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Oscar Younger Son of Gilbert Salad Owner of Big Four
Transfer Company Accidently Shoots and Kills
Veteran Employee of Company While Play-
ing With Pistol Sunday
Sunday about noon Tony Walls
veteran employ of the Big Four
Transfer Company waa accidently
hot and killed by Oscar Salad on
of the proprietor of the Company
ai the two In company with Gil-
bert older son of proprietor and
brother of Oscar were examining' a
pistol which Walla had found on
the place. Walls was shot once just
over the heart and death was In
stantaneous. The tragedy occurr
ed at the offices of the company.
According; to the statement of Gil-
bert who was present at the time
of the unfortunate accident. Walls
who had just come In had a packag-e
In his hand Gilbert asked what It j over the occurrence. It waa a hor-
was and on being told began to'rlble accident and it came only be-
examine the pistol a small one oficause Tony couldn't refuse to let
32 calibre. The younger boy asked Oscar see the gun. I knew that he
to be allowed to see the plBtol which didn't know anything about pistols
then was In the hands of the older that Is the reason that I refused to
boy. Gilbert. Gilbert refused and
handed the pistol back to Walls wbo
on being again asked by the young-
er boy allow him to see it handed
It to him. The youngster then be-
gan playing with It passing to and
fro In the air never suspecting that
It waa loaded and In some manner
the weapon was discharged the bul-
let ploughed its deadly way through
the heart of Tony and the screams
of the lad brought his mother who
was upstairs to the scene but when
she arrived Tony had already
breathed his last.
Raid Gilbert to a representative
of the Express who visited the
scene: "We don't known how to feel
let him have it when I bad It' He
didn't know that It was loaded be
cause just the minute before he
pulled the trigger he had It pointed
at his head.
As Gilbert was telling the story
of the accident Oscar was standing
by nervously twisting his fingers
and nodding his head In agreement
with the story of his brother. He
was unable then to speak.
The mother of the boys who was
In the building at the time of the
accident Is overcome with grief. She
was upstairs at the time the fatal
shot was fired.
Walls was a veteran employe of
the company having worked there
steadily for a long time. The body
was taken In charge by the Peoples
Undertaking Company and his fun-
eral held Tuesday. At the time of
his death he was 38 years of age and
married.
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VIRGIN ISLAND
BAND TO TOUR U.S.
Tuskegee Institute Ala' May I
The St. Thomas Nevy Band of the
Virgin Island U. S. A. composed
of natives of the Virgin Island the
first and only Negro ' Band In the
U.a Navy of which Alton A. Adams
la Bandmaster plans a concert at
the. Institute . on Its prospective
American tour this summer under
the direction of the Bureau of Navi
gation of the United States. '
Very soon after the transfer of
OLDEST WOJIAN IN
AMERICA DEAD
(A. N. P.)
' Haytl Mo. May 3 With the death
of Mrs. Maranda Cute the claim
Is being made by residents of this
town that the oldest woman In
Amorlca has passed away. There
was documentary evidence to prove
that Mrs. Cute was 130 years old.
Like many other old persons she
was suld to remember many of the
men and events of the period soon
after the revolutionary war. She
the Island from the Danish to thel'T6 thl iwn duf!nff th9 rece"1
TOURING BUSINESS MEN Rl? ASHFAR DAI I AS YOUTH PAR-
VISIT DURHAM r"1"
KlfcSIMUlJHUVIUUKYlN .
(A. N. P.)
(Continued from last week) '
"The time has come when every
Negro whether he dwells In the
the North South East or West
must realise that he Is securely
bound to every other Negro and that
PENN RELAY RACES
Philadelphia Pa.. May J Dallas
has a new reputation and Texas has
the Interests of ihe race In every lnto prominence a. a reevlt
action are Identical. . "We must
think nationally In terms of ra- a-
(al unity. The development of shear graduate of the Dallas Color-
large financial Institutions such as ed High School son of Mr. and Mrs.
our insurance companies banks and
the large numerous business enter-
prises which are springing up thru-
out the country make plain the ne-
cessity of better acquaintance great-
ter unity and a spirit of co-operation
among our business men and
citizens generally." These are the
opinions In a nut shell of the cap-
tains of Negro Industry and lead-
ing business men who at every step
made by the Good Will Tour party
A. W. Brashear 3606 Roseland Ave.
Totsng . Brashear hurled his school
Lincoln Into the championship col-
SCOTTISH RITE COUNCIL
TO MEET IN CHICAGO
Chicago 111 May 3 The United
Supreme Council of the Thirty-
third and last degree of Ancient and
Accepted Scottish Rite of Free Ma-
nnnrv nf th Vnrthftrn llirfurifptlnn
.use CiuBB .u i... ...... reiay races convene t 43rd anmial .68-
and himself Into a place In the halla n in this city May 11-14. Meetings
of athletic fame Saturday afternoon will be held at Bethel A. M. E.
before a crowd of 40.000 wildly ex-church. Dr. Sumner A. Furnlss In-
cited fans who were gathered on thellanaPII! " l Cmma""
athletlc field of the famous Penn! !e r "nd 18 """" eabortttef plan"
sylvanla State University where the f'he ""T" f ?' conven)tion-
have welcomed them with open arm.wona famous contest was held.) receptlon 'for the delegates. Among
endorsed tneir purposes ana program--"- " a or nis near- . h .. thB p)1.inn. ot the foremost comooaers and musl-
est competitor a runner for the Clty(orA - Smo Mftvor w.m cai directors of the race passed
American administration the Gover-
ment made this already celebrated
Band unit In the U. S. Navy with
no changes in Its personel or leader
ship under the able bandmaster
Adams a native of St. Thomas the
principal city of the Virgin Islands.
The high calibre of the band's play
ing Is attested by the wide musical
reputation the organization enjoys
on the Island among members of the
administration and among such
musical lights as Bouaa Seltzer
Herbert L. Clark Santelmann of the
Marine Band Gustave Langenus Dr.
migration and was able to care for
her doath.
"BACK TO AFRICA" PRO-
JECT GIVEN IMPETUS
(P. N. S.)
Thomasvllle Ga. May I The dis
membered portions of the body ot
Miss Dahlia Timma were found In
field last Tuesday afternoon on
the Whitney plantation about six
miles south of Boston Ga. by a
workman ploughing In the field. The
man discovered a. hand and an arm
near the end of a furrow. When he
(L. N S.)
. Washington D. C April 3 Wash
ington Division No. 183. Universal
Dr. Hugh A'. Clarke. Professor of .Negro Improvement Association
Music at the University of Pennsyl-opened a series meetings last Sun-
vanla etc The compositions of Mr.
Adams are widely played by leading
bands and orchestras of the world
and his writings In musical maga
zines are popular among bandmen
generally.
The special attraction of the Vlr
gin Islands Is this the St Thomas
Navy Band. and Its tour of the
States Is being much anticipated.
According to Navy Regulations these
men are now citizens of the United
States by naturalization after hav-
ing completed the first four years
in the service of the United States.
TYERS FAMOUS
COMPOSER DEAD
(A. N. P.)
New York May 3 Will Tyers one
and stressed the Inspiration and en-
couragement which the visit of the
group brought. The members of the
College of New York. The third
place In the race was won by Tem-
Dever and Bishop L. J. Coppln. Aaway this week at his home here
military reception will be given theiHe was 66 years of age a native of
T . . . .military revupuuii win i'a k 1 on mo uo " in " " j - "oi - v.
party followed -a closa rlgorouse University of Philadelphia. The t t the Unlt cub. claims Petersburg. Va.. brought from there
schedule and mado a careful sur- time of the race was 3:38 4-5
'are made that the organization has; to-Jersey City at an early age and
0 newspaper men and each has made
jt a point to study what was being
done in his particular line. A. com-
pilation of their Impressions and
findings would be a most Interesting
cross section of modern Negro com-
mercial life.
Durham the Wonder City'
Leaving the hospltablo citizens of
; Richmond! waving a farewell at the
Claymore -! member" of the Good Will
Tour relnfoTce by Howard Vener-j
able of Bftltlmroe who joined them
' there the Ipart)' retired abored their
rolling palace and awoke to find the
' sun peeping ttver the hills of North
V Carolina as' Porter Keys called me-
ilodlously "All out for . Durham."
' That was a mag-lo name. Every
member of the party was looking!
forward to seeing this famed little
gram which read: "Pardon the
night letter but I won college'letter
gold watch and relay banner at Penn
Relay races today." -Young
Brashear Is a Senior at
Lincoln University having been a
student there for the past four
years. Since his entrance there he
has been a constant devotee of ath-
letics and It haa been his hlgheat
ambition to distinguish himself and;
his school In some contest of this
sort.
: The Penn Relay races are the ban-
ner athletic feature -of American
Schools. They bring athletes from
all of the large High Schools and
Colleges of this country and those
of England and - Scotland. Among
the many sohools and oolleges repre-
sented at the contest Saturday were
city where Wlthr a population of ;ohlo -nreslevan. Georsre Washington
only 6000 coiorea out or its toiai
for 25000 one little band have dem
onstrated so successfully-he possl
Unlversity St Bonaventure College.
Notre Dame. Harvard Boston Col-
lege.West Virginia Temple Unt.
bllltlea of co-operation by rearing .Georgetown Syracuse Pennsylvania
several of the country's best known st te Occidental College University
B
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financial organizations. 'As the
party field down the car steps a
welcoming delegation headed by J.
M. Avery and composed of Edward
R. Merrick Richard McDougal W.
Gomez W. G. Pearsons J. C. Scar-
borough Benjamin Tanner John-
son W. J. Kennedy Dr. C. H. Don-
nell Mrs. A. M. Moore and C. W.
Cox saluted each visitor heartily
and ushered us . quickly Into the
ne of cadlUaos and other good-
ooklng cars lined up by the sta
tion which wound down the main
street to the North Carolina Mutual
Building located In the downtown
business section.
Co-operatlea Brina-s Results
Right' there began an outstanding
Impression of Durham. Many build-
ings make a brave appearance In a
picture but an actual view lessons
the Impression. Not so with this
modern fire proof up to th. minute
structure. Built of stone and marble
to stand a century. Its every appoint-
ment was In good taste. It is the
second tallest building In the city
and an Interesting little story Is
told of the conversation displayed
In not making it higher than the
first national the city's skyscraper.
Breakfast was served In the cafe-
teria of the building which had been
added to Its equipment so that the
numerous officials and clerks might
of England Univ. of Michigan
Princeton Columbia St. Benedict
the metropolis. He had been a rest-
vey and study or eacn community 8U" ' has made great strides In member-educated In the musical schools of
represemeu in mo buui. - " . .mv. .u m u
merchants realtors pharmacists relay banner a symbol of victory
physicians social workers and Tor tne contest. He modestly broke
tne news to his rather In a tele-
day in the Pythian Building. The
Assistant President-General of the
Association William Sherrlll an
American leader addressed the
opening meeting. A petition was
signed asking this and other govern
ment of the world for aid and co-J
operation In establishing a govern
ment for Negroes by Negroes In
Africa. Six million Negroes in
America are said to be signing the
petitions to be sent to President
Coolidge and to both houses of Con
gress. Petitions are also to be sent
to the British Parliament to France
and to the League of Nations. This
meeting. It Is said Is the initial one
of a series of similar meetings
which are to be held throughout the
country.
dent of New York for' over thirty
years. Some of the twenty odd num-
bers that brought him fame are
"Trocha" his first "Maori" "Brax
Illan Butterfly" and "Maori." He
was a conducting member of the
Clef club and the first Negro mem-
ber of the society of authors and
composers. He Is survived by a wid-
ow but had no close blood relatives.
Farmer Ploughing finds Gruescms Relics Scattered
About in Open field. Believed That Hogs' Attack-.
came upon the gruesome find he
stood not en the order of his going;
he made haste quickly and spread
the alarm as he went and soon there
were a score of persons on the scene.
A search waa Immediately Insti-
tuted which resulted in finding
other portions of the body scatter
ed for several hundred yards around.
The body could only be Identified
by portions of clothing and a ring
on the finger of the left hand. It 1
said that Investigation disclosed
that the girl had left her home early
Tuesday morning to go to a neigh
bor's home and had crossed the field
as a short cut As there are several
hogs In the field it ia thought th
hogs attacked the woman and tore
her body apart The coroner's Jury
gave a verdict of death from un-
known causes.
SFfflMA TinN PASES IN WASHING posts make poppies
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WIN AKtHMKUBY HUbfc IKUVUS
GUNT.IAN USES PISTOL 85
YEARSOLD
(A. N. P.)
.Vemphis Tenn. May S-Aa. an-1
cteht "cap aMid-aH'' pistpimaae
in 1838. was used by Blez Walker
when he shot Mrs. Josephine San
ders after an altercation on Web-
ster street. The woman was shot in
the head and will probably die. Wal-
ker escaped leaving the old plBtol
hanging on a door. It had been load
ed with bird shot
CLAIM EDUCATOR IS
MILLIONAIRE
Greensboro N. C. May 8 Accord-
Washington D. C MayS The
made by the National Association
for the Advancement of Colored
People against residential segrega
tion the nation's capital and against
. (A N. P.)
Chicago. May 3 Among the most
actively enthusiastic workers In the
pians ror the annual Poppy Day
movement conducted throughout the
country by the Veterans of Foreign
wars or the United States are the
rifteen Negro posts of the organi-
zation. These posts each significantly
named in honor of a soldior here of
a precedent for segregation through
out the country was continuod here tno World War'
In a dramatic way when James A.) Meut W. E. Shlpp Post No. 43.
Cobb Chairman of the Legal Com- Philadelphia Pa. figt Wm. H. Com
mittee of the Washington Branch . " '""ourgn. Fa. Bur-
' .ton-Perry Post No. 833 East Provl-
N. A. A. C. P. before a courtroomdence R . LorlIlftr B fr
crowded with prominent white and No. 119. Albany N. Y.. Buffalo Post
Colored residents made a brilliant No- 148 Harrisburg. Pa. Alphlne
argument against segregation.
The Court of Appeals of the Dis
trict of Columbia beard MrT Cobb's
veterans Post - No. 839 Orange N.
J. Jacob Tlnson Post No. 617 New
York. N. Y. Rhelms Post No. 684 At-
lantic City N. J. Sgt Oscar Jones
argument The cases arose out of. Post No. 627. Brooklyn N. Y. Wm.
agreement among white property ' Posey Post No. 911 Detroit
owner to prevent the sale of proP-lMlch"' P"rlck B- Po8t N- 5-
... Boston Mass. D. Banks Post No.
erty to Colored people through Covington. Wa. Prince A. John-
clauses inserted in the contract of(son Post No. 1078 Norfolk. Va.
HAlf Thli tnrtn tf BAvraviHAn I f fl - I 1 1 . ...
. i ci ...... - o-o il w. wuecnur 1 1 Limit siirniricanca
ldeVofLlvlngsione college 'is the ""owed to be practiced uncontest- Jerl? Day emblem are the
richest Negro educator In the world ed would In effect nullify the Su-'"carJet Buddy Popples" the actual
property and other holding. In Court.. declalon n lhe Louis-Joivicamen whTch srul'jT ST
this state and In Washington. D. C. ve gefrreffatlon
Case Which held nrflolnl IT err in n
..v.tllv valued at H.?86- " . . ... . run-
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nance to be unconstitutional. The
new form of segregation attempts to
are
000.
DECLARES PEONAGE STORIES OF WBT VIRGINIA
FALSE. STATE GOVERNMENT LIBERAL IS CLAM
(Continued on Page 8)
By T. Edward Hill Director State
Bureau of Negro Welfare and
; Statistics
Charleston W. Va. May 3 -The
Crusader Service edited by Cyril V.
Briggs New York in its release of
April 31 carried a newa item under
an "Olcott W V." date line in
which it was charged that many
Cojored families are held at this
place in vitual peonage that re
cently more than 100 families were
brought In from Southern planta-
tions to work In the mines- In the
In the places vacated by union min-
ers who were on strike that more
than 35 families escaped and that
a few days ago two workers who
Rutgers Dickinson College Yale were aided by other. In making their
Univ. of Kansas. Ohio State Edln- escape down the' creek were arrest-
burgh University. Scotland Johns.ed by mounted Btate Police and re
turned past the barracks to the
mines."
This release waa called to my at
tention and while I was satisfied
that It was untrue yet through the
Bureau of Negro Welfare and Sta
tlstics I made a personal Investl-
Hopklns Univ. of Virginia Cornell
and Gettysburg.
Young Brashear Is the first Texas
boy to win such honors In the East
and there Is no doubt that he now
will take his place In the class of
Butler De Hart Hubbard and others
of the race who have distinguished
themselves for athletic excellence.
LIVED TO SEE SIX
GENERATIONS
(A. N. P.) -Salma
Ala. May 3 No mora will
children of the town go to play with
"Aunt" Isabella Moss under the tree
that stood just outside her cabin.
The aged woman died this week her
age reputed to be 915 years. It was
claimed that' she had seen six gen-
mlners regarding conditions at Ol
cott and In the vicinity and all of
them stated that no Negro families
from the South or anywhere else
had been brought there that more
men are available than there is work
to employ them that there la not
now nor ha. there been a strike
upon the two operations at Olcott or
In the vicinity. The few Colored
miners there are contented and do-
ing well.
Captain Gaujot In charge of the
State Police in that territory em-
phatically denied that any Colored
men had been arrested for any cause
There are approximately 100000
Negroes in West Virginia and more
than 60 per cent of whom came here
from the South' during' the past
twenty years. They came because of
the opportunities offered them to
work at the coal mines and receive
for their labor the same wages that
are paid to members of other races
doing the same kind of work 75 per
cent of the Negroes of West Virginia
work and live upon coal operations
where they are educating their chil
dren in schools a. good a. you will
find in Washington D. C their
teacher get the same salary paid
to white teachers of the same class
terms are of the
and returned to Olcott or that any
such conditions as described In the land the school
release now exist or ever have ex- same length.
isted In that section. The State Po- Peonage has not existed at any
lice there are not mounted and are tlme ' th "elds of West Vlr-
as splendid A set of officers of the'Bnla nd 't does not exist here now.
law as can be found anywhere lnjThere would be no occasion for peon-
thts country. a& n anv coaI camp at this time
That a Negro Agency should be because for more than two years
the tnAim nf anrAftrilnff nrnnafi-andaitnere
through the medium of the Negro
gatlon of every charge contained In press of the country which may
the item and find that Mr. Briggs tend to prevent thousands of the
has either been grossly Imposed upon .Race from coming to the one bord-
by some of his Communist or radl- er state which gives to the Race
cai labor associates or hla Imagi
nation Is working overtime for
equal Industrial opportunities edu
cations! advantages equal to. those
have been several thousand
miners constantly out of work.
Convict labor Is not employed In
the mines of this State nor are pris-
oners sold to industries or contrac-
tors for the payment of fines.
In the largest coal - producing
County In the State there are five
same car. ide by aide on trlde trol-
leys busses and taxis serve on the
same Juries In several counties aid
each other in civic welfare and re-
ligious activltiea and mutually co-
operate for the advancement of all
the people and the development of
the greatest fairest and best State
In the United States.
No state offers better opportuni-
ties for the advancement of the Race
than West Virginia with exception-
al educational advantages all kinds
of work open to Negroes on term
of equality of wage and living con-
ditions with less than half the pro
fessional men and women needed.
py Day.
This year the appeal of the poppy
Is doubly significant It stands not
only for the irnld stftm an th urvl
evade the Supreme Court decision fig of our country but also for the
by permitting the property owner to blue stars of those of our country's
write his own segregation ordlnance'V0"" manhood who willing to
Into a transfer of his property jmake the supreme sacrifice return-
Two cases are Involved in the pres-'e shattered In health and strength
ent contest. One Is that of Mrsi.to face the handicapped struggle of.
Helen Curtl. who because of her .an imparled existence
color was enjoined from taking tl- More than 3.000.000 popples have
tie to property she had purchased een completed to date in the spec-
from a white property owner on the lally equipped V. V. W. Poppy Fac
ground that the sale violated the tory In Pittsburgh where seventy
white property owners' agreement of America's disabled ex-aervlc
Decision having been rendered jmen crippled heroes of Chateau-
against Mrs. Curtis' by a lower Thlerry and the Argonne. of St Ml-
court Mr. Cobb appealed the decls- hlel and Verdun are working busily
Ion to the Court of Appeals. The to make the tiny scarlet memorial
second case Is based upon the same emblem.
property owners' agreement and ls "Buddy Poppies" 1. the name the
a ault against Emmett J. Scott and men have given the flowers which
others differing from the first casewm carry to all parts of the United
In that Mr. Scott had moved into states their significance of " a mem-
cases two otner. are now pending aom bears on its label the plea
one Involving Frank J. Gregory a "Wear a Buddy Poddv."
Congregational minister. former All the men employed In the Pon-
classmate of President Coolidge and py factory are men suffering from
a brilliant base ball player at Yale; 'war-time disabilities who cannot be
the other involving William L. rehabilitated by the Veterans Bu-
Houston a lawyer and Professor ofireau because their disability waa
.Law at Howard University. - V u.i.n..!. .v.. nr.. ti-i.
. . 1 ...... f .. 1 1. . J1 II V V V IlI j viia aiba
ready employment for thousands or Mr. Cobb maintained that the pro-;aa Vocational Training laws when
skilled artisans at mines mills fac- posed restriction upon the sale of passed and who are designated by
torles and In the building trades j property was an Illegal restraint jthe government as "non-feasible."
with Negroes Just beginning to take that It was against publio policy; The poppy making not only affords
advantage of tholr opportunities to that It abridges the privilege and these war veterans a. livelihood
own and operate farm and conduct and Immunities guaranteed by the'Whicn the majority of them because
business of all kinds. Ths mining of 13th 6th and 14th Amendments to'of their crippled condition would
coal is the highest paid unskilled the Constitution and deprives thoseDe helpless to earn in their form-
occupation in the world in which j affected of the due process of law .r occupations but In addition as-
thousands of Negroes are engaged (and equal protection of the laws. Mr. aoclated In congenial surroundings
and from which they earn In West Mr. Cobb further maintained that with comrades disabled like them-
Virglnla approximately twenty mil- the white property owners' agree-npiye. and supervised by men who
lion dollars per year. They are ready ment would take property without have been through the worst with
to put some of that vast sum of without process of law. would stim-jthem they are renewing their self-
money In Negro business enterprises ulate racial antagonism retard the confidence and rebuilding their mo
ther will deposit It in Negro panics progress of a large group or Amen- raje.
there Is not only not a shred of accorded white oeoDle. the privilege! Negro Justices of the Peace elected and spend It In Negro stores. They can citizens would cast discredit a special feature of the
evidence to back up the charge but of voting and holding offices both by the people and In each dlstrict.now support several Negro doctors upon American democracy and wouldj.nnual V. F. W. Poppy Day program
dentists pnarmacisis ana mwjrorijaepnve me puoiic ircanury ui m- m new oric City a giant wreath or
and they will support many more If creased taxes. (poppies the memorial flower will be
nothing has occurred in the vlcln- elective and appointive is a crime In which they are elected white peo-
lty which could be used .as a basis against the Race. West Virginia Is P'o outnumber Negroes more than
for the charge. classed as a Southern State but here
Olcott Is about 30 miles from this. there are no disfranchisement laws.
city and there are two coal mines
nearby. Both of these mines togeth
er do not employ 100 Colored fam
ilies and because of the dullness of
the coal market they are not now
employing half that number. There
Is not now nor has there been a
strike there and no labor trouble
eratlons of Bel ma inhabitants come has occurred in that section since
and go. She could not remember.the "Armed March" of 1921 and then
when she started life's Journey. emly because some of the marching
holding to the belief to the end miners passed that way on their
that she had always been a grown jroad to Logan County.
woman.' Inquiries were made of 30 Colored
no Jim crow cars no legal or extra
legal segregation In cities and towns
two to one. There are many Negro
Deputy Sheriffs and Constable in
the coal fields of the State and the
surest prevention of lynching and
fairly dealt with. Mr. Cobb's argument was listened uij at the-foot of the Soldiers and
The Negroes of West Virginia will to with the greatest attention by sailor. Monument on Riverside Drive
welcome their strong vigorous the crowded courtroom and he re- during the Memorial Day exercises
clean brothers and sisters from the cetved many congratulation upon as the official tribute of the Veter-
lynchlngs are rare occurrences and .Peonage Is Negro officer armed
only three year ago the leglalature.wlth the authority of the low and
enacted the past stringent antl- one or two six-guns
lynch law of any state In the United There Is no State In the Union
States Plays or pictures uch as where more friendly relations ex-
The Birth of a Nation" do not come 1st between the race than here In
to the State because In 1911 the leg- the mountains of West Virginia.
Islature passed an Act (without a where members of different races
South to share the advantages offr-hls forceful presentation of the case.
ed the Industrious thrifty and law-. Mr. Cobb writes to the National
abiding. We want more of them to off Ice of the N. A. A. C. P.:
own farms homes and to engage in "The only thing in thla matter
business here and we want nothing. is worrying me Is that the Colored
ana of Foreign Wars by a color
guard representing the three bran-
ches of the service. Army Navy and
Marines.
Replicas of this wreath Will also
that will discourage those from people of this city and the. country.be laid In similar tribute on Me-
comlng to better their condition by are not alive to the real danger lurk- mortal Day on the tomb of the Am-
honest effort but this ia not the Ing behind these latest forms of an erlcan Unknown Soldier In the Na-
dissenting vote) prohibiting the work side by side receiving the State for the shiftless. Idle vlclousjattempt to legalize segregation. - If tional cemetery at Arlington and on
.h-ir.T r .nh ni.v. nr nirtnrM same waae.llve side by side serve and lawless; for those who wish to .auch are successful the Colored peo
and providing severe penalties for as election officers in and agalnstllve by their wits we warn them not.ple of this country can be sheltered Soldier at
'the violation the same candidates ride in the to come to West Virginia. ino the slums and alleys." jrarls.
th tomb of the It'rench Unknown
the Arc de Trlmnphe at
o
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