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~ | THIS?PAPER- IS -|L f/ ^ ? DEVOTED TO THE ? A JT |?INTERESTS O E ? W 4. i| THE PEOPLE.^ | > e?)ttiou?wocoxo^^ ?= VOL. I.?NO. 27. > THEW j .REV. DR. DAVID F. THOIV ~ MARES IJJNS PASTOR OF GREAT TABERNAC - OITSTA. GA? RAISED $13,Opt ^ ' ?? '?"nv \\?ikh a record unparalled for'nS constructiveness in money rais-f ca ing and for systematic giving, [of and for the mobilizing the scat- an tered forces of the Lord in kingdom-building is the epochal his- le - tory making career of the Rev. th T~). n\ Thnmncnn fS . ? . * JLy. J\~r*y paol/Ul oy ^ the Tabernacle Institutional Bap- w< tiSt Church, Augusta, Ga., a gi 1 , , f'hurch^foiinded^and pastored for re Df. C. T. Walker, D. D., better fr known as the "Black Spurgeon"_i,ly son has been-p^stor of Tabernac^ pc ?? le Baptist?Church for?eleven -h* -4iiuiltli? and In llmL-sliuil. period 1 of timer the church under his dir- v< etion has raised $13,000. h< r " I)r/ Thompson's Rise"in the ~ at 1..' Ministry _ .The-Rev. David F. Thompson ^ was ,born near Guthriesville, m .YOrk County, in this state. Af- j^l ter attending the country schools; ci he entered Friendship College,| ? - -- theit?Friendship Institute, un- id' der the lateDrrMr P. Halt, where^^ ~~5 he pursued his?grammar?and S' ?4. high school courses and gradu*;"< ated therefrom in 1898. He then j in entered Benedict College, here, Q' amT graduated In the year uf-|& **? 1902. ?After teaching school for Is several terms in Chester County 1 pi lie matriculated in Virginia Un- 111 -t- inn TlWendty, Richmond. Va... O . gree of B. D.,4nl905. No soon- & ?l^=^_ei^than his return-home when cc he was~cafled to the Piney Grove j01 Church of Chester Co., and the <01 St. Paul-; Church, Lowryville,P? Chester Co.-'A year later, by-p? the force of his great preaching, I ^ clear vision, and aggressiveness *hp grflnfr ATnvrisr Chapel Baptist ? - Church called him to its pastor-~ ate. s There it was that the peo-'^ pig of Smith Carolina ohvionsly ~~ saw That he is niade of the stuli j ^ of which national characters are . made. T-Tp" rpnpiuo/1 momr I ' lliuiljf xicic- I .tering offers while in Greenwood i ^ but refused to be diverted-from i his course. ' During the last l I W year of his pastorate in Green- L wood, he won the hand of Miss . Bertha Williams, the queenly daughter of the Kev. Williams, " f. of Camden, also a graduate of ja _ *r? Benedict and a teacher then in ^ The Mr. Tabor Baptst Church of Palatki, Fla., called him, . where he labored with signal i I m success. Then the First Calvary Baptist of this City called him. , When Dr. Thompson took charge of First Calvary the people of South Carolina held up their hands in holy horror and said: ? . * CI "It is impossible for Thompson to do nnv good there." but God p can and duf transmute the im-? possible into the possible. He found jthat old historic ^church rent into many factions, he soon N solidified all factions into one ir- ~ resistbile force, and. caused her to take again the lead in Souths Carolina. ? ~?? w Call to Augusta W When the news leaked out that bi Dr. Thompson had been "called to the great Tabenacle Baptist M OhurchT Augusta, Ga., of course tl no orte on thiazide of the Savan- -pi a ^ ' 1PS0N . i " * i .-.jz; * ; EE BAPTIST CHURCH, AIT) IN ELEVEN MONTHS WHITE fh River took it seriously be- 7 use they knew that he had one v f llfi Jv? 4-Uio ofnkA . wuv viiuiwuc in mio otaic |q d that ho wmilfl not, rorisblpr it. | j Then, too, while the Tabernac- ~ Chtrrch was great because of ^ ie reputation of his predeces-. r, Ur. (J, l'. walker, who was ~ orld wide in fame, there was a n eat debt-connected-with that t] mown had also received calls ttiroh. b#v#r?l~^pf eachor^rr^of" ^ om the same church and flat- tturned it down.- ? . r! Dr. Thompson considered, >ndered*and prayed, until he v ?ard a voice within saying'"io am with you,' and will}-'that )ice ringing in his Inmost ears, y i went, and heaven has vindic- y ;ed the-promise. y? . Within the last eleven mpnihg ^. ade $6000 improvement on the G lurch beside keeping up the-irrent expense of the-church. Bro. Thompson is a scholar, j am- pii<- crprttlomrm an "Tsraplitp deed in whom is ho?guile^:??;niive?indeed?to the?very iuick" if ho thinks he is ba: ig imposed upon, but roponta j licker than did St. Peter, if he ^ nds-that hewaSTnistaken. He <; one of America's greatest pult orators. He has filled chairs ^ Friendship College,?Morris allege and Benedict College. ^ r,AlLSiiuth Camliha delights to ~ anor hin|i' and to hear of his mtinued Jkucedss. South Car- j ina congratulates Georgia up i such ' an acquisition as the jferless-preacher, the orator and holar, Dr. DavicLF. Thompson. UNTUCKY N. A. A. C. P. " PROSECUTES MURDER * icky, Brahch^of the Natioanl c *MUl'ialio>i lor the Advancement 4 Colored People, reports that it ^ 3?s employed A. J. Olivier, ex- { .ate Sehator and AllenjCoonty ! ition of Lawrence McGuire, a ' hite man chained with the nun ^ ;r of Lee Savage, a colored em-" _ oSSkp of McGuire's mother. Sns charged that McGuire en- 1 Lr^a RnvnjgAV-rnnm white fh^ _L tter was asleep, struck him ith a hammer nd'cat his throat ith a r&aorj afterwards claim- ? g he?was temporarily insane T ; the time the crime was com- ^ itted. Savage was known as ^ quiet, inoffensive and indus- ious mam r McGuire was tried and given 1 15-year jail sentence in the 2 arch term of the Simpson Cir- * lit Court. He was granted a * trial and thereupon, the 2 1 counsel to assist in the proge- ^ ition. - * ORTHWESTERN FEDERATION TO MEET i (By The Associated Negro Press) j .Chicago, July?The North- . estern Federation of Colored j romen's clubs will hold its 4th j -annual session at Cheyenne, rVO.. JuTv. 19-21. Mr [cLeod fiethune, president of N le national association> ^will bejl resent, through the convention, Lr ^? - ?- ?~?. ^ s, r; ? .... A '.COLUMBIA, S. C, SATUJtl LTO 500 DENVER COLOREX) PEOPLE PARADE AT "&1. A.- A. C. T*r SUNDAY Th MEETING IN MUNICI- ^ PAL AUDITORIUM ? ?? : ij jX-flnv. BWEET? JAMES, t] u WEI,DON JOHNSON Xr rif - WAI.TER WHITE t\ MAKE ADDRESSES 1 Denver, J uly 6?Through Deil- 1 er's principal streets 1500 colred people paraded on Sunday, ^ unc 28thP the day of the largest 1 aassliieetingnsf the N. A. A. C. ~ \ Sixteenth - Annual- Confer- w nee, afc-which the chief addres- gj es were delivered by Ex-Uover- "" or William E. Sweet, James Wei 2 Ion Johnson and Walter White. chorus of 150 voices and Clar- 01 netReynolds^?city organiot) ^ urnished music at.- the mass 1 neeting. a - In the parade were colored war a eterans of" the Spanish-Amerian Wfir mid the World War as S v?*ll as uniformed members .of ? raternal and other organizations ind business and professional nenr and decorated floats and jutomobiles. This is the lar- ^ jestr parade of colored people 0 ivcr held in Denver, 0 In delivering his?address-of"^ vetcome, ExGov. Sweet, direct- " y referring to the absence of ^ +re-Krlan:Gov ornor, Morlcyvfrom|g. he meeting, declared: '? "The stiMe* of Colorado is glad ^ -ou ljave come despite the fact C hat th(j welcome is not delivered >y the chief executive of the u stated?? ?? ?^ Mr. Sweet declared that the 1:1 ime has come to put an end to ^ nob law in America* and he dlr- ^ ictly attributed the increase in ^ nobbism- to the hatred-and spir- 01 t of lawlessness sown by the Ku ?1uy Klaft. "* - ** _ James Weldon Johnson, in his w iddress, called upon the colored Y itizens of America to assert a ^ lew sort of power with which to N inV* i ^ men xi^ms. new ^ lower, he asserted, must~~be a ^ ombination of the various: sour- Yi ph. of nower Hitherto uaceL-in-:1133 hiding education, economic, ^ re a lth. political action and "or- c: Ionization. The Negro's i new ^ lower, said Mr. Johnson, must *c >q used for three main purposes; cl 1. To achieve the complete economic emancipation of the Neprcr." "This means more than he mere getting of money by ndividuals. It means we must >reak down the barriers erected * a . industry against lliu Negro & aborer, the Negro wprker." s< 2, Complete .political emanci- t )atiom?:"We can use our ballots 2! >ut for our brothers in the tl 5outh." . ? si 3. Social emancipation. "We nust continue to fight against ^ lie theory and the practice that a' i dark face, though covering lonesty, thrift, intelligence and food citizenship, can be used as ei HI for inoidf W ... x wt U7III 14111^1 J ind discrimination. We must411 igkt- ihe theorythat the .Negro ni s willing to take the position of ^ i pariah, an outcast." r * ( Mr. .Johnson denounced anti- 111 ntermarriage laws as the "Mag- P la Charta of bastardy." bi dr. Johnson~assei?ted, "or he vriiTtr lestroy America< He is working !or^the- hasir. principles jupon , ? - SI vhich this democracy is builded. Q. f those principles perish, if they jr *ot and wither away, this coun- ei - ^'v . ' y.~ tt<?? 5aY, JULYTlT, 19257RD TA (By The Associated Negro Preiss) Tuskegee, Ala., July?Accord- j ig to the?records J?m pi led at 'uskegee Institute in the Depart! lent of Records and Research i the first six months of 1925 tiere were nine lynchings. This j four more than the~number ive for the first six months oF yz4; less than the number ^ 91X 323 and 21 less than the number &-for the first six months of 9A11 vi rere Negroes. The offenses larged were: murder, 4; attackig woman, 1; attacking child, The states in which lynchings ccurred and the number in each && ?"? follows; Arkansas. ; Florida, 1; Georgia, 1; Louis^ na, 1; Mississippi, 3; Utah, 1; nd Virginia, f. UGGEEDS LATE HUS? ? nANFI \<i pmisirrpxr -? ? <r (By The Associated Negro Press) Atlanta, Ga;, July?Mrs. Es-| die May Serales Howard Widow f Principal Herbert N. Howard,., f Mount Zion Seminary, Mount ion Georgia, has heen-olectect y the trustees of that instituion to succeed her late husband s head of the school. Mr. and [rs. Howard were missionaries hurch in Old Umtalh Rhodesia, rom 1909 to 1921 when they rere compelled to return to Alerica beGa use^QiLhe a 11h_cqndions. .Upon his return~to the nited States Mr. Howard was Wtefl to the prin"ipfdqMp in [ount Zioii,.Georgia. He died 1 March 7, 1925. ? Mrs. Howard was born in Harsonr Valley, Pennsylvania, and as educated in the Avoca tNew [ ork) High School, Genesee ^esleyan- Seminary, ~ and the orthwestern University. She < lught at Cazenovia .Seminary rid in New-?orkaneUPeiinsyl- j ania high schools before her larriago to?Mr,?Howard.: In < er new"- position Mrs;?Howard ] cpeets not only-to^administer -j le work of the sewimn'y, but > care for her family of four < lildren. x~ ' i ? ? ?. i MEET AUGUST 19-21 i (By The Associated Negro Press) ^ Tuskegee, Ala., July?Okla- / ama hospitality promises to irtainmcnt of the National Ne- - ro Business League"whfcjh will , leet in Tulsa. August 19-^21 for ^ ie Twenty-sixth Annual Ses- "j on. ' 1 In a report to Dr. Robert R. . eton, President of the Nation- , L League, JDr. D. W. Crawford, < resident of the Tulsa Local Lea- j Lie, announces, that among the j itertainment features which . hich have been planned is a | son of the~20th when the Ag- -j tnrftwal?and Industrial rejurces of the State of Oklaho-\ ia will be fittingly exhibited. 1 rizes amounting to $100.00 will e awarded for the best floats. , y as a democracy must falI.TT Walter White, Assistant Sec itary of the N. A. A. C. P., pre dad at the meeting and spoke f the dangers of mob law and ltolerance for America and the ntire world. KES A KLAN PROVOKES ASS ? CHILDREN^ JUDGE OF JUVENILE ANI) F, ; MENT IN MKETI> Lindsey, of the Denver Juvenile and Family uourt, speaking at at the Monday night meeting of the, National Association for the Advancement of- Colored People, in Zion Baptist' Church, assertin his court by parents and teachers whose children had been?assaulted?because?t-hey were Catholics or Jews. -Judge Lindsey said in part: ...~ - ,"We have had complaints from parents and Hp our Courtrin Denver of assaults upon white children because they were? Catholics-or Jews. These assaults . Have been just as -unreasonable, ^^nChrtsttan and violent as they ever were sunshine and climate had made their skins black- instead of white. "It is ..not uncommon -to rec-eive reports of hostility among childrenin this andr-no. doubt, other Klan-ridtlen communities, all because of their differences in religioir-and because these innocent children are poisoned with the idea-that-they- are better than 'others, and that socially, Catholic and Jewish chiiren are not any more fit to be_iheir companions than colored children. ' ~ " ~ "One of the many lessons we are?to learn from the Ku Klux Dr. W. E. B. Du Bois Presents Spingarn Medal to^J^es^elDr. W. E. B. Du Bois. Editor of "The Crisis," member of the Hoard of Directors of the Nacancement of Colored People, and himself a winner of the Spin?arn "Modal in 1920 for his work Pan-African Con^xess^ presented the Spingarn Medal for 1924 to James Weldon Johnson, Secretary of +H???Af}uonooT?aB( ^ A f uiivv/ingill IIS" ncition, "poet, diplomat and public servant," at the closing session of the Association's Sixteenth Annual Conference -in Denver. ' * Tn proofing the Spingarn Medal, Dr. Du Boi* Sa?id: .? ?*'The Spingarn Medal-award3d annually for the noblest achievement _b.v an. American ci-1 tizen of AfiTca-n descent7~gOe s this year to James Wetyon Johnson. ^Ir. Johnson's career is .in4que in that it comprises-three different careers. A*LJL_y?ung man he started out as a tqacher in the South. He Came North and with his brother, the celebrated composer, Jt~^tosamund h>hmsonT had a. striking ^nd ra [)id rise as 'writer of popular songs. ' 3ftost people have forgotten that 'Under the Bamboo Tree' was-oneTof the great successes belonging to that period of the Johnson brothers' collabofation. "Then Mr. Johnson made a special ..study, of literature and became gradually a recognized poet and writer. He has the unique distinction of writing two or three poems which have become p^rt of the history of the ___ . .. . I ~ ... . " r - ?. ?? U | SUBSCRIBE ANQ S W ? ADVERTISE?Curt ~g?rent, Social ttftdUcn- .g?rr *? g eral News. 5c A t:oty. IAULTS ON SAYS JUDGE LINDSEY \MIIVY COURT MAKES STATEIG OF N. A. A. C. P. becoming a_ common sufferer n-{? V. ?U? aaIju.J?? ?? me cuiuieu man because ~ the Negro. If the Negro can be, [as he ha_s bedn, denied of his _^oasUti.it.ionaW-ights, may not the same thing be done to the -rwhite man? Thus JNias phenomenon of the Klan, ex?JX_though iit be ?j>hase and a passing phase is nevertheless one of the penalties'Upon the sins of ah of us in an all too heedless disregard differs* from ours. "Colored men, equally children -Of_ the [same Father, are coming nearer and nearer to real kin- . ! ship with their white Brethren? 'Their patience", their furboarrancer their lorgiveness and Hheir Christian ?ttitudetowards oppression and ostracism, are 'i bringing about a orpntov _ w O '"-VUIJ -and a surer relict' 1 ^ "H from bondage than could possibly coano from any amtion ^thal in- . . 'volved either "force, violence dr hate. These outlawed weapons ? of the past are 'being revived a gain-in the modern inquisitions of the Ku Klux Klan.'I ? 7 ?J-iidge- Lindsey expressed the TConvlctfon that t heKIa i icouTct~ not endure, and quoted Abraham 1 Lincoln's opposition to a similar ~ movement,-the.. Know Nothing Party. . . ^r^rrr^rrs ! Negro race. Among those po-??[ems are his 'National-Negro Anjthem: Lift Every Voice and TSIng^and 'Fifty Years/. ; x urinng men irom tficrt work Mr. Johnson .entered the diploma-tie servie of his xoun-try in . t? jwhat seemed an out-of-the-way part of the worhtr but became !the center of the new movement ^Nicaragua- Mr. Johnson was a? leading figure in the extension of American interests. Stopped by race prejudice in the government * ' from pursuing this career, Mr., ! Johnson achieved his third ca' roor. ?? ... ? _ "He became first the Field Secretary of then the Executive 'Secretary of the National Asisociation for the Advancement of Colored People and buiit it 'up from, a wavering anTT fcvrug crlinrr nrtronN7otin?v c ? .n w.e.*.t.^v^v 11 >.u liiu S'cat with. nation-wide membership "In this career one could pick J out half a dozen different Ac- -3 -complishments which in them- _-jj selves would deserve the Spin- 1 garn Medal and it is given to . Mr. James Weldoir Joohiison for "1924 as a recognition of the culminating effect of his- three -jB reers and especially of the grow'lng effectiveness and success of the National Association for the Mr. Ed. F. Calhoun of the B.- -i| C. Contracting Co., motored to?41 [Washington, D. C.v Monday to # [hidron some jobs for tha_fi?iiw?r-rJ i We wish him much success ancT : | a pleasant trip. ^ _ J Misses Myrtle Teal and Nan- ^ nip. bee KradtorcL of Ahhevillef M ) i spent a few days in the City with " ' |their aunt, Mrs. Sallie Hammock, M !j Divine Street. ~~ ' ' " " " : "