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this office, (if out of town) not
- later thai? Tuesday night. CP'
ty news by Wednesday night.
Saturday, September 26, 1925..
Frederick Palmer, the writer,
~7 discussing in Colliers "Why they
hate Us," referring to European
"^fions, sflvs- "While we go to
~? ?Fur^pe to learn whfit she'hak t(J~
offer, there is one , thing we can
teach Europe" it is ?the fully of
race hatred. Lord. Lord, how
could that maa write thatTwifh a
straight face~!--Think'-ef -Amerr-_
ca teaching any hatioh "-the-f-oily-of
race hatred7T"~ i
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The Special Agents sent from
? AVa^lliltglon iwvesHffate t,Vio
charge "of 'conspiracy- aga4nst.
. Waller L. Cohen, Collector of
Cuatomu at New?Orleans- have
found -out what every
hnnclecTTlSGn^ible man-kne3&U-lhat_
- -is, the. charge was a flame up.
It Was only an effort to get Mr. ;
Cohen because he is a Negro and
1 held a very high and important
"~?a?miTMinr^"^
m ;
-?=?'?7x -j t . ^ i 1
un ucioDer isr, ine ?taR?aFa..._Life_Insuf5nce'
Company will a-??gain-hp-ifome
a company of the
colored pfcopfe?It will be re
membered that this company
was taken over last year by the
Southern Life, a white company.
The President?of that
""" "company however agreed. tha>t
he would let any responsible
> group oF colored men buy it back
any time within 10 years. He
has kept his word. _ .
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The report of the- Federal
' Council of,Churches of Christ in
America is not very complimentary
to the effort to legislate
' temperance into the American
people by the Volstead Act
refute. Liquor will not be banished
bV this Act"~for-the good
and sufficient reason that the
people don't ,, believe in the law
as it is. There is too much corruption,
brutality and hypocracy
- connected with its so-called enforcement
for one reason. The
prestige of the Federal government
for the enforcement of its
laws IT not enhanced either by
this impossible act.,.
.
The storming of the Buncombe
County jail in Asheville,
"NT C.rbv a mob estimated at
from 500 to 1000 in an effort to
g^t a Negro .charged with a
crime but who had been spirited,
away, is a beautiful illustration
of the civilization of the great
Nordics. There is no higher
test of civilization than orderly
government and until the great
white race can control itself, it
ought soft pedal on the proposition
that some darker races being
inferior, cannot?establish
?mch
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Insure safety of life and property.
Though known, not "one
of the rioters and would be mur- J
derers' and destroyers of jail i
nrnperty will he ever indicted.
?-?a
Georgia And Mississippi!
Perhaps nothing ought to be
said -about these two States.
Murder in the form of lynching"
is ao common in them that as a
process?of punishing flltpgpderime,
it ia_ about as firmly
established as their system of
ourts. Rut think df people
who can tolerate the lynching of
an inmate of ah-insahe asylum!
People too who only a week or
tw<T \yere bowing down?to God_
and praying for rain. They had
better pray that - God would let
a -Httle better 'understanding of,
the teaching of .Christ enter
their -heart, mind and con- ^
KfPmpg JlT>p-dering- a crazy.
man in charge of the State too,
for the purpose of being cared
for I Oh, what a beautiful
Christian civilization IsTThls Of;
the 20th, century as is being
exemplied by those who believe
?they say?in the literal inter
TT?x i V?II*I u .
pi.eiauoii ui irie. i5ioie, vjOU s
holy word. " ~~ i
And Mi&si.ssiiipi! Can't the
Negroes olhAmerica start a fund
for the civilization ot Mississippi"??Missiunaricu
ought he seal,
to that benighted land and teach
the inhabitants thereof?that
even savage tribes have ceased
to burn human beliigs. Mississiptnans
go_to church on Sunday
r^erwnga?aiiiL tojiuman burnings
in th'e :^jafternoons. Not
long since boosters from this
State were 111 Chicago trying Lo
tell the people just what a great
State Mississippi is, and hovr
much better place it was for the,
Negroes wjfip had left there and
hviny irv Chicago and other
jfekefSB SnnHa v
mob however is booster enough.
fnlpred DCOple
who left in their determination
to stay- away, and, uu doubt",-it"
has and will boost those whites,
who might have investigated, to
Tivt-so4-h -a-- q wido
Who would choose ajdao^ to iiy^t
and rear children ^vhere the inhabitants
think nothing of going
out and burning human brings-?i
Georgia ad Mississippi?Christ
-tan it v and democracy*!
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The Course of Slavery.
1 Judge Rain age a fe\v days ago
^ Earging I he grand j ui y, saftt
among other things:. "Negro
"slavery w a * tho~^r eaiest^-culSE
; which could have befallen a peoIple,
and the country is suffering
Ifrom its ellects touay: It uas a
great blessing when the I^egro
was freed." With this statei
./
7-rnent we heartily agree. While
I the Negro was restrained of Fhs
,physical freedom the master
Iclass, knew not; what -work was
and hence that part of the country
where the system was fas7tened
became the poorest" and
imost backward of ah. And even
to this day it has not shaken off
completely the curse of physical
slavery. But what of the
spiritual side? Has not the result
been as-l>ad? lias not, because
of it, a two fold system of
justice spi'ung up and is prac"li
ill n'ilhftnt much compunction
of conscience? Has not, be
ur>c oi- it, uuiixucj uecorne a
I mere by word, all-but meaningless?
Is not because of it, even
bhe-Gervstitrutien of the United
-States regarded an a sten-child?
Is not Christianity itself given
queer quips and trems? Yes,
"Negro slavery was the graetest
curse which could have befallen
a people"?only it didn't befall,
slavery was deliberately instituted
and- fostered. What soever
ye sow; that shall"ye"also
reap is as true today as when
morrow's harvest9
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. J - THB^PALMET
TUE SITUATION AT i
~F0WARD ^NI VfiRSlT^
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By: Dr. Jas. E. Shepardfl |l
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President, North Carolina Col-'
I* <
lege for Negroes, Durham, N. C. (
-4Por-^ssoci<U,ed Negro Press.) ,
I As ohd vitally interested in i
flu-. tiwu.n.V nf tho nu'Pi)f which -x
I am proud to be a member, and t
particularly?in the?success of T
Howard L niversItjTT because I N
number?some?of?my?closest j
frieivds^ niany _of its, graduates j
both men and wuingtiy and because
I-have been accepted into '.g
the folds of .the Alumni of the t
Cmversifv as an honorary rrjem- t
her, I l'eel l roe r?ra$dress?this {
letter which 1 hope each gradu- (
ate of ^ie Institution and each [
membeivof the Alumni Associa- ^
-H'm wTh personaL^^ j ^
ing and free speech, but I dot]
liope t'h&t every member of the j
facerregardless of this freedom ]
will recognize certain basic prin-'j
ciples. The first one isj'-every ^
man's liberty ends where anoth-.
or man's rights begin. It is ]
-ln'cwnse of the rights of the INe- ,
gro race and the invovlving of ]
its future progress that certain ^
-liberties should end and ^ the 4
lights of others beAionsidered ttT;
It is not one nvatlls jub tu iun an
institution F>Ui'li as Howard
UnivtH'sItyrTlsk" University, or',
iiher similar insti tut Ton's. The~
one man at the head s simply j
ciII e\ec litis e "Hir-nr iminpf |
LafiiTlaleiK" to cany out-Ahe^ug--,
i; x* ^i_- i -x ? 4
gesuons _oi me many educators ^
>?< fonntrv 1o the best of his |
ability, and power to bring to
^the--institution those things
'which will mean the growth, ex-';
pansion wiTTcTeepemng of the
university's ability to" train and
tit men?n?d ?,"nmri for future'
' srr\ ice. 1 thUb ll 1lhal ulum- i'
tion means the preparation of
TnTlrnfiyTThtal f or-^comOiLucti ve
service in tho world
The combined?strength and ,
geuerosity ui iwu cumuieuis',
l.stand in Ihe background of Ffsk^
fO'MMJUi.i,. JU nuiiol>lk
*the -great United States as re-j.
presented" by Congress is and!
-hTTS! borMi 1 }) > background of i
Howard's progress. Every saneT
[and Thoughtful person sliotdd-i'
ask him or herself I hd question,
' Can I afford as a member "of |"
, tTTe race and a recipient of such!
j favor to forget the progress al-j
and to waste my.
-time-and?strength kicking a-J
gainst thcrykrtTC^tTTaug of who
is-lending uiik:ss~tho ' leader is>
: iinworTTfy of leadership^/-?ls-4U:
not the time to forge ahead to
~a nmi e pet feet?building qTillki
pregnable btn'ess for otrr~ptetre-;in
the scheme of things?"
As a race \vt^sfaficl un-alter
ably opposed to rioting, lawlessness,
disorders,, strikes, and a1
gainst treason in any- form.
These are the things which we
light tooth and toe nail. How
then can we_intreduce such
principles in an institution dovoted
to the higher training of
the Negro-race to lit our ..young
men and women for the leaderjship
of the future? To do or to
encourage such things prove us
unworthy of leadership and uniworthy
of the assistance of our
friends in any race. Leaders
"uho dmixr?-Ufh nil," not strik
ling at Howard University only,
j but -they -are-striking at the
whol?-pr-ogram of education for
i the Negro people in this coun
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I I hold no brief for the Presi
]dent of Howard U invlTr sltyr^-f
(have admired him as a man for
(several years. I have admired;
his fearlessness in standing
for the rights of a race of which
he was not a member. I have
j heard him speak out in the
North and in the South against
'injustices and oppression, pleadfing
for a chanco for a backward
race to come fully into its own;J
I have heard him in the pulpit, '
in-educational gatherings, and
rO LEADER
lot once can I.brieve th^l heia
nimical. to the progress and
icfnevements of . the racetb
vhieh I belong. Such a stand
low would be contrary to all the
principles for which he' has
stood in the past. If he *ha-s
. hanged, is it the part of wislom
to destroy an institution
ind blight the future of the Nejro
race so far as an institution
supported by the Government is
:oncerned in ordir that we
rright?dcutroy?the President
vho can ge no further than the
3oard of Trustees- ogives him
power to go. o * ;
One of the things which deserves
careful consideration is
ne tremendous progress made
i-t Howard University in the
iiurtrhve?years; it is now an A.
College;' the large number of
inely equipped new buildings
vhich have ^h^fcn added in the
various departments of the InHtxriton-r-the?large
amount of
uidnivmpnt raised. and the vast
lumber of students which-have
ieen added until today HoWard
University has the largest numjer
of students of any school in
;he country.
I appeal to my friends in my
ace to not let us go on record
is opposing a president because
he may be of a different race
Lhan the one to Which we belong.
&e...need the support of -our
ivhite friends. We. need their
uicoul'auenimil v'lid jlicngthi I
"jelievu?we-are fast coming to
the "time 'when Negroes should
manage their own- institutions,
time has?not fully come to all
t he-institutions?at?the-present
time. Let us show we are wor'
by of our sanitv. by our .iudgment,
by our executive ability
to construct things, then we will
be called from the~EhtiTgs we
noweohtrolto things we ought
to control. I appeal-to every
Pfi^flnnin of Howard University;
1 dbl'ldUl lu Aluduit ui
Howard University -to put down
disorder: to-, put do\vtr"strrker^
put- down?rahQ11ionand TtttFTc
put in jeopardy the future progress
..of Howard University by
some petty jealousies or selfish
W*.-'.li u. : UTipptjil to-my rnrr nnt
to make the race bear the brunt
of the opinion- of the world that
it cannot br> trusted in leadership;
that it has!not poise and
judgment; that if seeks to pull
down-jn s fead bf puttingupr-1!
appeal to the^ members ot'~m>
race to put down and. put from
us those who encourage riotstrikes,
and disorders ol
any-kind. This is not the waj
tolJermaiieiiL -stieeess. L&W-anc
order must prevail. ^No form oi
lynch la^vmusF-iie lolerated^b^
<t nee anu progressive people.
- There- can hp nn progress
withour~The~ niulual?help anc
consideration of each race. We
cannot live apart in America
We -must plan I together anc
work together if we are goinj
to develop two races side L>>
side, each with inalienable
rights which must be protectee
and regarded by the other race
We have no lime-~for sewing
seeds of dlsconTor encouraging
any individu&l or group of indi
vidua Is who' are seeking theii
own personal^ aggrandizemenl
rather than the rights and ad
vancement of the whole race
If three are' wrongs at Howarc
University they can be remediec
In the Council?Chamber by thf
friends of education and th(
friends and supporters of th<
university. They cannot b<
remedied by strikes, ihtrmida
tion, or force.
It is in the spirit of a bfcothei
and friencT~that i address " this
personal letter in the form of i
public appeal to the members ol
my race.
special Notice.
SCHOLARSHIPS.
To all Subordinate Lodges of the
G. U. O. O. F., Greetings!
YouTaFe TTereby ffottfted, thai
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frUn nn, rTrT O rlfl Pp%V
scholarships, will conduct an ex
animation at the following nam
ed institutions of learning oi
the dates herein nam^d for th
purpose ofr making, ajwarda o
such scholarships for the ensu
.ing year.
Allen University, Columbia, S
jC.; Benedict College, Colurpbh
|S. u-.y ClttflfH Univeisily???*
angeburg,9^.- C.; State College
urangeburg, S. C. ??
1 All children and orphans o
~|tmwful~Odd Fellows in Distrie
No. 13 are eligible, allowed an
invited to take the examinatio
at which ever of the above nam
ed institutions they may prefei
The awards will be made to th
applicants making the higherterm
s_amLconditions of the Dh
trict Grand Lodge's^ require
ments hernc irwt Eor?V?
_ r ?-?V. .1
cant must be at the place an
. hniir nnmp.d?a?ad?fmi-st' presen
documents showing;.good .stand
in- ?r. fVia T7V>11r>w lr.Hyff> n
his or her parents, evidence o
' good health and good mors
character;
Children of only financial Ocl
Fellows will be recognized. Th
committee resumes no responsi
1 bilily in-tl^ matter of-the-ea
pense involved in the applicant
attending tjhe . examination.
The awards having alread
r been made lor Morris Colleg
. my! TJ.n4.wnn C nlln^ for th
present year,' 110 examination
r wilLbe hold at the llast name
- institutions at this Tinio^--lTh
- wholtirrhips are confined to th
High School -Department.
r-_Jrhg_tnliowtng^siilijects will b
used: Arithmetic, Algebn
Geography, English, History an
allied subjects.
1- The Committee will be at th
r -institutions Las follows: Clafli
University, -Tuesday, Octobt
1:1th. at U A. M. State Collegi
Tuesday, October 13th, -at 9 /
i day, October the J4th, at 11 t
-4VD?Ttonprljct College, Wedne?
r nayr October the 14th. nl 14-^
~ s ; Cdmmittee: ~.
i Dr. Q. C. Johnsoh,!
Rm- .T F K.W.
r 37: 'Rev. U. S. Kiec,?
; .Prof. J. A. Pierce,
Rev. I. D. Davis, Chr.
L, ,
Ruffin News. ?
1 Rev. J. Shaw, of Fairfax, I
C., closed his_revival meeting i
Mt. Zion Baptist church, We<
y flcsday-mghh -Sunday ?was
I- -high, day spiritually and fin^i
? cially. They rahnjd?
r Surely the Lord has bpened tf
heart of his people.
Bro. James Byrd, Charlie Di
5
^ Hois and others are uplifted i
.calling a ma-iiTo serve them 1R
1 the Rev. Shaw. They can sa
I Mt. Zron was dead but is ali\
r once more.
' The Rev. Wilson Bowers clo:
ed his meeting at Hunter's Ch;
I epl Baptist church, who preacl
ed a noble sermon from Acts 21
j 31. Prayer offered by Bro. V
r _AI. Heeling. A collection wa
raised amounting to $21.25. Or
. accession was?atkled to?th
[. church.
At 3:30 Rev. C. B. Browi
pastor of the M. E. church, Ru
j fin chareo rw-par-Viprl n umii oHi
? 14 kJWU 1" O 1(1 i
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j ring sermon, using for his text
> Darnel 1:48, Subject: ~7"Th
, Boy who dares to do right." Re1
, Brown sure explained this in th
> highest degree. Ma-ny a sol
sermon Bro. Isaac Walker led i
; prayer.- Song led by Siste
, Maggie Grant. ^ Bro. Walker .an
v W. M. Allen lifted a collectio
? amounting to $10.05. After th
close of the service Mrs. A. I
Aekerman^was found quite bus
writ in O- Sllhu/?rinfinno ? T1U
IIJUUHD iur 111
Palmetto Leader?one of the p?
pera-.heing jaent. her from Simo
Davis, of Abbeville, S. C. Sh
I saw
where the people of .Colle
> ton needTto read if, so she~giO
: busy.
r Misses L?ta May Stewa*^ Z?
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Saturday, September 26, 1925.
r-.dte-Stephens andJMivAyillie Car~
wilt leave Wednesday Tor .
-jriflflin University. We hope for
[i them a successful term,
e A. L. Ackerman, Reporter.
North Carolina Editor ~
Speaks in South
l( Carolina City.
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Greenville, S. .C^ Sept. 22.?
iTnr. J. p. Carr. Editor of the
f AslievitteHEnterprise, spoke at
t -l nlu?T)V..r tp clmrcll, Gu?-.
(] day evening, September 20. He
n w?>; -eloquently introduced , ,by-?--?
the good pastor, the Rev. W. J.
*. Davis. He spoke .for about 45
e'minutes, briefly on various up-..
,t lifting-subjects. He spoke on
e the advantages of publicity of
tthe cfaurclfs activities thruth^ -?
.-'Race journals. He also spoke
[.jon the advantages of patronizing
d and reading Race Iiteraure.
t "The fuure of the race'depends
[_'on the young people of today,"
f stated the. Hditui. .
f' He was received very cordialil
ly "By^fhe members and friends ?
,ef the ehurch and highly enter
d fained, as i,s the custom jof South
e' Carolinians. He was also inviti-'ed
to come again.- ' ' ,
IIon? J. D. Carr also spoke a?r
gain: , Monday morning at the \
| Greenville * High School, of-"'
y which Mrs. Martin is principal.
e The .school boar,tr,-of- ^av-iftg_j5,00
e students?ahd -twenty.?4eachers..__.ji.
s He .spoke on the Tll'L'es.sity Of
d obeying the teachers and prelming
for the futhre. He s&id
e xnc ruiurc of the race depends
on the coming generations.
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RICHMOND STIRRED BY
P - JOHNSONS DEATH.
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n (By Th?. Associated Negro Press) . _
>r Richmond, Ya., Sept?This
3, cltyis v ery muclr concerned Over ?^
L the recent death of Col. Henry
I iiM-nln . ^h-rtvrvn KepiihllCfln
>- Georgia?, whose death occured
i^jodny, 'Tnllnwing a stroke of najralysip
Yiccordmg?-to?reports: ~
AFf. Johnson was well-known
here, was best known through
his connection as Grand LegaY^ ?
Advisor to the improved Belie-?:?
ynln?t ^ 1
i < i i wcciivt' VJl'UGr HilKS Of
the World. His frequent visits ''
here, in the interest?of the or
- flnv, lo commnno with Lawyer??James
T. Curler, Grand Treas
urer, brought?him in cJose-CQQ- ?/__
tact with businessRichmond.
Y While here he usually .stopped
r in the home of the parents of the
^ wile of J. Finley Wilson, Grand .
^-Exalted Ruler, which put him in?.?J
'"foueli uJtlTthe sociahside of the??2
ie citv. * ' v . ^
Henry" Lincoln Johnson- Ts "
l~ e-specially remembered here be^
cause he was~so prominent in \i|
^ the Elks' convention held here=^?l
y three, weeks ago; for it was, said {II
e,that it was his keenmaneuvering jlfl
that steered Wilson into the jj
^"Gfan Exalted Ruler's seat again. JM
l~ What is beilieve'd by many to fU
J4 have been the best short speech
' Mr. Johnson ever made, is ajso-?
1' believed to have been his last, "M
IS and that.*was when he respond
ie eel to the welcome the -governor tfl
ie, of Virginia extended to the visit- I
ing Elks here, August 24, at S
1' which time he showed jnasetrful ^
P' ) B
.oratory, "revealing the 'Old |J
'" Master' in his best form." One W
" remark in particular made by ?M
ie,Mr. Johnson th" tawill live in the /B
v' 'minds of the people always, was \1
i(| when he said, - "We have never
?..attempted to kill an otttcer, we
^'ircrve never assassinated a presi- vB
n dent, we have always left that jB
^ito the benevolence of the white W
n monders will be in attendance - 19
e at the funerah JH
j*
y I The indebtedness of Tokyo JE9
e per family has increased termorc^| I
t- Than $300 since the earthquake*^?
e II is estimated that the oldyfl^J
!- Faithful Geyser in Yellowstone
?t1 Park has been spraying water ?fover
the landscape for -50,000 .
m years, r ? v.. T". ft