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Saturday; June 13, 1923- ^
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The Light; the weekly, paper vv
published heretofore by ' Kditor ^
C. G. Garrett has again Vnade its s
? appearance^ . Editor Garrett k$ a {>1
trencha-nt writer and ha doubt* m
ti
The Light will add to the gaiety jc!
;of the" newspaper world. . . - w
-1^ -?Columbia-has or-pleiity of blg.^
^^-'doafers^ that-she can .web spare.
he solving every"ktffft of problem ,
'with their mouths and attending ?
to everybody else's business but ,xi
_ their own. A rea 1 <Tay's work *
would send them to Ihe TioTpTtaT. U
? = * * * ,
? I ^ (.'(
Many men are-losing their .
r lives in the attempt to enforce i
?:?c'
with its violation and become ^
the victim of over-iFealousnoss
on the part of the officers or of '
. their arrogance ami poor judge??meht.
Is it worth the price V T7?SJ
Philanthropists are still giving 5~'!
thousands toi- the m liica'1 ion "of n
the colored-youths. Mr. Ben.ia- S1
7?mhmNv-BXukes oX Nor t lv CaVolrna-^
?""and" New York is the latest to
- contribute qqite-a-s-um tor-4+H^.- U'
piirpose. -Kittrell College 'Of tl
North Ck'i'olirta-is-the- ImppyXni-: _i?
? cipient, the gift being'the^mag- a
nificent sum of $200,000. of
. . Hi
A colored lodge of Elks of New in
".York City has donated ine sum ul
of $6,000 to the Presbyterian m
hospital tVtpf n't v. Xo (lis- ti
I tinction is tcmhe maclq in #that"ci
?hospital" on arrniihTorTnn,-, t tic or
management believing that I'ain
1 aiiulliei.?More and- m ic?t-ho i I
colored n'eoftle art1 colli ributi'mr X
their wealth to uplifting $gen- gi
cies. ai
L - - m ' 7"~ "ii;
.. . - Some of the boys in the North ; v
in particular seem to be gelling 01
; restless overbite failure of Pres;ident
CJoolidge to hand out to q-,
7. them a few jobs?or rather po;- p,
itions. The President's inaction
y. * "'
along this line however is not dis- cl]
appointing "trT" us. w'e Tuivcp j
*= .somehow, never ontortaincth the
belief that t hings-would b^TfntrtH1
T ' different under PrcsTdcnf-dVrTi---u
idge than the other Presidents he
Zt of Tflffpr dnys y!
* * *
c?r
I*" Matthew Henson, cofcred, now |
g customs clerk-in NevvlYork, is
W - the only living man who was at
the North Pole. The other. Ad- v>
miral Peary, who is knowrr~in,(<
ft history as the discoverer of the u.
North Pole is dead, Rnold A- a,
in unum;ii, uiiuuvciu ui OUUIII.
Pole, recently attempted a flight
to the North Pole in a-n aeroplane ^
Matthew Tlerison floes not think ni
much of Amundsen's chance of dt
ip - either reaching the Pole in an air
IN THE COURTS. ~
K'v Edward Davis wavs acquitted
Friday of last week of murder hy c?
t - 8 jury in Richland County Court
Bg^oiT Oehgral Sessions:?^Ordinari- br
]y this would mean tiothingr iiV in
mmwb . ry.r-:' 1 '
f':
Tttriilar: But Ed. Davis l^rnr^
lored in an and was accused of
host atrocious murder, the vie- \
ant. There are many people
other 'sections who constantly
aijitain iiialiQr_?LCQlor ed.per-. ...
n to be accused is to be convict1.
t^meclallv when accused of a ^
ime atrainst a white person. ^
lie acquittal of Davis however
iust^tQ"tho colitrarv. Therhan- ^
crime is pretty fair in. most of
ic superior- courts.?It is only' ^
hen he finds himself before the.
i'erior courts that he finds a
etty hard row to hoe. And ev- .
i in some of these can be found
niet.hing akin to Justice. '
The dark spot in the Davis ;
ise however was the attempt? vC
I'lll'/lini# 4 UA * - ^ ^
iKi>nunmy yji
10 chief state's witness, a wo- 's
an?lo lYitmui'UfcUH'C1 evidence. 1h
his woman,?upon whose prevus
testimony Davis was-.--inetcd,
repudiated all that she _
id previously^stated., Her rea- 01
)'n dor- doimr as she said at first "
as because she had Ueen scared ^
ilo lying on Davis bv an ollicer.
he was threatened with life ini- J
risonnient,- the Ku lvlux and ev-,
y and all kinds of terror un-'
ss she lied on Davis. If that ^
oman. told ih^ truth at the-1rial* ^
1)^[\ i.-?-ari^l the jui%?seemed?
> !&\e l)elievcxr"her?the -olli- ^
;t' who was gurltWof so frightdug
a woman to send a rrtan to-^
ic electric chair ought no long- ^
bo allowed to call himself j&n|
tirrry of the law.. With such u
add be safe. A man who can
?, " \ ?; :? , ,. * . /? , , :* tti
)oiy ^nvf-y Tosniony
to (he end'that.a.human 10
fe bo sent iiiU> .eternity -by the '1;
ectric c.lurir ' cannot l>.v any a'
~-et 11 oi' tTn>~Tmagi nat
died a guardian of Uia lavw? w
l!i
o*- ' - dc
Li UvIjSHNE&a IN THE. WAY. ^
-Pon-tr long while yetr-.the iNe-?
o willJhavdly do much bu^i~"
leaking.?.Aside from the-fact tJi
ta-l 1 hose who are-cdiai'ired witTyjh
ieni:-crtves to the real study of A.\
le 4 >usine ssg-Ther.e is usually at
io much selfishness, , egofnTm ar
nd !dghidadedn'ess.' Questions jT.
the' greatest importance are jn
Uially discussed and decided -\j
terms of self, the rules of lr
business, the laws of econo- vc
ics being-given as little, atten- j,L
on as am outcast, if not ritli- j,;
iteif wb.cn suggested. Whether vvj
1 )w?i pMi-liridiO- !"" <"? liL'"'1.ir.
iye '"' ? > nnt i part j j,
H^V-ih bound To tlid ?ver;)g(?
cgro bojard of trustees, ^mana- { ;
fs or whatever they may be
illcd any and all technical quesons
are as i?lain as two and
io equal four. Thcy~need no
ie to tell them?weren't they s]j
ist born with the knowledge? vc
Lher races realize.that in most 0f
I-iiTe?? af mnTporta-ncer there
e questions' and problems that j]
n on.lv ho solved ly somcAvi-U- ^
ccial knowledge of the subject, en
rb_hQt so with themaverage col- lei
{ rl brof hnr. bo liisO Ltkhw lb
.? TT-ft-gf
r-ddes doesn't he like the indidi-iai
with whom he is tcrdcal, .
i !i
he doesn't like him? That'-e
i.controlling- /How I feel,, not.jj]
hat experience has shown; at
hat I think, not.what knowl- :.W
demonstrated 13 tftc u^- ^
ul predominant policy. Is it-j
ly wonder That colored people'^
tar have not many successful
isiness enterprises of a cooper- 011
ive nature While there are Q''
imia:VA of thdlvlddtds-Whe have'
VC
irie well as individuals, there
lu1
c altogether too few eompanies j
id corporations amoripr us. But!
liil we lay aside some of our co
lfishness, egotism and conceit- be
ness and give intelligence a lit- es
^moreL.ahriw, n?r _ success in an
ismess lines must yet remain'so
dividual, and thus limited:?~~iwi
zlizl ~ ?j o- ?
^ THE PALMEH
*^~XM8"M?fr4-8?*?* ?? > >? >? > ?!
The S^a
---' By WillianHFraa
MEN
Editor Robert S. Abbott, the
licairo. Defender, was honored
strweeirtn his election as bresi?nt
of the Alumni Association
Ramplon-Tbot+tute. The
ssociation Honored "itself by elting
. him. Whatever might
; said about Mr. Abbott and.
s journalistic policy, he is hon~
;t in hf>r convict ions and never
xles his h&nd when he sees fit
> throw a stone. Many, many
hiie journals are just as "yeb
wr' as the Defender.?But they
<ason their news so as to not
akeprf- appear so. They are
newel propagandists. Read
hiween linos when, t.hov nnh.
di crime.or alleged crime, esluially
when it?concerns the
egro. Mr. ^Abbott may make
ir blood boil, but ?the flight
hicfh he throws 011 the enemy
em cut of the white race is caldated
to do far more good than
nri TiTthtT long run. "
Tom Lee shakes hands with
resident Coolidge on the White
ouso lawrn- it-is-am using Bow
le facial expressions of the
ay or of Memphis and thei:
resident- while shaking-... hands
tth Lee-a-re-eontrusted by-theft
icago Db fender. President
oolidge had a broad, smile
hile the Memphis mayor had
rather tier e countenance. But
>wlaiT we 'judge by'"tfiose'"exind.
but we must remember
1 don't laugh in joy. - And' amt-fcfte-ma.vur
sliouk?hands"
iljh Lee during the sad days of
te tragedy?his heart was bur=med
as his feHow-townsmen
id friends were victims of the
sa^tcr. Albany; rate, albhon
ib"to Torrr Lee. "~~T
'
Mr~\TTJ- Tivnl- sot-ret ary of
io" Y;. Mr (*r A. in~Atlanta,~h~a<r"
Leu eloelod prcMdenl of Living(me?Colleger;
Sidsbtiry, N. .
)v fifteen years Mr. Trqnt was
the head of the Atlanta "Y"
id his ability and hard work
ive been great factors in givg
Atlanta one of the finest Y.
. C. A. buildings in the coun- :
y. The people of- Atlanta are iry
reluctant to lo.se Mr. Trent,
it his alma mater has called
m liv?t hi.< ^>ryjrf>,s j
ill be more l'ar reaching in his ;
\v J'ielil than in his jfresent onp.
scholar and gentlema-nj"
ghfy honored" by white?and
inrcd and we predict'' a-greator vingsln'no
under his loader- _
ip.
ERROR IN INDEPENDENT
IL is hard to refrain fiom
lowing a little partiality when
>u are writing about a group
things- and one of these
ings is very near to your heart. ,
iiis was verified in a recent e- .
tonal in the Atlanta Indepen'd- i
it whiih rcjWred to _thg coir r
ires of Atlanta, their work nnrl
<: number of graduates from (
f^eivnt (lepa-rtments. ? _
Morris Brown University had
i-'4)- ttvr onii uf this article, and ~
e writer even said Morris
rowii turnetl out more gradu^
from every department,
hile 1 have not investigated all
iparlnientTY I have statistics...
om the college departments of
pi ol' Unr-fiyc~ colleges-- andj
lis is the most important.' (
Xhe following colleges turned
it college graduates with B. A.
B. S. degree as indicated^ ^
jMorchou^ft;?>17 \ Atlanta Uni~ ,U?
O 1 . f* 1 1- t T ? ~
imi^, university 12;
orris Brown, 12; Spelman Col- ^
;te. (no information) -(
On account of completeness in
liege work?Science and arts:
ing thoroughly stressed, and i
pccially superior laboratories ,
id adequately trained profesrs
to conduct them, Morehouse i
la admitted to claif 1 amount;
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TO LBAI>ER -->
f I I I > > I MM >1 >>> >?
rchlight . |
Negro colleges in the spring of
1921 and Atlanta University
was admittpd in thp fall nf thesame-year.
Negre coHegcs are growing and
there is a tendency .among the!,
best colleges" to stress higher^
and more complete work and;
leave trades and the like to'suchf
schouls as Tuskegee and Hamp
tom?? =
Questions Arid Answers
In Negro History X :i
1
L. D. B. of the Florida Senti- 1
nel hasTkindly^urnished the in- <
formation about a history of Lifpn
by Dr. T. H. B. Walker, of Jacksonville,
and published by
the Cornhill Company of Boston
and sells for $2.00.
? *V.
\?as Jesus a myth or did he
really live ? Persons ^ell me '
that there is no record of *3esus
having lived outside the Bible
and that no Roman historians '
did mention him. Is this true? '
D. F.?-Little Rock, Ark.
cvidoncc of the fact that Jesus J
lived, although the evidence is 1
not extensive outside the Bible.
However,. seyeral Roman hiotor'p
ians did mention him. Read'!
Papini's Life, of Christ,- The Life 1
or Jesus by Renan, and the title";
lb Cheyne's Encyclopedia Bi_bli<-1
car~ r '
My adyTsOr questions 'the au- *
thentieity -of - -your statements-'
that Browning, Lafcadio Hearn, I
Crispus Attucks, Rameses^ the J
Great, and Arno, were of Negro 1
descents Please oblige me by
furnishing source upon ""whichr'
you base your-statements^?N. 1
S. R., University of Cincinnati. 1
For Robert ^-BrojwiTIh^,1 sue c
Furnival's Biography of Robert';
Rrownirrg. Hp was also?the-.
founder of the first?BrowningSociety.
For Hearn see Edward
TTnkeT^r hracadio Ileafn's Amei- 1
ican Plays. For Crispus At-p
tuOks, Contemporary Sources of i
American History by Albert BushnelL
Hart. Ra-meses was of \
native Egyptian blood, therefore \
Negro. Arno was a full blooded {
native of Guinea. j \
Can you give the name of the ?
first Negro child born in Amer- \
ica and whether it was a full f
blooded- Negror-boy~ot" girl4^If^4
S. S. M.. Philndolphln f?
lieve any <5ne else can.
How many free Negroes were ^
thcie befuie the Civil Wai ??
About 50,000 according to gov-!J
ernment records.?? -j?
Who Mere the Etruscans?-? |
N. N. L., Clarinda, Iowa.
The Etruscans were the pre- ?
historic people who inhabitated J
Italy previous to the founding \
af -Rome.?They belonged, _ac=_J
wording- to eminent archeologists, i t
to the great Hamitic famrly^?fj|
Pelasgiaiism^ho were
throughout the Mediterranean |1
countries. These people werejj
TYic\ MorvAloAti rvAaoAao A -T ?
1 JJVOOCOO ?111 y- /\I- | I
rican blood??G. F. D., Boston, ;:
Mass. " . I|
Napoleon was a native of the j
Island of Corsica and of Italian,;;
blood. If one wished to stretch *
races are of mixed blood, then I
one might say that Napoleon1 *.
came o? mixed blood also. Hej<
was most certainly not Nordic. \
[ would hardly say, however, \
that he was of African-Wood, -(-j
~!T?ralr't?reaL monument *la at; j
Abu Simbel and where is the l?t- j
ter place??F. L. J., Dayton, Ohi- }
The rock hewn temple built' ^
by Rameses the Great is located j
at Abou Simbel in tinner Ecrvnt 1
above the second cataract. The <
four great Statues two on either k;
side of the entrance, arp also far 1
f?med. " : ]
Wliu was?Antar??ft.?D. S.,
Denver, Colo.
An Arabian hero-^whose exploits
are sung_throutfli_uut_Arabia
to this day. He was born a
slave, but won his 'freedom by
i * i -
his bravery and rose to be the
national hero of Arabia. He
describes himself as "black and
swarthy as an elephant."
Are there any Moors hvmg HV
Sggfo tQdflv ?-^B -TL Dphwtp
Spanish population- are descendants
of the 'Moors.
Was St. Augustine a Negro7-?
F. R. T. Chicago, 111.
St. Augustine was a .Negro and
[>ne of the early fathers of the
Rome church.?lie carried Christianity
into Hritttin.?He was
>- * *
born in Africa as were many
others-of the early Ghristiarrpre=
laico. . * .
CHiCAGOM^ROyTDES N. A. C.
P. HEADQUARTERS EN -v
ROUTE TO DENVER
MEETSPECIAL
CARS TO BE ATJune
5?A Head quarters has
been established in. Chicago for
delegates and visitors en route
to the Denver Conference of the
N. A. A. C.-P.T it was announced
today. -The headquarWrr, wilb
be at the Appomdtox Club, 3G32
Grand ^oulevard ,&nd rest rooms
as well as triformatioh on trainserVice
from Chicago toj Denver
will be available.
Plans have been completed for
the westward journey of t-he'Na?tional
Office partymMrhe N. A.
C. P., which leaves Grand Central
Terminal -on?Sundavv-Muwel\
at 2 P. M., in special cars atn-ess
train "The Weslcpner.
?A special N. A. A. C, P.Pulb
man will "be taken on at Clev-eand
at 7:00 o'clock, .Monday A.
M. and the party arrives in Chi. ago
Monday,' June 22, at 5 P.
\L The party leaves Chicago
tl 11:00 I'. INI. Monday night,
lune 22, via The Burlington, ar:ivmg
in?Pony-or Wednesday.
>aAll persons ytfesiring to leave
| MrH. Hollo way's Sun
l- AM)"M(;ilT S'CHC
5....willopen June ISth and else Augu
3;.; tijnity to learn the touch -uyslem <
3 ^Shorthand, Business Kngli.-h, Mat
3 had eight "years' of actual experie
3?aru veTyT- ic;uuii-uulc.?Addreii,.,?
t?- " nro
C Benedict College, v
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Saturday, June 13, 1925-? ?iNcw
Yoik cm thcsuecial cars '0T_?rf
'the N. A. A. C. P., or to join the
^arty^-at-any-point o$? the journey
"westward; are urged to com--"-"
munica'te at once with Walter
'White, Assistant-Secretary, N.
A. A. C. P., 69 Fifth Ave.', New
York. ;
In Denver, Miss Helen Taylor,
I Executive Secretary of the Phyl- "
TisAYheatley Y. W. C. A., reports
visitors to the N* A. A. C. P,
Conference, rates being:, Breakfast
:55c. Lunch 35c. Dinner 40c.
jMfss Taylor staes further: "As
give of the attractions of Denver,
Vve are also opening our sutnmer
'cjiirtp^aSveek before the OtienTneT
* ^ *. .
of'the^Gonven^iorv and reserving
it for visitors for a week after
GhV close in order _that any persons.who
have never experienced
camping outrin the mountaJnF _?
may have the opportunity while?^?
liereT Uurcaffip is located in one
of the most scenic spots in Colo- - ' rado.
v 'v * -C? ??
I Meals will also be served in
Denver in the Zion Baptist '
Church. Page Cafer and Hern
don Hotel. 'j .... | ..
Masons are showing much, interest
in this year's Nr"A, A
C. P. '"Conference, the "Masonic
Slur/' of Oklahuma, urging a
farge~ a'Ltenclaco anct commenting ; -----as-follows
on the Association's
^ y^ ,, t|?"The
National AssociatlonJTor
the Advancement of Colored People
is Tloing more real good toj
wards emancipating the Negro
raee4httnralh other organizations
"put-together. ^We are deeolv in
-terested in this great movement
and hrA'6 contributed consider^???
able of our funds to aid in their
worlc"-^m
9
Editor Carr at Gaffney.
GafFney, June 9.?The Hon.
J. D. Carr, editor. The Asheville??7?
Enterprise was Jjfive last Sunday
in company with V. Stanley Mcterprise
as the guests of the
Rev. J. CrTobin, a local minis-Wtt?They
both made talks at
noon. ....
mjvr* ???fril??????|
imer Jlusiness School gr ~
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st 14, 1025... An exceptional,opporj(
Type-writing, Gregg method of ?
hematics and Spelling. We have :S
nee in successful teaching. Rates fi:
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School-I
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- Pt H. NKAfcr,-Housing Chairman,'
ublicity Chairman. ! jj:
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Summer Session f
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Department of Education. Y
hool, College and Vo- |
iding to renewal of -jh?
college credits. >n--Six
Days Each f
LMS _ I" \
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$ 20.00 |
atrial Subject : $ 1.50 ?
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