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sary of Founding
(By OMfw B Taylor)
' . (A. N. P.)
ST. AUGU8TINE FLA. May 19
The Ooernor of Plorida waa on
or the apeakera at the S2nfl annlver
aary of the founding of Florida Nor
mal & Industrial Institute located
three mllea aouth of thla city last
Thuraday. The moat Impreaalve
and Important anniversary exercises
In the history of thla splendid In-
stitution were witnessed by over I
thousand enthusiastic friends of
both races. The occasion possessed
a double nature. Founder's Day and
the Dedication of the new central
building known aa "Andrew Ander-
son Hall.' This large two-story
brick-stucco structure with a num-
ber of class rooms model kitchen
and auditorium has just been conv-
plotod at a cost of $50000.00 ten
thousand dollars of which was do-
nated by Dr. Andrew Anderson
(white) of this city hence the name
"Andrew Anderson Hall." Professor
N. W. Collier la principal.
At lt:00 a. m. the faculty- stu-
dents and visitors assembled in the
auditorium where a very interest-
ing; protrram was rendered Including;
singing by the College sextette (fe-
male) the college chorus and speak-
ing by several prominent visitors
Including Dr. W. C. King of Spring
field Mass. a liberal donor and Mrs.
M. M. Bethune of Daytona Florida
president of the National Colored
Teachers Association and head of
the Collegiate Institute located at
Daytona. ' The principal speech of
the morning was delivered by the
noted lecturer and news correspon-
dent of Chicago Dr Charles Stewart.
Oovrrner Hardee peaks
Soon after 2:80 p. m. Governor
Carey A. Hardee and party arrived
and when the Governor mounted the
stand a storm of applause went up
from the threats of more than two
thousand people to which he bow-
ed a most graceful and responsive
acknowledgement. Seated around
the governor on the stand were Hon.
P. R. Perry Mayor of St Augus-
tine state senator McWllliams Mrs.
Bethune Hon. W. A. Cawthon state
superintendent of public instruction.
Prof. E. W. Collier master of cere-
monies and many others. .. .JT
Mayor Perry in well chosen words
cheerfully introduced the governor.
who delivered a thirty minute ded
icatory address which fairly elec
trinea the entire audience. JL. more
earnest forceful appropriate and
eloquent address could not be offer
oa. nun of Heart sympathy en
couragement wboleaome advice fel-
lowship and sound logic The gov
ernor sounded good will to Negro
education and development.
Thla institution has been author-
ized by the State Board of Educa-
tion to extend the certificates of all
teachers who attend the summer
teacher' course and merit same by
their standing. Friends of the school
consider this a great achievement or
recognition and hundreds of teach-
ers will avail themselves of this
splendid opportunity : the coming
summer term. f
While the governor was present
$10000.00 was subscribed by cash
or pledges to the building fund of
the school by Negro friends the lar-
gest donation being made by Mr.
Jas. . S. McClaln Jacksonville tFla.
head waiter of the Royal Polnciana
hotel Palm Beach. Several others
donated $500. The ' Institute has
formerly been known as the Florida
Baptist Academy.
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EIGHT HELD FOR FLOG-
GIKG WOMAN
(A. N. P.)
ORANGEBURG 8. C. May 10
As a sequence to the abduction
from her home of Mrs. Alice Thom
as and her flogging which follow-
ed eight prominent white men have
been arrested. They were each re-
leased under bond of $1000. Mrs.
Thomas her husband and the other
members of her family have asked
to be permitted to stay In the Jail
fearing more violence should they
return to their home. The white
men arrested include a representa
tive George Blnnlcker Lonnle Gar-
rick George Hutto Jim Fogle Lu
ther Whetstone. Willie Ford
Hutto and Bennle Davis.
Two reasons are given as the pos
G. 0. P. CONVENTION IN
MISSOURI DISAPPOINTS
ST. LOUIS MO. May 10 The
State a. O. P." Convention recently
sold at Springfield Mo. disappoint-
ed the Colored voters who had ex-
pected to see one of their number
selected as Delegate-at-large. It was
generally understood former state
Representative Walthall Moora of!
this city would-be the one-chosen.
However the machine controlled
convention nominated by Governor
Hyde willed otherwise and contented
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Fifty-Sixth Anniveiiairy of School is Cekferated by Pro-
gram on Which National Leaders of
Races Take Part
CALLS DEMOCRATS
DISUNITED PHALANX"
WASHINGTON. D. C. May 10
Heading up at Now York and
stretching; southward through NewJ
Jersey and Maryland into this city
a disunited phalanx of democrats
has announced Ita battle formation
and Its ideals. As this news comes
to our attention we are reminded
of the lines of the famous English
poet William Cowper who. In a
humorous vein once wrote: "The
sheep recumbent and the sheep that
grazed all huddling Into phalanx
stood and gazed;" for these demo-
crats sound the preamble of their
platform by saying: "We Negroes
want clean honest Government and
strong upright men like our out-
standing democratic leaders." The
"outstanding democrats" are not
named but our presumptions lead
NOTED U. S. OFFICIAL DECLARES
ABYSSINIANS NOT NEGROES
WASHINGTON May 9 Dr. H. V.
Harlan of the Bureau of Cereal In
vestigations Is back In Washing-
tons after one of the most extensive
expeditions ever conducted by the
Department of Agriculture which
Included a fifty-nine-day journey
over the Abyssinian Plateau with
thirty pack mules twelve riding
mules and about forty men. Includ
ing a detachment of guards. The
purpose was to secure
FAVOR COL GREEN AS
G. 0. P. DELEGATE
itself with selecting two alternates
Cecil. from the Colored brethren. One of
these was Rev J. L. Caston a for
cible motive for the whipping of cr St Louisian but now of Boon-
Mrs. Davis. Ona is that she made ville and the other W I McKee of
remarks to certain whltt women :PoDUlar Bluff: Among the other
reflecting on the character of a
white girl in town. . The other at-
tributes the flogging to her testi-
mony against certain whites In the
case of the South Willow School
burning.
The white men were arrested as
a result of the work of W. W. Ro-
gers a detective working out of the
governor's office. The formal char-
ges against the men Include house
breaking in the night time to com-
mit ah assault and assault and bat-
Vrrr With? Intent to -kill. . -. "t: ..
delegates there are credited to the
race Aaron E. Malone from the 11th
district and Robert T. Scott from
the 12th. This convention also adop
ted a plank aimed to be construed
antl-Klan but quite as mild In tone
os the one put through by the Dem
ocrats a short tims before. Both con-
By Wm. Anthony Aery
HAMPTON. VA-v May 10 The
fifty sixth anniversary of Hamp-
ton Institute brought together a
large company of prominent citi
zens Including Gov. and Mrs. E.
Lee Trlnkle of Richmond; Dr. John
J. Tigert Xi. S. Commissioner of
Education; Dr. Robert R. Moton
principal of : Tuskegee Institute;
Miss Frances Greeley Curtis of Bos-
ton; Dr. William A. Nellson presi-
dent of Smith College and : Mrs.
Neilson; Francis G. Peabody of
Cambridge; George Foster Peabody
of New York; and almost the entire
Hampton Institute board of trus
tees with the exception of ' Chief
Justice Taft the president who was
detained in Washington on account
of Illness Under the leadership of
Alexander B. Trowbridge of New
York a "Special Hampton Party" of
100 guests came to the Hampton
Anniversary ':'. . .;.; -.
Dr. James E Gregg principal of
ventlons seemed to fear the Klan to Hampton Institute who presided at
the extent they did not wish to risk
the loss of Totes by making strong
declarations : a gainst.. the ra.
pure medieval feudalism.
us to designate Senators Heflln '"' ;"..ng me pages
Harrison and Caraway. Mr. Wll' EurP ve or six centuries
liams Jennings Bryan and In fact 6 ""ry was split into great es-
all the "faithful" who are grazingl1""" "" " were sudoi
j VIUCU
the Solid South the stronghold of:lora ln free abor or hV furnishing
j.mmi nrtv nd the iml.lan agreed number of serfs. He found
Harry Beck chairman of the Re
publican State committee Satur
day declared himself himself aa fa
voring the choice of Col. E. H. R.
Green as Rep. Nat. Committee
man from Texas saying that after
a conference with Col. Greerf at
nrimltlve Martin last week he found himself
species of wheat and barley ln thej'n ccord with the former.
land where these grains -originated.! Mr- ASeck incldentlly asserted
Dr. Harlan found in AbyssinlaltBat ha wa " Republican with-:
It was herut vl' ana ciaimea that "those!markable tour of the South
caiung tnemselves regular Republi-
cans of Texas have no organiza-
tion." Mr. Beck's statement follows:
"Much stress Is being put on the
word regular' Republican. I am!
BUSINESS MEN TOUR ATLANTA
SAVANNAH AND COLUMBUS GA.
(A. N. P.) .
(Continued from last week)
ATLANTA. GA.. May 8 What's
the news? Onward we go In the re-
a tour
self from the railway station. The
Claymore special Pullman carrying
the Good-Will tourists was shifted
to a train arriving twenty-five min
utes in advance of the pre-arranged
schedule. The morning was dark
the closing exercises of the anni-
versary stated that it has been the
rrequor' suBtom At the Hampton
Institute anniversary celebration to
have the presence of the governor
of the Commonwealth of Virginia'.
:; justice or Kegraea 1
Governor Trlnkle was ' received
with a rising greeting from an au-
ienced. He expressed his own appre-
ciation and that of all citizens of
Virginia for the presence of the Nor-
thern visitors. He said that Vir-
ginians are not unmindful of the
generosity which has been shown
by many people to Hampton Insti-
tute. He stilted that the Work of
Hampton Institute has been produc-
tive of excellent results in the train-
ing of Colored people for citizen-
ship. '
also referred to the uphill climb of
Calvin Coolidge and to the address
which Dr. Robert R. Moton a
Hampton graduate and a self-mada
man. delivered as one of the prin-
cipal speakers at the dedication of
the Lincoln Memorial.
A Graduate's Experience
Robert Lee Hrokenburr' Indian
apolis Ind. who was graduated from '
Hampton Institute in 1906 declared
that hA. hnA irnn. t n ...... L-
L! l?r::te" 1 "a'd: 1' 'owmen with a mandate to prove the
value of Hampton's theory of edu-
cation. Ideals and training In a
world ready to uso all men and
women who could face and success-
fully grapple with their Ufa orob-
am iem. He described his enrollment aa
address to the Hampton students.
in the development of your race. I
am interested ln seeing that justice
Is done you and a square deal Is
meted out under every condition
and every circumstance. I
... . . - "touuuom 119 QliriilllJlGilC aS
glad to te.l you that Virginia U Howard University law student
as a state s interested ln her Col- and the discnu
ored people. The last General Aa- thrown across his path He waa
sembly gave a larger appropriation graduated from Howard ' In 1909.
for capital outlay to the Colored since that d-ite he ha. practised law
c-i.uiF . oraiauuij. Liit&ri an in
stitution white or Colored In the
State of Virginia. There Is no
reason why th white and Colored
races should not be real friends.
There a no reason why they can
in Indianapolis. He said that hia
ambition was not to be a Neero
lawyer but to be a lawer produced
oy tne Negro race."
This Hampton graduate has nev-
dtence which filled Ogden Hall to opportunity for ambitious youth to
overflowing. He said that he had rise to high position. He briefly
..... ijr inojr can'. k. . . - . .
should not work togetner'ttr " " . mlnft rrtIc0 bnt
In an advantageous way. Each!7" .7 B.mP'0 n many kinds
should strive to treat the other just- r . " c"e"- He hM nn
ly and fairly."
X J. Tlgrrt Speaks
Doctor Tigert refuted the state
ment that America no longer offers
Of education and Inspiration a care-and threatening a heavy rain. Imag-
ful looking Into the achievements of.ine the feeling of the party allght-
a great people under handicaps Ing from -the train after coming
which to all appearances have been from the unending activities ln Dur-
used as stepping stones to success ham and finding the station ln Co-
South Carollnt is one of the states lumbla without a reception commit-;
j terablo dictator of Its ideals.
This disunited phalanx of demo-
eratlc party and the unalterable dic-
; tutor of its Ideals.
I This disunited phalanx of domo-
crats next says: "The Negro voters
. will now look after their own Inter-
ests believing that their political
-' rights and privileges will be recog-
" nl zed by the democratic party" and
'closes with the announcement that
.the "Executive National Negro Dem-
. ocratlc Committee has . decided to
hold a national democratic Negro
.convention in Baltimore on May 27
to organize for the purpose of ren-
- derlng aid to the national demo-
' cratlo party In the coming election
. Could anything be more pathetic
. In the political history of Negro
1 votersf Barred by the democratic
party from the polls; unprotected
by democratic state legislation; un-
derpaid ln the cotton and industrial
fields by democratic employers; left
t to the mercies of the mob; reared
to manhood and womanhood with
. meagre educational facilities the re-
1 suit of the scanty appropriations of
. democratic funds; despised and re-
' jected In public places; and forever
"kept in their place" by the cus-
.' tnms and the traditions of the true
democratic creed the Colored peo-
' pie of thene United States and their
! voting representatives can see that
while their "sheep" are grazing and
nepuDiican without a prefix orU .v t-i v.
Iw-"" "a"r.Praby '.'I6 1881 IE L .W.h"e ll. population of Colored has! Thaf distinguished citizen of Dur-
-.... . ...0-u..u iiu..". .-. VLiuuiuiMis oi Tagi....j.J't1It r.f nrhltna Th.
governed by a daughter of the Em
peror Menelik who is controlled by
a prince regent appointed from an-
other branch of the royal family be-
cause it was Judged unsafe to leave
the throne entirely in the hands of
a woman. .
The Abysslniana he describes as a
black race who yet are not Negroes
and have nothing In common with
Negroea except color. They are of
Semitic stock which entered the
country In some forgotten period
only coin ia the Austrian dollar
which Is coined for the government
place of small change and can be
exchanged everywhere for any ar
ticle.
.Republicans frankly and thoroughly
with the Representatives of the
President. They are fully Informed
with
NEGRO PRISONER BE
COMES HERO OF FIRE
census gives the whites a small pre-
ponderance. The whites say this Is
due to migration; the Colored say
.w7v.i iu in actions or me it i nti. v.
owaiiuu irBumr xiepuDiican organ-
ization of this State. The fact Is
thosa calling themselves rearular
have no organization except on pa-
per and It functions only to con-
trol Federal patronage.
"Yesterday I was In Marlln where
I had a five-hour conference with
Col. E. H. R. Green. Together we
went over the entire situation. We
are in accord and a delegation will
be elected on May 27 and aent to
Cleveland Ohio with the avowed
purpose of electing Col. Green na-
tional committeeman of Texas.
uoi. ureen we all know win be
a very valuable asset to both the
State and National Republican par-
ty and the Republican delegation
which ; we. shall carry to Cleveland
(U N. S.)
I.A GRANGE ILL.. May "You
can't keep men like that In Jail"
said the La Grange chief of police
pointing to a Negro prisoner who
had just dashed Into a burning cor-
ridor of a hospital and carried an
failed to garner In all the . racial
population or if they did see
them attached them to the whites
because of questionable color. Be
that as it may. South Carolina is
doing things.
.Columbia la a pleasant surprise In
progress.' In fact some of us said:
"Columbia is the gem in the Ocean
of Opportunity." The capital city of
South Carolina does not show it-
will be seated and elect him as a
member of the Republican national
committee. We know this will
meet the approval of the President
as well aa William M. Butler who
is to be the next chairman of the
national committee." .
ham J. H. Avery Vice President of
the North Carolina Mutual Life Ih-
ance Company had joined the party
and he "knew a thing or two." Ex
cusing himself he went up street
and in a few minutes a great fleet
of automobiles came rolling down to
the station. From that moment un-
til tke'' departure at night there was
not an Idle moment. Breakfast was
provided at one of the hotels then
came a thunder shower but this did
not daunt the Columbia committee.
A . sight seeing tour of business
places and the public schools went
right on.. The Colored business sec
tlon is right In with the white busl
ness section banks and all. Here one
of the finest equipped small depart-
ment stores In the country owned
by a Colored man even though his
name la Levy gets business from
both races.
- (Continued on page 8)
come to Hampton Institute to ex
press through his presence a deep
Interest ln the welfare of this insti
tution. He frankly confessed that
he had no dream of Hampton Insti-
tute performing any service even
approximating what he had exper-
outlined the life of the late Presi-
dent Harding who was born ln a
log cabin worked on a railroad be
came a trombone player worked as
a tramp-printer and finally bought
a small newspaper on three hun
dred dollars of borrowed money He
PUBLIC FORCED TO GUARD ME-
HARRY STUDENT ACCUSED
OF ATTACK
RECEIVES $20000
ASPARTOF.IEGACY
- (A." N. P.) ' '
NEW ORLEANS LA. May 10 A
check for $20000 received by Mrs
S. S. Dupee 203S St. Peter Street
was the culminating episode of
romance wheh extended beyond the
grave. The check was part of
legacy left by-Dr. E. H. Brown a
Colored physclan of Louisville Ky.
to the woman was to have married
here last December Dr Brown died
In November of last year. Ha also
left to hla fiancee a house valued
at $15000. The recipient of the leg
acy has left for Kentucky to claim
the remainder of the estate. .
grazing the wolves have taken Invalid white woman to safety
charge of their ranks and are belngwhll apoctatora cheered his brav
ery jusi Derore tnat twelve vagrants
had been arrested by the city au-
' given aid and comfort by the poor
- deluded sheep. The exploitation
program must be going "big" for a
national Negro democratic conven-
' tlon is fo be held In order to'make
: things safe for the next election.
i Tlut after the election Is over the
democratic wolves win or lose will
revive their century-old pastime of
. preying upon the "sheep."
We would like to ask the National
' Negro Democratic Committee why
in order to catch the true spirit In
-Mississippi Alabama or Georgia for
' environment means much when In-
spiration Is being cultivated. . Why
are not the names of the "outstand-
ing democratic leaders" listed
among the delegates to the conven-
tion? Why is it not announced that
"the Chairman of the Democratic
National Committee will be present
t extend the felicitations of his
party "upright1' In Its conduct and
full of tbe Idea of the "welfare" of.
the Colored people? Were these
things brought to pass the phalanx
would meet the definition of firm-
ness and unity and the democratic
ynnchlne could at least lay claim to
ome slight degree of party solidari-
Iy. So marked though are the die-
IMPORTANT POLITICAL MOVEMENTS TRANSPIRE IN PAST TWO
WEEKS. COOLIDGE STILL THE MASTER
(A. N. P.)
WASHINGTON D. C.. May. 10
Two Weeks have Kami IUa
thoiltles and put to work on the a Broilp of poUtcal developments of
streets. As they were being taken to far reaching significance. President
"ur" Bnu werB Pa"8- a sanuari- Coolidge has "gone over the
uin in which mere were a numoer
of patients flames burst forth from
the building. Leaving their guard
the prisoners rushed Into the burn-
I
top"
so far that he has come out of his
cyclone cellar of silence and told
the world that it was he who se
lected the venerable statesman
nols has been' defeated "for nomina-
tion by "Former Governor Charles S.
nov. ai Smith is the New York
successor to Murphy then accord-
ins to those ln the knowlnar. "the
y. good worlr rtt ni.ABAt.tlM Ml
l 1..J .M. .... -v-....u . - P.0.L..K win KU
T " " ' " " "UB """Ohio the Honorable Theodore E. merrily on." If. on the other hand
attendants of the hospital. Panic burton. Congressman and former "own of Democratic power is
was Imminent when It was found Tjnlted Btate(l Seator to deliver the ' on the head of George Bren-
f W!f "J1""" Keynote address at the Republican " of Chicago then matter will
i'v '.l'T f " patlent wer National Convention In Cleveland "trow no better fast." Brennan and
saved ty tne brave prisoners all ofho n.i4.it it i- Murnhv
hTK r d fr0ra.a7e: Ethels In a position now to speak ad more than anyone other per-
wlth a 12-00 bonus for a new "start" a .. tim.if .on. it -v-..
' ........ .. . . ...uiifii wiiu miuwvu
Charles F. Murphy leader . of.Brennon the deep point of going af
lammany has passed on to the
great beyond. As head of this ram-
ifying Democratic organization Mr.
Murphy was able more than any
politician of present day activities.
to create a virile organization among
local racial organization had been are figuring ahead for November
shot to pieces. There has been muchThey are going to nominate In New
effort recently to put "humpty- York a candidate that will catch
dumPtV" toirAthov o rr.ln I... l'rVlnrf vtto. In thn Mnrlh ThAV IM
taklnc. nmiti.. .v. ... Li f are inquiring why Senator McCor
horses and all the' kings men." If ilocal conditions. They are goingimlck lost. He Is an admittedly able
to use the hoary headed expression Senator and it is
Nashville Tenn. May 9 The case
of Oswald Durant member of the
senior medical class of Meharrv
Medical College charged with crim-
inal assault preferred by Miss Mar-
garet Klnard young white woman
waa called before Judge Hart on last
Monday morning. The entire time
up to Tuesday evening has been
taken In examining the large num-
ber of veniremen who were sum
moned tor Jury service and of the
civu practice and Is one nr
the counsel for a Colored estate and
manufacturing company which does
over half a million dollars worth-
of business annually and which has
Paid the U. S. Covernm.nt .i
1919 $400000 in taxes and has giv
en away over $70000. He has been
given signal recognition as a law
yer by numerous public officials. He
has served the Y. M. C. A and other
religious organizations and has
- . (Continued on Pngo 8)
JOHNSON PLEASED WITH
S. C. RECEPTION
NEW YORK. May 10 James Wel-
don Johnson' Secretary of the Na-
"" -association for the Advance-
ment of Colored People. s mrn.
Avenue who has just returned from
a speaking tour in North Carolina
where he was most cordially re-
ceived by white as well as by Col-
lored citizens today. In an inter.
view declared that North Carolina
was a Southern State ln which Inter
racial relations seemed to be Im-
proving and where there seemed In
the part of both white and Colored
groups a receptive attitude toward
the program of the N. A A. C. P.
"On my Southern sneaklnr ton
In North Carolina" said Mr. John
son "I spoke in Ashevllle Greens-
boro. and Durham. In Ashevllle tha
meeting waa held In the Youna-
number only ten have
ioe assault Is said to have been 0" " ln"w. wmcn was packed
committed on the night of Tuesday I 9 door" ni a"iong the audi-
March 11 the young woman clalm-ence wo" a forner Attorney General
Ing that she left a street car for the f th Unled SUtes Mr. George W.
purpose of going to her home Wckrsham.
South Nashville and as she passed!. Oreenaboro the meeting waa
an eiley a Negro attacked her drag- " 1 H "'inuiiceni new court-
ged her into the alley and crlml-l.'' nd 1 WM toM mor thaB
nally assaulted her. Durant . wil PePia naa Been turned away.
arrested shortly after the alleged as-
sault In hia room at the college and
when taken before the woman she
positively identified him as her as
sailant He denied all knowledge
.i i
vi me crime or mat he had ever
seen the girl
Following the arrest of the young
man ne was taken to the stnt
itentlary local officers uslna- that
just aa readily
that "The Democrats of the North admtted that he Is a poor politician
are not the Democrats of the South." .. . .
And the Republicans plan to . comer""" u """" -""" '""
penator McuormicK. tie was nan-
in life.
parities between the. ideals of gener-
ic democrats and thosa of the strug
gling masses of Negroes whose pro
gress has ever been hindered but
never helped by the party of Till
ter the Colored vote of Chicago with
the result that In the mayoralty
election last year. Colored voters
right back with the
"Well they all looked
alike when Walter Cohen was up
for confirmation." So all ln all
voters are promised a grand contest
of hot argument right off the grid
dle.
The Mlddlle West States Includ-
Deneen. Many outside of Illinois (Precaution against any attempt at
lyncning. A number of officers are
on guard while the man Is ln the
court room and a ladder has been
piacea near one end of the court-
room In order that escape with the
prisoner may be made easy should
a mob form suddenly.
Durant has an excellent record at
the college and his deportment
and scholarship Is said to be above
reproach He would have finished
with the class this year from the In
stitution.
statement
and acted dlcapped by being one family that
owns and publishes the Chicago
Tribune although declaring on sev-
eral occasions that ha has no part
in the policy of the newspaper. The
policy has been one of studied and
persistent Intimidation and subtle
man. Vardaman and Bryan that it York.
Colored voters In the City of New elected. Deflection In New York and
ing Ohio Indiana Michigan 111!
nols and too. Missouri Kentucky ihostjllty to Colored American. The
and one or two bordering states will Senator though he performed some
be the big problems calling for oro-'dtrept nubile service for Colored nit-
hit it up for the Democratic candl- feasional political solution. In these Izens failed In the knack of hold-
date William E. Devor. bv tbe states ton. Colornil vntera an 1U. !(.- .11 hi. .l.nl. mn that th.v
thousands and the Democrats were erally a determining factor. They would "hurrah" for him. What Son-
A cold blooded nrarttral Chlcae-o had reaMInn In All..
said that a few beguiled repre- ramA wm nivd in K'.- v.rir Ranniiiiraii ..... u.j ..
there was only one thing asked re-cob webs from their eyes as It
suits. They followed ln such rapid) were and got on the job.
Is
sentatlvea of the tollers should
like silly moths fly Into the po-
litical fires of the party which has
taken much from them and given
nothing but tears ln return.
succession that the Republicans
awoke one cool November morning
a few years ago to find that the
There has been a Republican
ascent aa a result and today the
going Is strong. . The Democrats
are the bone of contention the btgator McCormlck will do in the fu-
polltlcal complex. Republicans for ture remains to be seen but It Is
the most part at heart they are not likely that he will give up the
asking for a square deal and there game of politics for he stated ln
are thosa who say they must have an Interview on one occasion: "I
It have made that my life's vocation.
Latest figures discloses that V. 8. and if they brat me I'll come up
Senator Medloll McCormlck. of 1111- up again.
ANOTHER LYNCHING
SOUTH CAROLINA
IN
(L. N. S.)
Professor Jackson of the State Nor-
mal School compiler of an anthol
ogy of poetry by Negroes waa pre-
sent at the meeting and brous-ht
with him SO girls of the white stu-
dent body. '
"I was greatly Impressed with
the progressive spirit of the Color-
ed people ln the towns of North
Carolina. They are wide-awake
and enterprising and I was also
Impressed with the way In which
they are working out ln a satisfac-
tory manner the relations between
the races. It appears to me that per-
ihaps In North Carolina more than
in any other Southern State the re-
lations between the races are ap-
proximating a desirable condition.
"My trip also convinced me that
North Carolina ia a Southern Stata
In which the program of the N. A.
A. C. P. can be carried on. The lead-
ing Colored men and women with
whom I talked want me to coma
down and tour all of the princi-
pal cities of the State for the pur
pose of stimulating a nw the N.
A. A. C. P. branches. T expect to
go to North Carol'na for a more
extended stay and mora Intensive
work In the fall.
"The white press showed the most
cordial spirit both la announcing
and In reporting my meetings. In
which T discussed the Neero's con
tribution to American civilization."
ORANGEBURG S. C May -r
Luke Adams a Negro was found
lynched early ln tho morning of
April 21 about three miles from
Iv n....lllP9 n't..'. .. .. . . .
....... ... n ..... mf viciuns necK snowed sev
deputy sheriff who visited h" rtht wounds and thnt th.-r
scene shortly afterwards said that Imh.-i- wounds In the body.
I
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