The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19??, December 19, 1925, Image 1

THE
An
VOL. X X III— N ;. 17.
In d tp a n d fa l
ADVOCATE
Fm p+r D d r o t t d
to
th «
ln t« r «a ta
m f
th e
P aopU •
PORTLAND, OkLOHN, SATURDAY, DKCFMBICR 19, 1925
PRICE 5 CENTS
ANTI-LYNCHING BILL INTRODUCED IN CONGRESS
WRITER SAYS NO JUSTICE IN SEGREGATION
SEGREGATION OF HACKS SAID COLORED LAI) WINS »2.000 00
TO HK GREATEST HIND­
SUIT AGAINST W H IT E MAN
RANCE TO IUSTICK
LOCAL and FOREIGN
NEWS BRIEFS
CATHOLIC
WOMEN'S
CONVENTION
MAN COULD NOT TURN SELF
INTO BUZZARD, SENT TO JAIL
ARROW TIPS
L. C. DYER W IRES N. A. A. C. P.
NEW ANTI-LYN CH ING BILL
IS IN CONGRESS
(BY KITS R E ID )
At Cathedral Hall on Wednesday
( Preston News Service)
••• i.
e
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,
„
i San Francisco, Cal, Dec IS— On
was
held
the
»«cond
convention
of
Richmond,
Va.,
Dec.
18—Samuel
W r» •
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T h. V* } * . N °. J “ ¿ 'I f , î _F 0r W u » t 22. 1024. I , . , pi. Ilari.«,, a
The Advocate doe* not necessarily Congressman Says New Bill Covers
Segregated Minority In Public
the Archdioceson Council of Catholic Washington was sent to jail Thurs­
»mall cnlorrd boy o( tbc age nl mne
All The Important Provisions
A CARD OF THANKS
share in Kits Reid’s views, but whe­
School Svitcm
day
because
he
could
not
turn
himself
Women.
This
is
an
organization
of
yrari w u i allrd Sonic riainci by Ihr
Of The Old Bill
women who are Serious minded and into a buzzard According to police, ther we do or not. her opinion* are
»im ul C, ('. t'unningham, Donald
sane, and logical and well worth read­
We with to thank thr many friend»
(Hy William 1'itken»)
( uniunghain ayr mnr al»u Joseph re- for their kmdneii to our Beloved one interested in problems which face thc Washington was hailed before Justice ing. It is your privilege as well as ours
New York. N Y Dec. II—The fol­
■world of today. That thev are attack­ Xlaurice in South Side Police Court
Wr ai knowledge tin Mood intrn ■ented bring callrd Ihr iiainci and
hi» long illnesi, and for the ing these problems intelligently is in­ on a charge of obtaining $150 from a to disagree with Kits, and she invites lowing telegram from Congressman
tion» ol the lew white people who ex itartrd a light front whirh hr enierg- during
woman whom he told he could turn your opinion upon the subjects she L. C. Dyer of Missouri, has been re­
feed, aomctimi lotnehow, to do iui cd thr Victor Donald » (athrr ramr up beautiful flower» and word» of »em­ dicated by their program
at the office of thc National
our »orrow.
Thr session opem d with high mass himself into a turkey buzzard and ob­ discusses from time to time in her col­ ceived
tire to black people under a Jim-Crow 1 ou the ticnr. and finding that In, ion pathy during
Associaton for the Advancement of
umn.
MRS Wm WF.RH. Wife
tain
the
release
of
a
friend
of
her’s
at
St
Mary's
Pro
t
athrdral
with
an
,v«tein. ami »< lympathiic (tho wr nod been lin e d n tHi conflict by the
Colored People, 69 Fifth Avenue, New
Mr». Lena Webb. Mother
address hv Reverend George Camp­ from jail. “ Open the window", Jus­
ought not to) with the simple iintided 1 colored boy, waxnl exceedingly an*
l York City:
Mr» Lena Ilroadhead, niece bell The business meeting at Cathe­ tice Maurice instructed a court atta­
I promised a few weeks ago I
lection ill blaik people who hope, gry and proceeded to adniiniiter a le-
“Washington, D. C. Dec.7,1925
dral Hall began With the address of che, and, turning to Washington, said: would quote some paragraphs from
•oinewhrrc «omewnen, to receive iui- verc beating upon the person of Joi­
Weldon Johnson, Secretary,
the president. Mrs. Ben F Stingh “ If you can turn yourself into a buz­ I the Xfanual from which our students N. “James
DIES SUDDENLY IN OKLA.
ner and a square deal under a Jim- eph, beating him and kicking him a
A. A. C. P., 69 Fifth Avenue,
whose recommendations covered ac­ zard fly out that window.” “ I was ! in colleges learn the gentle art of New
( row lyitem,-- hilt wr prnfnundly , bout hi» body and head unmercifully
York
City.
diircipecl thr IL'DtiMI'.NI ol both . to the extent that Joseph »ulfcrrd in-
Mr* J t .lien received the sad in­ tivities from caring for the soldiers just feeling, Judge,” Washington an­ I soldiering. So here they are. Do not
“The Anti-lynching Bill which I in­
swered,
whereupon
he
was
remanded
j
think
for
one
moment
that
any
Ame-
in
the
hospital
to
study
classes
for
the
ol thrm The union ol lire and water j trine pain» I or a period ol two wrrk» telligence of thr death of her daugh-
troduced today and which Senator Me
1 » a» po»»iblr at thr union of fu»ticr after thr beatniK wa» administered,
tr, Mr* Hrnrirta Nrwlin in Nowata, various dearnoies, a» the sub divisions to jail to await further investigation I rican could be proud of them and only Kinley of Illinois will introduce in the
i
our
profesional
militarists
can
read
of
his
case.
of
thr
Council
arc
called.
and Jtin-Crow. *J'hc one will dritroy
A out against Cunningham for • l i l i k o n i She dud iM d iilv Wrd-
them without crying out Shame, Senate tomorrow, covers all the im­
At noon the luncheon at The Port­
or uuench thr other
$10,000 darnaKei wa» filed by thr law nr»day night following a brief illness
Shame! But I want you mothers of portant provisions of the previous bill.
In the fir»t place it contradieti | firm of Richardson Ik Gordcn color-
As soon a* can be arranged, Mrs. land Hotel filled the large dining
RESOLUTIONS
boys to read them and as you read In addition, two important modifica-
experience: thrrr n not a single Inn rd attorney», and alter a lemational Allen wil go to Nowata to see after room Miss Grace Hirshbuhl was the
, try to realize that the boys at the U. tons are made in the present Bill. The
t row tyitrm on earth that duet iui- trial a verdict of $2,000 00 wax given her daughter's little girl whom she toastmistress and there were ten-min-
Whereas,
! of O. are learning how to “ use the first, is to cover the acts of mobs not
utc talks bv Miss Julianne Roller,
tier tu ihr outcait minority. In thr »e- thr plaintiff I It Vr»»rl, formerly left at thr agr <•! five years.
only where they deprive a person of
Rev. Geo. Thompson. Mrs Chas Hi­ It has pleased Almighty God to re­ ; bayonet."
cond pia. r it contradict» rcaton: lor of tin» city wa« instrumental n having
move
from
our
midst
our
friend
and
| From 1923 edition of the Manual of his life but also where they do him
nes of Forest Grove: Mrs Rose
thr »amr »cornlul »ciitniirnl that will thr »uit instituted
physical injury. Second, under the new
Mr*. Catherine Gray has been in­ Scheffidcn of Medford and Dr L A sister, Dt. Louise Thomas, and
Military Training:
segregate a group, will deny that
Whereas,
disposed the past week at hrr home Sommers.
"Bayonet fighting is possible only bill it will not be necessary in order
group equality alter it u segregated
MRS. CANNADY SPEAKS AT
on 33rd Avenue.
In the afternoon. Dr E O. Sisson Dt. Thomas was always ready and because red-blooded men naturally to convict the members of a mob to
Poi example, tin »entintent that will
M ETH ODIST CHURCH
gave a stimulating address on “ Cur­ willing to do whatever she could for posess the fighting instinct. The in­ show that its acts were intended or
ou»l rolorcd children Iront thr princi­
K. ol P. ELECTS OFFICERS
rent Issues In Education” emphasiz­ the benefit of Rose City Lodge, No. herent desire to fight and kill must done as a punishment for or to pre­
pal lehool »yiteni, on the ground that
the commision of some actual or
1 he Associate ,, Editor ol Thr c Advo-
ing thr need lor us to revise our ideas I ll, I. B P O. E. of W . always man­ be carefully watched for and encour­ vent
they arc
that
ini'V
are unworthy
unworiny to
tu be
ut- in
m it.-- m*.
,
supposed public offense.
ifesting a kindly and sisterly attitude aged by the instructor.”
On Friday evening, Dec II, Syra­ on the expense o f rdutation in th U. towards us, and
»attic sentiment will deny then. at. «
rdi,U u ^
.
(Signed) “ L. C. Dyer”
qual separate »chimi system on the "'*<»" ■*« ‘ «M Woodstock Methodist cuse lodge K of P held its semi-an­ S He pointed out that-the entire cost
Whereas,
The new bill which has been intro­
equally logical conclusion that they !
cbmiwh •»» a full hou.c Her nual election of officers which result­ of education of ourayuuth in public We feel keenly her loss to us and the
Describing "Killing” holds and duced in thc 69th Congress, is the
are unworthy of it Equality lor a sc '« b * « «
W h»' 1 h' Negro I» ed as follows: G N White, C. C , L and private school*.igrdleges and uni­ whole community, Therefore be it
kicks: “ Force horn (your opponent) product of revision undertaken by Mr.
grrgated weaker party i* unknown to After 35 »hde. shuw.ng thr progrès* A Ashford, V C ; Nimrod lackson, versities is about $(.500,000,000 while
to the ground and break his neck by Dyer with the co-operation of the Na­
Resolved
experience, unthinkable to reason, and
»•« « e r . and a* an argument for XI F. ; Lee C Anderson. M !•.; E. D we spend on automobiles and accesso­ That we bow in humble submission, suddenly throwing the foot well to the tional Legal Committee of the N. A.
impossible to human p.ych.dogv
' » " " ,rr •••«'•"«
' OWi,rd* " Cannady, Prelatae; Arthur Nelson, K ries. not less tiran $5,000,000.000 a first, to Him who shapes our destin­ rear and falling forward, tightening A. C. P. Herbert K. Stockton, member
of R S . < harlct Strain, XI A and G year He asserted that there must be ies and rules the whole universe
the arms and pressing the shoulder of the N. A. A. C. P. Legal Commit­
All the facta point m the same d.
u,r,d dur¿n“ h" 1d' ‘ c';ur*r .
more and beter training of character
Ncveral teacher* and students iron. V'. Grayson, Trustee.
tightly against the back of his neck. tee and of the Board of Directors, dz—
raction in America then is ... equal Reed
Resolved further
(
„liege
and
several
colorrd
pci
and
more
and
better
training
for
ci-
school lor colored children except
That we extend to the bereaved hus­ This hold when properly executed voted much time to strengthening the
»on*
were
noted
in
thr
audirnrr
where thev attend school with all o-
measure, with suggestions made by
Robert Bird one'of our progressive
tdUCJ"' ' ‘,f " Ur V" U,h band, Brother O. S. Thomas and his will break the opponent's neck."
Mrs Jessie Edwards opened the citizens,
thcr children There are no separate
wa* a pleasant caller at The w „ d b< effective.
family, our heartfelt sympathy.
Moorfield Storey. President of the N.
program
with
two
numbers
of
Coler­
Advocate
olf.ee
on,
day
this
week
Resolution,
were
adopted
recom
traveling accomodations for colored
How's this for an “ American ideal” ? A. A. C. P., and Louis Marshall, mem­
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mend ink’ medical inspection for tne i That a copy of these resolutions be
Americans that are in all respect» e- idge Taylor arranged lor thr piano,
sent to the bereaved family; a copy be
“The principles of sportmanship ber of the Board of Directors.
qual to the accomodations for other and which Mrs Edwards played well
The Advocate appmates a nice job |
I1? !
recorded on our books of record and and consideration for your opponent
Besides the improvements indicated
At thr close ol the meeting, Mr»
parent-teacher
circles
and
emphasiz
travelers There is im JJim-l row sec­
of printing from the Brotherhood
have n place in the practical applica­ in Mr Dyer's telegram, numerous o-
j ing the need of closer study of public a copy published in the press.
tion m anv theatre that oiler« equal danir* Cannady, Ida Browne, Jessie
ther detailed changes have been made
Committee:
tion of this work.”
questions bv CithcAic women.
comfort and convenience with all o- Edward*. Emily Au,tm and Dora j
in the phrasing of the measure, stren­
Lee C. Anderson, Chairman
BRO TH ER H O O D MEETS
The convention closed at the even­
thrr »return* of that theatre The only Gullilord: Presley Hnllidav and Ivan j
gthening
and making it more clear
E.
D.
Cannady
and
T.
H.
Williams
Do you not agree with the protest­
ing session with music by St Xlarv's
place* where Black Americans enjoy and George Cannady accepted an in-
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ing students that such doctrines are and specific.
equal accomodations", arc where vitatiog to attend open bouse at Dor-
The meeting of the Brotherhood at Stringed Quartet and addresses by
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relics of barbarism and have no place
thrv have the same privilege ol ac- mitorv ( at Reed College Here the Ml ( >livct " «ptist church last Tues­ Rev Wilfred Huslev on “ Our For- JULIUS ROSEN W ALD OFFERS
LON
GVIEW
(W N .) NEWS
»2.000
TO
N.
A.
A.
C.
P.
LEGAL
party
met
a
number
of
thè
students
in
the
education
of
American
youth?
'Benefits
of
Fed­
day
night
i
well
attended
and
sev-
eign
Born"
and
on
comodations with all others
DEFENSE FUND
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(By Mrs. Maud Bates)
Segregation always has robbed, al­ and teachers of Reed and eninved de­ eral interesting subjects discussed eration” bv Mr Hall Lusk
lirious
refreshments
served
bv
the
Plans were outlined for a large free
O-
IN DIANA M IGHT BAR
ways rob*, and it seems always must
H Williams was admitted to Long­
public entertainment carlv in the new LOS ANGELES N.A.A C.P. FIGHTS
New York. N, Y. Nov. 27—Julius
rob the segregated minority,- against voung ladies receiving
W ILLS-D E M PSE Y GO
view Memorial Hospital for an oper­
year
whom it is really directed All the
JIM-CROW SWIMMING POOL Rosenwald of Chicago, well-known
ation for appendicitis.
philanthropist wKo has given many
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HAS NEGRO RIGHTS W HICH
leehwiral phraseology and solemn
Indianapolis, Ind. Dec. 17—The
Dave Harris is on the sick list.
for colored people in the
mandate* of the lim-Crowing law*
C. O. Coffey writes and sends ano­
MUST BE RESPECTED?
New York. N Y. Dec. 1—Thc Los schools
foundation for placing legal obstacles
Frank Coleman will entertain
and rgculaliotis. implying equality
ther year’s subsription to The Advo­ Angeles Branch of thc National Asso­ south, has offered $2,000 to thc $50,000 in the path of the proposed Wills- thc Mrs.
Twin City Culture Club Thurs­
and impartiality of accomodation, (The Mosaic Guide. Little Rock. Ark) cate: saying he ami his estimable wife ciation for thr Advancement of Col­ Legal Defense Fund being raised bv Dempsey setto for next summer were
day afternoon.
the National Association for the Ad­
comfort or convenience, arc mere
laid when Attorney General Gillion
The sum and substance of the Dred j are doing fine in their old home They ored People, through its attorney, F. |
Home Missionary Society met at
wrd* without meaning Any phase of Scott Decision was that a colored man asked to be remembered to friends Burton Ceruti. is fighting an attempt vancement of Colored People, the gave governor Jackson an opinion on
the home of Mrs. V. A. Freeman
lim-Crowisin will ¡llustraatc the same has no rights that a white man is j Thv are residing in Red Bluff, Cal
by the city authorities to designate condition being set forth in the fol­ thc legality of the fight which virtu­ Monday afternoon.
truth, but let us look at this sample bound to respect O f course this dr j
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certain days on which alone colored lowing letter written by William C. ally prohibits the meeting of Dempsey
Community church will have their
Secretary to Mr Rosenwald:
of the public school business:
children shall be permitted to use the j Graves,
and his challenger.
cision is something over a half an him- j ENTERTAIN CALIFORNIANS
Christmas Tree entertainment, Thurs­
"Dear Mr. Johnson:
Talladega County, in Alabama, is dred years old. but there seems to be j
municipal pool.
“ It is possible,” said Gillion, “ that day, December 24th in the evening.
"Referring to our recent correspon­
supposed to be one of the most civi- a large number of people in many sec- j
Chster Brady and two young men
Among those w ho entertained lor : The Branch and Mr Ceruti have dence. Xfr. Rosenwald will be glad to these men might, without violating
lircd places in all the south It even lions and communities of thr united
taken
thc
case
to
court
where
argu­
the law, meet for the single purpose were hurt in an auto accident last
has one of the largest and best Ne- State* who feel that this dreisiion i* thr pleasure of XIrs R B Whitlowe ment has been had and both sides contribute $2.000 to the $50,000 De­ of cxibiting their skill as boxers, ex­ week.
her niece, Xfrs Ruth Xloodv. of j
........ !it v> i ..I tbs whole country still thr law of thr land The civil and and
have been asked to file briefs It is the fense Fund you are raising: payments cluding from their purpose the ex­
Wei. the report of the county board legal rights of thr Negro people a< a ! o l Angelea, CaL. who spent Thanks­ contention of the N. A A. C P. that to be made as follows:
giving holiday here with their rela- |
1. When the National Association change of blows which would be cal­
SIKI KILLE D IN NEW YO R K
of education for the year just closed
lives, Xlr and Xfrs Ben Brown, were j the charter does not give thc local for the Advancement of Colored Peo­ culated to determine superiority be­
" i i i ' 1^^'* u ......"„'ii
' a i v i atftcioftf* t n c * c . rair have
i i in t r n l in
„ not vet
, hern , fully conceded
»
Park Commission the right to discrim­
tween
them
tn
their
chosen
and
well-
11
I
t
.
.
.....
*
.
1 ...
by
a
\a*t
number
of
flic
American
the
following
prominent
matrons:!
ple has collected $24.000 out of the
terrible farts, for one must dig them ’
, , .... , ,
, .
Battling Siki Sengalese prize-fight-
people Hundreds of the dominant Mr» W. B. Brown, breakfast on h'ri- j inate against anv American ctizen
upon receipt of lists of con­ known profession. If this is the in­ | er who has been more or less in the
out from the masses of figures
Court hearing was largely attended $50.000,
tention there is no intended violation
rat
e
still
refuse
to
believe
and
accept
day
morning;
Mrs
H.
C
Raker,
din­
tributors
showing
thc
amount
paid
in
There was spent on white high thr fact of Negro citizenship The Ne
Otherwise he held that l limelight for his “ high livng” propen­
ner on Friday; Xlrs Alice Johnson, bv members of the .Branch and their bv each, Xfr Rosenwald’s check for of the law."
such a meeting would violate the sities. was found murdered in an alley
schools $ 1?y n U Nt, XIin'll' 'v„u '"the Kro- notwithstanding his faithfulness breakfast on Saturday morning and | friends.
$1.000
will
be
forthcoming.
! in "H ell’s Kitchen" a sporting dis­
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luncheon in thr afternoon: Mr*. Leo- !
2 When the Society has collected spirit of the Indiana law
iro.me\ wa, 4 B « l d 'i h e col- » ’ » < • "-> *>"> '"«»> '
"! T Z
A distinction between “ boxing ex­ trict of underworld characters, a few
ored enrollment m i . - (u*t I6< less *"«>•" ' h* ‘ ',n* <>/ w» r must fight nine Henderson, dinner on Saturday | HOUSTON VOTES BOND ISSUE $24.000 in addition to the $25,000 men­
! days ago. Siki had been shot twice in
than the white. - and the colored ">•>.'< »trcnuou.lv the color per,ud.ee evening; Xlrs. J W Ingersoll, break- j
tioned in the preceding paragraph, hibition" and “ prize fight" is outlned 1 the back, while his wife was viewing
lehool" were already far more m need ?"< « . I standards o f America or a fast on Sunday morning and Mrs J
Houston, Texas. Dec. i— The col­ and a list of contributor» and thc a- in the Indiana law, which forbids the | a picture show.
l
sl I I ,
A ol Inc unfair full
share in
A. Nichols, breakfast on Xlondav j ored school system of this city with j mount paid in by each has been re­ latter.
than
Inc white, i uciaunc
.
. the
. lc«al ami moral
. and
...
Siki was said to have been a good
Articles for the match were signed
Xfrsdamrs Whitlow and profit considerably from thc schools l ceived. Xlr Rosenwald's second check
.
. t i
u. . , i ,\ «..„arc busmen life uf the nation Notwith* morning
: hearted man and while he was a
sometime
ago.
with
the
two
principles
Xfoodv
enjoyed
their
visit
here
im­
bond issue voted bv the city to a few for $1,000 will be sent to you
deM would have nee. »sitsled the
",’ r
..0,_ih*„c,0,n T
! friendly sort, he seemed always to be
tution of thr nation he must »till fight mensely and left a host of newly days ago. A definite program, provid­
“Wishing you success with thc and reaching conditions and terms.
»pending of most of the money on hard
found in a brawl His end is a natural
made
friends.
for
every
inch
o
f
liberty’s
ground
Fund.
1
am
ing
for
the
enlargement
and
improve­
(lured schools in thi'partirular year
result of the life he lived.
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Sincerely yours.
ment of the fifteen existing schools
On the white elementary schools there that he occupies. A case in point is
POW ER COM PANIES NEED
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the nr.
Dr .>weet
Sweet’ s rase ol
of u
Detroit.
Xfirh
............. t . . ntui in T ii.t
a tne
n ro ll. Mien
Mr. J. W. Houser who has been ill schools and the erection of some new
(Signed) "William C. Graves”
FREE HAND TO EXPAN D iC O LO R E D TEACHERS BARRED
i i . u r o Cfn$KT&> » ! spent ,m the w hite » r Sweet, and a few friends defended for the past six weeks or more, is im­ ones, after a careful survey of the
1
i of t .»
»s i,.I*. me
tl„* (inn
FROM COURSES A T JOHN
school*
this ^
county, while
sum In» home
. , attain*!
, , the , intrusion*
. , of proved and able to be up and around j need. Additiona grounds are to bo
An illy-informed public is the only
N. C. LEADS IN COLORED
i
i . schools
i. i» us*
tu .i/iw
I7H 7> j . the outside world : ,, during
to the delight of his many friends.
purchased in thc case of five or six
soont * on colored
was iv
, , such , dc-
,
HOPKINS U N IVERSITY
danger
threatening
the
development
Minn ii
V
Ifensc a man was killed; for such de-
SCHOOLS
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schools; four new buildngs are to be
Wait a minute! All thoie sum» were (en„ hr all(, his ,|efemjer« are now
of the electric industry today, to the
STAY OFF EASTER MONDAY erected, and fifty or sixty class rooms
New York. N. Y. Dec. 12— Color­
discerning mind of Guy E. Tripp,
the expenditures for lK At MI.K> (aCjnK , murder charge Thanks how-
to be added to present buildings, be­
(Preston News Service)
salarie*. but the white got all the mo- ryrr |o A |mlRhtv God, hundred* of NIGHT. ST. PH ILLIPS GUILD.
president of the Westinghouse Elec­ ed teachers of the city of Wilmington
sides a number of large additions to
Raleigh, N. C. Dcc.4— North Caro­ tric and Manufacturing Company.
have been barred from an extension
nev spent on administration and gr i- w||lt<, prop|c yvhn see and know the
be used as play grounds and audito­ lina has bult one to every other five
eral management of the schools. Ana jlMjce
Pr Sweet's case are rush-
"If our power companies," he de­ course offered in Wilmington by
THE N. A. A. C. P.
riums. Upon pledge bv thr school Negro school houses erected in all thc clared, “ were to be subjected to treat­ John Hopkins University of Balti­
in spite of the poor’ c' ,J’ dJ*lon °
‘ ing to his defense Among thrm is
Ncgr schools, over $18,000 was spent ,ha, powcr(u| I|1.f,.n,|t.r „(h u m a n
Thc local Branch of The National board that thc colored people share southern states according to Dr. Fran­ ment similar to that accorded the rail­ more, according to an account of a re­
fr new white schools ami less than ri(fhu clarence Darow, the supreme Association for the Advancement of proportionately in the improvements, cis W. Shepardson, Secretary and di­ roads, electrical development would cent episode published in The Crisis
$5,000 for new colored schools While rrjmin!l) , , wvcr „ ( ( huago. III At his Colored People held an interesting provided the bond issue passed, the rector of thc Julius Rosenwald Fund, be hampered by restricting private for January. The University notified
people voted almost unani of Chicago, who was in Raleigh last initiative and drying up the source of j David A. Ward, Superintendent of
the county employs 12.1 white teach- ,)afk js thc \ a, „ na| Association for meeting Monday night at Mt. Olivet colored
,11011, i v jt„r
week to attend the Annual State Ne­ capital for New- York, and the chief Schools of Wilmington that it was
crs. it employs only »9 colored,—less )hp ,\,|vailccment „( i „|„re.l People, Baptist Church. Speeches were made , ,,,ousIv fl" lts |M" a>!c
gro
Educational Conference here. losers in the long run would be the against the John Hopkins policy to
than half as many colored tcai r s I'j,,H association, thc twin brother to by several of the members among
MEMORY OF MY FRIEND. While in North Carolina Dr Shepard­ people themselves.
admit Negroes to its courses and
for practically the same
r ol Christianity, is doing more possibly to whom were Reverends E. C. Dyer ami
son with Prof. S. I. Smith, of Nash­
MRS. LOUISE THOMAS
“ 1 am certain,” Mr Tripp continued, Superintendent Ward called together
pupil« as thc whites must teach
break down the nefarious walls of hu- I F. Moreland; Messrs. J. A. Ewing, I
ville. Tenn, general field agent for "that no method for carrying out the 24 colored teachers registered in
—
—
Mavbr vou think that the enro ii ,)1#n
loul play and legal and Edgar Williams, I.. A Ashford, Pres- 1
colored ehildren don t attend eh >l cjvjj hutehcrv as practiced upon our ley Holliday, G. V, Grayson, I.ec C ' Sleep on, dear friend, sleep on; the thc Rosenwald Fund, visited many of electrical development can be more the course advising them to withdraw
anyway Well, the average attendance race than anv other organization in Anderson and E. D. Canady. Thc bur- j good Lord knew best to take you the schools throughout thc state.
effective that the one we are now em­ since they were ‘intcligible’. The Cris­
Last Wed., they visited schools in ploying, namely, private enterprise is' account then continues:
lor the white children was 2774 while America Every Negro should help.
den of thr speeches was the Youth from this world of trouble, to the
Durham countv; Thursday was spent under public regulation
that for colored children was 2W)7,-
“ Such indignation and resentment
question At thc next meeting which land of rest
I, markable thing, this colored atten-
"But this method is being threaten­ met his suggestion that he acceded to
will be held the second Xlondav even­
Your kind words will be always in Mecklenburg county and Friday in
,i ,„ ,, « lien vou remember how much salaries alone in that school rail for ing in January, a musical program will with me: your presence, while I wait Union county Tuesday they visited ed from two different directions— by the suggestion of Principal George A.
•
-■ less comfortable,
' - L‘
$2,000 more than that ($42,000). And be staged bv young people, playing 'til Gabriel sounds the trumpet and the Rosenwald school which is being the advocates of government owner­ Johnson of Howard High School
less attractive,
much
erected in Wake county, and com­ ship, and by those who seek to confine (colored) to call together the Princi­
and perhaps much more distantly and n spile of the fact that the state giv­ the stellar role
St. Peter, opens wide the gate.
mented favourably on the type of their power development within cer­ pals f the 30 city schools to advise
inconveniently located are the Negro es this school less money than the
I.UDIA RANDAI.I..
school must pay to its present teach­
schools.
411)4 LJnion Avenue N. building that is being erected here, ft tain narrow lines laid down by antici­ them of the situation.
Mrs.
L.
R.
Blackburn
is
ill
and
con­
is a modern seven-teacher brick buil­ patory legislation.
"Supt. Ward informed them that
This story illustrates the truth in ing staff, the state of Kentucky never­ fined to her home on Stanton St
ding.
there were 24 teachers (colored) who
every Jim-Crow school system in the theless sends out periodically a punc­
O f the total 3.08J Rosenwald
were affected by this policy and that
I ’ nitted Sates.- tho the degree ol dif­ tilious inspector to FIND OUT
RICO FEDERATION
You Will Eventually I
schools which have been built in the PORTO
ference mav vary In some places it is W H A T IS BECOMING OF THE
ASKS FOR IN V E ST IG A T IpN th possible solution might be to have
XIONFY!
The
inspector
usually
acts
south.
515
have
been
built
in
North
the course excluded or to allow only
a little better. -- in many places much
Why Not Now?
Carolina More than one-sixth of the
those who were eligible to enter. He
worse Even the state schools for the as if he expects to find that a pile of
Washington,
D.
C.
Dec.
4—
Presi­
state
money
has
been
stolen
or
mis­
total
expenditure
of
thirteen
million
also
disclaimed any responsibility for
EAT AT
separate "higher" education of thr
dent Coolidge received Wednesday a the policies of John Hopkins. Mr.
dollars
ha»
been
spent
in
North
Caro­
applied.
When
the
teachers'
salaries
Negro show the same unfair treat­
lina, which indicates that North Caro­ | copy of a resolution adopted by the George A. Johnson, principal of H o­
ment.. A southern state has been alone cost the school $12,(MX), a state
lina is erecting the better and larger i executive council of the Free Federa- ward High school, speaking for the
known to appropriate more money for that gives the school only $40,000,
type of schools for Negroes. The total ' lion of Working Men of Porto Rico principals pointed out that more than
the maintainrnce of one of its white might to send out an investigating
expenditures
in North Carolina a urging American assistance in effect­ 24 teachers were affected by this ac­
committee
to
find
out
where
the
prin­
colleges than for thc education of thc
315 Flanders St., near Sixth
mount to more than $2,353.000. These ing political and economic reforms in tion; that the entire city of Wilming­
entire Negro population of thc state cipal manages to get the rest of the
schools have a capacity for 60,750 thc island.
money to pay the teachers and to run
ton was affected by this action inas­
(college, elementary and all)
HOME COOKING
This resolution asked that a joint much as John Hopkins was atempt-
children and employ 1,350 teachers.
The border states of the south, like the other school costs.
commission investigate conditions in ing to extend its policy of discrimi­
Halifax
county
has
the
second
lar­
Yes,
yes,
--
"segregated
equality"
West Virginia and Kentucky, are a
Popular Prices
gest number of Rosenwald schools Porto Rico and submit to President nation into Wilmington through the
bit less unfair. But we see that Kea- is a plain contradiction in terms. To
in the south, Shelby county, Tenn., I Coolidge and Congress recommenda­ sanction of the public schools; that
those
who
hope
for
justice
in
lim-
BOILED DINNERS
tuckv now appropriates only »to.txxt
leading with a small margin Halifax tions for improvement of conditions to single out any group and deny
for the entire maintainenrr of its col Crowism, wr wish to say that <tich |
A specialty, from 11 a. m. to 8 p. m.
county has 39 of these schools, and affecting residents of the island.
them educational advantages on ac­
orcil state school, while thr teachers hope is a harlot
The resolution was submitted to count of race was indeed embarassing
several others are under construction
H O T BISCUIT. CORN BREAD
President
Coolidge
bv
Santiago
Igles­
In discusing th Negro Educational
and compromising. Mr. Chaning W ag­
Conference held here Monday, Prof. ias, Senator of the Porto Rican Leg­ ner, Principal of the Wilmington Hi
HOME-M ADE PIES
TH E FOURTH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BALL
islature
and
Spanish-Speaking
secre­
Smith declared that such a group of
school (white) moved that inasmuch
Courteous Service
Negroes could not be gathered toge­ tary of the Pan-American Federation as the course offered bv John Hop­
OF TH E T A W A W A TENNIS CLUB
ther in any other state in the South of Labor.
kins excluded part of the teaching
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North Carolina, he said, was far a-
force of Wilmington that it be reject­
AT TH E STAG AUDITORIUM
head of other southern states in the
ed
without further consideration. Thc
NO M AIL D E LIV E R Y XMAS
381 Vi Bast Morrison
number of educational leaders among
motion was carried unanimously bv
Negroes. Both Mr. Shepardson and
Holliday & Holliday
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25th 1925.
Washington, D. C. Dec 17— Post­ the vote of thc 24 white and 6 colored
Prof. Smith commended N. C Ncw- master General, New, declared that principals."
ball, director of Negro education in there will be no mail
Dancing from 8:30 to 12 p.m. — There will be a
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delivery
Tonsorial Parlors
this State, and the work he is doing on Christmas day.
The procedure
Regular
meetings o f the Port­
Charleston Contest, a Valuable Present for the winner
125 North Sixth Street
here.
will be an experiment and its success land Branch o f the National As­
In our new location we are arranged
Music by STAR’S ORCHESTRA under
| or failure will guide future action.
to give better service to our patrons.
Geraldine Turner, beautiful young .Two years ago Christmas work in city sociation for the advancement of
Superviaion of LLOYD SMITH
Colored People held every second
We invite ladies, gents and children to daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Tur­ | post offices was stopped at noon
Admission 60 cents including Checking
B
T nb Q u a l it y I to m i mm
ner won a scholarship from her Last year the closing time was clcv- Monday evening at Mt. Olivet Bap­
•
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rome in and see ut
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“A
•■*» »•••.•*■ •>*«* in B
I en o'clock.
school recently.
tist Church, E. First ft Schuyler St*.
Portland’s
Own
Christmas
Store
SCHAEFER’S GRILL