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pui'ii i inn 'i ^
lr~^ eight >
Stagres in the Devel- w
?- opment of Law.
?A The
casual observer oi* average
laymen is* very apt to consider
the present system of
.laws as a rule, desi gned for
the regulation, of the conduct .of q
the present generation; but to w
the student of Law, Law is the #
-? pyprpssion nf Tinman History, ^
- revealing the nature and dispo-' ^
r_ sition of man in the Past andl c
TZ ^-Present, and even anticipating! e
his Future inclinations. ' ^
, . ??-Qne has said, that "Law is the | ^
expression of the nature of 0j
man; hls~desires~.-appetites.
hopes, his fears, his aspirations,
' his likes and dislikes: in fact. 0]
it _is._ the oufcwaoxl?expression ; 3
or reflection of his soul. |a]
Whence came Law ? - Law. be-' jG
gan with the creation, of mam |jr
With the primitive man, might; j
\X7 6 a VI nr-Vi f rw vnflin* W. ^.. V
<uu ui mtuci man nveu g
under the rule of the survival-of jc
the fittest. Later in" human
? history, wo have the Code?of- ~
Hanvipurabi, perhaps tfte^ldest IJ
body ofdawcTknowii to lnankmdfTf
which in substance reads, "If C
a man destroys the eye, of a- z(
nother man, they shall destroy n
. ; his eye." "If one man breaks g;
another man's bone, they shall "pi
break his bone." ~ tl
Tbe-advent of Christianity ti
had a softening influence upon
Law, in that -men were taught "i
that great and lasting principle, d'
"Love Thy- Neighbor" as^^hy^tw
self.". , Hi
We live under the fundamen-; i
tal rules of the Common Law, le
because of the fact thafjwhere--~e<
ever or ivliprwuror !
- .f .avAAVf V& VVliUltlUllO U1 |
propositions arise which are *not! b?
provided for by the statutes^
our only and inevitable resort Ip
is to the Common Law. What;t<
io the' Common Law?."ThejC
Common -Law, may be termed ,n
u?-. man Conduct, which have regu- ; a,
lated *theT conduct ,-?f humanity j a
from time immemorial up to the' ri
present time, which in fine is v
only the ultimate cosummation'tl
of the combination of public o-[o;
tions o f - humaiw intelligence >o:
tions of human iritobj renee }t.i
Whence came the. Common Law??a
'?-"it-dates back intua'ntiquity, toip
the time whence the memory lo:
of man runneth not tojthe con- s'
! trary. Some^hav^-said thatjC<
the Common Law came from "
England. Did it, or did it not? "
Harold was beater at Hastings P
- in 106fi. apd PVfm-before h
an excellent system of laws ex- L
isted; for the Romans had been tl
time. TVlPn mmno + l->~ "t*1
^vwjv.13 liiSS jjiuKiia i LI
England on June 15th,?4215, in;
which contained one of the most is
important clauses, known to Hu-jle
man History as the thirty-ninth1 o
article; declaring that no free- d?
man shall be taken or imprison- r<
ed or^>ut-lawed or banished, but
or by the law of the land. . . . h
The Birth of the Jury System. ,a
Then conies a period fo adven-1 w
ture and discovery. America |
is discovered, 'settled and- devel-jui
oped. America is oppressed by! O
the tyranny of the English des-'el
pot and the spirit of human lib-! sc
erty and justice, militating a-,ti
gainst the yoke of oppression;pi
and injustice, brings - us^TcTfhe; tr
* Declaration of Independence, | it,
when in substance, declares that1 ci
"All Men are_Ereetftnd Eaual."' ac
America in her eagerness to de->m
velop has accepted the Slave h?
. System, which sooiu beoomoH-ev
unbearable, and thus"^aftn,r~a{~ti
long period of agitation, the i- th
dea of Human Bondage in a land-ol:
of Vraa -? ' li-'
io cnui eiy aoonsn-;io
? ed, Hiid it is enacted by the Con- th
gress of the United States thatlhs
"All persons born or naturalized 1 fr
United ?5tafl)es, or Terri- m
I tories thereof are citizens of or
the United States and of the-|L
States wherein they re,si del" ?
And in accompanying amend- Be
K~- - men ts the right of suffrage is St
E~ accorded to all citizens of the W
jAiisi
_ ;?^to*."?. .'?? ... .v , _.
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ESTERN WOMAN COMMENDS
RACE SOLIDARITY
IN ARKANSAS^FIGHT: A
~~icf ? ~ '
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(N. A. A. C. P. Press Service.) . ^
Miss Alice Park, of Palo Alto,
alifornia, has written-a-4?tter- ?
hirh has Ww Awarded to
ip National Association for t.he _
rivjmcprwpwfr rtf Colored TVoplr.}
>9 Fifth Avenue, New York, n
ommending the solidarity of o
ffort which^ recently brought-1(
rictims of tho Arkansas riofcttl
f 1919. Speaking of the N. A7 a
. C. P. victory, she wirtc3l th
-"1 telephoned the news at i
an Jose News. ~ Of course,!^
m sorry for all the long agon- E
is of these men. But I rejoice n
71 IT" S 7T-5 ? -
i tne evidence 01 solidarity in 111
efending them all this time, .n
,nd in final success. Iff is a 1
isson for all of " xr
d
t d Statea P{
lendineiiL Lu the Uhlted States "
destitution, conferred full citi- v
msliip upon women of the U- fi
ited Statea of?America^ arid 4i
ave them the right to partici- jl
ate without restriction in all
le affairs of^pimiicipal apd na- e
onal government. ?o
Today, we are faced with "the Ti
n an effort to determine by a
ecision of ~the "Courts, as tj3 t
hether or not the cliildiren of a
le present and "future genera- o
ons should be allowefd^the ful o
st opportunity of physical and b
iucationah-deyelopffiQnt.- 1
In considering a LaW^ it must e
^considered as any other propsition,
The "Why" of any t
reposition is always divided in- ~q
) two' questions;?"How l
ernes'?" and 7'What For?" We <
aed very little thought to con-, o
ider thfe-Jt4+ow Come?" of a Law t
s in its very nature is inju- 5
[bus to the proper physical de- \
elopment of the child and at
be same time deprives it of the S
pportunity to take advantage-?
f ?he more modern and substan- ial
Pfinratinnal facilities; and?
nd if wo have any-sincere as- irations
regarding the future
f American citizenship,- we 1
hould have no hesitancy in the f
^nsideratitfn. of -the - question a
What" For V* r - : . t
The Writer, at this time is not J
ermitted to give in detail, the 8
aw from its incipiency up to 8
ie present, but this is only to^
lose who should iiappen to read I
lis ilttle axticle. To study ^
ledicine, you learn the mechan- ^
tn of man. To study law, you s
4-Z 1 i? ~ _ 1 ii * ~
txiu tu jviiuw man ana me mina w
f man. The actions and a
*eds of men are the only true a
^flections of' their thoughts. c
Law1 continues .to etevefop-afrd--t
lange. and is hemming mnrfr~
umane as civilization advance Jfc
i. A Law ceases to be a-law
hen it fails in its purposeA
law is only law when it is
niversal -in its 'application,
ne has said 'tha1r "Law'is^ the
fort of society to protect per- ^
>ns in their rights ^nd rela- h
ons, to guard them in their^
operty, enforce -their j;onacts,
hold them to their liabil-.'s1
y to their torts, punish their S
rimes^Tby means of remedies c'
1 ministered by the --govern-4^
ent; under these seven heads, \A
Wg all the law. It endeavors ^
sve fallen, to throw around
rem a mantle of charity and
>livion, and give them a chance w
live and enjoy the freedom S
at remain* to-fehem. A man "
is a right to live and enjoy the ^
efidonL^Qf-JJie-ilffi that re- U
ains to him, though he has w
ice fallen. Ja
~ US F. JVfcGIftT, |Y
? Camden, S. C. .. M
! sure to read "If A Man Die, **
iftll He Live Again?"?Next Ql
eek's issue. at
ik
wwrp-tfjrriT '^y \
THE PALMETTO
ANNUAL ATTUCKS E<
iz_iDAYgniversary
of BealTT of Crispins
Attcuks, First American ?o
Martyr Urged for Observance
Every March f>th?Special
Value Thia Year From Cool- gQ
jd^e-inauguration?March-lst c??
For Equal Rights Sunday
aea?? -J- ~ " " . - "Rh.sUmi,
Mass!, Feb.?-The anual
observance, on March 5th 1,1 j
f the death of the first martyr! j
5 American Independence, a col-"
retHmanr-Crifrpus Allucks, by
jie^ooiorod'race in the .U. 13, A.i8?1
Republic born in his blood asL
e bravely resisted British mil-jin
tary occupation and tyranny, j ga
ated" by the "NaTTonal "7 Equal
lights League. March 5th sigalizes
the race?s greatest-asset .
i that the proto-martyr to the. ^
ew_nation Was colored and the
League holds that its annual
bservance"as"Citizenship Fouhation
Day" affords a- vital op- ^
ortunity to proclaim publicity hv
o white-Amerjcans-the soldier ^
/herever they have been asked
ar help, from Boston Massacre ai
iviliy.fltinn pvprywhpro
Attucks leaflets can-be secur- ;ar
d from 103 Court St., Boston,}
ffice of f!nrrp?nrmrlir>rr iMJ?
UCtl C" I ?
ary, YVm. MohroeTrotterdf the 1 ^
eague~whichpgints- nnt: tha^j
s the date follows the Inagura-1 1C
ion appeals,from-the observ-,.
nces in the name of Attucks.
f Mass., to President Coolicfg^
L Mass., to abolish segregation
y the federal government At- ~
neks died to found, will be very; ?
ffective. . /
"All churches also are asked
o have prayers and send a res-r-lution
to Prc3. Coolidge on Mar.
st., .making iLJ'Eqnal-Rights j^0
5iinday^^A41- branches rrewly 1 * "
rganized Leagues, Eqyia^ Rights
rged to hold"meetincr? nn tyw
- "l'!be
th ancLseJid_resolutions to the
Vhite House. ? : - " ? v ***
Ml, ou
IEINGARN MEDAL NOMINA- i its
TIONU LLOW IN COMING jof
TO-NrA. A C P 1 -fo
' jru
(N.-JL--A. G. P. Press Service.)
The: National" Ajsoclation^loi* ?
the "Advancement of Colored ^
'eople, 69 Fifth Avenue, today
nnounced that nominations for
he award of the Spirigarn Med1
in 1925 hfls hppn extremely ?
low, in reaching the National
hould be sent as soon as possi-^
le to the Chairman of the Spin- ^
ran?MedaT"Award Committpf 00
\ishop John Hurst, carc of
T.' A. A. C. P., 6t) Fifth Avenue ,v<
? _ .. Vi o
lew York.. Nominations should
tate the_ specific achievement - j
n which the nomination for the ^
ward is bpsed and should be 1
' ? - srr
ceompanied by full information
oncerViihg the life history of ^
L A. A. C. P. WORK INTERESTS
WFHTE^-STUDENTS t}
IN SOUTHERN COLLEGES. ho
(N. A. A. C. P. Press Service.) ^
Jll 1 I * | TTTjr
George F. Coffins,lecturer fori.
!re Fellowship ofTleconciliation | ^
as written a letter to the Naional
Association for the Adancement
jrf Colored?People lating
that on his proton* jjyj
outhern tour he is telling stu-[
Dnfn Viv. ..A.-**- <"
jii vvnite Goutnern Col-1
igcif about-4he work-~5fzthsil?4~:
l. A. C. P., is distributing N.
l. A. C. P. literature and is
Sp
leeting-a cordial rusponseT'
lie writes in part: - Di
"I am glad to emphasize the
rork of the N. A. A. C. P., be- Ba
)re' the students???. . It' na
as been Very encouraging to Yo
leet in almost each colleen, lit. vi
e groups, of. Southern -whites At
ho have become emancipated, 3^
rgely through thework -of the
. W .C. A. and Y. M. C. A. Ga
'y copy olJhfi. 'Fire in The tra
lint' 18 read through very frelantly
at the colleges where I
op." ' " cai
*. *
r'naaSbr -??
iucated Negroes ?^
Waste Their Time. mez
Declares?Some of- Race ^
Degenerating. . ^ ,, :
Educated Negroes from the
uth, who have gone to laj Re ^
ies in the North awri Wpgt?
i\v York. Philadelphia, Chica- ^
and Detroit?are degenerate ^
f and reflecting no credit on jle
Negro race, according to ^
>acph Gomez, D. D., of Dc- .
ih* Bethel AM. E. church"^
Columbia-yesterday ^morning j
d last evening. .The congre- ^
tion s numtuired-probably^more Qj
an SiQW-people. it
"In the recent migration," the w
nister said, "many of our peo-1 pj
J went to the industrial cen-i^
*s of the North and West and
long these were many B/ A.
aduates from Allen university xi
irris Brown college pi Atlan- ^
and oilier college^ supported ~
the denominatiph. Wo hftyo|^f
mid to uur surpfrise ana snsme
at these educated _^Jegroes
e not holding up and fhaking y
od_^as p-nristians and helofull1.
aders. 'but. onfthft rn"frqry7n
e "wasting their lives in thejj?(
d light sections and places of n<
ssipation of the Northern cit- ^
h?The reason ds?that the r(
;mbcr3 ofHhis yoiinjri^ireTa^^
)TT~ are not-taking God with ^
em, and the type of education- ^
not ofthe-kind that.xonseatesa
man for better living." ^
fn introducing the Rev. Gogz,
the Rev. ,E. A. Adams, pasr
of^tethel church; said "that T
\ Gomez vfas now- building a
urch in Detroit at a cost of J,
25,000 and that the funds jn
to being raised largely among j ?
uthern Negroes who migrated Rr
that city?""GQinez Is from I 1
e Bermuda Island, was a pas-i^
r_there _antt in Canada and; f
mr V--1- " =2 *-*- J
,?lit; is said to j
-known imthe African Moth
i^ Episcopal church through-1
t the United States as one of
i best preachers, is a -student
sociology and his sermons to,
rtrrrnbla"Negroes yesterday
3de a profound impression." ?
to State.
A. A. C. P. HELPS STOP N
"piRTH OF NATION" FILM
IN HARTFORD, CONN.
tN.? A. A. C. IV Prcaa Service.T ' ?"
United protest of colored peo3
of TJnrf frrrrl?'-J 1 r<
? ...?vi.viu| v^wn., /eu vy
lorelT hnnisters and the Na- ^
gjff'f Agsnpiafion- for?A4^-C
ancement of Colored' People, *a
,s resulted in _?he Mayor of el
irtford ordering two theatres *
lere "The Birth of a Nation" ^1
n- was to be shown, to show ^
me other picture as that one 12uh^
not be permitted in the
JExecutive Committee of ?
e lodaJ A. A., -C^P^state^'?at
the 'coming together in 24 .
urs of all Negro organizations
stop_the showing of this vi>s
film, is Lhermoslr encourag?
sign of unity, she has ever
served in Hartford.
aicus Gai v ey f
_ i
In-Greenville. =
? : '' **
ecial to The leader:
Greenville, STTT, FebT '
iring the week-end Marcus
rvey, Presi,dent-general of the
ck-To-Africa Movement with
tional headquarters in~New
rk City passed thru Greerr-He
this momintr pnrrnito
v/uv^? 1/V7
lanta where he has drawn 5
ars from a New York judge
Court. Reports that
rvey was on a south-bound
tin attracted wide attention,
compar^y with his attendants
did not leave his Pullman
?7??... f r-i
l^Tirr? ' -' - ~.
Saw Lincoln's Body 221
Year# Ago.
For The Associated Negro Press.)
Galesburg, 111., Feb.?M. O.
rilliamson, white, former state
easurer of Illinois, 85, this
eek ,broke a silence- of more j
tan 22 years, and told how he
ith 15 others, opened the cof- y
i Abraham Lineoln. onSej^-mbor^gO^JL9021,
gazed at ,*he j
)dy and then closed and scaled ]
le coffin, which was feioedded -
i song concrete, nevet again to
? exposed to mortal pyga. 1
w4iliameeR?wa# a member of le
board uT^pfhistees 6V the .
incoln Monriment, and as the 1
me drew/near for the placing 1
Ihe bpfty of Lincoln under the 1
lonuriient, the .board decided,
ifh the. consent of Robert Lin- i
flag the son, to opon tho coffin afore
it was sealed forever. ]
Robert T. Lincoln agreed to !
roposal, to set at rest rumors j
lat "ghosts had carried away 1
La father's ashes.?B?44he son <
vore all members of the board 1
i sFTTPry; j
We had to certify that .the 1
ady was actually iiTThe^coffTn,""^
[r. Williamson said today. "So, 1
fr^HHFTTight in questibn,~we 1
eld Illihois cemetery within the 1
ew m6nument and the sarco- i
hagus was carried into the (
KfflV working open the casket i
itlt- chiselSr?It-was a\r6d Ce- ^
ar box lined with copper, which 5
ad been" sealed' with solder. "When
the copper covering <
le bust was bent back, we reerently
bent forward. " - _r_ ]
"There was Lincoln, Iookinglst
like his last pictures, seemrgly
asleep. His~faee"was dar^ 1
er Than yours and^inine are
ow. But that was to be ex- ^
ected. Otherwise there was 1
flyppl v anv ?
?J??V..?msc.- .IJUa?i.ea- '
lures stood o?t?as they had ]
een engraved in, my memory ]
um pictures of .j
"He wore a black bow tie like j
leone I have on, and one-feew^
as slightly mildewed. But i
lose were the only signs of de- i
imposition we could -observe, i
"It was an impressive"dccIT j
sion. ?r- . x i
"Then the- casket" waSTSgain "
?sealed^" ~ ~~? j
EGRO COMPOSER'S MUSIC
PLAYED BY INTERNA- 1
TIONALX' OJVLP O SJbl K S ' 1
GUILD. ? J
(N, A. A. 0.-Pr~gress Service.) === "*
At the second of its three
mcerts _of the_season. in JNew ^
ork" City, the International
omposera'-jGuild^- which spec- ;
ilizes in the work of young mod ^
*n musicians, played a "Fan- ?
;asy for small orchestra and i
iree women's voices," by Wil- 1
am Still; a colored composer, <
3 years old, born in Mississippi. 1
Mr. Still studied music at O- >
srlin Univeisily, then at the""
ew England Con.qerv>iTorylihd 11
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Saturday, February 21, ywfc
Questions and ^toswers
In Negrojfetory ??
BY GEORjG^ WELLS PARKER ^ 3
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\uthor of "The Children of The Sun."
~ r " ?? MPTOJ [_y~?? ^ I" "
-Quootlona pertaining-to Negro Hia- ??
;ojy anywhoro-if- of general interest, ?
ind Tiot~too long,, will be answered'by'
Mr. Parker in this column. When - .r?
Will not permit. or the subject is "
mawfl/odt subject to . proper limita* ??
dona, and when-a Btamped envelope
s enclosed. Address all communica>
V
iions to George Wells Parker, 3423
Indiana Aventie, Chicago, Illinois.
- ?? $ : ~ ? f
Were the Persians a colored
rana 9 r m IT T> xt /"?
. jj. 11, xv., jLvaictgii) I1!. V/.
The founders of the Persian ?people
were closely, akin to t}>'
Ethiopians and bofH the^r ?m ^
3ian and Medean nation-^
founded by peoples of J&E .
ieseent, according^ to 4hein^|^~??
legends. Tifhonus. kjng ofk
bhiopia, and his son," Memnoiy *> ?
were the builders of the first
ritadel. A line ofEthiopian
kings were mentioned as having
ruled In the Shah Nameh, the
Perisan epicr As late as the
time of t Xerxes the Persian
monarchs iboasted of their descent
from the golden line of Pei^ ~yaeus.
wbft. Wfta nf AfnVfrn
:ent-and husband of Andromeda,
- > .
in Ethiopian princess. Felix Luschan,
noted ehtnologistir-^
fiaims He has never found the
Nordic i type among the true
Persians
prophets Negroes??R. E. K.,
Memphis," Tenn.
The early prophets of Israel
were a -pretty dark bunch.
Moses is represented as a typi
:al Negro-in ^-painting now in >
Berlin and in old prints from
Hebrew sources, all of the proph r
are -represented as exceed?r?
ngly^Negroid.?In fact, the art^
sient-Hebrew-s wore a very much? ~~
mixed people and even today
there are thousands of them in
Palestine who are typically Mc>- ??
sxu m everytning save tneir lanynngrA
alnnp .
Is-"there any- test todistin- ??
squish Negro bipod from white ~
blood??G. F. T., Cleveland,rG.
None. There have been claims
but they are false. The most
minute microscopic tests have
never. .Jieen able to develop, any
difference. Human blood is the
same throughout the world.
Was Cleopatra a colored woman??D.
L. Or,~ orinth, Miss.
Cleopatra was a mulatto arid
a mixture o?rGreek anrr~Egyp- ~~
Jam?? - ?1 ~
s now studying WithEdgar Va*ese,
one of the leading writers '
)f modern music in New York;
VIr. Still has orchestrated the
scores i or a number of successful
revues, such.ag, "Shuffle Abng"
and "Dixie to Broadway." 7
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