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Questions and Answers
In Negro History
c (By The Associated Negro Press).
BY GEORGE WELLS PARKER
Author of "The Children of The Sun."
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Questions pertaining to Negro- History
anywhere if of general interest,
and not too long, will be answered by
Mr. Parker in this column. When
not suitable, letters will bo personally
answered, subject to proper limita'
tions, and when a-stamped envelope
Is enclosed Address all .communications
to George Wells Parker, 3423
Indiana Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
"r~" asks questions about Negro com
posers; but gave rro address.
Consult Negro Year Book or
T'ho NMIU T>I-Inrriivvj nf n
Are -there morfe w'ealthy Negroes
in the South than in the
North? J. W. Webster, Grove,
Mo. ' " V* .
YeSi There should ZUte as
: "there are atJOirt Touf"Times as"
z in the North, .-j, , - _
~ " Sam "and was KisT mission to A~
- frica a successful one? T. J.,
. St. Louis. Mo. *' ^
- - Chief Sam died some yearsago.
His mission was a failure
not through any fault of his dwn
other than .the fact, that he had
neither "thO experience <^r education
to make such a venture r
. success. /
' Is there a'Negro (ifiily and
' Ckm/U.. Z /!- T T . , ,
kjuiiuny~ pupcr in /me unitecr
States? W. D. Mi, Dublin, Ga.
? NT5T there is ndt. ~
the ChrdsttaiTTeligion in the
United Sttaes. Is this true?
Bi A?Sbrr~New York.
. .< T It is said that a colored girl
- wasvthe first martyr to the
Christian religion,, in the United
States. She was kitk^d in Cali
- fornift ^
Are the itiitians Negroes? r~
" e- b. j. Chicago. 7
ThefRiffians of North Africa
are Moors and of Negro blood.
n. a. a. c. p 'secretary
testifies on u. s. imperialism
before senate
Committee. -
charges' baxkehs rlto\'oked
- James--WeWpn John soil Secretary
of the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People, today appeared before
the Senate Committee on Forelgn
Relations and declared that
U. S; ^rmed intervention and
military control of the Republics
of Nicaragua and Haiti had
been brought about in the interest -of
powerful financial
; v _ groups in the United .States.
"The statement made tor pufn
-He consumption in the UnlLed
States^deeiared- Mr. - Johnsonr
"that-\ve_ undertook such intervention
for the good of the people
of those Caribbean- countries
is sheer hypocrisy. "...
"in ^Nicaragua, where 1 was
United States Consul from 1009
until 1913, that "is ti'orirrfh'e time
of the overthrow oT Gene r
_Ze]aya to the time of the, taknrg"
over of control or . the country
by American military forces,
that revolution was, fomented
* and financed from the United
States7--The chief reason for
Zelaya's overthrow was not his
__ .being a dictator^ but because
he was ndtr sufficiently submis"
V^ive to the American bankersT
A^Ngovemment representing a
L -ininorHj^-of Nicaraguans, but
favorablexto the American in
terests was ffmfailed and sihce
1912 has --been ^-sustained in
power by \ American armed
forces.
.The State Department allegetf
as our iust.ifiratinn fr r infer.
veiling in Haiti; that we had
to go in (1) to prevent foreign
European powers from doing
so to collect foreign debts from
And (RV to rfsw fmW
in a country fallen into anarchy.
Neither of these reasons were
true.
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"We intervened in Haiti i
1915 when the European pov
/ vy Cf 4-/-v rveA^min fl mlf .'f U 4-Vi
were too oc<yupieci witu rxi
World War" to""think abot
Haiti. No . American^ befor
the _ oceripation of Haiti, ha
ever lostT/nis life tfy re. W
were negotiating diplomaticall
-for~ro^troi of Haiti wheh~th
killing of President Guillaum
gavg us an excuse to land arme
Jfo"fces which we did the sam
(J&y. ' Sii?fcfe 1915, we have er
/tirely abolished the Haitian leg
islative body, we h^ve absc
lutely controlled the nomim
president and we have collecte
[finances. Furthermore, ther
Js not one major achievemen
to which we can point, of rea
vafuc to the Haitians.
"What we actually did i
TTjliFl uroo f/-> f'v
- fe)tp.fit of Thk1-National Cit
- Rank of New A ork and affile
"^^financial groups."
j The hearings at which th
| N. A. A. Q. P. Secretary teaxi
lied Avere on the resolutions ir
troduced by Senator Lada o
X(>rth Dakota, which /woi^l
| forbid the U. S. Government t
use its armed forcesyto comp<
any other - government to pa
idebts due 0 private America
citizens'. 7
Others who justified at th
hearings were EewIiTS'. Gaiinet
i associate editor of The Natioi
I who introduced a va*st amour
j of documentary evidence; an
Ernest Oruening,..former, mar
aging editor of The Natioi
and now a lecturer and write
j.on JVIcxico _-and Central Amer
can affairs.
THR HAIRDRESSERS Pi
FEAT ADVERSE LEGISLA
TION IN INDIANA.
Indianapolis, Ind., March.lieauty
culture in this Stal
breathe^ a _sigh of relief tai
week Avhen-tt-bill before the lej
isiature known as -the cosme
diana Ilouse. This rneasur
A * A -C i 1- - J *
i-u u_* minx ior xne. meation aidepartment
of examination an
Registration for beauty park
operators and. because of il
rigid requirements- would hav
worked'a haidsliip un many l'0
dwen advanced to second leai
jiig_but succumbed when d(
elded .opposition showed itsel
,41) the lnwer-iiQuse.
^Similar- measures are pen din
in^ many .'states. Malone c
fWo College, St. Louis, stif
fisted in an address recentl
at hairdressers everywhere i
the country should be active i
organizing and protecting'tTiei
interests against pernicious; le*
jsjation. ; ' _
LAURENS NEWS.
Continued froift page 2.
March 13, 1925, the ministers of <
the Laurens District Were called 1
.the P. E. of the said district, D
Lykes, in Rethel A. M. ]
church, Friday, March 13,- 1925. Re
F. Y. Dendy. D. P.. conducted tfrrrrtt
..vutiomaR- Rev, J. C. McCleUan, B. I
pastor of Laurens Station, was electt
secretKryvr The P. E. being indi
-poaady- asked the Rev, -F. Y, Dend
pastor of the Renno Circuit, to pr
side. The time ajid place were fixe
for the District Conference, Laurer
Station being placed and the tin:
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/was may 2ist. t 1$i
Thursday at 9:30 a, ni. All as- (
sessments were' agreed upon for the bj
year. Dr. Lykes can do as much out Jo
1-j of the chair as some men can do in. i ^t
if j The meeting was full- of enthusiasm th
d over the fact that it is favored with
i the greatest hero of them all as its
leader,. Dr. J. \V. Dykes. The f)ls- [
trlct President of the_U'. H. ilTii';-;,
y was present.' also the two -daughters :
n j of Dr. Lykes,- Miss F. L. Lykes, one
j of the efficient teachers Th the graded ~
'school at- Greenville, and the Star 1ft
ISj-of Alien Temple. Mrs. .Annie Rowls|~.R
*rj f Virginia, who is one of Allen's> 1
I brightel t stars. She has Tfe Tr~Trtrre
visiting her- ill father, who is ap ^
. j parently much '. improved^, iiotrrr's q
j Chapel here, of which the Rev. I. S.! Q
; ivusu- -w pastor "entertain Tfiej lU
1. ! District W.-UL-&-K lii Mimnrnr i_ C
,r | There wqs a Sandwich Social. on! q
jj last Tuesday^ night, March 10, 1925.1 C
gtverr at the homo of* MT* and Mrs! f
; P
Samuel Satterwliite, for the benefit of i q
the Boosters Club. The Oratorical, D
Ja Ebntcat of the f. S. H. j3. High School j 0
was given at Bethel A. M. E. church! S
linil'SUliy lllljllt. AI.Vr ^-:T?: .ig^r The' [j
judges were Mrs. S. C. Satterwhlte, 0
> Rer;~JT C, McCIellanjnid . Mrs. B. S. ^
_ "Nelson.' Alias Alberta Li'by and Miss g
Bertha Flnlcv^ were tlifi. prize winners. C
' | RESOLUTION, ~T* ' C
3 | Whereas. ... the minister ^of the gj
I" Laurens District of Piedmont Annual c
t- 'Conference- Are- proud of their Dis* C
~ trlct miettain. Lir. .1 it I .yi/PH^-nrrtA^z^
rrr~ Whoroas, liinco "thcMuat annual con- -fr
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1 ference he has been confined to his >G
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" home by""IIrue'ss~ and," ~~ "" -
u Whereas, his position in state j rg
>r school-end church_ia_recQgnl*ftEHr and, ;{]
e Sociable; -anc^ fi
\V)lprn:ic-. h If r> lanlar an.l ..r.t a
driver. Be it ~ ~7 : ~~~C
Resolved, That we go down on
fc7" record as executing and prosecuting |j
i- any and every plan of his whither c
|f he is present er absent, well or sick. G
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We are proud t6 be able to say ^
that we never take advantage of the C
occasion to swell our profits by ques
| tionable methods. We never advise q
)y! the purchase of an expensive c&Sket Q
r just for. th^ profit on it. In every C
E instance where we act. as undertakers jij
our advice is always for the benefit q
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g in- i miiiiy a> wwu us lOr-WW Qtg- j til
> nifled interment of the dead.
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pervision of Mme.'2 BSTfeiXE >llege
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styles and shapes. "You need S
HTys Mme. Hudson. Just enlist o :
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