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Booker Washington High School
BANQUET
* ?"?-'. , v?rin liuuur of
"rTnTB."GRADUATING CLASS"
-^Friday evening, June 5,^1925
- 8:3(T--11:30.
Odd Fellows' Hall. Assembly Stree
" * -. Miss Myrtle Teal of Abbeville, !
-1 : C., passed thru the city enroute 1
> Orangeburg, to attend the commenc<
ment exrecises of State College
___ While here she was the guest of h<
~ aunt, Mrs, Sallie Hammock on Divir
' ? 'it- .
..P-^v - .
Mrs. BnrlfP, ratnrnnH minnint
ary .from Africa, will speak at Fin
' Nazareth -BapttSl cEurchj Sunda;
; '4 . May 31, 1925. Her subject will b<
? ''Some- of-the Needs of Liberia." A
rT * Ibvelrs of christian missinno o?>,?
vTted to hear her. A rare treat
?r-?: in Store tor the public.
t
The friends of William D. Robinso
f the vouny poet and Editor of Stra
Leaves Poetry Department in this pi
per, and Lyrical Hearfc-Ihrobsy atrh
?*T poetry department in the Pittsbur
> Courier, will be interested to kno1
that he leaves on the 27th for Pitt;
burg, where he plans to "spend th
' greater part of the summer. "Th
Stray Leaves will continue W?cawi
^ from his pen as before, growing bel
ter. and-better as his yoyng life e>
pands under the broadening influ
| ence of experience. ~~
f Mr. Robinson is a Benedict Colleg
student, having -just nCOmpleted th
Junior college year. He is the latei
"son" of Dr. Matilda Ar-fjiyarrs, ou
' . ?great physician and leader rn educs
tion and racial welfate. ' ' 77?
H^nnn MA^ifC AT
ROYAL THEATRI
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l_ urince Majahara to be Headline
at Theatre Tuesday and
L? ^? Wednesday.
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? Prince Majahara, said to be maste
f of almost every blanch of anclett
r*- Hindoo Magic, is to be the headline
" attraction at the Royal Theatre, Tue;
I __day _and Wednesday nights, with
Special Matinee for Women Only o
Wednesday afternoon at 4 p. m. .N
men or children will be admitted.
The Prince's performance is qui
to?border on the uncanny." "He ar
-swers an questions put to him by in
-dividuulir on every possible subjeci
iLis. claimetii.and this he-promises t
wj do at the ftoyal Theatre, Tuesda;
_and Wednesday-nights? Newsrpaper
have hailed him?as East India'
. , greatest exponent of Magic, Palmis
~~ Try, IVTihd reading, Hypnotism, Faker
ism and Spiritualistic Reading.
The greatest and most travelled er
- tartaincr on the stage-in recent ydari
commented one newspaper! His aoi
t said another journal is a night i
Magicland and a night of nights.; The
Prince has just arrived fror
tour-of the ^StatO' <of Florida an
has high rating in the Mystic Work
Go and see the Prince at the Ryoa
\ Theatre,--Tuesday and Wednesday.
t..j -?JEhe-Prince besides being ainagicia
.< is an artist and.'sculptor. Anyone de
aTv-, siring to take lessohs in these art
I. the magical art included Will pleas
address Prince Majahara, in care o
1, this paper.
PROF H A M1II.FR Q)
QHIQSTATF44itfWCPepn
TO ADDRESS N. A A. C. F
I DENVER MEET.
[Philadelphia to Send Specie
Car With Delegates.
Professor Herbert Adolphu
Miller of Ohio State University
recently tendered the presidenc;
of Fisk University, has accepts
an invitation to address th
16th Annual Conference of th
National Association "for th
Advancement of Colored Pec
pie in Devener, Colorado, thi
June. Charles Edward Russel
of Washington, a member of th
N. A/A. C. P. Board of Direc
tors, has also accepted an invi
tation to speak.,
The Philadelphia Branch o
, the N. A. A. C. P., through it
president, Isadore Martin, 4s at
ranging for at least one Pull
mail car full of delegates an
members from Philadelphia an
once. All those intending to g
1 \ to Denver, are again , strongl;
i urged to send their names to th
National Office of~the 'N7~A. A
York, in order that proper ac
Saturday, May 30, 1925.
id Personals. |
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comojodatio^fis may be arranged
? for. ? i?
N. A. A. C. K WIRES GOV.
PINCHOT ASKING CURB
t ON PENN. K K. K.
Attempts by the Ku Klux
^ Klan of Harrisburg, Pennsyls.
vania, to capitalize newspaper
e. scarehead account of^j:rime hy-r
Negroes, brought a vigorous
t(t protpst. from the National As;sn?
ciation for the Advancement of
Coiored People. 69 Fifth Ave
It_nue, New York, which ~WiTecT
^Governor Gifford Pinchot as
follows:
II 7 "The National- Associati on
u fortheAdvancementof Coloj ed
la~ People~desires to call your .attention
to scarehead featuri ng
n of alleged crime by a Negro fn
y Ilarrisburg?press of^Saturdj iy,
i- May 2nd, and use of-this ne ws
?tTn "foment dangerous race hos^
g tility by Ku Klux Klan in a
folder -flooding the streets a acT
ie mail boxes and reading as fole
lows: ? . .
* ?" 'Citizens of Ptarrisbur^r,!
t_ Awake! The News Items c?f
Last Week should remind yo u
Z JjigjL some organization fur 111 ir
e public good is necessary in Hai e-risbttrg.
it " 'Vulgar shows, L attacks on
ir white girls and liqupr law viols tl?
-tiohsL_filifed_ the' front_ pages o f
; our daily papers. ; ^
? ?" 'Tlie.3ulutlon?Organize.
"""'Watch for-Later Announce 7
.
u raeni.
" 'Knights of the Ku Klu: c
l Klan. -P. 0 ranx Hnrrf*?
burg, Pa7 - . *
"We are also informed tha.t
Klansmen are holding nightl y
meetings at Penbrooke, Pa
r where a Npgro boy is nnw hp! cl
' charged with shooting a wc vman.
Harm to boy is feare d
a and local colored people are ap?n
prehensive fair trial will not b ? i
0 granted. National Association
d for the Advancement of Colored
People respectfully reuuests-^ou
k take steps to protect .and assurcn
t, fair trial to boy and to suppress
? 'dariijeiuus and Tiot~ "provoking"
y activities of Ku Klux Klan7'
^?The Nt. A. A, C. P. telegram to
~ the Pennsylvania Governor i >
^ -aigneU-JUy- Waltei^W hite, Assist ant
Secretary. v?
;,| CHICACO TO ENTERt,
TAIN THE NATIONAL
rv?MEDICAL ASSOCIATlOPr
n Chicago, 111. May?(By Tbe,
Associated Negro Press) ?T.'ae
j Chicago Physicians', Dentists-%
- -and?Phaywiftc'sls.' AssocurtioBfc
rT whichPis* to be the host of the
^ -NationalMedical Association,
^ August 24^ "to 29, inclusive, Tfes ..
I begun active preparations for1
entertainment. The slogan of'
every one present was to make.
tVio ^^p^^ng rrTTTrtiTTf" ^^fhrr^Nr?
\ M. A. the largest and mosl ;
valuable *n the history of the \
~ organization. ; Dr. Powell, * a
k* member of the dental program
a committee, reported that the
r committee had been able to se*
y cure the services of men of ind
ternationaL-Xfifiut^ioii who are
e "authorities on the subjects they
e will present. Drs. Turpin and
e Ellis, members of the faculty
i- of Meharry Dental College, were ;
s present, the former lay'ng espe- j
1, cial emphasis upon the neces-i
e sity of flip Hpnfal prnyram prim-;
^ mittee getting the best men ob
tainable to appear on the den tal
program. ,
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s CALLS MARRIAGE
HIDEOUS FVTT l
? Paris, France, May?-(By
j"~The Associated Negrro Pres-s)-?
-^Marria?? iar 6ne"bf -the most
0 hideous ev'ls of which soci ety is
y a victim, and free love is even
e worse," declared Raymond
[T can, in "a speech at the Salle des*
r-fngertfeOTB, in Paris.
* Draped in h!a cKafalfflys of
THE PALME
fine white wool, with his hare
feet in sandals and a narrow
bar across THs forehead, the
American apostle of the simple
life expressed his views on the
problems of sex to a large i*rotip
? "We- are all blinded by the
absurd importance attached to
sex," he Affirmed. "Certainly
women and men have ;their
physical differences; but after
all, they have the same k'nd
of hands, feet, heart and blood.
If men and-women were to get
rid of-the sex obsession they
wpuld be more united and would
be able to contribqte much more
effectively?to the J -'progress of
mankind."
Duncan does not see a^y soxiai
utility^ j ivMmage r in tact7
he is of the -opinion* that them
isn't much use in the institution
at all. But a suitable, substitute
he cannot yet offer for he
hasji't yet been able tu hit upon,
it.. He-is on the outlook ToFTt
and he wants all - good Frenchmen
to help him w5th his task.
N. A. A. C. P. ASKS POSTOFFICE
TO ACT AGAINST
?RIOT-INCITFNG-EDITOR
The National Association for
the Advancement of ' Colored
People. 60 Fifth Avenuer iNew'
York, has -asked Postmaster
General-Harry Si New-4o?take
action against the editor~oT The
Argus, a white paper published
at Rockaway Beach, on Long
Tsl^Vlri. -frSr mrtUL&hiricr nn pdi
torial directly inciting to mob
violence.
The editorial complained of
the actions of certain colored
men towaul lucal white women,
says: "There is only one effective
remedy for this and that is
for the men of the community
jta'take the matter into their
dign punishment on the spot. It
is not a matter for the police or
the courts. A creature who
lie streets puts himself outside
the pale, and laws and courts
.were not made for him.''
_ _ The N. A. A. jC^-P. has had a
letter in response to its communication
from H. J. Donnelly,
Acting Solicitor of the Department,
who declares the maltpr
W411 hnvp thpTncit Offi Flo.
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MARINE ALLEGED TO
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. INDICTED OF MURDER
-?Jasper R. Kirk, lately in 111v?
>U. S. Marine Corps, who was \
accused of having tortured and
murdered a^ colored girl on the
Marine Corps reservation some
weeks agu,?in Florida, nas been
indicted.for murder by a federal
grand jury, it was?reported W
the National Association for tht
Advancement of Colored People.
4,000 SEE "MILESTONE"
Kansas City, Kan.. May J ?
(By The Associated Negro
sPtess)?"Milestones" the histor'cal
pageant of progress writfen
and directed )iv 'Miss Ada
Crogman, of Philadelphia, was
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produced here Thursday and
of Douglass Hospital. More than r
3, 500 people witnessed?the
spectacle portrayed by a cast of i
500 people;. .
Two _yaung- meiv?o-T-DoTrton 1
while on a journey through In-T'i
dia witnessed an exhibition by j ^
. a fakir m a small" village.?The 'r
Takir was performing the usual,
experiment, of making a rope dp-1
scend from The elouds and a man,
came down the rope, who ascend- ed
by the same route afteHhav-ri
ing dj^d lay cut olt. The I
exhibition was.in an open square"
before a thousand spectators,
and every one saw plainly what
was happening.
' The wto Bostonians had came- j
ras with them,'and took nume-J
rous snap shots of the exhibi.
. ?
tion in its various stages, intpnrling
to write, an article on- the?
subject, illustrated 'by photographs
But when tho plater.
were developed, the wonders
had vanished. There were the
| fakir and the people, but no tie- I
j capitated man and no rope! The
iunlookers_Jiad_ evidently been
hypnotized into seeking the faI
kir's feat, but he coirid not hypnotize.
the camera, and it reveal|ed
the truth.
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