?S?? f this paper isxV DEVOTED TO THE -INTERESTS O K ' THE PEOPLE. VQL7T?NO. 46. " ? GETSP, GETS JUDGEMENT of $sf>lnnn nF A _ RICH ESTATE Ned Brooks it Awarded Judgement Against the Estate of J. H. Herndon?~ ?WORTH NEAR A MIH30N Brooks Claims that he Has Worked for Herndon Nearly 50 Years Without Pay Texarkana, Ark., Nov. 18? "Ned Brooks, 62, has-been a" -I. . J A ?fn *t\r\ TY 01 ucn g_jUUKHiem JUI $OU,UUU a?gain3t tlie estate of the late J. H. -Herndon.? Herndorr was 82 when he died. In the suit filed by Brooks, it was stated4hat the plaintiff?had wurked?for the deceased defendant for nearly. ~ fifty years without pay and that that if Herndon died, Brooks was to get the estate. Shortly before ha died, Horndon diacov_/ and his wealth grew to nearly ... one million dollars. He left it to near relatives and Brooks contested the will. As soon as -the -&uit_waa filed, $60,000 in a local bank was attached. a_-1? f m mm '?. ? -Miss Charlotte?Jnekaon?-Wav_ j eriey School Principal?and -Mrs. Mamie Dunmore-?Principal oL Booker Washington Heights School Led in Contest. ** iy Splendid Affair ' Held in Audil" ~ 'a' Aft 11 m 1 Iiorium ai Alien Tuesday Night. ^ In a contest for the most popular seventh grade pupil in the grammar grades in city and ad? jacent schools was held in the auditorium at A lien University | last Tuesday night. Votes were . * cast for the most popular seventh grade pupil. Pupils from old Howard and New Howard schools of the "city were , in the contest with1 pupils from Miss ? Jackson'ti school in Waverley and-Mrsr Bunmore's school in Colonial Heights. The Waverley school led with a report of 666 votes at ten cents each; Booker Washington Heights was second with 014f, Old Howard 82 and New Howard 48. In the contest the sum of $140 T^was raised. The program rendered was very good being made up withjnumbers from all of the contesting _ schools. Many parents attended tfie-affair and had an enjoyable time. '[ PROGRAM. Song?Waverley School. The Lord's Prayer. . Song?Colonial Heights. Inul. 'Duel?Old Iluwaid. Song?Waverley School. Recitation?New - Howard. Vocal t)uet?Waverley school. v Quartette?Old Howard. Concert Recitation?Colonial g Heights. Song?Waverley School. ycport^Mr.?Fostcr. Chorus?Waverley. P?? Editor J. D. Carr, of the Asheville Enterprise is spending a ? /" Nine states , now require that , the Bible be read at stated times in the publis schools. ? . ?: 1 * ?:? ??. ' *" ?5 ? 4RT0F CONVICT BOOKER T SAYS BOOKER T. IS WELL KNOWN IN ALL GERMANY H?? Translated Into 'Getman Booker T. Washington's "Up From Slavery." AUDIENCE IS INTERESTED He Says the Missionaries Must Learn the Various African Languages^ ?T:r " 7"~ Hampton. Va.. Nov..?Sunday evening at Ogden Hall an address was given by Dr. Diedrich rican languages .at the University of Berlin. He has translated into german Booker T. Washington's autobiography*. "Up from Slavery". In fact, according ' to the speaker, the speaker, the names of Tuskeege and its founder are known to all in Germany who are interested an Africa. Dr. Westerman laid great stress upon tho necessit.v of tho [^8s_iona^riM_lejrdming_the vari6us African languages and said that it was possible for- them to win the confidence^of the natives if they were only able to 1n"r* n mi rious African dialects are-most difficult .'to learn some words having three or four meanings depending upon the inflection or kind of 'click' used. RICHLAND CHI INTVTFATU ERS ASSOCIATION TO MEET SOON - The regular monthly meeting of the Richland county Teachers Association will bo hold, Saturday Nov. 28th at the Booker Washigton High School. Devotional Exercises to be conducted by the Rev. T. M: Boy kin, and methods in geography presented by Mrs. C. D. Saxon. Refreshments will be served by the faculty of Howard Graded School. 'TVIiss C. A. Jackson, Pres., ' Mrs. M. E. DUlmore, ~CRrr~ Program Committee prv ?AN.P. Reading from left to right; C. A: Trt '* L. Holae?, Robert J. N< Oleage A. Bernet L - .. COLUMBIA, S. C., SATU 11 ED OF CF 9. TRANSLA WHITE AND STABS COLORED E. P. Hall, White Boy Stabs to lieath Earnest Wood Colored at Richey Grocery Plant CLAIMS IT WAS ACCIPENT Other EmpIoyeesState that Hall was Running Around Plant Looking for El Dorado, Ark., Nov.,-?E. P. TTnll, IS ypar nlrl "Tvhitn hny, i>i held in jail here, charged with first degree murder as a result JOTThe stabbing to death of Earnest Wood, a colored employee, Hall, the white boy, explains that he did not mean to kill Wood, although they had been arguing. Other employees.state that Hall was running around the plant of the Rithchie Groce ry Cotnpany looking for Wood-..ESSAY PRIZE CONTEST. 1 Any School-Child May Enter This Prize "Essay Contest. The Central WomanV Christian Temperance Union, of Rock ford, Illinois, has- a-nnouncetP'a .Prize Ksshv Pnnfp*+ ject: "Why Drunken Drivers Should not be" Par oiled," which school children anywhere may enter. Eleven prizes will be offered .in the high school group, the first prize being five dollars, and the other ten awards one dollar each. *>The same prizes school group. Essays should not be more than one. hundred words in ... ? * -? 1 length, shoulcHyo written on one side of the paper, bear ttnmame address, school and grade of the writer, and be mailed to the.1 Central Union's Headquarters, 102 West State Street, 1 ?Rockford, Illinois. | "Drunken Drivers Contest.'* i?The contest is to close on Nojvember 28. Tho Mpjj cjViri'np, nParin^-oAnv. 4j>Iet?ion in Tokio, is the latest atheletic field irl the Orient.' g 1 *" 1 *" * MEMBERS NATIONAL PC knkltn,.Rev. Chafles SUHnrer Williams, Miss Joant ison, B. W. Rat*, W W. ChtsnTTr, BTT. MaVIS^X" t, Parry W. Howard, L. R. Lautler, Wast A. Ham Dr. W. Jarrla Bawaa, Jamas A di#? RDAY, NOV. 21, 1925. 10 Ml UMINAL j tor visit's mi ORFD Ml > BOY TO nFATH A TTV n*'*TTiiru;c mi 11. i>ia\ i i nc vvo WINS CASE FOR THE GGVERNMEN1 Mr. Matthews is the Recognizet NationalLeader of the Negro Republican Gioufl , \ TVLKELFlNED $2,50(T-?ACh *_ ? -A?Skillful Lawyer,?arrd?tin ,^Special-Assistant of the U. S. Attorney General Lincoln, NebrasKa7 Nov.? General William if."* Matthews special Rs'sisslant of the U. S SA4terney^ G ener ai, ^rvar^ ~el e c t e c i to prosecute the case of two for mer officer^ of the City Nationa Bank of Lincoln. .They were L J. Dunri and L. B. Howey uliui'gtil in the Federal"?Cour with misapplication of the bank funds. The acceptance on the! part of bad papers which the di i rectory of the institution had b i make good was included in th charges,^ Under the skillful an< jable direction of Mr. Matthew: the casriv group, since his appointment a< special assisstant* td the govern ineht's fcygai ioryesTMIe made i fine showing during the- trial? -j- Leaving" Linqohr""after tli( winning of his case, Matthew: [was . banquetied by a distill guished group of leaders in O maha. A finger and toonnilloKs fami >ly has been discovered in Italy. ??The military ban against ~t"hi general use of radio sets in "Pal jestine has been lifted. I . >LITICAL AND ECONOMIC CONTE > ? *ttn Oartor, C. H. Hicliarilson, J. W. Mct'onlro. It b, Mllclipll, Rev. Nonh WIl.taDis, K T,. Pattoii, S itlton, JOscfch D. Bibb, A. G. Fro*, C. C. Kpauldin . Cobb, Jotopb John ton, Henry A. Bty<\. W. B,J * MTACK ( i" HATv'E'l'QN vN -OR PANCT JOIN iIAN^-3 ' TO BETTER J CONDITIONS 'White and Colored Longshore j men Organize After a -Twd EYears Strike ^BY'/r'UNAIVir^OSF^eYi I ------ - * r. J Harry Keegan, yrhitp, Presiden and Mose Johnson,'Colored Vice President . 'New Orleans, I.a. Nov.,?A' ma 1 carnation ot' "the white am i nlhi'pil lnmrdvirorm n. v.ii\.> h.ru j been um strike for ihe past fwr . years was porisu'nuitod Su'nday j when the two oi-yJtnidations b: Jan unanimous vole .(led.-.led t< . j join hflgtds in an --el'l'ort- to wii t~Tjettor Wiiffl.i anil umditioils yd ^orally. Hereafter the two orgai jizatioq^?\ri}l meet, as olve". body .'With ilafry Kecjrah, white a; j president, and Mi ye-.-Johnson e ; late iwe.idn.mt oft he Negro long ] j shoremen, lis vicc~T;IT:si{feTit. i - . s ' ' . . -j A Mum iifi' ?y Oln't Iul lu Tllb !! 3.' J Dr.T." O.h\lilj:r, widely knowt ; "phyd Of a iv~ a ncT surgeoiu of th'i: ).eity i oceiv iny many letters o: congratulation* from "all section: ? ' of the country, on the editoria . "That appeared in The Ashevilh 1 iheteriii'ise i'nTVt oh or tho.'hiih Negroes?.I'v..r.eet?Ci irni ...nn'ls ?" The original article die _ "hot carry Dr. Mtiler's. sigm.vuro ^ Tine toJ ihe niary'demands upor >>: . 4: .1,^ .i i ...Li I I II, till ,ll.|; -J-Ui v H was-an oversight or ndpli j pence: The last issue of thai _ Oarer -makes known that lie i: .'ihe >tnt.hor-'of 1 he editorial, jj Aside-from hoinjr a great sur geeif, he is i:< scholar and oraloi ? of excellent ahilily. lie reeeiv Uc(i-a part of his irnininp- at Clai lin University and later enierei th.e School of Liberal Aris Nev 2 V'>i'k Ci v. -Friar! there hs - wort (a fission University frhn iwhich?school he graduated h P T . i' V:* * ?* v & ... . < > v. .?,? 9 ., . ' Three Otljer Indictments Charging Him with the Same oi- " ' fense, Awaits Him Tj .\ew York, X. Y.. Nov.. nu '' |Henry Wilson Johnson, white, .Vj ja tut iiiei.' Superintendent of the L-Jukircns' Homo of the Long Island baptists' Orphanage, pleadcd Q-mliv "i'iii -.iy'?i-.cl'oi'o Jus- ?~ tice Orop^gy in Supreme Court - lJrookIyn> to a charge of crimi1 ral a Hauls ^n Efizphelh Sullivan . j 1M .u'tt:old, lrmaie oi tne home ) lie will ho sentenced Mondav. "1 , , , ^ V-j l-iiiia tinentx cnarging Johny. >on with the sajue "offense ad'gainst three other j>irls in the n-home" were returned last week, . tl , J t:hn.-< >n 'l'l'f s> vva>, f li r> vol l -ult at an^inyestrgadon by the ? -^Society' for the Prevention of i Cruelty to Children. - * _ -3OIS?being?t>: a- 7 re fii-Ut nf r.nr- ? gerv.- The statistics at the |Blue Id lye H?5Spit5l show that j in 102 1. he\i>erformed twenty-1 5; two -abuQTTtTTOF ope radons'." and " f 'lo&t tWU:- > ;";r \ PRESIDENT HALE ^ ABSOLVED OF CHARGES : ' ' - ^ 1 .^ashvi:ie- Tenh... Nov.-The t giro unci K s.s -charges Hied against-' ' r Y-ri rc''d t nt\\. J, ! !a!e of the Agri- 1 cul:i!i,i! ;jn.i'i Induceyj il Si^im v ?~ Ic^-e, if? -ft^rrrrl crnTrr. 'rnAi'e' "than ? yeaTs ago, which-! attracted nation-'wiq.ie attention, were set at naugnt "today when a jury in the ? midule ..7 enrwssre.district of fed- ' t era! court, presided over by Judge not gouty ;>.* c inrnn^fl all the j chat ges agam^t the Well-known educator. ^ The charges grow out of deal. _lhS-< ^'Ith the^iilduit's wHo were in tra::j:ng at the St-i'e C. >l!ege, of which Pi t 'tdr.-nt 1-i-iUr is the head. ~~ ~ ~1 . . i- ' d ? i 1 " . . '1 ? ? 1 - 7- > ? ? *? ^ :?=-* #11^1 iru = A'lit iv> Krn rlwrk. ?? *r1vn, JoM, TV TIawUItim. TV n Irmnn, J. J-oiic?? Meivln J. chinum, ?? Ln.U ttit J. fccolt,