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NATIONAL NEGRO HEALTH . WEEK-APRIL 1 TO 9 192
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ALWAYS PROGRESSIVE
DISTINCTIVE IN SERVICE
A CHAMPION OF JUSTICE
A MESSENGER OF HOPE
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Founded by W. E. King. ..7 Republican Party Is The Ship All Else Is The Sea." Fred Douglas. $2.25 PER ANNUM
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"CUNJURE DOCTOR" HIRED TO KILL IS
SENTENCED WHILE HIS EMPLOYERS
ESCAPE THE CHAIR. PUBLIC REVOLTS.
Raleigh. N. C. March 23. A one-
armed broken framed black man a
"conjure doctor" sentenced to die in
the electric chair during' the last
week in March has suddenly become
an issue involving tlie self-respect
of the Old North State.
Hired by a white man and woman
to kill the woman's husband decrepit
old Wright Rouse twisted by rheu-
matism and maimed by" a cotton gin
has been condemned to die. while the
white Instigators of the capital crime
have escaped with penitentiary terms.
Letters from all parts of the Slate
are pouring in upon Gov. Cameron
Morrison demanding that the Negro'
death sentence bo commuted. All of
the letters are from white people.
North Carolina does not lay claim to
thi! distinction of being overly fond
of some members of the Negro race.
A mu.iority of the letters reaching
the Governor admit this but they
add: "Save the self-respect of the
while people of the Commonwealth."
The most powerful appeal In behalf
of the condemned Negro lias come
from the Commonwealth's attorney
or solicitor who prosecuted the three
defendants. He admitted the probable
miscarriage of Justice in the Jury's
verdict against the woman and her
sweetheart but he cannot endure the
Idea of seeing; the mentally deficient
Negro suffer more severely than his
vicious white associates.
Three respites have been (riven to
the condemned man. but unless the
(Iovernor intervenes again. Rouse will
go to t.he electric chair during the
week of March 26.
At first GOV. MolTiSttn WflS nhfhirfltA
holding that the demand was not as
It purposed tO be. for an "eUUAlitV
of Justice" but for "equality of in-
justice." The Governor believes in
capital puiurnmenc no conceded tnat j
all three persons involved In Rouse's.
crime deserved the death penalty and
appeared determined to see that the
one iu wooni ut ouri nuu aiiortou
that sentence was mude to suffer It.
DYER BILL AND LIBERIAN
LOAN TO BE TAKEN UP BY
SENATE.
Washington. D. C. March 23. There
have been some notable changes of
activity on tho part of Republican
members of Congress in recent weeks.
.Students of psychology who may be
studying atmospheres will get some
valuable lessons by visiting the na-
tion's capitol.
The treaties the tariff and the sol-
dier bonus together in a way Just
as Important. Haiti Santo Domingo
the Utberlan loan an dthe Dyer Antl-
l.ynchlng bill are furnishing food for
thought as well as action.
President Harding while greatly In-
terested in all these subjects is per-
mitting Congress to have full sway In
the matter of legislation.
The hearings on Haiti which are
being conducted by the committee of
which Senator Medlll McCormirk of
Illinois la Chairman are nearlng an
end. General Russell Is High Com
missioner for Haiti appointed by
President Harding Is now in that
country and has begun the serious
performance of his duties.
The Associated Negro Press can
st-to with the highest authority that
arrangements are being made to get
into sympathetic relationship with
Haitian program and there is a strong
desire to have Colored Americans ac-
tively assist In working out the prob-
lems incident thereto.
Senator McCormlck has discussed the
program with a number of prominent
citizens and in a short time there
will be some definite announcements
made.
I. Iberian Loan.
The resolution for the completion
of the Ulberlan Loan of 15000000 as
introduced recently In a resolution by
Congressman V-'ordney will soon bo
acted upon i' is definitely believed.
Members ot the United States Senate
are expressing great Interest In tho
fntl-lynching legislation and the ottb-
look is favorable as soon a an op-
portunity presents Itself for a hear-
ing with Senator Borah as Chairman
of the subcommittee.
James Weldon Johnson of New
v.i !. o -V r . rne. Aiaontna xgricnuurai aou me-
Yoi k Executive Seci eta ry of the N. A. Lhan)oa cellege is located at Normal
' '; has 1 be en here several day. U ..oullly; the Oakwood Man-
conferring with Senators with the Tranlnlr s.hool. nt Iluntsville.
Vin L ' .";? a ".Tilt 5. l a
son met with encouraging responses.
A Trooper's Burial.
rtv cnr. vnt'vc
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The following remarkable poem was
..nr.i.- v.lltl.ll.-rj JUIlIlK
composition.
1'nto your new grave's verge
With measured steps and slow
To Chopin's solemn dirge.
Your sad faced comrades go.
Spurred boots and sabre craped
You saddle in reverse
On horse with mourning draped
Behind a caissoncd hearse.
A chaplin's simple prayer
With s ildior-hreathed. Amen!
No lies or cant are there:
They face Good God like men!
Put on the earth of Bleep
While tearful taps resound
Not eyes but hearts there weep
Besitfo your new. made mound.
Slrep well Oh comrade best
The rousing reveille
Will never break your rest
For you oh friend are free!
feeHnbyCnpt "ii'""' AtwooS who.ntW rULIltVYUMIl fULLi to say that it would be unvar-l'"- French .or ages to come. 1 wanted
r.li.hS i ?P Vni ! A.twood who U" VMIJI1VU1 virumjw ted assumption on my part to at-i to ce th" 'll"'k law-makci s. Just be-
n rnL"h rrt. i 10 Tl' Assorted Negro IT I VIM P HI AT tempt to give T to the th.msands of lou leaving New York. 1 road In the
P'hM i J?" .ne7 Prvl''ly hfen WRONG HANDLh KIUl romi'rs of he ialla" K w mu 1 wlalcd press dispatches that a
published. Capt Atwood states that iflWilU linilUlili 1UU1 E down nl-ht rnfornm" ot I hltuk member of the Chamber had
Hut he granted a. respite for .thirty
days. Then the letters urging cof-
mutation really began to come in.
This was at the New Year for House
was to have died on Jan. 3. A few
days before the new time limit had
expired the Governor granted ft second
respite and then at the end of Feb-
ruary granted a third. Now ho Is
giving serious consideration to the
pleas for amelioration.
The crime for which Rouse was
convicted jvas naturally a sordid one.
One night while Will Whitley lay
sleeping in his barn. House crept
up to him and shot at close range. At
first he said four strange white men
had compelled him to shoot "toward"
the body of another white man the
qunrtet had killed. Of course no one
believed the aged Negro's sumbling
mumbling tale. Then tho truth began
lo come out.
Sarah Whitley. wlf of the murdered
man. was in love with Tom Havs.
Whitley was In the way. Old Wright
Itouse had a local reputation as a
"conjure- doctor." That probably ac-
counts for his employment by the
woman and her lover to kill the hus-
band. Wright can't "conjure."' He
says so himself. Hut he could and
did treat "rheumatiz." "cramps' and
"slcii like." being something of a
herb or. "yarb" healer.
The trial was held In the Superior
Court of Oreene County at Snow
Hill. Twelve white men on the Jury
returned a verdict of murder in the
first degree against the Negro and
second degree as to Sarah Whitley
and Tom nays
The fnnrt waa nhlr. ti rrt.rn Ihr.
itrhKa u'.nmn nrwl thn .i-ltllr. r..nr. nnl.r
the maximum penalty of thirty year's
In nrk.m Thnrn wu nthlntr fr.f thr.
Negro save death in the electric chair
Sentence was imposed and the date
ror electrocution set.
Hefore Rouse could be brought to
the State orison sentiment fr the
commutation of his sentence began to
. manirest iiseii and recentlv the Uov
rnor lias been fairly inundated.
MUSCLE SHOALS IS SCENE
OF SPECULATIVE RUSH.
By Chas. E. Hall for
(By A. N. P.)
Florence Ala.. March 23. The dallv
newspapers Inform us that there Is a
district Alabama that Is not unlike
ln"'1?utoJ7xa' ani Oklahoma fol-
lowing the discovery of oil. This exo-
dus Is due to the confidence the peo-
P o have In Henry Ford of automo-
bile fame who announced that if he
could purchase or negotiate a long
term lease wtUi the government for
the dam and nitrate plants at Muscle
Shoals he will be able to build 75
miles of villages and devf lop them into
a city thot will nvnl New York.
It is claimed that real estate in
the region across which Ford's me-
andering city would be built. Is chang-
ing hands and rising In value hourlv.
thnt orchards are being planted truck
forms being laid put and that tho
a.'ivities of the prospectors investors
and adventurers have ' completely
changed the atmosphere of the quaint
and sleepy little towns not onlv In
Afadlson Morgan Mmc.tone Lawrence.
Colbert and Lauderdale counties but
In all or the towns In northern Ala-
bama. Even old estates that have
been kept Intact evei since the Civil
War are being pi teed on the markets
and sold at Increasing profits. Tho
75 miles or villages contemplated by
Henry Ford will he between the cities
of HuntsvlHe Madison County on the
east of Muscle Shoals and Florence
In Lauderdale county on the west.
Tn these six counties whl h border
n....ti...rr iiori-'i n f ihr. i.nn.....
river and form the Muscle Shoals Din-
trict there Is according to the Cen
sus of 1920 a ti ta' population or 21N-
605 inhabitant.. M i).r or nearly 21
per cent of whom are Negroes. Among i
this group there were about 1.055
farmers who owned nearly 100.000
acres of land valued approximately I
i.. miii iim 1
dollars and It has been reported that j
these farmers have been greatly bene-i
fited by tho sudden boom in land I
values. Tho Market value of these
farms not including the buildings
implements and machinery and live
stock has probably passed Ten Mil-
lion dollar mark by this time.
The Alabama Agricultural and Me
Madl.on county. The Burrell Normal
Schoi.l is located at. Florence. Lauder-1
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I on e county aim iinniy uooi is in men are now truly citizens of the ! were saving as 1 usually do when
Athens Limestone county. At Court- world. Most of us remember whun am In Washington. But to my siir-
land. Lawrcnco county is the North t was such an usual thing to see a ' prise soldiers guard this holy place
Alabama Baptist Academy. All of . person who had .on across the ocean and alter ft certain hour tiio massive
these instlatti ms Will tako a new j he was somebouy ln particular but iron gates are shut. The whole gov-
? L ' j r th.
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ai iscio cnoai. project.
(By A. N. P.)
Toledo. Ohio March 23. Miss Eth-
er . Ferguson Toledo's New Colored
Police Woman caused a sensation
When .ho mado her flist arrest this
week. Sho arrested three men and
haled them to tho nearest police box.
She rtaohed in and pulled the first
nanuic iiei iiu.uu .-ruin iu vrncn mo
pulioi whboh oion t arrive at once
she pulled it twice again. That was
not tho signal.
Two pntrol wagons of bluecoats
ivvu speeu cars cairying eigni. vico .
squaq uetectives a detective automo-
bile with six ductective. aboard three
detective afoot t.nd a motorcycle
policeman rushed to the scene and
preparations were mado for riot-gun
squads. Tbe panting officers were as
much astonished as the new policewoman.
' lTtivir ivi iriTTTA m in tTf v n I mnko th.mn nr.aoMt.ion. old inoniL. i-hal uava that will clintr to
-i niiimii niitiiii.iin :yn i;r.ii iiie cccuiiie o lew 1'ntiri.innr.i) : .-i'vit.ii ...... w. ...uuu ... .....w
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SU uvl II-uvl livJ i uu U ill
MAURICE MAYS
LABOR DEPARTMENT
TAKES UP STUDY OF
Kvnth wniwcM
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makes Survey or 1DU Hants
Employing Them finds that
ineir service is aansiactory.
Washington. D. C March 23. "We
wouldn't continue to employ Negro
women If their production was not
satisfactory." This Is the tenor of the
remarks made by employers of Negro
women to agents of the. Women's Uu-
"'"U
who H t out to discover the conditions
under which Negro women were work -
iriR- in fndiiHtry.
Four-fifths of the emptryers of Ne-
srrn worm n whose establishments were
investigated by tVe Women's bureau
expressed this idea and said that Ne-
irro women in industry had no faults
whirli were not common to all other
labor. About. 00 per cent of the S 1"'''''"d J. wrlie. Prank dint who dealt with local ha""
ployers Interviewed said they expect- ''mi Kd Hicks Frank Moore J. E. Ings but it remained for A N P
ed to continue to employ Negro worn- fvnox. Ed Coleman and Paul Hall to be the first to endeavor to Basem-
en and many of them stated thot 1 twice have been sentenced to death ble and distribute newj f" from all :
more was no onierence in me quan-
i n aim iiti:ii-.v ii die i'ioiiiii;! gi
their Negro and white women em-
ployees and that the Negro women
caused no greater loss of material
in me processes or prooucnon. ui m
mnnoir.ro whr. mnnrtA nr. PI. rwo-
jority of managers considered that
labor turnover was about equal for the
two races.
What complaints were made about
Negro women as Industrial workers
can be accounted for. the Women's
Bureau thinks by lack of Industrial
experience and routine working habits
among these women. Labor turnover
and unreliability as to attendance the
Negro women themselves often at
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tributed to undesirable conditions on a
job which had been taken merely to
tide over until something better could
be found. (
Methods of employment as well as
working condiiions were also Investi-
gated and It was found that in some
establishments Negro women are
working side by side with white wom-
en and their work is quite satisfac-
tory. But in most instances Negro
women are separated from other
working groups and are very apt to
be nssigned to the most unpleasant
work in the most uncomfortable sur-
roundings. For instance In the man-
ufacture of food meat products candy
and canned and crystalized fruits
(Continued on page 8)
EXPRESS CORRESPONDENT IN PARIS IS
DAY OBSERVANCE. DINES WITH HENRY 0. TANNER
FAMOUS PAINTER.
Paris France Jan. 30 1922.
Nothing but the attempt to reach
there can convince one of the many
difficulties encountered in an effort
to roach Liberia I had my plans all
made and went around to the office
next morning to get my ticket to
find that the boat had been cancelled
which will throw me eight or ten
days later reaching there. There Is
a great steamship line THE UNION CAS
TLE. that runs to South Africa but
It passes five hundred miles from
the Vest Coast and since the Ger
mans were put out of Africa only the
i riiicii and British have lines there.
' " ".'lwM miss a irip. were it
not for their colonies they would not
go there at all but Just a few times
a year. My ticket reads to Conakry
irinL.li ii. r iriicii lerruory aootlt (UU
'!. irom i Monrovia there t change
tHr a "ast vessel which as I slated
n'ak';! "e foveral days later than I
ubiiuld be. But it is a case of stick-
l? Y bu8.h. hope by the time
""" i. io ua
w'" " mv way d".w.n the coast.
mpmmmnn oi r rencti i.ue After
Almost a Week in the Capitol
Students of world conditions began
noting more than 1 decade ago n
very genital nomadle tendency of
humanity finding concrete expression
In the cosmopolitan populations that
make up not only our great Industr
tiial centers but a very large part
if our rnriil lif... hill It ram .. I nrl -...
the wr.riii wo.- r.....i...A v. i...
- IHC JUU
' u " nu a Doy anywtiere about
uu im- country woo nas ueen to nance
even tr he did net not go of his own
'tree will and volition.
convened In London. ai!d a larire num.
ber of the leader? of Negro Mclnodism
in America were delegates and in
that group were our own Bishop Wni.
I. Johnson and I'rof. A. S. Jackson
Commissioner of Education. These
gontleinci had time means and ability
at their command ami doubtless went
to the heart of things while tho most
j can hope to do. void of these is
make a few scattering remarks on1
tnings mat impiess nie
The first Impression one gets 1. the
brotherly spirit that seems to be a
French characteristic finding expres
sion in an your contact with him.
uurlng my stay ln New York I read I
a book from the nen of Prof. Freder- I
lck Sari' of Chicago 1'niverslty on
Liberia which prejudiced my . mind :
some what arainst the French a. It i
recited the struggle and mar1 con-
fllcta the Llijerlans had with France .
over territory and how ou of each
struggle Fiance bit off under one
MORE DELAY MAY MARK
CASES OF ELAINE RIOTERS.
i
Men Convicted Two Years
ha Await Artinn hv Wm
fo Which Soon Takes Va -
cation.
little T?nr.i- A.i. . T
i.ltt e Hoci Ark.. March 23. I n-
less they are 'advanced Tor thecllen-
dar of the 1'nlted States Supreme
Court the rases of the six Elaine
I Negroes now . pending will not be
n Miner will U
fi ofcourV: ac-
i cording- to
u. I'-iii-r irom tne c erk
: of the court which luts been received
by Attorney Oenentl Utley.
TKn
will take a vacation tn the 0ir.m.
and the Indications are that the cases
cannot be reached until the fall of
1!22. Id" ot
The nu i i
onTa wrT JT'Kuil
.noo me nnai sen-
tenc "jj 'afK' V th."".
been for rnor than two" years while
& CoafSe.8xhao7h e" 1
x1" ueen in litigation
Cases Of .ix. Other Necrrnoo ir..rr.lirn
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ei.M V e . ''"'J ln lne
nr .nHrTn r ul V jr." i"Siy . awau-
preme Court. Mr. Utley said he nrob- ' .e 't8 most notable Illustrations
ably would seek to advance the cases ln tle h'Htory of the race for unified
on the United States Supreme Court news and action was with ref-
Calendar on the ground of public s" J? S?KS!
noSen?' a?1 defaPvrCSwP.d 17' ' &r&Al?g "n
most a year. The governor said that V " eUolU;
lie is considering issuing another re-' t onfMcnce and Itespeet.
'uiisition on Governor Allen of Kansas 1 The Associated Negro Press has
for the returu of Uobert Hill Negro ' not only tho . confidence and. r.spoct
supposed to be the ringleader of the of It. newspapers by this service
Elaine gang Hill escaped to Kansas murk a big departure in Journalism.
f"jn after the riot and requisition and give the people first hand rath-
irsued by Governor Mcline and former tr than back door information.
KrnsaTexcioKe VZ F Jt9 ! The Associated Negro Pre had
Kansas executie who refused by the ie onlv accredited nnrvpnm it nf
did not believe the Negro could oh- k r . u ap"fi."t.i.?i
fair trial In Arkansas. Since
Al'lrnnuiiu m
Governor Allen's ret'ossl to h T
first Arkansas requisition each of the Ss granted tther press XSrJZl'
12 Negroes now in custody has been tat ves leprcsenL-
before the Supreme Court of Arkansas
twice. Keath sentences for the six Tho Associated Negro Press had a
while cases now are pending in tho "Pecial correspondent at the Pan-Afrl-lower
court have been twice reversed Tun Conference in Europe last sum-
by the Arkansas Supreme Court on i
technicalities. j (Continued on page 8)
pretex and another a larger slice ofiln the life of Christ and war. A
the black republic. Many of these strange combination. It is most in-
deed made by blood boil but it Is i teresting to read in each picture the
cooled a bit now 1 wonder after all I conception of its creator the concep-
If Divine retribution is not the one ! Hons differ as .human beings differ
gi-i at hope of the weak and oppress-: and yet each -ne laves his ifpression
ed? Leopold passed away In 1900 and upon you. The next museum visited
from all appearance the bloody la devoted entirely to war scenes
hVp iJ" f"fhe buried with these collections have paintings much
him hut from 1914-1918 the people ! larger than those mentioned above
of Belgium including women and You will find pictured the -great wars
children reaped in blood and estruc
tion the results of the barbarous
cruelties Inflicted upon those defense-
less nali cs that will make his name
infamous to all subsequent history.
Who would not say that the suffer-
ings devastations and present strug-
I gles of France have been more than
a Just retribution?
Their seems to be the entire ab-
cence of race prejudice of this fact
I was convinced tho oilier day while
standing waiting for a tram car to
pass 1 chanced to look up and the
conductor was as black as my hat.
Have met only two Colored men who
speak English and they say that
there ore several Colored people who i the Hutish Embassy i lie nigh dig-
it. Id splendid positions and in fact r.atarli s make up this congregation
moy are given the same chance and
paid the same wages as other people.
It Is this tact that puts a ban on
prejudice.
Truce of the Ancient Monarchy.
I found my way to the Chamber
of Deputies expecting to go in and
s -e the law-makers at work even if
i coin
1 could not understand what they
eminent block is .urrounded by a
mighty iron tence I Judge Hilly
twelve feet and every api. roach is
guarded a hich I. but a relic of the
body in three years. There are three
Negroes in that body.
A Few Hilar. 'Anio.njc the Master
Milliliter of the Ages.
So iniK ii ii said of the French Mu-
Heum that one gets the Impression
that these vast collections of precious
treasures are assembled ln one great unio the proper care of those buiM- t.ro(nl iorl of Jales Wells 18 year
building where you may go and see'lngs that needed repairs I hsands ! d 0oI b convicted of mur-
them. but this is not the ase there f tho great buildings of I'Hris bear ; WHs gruesome. 11 tinsuccess-
i "' ii.'i ". ... uirru
lutions in Paris rivaling each other
In Interest. I have always admired
paintings but as I walked for hours
ailiong toe iii woks oi llio mil lei
of them stretching back to early dawn
of Christian civilization. 1 saw for the
first time tho imimatn snlrlt In nnint-I
lings. Koine of these pictures are
fully fifty feet in length and forty in
width. Of the thousands of pictures
I saw while In tho collection every
phase of human life seem to have
been touched two subjects dominate
Biblical character. especially scenes
PAYS DEATH PENALTY.
A. N. P. BEGINS ITS FOURTH
I YEAR.
i .
Beginning Small it Now Has
Kespect of the Nations Great
est and Serves 100 PaPers-
(By A. N. P.)
Chicago. 111. March 23. March 21st
' " l"- "winnins oi ui r ourin year
of the esti.iiairv..nt r h. ii.
Nor 17 "X
HoV he 8ervic4 has b.
out a. break- nnrf h
serving am ee "toVn-m
the entire
De-
been IflHUOd wltli-
Ua a .
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?V v;"1Snb.h.p"nSiU morenThrP?0r0
ihnniirw.iit tho trniti.ri uiuA.
' OU eltLI
Tho establishment of the Associat-
Pd Negro Press with Executive off!
Pr." "'cago Present location 3423
'"dlHna Avenue was tho first effort
of racial journalism to furnish reg-
"Iarly general news affecting Colored
5.2?J Thfr? had beer new. bureau..
IN. ''ed'ft'o'r's '"T
ucat onal way. Is difficult to estimate
sTbTc" to" get "unified n w' f
-oU but I b.gWSnew
liab e source but a big news storv
..i.i ' . R - fllUI'
mi-mjoju uouearea in an or tne news
Papers simultaneously. A. N
P. has
. greatly helped this situation
..rr.-. .... .. .rui n mir. utiiiiiaii
rtV ": e. n wasning-
SHOCKED AT SUN
In which France has had part from
the earliest times and especially the
wars of Napoleon. I saw many of the
relics of the recent war tho mostinln
interesting is Marshal Foohs car in
which the armistice was signed.
The llellglous Lire or Paris.
The close of tho public buildings
and the big stofe draw tho only
lines that make Paris look on Sunday
different from any other day; saloons
and everything are wide open. God
seems not to be in all their thoughts.
1 found my way to church worshiped
at the British Embassy church which
Is located Just across the way from
i "in your e.u-r e.ponucni never sun or
ed the le.in embarrassment was
never treated better. It was my first
time to attend a service ot the regu-
ular British church which I prlz-
very hljhly I became deeply interest-
ed in it when 1 studied church history.
The services are very elaborate close-
ly resumblliiir those of the Itoman
Catholic faitli. The pastor. Dr. Mar-
cenlly appointed ' coming from one of ;
the court churches of London. He
hall W. Selwyn had Just oeen ro-
used for a text Matt. 8:24 "And Be
i ll There A ruse a Great Tempest In
the Sen In so Much that the Ship
w as Coven d witli tho W aves; But
He was Asleep." It was a very fineor-ln .a:i? K'
sermon but the grapnic acscripiom
he painted of the storm for a little
more would have made me sea sick
but he was good enough to stop be-
fore 1 reached that point.
Striking K.vldeners of Decay Amidst
Splendor.
There Is everywhere visible evi-
dences of decay amidst such pome's
splendor which no observant cj . can
fail to see and note. Perhaps this is
more noticeable to tho westerner as
our country's comparatively new. It
must be also remembered that the
war did not only stop new construc
tion but is preventeu at mo same
time the proper care of those build-
ir.i-;IiiUjrlN v . ......... r. v.. .
f time and speak more eloquently
f the golden ago of the Pst '1
0f tho spb ndors of the present. To
t stanu in 1 1 ! liuum o i Ki'niu .i hi--im
once the pi. 'aces of Kings and em-
occurs vou are seized with amaze
.....m at iho costlv emb..lllinient of
J marble and precious metals but not
only have tho voices that ordered
them been long since nustieu in aeuin
hut even tho tombs that contain their
dust are crumbling. Truly "Time like
(Continued on page 8)
j M ill J . j i M
LONG FIGHT TO SAVE THE LIFE OF
MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER WHICH
CAUSED KNOXVILLE RIOTS FAILS;
GOES TO DEATH PROTESTING INNO-
CENCE. '
(By A. N. P.)
Nashville Tcnn. March 23. Maurice
Mays was electrocuted here last Wed
nesday. The fight to save the life of
Mays who was charged with a murder
which was the contributing cause of
the Knoxville riot In 1911 hat'ttrct
ed the attention of the entire coun-
try. Mays gave up all hopes of clem-
ency by the governor in whose hand
his fate rested after Gen. James A.
Fowier and friends enmn in him nr.
Tuesday night and Informed him all
errorts naa railed. I am a. Inno-
cent as the aun that shine." said
inays. ne also denounced the gover
nor saying" I would not be trninir to
my death today In the man who .Its
in the governnor". chair had nv
backbone." Governor Tavlor had re
ceived petltlsns from every section
or tne country appealing to him ln
behalf of the condemned man. but he
refused to Interfere. The Governor
CALLS GHANDi'S ARREST
USELESS.
- - (By A. N. ?.)
New York. N. Y. March 23. Have
you followed the arrest of GhnnHi
a reporter asked Wrilliam Pickens of
the A. N. P. Yes. tie replied but what
good can It 'do? The liritlah im.i
Ghandi and put him in Jail. The
British cannot put India in jail. De-
speration In the strong Is a pitiable
sight; It means violence for when
the strong lose hone of the fl nun uae
of coercion and tho persuasion of
fear they violate their own laws and
unmask their eal intentions. But the
spirit of India cannot be Jailed. One
can stop such a natural revolution
by arresting and Ja intr the individual
who happens for the moment to bo the
lender of It If one can check the ad
vance of the tide by dipping a quart
of water from it. foaming crest and
carting It off to a dry spot.
Ghandi s preachment Is not mere
ly non-reslstnnce. It I. something a
bit more active and somewhat nearer
the positive than that: It Is non-
cooperation. This will have tho same
effect AS resistance where the op-
pressor Is in need of co-operation
with the oppressed. It is In fact the
strike which i. a third .omothlng be-
tween Non-Resistance and offensive
Direct Action.
Britain cannot allow complete non-
cooperation in India unless Brltlan
is willing to give up India. Britain
will not give up India without a great
fight Some day Britain will give up
India.
But Britain's failure is the measure
of Ghandl's success: ho has demon-
strated the real power of the com-
mon masses of men. HI. "Strike"
had not yet become perfected through
out India but even the threat of its
success ha. shaken local government
to Us foundation and confused the
statesmen of the Empire.
Suppose the whole Negro population
of Georgia should strike and should
ccasn to co-operate. Georgia would
become desperate quicker than Brlt-
When great numbers of southerr
Colored folks were coming nor'ii
during tho recent migrations" In
many southern communities the whites
used legal trickery or Illegal force in
efforts to keep the blacks from go-
ing even from withdrawing lha op-
pressed else there can be no oppres-
sion. If tho Negro should leave the
south bless you. what would become
of cheap labor of Jim crowism of the
sport of lynching and of "white su-
premacy?" How can you be "sup-
erior?" is there's nothing to be su-
perior to. We d i not want the op1-
pressed to mov- and we won't let
them quit." It has been facetiously
said that the woi kingmun In our coun-
try has one 'and only one Inalienable
right "The gieat American right r
yUIT." But even thts rlgnt will prove
to be not "Inalienable'' if too many
of thm resort to it.
One could see all along that tho
British did not really want to arrest
Ghandi for they knew it would be
blundersome but the oppressor will
t ry anything as a ic st resort; wltnest
tho Germens in Hegi.un tho Belgians
in the Congo the Japenese In Korea
i i. e-nJ i. ...... In t-tT.Itt AnH
"...i . i.. ..... r':i..r of tho nnnrosa-I
Violence in uig .o. ...... w. . . ...
land of Haiti.
NEW ELECTRICIAN MAKES
GHASTLY JOB OF ELECTRO-
CUTION. (By A. N. P.)
r If t la TJ.w.1.- Avlr Mnvr.li 91 Tho
f u 1 attempts were made oy an tnex-
p).ri.n.;d vhlte electrician to elecrro-
cui him. The 12tli ottemnt according
to wtn.s8(.s wft8 successful after ter-
rible suffering on the part of the
boy. Going to the chair singing Well.
continued to sing until
charge of electric
harge of electricity was sent thi a
his body. He was examined by the
state physician who pronounced him
still alive. Another charge of elec-
tricity was sent through his body
but with the same result. Witnesses
hi gan to leave the deathroom dis-
guested with the terrible tcene and
ln December granted a M day. stay.
Mays charged his apathy was due
to the fact that a campaign for re-
election was on.
The young man was convicted of
! Pnt(!rln tho home of three white
women at night for the niirnnn .r
robbery and .booting one of them. A
mob formed with the intention of
lynching him but the sheriff bad re-
moved him to Knoxville. The mob
preceeded to wreck the Jail liberate
30 or 40 prisoners taking 300 gallons
of liquor and breaking In many hard-
ware .tore. stealing pistol and oth
er vaiuapies. Mate troop were call-
ed out and In the resulting rnnfili-ti
.several people both Colored and whito
were killed. The case of May. ha.
been fought through all the court
of the. state and public sentiment
among a great many of both race.
I. that the youth was a victim of cir-
cumstance.. BODY OF COL YOUNG MAY
BE LAID TO REST IN
AMERICA. . :
(By A. N. P.)
Washington D. C March 23. Mrs. .
Ada Mill Young of Wllberforce Ohio
widow of the late Colonel Charles
Young nas oeen officially notified
by the War Department that upon her
request the remains of her husband
will be brought to t.he United Stetes
for final burial.
Negotiations have been started by
the government through the State
Department and the Llberian Govern-
ment to this end. Mrs. Young has
been informed that the arrangement
will require several months but upon
arrival ln America under direction
of the U. S. Government the bodv
will be brought to Washington for
final Interment in Arlington Ceme-
tery the "City of the Soldier Dead"
the highest tribute to a departed
military man.
The magnificent nationwide memo-
rial tribute and service to honor
Co!. Young' achievements occurring
March 12th. his blrthdav attest the
popular hold thl. military hero ha.
on the mind of the American people
thruout the entire country hundreds
of thousand of people turned out to
do honor to tho great hero of the
hour. It wa. an occasion that will
go down in history and step a
already under way to make the cele-
bration of March 12th an annual na-
tional event for Colored American..
Great Military Funeral.
Preparations are under way now
for one of the greatest military fun
erals ever held in America when Col.
Young's remains arrive in Aft lea.
There will probably be two service.
one in New York and one in Washing-
ton. Both of them will be truly gigan-
tic in the method of arrangement
and the occasion will be marked with
a solemnity of affection that will
never be forgotten.
Pluns for the parade in Washing-
ton will include both military and
civic organizations. There will be in
tho line of March representatives from
every war the Colonel's father was
n Civil War veteran. There will be
service men from all the Forty-eight
states representation from all the
Regular Army regiments of Color the
Eighth Regiment of Chicago and the
Fifteenth of New York. Fraternal or-
ganizations school organizations and
civic bodies will have a place in tho
march to Arlington.
Permanent Memorial.
The Associated Negro Press hn.
learned that It is the desire of present
and fortcer military men to furnish
tho funds wiih which to elect the
monument in Arlington cemetery.
There is another afoot to raise funds
by popular subscription for the ect-tion-
of an equestrian statue of Col.
Young In one of the public squares
of Washington. A Charles Youns
Memorial Association will probably be
formed for this latter purpose.
There has been a great demand for -
pictures and photographs
of Col.
- .!.. .j f. .1IV.1
. St; tta U D S
will probably write the story of the
Colonel's life .and the Douglas Spec-
ialists Comuany of Chicago has the
finest as.- rtment of pictures of . the
great soldier.
IIOHSEWHIP PASTOR FOR TEACH-
ING CATUOI H'ISM.
Atlanta. Ga
Henningham
March 23. Rev. P. H.
a Negro Methoaist
preacher who said he wa. a native
f the British West Indies .serving
os pastor of a church at Winder Ga.
today reported to Governor Hardwlck
thut masked white men last Mond ty
night whipped him and drove him
out of the county on I'to charge that
he was preaching Catholicism among
the Negroes
...... . -..t.nH
i ..-iiirj' u. i. vi vtvrn ii:eiiL wiieii inri
the flrSt'l..ut nKo...wl. ... Ar a -a... rV.-r.nrrh hi
bo(Jy an(J WellB finaIly was pronuone-
eu dead f ully twenty minutes we'd
consumed In putting him to death.
Wells was convicted of killing Peter
Trcms a farmer near Montlcello.
He w.a one of those who escaped
with Tom Slaughter white desperado
recently.
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