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>ThpE $1000.00: IUJ Utiil Sip VOL. III.?NO. 4.r- - ' niiR -wi wt& in Whi^-PICKENS" TOURS RUSSIA i Y ".J - ?1? C Writes on Lynching in America jp* for Leading Papers of Y Moscow : '<t . \ J / ? - , PHOTOGRAPHED 50 TIMES - Audience including 22 -^TJhiijese Generals and a NuUi-? -toW of Russian Leaders _ " * f\;' P S~ ' ~' < New- York, Jan. 24?^-Letters have ? .just' b.^qn, vecvived l?y tlui National Association for the Advancenfcnt of 9 Colore^ Feonlc. 0'.) FiftH Avenue, from William Pickens, Field Secre? tary of the N. A. Av C. l'w >vho has visited ltussia on his Euinncan lec Mr. Pickens states that lie address, od an tmtbia\c'trjn Mnsniw inrlmlmg. 22 Chinese generals, a,number.' .of ? Rhssian leaders and- representativesof ten to twelve nathms andracesr --? The enti*y?ftroup, -yvx-ites Mr-.- Pickens, was photographed at least fifty times, motion pictures being made of . the speakers in action. Among the Russian' leaders Mr. 'Pickens has conferred with are Kalinin, sisters of Trotzky and "Lormrr and prominent editors. "Ho reports that "The '-Fire In The Flint" by Walter White, ami ""Bursting Bonds" and'' "The Vengeance of the Gods" by Mr, Pickens himself are to Be translated into Russian, and perhaps put on the stage as wpll as made into motion pictures. Mi- P!?Uvi? 'i... 4Ili, i ivnviio >tmn ? I IUVII ?l *. VM 11 1*1 hensive article on lynehing-enring-tW past fnrty yrars, (h',l-;>iling the campaign pomlueteJ for 'seventeen yt'afs against this evil in America by the N. A. & C. ft".?This "artTrlc~is to be s papors ^ in ^Iosc <)\\-, who has al^o written for Russian magazines on American race prob iems. *?r~ DETROIT NEGROE&" FACING ACUTE POLICE SITUATION. Robert W. Bagnall, Director of Branches of--the National Association fro the Advancement of Colored I'eople, on his" return from a Western tour, reports a serious police situa? tiqji confronting the colored people of Detroit. Conditions are aggravated Mr. Bagnall reports, by the fact that more than' sixty pui cen.t of' the N? gro Workers arc now -ottt of jobs or _ doing part-time work. ^ . ','A case was brought to*the Branch on the night I metr with the Executive Committee." reports Mr. Jlagnall, "in which tWo police (dllcers irq;cstcd while one officer was calling the patrol wagon, the other officer beat his prisoner over the head with his night ? club. The prisoner when?attacked HaffTi is "haruU in the air, offering no opposition. After knocking the man ~?to?the gluteal, the pflker, cursing, shot him several times killing' him. The officer then waved his pistol at the bystanders threatening to shoot them unless they moved back. One the Univresity of Michigan and intorno in >r?' U-l rn-L - vv. .?v tuv ivuu^iuon X Hi; -* Branch hjis referred the matter to its attorney and will seek t0 bring ?Jill, available evidence be^frre the inquest, 111. order to botain a warrant against the p^liea nffierfr, tfTjfiggthtp."' Sombi Sent To N. ing "T1 IPS -l- 1\: ; ? ILLIAM NEWARK EXHIBITS C BOMBED THE ] THIRD TIME j a 'l . ' . ' _ > | IJombed December -10, Again 1 January 2, and third time .January 15 # THREATENED BY LETTERS 1 Mr. Carrington seized one bomb I and Tossed it out into the Street I v . v. -K Nj;\v Ybrk,:Jan. 21?The National A l ilrtion fur the Advancement of -i Colored People, Fifth ^Avenue, is n'Mi med ' by its Denver, Colorado^'1 branch, that for the third time with- J 'Carrington, a colored man, had been 1 i t arkod. The first attack occured at J - 2 tAdock-jon the morning of December 10, a bomb being placed i*ndei?~th<*. porch of the Carrington ho.us'e and ,' blowing a whole,in the porch as well f as arousing, the entire neighborhood. The second attack occured on Jan- c Uary, 2, when six 'shots were fired at j the house from ambush while Mrs. 1 Carrington was standing talking to c a neighbor. Three of- the bullets f penetrated the window, just back of " I Mrs. Carrington. A little later that evening shots were fired at the rear ' -^f--the -house shattering an electric: bulb the sleening. norcH7 ~ " The fatest attacT<7~bn January?t&r ~ was in the form af a bomb hurled on f Mr. Carrington's front porch at 6 o'- _ lurk in tin* 'evening,' Mr. Carrington __ bomb and tossed it to the street. It exploded, the concussion shattering i window in a next door neighbor's o*ust>'( Mr. Carrington has received ^ enacted threatening lettera warn- r TngTnim to move- (from what is a white neighborhood.) . (] The Deliver N. A. A. C. Jp. under j .ha Presidency' of (leoi'ga W-^Gxess, ^ has appealed to the" authorities for ? protection and is in constant com- * municatiofi with the. National Office of the N. A. A. C. P., which is folrowit.g. the ^situation closely. The Xutronal unite oi the N. A. A. C. P. ? has offered full assistance to the,Den- c ver Branch in dealing with the botnb p terroriam. _. .J , r MISS IBMA JACKSON "PASS- 5 - ES" W PHILADELPHIA j On Tuesday, January 18th, the s'aifT intelligence reached the city that. I Miss" Intia Jackso^K^17 years, (the ! p only surviving' ^daughter of Mrs. j g Ltllfi V). ^.indsy-Jftoksoh-Watsoft, tvTfiP^ \yns until i\ few years ago a resident,* f of this city), had "passed" in PhUa- s delphia, Pennsylvania. Particularly |> has been barely a year since her elder y sister Ethel "answered the final summonST"' . t ESTATE NOTICE. ~T . v: All persons having claims against g th| estate of Mallie Stewart deceased, li nrr trrrf-by notified to tiio the same, : s duly verified, with the undersigned, p and those indebted to said estate will" t please make payment likewise. 0 JEANETTE STEWART, -?^?-i f ' Administratrix,"* I* N. J. FREDERICK, Attorney, ^CnfarptiTa, 0^; Jynuaryl7tkl9<l7. J, A. A. C. E HC PIUI Shtwi COLUMBIA, S. C.: SATUR ?r ?^7 ,? ?* T- 1 ;t ' T? ICAN UNI >F AFRICA LEADS DONERS - 1 FOR YEAR 1927 . " -w . r jp . This Branch Is" being Inspired U ?by the defense of ^he Svs'eet " Family and Friends . ' .. . | "'v >ENT $141.35 IN DECEMBER: g t { iemittance was Made by Moses L. Walker, vice-President Of the Branch " -? a?- ' r , ggg X- ?X New York, Jan. 21,-t-The National Association for the . Advancement of j? Colored People, 00 Fiftfi Avenue, has ~jj eeeived a cheek- -of -$.1 ,flUQ.. from the Detroit Branch.in_part payment of |n ts apportionment for the year 1027 ^ emittance being made by Moscsr L. a Valker, Vice?President of the Branch ta "'resident, Rev. Robl. L. Diadby and ^ (lrtt'3F?#icr, the Detroit Branch, in- fa olfed-by tlie-work dfne in defend* jng the Sweet family and their friends onducted a membership drive, the vf >resent remittance of $1,000 follow- jc. ng one of $141.35 made during Do-. ^ ember, completing. the last year's ipportionmcnt. ' ' . \ The remittance of ^1,000 places he Detroit Branch at the head of the 4. A. A. C. P. list thus far.in 1027. 2! j . 11 - ' :> hr 1ENTLCK V INS I UANClT lOM- ^ PANY SENDS N. A. A. C. P. $25. "r ?% .. . ? ? ,, .a 11J New York, Jan. 21.?The National ^ Association for the Advancement of, Colored People, 6.9 Fifth Avenue, has 1' eccived'$25 from the Domestic Life ^ and Accident Insurance .-Company, m 101 West Walnut Street,-Louisville," Kentucky of which Mr. G. P. Hughes' ,,N' a Presidents ? ?1 ^ ? . - \Y L A A C. P. OPPOSES CONNECT* SL" ICYT LAW AGAINST INTER- -U MARRIAGE. - 11 ~ ?. --r-=--r}r New York, Jan.' 21.?-Pi uiupll.c up- -a?n receipt of news that a law prohi- ^' >iting intermarriage between Nc-> ni froes and white people had been in- ra roduced "In ' the ' tcglS'lature "of the ' " State of Connecticutrthe National As- i in wocintion?for?the?Advancement?of : u i Colored People. communicated with he ts Hartford and other Connecticut j i o Jranchos, urging that a vigorous op- cn ;anized. ~ "V * u MfrW,,T!Ti|M,i.<?i a i vi ine of from $1,000 to $5,000 on. per- \. ons marrying or uerformlhg-a mar- :h iage in violation of its provisions,] \] ears. ' - / \ ??ic Introduction Af thqbill is attributed od o influence of the *Ku Klux Klan. ] 1. , * ?4ve N. A. A. C. P. is opposijxg_thisLi-iyj neasure as it opposes all such antL j.th ntremArriage^ legislation on the At :rdund that it not only places the-W1 i?gai stamp 01 lnrenonty upon per-,(?o: una uf-irolgrrd tirseent,. lmt. <ili 0 ^Ni irives colored women of legal pro- <]e ection and legal redress. A number s;3 f such bills have? been defeAtorf by t^i f." A.*A. ;C. P.ybppositvon in State ?gislatures during recent ypnrV.sTich wi bills having "been dropped during ur Ib Ohio, Iowa and Michigan. frG< ; ?? rror I * ' * A ' _ L \y Detroit ON 1DAT, JAN. 29, 19*2^ ra I SCULPTl HE N. Y. WORLD _ ON LYNCHING . ?.' " r cads an Editorial Jn Issue qi January l<i, 4tThe Blot -On The South" A YS OL1) EXCUSE, ^BUNK yes of the Country- are Fixed as New Governor takes v. , . Office ? - /*/ ' i ; ^7? In its. loading; editorial on Sunday munV.v 1G, headed "The. Blot Or ie South," the hjow York World a?U -calls itt .thn sif urttiftfl Aiken, Sonth-Caro 1 inn', on- whicl1 o eyes ,of lhc-country ar~e~~nxetl^g? ?n?W 'Governor, John G. Richard kes ofliee and confronts the probin oi prosecuting""the IyncKers of ie three hienib Jrs of the" Lowmar ntily. Quiit rth**fj-6eiy from lyncher statistics aiul j publications of tjic atforrat* Association for the Admcement of Colored People, to ridule the "usual crime" excuse, the rorld editorial says in part:.' "There is no defense for lynching which an,Anierican State tan giv<moment's tolerance in the seeonc larter of the Twentieth Century lie-, old excuse of the - 'usual crime is always been simply hunk". There nite'd States during the thirly-yoai r!od ending" in "K>18. Less thar ic-fifth of the colored men lynchec fw even accused of the 'usual .nicjmiih rn-iifi- ni Ivnrmn^SBiE illy ifielmted fifty colored. wo;nen ie motives for lynching* vary. Bui ere can bo little doubt that the prir pal motive in the '4,G00~1ynchings liieh are estimated t Ka,ra ?/?/??! * ?> thS South since reconstruction if e desire of ignorant and - savayl liite men t<? strike tgrrwr into a sul liinate rnci^.alnnfg.linn1?to?riso, hen the Negroes'" become self-asrlive, these n\cn decide that a telling 'will take nt out of them, irtt is the conclusion of careful stunts. Gov. Dbrscy* of G rorgia told conference which.-he called dird921 lien the Stifle irf two years had wit ssed 3 cases of lynening or outgcous assault: . * - . fnlsonie counties the Negro is beg driven out as though lie were a !<l. Least.?In?othorc. he in hoing Id as a slave. In others no N<*gos wmaiiiv In only two of the 135 sc.v cited nc-the 'usual'crime.', mIvefl. ' - ' ^ Tlie X. Y. 'World " in ' its editorial ?i>-arlm'^s the "euntMoiliuii >>f the X. !\. C. r. that agitation for and reatened enactment' of th'e Dyer iti-Lynehing Bill helped to reduce arl7 Qfl this point the World's itorial says: . > "In 1022 there were sixty-one nihings a normal number.- But at year the agitation for the Dyer iti-Lynchiwer Bill reached its height lile the South Jook alarm at the uti aus.d Northward migration hf umaa., . The.' immbcr, of _ Jynefemg* clined to twenty-efprht in 1023 and cteen in 1024; it "remained at six?n in 1025. This was' due to the reurrn of- public opinion and ttrh "de efTf?et. of the repressive menses of such Governors as Dorsey of tergi?-?nd Morrison of North Gar; ' " ^ ^ *Lq> " *fl~_ nGolc % t Branch Of rHE s< ^ ?* 3c ^r~. " r ON GOL JRE INN. Y. *' '* ^ ' '"'/' AFlRICANS SHOW rl 1 MARKED SKILL " *T1 ; - _32T; " '-^l ? 1 The CoMcction Includes many" Itinre Products of/ African 5 :1 :' Crafitsmen . 25 4 YEARS ASSEMBLING [ The Collection fontairis Nearly . 1Q00 Items to be Illustrated ) in a Catalogue _ TIm? Theat-ro Arts Tn? ???/>????? - ?.iuvuuv??., i an exhibition of Primitive?Africa-tr Ffciri-pture. to bo hold in Now York t from Feb. 7 _t_9 Mar 5fc.8sc.or,liog j i to information reaching tbcNrrinna} , Ani.oeiatkm f6r~the Advancemcr. U^a?-j i Colored People. The collection ' j eludes masks, fetishes,ivory and, .{wood sculptures, weapons musical in^ strumants cloths and-other produatsi of'African craftsmen.' i i The collection* w,TS,*a8s<yiil>led by a ?~Belgian collector M. Blondiauv who i spent.25 y?ars doing so. Among the t tribes said to be Represented, in the; | collection are the^ Bushongo, the Bakuba, Baluba, Bhngong0 and the Ka' sai. The collection contains nearly I a thousand items and will be'representee! in an illust^ted brochure and catalogue. .! - Following its exhibition , in New York at thej New Art Circle it is to taltefrTo 'vaHOus other'ct'titt'rs in irrr" country which may be interested hi I Seeing this work. J. ]' LN NEGRO SCHOOLS IN " SOUTH CAROLINA. A i ' _ >, Any casual observer, to say n?thi ing of those who ? have studied the ' situation thoroughly, knows that the '?.majority of boys leave school as soon as they think they can earn t some money.?These boys, .'V5~ a~riilo, 'do not get beyond the fifth grade.* l< They, leave scho61 with no prevojcat; krtval or vocational training, hence they have not; found out what they ' Tan. do best nor " have- they had any id-tVnhitrrg. ffTr~dnin[* If7 THovTake the' ' J first thing that come their way, and ' i are governed not by choice but byj chance. Sometimes they succeed by -7 .the "piek- up-method," "the .trial_anderror method." or the "cut and try 1 method."-?Moat often they faiT^ftndr | get on another job the gaffte way. j [ Vocational education has helped and j [is helping the individual and his. job | to get together, thereby conserving ! human resources. 'Vocational edu-s: cation trains on the job, and does j not satisfy- itself with -cold storage: knowledge but gives functioning in-_. . iwiiiuuiv/ii. ivccu c*iivi nuu jjntuuu f jobs are used fortrainirrg." An ' ce <^f experience on the job is worth j a ton of talk about the 'job. ;r~~ At?a meeting of Principals of the . | County .Training Schools of South Carolina in Columbia'on January 10 , and 11, called by J. B. Felton, State | Agent for Negro SChools, and attend j , . t j cil in a - ~ ~ 1 "The World editorial Is iriclude*cF i with the following words: "The worst blot on the South, the 4worst blot on?American oiviliaation -?s lynching, ts the State of Rutledgo ! and Hayne and Calhoun going to,| l daal with that blot aa it should TV__ ? j-w : ' 5? >' ~ * ' jpff ft : t i- " i 4 .-v* ' .... ^ ' *. r ->-a ? j - ~ >rado . s .. .. - i Association 3UTH" M r.: . 1 I ' K . ' " ?: 5c-,A COPY UROPE & COAST N EWIVERSITY _ - IN AFRICA * ' | ! ' ' . . . _ " j,All TpvI Rroks ntu? to be in Enu g/isJi and m ' the Native """T-" ,ja-...- Tohgtre _ , HEAD A NATIVE SCHOLAR r- ? 1 - *" ?-?; ? 1? 7 -?t~*? ; Special Attention \vid~~be given History* Music, Art and iOlK-lcre of Colon}* ?? New York, -Jan. '11-.?-The National Association for the Advancement of j Colored People, 69 Fifht -Avenue, 'learns- f ruin-England' tli.it- a-new-tmt?? [versity has been qponcd at Accra for * natives on the Gold Coast of Africa. : Native dialects are to hesyfteiTiatical " reduced to wntjntr- and all te?t -hooks- are to be Loth hi English and- :?^he" native tongue. A report sent to" CZi: ~ the N. A, A. C. P. fronf the Plymouth Western MfcrriiUg Ne'ji's sta^ggu r s '"Careful attenlir h-- is ' to the hi- tory, :rmi|.ic,Tfrt ".an jorejof th-> v h le colony. . Jov- ' cniment'?.; scheme 4b not to Etycfp'ean>:;e the h live ami so spoil him, but Co help him to ndvaneg in- hi? -own culture, to express himselw-.in his j'otvn way, and to enable his ultimately to conduct his own affairs on lines ?. most, calculate'! C- lender him fit to assume i,ck-por,'si!>':iiiy." ; . - A bril'hint native scholar, Profes-. .'vy sny J. E. Kv A .-grey. ijC Yice-Princi-. phlLof illEllivorsllV T">r Icnw >? < Vi'f-TTf-.Thg-rirrui' :r:!v, < ' . Wn.Mfry :\vr 's? ,i>?,^ 21 other naijvo i*rofcipM)i*s. * i'i ^ itr-?hCUu^qii.'l other . ,: ~;v.; T u.rd - " the Johns and Slater .Boards the Jul-.? huh Rosenw'ald Fund, the X?*gro College's of South . Carolina, and the, State Department of ' Education, these i"j_uestiotts were often asked the ' pripc;pa1s: - What have you for your hoys "lo du " What ham yr-u for your now staying in school in-any depreciable number beyond iho'^ifth grade. Why V.t give them sonrtrthlTTgy pracj^cal to do that they eatrcoimect with 'life? ' - . - David Johnson" is ' principal gad V9 rational teacher <>f agriculture in the Edgefield County Training School at Johnston. Thjs is the first year that , agriculture has been taught. Some of the.boys are determined to"clear at ~ loa.t jjUUd.OJ on?their imijoeto?this year find also learn some job, problem", ~oF skill ftdT"Ff ISted- 'to "their projects. Miss Dorthule Coan is the homo economics teacher there. The xilis uL'fHir* depart ment prepared an? a? 'excellent lunch for>'tfte teachers-and "the Vir'ti'l1 .-.Januarys frii. A -lesson 4h-- == table manners also was denjonstratTtphih grades. Two girls served as waitresses, one ss "hostess, ~an?tThe i5thef^"a:s7crnest?7 "ThTrr xra^^n tlh?- - . tratien of the fact that an Ounce- of experience on the job-is. worth a ten of- Calk about the >oh. 7 ' ~ James M, Jones is the vocational teacher at Rett is Academy near Tren- , ton. Pome very good work wa? done at thU nlr o ln~t" vrur. More than . _Iuuu cans or,' iiiul I'yiiflrtlJlBS wcro rut up Viv hiP vo.cntional-te.ach-?-j or. The entire "snnin-.rfc school,. and rainis*ers ' con^pvonee vote ^rom .the. ierMvn on tht? place, and 300 pound? of cnhhapre wenc/^ut 0Tl c?ld (Continued on rage Eight) jM. '