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- ***** ^ NEW 0RLEA1 Prominpn - ; : ^ _ j =v; ;;-.r: ? .??. - * - \Sj ' f . . . . : O __i_ "?r ? VOL. ill.?iNO.Jl. ? n 1 ~7T m milivii' ' : ' % .7 v- ' \ x 1 HOLDS SESSIONS 1TVT W* r* w ? ir-i 11> UltriilMN V Opens Wednesday, March 23. 1027 At the Phvilis Wheat ley ' Center speakers of interest Nearly Every County In State Will Be Represented, Say# Executive Secretary "The ahpunrconvetrrttsh ?f the 'Palmetto State Teachoi's AssociatioT>"\vill i convene an Gcjpdn villa next week. The ! opening 01 i no-(wiyennon * wm he __?held in .the rhvlii, Whentlev Center.' ' Wednesday nich'. hogrjnning'at flight' PRESIDENT C. A. EAWSON, Lincoln High,..Schorl. Presiding Olli, cer. at (IreettyiUe Convention o'clock with Professor Ed Riley xtf ?-?the hVal Kiuh sct.uur ;'.s~T!in7Ti'ivL." nf ceremony." For this, occasion a program has been built with many nunibe'rs musical a^id '.orjr? i-wi-Ve, ' which' -makes the- first mass one of uivat interest. . Concluding the program AYedrnesday nig id. the a l.'li'o.'s, icci'mdimr to the "ftedross of v.'oTvi in " dditercd 1 y Kev. A A. :-F.iS.s prjn-" . (. ? ^ -fhti! s .ay. nTCTjTitfnr. "ttF -mr-rr^hrr'r tic coiVy:.. 'n | y < . jcs WOVU. .. I lie e'rVUs f.1-1 111: ap:l aiiii.iiT '" ? . meet 'n study, the v. u-t (,; .r.s.-.>.-:aii; p for th. fseal yea ; ;t> :.>:y ". a'fi .1 school?heads aMAs *">av-ors svi-h ha e a eaal'er; a-;e ? -:j a.-,- h??c.er'--. su h as rta I; ''t* el a. e. 'Ii '-j sgi SO H'l'nl'.the f"i')7e isu n'.v .i' 1..^ i.-> T" hy hooji tV. begin work. Some 1 ale sju^kair^ will . d ha- s th convention this e year-... coming, front ? .ill >a-c. j 1 1 i 1 1 f tee Vinin'.i y .mil ropit'" seating nearly, every phase of edu rational?life. . . . . i_ From rc; (irfs ix'vvix od_ijytht^. Kx -efntirt1 !>i'i .Trr v. ?fi . l.-7T,">V. liyei nearly every eoi'.nty in the.State will +* 'jp-i:..; rukL U?-.4.4ic-s,< irvenyijle fc'on-vonti<m. T -ey?have.MiCiiH?I mmii :>2 tioffntios in the. .drive -far -momhersv Up to Mar.li J(Kh~~UM00 livw 'members' wore enrolled which a - few nioro than cnro!le;l at the elo.-u of the fiseai year last year, the 'Soereatry 'i.tul 1-..r ii ! I---. *.,v >. > jLi?iO. lit 1-VUL-luUilk. riot le** than I.UOO del orates wjil attend the convent ion in (IrccnviHtrncxt J-"- U'et'Ki iiDL i nuiiLin:; ttw* .i|iiuUUH.. ml). cers and hi any visitors that usually alert and have planned, through their' local committee, an entertainment that will?he one_ yf the?happy foatures of fftrrconvention. In fact every thiiifr gates nidy exnoct a real good time __ white iruGreenville next week. The following program gives an outline of the general meetings in the teachers' convention next week: ? 'Ihtirsdav iv.oh Popular meetin.-'the speakers are: President ft. L. Mc?C'.roi'y of .lolin 'im <h Wmlth ty ami Ih\ E. It. Roberts of Friend?" ?MlfI LrtlU'^1. Tftft. Thursday afternoon in the second mass meet' (Continued on Page 8) ^ - ' - NS SEGREGA1 I" Lr? ?J '..L-J. * 1.^; i . Jt . [Booker N. A. A. C. rfaQWER COURT'S -IYJ3RIMCT CHANGED \A\v Passed 1 Years Ago Prohi' it ntr N'e^roSs Frrtm Vot/ Tif" Primaries Pit t or v For'. Texas Would Have . j luea;\t Uprooting' of Fast Ves(''cs .of i NeijToes' Hallot From 'the .Now York Amsterdam ; ?N'pws, Mmili 9, 1927)'" 1. * ; *' ' * -r - - m Ana'hof notable Vfctbry^ has been Von by the National Association for 'he .Advancement of Colored People, i\ 'ilr\ reversal of th<* decision of the v.er onrts. jn what has cmoe to be ' mown ris the Texas Primary Case, " -ii'w'r;r not of h 1^w-m that State : "*fsnv years ago prohlbiitng Negroes "com voting in- the Democratic priy "^ecta>ns in tTTe State. Iii .the able brief filed by. attorneys "tained by the National Association > i-v: *? ? linf rwl nut tVint If; t' <>rcf-> v. Nt-rrroes, who arc in x> o ! faifh. attached to the principles i f th" Democratic party and are ot'h" .rrvrise qualified. are .prevented from > HOntX at a" Democratic primary, they ' i I smite* ' 1 ! *T rt''"y, Pio : idf-n*" .Tnhn.-:.. v C. Su ii.h Cni.er.-atv. JSpeak( V .-yl. (Ircvv.ivillo Convention _j^_ii;l ni'.y denied tho right to vote,^, i 4^-?at :i s t bo viHu unv v:il Up. The iuei-e fart that they too, may frc) through t,h"e form of castim'~a vote TX tho ti'pnoral election,- in ratification -trr- v.'i-at?has-'-been <Jono at tlie pri n.ary. -s a -tvayie Joke. Thouirh citi ::on , they are rendered negligible.. : e.ausc their VotieS, to all . intents r.'T?! jn rj o. os,. have been nullified. To , iIm-'J'.i?Liu:?idgbL-nXUsulIiauja. would ( ease to l?e that .tiring of fcubstanco' .TVltiidv j: was intended'fo-be. and would f"he 'ifnin'c i ten into* a uooiobb toy,?a-L t l)e:u^ Sea apple', the lifeless corpse "latigh now under consideration would 1 he upheld. j If this Is not arbitrary^lassltf^ation ~ I hy race, and color; if it does not conptlfuTe" a' con^ilote t\eprivation of thTe ~ cq^l pn>tgtdjiMi. of the^ law^ if it ~ j is-Trot an abridgement of privileges j and immunities" of a citizen of the : I United States, then it is impossible j to conceive of any acts which come j within those terms. I',very white man ' and every white woman who possesses t 1 ' the iqufrtrfrcatioTis mentioned in the . net, however ignorant or -degraded TrrnrnnTTtrrl^ nnfit, whether nattmrlized or. native, - may vote withoyt let or (Continued on Page Eight) . " V . , ; " 'ION CASE A i Tn Aflrlrp (- \ lit I w c ' COI.UM-LUA. S. ('.. SAT Fg\r\ icuuick ? "TT !*?'? . . S - Washii P. COMME PROMINENT RACE PEOPLE ATTEND N. A. A. ('. I'. Based Opposition To Ordinance Upon Eousi ville Case of 1917 heated discission New Orleans City Brief Cues "Darkey" And Terms Mixed ? Products Degenerate New York, March 11 ?The* New Or Ienn^ Segregation- Case carried- thru the lower mnrts-hy the JWAv Orleans Branch of the National flasofciflliaa ' "oftfte A (f van cement of Colored people was argued on ijaicH 8,before" the* IT? S. Supreme C urt. T.oy: lharlmnot and Frank B. Sniiirt rpnroiiohting the-Xcw Orleans X. A A.. C. Ik and Wal". icr W hite-Assistfirrt Sprjytai-y, hcinj present in hchnlf m* the .\ acionafc^offiec " .' ? ~ L : The "N. A^A.* C. I', hascd its .ffp"- . vition to?the Xcw Orleans ^cprrrga- 1 tion ordinance upon the. l.o'iiisville Case ..decision of the Supreme Court i. (Buchanan as. Warlev) of lt'17T I Both Chief. Justice TaCt and Jus:co Key n .U!>"inte<: 1 y a-ked.how the Mew Orjean.s ..City Attorney how this ! (.use could he separated from the' 1 ouisv.ille decision. The reply was hat whereas the Louisville .ordinance attempted to legislate sotf re<raCen, tlu^Mew Orleans-ordin;gn,*e left * - ' i?* ZZ:=^^ : I i#l\ . Speaker at Teach segregation to the wil.l of the majority of race in any"neghborhood. This answer apparently amu.stnl Chief Justice Taft. - Mr. ('hn-rlwnmet nhowwl thc ^prejubrief which used the Word "darkey" j and stJfted that products of mixed marriages were degenerate. Among the prominent, colored people in attendance at the Supreme Court during the argument-,?were; A. S. Pinkett, Secretory of the Wash-'? ington Branch of the N, A. .A. C. P.; f4r - Carter G, Woodsou; Dean and Mrs.) Georpre VV. <!'ook; I)r. T. Price Ilursjt; Dr.' William Wilson; F. E.I ?. * > .RGUED BEFO ss N. A A. )u&=Seh9oI tta? . ; UKDA Y^MAKi li), 1U*7. > Assoc A t* " ' ngion 'I :nded for ..3 * " ATllM^ ^ANNUAL CONFERENCE ' ' T " V Dr. Wii! W. Alexander oi Atlanta and Bishop W. T, Vernor, of the A. M. E.,Church LARGE CROWDS EXPECTED 'More Than-Ent husiasm" Is BeWelcome Conference _V?-v U-pr. Will Alexander, of tXtlanta,Director of vhe commission- on Interracial Co-, operation who recently received a I la i'i))i.i| Award, and Rishop \V. T. Vernon of Uie~Av M. K, Church, have accepted myila tTTTns t o?add re ss t he 'F'ih Annual Conference in Indiana. olis, June 22 to 28, of the National jLipociatien for the Advancement of fnlrirpil 'tVnnln fiishup Vcraon is to speak, togeth- ' \vith~~Govornor .?a< kson of Indiana, at the opening mass nieetuig of the-J Conference on the night of June 22. ?Alexander in 'scheduled' to 'speak at the meeting on the night oof June 21,"the subject of his /address being "'The Changing South." Mrs- Olivia Taylor, President of the Indianapolis N. A. A. C. P. reports that " more than enthusiasm" is hoing put into..the Avitrk of preparine" to- welcome the Conference, ST* >'"* J^M B^aV> ..^H ^?? ^1 ors" ^ConveritToH ; ... 773 Miller and others. (From The Columbia Record)1 ^? Washington, March 14?The, Louisiana "and Netv Orleans sepTCfratlon1 law.-qitiftulnting conditions whirh residential property may be occupied by whites and Neprroes in communities1 where te opposite race are in the majority, were declared invalid in the Supreme Court today in an appeal by Reniatnfn?Harmon. "wtTo 5aTTP-Tif' ta rent 232 Audobon Street, New Or-1 leans, in a white community to Ne- I croefc, without complying with the conditions. (Continued on Page Eight) RE U. S. SUPF t - R. in Inr Head, If In . ii' Prog . VICTORY - . / OF PUPILS . v.: Principal Fink Advocates Lynch- | Of Race People: In New Jersey Because of Equity ( "JIM CROW SPIRIT" Says New' Jersey Should Be Like Texis For Betterment ? ; 6f Schools < New York, March 11?The Nation-!' al Association for the Advancement of ('olored People^ G<JL Fifth Avemjvr-to-! ' day telegraphed Governor" A. "Mm*PyT^ Moore of New Jersey .remanding the; removal from office, if legally possi-! ' ble, of Edgar M. Fink, supervising! principal of -the public school in Toms River, on the ground of Mr. Fink's segregation- Of colored from ' white pupils arid" his remarks, accord-] 1 ing to the Advancements Associationr^" "indirectly advocated" the lynching of -.joying -the privileges accorded that in that State. The - Association's te.egram cited the recent decision of t he United States Supreme Court in the Texas White Primary Case as re->_ buking the "Jim Crow spirit" in the State which Mr, Fiijk look a* histmodel. ljjN?c_remarka of Mr. Fink taken ex^ ceplioh to by. ihe National Association for the Advancement of Colored "People, aK quoted in a morning newspaper, are as follows':' " . "I've just come back".from a trip in Texas and, believe tne, they know how to treat the colored people jdown^ ' here. 1 kept my7 eyes open and learned a few things about how to handle thtnrr: Why,' iT-these- people had done in Texas what they have, done up here, or in any othe.r Soiwhcvn States, they'd have been lynched. hey, would have gone to whatever school the whites told them to and"he t :ii hty glad to have the chance. "The Board of Education has' the .11, , wr to?pick the i'ehool tlie ptipils. chall attend. It is-not ujv to the pup*!s or thoir parents,. I'm surely-not going lo. agree to Jet these Negroes come, back to?the big. school and I know the whdfe Board feels the same j way." ; -The telegram t6 Governor A. Harry t Moore, signed by James Weldon John- \ S.OJU, Secretary of the Xational Asso-- t oration for- the Advancement of Colorcd-I-'eople, rent) as foMowyi ?~ I The Na-titjnal -Association for the ) Advancement of Colored I'eoplo ur?r4 ges your interevntion in the Toms , j River public school sit'datiori and the prompt removal from office, if legal- i lv nn?ccihl<v i\f Twl<r??*. \t T?***!* -w I *?x. X "N vising prinicpal, whose -quoted utter- * ances show him unfit for public office t in t he-State- of New Jeracv apd a men-?: ace to the spirit of fair play which f prevails between colored and white people In the Northern Stntes. A- T niong other things Mr. Fink is quot- t ed in the morning-papers as arfvoeat-1 ? ing such treatment of colored people r in New Jersey as given them jn Texas! c and indirectly .advocatirtg the .lynch-' a ing of colored people in your State i for en "joying suctr pnyfteg'es W They r du enjoy in New Jersey. The l.'nited I States Supreme Court has just ren- \ dered a decision in the Texas White . Primary Case rebuking in the same t State of Texas which Jilr. Fink takes i as a model the Jim-t row spirit which ; ^?MM_baX?.tleni?sL to. colored Ameri-, 1 can citizens the common rights of A- i metican citizenship. The N. A. A. C. P. has 15 branches z in the State of New Jersey And is r (Continued on Page Eight) tEME COURT lianapol8s_ , His Power f * ; oc A covy^ - ; ; - , [ V* .r . ^ J.^ " .. ' ' ' ' 7-^ ;resses iii;carnvt^hi> : BY COLLEGES N Graduates- Enter Freshman ... \Vithpui Previous Con-. Conditioning -7--T ' . ' ' s ' ?"*.? UNIQUE TRAINING SYSTEM , * ioal Reach B.v Principal's And ? Hard Work * V . To be able to leave-' Bookef \Vash- ' npton lliph School, of which Prof. o? A. Johnson is "principal,'^and. go to iny collect' of the State without an examination pocs far to the credit >f the school system and .to the fac: a lity^rir iHcan^iihut^irorl "has been TZ~~~ i)u.t forw.ftrd^T..a.=CAjn^?4ft|ftb'.le- amount? ?? ? of work on the part of the'teachers md ' principals in all /if the schools from the first prade up. To put over the he-a hipiv school in the State __ ?ho\vs that behind this there is a ompl.te system of traininp bused on hpi'.el h ntelhwi!-. ar.tfpass experience. ?? 7" : ^ _ B ' . "''. R- >AMC?1. N.()RXH. H'gh School __Iusi;.ei tor, Baltimore. Md.?S; ih ??. ? or* at, Teachers'-(omcntim To. turn iiabililir,Ot)t'.. a-.ifs' u, a ^ql'V <h:it ntJlkcS rrrr >nrt .^sr71'n'"' " ~ H*ace (?r in war, in Ikistri'cs.' or at the ' <? '><'? n> oh-woji -r>r -^trrinrTh-TT,'?' PTPT^^ 1 n! day school -system is Uiritmtf-s+tH' - ?'I? "hung liabbilities into real .islets, to . !Very branch of. industry. - -?r 4*?,-( : - M-. - Ant 1 'lei.' p vert-dent. of *1 / ^? Benedict Vol lege attended. a "meeting. ' r '.' I'i'esidents. and (jeans in ' He (i'l.-e. s. ( , Fch. l'*' .'md-Hm- 7 nediately on his return -trr tlti?el"V. rave out ;e ^ajement to the public hat .Cooker Washington High School va^'the. only high school recognized nor. the Sta'r?'by- any college of he Slate WFtTiouT epn:liti<>n. This, ice anil hard work' of ilie principal mil toucher.: in ..1 -itwuasiiut task act, before. 1 hi -n. nnd rue devotion to that task. Til^V the nanifested by the .member' the ity school board of etiu: r.'i t. ,i; Lhy velfnre and future di vti' . - < .>f ttf colored citi/ens. Kven w ith the above 'siu^v.^sjv.the' r. nstr'uctors-'will not -In.- satistied w ith vhat.has .been accomplished, but they ire daily pla'hnthjr for a britrht'or fu urc, with added equipment and en-, r aryeTl""TncTHtTcs made, possible ' this i'C'UV _will fimhlii Jliem-ittj do-even a,'"' lichen* eradfe'of' workMwvnie the* earn* up: years. One ..of the main thine* needed-.for- i?? i yrnntgy success is the enc-ourace*?i- nenI of the parents and of the corti(Continued on Pace Eight) - V . ' ... .. ' . . * 1 y. ,?a ? . i:H' (_ ' A