The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, January 22, 1927, Image 1
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LOCAL BRANCH if
: ' OF N. A. A C.
1000 MemOTere in Three Days is -*
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_ DR. WHITE, GEN'L CH'KM N >'
The Local Branch Asks Alt!
^Columbians to Assist, in * " j\
This Drive -*
?11 interest is centered , j'n thy
great" drive for .members that is Lie- rji
ing waged by the Local Hrariirh of
* the Association for the' Advandeme'il
* ?of-Colorod- pyr.-anfnot of*?
the drive'organization is as follows;
- General Chairman, Dr. J. C. White .
Branch Officers-:' *.?.
Henry E. Lindsay, Iiiv???.'chr.
R.* W. Jackson, Secretary A
Rev., Sam B? Wallace. Price j)ir<c JL'
' 1 tor . ' ..n
' First Batailion j...
? .^Afajor.'-N.- K red crick, Command- <
ing. " ' ; V r -T?i' TP
- 1st company, T.*H. Jlenfv, Captain L
2nd company; L. A. Hawkins, ,t'ap
t^itFr? = ; : ? ^
Captain. * ' * I <j
.. . ?th company,' A. \V, Brunson, Caj>tain.1
. o f*
5th company, Fabrel Paul, . Oajr-;
taiD. ' '"t; :t: ~ r
- y. -Second Batailion. 1
: Major D. H. :^ims, \Co'mman ling
,r-j 6fh company, ' Mrs. K. Xei -on.'!
* 2 -jhl' ' V . -\
. ^ V^PIUKI. N. : . I
ri- Chptain.
8ffii' company. 'Juries WooHluiry, 0
Captwn. . . .1: - ^v";
?? i)th '( ommmy Alston !:
Captain. A."; ' vvJ^^ZZ^T
" ~~ . T hir^l DiU.alhon
Major \V. Iif"' llai vov, ('o>ii:nn_n<liny. ;
11th company,- (1. L.
12th company,-Jias, J,. B. . Ilsn-vyy,
?- Captaim ? ; ?i?1
13th company, \V. C> -Johnsom '
Cantain7 ~?1 ? ^
>?
tain. ? -.-. ?- A ? - i.-'
15th company;- ,M usf.* ?IvTTs^?llj
sell, Captain." / '
\ Fourth Hatallion
?? -- Major. I. S. Leevy, Commanding . . '
lGth company; Miss' Charlotte v'
Jackson, Captain.
17tli nnntnoinr At..^
. V.I vA/mi/uutv , Llfllf V HKTIil.
Captain. O V
???f#t+r~reompany,I)r. J. G.. Stuart",
Captain. a
10th company, (J. I.cc Ratliff, Cap-.1"'
tain. 1 ?rJi
\ 20th company,. Mrs. I.. J.. Rhode*, I
. Captain; ?
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION IN ' j"
CAROLINA. ' - j -t
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Vocational education as is taught V
___in the-schools-uuduiv4h? .Smith-Hugh?-i-r
es act develops" the manipulative haft- (,'
its,'technical knowledge, and thinking, h
occupation..for which the trailing" i?-?i
intended. Vocational education ' wmiIrt?tt
not be worthy of the name if it c?>n-' tl
fined itself only to the development s
of manual ability and acquisition of
- technical knowledge. Expennece in-[G
dicates that the lwfet way?to dignify i i
farming or arfy other employment ! >
or calling is to train lliosc who are to ! i1
follow them tQ efficiently meet the
requirements of the employment or. a
^ calling. The teachers "whose names.^11
I wpponr fn thu.u m I it li p Pi mil tlTTh' In rT.
f time any many others are tyring to p
prepare t>oy=5 una, pjirls to be able ' v\
to answer these two ^questions. 1, 1(
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^ID ijLiU JIN
llSfaji v'iMXKS ' . j"
. TO N/A. AC. P.
i Check is*"stetU In* th^ South-}
*oh Vh^ surety of
-?:?:? jftging?
wo : N;) ' :;;25.?o EACH"
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e kj^Seht h> .North
U irlaak Insurance
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New Yi :;k, ..Jjiii. 11.?-The National
j i>in . ('< >>: i";u- A11 v;inccn 1 cntr of
i 1 ' * t;;- l'ir, b A vi-mie^ lins
'i-v'.:. v.l. a ihveft~1*i">r ?25 voted-by the
(A.ninititae ol' the Southn"
A *<1 ?;:.ciety of 'Virginia and
aii: bud in a iotU r by. .Mr. B, L.
rd.iii. >'rctary-Aldhagor; aiul one
r i. aniVuint s-ent" by the
j.iiy' i'u.io_ AAA'iXation'al Head?t-ai
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UK V/KEEVr. EDITORIALS
WHITE DRESS V-.
i':i.ia ill.- ( i.Kii;>.bu>, Georgia, En)8*.
.;'viiic.-> an, .i;ii>. .r>) 11)27.
. ; :;s .mix'negroes
. . v iyuipT. . , ^ ?
7X. i
! vh.? Airmail Mee ting of-the Na'N
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i. I V. jca.u i ' l or?liit?Advance-- ai
i ii. .i.i i*'. ?..(lie ,noi<i m i\e\v "
i. i >. > .a aiy.'dii a.. (.inn ui" Louis Mar
ail... '. -yon.i .tafiiA,i|l vhi\vyerr the _
* were au-|
kid > f," .V o fyi i'; w-yp'ly^p^lent Cooi...
. j 'i.ft.r^j.iiioint~7f"
f'T. T7rr. ~l?. Mci;cod'3fcetiring
C7- (Tr~:Mr . . .,%1 ..1 Triule.^ T'oS^nTs;
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A. > ?-n:n'g?i.r tilt* AsSoetaUiiT uresis"
i A ;.11 A AaTtU.aiTTIg tins information,
jnv.,..tbe .token.,
il.t'.V .\:.i;;;S' MieiingV was bowed
i^Ua. ..i'.itit?.VhM.tuui-,s-.-.oJii'g'ed
? .- i .i i'.v.'ng. ,t? j ...it ice iynrhersf of
. L... i am m n-. ..'NAiith ( Aivnlinn
. I-tfJAvas charged that the;
mvaer \\-nh <h>iv!U:t in public vdu*
1. the Sllcsrajjou ^i^aihst the Govrnv.r*"!
l'? \vTi1fc peopTehsfiould
. i?itVio??T-rr~?in?inoktm; protefr.tir;
-1- ^ ki?.- appointtiumt. We do not
iiuw win i.oerJIk' charge, is -true or
! ;i. it is MM't.tiiV that those who
uffiHpn . : hi she lynching have not
et? 'bcon- apprehended. And the
. lu'hir.t* u:?s duo' of the>'"irm,<t'"nbtor~
ryluTTTngs <71 the yeaf*. It has
ten t'l;o."- subject of niche '^comment
lan that of any n't her lynching duri*rr? <
i ?i'_';rv "hi m.uk by the New
ork World arid the cout'ageoifS'fight
olunibia Record, the matter would
ave been di;opi3cd. . . ?
_IIh-u?\Uvo?tn+1?to. uisehni'ge _ fully
kc?r public duty idw^jd not'he perr.
htrrd lo tuMM niV.co: :md tho*-h)ghcr "
lic.oiiubal arfd the greater the reppnsihility
the more quickly should
frttyu he liikeh. if- i{ were' the rule
i otist l'roni.'i)!l';ee governors, iudtre.p
i-YoriiiV and others or Idaho, r commit*
ion, vl iio are inyfiuient or cowardly
I i t uiaj [uvfcV K>1 ciixn >uuvtCAj
'Uto wouhi be1 a tiuhtenin^'iin all
hm,; 'tlu?-line "'down t<? thv 'aw.est in
lie maticr of nicotine? their fetfpoiigi:ll!
MH' Jt>i Iotitr as wo are eonvf"
Indent in.the face of such failures
e max expect a'continuation of law
:\s'5noss^.-^-A
'*4e3&j!iSti'i2?,4?i:&-r-K.'r.~T '**, set
To Be Sh<
RIMARY" DE
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t COLUMBIA, S C., SATi:
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historV of
.THE NEGRO
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Krhorotwrff (.'o)U.u.'t4tm-pt: Hookk
History, Problem*. Ktc of?t
lm V'ito'i'ii in \ nioi'i/'M
I. III. l/4MI 11U1V1
EXHIBITED, IN LIBRARY
Exhibition to be opened by a
Proj^nmtT-on?whieh^v^Bl be
Prominent Speakers ->
?Xnw YorF 'Tan. 1 h? A^ilun
Schomberg. collodion of books on the
history, problems. literature. etc., of
the Nogrt) in America, the most important
collusion of its kind in A-"
nuo'ica, is to go on public-Exhibition
beginning tonight - in. the 135th ""St.,
"Branch of the New1 i'ptTT Pulfffcf
bntryr ^?? " '
The exhibition is to lie opened -with
a program 'at which the principal
speakers arc Frederick Kyppol of the
Carnegie Corporation,;--which?purchased*,
the collection ftrtd presented it
to the N. Y. Public Library;.; Mr.
Schimibui^MnThself and -T-Tollings\vc#rth
Wood. "
Miss Ernestine .Rose. Librarian of
the ,135th *Stf. Branch informs the- N.
A.- A. C. P. that she estimates there
are between 7,000- and 8.000 "'items
in t h?? i-ul liu-t ion j uliiuli ? !)
ny. rare and important pamphlets yf
slavery days.. The collection as to
housed fpT~thd-present on the thlrtF
floor of the 135th Street Branch.
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AIKEN GRAND--JURY MEETS JAN
SITUATION;
New York. Jan. 11. -The NationM--A
ss?giat-ion.-t'^r?vhe- Attv-Httwwm*of
Colored Pontile is in close' touch
with the-situat-icm in Snuth ( nrrrHnrr
rclativo to .prosecution of the lynch-en's
of the three Low mans, Bertha.
Clarence and Demon on the morning
October-. 8th, The regular' session'!pf.
the Aiken County* Court and.
(JraiuJ Jury opens - on January 21,
and the N. A. A. C, P. is receiving
-regular anrt detniled reports ini -the
meantime.
The pressure brought by the. X. A.
A. C. P.r whirh protested, T^-L'rosii..
deh^ Coolidge against rumored.intention
to appoint Governor Thomas G.
McLeod a member of the Federal
t rade Commission, brought a defense
of hig'netions from Qoverjior ,^leI,eod
in his farewell message to tl*e*SoUth
Carolina: Legislature:?' 1 ."
contended that he Had zealously
endeavored to ascertain Ttfe~^ guilty
parties .and bring them to justice,"
and that although favoring a special*
term of the Grand Juvy he timl imf
been able to call it befov'o leaving office
on January 18, becaiise~the law
provided such special term must-be
called by-.the Attorney GeneraL and
Solicitor who in this case did notT
approve it* . ?J:??
voVatod that the' pdnaltv against
CoHnties irr Arhich~ a' lynching occurs
bo substantially increased and- 4he
p\'oof of participation in a in oh deblfr
a-man -from rit iyenship. It?isreported
on good authority'that the
incoming: Governor Richards, will not
reappoint State Detective Ro<r
ers, who had been in charge of the
-Aiken investigation.- ?
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>AY, JAN. 22,?T92TT mmm
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GEQRGIA EDITOR {.
.SPEAKS OUT,
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-J^iluciailv.-. he- [mints onl thv; 1
nihmtmM /\T flu* Cnnl^mm !
+ iviimin V? UIV UMUUH1 11
' hite Democrats
WARNS THE GOVERNMENT '
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{>em;iriffs that the U. S. Govern- ^
merit Keep Hands Off "Deo
moeratic- ltrmaries"
! t^
| In aneditorial commenting upon
j Primary" law, carried before the U- (
.nited .States Supreme Court,1 the JVIa- 1
ycun/Sieirr^lli"," TeTegiapht of JanOary- ^
j (J, .admits the intent of. the "White '
i PiTinany'' laws to disfranchise Nei
groes. . 'i iu' editorial points out the s
rrdflcSiiua of the . Dtnnucrat.; 'vocifcr- J
lulls'' in demanding Federal jurisdic-' '
Itiuit over campaign"''e'ypemtttureg in-p
1 lii publican primaries fTS Northern "*
Stales, "while demanding that' the 1
Uni'tpd States Government keep its ^
r lir.U'l- off the- Texas Democratic primaries."
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The reply hrief nf tlin'V. A A. f.r Z*
1"'. to the hrief tiled by Attorney, tien- %
oral bloody of Texas, is t now beingf c
prepared under the direction of 'Louis , 1
Min shall; mo in Lor of Ihe N. A. A. C, "6
!'. ,Legal Commit tee ^Arthur B. Spin- 1
Hum l/.-'al1.1,Stony. I'i'e side lit of the
Association.
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STATE COLLEGE NOTES.; t
4
Ol'nhL,Tliiii^,.->\Jiin 1 I_Trntr?r1
vnin v^FfTfTTuw'H^T^ifery'Vitate Coi- ~
-lege Tuesday' rnwrnin*;. danum*y T4th -J
' . .'unlN Wilk'nwiu cordially- rgceiv- -f
i-iJ ,-tnfl it,, '> them on a . tour of the?
'Vilhy;.' jlani. vi.'iting points of spec^- ~
l :ior and party very much. " v
.After-war-ds the group was escorted \
> try auditorium t() hear a special (
rinifdcnl program arranged for the oc- c
.casion,' at the conclusion of which \
1'resident Wilkinson made a brief v
address' describiiig' the growth of the >
College a-nd_ nafrating a few facts f
concerning the edueatio.na.l and ma- o
tcr.ial prugiu. a of the Xegto In South T
t Carolina. lje stated that the instt- t
t lit ion was established in--1806 \yith '*
?few^-brrHrHngs ol'1 ordinary VftlUe. To- lj
-day-it bas buildings and lands valued i
at $77J,!?M,00. Its graduates num- s
bqr. 1,most of whom are engaged'
in education, agricultuVe and indus- t
-tries Lu?thtv.State. 22,000 students t
have been enrolled- in the- College, t
Tlie plain consists of one hundred-and 1
. Lurtv iicR's. . Courses are viven in A- v
griculture, Mechanics, Home Ecorio- t
- huc^ Arts ynd Sciences, Commerce,
Music; alsu .twenty Trades and In- J
dnsirii's. The .rttgulai^acultw* nuril^ _t
hers soventy!a)m\ thc~Extem^n,r^;oi"- -t
~drrr?c tn?h'ai i'n and- Hume Iti'ilumsLm-- .j
lion along with Lh<} Summer School c
faculty number scyenty-thrcrf, mak- ic
ing a total of-one hundred and forty- ,t
four paid instructors!" Referring to (
' Negro - 1-olWgc^ ttt Scruttr Carolina, \
President ?WflkinsMii said theif total ~r
income. amounts to $741,590, with f
plants valued at '$3,00;{,44ft and 31,- r
-922- acre? of land. -Those VoJJfeg'es
have pTuduated-?n956 stUdonfsTo date T
..Kl'irilfdingl'uhllc-school s it wop atfrfe--*
ed,that 329 Roscnwald schools?*have
Keen constructed. Last year $479,809
was raised towards these schools^
.Of..which $t2,32fi.-ivas contributed by
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\f York Pub
5FRANCHISE
iLFARE A
i N.A.A.C.P.'
THE TEXAS i
CASE DEFEATED
[Vise is Won nn fh? Rnwin at <h?.
Louisville Segregation ' [0
Case o?^917 1
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rHE 3RD SUCH CASE WON
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Another Case Hingipir on the ,
Louisville Decision has Ai-is- j
en in New Orleans oi
P
New York, Jan. 14.?The .National} '
Association foj^ the Advancemeht?efr-P
Colored People, G9 Fifth Avenue, has I P
received, from J. W. Rice -of the Dal-, j st
a* Express, a report showing that
jn the basis of the ylctory. against
segregation by city ordinance ? or j V?
itate law) won by the. X. A. A. C. P. 'n
icfore the_i>uprema.jfemrtin the Lou-. th
sville Cas4 of 1U17, a segregation
liitance recently enacted by the Citv"r4h
>{ Dallas, Texas, lias been dCTtSTed ?t
inconStitutional by the Texas Fifth
!?0urt of Civil Appeals. P
Thic moVo* tLo
...? i .
ion rodinanca within the last year to
;e outlawed onvthe basis of rne Louis-'
ille victory ofs^en years ago, the
ther tWQ victoriesNtaving been won \
n Norfolk and Indianapolis. Still
mother case hinging on^the' Louisville" frj
lecision has arisen in New Orleans (|,
ind is pending Before the Supreme th
' , , ,
fhe case according to the Dallas?Ex- ra
lose fiuff'i thirdi'sire uf a wlrrtr-?:
orpqration "to open up a new addiion
fbr Negroes in a district which
Heretofore, by a joint agreement, ac- -m
ording tO_repr,rt, j?v?n rlpgignnt. |>
id. .a&wiaihi^ _ - =
According to report,, the City - of 0l.
iallas" intends to.carry the case be- th
ore the U. K. Supieme Cuurt; "?Tit
Mi. Rice in hT?:tetter~to the N. A. y,
V. j!'. P. addsTT-' ~~~
"Tfiree^ years prior to the present y\
ase," reports Mr. Rice,-''a case in- j{
olving this issue arose in a section
if -the city presumably Negro but
leclared while at the instance of" F,
vhite propert^Qwners. A Negro' pi
vas tried and fined and a group of a
vegroes at once ralsdd $1,500 for de- A
ense and employed attorney?. City
iftieials never brought tho mtui?4^--pr
rial and the tenant was never forced "to
o move. ' t|(
'"It might be of interest to the As- ti'
nciafioh to know that another attempt sj
s being mffde to "draft a stale-wide at
egregation ordinance and the <fepre- -\j
entatives are heing npprn-irhnd fr>?
heir views on the question. TBe ?
neastrre- is one tn Jfive 'Which: iiave NT
o. do with city -planning. It appears^ 4V;
ikely to raise a formidable question front^
^
Commenting on <-the above report, i<
ames Weldon Johnson, Secretary of
he N. A. A. C. P. said: "The NatidnT
il , OfTjcc will. follow these develop- jnenls.
closely.- ? Memtime(?
omes more and- more"clear that in
sTatrtishing- the "precedent laid down
en years ago thrdugh the Louisville
jase, the N. A. A. C. P. created a
veapon which can be effectively us d
by colored people in any city or ^
State to defeat segregation enactnents."
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NOTICE OF rHnridac 1J
OF THE MEETING OF THE NATIONAL
NEGRO PRESS ASSOCIATION
FOR 1927.
Ncitfce is hereby ^given thaF th?
lie Library
THE NEGRO __
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" "7' " / oc A COPY
nfocox FOR. '
THE RACE .
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listed as Tint.* ol the National
WetfarcWirJncis in the
Directory ." ' '
THEli SO( 1h. i i LS \ N AMED
Kit* Oruani/atinn in?its (ioud??~
NVyrkis. -4*rad ua i 1 y Com ing
: :: - inla.Pavor, "?1?^?' j ^
The- Welfare' Information Bureau
the Public-Charities Association of
ennsylvania, in a re {tort entitled _
A'hereJTo Turn,'' p'reparftl. for the
ruU'..vtant?Kpii-copnl Church in the ?
rovihee of Whshinwon, lists 1 out
undine national .welar-e agencies in *
iL-dirf.Pti>ry? One nl' U?tod ip 1 r
ie National Assoclat ip n, for tKe .Adr ..
mcement of Colored People. Others
eluded are the American Red Cross,
e .American.,dim;ial Hygiene Asso- '
^aon; the Boy' Scouts of America,
ie National Child I,nlmr Coinmil Iw
C: : * :?' ?'?? "
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>W*A PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH
PR A ISliS ANI) JOINS THE N. A.
A. C. P. * ' - ; : ;
"anch Protected Colored Teacher
Against"Klan Throats. ; ? ?
^I.he Io>va l'?vstah<ic r rennrts that at '
e recent launching, of tr. membership
e N'atVnnfri*Amn"*,iTii,,i! ''or'Die -ArT- ,
m'-onicin Mi ('<' 1'1 v'e'Pi* ! 111. tl.c lu- *?
il president. Mr. S. joe Brown,
ill! a ' lifter frniir. l'r>ii'? m i' 'Luther
ptt of the 1 >ejviVtnv;nt. of English,
the State University, highly com-.
ending-the tun'k >.: phc N'. A. A. C.
and- apj'iyjiog. for membership. ~
u.. at :,nee re,"
jvetl- anal appointed a' m'mnt>r of
d Publicity Committee of tvHIch
hex. onumEers?a re: 11 arvpU fh'gman,
ditov of the Ihv.JJIiunes. Register; tod,JA.^Piiunulli.
tr.iip'r. if -vim-Dyy~-*-* ?^
oines Daily^t a total; Miss lWothy
ughes .of the B^tantlir and- Cm-don
., Kitchen of tin V. M. C. A.
The Branch recently stood by Miss
ay Joiner5,-, a colored teacher, wh'o^e . '
eserice. oevassioned the i turning of
/teJT" oioSji in' ;thc yard of "Judge
nthony* Burrell. The -Branch pro- J- . _
i red prom J >t action hy ihi1 n-yiy >
cteo District Judge, who. aider com
rente u ith .the Sheritl', appointed 2
'initios'to guard the .teacher. ?Kla"n"
''oat* pi ?Dii|.tly eontcil?rtrra?rfp1?:
leiitf threate^ted- to areost --.-ijjy j 'ip
tempting intimidation. Since then
iss JelYcrs has*been te.uth.r.g uiUis
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tttnnnri X eg ro l're<> A > :ATciaTion .
eeting for?l'.'2T has?been changed?-?~?
om Thursday. Friday atid Saturiy,
February 10, 11. 12 to Thursday
I'olny,?Saturdar,?fehrrnrrv IT' 1'8, : ~~
I. V-i" > *.
All members and friends interested
i--or* who expect to attend ttf^TftJoef
g should hwV' i " tlir :aJrtfeS!. ac?or d klyr
-This
change B made by ovdcuB ?
te President, B. ,f. Davis, of Atlala- ' .
i,1 Georgia. The proxie^ of those
her crrrmrrt nttrnd stTonlrt hoar the
mt dwter ?i *?:?
Ti. - V " - I .
me sessions are eairecj to nie?.t at.
ic Yilyconnes Hotel. -Street and
inconfies Avenue, Chicago, Illinois, *
hmxlay, Frirl-iy S-,tur.h?y, I'VI?/ 17, r
<, in. ? ?
B. J. I>A\'IS,: President
J.E.MITCHELL... ;
Chr. of "Executive Com.,
- HENRY A. BOYi), ? > '
Corresponding Se<C