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?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.
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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
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FIGHTS :
derson
;gro Spirit
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CO&UMBIAy 'S, C*>
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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.
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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* ^ : ?
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MOVE FOR N,
Writes
uals Publi
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>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.
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-?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
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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.
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IT A .SMITII ?i- ???
t, a native of Mont Clfiir, N. J.
ST"
ember Tst
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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. .... \ .