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I MASONS SPil I?------i ? , VOL. Ill?NO. 37 WHITE RAPISTS I BEING TRIE!)! I>ocaI N. A- A. C.' P. Reports * Contributing $750 Trough.'. ! President The Men Are?Charged?with Trailing Two Colnrorf Wom^n And Attacking Them New York, Sept. 9.:?The Nashville ~ " Tenn., Branch of ~th~?T Nn t ionVi T A-T. _ .Suriation for the* Advancement of. Col _ Ieored People, through its President, J. A. Martin, reports contributing: ^ roOfor the employment of a special attorney to prosecute two white men Charged with brutally assaulting two _ colored women near - Murfreesboro. ?-1-" Tenn. The trial resulted in a mis?trial, I&^jurm-s hoing-dm^rmTrTrtiTm and ^for acquittal, according to Mr, Martin, who states that the- rapists are still in jail and their ca^e is to come up again in October. ?U The?white?men?.Elgin. Lewis?and Aubrey Paine, taxi- drivers, are charged with trailing two colored women in. .an automobile, representing themselves as' state police officersand "arresting" them oji a-country road and thop. committing brutal assaults on them. Both of the colored women victims pf the attack are married. CLAFLIN COLLEGE OPENS ' ' * T-?" . * Orangeburg^S.: C., Sept.. 12?According to previous announcements " "Otaflin College will open ScpU'inbct 14, ready to accomodate the record' enrollment of her history. $ 15,000 is in hand to strengthen the science labortories and library. On the faculty are men and women trained in the best colleges In America. To give the College a new rating, President Randolph has selected the .best in equipment and faculty. In additions Claflin bids, fair to stand. in the faculty. Professor Elijah Horace FitchetJ, A. B., A. M., Howard University wiU head the Department of Sociology and Economics; Professor E. B. Svrraels, A. B., University of Michigan heads ?? tllo OfiiM rl rnem of T'noehoLvi'v 11.1 - of the Department of Biology, 'Pro-' lessor H. L. Slovens. A. B? Ilu'iv .rrri? University. The Department of Mu- ; sic has three additions: Miss ElizabeLh_ J. Bhillipft, Mus. Bt; Chicago ' Musical College.?Mian Susie Sonora Smith, A. B., Claik?University, At lanta, will direct chorus nrfd voice*. Prof Wiliam C. Steward Will direct = The "Band. Mi as "AnnaTElestinc .Smith, ; B. S., University of Pepsylvania, Will teach Latin. The Department juif Ithy-sical Education Will have as its head West, ProfeJsm^Brice Taylor," Bachc- " lor of Physical Education, University of Southern California. With these aditions Claflin bids fair to stanT^ with, the best Negro colleges of the ' land. \ GENEVA CONFERENCE .'WOULD INTEREST YOUTII OF WOULD ' IN NEGRO. New York, Sept. 9.?Dr. John Hope, President of Morehouse College informs the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People that at the recent conference in Geneva, Switzerland, of the World Com- " mitfece of the Y. M. O. A. it was de- . cided to try to interest the youth of he world in various problems including. Ihose of the Negro and his relation to other races. Dr. Hope states it is the plan to publish a number of articles rriattng~~t6~ the Negro and . that these. wilL be translated into number of languages and widely dis tributed. . NOTJCEt ir * All meml)or,s of the Ajax L. and S. v Club are to meet at 1119 Washingtoa _ St.. Monday SSeptember 10. - at 7:00 . P. M. without fail. -H. ADA:M$, Vice President J. B. JoEngon, Secretary. ~L ? ?""3: > ? ~~" - .t -1-1 .. . ' : a h/ ' JLi^W 4,,/ -;-./' y7t A IT"* V* ^~iv . " r ' T**^ < AFRQ-i-avm. slxoni) .Vr.v S; OIS 1 ( i ! 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The i".( iiitr i.. x-t \ ftsy. ,!1 !,e hi h! ait l'inclaml. ^ _ - . . _ -ir--- -r O^- ------ - ?TV RKCAP'ITHr' < VF Si A v ."?S i N Sl?i.Ku \?rrrr-r?I i.h?T7T ?HIM I ISil (Ml it i . < Xciv ?Y<5y X:i ! -nM Associat ii.di iW< the AM :a.!uvi>)ei-jt- in Colored jV-ile, T'rfrh~ Aa 6mu?. has i'n-1-i'.c.l- ( ' ! .a I.n.'t.l.-n show i n y -.It)..-?iif. ?> ' I'M*1? i 11! i i < n is deeply >' it -! ~-'t.t-t; i -<i . ,: yion .of, '(he?;- :>< ?*?*' ?t-h?of the.- .Cohan- < ;^ si,-; a in that strive lAvrfT-rs Piny ri ripturo 4hoir escaped s'-ives "V: <1 a -> a "iva .-iwn^im- (IIIH'I FI I Ml i j I ,-t~> H ing. Tho thin!. "n. a, IV : rides, declared the Court r-iinuld not 'I . e % % sanction "slavery evpVl thougU-*fct\vas ?~nativa cuatgm^-?? ^ SgjS, T" -L ?r - -?? DISTRICT v . . I ' IIIIM.tll ? < i if:, AinijAf ;-'.T.. RICAN-.WRI f TrTir:r.r.s an-rxvNrrrnnrtvtt \.t \ I Nls i .U.M i ^. 1 . . i*v a;. a-:, s 1. stt.iionts JbcgKUl .giUl . 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KM' I 1' '? ... ;? -?fftT?ft-I . '. 7 ' . vt y , J'>> " , |?*":??- v' I jrivj'rii!iVrfiinir i ;-.- (" .!*'i VV'. i'f . i u F:;'Uh iiiitl i' ' 1 ZO' . i'1--' vyi'V' -. I '! ih v. M, K. ('hu'ri-ii. ^'n-t nlciit ;.1 ,\ iK H w ill I'unet ion }; , . - :>i. l l...-' Hly-of oilK ! l.l.OS ANOV.! I's PKlIl'-AKKS FOR i m. CilNirt;ui:NVlj?or Sr.~\.- a: i, ' ? C, i':. . .v v. V S; lit . 0.- The f2T5 An it .v J:. .VJK!4 mi lilt' National A&sio.. if L'.n A(i\uruonu nt of Col* ! I\- p! A, t 't:y)i its Si > l't'tap , i : i\,t.aia i.iip -fs, - report* ;>.ciy under v. ay l'or the en* *-t?"fa.vw"?there t?tune ,ef?r+rr" r.'vxi A Ti :nli 1 I'tnilei onto "f M A r P, C* fV.jy.n.ie' - hoing appointed and .< ^>ver writes: "Personally I nfn rp hir to sponsor the ("hoir ConM.*si at ' Hollywood RpyyI next June ''>-r the. ln'.ltiT miigvic ont.(>rtainnicnt ' 11;,, lii '.i .iii i 111i.i will lie a fti-jh I | rize of $r>0O. to the winning choir and it promises to ho a gigantic, af-, lair." . ' ' MEETIN ttff ?> ITKXV.-yKrfBAtnKR. 17, 11127 " " TE? OF MA T^UKONS Ol- DLStKli 1 .NO. 3 UK-1 V (E; El N A N I t AI. 1 )K 1 V E 1()K .NEW SCHOOL. ' Qujtfe ,ii larev lumiher of t iuhuiii; n :e ,r l>..t loll^ 371(1 fl'icmi* of School il district Nd. .?,.?it<:l ut Second Na'/.a- a ii-nHiJrchufch, l'?e.?TOty night j, ;S'epL Ofh, for tlie purpose'of fornjtng Ti ''Aht>iti?:civcirrTnt?)' au organization tn j. pot i.vit tli.- financial drive, alrpady j.oegtui for t he new . .vc'liool. ii _ AI n?I'. S. I ,n-vy?i,-haii-pian nl' the Jf l,Hynliiill?Coiin.diH p. presided. 11 is ; p opening reniatfk.s were very inspiring S Ct.r ull present. us h,. made p'hrm -to (1 > in.';i. he r< ;t 1?older; i?I* the Associa-' M ' fit>h7 ' '' ' n ' . *1 he i'olLinlag i.dlteeits. AV'aJhLr.oltirt - _? } td':. ,,M rx. KliS Randolph, I'reMdent; ( v H Miirie' (insxion. SotjcA;|ry-;'^|f.*:- ' Mr. Boss .Tjiefcson, 'ljteasureV. ir 1 Ml ss ('. A. J;V k.s<>n. congmtul.atccl J hp ?-ph to "II ('I UCt i lit'.' Stlch , I' I ' >ne; .and liiptihle officers. She told i> j' I' M rs. Itandoli.'h'if rr^rYulncss. in the j ' i ..ir.dmniiy; Mating that her life is t j.-m- of service; ' ^ j t-, I ... ' .1 "" [), j Mi>. Randolph was then .ushered j l o the M'r.orH.'where she t'Aok charge!)1. |. I' the .meeting. She made some1 ! t lp u ly remarks. tl>irjking Mr. Leevy jv i : <<r t ht? "itHs-re-t and ytilunhte service?, he is ri ndoring the.' pcojjlo of the dis- 11 th e uMi.' out much ar, he had h. u. a ide luk business and conn; out to Lulp them. rh,. felt determined | !)? .do. 'a.'l iil Iter power to help put r. i'm tirom over. SJ)e njsu ftpoRe-aJ t :rt b-yh Uo itis of the people nf-thr I T - 'Vi c eontnmnity. laying that she j1 -feels. rare of their hearty coopem- | ' ' - ' ir tion: r._ : , ). ' Alt*-. Itanfddjph th.fji gave oiu'.W1 j 1 i it it/;; cards ati/1 lists, urging the.; 11 . utotnhors to get tint among their relar | .ti'vt*.'*"a/id frlen !'s help and elsewhere j O'd .' idit it 'lill' tllov ( ill hv Hie . opelt-.j..t* ing of tlk- seltool.- " [ , j Rev', ilolman.. pas'or of -Emanuel, J I A. 'M. K. einm-h, ' wms present and-:"1 f..ad<- ?:?.. la lpl'ti.1 rripxJuJ>.?.. Jle in- " v :*(.-?i the ;is-oiiatiofi to meet :tt his 1 I'. it ;: eh. Ttlesdti;.- tjight, .Sept. Id til. j . i no. rrt^uuTU men tpaniu'U the ; iMm1 and ctVw.cis of Secnd N'af.atvlh f<?;\ their kindness and adjournC. .[ . ?* * ? ?;? |R \N iiii r.o' N. A. -A. < . I'. WINS | j{AIMN(i littit COI.<)?.] :i) -Nl'RSE 11 * -r? ?_j__ \i-tv S nrk. |it. li. I'll, Xali'i.i1ul~~'.tiaii'ti fur the A?Kancomont- of j ' lr i'id red People, d'.i Fifths A ventre,-has / l'i < dyed the foiltAvinfr toloprnni frortt *' T?T "Sr'ii'j ('ah, livjeirh: . ' "'Tin- kail OiiV'o Branch "of the Xa-'11 ' * ()1 ion ;I . A,-s?:ci:.ti"n for the , Advnnoe;:n a of Colored -People was victor- ' u . . . ' 1 : ;T.- .in it- litrht' fur the admittance'! " 1 .fcifi i-Irls ns-nurses m'tho San"' (i<<- (? C',,t!i;y Ii<?s!ntal'ifivg'mwtrig yes -teid-ay'/i , Sha md ) \ JLOJ A .1KFFKRS'(> \, Sec. j.1 Sacred Band Concert Davis Concert Band 25 ^ Musicians , ? il At Wesley M, E. chut'tlu-Cor. Biirrt- u well ?od Gt-nnis Sts., Sunt jay Scptvin- iri her- 4,tifc1ogk;-? ~ '* th Thi? public is cordially invited t?f it tend and hoar this Great B?jnd tynd in i "W.iUM i,-L. tj.iiU'U.U?Vi.-I in I inu S;i. lit civil selections'. tl ?J 7 - : r- ' Jit v. X. S. -Smith, Pas'or. rt Prof. Fid. P. Davis, Music Director ' '- ?> V T-? t, STOP! LOOK! LISTEN! ^ |? "~i ?* - ei The "Comrtttinit j^SfrThI ^ A v.:: 1 Ti i n > i ' * a .111 * 11 1 t ? 1111 ' . *' t 11 * M. Fl. Church, Friday nipl'.t S, p'e ' , it bt-r 2.",. at. ^: )() o'clock. rr ThO' Hub?Ciuii.iifm?fuyr "trirmhers'- in They arc Flu (rone Bradley.-Piaaiot. 11 ** ' * .* . Fred Hipp, Tenor Banjojst, Fred " RrtcrmteMrl HHUowIMI ? 711 uuuun^i, dumcs nns;1- ]; niond.-Mandolin isi and Violinist. ' i ivi'i'c win lit' leadings ?md voca' singing also. ' -* , Si The public Is invited. ^Admission Si G IN DI N" ;ts' Pro URICE MA OOKIII.ks j icl.i'AkiOs. i ok UKKAT YliAKtS WOIHv ; r c-p a+a li <xk^ure.. practically*^?all ic Vou.hec:- N. and 1. School located' t Denmark.- S. C. . According to resent plans,!..the '.student body will1 e dge'of the larggst h> recent years, j 'hiity-two to.aehers and workers are j igned up for the year, the follow inc.' ejpg new faces. .Mr. Curtis Muhry, -tiskegoe Institute instructor- in cur-1 entry; Mrs.. Magnolia (j. Taylor.' pplman College, .in charge of the : il|s* '1 lormitory; -Miss Ks$%s I.-., Gan<t y, Ilchedicy Collopp ;ind- a sneeial ' tudent at. Columbia University, in' ingliaihr- .Mr. A. ?:' Harrison,?State-j Wloge.. at Orangeburg, Instructor in licklayin^; Mrs, H. 'Randolph (wifeJ f the Chanlainl Snclm.-m Y\.tn.<*? ! : ."V . " I lstrue.tyr of ' prlnuwy-Avorfc . ill, - tfth. lodel School; and Mr. J. \V. Brown.1 nine. College.?inv-t met or?m?Mntho j tatics. .... v , The syhool is nuikTBg a special e.tfrt tq-givcHa thorough high school mrse begining at Oth grade and golg through the 12th, with trades, as foundation of, the high school'work, he J'tiuiig men getting carpentry,luohnighting.'blackshiithing-, plum- I ing, printing, bricklaying -and farnir ig as trades; and the girls cooking ltd sewing, also nurse training for a nail qumber. ' . ' Vouchees is, for the first tiriie, opning3 its trade - shops to a number f young rgen who have been unfor-' Tm'.c in that they have not had uu'Tr. opportunity in school. A num-^ er of young^ men 20 to 2.'{ vqars. old i . the last three?years have .beehj uned away because they c-oufd not take Tth grade, which is. the lowest 'ade grade.' This f<-?v m6 \vg are trying to give trades to j oting men as low as the 4th gradei "ith ljo idea of making 'them grad- , ates, but with the determination of ; aking them good journeymen trades-, ion*. "All phtns are made looking' i waiif to lino of the best years in le history of the school.. t il.fori) delegation _ AT TIM) axm ai. meeting or farmies at iredel test ? farm , icmonstrations and Speeches Formed I'arl of the, 1'rogrnnt ?; Greensboro, X. C., Sept..9'? Head'oU v IE E. Webb, loca) agent for Gu/ilird County, a large. dolggatiojy of irmers. agents and t.-.irlifis . >' -j-. . inuiu, aiu'iKU'u int. annual., mulling f the farmers and local ageiits'/uT.jc _ as held at. the-Iredel Test/Farm-, tatcsvilie, North (Carolina! L rei>, i e.--idiii.u in the l'iediHinil stvr oii of this stale, gather at/the state st farm fro the purpose of studying- rUili/.er test's/4 variety tests, pasture 1 ... * ' . J "frr-?t njjsm^tratums, hog leedi/ig and-ot"R-; tests, that are of practical' benefit" ? the farmers of this syetion. -Through sttr! h c-ffiTiTS', Ahc promoters, J il rami methods will be put into piao j uc.bvlthe adults amy Ki'eater interest i i farm J^fe will bJ* manifested by : 10 young people.' 7 The large number of Guilford far-1 ers who wore present were highly J iii>'iitU?d and I.mihI ii.umui U'ybh funU Ult Gui.lfonf County will reap large turns as'a result of this visit.. Approximately thirty people .fronjj io county wore on Hand. The fot-[ wing t-omniuliities .were reperesent- I 1: yTmonot'HQolc Ridge, Oak Springs.! ig I'oplaran d Sodplia. In addition to -the "fflmR-rs wore ; preseplatives' fgom the Agricultuil>Depatftmont of A. and T. :CV>llege, eluding- Idrortor Staley, rt'ofessors rufober, Harrison. FroOIMtin and f>r~ ow"MI. v. > cents. Smitbl Cantor. _. . Miss AnUolnie Evans llOfi Pine Ireot left Monday afternoon^ .fy :ate College at Orangeburg. ' , NMARK +. .1 ^ ' > ' 5c A COPY W DEATH * i TV * : FOR ANOTHER V. . Msivs Executed "for Murder of White i.irl inTTenncSMe . i "i ViviiL A'lii WHITE WOMAN CONFESSES? Woman Sims She ITonnetf MefFs A lolhos and HIackeneU'"~Fa<Je 7- . -??; to ( ommit Crime Mituriee -Mays is 'death Five years . 7 ~ 3Bgq he was executed for the murder of a 'white Viri in KnttxvilkyTenn. . Last 1 week another \yhite woman -t-rm f rv*rcrtri t-Vrrt?? fiiM rtu. S . M -.rttH 1 ~* v?...v...?w? v i iv, . - vi *III v~? k^auiv .Plenum white, tojd-policc\ she'. kiileil Bertie Lindsey. also'white. because the latter was intimate with her husband. To commit The crjme Sadie told police she donned men's cinthus and' ?'??* -blackened hoc?face. thus ' making?it... -- -J ?:? \ . impossible to connect a .white per* . ' son \vith~the Trinie. Mays was se- _ leeted by Knoxville-police as the vietirii, no-t because he .was suspected of ' J the crime, but because it was publicly known that he hail "affairs" with white women. Mn.vs' arrest- was a signal for _a mob outbreak and. attempted Jynch= . in>r. 7A- race riot ..followed, ?ont. of the series .'which t'raVelle'd round the country afier the wa"r. Two were v killed-and many hurt. There follow- . ed similar riots in Washington and Chicago. . ' .Ways had eminent counsel, arid the ?A C J> Hie catn . . . ' Went- twice to the State Supreme Court. When Knox\ville white police -finished tclling-Hes-about the accused sentence to death was a foregone conclusion. Besides the Court knew That unites MAYS were condemned, ' anoflherl {attempted lynching 'would follow. / " . . " . ' ' . . ? ; . So"'YMays " innocent -went to the chair.. In disgraced ?reprobate and criminal. Conscience smitten the reaV criminal now confesses. It's too late .KnpxyiHe'police have ordered "Sadie 'the/Killer" released. The ends of "jtudice" they say. have been served. I1.. If Sadie insist*. they'll-probhildy lodge??= hijr '.in the mad house: It's bad bus ijiiess to show 'the world how Dixie r luatieeTHai "ffone astray, ' 7 H I. The saddest pjift'aboi/t it i that <v the .May.i cam. i.? mi i<?lnnd in s.-in'ri' : : ? Jpftn Sriiuvden was handed ;in Mary land on circumstantial evidence' that would have hecn thrown out of most courts John Ferity is serving a life?-? . term in the Maryland Pen under . similar circumstances. Few states are there South of MaSop and Dixon's ? line which cannot point x'tft a dozen similar eases of justice miscarried. ^ ~ TmrrrrrtTnees thrifuirh its General Man.- aerer, Mr. F. B. Ransom, of Indian- " apolis, that the Company Will eontinue to pive the Madam C. J. Walker Gnla tri..t,i y ?vvi... vw lUf JI?U1>1UU<U 111 Cm+itr judged to hare rendered the bust , " ' service ot colored people through the '.National Association fhr- the AdV .'iTic'^nu !'.? ot t ..Iniv'c. l^opl,. during ' "~ the. year; For the present the Company will' suspend the gift of the two scholar-' " ships to the two branches making the-lhijghcst records in money and membership. The rncdalisf" for 1027 U i 11 iui auho tt'd. after tht; ci<n c ol' the . " . . year, and the medal will be nresenfed At thV Annual Conference in Los An- v geles in Jnne,. * ' "A From 1 he Afro-American. BaTtXmore, Md? Sept. 3rd.) :? it MICHIGAN MAN BEQUEATHES ' t $100 TO N\ A. A. C. FT ' New YuiK. !>pt. ' '.-' The Nntio'nnl? ' Association for the Advancement of ' Colored People has been notified that the late T. H. A. Moores,. of Ludinp- ^ -ton,?Michigan?haw?hodnorthed .the ??? sum of $100 for its work and that, upon presentation of proper docu Aim its gbg gqm will ba paid.?