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FORMER I -African Bla Doctoi - {j ? VOL.4If~NOr-24. MICCICC1 MOB SATURATES 1 ? AND BURNS]* ; Negroes Accused of Slaying T uipU^Hawmill Snot. Seized by Mob" 4* u_T^~ amF Dragged Thru Streets "SHERIFF OVERPOWERED"- ? Officers Unable to Recognize a1vy Members of Band of 100 "Because of Darkness" j .. ,v . ; c Louisville", Miss., June 13?Two Ne? giues accused of. haying-slain Clarnnee-^ Nichols, a saw mill superintendent, . were seized by a mob early today, / paraded through the streets of Louis_ ' vi'llt'' 11 nd tlien-J akerL.a.short -distance- _3 .from town where-they were tied t<V a telephone pole and burned to deoth after their clothes had been saturated with'jrasoline.' ' -'who--with two other officer's w^ tak- i: " ing the* Negroes to Jackson for safe li keeping was overpowered near Nox- p ~ apater by a mob that blocked the . s highway and demanded the prisoners?' BISHOP .mrr ship the Presiding K-Mers raised oyer l The ufliccis at Aral rtfliieOk, sur* i render thmn and fired several shots - into the air in an effort to 'frighten the mob, whose numbers were estimated at 1,000, but the mob was insistent. - 5.1 ? ,- After gaining possession . of the ! slayers, the crowd brought them bach , to Louisville and marched them [ -through-' the -principle streets. |Then-jas /daylight neAred they went into j provised funeral pyre, poured gaso"lTne on tTieiiT and struck a matcTT Because of the darkness, the officers were unable to recognize any . members of-the band. _ j I Nichols was shot to death Sunday [ ' following an altercation with Jim and ; at the mill. The .superintendent was said to have been unarmed at the time. Deputy Sheriff Perhienier apprehended the Negroes near thir . home iftyfc night and?started?With them in his automobile for Jackson. Nichols was popular here and news [ - of )iis death spread rapfeffyr Posses ?? slayer Jbefore. thejL wfire^eaptured.- _ ?" ?The State. *" t.... : -v - IEAD OF ick Man r King .. I "V" . . ' ' , Rarp Pr< (iFT.Rfl pi a 5UCCOMBS IN EMPLOYER'S ARMSIlt'aduat-c of Taw'School at Howard and Fluent Speaker ofe?* -T-~Th*r-+tebrew Language T~ L GIFTKD PLAYWRIGHT Native of -Sid-' ncy, Australia: Adopted and Reared by Wealthy Jew Santa Monica, Calif., June lO-^O . ' , . JCarly-tT-hursdny "mor ning^?aticr-havng' a carnation in the buttonhole o.f lis employer's coat and bidding; .him ;Ood-bye, Mr. J. Goodman Braye took uddenly ill and in less than five min-. fte'S died in the firms of his employer, IN IH'KKT . Allen Cnlvcivliy; under ivheTso loadgv5-1 ,noo for-Kttuc.atiuji. '?~?2? ' ~~ * ___?'. ?7" > ' ' ~ Mr. Frank Sebastian, o\\ner of the Sebastian Cotton Club in Culver City, Calif. .0 Mr. Brave was 51 notion nf Siird-t ney, Australia and a graduate in law from Howard University. _ He was adtfpted and retired by a prominent and' wealthy Jew of Chicago by the: name ofl.ippmor Tannanbaum; had spoke .the Hebrew languagd HUently. For eleven .years ha w or the mtmagef of the TanitaTrbntmrMining Company rrrrdrhttor 1 i?c Sffio IFTftal estate brpk^T er in I.QtLJVngleea,. .In the year 1914 Mr. Braye moved to Imperial Valley, where he proposed plans for fa colovbd industrial chool in that vicini ty - ? -J * I To also travelled with the wellknown .theatrical company of Stewart and Jtobihson and was a gifted playwright having compelled two plays, "The Toi m^linc Kinp and "The Black Mill lunar jo" tlte Tatter for which he was offered a tnrrm sitm: wiler AlTeathea Wyrrrr-Braya ami a daughter, Alycc, Brayer and a son, Louis Braye. _ ? FILM COt 4uch More ; Merc COUMBIA ,S. (\, SAT (J i . . ?" : * . ' > ' iYWRIGHT SIDNEY P. JONES UP FOR USURY "'1 . " ' Noted Money Lender and Fowner Films Head; Charges $200 Bonus For $-100 Loan ^ MAKES SL000 NOTE Pones Makes Fatal Mistake? Has Note and Trust Deed Made Opt to Self - JjOS-^Angeles, Calif., June 10?Taking "advantage of. the recent California Supreme Court decision-in the case of Wallace vs. Zinnman that brokers may charge any commission they desire for procuring- loans for their clients, Sidr\ev P. JDpnes, coloroil local real estate broker and. loan agent, loaned Ethel Davis, also colored, $400 with which to pay carpen-, +er.s alio wore working oh her hdtel at Eureka Villa, a colored resort sub division 80 miles from Los Angeles and o'rginatty^sBn^fTsTied by Dones. IJones secured the money from A. IT. Seccombe (WhiteJ 5013 St6ry Building.?Meceoiubo j>aid Dones $510 for the $G0Q note which Miss Davis made out to Dones in- return for the $400-, -according to the city prosecutor: Mtks- Davis teslifU'd that she made out a note for SIOOO hearing 8 percent intvr0st~anTb*~seeared. hv n trust deed on tier home. 082 E. 81st St. '--stho . vnirf tvng Ull'ihle.to" ob-~ taimthe full amount called for in the note and ?. so credited her with $400 on the-riotc* leaving $000 due.. For this paper, she says Dones loaned^ her $400." ~ . ' . ... . . Dones on the .witness stand conrondod tlint ho gatd-Mun^-Da-vis $50fhHowever, Dones who has studied law, made the fatal mistake of having the note-and * trust deed made" out 4? bimstdf. Jits argument "1 am not. a money lender., r am only ah agent, a broker and.the supreme court say*' you can't regu 1 ate my commission" was cut short by^tludge Baird on the grounds that the evidence showed in black and white that Dones was down as to' principal. He then announced "I find the defendant guil ty as charged." UndeY the usury law the maximum penalty which may be "imposed on Done9 is a sentence of 180 days, in the county_jail or a fine of $500 or both. - It is expected Dones will appeal. ? ~ : A. U; Secom^e, white lender backing Dones, sat cool and unperturbed. Although accused with Dones of usury, his case was dismissed, as there was rioevidence directly connecting him with arranging the loan. He was represented By two attorneys, XY?F. Secconrbe, his son, and P. H. Burke. Dones Was represented by Attorney Henry Hintington. r^Sr^f^ Dunt-sr several years headed and statred himself in two Nepro photoplays produced by his [corporation known as the Democracy Film Corporation. WOULD TRANS!.ATE BOOKS 1*Y PICKENS. INTO ARMENIAN ' New York, June 10?William Pickens, Field Secretary of Association for the Advancement of Colored People, has received a 'let1 ter from the Ctty of Erivtah. Tn Ar menm, ftafcmg Pfetflnsaloa..la tranalate his "Bursting Bonds" ancL '*Thfc Yengoanoe ofthe Gods" into ttie~"AT= menian language. ? t IPORATIC Serious T1 |y Whi S3 I 'RDAY, JUNE 18, 1927 Abnormal DIES VERY : EX-PRESIDENT ?Cl ... WRITES BOOK Rearing and Demearior of Afri* 1 can Hlafk Man More Serious j Than Expected NO HORSE PLAY 11 - - -Africans - Not :Morose. Hut I)o t Not Furnish Laughing, Rol- "T~ licking Groups ~ bearing anil demeanor of the black man is more serious ^than 1 had 1 pected in his dative surroundings,j v writes Pi?6f. David P. Harrows,- for- : 1 v ! i nier president of the University of1 California in_ hjs..Lne\t bo'ak. 'iBurliersi i and Blacks" which has ;just been pub- c dished; "In spite of the'Severities and limitations of the" black man's-life ' j_in- the United?Hiatos,- tie is nowhere-}? elso joyous, s6 ready, for mirth and j for music .as he is right here. He" i is not ^sportive or gay." nor dogffjrie spontaneously burst into | sony," nayu the noted educator?"1 do. not mean that they are morose, { hut they do not furnish those laugh-| ing roljicking groups that one meet?. on tho hu'ecs <>f-Xew Dideans. oi?~ | wherever colored people congregate j. i'l -Anvi iea." 1 . . ' ? t-^--"The nrraiitL of th?? African cultur, may perhaps, be. !n.t"ti;r-v^ud.4iiaaP-hv? . thr nnlitienl inr-M o.-it V ,iT fho rnVo. then by any other intellectual .tk*'t\^ iency," Barrows explains.-"The while . rule in the Sudan is .lif-npiivieiit and! ~ inst.?iVim lu re In colonial- life have j the moral qualities of Kurope bee.:-" given-finer emphasis than in the reloti /*MO~ UrtlKi l.,.t ... 4 K . rmuwii.T hviv coinuuant'ti uviwvni hk' 1 white and black races." -. ANi) T. SI'.MMKk SCHOOL oi'I)NS WITH LAHfii: ATTliN. D A W IT . President Blufv;rd Speaks at First .. . Chapel Exercises:." iV > . ' ' - '!' "Creerishoro," N. C., .lime 11-?The A. and T. College Summer School; , which claims The distinction of TVing '? -theoldcst in the country, opened te--' day- with a large enrollment. With the stage set, players prepared and patrons in readiness, the curtain went up tqday on "the thirtieth annual session of the approved state summer school at' tlit only exclusive" Negro Agricultural and Technical GJollege in America. ' -I-Ambitious plans and elaborate pre-'1 paratlpn,on The past., of onthu.-.i-astk^ officials- -wcfre'. well, rewarded by the; large enrollment and manifested in-' Tetfest which are indicative of a mostj successful session. .1 Director Maley "Fins secured '"foTy the session an excellent faculty of: the' highest order. Pro'fossinnnl nmlculturhl courses planned for teachers [ of the elementary grades, holders of high school and principal cert i ftcates,' vocationai teachers amh jTrrnetlTffls'- are heing offered. *. " A special feature of the suntmci*Vi" session will be the courses in library methods, dramatic art and ?Ypi-n^o<>r^ Mr. Kit-hard H. IlarriSom^hxiTiainous reader is in ehnrg;e..of the department of dramatic art/ Miss . B.,. H. p TTTff, graduate o fthclibrary SchooCjl Simmon8 Coliege, Massachusetts. , in-charge- of the?eotrrse tn ""ttt>rary [" methods. . * i * *"*. . . * 1. ' -It ' 1 - >N FOUNC ' \ \ . Kan Amerii ?i ? : ?.?, at. , Says I SUDDENLY KING DENIES USING FORGE ' ' j !)r. W. R. King, I'io|grietor of II- 1 legal I Von a ire Farm in Georgia, Aqullted of Charge h \ DM ITS STRIKING MEN -ays -NcgrocK ?Were frci' Toj -fceave* Farm at Any Time, i' - "Some Caught Stealing" i it. king, j^oprutor of an alleged i t leonage' faritf in Oglethorpe County, J jeorgia, admitted he struck and whip- j ? >ed Negroes, he denied having used i 'owe to keep them on his plants '! t md -was acquitted of the peonage t "harge by a FedeTsil~Ceurt ?, . ' ' *7" ! ' ^3 jmbl t 1). Hi President of Allen I!iiivi?r.<itv. uTi.?" piI'.siili'iil <?r"Xllfn.University. ? Athens, fJni. j i ?When it war/learned?that1 James j , Felton, (he colored man who escaped to -Danvine7-VTt-^ WH?r to be taken ttr Georgia to' testify, the National Association Cor the Advancement of C]olored People wrote the Department of Justice voicing apprehension for FeltrmVynfoty and; urging that he lr~" sftftprurrrded. ~ Felton after testifying,^ was returned to. Virginia and -there] released.' . v ?11 ? Bite i?l' t he witnesser.?at?the trial 1 testified he had been warned not to1 ,.t.tar,. o..' v : v 1 irnvntv CT^ftMi^l i 'i . rvill^. VA HUHHH'I of N on foes, who loft the plantation-, it was testified, "wore caujfht on the1 road.tt when it was "discovered" -that| fools and provision's were missing of tor they had left. j. Reports of peonage on Dr. Kind's farm have been maHf" and called to j the attention of the Department -of' iTnmlee .foi some 'prim1 ?he j: trial just concluded^ ?At the regular chapel exercises, Doctor Kin ford, president, of t.ho rnl- _ lege" addressed the~ members, of the bummi'i aessigii, - i i, 'V . "x ? * . - > GUILTY can Negro ?>' - - r- ? ?- <+ y -^ v ?v-- -. ?? j frrrf-r;-4-^ ^r? ^3^ A 1 . * . - "*" %' - ?, ,- . -V- - 7 ? -~ , 5c A COPY ? ' "" ' /.. ? Magazine 'NKGRO-COM- * J?iEX" INSANITY r ? ~~ a " ' ? Edward Franklin Frazier Likens Whites' IUnfounded Rumors of Net?roes to. Lunatic- " INSTANCE OF VIOLENCE Vriter Tells of Actions of Southern White Woman tlpon Discovering (iuest Colored " Ne\v~York^ June It)?Writing on 'The" Pathology of . Race Prejudice" n the June Number of the Forum Magazine; (HI I,exin}rt> n A venue) __ Edward Franklin Frazicr-points out he the "Nefrro-ComiHex"' of. white southerners is closely akin to insanity.. Mr. Frazier points put that "just . is .the "lunatic seizes upon every fact o support his delusional system, the vTuti* "Tnati seizes myths and~unfoun - : : - >1MS finished his third .successful "'term as . <? . ; ded rumors to suport his delusion aim it- the Negro.-1'1 Mr.~aFra/,,ier recites a number of instances showing k- ' v ? trr-vmlciice', of irrational prejudice? against the Negro, among them being the following: .'. '' "Some years ago a mulatto werft, to a small Southern town-to establish ' a school for-Negroes. In order not ~ tV become persona non-grata 1n the cT.rn'wmiH.v)- he app_roachcd_the leading 5hit v. rtisufvnts for tik'ir ^ippiuval of the enterprise.?Upon his visit- tft one white woman, he was invited into her parlor and -tvo-.i.-l t.-lin thfl usual courtesies shown tisitors; but when this woman discovered later that he was~ct?lorerl,"she chopped up l '. u-j' _ . i- - j> n<in in nmni. riv nan sni and. alter pouring gasoline over the pieces, made a bonfire fo them. Prom a practical viewpoint, insanity means social incapacity. Southern vhrte noonfe afllirieci with the Xogro-cpmplex show themselves Incapable of performing certain social fonet ions. They are, for instance,-fn-? ?r~ capable of- rcndefTng~just decisions " when- white. amP-cedmed poTvpfr^are r (Continued On Page Eight)