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- ' :-T- " K SEND EXHiBn 1 ?, . : mi TU1? 1 tiou lu tne nve minuses allotted mm | .Suna&y^ evening. JJn grasping' "your opportunity*:" djis^picture was impreswas refreshing to the intelligent minds and Christian hearts of his hearers.. . But the c^iairnian's big g.uns, bagged the ?ame. Dr. Brown-of Second Calthe city of Columbia, shot where he , willed. Just wouldn't ring the" builds - eye* but "let you know that he could it-he carad to. a^ocy comer i*r midst, he jusf" wouldn't let us know that he knew personally and ?J definitely wherefrur weak points are, ? hut he pointed them outfall right and idroded^ ifforously for higher ideals ",1 n 1 *" ? tr TUB ehaif man's "son-pf-a-gun?-" thoueh an incomer. but not a new cuiiier, wan deflqlt'e~ltt ttie'aTmot his ^ shots. Dr. Sims diagnosed his pawith Columbians, the why and the / wherefore /or lack of real community .life here.^ He was specific and ,?iiamed one by one thp-elfterprisea that aSfe^H were guilty of' not supporting, and Jv cloSefh^rttft^epletttre of the man, the I size of the man, Lliat really grasp opporfunfty and* aceOiftpllshes ffctngir. IT was truly & great and timely rh^etlny. great for Its hearers, great It lV hope^ for the speakers and cerL * . Continued on page eight.' . _ *_ ; rfgbeld at ? ^ court house -^V - The Get-to-Gether Meeting last Usual interest. xble speeches made -?^-Meeting waa.EuIFof Enthusiasm . .. And will?Doubtless Hung Good Results. JTh? geMogether meeting Sunday at the county court house was of more tW nm..l ' J ? -1- ? vu??u uouax lutcicot,??. uuiiuui ana joy to all who attended All the speeches were good. Drs. Stewart and Daniels, ~ both made timely talks, emphasizing the vigllence that should be thrown arouinl tHcr-ftcalth of ^our school chlU Prof. C. .A. .Johnson gave- valuable j -Ihfbrmatioa-^respecting the night "school. The' generaHlnfbHc -possibly never knew that right, here in the mty there-had beeri such a promts!ng night school fog-colored illiterate adults; Mrs. Saxon, always known for plain .... rT>ii)inon>M>?uo adviooi told_ ef the V. W. C. A. purchase of a home, the Fair-' vN'Qld-SchooI. the objective of both ..and ?pleaded vlgoronolv fn* tl^ir ^i^pnrfcj= and pledged the,men the; hearty support of the women when they start toaecufaa Y. M.-C. A. for the men. Dr. J. H. Goodwin, president of the - ? State Colored Fatr^-ftssociation, was" one of Chairman Leary's flve-miniitft / speakers, and the chairman suggested to him to speak of the fair". The learned Dr. Daniels, however, had alreacly admonished -hia~ hearers to grasp the idea and opportunity and make a fair worthwhile, -so doubtless it was "rabbit_in the" brier patch" for the fair's president to get oiFthat suh. Jact. " "Dr.?is reputed n*?rr \ ready and entertaining speaker, a'ntT right well did he sustain his reputa MT?I? ??.1 ? T ? rs. OCT. 23. To V * ? . 1 ?? ?r- .. . i. ,i?:? ?1??4? v "'' 1 ' .. j "' ' '*' I (supposing the.librarian- .permits such books to circulate) to learn.^ tliat"Nigger Heaven'/ is milci compared | with Van Vechten's pictures of white ( folk. He needs, ton,- tnii'ndftrstftnrithft 1 viewpoint pi an autlior^who says, ( "Voluptuousness: to free hearts a , thing innocent and free, the garden happiness-of the earth."- And-most bf all, ho glrtmld .rcaflxS thafthis. navel-1 and impossible, repugnant to common sense. Such a tale"veils, a deeply mysterious truth, and Jhe greater; the , With a knowledge of Van Vechten's other work,. "Nigger .Heaven" comes as a ^surprise; it-is serious, so real. It Is less a satire than a tragedy. It" hrrs^ a hero -whose efforts to make a : pla'Cc for nimsoif in this prejudiced world are. fulj of heartbreak. I can Think of no coiored writer who has so well shown the worklng.of race prejudice upon?a^aensifcive, highly Strung n Negro. _ It has an ending that is ylvid, tremendous. One must read- the : P Knit. tin Unl ' DIUI/ -W- u*Uf IUI ?v? wwt-pKra, "" ^^Nlgger Heaven" is a sardonic' name ; for Harlem, the land of-opportunity, j where Negroes gather from all parts , ;,of the continent..' "TffVi iuhhi wliu*rs m?i the* cultured professional class, fore' most. ..Tile nerotne, Mary. Love,, a ~ librarian, whom we first meet at the i home of Adora, a colored member nT 1 the Nouveau Riche. Adora, to my i thinking, is the best drawn"cBffracTeF in the book." One sees her sfrrrounded by sycopants ,who drink and shout and dance through -her house, "ink fingered trash," she calls them; "who come here Co drink < my booze and eat' my?food?and raise hell?at- my ex- nAKfTA ? IfAtNA flVSAfd Flia VkeA *. j/r?110T7. xxvi \3 ,mni/ ;iuocio vud uui v, ; Byron""Kaasop, and learna of .hla am- I bltion to write. "Oh, I haven't pubContinued on P*g? eight. . EtFTZS-. S^r mm BOOK jjHA A BOOK ^ - U ON HARLEM ; t'_ j^?tJored People-o? Harlem ?All Classes. UUL.1UKUU & LUNUUL.TUKELI "Nigger Heaven*^ ig. a Sardonic Name'for Harlem, Land of Opportunity for Negroes. .. lty Mary wiiite uvington, Chairman, Board of Directors of the ? . 1 N. A." A. C. P. ' * "NTB^ ? ~ j " By Carl Van Vechten, PuMished by -J?Alfred A Knopf, Inc., 730 Fifth v". Ave., N. Y. City. Price $2.50. I The colored reader who io wet'fa' I miliar with Van Vechten's other novels may think that in "Nigger rotten deal, so largely is the book concerned with the Negro's sensual life. Suc,4i a reader, -however, has only to ; get "The Blind Bow-Boy," or "The COLORED SI -i ' IS iJ. ' . #? ?--? , -- FORCED LABOR IN MIAMI Attorney XJeneral is Directed to Investigate Immediately the. Report of Peonage. . MUST WORK UNDER UU&s Reports Negroes Alone are Fora ed to Work at Qeajving Away the Storm Debris.?? New York, ^0ct. 1.?<The National Asaocfation for the Advancement of Colored People, 69 Fifth Avenue, anaounens rareipt of a lett^Y-from Ever Coolidgo, stating that the President lias directed the Attorney General to Investigate runurm hf Vltttlal peonage anforced against Negroes only^n the hrtO-htfaOT n) ?'lM--triut? TTTimy thn debris. Mr. Sanders' letters to James Weldon Johnson, Secretary of the N. A. A,_ C. P., veads as follows? . > The White; House, -? WaUhlngToft, D. C'!, ' . -Sept. 2fr-i^26, My Dear Mr. JohnsonT Your tele: grim of September 27thhas been received and;?by- the President's direction, It Is at once being'brought totHe attention of the Attorney (xeneral. . ' . 8lfacerelv yours ^ "" Everett Sanders, Secretary to the President, t he N. A. A. D. ?\, on teee*piof reports that? Negroes wef% being forced, under armed guard ,to work at clear ing away wreckage in the storm-swept area at Miamif telegraphed' as follow a ~lo President Cuulldgu, tire Secre tary of tne isavy and Hie Attorney Ueneral:-T? . Press dispatches from Miami, Fla. report: _ State troopers, deputies sheriff and police were sent to round up all Negroes of workable age and to-put them, to work clearing debris in all parts of this county. They will be put to work under-guard." If ture, this constitutes virtually peonage for coloretP' residents of ihat county, In view of the fact that this order ap plies only to Negroes. National Association for -the Advanrement of got ored People respectfully asks investigation by the U. sL- Department of Justice and theNavy, of crfnditlona in nrnnn fand-. if Prevalent, that .prompt action be taken to' end violation' of federal statutes and constitutional guarantees. Press reports also indfcato - unwarranted shooting of Negroes by U, J3. Marines. ? mm i v -' FOR MEN ONLY! 1000 will be at Bethel Sunday 3 p. m. DR. JKLT8- will <Jeliv*r -hte Great Social Sermon r<TCTTT~ " S26 HOME TO ROOST!" Don't Mies This B6ys?It's a Knockout! Come-on! Let's Go! ' " f - - ? "I j | I -T.I - >? . 'Xn?? II ^ II n. mrnt |- 1 ATE FAIR, COI eral To Acl , t * . , I * - ' " <* -All J TT'BHAY. OCT. i). l'J26. linn <i mm/ u1 UESTION ?v yi/hitf xtegal battle^ lasts 5 years After 5 Years of Unremitting Efforts Luther jCollins is Released from Texas Jail. : SENTENCED TO 99 -YKA-RS ~ . ( r~ *~ - First Sentenced to Death, Then nileprieyed- and Giveji Nine- I ty Nine Years. ; :=? After five years of unremitting efr fort, -the Houston, Texas Branch of' i tlie National AssoAiot-iffrn--fm--ttTn?Ad7"1 : a spectacular^ flght resulting in the . . liberation ofLuther Collins, a Colored ' l man who was successively sentenced | T to (tcatn and then to y?j years in i prison, and has spent in all Ave years = 4n jail" ' " ^ ^ I ij tenced on the testimony of a white j woman of ill-repute, and the contra-j dictions in the testimony she gave, to- j gether with evidence- of Mr. Collins'j " gooa character, made Tt~evident hewas inn-oceut of the assault c-harged.l JThe ..Houston N. A. A. C. P. not only raised $2,000 to carry the case through ! the Texas courts on repeated appeals. r -bUt interested . prominent.^ white^ peoplejn the case. Financial aid offered l.hy the National' Qffiuo of the N.1 A: A. C. P. was refused by the Houston - : 1~ -?, . " - firanoh. which dc.Hnrr.rl_.iL - would financ^ the case itself. Recently Luther Collins' 901year sentence -was reversed and the District' Attorney of Fort Bend County, ^Texas?gave tho Collins fltfoiney^au' thority to try the case in any county , he wished. The attorney promptly i named Washington?County, here"the L attorney had practised law - for 26' 1 yearfh?The*bond whs at once reduced * I from $7*,500 to $2,500. and Colling was ! released under bond in -March of this ! j year? Don'd ngned hvnf-rtnJ most prominent white?and four, ot the most prominent colored men of - ^he-tdtyiinf~TTinnston. one of tbe ^hitfe] men being secretary of the chamber | L of commerce, tw& of them hankers - Adknm n. n .. r.,1. r. .. nnng,.l'.'nHnng twecriLJhe_Jlistric.t attorney _of Wash1 ington County, the judge and the de-! fdnse attorneys, the district attorney moved that the case be dismissed, ! Collins was freed' early in September and is now working at the Job he held ; -before his arrest. ? - Had it not been for the fight made by tho Houston N. A. ^ O. P./feifthct" Collins would .long elnoo havo been " dead, dff ne had no Triends to fhter" cede for mm and tne pUbl^l'lOdg 11 for granted he was guilty. 5umbia,s.c.,ff ; On Miami .= FR an In I UNM^ TO TEX 1 OVINGTON MOBISM^PF Ib UNITED STATES N. A^-A. C. P. Receives ClinpmtH~ From Western Press Com- c menting on U. S. Lawless. I. _K.in.a-to- onw im atock-for prrtrlfc sub; j 6i BcrlpUon. ?? ?- ?[a, Nearly every section of (lie State is qi "represented, on the board of directors, c FfOm Columbia, the home of {he com- pi pany, comes Dr. J. G. Stuart, one of "a -tW most prominent phyeteiams of tlie. b city; G. I* Floyd, a prominent busi- p' nxsaa man'; Dr. D. H. Slym, President' r: pf AlfretPUniversity; A. W. Slmlclg9t | n Qriyi rf.- t. . n.nhia, gtoto?organisers . B| and former insurance men. Orange- r< burj^ tfre Athens of South Carolina, lej fhnittbro a wo^thf group, namely;; j~ Nothing in Europe to Jilatch the Dementkt ^f -&-Mofcr That ~ F Tears a Negro to Pieces. un The National Association for the ai Advancement of .Colored. People has c' Press. ~of~Brlstr)l. Ttnglnml rnmmopt. rc ing cm American lawlessness, in c1' which occur the following sentences: 3' "The Negro question in the United tu Sin tea iy uimuuhiL'iil.v "at"*the root of 1*1 much of the violence and intimidation CJ: -that ts practiced mere.-Wc'Iht Uuropo In "can ohow~nothing tu match the <Te7"lH mentla of. a moi> that still tears IL gro to pieces or burns him alive for Y"' htn Crimea ? ? ? It In nh .ii. PI lustration of the dlje'renoo hptween u' theory amT practiee in the?United States that thousands of men^srfTcPn( nominally possess full p^JitftJaT rights cc dare not exercise thertfTor fear-of in-,ar viting the vengeance of their f^jmrjcr citizens/'?--?. ? t'V STATE ORGANIZERS^ OF SOUTHERN GUARD- y IAN Lire IMflURANCE CO. 4 . ? \T -----*?. sr' rr-* rr? y? Pleased With Responses. ^ Columbia, S.- C., Oct. 4.?Since the tc , announcement two weeks ago that a | p the State had met and, decided to ii i launch a new insurance* company for gi the State of South Carolina, the or- p< ! Dibble, ^report Jiia. acceptance of eev?j-p | eral other leading business men to the ] vi [hoard of i root ore; -?mF--a- targe- -in-^ ^ crease in their^stcick sales. This gives ni eonerete^ evidence of the way the pro ~ci r g'i esaive.. ciitzens?i egatd- tUts^ m ment. " The Southern Guardian Life InsuF" ance Company, which?is the name tc ghosen for tfae-new uiaauJ^rntnTr. dansl ri to fio a genernl industrial ' business-' among our group, particularly lplhi -South -Carolina-, where at present ni there is only ohe home company. The h 'lib W t'niiipjiny hadii.i ntatr ?lint ihiii H| is probably the first company of its?x( 10M 26 TO 30. " ttu \ t ----- . '- ' 5c A COPY tvhy not y: .. .'y_^ harry wills?" [evward Brown asks_ Rickard""-, / ' This Question in the N. Y. ? Woild 3^lrr- ' ALLS "TEX" TO ACCOUNT upour Hands, Crane our Neeks and Shout up at him : "Why -V " ?l JZ?JSSL Harry Wills?" . . ??? i ^ - ??? AN. A. A.'C.-P. press Service.) 7? Now York, Oct. 1.?Hey\\ood Broun, - ' r4fafr NOV YWR AVijrlil of'.Si tin inhor ? ItH. poinit-dT.v I1111 uliOh ~uf Tua Riik d why Harry Wills Is -?6t given a . lance to fight for the heavyweight > ratitplouahrpr irtid suya 61'Unikard'B fusal to arrange >guch a fight: "The dhg seems io mfe.more broad than a lestion of race tyranny. The. pic nc uwu duuiuo as tut? exame of the way in which' the strong ill oppress the wej?k. Tyrants ^re ore an noying^xhaftrTrrey Used to qe, T T jcause niey gWSU' more clever. is-now the custom of any American " , ^ ell established Hi pow^r, to make a ? etense that lie dors not even seq the ifortunat<r"~^porf whom -he. 'rides iwrf^ Air. Rroun urges that the , -r nvspapers- call Mr, Rickard to ac>urit.; "In dede, he ovyes us all, an nrwer.jf we-clioos6" to^cup our hands*. ane'our necks and shoulTun at hrm, ' I'liy Not Harry -Wills?'-"? .?-r- ??? ' ' ' ! ' ' - i IL-Jj. It. Oyeeu. si leading iiliysli-inn, i. id elected chairman of the hoard; V tt -| Y^U^Ol- ft |V?y-?m Inane ? . -tate A. &...AT College; A. E, Bj*t h e . ood, leading MtrideHakef; J". J. -Sul:, in, Jr., ai well known lumber man; tv Daniel Moore , physician-;?and T. ?? ^Cade-a leading pliimhcrr Dr. C, W. irnie; prominent physician and drugist, represents Sumter. T. S. Sasartes represents Charleston. E. W. _ tgg?r-progressive- mtdeft a Iter -of the-- iedmont seer I onT re pre p.* nt s ~~G re en-' * die. T. H. Murray, promirient plant: froili hovvmanj J. , {S. Raiuey, buslunes from , Harts villa; *GL W SimIns, BHWW'of the ' State"1 organizer, _ [Dresonta GreaiiKfaaror~IjL-T'i3. , ~. T)his board of directors* mean a much > tne strength arid succesb nf thw unpauy; uirtf tu1 UTu Imwi nt9r^Wiihr^-^=====^=^ inherence in such leadership. and the. apft of conserving the Betilrh amoaf- ?-? ir group ia-^oMth -Carolina, many- ? ave liberally subscribed for the Vnl mill, .inn,- Hi-, U.virrl Af HI. !Ctors assure confidence'- in the new ganization. but investments, become ^ubly sectfre, due to rhtf rigid*f?-~ * airements of the State Insurance ommissioner.- Tire Capital and Stir- ' Lus of 150,000 must^'be raised within lfmlted time. All moneys" collected SUU4 . 0rg&ftU,ers M ' " ? tacM in trust until the entire sum le ilscrt, and tt all le within ' ~ ie_ limited. Jimp set hi" the...coramiSi_ _ ^ oners; nil frmm^s cullwcti'il must be z ifunded. The organizers have taken " : rery precaution to ?voki the failure#- -t?" _ Continued on page eight.