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Truxton Built By Government During The War is Award-
ed to Highest Bidders Who Prove to be Negro Bank-
ers. Cash Deal Alleged to Involve $141000
Washington D. C Jan. 19 Hla-
torjr was made here thla week when
; a group of race financiers headed by
.W. H. C. Brown Investment banker
of Newport News Va. and Wash
Ington D. C.j Dr. A. J. Strong
treasurer of Metropolitan Bank of
Norfolk Va. one of the race's lar
gest banks; and Dr. Norman Las
liter prominent dentist and capital'
1st of Newport News Va. from the
Tidewater section of Virginia pur
chased through sealed bids the en-
tire town of Truxtum Va. While the
exact amount paid for this town
could not be learned It was hinted
that the price was around $141000.
Truxtun was owned by the U; S.
Government and was operated thru
the U. S Housing Corporation. It
was built by the Government dur-
ing the war io house the Colored
workers at the Navy Yard at Ports-
mouth Va.
The government In line with Its
policy of getting rid of its war-
time activities ordered the town for
sale. Scaled bids were received at
the office of the Housing Corpora-
tion here Wednesday January 2nd.
A number of bidders (mostly while)
from Norfolk Portsmouth and the
Tidewater section presented their
bids. At the time of opening the
bids It was found that the only race
bidders had topped the list much
bo the surprise of the white bidders
who did not. entertain the slightest
Idea that Negroes had enough mon
ey (especially since it waa a cash
proposition) to outbid them.
When the bidders assembled Wed
nesday afternoon to hear the re
port the Housing Corporation Com
mtttee announced that race men bad
been awarded the property as the
highest bidders. - .
Truxtun Va. was built by the
Government exclusively for Negro
workers. It Is located just over the
city line of Portsmouth Va. within
one mile of the IT. 8. Navy Tard. It
Is served by the Portsmouth elec
trie line; railroad facilities are fur
niahed by a belt road that connects
with all the trunk lines entering
Portsmouth and Norfolk.
The town Is composed . of 253
houses all modern; each house con-
Hints of five rooms bath hot water.
eloctrlc light and street sewers. Be-
sides the above each house has a
arge front yard for flowers and a
back yard for a garden.
In addition to the 253 houses al-
ready constructed there are TO va-
cant lots. The streets are wide and
Improved with hard gravel. In the
middle of the streets are planted!
flowers and shrubbery.
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SOUTHERN VOTERS UNITE ADAMS DECLARES G. 0. P.
A modern 10-room brick school
building is also owned by the town.
This school building la equipped to
meet all community needs having s
spacious auditorium for concerts
picture shows and dances. The school
rooms are of the most modern type
known. Truxtun is one of the most
beautiful spots In the Tidewater sec
tion. . The town cost the Government
ranging from 11100.00 to $2600.00 by
over $1000000 to build.
Of the 253 houses there 141 have
been sold and are now occupied by
Colored .citizens. The . syndicate
which now takes over these equi-
ties and properties will at once re
duce the Government purchase price
25 per cent to these home buyers.
All of the 105 unsold houses will
Immediately be placed on the mark
et on the basis of the generous re-
ductions. The payment ' on these
houses will not exceed one per cent
month. They have also arranged
at a cost of about $10000 to paint
all the houses constituting the
town.
It was authoritatively announced
here "that the new owners plan to
develop a regular town and give the
race an' opportunity to govern It-
Helf. While Negro towns are not a
new experiment the progress ofi
Truxtun will be watched with In
FOR INDEPENDENT PO-
LITICAL ACTION IN
BORDER STATES
(I. N. S.)
terest.
KJ;..E JKALLISSUED FOR LINCOLN LEAGUE
LLM) 111 AilAVAlU HHLA- -
IN UillAbU
ER CONTEST
Indianapolis Ind. Jan. 19 With
nothing like It ever before attempt
ed by Negro business the Grand
Trip to the Holy Land Contest now
being conducted by the Madam C. J.
Walker Mfg. Co. of this city. Is prov-
ing itself remarkable both for the
new interest It is arousing in the
13' toilet preparations manufactured
by thla Company and the wide pop
ularity it is bringing to the Individ
yal entrants. Three hundred fifty-
eight representatives of several re
llglous denominations are keenly
competing in the contest and show
ing marked Interest and great de
termination to be the guest of the
Madam C. J. Walker Company on a
trip to Palestine and back. No bet-
ter present of far reaching benefits
could be given a minister and with
enthusiastic Individuals and well
working organisations buying and
selling Madam C. J. Walker's Toilet
Preparations using - the coupons
found in each package and voting
for them each contestant seems de-
termined to earn no less than the
very first prize.
The first half of the contest Is
now over having closed December
31st. At that time '.he following
candidates were leading the field:
1. Rev. M. J. Key Washing
ton. D. C. ...841.160
2. Bishop W. A. Fountain
Atlanta Ga . . .501300
Rev. .J. A. Halthcox
Cincinnati.. O ....312350
Rev. L. L. Downing
Roanoke Va. ..273800
Rev. T. W. Wallace Pit
tsburgh. Pa. v.. 261100
Rev. Joe Campbell .
Marshall Texas ...... 139150
Rev. H. T. Medford
Knoxville Tenn
Rev. J. D. Provo
Oklahoma City Okla
Rev. S. S. Jones Mus-
kogee Okla.
Rev. L H. Kelly
San Antonio Texas
Elsewhere In this paper will be
found the standing of all contestants
In this the third District compris
ing the states of Texas Oklahoma
Kansas Nebraska North Dakota
Wyoming and Montana.
Chicago Jan. 18 The official call fJATIflMAI WET!?! DITI
3.
4.
8.
10.
.133400
.99700
.93350
: 93300
for the. regular -eoaventrorr. .Of the
Lincoln League was Issued here to
day. Following Its custom the con
ventlon will be held In Chicago dur
Ing the week of Lincoln's birthday
The opening session of the two
days' convention will ibe held Feb
ruary 12 at noon. Both the execu
tive and national committee will
hold sessions the day before.
The evening session of February
12 will Include the anniversary i of
the birth of Abraham Lincoln. U
S. Senator Medill McCormick will
deliver the "Lincoln address."
Chicago Ready.
Chicago capital of the Lincoln
League world remembers the great
convention of 1920 and Is getting
ready to entertain the League in
Chicago style.
The convention will be composed
of . two delegates from each con
gressional district and four from
the states at large together with
the national committee and League
officials.
Special guests of the convention
will include John T. Adams chair
man of the Republican National
corf lm It tee and Harry S. New post
aster general who will bring of
flclal greetings from President Cool
Idge..
Important Matters.
SOUTH CONDEMNS UN
WRITTEN LAW IN
OKLAHOMA..'.'.
CASE
(A. N. P.) '
Chicago 111 Jan. 19 Northern
and southern white newspaper have
joined the chorus of those protest
ing against Marlow Oklahoma's un
written law which forbade Negro
to let the sun go down on him in
the town and resulted In the mur-
der of a white hotel proprietor who!
had hired a Negro porter and the
death of the porter. Some of the
most outspoken papers are of the
south. The New Orleans States has
the following to say:
' "The crime of these men (the
murders) was ' an outrage as also
is the unwritten law which bars
Negroes out of Marlow. The state
of Oklahoma has bad a great deal
of undesirable notoriety lately. It
Special matters of Importance to
be considered by the convention ln
elude; Congressional Legislation
Our Political Status; Methods Best
to Break Down Class Legislation
the Jim Crow car; Colored Ameri'
cans and Political Parties; Migra
tion and its Political Influence.
The Colored convention of the Lin
coln League represents the practi
cal leadership of a Race entirely
American In ancestry1 and Interest
which believes that Us way offers
the path out for those bound to It
The headquarters of the executive
committee of the League will be lo-
cated at the VIncennea hotel dun-
Ing the convention while sessions of
the League will be held at South
Park Auditorium. . ' .
Robert 8. Abbott national com-
mitteeman for Illinois and Editor of
the Chicago Defender heads the Io
cal committee which will arrange
details here.
Officials of the League are Roscoe
Conkling Simmons pres.; Robert R
Church chairman of the National
Committee; Walter L. Cohen treas
urer; Henry Lincoln Johnson sec
retary.
John R. Lynch honorary presl
dent; Bishop A. J. Carey and Dr.
L. K. Williams chaplains-general.'
Executive Committee: R. R. Church
Tenn. J. H. Watson. Ga. Edw. W.
Henry Pa. R. S. Abbott 111. J. T.
Peterson Ala.' Geo. W. Harris N.
T. J. B. Grlgsby Texas Homer G.
Phillips Mo Chas. A. Cottrlll O.
W. C. Matthews Mass.. Gilchrist Ste
wart N. T. C. R. Richardson Ind.
NESS LEAGUE TO HOLD
SILVER JUBILEE IN
CHICAGO
(A. N. P.)
Chicago 111. Jan. 19 Chicago
will have more from this affair un
less It punishes the gang responsi
ble for these murders and wipes
out this barbarous unwritten law.
At. a time when the South Is try-
ing to persuade tho Negro to re
main here It Is deeply to be regret-
ted that the attention of the whole
country should be attracted to such
cruel racial hostility as prevails In
what is considered a southern state
business men with the kind of spir-
it that has pleased thla city in the
front rank of business achievement
have taken-hold of preliminary ar
rangements for the entertainment of
the National Negro Business eague
which will hold Its Silver Jubilee
the twenty-fifth session here Aug.
ust 19 to 22. The Associated Busl.
ness Clubs has appointed a local
committee to co-operate with local
officials of the National League for
the purpose of working out plans of
entertainment 'V .
A. L. Holsey secretary of the Na
tlonal League has written to Chicai-
h'oans that he will be In the city
short time for the purpose of
outlining the plan of arrangements
for the great gathering which
will be the largest In the history of
the organization. There will be
united action from the business men
or Chicago and to quote one of
the leading business men of the city
Robert S. Abbott President of the
Associated -Business Clubs "We will
give to the National Business League
me rmest hospitality the organl-
atlon has ever seen and we only
ask in return that the session be the
most constructive in the history of
the league founded twenty-five
yeara ago by Booker T. Washing-
ton." This view la endorsed by Jess
Binga secretary-etreasuer of the A.
B. C Anthony Overton President of
the Douglas National Bank; 'Wil-
liam R. Cowan Dr. George C. Hall
A. T. Watkins President of the
Appomatox Club; Adelbert Roberts
and S. B. Turner members of the
Illinois legislature; R. 'R. Jackson
and Louis B. Anderson. City alder
man and a host of ethers. i . .
Richmond Va. Jan. 19 What Is
regarded as a very significant sign
of the Negroes' political trend of
mind Is the great following lining
up behind the proposition to form
an organization to be known as the
INDEPENDENT VOTERS OF
AMERICA.
The first public notice of the
movement was given to the. press
on Sept. 25 1922 when the follow
ing appeared:
There will be organized in this City
(Richmond. Va.) in the near future
what is to be known as the Inde-
pendent Voters of America. This
New Political Organization
movement has no connection what-
ever with the 'lily black Republl
can' movement."
This notice was given out by H.
H. Price of Richmond Y8- who has
since then been working steadily
on the movement . He feels . that
the movement Is well under way and
there will soon be enough states in
line to ' call the proposed confer
once which is to be held in some
southern city probably at Raleigh
N. C.
In discussing the matter a few
days ago before a conference of rep
resentatives Mr. Price said:
We have been working quietly
on this proposition for more than
a year and we are thoroughly con
vinced that the only remedy for dis
advantages which affect our group
IS to form an independent organl
zatlon. - The President in his n-
cent- message to . Congress clearlyj
sustains this view and made cer-
tain the attitude of the adminis-
tration and the Republican party
when he said: "But It Is well to rec
ognize that these difficulties are to
a large extent local problems which
must ibe worked out by the mutual
forbearance and human kindness of
each community. Such a method
gives much more promise of a real
remedy than outside interference.1
Now if this is the case then it is
high time for sober thoughts of se
rlous things. And as I Bee it our
only hope is to develop a local sen
t)ment that will give us some In
fluence with those who make and
enforce the 'laws under which we
must live and maintain our numer-
ous and varied Industries.
The Republican party has had
our loyal support for more than fifty
years and the only reward haa been
the placing of a few Negro politl
clans in some . insignificant Jobs
while the mass of Negroes continue
to suffer disfranchisement and dis
criminations even in the depart-
ments of the government itself A
Colored man on the Republican Na-
tional Committee for more than
years has not been able to exert any
influence in behalf of the race nor
control affairs political In the state
he represents as national commltt-
teeman couldn't even land a little
nsignlficant Job for himself.
Now let us face the matter
squarely. If you are elected a dele-
RULING GIVES SOUTH-
ERN VOTERS FAIR
CHANCE
(Continued on page 8)
JEW8 OBJECT TO NEGRO
CHICKEN KILLER
(P. N. S.)
Chicago. 111. Jan. 19 Because Abe
Zlbln Jewish butcher hired a Col
ored clerk to kill his chickens a
Jewish competitor William Swetin
said to have circulated propa
ganda among Jews of the district
to the effect that Zibln's store could
not properly be classed a ' Jewishjpulled his overcoat over his head
(P. N. 8.)
Washington D. C Jan. 19 Possi
bly no event in recent years has
commanded the attention of the Col-
ored citizens throughout the coun-
try upon affairs political as did the
splendid teamwork of a few racially
alertl political leaders who recent
ly appeared before the Republican
National Committee. The concen
trated and Intelligent effort of these
men from the various states Is stlm
ulutlng to the rank and file and
serves to emphasize the virtue and
necessity of group action. (Further
more. It appears to have marked the
beginning of a new era of all-around
teamwork a cooperative element
which has heretofore been sadly
lacking when Important questions
pertaining to the political welfare
of the race have been up for con
slderatlon. ' -
In keping with the cardinal prln.
ciple ' of the Republican organiza
tion to correct party ills from with
In ratner than from without tho
National Committee reconsidered Its
plan of baaing convention repre
dentation upon the number of Re
publionn votes east In each Con
gressional district as ordered by the
1920 Chicago convention and decid
ed that the apportionment of dele
gates to national conventions must
be in absolute harmony with the
traditions of the great Republican
party.. The following statement of
Chairman John T. Adams clearly In
dlcates both his personal attitude
anfl of.4h- cominit.tcet .' "
"The apportionment of delegates
the 1920 Republican national con-
vention gave every Congressional
district North and South one dele
gate regardless Of Its Republican
strength. As a reward for party
activity It gave an additional dele
gate to every Congressional district
casting 7500-Republican votes in
the preceding Presidential election.
"The apportionment of delegates
to the 1924 Republican national con-
vention maintains he principle of
giving one delegate to every Con
gressional district It does this out
of Justice to Congressional districts
In the South where the Democratic
party refuses a free ballot and an
honest count to Republicans both
black and white.
'For the Republican party to
abandon that principle would . be
equivalent to Its denying Republi
cans of those southern districts any
voice whatever in party convention
because the Democrats had first de-
rled them the right of citizenship
at home. This would work a double
Injustice to Republicans of such dis-
tricts and would lend encouragement
to further disfranchisement of
Southern Republicans by the domi
nant Democratic machines of the
'Solid South.' " j
'The 1924 apportionment however.
raises from 7.500 to 10000 the mln
Imum Republican vote necessary to
give any Congressional district an
additional delegate. This rule gives
extra representation in the party
Five Men Prominentia Party Politics are Rumored to
Have Been Giosen to Investigate Conditions in U. S. V
Island Possessions. Is Supposed to b Belated
Recognition For Group and Bid For Future
Support
Washington. D. Ci JanH 19 Po
litical wiseacres are busy trying to
determine whether the recent ap-
pointment of a commission of t Ne-
groes means anything more than
Just being appointed. The com'
mission came Into being this week
the recommendation of Sec re
tary of Labor James J. Davis.
Its members are: Robert Church
Memphis financier and one of the
strong Influences of the Lincoln
league: chairman; Cornelius Rich
ardson attorney of Richmond In-
diana who has served as circuit
Judge and chairman of the Colored
state Republican committee; Geor-
H. Woodson prominent 1 attorney of
Des Moines Ia.( Charles Mitchell
banker and secretary of West Vlr-
glnla Collegiate institute; W. H. C.
Brown Norfolk. Va. banker; and
Jefferson H. Coage of Delaware.
The members of the commission
are appointed to serve without pay.
It is rumored that one and possi-
bly more of the appointees will re-
fuse to accept the honor and In that
case it is thought the adtnlnlstra
tlon will seize the opportunity to
appoint other prominent Negroes to
fill their places thereby' getting a
chance to show Its good will to
greater extent without any more
sacrifice.
' It is Intended that the commission
leave next week to make an exten
sive survey of conditions in the Is
lands. Actual starvation Is said to
be threatening dome of the natives
because of the virtual demolition of
the bay rum Industry by American
prohibition. The commission will
study labor and living conditions
employment immigration and emi-
gration farming etc. with particu-
lar reference to the possibility of
establishing new Industries.
The Virgin islands are new ter-
ritory of the United States ' having
been bought from Denmark in 191T.
They consist of about 60 Isles of
varying slzo of which St. Thomas
St. Croix and St. John are Inhabited.
The three Inhabited islands have an
area of about 1C0 square miles and
a population of near 23.000. The
chief industries are the manufac-
ture of bay rum the cultivation of
sugar cane tropical vegetables and
fruits. On St Croix there is cattle
farming sheep farming and the
rearing of horses mules and don
keys.
NO MORE ADMISSION TO BE '
- CHARGED AT ffl SCHOOL -COIilEKCEuIENTS
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ABLY REPORTED
(Continued on page 8)
"MONKEY MAN" SLAIN
(A. N. P.)
Jackson Miss. an. 19 Vernon
Terrlll is dead and Sonny Washing
ton is in Jail the result of a prac
tlcal Joke. Terrlll had been out hunt
Ing and returning saw another
party coming down the road with a
light Thinking to scare him ho
butcher shop because a Negro did
the work and therefore waa unde
serving of Jewish patronage. Zlbln
took the matter to court which ap-
pointed a committee of three Jews
to Investigate.
and got down on "all fours" In Imi-
tation of an animal and stepped out
of the business directly In front of
Washington who was the pedestrian
Washington fired a pistol at short
range killing Terrell instantly.
New York N. T. Jan. 19 Repre
sentative L. C. Dyer of Missouri has
telegraphed to the .National Asso
elation for the Advancement of Col
ored People at 69 Fifth Avenue
New York from Washington that
the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill has
been favorably reported without
amendment by the Committee on the
Judiciary of the House of Repre.
sentatlves. A special rule will be
itsked for thus enabling the Intro
duction of the measure on the floor
of the House at an early date. Mr.
Dyer's telegram to the N. A. A. C.
P. is as follows:
Washington Jan. 10.
James Weldon Johnson
Sec'y National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People
69 Fifth Avenue
New York.
The .Judiciary Committee of the
House this morning reported with
out amendment favorably the House
Hilt number 1 known as the Antl
Lynching Bill. Motion was also
passed directing the Chairman of
the Committee to ask the Commit
tee on Rules for a special rule to
take the legislation up In the House
at an early date. I will be glad to
have the continued splendid assis-
tance of your organization until the
legislation Is written Into law. Be
fore taking the above action the
Committee voted not to have any
public hearings. .
(Signed)
L. C. DYER.
MORE THAN A MILLION APPROPRIATED FOR
NEGRO SCHOOL IMPROVMENT IN ATLANTA
.Atlanta Ga. Jan. 19 What la be-
lieved to be the most elaborate and
expensive Colored public school
building program ever undertaken
by any community Is now nearing
completion In ' this city. It em
braces four magnlficlent new gram
mar schools seating S00 to 1000
each and a high school seating
1500 the five erected at a cost to
date of $1200000 with more yet to
be spent on finishing touches.
These new schools are part of a
general school building program In-
volving a total of f3.800.000 and are
in every sense equal to the best thej
the city is erecting representing
the last work In construction and
equipment. In addition to all the
usual modern facilities each la pro
vided also with medical and dental
clinics where the pupils have the
services of physician dentist and
nurse.
The high school which la named
for Booker T. Washington will carry
the regular academic curriculum
and in addition will provide training
in wood work carpentry drawing
auto mechanics sheet metal plaster
and cement work tailoring press-
ing sewing cooking child care and
teacher training. The purpose Is to
give to the pupils an all round
further to this end fey personal con
ferences lectures bulletins and lan-
tern slides.
The Colored schools are sharing
fully in the efforts of the admin-
istration to bring the city's public
school system up to the highest
standard of efficiency.
Back of this' building program
Is an Interesting story of interra
cial cooperation. Atlanta having
greatly outgrown its school system.
several unsuccessful efforts were
made tq vote a bond Issue for new
buildings. It was found that the
Colored voters held the balance of
power and had thrown It against
training for life and fit them for
useful and remunerative employ-
ment Immediately on graduation. A
director of vocational guidance helps
the plan.
City officials asked white members
of the local. Interracial committee
why this was so The latter ar-
ranged a conference with leading
Colored citizens and the question
was passed to them. They prompt
ly replied: "Why should we vote!
taxes on ourselves when we have
no assurance that we will get any
of the benefits."
The rest was easy. An agreement
was readily reached that If they
would help carry the .next bond
election their schools should have
approximately one-third of the pro
ceeds. That agreement Is now being
carried out
i-rinclpal J. J. Rhoads of Booker
Washington High School there will
be no more admission fee charged
at the commencement exercises. This
course has been made possible by
the generosity of the Board of Edu
cation which will assume the legiti
mate expense which the admission
fee in former times covered.
Admission to the exercises now
will probably be by Invitation In
order that the parents relatives and
friends of the graduating pupils be
accomodated first and that the num
ber of persons expected be not great
er than the seating capacity of the
Place in which the exercises are held.
Says Prof. Rhoads:
"Kindly say to the Colored citi
zens of Dallas through your publl
cation that January 2Eth will mark
the beginning of free admission to
the commencement exercises of the
Booker Washington High School.
This policy will be followed In the
future whether the commencement
be held in the High School Audi
torlum or elsewhere.
In doing this we are not bidding
ror numbers. As a matter of fact
I understand that heretofore when
it has been necessary to charge a
normal fee as a means of meeting
tho expense of printing rents :etc.
school officials have been unable to
satisfactorily accommodate all who
have attended. This Is a commen
dable expression of the Interest of
patrons and friends in the high
school.
Our Inability to accommodate
every Dooy and the desirability of
having interested and appreciative
audiences will force us to qualify
the audience. In the first place the
attendance of necessity must ibe
restricted to the seating capacity of
NEGROES OF 0100 WANT
DELEGATE-AT-LAKCE
' - .f ': ;
(Staff Correspondence)
Cleveland Ohio Jan. 19 Not only
do we wish a delegates at large in
Ohio at the Republican National
Convention but we will probably
have a candidate for member of Con
gress." declared Robert B. Hodges.
Vice-President . of the Cleveland
Loan and Savings bank and active
In local Industrial centers.
There hns not been a dominion on
tho person to bo urged for delegate-
at-large to the Republican National
Convention here in June. Several
names have been urged. Ohio Is pro-
lific in political leadership. There
are many cities-of size Jntthe state
and ail of them have their one or
more political leaders. In Cleveland
the names of Thomas W. Fleming
George A. Myers J. Walter Wills
Samuel E. Woods and Harry C.
Smith have been mentioned. Then
there Is John C. Logan Wilbur
King Leroy H. Godman of Colum-
bus: A. Lee Beaty Henry Higglns
William Anderson and George W.
Hays of Cincinnati; Charles A. Cot-
trlll and Clarence Vena of Tolede;
and there Is Fred Patterson of
Greenfield who "made a start" In
1920 but gave up the ghost .before
the big bell rang.
But this Is not all not in Ohio.
Dayton Xenlo with Wilberforee
near by; Springfield Zanesvllle
Youngstown Akron Steubenvllle
Sandusky and Hamilton are each
and all "deeply concerned" and may
have some suggestions to make.
Ohio has more than 250000 Colored
Americans at this time. Is It an
wonder that National Committeeman
Hynica of Cincinnati has been very
much on the Job? On the matter of
Congressman there are three elect-
ed from Cleveland proper and one
of them If in a district where Color-
ed America Is the balance of power.
If It were so desired the Republican
floor leader Congressman Long-
worth of Cincinnati could have
have matters made Interesting for
him. They have been In other years..
It looks like a big year In Ohio.
BLACKENED FACE AT-
s r-cim ASSAULT ON
clses are held. Secondly first con-
slderatlon must be given the ae- jp?I
comodaHnn nf thA narnl nA ViAlHi
number of the immediate friends of
the graduates. Beyond this' I can
not say Just now what arranger-
ment we can make that will be reas-
onably Just to other interested citi
zens. In the meantime this may
not be much of a problem during!
the mid-winter exercises.
The commencement Is the ' anni
versary of the schools; the occasion
which we choose to publicly honor
those of our students who have sat
isfactorily completed our courses of
study; and I am deeply gratified
that the Dallas Board of Education
has made it possible for the Book
er Washington High School along
with the four white high schools of
the city to throw wide Its doors
to the bard working parents of our
pupils and friends of our high
school work .
We shall greet them with a
hearty welcome and together we can
(P. N. 8.)
Greensboro N. C Jan. 18 While
it seems practically Impossible to ob-
tain the namea of the persons In-
volved It is a fact that a prom-
inent young white man was lodged
in Jail here last Thursday night by
a deputy sheriff of Alamanoe coun-
ty In connection with an attack on
a young white woman of Elon Col
lege early in the night. The man
was arrested on suspicion the dep-
uty said and brought Into Greens-
boro because of the high feeling pre-
vailing at Elon College. The as-
sallant. who she said wore a black
mask over his face to give to blm
the appearance of a Negro. During
the struggle she managed to tear
the mask from his face when she
tried to scratch his eyes out Tho
young woman Is said to have reach
ed her home after the encounter.
rejoice In what we have accomplish-fainting on the door steps. Officials
ed .co-operating one with the other.iwere notified and the man's arrest
for our children." ifol lowed.
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