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i tr ?V = < = : TENNESSl VOL III?NO. 18. ' r ?* 7^ v -< . mC-Ci c: " " tfiurcKMas-rr- F Gs\% 1 . - I .j ' 1 ' ..' 1^'- V"l* x ANNUAL GRAND ?}, V ]' SESSION IIEi# -?7 'Large' Number of Heoroscntsi. tfvo.s of iviljor.'Ilunto f r.ffo-c-V. ?' 7??-t-. To ii;,' I'rc on,t? *?? nit. (v .ronxsr-N-.' . in-r'oMth ('arclfini Number 'fl 1 \vi!h A-^roxiniii.lclv-j 10,b0? Mcml cr.s ' 1 o. . , , -t" ; The -Must \\ (,i : Tiij*-i:? I (Trend r.odive t of.Five an.! A<|-<'pUd Mjiiioivs for the v , | Jurisdiction? el't SifuUi ('a oiina will ?7?I- bp convened .in,, A mr. ul (J;-?n i K ; sion in the. city of (' lt.ni'.in. on- 'Tuesday," Dna-ii'i! > ; '1!.. athe Ala sonic, tivaud flA.-in y>! e,-' 'W-iflle.!? A*-?"rntitun St..' lit tth"rr'ctorl" A; ,\17 A la1 yv 'i ou'ter <>|';'iv; V* "i'1 a iy? of the various s.it!a?r iiuajv 1?>4jx>s \\:iI ?" .he present; . 1 lid Jot-.,! c' 'nf ...' consist inc: of the '?diver- : :i ! jaeivTiers ' . of Lebanon I-o-fe,- A." i ;.,?} ill ' i; y .' No. -17 a lit! (' ? rrrrvhirm No. '_i. of which5J. G. Jackcor.. No; ir.A yhairei'an: Air.-1_ I.t-v, iv -rf tjwvfl*K-.tWee4^VhpteTv Eastern Star, L..v-ice-.-'uufjAanv \\1. N? . ItoScJj'OrUUvfl. ere \ ; .1, B.?Luva treasurer, a-s'sisuii-by J. \V-.?tjranis'on, ! ... B. B. 15 o:w;. K,i\-.\r.:- MoA.^r nnU-L - i. * fi -ntrtttb-T of the brethren Iin-vo inrulc ? mnide -I'l i l .o loi: r : 1.? y-no rtaia' mcnt aivrf t-o:.if. r of tlivsi- who come. . . .- The of.iccr. < f-'th,. (Yraiid I.<j'J;ve ate: Dr. (' LV li h.M: a. -lii ; 1 M is.t r; .1. ' I. WuHbifticuny 1 f. i i:t y (irniul A:; j S. A. 'Jii i'i', )ii<n' (.rand Waiilc.u; . Ch it, Damn 1!; , -Hmiur (iraml \\ artlen; Row I. I*>.; 1 )xii (.'/mini Ti t asur-. ' er;' \V. 1!. Tlwniji::. St.: re';?iry; K. J. ?u\v,vt?T, A?>j.-mini Sucre-^ tary; Ilev. IirT'.^lTut.ei;, ( hap- _ ! ritv' miniiir"nnrh j_ >. Deacon, J. S. Muni/ark, (?f 'the Re-j' lief CojHini.Shii n aiul uthiMfs^ t * I 0 ^ : i There arc .'} I-I ^ubordi.nai.eladyes ( in South Carulii ?i7~Jvith an eslii.nat . d membership o! 10,<UKh 1 ins (tramp Lodge owns thy large nwl coinvuodiBt ous building occupied by Mr. I. S. Leev'y and the 'building Wljbftv.ng the grand temple occupied'by ])rs. Coop-| ? or unit llaTn'<ds_nnd pl'icr tcniinC-n PI'OCillAM . . - ! Monday,, 12.. 1.'527 Informal opening held at?. Sidney , Park C. M. K. Church, b;Ui) o'clock. 1. Musjc?Ainericai . > --1??It.?Inv^rai i?n ~t^iy.~^V,. -WrittrrTT', T: -?? ?1??ft;?Mfi:- ip hy flii'ii nr- l.v r??Timv 1 t I Fvel the ?(l>4t<-n). ?4, IntEwUH4U+n -nf Cfi<'- + monie* W. X; UasoLovoii0lv ..' 1_?. MuSiir ChI.I Hi 1 ?Al\v '"In ' M. Keitt; ; ~ry: ;L"; 7 _ "* ; ?7-T? _>? IE GOVE] ,odge F. . ' "t . ir* * '} ' , : ; ' . .TOHKSOiSY . ?>? oaf Ir Carolina 7n !<>n to Ivduculion?Prof. J. K. BlanV. ' VyV v. 7.* ,.Mi:sh*> by Choius--?CarnVena-7\\ iisoil). ... . . . Is. .Address. ' " . ' Vfu lc -Sol.--IV I could hut tell lifc t ';:!??ty ( P ilmuyo)?Mrs'. Laura , ; : ' id. '-A.cidress'-?Alsisonry and its Re t< n to 'IteiitiWH? Rev.- C .' H-.> Brown, H. 1);, 44. .M,lisle. Solo ?> Caivissima?. ' ' ' j- rt I > * -. i oiu i ) - --Jii4-s?r--Jfui;fi:aret' Shil,th. 12.. Lcmfrrk - airi-nnnouuvn-inents? 1>;\ C- .J hnsoii, (iraucl 'Master. J.". Ho colyjiy?Blow Be the Tie. m : * id.' Uenec'.ietioh. 'ims.lay, December 1S, 1927 i.'" rich I 'uli; of' Sorrow,' 8<.J0 1'. M,, , / , liejf AT 31. K. Church. i".'.; the- ci.5vl'!.'>ioii of this soivlfcy fhrr7.th*aml I.odyie will .'he -entertained \\:tj. a ! ar.ciuel in the oasenu-nt of the ItUrt;h, :.vive?-l>y (he"Local Committee, .. !v?h- 1.- proposed. id-.thcA following; '( ; ( JMfksuiv;: (.'hairnuuR .Mrs. h. B. ja-V.\ i<-ethai: man;- W. X. Rose!i r S.oeia taiy; I?. Lewie,-Tl'eaa.ivr; Mc.daiW's Lam-a Biu-r, F. I'. -U i-I-iiii[itunT-J. -Q; Sty vVns. * "* ?' : . * I . uO, ;; ,uiv mux to lis . ? --'J i.Asaa; its SCOI'IT . ;u'i\ a Hook Company "Kffects Ar raivjtvniciit.s. to. Perform. Wide Reaching Service < '' . T:;e Wan-en Book Company of Stated i Man-1, 'Xew Yorlc," Has recently ,:ru!o ; uMic plans of lontf standing as a resell i f which it will greatly will en. iis fcup.i' .*m:l will tajcc. tho on. ii t'n urnry as its field lather than ijj inV a [ViirtTy Total bhsirtoss. The idea of' expansion was gotten iYo.ij. th'v .sugestkms of a number of friends. w ho thought that TX boot-company headed ty a Negro nnd selling to thy"coh r (hpeople of the country bocks of colored authors would perform a great service to the colored imcc, . A genuine feeling of race pride'is . w*'. ping; .the country among otir group, and the* Negro is no longer ashamed of being a Negro, for he had nothing to t tip with it. On the otlu-.e hand he can well feel proud of what others'of the i?icc have accomname stand, for something. " "A rrqd trioutor pi'Ule iu the l'iu'c is to read literature of I ho ij will spread .and in turn help de -t !od the rii'.ld hind of rnee eonseiniu'rio:^ In other members ~af thrr ^ ; ^ XNOR WC * * T' **. * . ' t * * ? '.-L: . COLUMBIA, S. .Cm. SATUI Xp Negroes U I . ?-? KUFUHUCAN PARTY I K LrAN-CONTROLLED ' Defeat yd in School Segregation, ivlan 1Mans Other Measures to jjarass Race Citizens' I v QDOlilvi) VOTERS COT EI) K'tsn linking Republican Party .Its In-.Dumont?-Must Be I)eieateii. Says Johnson New YpJ'k, Ih.'C.-JU ?James Weldon | Jor.nsQ]). Secretary of th^, * National | Aasocialinn -For?the* Advancement iff .Colored People. who has just I'etuinjed to the* National Ollice, tVd1 Fifth | Avvnocv- from a inid-M'cslcrn spoakluitf, tu|U). fj 1L'ttflirfTjLT "la CtAi y, I It.'liarsa, tlut although the. City ; Council w as forced hy N..A. A. C. P. U, Mill 111 al.:>?<!< "] ?...! . frU.UQO segregated high; behoof, t-hej Kit Klu.v K!:tn is planing still other ' .measure s to Harass the' Negro . c itji /.ens.. At a-public meeting in Gary, I Air, Johnson urged the colored voters. ! of'Gary to dow n the Klan-co'n trolled ; ile| uldican party of the State. Mr. Johnson jn his Gary address said in part: j "''Thiough. the prompt and deter'iniricd action of _,the- loc-al launch of . the National Association for the Ad| vancemcnt of Colored People and the National Ollice, the plan of the Gary city council to appropriate Sl'o.OlMl. i" atvii. The .Mayor himself Acknowledges that the step's taken . in the courts by the N. A. A.. G.?P. have outlawed the proposed action of the city, authorities. The first; victory however, is not the end but the'bs"g": lining of the fight. 1 have learned since' 1 ha\e been here in Gary that the .forces motivated by thc Kii Klux Klan are determined to bring about complete segregation in t.he public; schools of Garv.' Anil tfnr~ K ht., will not slop short of any vlVort.to down the Xejivo, ; _ .... . _dlL.^is_up- lo-lho c<dored?peojde ofGai> Ui^ i cali/.e Uurt the Kdnn is tite liYost 'tlangurous ahTJ active enemy of the Xcjiro ' in America! And -tfTTy 'nilKi,t lit lit thai-organization to a tinI isli. They should realize that n.uny rot' the- menacing incidents now aris! ilia' in Northern communities are clue , to the secret and undaunted plotting 1rt' the Kltrt>r? ?t?? ??? I "Here jii Indiana. AlhC Klfkn .is making thy Republican J'arty its mstrupnient. it i> thvi'efor^ up to the comliTon' * "'*ni i :f 1 ;. f-r?rnrn'e, of the colored. people of Indiana to vote to defeat the K Inn-controlled Republican, influences of the State, j "I would hnzzard a guess that there are as.many Negroes in Gary as there ;u; 1h,ii,i iid? members of the lvla'n. The difference being tint thy Klan is hctur organized! The battle being waged for. the Nygro. on this issue by the X. A. A. C. P. is just arid must command the whole-hearted and unitvd &up port of both white -and col! .on (I people who hold FRetr citizen^ shit) and their government above unscrupulous designs of masked, anonymous, and often criminal groups of thugs." NOTES FROM PIEDMONT ANNUAL CONFERENCE ... By Rev. G. T. Shelton " -.The Pidcmont Annual Confeignee is now history. Among .the Iransfnfa r,,,f r.f U TJ^.r A T AT..,. | tin, th<j man who served as secretary t'or lr.any years. I now announcc myself as-candidate for the position %h<Jn the confer-cnce-. meets .in.-Lau:-ans, I'lffl ..I am . the logical man. ? . What do you say brother ministers? If elected-*'-have no" rewards f<>y - frtendirr tf TtetcTTted I with1 greet all i with wjpirit of good oheer. a^ . " V j -i 4 >'" )ULD STC ID AY, DKCRMBER JO. 1027 II. To C rged To D, LAW ML)Si HE i * * *' ' . MAINTAINED ' ?k _ - .: oO.ViTtWf tU t ry ft. fiorton 5? Tenn. Would Slop' "SolR1Vs> 'Fjavoflte. Pa-lime' jlSSi'ES OPEN Lhi'lKK Delcgat'on Front TriiDc^see r "Stale InCer"-racial "Commit^tee Prompts Statement... Na?h\.U5e;* Tv.nn. l)i-e. S> The 'Stsitf j nf Tciim'ssci' wan's re> niort.' o.ut| hrcuks. uV-l^iuiiiuy ,-iiiitl iimli vjolunce j iiiul stands ready to-do all in its pow-| cr lu prevent them, according tu. an j upon letter to .slua-iffs;iituJLatinrne'yaj-gelu'ilU .i.i'.nn it?Ire 1 iu . I , inr;?' ! loin, y I M. Morton, t'alimy. m'tent ion' to the I law which "gi^s the Gova rnor the -'y . ohm iji mc.i call i'i'iii jervice such police- oilic.oiV: ofthe slate ' as in' his opinion are. necessary' to suppress siich acts of threatened v iolence", Goveinor I'orlon assure^ the (.county otljeers that his ottico is ^itall times interested in keeping petico' and-pood'"order in nil the counties.of ? tile state, and. will lend .its ayl to such end upon, the request of local authorities 'or notice of -such out-. Tircjyks." -The Conclusion tht. (lover ny.i.'^says: "The. peacv*' and good order of the state should he- iiiaiii-tajned at all ha/.rnrds." Coming so soon after.the -recent lynching in Maury County,,the state- , merit rs taken as .an outgrowth 'of that " occurrence, which it is said could casi iy_ -Mtv?.. been preveftU d had ills local authoriitL* Tn i>ii;vl)t i\ imti i promptly to lilt- aiuntion ot' tin* Governor or takciv other .rea'sonalilp precautions. . (nn-etmir Ilovton's .State-" i nU'iit is ofcftrh' iri line with the policy 'of hvs predecessor, Governor Austin j I.'eny, who did not hrstitate on occasion to take vKtprous action for the prevention of mob. violnece. When waited on Uv' a delegation' from the Tennessee- State Inlermcial Commit- j -tee follow iuji lliu .Mvury ta'iflHl.WnlTutf.' tee. iliat' he stood nady to do every-. tjffRK- in Ifs power- to prevent fur-'; rLh- r"oceui'.ipiiees of the same kin?I. 1 ' ("Al'T IT A I. (IT V I.UlMiK NO. l7. F.j I . . & A; M.. ELECTS OFFICERS 1 \--4- r ? r* . . : ? 4- rU 1 hu i < >vii iitr > dimiiii.,. ?.) i?.n ,.t ] llK' aLn?vc named lmlRe, held in. tlu* NLusunic-Teippltr. December 1T 4'.?27,' the following olliyres wt re elected .for thj next ensiin^. year:. -J. B. Lewie. Win s 11>11t'tii MldL-r;* Dr. '1'. .M. Walton, ' Senior Warden;-1 ?iyid Drawley, Warden; F. 1\ Paul, . se.i re try; Hdsf.fr MeClellan, treasurer; Hichai'd Ldtt, tyler; E. M. ITossjey, senhT d-.;Uoir, jHv Taylor,?imiii.r?de:n-n^:' .\latt-hew Abhey, senttn- steward; Joseph Iloid, junior steward; Rev. J. J. Harrison^, chaplain. .. V* j The three*ToiuD lodges in thy city ?->f CHTrmWin. Dehmton-N-o-. d; ( ' n int hian No'. 11 and Captiial City No. *17are planning tQ have a joint installation-of Otliecrs on St. John's Day. > The Grand Communication cori| venos next week.-"The-local lodges in Columbia, the Eastern Stur Chapter, Royal. Arch Chapter and Knights Tepiplar are all looking' forward to the convening of the Grand ,E"('sfe iTuesdnV. December 13th The inform. " uesiiay.'iJecenvber tilth. "The irifoTHYal opening will, ho at Sidney-Park C. [ M. E. Church Monday evening,. Dec,' ! 12th, at 8:00. o'clock, j- The lot al-lodges luve arranged an j interesting program for-thfcr"bceaSiTJTl7r j ..The Lodgc of Sorrow will be held jal Rnthi'l A. M. E. Church. Tn.^tlay [evening, December 13 at 7:30 o'clock. 1 | Tfrc ptihlic is invited to both of these" j cecas'ons.;^ At thc close of the Lodge 1'of Sorrow the local lodg will en- 1 teftain the Grand Lodge with a reception. -.. )P MOB V ' " '' P E . '* * r *zr . i : a rfcV"' * . 1 : " " . -, JF : ". ?==fc^ -???-; ... % III ~?" ; -' . i_ V 2=9 C* W. H. TI (i rar.tl Stvrutar\ F *' TI! \ U'TORY ;.S..\ Vl.\(JS HANK wti.i. i'ayini; fm-: HAA. l)i;vi;Aim:H 12th Thf ( hrisl!?ia? ( |uh of th?? Victory ,ny s , 1 ?;tiik Ur!s jour amounts to' Iii*t\\'t*. ii j.n.t " ^UunliiTS will J.n.-jpuiti tjllLgn-al';)111boU-b U*al* uitlefT- '1 he schedule i.s as fbl- | lows:' ... . Monday. J}fr l'.C tV-Ii-C -i>. . h Tuesday. iwr. K-Jv-ii-H-I. ' i \V( (liio-day, 1 :cc\ . I Thursday, Div. la? , Friday. Inc.' IV. r-l -V-W-X.V-Z. J The iIphajak j-jj 1 Jn?-Sour- Uvst-rihiftc nyd phase lie >iire to ^omy j^e C'lulj will start- t<(i a:lni^ on thc fann . Sr day payment b- K'ins: l'lease renioin4n-r the -(liikv Monday.-ITeeeinbi r .12. ly.h:: \\j._invite .everybody t>? j<fin our, l^cV- Ojjistmas Club. . ( .'I,. FLOVIC Cashier. ' vj. ? \V? H.-irAltVM, I'lvsident'."''. T-1 : -?zzzrz as I'UIZKS 1 Oil (,?I 1 HCK S i I DI NTS ~ ^ I I liTct. Awards of si no. M?."? and . ' 1 ' ' - . ' : ' ' j The. Coinmissibn .on Llim ro : i..n ?' Cool evation, with h< adqinrters in announces {.hp . otl'er oX - thrup cuMi priy.es ul ijtlbt), and ?.13 re- pectivv- ; iy I'or the bos* ppoyivs; ,;n the >uh> l'o inc.. relations submittc-.l !>v stu dents <>t" - Southern coHeffcs . .-iuviny the present school. v'oav. According, tt) the announcement, contestants will l>e free t,', i luu sJ any phase of the frohieol., l,at other thintfs Whit; e<p?d? preference will \>v' i' i'vcn to practical discussions of Vl'vvnlent conditions'and altitudes, with suggestions lyr '' their improvement. Further infornm'ion as to the- contest, t.ojsothl'r with suggestions as to to tnd sou reus. nut.V he had front R, t.. rilep- j' aef, Educational Director, 41H> I'almor ! BuiUfing, Atlanta, Ca. fNTHH'HA('1A1.FOHIM HFKD AT BENEDICT COLLEGE . An inter-iucial forum composed of fh(, students. from the University of South tVtv.olina. LtiTllei'TTn ScThinnrv. . Benedict~C*<nTvye and Allen University met a* College Tuesday, NWnh'cr L'lHfr-at =j This is a fd'ninua; imi of a series Of Hr.c'etings T\ Inch was organized a I year ago for the- purpose of studying rnl.lrm (.: rave relation'and of I bri'nginif about a better Stasia of un[dcritanding between the -ww. ?-~- | ?-_c. j TOLENCE ; . . < ,. 4 5- : r := . ^ 1 ' ' . - r . **? ,' -?: ??r *-1^ tr-? ,>-? ^ v'i 'o ^ J V ' 111 ' ????mmmmm 5c A COPY Movements ? ^ - ' or* 11 1 ; SSI 10MAS i : v! -"'I iViotiv Carolina u i;v: .1.'(;..*\y;i ij'j-r, orator of ?. * *' ' * . c\% . v " v . * /. ' . ' ' i i; i: i > a \ at (. i < HtfrETOVVN ? 'i he i:?. .1. r. \V);Ue; popular-.'.pasfor o| kitm i;.; fr'hurch, is much lit a? i.'uttui'. ? l'; the day for K"?Viiwi'Ipa 1 ay. .Tmjunry 1st. ?lie i twivcil a-yy riid?dsdivc-ry letter from t.ic yi' Ne\v-."Orleans, l a. la.-: 'v. I-.-.... :i.. mis that"his name had !i, 1:1 pi.\;v .'Vd i<e-a mass meet- ~ i i:i.the eh. iv.ms ' uf theJ.Crescent. \. . Ci:y. m'aa'ilki; \v: -v.ms-tlt^TSnanimous choice of the; pe-'.ple of ."Now. Orleans, " . Iv'm .:11 0 l!!'J n;|. accept-*-- -?; . 1'V. \\ m.J I,t * .Wijriiftijs <>f Florencea i him y :i;yhis Ser.vi'ee-for. ^ ' ' ' Fl.-ny-vc. : V -IItit i *r. Vv'i-.i.i- '.Ha* accoptej the in- . m;t;h>u u [>", ; s-;*hk fot* the citi- ' * sic'iss- i?i" v.h. S. . Qi, January1st. and; " h-. 1h< v**;1 -speak. 1 * j:o7i<h* CavuITi-.a know ?j ~ Kev. W.hife -a- u orator and I ! \r?"T!?-rrrf-PTyni t'hureh ? iwrrls to be'cOir-""'" -Jr IsraUilutvd on -eeurihir the service -eta ii -w i_"i1n i in-tvt orator;? " : , NI-j.Utii:S ;l U(.l'.l) TO I'SK N. A. ' .. ' V.;- . V. .7". * " % A. (>M>. ii!triTM AS STAMPS New \ -.rk. 'i?ec, - "tiTi? National ' AT^ :!\. Advance^nenjt of i' i -; V'il'th Avenue, annoltnil's .!;? i'-ae '.hi.- yen- of-.Chriat-' * mas stamps. j'nr it.-e <>n letters .a^dI>aka-.t ill.oiij the .lwljday. season, .. . . lit.; I." .x U>vu. U3. SLI U^; LM.- rn hrhh'.'" .'11 - "! tv f.TT' the "K'c1 ?7' ' ''!fV?? in-'America. . ' - ' ('. !-. i": t people. throughout' the tirrotry ;uv heih?-u*?ved to buy these _ > .. L'hvi ' s5 a-nfpS ?afi3 paSfe them on their- letters ??nd' ..packages. .The stamp* Uvif put- up' 'in hooks ..of. 200 to he itt ltha: .one cent a stamp or ?2.00 p'f r I..-i=I>: The. he a Iquarters for ' "j the X. A. A. l\ r. Christmas stamps - ^ arccare ,,t' Mrs. M inphis T. Garrison, ih.s c,.ucv-.. V\ i st Virginia, Mrs.,rrt C*a'vri,?t>n having 'volunteered to give hot* tiir'c to the '.management of the. sale of th.se st'ainps.. yVll- orders ..'Jj shun! ' ! . - -. nt ihiLi:tly tix Mrs. Gar-' - J risen at the-.Vine address. Branches:. of tlu> N. A. A*. , Q. P, will l>c given ? ctx'Tftt on T! jT: r;i >? > vt ion'htvht "fnr "thrr? amuuol raistil through th0 sal,, of _ _ ' s ?? . ???-?i??-A ?= 7 tho-w -T;iTT\;, makjiilg- remittance tp . s.->rtn.?aa the- holiday j season is over ami ee* liming stamps that remain unsold. ... ..