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r : Lincoln ALLEN U _ ' . .? t-?j : . X . - t VOL. III.?NO. 38 ? Rranrtu* va uiiviivi a ' l? ' I " _'' ~ ' 1 MAN ARRESTED; DEFENDIG HOME Association Fights Attempt to Remove Race, Man from California to Oklahoma S H 0 T POLICE OFFICER Extradition Fought ~on Grounds of Negroes Probability of Be. ing Lynched on Return ' New York, Sept.16?The San Franeisea and Oakland, California, Branches of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, ??~ 09 Frfth Avenue, are nghting. an attempt to extradite a Negro from the state of California to. 'Oklahoma, on < the-groud that he will be denied | a ! fllir trial tXXxA?nnnnihln?1.1 I ~?L , v -t? v- ?? ? ?? |/vuo?ui? gmvrrca in IIIf : ? : latter State. - ;?------?*?-: The colored man whose extradition _ . __ from-CWifornia is being opposed is Edward Glass who escaped from an Oklahoma posse after shooting a po-. lice officer while defending his home1 at Sapulpa. ( The fight^ is being led by > Edward D.- Mabson, a young attorney and member of the Executive Committee . of the Sen Francisco Branch of the N..A. A. C. P..?At Mr. Maboon'n re^ quest the National Offifce of the N, A. A. G. P. telegraphed to Governor C. C. Young of California asking for .a 30-day delay in proceedings in order to permit the Northern California ? - - Branch of the N, A. A. C. P. to present its facts and arguments. Tho National Office also sent the California Governor a list of the 89-lynch-, ings in the State of Oklahoma from 1889 to date, also'detailed reports on 6 recent cases in which Northern Gdvernors hod declined to permit extra- . dition into States where there was a reason to fear mob violence. Mr. Mabson reports that a delegation of colored citizens was on hand at the hearing presided over by the Governor's Secretory and ..that' the tnvPnVf>ra support of the extradition proceedings by the ' District Attorney's office of ?^Alameda County. His report continues: "It is my belief that hearing' will be favorable to us: GdVernor's de- " cision deferred the pending arrival of data from you. Requisition for Warrant Rendition and accompanying papers 'shot to pieces' as_ legally insnffieiprit. If the Governor holds us, am satisfied accused will be discharged on Habeas Corpus." A. AND T. COLLEGE OPENING FEATURED B*~ADDRESS BY PRESIDJENT' BLUFORD Excellent Faculty and Splendid Plant Greensboro, N. C., Sept. 16-^-Under ? the leadership of Dr. F. D. Bliiford, -.-r-. the efficient president, A. and T. Col^ "* lege, today formerly swunp wide its doors, marking the beginning of .tlio thirty-third session of the only "A" grade agricultural and techinal col lege, devoted to the education of Ne -grp youths. tial start of the scholastic year. Many new students, especially Freshmen, ! were included in tho group which re? gistered. This yeafthe college fs dcs-j tined to reach the pcwk of educational excellence and from all indications, the instittrtion will experience its most successful year. X? _ j Doctor Rlnfnrd, in a most impron . sive maner addressed the student body, urging all to uphold the ideals x of the college, work hard, doing ev_ erything well and live a good?exem-1 v p!jtry life in the college. 1 '* j To facilitate the progress of the class instruction, during the summer $10,000.00 worth of additional lahk oratory equipment and $1.000.00 worth . -i of reference hooka were purchased by " I ' - A. & T. .. *. i N1V. OPE s Of N. '* : ' ' ' * . . 9 * ' GEORGIA S CLASH IN WORLD The Lincoln Lions & Agj?"ie Bull. Dojfs Will Snarl, Snap and Growl on SeiiLllOth BOTH TEAMS CONFIDENT Many Preparations lieilV? Made . For the EnlertainmehroT Bull I)oi?s aacl Lions : Greensboro/ X.. Sept ib?-?\V*-v.'n "The Lincoln Lions'5" tVoni the old cjUaker state, and the "Ajitrio ILilbl tuts" upholding. the honors <iV the grand old .Tarheel state. ni;ii,;!i V)i tin- i.e. hi .<n the spacious, . honulil'ut; commodious1 World's WiU;_Alemorial .stadium, .the scene of the light for supremacy in the milm of fdiothuir, September, 110,. there* is going to be a hot tine ami an old time'for the lovirs of the gj.eat' college frame. Alleady aij eyes of 1 the South and especially the"members of tHe.C. -I. A; A. are beginning to fn-. eus towards Greensboro whore on; Sep,, tember ;'<o, the "laons" and "i'.illdogs*' are sVited to stage tile initial iracas. without a doubt this \vili , be onepof. the hottest contests < n the ' slate of either team. From the time that the whistle blows for the kii-k off?until the liort of the tino in ept r announcing'the i ndol the ,t*amt, fh'cro will be no bportunity for a jet-up. onthe part of thv> contestants- . _!?. Coach Bjurm is.banking on. his line-: up of veterans. ' The veteran poach will throw all of his-power into the gamp and expects tjie. loyal jpms of A. and T. to verify his confidence. in ttrriH ability. tt?r This . coming game lituls . the.. situation presenting a plenty .ox bats, for the fans to cnosider. A. and -T, win :? II?I. i II ??T \'i t II w wfll'temp: under the .same; cui.u-hiMj' I system, Lincoln s in- in tlwjrfliaiids o'frna hi w coaeih Due u thoft;ei)'utationVol' T>ue'' ,\lnrri.\o;. itis expected that feinpoin -will put out' IQirer^t"the frost c, ?ubed oU"? n.^ i:. America. Will the Morrison .-ystonv excfelPthe Byarnrsysum'.' Will tin IT'iisthanUms -ovoiYoire?rrnrt?deivm the North' Carolinians'.' Only alter September y 30'-'shall t hose .ijUosti-.w-, be answered. " PreceedinprTfrF frame and dir.intr-intei'mission;., nwt ot?oKo-io-. will ".vt'i! the breezes, 'l he Silver Leaf band, a. well established" lnUsiea]. organisation, ! with a "r'utibnal rep.utiition, has- brrn : em'nioved to furni.sh t :in ioin.-.iMii i",nthe fans. The famous A.'and 1'. si??- ' ers, a select' group of rooter*,- chosen from the cadets, will he 'there wit It la I , that is necessary to add new lustre to! the occasion. The e.inio .-done wt.nld !,. snlli.-i ni to draw thuosands" to the city, 'hut tTiat-is" not" a IT.. Lhiiiurate arV:i.rt?re? mi-ntS "arc" heme: n nde oT "The entertainment of the Lincoln ."Lions" and the enthusiastic Tuns. As a climax to tlie day's-alTaiy, the* committee in trhargp Tft* eidet t-aitwuurl?will .snare | the Grand Home Cuming Ball. TItotU' who are interented?ill laa'pirnr 'step with the* music will have an occasion i to spend the evening merrily darie-J imr:? 7 == i Cooperating with the ahtlotic com-1 milteo, ,thp "Southern Railway s.j'S.tom{ will offer iredufeod- rntos to. t-hgxo who I may -?in K vvir?vTvritti??n. In-, formation nntv be- obUuned - Ly ajiakv 1 inpT intpiiviix .it llw. 1.., ,) * ii ! >.< , ces. ' -? " **" . _. Professor J. A. Crimes. Chairman (if ; the athletic committee at A; and f. College,-the host?of Jancolft and the cngejl.v a wait inTV ; T > ,Tl enthusiasts^ are hoping" to make this ('<iv, Sept cm-, her .10, h._nien,iorahle day in the his--' tory of athletics ai?thc^Uual X"pro ? ~~V ,.f* - 1 - ' college. "Ife wishes tor-remind. all-jn- | Jliffrgrs iJtiat the -Memorial stadium is(Coitfinuad on Page Eight) _ - ' t . Football 1 ?" - ? 1 * '' A ' ' :ns WITF r-? i-J? 1 ;.~ v | * ? * 1 '. /. roM MUiA. s c. SATITRI A. A. HERIFF F01 r i . ' . ,,i d V '% _ TT"~ Health Ut At U I ' ' ' . Order is Making Nationwide Survey, Especially in South A r.'.tU? ri-wide hoalUT sayCV*- said i<>' he the most comprehensive ever made l>y Negroes into health ami -ft^tVTio'i.Vfnntliiions of their own race j\ a-, dsan ribed yesterday by Dr. Wil ^iam',1. Thompkins, of Kansas City. ~tt"!:i)i'e the v??ii\ention of Improved tlcnevojent Protective Order of Elks ~b! file \\ Hi'iil mm hemf held :it tho Mother X;pn ('luircliT 1 iTt"West IDT til Alriietv ' '1 ho survey, has especial significance Di'i^r j hoQipkimt- has pointed out, , be. u-?tu'sy the health conihiittee, working through the TOO Negro Elk lodges in ail- .parts, of the country* is able to o <tain . inipfimition withheld for one reason and another front white inves? 11) niTir ?; : ? :?? "Negro health conditions, as fir a^ ii and housimr go, are worse -hao ever before," Dr. Thompkins .-aid. "This is particularly true in tlie Southern and central cities. Thru .out the couniry the percentage of j ' ' ' v..deaths, largely because of neglect, is seven times-higher a. iiumg the Negroes? tl.?.in among theWhites; the infant mortality, rate a taoug Negroes is nearly twice that ^whites, and deaths by homicide, part ly growing from had edu_ at onal altd Uyimr conditions are 8 imes it? - numerous." "'* NYVVriholess, l)r. Thompkins said, lio^ Nc;:vo mortality rate is being tcadily cut down. In the last six years tlm.vuglv, iiitimived conditions in the rural districts anil in many of <'i>v'rrtiiera cities, notably New York ... hr' -linr Trvp; y-x;uk'V of Negroes- fane i.> i. .i. i< i?from'?forty-one* to?forty? i.y .wars, lie emphatically denied i in.-, .-.urvey??ln?ws?that, ."because of "aejjhvt ami mnmance more than 25 or c; ;.t of Xeyro births are not reg Dfi'red? This simple fact ^ave rise iO the persistent "dying' race." myth^ White people nfUst realize, Dr'. 1 hdmnkins continued, that the nroh. Negro health is closely linked a ii h lheir, owiV, and that it cannot in- solved 'M?y hording Negroes into segregated neighborhoods. and forget "letg- ??.hout them. - * " i-rv >,n.ij trr.?. iif tiie jjujilig health : (Jo not ow n know there is a Negro health problem," he said, "and \ t iauinii i- is done hy Negro. washer women, fo<)d is eookechby Negro cooks ai?d serve hy Negro waiters, and there n;iT - ' I'vo-i?hy?Nejiio waiters,?arid tiitre urvmiliUais ot-eeonotrric crmtaets wr.vk only one vNiy. Negroes just as oi ton catclT disease froni white |io. )vKs arid are without the doctors and facilities and knowledge to, com oat it. Thompkins is chairman, and Dr. P. A. T^FvftV of Xe\vport News" is vice chair man, was appointed at the I. B. P. O. K. \V. convention in-Cleveland last :;cm\ ~As" a part of its program Dr. I hompkins, who is Assistant Health (dmmissione.r of Kansas City and the fin office, will urge appointment of poj -^rr(h-httrTttlr otfrciafs irrall- cities hav n'f HfPtre dietrro nonunuirniK, -1- ?~ Atllu nigh the survey will not bel complete for ;>i least another year, returns, are already in from cities;, jn: < vcry part of the United States ex conl the flooded area in the Missis j ippi Valley. It includes not only the; investigation nude through the various Klk lodges but a quest ionaire^ tU-jty Mnyni-c /.(* Tip Koi, , j ing iS'egro populations of 500 or more. (Continued on Page Eight) <, If I I r Game To I PROGRE T ' DAY, SKlTl'MI.HU 31. 1?27 CTPTl LED BY NA1 vRace >west Ebb. oi SOUTHERN COACilKS HOLD Meeting m/ The Southern Intercollegiate Coach- in;es Association held their animal meeting, ut the Butler .Street '"Y" Atlanta,. Georgia; on the Jth-h ami 17th of yep- ?? tenibgr; The routine of business was' . -A carried out, jn an orderly "and pro- TTtl gfossive manner. (JUjjcials were e- bid! lected for the'ceding, siuson and new >f.t -officials?were -added to?t+rr?stall' of the increasing football officials. Coaches larj. and onieials canto,with their cards on nun table und difficulties were thrashed. C "out in a business like manner. A Cha better understanding and a better Sin spirit- prevailed when the facts were ton known. The Southern Association *tu< is destined t*P he one of the strongest of t .organizations of its kind it>Thi*f-Ttd- xtrc ( nerativt,' spirit is kept up On.-' i.f dim the features of the meeting \yas the de!< showing of the magnificent trophy lie presented "Through^President B. T. cxif Harvey- by the Treman, King Com- '1 pany. This is a worthy trophy and i n will do. much to -promote the high j a t class rivalry 111 the Southern insti- I the tut ions.1 The changes and interpre=-1 moi lation of new rules' were intelligibly J this and helpfully discussed. All schools T In the Conference hadrepresentatives are except' Fla. A. <fc M. College andrthe Tennessee State. The coaches and ' Mis officials numbered .'1G- in all.' Among! par the noted foo.tbaU mentors and ofli J'Vgl cials present were B. T. Harvey, presi-1 W. dent. Morhouse; Sum .Tnvlm" co,I It tary, Cli\rkj' Abbott, TurTccckoo;' Kin- '?; ! dull, Talladega; Tubby Johnson, Fisk; i-\s> Aiken Atlan'a . University; Lytle^/.SUV, Morris Brow n; Moore, Knoxyrlle; Dr. ^JLdjcj A ^ 14k' -I "\y mil T? Ti Gentry; R. H . Richai-dsPTTr Tint.' (J Paine; BywateYs, Ft. Valley; Reeves,! nwn Birmingham: ('apt 'Tim'nily, ke and gee; Palmv.-( alhnan: .Inc.Ik Al.-ih.-i en n;#i-Stntc and fiiahy others. k! ITBI5 MAN PARABi: ST(ii'T'i:i) lS I't'i:BLO. COLORADO BY N. A. A. " ".| tott. C. P. PROTEST . ; lie; ... ; v..-?'corn Now- York,' S<fpf." 16?The T)enver-?-'hie St.tr repnus thai Die Ci..y Cummis- G sioners of Pueblo; Colorado, recently .vc'a' _forhtide a .. pmposed?parade by the -K-u -Kluxv Klan; in respon^e to protect j**-11 from the'lui-.d jliaiich of Hp. NMJ InlYa!"^*"* Association for ..liiii y\dvnneeYnent of Colored People. . N L r~ PAL SPEAKER AT i'pX" "I*/ ^ ; ' ? LAND (. EI.KHRAi l()V?! t>. x>> mutord, president *t">f A. and T. .College was the principal speaker at'4"rt the IVa Island Life SnVcrs c\>lebra- ' lion which' was held at Elizabeth Citv ll!il * I T1 during the past week. This organixa--?tion boasts . of .being' the only! . v eotm "GtlAffr station "which is com- : pletely manned and officered by rep-! resentatives of the XeL?ro race. In | a manner that was-demonstrative of Mua ?.__1 . . . . I llrLS. it-Hi ?T>prt*t?tnurr:-. c::y om oi n I s"fyWTTTTQ T """ and black, and distinguished citizens j ' front' Carolina amt'Virprirrra rrrttreivd* ma together to pay hoirogo to the %he-1un<t rote soifs of a dusky hue who have an walltrnfly ,h'n|tBtl'||/hd ihi'iv hve^ " to assist distressed ships reach a ha-! c< * ven of safety. ' . l'^0 Intersperse) with, appropriate music i P * o very interesting program 'way ren- \ |U,<>1 d ored r ine 1 uding wo i ds of pVajse from ,=== R. C. Job, secretary of the Chamber nrir of commerce, .Mayor J. B. Flora, Con. the, manner Frice. Commissioner N. W,! ue Daily of the Const C.nai-,1 ami 1 dent Bliiford. . ~ I of f President Bluford, who was the ' of h ??-t? ' -.. ?r ? Be Gres SSIVE P ? I 1!?.L-l. ;il?T---TT?r ?J r?rr ' V gfiTEx IONAL AS VI ES SWING FOR 47th.'riMt< L'shman7 Class Hrcaks Records the School with Enrolment INY NEW FEATURES litution to Have Oniversitj Rand and More Complete School df Music illcn University opened for the h school year with u program tha 5 fair to making . this school one he fine st institutions of learning if ti...?f..... i....... ..i ?-i? ^v/e? viij, I AJF1V 1 1 UOlllllVU tiasst . LIU rest in tile history of thg. school tlbcred 85 students, hapel- exercises took place ir tppelle Hall at 12-.45. ' I'residenl is presaged his introduction of tin "hers with a -short address to th< jents ni which he outlined some he plans for the coming year anc :ssed the need of the college stu lis?specializing in a, particular 1 for his life work in order thai be better fitted to-cone with th( rencios of this new age. he. institution of a university band lore complete school of music am eacher training course leading t( degree, in education^ are a tg the new features being otferec year. he new members of the facultj :'Miss Louise V. Fountain, head 61 department of teacher training s Lula Hopkins, head of the de Lment of mur.ir.; *Mi?t Jivunpye Lie igh registrar anil lil.ratiun; Gapl Carey Thomas, bandmaster; Mr V . ... j i. it: tot of _Fr6nch coach'; .Mr. Samuel Brm ying, pro M.r <>1' chemistry; Mr. Jesse Bow prcfe?o? of socio'^'gy and his and Mr. G. B. Murphy, Jr., pro. Upr-dl English. 1 ^ bach Thomas issued a call for didate's for the 1U27 Varsity* squat ?44K robust and "enthusiastic'To"lits "reported. NothwithsUndinM "wealth of new material the foling letter men reported: Capt. Bot lion, \\ ill uni Burton, kubt. BurMeadows, Giles, Bumbrel, ChrisHenderson and the ^amygis all Terence pi.tcher of lg&L .year,..ArScqttT' - V"* ' naeh Thomas plans- to make' thia r a banner one for the schobT In optics. One of the new feature? bh+-4infe will be the formation of WSJ'A PER IN" IN I) IA COM* KNTS ON N A. A. C. P. AN.: NUAL REPORT r\v York, Sept 10?Tin* National octalirnv"for the Advancement of >red People. GO Fifth Avenue, has fived a cliping from "United Inand t?il'.in "Statng" published in hi, India, containing the following orial comment: lie National Association for thp ancemcnt of- Colored PeopTeTTiav its head office^a^ ti'J Fifth Avenue, ' York, is doing splendid work on alf of the Negro. Its 17th AnI Report shows hotv the year 1926 -been-"fur the Association a year leg?t] victories. The Association :es full u*o of the court:? to'Affirm defend the Negro's fundamen ? t^nt Ill .Him Itrt. II. U1MI UUIS J. ' HUM whfi'i Nignies ail' ttTIiTiU'ljwfth mob violence. The report rds show the Association frustrathe atlempts made to drive colored ide from their hrrmes. icip'al speaker, took odvantage of opportunity to emphasize the vnlof the farming industry by adininw temwiK.'i to the l.unt' ^l'uU'|: armers who had joined the group >ero worshippers. ^ it Classic RQGRAM ii ii gassi ss .... I .. I.I M I' m ? :?' ^ 5c A COPY . *: (vOlllflAII it auiuuu >SOClATION" "6. ' " , v ' N ORTH W AGING jj (iHKAT Si"" "I p 5 jlligh Sheriff of Madison Would s_ _ -Extradite Nepm AVhn flapped White Man - 5 G I V E N IS MONTHS Samuel ' ixtiihedy Flees from < .! CedVgia Jail to Chicago Where Sheriff FoltrTivt'dHiiTi v , ( New York, Sept. 10?A dramatic !*trugfc'te ihropjfif ifieK't-rtherfi Stages', Illinois and Indiana* has Ijecm ; ' ti'aditing a Negro,'- by the- "Chicago ? V and Terra' Ilaute" Branches of the National Asociation for the Advance? . ment-of Colored People; To thmhrte? " the Negro is still in the North, and J the NT A. A. C. P, is using its re'1 sourctjs to keep him there. 1 . The Negro is Samuel Kennedy, who j was to be taken back to Madison, ".j Georgia, charged with having "slapj ped" a white man. . ' | ' Morris Lewis, Secretary of the Chi' tagu Dianeh of the X. Ac. A. C. P., ' i on Sept. LI telegmphed the National *_ ' Officer,.; in part, as folldws: I- /j'After?htird^" light here Kennedy war ' roimunled t." ^ieoi^:a Sheriff, who ' "secretly left by mover but missed 'connecting with train at Terre Haute I (Indiana) turning Kennedy aver to . v" ' local Shtwitr over night, losing ternP. porary cutsody. Whereupon that ' Branch secured writ/' v s . -. ; " The Nati^nai Office of the N. A. A". C. IT then telegraphed Attorney- \ . "" jli. Li Bailey, of Indianapolis, asking . ' ,him, to become associated with At - t+n-ncy ILavuld ALL Xylen iji ofPbosing , the extradition. The National Office is contributing $H>0 to the defense, <. * >vk which will be carried up to the State *" i- Supreme Cuui LjJii llucesjary. At. torhey Bailey' has. accepted tile ap- '* point merit.- 1:?: : ' i - - - ' ^j The coli.red man San-fuel. Kennedy,' " in whoso behalf the fight against e\- 2 rramnon is 6cmi? waged, "was -sentenced to IS months - in -chain gang ? i ' !'^l- "slapping" a white man who had attacked hjm.-1 Kennedy fled from ' jail and reached Chicago where the - ' Georgia ShirilF pursued him. . ; 'U 1.A1I.1N IMS-Mil'('TOIl IN VOICE ~Z * THRII.LS Al'MENCE AT FOR-i MM. OPENING | Orangeburg. S.-l'..--Sept 17?One ' ' ' " ~| of tho most iiiturefiting events of the 'I tormul opening at Claflin on Wednes j (lay night was the singing of Miss I Susie S. .limit h( A.. IC. Clark L'nivrv ? sity, Clal'lin's new instructor-in voi(;e^. ! She held_.berf_iiudirni.'o spell-bound throughout her renditions and thrill~~ed and charmed them. with hor moloiliotis cpntral.hu voice, Nothing has ?lJ been heard here to equal, her voice 'Since the appearance of-Miss Marian Anderson. j ' '' , j and inspiring events to fill th0 proTgfain "on that nigHfC We heard wel-~~ | come addresses from Rev. R. F. Free1)11,111, pus to I' of THnity M. \1. Church. ' | Orangeburg. S. C.;Dr. L. M. D,unton, i President Emeritus of Claflin Ool1 lege; IVnn H, jY;u>en of Claflin Col- ^ lege;.. Dr. J. R. Taylor. Oiaflin Jin Trustggs.anrfr District Superinten- " dent .uf lkiuQ-UUnrnlitmr District- Prrrr . . rr ; :J .* ? ? ... - _. - ? mi-ia v. i). uannoiph of Claflin College and Ry. L. R. Gregg, District Su: preintcndcnt of, ThF Beaufort Dis* ~ ^ trict. ,w- : . - L ; , ? . -J ? '*> I Oa Friday night thorowns a spifi- ?'< tod ''pep rally" and program. At jthis time songs and yells for the fcol(lego woj-o gono over for the new stu- , ^dont^ AgnTn" on this night Miss ? ' ''j smith, hor own accompanists, cares1 sod hor audienei4 by singnig "The ' illomrySf'^ Z ? - . . / . .