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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-"
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-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'
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NS SEGREGA1
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[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)'"
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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
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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
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'ION CASE A
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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
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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
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. 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
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:nded for
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ATllM^ ^ANNUAL
CONFERENCE
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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,
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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.
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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?***!*
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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
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tEME COURT
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BY COLLEGES N
Graduates- Enter Freshman ...
\Vithpui Previous Con-.
Conditioning
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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. ??
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__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
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