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IN. J. GQVEF ]N..A, A. New Yoi -VOL HI -NO,. ? -I O. ? ? r : * - . .. Teacher: TN ATTENDANCE Wholesome Addre:?ses,-Delivered * Many. U'ip.eHUing I)is- cussions - ~ MUCH PROGRESS MADE" Executive Secretary Offers l>roposilinn In Form of a ? * Referendum ??The Piilmutlc?Slate Teachers' Ay- * sociation held ;t.s opening meeting WSii'Mns-imi i JI?? Stale meeting. . . Illi.ss Ruth I,. IJynum of New Howard School read a carefully prepared paper on "Primary Arithmetic." She j I^gavb The function of arithmetic and "stated i hat il was--an -exact science. Miss By hum. fully discussed, the following topics; The .importance of nreAcntntuui. oli'inoiyj* of a drill. los^; sen and principle.s.i.j*|>vei'iiing it; the' ._ importance of drill; holding attention; -the?impurlance- of-Hu; piVddont; - the " i >'.A.use Karnes.? f^-t JShe also gave-the subject matter" I? ' "" V V. > ^ jp , And methods _of teaching arithmetic Hi i the first three grade. In conclu^ v she gave a few games through r-y-^which number can be taugl.it. Her ' . knowledge of mathematics and her deliver.nn o y.'inluniided h<T. tipdicncc ' for every sentence uttred. Her treat-1 of the subject was unusual and fasci^ The reports of the <oflicers showed much progress "in the Association. ^ The executive secretary of the AsI sociation proposed the following pro-1 position in htsTreport to the. body, n i ? i nu? ou^ mi* m.icmyuH sussinn^ ; j Referendum ?Because of.4.ho4r4;pguiarity?of ebr?L / lecting membership fees in ,niany of nf the counties and the misunderstand? i~ fnpr of sumG" teachers and the indtTer ence of others Would recommend for t your adoption the following proposil tion in the form of a referendum: 1 i . . & . i. ? ??-* ??i v .-??? ? m i:u* i. n \ ur; Win ;.(ley (\?iter,-. GVticnvitfc. S. V. county association was pi von by Mrs. avvP. 'I'll'* wrb.vinc. tublryss . Dr. W. J. MeGlothlin, President of I-'ui nm n -U n A-ors-iey.-- Rw|^?tw ----by* ' IVof. A. A. Sims. At tho finrt r, t1<V:'MiliTv. Xhurial ay. I rroiniifp i 1 principal address was _v (i'-'Mvt v< ?i fy ipi-. K. R. Roberts, of! Frj utl--.liii.v- f'ujlcpe. A.- I.;ivv .onr! President of the Association deliver-' eel his*n.ddro:s at the Thursday afteiv > .!);. <wv. v:-d. ' J.. M."iFelto'n."Ktate *A-' '* pint Xp'rh schools .yyolcc' durinp I ? ti-i. . , : J.'".?-'?r -.?V. D. Snx't.n.! Treasurer <>f the Association '.made ! her report'. The- general- assembly !. of Thursif '.y nipUt wrs held at Sprinp-' field Panti-i ( hureh. l.bnp he fort1 thy' hour . t oper.'nyj liic- church was filled to overflowing The ilcvottofial me?-j?i?-?apo" was delivered by Prof. .1. .M* Johnson,- Clinton,*'S. C. . The principal sj en hers were Dr. 11. !..'McCrory, ? President of Johnson C. Sinitli ITinf. ,?versify?inul xT*\j.?Frederick, M.-rpf .Columbia, S. C. \ * At .the proup session.-of Friday-1 inominp the -principle speakers Were' Mrs. EdftTi B. Joi'ies. representative! of the is.-. A. 11..?Norfolk, Va.. and' Prof. Alartin-Dow, Allen University., i The subject of Pipl'^Jhiw's discourse j .was. "facial At-tone-ment.V . The Tea-1 time of this .'-session, was fTiTf free lun- i ehebri served bv the;Td:JhTV assbeia-"* * ~ ! - tion; music boii:tc furtH?ishvd by ;1 lo . cal orchestra." The general assembly > of Friday ni&ht" was held at Springfield Baptist - Church. Atfain the -ehurch was -ttlleil to -its?rapacity: " V." Tire main address was'delivered by j Dr.'-'Benjamin !!; av. it v of Shaw l/ni-' versity, Ridei^h. liis address was aT ? treat to all and wee honstl iiv-n lnT!"e j and .appreciative audience. The pro-J were the lies' over wUhesso.d at the ] ~~ . prams i bar. nay abd Fl'lduy ' ni.uhtsj tNOK WIRE ft . ... C. P. Pre k Paper r - -4 5*** >?*? ; * ' * ' -" ' * '*?. / " v mi norr B J u, W .fi '" %.*. ' ASSISTED BY WIND " ' . "- ?; .* * ' " " ' ^ ^ . r ? ^ _: -., /"| t Breaks Former Records Andj 'L ies With Si a rs For *' First Honors IX GREAT FOR.\r Student at Sun_ Die^o?HU^b School and Track . Star. 1 i an'merlon Head*," f., MarTh^^j ?>i Itin^r a new rcii'oi d' of 15.5s for the! Y{.'.& yr. hi eh hurdlep and.. Ii5s. tor ^S0-4mv 11 ii rdltT^7*'Hfn^^~RTh'hPV.-^ coi r" o'o.l Sliir Dior." TTTah Foho'ol timet star, captured two ffr^t places, ty-'< trrjr with Harvey Bear, captain of the Santa" Ana track team and Fred Stein-", or of ?he t'haj'fee Union.High for t!i"4L.iUu>' h?>tn??r,s .in the recent- sixth v atTj/.a.l Snithern counties invitational .ti.ue.iv. jne.et held here last. .Saturday.,! Katvluy was in jtreat form pud rim. two hcaktiful raees to wiii the hiyh tm,1: lou -ftudTeh" lijoakin-r the mark of l.lis .set in l'J-l hv Hos Nichols for the h'ijth hhidles and clipping 5s yi Liiy iyjw JUH HIV- l.LVUI.ll Ul .^L'l by I'aj nc-. oX'Sua jji-rnardine lust year Cerause of the favorable hii'.h windI'itc hey' records will not be allowed., ' ??r' ?? RAC IAL DRAMA.HV NilCltO ; * PLAYW RKM.T TO RE PRODI CEI) ON COAST* Thomas: Wilses to Produce "Appear ajj'.t :: tor West ("oast- Premier April 18th. Los Anufcles, ('alii'., .Marrti^-After , two, .wahs ail'.' tireless eil'ort to- convli\Tp TV Pacific ChasfTTfeatrical and | moVic producers that. "'Apearances"! the dramatic. otl'erinjrof a former San hY.-uv. iseo hell hop, \vas a drama! worthy of thcii;,. attention, (Jyrland: ATTlcY on; THc"colored author has arranged ' to produce the play himself .0' ' J>ic capital raitaal-through interes* ;-d ifnltientinl friends of both. ryeesr? According to a personal statement^ from llr. Anderson, verified in parti jTTrnr-Ali-i \\"jll-r- '.'tioo. ^'Appcnrnnees" will he. produced by Thomas W ilkes, the. noted West Coast pro-j ducer, under the-drSection of VirRanirr" I'rissac. April 18th is the tentative flaw << ! tor tlu' premier in Wilkes' loThat all teachers in .Negro public sehooj^ ih^ouUi,_Caj^ihub^\v._gnh-..:. 4j.lo.vi it m-O-he public setrnofcr of salcl" "a'e. mi?who shall lie employe;! from tjmo to tjme, shall he required to dt?-; post t- w iOr-the-1 'omTtx^nTTcnintCTntCTTt^ <>) K title at ion of- -the nu?tt in. whhkj. he or she is employed, ONE 1)0' * | each year "for payment of the annual membership fee to the Palmetto State Teachers' Association. The said amount, as aforesaid,) shall lie . paid to" the said official?at | the close of the second month of the school-of~"said 'employee is inscssion ! and that the Cbuhty: Superintendent he rernie.- too to send to the Secretary or Treasurer of the-Palmetto Associa-.tion. the fees collected arid that said -ofFreor-of- -the Assentation 75 pcr cent and sen<l to each County Association 2f> pyr cent of the fees thus collected*Provided, that if this ace i^- ap-1 proved by the Palmetto Sate Teachers'I Association; it shaft VxFTeferred to | the county associations for a two-; .thirds vote of all the members of said [ local association. That all actK in the Constitution in 1 < < nTTtet with this proposition are herer-1 in repealed. " ? J V " * " 9 :s ASSOC1A >tesls Brute Writes O Iwf ?1?^ .. . . . * J_ ' 1 . cohmima. s. c;/, sa' . ' a ??r aation's I__. _. ' ?i_ ' - : ? ?^ .11.. rHURDL SEGREGATION -OF PUPILS Hill "Hging * Introduced Against St*grt!tg?ttlotT"J Nf7~~A? I1; ~ To Help ASKS FOR A HEARING? Stnervisim? Principal Fink Caused S("> repot inn of Col bred Children Now- Yerlc; "MtuvK, ~2u?CovWrior" A. Harry-Moore of New jersey has" holographed the National 'Association fir the Advanei moi>t of Colored Foo- le-, ?>!* ~Fi.fi li~ Avenue, nllinpr at ton-; tion to Senator Simpson's !>ill /Sen tile X<> 27.'!) which would make a misdemeanor l'dr .;any .dtfieTal or "em nmvrv to soirrevate children i i th public soh.ools of Now Jersey. Go;a . i of Moure's YTogfam is -as follows .lames Wvirion Johnson,'Secretary', National Association for the Advances inent of Colored People, (Hi Fifth Aevnue, New York City. Senate-No.' 12T > intr.odnccd by Senator Simpson mnke-s it a misdemeanor' for any otlieial or employee to segregate x hiklren i'h -public schools by fCiiTson of the'i' color, ritee orteligion. This, if?prrsvert?would monn :Pgfeatvictory and you .e'ftn help. -Marry A. Moore, Governor. The Governor's C'onnnunication "th the N.*- A. A. C. P. followed a (ele.t.rani t'joai .the Nat'i.unal Otlice of the | N. A. A-. C. P. asking for a hearing before the Governor to be participat? ed in by delegatiolj.-^ from the New. Jersey Branches ajid the Rational OTlle-CT'ob "Moil lay, Atulch 28, at which the school, segregation in Toms River was to be protested and demand ma^le for the disnfisstfl of .Edgar M. Fink, Supervising Prinei.pal who had caused the segregation of colored children. The Governor set Monday, at two P. M. as the timcfoV tile hearing. ? The N. A?A. C. P. has.communicatell writ "Us New Jersey Brancho s urging thefn to rouse the colored people of the Slate .to. support of Senator' Simpson's bill. . - . ~ ; ".'dBroydway tdwalre, the Majestic. | The east has not yet been completed, but according to Mr. Anderson a~"la-I Tented .local Negro dramatic student ha..- lieen npih'bached~ fur the lead. J W'ilkcj; litis j'eci ntly come into prom- ' inciice throne h In - 1'nl prmlnf; "Mrm-' of ' risque dramatic Succcesses 'ueb n^- *'WhiteCargo," "One man's iVome.n" and Other.; that "have an<P *dtit are playing to capacity' houses Jii^iiho?Orange- (i-rove?and Majestic Theatres., ^ . Mr. Andcrsr.n, a former hell hop in the Br'aehurn Apartments, Sutter C< TA-. - - ni-i'i, 11 -rpanciseo in X'JiJO, became nationally known over night when his l>lay "Appearances." wriitnn tlurinxq his'idle.moments, :\va^ read to a'reprcsontative audience in -the Grand Balln>om of the. .WoltlarfrAstot 'H tcl, Ny\v Ymk Citv. AiMil Ti. l!>2i"> ami -altera a rd* produced and played on Hroadyvay at the Frolic Theatrow New -York City. ' Coming'to the Coast in 102G Anderson entered negotiations with var~ ious companies-. regarding- a screen production of J'Apppprqnces." Owing to" the raci'il character of the play producers have been somewhat rereluctant seriously eonmttpr" the drama for the present, preferring to the outcome of public sentiment from the release of several product t inr>? wi t V\ pqaioI tV?n%v(oo . ?. .vIt ^|>vmi vnviawj TION ON S N * % il Beating V; ?: ? vr?r . . / 7 r .* ' ~ " >n South's TUK-DAY, APRIL 2, i {quit) NEW YORK P0 ? i MCE INVOLVED Healing .Occurred'"as Result of Vender . ? aFricfeR Rfi> a"T>:n ; Takes Revenge on Innocent' Ry- stahrier. One; Lino us _ t;tiarles New York, March 'Jo^-Tho Xation al Association fen-the AdyaiU'PiiicUL of Colored People? has. -protested to Police Centmissionet* George V* Mc?' * I.nttgh-HTr agah:ct police brutality to-: ward colored people in the neighborhood of the \\ ic t0 tiSth Street Station" -Tuul paf~> ic-ularly the heating ' of. Li-~ -nous Charles on Anarch 10t*h. 1J? James P. Sirmott, Secretary of "the Police. Coritmisssj.pner has "acknowledged receipt of . the* X. A. A-. C. J'. | complaint and promises- jp.vis(igatloh and 11111li'M- ath'i.c-e to the V. ,\. C. P. within-.a few days. ; ' The beatiiur occurred as a?i:esailL j- " 1 m . ? . X ' j of the-harnssing of a blind vendor told to move'on by-the police otlicer, according to the X. A. A. C.' P7 co'mplaint. The -Vendor "showed his limmsc; nnrl ttr>trrrrdlt,,' aTfTt(5l the policcntan: "Are.jfou the ptlicer they call (irafty?"* At t-hi.A there was" a laugh among the bystanders and the police| man singled out I.inous Charles, bealing hint and ?t'aking him to'the station. house. , M_rs.Cha.ries. who went _.to the station house in the endeavor to protect- her husband was pushed 1 \f.. / !,...a ... i i - v/c?v. iu.i. v miu a-.> iici\iiijl; uutui' 110 riv sistimcc, was (tischasprcrhthc-samv (I.^F by a hiadiistrate. The N. A. A. 1'. letter-to the Police Comniissioru r further states: . ever ymi or any of the hiil'h oHVeers of the PblitlTDepartmeht cPiW to This neighborhood the remark is passed put 'Here come* one-of the b?;r iipys,'; and inur.v thing is so t.iiuy and ship shape thin, there are no 'evidences of t the apparently rotten condition.; underneath<j'\ - ?? r^f^'yfata'rt"'"r-t.ii1. i-.d to ?t... duee a number of witnesses Jo police brutality in .that district; r NEW Bl'SIN^SHS i()lt COLUMBIA i Mr. A. VV. isimkins will open a real c-Juto iix'n.i in tbp eby oi Colmnbia on about, April 1st". His ollice will lai located in the Jenkins Raiding.*?n -Washington Street. .?- - Alir^lbiklbs needs no. intro'duetion n.i he in-an Tvrerinnrftd hhsinc.s.. hlld insurance nujn. lie will conduct a , business for--luiyint? and selling real estate, collectinjj rents- and promises entii'e->satisfaction in cvgjy partieu' 1 ai". "' 7" . . * I " We ' l-f In iviil-nnw, 1 i- Vim 1 kins to our city and' into our business family. He wjlL prove, judging [_by Jiis. success he has lived, quite aij asset -to the (-to be offered the public, | Local influence has undoubtedly rbcen faVorable impressed with the 1 possibilities of such a racial prodyction through the wonderful-.*attendance and ?fniblic approval by the P i lite of lUdlywood and Los AnjrolefT t ifive* such recently staged ofTerinirs ("'as "White Car^o," "Konjrp," "Dreamy .Kid," "Empeyor Jones," "All God's /('-hUlttrr tlot .Wings,"- MUnetc Tom's Cabin" and other of similar nature. -V ? 1CHOOL SEC Of Innoc f. Favorite * .. . v.- . RF.C.ORD L ? XCUING NOT SO SAFE -F:\o rIY\ans Arrested LastYear In Connection* With "Sport'* l. ' :' * ANOTHER IN GEORGIA !;:i;,^J1o:rdrr ScrvfiTK^ Life Termr Forgotten ~~ t ? 1 yxiiing is -becoming a hazardous'oivuiUiiion? Five men in Texas were ?r?.T-rrti ;,?],) pjaoetl in jail last year ~rn edrmectioh "With the lynching., of uUHMCTihsred men and one colore^ \Vo-. n""TV. "rMwontoen mourners ot "a~nu>b which lyncheu a \thite man in Gfcorgj p were indie ted. Eleven of these v.. re., senteneod, others being held in pi itfoii .-(uniting tiiul.?The ringleader is serving a life term; the sentences of his associates range from :r to twenty. Avr;irs. .. . A penalty of a different sort is the sum of $2,000 which the State oT South Carolina, was directed to payj to the next of kin of a" than who had! been the victim of mob law.- Esepe-r cially noteworthy.is the ousting from olliee, under the State anti-lynching law, of- a Kentucky constable who had allowed a motT to take a Negro fr?>m his custody and lynch- the prisoner. ' These incidents, cited in the Annual Report of the National Asscoiation ^ v-Ttve Advancement of Colored People. indicate definite progress toward putting an end to our worst national disgrace. With .them should be placed curved of the prevention of Iynchings. The North as well as the South figured in these-affairs. In fact, the . < eiions were evenly divided in this matter, Intrastates north of the 'Ma; son and Bixon's line "and five States South heing the arena of the officers^ ?r'ul conflicts with Tflobs^or^the nf Tlu'in =p= The South is to he congratulated; .. . in not pat roni/ing-munner, upofi t1 e- determination it is evincing to out a practice which has been j -everefy condemned?by some of its ' leaders and by part of jts pros? asLliy pur^ons living in the North. Lynch-: | ings which have marred the record of more than, one Northern State in re-1 cent years have enabled Northerners to realize pi ore keenly the difficulty! 'of cvping-with rhc mob'spirit.- Every advrf! re n:%nitiMt ir7ir-TnthCT ttTC Worth fir thf> SsnutVi tn liO lui'iln/l ne o*-* ?w1_ v?nee 'for fhe cntii'o country. I VISS' MIVXASOT A" R. GARRISON \\\ I \.l \n VliiTOB AT HOME Greenville, S. C., April 1-J^Because; i <4* - the 41iiiess her mother,.-Miss! M'nnasota I'. Garrison, teacher at [ t he 11 ijl-ido Park lliffh School at" t Durham f! , spent the week.end in^ the city, to see her mother" who has Ih-cp very well for several days, Mrs. j Bertie Garrison^ on Forrest St. Miss Garrison' fiaya she likes Dur, ham. n askepdathh hth -4ihtharfrar I ham, and speaks in the hj^hest terms [of the leadership of W. G. Pearson, i (he educational wizzard of Durham, ! and head of the school system aDPiDO' noAt^ln OUA 1/.^V C1..? i ^ 'Ihh v- -M'" V'i"' dny rvrninpr for return tefp to DurUawi, ' , r > - /..* V' . t _ * ' *> ;RF.r.AnoN ? ent Negro : PaStime \ ; ' ;? 'T'' *>./ ' ;r T . , ? X ^ 1 ' | - T*"-*^" . - r??; lodmary lifomia IN JUDICIARY - : ' , ' SYSTEM - . Wlf fi' Onnncif ion In R-jr Rill ' . ^ "When Assured Equal ? Rights RACIAL OT POSITION ? Bill Would. Discriminate Legis-1 lation Against Negro-'7^". And.. Jew . r1"" ,' ' Sacramento,^ Calif., March?After ? -hours of debate, followed by three un- ? - ? -successful efforts by opponcnjts-of the measure to amend it on the floor, the Assembly finally passed the' .NelsonWeller setf-govcrning bar bill by a vote of 61 to 1.5* The Senate having passed the bill," it will now?go to the Governor. _ : . The bill proposes the creation of a >board of governors of 15 chosen *>y , the lawyers to have supervision of ,'the 8,000 lawyers of the State, 35 of j whom are.colored* The State bar will thus be enabled to handle all profcsIsional questions, including discipline ? and disbarment of attorneys, the authority to which now lies in the Judges of the Superior Court. Racial Opposition Sensinc a nossihilitv nf * J I tory legislation aganst the Jewsh and ) Negro attorneys,? strong_ opposition i from "these and other sources were marshalled .-under?the?leadership?eF 1 ? I Assemblyman Wm. Hornblower of * ? Spn Francisco assisted by Frederick M. Roberts, colored Assemblyman of Los Angeles, j Following impressive speeches before the Assembly "Judiciary" Commit-" -7--?tee by Attorneys E. M. McCullough and M. E. Cnegys of San Francisco . ' . "and Hugh E. MacBetK of Los Angelesj representing the. Negro lawyers of the State, the latter, closed his ad- \ i dress with the following question: L "Will the proponent of this pro-~~~" i posed self-governing bar bill' stipulate here in open committee meeting as a condition precedent to its pas-sagc, that in the event. bill is passed? by the Legislature*--that there will be but one 'common -American pro- ' g-am for all, whetherr they be white r Flick; Jew or Contile; Catholic or . ' "' ^tc'tant; capitalist or* laborer; ... sa:nt or sinner?" ; -? J. J. Webb, fnthrr of tin1 Mil, ;ni' ' ' ~ ~ I wering, stated the "the conditions set ' . . ' forth in tKtT question propounded by Attorney -MacBeth shall be the permanent policy of tho self-governing bar ahtTany departure from this poli ?? cy shall be deemed authority on the^_ jiart of theLogfsIature to further a mend the bin so as to guarantee this . policy." * *? " r f With-this assurance MacBeth stat- v qd that he would therefore withdray opposition to the bill. Assemblyman r llornblower, leading tKe opposition, then changed his vote from "No" to J "Aye" with the result that 61 voted ; in favor of the bill; 15 against and 4 p.ot voting. - ' ?? ?? ? ? ? Orerit Victory [n thus placing the la\v germinating bod/ of the State on record as opposed to any color bar or racial dis-" . ' crimination, thereby assuring the'Nelowyers an equality status in the legal prof ession withim the State, a po- ? sition heretofore denied them, Assemblyman Frederick M. Roberts has won his greatest single victory in be-?'. <""" . ?. half of the Negro since entering the State Legi,slaiflre,im l922. " ' ..".-1 r