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N. A. A.(
A CONGRESS Of
?;?QPRES^EB* ftACES
N. A. A. C. Pi To~Bc RcpicscUrt;
ed In The Congress Of The
Oppressed Races
IN BRUSSELS, BELGIUM.
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Wifltftni PickenS, '.Field Secret
tary Will Represent The As77
sociation In Belgium
# New York, Oct22?-The National
??Association-"for. the Advancement of
. Colored People, CO Fifth Avenue, today
announced that it would be represented
at ihe International Con
fcroneo on oppression?of niinoiity
-races-ami prop.Ies to ~tje-K?13 Tiv"Brussels,
capital city of Belgium, the mid7
die of January;?^William?Pickens,
who had planned a lecture-trip has
been authorised by the X. A A P..
P? Board of Directors to represent
rheTo .A. A. C'.- ll. at this conference.
??nr connection with his European
tour,,.lectifyes aro being-arranged* for
Mr. Pickens in England and other
European countries before tile ^ConTerence
takes place. Lecture^ hayt
_ already heen arranged in-England by
, * the Society of Friends in London.
? A mi itiji 11|,i ^rtrtornatlohftfty known
^"people" who have signified their
-sympathy with the Brussels Confer
once are Plutarcho Elias Calles, P+esdent
of the Republic of Mexico, who
has asked that hia -eoinffiy .be allowed
a representative, General Chi
forces of thir-.Xational Revolutionary
Army of China; Bishop William
~ Montgomery livbwn of the U.-Sr-A.;
Manual Gomez, Secretary of_the_An*
ti-Jmepcsialist League; Henry Barhijssc.
the n >t<-il French novelist and
writer; Professor Kou Meng You'p-of
Canton (China) National University
~ and^l'rilz^-lJanziger ot Berlrrf,=Ctrr:
- many-. ? 7-?:?7??
In speaking of his. plans, Mr. Pickens
"said- ''ilavlng been invited on
, several occasions by the Society of
Friends in London to make a lecture
rtftpliV ureal jj 11 tain and also receiving
an invitation to attend the Brus*"
sels ponferenjee-,. it occurred) to me
that it would he good for an or
ganization like the N. A. A. C. P. to
at leasfHGe .a sympathetic observer
?and?to- participate ~tn. .tin* - first effort
of the 'oppressed and "dominated peo*ple
of the world to confer with each
\'n imim |ii i ilir I I 111' 111 liceedlngs^nC
such a conference ns it
is the- firs| of iTs_ kind. But the American
Negro should certainly be
present at the first gathering oT this
kind. And the Board of Directors of
thfr N. A. A. C. P. with that.in mind,
-?have therefore authorized mo to attend
the Conference in the^namcr of
the N. .A. A--C. P. during my visit
in Europe.!' *
THE V. \V. C. A.'S FIRST MEETING
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The Y. W. 'C. AT held its first
meeting in the new home recently fsecured
and twated at the corner of
-Hampton Ave.- and Pnrk St. ?
* 'VfPho ttl('nihors oi^' UTo^nomc-.MakWlth
$40.uu for?wftrctr we ~^reatl>;
thank?thmri.
The formal opening will be helc
' . at some future date.
The membeiB are'as follows;
JVTra AIipa Williama Proculnnf'
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Mi;s. Susie J. -Butler, Vict'-Presidewt]
y Mrs. 1^. J. Timmons, Secretary; Mrs
|^^G, T. Dillnrfj, Treasiuror. Mor.dmncf
^fcC'-Cii?t)p?Hfrr9r Rr^ollins, E E
tejJEwStler, Ida C. Watson, I.' G. Stu
fc. T. J. Miles, Dorcas Thompson
H^tt M^MaHan, Luise Jones and E
nnounces
Writing
ildon JoKns(
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j* P. IN C(
DR. R. W.
ABLE J
CHURCHMAN
A Real A. M. E., Whose Parents
, _ Were Among?The- Founder^
Of Methodism in this State c.
0 A CHRISTIAN GENT REM A5T
" He Has^Hy His Aggressiveness
And Integrity Endeared Himself
To His Denomination
^ Darlington, S. CS-, Dot. 22, 1926?
* io thv Bishop and brethren 'of the
North East South Carolina Conference:
Whereas "the Rev. R. W. Mance,
Presiding Elder of', the Charleston
- I Hr.trfct or I lie Soq'th Carolina Con--" '
j.South Carolina, and?" :
1 j WKcreas"he "has beftn prominently
' | "onnetted with the church?ami ^ehooE "?'arolina
for a quarter of a century?-'
acceplahly^serving j%^prcsidmgr-ckl~
er, pristbr",' college president and citi_
-;on our. State.- and ? Whereas
he is conneetionall.v the
most prominent candidate for the
TJishpric, ' in Suth Carolina, having .i
received more votes than all of the
' aspirants of the' defeated -candidates,,.;
alternately running- second- in., this*,
group (pages 115 and 116 of the
General Confei-ence minutes), arid
Whereas he has the approbation
--<>f thy ministry, laity and people .of
South Carolina and his labors have
been praiseworthy! .
"He it resolvcdi That this confer- [
ence hereby endr.se his candidaCjFfOg"
he Bishopric and jcemmit itself to '
the support of the same at. the en- j
suing General Conference.
Respectfully signed, -
. I. \V. Janerettc, Secretary, of the
; 'Conference. .I F" Boyd, J. E.' TKo }
mas, A. P. Spears, J. W. L. Duckett,
C. J. Shaw; N. S. DeLaino, T. J. Milesj
D. O. Deas, I. Miller, J. S. Coe,
U. S. Rice, G. F. Bartelle, L. A.
Wells, D. J. Turpin, A. C. Sumpter,
I. .1. Pruit.t, J. G. Hamilton, A, "J,
Jenkins, L. L. Jackson, B..F. Levistor.
N. A. Bethea and H. DcLaine. .
The State Missionary Society in its
_ .annual session,.last week. laDud-w^'
er sixteen thousand dollars and endorsed
Dr. It. \V. Ma nee for the Bishopric
a ml Dr. E. H. McGill for' the
-Sunday School Union at the ensuing
General Conference.
Rt. Rev John Hurst, A. M., LL. D.
. Bishop of Florida?and South- Carolina
and Mrs. B. K. Hurs^ the aimab'le
wife nf the Bishop were there and
*ave much impetus to the work..
Tim State is, pxoud of Bishop and
already manifested under their lead_
ership. . .. ' .
? itfiSOLUTlONS
Madam President and members of
. the State Convention Of tlnrWpifianV
' Home an<l? Foreign Missionary Society
Wf" the A". M. K. Church:
" w nomas, we have been favored
Johrr Hurst,-A. M., LI,. D., and his
1 aim able wife, Mrs. B. K. Ilurst,
I And whereas,-his*wise counsel and
lucid" investigations oT missionary
7 tVprk have strengthened- us and giv;
en us a broader vision of oor work
;* and the responsibilities of the women
. of tha State Branch of the Woman's .
h Home and Fireiun Missionary ^oeie-.
ty, ^ 7
And whereas, Mrs( B. K. Ilurst has
, Riven us two or mote addresses that
. thrilled and. quickened Us to a deep,
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THE LAWL
THE "CRISIS" AN- !
NOUNCES AWARDS
Awards Prizgs In The Second
"Competition in Literature "
And Art
PHIZES AMOUNT TO S600
These Prizes Donated By Mary
E. Spitigarn And To Be A...
_. wjirded Octoher? 25. '
The ri*is ' Mnga/.iue 5nT"
nounrcd the a\yards in its second
tw4*es to he awarded "in an evening j
mfinting^n'l International Ilouac, Nciv ;
es amounting to $G00 donated by
Amy- Ik-^Spingarn, were awarded-ris
follows:
For plays: $100 first prize to WilIHr
Richardson of Wtirfhlngton, it. .\j.
and $50. 1 second prize to EulatieSpencc
of'BrooklyiY, N. Y, Honorable"
mention tb Randolph Edmund* of Obcrlin,
Onib. Judges: Lester Walton,?Montgomery?
Gregory attdCharles
---feu roughs. ?
Short stories: $100 .first prize to
John E. j j\tathcus of Institute, West
.\!u4-$50 | ueeond" prize to Edmund D.}
Sheen of Chicago. ? Honorable men-!
tii n to Anita SG. -Culeiiian?of?N'CU' 1
Mexico' and Ethel R, Clark of Mas-]
ftachusetfs. Judges:. Charles W.
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Cromwell.
i'octry: first prize to Arna
Bontemps and $25 second prize to
Counter C^Hen. ^Honorable thfentiori
to Eflie Log New-some of Alahnmn "nd
Blanche Dickinson -of? Pennsylvania.
Tudgcs:Babel te Deutsch, Jame.4
Hughes.
Essays: $75 first prize to L. R.
filter of'Topeka, Kansas, $25 second'
-Wold on Johnson fTTTTt T.angston
prize to Anita fi. Coleman ot Nerv
Mexieor Honorable mention to Jullon
E. Bagley of California and Frank
Home.
judges: J. E. Spingarn, Mary White!
Qvington and W. C, D. Du Bols. "j
Illustrations: $75. first pi^ze to J
Aaron Douglas of New York City,'
$-5 second prize to. Hale Woodruff of.
Indianapolis. Honorable mention to
Albert Smifli o? JParis.?Judgos: Lou?
is Mayor, Louise It. Latimer and Her.
bert J. Seligmann..i*
The Crisis announces ' $1,000 , in
prizes for the^ear 1027.
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jrday, oct: 30,. 1926.
ENDORSF
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RESIGNS POST
AS CONTRIBUTOR
-Walter White Resigns I'ost A^
A Contributor lo The I'ltJLs-burg
Courier NOTIFIES
EDITOR VANN
Below Is His Letter Made Rublic
Today Resigning. Ki< Po^i.
tion As A Contributor
Walter WTiite, Assistant Secretary
of the Ntional Assocafion for the Advancement
of Colored People th(fovrnado
public the. fnlHyinp?... 1? M.ci i.ul1oresseri.
to It. h. Vann, Ed it or,'f resigning
his position - a s -contributor'
to the. columns of the Pittsburgh
Courior-; - ?* ?
prared on the front page of The
Pittsburgh Courier of Ottober "
1920, containing statements "regard;ng
-my associate, Mr. Johnson, and
the orgfmr^tinrr with which f ain eonnected,
for which statements you have
fuels jn.AimiJ?.pbncoi.iji'un . if\o\y^kg
t&?m to be uidnju; mid fu'i^hm^Tn
view of your telegrfin'i in ~response
to my own in which niessage you admittrd
that tl.ihCartide appeared wtlK
j^our knowledge and approval, I am
writing to advise that it will be iinpossible-for
mc to resume my contributions
to the columns' of The Pittsburgh
Courier..' .
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sorters And |
butors . _. |
ions etc., intended for the
tto Leaden- must reach this
?sdav.__,_We must al<> this-iu;
'subscribers may get their__ jt.
&:n. and on one sidn'nf ihe ?
?-les and do not makeJthi'in_?jl
crowded out each wctde. We X
m all localities, and we will !j!
wmui-gsi; i hko nonce a-na
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MI'TpN, Manager.., f,
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MISS UTILE FINCH CI YEN A
SURPRISE PARTY BY NKW
YORKERS ;..
A real-^ui'in'ik'C party was irivon
"Miss Lucile Finch 'ftf 402?IC,?Dielceon
Street, Mafion S. C. while she was
in - N'0 w Yorh-atte tuUw* Columbia tr=
piversity. The ' party. was arranged
and given by "Mrs. .Julia Mr f hiin.
~I(> \V, 120 Street,' Now York City.
:Mi\-amF Mrsr Mt^CItrin olice lived in
AVtlwitlgl on,N.C. 17
The dining room was beautifully
decorated with carnations, American
beauty roses, sweet jtea.s and dahlias
jjfjJjKin.v Colors. The Tiostess carried
out the color scheme, she and the
other'.invited guests wore oink ro7T
and croon colored, evening drosses,
the male guests wore full dress suits.
"^Tng* ornciont i\lrs. Tl.v/el -pwl
.sided at the piano arid well did she
play some of the .latest pieces of muAn
elaborate menu.was served) Arid
the aurpriJed guest and other friends
^^
Jurgh <
Hnressps In
:d for bi
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JOHlNSON SPEAKS
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. * AT MEETINGS
James We Id on Johnson is-Giveit
yJA (ircrH Ov.it inn In Pitts- ?
burg
MANY PLEDGE SUM'OKT
Hundreds Of People Pormed
In Line After Meetinir To
Shake Mr. Johnson's Hands
limit's Weldon. Johnson on Monday.
" 11ill Tuseday, Oct is and 1S>. spoke )
irtrrcclimo.s in the city of Pittsburgh,
r.iiiip- hi Carnegie H.ill hufum tliu *U- j
Jl'yersjtv .ExtensionSociety; once at
Pittsburgh ,Univcrsity for a student)
I body. and the third tinxf; before a '
[ r-i < 'Wiled meeting .organize^,-' by. the.:.
| Pit \sbtirgh Braneh of the N. A. A 1
?<g r. - ^ - .
j many -people being turned away for ;
lack o1^-r<Et>m in the "Warren Church
lti the course *4f 'his- achh*r?ss, wliich i
..Was dt'Vul Q'f to tbr> i-bv. V \ '
P-WMr. J^dmso+H-n-HswcTrd?trr~:
firil detail charges made by a local
newspaper and amid enthusiastic ap
plause and laughter evp.gorj the uni_
'Vu:h< and absurdities in the . attack
leveled against the M. . A. A. C. .P.
-irAft-eyr^tc~TRvpetir.c htm4redc of people
formed in. line tcrshakef Mr. John-j
in the Association.!
-A-r-number o'f-\vorikers irt the X. A. "
A. C. P-. who had not been active re cn1,!;
. jytpress'ed th<nr_dt?eririnatirm-,
to resume active and whole*hearted
t upport of the Pittsburgh Branch
ml i.f the National Office. ~^rr
After a few words of thanks, Miss
; Finch ,left New York for Marion, S.
,('. whorc^sW is a school teacher.
1 J "-vRUSSIA'
i , I my \\ . K. B. ftu Bois has returned
to his- office 'front an European trip
<>f three months. He spent a few
| davs in Belgium, t*\yo weeks in Ger"many,
a week in Constantinople and
two weeks in Italy. The rest of the
lime ttas spent in Russia ^ where Ke~
?t-eavelletl some-two thousand miles
visiting IiOnihstradj-?Mtwow, Nijni.
-NrA'g'Kt^w- and Odessa. Ehv f)tr
, Bo is comes hark full of enthusiasm
I ins, to d<* and ingoing to write jn
|-the Cri-is an.l lecture, un thc .subject itiuring
the corn j?g yont- ?.
|iULUNj}j) WO.MUX OF NEW JER|
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! 'olcgnvrn \v:is' received today at the
Xatint&Jt Offtres of. tlvo National As-k
ciatiun for Ure - A 4v'a neement??f
.Colored People. (ID Fifth Avenue.
In view of the'scathing, unwarran,
ted attack of the Pittsbttrgh Courier
| upon the National Association for
Uui AJwwctwnt of Colowed -Peoph^
__md tin.' inti^.rity of itn offieiula, the
pNew Jersey Federation of Colored
Women's Clubs in session at MorrisJ
iown, New Jersey, representing two
[thousand women, expresg faith ih
rsavfr orgapiz^tion and in" the thtyteeiyj
j iiliyi integrity of ita officiate,.
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1SHOPRIC
ACTIVITIES
LYNCHING AQA1K
?tn> rivt
The ?t'suat Crime" Not TKe " ~
Usual C'aufifc Of Mob Violence ?- ?The
Figures :'j_~
Federal curb sought
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Is There a Remedy?. Will It Be
Found? Will The Federal Law
.. ~t.ake a Hand? . .?.?...,1
(Irom the New York Times, Sunday,
Three NojTroe.',.one..n woman, were ' -
taken from jail at Aiken, S. C., on ~ ~ /'
October 8 and lynched. The same -*"*
night a__Nggm ,wa? taken from jail ??
f Dover, Tettn. and* lynched. Since
']v' ht "f JoniKU'v there have-been
twenty-four lynchintrs?siv morp
within the first ten months of 1926
than occurred in the full twelve
months o 1-11)25. ~ . ? ~
In the last _tiiirtv-*4pJ>t- ywiwi; -
tional Association for the Advancement
of Colored' People, there have
heen 3j5S:l lynchings in the. United
States, an average yrf nearly 100 a
H".i\ The lx-ire'nttn'-e of thoseaxha?^^?
were- charged- -truly or--notr with, "the -. - ? usual
crime'," is less.than 20 per cent.
Sinc e 1889 a. total of ninety women have
Leon.?lynched..?Lynohinga?ee
curred in all Stat<?s of the -Union ex-' " .
cept stjvep, . v V.
-Ry?far, the greater number of vie- ^
TTnr"""~woiu of the hliick race. From
the statistics it appears that of the
persons,Jyijehed between"" 1889 and ~
TS.2 fo-"2i.8. --The' largest^" number - of
lynchings, 2,S3-1' were committed in
the South. In the North there were
219, the WeijJ 150 and in Alaska and
unknown localitics_-15.--2?-?
Law's Delay Not rInvolved
ix Ij .tvXje~Cliat in Hit1 phTftvT 1'121-rthere
ha/ been a. sharp decline in the ,: ;
number of such criwiiK Tn t'r'i, ? !
Ptu.?ne ' W'-pe -Rnrnt-i^t TO Hitt <?i. -
1923, 28; 192-1, 1G; 1925. T8. But, as
pointed out', the- first months of
r.^:0 Record a larger nuit'itier nt ivnch "
ings than the entire year of 1925.
One of the causes assigned for *
lynching is^that the people were im- ' ^--patient
fff" tlfo law's delays. But the
recent, mbh lawlessness at Aiken, S.
C., and Dover. Tenii., does not ?1
stadt iate tips astern on: For- in "both
eases, the law with due diligence- had ^
!?een put intQ._pperation- The .mobs defiance
of the-Courts murdered .the
ufisunei^ In. the?South?Carolina
.-a.ja the emit had dismissed the case
againsj, on of the ^three' ?
?'?vcu
County, 9. C', for whose killing the
Three N'cgroes were on trialr-wop* in
April, 1925, with three deputies^-t^-- ^
llio Ruliii' nf a .minimi! until Dniium =
Low man,, early, one morning. Sam
I.o\v n 1 a cu.. the-latherr had -gone to a?TT
mill to get Some meal ground. His
three boys were plowing-in field near
by. His wife, Annie, was rYintfitij? =
-soup Hi .a, pot In Llie front of -The
house , and -Bertha I.owma% his
laughter, was sweeping the "JWL
Trial Process Interrupted "The
officers wdre in plain clothes
ami woi-- ^adtfiQfi nr anything- shm?
V ukmtify them ay officers. The two
women, seeing the four white men
approaching, became excited arid one
of them scrimmlid, TEe officers
made a break for the tkousn intn
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