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PENNSYLVAft - Prof. R. I ?* |,v: - ? i-.. . i ? Journal C< r -i.^ ? j ??'t' ?7~^ '~ jj. 7 * . : ? YiOL. "111. NO. 9. ?^ i ' . ; of Nationa lidMANE SECRETARY SPEAKS ~ lh L33fflgjtatz . Presided *- ... ' : - .... ' . ' : SCSSM NS WELL ATTENDEE Prof. Oor;?e H. Hampton Api Hrited Member Of Educar tion Commission Jacksonville, Fla., Mar 4?The cai- t. national convention of the ! : K night;; of n.-c-lint of IVip wnvlrl " ended their first national convention here la.it night at a George Washing \?.; 11, xil' auvi>uu a^ciin^i iu* i i.il haired' and feeling, but would ha; edits heai-prs. always in a good spi 11.' with the teachings of kindness, }. i.e. love and mercy tor evvery . one, . -' * ">frs.. Hi'tfiune brought greetings frem-llu. lietfiune.Cookrrtan College of v *TT(.'h - litr is the- president and the Natonal Women's Clubs, . reaffirming l.T-r strong belief In the people roi belter citizenship and confidence ir the younger set when instructed tc ftr ir lian !s and keeping this 44g-ittfel< of living. - - Dr. M.*A. Evans, well known womai specialist of Columbia, S. C. and vicepi the National" MtxVirn v*.?- As ociation introduced Mrs. Bethum Dr. Evans was in-the. South Carolinf u legation. -ii. u. ftjjauruoKS, ?u u. a member of the grand lodge of'Char it. i.on, presided at this session, ifvi r h> Mnjor-General W. L. Crockett T.?'.u! of the milifary umt^d of At .... lania,. Georgi.a. The. staff \vas tojrv p'i"i- md imwlc public, among thosr named hy General Crockett are: To be chief of the staff, Gen. Johr *S. Uiffsby, Atlanta, Ga; to be Adju tlTnt General, John Wesley Hender son, Atlanta, Ga; Surgeon'General Col. K. S. Deuthar/1, -M. I)., Atlanta -.Col M. A, Evans, Columbia, S C.;*Col. R.oE. Edwards, Tampa, FU?. (Continued on Piff0t;Eii;ht) -I ... r urn uaiiquci, xeaeurinK auctress py Mr, l , i:. 1-. lluher'., Wesident t the Stall d . yrUlilturul and Mechanical tJollege if t'.ei-rgia, of Savannah. With lives ' < I' : 1 him:<>h~ and Toussaint ast i' > .. : ! 1 1 r. President Hubert stressed h lie ship, tin* soldier, the waricd, ? ? ""7 t' _' K'. ca rcl'evre .1 to avork of Tuskeittul the future educational pro ruder" Id. administration. . A. Fitzholan Wallace, the su? I (.TUT^TrraTrd ruler <>t the K, of 1, prflj ided at all of the sessions. In his an~i\) ? ..it ;vt the opening se;C?4on. V.dohday nto:n'ir?v, he reviewed^ the v,' ,u t'; ,,ii...ni/.ation-for the If ytms. that- it has beep active, told . -1 ? .?' ! I'lililie- Si-rvicp. and udvisiid a ?<nQniission 011 inter-racial C co-opera'.ion. education and awards ?I y hit^-to-fcolleges, disasto rrmn relief,. ^ttOTtyST; donations ant .,1 ph:>i';Yr.'? -t. .Many outstanding: nier aiid woineii were oa the program-dtn?* !f isln! ii.il- l llti'u Hill! rt>nnHirlinnilof'ir,nc l .Vu:i tin- t ut> antlin^ committees still i onhdcntiul. took up, it was learned .1:1.- morning .-e-sion.; and will be. sent U) the many lodges over the 16 states :n which the K. oT T. is operating in _ A merit a. '"7"* "Seymour 'Carroll, .sojithern field ?.-.I'viutary oi' the American Humane I'.dueiition Society of Boston and Columbia, with Mrs: Mary McLeod Betliuue, I'resident of the National AsMi, iation of Colored Women's Clubs ; of ..Duyiona Bvhch, Florida, were the r " p.pcukei at the public oy~ . , -f ) F.l fchnreh Monwa> night. _ .Mr. Carroll referred to his lift edv.cation.in s'Quthern schools. He was :L~ T7 y.'i: 7.11;n:l while lie "kepi hu hude . langhijtg, at .tiipes he luughed : ; a UA CITY- BRAT P. Alfred 1 ills United .. '11 t - v. . ? I Convet .[COLORED AV i 01 IN I PK n I ^ W ^ A 1 A UU >~j ^, . , "HAKkV S. JNEVV SPEAKS ALSO Invitations Beiny; Sent Distinguished Speakers?In All? Parts Of The Country ^PROGRAM' to be out soon 1 Tndiaaa|n?lis Branch Would Know How Many To Expect .-And Provide Eor ^ Nov York. Feb.^o-^Countee (Jul* 'en.di - (?i^.iro<l.port, author of color a?i4. assistant. editor of "Opportu'?oitv," hov .uropt-d an'invitation to ' nddrcss the Annual KprinR .Conference in Indianapolis this Juno, *?f the M National Association for thy Advancef ivTenl of Colored People, It was nn I nuunced .tjjiluy. ' ~ ?_ 'P<.st mastcr-Ccueyal Harry S. New TTias h!m?- t^rvraUviiUL-aeeiiDted an invi' r Conference and will probably speak ^rrt the- mn'// moetirty on. the ni?lll_pf I June 27th. ''? ~ ?InwUaUi'n.s arc Knii'i: out to difr 1 tinguished. speakers in all parts of ^ thtej eounli''j**ml..t111u>.*>i.i, A.,. A., f', .P. l^linnflTTTTv5~it at an early dkte, > Tin- WKKKS KDITOUIAL: COL ?~ ?<mi:n ntcss? ~ ? 1 ? ' ?"" . (From the Colored Citizen, I'ensa| cola, Fia. FeU. lllh) '* r? N- a a c j' V? This organization is rendering a 1 more note-worthy and deserving ser! vice to the race and humanity, than any organization since the Freedman s Aid, immediately following slavery. Its influence is world-wide. Its exei cutive ollicers iiiul promoters repres ?senl Qminent" white people as. well as . ( loi oil It is-waging a fight for ad van?red eiviixalioa and human lights. fi u. . ui iiia iiu.^ <if c* utuvt i*vci4v wiicic, ; and its work well known. How an i .'an make tins claim for themselves, - Tnd-rp-m;.tftp!y j l-doi'o?tkis. -organizaI cion is a consistency without, parallel? We nTO tflntl to note there?is an ac[ Live Iiraneh in this city, which it has been our pleasure to attend sfcVeral II times. Alt. Zion Baptist Church is | glad TO Moreno itsjevn proclaim and extend to' this Association the offices > of the- auditorium for their special ' jneetin<r Sunday afternoon, February '13. " ^ i SOI Til AKKR A ANl) BRITAIN > > ?^ > ? '? '.>fi?.Widespread discussion throughout the British Emi pile accompanies the-.effort of white . \ ,1 a ........ ..? L i>-f t>w 11111i~v< through the "color bar" ~ and land hills pi upusid by Ceneinl i- Hertzog. ; Tu National A: orintirm for the Ad van cement of Colored People, has received clippings from magazines and I -newspapers _balh South African and | he aroused over the sit uation. Airett itortal in the Tendon Times, entitled i "Tht> greatest African problems," declares: "What is generally, termed > the native question is a long series of questions', all arising out of the superior numbers ancl inferior status , of the black man. LLow is it possible ; to preserve white civilizations without . j arbitrarily denying economic oppor; j .tun jt y and political rights to the na(Continued on Page Eight) MCH OF N. A. / 1 ornlc Essi States "Tl: ?.. ^ s . . ...;::.... . :< , COLUMBIA,' S. C.vSATL AT 1UUI1 VI iAI OH IOIV 'LLEN to add I n. 1HIOWN REPORTS TON. A. A. C.P. ii.oc-nl Y. W. C. A. Opens Doors' To Race Girls And ' ~ ' Women = !., SOLICITS MEMBERSHIP B:>vs And Girls Crawl,Into Public's Hearts By School Activities Xrxv?YuiK, I'Vb. flfr An?amazing record of breaking down barriers of '"race "prejudice is reported trr-the National Association for the . Advancenieitt of Colored People by lis Branch ?in llollidaysburg, Penn. R. .Brown,.. Branch Secretary reports that thrn branch-activity,--the- local YrW. C. A. has opened its doors to colored girls and vyomen,'* 'soliciting their member- t .hip fin.l t renting them cordially; the V. \l. C. A. also opening its <k>ora to . ?1>!?; -ed map and boys,_taking them in^_ t?? the gymnafnunr-clasiius and giving - (Continued on Page Eight) ScK SAM LOWMAN "rj Lowman L ^SERVEDALL BUT 72 DAYS Indicted On Two Counts?Treat ed Harshly And Unjustly By State "A MAN OF SORKCfW" ? ? Mr. IiOwman leaves For Philadelphia Says "Can't Live Among Them Pepple" : After two wrarv years, .less 72 days off for good-conduct, Sam Lowman, a "man of sorrow" left fhe State ing, February 23rd. Perhaps no man in the history of the State has been" more unjustly and harshly treated by u State than this old man. Sentenced to tWo~ yeras imprisonment ostensibly for violating the liquor law, but" In reality because he was j the father of Demon and Bertha and -? ' .' I , i V. C. P. BREAl ?: L???:? ays On "B te Land O *-- ' - % ... - -? ?s3? [RDAyTMAR'. 5, 1927. JUS *0 FROM LOS >RESS N. A. A. NA r>l KKKi?K.NCIK, FROM WHITE Bantu People Of Africa Live in Town Locations With Whites ?Sandard Of Life? EDUCATED IN EUROPE African Doe tors Have Many Europeans As Well As Natives Among Patients Nw ..York,?Koh-'JS?The NaticfnhT Association for the Adavancement of Colored People duffF* wswdvpd a copy 1 of the January, .1927, Journal of phi-I losophical Studies, containing an eo ' say by'Prpfessur K. J"1, Hocrnle on the i lack man's- mind. As a result of -evidence derived from studies of the Bantu peoples of Africa, Professor Hoernie -concludes there -4s?no?reason for supposing any essential difference to'exist between the white and _Lhe black man's niind. ?'"A* .ro-ffiinlfl?pawi' trT nwsimilnt.P v^^CConUnued^on^P^e^^htJ^^^^^ " '"I rhe Man of Sorrow." eaves State uncle of?Clarence L,owmanr all of wnom were charged with killing of house, April 25, 1925. There may1 have befin some farcical tnals pulled 1 off in the courts of South Carolina,; hut. if there have been-anv mnre far cfcal than that given Sam. Lowntan, the records do not show li. The tesli'Tiiunv uiVeh which this" mnnjyds convicted-is of a character to^make.the angels in heaven weep, and the sentence imposed was the harshest ever j given a man anywhere in America for Isuch an offense since there have been such a thing as liquor laws. .to witt - 1.?That?he?^'willfully-and- unlawfully did manufacture contraband spirituous, malt and other liquors contaning alchohol and used as a bever age, to wit; wnisney?" 2. ThaLJie "did willfully and ufi^" lawfully receive and""accept for unlawful use, and did store and keep (Continued on Page Eight) . t I II CS DOWN RS LACK MAP f The I -vtii rwr ANGELES TC C. P. MEETING I r,(H-OMOTIVE ENGI NEERS' JOURNAL [ N. A. A. G. P. Statistics Show \ L 3'4 In 1926 Against 18 " In 192S SHAMEFUL RECORD IN U. S. | Will Cause, Kenrweri Efforts For ? Passage Of Anti v. . Lynching Bill ? j Quoting from statistics oi the N. A. A. c. r. snowing 34 lynching*? in 1926 as gainst 19 the year before,: the Locomotive Engineers Journal for February. 1927. iq?an editorial-headed "Land of the Lynching Bee" says: T " T~. ; "This shameful record Will doubt-^ less cause renewed en oris for the _j>assage of-the Federal Anti-Lynchlng Bill. It has also evoked .a petittotT~to Prcsirtent Coolidge from-Govcrmn1 Thomas?G.?McLeod of South Carolina -who is clTTirped " with fa.iliiil, "for tnniilyr~rensnns" to proceeds againsV tVie lynchers or Three "Negro" worWxa. at Aiken." ? - - ? T-T , T,n NEGRO INNOCENT THOUGH CON-; V.CTED WHITE VIRGINIA Et)ITQR POINTS MORAL * ' _ New York. Feb. 25?The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has received copy of and editorial published in the Virginia Pilot which points the moral of "speedy justice" for , Negroes in the South" and the lynching, legal 6r oth"pT-wiso, of colored persons accuser? of crime. The Virginia Pilot's editorial j Tiy ?nll is as fellows. . , A Sobering Lesson - John Wilson, the Negro who was found guilty of the murder of Mrs. Ella S. Heath, of Olive Branch, and sentenced to the penitentiary Idr life, appears after all to have been innocent. He is still in the penitentiary and stm, theoretically, in the shadow -of death, but jf the recommendation I mifde~*by Commonwealth's Attorney Carney to the Governor is complied ~with*hg .will soon-be a freeman. : Thn nrn uc. fol ?? ? Ktla S Jteath was murdered on August 2l7~192lT ~ 7 ~ On August 24 the court convened , a special grand jury. On September 7, "the grand jury: indicted John Wilson and Paul,' alias!, lful, j11i1111 j , mid Jnhn Wilrion r.rpn I rately. On the same day, Green being then at large, Wilson was convicted and sentenced to die on October 22. On- November 2(i, Green wastried-i and found guilty of the crime and sentenced to the penitentiary for lift. Meantime two reprieves had stayecT ttin ? v,.cnt inn .if Wilsop. The principal witness against Wilson having admitted that she lied, and Green having been convicted of the rriiMn .m nvidnnrn precluding implication in-ii^the commonwealth'a . Attorney, alter" "lengthy and^pfroy erf"ul consideration of the facts In The case," has rehOhed the conclusion that Wilson is not guilty and that he shmthl be at once-released from the penitentiary. On the face of # the facts as they stand determined of injustice, the conviction pf Wilson was mistakfe. Onjy the frace of Go<l has prevented it from being ITTataTTrhis- " take.Here is a .sobering lesson with a special" moral for Southern justice. The murder of the aged white.wo itmii was, a brutal one. Public ^sentiment was aroused to such an extent j that when suspicion fell on Wilson, <2 CE BARRIERS S ~King Bee V oc A COPY Mpptincr iTivCtiitg ) NEW YORK ' . : . , . >?! *> . - : KF \ PiJ n>^L^ri\TPO uuniiU uiVi^Ulli^lUO TO MAYOR WALKER President .Of .' Los Angeles Braneh Will Inform N. A. ~\r~ " I. 1% Uf Progress STARTED FEBRUARY 27 N. A. A. C. P. To Pi esent Mr. ??= Mr. Foreman To Mayor Walker On Arrival . ? I vy New York, Feb. 25?The National Association l'or the Advancement of Colored People, 6'J Fifth Avenue, has* n nnl fn.m Itr, H C Hudson ' pi-Qni/lant .,f tl.j. I.,m. Anpolos P,ranch. that Joel Foreihan, colored aviator, ing greetings of Mayor Cryer to Mayor Walker ol New YOl'k, Will tele- ~ graph" along the line of his journey, informing the N. A. A. C. P. National Ollrce of his progress. Mr. Foreman leaves Los Angeles^ Feb. 27th"and is expected to arrive in make stops along the way. The NrAr A. CV P. hopes to arrange ceremonies for the presentation of Mr. Furothflft. 16" H'fa'sm Walkgr^upon Ms arrival-fn New York with "greetings ^o^u-th^Lc^Angeles Klayor. ijokchkstek county teach- -ers hold meeting at sum?? MKUYILI.F _ The Dorchester County Teachers' Association held its regular meeting T"7" February 2Gth at Summerville, in the auditorium of the Alston High School building. . A very unique program .was rendered. After which our president, lVot'.- T. II. Pihckney made a short taiK requesting eacn mem dor 10 puy heir registration fee \vhTcrT \vTir admit them as merpbers to the State Teachers Association. The. enrollment was splendid.' ~ . > * After the meeting,'Mrs. G. M. Ash, principal of the Alston-High School, invited the members, of the association into .the* domestic science hall, where ""p" -\v?'.were served with a delicious salad ? course, yream 553 calve. " "? T?io: l~V. Itlntiin^nmo tv.-^ asltCcT to . ihank the hostess for thp repast^-^ ' . All present wentfeeling greatly indebted to the faculty of Al- .. Higb,'forliTrrmg" entertained up- ?? so royally. __ . the judge of the Circuit Court was for his safety and ordered him transferred to the Norfolk city jail. What might, have happened had the court not acted promptly to remo ve~.tMs.;Tnan to a '-place .of safety and had the friends and- neighbors of .. the, dead Woman yielded to the pas siuua 01 me moment, js not piu?isanv to contemplate. On a smaller showing of guilt many a Negro has been lynched. Had a mob taken this case 1 in hand it would have put to death an innocent man. There is a lesson in this case for all. those who_.aix. dbppsed Jo tempon-?th lynehjpg. Let these ask themselves-how many sCOfCS of innocent John Wilsons have been ,done to death by lynchers in the past 25 years? The answer. if_ there were any way of ascertaining it with exactitude, would be appaling. There is q n Vir> v* InccAn in tV\i<^ V>qca f r\r iiulrrna and puries confronted~wilh the duty oT Raking- life antt death -judgments ii in cases-concerning which there is great excitement. The more one con sidetys the case of John Wilson, the _ morb one must realize how essential . Jtjs .to justice, to elementary decency, _J to stamp Out lynching as one " would sthmp out a 'poisonous snake. j