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7 THIS PAPER IS ji j DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS O Y 1 . ? THE PEOPLE. -r f r *r?+ ' (By The Associated Negro Press.). Philadelphia, Pa., Aug.?Plans for the great celebration to mark -the one hundred and fifty years _ oT American Independence, fnr I some time delayed, norm to be nr-1 tively^ taking shape in this,"the t Quaker City. The selection of a . citizen to represent such participation and activities as may be'; bJrii luniuurulcd^ ^luu guessing and speculation as a ; z prelliniimry'to the~selectioh was' r but natural Ip fact, many of the "brethren,_!ljdi<Xpot play a waiting game but appointed themselves committees, individual rp. . presentatives, and what not to formally advise-the^esqui-Centennial Association officials as to " wfcp should take ; charge of affairs so far as the colored peo? pie in'America^ were concerned. Happily, however,-the President of the association, Mayor W. Fre land Kendrick, having charge ofv the celebration for which millinos of dollars; are to be expended, just recently notified the Hon. John C. Asbury, president of the Keystone Cooperative Bank of r^IL Philadelphia, that " it was a pleasure to appoint him as chairman^_ _ - Of the committee "to represent \ the colored race." The recogni-__ t.ion of t.lae ^Jegro as a factor in the celebration is fully apprecia-^ ~, . ted and the selection of Mr. As; bury is equally j ustifiedV'THere Philadelphia's colored ?popula-titt&rand is well-known nationally. His record as a member of , the state legislature, his pioneer aarvifla in hu?ina?g anterpriaeuy ^particularly as head of the Key? stone Aid Society, an insurance 1 company, has been creditable. Mr. Asbury is a lawyer. He was 1917 to 1921. In fraternal con|. nections his activtiies are akin to the morning dew. They cover prominent connection with the'; Masonic, Elks, Odd Fellows andli more. His interest in welfare and education is indication by I? . his rcsponsibilites for the Downngtowh School "and the "MercyJ: Hospital and School for Nurses. So, the colored people are well ( represented by a leader of this 1 type in the celebration mark-_j ing the century and a half of~A- ; merican Independence. Who will ; be the associates of* Hon. Asbury . in eftccuting the plans and direc ting the program of Negro par- i ticipation in this mammoth exposition? The skirmishers are " already-scoatng^ despite the "fact that Asbury's^ own appointment is but a few-days^oIcL The hope ~ - is expressed-on all sides, "how- " ever, that announcement of the outline of the general program . the selection of first-class as- ] sistanta to head the necessary , bureaus and securing the cooper- i ation of leaders throughout the ] ?country may be hastened. The ; celebration scheduled for 1926 is ] the nature of things not far off. ??So far it is understood that-several large national organizations ] will plan to meet in Philadelphia in 1926 as all roads will lead to ; 7 the?Sesqui-Centennial Exhibi-f uxapitijra ui a it, iiicwiuicicture and invention will from part of the attraction, that will make Pennsylvania the center of attraction for tourists, and visitors the coming year. Mayor - Anbury dap dp. -much toward making the participation of cq^a ored Americans creditable and . * - P - entennia "I . ' MISS CHARLC - KILLED I (Hy Seymour Carroll.) Greenville, S. C., Aug. . 1U.? With her skull crushed at its hasp whpn thp lflrorp MacVi niiLr>_ mobile in which she and a party oTHer litTIe school friends were riding" a few mttes from the city yesterda-y^Jittle Charlotte Garner Means, the *16 year old daughter of Mrr and Mrs.-Jh E. Means on Church street, this city died on her way to the hospital early last night about-8 o'clock.? Sunday afternoon about six o'clock Thomas Brown, Jr^L .a student of. the South jCarolina State College at Orangeburg, Charles F. Gamly, Jr., student at Union University, Richmond, Va., Miss Edna Mae Biggs, student at Wilberforca University, Ohio and little Charlotte Garnur Means motored out to see some little friends at Traveler's Rest l'VT~ HtH VYTVi-l vv?'- < 'I'-l'i in 11iV' iivji mi cix ocvtnni i in State. Charlotte is a student at the Girl's-High School, Philadelphia, Pa., where she has been attending Trchool for the last Uvo years7 made tip the party to see some friends-who were teaching summer schools in the rural districts of the-county. They had made their visit when the large Nash chr in which they were riding plunged overman cmbankmerit, turning over three or four times, as they attempted to turn a curve in the road.,, The boys hot being used, to the car with four wheel brakes, th& car left the main road, parrying the party with it,~~burying t-he-httle folks beneath it in the dust and dirt. Charles Candy pulled himself up and" then he was" able to get little "Charlotte~rip from under the caiyjaying her on his coat, when a passing motorist stopped and rushed the injured " to a Greenville hospital -ten miles away.. It was while enroute to the hospital that little Charlotte Garner Means, high school girl student passed away. Just how the occupants of the car escaped death as the heavy machine madly i-olled over and oyei'-again 4s-a- mystery to the large number who-viewed the scene.of the wreck and saw the situation. Charlotte-v.it- seems was {he first, to be tossed from the tm-roHing car, Within ^the twinkling of an eye, she was followed by Miss Biggs and Mr. Brown and Mr. Gamly - all of whom received serious injuries and -paJhTul scalp wounds. SAD FOR GREENVILLE The city of Greenville is in an uproar with the death of the little Means child. On every corner in the city, white and colored people -are pouring out the blessings of the passing of a very sweet little character. All day long a long line has filed in thru the Means' home, paying their tribute of ^respect to the noble little life that twelve hours ago was the flower of her mother's soul. Mrs. Means was at home alone when the death messenger rang the door bell, smiling in her usual way, she greeted her friends and was told that Charlotte has met with a serious accident-in an auto white Put riding, and had been- rushed to the ^hospital. At the hosoital the crrief-stricfcen mother was confronted by the "CSTTTiHUed on PAfce ST /' - I iilMi M M .... 5 r r- . Mlmti COLUMBIA, S. Q., SATURDAY, >TTE GARNER M N AN Al 1TOMOR i BROWN AND STEVEN S INT1 j RANK SOI.n AT AfTC- OF I TION FOR $94,000 GAh ' - ? ; I? I (By Th? Associated Negro Prasa.) i j Phildaelphia, Pa., Aug.?The j ^ property at the northwest corner of. Broad arid Lombard streets, j nnr). formerly occupied hy Brown and ^eac Stevens, Bankers, was offerde by acfi(J the sheriff at a public sale on ^ " Monday, August 3rd, on fore clo?ure-of-one of the~morlgagesr ( The property, a very good-look ^ ing one, consists of twenty- one egar^ feet on Broadjdreet, by ninety- pe(j three feet on Lombard street, toj an alley, and is improved by a cien1 " three- story building, the top 01 rap^ which contains three apartments mes< Two offices occupy the sceond tra]j floor, the first floor the bank and a sidy ornce. _ kno> Ninety-four thousand dollars was the consideration for which clgnt the building was sold, and it is cjs j considered by real estate opera- jn jtors to be a big price.' There ^ were a number of persons inter- j.mp] ested in the property, and the philj bidding was^ rather sh^rp. None fuj s oi mis money goes to the estate, pron as the property had been mort- gree, gaged tip io $1.85,000, and there chai was not enough money to pay dent . the mortgages. . The, prnpertv was carryingjsix mortgages, and the 1 the Philadelphia Investors hold- Dj ing a second mortgage fore- WOri closed. The property was bought ed, } tjm percenl at the lime of blddlhgjburg the entire sum to-he paid with- his h in twenty-one days after the date his qf the sale. - ??- -trorr The sale of this property was chos somewhat different from -the[Com sale of the property at 5335 Mar-|njn] ket street, which was mortgaged whic , up to $:>.?.TRon, and?was mortga? part, ged far in excess of its valuation. The attorney on the writ took it g>p i " over. Because of the large amounts of mortgages to which, it was encumbered, no er>e would _ . bid thereon, and the attorney In took it over. Judge Dickerson of the United antL States District Court "for .the on Eastern Dfstriet -of: Pennsylvania has (August 5) granted per- ren(j( through Samuel T. Freeman," ^v:iK 1 a , - Lawi auctioneers, on \vecinesaay, Au, gust- TO all i hp furniture, nffifP fixtures. InellUMng tvnewiiuarsf~== chairer ^flTmgTxabinets. adding and^beekkeeBing- machines. ^ ? mile? UN HOOF1 HUTS IN.FIGHT- do tl ING BUBONIC PLAGUE Mi frfteA (By The Associated Negro Press.) ' ai New York, Aug., ?The Rev. to' Robert Shields, missionary of the Methodist Episcopal Church in XTrvD T . . - . , , IiUK Loands, Africa, reports that the health authority "of the- Portuguese government has ordered all owners of native huts in vil- (By lages which suffered from the Ra bubonic, plague last year to tear Caro down and burn Uftfheif thatched ern roofs. It seems that these old sc.hot grossTroofs are a favored lurking "horru place of the rats which carry the pend plague. Hundreds of villages ing t are now recovering their roofs agen ' WtfHIRew grass, and Mr. Shields Punc thinks that this sanitary mea- so fr. sure-will prove effective in pre- are this year. 7 " othei \ ~~ A I * _ ,> --r atittzizsCLs. -?*&?&v.:^. ... ' AUGUST 15, 1925. EANS ILE WRECK URNATKHMAI A I I IAMQ IT NEW HEADQUARTER! liladelDhia. Pa.. Amr Th [y equipped executive'office he International Alliance o roes will celebrate the firs versajy of its opening o Iquarters here in its newl, lired home At 1330 Lombar ?t. The entirp building :h is three stories high, wil levoted Jo the business o Alliance. The building is el ttly furnished and is equip with modern fixtures for dc business. There is an effi t "working?staff-of atcnbg ers and clerks, and bus; serigers. The building is cer y located. n. Lionel A. JFrancis, well vn throughout these parti ounder arid supreme presi of the Alliance. Dr. Fran first came into nrnminpnn! his city during his associa with the?Universal- Negr rovement Association as it idelphia president. His help ervice in this connection \va ounced to an astounding de , for here he conducted as j n enterprise a medical ahi al clinic, a legal dispensar; HprngonpipF. unknown r -VVttVi XXI 11\ Illy TT It *1 various U. N. I. A. branches r. Francis enters hi: :_knowingly and well-prepar laving received his training in America and abroad, fT h, and Sarbonrie. Because o iigh standard of training ani >roven ability in organiza en fiscal agent to the Join mittee to the Sesqui-Centen h he "is now-' playing an activi CECELIA TRIO SINGS OVER RADIC The Associated Negro Press.) iladelphia, Pa., Aug.?Radie were particularly privilegec riday evening of laht weel i it was announced that Phi phia's celebrated trio woulc ir a selection. Reference rhadfl to St. Cecelia Trio,-aftf once Nicholson was at the ). i ne .singing ot tnts trie ways emovable concert program, and it is ;ind in musical circles toi > around. So harmoniously leir voices blend! ss Edyth Clayton, ^soprano Tola Mitchell, mezzo-qontrat id Miss Lelia Fisher, contra lake up this trio. TH CAROLINA LEADS The Associated Negro Press.) tleigh. N. C.. Aug.?Nortl lina. leading all other south states, "-has 494:^Rosenwalc lis and fnnrf?4cm toaf?hofo is, representing a totat^X iture of $2,319,053, accord o A. L. Smith, general fielc t of the Julius Rosenwak L The nd&rest competitor ir as ,the Rosenwald school! concerned, is Mississippi h Ts mighty bad in man] r ways,; 4 ( ' 1 ' ' ? r-4* Z. 3L_ ,4T 3 to train ftieqro soprano, ( For grand opera. v 1 -|?New-Y-orkr Nr-Y., Aug;^p - Twenty-four of the Negro fl'isoprano voice;* to be found in thnr~r [-_ section of the country will com- 1 3 pete in a public audition and re- a cital to be held in Town Hall, !c e 113-123 West Forty-third St.. i s" Friday evening, August 7,. for p f the free course of instruction ii\ a t grand opera offered by Kdoardo f Fe r rari- Fon tan a. tninrw ( , y who won famg overnight in thaii d Metropolitan Opera House ^heriJ? A more die tie le." ?' ft f Mr. Fontana's decision will be C t- made immediately following the d i- recital and operatic training of [ the successful contestant started - at once.=-He ,hopes to present i y the winner in "Aula, ' one of sev-1 V er^l operatic compositions in 3 which a Negro voice can be used r to advantage. The affair" is being conducted under the auspices of the Amsterdam News,; a local Negro I l_ weekly, whose editor, William M. e e Kelley, is directly in charge of T the affair. Mrs. Alice P. Reed, t . "V *-4 l 2313 tieventh" Avenue,-a ''ulored-G s woman, having extensive realty, t holdings in Harlem, is the finan- 1' E cial backer of the project. L The names of the contestants'* 1 am?Margarite Avervr 137 W. rrrT^n Oi. it ? . i TI - a^xsl ou, muriei cauey, zts \V. c< f 140th St-.-,--Clarissa?Br Blue, 61 4 ^ VV. 130th St., Lillian Brown, 100-? 5* W. 143rd St., Vernisia Collins, [ft 3 233 W. 148th St., Helen Dowdy, :u 158 W. 62d St., Maivma Eclhess, T L 117-110 W. 1.r>fl St InaUln V U ^Eord, 250 W. 153rd St., Winifred - Cordon, 210?Lexington?Ave., 1 J Brooklyn,-Marjorifi. T?.Harris, 8 d 299 W. 144th St., Ester F. Hay- J " nes, 34-36 \V. 129th St., Helen A. C r Heart well, 157 W. 141st St., Sy- 11 ^ bil Elsie Hunt, 34. W. 136th St., } Olga Emeas Mason,. 53 Bradford Ave., Flushing L. I.,-Ruth^Bee f< ^ McAbee, 1225 \V. Lafayette-'A vp_ a Baltimore, Md., Rose Margetson, 11 216 W. 149th StT Xetlie BTDl- &1 - den, 2310 Seventh Ave., V. Bea^ triee Robinson, 39135th St., : j; __. Ida Holey. 220 ALL_J.34th _SU Blanche Russell, 371 Lexington 3 Ave., Brooklyn, Helen A. Sher- ( 1 rill, .2209 Seventh Ave., Juanita~ [ Stewart, 347 Quincy St., Brook. lyn, Ada Ward^ll, 154 Gates Ave., 1 Brooklyn, Jessie A. Zachary, ^ ? 2369 Seventh Avenue. r =?* CHURCH GOES BROKE n .1 -S fc (By Tin? A*s<rtfstc<t McgrrrPtcss) 5 New York, N. Y., Aug.? i) - "Calvary Indepen3enUa Methodist Church gained the un- g 7 enviable distinction this week of p being the first church to ever s ' record a petition in bankruptcy n " in the local federal court. The s i > ^ 1 church is,-or was, an incorpora-j_ ted institution. Liabilities were - given as. $?45,781 and assets as ^ $270,225. * * 1 * '' , - tNIHCTEfrUOR MURBKiU ? " " m; i (By The Associated Negro Press) t( 7] Washington, I). C., Aug.?In- N 1 dictments charging murder were C ' returned by=-the grand jury-this <1 - week against Raymond C. Bat-Tu . son and William L. A. Lumpkins, ir 1 following the death of Mrs. Bat- o] 1 son. 1 Batson was attempting h , to shoot the alleged lover of his lH f wife when she threw herself in d r ed. Lumpkins slew Levy Wash-jr. ington in a street fight. jv .t: 1 ' " 9 , .. u-jii 11 ^SUBS&UBE AND^ _ ADVERTISE?Cur rent, Social and General News.. 5c A COPY. ollfictoft nichols ap Points colored steno. / (By The - A s>su>c i au^i Negro Pyasfc,) - ? Boston, Mass., Aug.?On reciimheiidaiiun of William C. Mat- . ? \ews, Malcolm JjD-Niohois today ~ ppointed Miss Irma Pack a sten- * jgrapher in the Department of nternal Revenue Mi^ Papt'g ointment was sanctioned by Sen itor William M. Butler.Miss Pack is a graduate of-thft---?? 3ass of 1923 ?? the Girls' High JchpoL _ She iiLa very efficient ~ tenograpTier," and ha? been asisting Mrs, Newman at the-SetleiiienL House of St. "Mark's Niurcjh^. .She live at 504 Shaw nut Avenue. T"7Mr. Nichols has also Appointed diss Doris Dandridge of Camn-idge, ti niece -of Mr. Charles 4. "Sheppard, as a Clerk. Dike " 4iss~Pack, Miss Dandridge is a r ecent- graduate of the Girls' School. _ _Z Mrs. Charles E, Newman has een promoted to a position of )eputy Collector of Internal Rev nue, while two other colored ap>ointees have been assigned to he Warehouse Department. All f-these appoint men ts hare _h ad he indorsement of Senator WU/ iam M. Butler. ? ^ *' * ; / ~ bishop Beckett-Cqming. I. _ - The?Rt. Rev. ^ -WV Beckett, re- ? sntly a p polnted to preside" over~the Ihnrehr succeeding tf>e late Bishop W. >. Chappelle, deceased, will hold his rst Presiding Elders' Council at Al n University on Tuesday, August'18. he Bishop will he accompanied by ie Rev. Dr. s. .Twhnstm. Secretary.:' .r^. f Cliuixh Extension, M. Er~r ~~ bttrchr . ? - On Tuesday .evening, August 18^_at _ :30 q'clock. Bishop"Beckett and -Br, ohnson will be at Betliel A. M. E. hurch Que or both will'~speiflr~at lis meeting. On Sunday, morning, August 23, at 1 o'clock. Bishop. Beckett will preach t Bethel Chm-ch?He is a great and ' ~ reeful -preacher- and- it will be an T nusual trout- for dvtjrvhody who will - ^ lake it convenient to hear him. . ; J The public is eordially invited to- . LUMKl. , 1 rEMAND DURKEE'S RESICh-? - - NATION.? (By The A??ociated Negro Preai.) Washington, D. C., Aug.?Stu ents and alumni of Howard U- iversi^v^ headed hv Dr.-George ?? 'raser Miller, New York, Presi&ntr-of?trim ganorol alumni as-: ?= oeiation 01 the L'ttlVSl'Sliy, delanded tlie resignation of Dr.*? tnnlev DnvWg? iw prAqif?f?nt nf Pre?fcrmversity and as~ar~mein- ^==;4-? I.aa*.^1 ci ui ua wmu ui u usiees, ill ethel Baptist Church. It is reorted that a general strike of tudents would result if the deeptember. orth r vnni.inii ifivfrmi r ers hold meeting (By Th? AnocfaUd N?*to Praia) jftaleighTl^r -G., Aug..?More : * ban five hundred farmers at-_ mded the annual meeting of the [orth Carolina Negro Farmers' bngress, which closed its three ay-sesionTiore at tKc St. Aug. rm. ~"_i r-r;. rOi < r , Mine oriiooi. rrmay. ine Meet ig, according to reports, was ne of the most successful in the ? - - ? istory of the association and the ~ armers returned to their work etermined to follow 4the lines of "ientific fanning. Livestock aising and diversified farming ^ :ere stressed by altespeakera.