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I ?'????? jfTIH^APEI^^ DEVOTED TOTIffr ? tt, t INTERESTS ; O F f TH& PEOPLE. ^ ? " ? " ^ , VOL. I?NOr-36. 30 YEARS IN SERVICE ^ WORTHY OE TRUST A IVIan Of Sterling Qualities? A Gentleman Of The Old School., Who Lived A ~ Clean Life?^77? On Wednesday evening, as the king of day was disappearing behind the wesFern hiHs. W. M. . McKnlght^ZFostmasfer at Rimini for more than thirty years, re. r - ceived his summons to aope^ before the Courts of Glorv, ai;ci Rim*tti- lost one of its mo,-;; usc ful citizens. This fact was, evideirced ty the many heart-touchinging eulogies of laymen and ministers, by the many resolutions which were read by representatives of the church and j_' the various societies of which he was a member and by the presence of his many frfends^who assembled at Antioch A. M. E. ^ church on -Thursday TV. nil, "to pay to his remains their last tribute of respect. He was in his seventies which tells us that he/.was born a slave. The fact that he ushered into existence a number of years before the ?? chains,of slavery fell from the ankles of- his race, yet acquired intellectual qualification sufficiship of Rimini, tells that he must ' 2T hflVe hppn a man r\f ^ Ai.iiii vx gCHUl lie steel. He was a ChristiaiTgenT tleman, as good as ever mortals . be. No man who ever held a pnaitinn-nf nnhlic trust ?was ? more faithful in the performance of his duty than was Mr;"Billy McKnight, as his friends and ac" quaintances called mm. Jtie. was married twice, but both wives preceded him in the inevitably march to theltomb. He is survived hy two daughters, Mrs. MaryDrMcFadden and Mrs. Eleanora-^Nelson, by three sons^ Sampson P. McKnight, Julius L. McKnight and Manning Mc-r Knight, and by two brothers, r Mr. S.' J. McKnight, who was assistant Postmaster and Mr. Francis McKnight. present and took' part in the : Rev. A. C. 3umpter prayed, Rev. M. J. Sumpter PPar? fKa SCrlpFtTrp'Trpssfvn, ReV. Edwin Wells, a formre pastpr of the deceased preached' the funeral. .Eulogies were delivered by Revs. M. Warley and Geortre C. Johnson. The former is the ^Presiding Elder over the Water wo Dfotrlrt; thp Int.tflv Is f,hft Presiding Elder of the Wateree __ _ District, in which District stands Antioch, the church fn which the deceased held his membership. The following laymen spoke: Mr. W. E. White, mail deceased as Postmaster; -MrPreston Hampton spoke of birn as a churchman and Mr. Dennis ?Siuglel'oii bpuke of his 'laithtul* IrS UJo. ^..4.1 J ? ucoo w mo uuutja its uevoive^ \lpop hlpn by his connection with the secret societies of which he was a member. ~~prof. C. G. Gar' rett was present and was requested by the Master of Cer?fnonjes to speaH, which he did paying a glowing tribute to the man who shuffled off mortality? Rev. George Ulmer, the present Pastor of Antloch acted as Master of Ceremonies. Continued on page 2. f . . ^ * jM I s /I U I V ^ > r ? WHITE O '.... i EX-SLAVES * ? ' . _ . - ? ^-VETERAN OF CIVIL WAR REARED SOUTH Auburn Has Lost One of Its ^nSIostr Vivid Living Remind- ers of The Stirring -Days of Civil War Auburn,-N. Y., Sept.?-Perry Williams! perhaps one hundred - and twenty-five years?old, is dead at his home here. In his' passing A-uburn has lost one of its most vivid living reminders - of the stirring days of the CivibWar, for he was a veteran of,; that great struggle. - He was ' one of ihe=few residents: of,.e.en=r] jtral New York born and reared ap a slave in the South. ^ ( 1 Ho was known as o. toller of--tales of the"*Civil War and ante- j bellum days, recounting to any ^ !who might care to listen how he j i spent his early life in-the Caro- j jlina hills;-his weary days in the- ^ icotton field and his long nights , j outbreak of the Civil War, he j entered, the service as a cook in ^ jthe officers' mess of the. Ninth ( |Light Aitilleiy,1 Union Aiiny, He had spent many years, try- t injfto convince the Federal Gov- ^ ernment, that he should receive a pension as a Civil War veteran jbut died vv iIhotrt -havm^ aeeom^-= pHshed his ainUitiun. ' 1 - FLORIDANS BUfY MANY 1 -UARS.? * c j Jacksonville, Fla., Sept.?The,* jlarge number of automobiles^ -ownod by our pooplo inthiftcity^J has led to the opening of-a new field for members-of the Race, * other than hs workmen and me, * ' * " j chanics. It is unofficially stated that Negroes in Jacksonville own e more cars than Negroes in any 1 other city. The proportion of cars to white and colored here C ?. " - , p is rated 3 to fr there J>eirrgone ^ car^to every seven Negroes. The , management ~bf the Medlin-Buick Cp., looking at-it from a bps II1CS5" ptmtt oi view and realizing 1;' that rolprpri penile would patron-, ize their own,, appointed q very's wide-awake and lively Race man a as salesman here.. This follow- yed the appointment of R. L. But-, y ler, another Race man" with the? Oldsmobilp Company^ As a re- t suit of the appointment of ? these two men as, salesmen, sev- c eral motor gaencies have appoint jed-colored men as salesmpn Tho. Oldsmobile and Buick people treat their colored salesman the same as if he were white, wit)^ 0 all privileges'aceorded salesmen. Others give special- considera- 1" tiom?The Buick salesman since n his appointment six months ago v has disposed of over forty-two ^ new cars at prices frorp $3,000 down. Th? colored people herej areTonTy buying ears which Ne- c groes sell, and Jjie venture has I proven profitably tor the automobile people as wall as fop th?l young men of the Race who cqn qualify as salesmen! If our pao- . pie would buy only from stores 1 which employ colored men, op- r portunities would be open to our 1 people. ? * ?= I?,? ?:J v. COLUMBIA, -S. CU-SA: OLLECTO TORY-TELL EIGHT (8) TC X * MASONIC GRAND KILLED IN j Hf* &XPRESSED FEAR 0F MOTOR ACCiDE N T S WAS 65 YEAKS OLD AT DEATH , Born January 12, 1859 in Kent County Maryland. Came to PennsyL .vania when About 20. Years of Age (By The Associated Negro Press.)Ehil&delphla, Pa?William G. . Butler, one of the best knowrt 1 men in this section, was killed ij iran automobile accident, on the-1Lincoln Highway, two miles east j He died of a* fractured skull-and nternal injuries. He had been in Oxford on officii Masonic business and was returning to ? K./'SWi. - P 'Ao- - . no .nuiiic uy way ui VVGSt AJ1TCS* ] :er he missed the -last trolley ^" jack tbCoatesville. He wasjn- " /ited to take a ride in a friend's i :ar, which in attempting to pass ;he automobile of-anothe^y be-- 3 :ame wheel-locked, resulting in ( dr. Butler's being thrown" from 1 hp pnr. ^ IAD LIVED IN COx\fsVILLE[t LONG TIME. \ William G. Butler-was-65 years-rt ddr'havlTTg neen born January-^ 2, T859 in Kent County, Mary-'c and. He came to Pennsylvania' vhcndicr wasiabont twenty ycar^y >f age, lviing for several years j s n Philadelphia. He then moved j o Coatesville, where he had liv- ^ >d for about twenty-live years, t J?rr?mm? - ic was marxj.eu.-Jll 1004 tO lVLISS , q 5riscilla Smith, of Boston, Mass, s ie found employment as coach- j nan for A. F. Hutson, in whose a imploy he served continuously ^ lp to the time of his death. \q He had "Often expressed fear >f accidents, and travelled in a jj arriage from Havti. his home c o Goatesville. ^ )NE OF THE BEST KNOWN t, MEN 4N SECTION. e - Mr; ~Butter~ Was one of th'e"^ >est known colored iften in this T ection of the State. He had an ^ Ic ictive part in the erection ofj * * -? 1 o he Masonic Hall at Seventh and! ;? jumber streets, being chairman if the building committee. Tie" vas concerned in-xeitgiQiis and ~ ivic welfare work. ACTIVE IN MASONIC FKA- f TERN1TIES. He was elected Grand Master if the Pennsylvania Masons last ... lad been an active and promi- 1 tent rtgiire_Jn_ thjs_ .Order..- He e vas a member of the Knights n r pmnlu * a 4-U~ TT> ^ . n 1 auuil U1 LIIU JCjifH*- I n ern Star and was connected with1 ^ ?thep brashes of the Masonic'j, Maternity. t _? - -?1 * __n NOTICE. . All patrons of Waverley Un- n on Graded School are hereby lotifled that the term 1925-26 j, >egins Monday, Sept. 14th. f G. A. JACKSON, Prin. |f ; \ V " { rURDAY.^EPT. 12, 1925. . U?B> ?R DIES AT > DIE IN ELEi MASTER ~ AUTO ACCIDENT BURLEIGH PRAISES SOUTH- 1 MRS. NELL HUNTER ?SOPRANO " -V " ' ' * A Graduate From Chicago Musical College Plans A Trip South then * Hack Northto New York , _ City _ ^ Durham, N. C., Sept.?Mrs. Nell liunter, Durham's popular'^ lyric soprano whose singing has'. been a sensational triumph wnorruw-vKe V>?- ? 1 graduating from the Chicago ^ Mujfical- College. aimoiHK'ns thru ' ^ her manager W. Gomez, plans ^ for a tour beginning November first, which will take her as far J? *outh as Tuskegee artd up east;^ by way of Nashville 'to New,1 Tork. . ? ?4^ *Mrs. iranter has been praised by press and public of both races j wherever she has appeared. I ffarry T. Burleigh wrote her on C )ne occasion: "The more I think |s ib'dut It, the surer I am thai yuu ~ vill bccome-one-of our great ar~~ ?You have brains, voice, leart, intelligence, aptitude,1 emperament, ambitionrapplica^ The Musical Critic of the Rah^ ays she has "a" voice "combin-^ ng a faultless purity of tone,'!11 tower with utmost smoothness, a' echnical assurance without loss >f natural beauty, clear as oprano and soft as a cantr?ifn "ih Mrs. Hunter has just signed U1 n agreement lo appear as a fea-i1^ are one evening during the N. jG v. State Fair which is probably iQ he largest gathering of the kind tJ n the state and is an unusual a- 1? hievementfor a colored artist. Vhile on tour her schedule in-jw hides a lvumber of broadcasting jfS ngagements and theclima* of [t-T 'n,'." i._ * * ' 1 iuqi .win uts reacneu in ingw ^ rork wher-^afrg-is to-fill a, di er of important engagements 1n luch'ng the making of some rec- to rds of Negro Spirituals for one te f the larger phonograph corpo- si ations. . nt ? *** i i, ~ I 1?; SCHOOLS OPEN AT i.g, ZZ GKEE^VILLE. . 'icdmont Clly Schools Expect A To Enjoy Good Year-Mrs. J. i C. Martin Makes Address At ' Opening Of High School. V JZ ... te -Orccnvillc, Sr TIT, 'he Greenville city schools open- cc d last Monday morning, and G ow?the little folks are all at heir desks for nine pnonths of ^ lent of the principal of the Ui?tard work, if we take the state- hi i?n tfiorh School, Mrs. J. C. Marin. In a lengthy talk -Monday ^ lorning in the auditorium, prin- ^ Ipal Martin sounded the key ^ ote for hard study and godict^ narks in every class room. The enrollment this year is irger than ever, and rnany new acuity. ~ . ,. j_ m uc., 30L0REE -I or- \/r? i r^/ l^O ILAK^ CTR1C CHAIR A LI. TO DIE IN THIS MONTH EIGITt IN DEATH HOUSE "our May Escape, But The Other . I Have Little Chance to Escape?A11 tire , Negroes (By Th? A?8oeiatod Negro Preat)? Raleign, N. C., Sept. The eleC: ric chair in The state prison here vi44-fla*yh-6ight times during the nonth of September and each ime a life will"be snuffed out n payment for one already takm The death toll will begin Friday when Fred Jones will >e executed. There a possibility that three of the -eight aen will escape the chair iiy ap eals that are being made for hem and a fourth on account of nsanity. The other four, howver, have little chance to esape the fatal current. All iff Te men now occupying the death ells are Negroes. OLORED BOY BEATEN* HOT AT, FATHER JJYNCHE1J IN BEUKB1A. 1M915 olored Boy, In Jail 10 Years. On Life Sentence, Seeks Release*? 1 A Georgia lynching 10 years Id, in connection witfTwhich" an iir life sentence, seeks release as been reported to the Nationl Association for the AdvanceLent of Colored People, 69 Fifth venue. The lynching was not ilherto recorded.?The irnprisy, is being aided by the Rome eorgia Branch oftrheN. At A. . P. -Court testimony given al_. le original trial shows the folwing facts ^ A white man, H. J. Villi pigue, hile driving along a~ country >ad near Blakely, Georgia, met lysses Goolsby.young-Negro iving a -buggy inian opposite re#Lion, haviiw wiUi Viir? }tmg girl whom ne was taking i arr entertainment. Goolsby (stifled he drove as far- to one de as the road would permit, jvertheless the white man Vily -nftpr ordering The. Negro to A out b? his'Svay7 and, holding pistol in one hand^ whipped , oolsby^ with a buggy whip, riking him in the f-aee, Goolsmaking no resistance nor pro:st. The white man even ruck with his whip the young^ ilored girl accompanying oalsby. j. Gdolaby'fr father, Granderson!_ oolsby, determined pie next iy to call upon Yillipigue, with, is son and to make reparation >r any offense which might ave been alleged as justifying le brutal attack upon the boy. fi the way, they asked Charlie' ivens to accompany them and low the way to Vlllipigue's! ouse. ViUlpigue when called upon, ime-fiUt of his hoifSS, '"Is that'. Continued on page 2. I miipmMI * "TO."" , .: :: ?z?- i,t-y ^SUBSCRIBE AND^| . J. 9 ADVERTISE?Cur-? ^ o j * rent, Social and Gfenr eral News. , ; ? v1 --... - ?- - -?5c A. COPY., y WOMAN ' ' f iHELD BABY lit ARMS W . . r'Ai to v.? r wuvum in i cars uid, Claims I That the Woman Had A Knife?Detective Says She Did Not -(By-Tho A s soeiatod- Negro Jacksonville, F la., Sept-^When our pe/ft-rle I?. urn not to not have white collectors corpe to their homes, and demand that' ; Negroes be employed as. collect-ors-, such tragedies "as "happened here the other day will not happen. There is seldom any pun ishment?given white?men for killing Negroes, and our people should realize they have little? or -no-protection. ?-?I? ?-? A.- D. Thompson, white 18 year old collector for a local ere dpt- clothing" store, shot and killed Mrs. Bessie Mcintosh of 1735 Smith street, Monday"""'^ morning, while the woman had a seven months' old baby in her arms. Thompson declared that the woman had~a- knife in her?t? hands and threatenedMus* life. ~ County Detective Fred Kin$r. who investigated, declared that sk&ijUd'not havesa.-knife and that ^ I'aHe held a No. 3 shoe in her hand 'when she came toThtTflbor in an- ' swer tn his knock * ~ The coroner's jjury freed him at the inquest- as usual and, of course, Ihoip is 110 rrdrp*^ ored people should demand ttace collectors just the same as they demand colored salesmen with?. -jl Tfnrlocat automobile?ageneiesr?? When t h&\t ? ---i -l1 ?, t.uii vnvj uv LI 11 ?5 ct 1 ill VVIieil LI10 white people realize that our; people.jwill not buy from tfiem, it will cease. COLORED CITIZENS TO CAK, KNTEMY'S CAMP. ^ *" ? ??? ~The National Association for '4 the- Advancement of Colored People, 69 Fifth Avenue, today ; a announced-that colored citizeps ,j of New York, are organizing' to ~J tight of Samuel A. Browne, col-. . ored Staten Island postman, } his home by terrorism. 31 * "A monster mass meeting has . J been planned tfoirS :30 on Sunday 3 afternoon, September 20., in the Abyssinian Baptist Church, at 132 We?t -138th Street, with ^ Rev. A^ Clayton Powell, -Pastor ^ of?the church, presiding and . speaking'. . - ' - J Mr. Browne, the postman who 9 stood his ground, will tell the thrfflmg stofy of"hi sv ict or y~ov- ' J er the* Staten Island mob spirit, ~HM culminating in the indictment of -9 hw U'nn1th\r n-hitn noighhof- M. M. Robinson.. Walter P. White-! Assistant Secretary of the National Association for the Ad- iS vancement of Colored People outline the campaign for civil ? suit for damages " against theKj^M white ' mobbistr. And other J speakers are to appear, amonjfl them Mrs. Drusilla Poole, President of the Woman's Political-^ Unfon, and John P. Quander.