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Next Week to be Observe
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National Leaders Ei
Statements to the Pei
leges and Schools to
the Churches.
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Race Law Provokes Letter-At- i
tack On Virginia rGovernor
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- \mj * no nosutiaicu ncgru rrcsss^ j*
Richmond, Va., April?A wo- aj
man who was bold "enough to 0j
.?the epistle is reported to have Cl
sent letter of warning to K T iPfi
Ti'iiikle, GuVciiiui' this state
and to Dr. W. A. Plecker, re-!0j
gistrair of Vital Statistics con- k
cerning the racial integrity law tl
recently passed by the General ^
?? Assembly which requires all per- ?
sons applying for ? marriage di-j^
cense or when entering children !at
> in school, to state whether or not j a;
they are white or colored or of tl
~ Iridfarr-blbod. ^? k
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uuiu )>iul u>m in >iuic TrnH?n nri/t
MMJ M t VIAMV WUV UM1JL. A11V4 XCVI1 UilU
T half "paleface," in her letters
openly warns the governor "and 0)
the registrar that they are liable C
?fo"rerwa55lTfated If they further >h
-^?.persist in the enforcement of the u
racial purity law; which law was i
I designed solely ~to~preyent in
termafriage between colored and C1
passage of this law was secured h
^^rough the elL'uTtsJdf^Tr~bfgan^^
ization known as the Anglo-Sax
MB]
on Club, which is the new name p
under" which~ the old Ku ~KIox
Klan is chartered in this state, tl
The letter has been turned over o
? -to the Postal authorities for in- ^
vestigation.
VETERAN E
MR. WILLIAM
William Johnson, foreman of the'h
??mailing room of The Columbia Rec-,B
ord, Is the oldest employee of The i*
Record in point of^seryice. b
"Bill," as almost everyone in The u
Record knows him, has been in the o
> employ of The Record Publishing J p
eompany for more than 27 years, j ^
HU flwfr n.iV iywu in
= of Mi A 6TiT BMnrff hUlUiiBg^n " Gor--d
vaia street, and ha soon became ki^wn | C
hi rn . -
C. P. Be
criraDsi
Covers*
CHILDREN
ER ANIMALS
/.
d in State and Nation
idorse Movement' ii
[>ple of America^ Col
Coopersjte; as well as
~m ^ t
, s
(By Humane Press Bureau.)
Greenville, S. C., Apr. '11*ipeeiFj^
-Monday -morning tb
>th of April opens the "Nation
iiuiuaiic ?r ccr 111 an i>cii t
I the United States of America
he American people-are hemi
died unon bv Dr. Francis E
in Humane Education sqciet;
f Boston, Mass., Ho remembe
indness to dumb animals ani
r~That has done so much fo
the protection of animals a!
/.er the worH. TheT week wl
? observed, ^throughout thi
;ate with fitting mass, meeting
nd public programs in many o
le schools and colleges it wa
arned?here this moring thr
le field workers of the societ,
jth SoulHorn Jieadijiuirters .1
lis city. 1 -> _ ?71
Dullhg the State Conventio:
f South Carolina teachers a
?lumbia-thousands ofbph?ees-o
umano literature were diutril
ted to hundreds of teachers
ince that time the maling liij
nd request for literature ha
xceeded the demands on the 1c
al office here. Men and wome
nd children in every work i
fe have-endorsed humane edc
id States, the GoVernors~bf se\
ral States, Mayors, Chiefs c
olice, educators -and minister:
South Carolina is tniae xma-t
he banner states' in the opinio
f fliAon urV?A l^otrn
A. tUVUV/ ?T11U Liiai^U UI LI J
eld work in this state an
Continued on page 2.
MPLOYEE
as risen since he first cameJai-^H1
lecord, not only in-having been el
ated from the basement where tl
ig presses work to the mailing roo:
pstairs, but In being placed ifi charf
f the operation* of the departmer
[a la conscientioua and haa been rei
taring?faithful am v lea consistent!
blumbia Record, Jr., House Org!
f The Columbia Daily Bwwi
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CQlAJMRIA^lC^ATj
iRVED AS
DUTHCAI
HARLEM IS OVERCROWDED
(By The Associated?Ntrgro Press A
New York, N. Y., April?Ad*
ditional evidence to support the
boast of the colored population
. of Chicago, to the effect that it^
is the best housed in the world,
V. is produced in a lot for written to
i the Now York World by_a Har^
lem social- service worker^ Lucy
5 P. "Eastman, This letter deals
with the overcrowded living conditions
among Negroes. Miss
Eastihan, in her work covers a
district which "runs from I25th
_ street to 150th Street and from
r tVio fiivpr to the Hudson.
~ She. visits from 100 to 120 faiiis
ilies a month. ;
t. " In .her letter she makes note
g trf .1 ho followin p* cases as-being
[. examples of the generally uni^fsutis.t'actpry
conditio uKl
r small rooms, three dark. This
j!is a railroad flat. In order to
..'get to bathrooms, persons must
r | pass through bedrooms;-[1j
(2) Three persons sleep in
tfjpne smalt, dark room hardly lars'ger
than a closet!.
ST (3) . Three persohs in one
,f jlarge room, nicely furnished.
(4) Pour persons in three
u rooms. Pdat 4s in new-lay teny
etnent. Has toilet, but" no bath
oi' iitcam. ?
j (5) Four persons in one small
n roorti^ with use of bath and kit.
j (fil persons in three
small rooms, no toilet or bath.
(7) Three persons sleep in
^ ono-roofflr-with use of bath.
s (8) Three persons in one
|r ThahTa closet.
(9) Three persons in ,four
^ and bath. One real place visit*
~ ed thai was a reaLlwiirezi:
* (10) Nine persons in six
, rooms, three dark. Bathroom
3, *.
^ opens out of kitchen.
n Negro Fire Company Resign.
e (By The Associated Negro Press)
? Darby, Pa., April?In order
to nrpvpnt ? thrpnfpnpft snlif in
-the Dele ware County Fireman's
_j Association, the- Okeola Fire
Company of Darby township,
i Monday night. Last, month
when "the Race~company applies
for membership to the association,
which is made up of practically
all of the volunteer fire
companies in the country, con
siderable agitation occurred,-but
"The Qkeola Company was~admitted
by a single vote.
= HOLD CONFERENCE ON^
NEGRO
(By The Associated Negro Press.)
Durham, N. C? April?Uudei
the auspices of the Association
Tor the Study of Negro Life anc
History, students and teachers
from all parts of the country
met in a Spring conference, on
the first and second of this
wr^7hbnTh to dtscuss the Negro,
e" | Schools, Clubs, and cooperative
m'organizations in various parts o!
re - the country was1 represented,
rt. One of the speakers was Prof,
ite. W. K. Boyd, Dnkq TlnivpraitVi
[y 'whTTrelated the accomplishments
I i.1 \t i- -?.?_ i
"V" nlhnn I'Tffilf l" tnjLii
in' home of the- North Carolina Mu;
1 I tual Life Insurance Company.
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JRSAY APRIL 11, 1925. ~ _
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HUMANE1
tOLlNA 4*
"Michigan Churchman"
Lists Achievements
of Negroes. (]
(By N. A. A, G. P. News Service,) !
The Michigan Churchman, ,E-| I
piscopal organ for the diocese of N<
Michigan, has listed-under the Di
-Negro^ contributions to this vvl
country the following items: of
"Negro labor supplies 1-7 of fr
all workers in the United States. I jn
j Negroes operate a million' th
jfarm's,.-onff-fotirth pf which they A<
own themselves. ?j-68
?"40,0Q^"UUt. of 300,000 coal M
miners are Negroes. R.
workers are .Negroes." ca
" One-half of the employees in wi
-the" Chicago- Stock-^ards are^pe
XT - I. .
incj;iucg. AVI
" _ Due-tenth of all..railway work, st
The number of Negroes in so
manufacturing and industrial W
pursuits increased 1G51.3 per.slcent
from 1880-19107~
Negro6s~control 78 banks with
j " 1 1 1 1
a total capitalization of over 100 on
i million dollars. p,
Tho accumulated wealth of let
j Negroes increased-from 20 mil- al
million in 1920. " n
Trt-1922, 523 Negroes received1 j0^
; the B. A. Degree and 20 the de-. .
"grce of M. x\.. from American am
4- ' * . ?
leulfeges and universities. jp"
1 Tim uuiiiiifeiit uf the Michigan
I .
Churchman is as follows:
"A race which is taking such ev<
rfHarge-part?of-our - nrjt ion al de-- f
r - - - > ic
{velopment surely deserves the
* " I vot
greatest attention from the tio
|church," .
r~~~ :
?V?/?y r/Ate THAT
?r - T?L L o W COA7?S TO
Town H? HI///V5 An Y
.certainly worked Through hia powerful
cantant, disorganization, malico, dacoit),
. " " i"
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>LANS APPE
Timarv Law Which 1
Being Fought by ]
Texas, All "Whit.
Inolved in This Ci
By N. A. A. C. P. News Service.
AiT attack in the courts ~c
o Texas "White Primary
aw, which specifically debai
egroes from voting' in tt
gmocratic primaries,? arrr
aich will constitute the openir
a general attack upon di:
anchisement of .colored peop
the Soutl^yis announced b
e National Association for th
Ivane em en t of Colored Peopi
Fifth Avenue, NewA^ork Oit
essrsT F. C.. Knollenburg an
H. Channell. of El Paso hav
een ^retained to condi^pt th
se in the Texas courts an
th them, in the event-of ai
a 1 tn tbe-IJ. R. Supreme Com
11 be associated Moorefiel
prey of Boston, former pre;
mt of the American Bar Af
ciation and James A. Cobb, c
ashincrfrm fnnmDv crinnin 1
o J.V11UV1 cp^viai CI*
>tant tq the U. S. Attorney fc
eT)isrtict of Colombia.
The present case arises ou
the denial to Dr. L. A. Ni>
, qualified,voter, of the rigl'
participate in the primary t
:titm at El Paso. The refuj
to permit Dr. Nixon to vote i
v primaries is based upon a
t passed in May, 1923 by th
xas legislature, reading as fo
vs:
'All qualified voters undfr the law
xi is a?buna??njoriVtH'y tif tt
mocratic Party, shall be elieribl
parti c ipat?-4 n - Den*ecratie pr
try- election, " provided- such vote
nplies with all laws and-rules go\
u;>K" party primary oloutionK.^ ..hov
?r in no event shall a Negro t
L?ible to participate in a Democra'
party primary election held in th
ite ol Texas and should a_jCegr
:e in a Democratic primary ele<
n, such ballot shall be void -an
ctfon otticials are herein directe
throw out such ballot?and?n<
Wll/A I AA
-? I Vr\Lm l"l C
SSJ
hi CONOUCTE
life. DR.J.C.W
|p||||p JliiUliilJlHUiMl'WJlMlU
AND
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ri BTift nrtt hy fhtronargy ?xpanH<
erraon*. nergatic . paraon&litr t
ku b?m drive* ?ut? hftrilli
?r-?t??"j \?.1 * / ?
---TV, v:a
r. j.|: ADVERTISE Cur. |
^ - S Tent, Social and GeiT- *?
g eral News.
: y T- 5c A COPY,
iary Law
AL TO THE
S^franchises Negroes is
V. Av A. C. P., in El Paso,
ePyft vary'' Laws of South
ise. " . ? .
) count the shme."
, ] It. is com ended hv th& Ad-r
,n vancement Association that unr.
der the system of one-party do"s
minance in Southern States,
ie whefe~" candidates for office are
TViiFfually elected in the primaries
? to debar any class of voters
from the primaries is in effect
le to disfranchise them. _ The cony
stitutionality of the Texas stale
tute and of other similar stale...
tutes throughout the. South is
d i " DpPICinh VlQCS
r - . i,i?o an cau v UCCil i CIl"
re 4ered ^p^in^tT>r "Xivnn ?;md the
ie El Paso Branch of the National
d ; Association for the Advance)-|ment
of Colored People, by the 't
Federal District Court and-the ?
d-^ase- is now beings-appealed.
l*ul?A statement on -the -case^-4s ?
i- .-sued by-James Weldon Johnson,
^.j Secretary of the National Asso3"jciation
for the Advancement of
!tfGolor^4 People, says:
i "it is clearly evident that decision
in this case-will profoundly affect
the Negro in America. So long as
\ | Negroes can be deprived of free aclt
cess to the ballot because of their
-~i?olor, -just so long can their economic,
legal, political and other-" rights
5- be disregarded with impunity. Since
the Democratic primary constitutes
the entire marbinr-ry nf t?lr?rtTw.TY tr. of ?
li rice- in most Southern States, this
e case involvfc.s_the__only. .ellectu-el way- :?of'
Striking a "blmv fur t he Xegrols- . ?r
i- right to vote. lrr undertaking a-.yig!
otous pro?ecution of the case known'
| as Nixon vs. Herndon, the National
s Association for "the Advancement of
ta Colored i'eoulo fools it is porlornnng ?
to a service not alone to the Negro but ?Ie
. to al 1 ?Ameriaa; inasmuch as the-rot
m flicta-the entire Nation with?sharrre-r-iless
iolation of the 13th, 14th and
f?!?15th Amendments to the Federal
?e Constitution. _ . .
t- j "As the case will be an expensive
te one, the N., A,' A. C. P. asks those
o i who are interested to help by for>
i warding contributions, large or small,d
to J. E, Spingarn, Treasurer of tha
A. C.F ilth *Avenue, JNew
>t York City." ?
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HITE. ; ,
UP
HQ &LACE, TO GO :
d.-.If Ihla U trna, T)r I fl, Whita hi?? ,
md aUrling gnalitl? tha Davil (dia- j
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