' Questions and Answers 15 In Negro History ?XBy The Associated Kegru PrcBu) J '* Rfe. ; BY GEORGE WELLS PARKER | Anthor of "Th* Children wf Tlia %irn *tr:T Questions pertaining to Negro His- :*j tory anywhere if of general interest,;'5 and not too long,ilLJ^P, answered by g fe" 1 " |fr. Parker in tms' column. When! 8 apace will not permit or the subject is ft not suitable, Jetters_wiU be personally ? " "answered, subject to proper limits- ft tions, and when a stamped envelope S is oneto^eiF. Address all communica- ft Alone; to George Welts Parker, 3423 ft Indiana Avenue, Chicago, Illinpia^ZXie Are the American Indians and the.ft "~f~~fTrtth~rrlitrrt-^-^F^R Rr 8 NNdT Columbus called the Ameri- ft can Indians by that name because ft he thought he had reached India^The ft "Indians of India are mixed Negro, ? MalaV oand Mother bloody in varying _? ????rirr*rrrt " >7rt?rrrrr?tin!! VPf bppn nhlp ft to c)a^*?fy the^Amcriean Indian. Iff *-TQg hint |i1it fn the g Massachusetts public schools??J. T. -9 f:?; " ... I?cannot answer this as I_have_not_J? *lliu Information. Outside of "Williams' 9 .Hist'ory_o?. the Negro I*know of no Q other Jjook that has"taPOnused as a o text book. Negro history is yet in h its infancy and although it is a "great 9 and ""extended subject, .American_?i schools-do^-not~tak^ "It'llpr ' ! gj ?Wao Alexandei ""Hamilton ^aHNegro S and is the- Hamilton Club of Chicago ? i named after him??F. E. M., Chicago, g A1/wnnYl"i JTiunill "ii ~ffvn? fin or'to roo'n and hnrn in^thc Wetl Indies rzr~? F d~vTi HY'l1iin ml he was a very important' rhnraritrr? ?? irr American^ history. The Hamilton 1 Club of Chicago is named after him, * although whites do not rnre -*q ~t?nr>_ _ l cede his^AftHcaTT^exO-action. What 'period marks .the d(Twnfall of 7 -=?the rule "trf-~the~~flark races?E^=H7n.. ~ ^cnri? in ??r?r~ The rnlp pf Ml'"1- j1"^ tically ended with the downfall of the Moors in Spain tn the twelfth can ?? tury:^ :7 Was Homer of African dogPft*** ? ? ?HI L>. C., Springfield, Ohio. . V C He was a Grecian and probably of \; African descent as the Grecians of fj his day were pretty well .mixed with--j^ r* African colonistsV^'His poem, The Iliad, dealt with a ned'ple who would?"jy be?called Negro today. Y They were q all of African descent and the Tro- g intic nc w'oll '> ?? what was his race??G P (^ Dejr-j__ yer, Colo.-- r "" ? Raines^ was a groat F.frypHgn | ??cuiiiiUUtor and belonged to the eigh^i*"* - teenth_ dynasty. He -was of African' r descent as were, all E^yptian^ ? ? WASH tNGTON SEGREGA- " . , TIONISTS WAGING CAM- D I'AIGN TO ORGANIZE ;-f, ENTIRE CITfY, l " lVV_bite ^property owners of' ^Washington, D. C., whose pri-vate segregation agreements are ^ ^to?be brotight before -the Su-1 ^ i?t- preme Court this April by the r. National Association for the Ad-j 0 ^ r> ~ '\ ~ "V [ - V Ui --\/UIUICU i ayp attempting. entire' National CapTtgfljfea.that. \ " colored people "will b e _ linab 1 o-to-? 7? hi^y or orcirpy propei ly In but the districts assigned to ^ P them. The-segregation advocates are ^ publishing their own daily 1 newspaper, "called "The North'" . Capitol Citizen," which ' tdms?h _ daUy^r&pm^-ngf?the^ex tension c of the^sogregaTibn movement. a ? One of the recent issues which w 1 ,1 -? . V VT f*li iiaa uume iu uie-eiiicea ot me ?h p" A. A. C. P. reports that forihe w p?-?.first"tifhe'Tn Tfie history of the 'J ^ District of Columbia, all the J. white property owners in a P. & ^?Square, hail placed on record in I)eecTs~~liTrTnclentiire prohibiting F the sale of any of\the property Y{ | to any Negro nr ri'ilrrrvTt",pfT&hn n K for LITe next 21 years. <-ti The same issue of the North V t Capitol Citizen reports that or- n ganization of the segregation _c< f~?.forces" by blocks on .a city wide is y -basis 'is proceeding and therr news is headed by such lines as P the following: "Randolph f> f Place Doing Great Work," si I %^S Street Continues tn Cat-R?- n >T ' (< a ,j O l :.t \T.1 rr> ... BUIIO, -rVUttlllH OLi eCL i>Ol X O vv Be Outdone^ "Other Streets' 'Also Busy." j g: Cases involving IJha-aale of ft ~ property to colored people are ol being vigorously pushed by the tc Li white property owners, and it u 1 k. is reported that J ustice Hoeh- bi IfPlT'*100 fixed Maxch_LO--aa^ the, to p date "for commencing ?"? * ~ - -[T1???? jpjlj III_ ? '- I , [' *"? ? y " ?: ????aeo?g&ea&xc^^ ------ vT t' Hair Bobbin rMassaging PORO BEA I. S. LEEVY1^ DEF ?Qttr-fleauiv fslitTp is fillinp-h 1 Columbia and Tirjpity llliilrr Ihr -^HUDSON, formerly-adih-t he Hurt! .Mine. Hudson is a high clas: bob and shape hair_in?ali?the lat rihT" wOrry nbnnt viinr ha+r?ah-*i in my .army of customers and go vice thai the Poro System has to Hair bobbing is only 35c. F I you want doneL 50c to- $1AMV E jThe^ regular -1W" ^ Mrs: 1^. J. Jihodes, Prop. Go Mr. W. H. Har.vey, Insuran >? Mr. P. M. Bowling, The Mt temarks by Pastor .< : endekliun. ~~ i a case" involving the sale oT nid at 69 Seaton_Placu, NrWr, "here fraud has been_charg^d.James A. Cobb, attorney for he N. A. A. C. P. in the segreation ease coming before the J.. S.?-Supreme" Court,""reports hat the white, segregationists f Washington-.^are closely matching all the movements-of her^r-Arr^Ar^^TPTlmd'livemib[shing in the _Xorth?Capitol ?. A. At-Gt?P. is doing in oposition to their-movement. Commenting on this report, araes Weldon "Johnson, Secre^ ary of the N. A. A. C- P., said: "This movement iip Vyydung^. Mt?hns?flfT" "f ft r?sade. "Hera_\ve have a fa ntieal segregation organization ,hich has for_jts_purpose the lodging of while people ol' the" hole city of Washington,"IrtocTT y block and street,by street, to nter inter agreement not to sell ropertv-lo-^^gTbeK: "This movement is a menace hich apparently Th^Txolarecl' errple" of tlnt-country-famrYmf et "fully realized, nor nrr tlvrv illy-aroused to its dangers. If, lis movement- succeeds in Washington, it will*" be put in lotion in cities all over the _.i--i. mi VT ? ? ? juiiiry. ine IN. A. A. u. Jt*r~ss: ; stated above, is fightingf this latter through the U. S. Sureme Court. Members and "iends. of the Association lould bear in mind that we are the right of hite property, mvjoers- to ogree ot to sell their property to Neroes, but we arc contesting, leir rightrto invoke the powers, * the StaflTand the government? enforce such an agreement, [lon^any signer who "wishes tot reak-rtrarrd to sell his prtxnerlv-* r-wtTT)T?isoeveir"hechooscs. Thisthe erux-of the "case we nowj --? - ?-n " THE PAXME1 .-.- . ig and Facial I Popufcnrat UTY SHOP i ? 8 AUTMKNT STORK. : | felt liOi'tTaiiioiuc our women in $ -nqpeevt:dorv~dT\ Minc. KSTEELE . ranch-!n N'c\T York City, o s' ladies barber who knows how to ^ eat styles ami shapes. "Voir -need?g 1" sTrys~^V^he7^^^3son^' Just (FiTTTsF ~v t the best and most courteous ser- . ^ offer. ' g aetal massajnTrj?7according to what ?L 'resCTPTr~~aTid sln'mp.i.iinr the linii i^enU. -^kntticm*rrrpr-hvi 11 be " ooh $T _ ? o th^irTrnnrifT^" ?r' 11 fn- *' ' HHIIIIF Of Otir Vi)"'"" nhiln . Tii i|ipii?p> mii> "Shop is always open for your ser--?& ?Oth \ , f ; jr slle Hudson J ;KI) AM> TACOHT. ARTMENT STORE. J - ^ -jV ^uHTaTsTC. PHONE 7567 ? o ~ ~ ~ ? ?^ m jutco irnn 1Y1IODH Get Together iting ? " ^ * rally; > ... H .. LXfai^HjuL-Suncla v.) i T . ; ? "-* , I ill be rendered as_?oltoWS-: ??H Choirr. ; " ... . _ Miss C. B. Singleton Mr. I. S. Leevy Benedict [College Quartette " ""Luctge 0. -jr. Ki mbal 1 Allen ^University Quartette Singin.g b_M t he Choir : Mrs;' TT Hollo way lowing: ? ~ _ _j p TTitrh School-? h-'wolrj-tTntr School lor 1 Jelinquent od Samaritan Hospital, ce and Banking. ircantile Side. _ ?? ^TRewNi* S. Smith ????? 1 " I'" Miav. Omun rVi.lot.l' T. K. Baile?? : ML ;y; A. \V;ill.i i- i |i ,if'- "M 1). I. .St,rWinan ;\l. oT kri H. W'.?tlffTT'iToif O.Of A. + M, L.O.y.h's - " rSk=&f-AV. . Calyiir'CouTKsT _ I. g.1 : lieufeh'o Wort iky o. g. " > f ^ -1 ! cv MILLA MFjG.CO ?'* t? ^columjbia. s. We -are - prou'd to V?c abk? to say that we never take advantage of the' occasion to swell our profits l>v ques- ' rifinahte_-m*^-hoft-e- -~\ye'"^ovfo^TittvH <.iv |>ui <>i riu expensive casKet just .lur?un tr Fn 'every instance whore we act as undertakers our advice is always for-the benefit' -pf the farniFy as well as ftn' TFTo'TIifr- j nilieil interment of the dead. ' Rerwn & Singleton L'NDKKTAKERjT'fe FMH,V "' "H* Open All Hours on h "TTvm.A^ H'I. 771 ?PWtWSr' I Business 7 ResIfTence- kTjLa ' 1 TT :to leader JUJSINKSfr Houston, Texas?-^Iarch?One hundred HiixUaiplilu nO'inlno .'ml j the Houston Commercial ~ lub j representing- 27 classes of. busI iness and the profession, met I here last night in the aildij tor-ium of the American Mutual TRenefit Association - to hear A. L. Holsey, "Secretary of the Natfoithl Neimx Business League; C. C. Spaulding^"Ghair.man"bf II lie Executive ConHnittee of the ; lUtsincssi^League-^Vas^ expected but was unable to be present on account of" illness in his fam? Alf&rUheziaaticu^i--bamttet; X. Dudley, Vice President of the ' A?r|nrir;yp iUlltlhll 111 111' f 11 ,'V -(7 j oration and President of the Commercial Club, gave a brief H4retch np fhp?history and plans oflhfiBlub and presented ('. F. Richardson, editor of th#> Houston Informer and Secretary of the Club. Riehard gave-a~nTOsf Mil feres t i ng rcI view of - Negro progress in ! Houston and-JiiManm-nrescnted the speaker, ' ? ?-Mi. Iluluuy made a strong =ph^cMor^Moi-operation in busij ness and urged his.hearers not to lose fnittT in Negro -prrtrr" pi-lsep. Ho pi'fu^.i ijii ??ii niM^fTrru-' program xd" Service to the Busii. .'is unhiding tin National Negro Trade Week. C'i -poraliom-?? f In company with J. B. GregoiTyTMPresident of-Mho American Mutual Benelit Association, and MTsse St_?Iones of Durham, N. 4-..- rcprrespnting the National Xvgro h'iiiance -'-Corporation, air. llolsey-left tonight for Dal4a*-and other"points" in -Texas. gBMBwaawaartSiMMwi '*f i F, ^ ^tznLnini2ritfiiaii du di dJ gfai S * 1 .'C'OvvvOOOOOC'OOO:' l-.?l ir?. ... - o . ijij | $ J- b.Xewie I' ; "I ' - :is ^jlj -?? ?tjr ~ cT -3 >? rJ O [i '.ti- - , -! Cunli?UCTt~-froTVl I'Uge 1.. r" so, should help this project by writing to ilrs. Bertha^Cook; . ^StqKlers, .* Superintendent o f Phiilips^County Schools, Helenarj _i????. l inn,.) . t i . i i n .?..?..?inTn | FOIt THE PROTECT t Join The Amer ?t , 7 /!. . . ' ; . A FRATERNAL LIFE Tn 1,1 inr T?i"1 eir ^ ^r ^o.oo^ The_ Qi:der pays IJ~IJotTEIT Benefits. " i-? Euwr Office 'no WAgniMf"rn>i | _ SERA ______ "OUR IV ^ Ciotimay^V^ Fir;,t Cluoa Wi " : rt05"FRIEND STKEi ; *\ T "" ' ' I-D^yi99-J_ pft( UpSTT^^i . Funeral ) And Licensee I All Cads Promptly^ Night.?Motor Equip 1109FRIEND STREET a Our Motto? >:>o ooo'oo.o C'0o:ox>:oo-0^oooo:ooooo0' Pr?ident.- GfO H UAMt'TC PRINTING -tke Ail of producin n npressions on rapei nJ wrfeyeJ^J^ " ART 7~ _____ _v ?' ;? 7 - 1 ? " \ Printing & Supp cal and Long Distance Phone 45 iMBLYSTREET COLUME :><^>ao':>ovooc'OOOoo"oo'oowoooo'0'CR III'' H i' Saturday, March 14, 1925* rArkansas, for-further informaI fTon and, if they are satisfied ' Tihoiit the nature of thn r B | projected, 'would , do well to I make a contribution toward the school for Negro children at B ^tgn^^zrrrrrr ION OF WE HOME -J ican .Woodmen INSURANCE ORDERd^ -r^ LiJU^- - liispensa&on^is now on ! Sick, Accident:, Buriall^aiul _ L 4- =3 LOTT, Supervisor. STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C. ?MM???_ " 4 i. . i t[|- [ VICE" i IOTTO"~ ?^ | laving Parlor Jfk Guaranteed J? ~ ? - Ne wbei i y, S. C. ~ ~~ . Night 531 ~| I& PRATT g J Directors - I 1 Embalmers St tended toDay or uiicuu - . ~?- . 3 ' ~ -r - ^Newberry, S. Qt l "oERViCE" -1 ? ^ ^ ?? a. m : zfarafciajaErzizjHjaraj^^ 0 o oooc> o:aoo o 00000 -- Manage; B .. j^jj ? ; . . j ' j^~~' -^2--1 ii w= I ^Ijj !IA, S. C. t ; J ? J ; . \~^ ? ? .-. .. . fe ~ ' 1 . *.r ? : - ----- * ? -^ ^-- - - -n i "i^Mirr "ni i rr