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INJtf>w : -?? , - ' ' . > SEGREGAT rfV-T'r-irrrr" 5?m 1 i twIt m r WW .. voi. m?NO fi ? ; ' ? RUTH ELLIS ^3?? IN RECITAI r !... . * - , 1 j ' . . . ' Young Race Woman Cotnmente On Favorably by The New York Age. ON EXTENSIVE TOUR Was Given Audience~by IIor Edwin Denby, Ex-Cabinet < 1 Member. , . Allen University is presenting Rut - Kilts, tnienTrd dramatic reader < New York City, in a recital in U" university auditorium next AVedne day evening, Februgfy thc^ 16th, ; ???-8? o'clock, according- to ^ stptemei given to the press' last. night ?<by D ' _ David Henry- Sims, the president. The announcement of the appea ance of Miss Ellis in Columbia wi be received with much interest her L Uhe is widely known, and has attrric ' etir much attention tliroughout t! country. - l^osa?than a-year- ago, tl: u Hon. L Ed ward Den by, formerly ( - ** PresidentitjCoojhlge's cabinet, gave th young artist -an?audience ami cor mended her very highly for a iea< > " ? 1: ing. "Pou. art Jiiid .beauty, clear vole and as a college entertainer, In , equal has not been found," as 6 ~ pressed in. The Ne\y York Age, 1 , ,commenting on a recent reading X this -young race woman.? ._ t ?v>? = riii'n an extensive tor in tli o ^nni h l n n (1 }) . will carry her~ through;?VTrgini North and South Carolina. Florid; " /Alabama and. Tennessee. She was r cently at Johnson C. Smith Unive r sity, the State Agr. and Tech. Colleg of North Carolina at Greensboro, h( , appearance at Allen University wr listed 'thru a personal effort on" Hi part,of President-Sims, and some < the other .members of the univ.e ? - ally faculty for next \Y\tkje?day evei ing, February the lfith. at s o cloci to which the students of Benedii ^. College .and 'the >University,, aa wc ftTTHTe citizens of Columbia in genera who are lovers of fine art will ha\ i - ^ -mi- opportunity to hear her. RECOMMENDATIONS OF BISHO . K. G. FlNl.AY TO THE INTEE DENOMINATIONAL IVfTXTSTER UNION IN REGARDS JO TH PERPETUATION OF THE CIT ? .DAY NURSERY, 1. Have each minister to mahe ' " " ' ' " ,. - , f . talk on nursery in his church, explaii ing purpose and giving his endors '-ment. - -? ~ " ?. wave each minister to appoint nursery committee in his parish wit . a competent chairman who will vis the children. ? ?1? ? ? 3. Have the minister elect son members of their union to give j?u ?& Hcity through the colored papem.? . 4. When committees have been a $ v pointed in different' churches tl 4 chairmen of these committees are 1 irrret " arid elocr' rf'trerrd?or centr; chairman who keep behind -the mov [ . . (L.JW_hem sufficient number of chi dren (15 or more) 'are'ready to a tend, the nursery, the central ehaii fact. -V ~ . ' By order of. the" union "in its la session. ?-i ?nr publishtng^ ttnr abovtr tn crd< that each minister in the city as whol?, ami In lim.UllIBB hn parfh^ lar, will become familiar w'th? tl ? - above duggestid'hs, ana use his i IZ ^ubuce amdng "the people of his pa Ish and 1 community in the intere ~ ~o7~the colored nursery of our city. ? ? Respectfully. submitted, \i ' ... J*. P. Washington, % - ' - ? . ^ Secretary. * " ? -t ' N. A. , ION ORDIN/ . " "7. ' ? / " V|Qj . .**. *' \ . J I ^ SMALL Bl PRES. THOM AS t * - urnTfrtnn r i.vivm.m ' ;; jviviiiLO junii AriIt.j jjj, v Small Portion'of-,Funds | iei _ Provided. ! ?425,000- OUT OF $2,750,QDO: 1 r^NIr. Thomas Elimination of Appro jirial ion for Bathing ~ Heaelies in 1). C. o: 1j u i - '. ?? t Tlu- Washington. U. C. Branch or j ( the National Association "for the Act1 vanceinent of Colored People, through its. President, Neval II. T?omas,_ has ' , written a strong letter Uo Martin 13.jt - _ ^. : rMaclden. Chairman of the Committee on "\Vays sfffQ Means of the House or (1 Representatives, protesting hgainst o" the small appropriations for colored i eople* i.#f the Nat ion al Capital pro^ !d;.ft iTi fiTe lJl.str:ct Appropriations . in i ' ' .? ~?' >y* TIi;s. mr-asure;- according .to Mr. Thomas' lo.ltcr, s>"givo8 the colored ? ir" peopjf. no relief whatever i,n the matter of alliifment of funds for new [lf | hail ding; mid grounds! for. the com- \j a,li?g year, it gives us but $125,000;e. i <>ut of a ' total budget,of $2,75.0,000,' or about 15 per cent., when we have' re|"0 per cent, of the school enrollment ?. .y and attendance. Your committee j l3i i ven eliminated .the recommendation j Pe of the ItTTTVTTu oT the~ftudget for jf1 $100,000 for an addition to'Crummel ? r;i School"', and for a site for our Tuj! ercu'osis School so badly needed." (<7* m mv letter Mr. Thomas again ~~ .tfurges elimination of th.e entire.appi-oji 1 nidation' for .bathing .beachcs. in .Washr thgtun BoeauTtT of the exclusion of c I J ?<* ! colored people from -^ot-omac P?rk I b;ithing facilitiea. ? Mr. Thomas urges that colored citi I'/tns' in every part of the country , , ivrite to Representative Martin" D. ^ : .Madden. Hoitee-QTTiVo Hiiilding, Washiiigton. L). C.,"urging both increase y jot". app opriation for ,colp?red people , their, institutions in Washington^' land denial of all. monies for publicibathers is removed;' . . " a'- ?;?rt? n-j -. ? ;? . ?i i e- GEORGIA'S-''ANNUAL FARMERS' - - - CONTERfes'CE: H h' ,s i : ^4 c '?~ ra fining : it ,Prof/ram. M -4~ -The ?- Annual^K?Fjrrers?''=- 'mtference ic for the farmers of Georgia -and ad-le >.jaeent states \vill be held at the [ iir.org la state -Industrial College on ' p-J February 15th, 1!)27. ie | President He'nj. F. Hubert and-P. H. " to Fton'. State Djivctor of^Jwtension | it, Service, and their coworkers, havei" I ' . . . ,. . j I e- worked, cut .a -n-.Qfia-a-n>- that will he; pielpiul To-Tifrniers, Foachers and, it-, corkers-- who arc - expected?nt this t-1 conti.rr.nce. r-r The subject for this, year is "A ( la Cpun??>n Smy banning PrPgranVr%7 u~ The (llh'.'U?sfana wi 11 hinge nbout "the . st question of "how to best plan and fol-J low h balanced program that will ?T make for the largest possible economic f a and social nroerc^s -hotn fnr ti>n t n-"rllvtdncF nn.'l for the cniiniiu'i'iIfy. [ le Mahy important speakers are ex- , n- pected tft^attend the conference. The n r- motto of the conference will be "Be- r st Ileve in Geogia." Believing Inliefly gia and the possibilities here will 5 make, t enser Hr carry forward a pror-'4".' gru?a;v.e- program of farm impru.ve-^ J. mei^,? ? L . . i , ? .??? VNCES" TO tolwe: Tin" i"1 :"Tr"?? - J"(.-or,Limi.V. s. cs^sst BRANCH ( 1 ' v JDGET FC JERSEY CITY FIRST |I - XTIT.W \ TfU MTTYT I ? i. x. ' ive New^Jersey Okies-ami Two I! ^ Other Cities Complete . Contests, *< LARGE SUMS ARE RAISED thirteen Cittes Plan ' Contests > To Be Held in TKe Near Future. "T ' New ^ York, .Feb. '4.?^During the ^ tenths of November and December, v 0-6.-New Jersey led all other States c u N. A. A.?g, lMBoby Contests, ac- a; o:<lin- to.a report, today by the' Na- a, icnt of Colored People, 69 Fifth Ave- \\ inc. " Tlfofollo\v lns~coiitGsts~ wer<T ^ ou.pleted 111 New~Jersey: . ? i Amount to , ^ Raised Office Jj. evstcy City,. N J $351.25 $221.65 , jp'.v.'trk, N. J. . .. 211.50 128.40 ' fiiKetoai, N. "J. 107.00 85.00 t t't'Ulull, UN. .1; ....... 3SS.UU : zuu.uu I n iicr r.intoqtw iiwliuln- : ? ? 'a^adenff, Califs- .... 169,45 102.34 4iot-hester. N. Y. . .\ 19Q.95 . 125.11 A Widow's Contest in Springfield, ' ilinois. raised $315.45 and $204.55 to 1 he. National Office. ... ..... . . n There are pending Ilaby Contest's ii i'hpenix, Ariz.; Stockton, Calif.; jery, 1 nd. f'Pi: tsburg, Kansas; Springeld Mass.; Lansing,, Michigan;' Oma- R a, Neb-.;- As bury Park and Hacken- o ark, N. J.; JTrbana and Youngstown, :v diioi and Richmond Va. ? ? --V \.\ Widow's Contest is pending iji R iidianapolis, lnd. iOUTR CAROLINA ROUSED OVER a AIIvEN JURY'S FAILURE' TO -INDICT. ~ -?? oj A. A. C P. N^>vs Service.')' , .'1 s arousi'ii over the refusal of the--" rand jury of Aiken county to Induct g' ny of tlie law officers, and citizens I> harged with .participating, in the C vnehirpr nf P.crthn fluronro and He- ,cc not) Lowman who were taken from J4 lie Atlcrij jail on the morning Oc- Jr oher 8 last. Ti.e National Association for the _si '.TtVTinco motif" oT CpIbretT People lists K he following developments in the sit- n tation since the grand jury-turned in' c( I d rA ?\r?r# f irnor John (j. Richards, calling .the crend jury's failure to.indict a "mis ariiage of justice." Governor Rich trds also-said > "I promised in my in \<\ itigtiral address that I would stand for t) he majesty of-the law. I meant what .] said. I promise the people of South ( 'ardlina that if it lies wfflpp mi. ^ ) over ih?> .Allien- lyncltera-'-HhaH be ~? irought to justice.!! J. ' in 2. This statement of Governor Rich )e rds received not only the commenda- >] iop of the Committee on Interracial,' .1 0 0Deration in Atlanta^ but ihe'en- ^ lot-semen* of the South Carolina Sen r ito-as well. iThf Spartanburg Herald ]r if ti\.bruary 3 reports:?"A resolution TT ommending Governor Richards for St lis siaim on tne Aiken lynching ones- ni ion. introduced by Senator Greneker, jri >f Edgefield, \vas unanimously ad&pteri in tnd?so lit?to the- H bit so" for concur- ff ence." . . ' ' aj a C/.4t1,inn n,li?A?ioli 1 a UJ hrft.il * * '* > *T 11 I M IJIH H1MIMI-,tTJ ? )Ut^Carolina newspapers declare .tho j.ri lUfffi lyTTeTiIiiK case has now passed , is ,10111 the .lunula of titer Aikeu (Jourvty t^ dw?d jury and jg-now before ttis peo-jhl 4 i 1 g ; . _, n> i.. - - 1 In Ba P.LCA BE FOUGH i m A U.RD AY, .FEB. 12r 1927, PftH 3F N. A. 1 )r the . ' 1 1 ' ' ' ! iOND GIVEN BY TATT*T I*r /^1T?f/1/^n , w. umuus )onor to Reserve Interest During the Remainder-of His Life.., 9 ?. AN -UNUSUAL GIFT L A. A. C. P. Receives Bond and Interest at DonorTs ' ' Death. New York, Feb. 4:?The National psociation for the Advancement of olored People has received an unbual gilt in the form -j>f a $1,00U and of the great Northern Power ompan>. nT which the'1 donor; Johti G iggs of St. Pan 1, Minnesota. serves Lhe interest during his .lifeme. At his death the bond and dFfcst ~nrv Tt pass entirely into tin EfFfccrsTOn iff?tlie N. X.?A". C.~ 4'. lie X. A. A. c. P during the Id?me of .Mr Griggs will clip and forard'to him the interest eoupotv of ie bond. , In thanking Air. Griggs for his gilt le N-. 'A. A. C. - P. expressed the ope that "your generous action may ?fve aS ah inspiration.-and example ><5thers." ' ~ . " " ROFESSOR S. M, RODERICK ADDRESSES RESEARCH" SOCIETY. Greensboro. N. C.( FVbruary 2.? op resenting the faculty, Professor . M. Droderh k. head of the departlent of education, addressed the estarch Society here tonight at "its inrtar monthly, np-eting ? Professor Rroderick, wljo is inimiently rrrpared. academically and rofessionally. has had the opportuhii?of 'making ~a?very comprehensive Lady- of?rh <r_e (ItTea fi on a 1 systems ol eat nritiii). France. Germany and iitive African!* "-he -was able to en-' under' mfteh enthusiasm. Professor rouerick is o graduate* of Ottcrbein oHege and Columbia University, rell,tejbein and his Master's f:oni Co im bia Jfin ivr'rait'y. ?:? Professor Broderiek spoke on' tin abject. "Is our Present SVstcm ol ducation*. Effect iv#?"-. The, speaker iade a very vivid description of tlic lucational system" of the fojir leaditf "countries of the world. . le, of the State. Following;.crro quo it ions frnni lgadinq editorials; Coinibia Record (signed by It Charlton .'fight):- "An outraged people join in 10 demand of (Governor Itjchnrds that icy (the lynchers) must be brbught > justice and punished for ihpjr *iuiB, W'BlCfl/"aa tfovernor Ri'hards ryrr- ta. one or The most bestial tha as happened in our State.'"" Char. - * * ston News and Courierr^"'Last Wee. 10 Aiken lviirhlne. u-nj lin fr* thn ^ajid Jury of ^jfren Aountv. Xow_ii_ arolina." Columbia State':' "Jhe gislature now in session could do le siate of South Carolina n|> better rvice than t r? [.lit linfl 111 11.r. nn.w and of Governor Kir-hard-: to hn need i vindicating the law and in defend-: if* the -State's honor." Spartanburg erald:/J "That lyrir-hmgTri Aiken wal first isijuply a murderous deflanco 1 lilW carried out by'a relatively smalp roup of men. liut now "there i? restored jn the making of the country timid aufPender of-ft*stlco-to'ttnr fcttr These men, who strike in the dark." *? ' - ibv Co $1,000 T BY THE T SSSei -- -r" ?~~?-r= C P. W NEGROES N O. BRANCH RETAINS LAWYER Case Goes Before U. {3. Supreme Goart On Appeal on March the Seventh. FIRST CASE FOR THIS YEAR Argument is Based on Louisville ? Segregation Case of Ten . Years Ago. ... Loys Cliarbonnet, attorney retained by the ,Nc<jv Orleans 'Branch of the National Association for the Advancement, of Colored People , to. Hglit tha Louisiana and Ncw^ Orleans rcsident ial seg: eUHli.on ordinances.. ha^JTE-L -ed - Washington?{Anl?otnri^ri t il v\"l Lli Judge James A. Cobl)? on - the" case which goes before the L\ S._ Supreuik Court on appeal, March 7. Judge Cobb informs tin- XTIiiinial < ?fliep' of 'the X. A. A. C. P. 'that the Court's calendar that' day. case is> the "first en the Supreme Argument?in . tills case will be Invufl up in tin L"ui {) i e u I u li.U1. ,l cislou. ill the Louisville case.of -It 17. declaring all segregation laws and ordinances unconstitutional. r Tins is, the -first -ease on this. Issue to coipt before the Supreme Court in lln.7. Three cases were won on the Louisiilecase precedent -dunng---itrrt$? fore lower courts in Indianapolis, Norfolk and Dallas. i ?? i? m Mi ? " (ie<>r(?etownrs Leading busheart attac k. ' .. Ccniip.tmvn, S TTniv -iVl V r T N. Robinson widely known throughout the? State as one of the spate's leading bakers and business men, suciiinljcd aboat-noon Wednesday from leart trouble. The death was a shock .o both races as~he was a law-abiding ; .citizen. r?~ ' On. Wednesday morning after his usual deliv^-y Mr-. Robinson \vas sitting in his store and suddenly h chad an attack. ' Dr. U.. G. Teele reached -him?heCoriiu-he-died -but his -aftemirt o save Mr. Robinson was in vain. Mr. Rnhinmri Avag Mrdn nu n.ir nnd with th#> n??ii n-f Uie- u-ifo ? j a- very up-to-dntE bakery. --Only la. J few mopths ago, ho installed a mod, em and oxponsivo oven, also made- mi I extension to his building in orderMhat j hp foil Id meet tho growing -dentflml for his bread and pastry.- v He was a- member of Georgetown, d'nion Euilm Of Odd -Fellows r~Xo.; .*1555_and is an old Mason., lie leaves i wife, one daughter, # son nT^T~one sister all living in t'he NortH (ixcept his wife, . '. . ' - -i The\< rra ng&ment for the buriakkas oat Jcen J'conjpiete<Vat. thiK- writing but is in bhajige of Mr. J. B. Broek...ultkijria;. leading Undertaker, INDIA NA WXTAIEN! BROOK L V N DOCTORS SEND CHECKS TO X. A. A. xn J\ New York, Feb. 4.?The National Association for the Abv.inrpmbnt of I Cojfored People.f>9 Fifth Avenue re jimr-U Hirtn .iluriiift tin- imn'ilt?KTW i ?"'Q from the Indiana TTarlor it inn, of. Colored Women's Clubs, transmitted [hv Jjjrs. -Modern A. Powe'.l of jWi^iatfakp. Indiana; and 515 addiI t.td.lifll' contribution to ilm t ?ru, V^'/V fTom ^Provident ATerlTcrw and TVntaJ- Association or TtrooklyuS making its total contribution to daro' ^iuo. transmitted hy-nrTrmnrga I Wright. ,?? i ? : /-" > { ^ 3ond~i :iz_ : __ ^ A. A. .:Pr~~ : y V; V ,' . ^ ' r . ,. ... r~~ ; - . T ' ' , -?? 1' ? I"1 - ? """ ?7 "c A f ^ "- ~~1 : ' ' ; - jtvtct a -g4?-* iINo lAbli victory in "supreme court L.-.':- . , ? j Colored. Studenis Claimed Con ? _ Ijy School Huard.. [ " * -I. " /??* ' ' JIM-CROWISM HERE AGAIN Supreme Court Declares School Hoard Order "Hostile and Contrary." """** '," ~~?l . ~~ j? 1 ? 1 DENVER; N. A. A; C. 1?." WINS CASE _ The I). nv<>r?.Rifn,nh nf tlx- Nation I'll As.-nciaton for tho Advancement of Colored .People, reports .winning a ; victory, in' the Supreme Court of Deft* -1 Iyer,.agaipst a : uling by .the local"' ? t scU'dbl'board." requiring separate social J runctiortS-^for while .and colored,';stu-* . Idem?. .Suit was brought in behalf <rf-t}in.'e (.1 lined students. ulniclnininri ~ 'hat 1 lie school ho.artCs orders-Violated r i tto [state Goustitut ion which say . "nor shall any distinction' or clas'si ftcallon bf~ flupils _ be mad??." on ac?arrrrtjjrf -' art of"c?j1ot.vl 777',*' . 7*_ - *" Tiw- Denver, district court sustained 1 1 , ilic- school h<> rd but on"aj.r.aal to'tlia 7 ,< Supreme'Court thi&'-studeni.-s A\ore up- i' held . en -the '"ground" that the schooE' ' " ' 'l-'lT ' ll,..,- lln .I.id .. i ? contrary" to the. tiroyiiions of the 9late~~Constitution.. The- students we e ' represented by Attorneys George Q. tRMvmomt ami- Goorg-p^G: Ross; ~~~ r-J-? George W.-Gross, President of the jTknver 'Branch; furtherreports that .the Branch voted?u>?withd. aw- - from ?? I'ttifi rase'of E. E. .Harrington, whose j" ?.;n'L.,was bombed three.Xi'.pels, on the J' r.'ound that Mr. Caj'ringtnn had be- b run negotiations, to sell his house. ; STATE COLLEjjjE NOTES. " Crnttgebu g. S.' C^-T'tfe annual -? tVrek of .Prayer 'tvas rohdtisted begin- ' . nittg February first. , thrcaigli__phm3: . .suyge: ted by tli^ - College ' Christian^ , ' ^Associations;-' MietAigs were hold, at' j v../ stated intervals evc\y day and e'en- 7. . dig. Ipati" by rips nity'Saora and thel ' 4v farjii v committee TVi \dlgioJs astivh M ' ' r \ * 1, ,? 1 . ? n A . 1. _ V. T,\ __ I" f. ai 111 c Ul UH* wee.v. It. is. Brogdoi^, <5T cit,}'/ preijoh^cTa cojuvi hcln^TSe* moiy- a^- a, fitting .t may be sjaid that much good was accomplished. and : that the ecu.-rat -pirittiality of the college has been elevated1-in a great riieasnr.e . . " W i -?President mVilkir.stm W;ll give a ^ lortHres flt aflin ~t~Jt ^ ^yri-n^?thitf mojnttr?mm lif^r^artxd March". In these lectures mV* Wi" .eh "Pn:i ferent diScov-in-science contributing t(??TITe ' : tfjoynicn't of ?Jife( and the S'dvanee, mom of ilvdllzhlTon. This'is another -instance nf ftre 'fine spirit of cooper- ? J?'f;pn existing bet-ween the author!-' He-, as w. 11 as st',t,dentr~rilr Thcses.s??. ? ter institutions. : \ ' ~~ ' ' Doctor -Franhi-in O. NkhK^. f New t ' gave a special s-.rios of health' _v. J lectures to the Col egc Joepartinerit?, ih;? \\j-eek-. Ilocior?Xivhols is opera t? 1-ing; under the American Social Hygiene Association of Xew York j. fity. and his i.ls'V tV the ins:itntIon' has placed this phase of modern f-iin efttion lu a positron 6T greatvalue ?-Ml rrrrl.t fin_j.lic lliilH'lilj Ji , jlHent leadership. * - The girls' b.ykft .ball team is" iq. _r''o ,;ni!dst of a splendid season of ?^~V: ~ games. Already they have played Tour pame.-T two with Haines. bo(h of whlrh ^ercnThh. liim u.-MJ, Allcnr-^' . whicdr was riloo won. anrl -'one vciui (Continued on Page' Ivight)' ' " <1 \ C . - . . . ;