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1- THIS PAPER IS | 1 DEVOTED TO THE?f f INTERESTS OF 8 ' THE PEOPLE. ; T ?N0".'2:L ~ 1 '?: r~r??' 1? ~ r B^ B^ H~B~~>B (For The Associated Negro Press.) - Dm4??mr-M--C..- June?One of the most significant gifts to Ne?-??gro education in many years is ; that~of .1200,000 given by Beuja-1 mm H. Duke, tobacco magnate, j to "Kittrell college, about fifty; r miles from this city. John R. j i Hawkins, financial 'secretary of church, was largely?responsible for the donation which is Unconditional except that SlOjQ.OOO of it. stock lp t,hq~Sniir.herri Power company., be used as an endowment fund. Hitherto the school's endowment has been only three^ thousand dollars. It is the ward of the Second Episcopal district of the A. M. E. church. fTrinity, now Dnke, Colleger white, and Kittrellj^ollege have. ? the?magnificenece Of the Duke family, and much of their interest is thought to have been inspired by what Negroes theinselves have done for the school, there being tnfridfn gs on?the campus,Tnow, erected with money given by the late president Merrick of the North Carolina Mutual Insurance company and Wt~(jt T'casron,-president of the ? ?y.? ?? '. . The Lowmans'Execu- .. tion Postponed Clarence bowman and Demon" Lowman who were sentenced to for the murder of Sheriff Howj...... ard of Aiken, were not electrocu ted yesterday! An apijeal toThe Supreme Court?by?Atty. N. J. Fredrick of Columbia was ctnty taken and because of this -the semence 01 cieatn Mas been stayported that an appeal was filed by a firm of lawyers elsewhere and that financial assistance was to be given by an organiza?? tion of colored people of Phila-; delphia, Pa. Atty. Frederick says such is not the case and ""r""",T"'W61J& It, hdt fuf the appeal enterwould have taken place vester/day. He also stated that any one_ interested and desiring to" touch with him ' ?. LABOR PRESS DENOUNCES MOBBISM A news sheet of the International Labor Press of America, forwarded by William English Walling to the N.. A. A. C. P., contains a strong denunciation of mob law. The comment is occasioned by the' storming of the jail in Dallas where-two Negroes were confined, in the course of which a number of the /mobbists were shot. "If accused men are guilty/' says the Labor Press sheet, "the place to determine that fact is iiythe courts. If they are inno - cent they surely should have a chance~To~p?ove"tfrat~iimoceiiee in the courts'. Few men have heen ahle to nrove their innomobT and mob.rfeayfc lynched many innocent men. "Mobs are the last word in antithesis of organised governmenf Organized government means order, and mobs mean disorder and their conduct is just as unlawful as the conduct of What ever guilty men they lynch&feherg; is not one valid excuse fdr mob getlOBr" r\ V .. .. . ... . ?1 ~ * V _ * ... r' * r ? -' y v j LLA.M.1 The nexf*l(uilcling.to be erect- |i ed at Kittyell will he an adminis-j t rat ton building, named Angierj B. Duke, in honor of the donor's W sun: ?? --i-."* \ 1- ? A striking feature about Kit- ? trel college is itsjmanagemeiiK Most of its active officers aTe educators and successful business men.' This policy was advoca4ed bv Bishon J. A. Johnson tho President of the Board of Trds-j^ tees. Professor C.'AI Edwards' | is 'President of jthe College, i)r. |' * |John R- Hawkins, Fiscal Agent,]Ut |is in addition to his important *to position "of Financial Secretary a jof the A. M. E. church, President" [of the-PrudentiaLBank of Wash-' 1 , ington, D. C. Mr. J. M. Avery, (>' Secretary of the College,-is act- ~ jiYely^ identified with_ many__pr o-; ^ [institutions, chlefof-uhieh ~isj^ |the North Carolina Mutual Life ^ Insurance company of Durham, ^ of which he is Vice President and Secretary. Prof. W. C. Pearson, j' j1 Treasurer of the college js-Presi- . ~ . jdnt of the Bankers' Fire Insur-J( 1 ance company and the directing.1^' j force of the Royal Knights of 1K King David-most of which ihstM^1 fusions- are located in ^Durham. ] ^ dent of Klttrell college. j *4 4? <li COMMENCEMENT EXERCIS4ne I Erf OF THE CITY SCHOOLS.^1 . . - |to On last Thursday evening Jun. jth ; 4th, parents and friends gatherled at The , Columbia .llieatie lu witnestrono of the best programs < J ever rendered by the City' schools. *?1 ?~ * TJie-l/rnicipa-l, rror .lohnsnn ~ the latter-part- of this-session to:| gij perfect the program and without :co |a doubt the exercises surpassed;en any othr commencement. The 1S1 |music and orations were high'th [class and well rendered. I>vj j The following program... was J. jmrried-fuit: | i. I VJtCiTlOHJIItll. i v-" Invocation?Rev. E. A. Adams.] til Music?=Negj'0?National -A*i?til 'them?Jolmuuiu 1 i I Salutatory?Gladys Perry Har- ^ jvey.^. __ ^ |^" Essay?"The Sninirarn Medal Frederick. . _ Chorus?"Spring Greeting"? 6C Strauss-Bliss. ce Recitation?"The Angels of in iBuena Vista"?Malinda B. Wash- j th lington. lea ] Oration?"Wealth if the Com- yj niftn rinnrl' RinVmvrl HT Willi?m<a i di-M " * fo . Essay?"^Training for Service" q ?Catherine M. Frederick ? 0f Essay?"When Childt^ftffl*4r5 -?Gladys- L. Cureton. ? ? -las Chorus?"Italia-, Italia"?Don- to izettL v "in Valedictory?Alma G.Forrest. Dr. E. A. Huggins Very ^ Sick in Greenvill^__ fu - a Special to The Leader: "7-1 m ?9.?The many m trremis of Dr. K. A. Huggins-of ^ t Vii5-4 ritv fnrmprlv nf rWtimhio I will regret to know that he is a T'in y Mr If mnn of his residence here on Loga?n street. For a time little hope was h?Ul out ? here for his recovery. th MsaJto ELJCarson w Returns to N. (Carolina sn '_?- - Mi ^ -nn r , 1 fv,.; ' ?COLUMBIA, S. C., SAW E. COLL 4RS. BOOKER HITRIK.n iXIOXD A V 1> M ~ ? . i6bc at Race Conference in Follows Husband's Rrothor WJlo Passed Some I)ays Ago. 4 s&t'4al to The Ileader-: - Tuskegoe Institute, Ala., June ?Friday- afternoon of last 1ok, Mrs. ifoifk er^T.'WashiTTgn, the wife of the foilnder and te principal of /Tuskbgee Instil.e passed n?wav after a brief ness at "The Oaks" the home the distinguislie<l Tttskegee under. . Long 1,0 fore her marage to Dr., Washington, Miss arguerite Marry,-of Fisk- Unj;e. She was- one of Mr. Washgton's co-worHers and rightind friends in the very early lys of the school here. Miss urrjr was the third wife of the stmguished educator. She ill rest in the small grave yard ;ar the graves of the other Iwu ~e at,, Wl i?ll. > > ilSIIIIIg LUIl. S The three children, Davidson, Chicagor Boulter T., Jr., and dochia and their gra-nd-chilen-will attend the simple fural services that will be heldthe Institution chapel at Jioon day. John II. 'Washington,. ,e only brother of Booker T. ashington died at Tuskegee, ?1v it few weeks uyn Mrs. Booker T. Washington ? -Was Here. Fifteen-rears ago Mrs.. BookT. Washington-was the prinpal speaker at the annual state nvenfion of the Race Conferhe nl the Columbia Theatre. ic is well known by many of e women of this city. She Et'S a personal friend of Mrs. L. Rhodes and co-worker with e National k ederaiion "gf^bl-" ed Women's Clubs during..Xhe il u. .t . _ T*r l ? i ne tnar ivirs. wasningion was o President:. i_ . A. A. C. 1*. GETS N. Y. POLICE REPORT ON MAN June 5?The N. A. A. C. P7, > Fifth Avenue, today annouru d receipt of a report, followg a thorough investigation by e Folice Department, the Bur11 of Missing Persons, and the j edica-1 Examiner's Office of ew York City, of the case of a kjred man whose body was unci Hanging from- a trecr in mtral Park. Upon publication a report the body had been und, the .N. A. AC. P. at unce ked for a thorough inquiry inthe circumstances surroundg the marl's deatHT. The Missing Persons Bureau the Police Department *reirted that the colored man had mged himself. He was identi2d as beihg^Agustin RoTHurfuez, 21-year-old Porto Rican cigar | aker. The identification was hv a cousin of the deceasThe official report of thcTCase made by Charles Norris, Chief pdical Examiner of the City of bw York. le college studeTftSTeturning their homes during the week a.s Miss Mary~i?lizabeth.~Car? n, the daughter of Mr. and rsTXynn fatsort frefn^Benfidicl, V J RD AT,1U T. WASHING' Humane Booth at NationafTeachers* Con. North Carolina To Entertain - Teachers.' J - . Special to The hoarier: ?1?c? Durham, N. C., June 9.?During the National Convention _oi Colored Teachers in this city, J U ly t h cr 29 thf h ru-TTie^Otiv-ii was made known here today by officials of the American Humane Education Soviets, of Boston,'Mass.,. a Humane. Education Booth wyill be opened to the public, A par.t of the program by the Society will be the showingof slides arrd moving pictures of the international worker I'm' huma<ne education. At the convention, the Hey. John W. Lemond, Richmond, Va., F. Rivers Barnwell, of Fort Worth, Texas and Seymour- Carfell, 01' Greenville, South Caiulina, the lield workers of the Society will be present. ~ The National Teachers Association wiil be the guest of the North ('arohnaTThtte--Tcaohor?d Association. 'Educators. * from all parts of -the countryi-wilLLe present, ^ * . ? ?7? ~ HOWARD UNIVERSITY TO HOLD SYMPOSIUM ON . NEGRO ?(By?The Asiuciated JS\e?"Vo Press.) .Washington, D. 0., June?An iDiilslanding feature r>f the enny mencement week at Howard university J.his. year will be a symposium on the Negro civilization of ancient Africa to be giv&n by the Department of History of Howard university. The program of the symposium comprises the most comprehensive and the most serious survey of the .AiiiKMii L-ivnizaiions of iNegro peoples ever undertaken inacademic circles in America. ? Seymour C^rro!trto = Speak in Hamp1?LT ton County. Special to The Leakier: "GifForcL juntr 0.?Mrs. Krbuma English of this city is the sponsor of a Humane Education Campaign in this section, June and June 30th at Gilford.' Mr. Seymour Carroll, held secretary of the American Humane Education Society of Greenville is to speak. _Both races are_heing_iiir \4ted-to -be-a -Uhe meetings, __ GARVEY'S SHIP COMES SAILING 1IOMF. (By The Associated Xegrip Press.) New York, N. Y., Juno?The Booker T^AV-a^hingtoiv tho only vessel in the Black Cross Line of the Universal Negro Improvc.mi'nt Assirrirrfirm, (rurvey, president, lias just returned to New York, making a record of its trip between this city Tiud tire?West Indios^?11 took four and one half months, the slowest time ever made. mi. _ i i - ' -- 11 rue uoai mei wan one disaster _ufte'r another, awl as much as $50,000 was cabled from the home office to 'straighten out difficulties. ^ % A ' I catter rON PASSES A1 2 MORE7'HOUSTON MARTYRS 1 KLIftim.F, FQlt UVAKAHK i : - , -:i! ONE WILL LEAVE BARRACK j.JUNE 9, j i New York, N. Y., June oT?Aniother one of the members of the'1 : 2"4th Jufantry, whose sentences i were reduced as a result of the" ^-campaign undertaken by the N.-ji A. A. C. P. and cooperating bod^T ies, will be released on Tuesday, -June 9, according to a letter re?crfred by the N. A. AiC. Pi, fyom 1 Major Edgar King, Acting Parole Officer at the Fort Leaven; worth DiscipHhaiy?biarraeksv4 Major King- states that the ^mmtr^b'llir-ni -Frazior, hafh^kfer -case-e<) i \ s 1 d e rod- ahdahfil'OVOdby ' the War Department. ?Another i prisoner, James 'CroRcrT whose.1 hamp is. in P.ronklynt N. Y'? has i applied for parole, according to Manor King, and-will---beeome-eli? gible for Home Parole on Au-;( \gust 9th of this .>ear. Major" King has asked the N. A. A. C. P; t to secure a First Friend and Ad-' viser for-the. man, to whom it ris'Terfulred no" shall ropOl't periodically. The N. A. A.. C. P. is endeavoring to secure a First Friend and Adviser for Mr. Fraz-' s ' This brings the tota-l number|'( |of men paroled since the N. A. C. j, | P. petition was" presented to Pre- , sident Coolidge, up to 28, leaving 27 men still in the Disciplinary? ParracksT All of these 27 men j ~\Ttl have become eligible I'm par-' ] '1 which ~yertr It is probable that! all the prisoners will have been'( 'released. - - .. L iALLEN IMVERSnT ALTjMM ORGANIZING 1 t 'The -Alumni Asseeiation of , ,nized;%-'A step in* that direction I< jwas'takea at a special-meetings last WtMinesrfrn nignt ai tho? ! ..I, J,. ,.i< . I... I tft; WJ. IJ 11." A'UUlC^d U) dclIireTTT] ] VV. . Kieholberger of ^Chicago, h _, <pi>nking ;M thi> t:ln>diigL axercis- jj es of the school. - . J] r|~ -TfHthe mooting'of. the trustees rof Allen a resolution was passed p faulhdrhing the" alumiiji. to elect !j ! ten members of.the board. The 1 following persons we re-elected :| i Dr. A. B. Johnson, Aiken; Inez i Collins. Marion; I)r. . Seebel; i Ip'reph" Orangoburir: I. M. A. :< Myers, J. B. Lewie, G. II. Hamp-u - ton. Columbia; Dr. L. M. Daniels ;i Columbia; Rena J. Clark, Pendle-ji | ton; and the wife of F. L. Lvkes. jl -Greenville. ? ,'< In the organization Rev. R. E.; < i Brogdoii of Orangeburg was el- J i ected president; W. II. Young, j( .of Columbia, treasurer; I. M. A.u A.I\*r>VJ rvf P/U,ir>iKio ovnmiiii'n ii I *?AVT v? W, v/1. uuiCUilViMf ^Atyutiv&l ] [secretary; vice presidents: Jas. < Woodbury, J. B. Beck, George- ] toyni; Or Y.. Valentine, Colum_bja, Sa-m-? Johnson-Sumter, and T. J. Intzminger of Colum-;< bia." 11 - Mamh&na?of tbe yxecutive 1 J commit tee, are: Dr. I,. 31. Dan-y1 < "! jiels, chairman; L. A. Haw.kins, . (1. II. Hampton. W~. R. Bowman,; ! -jl. II. Alston. Ik A. Blocker, J. ( C. Smart*_Isixlora Miles, St. El- 'i [more Means, \y.-P. Dendy, Jos-'i eph A. DeLarne LiiTa K. Nelson, ;* -Dean IIale~ B;~ Thompson* Rosa": I Taylor. Rev. F. ' D, Timmons, W. ,i ' R A Folrlnr Gnr* T FIau/I o?/1 ' A v,.vlvyl y v?vv/. JUi A tKJJ VA aitu t ~|iiniianrWo6ton. | k? *' ..... . . -4v ^ % StXBSCRI HE AND-? | ADVERTISE?Cur-, g jg rent, Social and Gen* ??r? , g eral News. &&:00&10D.<>01>f?0 <>? ? ? ' 5c- A?CO 1J Y. "L ^ n "THE OAKS" "Peter Salem Day" Call COLORED AMERICA TRUED TaJKLMJH FIRST COLOR--* ED SOLDIERS OF THE AM ERIC AN REVOLUTION ON JUNE 17thTo All of Colored America, Especially the Race Patriotic: _i Boston, Mass, June?All of the 1 Colored/ Americans, especially -- thos<T yace-pat noild, are invited and summoned by the National EtflTafr' Rights League to do honor'to the memory of<9f)ur. race who fought,as soldiers in the Battle frLitunker 11 ill. at Boston, _ ^ MassachuseUS, oil June lTilTr^? *? and who by Valiant. fighting, in '* runners of the Declaration-^)f Independence . and Pioneer-' Builders of the United States'"Of America. ^7::-; every community of this country i ? i-_l i: .lx T . (ajune i/in as i'eter Salem Day"' for annual public ob- * servance along with Attucks Day on March 5 of every year," twin "Race Pays," one l'or (Jnsp.iis Attucks, who shed first life-. blood for the cause of America's Independece, the other for Peter Salem, pioneer Colored soldier of the American Revolution starting in the running fight of Concord, becoming conspicuous for brave fighting and for shooting the British Commander at Bunker Hill, then continuing un- * til the United States of America *T ^ was really founded. Whether it be by Equal'RIghti ^ Committee, or Equal Rights Lea- Vv jue, or other race body, whatever l)e the3method, let not Juile 25. pass unoticed. Ignofe^notr I the memory of our herioc dead, \ who in the persons of Peter-SalTrhofs of our* race wore called by^?? iur proud white Americans thus. ? sarly to shoulder a musket and |) inv^TTio paring-iin etiiral Tmrnr fighting 111 battle array, along ^ ?ride white soldiers^ without t flinch or fait err to -Create this Republic. For it will be the 150 anniversary of the riay._when. oun ace began "what has become i- century and & half of thafmost nanly, that highest of all service :o "country, fighting-aml -dying n battle at the. country's call in lav adopt sterling resolutions hallenging the American nation :o cease the singling out of this ate, -swell suuu it ret'ora 01 ever oval soldier service, from all-the, iher whiter races fori public 1 iscrimfnatIbTTaTrd civil so pregaion, and forward one to Presi- > lent Goolidge for the abolition trir?segregation of employees, by the r :ederal gbvernment ft?elf?.as the start of a determined drive upon umjtill it is done, -?:?- ^? Historical Leaflet Offered In order that at these Peter ?" Salem Day meetings, our own ace ntav be informed of what .heir own race has done for the LVhitO Aniprrran afrrl tho win to American likewise informed, the League offers a Leaflet on our ?? Colored Soldiers at Bunker Hill, in every fight jroni 1770 to the present, which can be secured by sending 4v cents in-.-? stamps to the national corres*? ponding secretary, Wm. Monroe Trotter, 9 Cornliill, Boston, Mas Continued on Page 8.