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Whi^-PICKENS"
TOURS RUSSIA
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Writes on Lynching in America
jp* for Leading Papers of
Y Moscow
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PHOTOGRAPHED 50 TIMES
- Audience including 22
-^TJhiijese Generals and a NuUi-?
-toW of Russian Leaders _
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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.
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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
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ILLIAM
NEWARK
EXHIBITS C
BOMBED THE ]
THIRD TIME
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| 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
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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"'
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ESTATE NOTICE. ~T
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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
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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 .
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>ENT $141.35 IN DECEMBER: g
t {
iemittance was Made by Moses
L. Walker, vice-President
Of the Branch "
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New York, Jan. 21,-t-The National
Association for the . Advancement of j?
Colored People, 00 Fiftfi Avenue, has ~jj
eeeived a cheek- -of -$.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!
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1ENTLCK V INS I UANClT lOM- ^
PANY SENDS N. A. A. C. P. $25. "r
?% .. . ? ? ,, .a
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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 ^
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L A A C. P. OPPOSES CONNECT* SL"
ICYT LAW AGAINST INTER- -U
MARRIAGE. - 11
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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. ]
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?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<
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rror I
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\y Detroit
ON
1DAT, JAN. 29, 19*2^
ra
I SCULPTl
HE N. Y. WORLD
_ ON LYNCHING
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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
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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.
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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;
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nGolc
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Branch Of
rHE s<
^ ?* 3c ^r~. "
r ON GOL
JRE INN. Y.
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AFlRICANS SHOW
rl 1 MARKED SKILL
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? 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
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>, 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__
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K . ' " ?: 5c-,A COPY
UROPE
& COAST
N EWIVERSITY _ -
IN AFRICA
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j,All TpvI Rroks ntu? to be in Enu
g/isJi and m ' the Native """T-"
,ja-...- Tohgtre _ ,
HEAD A NATIVE SCHOLAR
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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)
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