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? i . * * - A *' ^ *- 0 i CITY OFF ?=1 J Vrn^TTT.?NO. 31. p? ~ -t? I . i ' I - PROF. H. H. BUTLER, District Grand Lodge No. 13, G - Referendum Vote Insti-: tuted by Pullman _i?Porters It was announced at the head-. _ ^()~uarters?oTTheBTOthOThoodofSleeping Car Porters today that upoh the" advice of Hon. Frank P. Walsh, Donald Richberg and C. Francis Stradi ford, attorneys for the Brotherhood, a nation-wide referendum vote has been instituted as the-preHminary to their presentation of the Union's demands bti^QrHBe^ new Railroad Meditation The referendum is a cearefully drawn -ballot in which 12 definite questions are asked." If the porters and' maids answer in the'affirmative ^ the next step ol the Brotherhood wiTT be to call for a conference with the ^Pullman Company, n the event of refusal, an' exparte statefnent will be filed with the Beditation Board. Some of the questions the porters and maids must answer afe: \Do you want r ; the payyment of a living wage and * ^ better working conditions? Do you want pa yfor preparatory time, ter minal time, delays and doubling? Do you want a ^simplified time sheet ? \ ' I0o you want the plan of employee ? -representation of the Pullman Com-^~pany or the Brotherhood of Sleeping Par Porters? . The fo.urth question asked is causing a great deal of favorable comment among the porters and maids. This question deals with the mutter of_ Back Pay. - It is claimed by the organizres of the Union that if-perniitted to go in this matter, some very in? -:tercsting?thrm^a lwnii Auwvn?rvt- orvoral years will be uncovered. N. A. A. C. P. Assured Of Protection For Dr. Garvin, Bomb Victim i ______ ->_ New York, Aug1. 12?in response to r PROF G. W. HOWARD Prominent member of the Household of Ruth, who played a conspicuous part in rehabilitating this Department of the Order. c> * r ^ ERS REW tyc i - I i I ,. -% District -Grand, Secretary, r. U. O. of (). F.. Jurisdiction of t % ' 'a letter from the N. A. A. C.' P., Edwin Barrv. Director of t.ho' TWm-t nient of Public Safety in Cleveland, has written giving assurance that "ev. ery possible protection" will be given to ""Pr: Charles H. Garvin, who has | been threatened with death if he* . do.esrnot vacate his house, which has ^been the object of two bombing attacks. . I ?? . I "We are mindful,?awrites* Director ! Barry, "of the fact that Doctor Gar| vTn is a citizen of the United States rights ami it is our plain duty to see. that he is given every possible . protection. You may rest assured |that I)r.4"Garvin will not be^neglecj tedr'-' ^ The frSA. A. C. P's. letter was ?protectum?to?lit,?Garvin would jbe discontinued on AugusOl-. the Associatio'n in its communication pointed out that Negroes throughout the United States were concerned ,in and were closely watching- this and all I other cases in which the residential land other citizenship rights of one j of their group were involved. The ! ;\. a. a. t'. also referred to two | similar eases, the first that, of Sam-*uel-far-Browne, colored "St aten island postman, in which full police protection had been given for two years with the result that the lawless attempts were' entirely suppressed; the other case being that of the Sweet family in Detroit, where absence of proper police protection brought a; bout not only the death of a man but "two trials extreYn'ely costly tcLthe city of Petroit.. 'We feel sure," said the N. A. A. C. P's. letter, "that thc city?<yf< k?ve^ land will want to adopt a more determined attitude than was taken in Detroit A?firm -mid Unequivocal Stand on the part of 'the authorities against wanton attacks uponj colored citizens will result, we are convinced by considerable experience in I such cases in the cessation of such lawless actions." - - - t Youth Wields Crowbar; V Kills Assailant - ->'v % ?i^'? 9 ?? I McClellanville, Aug. !)?As the, result of sky-hrrkltfg which terminated into a .fight, Frank, alias "Bank' Simmons is aeorpse and Charter Harold, an inmate of Charleston County Jail, perhaps to await trial on a eharge of second degree murder. It is said Harold accomplishes the big but sad task thi$ (Monday) afternoon with an iron crow-bar of enormotfk weight near the village of |Tuxherry Lumber Co. ten miies from here. Both youths '. are offsprings of the community's colored aristocracy. The mofher of the dead youth, Mrs. Agnes Powell, goes with - heavy heart to bring and lay to ^ftmrl rest all that is mortal o? her only support. ARD FOR COLUMBIA, S. C.,_SATL ': 3 -, i : -- $18,000 PAH) IN 1 __1^MONTIPl ~ Cqirventi^n Com ened in Abbeville Last Week, (Irand v Master j\IcCot true Presides HOUS^HC^LD MELTS AL v. Odd Fellowi H^lcl Sessions aCi^t. Japws A. i\|. K. Church, il >u.-e "Ifhold \ A't Presbyterian a The Grkna United QtftW-e of i.(Tt'.d Fellows -met in Antnrn Convention in' the city of Ah lieu i lie l:t^. \v??k with the Grand Master, Hon- 1. J.'MeCottrie, pVesulirigaiv'tr the session'of (hid Fellows and MiTlGeorge II. Hugh of. ^Darlington," presiding over the House. hold oj Ruth. Tlic Odd Fellows helil their sesions* in^t. "Tames A. --M." K, Church and the Household of Utuli in the Presbyterian Church. The Convention opened, in due form Tuesday after the addresses of welcome had been cordially delivered? by his Honor the Mayor of AbbevilleTuuT Hon, L. Augustus Richie?one of the. leading business men of the-l'ivdinont section of South Carolina. \' The Abbeville meeting was. Uargely. attended. By Wednesday niorning , the Castle Halls1 were ci'owdenr wit in : Relegates who had come from \evtiry. Tou-rHrV in thw.^5t^te. In the groups were some of the leading mjenynnfl women of the race. \ j There..aire almost 120,000 Odd Kellows in the Lodges ^>f the Mate a\7fn "practically as nmny members of trie Household of Rutin These annual "gatherings; TnTTTtsli recreation aiH^ ' plt'.tsui e tv tin uimii 'ami uimn n mtending ami the reception of the cities entertaining them add much to the happiness of all. Abbeville citizens gave the delegate^ a grand reception and the hospitality of the city was I spiked with a "eomv again." v I Oflice of the (>rand Secretary Ono of the most progi^ssive loaders anion# the "heads of Worn secret i Order's in South Carolina is Proieftj sor II: H. Butler of llartsvillc. Prof, j Butler is Grand Secretary of the Odd J Fellows and also Secretary-Treasurer jof the Household of Iiuth. About* <>' "years ago he was elected to this posi-|tion( succeeding the late .las. Brigipun. At that time, it is said, the Order was retarding in business and lacking in prestige. It needed a man like Mr. 'Butler at its head. '.A man Ln whom the Lodge men had implicit confidence Mr. Butler has"ha(} a chance to show the people tha-t^he had" much .busL? ness.ingenuity as Veil as the ability to handle affairs of men. Jie made goodi tie brought (tie Order forward and from htrr-splendld report submit-1 ted ifi the AbbeVille^nieeting, the Odd -Fellows-have reasons to- feel happy (over the_results_ of-his work.. The 1 Order has grown, und^even though we had a crisis in the" fftate they have met all pi their claims and have a i healthy , reserve ,?uu4. | Possibly the star feafure of Prof. | Butler's rrmirt wiic was shown relative to thtv Household 1 affairs. 12 months ago this departi ment was turned over to .Mr., llutler ! with outstanding claims to bf^ mrt rfmounting to $ 48,000. -with murh dis ^twttsftielTon here and* there among I | the members. This was a Herculean ' i task but, believing that it could be {done he buckled right in with a bit o(J ' a grin, tackled the thing and did ij?, According to his report last *w"eek", jno ' has paid the total of $48,000 : ried .forward a healthy.*. | this department. 1'hifc' tWilureXf his | report was adopter amidst chaws and : loud applause. ' . / * Business - confidence hasAieen rcs toped, more than 16,000 fieoplo^who I love the Order and havy great pTide I in its work, are made Happy ftnd the i work moves forward jis though noth( lug had1 happened. /It took n Btitlef to do it. . / (Continued dn page eight.) "v- . MURDEl ?=?'* ? -T - " III)AY. AUG.. 11, 192G. 1^ # ?1H ? - oH-'KKS ? _ K5.()i>TKKE W A R ^ ? sii !* !?. 'Whitv.- o_f NTor 3 . l i via \Vaiit?| For Murde OiMa'ss. Colored Mechanic, 57iIR-Viurs I3IIA0DCA& : < ct.sto Wcrki.m By the Si? C>. * %? . ord- In B >.vFactory ' -3 '<:!! S ulnivn.Prejudice (#Spei-ial) v.,'"an.'>i itiyx', 3Iass,t August 12--A othfi victory and .citiK&mihii) recti niliqu fur the ruct^. was won vc.ly?ir t ( it y Council Ait its Vegular meeting i 1 '.joMihy* night voted, at the reque of Mayor. Kvlwani Qui'nn to pll'er_ feWard of SnOO for the detection < one tleorgc Farley who on June 2G shot and fatally woumied a tello workman in thq Atiydod Box Fact ry -anti prade- his escape. Farley is white, :Trottiv<> of XTo??i Carolina, who ever objected to wor iug near Grays-ford.* colored,' out < SiTpynr, TP" R ace, ] r e.iu <lice, . lie deli erately shot Crawford a half hoi Lifter he. had been given work in a iit.her part- of the shop following I row between the two. ! The day' before the Council nice ingw jK't_suanf to a motion' made 1 delegate Trotter at the public nice rng?v.lhie he reported the League Whit e Ilpy.se. audience in the Ant Segregation petition,. ReV. EI, 1 Thompson had. conducted an audieiu w i i n "M-sryrrr?Quinn nf. proiiidonf?' tho IWion .Rruu?*k of_the...National:! final Rights League, requesting tl .'i.i;. i?i' < )--upiiold ~the ~huhor of Tl ;-mv~ i'in Sontoj ;i hi 1 ~TTTP~t iTidlt innnf r>i \),. irion to Southern race persOcutic jY oiAttiig a nwaid for this .iSoi ilVruvr. .Vviio enforced sectional ra< ppAjiiWii e-i"h industry in Massachi 'sett\ even by the murder route. Tl dele&pioir consisted id' Rev. \V< I McOllmte. \V. Guild,. Esq/, Re.vpC. ( Son.vAille, Ret. E. K. Nichols, Mini i^sn.inX T..o-. ? * .......1111, llvltlV'j ail". V-OSIO and Ai'ui .?The .Mii.uii?was fa; oruble. \ ~ ? .. * _. , Two ways' later the delegittic headed' I yvUcv. McCktne had a Ion . audience \\ith Governor - Fuller 1 iget tl.e Stalroio add a reward. He" confidently: \fyc step, hut referred tl League.'t\? tlW .Cottnty Attorney, M Heading. 'JaW latter began broa< th^Ayybl's deA-rl^tioil dl't tin- radi/> the \flight the Ix'ague nit Mayor Q.!inn?afi(L rs prosecuting tl search vigorously.'. ? Outing in Honor Bosto iViasimic Delegates \ IIP: ton, Aug. 12?The larj Guardian I'inic Committee of BpsL citizens who-annualy arrange a Te timoiiial Summer Benefit for the O llelinble Gua/dian, conducted by thi race agitalw*., MoniVe Trott'er, ha) staged a pUfnic this war on Saturda August 2*t, the day before the Inte nat ioltal/hriners and1 Knights Tern] lar ( (udFeiitions begin here, in horn of Hie/delegates and that they m: witiie/s a regular Boston nicnie ar -samJTe Boston Baked Beans. and XvyTJngTimd boiled dinner. JpUe Masonic Convention offi'cia lyTve recognized this as the openir Preliminary pleasure event for ear, arrivals -by the'consent of Nobles } Walton, chairman on housing, Mo -on Houston, On automobiles. Hermt ,L_Lee, assa. secretary, Da. A. P. Rh. "sell, reception chairman and Capt. 1 ,1. Tolbert, chairman of citizens' con mittee, to be Honorary Chairma vice, -secretary, reception chairmfl and vices respectively of the Guard an Picnic at Caladonion Grovel Ii 'imperial Potentate, Caesar Bin! is the Kpest of honor. Tra^po^,': ,tiqn from the Masonic Temple by trglUty, auto* or buss***, and del gates are advised of a jolly time [they arrive by August 21st. - . - ./ ' ... J * e RER OF RA i ) . ij ric g- - I he ' HHI * - * '^??^j\L v ! ; a , < / ; ' , * J" ; r* DR. fc/'t. J OH X SO N^'t) i st Hot i ^i^D'it't Grand Lodge No. 13, G. U of ' .~'J*^*n1 ^ Carolina. -f ~' ?" White Women In j th"' England > s. It. . ; . _ alio of . /._' . ;... ' sy>* 1,. ?: ??'" -' -' - -7" an j ^r.. K(nv Vi>vk, Aug?l2^Xhe_N'. A. A. ?f. ; ;x C. P. has received from London a clip- '. j ping from the Spectator in which'.a^ ^ correspondent reports that Negroes w employed fn British -merchant ships . >y 1 . ,, -v^v ? .inij t arc marrying white women in Bri plores the tendency she stated that . . i- ; . . .- - ... ... .:?-^-whi ^ her investigation disclosed the white women .were well satisfied with their :<f* . rT.. _ ,, . * . ing lot. The Spectator s correspondent i- "rites: ?'? * ' le "The writer once asked, a gentle, c.au, lr refined woinau with three children' lj_-of various -sTTades of.-color, all with ,n wooly hair, how she eon Id- have hro't ~~ 77 j. herself to marry a black man, artel*-1ua] ,c what sort of future she expected for j. her children; and this was the .an- tpm le swer: ' ? nof ). " 'They make good husbands, those Stip] 'J. men. They are so thankful to us tlm r women for marrying: them that they The n treat us like queens. They give us tati , - plenty of money;?they don't?drinki they are good to the children; the pay , >n Is regular while they are away, and g they- always- come track to us. There's -,,f } id many* a woman with a white husband is worse off. The children? Well, T()l ie there are siich a lot of them now that r nobody wnmini to think much iibaut it; ?41 .hey don't '"mind them in the schools, was T [lift mufi Inn t.' " ? ?- ' i: _ 1 ' u - * ft The writer further reports thirt the l<-*!"that. aiiparvntly, was the prevailing , fell axiiiimi' 111 mo.se M>uin Welsh ports."-the V H '' ui B ^Di^trict Grand Lodge JNo. 13, G. U | ^ South Carolina. : : /' " " T CE MAN 5c A COPY " f, J I ? : ^ Grand 3Iedica] Director . O. of O. F., Jurisdiction of . . ^ ^ v" ' ?. " m* Shatters Father's Skull In Fight moaks, August 5.?Following an ..< rcation of unknown origip, Demp- j DuBois, Jr., killed his father in, attempt-to save his owrt life.which ; threatened a razor in the hind . Ji hhe-drink-erazod fathe-r, f )empsey DuBois, it is stated, after argument of some kind advanced a id his son with a drawn razor, threatened to kitFKTfc^he; son at time kept baeking_away and finally ? died?;iornsk II gmwl^fzod ; eh "he quickly' seized dnd iwImolfq^Tr ? :cl hi*_4?th-e4J--4+r haltjmuinin refus- v ; " to do so, the son swu^gi a deathling blow with -The^stick.^striking ?-- - ~Lr= father directly on top of the head siryg a cfhrrpTmTqi fracture of the ? 1. _/ -lb whkdi mesttlrtM death the? owing evening. The blowr'it is ed was of such force that it UC-_.-hyly smashed the man's 'skull.^ empsey. it' is said, had for some been living with another woman far-dlcom bis home; offering no ?. obt't to hi*., family whatever; for 5 ^ the" son* had of.u-n rebuked him. \? father became enraged and the il result followed. 'empsey. Jr. after the murder wa3?; a to" "iair*l?v his employer and is rg field 'without bond until the date >_ lis.trial. 1 ? ? ? 1 ;tHES pIIRD RAIL; FLASH ROAR; DEATHong I' lnnd. X.- V. tioorute Timko 1 icjuiirinn a swucn on Uie L.. 1. K. TV-sutI Squato ftl1 f :;i 11 I'll uur liuil. third rail. A fla.<h. a roar and he his clothes aflame. Jle died before r I {imhulnrtce arrived. . , ? ==: : ?i P. " A , Ti > ~4 Dislrirt Grand Attorney J . 0. of O. F.? Jurisdiction of J