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who. J
before her marrage to Mrt^Kowt"
ard A. Lee, of Rovhester. N. Y..
Miss' Juetta Sanders, daughter of
Mrs^ Nettie Sanders of this
marriage ceremonyj
waslpe?f6MBe(L^^the Rev.-A. ,J
W. Adkins, at AlexandrtafrVa. i
Mrs. Lee, who is well known-;
in Columbia among The ynnn-i
ger set, has~hreen attending How- d
ard Univnrsity for several years, jJ
- Mr_-Lee is in the school of i'
ard. University and is the ordyV
of Rochester, NnY. > 1
The many friends here of Mrs
Left lrtJpe that her sail over th6 ""
matrimonial sea will be one of '
happiness and. joy.; Jl
Mr nnrl TVTvc T on
in Washington, D. C.
U. S. LABOR DEPT. REPORTS
SPRING EXODUS OF NEGROES
FROM SOUTH.
(By N. A. A. C. P. Newsservice.j
The National Association for
the advancement of Colored People,
69 Fifth Avenue, New York
reports the receipt frorp. the
_ partment of Labor of a release ;
stating-that the Springtime ex_-odue
of Negroes from the South
is under way and migrants are
arriving in Pennsylvania, Ohio,
New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois,
Indiana, Missouri and points
"According to'the Labor De- partment,
the migration promts?***
TTTtse A'TSrge one and may"'
bring about an excess of labor
supply over the deirjand in Northern
industrial cities.
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BEAUTY M;
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MRS. JUETTA SANDERS^JE
WRITE WOAIAN FORGES M
NAME"oi^^2fcOREp FE--K
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(By The Associated Negro^iJ^ess.) ;
Washington, D. CM JYlardi. 1 g
STrs7~Margaret~ E^- Buchanan,1 j
white, and former secretary of
former Representative S. A.:
Kendall, Pennsylvania, admitted w
ho forged the name of Mrs, ai
Martha Warfiejd, a colored wo-J^
man, to checks from the Veter-h
gis' Bureau because she" "nee<]~
^Tfie"~hfonev/> Michael Mcinerney,
special investigator of ^ ()]
the bureau, testified Thursday,^
at^tTie~ti'ial of Mrs. - Buchanan,:^
on a charge of forgery, in the g
Criminal Division of the District
Supreme: Court. if
Mrs. Warfield was working at w
the home of Mrs. Buchananj
when her son died ' on March
1920, and the defendant sug- j
4- ~ J 4- U 1 _ 4- 1- -J- 1- - I
gesceu tu ner timu sue migni oe
entitled-to compensation for-his _
services. She said she gave the (
matter into the hands of Mrs.
Buchanan and in September, tl
1921, began receiving compen- A
sation from the Veterans' Bu- h
reau under the monthly pay- B
rtienf plan.her son hsvinghad It
a policy for $10,000r
Mrs. Warfield-identified the.rj
two checks mentiontd in the in-'ai
dictment as well as a third onejoi
for $662.06, not included in thelp'
indictment similar to the other is
two. She deniSd she had writ- L
ten her name on the hack of the A
checks, hut declared she had re^
covered the money on the $662 id
check and on one for 1^401, but ai
had not received payrhent on a Si
check for $300. The checks
wore all made payable-to_^Mrs. sj
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artha' Warfiekl, -ca^e-of
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u i Icli i\kTTSlItEoi-j^lie^enciQr sf
ents-ef- Mrs. War field and Mr*
uihanan. - -
On e.rpss-examination -Mr?
uchanan^s 'counsel sought t
lie the witness admit she ha*
>ld Mrs. Buchanan that she de
red to purchase a little hom
ith thc.-m.uiiuy .when It cam
id that she asked the defen
Int to hold the money unti
i e^u-as rcady,- Mr*n-AVarfief
knitted telling about-a desir
> buy a home, but denfed tft
.0 dejtied that she told Mrs
urhanan she feared anothe
)n of"the wife oL-the.dead so
tight get the money from he
she received it." The cas
as continued, -x
hiTadelpih^nt a. At C. I
ASKS EDUCATION BOAR)
FOR SQUARE DEAL.
By N. A. -A. p. P. ]Ne\ys. ServiceThe
Philadelphia Branch o
le Natiorral Association for th
dvancement of Colored Peopl
as writteh -a letter to the loc
oard of Public Education, ask
tg a joint" conference bavin
)r its object the removal of bar
ers against, colored teacher
rid discrimination against co
red students in the Philade!
hia public schools The lette
signed by the Rev. Williar
loyd Imes> chairman of the h
7 A. C. P. Public Schools Com
tfttee; by Isadore Martin, Pres
lent of the Philadelphia Branc
ad bv JuliarTSt. (Jeerce
ecretary. ~
"It ja commonly reported;
iya' theL letter ""Jay- our gradi
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WANT NI
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UUVEKNUK DESIRE |
PUNISH LYNCHERS
Governor Clifford
Ws lker of Georgia
REPLYING TOLA TELEGRAM
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From the N. A. A. C. P., Has
Written a Letter in Reply '
Stating that He Will Do ATI
Possible to Abolish Mob
Violence.
(By "N". A. A7 C. P. News Service.)
Governor Clifford Walker of Ceur- pia,
replying to the recent telegram
of the National Association, for the u.
Advancement ~oF c Tore*d People on
tho hnvnlnn- r%4- Xt_ . ' -
"that ' State, - has "written a letter. in I
reply stating that he will do all pos-!
sible to abolish mob violence.
GoVe^or Walker's letter is las fol-'
lows.: ^
Mr. James W. Johnson, Secretary,' (
National -Association for .the Advancefnent
of. .Uolored PeppR;,
(>9 Fifth Avenue,
Dear - Sirv
I acknowledge receipt of your tel.
eg ram and assure^ you that this as-jwell
as any other r suggestion you
- -may^make to xne, wi^have my earn-1
_ est personal consideration. I remind |
you that in my executive order en-'
terod some months ago, I directed'.
jthat the maximum reward allowed j
; by taw be blTer ecTTmmediately upon j.;
-.j the nnnoiintionw^ of any -mob vio-t
jlence in this.State-. Pursuant to this j
'order, such a reward has been offer- j j
I 1 1
jed-and-yott-tnay be assured that tblgj
' office will cooperate in any possible 1
-nwayih tfto effort lu abmi^n"lffinrvio^"
- timer in thh State.
Very - respectfully" your*,;
(SigrmH) P"
WALKER, ^ !?
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!START FIVE _ THOUSAND's
JT DOLLAR HOME DRIVE. j*
(By The Associated Negro Press.) i*
. Chicago, III. March. Under i1
rtl the leadership of Mrs. Carrie !c
ft Horton, the Chicago Northern 1
DhitrictM the t^eOirration of Wo- I
e men's clubs has begun a cam-'^
A | time limit o il t h e drlyols Juried
e with the work are Mrs. Helen
c O. Rrasrher, Mrs. Irene WTrCny v
! Mrs. Belle Fountaine. ;r
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zz -NEGRO C A fHQ I ,ICS 1
n _ ____ ORGANIZE. " " f"
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New York, N. Y., March. a
' The Federated Colored Catholics ,t
of the United States, formed in t
Washington a year ago, has "a-^
adopted a constitution and laid)
plans for a vigorous expansion o
campaign. The aim of the or- c
) ganization is to band the 250,if
[000 to 270,000 colored Catholics
e'in this country into a central or- i
e ganization. The president- of
il the federation is Professor Thomas
W. Turner, of Hampton In-~~
g stitute; Hampton, Virginia.
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s ates of the Philadelphia Normal 2
I- School who are on the waiting I
I- Jist that they are openly discou- c
r raged from even seeking posi- c
n tions here right in their own (
I, aity^ and evxat before gradua- s
i f.i a a 4- V- s\ U V
L 1 1'iviu iii/iii tnv: mgii ovjiiwiM, iiie,y (.
are being discouraged from
hlteflipting t.he Normal School J.
ot study." The' ''latter "I
asks that opportunity be giveir (
"to colored teachers as well as I
wtk&
A Di m/i n
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DR.- MABEL CARNEY
Prominent white educator, who
will T^wey^^Za^dyefea^U) _
* the Palm-etto State Teachers
^^lPT^uexT^week.
Miss Cannpv ix Axxnptairp JPrnr
hssor^f Rural Education, in t
teachers College. Columbia^n--versitXT^rgraduatex)!'
the State
formal School, DeKaTBrr^tnoifc
ind of Teachers College, Colum-.
>la University. 'She has ftadvide
experience as a teacher, in
he rural schools of Illinois, as;
:ritic teacher at Western Illi- j
lois Normal School, Director of
lural Education htTTlTe". State
sofmal School, Cheney, Washington,
and at theState Norm a U
Jnlu^Mt^- of Tltinohe From I
Q1 J f ^ .101 7 xrne Qf of o 5til
>ervisor of High School Trailing
in Minnesota, leaving this
cork in September, 191-7T to be-:
ome Associate Professor of Ru-1
al Education at Teachers Cop;
Which position she tiasJ
mid fiinoo that~aifttOi *^4
Dr. Carney" Is" an interesting
nd thoughtful speaker and wri- j
er. She is the author of "Coun-;
ry- Life and the Country!
Ichool." "
sjSHe will address the- teachersn:
"Some Fundamental Priniples
of American Education." j
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A Y TRIBUTE TO CORNEL
YOUNG. *
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i-Bv The Associated Negro Press.) !
Etcfi,ffiQn"cTT~ Ya^^arch7:-::ThG ^
'eta chapter, of the Omega Psi
>hi Fraternity held its public
eremonies at the Fita^i'I&aptist1
hurch as a memorial to Colonel
Charles Young, U. S. S. A:
plendid-program waSj rendered
y members of the faculty and
tuderrts'of the Virginia Union
ion oi tne-iite and character oU
^oloneFYoung was presented by \
"lorman R. Olphin, A. R., of the
/trgihifr Union university, j
t . r.
f-VIVLLlVl rv
REP^jSENTW
THE RAC
Acting On The
F nvmor O
-v r& Htvi VJ
Have Petitioned G
Issue an Order
Officered fey G
'Colonel Down.
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7 |- "THIS PAPER IS J
Sf E DEVOTED TO THE g
INTERESTS O F J
K 1 THE PEOPLE.
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LEAD
EGIMENT
nvrsnr
^E IN HARI.EM
Advice Of
iovernor Sulzer,
ITY CONGRESS,
iovernor Smith to
Directing that the
National Guard, be
olored Men, From
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(By The Associatpd Negro Press.)
, New'York. Mar. Representatives
of the. race in Harlem, act- " ...
in# on the advice of former Gov.
ty Congress, petitioned Governor
SmitlTTo issue an order di
rccting that thtt uG91 hTnfatitry^
"Xntional Guard, be officered by
colored men, from colonel down.
This is but another chapter in
the agitation which has been, goling
on 'for some time,, against
[white officers in a colored regiment.
However, it is said that
-the colored People- seem to be
divided into three groups on -
this matter: those -who" insist on
;a+l colored officers" and those who
believe it is not""opportune", to"
make a colored colonel of the
-negHnontr ' ~~ ... . -- "
|* It has been charged that-in ^
thls.n'cgiment there are too ma- -winy
"pink tea" officers.
It, has been pointed out that :
-t hnsf lf^rlin<r in the r^pvpmpiit
^ h g i m en t
that Lieutenant Colonel Benjacef
in th eregular army be as^
.signed to command the 36yth
inianiry. - " .
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CAN SEARCH FOR WHISKER
"WITHOUT WARRANT.
(By The Associated Negro Press.) 5
Washington, D. C., March.
Federal nrohibition agents law,
fully irray stop .automobites "arid
other vehicles' arid' search them
for contraband liquur without
a -warrant, the United- Stales"
Supreme court held this week.
Chief Justice Taft delivered the
epinioth i
MURDER VERDICT -GIVEN t
' IN EIGHTY MINUSES.
Richmond, Va., Marrfi. What
is* believed, to be/a-record for
speedy trials in Virginia was executed
last Monday in Farmville,
a small town near here,
when Jesse Carter, a colored
juuia was uiuicieu, triea, con*
yictcd and sentenced imthe rec-'
orcl time of eighty "minutes.
Carter -vvas charged with having
yomiliitt^dr a. criminal assault on
a young white girl and was sentenced
to die in the electric chair
April 17. It is said that the
commonwealth attorney made no
speech. but( simply presented the
supposed evidence to the jury '{ "
who remained out only twelve Us
minutes. This trial ^eclipses by
ten minutes the trial of another
^colored man . tried in Caroline - ^
Coupty, Virginia albout "a yeaF
to court, tried and convicted in
ninety minutes., 2_
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