The palmetto leader. (Columbia, S.C.) 1925-196?, April 02, 1927, Image 1
IN. J. GQVEF
]N..A, A.
New Yoi
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Teacher:
TN ATTENDANCE
Wholesome Addre:?ses,-Delivered
* Many. U'ip.eHUing I)is- cussions
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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"
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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,
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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
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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-"*
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- 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
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C. P. Pre
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ASSISTED
BY WIND
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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.,
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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
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>tesls Brute
Writes O
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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
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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
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TION ON S
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il Beating
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>n South's
TUK-DAY, APRIL 2,
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NEW YORK P0
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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?'
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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
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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'\
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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'
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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.
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1CHOOL SEC
Of Innoc
f. Favorite
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RF.C.ORD
L ? XCUING NOT
SO SAFE
-F:\o rIY\ans Arrested LastYear
In Connection* With
"Sport'*
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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.
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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,
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;RF.r.AnoN ?
ent Negro
: PaStime
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IN JUDICIARY
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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 .
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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. - '
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? ? 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