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South > NO COLC - ^?1?4-. A . ?Field oecr< ipsa! VOtr. 3?NO. 19. , J MAKES STIR . ... ' ? __ RING' ADDRESS IVlaws Meetini* at Sumter, S. G, Brums Distinguished Visitor a To City MUST M. M. DETHUNg Introduced !>v President of State Federation and Gives Outline of N. A. C. W. Program One of the outstanding events of ' ?the season was -a mass?meeting held ?>t Emanuel M. E. Church,-Sunday afternoon, A;n il~-Pi'th at 4P50 o'clock. ? The atuliforiunv of the church was . filled' with representative." citizens from all parts 01* the State, fu! :e'e iidn; after which Miss Helen E. _Uslier. mistress of c eremony and at t> pre blent >?t"'the.City Ec.l'ia. Ion in .a \Jory plvasin'r .manner presented _ ..AL:s? Alaiion B. Wilkinson, president of 'the Slai*> Federation of Colored Women . who in.turn introduced Mrs. ,M:.ry -Mcl.vud ftcthcno; President of the National Association of Colored - ? ' ii'irin::ivwho ikli'crctl a soul si ir ring -add es-!. \vayio.ir her.audience at will. Among the many things that were JNotlorraT/'State and City organizalions more than $50,000.00 to the N. ' A. A. C. P. for the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, Sweet Defense, tho Arkansas ; 1"" Adl'airs nrrrt . otliFr Ifoubtes. .-i_? 3(al. i-It has placed at Tuskegec In' stitute $1,000.00-scholarship for deserving students. '1th. It js completing a ?50,000.00 Educational Fund for talented Negro students. ? ? ?i ? --tvtttr The Association is a member of the National Council of Women of the l.'niicd.Jsiatcs and lrplds membership in the International Council of Women of the World through six patron members at $100:00 each. "Thru Dlis medium, colored women have a _? voire ttr th^-affntwT nf the waelrf (5th. Through the Southeastern Rcgionaft.Federation established the in^~ (fcoptinued on Pago Eight) ^ iTf "" rih . :iriid," i ho. ica.ve-.iiu interesting pcchiint w til.; National Meeting. held in "l,qs A n'gOT(V-i," Fnt'.r*Htsb;"a~tJf Urf~"oMt lftie of .the program being put over by the National Association of,,Colored W'oeh? A tribute was pai.l to the late" Mi -. 1 ur.na \'?''ibun.'.tho. founder u"nd tiVs: peimipoi. of 'cMtfyesvillc . Institute," v hose life was spent in service for h er -pespkT." ' *' J A" "T""' The ?cven_plank program in which tliir. 'organization is established is,e4" ?>?n a! i" 11. (I;,1 li t. cltP/ensHtp; racial st>?: 1) an1! >c-.nl gowk1-:'.?Till.; in'ogT-aiu she said, has not the approval of the club women throughout the country. ? Jilie asked tie women to have patience stick, hear, pray and while you do all, , of ihis work-and, give. "Faith with-' out work is like a.birdwithout wings;= .'.y ^vnn them to heaven, but Mdiehe faith* and Work are joined together; then doth the soul mount up to her =^.-". ct-ernnt-rest." . . . The question she said, is asked ? what are w'c willing to pay thul_oJUi* children may be 4r?'? from oppression ?and our country f: ce from the stain of' piejiidice and cruelty ? It \vill" require patient endurance when our -moti.es are' mbnindcvstoocl; a tolerant -spirit toward those who disagree with lis in non-essentials especially a will bo' work ; anif last but not 4east, mon' ey eo finance the operation of the organization. W In a brief manner she" named some -"O'f.tbe direct tbines that have been ^lonoby=4=bm- -m-*^tmiwntioT? of women. ?T h c, nm ?a n i /aUoB?has?r eon i m cd FrJeeriek Douglass Home at. a cost of more than S2o,.QQQ.QQ'. T 2nd. "ft has contrihuted fhrnnrr fho \frican >R PROBL "T~~ I l? I 2tary ricke Mountain] N. A. A. C. 1 m CITY LAST WEEK f ; ' ? \ * . {obert \V. I' Addresses Ton Collojjes In South in In-?r to rest of Association ;tEi TORTS AT I A MTA ACTIVE r ' r Students in Sut/Ui AJiuiife^tinir -iSpirit of'Freedom?Won't be J >m.crowed Xi'\\ Vp'j-. ^,T fi ?Kit1?'1 n Ttni-'n.ill Oiroc'tor of Hraiteh.es of the Nation, ! A*iviiiat!ea.ior. the Ajdvaneoinjsit of L'o'.oi M I 'eojtle, has suklresscd- ten olie. es atnl "Hni-rV.u'sities on lit jn;os vjnt Southrrn tour. ;uul at many oi lie institutions wohor 'Mr.' Bajrnal - '.IS-Vl'l^.Criv C'lMtil I' ' of till' A: . A i'\ P. ft A a been si at ted. ' These inl'jtlii .Me.-chouse College, Morris 3ru\ui IJ diversity,' Atlanta. .1)uiversi' y a? d ('la: k. t'ni .erki'iy: also A. am i\T.nd T.ning-.on" in North CTriillnS1. ind chapt'ers are.'projected at Aller [ Yncf iX'iTTia')-'. TTonodxt. In ' Columbia. ! "In the Sou ii .he students are niprb fo. ting a growing spirit of freedom,' ejio.rts Air. Hag}i:;!l. "At the Y. M A, s11 nt conference of Xortl i -hireliun -they trii'd to serve .Xogrne,i jim-crow .banquet which they re fused. a king that they he adinittei o the. : ' ; ; '! 1 : ,Ui 1 or thsil ?* hr " -.hitir-iiwiiy-with.4"- Yho~Tmrrrtcir -pm fniMil :?y m:i'ie-+:-:rf- they fi.mic in t? Hear ttjie speak ifrr utter the white? ' ad eali. :io .-'ivdu they refused- to do L\ committpp- was appointed who ..inettdd to table the- mutter, hut thj i .ludenTs ii"vv day alter the hunqiiel | It'ey-;'i.a resido imi j>u the open flooi -~i. the.et rivr-ti'.ier deploring the unfor -.-tenate.ag>l fin.chii-dinn practise of the '.'iiiti enrioT) in sign1 ii'g but" Its dole] p-es from THe banquet sessioivjligi caii'-^jg^teolor or. race, and reeommcpj V.w/4 Iw hereafter the. banquet .in| "Hale all delegnt-s- or' Ik*-abandoned [ :.n'd. tliat coi .niittees'witli Negro mem, hers sliau'aT 111 nt at j'.uch places as the Negro memb -r* could attend and not j at resUiilran luncheons from which | they are excluded." . \ | In?A then In, a"C')"dii.ig .to Mr. Hagnail's report, a drive has been orf.:?ni^.efl for 2,000 members with ot 1 ant a ins?and teams uf ntrou'J 100, ir I boring prroups arc taking part. Capj tnip A. T. Waldon, President of tin Atlanta .1-ranch of the N. A. A. C t P. recently won a street car case for pTie 1'WViudY V\TiTch" ncjlhV'i- \vh! to noi pajlorrd people thought could be \v&n This lva's immensely stimulated in(c!cst in lip Branch andTffi?aHb?lsM? activity: . SCHOOL P,<) A BPS ANSWER COMPLAINT IN TOMS RIVER SECEEC, AT ION CASE New York, May 6?Attorney Eugene It. llnyne, attorney retained by ihe National Association for the Adiinri-n'.'ni >,|f Colored Peep|c__to fight -fche-ease-trf the colored children barrcd from public SGjjtpoF in Toms I^iyer, New Jew y, reports that "he has filled a petition against. the school boards j of Berk-ely and Dover Counties be! fore thg; C6n\missioner of Education puvd that the boards have ril"d.ans1 ' ' -J Argument is to he had on Monday, I May 9, according to Mr. Hayne's report. ??-Vi' ",r>' "? ,?. ? ???? ' 5 ? Chiefs ElVL IN N1 ns, Ut iN. : ? i f COLUMBIA. S. C.. SAT LT City To H i million-off?er cent. lle-l declared that segregation would only J ho satisfactory if the land distribu- j 11 jinn Were 50 - port-cent on each side I color lino/' i NEW ORLEANS N. A. A-, C P. CON-+ TEST TO RECEIVE FLOOD I *7 UEL!EF FINI)S;J jj_ L* I I New York, May G?In response to inquiries addressed to the National ' Ofliee, of the National A: sot'iation for > the Advancement of Colored People, 1 it' Fifth Avenue, as,to where.contvi' tuitions for colored victims of the Mis- * sissTpnl Valley flooda__i_b.igh.t be sent, 1 ' the National Oflref Odegl-aphed to > i New Orleans?and has received?fUn?I following telegram from Dr. George, i W. Lucas, President,of the New Or i\ew urieai?s win nanaie anything; l "for flood sufferers." The address of [ the New Orleans Branch Is: 21Q7 Dry- j 1 ades St., New Orleans, Louisiana 1 oil gifts and contributions may be sent] > to that address. , The National ?)fficc; : - has received one check for $3 from'1 u'vTjth 1""V i l r itvai >,iin 11, Tmnn und-i-l j this has been forwarded to the New ~ 1, Orleans Branch. : The N. A. A. -CL P. Iuvr. also tele- . I graphed to Robert R. Church in .MomI V>his, member of the Board of Dij'ec- 1 ! tors,, informing hmv -of?the -willing- -1 "j^admmister' Hood relief funds, ami re- f rftfosting him to keep in touch with 1 ' Dr. Lucas at New Orleans and with ^ I the National Office. > FV BRANCtjh CONFERENCE WOR- I ' . ? * ' THY OF NOTE . " ' V-Y' V " [ r'Chiefs II::\c SillJn?r <m Horizon.. Color Par. or Segregation Iiills. in South Africa I AvYTjVKS ARC CO I IE KENT 'lev. Z. 1?. Hrthabano, President** ofAfriean A"rational Congress Calls- t'hie Is ''Together ^ Xoam VfH;, \lay (J 3ilic Xalionnl1 Association for 1 the Advancement of j v Colored People, (VJ Fifvh. A'vonue, has i received a clip, pint* of a cubic to the ' London Times ivoortin'.rM recent- con | fo:vm-e of- titt-i iw chiefs in -South AfI rica on the Hort/.osr color bar, or se.itr; o:it ion li:H< Th*i> t .oivdnti Tir.iue /.ni*. rosponserit writes: . . General..Jlertzog's. Native hills are . probably better understood by, the nai -rives than tltc Kurnpeans of South i^'-iVfrhSV. -NntttT? opinion is, indeed r now , r oiv ; olerent *Tvh^ hotter organized than it husH-ver- lfk>n.- A conference-': ( f chiefs which is si.tips here is notcworthy'in this res; ee\ In a striking ' .presidential" .speech the KcV. R. liahrtham*,. P.iesidorrt. of the African National Co'iiuress, called on the chiefs r>" be* Hp-mwf- rhhmryerviciose- iheir I ranks and to stand as one man for. ] ^ -tire cause of th$jh* people.- > - . - . j '^hv-thihs'iano sai l .that the le.yhs!ai'r:n cf-the Smu's'(-ir>vornmrnt and < i-nci-al 1 h i t y.i m;> p, e i i,, 1.i 11 - !ii. air.? that there jtvas no place for the mm- h j.JIuropyan In tfluv Legislative" Cham| hers of (he land, no'voice nor vote for ' rThtTii in shaping the destinies of this land. and in"""(Tetcrmhiin;-;' its Tale." ..apart nor sha^e for the black'man in .!._ he 1 man age men \ and control" of its |aiUtiii4s, The land qMe.v'-top?was the? ~ rwx-o-f-the problcin. 'Mi". Manabane ! j-'eelanAl -thai five million Bantu had.) i.i iw.i-Sii'.it .V.f tiw. i.....i ..an .. i" EW ZEAI AAA. C. 1 fta 4E . . 'v, ; II) AY.. MAY 1 1, 102.7 ~} ave Appi c DIRECTOR NATIVES HOLD ^ POSITIONS * ' , r * * ' V". Mjslwht of K'.U'I' IVeJudleo-And Color Problems in Now Zea* land Commented on : \(> HiTTF.KXESS TH1.HI: V,?i. I..AJ,... i ^ V, n /iViiiclllllVI O | I <(> u V UiUMI/A'U a Country of Amiable Races Now: York, May <>?Absence of race pirajittlii-e and of color problems in N'i w Zealand is commented on in the 'British Australia!") and New Zealun tier"-of Af.ril-gl.-conv of? \vdtich--ht raja v'l ci.nu1?trr the' "National- Assocta- "" li> n for |?be Advancement id" Colored' People, 00 Fifth Avenue. The news|n per slat s: ".n Now Zealand the colonists en-' .ouhi-rod the MaoHs,. a fprht in>c rajee, not de picable cither in-numbers arid carswity.?9-rival rv niul claims-^ to the- same .-oil, in "which1, justice was by no means always with Mre-whites.provoked lon;r ami fiercely contestedwars-. But i.o-.bi.tthrues's retrains. New* . Zoahur.lers: are fortunate in liayini . .pis irk/fed a country InAvhulfrTho' na' Iv'C 1 ac^is "capable of divine nfonp, d m_-l:h'.-m in, amity,.. undmrybstdyimv. \-ohliiaily moraine- .with ihc whiles. ; n livjilmil./lwtlf-.'-.ista. Midoris and ih;eh!i>( d Ma.nns J y-o .'il-ciuly attained the hiehe-U pos.t4.mus la the State. 1 ' ui' of1 '? ' :I. a!!! d . . ..1 I ' 'yb'l*-Ct'edlB:l.le 'iialuvtraces. t'w' t.he ' i\t*vv /.j. annate rs o tin: ish <tescci$; no >ev?- than-to the "INI-.1 >r.is that flris js so... ami that ;u'\v Zealand to-lay has irs^id-^-TrrT-hhrn I'f . an'-r (!-?' I1*"!;"1 inntn.il Ve.-pect. >it? both-' ei)j?>y lull l iflit of cii i:'.M-i-hl;i in ilh-ir Common.' native. land,"' ?.5-4' -_j. DR. JOSIAfl MORSM SPi'AKS AT i SKCOXL) CABVARY BAPTIST i CHlTlCIt SUNDAY AFTER- 7"] .. NOON AT (it'Ott R. M. . Dr. Jo'siah Morse: v. ho is president jof thi' .Sou'lhern Psychological and f iTulosophienl Association. has kindly ' consented.'to address the U. . 1*. U.' of thc.Sccyud Calvary Baptist Church' on Bull St.. between Tav4u.iv?and J on- Bull St. bctweeji Hampton, and i Taylor :it G:00 P. M. Sunday.' May j loth. ' It has been my pood pleasure to J know Dr.- Morse for some -iirao. To] know him,, is -to admire him for his fine spiiit. lie Is- lUiin'eered among I ho men of the South, wlvo have the larger vision, touching nyaUors that ir(-intellectual, world, social aud~ccof1 aomical. ^ ... ' V i * . ,1 lie "and his xtssoeiatejj.' are working thoughtfully and couYagc >u'sly * to make conditions hiore dcsiruh'.t for all eople. T The fact that hc. is Docto)_.of I'sy-. hology and Philosophy in the .South Carolina 'University is a happy assurance that you may expect a -mcs- . ?age from the heart, with the words 3f human* kindness nad general sympathy?-.Come" and hear him.?1? _a j. tv. ,IU||.\^U.> KIVKI-WTKIl i York, !ltnv n -At llu" atjnaTn.' neetinc of the American Fund for I'-ubUc-Servk'e, kimwn n^thr-fjTndrmdf fund,, Jamo * Wi-liI'Mi JiilTTT^'Trr. Fr.'Tc nry of the National Association for he Advancement fo "Colored People, j vas1 re-elected President for the cojiing yar. v s Segrc .AND, IS ' V ' * * % Writes- < - - - - ; "J ' " -V' ' i> >ved 3urnrr. CJ1S HOUR' - ' ' J , . .. . _ * t , IN 4?BRMAN . ; -!i M 4 At A r/?\rn IW^VxAAliMi ' i Arl.cL' Lnt.tJel "Africun ' Ne-' 1 K ro<w and the Future of I. Coloivhil System" - H i\ i;n: m:u:i)i:nsavaktk Mr. IMcker.s Contrasts West African System w ith South Af'ri- i I can Segregation l y ^ 1 . Xcw Work, May (>? Ail article bv ; V V\ ill:;nitt Hckcn'*'.. Field Sjc'crotary of i 1 the Nati> nrrl Association _fo_r the. Ad- j v vaiiveru nt wl' Golort'd Pedple, on 1 <1 dtpp .\o._1 oos ttnd. il)f Fulpfre of. the] . *' ' 'i ' s;"r t'm" is published in ''Die; a I- i iedi'ii -War e, tot' ? April. li?27, a I (i vin-jfi hv o'LUi?-?on?uitftsr*" magazine i j.xiljii hod iiy 1 Vr'.lit: ~ ( In. l' i; aiaUileV Mr. Pickens con- ; rn.ts the. West' African system of n-a nfj' natives tir raise cocoa* i Atcd.-?riher~prodac.' ? with the South .'.'v.can ein of srff roe'at'ioH aijd in - r:.r-yiav. ry. * He p",ints "out that ( \; V'l... ; W. i.i.o?.. . 1.1 ! -' ? uxLi--LJu iiuiu.uown me i f l: .<) ,; ,00:f na'ivos ' in Africa indcfi- ' { " e'.y, .* n<l the*ort!yrpnx'.ibie solu- I'.s .?r. (?;' prevent prohlajtfs will be thru : r t\a.( in. betv.oon races. ? | r:uhv;ty?;-airships1? and ra li"." write-; Mr. Pickens, "Af-jr ' iiuTc v main a purely v , ' k cLU'u n \ ?_t ; li.-iir . Kui'c>f>o' can re- H !-m.ji c jr , tvw'hi;c.or A.-ia brown nr ^ i ' 1'iw. i, cvanf^t lie'; natives willj . _Iiaxe?live s;i,nni r i g4es as the vdrrrcs.'^F ~ / ?;%. I'lei ens :{(h i c>ate^d;i. niodifica\i"ii ?.'he ciuui.iiil s<y.stem of admin- ci .:<> tluK there shall he no dis-Lv aj.iin.-i eidoi'i'd men andiji / v' opp-rrt-wm'y lor "ad-7 " t)la DEBATERS WIN IXAMMOISI.V 3 , I . ' w ; _4s My.unanimous decision of the. judges. ihi; team of. Stale A. and M. Colh ito w. n in'dcba; ntjr Contest over Yir"n?h;-da Normal aml^Jndustuial College f I Vter-lung. ' IdleYk hate td'ok pla?0 ~~ hi lliv auduorlitm ot state College. ~ A; rii and "w'as. lu.-a.rd by many visiicrs fi i>m . tin? 'city and different ] >ec t ion oft he :Stale. "TTi^ proposi- T tfon for ??is< ussion ? whs: "Resolved, ? . i hat the attitude id Uhe Coolidge ad- ,1 ministration toward- Latin America_,t is justifiable.-' , y \ Huh sides made iaL resting wargu- h itietus. an..' iho win do ntl'air was high-' ^ ly ynj.... ..i !i. Speakers on the affirm* t ^.liveisifiy. ot' the question were Car- I SIR, S;,e..;s. Orelanis Reed: with- c A. "Young, alternate. The affirmat i ve speajiers represent-1 o ! the "to..rii of the 'college. On the d negative si<!e of the question, the t fv i!1 ot ?- v e"f Frarye- l>nld win, Vva 1- Y tor C. Cod ol,and Msther .Jerome, al- b o'.aaTo, i'!;e noi ative speakers rcqrt vsented the Virginia College. tl Judges selected for the occasion h *r.- T r* n. ? ? i K'i. <i. v . iir.viinr, 01 aonnson ji t'. Smith I-ivi^pvsity, ITaleiglv N. C.; u l)".-in of Pnir?f> r*?l. | p lane, Ainrnsla. Ga.: and I. M. 'A. My- i: tts, Principal of Howard School, Co- T htmlhm K ('. Thtv judjica^madfi sepa- t ' nto decisions, all of which \vcfc in c favor of tho affirmative.' ' . d ? Tho t rliflTJSftilah tlebat ihjj "contest fs ' I 'll'.'i1; II mono n.-ii'QUna StatCv College, .the A. and T. Col- t lofrc of GreenshoVo. N. C. and the Vir- A Tfinia -Xornjal and Industrial College of Petersburg, Va. ii ? . * ' * * / igation REPORT , .; v'; J ' / . ^ii^Airica, ?:?? 1 ?^ 1- !?? i* :* . v ' . , 5c A COPY lerSchool UKKMVIIjI.K TO ? ? ' : g ' HAVE SESSIONS * I/i T JLi UiJUOiV/ilO 'rincipal C. A. Johnson of .Booker Washinirton-Hijjfh School ; Will Direct Work ROM JUNE-6. TO JtOflT 9 , t '1 ~ : * . ' . , '.**, ment Locates School in Green?vflle. Because of Facilities? r- i Columbia-,"Sr-C,, May 10th?J. B. ' 'Viion of the* State Department of -dueatmn announces a State approval sumer school *" for teachers to be 'rincipal d. A. Johnson of the Booku'^\\"ashingUin_Sehoolr-Columbia, will- . ' li.reet thework of the summer school u':d there will be associated with him i group of efficient instructors. Mr. Ylton states that this summer school s -located ^at Greenville because' ji eenville is within reach of the large :i<?ap teachers of the Piedmont secion. and because of the splendid fa il-ties which the city offers for. dona a high grade of work.'-^(TreenJle. the "Mountain Cir'y" of South "arolinaf-is located in the foot hills. .1' the Blue Ridge Mountains just -MX" l^vv^milesl from Paris Mountain, Gaear's.." Head "and toijer famous sum- , nor resorts'. The State officials could not have _ TlFct^d' a twVfp' ideal city for a~sum- r" iter school, A large number of teachrs. from various^ sections of the State v iIf ? 1 ikoly?ayaif themseves" of this ) iin.iill f ippi-.rt unity tn r-nmhinp ctiwly vith recreation. Course's will be ^oirered_ in" high __ ehool and elementary work. Crelit will be granted for satisfactory vork following prompt registration. _ ind regular attendance, v Citizens of Greenville will arrange iccumodations and "rooms, at reason ibtF faf?~Tor out-of-town teachers. For further information, address dis. Himie Ducket-or Mrs. Sewell, hyllis Wfieatley Center, Greenville, > * ' iOD'S TROMBONES," NEW B06K BY J. W. JOHNSON NOW OCT Now York, May G-The Viking Press iiblish.or of .'>0 Irving Place, announce hat "God's Trombones," a book of even Negro sermons in verse by antes Weldori'John.son, Secretary of he National Association for the Ad--' ancerrrrVit of Colored'People, has just een published.and is on sale. The even poems are entitled: "The Crear? ion," "The Prodical Son," "Go down Hath,* "I?oah Built The Ark," "The/ Crucifixion, "Pet My People Go- jsndt " The Judgment Day," ' -' - ' The book a 1 2-page inirouction about the place and imperii ncd of the old-linn- Negro preacher ?-T rv the history-of-the race; In this . oolT Mr. itohnson says: ''The old-tirrte Negro preacher has iot yet boon-given the niche in which ie properly belongs. He has been iortrayed only as a semi-comic figire. He had. it is true, his comic asloots, but on the whole he was an niportant figure, and at bottom a vi- , at factor. It was.through him that ? ho people of diverse languages and *' 1 uaiuLiw nu? ncrc urou^ni- nere irom livorse parts of Africa and thrown hfo slavery wyre given their first .?ehsg of unity and KolUlaj'iry, lie was . H ? he first' -shepherd of this bewildered lo.ck." The book is illustrated with 8 draw- ' ng by Aaron Douglass.