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The Scopes' case served at
^ Jpavt nnp frnnrVpnrpnsP Tt ffftvg ^
^ ^difference between a mere emotional
orator and a man of intel- lc
lect,?learned and logical in -all ^
. * j .' j i v,
The New York Boxing . com-; K
. sey to "put up or ?hut up." He(C<
has signed up with' a promoter-J(
to fight Harry ^VVills?but
;puts the painful task off for o- P
ver a whole year.???
| P.
1 Reckless driving- is taking its ^
rr ; ' ~T."
: toll in precious lives on the high-^1
ways at an alarming rate. Sure- js:
: ly something "can be done to d
curb this now-^?aaii_ofJfnan kill- ^
?ing. One convicted ^F~reckless^
driving should not be allowed to
drive an automobile on any high- ~h
wav. "? - ? . . e:
* m ri
One South Carolina judge has t>
taken what at least seems a (s:
most sensible view of convicting ^
r ppnplp charged with violation of,"
?: the prohibition law. The mere, h
z-1-1 fact that -snath mav load fromjS
the accused's house In the direc- s
~ lion or' lu a still is not proof-,If'
rules the . judge, that the owner-C
pftfre house is guilt^r-of posses e
" sion of or operating a still. 1
The seasoir-for the annual,1'
J ' meetings of various colored or-'c
- ganizaUons -is on hancL The+^
sad past about these meetings, Ja
however7~a? a rule, Is the laekc
J of constructive programs. Be- lj
-t? sides a lot of hot air speeches'^
and log rolling to get some kind|V
real constructive nature. ^Emo-jc
usually carries the day/setfish-1 ^
ness instead of service being the ^
policy. .1
========= J
rO- ' v ,
FOR DECENCY'S SAKE
uur contt'iiipuiaiy, The L.ight>)
is running a series of articles by1 ^
one li. F. Alstony who" at one
?time was a minister in the A. M- ?
? F. rhnrrh in this State* He. _
claims that he had to leave thej
State because of difference with;t
the late Bishop Chappelle. Thelo
erstwhile reverend is now recit-.l<
?? mg a long string of decda- in v
which he was .a chief actor, un- n
- der, as he claims, the late Bish- n
op's direction. Besides, he re- t
"lates other things that- may belli
true, and they may be ^lse, but, I
But-why wait until a man's lips
are sealed in death to try to be- v
r. smirch? From time immemor- "
r o 1 Hnr?nnf mnn Vi o,un rorron/'lorl if *
c** UV/VVUV 141V/1A HCVVV/ i ulu it t
as indecent to assail the depart- b
ed ones. Ghouls only, prey up- t
1 on the dead. If^ all happened t.
that L. F. Alston says happened , t;
and in the manner la. which he
? : says it was done, he himself con- t:
lMfielf ii man of too low x
ideals and practises to be para- s<
t ded before decent and intelligent c<
j. people. The Light, we are sure, k
iw intpreated-jjKdTsserfliliation of
,news that is beneficial, uplifting tl
ahd helpful. For the sake of de- a
La- s *?.? ??i
lcv. therefore, such stuff as ri
* been filling its pages about p
a dead man did or didn't e<
ought cease~-_No good can ii
me from it, for, so far as we c
ow, the dead are not interest- t
in the rare and concern of the-p
tng. They- ttre-rbeyond our t
ach~, and beingrsof-nq good can r
me out of abusing and criticis- t
g them, -4m the name_of_de=nt
ncy, then, let the memory of i:
e dead alone. 4
EPL6RES"RACE UKEJ- ^
UDICE IN JUNE SCKIBNEK'S
MAGAZINE J
[TES AEHipVEMENTS OF j
thf. thhk.f. aia]xax4mujl?
DUMAS IN FRANCE r
.Deriding
a number ot absurd-'ines
into which race prejudiice '
ads white Americans, Albertj
uerard, writing in the June1'
umber of Seribner's.Magazine,:
?eaks of the so-called "inferior'',(
:*oduct of mixture and cites tlie *
umas family as evidence . a- ]
ainst any such inferiority. Says
[rr G uerard: . -r1 ?\1
"There is a-plaza in Paris debated
to the three Alexander Uu
las^Tho first\-tlic- _sqil.q? a
ia-itian planter and of .a Regress-fas
a general at the time of the
devolution and the Enipire..The
scond,unmistakably Airiican in
sloringumd features,.was the
dly giant "who has fascinated
uee generations .with his?ru-,
lantic tales, who fnade and lost
rveral fortunes,_mmiaged news-apers
and theatres, hobnobbed
ith tire greatest?rrrthe landr:
lcfpreceded IlL'iii y Eui d in dc\ i
ing methods oi quantity pro-,
uction. The third, besideshnv
lg an everlasting and deplorale
model of maudlin romantiism
in 'La Dame aire Caineliji-.s,'"
esides suffering from a painful:
xcess of techniciai skill and Paisiali
wit, created "the "nfScternp
roblem idayr-pavotf the wt?y loii
ymbolism on the stage before.
I>snn harjjhnon heard of, and.
rote homoletie paradoxical, glit
2ring prefaces when Hernard
haw, his ungrateful , soli, \s>s^
till, in his cradle. Few Nordic
amiilies could offer the same reord
of physical and intellectual
VT*?- ' L. * , . . |
nergy as tliafe-^ colorful' dynasy
ofH.he^Diupas. ?d ?1.
"Once iTRSVe, I am only pleading
for c.i ff>r 111~mly * I am not
laiming in advance? that themul
t-to icr ii desifH-hlt* ' nvodnrt? I
m only stating that the fine reni'fl
nf nnny neunlc uf mixed
larentage should prevent us
rom accepUng blindly any ad~
er se vcrdtct. On the whole, anTogies
drawn frbmotmTr bran"'
hes of biology are "Favorable to
ross-brCeding, if it be followed
y- selection. The liliest breeds
>f .dogs, hois.or. and plants are_
he result of careful "eruiiijing.
'bis nrnves very little, I know;
iut it may at any rate act as a
heck on prior- conclusion."
'ELLS HOW DEMOCRATS
CONTROL OK LA- }
-? HOMA ELE('TjONfV
July 17? The denial of registration
tlksome thousands of colred
citizens during the last e-;
action in Oklahoma, which was
igoruu.dy fought by the Natio
al Association for Tfre. Advance--^
nent of Colored People, which
ook the.case into.federal courts,!
t&s ci u^t^d mucli interest iri
democratic control of Oklaho-j
naV election machinery.
A correspondent of a local
yhite paper, who signs himself
Observer," charges that elec-'
ion registrars cannot be found
y intending ~ votef^r who rrrcr
hus deprived of the opportuni-'
y to register and therefore of|
heir ballots. Says "Observer:"!
"Oklahoma's present regis-[
ration system is-probably unpa
allolod in any SI ate.outside the
olid Smith. The votW-4ft<otl@nl
onfronted with the;,same probrm
which vexed the officers in!
hesterton's 'Flying Inn," whom:
np gentle hero, determined to
void the payment of ta'jkes for^
?1 Vr ^ V I ' '
. r the pftlmett
.inning a tav fern, carried his o\
ublic sign_fti?j&- him over the. la
t>uhtry side and npeneduip hisipt
m in the most unexpected pla-th
es. The registries are supposed D<
o keep their books open in aj
lace which shall be made known j
o the=Bafalie:. but of course they: is
oust go te^ their daily toil and -tli
hpse who seek registration of-pW
stration period seeking their reg a
strni1 without , concerning him." lis
''Observer" comments that as or
ong as the Governor-?\vKo~ap- is
ipihts the election^bbafd? is in.so
larmony with the Senate,-whose ik
3eclietarv is Secretary of the e-|of
ect ion boanTr "the election nta^lit
hinery is concentrated in a uni- =
ed control which is air tight. ef
r &*' '
'RESIDENT OF HOWARD H JoJ
answers critics t>
. "7~ jcc
Washington," 1). July?Be- P:
?ausc of the interest of the gen-' c
*rfd-pnblif, including aN" alum- vi
' 1 . I*.'- 1 ?--! --- J 1 * i 1
in a>nu 'menus- 111 leresreu in uie w
welfare of Howard University, T:
Which is generally referred to as P
lion in America," and because of tV
I lie publication throughout the
country"oF statements "or one 1'
kiiid ai'uTanother, some tugniy a\
critical Mid derogatory, and oth- hi
of Trustees and of the President u
of the University, the Associated T
Negro Press in its capacity as e<
a purveyor of news, and as an?P
instrument of service seeking to m
keep the public"informed of all "si
siih^s ;md fjjlir1iw of dispute quesi
ions is privileged to present an vi
interview with President J. Sfanklai
hy Durkee, who is the storm een- j*
ter of much of the?propaganda .si
material whielris being sent thru
out the country. ; u
In response to a request for
an interview, Tresident Durkee
tHtmhl-y-eo-mpl ted-,?Ifo->4-a Usd^ he-t i
had-nothing.. to coneivd_aiHl that~n
he -is working whole" heltYttedly tl
for the advancement of Howard s<
University while boing niuKgiital si
aiul erUieisvd.?In answer to a t)
number of the particular "criti- a<
cisi!is wtrrrh have been lewlod ^ 11
at him u-nd the"Trustees, Doctor
Durkoe nanF!?;??s T luj
Doctor Durkee's Interview Jo
"Yesterday I wa<i_readin.!t some w
of t ill1 ~ addresses- of-?A'YahaifFh
Lincoln-and in his last public ad- h
dress, ca-nie to this very- .bgnlf-'oi
icant statement 'As a general j
rule. T abstain from reading the!
report of attacks upon myself,
wishing not' to t)0 provoked ny'
that to. which I cannot properly.
gffgT an aiisu.L'r...,Ju?spile?of?:
l4usa"r"precaution, "however, iC
am much censured for some sup-p
ppsed action-., ......;
"Mr'. Lincoln "then names the
critici.-mis. These wbrds and n
rpmtj>o exactly fit the present^
occA;tTmt -Ntni LP inu thi.'iir aswp
my excuse for exposing the ab- ^
.-olntelw-false and '-purposely de? V
ce})ti\;e propaganda. now being r
used by certain people who. for
emmes well knowtflo thom .-.elves f.
"and to_all~who" care to "think*f?
are seeking t.o..mislead and de- S)
ceive the public. That such peo- c(
j)le would descend, as they liave
recently, to the low. low level ev- g
em of attacking the President's ()
wife and family, shows their ^
standing, - their contemptible ?
meanness, dfieir natural pasrtion,1^
biologically speaking ??
''Of course, there arc students;^
in Miner Hall, our Girls' Dormit- j
ory, that neither the President'4.1
nor Mrs. Durkce know. There
are over ZUUO students at ,IIow-iS]
ard University. There is not an ^
official, or a dean, 01 ofeasor^
in the university who knows ev-!^
ery one of the students. The |^
students know their welcome to|^
the home and the confidence of '
the President and Mrs.- Durkefr.
T., b..V:lT~ - ? i --- . '
ia iJimiA: ami in jinximi nave. n
l.hey hccn invited-to mil npnft any
and every facility of - our ^
home, or, for, any help Th QufT
poWer to give. Hundreds of s?u-1 ^
denTs have, acceptor ~ such open, a;
hearty krvitations, and from all(G
> 1 4
PLEADER : er
our land and from other
nds, constantly comeTeUersjol
lanks for help received. if-enies
Sinclair Story as a False*
"* hood J:
"I noticed in the Amsterdam,
. of 24th of JuneYt)25,
ie foHowing-in Jarge -type: tRev.
illiam Sinclair says President
irkee called Him (Kelly Miller)
Dirty Contemptible Puppy.' It
a lio.?I care not who wfrys it
who repeats it,?the statement
a falsehood. There is no p^ern
living or dead who ever
;ard such words from the lips
the President, of Howard Uversity."
" - .
AVith special reference to thefort
to hold him nersonallv rps-l
nsible for the acts of the Board
Trustees of Howard UniversiDoctor
Durkee said: "Of
>urse the 'drive' to make the
resident responsible for every
t of the Trustees, once .more rends
the animus behihd these
ho write and fabricate. The
rustpes are final-authority. The
resident, to the-best of his-abity,
carries out the policies of
le Trustees. . ~~^
(Spe?jking for" th~e_ 'irustees7
resident Durkee declares, "that
cry recent mover made by them i
as been for consolidation and
ficiencv. Not a place on the;
aching staff left vacant by the
rust cos," he states, "will be jfill1
by recommendation of the
resident, certainly not until the
limbers attending.: Howardiall
greatly increase.
_uAs for a- Congressional inI'stiiration
of the work at How
I'd,: he Mates he willwelcome it
s gladly as he welcomed the
nwey ordreed byothe Trustees
Anything wrong," he says,
weils-to be righted. , - -?
Doctor Just Not To Resign
"To show the lengt hs to which
toso- propagandists go- to- poim
.the public mind, they add
iat Doctor Just is the n?Xt man
heduled.to go. If thefe be
licFi a schedule it is made by
lese sumo deceivers,?Never by
ft or word or implication has
ie president or the trustees or
ay official at Howard-suggesttthr?_vpsignnti-r>n
nf Doctor .Tost
n the- contrary, within a few
ceks, the President of Howard
as -backed- Doctor Just in the
earliest manner for added honrs
in America." 7
?-- h 1 sa5g^p^apsscsS5E==
HH^AGO COLORED POS?
TAL WORKERS PROMOTED
Chicago, ill.. July?Word re
jived from Congressman Maden's
ollice in? Washington orf
riday brought gladness to the
carts of local postal workers
hen, the .- announcement was
lade^that three Negro clerks
ad been promoted to foremen.
>a\id 11. Hasvley, prcsitfent?of
:ie Appomattox Club, Howard
nrnwoll. also a member and Hen
y E.. \Vilson, president of the lo11
branch of the National Pos-:
d Alliance Were the new 3clcctrl.
Thpir atmomfement was
Dmewhat in the nature of a
3mpromise. For several years
lie postal employees have been
rging-'promotion for some few
f our workers as a pruuf that
iere was no limit on ability
hen demonstrated and that the
overnment placed all its servans
pair a parr ^ Mt>rtr perstiafdve
lethods were adopted when
eader Edward H. Wright with
le support "of Congressman
fadden ?entered the fray. A
uperintendent of a station was
oped for and the names of the
h roe men nnw O rir"ir\i n rwl "rofft
... v... T? VVJV4 VVV5I c
lentioned in connection with
Ffwrnitment to foremanships of
11 three who had the endorse-"
lent of all the local postal organ:ations7
the Phalanx Clubr^the
hicago branch of the National
ostal Alliance, the Railway
Tail branch of the Postal Alliirls
Club.
U. S. SENATE COM- a
HZ."." MTilU'EE PUBLISHES 1
TESTIMONY ON AMER- tl
ICAN IMPERIALISM t
July 17?Voltimc I of the tes- ^
timony given before the Senate
Committee on.1'orelgH Relations, ju
on thersutf ject urf-American tlom^ ^
ination and exploitation of Hai-;n
ti, SgntcT Domingo, Nicaragua |l<
and other South and Central A- P
merlcan countries, has iiuw been
published and includes the testimony
of James Weldon Johnson, c
Secretary of the National Assoc-ie
iation for the Advancement of 11
Colored People; Dr. Ernest II. a
Gruening; Lewis 3. Gannett, aiT ^
editor of The Nation, Di. Samuel =
Guy Inman and IVJrs. Helena Hill r
\\T 3 mu- 1 1 -.~~il :V? J
wctru. i ne Hearings were neia | *on
the Ladd Resolution which u
would prohibit military action by ^
the government in behalf of pri- *
vate investors in foreign coun- j
tries. >
Startling facts were elicited in
the testimony now first* published.
Mr. Gannett stated that 10
-e#4^e:21 Republic*-, iin thiPWes-""!^;
tern IIemisphl'ee?"are under al-inmost
complete domination by (J
Nor^h American bankers. In 6 ^
of the 10 the financial agents are, ^
ror' have been, supported by Anter ].,
ican troops on the grOuhd. "At c
least four other countries are
closely tied to the United States
by fiscal bonds, and in these and j.
other concessions and loan con- i
tracts seem likely to- lead toTi re- o
petition of the old process by ~
| w iui.li me uiaiiiico iuuvh nit: ill" j
vestor." -r 7" r j n
In the case of the Itepubliic of , ,
Salvador, asserted Mr. Gannett, o
!"tire bankers, in -selling their ^
[bonds,?promised ^substantially ^
'that warships of the United
StatesTVOUia be used it iieccssary~y
jto collect theii-loans." - ; ' T
Ja'hTes WeldOTr Johnson, Secre- ^
tor the Advancement ot Colored
People, who-was-nc^t to testify^
said'uf the Occupation of Nicara- v
|gua* and Haiti: "I think that
the placing of American troopaJn_
those two countried was almost ^
; wholly if not entirely dictated by
the protection of the financial in- {
I forests The "reasons nut forth ^
for our intervention in Nicaragua
land Haiti, that is, the reasons ,
put forth to the public, I don't...
l-think ard true reasons. Indeed, j
jwe went into Haiti or Govern-j
t iwent said, and it was generally ' ^
given out to the American peo- v
pie, that we went in to protect A-1
jmerican lives and to establish or
'dor.?The truth of tho matter is
that we hod been negotiating dip
years, and very actively forja
more than a year, to establish v
some sort of suzerainty over Hai- t
TT There came up some events y
Iwhich gave us the opportunity, c
j I If T migM 1HV. <hrj^(pnno to po 1
| in, and Ave went in and took over t
Ltha Haitian CfovGrnment. Act-1 i
ually there never had lj%en the i
T ' ~ x 1
-loss of any American life in Hai- ij
. t.i before the American Qceupa-'i
ition," 1 7Tr~ ~ lc
Of the charge that American'.,
troops had to suppress "bandit- j
try1' in Haiti, ,ylr. Johnson said:
'There Was no suchThing asbSTlditry
in Haiti before the Amcri-?r
can intervention. They had a
country in whiich the percentage A
;oferiime was considerably lef+3?
Itiiaii in our own country, and \vo|men,?white
women?could traj.vel
from one end of the country
tto the other without the least
! molestation. Robbery was alI
most unknown. ThescrlTaitians ^
who got the name 'bandits' were' c
men engaged im a futile attempt' f
to expel the invader believing ;r
tjaey-conld do .something-ln
gain the sovereignty of their na- J \
tive*soiL Ahie America of 1776.'
would have called them patriots >
not banditsIt
The testimony of Dr. Ernest!{
Gruenintf, former. man?aging eel- j ^
itor of The Nation, gives the full
history of the United States invasion
of'Haiti, the seizure of' *
custom houses and national fund r
Saturday, July 25, 1925.
lid characterizes as "murder"
lie dropping1^ humbs 011?IIaife~?
ian villages and shooting of Haiian
natives. - _ "
Mrs. Helena Hill Weed, whose "
usband was.a mining engiineer,
estlfied that she travelled thru' lit
the mountains of Haiti on
Loraiibiick, and. had never been _ ==^
lolested.,7 She gave it as her opinion
that the* American Qccu? "
ation had worked great harm
n 1 hp rmnnf-ry.
Dr. SamueLG.uy Inman, in the
nnV'vin nf ltiu tnaf
ino ^ouniunji, gave an
xhaustive- analysiis of the loans *
iiade, la or forced upon South
nd Central American Republics
>y bankers of the United States^ *
The wilnme of testimony is
ecommended by the N. A. A.. C.
K to all thofce wishing accurate
nd oxtc'nniivc?information?qn?; .
he ?imperialism practised by
heir country. . ' HSSOLVE
VIRGIN ISLANDS
COUNCIL
, (By The Associated Ntfro Press)
New York, N. Yi, July?Govrnor
Williams agahi ^d'issulved
he St. CrorX,Virgin Islands ! *T
nial Council^ upon. the-ground
hat they refused to recognize _ ^
ointees, is <dre substance of the
a])lcgram received today by the
tmorican Civil Liberties Uniom ??
The Council refused to seat A.
^.Stakeman, a lawyer and judge tT~
f the St. Croix Police Court, and
no-Arm strong, two of .theGov- ?
nion's appointees. The Coun- - ?
b? : ; r (
il based its refusal upon an act
f Congress passed in July 1921,
Gikh .states, that only citizens
J the United Slates or of the
'irgin Islands shall be eligible
,s-Council members.-- .
The "dissolution of the Council >y
the Governor, places the gov- - 1 mmental
njachincry in a state
f chaos in the islands.
"SkiketmiiT faiteir~to actruire^" ?7
iti'/.enship in either the United??
>iaies or ffrc Virgin?Islands,
^ hen he renounced his 'allegiance
0 Denmark, in order to acquire
talus fui his appointment to'tho
-'ulonid^ Council," is the unoffi : :
lai 04 anion obtained by. the Arierican.
Civil Liberties Union
1 out Government authorities.*^
Ail olikiaUgovermnenUruling^ _
lefining Die status of Stakeman
Tid^thers, iis being sought by
he American Civil Liberties
,'nipn and other organizations in
fivsteT] in the welfare of the
Virgin Islands. -
KILLED1 IN ATTEMPTED
JAIL DELIVERY. ??
(By Tlie Associated Negro Press.)
Selma, Ala., July -Will Brooks
mil prisoners and officer Modify
vere killed and wounded respecively,
here Tuesday night in an
J1 emitted wholesale jail delivTy.
Brooks is alleged to have
he attempt and had succeeded
n overpowering Sergeant Frank
iurfitt, when he wasjdacing the
misoners in tlie cells for the
liirht". A suuad of "officers rusher
c? LU niu. oi;i jjcain s assistance "
nil, were met by bullets from the
run which Rronks hail taken
Tom Burfitt, Brooks -body was
icldled with bullets. ~ "
" 1 <
:U B BOYS HOLD
MEETIN SOUTH CAROLINA
(By The Associated Negro Press.) *
0r&ttgebu>rg? S. C., July?The
irst annual meeting of the
touth Carolina Stale Boys Clubs ?
loscd here Saturday. The conercrice"
was attended hy 91 "boys
epresenting ten counties. The
' - -- .? - >rogram
of the two day session
ncluded many interesting and
nstructive addresses by some of
dtnrists of the rhce. , The con
efence was held at the South
Carolina State College under the
( x f
luspices of the extension: departhent
of the college. * ' iC