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Refuse To VOL. II?NO. 19. nnn MARKS EPOCH IN NEGRO HISTORY ' Verdict Was Surprise?Men and Women Wept When Verdict ! ? V Is Announced DARROW REIGNS SUPREME * Attorney Darrow's Plea Was The Most Powerful Ever Listened j To, Says Those Who Heard * ^ ' xV ' " . * New York, May-14^*?(By teleerranh from Dnti-nil) TTuni'y ^ acquitted after four hours' deliberation by-'a" jury, in the. second trial a- rising out of the death of a white man J during a riotous demonstration, in front 'of the house of Dr< Ossian H. Sweet last September 9. James Weldon Johnson, Secretary, of the National _ Association for the Advancement of Golored People, who attended the trial, ' telegraphs that women sobbed in the ( court room and tears ran down the 1 cheeks of men when the verdict was ( ?-?-r?announced.. J Chlfef Attorney Clarence Barrow's } nlea .wa<J "tVia i .."ff j 1 iuwow jwnciiui ana r moving plea I ever listened to" telegraphs Mr. Johnson and Attorney 1homa3 \VT Chawke's "masterful knowledge of Michigan Criminal Law was invaluable.*' Of the colored lawJulian Perry, Mr. Johnson telegraphs h& was "ot i eat service in the case." Mr. Johnson.also telegraphs as follows: "When it was announced that the jury had reached a verdict after only four hours' deliberation, there was verdict of- "Not Guilty" was rendered, waiting women sobbed audib 4y and-tears ran down the cheeks of men. It is more than probable that no other cases will be^tried. Thus ends one <of-the most vital fighta ever ----- waged for the race." _ The- first trial of the Sweet Case resulted in a jury disagreement.- In this second trial it was arranged to have each one of the eleven defendants-tried separately. Henry Sweet was selected by the prosecution to stand trial first as the case against ^ him wa^hought to be strongest. In view oi his acquittal, it is unlikely . the State wjll try any of the other de- fendants. The Sweet Cnse hna bean th? -> matic high point of the fight against "5 j segregation in America. It is-?he^ in a series of cases beginning with < L_ ?-the-IvemeviHe Casft, won-feefere?the- -f U. S. Suppreme Court in 1917, outlaw- 1 in0 all State and municipal segrega- i tion ordinances. Another case in the t I series was taken by the N. A. A. C. t . P. before the U. S. Supreme Court s this year when the Washington Segregation Case (Corrigan & Curtis Vs. < Buckley) was argued by Mcsmm. Louis Marshall and Moorfield Storm, urging i 3 that segregation by agreement among I 1 white property owners was unconsti- : tutional. . < The Sweet Case establishes the Negro's right to defend his life and 5 family and home from riotou^ mobs . having segregation as their objective, i The N. A. A. C. P. brought its en- ! tire power to bear on this case, spend- j ing upwards of $21,000 on the first ' tidal, retaining the ablest criminal i lawyer in the country, Clarence Dar- : row of Chicago and. associating with 1 him, Arthur Garfield Hays, of New i York. Jn the second trial, rough esti- ( mates indicate that the cost will be i at least $16,000, bringing the total V $40,000. In the second trial MichiW gan's ablaat" Criminal lawyer. Thdfftas 1 - W. Chawk^, and a colored attorney* < Julian W. Plsyry, were associated withV Mr. t>arrow. \ ? I' In the coarse of the legal battle, 1 , Continjuod on page fix. IV ee Prosecute ^ fljg I ITS NEW PRE C. SATCHE . " ; * ' * P ' fHRILLS STUDENTS WITH ELOQUENCE Noted Orator Greeted With ? _ Sneers?Takgs Seat Amid "7". Applause i.: EFFORT IS NOW HISTORY Charms - Crowd With Platform Manner, Chaste 42ngtfsh And Brilliant Eloquence > ^ y ..7 . . .. . Spartanburg, May 18-.?Charles Satchell Morris, Jr., of Norfolk, Va., :elebrated scholar, journlaist and ora:or, claimed a nations attention tolay, 4$. a result of his epochal speech yesterday morning at Coker College n Hartsville. Standing where' no l^-egro had ever stood before, the famous spokesman made the first apsearance whictm i)lack man has ever nade before the white female seminary. Speaking "to an audience whose ancestors held his race in slavery, the mighty Virginian-delivered pne of the most eloquent and impassioned speecnes ever heard from a Southern plat-form. ' . ^ His great effort is ^history now, :or the Associated Press, chief American news gathering agency lashed the account of his presence jetoT^ tire" .wtrtte' tristltmien to every section of the country. Because of ;he great value of the story neqrly ivery leading -daily paper in South Darplina used the article on the front page. Morris swept aside all precedents in speaflfflSp1! irst time in the history-or tnis state when a Negro has spok&n to an exclusively white female' audience in my instijtiitioiiv The following account of the unprecedented occurence was carried by the Associated Press Monday and Tuesday: '"Negro Orator and Journalist Speaks to white students. For one pf the first times in the South's his x.ory, a .iNegro appeared Deiore a white?student?body,?when?Charles Satchell Morris, Jr., of Norfolk, Virdnia, addressed. tfie-sttRtenta-of Coker College here today. He was introluood by President Carlyle ?Camp.ion." Probably nothing has stirred he state as much in recent years as hn masterly appeal wRich the race's stalwart defender made. Arriving in ' Hartsville last Sunia? morning to bring a message to the citizens of both ra|oes Sin the afternoon^Morris was welcromed by the Rev. Dr. J. A. McConnell, able pastor of , the Jerusalem Baptist ihurch. Weak from his recent colapse at Anderson, he nevertheless spoke briefly at the morning services. At three-thirty in the afternoon, a mighty multitude assembled to greet him. The commodious church was jammed to hear him, while hundreds were unable to find eyen standing room. Scores of white persons sat side by side with their colorgd neighbors to heajc him. For an hour add i half the, great orator Entranced the crowd. One moment he would resale them with laughter, the next they were bathed in tears. With some ffiigfity"sweep 6f Imagination he would literally lift his hearers from theif scats. At tfte conclusion of his magnetic and moving climax every white person in the crowd nshed up to seize his hand. Among tnn was Dean Duirett pf Coker Continued on Page Six) /..... V , . J^hite Man3 Jaltiw COLUMBIA, S. C., SATU iiirr9' BLL SIDENT Ft LL MORRIS REFUSE DONA DANCE NETS N. A. A. C. F. $748.10 -$748.10 Turtfed Over To Geneial" fund ur Association By New York Women AUXILIARY TO N. A. A. C. P. . v The Greatest Effort For Good Ever Attempted By Colored | People Of America A dance recently given by the New York Women's Auxiliary of the Na t.innal Association .'.for. the-Advancement of Colored People - has netted $748.10, which sum has been turned over to the General Fund of iheAssociation. National Baptist S. S.j > fnngVpsa Nwq The 500-Voice National Congress Chorus is getting 'well under way. Each Tuesday and Thursday night at der the directorship of Miss Broomfield of Allen University, and Miss I. -R. Porter. mQsic director of Bene-, diet College. We ask that each choir of the City " j? ;n toi/o po^t ?c ng n rhnir in whnlp .100 National Ban tist Jubilee Song Books have been ordered from Nashville,' Tenn. Each, person taking part in this big 500voice chorus will be expected to buy his or her own song books. A 'call for 1,000 boys between the ages of 8 and 19 has been, issued to meet at Benedict College Ball Park for drill dutv. Mondav comfftv at f> p. m. Tl^Cse boys will bej formed into tfie NationaFTJaptist Cadet9, whos duties during the Congress will be to egates tt> the different streets and numbers and to the various suburbs? Capt. W. H. Coultry, Leuit. JumHilLjand other officers will be in charge. The Rev. R. C. Stover, the brilliant i y young pastor vof Trinity Baptist ~ Church will be in tihurgu of the-many = Sunday Schools and B. Y. P, U's. which will turn out to meet the "National Congress Special," which pulls into Columbia on the morning of June 9th. Rev. Stover has already consulted with Chief ,of Police Strickland as to his plans. He will eftiploy theTtavio Juvenile . Band-of the City which will meet the great throng from the West add the great South West. Every ' Sunday School worker and B. Y. P. U. will be expected to be in the parade led by our own band and supported by a hand |rom -Cincinnatti and Nashville's band the' reap. That will be an imposing slgilt to see this great host of. Christian workers stretched for blocks marching to the tune of "Onward Christian Soldiers." The colored transfer men of Columbia, about 20 in number, met At the National Congress Headquarters, 1027 Washingto/i Street and drew an a -grocmcnt with Dr. White that the u niform price for conveying passengers during the Congress would be as follows: Anywhere in the incoperative limits of Columbia, 25e for / (Continued on Page Six) :V ~ - v I ' a' - J , _ ^ . .-Ttxiiiahk Hmdi who Aftae >fta : RDAY, MAY 22, 1926 nr DR LAND AT CQKB . ' # ' JEION FROMK ATTACKS A COLORED WOMAN Authorities Refuse To Prosecute White Man Who Chokes Woman Into Insesibility MAN FROM OKLAHOMA -( ' ' ' Attorney- "No White Man Would ?v > iv. ivu l ui Vsiiutimg ? A nigger woman" "The N. A. A. C. P., has received a report from its Phoenix, Arizona Branehp stating that Phoenix authorities had refused to prosecute a "local white man who had attacked a -colsibflity. ~ ~ r T Mrs. Lr Ada Walker, Secretary of lie Phoenix N. A. A. ,C. P. reports that ^ local attorney* in the County Attorney's officeTbad said no white mow eKuld be found 'whoi niaild tun* vict another whij;f; man for choking o "nigger woman." ???^ Mrs. Walker writes. "The case was i .cd against us but .an example h; been .set that means much to us as we..^te_led....to-, hp.lie vn thaUthey.-know we are not asleep." The white man Who committed the assault is staid toJudt-fmnvOklahoma^ A. & T. College Offers? Ailrablivc Cluamg t.^ZT Programme i President-Ele^t to be Sworn In XT P A f <11 ITa 1 vii i uiauui u, Vyt> ivigy ? i. vj sual preparations are being made for the twenty-eighth Commencement of the Agricultural and, Technical. College of North Carolina. The1 first exercises of the "'commencement week will begin Friday, May 28. Saturday, May "29, at 11 a. m., in Dudley auditorium, appropriate ceremonies will be had, at which Professor F. D. Bluford, president-elect will be inducted with suitable solemnities into the office as president. Noted speakers have accepted the invitation to participate in the inaugural ceremonies, among whom are: - Hon. A. M. Scales, a member of the board of Trustees of this institution; Drr~Ar;T; Allen, State Superintendent Public Instruction of North Carollina; Professor M. C. S. Noble, chairman, board of trustees and Professor S. C. Atkins, president, Winston - Salerti Teachers' College who will speak in behalf of the schools of this State. The Reverend Mordical Wyatt Johnson, pastor, First Baptist Church Charleston, W. Va. is scheduled to deliver the baccalaureate sermon, Sunday, May 30 at 3:30 p. m.' Rev. Johnson graduated from Morehouse College with the degree of bachelor ol arts, studied at Chicago University graduated from /Rochester Theological Seminary with the degree of bacheloi of divinity arrd Harvard University with the degree of master of science Rev.^^ohnson is without a doubt onf of the leading scholars and pulpit orators of America. His fame as ar orator' brought him distinction at Harvard. Rather recently, he wa? called' to Atlanta to preach a series of iannons in one of the largest whit< ay At ks A Colore _ U _, ? nyiT -GRANT O j 1 COLLEGE ?t "T* . " " UKLUXKLAN KLAN'S GIFT OF ^ ' Wavman Chapel A. M. K. ( hnrrh Of liiliings, Montana Sends -Letter Of Refjisal RETURNS PROFFERED GIFT Letter Declining Donation Sent To The Ku Klux Klan^jf Unanimous Vote ' . ? i N. A. A. C. P. Press Service C, The W-ayman Chapel of~Tfre A. M. , E, Church in Billings, Montana, hafr| 1 declined a proffered gift of $100 from | IZ... T-* I Vl_'_ >: I ' HIC 1UV.CU XV LA IV1UA X\iau, ttLCUlUlIHf VU ? a report sent to-the National Associa* tiun for the Advancement of Colored < people, by J. L. Tankersley. Secretary^ The Billings Klan .visited -the : HiTirchr^and together with the gift. of] ] $100 left a letter claiming that the t, decline in lynching in America was ^ due -to the organization of the Klan. ^ ? To the. Klan communication and f gift the potored church wrote as" fol- ^ lows:- . i^( ? P "We, the members of the Official i Boartf and Pastor "fff"the" WaymanChapel A. M. E^-Church, ha\^ listened d to the reading of your communication t and your generous donation offered our t people, but wish to.state that we can not conscientiously accept the offer, ^ " This being the unanimous vote of the j - " " f " ' r 'churches in that city. Rev. Johifeon I is unquestionably one of the leading ? ministers of today, : .Another, literary treat will' be of- r fered the public, Tuesday, June 1, at I 2:30 p. m. At this hour the com- t mcncement exercises will be held. ^ The Rt. Rev. Reverdy C. Ransoln, f Bishop-of the African Methodist Epi^f - copaf?Chureh, Nashville, Tenn has f " been chosen to deliver -the commenoe- j ment address. Bishop Ransom is j "Widely?known throughout Americ* ami" because of his national reputa-. * lion as a scholar, orator, minister qf j the Gospel, editor and writer, an un- i usually large attendance is expected, jt --rrcnrerp rate certificates \ 'to national baptist con- i1 guess in columbia j " . ;t i ^Anyone who is planning oir atten-11 ' ding the National Baptist Sunday j School Congress, which meets in Co-'t lumbia, S. C., June 9th-14th, 1926,. I can get reduced rate certificates by ^ applying to 1027 Washington Street,; Congress ^Headquarters, for certifi-| cates which entitles one to one-half; round trip fare. i 1 Write for certificate at once, they J 1 cost you nothing, as we have only a J ' limited dumber. - ? I Remember all roads lead to Coi i_: _ T rv*U | lunioitt, June i'ui. o ^ C OPIES OF SUPREME COURT DECISION IN LOUISVILLE CASE , r| . NOW READY _ 3 . . ' ^ -i- * - : . ? New Yhrlt, May 14.?The N. A. A. i rC. P., 69 Fifth Avenue, announces that h t its, reprints of the U.;* S. Supreme | t,| Court's Decisioh \n the famous Louis\ vi'.le Segregation Case are now ready., u. and will be sent to applicant* upon >' request.. ' P I v ? * s. * ^ , ' ' / Zioil t :; - . 5c A COPY Tin OLLEGES ' ' , - - * [N SESSION _L_ At CAPITAL I?=! Many Eminent Leaders Qf Our Race There To Take Part r? In The Program - ??? ? HELD 3 DAYS' SESSION * Entertained By Howard teniver sitv's Chorus Directed liy H' Lula V. Childres -? .. ' V Washington, D. C., May 20.?After a three dayp j^ssion, the sixth con-^ ferenc'e of Negro Land-Grant Col- - leges elected R. S.*-Wilkinson,- President of SontlrCaralitra-State College?? as their presiding head for the next ~~ year, " f *; ' The purpose of these conferences is r-. : to study methods of agricultural edu- ' :ation through special demonstrations, to find the basis of a sound. prograro_ * jf education in trades and industries, v improve metnods of internal admin, istrations and to encourage higher educational standards. The keynote of this .purpose was struck, by the scientific and statisti-? cal argument presented by President Wilkinon in response to the welcome address made by. Honorable Hubert' VVhrlf.. Secretary n?-*h^-4nlering;^-lp -*.4 bis rcsponse~.lhcrc was mentioned'*-" ? he relationship of the work of Landham Culleyus iu thai Uf Col- " sges_and Universities emphasizing he liberal arts. He made clear the " act that the work of the Land-Grant Colleges were not hostile to the coleges of liberal arts but that both were performing an equal service in educaion._The program was replete "with work. ""Ttrere Were"Three sessions aily where the representatives, disussed the knotty problems that con;ors in these Land-Grant Colleges. Many eminent leaders of-our race vere there to take part. Among t,heni 'resident of Virginia Normal Inspire: Doctor F. K .Inst nf H,,vyard U- o hversity; President John W. Da\Ts >f West Virginia Collegiate Institute; 'resident R. S. Grossley, Delaware Jtate College for Negroes; President f. R. E. Lee, Florida Agricultural & dechanical College; G. W. Owens, Diector Agriculture, Virginia Normal nstitute; F. M. Staley, Director Ag- i icultuVe, A. & T. 'College .of North Carolina and A T ? Vgrictllture, Delaware State College or Negroes. Leading addresses_ were made by t Wilkinson, ,nf ft, f, (Yllfigo, T ... . . . )r.. Wv G*. "John, Assistant' Specialist n Higher Edcation, E. E. Just of Howard?University;?Un?Arthur?J;??-' t ? Clies of the Bureau of Education and * ^resident-John M. Qantly uLA'irglnm formal Institute. The businesS'sessions were held in he auditorium of the Interior - De- . lartment Building. The Experimenal sessions at the Agricultural Ex>eriment Station, University of MkryantL One of the general sessions vere hetlP"Ht?Howard University and lere the conference was entertained >y the Howard University Chorus, Diocted lay -Miss: Lula V, Children In recognition of. Jris ability and accomplishments the conference on he last day elected-.President R. S. rVilkinson of South Carolina State '6llege~Ti9 their presiding otlicer for ? he next year. . t> : Pres, Bluford Elected Treasurer Negro Land-Grant Colleges / * ? ' A ' v v % % * Vv N At the sixth conference on education in Negro Land-Grant Colleges, which was held in Washington,- May 10-11-12, President E; D: Bluford, the executive head of A. T. College, Greensboro, N. C., was elected to the ? position of treasurer of the Association. ? x j From the point of view of service, President Bhiford is the youngest member. This is quite a signal honor.