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i ? i CLT3 ? i #s, ?f IMOND, VIRGINIA, MAY 7, 192 PRICE, FIVE CENTS The National Association for 1 1 1 ? > Advntua incut of Colored People, ?n Fifth avenue, Now York, today Usued .1 statement announcing that its charg ?*- of peonage and of the brutal 1 is treatment of Negroes by white mm ia til u? South had received entire confirm at ion from Governor Hugh M. Dorsey of Georgia. (iovornor Horsey wn April I!ti. published a pamphlet entitled "The Negro in Georgia" in which ho gives evidence of 1 :??? instances of "Nt'urccs lynched. Negroes held in peonage. Negroes driven out by ormi ni/od lawlessness and Negroos sub jected to individual acts of cruelty," ill I lie s'.-ite of Georgia, ia the past 2 years . "In some eountics." Georgia's (Joy. ernor said, " he Negro is being driv oil out as though In were a wild boas: ; in other.* he is being held a slave; in others no Negroes remain. No offoi t has been made to colled the eases cit ed. It' sueh an effort were made, 1 bo liovo the number could be multiplied. In only two of the 185 cases cited is the usual crime" .'mains' white women involved . " Till'. N. A. A. C. !'. CI I AUG l'.S. On Mar li 211 . 1021, the N. A. A. t'. IV. issued a statement igncd by i >. assistant secretary, Waiter !?'. W'ilite charging ihai the hi;r. thle '-oiidM toii on i'he Williams "murder farm" in Jasper County, Georgia where eleven or more Negro peon* were murdered, could be duplicated in every Southern state. Peonage was rampant , t aid the statement, ami: "Tin Mississ ,;pi ilo ia region embracing tin- States of Ar kansas. Louisatta Mississippi Western Tennessee ami e:.-;eru Texas, i-. btiilt on iliis sytem of debt laverv ." goykuno'u dobkdys scbstan T1ATION. Governor Dorsey tells of a case in which a Georgia sheriff seat to pro:oci Negroes from tin- niohbism of the Ku Klux Klan exonerated the Klan, and the stat loijerv on which the sherill wrote s! . Aid he wa himself a mom her o:' t infamous body, lie tlien t.cIIj the following atrocious s ??ries: "Couuty No. '21. Near a small town in this county a Negro was horn fifty-eight or sixty years ago. By work he accumulated a little money with which, ten years later, he bought j a farm of 1-10 aires where be lived with hi-- wife and twelve children. Three of !>;?- daughters were ediiea j oil. They were school teachers. A threo-rooi house was on the farm The tan., was well stocked, the Ne gro owinu in 1919 outright five mules and having made payments on the i vir chase of a horse, a cow nuu thirty- i five hogs. "During the war with Germany this Negro family bought approximate ly $1,000 wortJi of Liberty Bonds and Thrift Stamps. The Negro headed an j organization of Negroes who raised j between $10,000 and $11,000 for Liber ty bonds. 'lit- work was highly prats ed by newspapers at the time. A white man, who n neither read nor write, owns a farm adjoining the] farm of the Negro. When the ari.iciea j praising the man for his war wo: It ap i pea red. the whijw man remarked. ' - 's getting too damned prosperous' and bigghy for a n'gger' "Trouble began. The white man bad ^ 1 i<j and processioned I'he N< .'i > ha ! no representative present. The nroces sioners ran the man's line 2a feet over the Negro's linu ? ? ? i < . ; s a teirac> wiibh had been (here ?' :>o 'he Ni * > wa ;> child working for the tamtly from whom he b ni1:' ' -he t piil. 'I ! i ?* ?,t ? *< j ui veil io hilt' "ii vet > ! >'i< 1 in I 'o i i r '!''?? ???-???.? ?r. m cf. ????' od the i. it;!''1 . drove s'; Ices along the new line ;:tld ". arni'd 1 1 : ? ? N"eg?'0 ??ot Io ere s line ''"!??? N"e-*ro lit' re:- ? ?! ed the w :?'!)! :? 'id cun' 5 11U< d ? ' 1 plough !?? the terrace as lie had been doing since bovlcod SI 1 1:1: 1 i "i ' "\Y( m i ! ? i; ,\ ?? ! ; i:u K II I "Blacks aii'! white.- from tlo* eo?m try crow i - wn >t u r?h<y ?< ? ? noons One ?t'r ; ' lie tall of the \'e: in wiuh h'*! throe dai'<?h er and >>ou came ' > buvn The town Mar sh.il approa hod r>e Negro in 'I" street ?;! d id '! 1 "e a warrant for you' T! ? Ni rro ed : 'Mr. what have | d Bead your w..r rant . ' "Tin M: ??fit! ' 1 '? d wi'h an '** '1'. that 1h 'hi ra-ih< ?? Kin the Negro than road he > irrani. Here "he e? i donee V; > ? I ? ? . v< ? ?<? had a ? ' r ' in l> i r; ! it:-* - ?>?:?! i h" M if slial. who i ?a ' "o" erful, grab bed the : ,t ? < - "(l ? 1 ? h- the Negro 1 IX the !',!?? \v ' 1 1 1 m ??' -*ol )?: t.o'd,- i ii" It i III down. n-'J-ors slat" t'> it the Negro. ral??ng his s'ie', hack ???? > when i ie Marsha! ruvh'd ' ?: -d <itru|>t' him t>> the ground H'Bh hi' '*ilJtnl other whit' p??-r> ru?s'>e ' u""n ' Ini ijvl begtio 'o rhf?K ' 'i .vit him. "Twd ef I. i. ''Mighfors sVi^-ted to liiui. A man kicked ono jilvl in the stomach. Tlit' o Jiit reached her tath cr and hepnn '<> w i j>?- the blood trom 1 1 i ?< face The tin to were quickly mcr powered The third daughter and >? ? ?t; were caught All wt'i.' looked in Jail 'Plic girl who was kicked whs ill at the time. Tim Mow made her deathly sick. She lay in jail moaning and beg gitig that something he done for her and her father. who was hlcoding hud ly from his wound:*. The Sheriff loci. <*d them in and loft 'hem without mod ioal a- tout ion git I ignorant of the ?*ti n rgo aga'.m t : l>> m Next morning the Negro learned that his neighbor had : worn out ;i warrant again t him for trespass The Sheriff refused to toll him what the ? harm' was against his son ami daughters. Tim Nopro employed a lawyer. Tlu-n lie found Ilia' lie ami his daughters were charged with re risting an officer in tin" d'sohnrge of his duty. his son with carrying a pi tol. Only one witness ohrtnod t < t hev itMMl the pistol, This was the will'' neighbor who said that he h t ! n tin son pu* tin- pistol in the hup;v. wiiil - :!"? crowd ? ;is on hi- father Tin hup i"' was searched The pist :1 w.e- go' I'M.! I. ? Talk ? f iyneli - jig the N'egro and his family e:uiv< I heir removal to airith ? er oiint y. \ coii n'M.'t. d1" ci? : zi'i" I Art i I c(| UtXili tile .lililgo of the cireilii v. ho informed them. it is < harped, that he would put the Negro mi th c!i. i in gang when the case should come up for trial. The u1;: n. 'his ikut^htors and son ?vere tried in -h. V" <>???*???? ^ourt. The father was sentemv.t "i serve twoh nionst in the *hain "ang and toy tine of it The girls wi re fiimd >.".e each The son wa* lined The Nil I'm paid the fin<"' of his children. "The man's sni.il'er children am h's wife wwre in hi home while lie wii ? in jail. A moh led hy the town Marshal went to the house. kicked the door and demanded admittance hen shot up the house and went away Thin was nigh". Next mornimv the woman an I 1 ?? children tied from her home never to ret urn . A friend went hy night and re moved tile live i-tock belonging to t !;? family and sol . it for them at a great | sacrifice. Their crop was a totai 1 ????a . They will he lynched i' is said, i: any of them ever returned to their home. i Heiuitahle merchants and banker in this county unit' in giving the Ne gro and his fam'lv a good character The son has heeii offered a loan of $lf>n hy m loading farmer to pay a note, the holder of which threatened suit during 'lies' e troubles. A leading merchant gave the father a line o: credit from $S00 to $1,500 a year. One of the host cit/.ens of the count/ signed his hond. The education of his children and J the success of his thrift seem tu he the sole offense of the N'egro. | Case No. KM. a Negro eompla .nod j in a peonage case. At the trial in At i lanta he appeared as a witness. Fear ling to return to the county he went j elsewhere to live. The son ??f nis ; former employer discovered where he I was living, obtained a warrant for his arrest, and brought, him but: lie disappeared. A hoy fishing fouti 1 a skull in the stream. Search was m:ub n body was unearthed In a po 'l;e' was found a card identifying the i.u'}?o as 'hat of the missing Negro. Cave No. I (County No L'ti. > The Sheriff of this county, vritli two ? I her see n. were in an automobile on ,!;o road to the county site The> v.. >'c drinking. The sher'tf asked a >-,) in the road to ect him a drink of water. The 'Negro :? i j were! that 1 war not at his own hoiii". hut 'hat i'hpo cil there Would he no ohji'i" ion t . r. tting h in a drink of waier '"he Sheritf let'* tin ear and vt flick i'ic N-: I O twice with a p'-tol. The n bi'ou -hi the ? ater The sheriff ?i>:m?o liitn g. ? in the cr oarrbd I:mm \ o il ; ami made hiin leave the ?.??? where he beat him over the head ? * 1 i a pistol and a stick. The bleed i ? Negro was forced into the car ag :n and made \o lie down lie was i.ir'ied ten miles, the heriff kicking 1 in in the body -iiul head <hi?* eve - vrtiiallv k'oneked out. Then the iie-iff made him eel out lie wav b? -teu a'-'a>n on his nal.ed body. '"?'be Sheriff shopped to cut another .?lick when one of his companions ad vised the Negro to run if he wished to Jive This he did. billing in the >? or?ds until later a passerby carried aim into town. The Sheriff was indie! < ' for as-null with intent to murder, i If was ;>c<|ujttcd The Negro be.-gen !? .s the reputation of being a pojjce '<'?>. la wahid ine" hard working man. ? w:t< threatened w:th death if ho t i f ird apainst the Hhrriff." I JPM NMUItO I \i:MPl/OV?*?. April J 2. While It'lllt per <mii ? ? t unskilled Negro labor in tin- country joined :1m* army < it" unemployed diir ing I Im1 Iw t J 1 1 ??< ? ? months of industrial lepras --ion. only 2.02. per relit tit the skilh I l:ih(>r was IhUs atVe? t This is a must iircrcstim; ? 1 u . t inn Iron, an emergent y survey of solei*ed in dustries made l>y tin- 1 >epart moil ??!' I /'.hoi . "This fact." summarizes t h ? ? r<* port, "is st mug ? ? v i < 1 ? ? n ? ? < ? oi' the grow ing inclusion ami retention of colored workers ami should art a- an eucoui aging sign to colored labor that gain ed a loo hold in the skilled group." I Hsposlt ion ',o apply themselves to road const ruetion ami repali ing and to return V) ai:i {cultural pur suits has h. id an elTeet to reduce in some measures the number of colored unemployed. Reports from Richmond \'a.. siv that a revival of 'lie build ing industry of .that plaee has redu<* ? ?' lie number of involuntary unem ployed people among colored workers to praetieallv zero. The Calumet district, of which Ch". cago is the center, leads in the nuni her of colored unemployed, with an ap proxiniat ion of 15.000. In Michigan he unemploy incut of colored Is civ en as having bo.cn decreased by 2.fi!t0 In the Pi'isburgh district estimates indicate that the average uneinplny inI colored labor i* l.r>on < in March :U . 1 !* U 1 . in that district, there were | 2.000 of these workers "ahso'.ut^'y titi ?tnpolyeil." ? ? -? | ? >\ i : in xi>m:i> vi:.\i:s oi.n. The K'rtlh Anniversary of the First Baptist Church of South Richmond. \'i? and 'he First Antiivoirary of the Pastor. ,Rev. Dr. \V. 1, Han -oiuu. wa ? celebrated last Sunday midst pomp and spleml <r. The committee spare-' no pains in ma hi Hi* thi? one of the gram! esi occasions in the history of the ?hutch. The vostrutn was beaut' ullv decor ? 'i d with palms, ferns and cut flow ? T ! "t'd p"esented a tnar nif b'eyt ap pu a ra nee. The programme for the day was well rendered ;?nil "II pari ic'nnnt ? acted well the duties asi i-Mied them Prof. .) It K'aclwM presided a the morning services. Kev. t). 1). Daly. ? ?reached from the subject: "The Church." Mr. Win II Fox. presided at the afternoon services. Kev. (, C. fiatiand. 1>. 1>.. spoke on :jie subject: "The Offerin**." Mrs Add'e .1. l-'c'e ston presided at the night fcorvicoB. Kev. W. 11. Stokes. Ph. lb. apoke on the subject: "The Pastor." ! nrge crowds gathered :>t c;ii'!i ser vice rind much money was raised Mur ing the day. At the clo^e of the niah* sc-riros it was af cer 'f'npd that near ly *4,000 had been raised for the par sotmgc . . f>pace will not allow us to mention the programme in full or the nnmos of the various committees who worked so jealously for the success of this grand atYair. I ltlll .i: M I"\ K 1 1 -l.l.l) WIIKN DK V Mi FATS R\II> STII.Ii. Raleigh. N. ('.. April 20. In a three cornered fight late yesterdnv he t ween' ?* pnrtv of revenue ott'crs aed guards at a big illicit moonshine wliis ky sti'I near Pascal. N*. C . three mil dentified colored men were killed, ae cord in;; to meager advice*? received here t.odav. None of the ollicials were hui t . Th? ofHoers seized >!iree big dh.ii! leric".. 2a. 000 galloi; of beer. I T>0 i;;t. Ions of whisky and $2.f>u0 worth of ma teria I . The plants were <ip?*i*a'?*d by the Kaldwin brothers, co'dred. notori-ntf Idoc! aders. the advices . ! ;il ed ??.?<??? C p.i.t i: tri.wci i: sores. < ? 1 1 la ? t 'I'm ?. v p'"! ' \ ? il l h. the a -. tn Id y room ;.t . hi* y \v. <' \ v.":-. con vc-!eii into m.i a attractive shop in which thv work of the Mill! ner> Tailoring ami Cooking elasse was displayed '!'!"? ir.anv pre'tv sprint hats made h\ 'lie iMeiiib* rs lie el;., s reflected ilic ar: and e;ire t ill win k of the :e*cotiipli:-bed in true tor. 'irv. .1. llurnet Turner. The work done by Mie tailoring c.l:*; s was indeed creditable with Mr. .1 ! /. I.ovimr, instructor. There were many who doubted thr-t the 'adie tali s and wraps were made bv the pu ]>ils of (he cl >ss. : o pef'ec' was the style and workiea':- T'p A man's suit made bv Mr:. J. P Turner attracted ver> much attent'oii Tlie work done bv \ps Minnie P. M uiv! i r.'s fl.iss won ?*dnii,- it ion ;?nd ap pelites of all At *?'? ; ue ? I of : hose who wanted 'o bnv. the dishes of ar ti ui. ajlv and carefully p** pared food Wore *-oon ?old \ flash light picture was made, by Thoro.v ?nd .b'hnson photographers <?!' trie f^ntire exhibit, which T;.:;;.' lift seen ftt ?ho Y. W. C. A. st r.r?y Mim<>. i:\i*!:<t /<> officii: of imv yioi<ation ciiakoi:. Section of l.nw Will Hi' Base <>t ArgH ment for Dismissal of Case. I vtersburgs, April 2S.? Convict ion of Police Otlh'er I. 1.. France. \.l.o is in w held for trial in 1 1 1*? Fusiim.^ Court on tin- charge of violatini; prohibition laws by purchasing wb's ky from a man ho sought to trap. is iH'\v believed doubtful wlicii he in brought td (ria1 betorc .Judge .1 M. Million. Tllo police oflicer Was litkeii into custody on tlve whisky charge* following his admission on in* wi ness stand against Carey W. Fane; . tliw man In* charged with sellinu whis ky, that In* bad bom: lit a pint of li ipior whb*h In* drank partly himself ami did not ao'iiunt for it to his su perior police otlii*i,*ls. Tile belief of many that France will not be < on vl<\' i d is based upon -.be section of the State prohibition law wb ioh provitbvs that what a per, -on nays on the witness stand in an at tempt to oonvie?| 'lie person lie accuses shall not bo used against him. Friends of tbe ollicer say that if be can not testify against himself, the only otb or witness is Kmics, who is clwirgod with selling whisky. When K(iii''s was arraigned in Pn 'ice ('our', on -'he warrant sworn o>n by Oflleor France chargim* that Fan es bad sold the oflicer a pint of corn "'h'skv, (Oliver A I'o'iard counsel for K.: mis contcmbd tbat if Franco bad bought whisky oth'-r than with which l*!anes was "bargi d with selling. b** was guilty o* violating the joo'ii'd : Ion laws n :nlc*' h rc"cn* rui n:1 here. As a r >oi|t of litis and Fram e's admissions that ho had bought whis ky from Fare. : to which be bad giv en no aecoiitr to hi-; superior otVieoi's, the warrant ? !:i!ii charging him with violating the "cry" laws was sworn out and following bis waving i iu oliup'! ar . ox.-niina" ion ho Is no.\ iiidor $"00 lo*it' jo- bis appearance in Jio 1 1 ust ing - < ' u r' . A WON HF.IM I I. i:\ \ \<;f.i.ist. Mt. /ion IS-.pt: t Church 17th ami Sininoiv > v ? !i'l*o|- lphia. Key C. W C'-egor*. I'astor The 1 1 ? ? v . W I' SUtpwitb. 1!. IV. better known the world over ns the (Jrea*. lukornat ion.tl preacher and singer. Dr. SkipwMh give* bis hearers now though'" "V'M-y ii'ght 1 one should attend his meetings every night for a month or more, yon would not get tired as the more you hear him. the more into 'o-ding and o'o 'lueir he b'?<-- jr *s "l.e p#?,?pi? cf our church and W. Mhiiru'?dphia htive been grea.'ly benefited ? ml i - ? 1 * ** the forty or mor-* s<>.;ls. who have left the dark regions of sin . Yes our nas'or and members ' id you (!od speed and Zion door.-, st.ind open to you at all times. -- C W. (illAM) MAY <?>C HF.N AM) FltOST ?vlN<; AT liFFOKMF.Il HALL. A Orand Mav Queen and Frost K:ng Festival will be g'Ven at True Koforiners Hall on Monday night May (?, 1021 at o'gli' o'clock for the honetlt of "' ? I. It Carey Foreign Miss'onary Society of the F rst Hap tist Church. So" 'lie Frost K ng with h ?t many at t?-m!ants. all boys, wli ? are driven out by the fairy elves who dance and sing until they make room for the beautiful Queen of Mav with more than an hundred pretty l'ttle c'r's ra* -sting in ages from two t. " 'v y. ars. as her attendants' Cone early. Pros-ram tarts at eis:bt oclock I' M. Adinis si ii. ?_'.*> eeit'S. Munaaer ' A,r; lleMle M. Ferrcj tor ami \1 1- i .m y U . Lewis I.FTTFK OF T HANKS Philadelphia I'a . \pril 2a. To 1 1 . < ? j oflicers and members of the National j Idea I Hen. Socio'v. Mr. A. W " dines j President. Yo'? will pb'asc ::ecep our many thanks and 1-. i ? ? 1 1 ? nppre eiation for your kin !ncs and for the promp pay men: of l!u* death claim: $100 on uei'oMti' of ;'u deal. i <>?' .Min nie I.. Ciierr; v, ho ..as i .aciuh*!' o' j True l.ove Lodge No 122 of West ( I'hiladelphia it will be our pleasure I to speak of the good thai the Ordei | i doing for on*' '.t op'" ;-t m- n> ways Again thanking you ami ;'k? Lodge I am. Sincerely yours, JOHN MfhuY. FISII III (MiS'l'MK WANTKI). Wanted A -??:::,!:'e man to liandle Fresl l-'ivb of i eronf kinds in lllch mond. Va.. F^r '> irf ' "ul ars address. K"(s' i:n!,;;.(M;1;; Hox 24. Haludn, Ya . H'ltO.M *-tVrTZKKLANI> ? Mr. Arihiha'.d .tonn^on Writes Again M> nlreust . S'.v i i.erland. 'I'n lite !?' litor of tin- Planet. Knglishiiieu !??' num.- from tin- \\ <? t i oa>; of A H it ;. relate such norribiu condit ions of 1 i t ?? ami customs oil' there. Ihiu one rati not help feeling till at our valiant colored \v??n I <1-1 10 Mm* perors ami limo-light-seeking heroes who raise "o ni'leh lltiss over Atrica. It thev realty have o:ilv tin- wcllaic of the dark continent at s'fike. they had better get over there anil hustle as missionaries ami teachers. The "Leopard men" live next door o l.i heria. 1 semi you this cutting '.run the dally Mail of I2jh of April. i. a iii) Mi?- - . To the F.ditor of The Daily M : ? i I . Sir. Tito article in The Daily Mail about "leopard Men'' (the cannibal murderers of Liberia, who leave ??<. marks ot a leopard's ( taws on the throats of their vuv.ims) reminds ? " that an interesting case cant*' on. lei my no ice while I was traveling in ' t liat republic. I arrived at a village behind Nana Krn at 1 MO I'. M. v.;:s hospitably re eeived by the chief (an old white headed liavivc. ) and made him tin u sum I prevent of gin and tobacco. At 'A P. M. tin* whole of tin inhabitants of 'he village seemed to co suddeiil> mad. ami I saw the old chief being ied away into the "bush." 1 inquired the reason id" ihe tur moil and found tha< scleral people iroin the neighbouring* villages '..ad during the prt vedin,-, wee eg Killed by "the leopard." and the old i liief referred to had been accused of t u I'll i ii himself into a leopard at night and committing the murders. At amid weird chaining b I: dead ' body was brought in slung on a stout pole and 'h'own down oiitsidi my hut. Kveryone inys<|, eXeeptcd, was fully eouvinecd tha* lie was .the the guilty party, and strangely enough I heard of no n-v/o cases ot attaek |>\- * * t lit- Iwitpar I" iu that tlis i-rit i . Many s'lerra Leone b-r!?s who have worked for me an <. n\i:rrd that m. live can actually 'a*;: themselves in to leopards and rev *r' t, Mntiian form *.t will, but although t :. Ve spoken t'Mive who c!a!in**d to have ,'iis power : ? ti offered him '^r? pounds i: lie would prove his claim in my iM'eseMr", in a room occupied only by ?iir ; ?vc> selves my otter was not ac eeptei! < 'aunibalisni e>:is's in the hinter I land of Liberia and t ool?ed human fie- h has been offered lue as a "deli* j cacy." \ p. h nfavman. tin I ron Mil'-T.'ii e. ?>>rd. Kent. Now then. Liberia you have the floor. It is your turn! Speak up loud. Brother! You will no doubt deny the cannibalism. Haiti :?.! ways does when the whl'ie man reiterates his charge of i*. So instead of wrangling about the political, economic and commer cial status of Africa We should first redeem her from the condition of wild beasts and savages. AHCHllULD JOI IN::0\ ?Mrs. Llise Sully was greatly suurised on Tuesday night of last week when a host of fricilds and rela lives gathered at her home on Deca tur street. Mirth . i:d laughter reigned supreme and the jovinl "hit chat ?vas at a premium. mass mi*:f.ti\<; or rrrv widk SCHOOL IMIMIOVHMKNT I ,K \( 1 1 R ( MTY-W 1DK SCHOOL IMPHOVK M I N"! LKAtJIT. K1 !'('TS oi l !ci;ks. \i :i public nit -t : : J'oV :.| tin Reformers" Mali Friday - , ? P. A! . April 1 I til" i'? ?1 1? : : 1 1 * . .. ter ? >i ollVers and cominiliee l?:*' t:ien for *lle Cit.V \S" i ? i < ? School l:*?P'"o\emeiil l.'-ir Uf war elected. In n: lilloti ? o i ln?se a bou i 2T?o .if j ... < p"*o: r? ? : VO p 'b!!.' s*p?r' ?' ! ?*i ? I 't ?? i >?' t V - <mi: sect ion . ? 1 1 ? t ;i; were elect ed also to t-rv.- <.n , 1 ? ? ? iiiii.it a not <*il b? dow : * pub ii- installation ?f these ofli t*ers will take | at the 'vieneyer P;?pt i-t 'hurch on . '?'v J'"V tit h 1021 at v ? :'o P. M.. :tf!er whb'b Presi delit S i ke^ ami ' oficer- nd coin 3i,:ttee eluiirnian 'vili :uap o..t i>r<? trri.i" in keeping with .1" oln cts for w b ; 'i the I cagi!"* .v.e. formed. Ho t or of (l?' 1 1 ' ' omni'l te.> C'h^iriiinii: Di* W H. v"5 ? < ,i* ? ? Pre:'* ? '.i v.* I :: .I.so!,, V 1 d< lit : Prof. Wis ,i ' \ ' I " ? i ; : . Ir , \ i *o den! ; P?*of N?dfi"t? vV'!,!!i!i ??*. V*-- ? dent ; Prof Nelson i '. i.. uis. Jr., VnM? Presir'eu' : Mr K. P. .To''U?om Vi'-n Presideir : Mrs. J-nggi? l Walker Vice Provident: II. W Wh? ing Trea.i urer: Frimk llowinl Ilallion.. Secre :iry ; *'. l!r(T?ieh, * "i- Secre *o I'T . M M.r \\ iikim: i \ ti:.\ \s ?' and appreciative aitdictec L*"eclcii tin I'w il ipli : So. i : 1 1 < " I u J ' Ml i I- p> < < lit at "on ot ' Somewhere Ml 'I . > ' ;; ; ti-c Keforiner: Hiill. Weil in i ' a ; nifht. April l!7th W li i ea ii I |., i; ;u ! i?>r;ni'(l hi- pari admiral'" y v ? A1"s Ssu". til Field* as Sylvia I'.:.;; an Mr Theodore Ivy ; i s i C 1 1 1 ? > Il'oti soil Mr .lames Cheatham as Col. Cal i:ilia Mr Wilie Harris, a1- Hike Maya ar : in leader ? ?!' the nortorious pane. ?|.? , ?????> special mention. T.m mnoti credit CMlllin' Iti' j* i v ? 11 Mi** Florence 10. Fields, tin* voutl fill man-cer <>f ill*- pay. Many requests were made that niuht for a repit it ion of the pa y In the near Cut lire ' li?" play "-ill lie presented for the benefit of inn iif (>iir churches. Wa'cli f< I t tie date. The following is tin1 cast: Mi Willie Harris. 1 1 i U >> Maynani; Mr Tin ixlo-c ivy. Itutc .ltrous?iu; Mr. .fcimcs Cheatham. Col. .1 ? ? h n <?a!lktin; M ?? I !:: an i ha 1 Holmes. Mo;( Milton M'o'f miisn'r: i Mr. Robert lMckersin lape Harvey; Mr. Theodore Jones, (robe Handel; Mr. Frank Cosby, (al Wiison; Mr. Nalhauiel Cheatham. IMke Fl inder* ; Mr. Homy Holmes. I'.rn llart'ey; Miss Mary Wim;fieht. Mrs. ( ; ; 1 1 1 ; 1 1 i t i ; Miss Sarah Fields. Sylvia Hair, in ; Miss Theresa Koli.n ou Mary Harvey; Mivs Hessie Home.-. Miss < I'nllat in ; Miss F'orem e I o-ids. Martha; Mr Abrani Mat" in. A >'ii.si * i .illatin The friends of Mrs Florence Hoed man ot' Jail. son Street Swansboro !"i! an aurcea'de :upii e o:i hi;1 la: t *!'li n y niv.ht. A i'raii'1 time w:-? ha ! until the stnill hours o, morn ?i ."nh.ut: i, lit ii Hi-: < omi\<. Fia'ik Howard ll'illion. I ?*< ! i t ? > r ot Method .i ii< 1 Set reta ry of t he t "it y Wid" Se.tiool 1 iiiprovetnetr l.ea.eue. will he tun' . i ? the True It ? formers' llall. Weil neM|,i\ niitht. .May llth. al Villi I' M i.:i the suhjc "HusinesC Money iv Not I'ower.'" This b at' ami! \s.ic o! the work of ,he \\ orid tro'ii ? lie standpoint of .>n ? Xpert account airt hems; a "lay sermon" ? ? t : basi-nss ami e. blackboard i II us V.i t ? d. Tin ad iiiisrdon is free ami a rare treat is piouitaed. ("nine out to hoar a 11. h tnond man . I 'A I {.MS ? COOl) I. AND with on! Hui'd ^ps. $"J f? to ? 1(1 per acre. Hiisy terms or m oil lily payments. Cooil seetion for Col- 'l'ed People (' WITMI'ill, Crewe. VirKinja. KIl/rON NOTKS. ITIn M t . Calvary lhtpiist !-unoay s<ahool was graced with the presence <i( Rev Philips, las'i sabbath. Our brother went out from u> and is I lie pastor and founder of she Fairfi"it) Haptmt church. A sacred concert will Ik> given at .their ehtireh tomorrow at V iH> 1*. M under- t)ie auspices of the Ml. Calvary Sunday school for the benefit of the Fairfield church. Last Sntidav being the (fay set apart for Hapt ising.x our pastor, only made a sliort talk, after the devotional set vices, which were conducted by J t ? ? v . < H. .leffy-uiA? A ' a !i Me past I l'. M., v,? ; oi oriV*a nied with the enndi date. proceeded t'? the haptistnal stream where a ytiod number were plutifcil into the 1 i ? ; k i 1 1 tream by Hev (V A I 'obbs assisted by lieacon l.ewir llrown X .'lo i' M we all had a joyful time the I'lillilli!! 11 ioa I I vil e |{e\ ( T M.it <ii A dm in is- eta d tbi- '.oivI'-a Sup per I ntnm-' the |>.i ? - i ? ? ? ? ? >; the bread ?.ii! pastor i;i lied in o'i I '? r ? !?*??? < ?r;i ?t.:? o| ; tn '.tii it: ? ? i ? I en 11 r> h I ? > ? peak a ml t \ I ;< ... ? ". '? Mi; I! poke 1 1 11 1" ? II flo* pas'.r-e of tin' wini'. lie rmplia * l/e l t he llllpot'l ? iv ?>' I !'?? i I :? > 'P on ha' I !.<? t a ml i ? I ; : < Lad in ?< ???u > < .' It ' 'I V. ,i ? till ? !i II !? i of 1 '? ? ; I h i'ft ! 1 1 i !;> t iie S ::i'ia\ S' lio tl. S' U ' e I" 1 1 he'd at I he Tr'niiy i lain ist ?"!ll|:eh I lie 1 lit ll in i . :t-? nee'^irte I lie i ham- mi', of "?he :-'itm!av S ?liool !!??.. cil nil " mi" io : lie ? :m?' bin lot Jin >i in Mill o: May "ii I v ( >??<?. . r tlii' S. S* I ' nium C. I! . I ? ? i ( i i on. ( 'i.ri"-|u>n (ien! Secret a ry . 'roiinoorrou at II;. 'to \ ^1 !{??% Cobbr" will preach a - p I 'trmon. I'osiulifu! inil.-ie will he iiMJilcred !>y (lie choir .'i ill) I' M A a crei I co;i> ert iitvl^r Hie ICI'I'IM'S o!" I hi' T !?; I. Mihle < lass Mistresses Ksle|b? Fbtnitu' and Hitby Watlvins. Mana'ters. t | Yon always have .1 cor lial in v i I ? ( tjon (? come to the Ml Calvary Uapt- ' | isl cli it r? h and Suml iy <-c!iool ? ; Mr. .Inliii Fo'-ter the Superintender' [of tie Sunday School is i:eitinp alou.". I t'ne He is endeavorin:' to l*sve a o fier-. Tr iieini' el:;s ; in Mie 5 hool will vei; aelp hiin. (VI : Frank .li ter, the e\- S't 'Ciu'en dent presided over Hie M'lm>d 1.1!" Sabbat Ii ){>'<!) < J K< "I.K notp:k I We a<H?uo\\ ledge with many thanks the number i>i cash am! pledge sub s' rip ions donated l>v our friend.' 'fur | ing our recent eitmpsn:;n. v? ? astute you that \vi? \v i ! I exerl out he.-l <11 >rl? ..i develop the work, till' continuance of whit !i i< insult' possible thru your generous contributions. | The < horns whirli has so pleafing Iv rendered the Ninety first IVsi'ni in avo ot i in* i'Iium he> h.is |M'nnanent,ly organized a > the A? olism Choral < tub with Prof. Wylic Hull, president ano Hi It O. .Mundin, business manager. Tile cluli is now rehearsing the he.oi tit u I seeular Cantata. l{ose Maiden in which Roland 1 la> os has starred successfully . . Two of the girls' basket ball teuton met in combat on Thursday, \pril *1. The Kxeellisor Athletic Club were I'm vic urs to the tune of UV 10. Tho game was an intensely in'ercstmg and exciting one from beginning to end. The v<?;i I shooting of Misses T > . i : r ii (Tump and Maitie I'Tcemnn lor fbo Kxcellsiors was (|uite a feature ol 'Jin game. The Mercedes team was serious )y handicapped hv theabsenre ot two ol their strongest }: lards. Mr. itiiu Vaughn sind Miss Mthel Stifl at t ed as referee and umpire. of all colored Community Sojvho Work, was a visitor at the club hiMt iMr. Krnesi T. Attwell. iperNlvu week . everybody in invited to visit tlm c! ii ' i ai any time where clean whole* some recreation may h? found Tor ill. M A N< > J < I i i: 1 .1 .. I lire, 'top. OlAJ A ('. CAKTKK. .Wt. Direct, i. DO NAT MS I II I I I 1 1 \< ; TO t H 1 1 . ? !?:< rj-' .? W Anderson, a colored physi< tan of Halhis, Ti x.i"' and a graduate of | M.-harrv Medi'-.l . ?.lli NashviUo. has ;? i \ ? a his alma mater a -an. ill h it | fiiv t class liuihtinu i<i he used i, r I alia! oMi ical Work . I'NION \\l\s I IUiM HAMPTON i llj K. A. Wilson i Hampton. Vsi.. April. 1'nion '? ?.i versity won over tlie Hampton 1 *: 1 i mil nine in a slugging ro.i." t ?. n tho Institute grounds on Sitm.1'. <y, ?\pril 2:!. The ^aine started with : W pitchers fighting hard, but this fn'.ht only lasted for one innnin ? . llamp'on scored the first run in '.lie seriind. and the slugging betf i'*. Kv( ry man on each team had a Tag day's work, a* the batters knj>Cb''* t)u-in all over tin1 field Things v,e; e interesting until the fifth inning, when Hampton began to pile up err ors' iiinl I'nion began to pile up n score,. This comedy of errors ?o*?t Hampton four run? in the sixth, .fivo in the seventh and three in the r.ij.hth. Hall pitched a good game until Hie sixth when I'nion filled the l.,i.pf-s with no hsinds out. ltobinson went m and I'nion continued to slug, (Juyl)o fried his hand, but s\ill tin onslaught continued, The game ended with I'nion II am! Hampton <>. The lino up was -s follows: Hampton Mann. I., I'.: KOsM-oro, (' IV: t'hainberlin l{ I'.: c.nnn. Ml ; .lack ' n. L'l!.: l<onv. tC.i S. S. A le* under. Mil.; Cam; lu ll C. : Hall. I*. I'nion Johnson. I. !?' ; .lacks' n. C l'\ ; ( Ireeu. Ii P . C.regory. 1 It.; branch. L' Ii ; Adams, S S. : McGninit Captain. MH ; Itiowu C Jeffries. i'. Substitutes. J{oli rn.'in an I <),iaUo for Hall; Kliioii lor A '? \ainlt r. I nipire Mark Jackson ><:' Newport News. Score ( " ii it hi 11 Hampton f. ? i I i ' . : 1 1 ? > ? ? 1 - U 1 I . r I - . i i > !'( ! 1 1 I lie \\ el 1 1 j r ! -- S> ? l ? ' ciu-i "i ' ? i t W? -In" d.i.v tiu'ht at he- I t rue. T! ? y ? erv ?.,! re ?'ii hi, o n! a*:d a } <>od tune ua 'k.id ri;i:\ 11 m \\ p\ tin \ \s 111:1 p. a I'.K. t Ml KltKATlON 'I r ? \ 1 1 1 . .v Va Tin Pythian akil t'a'ai tbian \nniv r--' r\ lu re wa*- a !? reat a ITair Move iha.n a ' 1 ? n; jiul Mer.-ojs gathered a! 'lie l'o:ter 1 'leek Church to \iiliieis f'n occasion, 't'ho District DeniC v C.rand Chance I, r. '?'ir I A t ' 1 1 ? i . ? ? ' . as ti ??hsii . Chance lor Connn i'.der K. II. < I reen niast"- i f c-romonie:.: and Sister M i: Johns 'ii was niistro s of cere m,>a i i s Papers were ro;?d Iit S - ters Martha ' Cohunaii and Mamie Hunter. Ib\ P, II (Ii'es do lveved the animal sermon, niitkia)? a very t's, v rab'.e impression f::r An' ( )rdor