chusetts and Ohio.
ichland eunty^^ ^
Teachers* Ass'n.
The first session of the Richid
Couilty Teachers' Associion
for 1925 was hsTd at Book- ___
Washington High School, Satdayr
Januflry-24, at IS o'clock.:
e president Rev. R. W. Jenkins
5upied his seat and presided
th that usual dignity that is
becoming to SUch Divines.
f er going through the opeifrrig- r
rvice, the teachers of the va?
>us groups repaired to their
spective places for~their usual
oup meetings.?After-spend?
one hour and a half in that
pacity they reassembled for
siness. fft tlfo '
ades were instructed in MathttStics
'aiid English by Mrs.
E. Dunmore; too much cant
be said of her efficiency^ as
instructor. Mrs."?Garrett, I
pervisor of- Rirhlnnd .County
:hools anpomtpd Rpv. E. E.
>rnwell to give instructions in
igraming at the next regular *
jeting. * t ' '
Thts"~b"eing Kegistration Day
r the County and State TeachAssociations,
Miss Modjeska
niteilli collected j!ees_.fur the ?unty
and Mr^. Garrett for the
ate. :
Not having a chaplain for the
lsuing year, the Association
icted Rev. J. W. Neal. -?- The
Association was favured
thjjie presence of Profs. I, M.
Myers and W. P~ Dendy. The
siness having -been finished,
e meeting adjourned to meet i
fourth Saturday in February.
LittleJBIrd Told Me."
Tn pnrlv flova onr\??H4-!4-*/v..n
. .J uu; u O VI ^C1 a l/l LIOUB
opfe pald considerablfi ftftfon-...
TT to the blcdsTand their dif- : .
"ent cries, which were believ- ?
to foretell events. Thus
mes the old saying, "A little
d told me," says the London
lily Mail. ? -
Traces of this belief are fQ hfl
nud in our own Old Testamt,
where verse 20 of chapter
of Ecclesiastes speaks of"for
bird of the air shall carry the
ice, and that which hath wings
oil tell the matter." It. is
nerany agreed that it is from
is helief ~ in tfca universal
lowledge of birds?which, of
ything from the sky?that
t this saynig/
The swan as a dinner dish has en.
seen within compjorattve^"
-recent times in England! "
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