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1 Monun Ncgroc thisTXper is^ ^ devoted mme-ll jl || interests ok ii the i'lwle. ^ r ????????????????? VOL. 11?No. 13. =Mm APRIL 11TH THRU 17TH ""Kindness, justice mercy and love* American Vliimane ' Education .Society of Boston Calls Americans To Carry out Program ? ' ? _ apriiTTi,Humane sunday Colleges ami Sc'IhmjIs Juin Nation * 1 Wide Movement?President Coolidgfc "Gives Approval 5 fhce at the Xuthunil He:uh|uai teis tff? the American Humane Education Soi ciety, at 14iO-Lonp:\vood Ave., in this ^ citvr IV I'Vuiwis II. Rowley. the ores J? ident js so anxious and willing to plantT seeds so prolific for good?free "seeds" L in the form of humane'ikerature that | ' the society has mailed and is still P? 'mailing out to all persons wishing iV thousands of pieces of literature, telling about "National Humane-Week" April 11 thru the 17th. ~ Men and women tn every \valk of life have sent fin calls to-the National society for- ltierature;{ in every case - somethingrJaas- been sdnt. The demands have been so great this year - that ""Guy Richardson, the > executive secretary, has had to engage an extra force in the main mailing rooms. The "Be Kind to Anjmals Spirt" will be observed in every Statje in the Un ion- - ' President Coolidge in a letter to ' Rowley, the president of the Nation al Humane Society, writes among < .other things:- . ^, m-. 1 t-? rr i near ur. uowtey:- ?. ; ' - *. Accept my thanks fdi^ybur note which brings to my attentiaon the fact that "Be Kind to Aninnils Week" ??h to be ohiievvml-thia year. I anv glad to learn that the celebration of this week is becoming more am! mute an 'affair of national concern and interest. The cause lis one which tho~ roughly desemts iill the conyidcratfeft ??that can possibly be given to it, and I hope that this.year's will be the most ^ ivtili?spprendi and general observance that has yet beeh held.. v Most sinc^hWy youfs, . ( signed)'' Calvin Coolidge. > -~^SnndayT*35jthil 11th, is. "Humane Sunday," and in thousands of Churches it will" be observed when ministers in thr pitv IS AVfil as the rural churches arc caHinjrtmHftetr peotd? u> preai li "a special sermon 'on the be. kind to animals, spirit. Monday, April 12th thru the-?17th will find- thousands nf : teachers Tnrd ' college?professors cal -Ting upofi their students to take part in the week, ^ In many of the colleger there have been organized Junior American Hu* wane Societies,. and . in the graded and high schools, Bands of Mercies v have been organized by the field work" ers of the Boston Societies. Encouraging reports have Been reaching Boston for two months oY the activities ?8..fi..tjp3 among the students in' American colleges. The movement, among the students has fc>een nation-Avide, . and many of the leading colleges are taking part, this year. Humane education has come to stay. Any person can become a member of the society by taking a simple pledge living creatures, and try to protect"! them from cruel usage. . _.-j ^ *' The sdSlety was founded by George }/ ' T. Angell of Boston, who said among ' other things in his life time, that "the" greatest coward- is -he who I treats with cruelty an? helpless living thing" . He taughe and preached kindness, jus-] tice, mercy and love for human beings as well as animals, the Society^ employs a number of j fc, - " -Sz I Mil 1111 \k T [lent T( Must ?h| Fm 'H^i^H^jT i 1 " ~ NATIONS A VENERA1 SUCCUMBS AFTER_? FALL INTO FIRE ^ 1 # f ?. i Wife Of Late Postmaster At Florence Seriously Burned -?^Buried in Charleston WIFE OF HON. J. R. WILSON TIip Funeral. Services Were . Held Here?Interment At ? Charleston. S. C. Florcjet', April 2.?Mrs.. J. R. Wil, ^Wilson - at one 1 time postmaster al , iRorenceT was burned to death hor< yesterday, falling iqto the fije. Fun "eral" services \V6P6 Tll'lli time in-Jljt M. E. Church, she, was buried al Charleston. ! She leaves the following children: _Ur. Roscoo Wilson of Marion, Mrs, Evelyn Wilson Stevenson, ' Florenct and Dr. Hubert Wilson of Georgia, j - ? Johnson And Gordon Triumph I - Boston, Mass, April 3.?J. Rosa ; mond-Johnsoiv-and- Taylor Gordon, -h ;the third of their series of Boston re citals of Negro Spirituals, in the Cop 'ley Theatre before a capacity audi | ence, scored a triumph which n\ovet I the reviewer of the Boston Globe t< m." r unt hiisimt ir rnwniW. I "The Bo'ston Globe's reviewer, writ 'ing of their joint recital,, said in part "Their performance like all trulj great ones is based- on verity and i [definite relationship to an intangible .underground-stream that exists the "universe and that as a rule we?"prefei to leave untapped?I When emotion is so sleeping,' l?g pniiii'i' As'thar felt "g?d imparted b> these men it is. therefore, better pert haps to leave it there and not -to at'tempt analysis. Still less is it dasirable to place their performance on the table affiLtake trxrefn !tion to a vocal flaw here, an ovious chord or modulation there, an occasional nul Luu charming embellishment as of 'Steal Away to Jesus.' J Listening, one felt that Mr. Gordon 'anil Mi. Johnson-y<?nlly thought that it was they who stood in the need of prayer, but the listener was equally sure that he himself Was the onei Hurnor"That has appeared in some of the -flpiritualu war, \? ipeit~ffwi'y by nrftagd of dewprr srntiment in tHeTr~singing'. j After an evening more spiritual than many church services, more dramatic than many plays, more truly musical than most concerts, it would b<^surprising if there were anyone in the audinece who is not no,w eager for 1 the speedy return of these artists." I . I V I field workers, among those located in {he Sout hare: James D. ^Urtonv Haririson, Tenn.; Mrs; KafKenfie "Weather^ I . ' -bee, Atlanta, Ga.; F. Rivers Barnwell, Fort Worth, Texas; MisT Blanc he Firr^e^^JRichmond^^^^a^^^rn^^a^Ter Ark, Va. and Seymour CorVolI, Gre0n' ville, S. C. I It is the aim and object of the society to carry hymane education into every American home and school. It | has sponsored national laws in con'gfress and the many state law-making bodies -throughout the country. The Hon. Albert E. Pillsbury, distinguished I Boston attorney, is the General Counselor for the Socity. ' 1 - Everybody everywhere is asfiTed to remember "Be Kind tjo Animals Week" April_J2 thru th?~ 17th, and April 11, which is "National Humane Sunday." I The preachers are to preach it, the teachers are to teach it, the press is to publish it. The slogan this year is "Kindness to Every Living Creature." 1 7 ' .-zr-j-, aiHiranif iV < r It ; ? d Negri : HAVE * * COLUMBIA, S. C., SAT iT?in if i r mm lL benefh BLEWOMAN JAMES P. BRO mITST HAVE PASS fi OR FACE ARREST i *i Davtona Beach, Florida, Negroes - Protest Discriminating Ordinance Of City ' 1 j ? 1 r ICiniTri r? a lYDDrnn UOUgj IfA8a>.i Colored Citizens Ask Relief, J?"Not As a Favor, But As A Right as Aiiieiiean Citizens?t.r '' ; . |>4_. New_Yory, April 2?Colored citi-! . ^zens of Daytona Beach, Florida,, have 'Hint to iIn* \'.itipni^l Annociation fori t the Advancement of Colored People,' !a copy of a petition submitted to the, members of the local city commission, asking the lawmakers .of Halifax ( ' County Lo 'relieve tl>e- colored pOOpl?^ of the necessity'toffarrying-a pass or facing arrest if they are out after dark [ The petition sent to the N. A. A. C<* P/ recites: "For a number of years there has ?4-. ^^ J . jhcen a city ordinance,.in force across "j the river" ill what was previously. known as Daytona Beach, prohibiting . " 1 the free movement of colored citizens after nightfall. , By the" provisons "of""1 this ordinance, no colored person from! * jthis side of the"river'can go across the J > J bridge to Daytona Beach, and no one 1 Ln " si(fr. ran come to this ,] "J side without' a pass ' issued by the ! ' j bridge- keeper. Further than this, ^colorOcl jieople SThployed in families ^ 1! and hotels'm the other side have been ( 4 i ? I arrested and fined for^ being on the,5 L.street at niirht. :. V . . -Thnmm i 13 , , I . and women working on the other side ;1 'are wholly deprived of pleasure and 1 recreation by this un-American and WiwhonT-H-nf regulation. Their churches t their lodges, their social outlets areTT ' all on this side. They ?canriot come v to theni without either the humiliation r Lof getting, a.-pass, or the fear of ar- k rest" if they fail, to do so. 'The en- G forced deprivation of recreation is af- J fecting the temper and efficiency of a N PI..1!)1. "f ntVir.i-n-i.-n ^Vinnrful ?tnd effi- S cient workers." ? C The oolored citizens ask relief from P ~ this condition "not as a-favor hut as I1 -our right,as American citizens." b s Dr. Alvin LeRoy Locke * Soeak^ at A. & T. College i, ~ Greensboro, N. (J., March 31.?3pe- ti cial. Today at the tegular chapel serv- A ices, Dr. Alvin LeRoye Locke, former g professor of philosophy, Howard Uni- s versity, Washington, D. C., in a short E but in9rpiring lecture, addressed the p studnet body of A". & T: College. c The speaker has sefcVgd his race in .f many capacities as aschplar,. lectu.-'ci ror and author. Dr. Locke is a gradu- g ate erf Harvard and~X)xford Universi- tl nics ami is also a member of the " Graduate-Sehoel-of--the- University of jn Berlin, Germany. He was graduated jtl From TTarvffnT with tfift 'dhgfPPff of'pbachelor of arts, master of arts and ? doctor of philosophy. ~~ w Dr. Locke is the only American Ne- G gro who has ever won the Rhodes a I Scholarship which entitled him the cl 1 privilege to study at CJxforxI TJniver- IT sity, England. The speaker is an au- a ;|thor of international fame. His lat- tl est productionT^'The New Negro" has -w 'attracted world-wide favorable com- tl ' mcnts. ? - a; Dr. Locke, in his address, described ir :the circumstances of the Negro and h urged the students to snatch a moral b [victory from the situation. He fur- a jther advised the youths to catch th$ youth movement, and follow in the I footsteps of Jessie Faussett, Walter si Whit* and Roland W. Hayes) - - - v ' -- 1 . **\ /-?. * ^ J? .I-*- , i-_ - - . - - - - * Soldi PASSE URDAY APRIL 10, 1926. v . 1 ?--* PLEADS N1 OF FLOREP CKINCVTON JR MONUMENT TO ^ NEGRO SOLDIERS r ' , I This Is An Answer To Bullard's Slander Of Negro Soldiers- ? _i Declares Hamilton Fish ASKS?CITIZENS SUPPORT . ' 1 Congressman Fish Writes N. A. A.-L'. B. To Urge Colored ~ Citizens To Suppurt Bill ? ' T , .1 -?:? - -ts: < New York, April 2?Declaring that Lite moiiuilieill IJlumi.M'i'l ?.-> Sn nunntml ~ in France to the colored American < soldiers who \ver.e attached to the j French Army during the World War,, constituted the hcst^possihlp answer_i to the . slanderous attack on . the re- ( cord of colored soldiers published by j General Robert Lee Bullard, Congress- < man Hamilton Hamilton Fish, Jr., who ( is fighlfhg "for tile monumrmt in Corr- i gress, has" written the N. A. A. C. P. ] urging all colored citizens to support ] his bill. The "letter" written by Con- t pressman Fish to the N, A. A. C., P. ia as follows) - 1_ a "I am pleased to inform -you that' H. R. 9694 introduced by me aythoriz- i ng the erection of a monument in ( France?to^ commemorate the_ valiant.} >>H'Vir55 Of ttlL' 9 J I'd Divi.siun at a eo.it >f not to exceed $150,000, was. reported ' favorably by the Committee on For- ^ jign Affairs of the House of Representatives on March 17. The bill as' ( eported includes-all four-'regiments-of s hat Division: th^ 39th, 370th, 371st md" 372nd, ' t There is plenty of time to have this v )ill enacted into the law if the' colored f icople throttghoat-America will onl.v.._^ I'rlte to their Sena tuts and Congress-.? nenjarging them to get busy and heln u iy requesting the Republican leaders, hnh a a Lon<?v.Tirth,~ ohrrTtlson, the Majority Leader, \Yj iam Wood, Chairman of the Congress _\ ional Committee; Martin Madden, j Chairman of the Committee on Appro- t, riations and ^Bertram Snell, Chairnan of the Committee on Rules, to ] ring the bill up immediately for eon- ?-, ideration, and a vote in the House of , tepresentatives. The bill will pass'n, y. a'big majority if the Republican iad e r s ^ w i U ^ p e r m^t U^^to come toa^rj liny rcn)i?r thnt the colored people of imeriea are in earnest and want Con ress to commemorate the valiant ervices of their sons in the 93rd " )ivision, many of whom paid.' the su- K rerne sacrifice. ' The?casualties in- m luding the dead and wounded in these,h our regments amounted t oforty per I( ent. Three out of four of these Re-. M intents had their flags decorated with w ne French war cross. > 01 The 399th was a volunteer Kcgi- ^ tent from New York^-the 3?0th, nno- 51 ner volunteer Regiment from Chica- A ut iim jim wai a uihjllu. itujufi^ iont "from the South, and the"372nd 1*3 composed of one batallion from ,t< hio; one from Washington, D. C., L nd separate companies from Massa? d; Kusetts, Connecticut and Maryland. It' seems to me that it is the duty of << 11 colored people who are- -proud of t< le heroic conduct of these Regiments b< a-4he- battlefields of prance to show ic members of Congress thtrt they re united in wanting this bill passed hi nmediately and thereby 'not only do M onor to these courageous soldiers, ic ut by an Act of Congress, wipe out W most unjust discrimination. Jw As an officer in the 369th Infantry, M would consider myself derelict in my ti icr?d duty to those who paid the su-,ei Continued on page 8. in< . . 4r~ ~ -J',. i??? ' * ers In :S Aftc HUMAN EGRQ INS ICE PASSES DIES AT 19 ^STUDENT OF STATE COLLEGE The Only Sop Of Mr. and .Mrs. James I\ Brocki.ngton, of Georgetown, S. C. ft AS i.QVKl) BX 1'KIKNI.IS Passed Away Tuesday March 30th, &3ft o'clock I\ M. ? At His Home Georgetown. April *>.?A dampness wept over our little City Tuesday, March 30th, about 3:.'J0 p.* m;, "when leath ' ovcrfTTTTtc imio .lain--., 'Thi- unly son of Mr. and Mr.*. James B. Brockinptonr Ile was li? years of ape and was a Vminor iluido:i! wf rh" Slate rolk'pe at Oranpeburp, but heine in poor healthsv a*- unable to return the past .year.. - A few weeks '-apro,he-..jvas operated on at the Wuvtrloy Ilospi:al, Columbia,. T hitrydny-Marchx251h tiis failjefc brought him-huii\e where he'Tastcd oni" a fei.v flats before the" Mid came. His inany.friends visited his bedside iftd t-poke?comforting -ws.rd- to' hint. At pr m. Wednesday, a host of riends assombied.'al Bc^Jtcl A. M. E, 1'hurch to pay their last respects to citicov"IIi 1? ft with <ii. tin. .buugi.;: ' That we are-all going, to die, the Quntr as well as the old." ' ' . . The body was laid to rest in Bethel's kmVtery. Many beautiful lloral de!?ivs dbcoraUHl- IvU grave. I.et each of.us live so that when our inie upon -thi-s-rtdd earth has, expired ve shall be able tu meet our Piloti ace tu__face. ''When we havd crossed ho bar.'' - -- - ?- - l.in-k? dame* will 'he greatly mhea d y us all, but We hope to meet him a-ain bye and bye jji-h^trvcrT."" lo.^f=Mrf= antes B. Brockington, father;__Mrs". lagOf^ Brocktng)I' Jgot4ior; -Mi'ss emjie Brockington, Mrs. Millie BtirMrs. Charity Ilemmingway and fiss Flossie Rut-lodge, ""sisters; Mrs. >. A. Clayvjlle. aur.t and a host of tends-. ' We extend to the bereaved family ur heart-felt sympathy. "pviis Mavor Welcomes X- A. A". C. I>. Meet i Now York, April -Si-?=^VhAt. if .one f" the most sFarTltfTg evidences of rowth. in cooperation between white ih! colored people in Southern-States as come to the N.4A, A. C. r. in the 'tin. of a lettpr .'from .11. p., Jacl^sonr fay or of El Paso, Texas, in which he eh'omcs William Piekens, Field Soetarv of the X. A. A. C. P. to the 1 ^ * ity. . ?^ "f. William-Piekens. Fit-M Sec. Jv.?Ar-lon? Siir ' " 1 am advised that you are coming- i > our Cit y to deliver an address at . iherty Hall on the afternoon of Sun-.' ty, April 18. "|i As the Mayor of El Paso, I desire I * extend to'you a cordial weleome-and t To.-w, tv.l i ^ 1 " - ,..i.i iiuxiiu^ acre wni 1 ? an ausjuciuos one. * i .1 11. r. Jackson,-Mayor. "On t he ?}u aking"tour which takes ' ini to 111 Paso. Mr. Pickens will visit < issouri, Arkansas, Texas. Ne\t' Mex-* o and the Pacific Coast States of 'ashingtoti ami Oregon, returning by i ay of Montana. South Dakota, ItYwa, t [innesota, returning to Chicago in me for the Annual Spring Conferice*in that City of the N. A. A. C. P. ext J line. ' -r. . . France ^ ii^iHS(l{ 1 ]{j ) y ? -reitUSori.il ;ind (ienO eral News. r,c A COPY URANCES J; i I'KtSb.M l.MUMK ?2,235.529,24 . O ' t n-.l.*-,,) ? ? ,S29,(U 5.K5.1?In New Insurance Issued in 1925. Smashing AH ' ..Previous Records 112 OFFICES IN 26 STATES ~ In 1921 They Opened 35 New I Offices And W rote ^2S.1'>S.9 i 1 _ Of New Insurance * ^T~ -" * ^ " *- * ' ' Washington, 1). April I'.:?A comparison of the condensed statements of the business operations of Negro 11 i - uini ice col r,j11- h~TT^7STTr?rtrrTTr? 'h-'* t hi Nritinnid 'frvj.e.fi'' "Tltfe Tnsu ranee .Company, with gem ral ot Vices' at ? Wn^hii.j|, 1)."T*.. is ti.e country's biggest c<?3?Tn?rrirts;uranc^edtn pap'y'. The Washington re; vi ? r.tntive 'of ? Negro big business, continued in 1':'25 the previously unprecedented strides made in li?24, in which year the company onerod ihit l\-iiu'1 i.y.r tram h otlices an<i wrote S-A.loft.U44 <>f new .insurance.-.. It closed lp^l- with a to. tal field org^nizatiou of i'V branches and a large increase-in all jTha'ses~of its h i l<Tn r> ^ -i Rui too" 1777... nrr- n u us already ?t.i.*r ri *.oi in 1 coverage ? r increased to 11'2 branch othces, far and away the greatest 'livid orghai-Eation of Negro insurance history. And Isaw o'.her advances e iual!y' notable. -In new insurance written. I(j2o regisiered a gain over the-impressive. ecurd of 1P24 amounting to more than mmm 1 ^ *>! >% S .51 tTT nTrc^^TP^SPrrrrnTT^^ftT^TWTr1 i euLh'.a. ? new height* ofrvd constitute, a.-truly amazing achievements- . In premum jnc.ome," lb25 made a gain of over $500.00u. The ' com- " pane's. legal i'eserye on ..ivlk4es was. raised _to the ' comfortable sum of -?a 1J7.{> k>,OU;?the item--of- n?.l estate owned jumped from $102.t?2S.00 to J-^LL2^-Ttlaiu: uiirri the total, assets are - _ f. IW OWE $1 .nUO.ppUAIU. e ,... : A sfl-p of l*M'-re;@hgjmmrram-i' ttr ?' **ihe -Rrtce,-from- thofrvt yndydm?of--Ne- ???gro bu^ngss^" prosngeT^tvas the ac- ") puircnnnt?by the' NatN iThr Blouifit"""of ?-??? a large parcel of ground on U Street. , near' Fourteenth Street. Northwest, the center of Negro business activity in the National Capitol. i n which. site the company is making plans to erect, . a magnilicient new Iloi^e U:hcc Building to be a landmaik and sign post of Negro commercial progress na :ii nally. Those advances, though epochal, are I :ho outcome of a progressive policy ... ex?.emling t'ac-W?-4?*v?mwi^?ihm~J~ ? ? pear.', fiuring which?liino?the hmad foundations ' of permanent prosperity tnd security have- been carefully laid. . ' ' "f? In the growth which l'.'ilo recorded, hereforo, therejs nothing of the impermanent of the spectacular. Atnnzng though those "figures .may be'iMioy 'he ^cumulative result of long and? toady! planning, the fuitibp of y!'ar<i >f eanservative upbuilding, and cotw . 'i^'1 sprviw to the Race 'wtunate in-that its matfagement has nu-hani'ed ever since it- foundation ri 1898. -The name of Sanniel Wilson Rutherford, founder, still leads the oster of its officials. Mr. Rutherford, n the capacity of Secretary and Genenil Manager, is still the guiding genlis of the Company, ably seconded by pis -son,""Robert?IT?Rutht-ifoi-d. who ' las hfild the chair of President for tTicT \ jast six1 years or more. and the sound- * *f "ICA:-1 of whor^C c\C?Utl\C fllnlUJ IS 0 leuced most eloquently in the returns ve have been Enumerating. . The possession, among our racial isscts, of institutions like the Naionaj Benefit and its sister companies , s 'a matter for general congratulation. As they grow in resources and . n annual business so grows opportu-, Continued on page 8, . 4' '' . ? ....