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i : - ?^ Insurance . - r^-~ "?;?2^*7 ~ i ' - o * VOL. IliU-NQ. 43. I _? / _ ATTEMPTS TO j j JIM CROW 1 ' ' ' t T ??MM??? . ' ' ' - ' ? Tolls Hiiro MornlWjfr-i-hnf Thoy ! 1 Were Noi. Wanted in his : : , - - Ravish;-? ? 7~? NOT?*'I>g9RE0". THERE , \ -*?*? A -- Father Daeey Denies Charges >?rSays Had no Right to Ask Support . " . . . ; . Wnshinirtofi.'p. C.# Get; 31? (ANP) I Neffio Cnth" lies charged FatheriCor . ? .neliu-j .1. i>:re v of St. Paul's Church with nt'-cinptinff to promote Jim ,, J. ' CVowism here Inst. week when it was " iU[)(llltld l.VIl' Mli'.tlii.V HI' h'.?\n(le the .statemv'iu that "those of yon who are ^members of ihn. St. Auejustinc, ami Holy He kea.er Parishes slionM r-'l.-o ^;our support to them. Wo 'o not uvr?ur *ii iu'fc, .inn it-is wsi i7/r you to go t > your own churcli." - V A So. an ere.1 wore a number of il?? ^ ; ^rt^egto colfiTViuniealtR Ttul it' is }'~ x ppi ted that, they left tl^, c hurch im modi:;.tdy.?f hi. explaining his version ?' . of '.ho aii'aii', K.ich.i'r Ihuoy .dm:!;'i. .-.i; "I m,e?l no-term "that would a pi fly to ^ y a (Hslinvt '.mo0 when I made .the sC&tv' d? -htetti. h Ariis .made immediately fol 7 . Ipwirr;.: an aj peal t.o the members of my own parish- Tor their whole. hear ed support, f Members of St. Ail ^ -yustin^ 'and*'IIolVpRedeemer J'arshies ^ _ eata* net mcjiil'.ers of Su F'l'ulSid licnecy %\ I have no Tie.!, t to a =k their support. ^ I 1MCKI.NS lUSFOKTS :NASIIV'ILLE; SJ * I ' K a I.Mi.S TO N. A. A. C. t I' II I .I . IT\T: ^ i ' 1 1 ' ' New York. Oct. 28?The* National ( Aasariaf' li. 1'ur The Advancement of T Co!oi:cd. People ! 09 Fifth Avenue, to. j day .rooeivod a report Trojnt its Field t Serrp'ary,. Wiil'.-.m JMeUens. stating ., that he fin 1 addressed the biggest , mass-meeting-ever held by Negroes In ?: the' City of: Na'aliville, Tcnn., and that . despite .warnings "against the meeting 1 by the Ku Iv 1 fix Klaa, the colored people turned out in force mid 14 white people joined (lie N. A. A. G. F. with 1 * ? . ' o out special .solicitation at the- close ^ ? of Till' no V ting. ??: ; 1 ' "The in-el ing was held in the finest 1 ; auntonmn \m the heart of the city,' . " w rites Miv i?it!;ens Hhc War Meirtoria! Buililir.!.",-and the Nashville'Tph . c rUssscan 'n. it< .Monday nn>inin<f is 0 ?tato- K'vi.'- ^a-pi?>i:4n#?re-port of the ^ nieetinfr." '<' * Mr. lichens .further reports that ' What WA\ piol-ahlv hj ihe 1 iifi-fri.n^ NdCi lakey -lji' the. South'is being spon_ ' cnv. ?l INO t-I, YrUlO AI'r/,1'.? . orod Wonit'n's Clubs' of which. Mrs. T n 1,' i 1 V J. I'. Pi ereo ik president. Air..l'ickens u.trihutrd much of the sucee.-s of the N. A. A. C. P. meet. f ?ing in Nashville to--the work of thf ^ President ul thd-Rfcal N. A. A. C. IV1 J._ A. Martin." . . < .'... b ' V ? *? U K A DA I.IE HEADS POWERFUL |F -fcOV-'i"H AFRIC AN LABOR . 7TV - ; 1,Sio>n ' * ^cW York, (5c|t. r28?The' National. ^ ?1?" A .^.'-o.'ia'Aon for llje Aifvaiiceincnt of .Colored "People, has received . 'from !' EngAmnr a typing from the London ' Times eonttrtmng tv dh-'patch from * Zululand of the growth of the In. j-' dustriaV ?vnd , Commercial-- Workers* ftTO/.rn!??Unn hncwto/L i bjr Clements Kadatie, himself a narH - . * ~-4ive of Nya*a Void; The -4iafiatch f states in part; . . , ' I * ? "Din: id fi'fwetion with 11m land pedi j-* <?y (his and the previous jOuvcm7j" ?went? has reunited in the^spread of^i d ? 'j tho I. ('. I', imparts of the country | ( r-'' where, conditions being otherwise, j'< that body would Krve a little chance j ; ./ of success. \Vhila<-,- th^- Bio^omant was confined to the .towns compara p tiv<4y-UiU4? notice was- taken of itr, t With tra spread amon^ form laborers < . .. .. . rn Writ Oompar . .i.. ; \;v - : Priest EXTENDS National K 'j ' MG NEGRO A BANRS MERGE . i Ierger of Ranks Gives Largest "i and Strongest Negro Bank in the SoulTf LRSTANTLVL RESOURCES H V hen Time-for- the-. Merger-E Came National Benefit Was' i First to Show Interest ; : j \\ ashington: O, C.?In connection . "ith tttcrgex of the Fraternal Savings' ?<4?SnWnnr ^nvinprg Ranks of Icmphis> JTenpesec, a very interest :;ar ig incident is the whole-souled eo,. !nc rises in connection with this finan_ | ^ ll merger^ which has be?h bWHHfht-h^ l out, it is stated, " to assure unity > hd strength." The combined assets | ?r' i th0 two banks how amount to a;^1 ,t.al of ONTE AND ONE-HALF MIL. .ION - DOLLARS. Tlie merger -nf hesp two hanking institutions gives h1 Icmphis the largest and strongfeSt~j~Pii regroTank"!iTThe cntire South-, with w board of directors of true and tried nc usiness men, guaranteeing not only hi ouiid management, but ample facili. hi ies and substantial resources. . i le When the time tor the merger caTne " he Na.ional Benefit Life Insurance J" iompany located here tn Washington, w hToUgh Mr. "R. II. Rutherford, iPresi:, ni ent-Tryasurep, and Mr. S. W. Ruth.. t rford. Secretarv .General Manatrer. U .as iimttHg the first to manifestin-pt crest and prtjpe'r suport, | w In a letter to President R. H. Ruth- ; hi rford, Mr. G.'W. Atkins, Cashier of.'.tl he merged finaric'ul institutions stat_ j fc t\: "Dear Mr. Rutherford: ?We are ^ cally at a loss for words to express ?* ur appreciation for the interest you iave manifested in our recent bank !}~ nerging. The evidence of your in(;n st-is vex-v-concrete. Yourself and j1 our oflicVil family have done all that ould possibly be done in rendering si lid to this progressive move in Ne_ it rr? hlisino.-s liicjen. When I aay to ~b ;ou that Mr. Ward and our board of ti lirecttirs truly appreciate this inter ft >st you can feel that it is o sincere ki me. We thank yoii and your Com.- ~1 iaiiy for the expression of confV_ si lenee. and wish you all success in the uture.. This-consolidation now placed is in position to be of more service 75~the B1g Businesses; of ouF peo^l^'l hrouphout tlio country than ever be. tl lone" yn" ^ y?" ^ In addition to National Benefit's P ooperation with the merger of "the n" fraternal Savings and the Solvent tl iavings- Banks at Memphis itrhirs al'_ ' ft o large deposits in practically all of C he Negru banks whore tf has branch'"lr rffices, including Washington where' he home office ip ^ocate^l^. ^ ^ ngton, Editor of the Philadelphia, 81 ""a., Tribune, to the officers of the P sut ional Benefit Life Insurance Co., si le stated: "We think it amighty fine hing for you. to deposit .with the Cit ai ?.ens and Southern Bank and Trust c< of this city. Working oil to, ei ccther, we are bound to grow bigger p iml. better in the interest of the race tl VE-are-t-pytng to suive." rr : . , \v Icscribcs the movement as the "in, 81 !i _M . ' / A. " /? 1.1 1_ *_11_ _ ivnaoie protest 01 me macK ioik aT rainst conditions of life which have d beeome intolerable. The tyiSt few ^ rfontWhave .witnessed the spread of t< he movement in Zululaml. Thousands ^ f Zulus are joining ----- 'Y . * ?y ?? & -1 ; ? ?P Wttfi K , ?? iy Disci aline COLUMBIA, S C., SATU1 than . . ' * WASHfN inefit Aid "Wi^ ? ?? lRTICLE IN " PLAIN TALK" South Bungles the Negro Problem" is Subject of Mr. Snyder's Th6me OLIMNG NEGRO DOWN ' S lan tat ion System Encourages Shiftlessness, Declares Southerner . . / Now York; Oct. 28?Thc National ssociation for the Advancement of alored People calls attention to an tide in the November issue oi the fw magazine "P'oip Talk" by TIo\\M d Snyder a white' man living in ississippi,. under the title "Tlvc >uth gungles the Negr6 Problem/ r. Snyder declares that one of th'c rteatost injuaticest' the South do^s re Negro js to see tyim in a class not as an individual. * . "Ltd. -an individual dn^?th^? South ive but a sixteenth or thirty.scconc irt of "Negro blood. irf Tiis veins,P rites Mr. Snyder, "and it mitfters >t-how straight his hair, how cleat s skin, how clean his morals, how illiont his intellect, he is neverthe ss to the Southern public jtiat -f igger' and on the saipe ievel with le half civilized brute who beats his oman and'boasts uf twenty ill.i'gltl. ate children.-? . ?: ' ?^?Mr.'Snyder exposes the falsity ol i0 notion that the South .tan: pros )r by "holding tliu Negro~down" am rites:" "Until the whit? nan lend: is hand in the uplift of the Negl'< lore is little hope of a better Soutl >r many a day to tome. That th< egro is earuble of a higher degre< ' training tor skilled "trades is knowt > many; that he is ulso capable ol le san]e hitrh education :ind oiiltnri iat the white man enjoys is knowr few." _ . The plantation system encourages liftlessncss, declares Air. Snyder, as robs the soil and degrades the la. arei'. lie says: ''Surely it is higl me the Southerner awoke to th< ict that' not through 'antagonism a' through cooperation will he se jfe the desired results financially nrially and morally;" tCAMPAIGN FOR FAIRWOLD Airs. Corrie J. Carroll, chairman o le publicity JOmmittea of the Stab edemtion of- Colored -WomenV Club f South Carolina sets forth , th< rograrn for the campaign to raisi ibney for the buildingf program fo ie Faimvold Industrial school fo iris to be established in Lexingtoi ounty, just over thik river from Co imbuu ?^ ' , ' ~ The following statement was givO] ) the press here today by Mr^-Cdr ill, who expreattod'khg'rhiTpgrior tVii iccess of thc eampalgrr.that ends h 'ecember. Among other things he :atement to the press says: Our ^lub year is passing rapid!; na witn it many activities are re living the attention of earnest \york rs all over'the club area. The vice residents are busy-getting ready fq neir-. district meetings. These ar f ffri'at lri'tlTt'St and give thevrurn 'omen an opportunity to. exchang isters. - '1 -r note with grc?5r~regret th{ eath of Mr^. S. A. Pooler of the Pe >ee District.- She was a faithful am >yal worker. Our president, Mrs. MariayrB. Wil inaon, is keptvery busy since th ... , .. ... rm ' - ~ ' ' ^ * * . . * acks R? :imi nates ' ' 1 '? 1 1 ?? fta ?} 11 " ' 1 ? . RDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1927 jed Wit UiUlYatAj O . -* - V TELLS OF CITY SCHOOLS ^ 1 Mr. W. II. Hund Says 285 Pupils to? Get Henuired Marks for Promotion - E i ll EKE #?11 ft- lay'.TARDY PppILS Dr. wJflji. HufttL superintendent of S ^ the citV?BLhools has iust. issued .t " vtuk'iiK'*|y;t',vo.in his office -relative to" C the schc^ef attendance of the colored - -stfkaols in nlhis* ck-y~7 In an interview with a reporter for the Palmetto 1 Loader?m Hand hmong other things ? says: . A 1 "There are already 285 pupils who L arc- not maKing me required marks o fpr promotion in the three schools. ,\ 1 With the figures that are before me, M shovS- an average of 134 pupils ab_ _ ! sent every day for our report ending i October 21st." C '?-There avcic 3 747 absent ddys an>l 1 43t>-t-ardy pupils*.' G .Parents of the city and~ TiienTbers -1 j of the ' Parent-Teachers' Association ^ ,are--asked?by the principals of the ' - several schodls to join in a campaign n for better school nt tnpOnm'n ' n.. well V| as to_j mini I.1 IJ i l i. mididatefe in the ' schools for demotion. , _ '' ' i ^ 'Ike repoit lurtner s'avs that Book- u ' enrollment of 1350 pupils, registered ' 1 1583 hhse.nt days. Thero wbr? 102 1 tardies and 137 failing to make the passing gtade. : ' The Howard graded school has an't j enMlfaent-of 5iii4mpiliw.U33xlaysah, ~b sent, 180 times tardy and 58 falling'a 5 to make the passing giade. -i1! } The Waverly graded school regis ' V. ters an enrollment- of 1330 pupils, n j 1091 nl.nnnf 1 K1 * S ~ .1 . . .. \ictj o UU3VIII, I Lcllliy and PO failing to make th^ passing! J grade. "7 7 > . ,7." . Nf 'There are* "202 pupils enrolled in ] p ~ 'he city schools. Th<_> 'total number T l . b. | 1' >f <\ays absent is reported to he 3747; ^ _ tot^'timos^tardv Vcre -130. with 2S."7* ( 3 faimig' to make the passing grade. ?- stat^?meeting laying. plans for the ' , " rebuilding of Fairwold. She is 'con. \ ? .Unti.. ~i > louui^ tiiuitiiift, ua>ut iiu y ions, etc.. keeping alive the fact that . ( ' -owgirls-rtttt^t.-be^a?ven an opportuni ,r fW- 7 7% ' . . ' H Our dollar campaign is on. We are j asking every citizen in the State of t ^ South Carolina to give us one dollar , It e j toward the rebuilding of our Pair i s! wold School. Oar appeal-is being felt, .1 I and cofttrihutions are coming in daily j | for which we feel very grateful. The I i campaign ends December first. Let! r every club member ralFy to this cause, j ' See that every citizen in your ccm. j munity makes his contribution, of ^pne J\c - dollar lu1 tliia wui'tllV ftiuse. send injc to' tlie President's Office a list of! t 1 ; friends who will give us one dollar, t ILWe-must provider suitable place for :.t 8 Jour girls. We niust not fail. We can_ o ^ not fail w ith-God as our helper. .js i little girl gives birthday j v * money to stop lynching y - New York. Oct. 28--The National \ - Association for the Advancement of j | f j"Colored People, (M Fifth Avenue, an- " pounces receipt.of thy fallowing letter^ 1 from Mrs. Erlich LeVinger of Cblum_ e bus, Ohio: hi- J'Our littl^ daughter, Leah, hoard_I_1 [lift Hisrns^irrp? lyn>?hinft,^ fihn b | us to send some of her birthday nion f e''ey to help stop it. So I suppose this f d goes to that fund. And our good wishes also." The letter' includes' tfie little girl's. c T __i irr- .r- , A&ain^t~ I life h Segre IRLGA i lOt nstituticiis0 ^NTI-NEGilO '-' v\..\ y . 4- . V / . 1' ADVi^fe^wT^rjT.;-C' Meril'Ufc In ir"Hvvv' Cv-:ytAr'x Offers Foe.i i i : li'. v to. ..nil " ; Ve< tate or < :; /re;act: * ; " ;czc~ezc~ . , i" i i. ' ' \ c ompiiny to ; c;ir ; missioner H: ::.l.-.v. V. -y N>td * fteVftiii IJ(. ; ... ' : ' ' . * **) .. . Ne\v Yct k. ?'~-r C 77 T" r.nl ' t.r.V: BBoeintion fl>*. tHc <V- * u dent. of 'loved Pi'iiiiV. i:.' j... a. a aw. ^operating villi C. iNy ?: C-. v ttorriey* Gorier il Cv SI ,t.o ' of V? 111! lie hipruri in n cm e : :> c?u ui ?; i ' ' . ' ~ ?i ; /H'"C nminatui:,;' e.; .t; ^ ' i>y.. ;m nsuranee c< iv.i anv v i;'h < dives in , ? : .? ?--- ? : *51 Tit! hioanoi r I only,' i'nul i'-Lv v, Ai ?' 11 ;-,r:v y 'pp^ enwal of the i i -I . i: v.it re. lured OT13?tnr : h<. M \. ~ ii'.. .Cny | W-V' I. A. A i.e. P. Oat CvVv':, .rl Life"- V nsuranee ('-nmirirny'" ?: ? h~rO\~ft ' .. tents' in' Mieh-'i!'. !1 n- y.. p..jTTF TvfHv' ' cTer'enve-to a e: rliJm j OCy, in wi\i iey.saMf. ;v. y er.< ?,f i:ic Cry. . <v ' - i ov "<lCc ' ot.wccn the ;yu-i'.i <n'iy.[.,1 i>' , ijr Wit inn tlie l-.'iiiu-J l-'.'t t.r ('a n ,1a." ' it; Ikaj .h: .HUi?X'~Ton Insurance todo ' n CO; . ' hapter Part ' >) rmvi-V- rluill' /l0l|> e no tl!s^;i,i :i.-. i a ': h- V. ;rtrr nd calmed po'rs\:V . H&ertsfca <" ' hat "uni!?:.uI>iv<Uy 'v-a.;y,->vS!* y </ ci'cit !*') a;., ? < "1 . " ?/ . T;? ?<**out' iisSmn to sh>*v. c:u.f;' \\ x;w:c 1, ense should a .; , he ;\:y hedV In response' In-'.\ir. !' v. V v 01; inforn e.tio'i * > t York jj ?:j, rovTsSon < ! l!i^ < o !o. 'aft <on ' i'lyin?r to this c . o." f * 11- Snii. v arn, Chairman'f<? 1 Ii- N.i (;mi;\! I-s-.t-S jja ury iivi'orr.ii'tirn v.. ii'lrkn.' I ; ? for ^inlfil t Mi I ^. .. ' : ( ;ul! II. A. -I.fi*, (An ho ^hijri tedWRif C-nnni o ii&ylVd l.AJVifV/,-Iichijjnn Br:;nc'>' > ! \ -V A. A;. C . I'., jW*.c oports that ;ho : * . > (in a the 0rn "lii'.-asfn Insiiraivf- t' : o a it; ipyTVito.l in the !")< : >n- ;.vn' (?i~ la_[ .'ni .; ui?Mn'(. wd i- -- }>:,:> f - ?i 1 y h o. a lu" Attorney Gt.iior ii'? ? .".it- , without j Ju hofo hnvinir to ! any re .nest for ilmj from colored ' people. ' - ; ' ' Lost l. m. b.:c'oxr'r>HiiS'CL ix-mim.a; etrm MKII'ttta I'l !"!V: i!s All) TO N*. t1M,e * proft a. a. f. l'. : . will ? ? . ' the N6\v York/Oct. iS-r A !:uv-v kath. Xort ) intr niini t;:hc A.. M. E. ri-cn ionfcrencc; in M-ii'..idi'AnA \ s.cO er an addros&hy ItA. pr-AV. thvj?nnll,"*j.nati o form a joint .commit re cf minis- 1 evils f the Rational Association for the io di UhrmccTrrcnt of (Vloped ' People for - Wo he purpose of orj'smmin.s: c hurch "aid j' o the N. A. A. C, P. - | ei'S i - | Tt. i-s nlfi'j*cl to 11'!e:iish* fhinvn < < , ????. ""r a i nil toe fur tho pin-po.^, X-uyw..Ww?-L --2C< me hundred pel' fen: m'-mhor. hip. of' Asst tn mcmlui'i' in..lh X. A. A. I1. ( 010 Each niinbtvi* ]? ( ijjvd himself Hy)S'c o seek to have In. chm'tli 1 !>itvrs m_ )ta.. 'Iwrip in tiv .inrnin) b::.l"i1' of Iholr oofir hureh n contribution tov.avd the -work r'p 1 if the Association. / \ The clergy present- enthusi^-i in allv 1 1 - ~ _Li mini indorsed th{, work of f ho /Ifcsoclatirfn j ?aw 18 vital to the Negro race. i War * mmm mm ???^ ' ., j Pi JI m ..*v .yijgj : ^ ' .': ?^ W " "?5 ~ " judice Negroes ? ..r ? ' *' 5c A COPY 1 \? ' ' ' gation \ i lup i GENERAL . LAND OFFICE it Against Segregation in lid Government Bureaus Bcinft Extended :S. THOMAS REPORTS vStenographer Obligated to rite out flatter in Long JIand for Whites > a York, Oct 28.?The fiffht a_ vC^l-epfaiii-n in" |hc hnwnna of. ;??yovnrJenC in t_lic national capli ." ' eby'v extend d l>y the .Wash, a X. A, A. C. V-. against the ral.Lnnd OiTico, according to re_ made by Xo\rfl H. Thopias, Pi*es_ of'Up' wn^hlnfHon Branch.?-?a-??;? delegation rejeinly called upon-' " am Snrye", Commissioner of the i a) Land Cfli'ce..jmd--protested 'a. Tpertrs WHO' luul Tfic services of . ' . stenographer, bfc\- . ' '' .: .' v. r: V nut matter in utmi - white stcnogra. j , r\TvSl itiAL PROGRESS TO {J^^T^SKD^AT DURHAM trhapi, N\ tJy"5ov 1L?(ANP) The is oi. whereby Negroes* can be in ton* io take "advantage Of thG . ^ nadul awakening in. th.? South and le same tiin0' 'hold- and increase uj.-Aiun iti the industries of the? If* wiTTVeome in Tor much discus^ at the contention -which is to . ' ? cid in Durham. Docutnher 7. _?: i discuss this very . important iion sonic -of the leading busi_ men editors and publishers, edu* *1 ^ ? s, and welfare'workers have been ed to attend- the convention, and s riling to Dr. J. E. Shcpard, who Dr. \V. K. ji- Du-Boi's, Mr^'Mary - "7 7" ane, C. C. Sjiaulding^W. G. Poar?tn<i ot iters, >s heathttMrhe ;, a large nuipber. $J^4| accep/t^d invitation. ' V' le ir.igration.--ot tlte Negro to hcrpT "HTd mortal -centers. . has giit about ,an iivJust^ihl awdkfnt ^ h the South. This is evidenced by ? bui'.iling programs'" v ^ .1 ni this direction in the /'fy H.alcs. Tho South is taking -?1?tr w aspect and instead of bdingj*at tgrieulturai section, it will ~ n nItiMfc"j1 j ' 1 'groat .nuumr.ial center. , { st -how .the Negro can abate 56 "*' J'tA1-: industrial development and W 4VS l.iFVx lle t ; n.(be prepared ; age will be discussed ^nd'W^rH^S^ ' ,:t lit this meeting and at theYsnrhe^SP ^ nv 1 ?methods??enabling' himf tov?_ ? . . f N1 iote his nroerress in1 ."th? Nbrth t ? !/ V> .-C? m also be devised/ It is known that r. j$> < increased Negro population in hern Industrial centers ha?j^ in, \ _cd thv anti-racial feeling in these * nna' and- scgx-cgatton and- UsGi-im ?? ' on. Means of combatting these must be found and the., leaders asp* The whole question of. Ne_ . life in America is to be prfO'SfTrt. y experts und discussed by lead, assembled. LTER WHITE IN ENGLAND /wWork, Oct. 28 ?Walt'cr~Whttet' ~ n vn*i r\ f Mnf inviol >ciaturn?Cot- tho Advancement of? rod People, on a year's leave of ; nee, reports that a lecture1 tour"?; ? ' -lveen arranged Cor him in the ? ag--oL_whieh he .will_eover princi. ?i?? ~ cities of England ond several ci_ in Scotland. Mr. White's tour . ides engagements in London, Bir. chain,- ThvJl. Manchester,' G'ji? ' -X* . Bristol, Oxford, Edinburgh and rington. - . ~ v