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. KANSAS err ^1% nm?i wUlCl W ?-?sn # * * y .. S ,- , TACCDU GKKAT DANCER == ?ANT7 SINGEF Miss Baker is; "the Latest an< : Most Astounding Development of Parisian -Revue." jtile chocolate dandies tiful Star of the Pirisian Stage. Some "Oet-im." ~ Writing?<w*7-the current Fulius ... Bergere, in Paris, E. E^. Cummings ,in the September "Vanity Fair,"* as sefts of Josephine Baker, a coTorei daftccr and?singer, -that -*hc=-ts -^th ment of the Parisian- revue." t ?' "As a?memberof?the-Chocolati _ . bandies" chorus,*1"- writes Mr.-?Gam ~^ tai, nrcomparahty fluid hightmar ~ T ? which crossed its eyes and warpei its limbs ih a purelt unearthly man ner?-some Vision .whieh opened Rev -avenues of fear, which suggest nothing -but- itself and which, cottsd - quently, was... strictly-. -esthetic^ -I may seem preposterous >"lhat this UM ? . rifying nightmare"should~ have~fje come the most beautiful (and beauti " ? ful is what we mean) staihof the"Pa [ risian stage. Y of siirh is; the r-uca.. In the present spectacle Mr. Cum j^rnigiT describes Miss^Baker's "get up" as consisting of "a few banana and not too much jewelry." He continues: "Herself is two per fectly fuse(j tftingsTlTn entirely beau tjful body and a -beautiful eomman of its entirety.- Her * voice (simul taneously uncouth and exquisite?lur inous a.s only certain dark voices ar luminmiKl i/li?tin?Wl,r o i-m-xt v. this .hotly a*_are. her-gestures, \vtirc , emanate .a?spontaneous ?r rigidity only to dissolve it in a "pre meditation at oneF liquid arid racial. MK3. It. A. HENRI Klvl l KN3 ?. ? - - - -F*OM-VACATION.- AftTenry, returned horn Monday ..afternixon- from?Birmingbatr Ala-, where she spent three- \v6eks~a Farmer. She ry^orts' that Dr. an Mrs. Farmer are pleasantly sjtuatei ,pi " - ?n^ -like t!heir new home fine. '.Th " members of Thirtfood C. INI. F. churc tendered t)r. and Mrs. Farmer a re ception on the 9th of August. Th ~ladies auxiliary boards" and othe ,hUtil,Tin nl the churcir-arrangeil a mos tniiquu .si'tling~T<>p-the Wception an r a m rge erowd ; enjoyed tho compli mervt. extended cordially in the pas /tor's honor The church was decorated in' fhrr style and tfa; farm idea.was cUrrieout throughout the occasion Som of the- oflicer.q of the church, _\ver ? name '^Farmer" lent itself to a ver, happy arrangeihent and the slojra "YV.J'i. Ri F-A nftUfU-'if ' im'Ht'ntAffTF placards earner! the central Thrnrgh about which everything1 turned. A number of receptions were give; hie...feature r'tf ?i, 'T'lnii was a IoveTy"grr~to" .M rs. Henry t .he Kept in the famUjr as long a there is one of them. This toko . "tvas_j2rga?nteri -by-~lhe I'i trvtfTetrt"^o "the Ladies' Usher Board, "Mrs/"*] M < r,,!.. While away, Mrs. Henry visited th cities: Tuscaloosa, Bessemer City Rosedale and-- Montgomery. ? From the "sdclety personals in th Bifmipjfham Truth, we clip the fol lwoinjj: "Mrs. K. A. Henry, of Col umbia, S. C., is the house Kuest jo 'JLairy^lMtipg line of those jolly,, eon genial types, ha$ won for hcrsol ??*?mwnberw of fih'tnls In THlfgrtflfl "Mtti oriist rhuroh?nnd each one. is dom; Y N. A. A. C mmMJ [j i?Aj? ~ 5" 7" fn V" ( or daniaue by the happening .of eer' ta+5" Special contingencies'. - He said" n- that the?beginning of- infturtmcc?is(j more or less doubtful. There are cer(j tain indications of it among the ear* lur Latin races, but the lirst deTinite ^ mention of it !i 'in"the Book of Rhodes and that it appears in defi* nite form in Venice in thee 12th cen? tury. From there it worked NorTh t~ to..JLb<t. German?states and frtrnr it .spread to this country in the 18th century an(j itr horr since steadily grown, both here a^d in England. 0 Our J'eople Should Carry Insurance l' With Negro Companies.r e ...... ..1 o He ,said Tilr. Harvey stressed- the y- tying Life imuirnnee with?colored n Companies and now he* is "going To in whut wmtpntdtHt tfr eftPt'y-it, in' most. Here he gave an outline of the n organization of Jhe three~Negro comj? "imhmtK"the assets, -ronerves*mil the "T1, 1 , I U.1L . i 1 u? i fu*nn7^-i?T7i?uwi cmjMV^cu. lie oTsaid aside from the actual protection s and special features in our contracts, n your .mpncy xc-ye.s ip a ldouhlc- enf~ pacftyy >in that it grves employment F, to your sops and daughters. Snppose for "an instance, the 30,000,000 e~~or more dollars -paid by our people r, for insurance,' had been paid to our cmnrpames. Today instead of fettte ploying 3,000 or more of our^ people, we would have had in our employmcnt o\'er 30,000 .of our people. Aff ter telling about the different invib*r4?fr -features,- Ire coiTChiderT with a ^ forceful appoal-io-eur -people-in paf tromzing-Negro Insurance ^ompSnies, i^r ITr. K. A. Adams, the popular Baser tor also spoko id behalf- of .islagro p- Insurance companies and tolj of ~hta connection- with the above "companies INSURANCE ' ADDRESS AUDIENCE T AT BETHEL A. M. E. In Musical Program Sunday? Managers Darvey and Brown Deliver Masterly Speeches IMPORTANCE of INSURANCE 1 J e Mr. Harvey with N. C. Mutual Mr. Brown wllft National?7 Benefil Life Ins. Co. ?-? ? , - .. V-.'- ? -f? " - ' V ' 7^?In-a-Musical urogram' at Bethel A. p I M. E. Church last Sunday at 8:3t) p. j m., .Mr. W. if. Harvey, Manager of the _ j North Carolina Mutual Life Insurv. unco Co., and Mr. A. E. Brown, Man. ^..ager.of the National Benefit Life jj}-. ranee ""Co., stressed the-impartaricir t j_of our people carrying insurance with _ the three colored companies operate ? ing in CotiTmbTa.T Mr*Harvey told in a masterly way the advantage of oat people carryrr ing Lifu Insurance:?FfrstrHe told of the amount of life insurance carried on TiisT own lffeT7 ;He said that . the people ought to carry plenty of life insurance and have it so arrang7" "ed that Tt will lie to the best advan? tage of those who are - tu reap-- the j beirtifits. ' He also "told of the extravagance of our people.- He coneluded by saying, tarry plenty of life e insurance and arrange it with strings ^ on it for the beneficiary's^ protection. I Mr. Brown, in a forceful manner j gave-, a history of the origin of insurance. In giving the nature uf ill'1 7 suraiice, he sai^j -ii is essentially a / contract or agreement "whereby one "" pariy in consideration ot~a price paid -by -another- party, guarantees- to -thtrtr ^ other, that hp"-shall not suffer loss Z """ ?:? : . \ " P. FIGHTS : derson ;gro Spirit A ? - Q CO&UMBIAy 'S, C*> 1 * . ' \" .. 1 r? ? ? L COMPA1N NATION-WH)K SEGKKUATIOJ Whites-Sought to -Incorporat "N at tonal Protective Ass'n. SEGREGATION CASE PEND'< Mr." and Mrs. Whitney Still Ii -Their Home, Pending hytmo,J._. To be/Tried Sept. 20th. ziri, _?L ^ ~i? John L? Love;?President of th Kansas City "BrajTylLe -Natfona Association for the Advancement o Colored People, reports that a figh is being made by the Branch agains a move h'y lomL^vhita poaplo for nu tiomvide segregation of races. Th whites have sought to incorporate th ^National Protective Association" fo this "Body is being' opposed by the b A. A. C. Plv^The head of the segrt gallon-group is reported to hrFjtar ley Byrd, cashier of the Kansas Cit Southern Railway tCompany. ' Mr. Love states that the situatio arose out of a suit brought agains a eojored man and his wife to compc iherii to vacate property they-Ka bought and. moved into, the propert rety owners' restriction agreement The Kansas City N. A. A. C. ' I came to the assistance of the coloree man and hisT wife and?the white 01 ganization is reported to' be financ *;"f nif1 v'iit nguinst "Thorn, ncmrdin ,t0~Mr., LoW. : -1 " The colored occupants, Mr. and Mr: Whitney, still live m their house -tmci the pending injunction-is?to-b tried on September 20. Should cR .ision be against the .colored?hcmf owners, the caSe "will -"be carried befor MISS JVLAKY EAKLE IS WEI Caught by Leader Staff Reporte r .When She Gave Hep Name Spl'tdal ih The Trader, ~ ? Philadelphia, fa," Sept 9?TtT marriage of the pretty Mary Bir Barle, youngest daughter of the lat Dr. and _Mrs.. L. A. Earle of Andersor S. C., became known here this morr Ing at . the Xat&JM?P^UantraL'jtsst elation, wjitm"'lha| late Miss Earl "gavebt'V name at the National heat: Muarters-ns Jmipj,.,;? rn ~ Lh:?and-Mrs.' Jnnew "are-lhe hou's guests of ex-Cofigressman and Mr, thnr oily, gI'fmd" 7%reTits of the-hridt Mrs. Jones is well known in the s<; cial set here, and many social activ They will maWe their home at Ar derson, S. C,, where Dr. .lones take .charge?of the Mnuy J. Miller-Kail DrTtg "Store. ; J MISS MAY PALMER IN N. Y, L- New York, Sept. 2?Miss Myrtl May Palmer of. Columbia S. teacher at the Steaven-Lee Hig Sehool, Asheville, N. C., who has beg here for her vacation, left thjg "wee for tier honlc'in ^outh Carolina. and advised ifte audience? to do n he haw dnno.?He-deserves mttclr crcd ft frrr putting oti^tuch u program H his tfhurch* ^ : ? . 1 J ' r MOVE FOR N, Writes uals Publi . ~ -H. : t " >ENOUN l r\r kit i ili i 11 1VIA1NAUJ 1 ON THE SOUTH e Author of "Dark Laughter," Writes of Race Relations as - He Observed Them in South ? 2 "THE SOUTHERN PROBLEM" ol A Race Living?so?Intimately With White Race?Not 'Liv^? ? ing With It at All. ?? A AU?rs<Ht, noveh*it and i auUwH^?f>f "DiifE Lauulilur." rnii'TTt f butcs a discussion of race- relations Mrs'' He has/observed them in the, t- South to the September Number of ? /IV amE^v^Falr,?? e "The Southern problem?that of a e * ' race living' so intimately w\ith the f \vhftt?rrrtrr^HOt living \yiLh it all? problenr-?ny- section of the^TOimtry I has to iace, ' iteclares i\lr. Anderson, y - - . ""Having lived in the South, I believe n Southern white men handle it as well it as Northern men ever a add---perhaps J1 better." . ^ What the South needs, declarees Mr. y . -Anderson, is to face itself and to-findself-expression. lie says: \ "It seems to lhe that what- the ^ South needs most now. is, fhe artist? "Hot-visiting artists?-its own, but - There-rs~a difFH/ulty. : ?-? I? . "The "Soutil rioedx-Sttnthern ovUres. 5. sion of all . phases of Southern lifts in song, prose, -paintiipc^-mukita- 7? e Set that it needs, 4u:voptame-4?f itself ?more frankness. "~i ?>T* .,,.,.,1 ^ <,7 i.Tt;.. .. . ? -rrr ~\~ ? *V uvviih . U.v K 11 LL/.. 11MJUJJU LJ1L1 ?nonsense about spntfcss uluto " Vo--manhood, insisting, too muchuupon a . ki?d-oX^fLmaty-Uwt i~> humnnty jmpos-sible. It ncrris~ most of?all to wipe" out fear of ugly Puritanical North"rn ???7?? ?: "The .South lias. got to^dean itself "Not arf easyLjobJi. - -r -== -?tes ~ t'~ -' 'iijfi|L-i t-?i?*jy s - mm I II1 ii1 ii ? ' , ?MISS .THAN '_ talented .vioTT nlst and plan is* v vnoN-wiDE : >0nTh< slied Sept - .x'. / ' I. ... fG IN ,'W w i lHJb I COUNTY Li SPIRTtt I AT S AnnRTl Hook Arranged by J. Rosamond Johnson. Introduction by ?? -James W. Johnson. ? JlMty Old Time Son gs of oqr? Fore-parents in Slavery. The Second Hook of Necro SpirJohnson, with introduction by James Weldon Johnson, Secretary of the Nr~ A. A. LL I'., is being?published?on-, September it by The Viking Press. 30 Irvrnp; Place,. New York City, it was announced today. ? - " ; This \hook includes' G1 additional iii\t published inThe first took, j | The new\ collection includes, among1 Lathers,"JSumetimus I Feel Like A j Motherless -Child." -"Zekiel Saw Be L Wlu'ol.1' "Sinner rtnn't t . Dis Harvest Pass," "Walk in Jerusa-j ' lem Ju^' Like Jjcihn," the familiar ves1 sion of "Nobody Knws _De Trouble' rr See," and "JuEalee." | ^ _ :j , i- - i ? M ?i Cr. t: Bishop Hurst- in New- " ' berry at Miller Chapel Monday, Sept. 6th,. ' Special to The Leader. Welcome to Milter Chapel Church? Prof. U. S. Gallman. | TseSvberry is stirred as never before over the coming of Rt. Rev. John Hurst, A. M? D. D., Bishop of South ' .i arolina an(j "Florida. As to accomplshiments -frt-Florida and other parts'; most in a class t<> himself. He js "tnrorl by all of Siiuth Carolina "and Now Horry trails his coming- "tvitlrdtri;?.l.i an...?at* I?A? ?- _ - - I ?rr? h>;iii. i ml- t-niirt: puoiic is corcuaiiy invited to .Miller Chapel. Mondnv^even inj? to jj-i eet cnir^rsnop" The Pastor "officefs WncI memhers bid you welcome. PROGRAM. Introductory rrmnrksr?Master of Ceremonies. Music?Choir. _ Prayer Kev.T,?F. Ilarpcr-rJVIusie?Choir. ' Rjshop Hy.rsl Vtiricomc -to the Minister*' Union?Rev. G; T. Coleman. /_ *. ? .. , _ . IT A .SMITII ?i- ??? t, a native of Mont Clfiir, N. J. ST" ember Tst ,* . ' . V.' . ' \ ' V'" ^ ggg I V y-r 5c A CQPY YNCHING BRUTAjLJIURDER } - OF JAILED MAN Newspapers of StatiTiftnphiilic T Tn Their Denunication of The Disgraceful Outrage " A DISGRACE 10?VIRGINIA " In Failing to Prevent Lynching1 ??? of a Prisoner, Wytheville has ? Has Outraged Law and.Order ?Although J.hcre.ds lit,tleiprospeet-ofanything but a superficial investjga tion of the recent lynching in Wythe county, Virginia, in which the mob stormed the ja11~aiul brutally rtvur- ? derpd am imprisoncd-man, newspapers ~ ~~"1? of the State have been emphatic in their denunciation of the 'outrage. The?a. A. -tyi' hHc ' -? clippings fium a number ot the lead"ing newspapers iji_vvhich..strong-state ments are made. The Richmond "A Dark Disgrace to Virginia," de? clared: ' _ ..... ?. , ?f , "A drunken mob of sav.Tges cm _a 'j? South Sea Island eould not have been ' t ~ mum u brului. Russian 'reds' in the maddest frenzy of their irreligious revolution would have hesitated at * such cruelty. Done in the name of .'white?supremacy' this crimes displacesa "commonwealth that - has boasted the patient honesty of?its" jusfTceT" _ Tjie Richmond Times-Dispatch, uvttuiiiK ?ts editorial, ~L,a\v anj Order Outraged," writes : ^Tn permtiting or in failing to prevent this .lawless "execution of a prisoner?1\ ytheville has openly outraged law and order and it has betrayed ks lack of confidence ill Its duly constituted courts. That is the real pity pfrrfnsriatcst lynchingr the reaf dan- ~?; "" ger in such mob murders. It fs an . nttack" upon thel courts whieli in Vir- ?? ginla is not; justified." - Still another editorial?ndiminishes ' the white citizens of. WythoviUe-nai : *m*mKrnfr?mrmT Ti'dvertising given ? im-tlioir_tvwn -but to-set tlmmelves resolutely to discovering and punishing the lynchers. The editorial oona on: .\.__ ' __L_. .... "Reports from ' Wvthevittn t.. : the effect that neither the town or* county seems; to be particularly- perturbed 5ver the .outrage7"'upon law and justice-of.-y.iiH'h a TTk>b of its citizens is guilty. If those reports be tnre thert WyfhovTITe will not be able to .re-establish itself in thcesteoin of law-abiding people by pleading the . . TTijUstiTP" of *1fs pnlilir-itv -What-thc. Presiding--Elders of S. C. - ' think of Bishop Hurst^?Rev. (1. K. 1 1 IV Ml ? : ? t.yn-h, f. v? m.mtup iiurnt'.^ great" . Acting . P. K. Music?CRoir. Why ? "jj^Rvd _jng. Bi_iht>p Ifurut ... Leadership?Rev. li. W. llan.-e. P K . ? Bishop Hbrst as a School builder rres. I). H. Sims, of Allen TTni"ri-r-ity. ? ? Selection?Newberry Quintet. Bishop. t Ilui.hl. .^tiS I L now lutn itovi > 1 ? Miles'. P. r. Address Bishop JuRo Hurct. r~ ---?= =? Senator JulinstoYie is a friend of DIU?Biixhupr-IIw^t?and will I'liifeuvoT to be present. *" There wTil be-reamrks hy other ministers of the District and" of the Baptist church. Rev. lfflllsy w1 ill ^%-v ------ yxi tU-UKlUItl. - ? ? " Kpvs. Lotran..,of Clinton; Mwtigj of ?-? ? Due Wttt; O^oris, "oT^TBurksdale; Smith, McClollan and VVadsWorth, of niTj}many others will be our J outisde. di-Mfcict visitQrs.^d&verj-hody W'** ^bMi.??von m:nptlorf.'^ :g&^~??77Z! be at Miller Chapel 8 o'clock, Monday evening, S?pt, 6th, 1926. .... \ .