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VOL. XL. NO. 18 _ RICHMOND. VIRGINIA. SATURDAY. MARCH 17, 1923 price. FIVE CENTS
LEFT COLORED GIRL
BY WHITE FATHER.
I I "
A PECULIAR CASE NOTED
JN WEST VIRGINIA.
((By J. G. Gilmer)
Charleston. W. Va., March L2.—
ILogal iproceedings to set aside the will
of Roman Pickens anticipated since ;t
was probated, have been instituted iby
•John his brother, and a bitter
fight is in prospect for the large es
tate left by the decedent to his daugh
ter, “outside the law.”
Pickens, once Sheriff of this—Kana
wha—county and a picturesque figure
died in December last bequeathing his
estate to Garnet Pickens, locally
known and generally accepted as his
•daughter by a colored woman, Hong n
domestic in bis household.
ENTIRE ESTATE GTTEN.
The will gave the entire <estnte, ap
praised at $209 000 to Muss Garnet,
with directions that she “.treat with
love and affection’' the lawful widow.
Mary E. Pickens (white,) rwho. holds
legal rights during her ltfe time. It
nlso directed that she “wdll and com
fortably provide for ’Cora.’ the ser
vant” during her life.
Much common-sense advice was con
ve.ved to the heiress, a beautiful young j
woman who has since jtmehed her
majority., by the document. It directs
her to consult with experienced busi
ness men in all business affairs, caut
ions her never to sign or endorse any
notes, and warns her that sbe will be
the object of the schemes of designing
persons. The beneficiary is also com
manded not to sell any of the real es
tate until she reaches the age of SO
years, as the real property, located in
this city and in tire farming sections
•of this and neighboring counties., rapid
ly is increasing in value.
WHITE EXECUTOR NAMED.
H. P. Bright well, city Treasurer
and vice president of a local trust com
panyi, of which Pickens was a director
was named executor by the will and
other prominent officials of the same
institution were appointed appraisers
by the court.
Miss Pickens has hud little or no
association with other members.of
her race than her mother, with whom
she lived in the home of her father on
a farm at Tornado, about 18 miles atp
'Goal River in a white farming settle
ment. There being no colored school
and her father being averse or too
“fioso” to send her away nhtiy those
who know her intimately say", has had
the advantage only of whal little edu
cation her parents and an occasional!
tutor could give her.
MEN WHO SHOT UP JAIL
HELD FOR GRAND JURY.
Palafkt*. Fla. March 9.—Nine of 1 !i?
thirteen men held in jail here in con-'
, tiection with the attack on the Put
nam County jail early March 2, in an
attempt to •get Arthur Johnson color
ed, alleged slayer of H, C. Cross of Al
bany, Ga., late todny, were held over
to the grand jury at the spring term
of Circuit Cot/rt at their preliminary
hearing before Judge J. C. Calhoun
in the County Court.
Judge Calhoun said there was no
evidence to connect the other four
men with the mob and they were die-1
missed.
Pond for the nine men bound over
was fixed at $.1 000 each—$1,500 on a
charge of assault wVih intent to com
mit murder and a similar amount on
a charge of shooting into an occupied
dwelling. All made bond and were re
leased. The thirteen men had been con
fined in the county Jail under $15,000
bonds each since their arrest in Gaines
ville. immediately after n mob had
stoimed the jail, shooting SherifT P.
M. Hagan through the hand and rld
. dling the door with bullets.
Those bound over were: Chesley
Fowler*. V. A. Corvan, L, J. Brvan. W
T. Gore. G. V. O'Neal; C. E. Smith.
Russell White. John Baumgartner and
C. T. Accost a. Robert Turner, W. E.
Prince. A. H Davis, and M. A Reaves
were released All of those bound over
either were Identifier! as having been
In the mob or having been In the ear
with those who were identified ns
'» mob members.
—Mr. A. Douglass Price and his ac
complished New York bride are now
in the city. She is the daughter of the
Into Mr. and Mrs J. C. Thomas of New
York. They are residing in the Price
homestead and every body is happy.
IS
DU E. 0. DUBOIS
Negroes are superior to 'whites, of
serts Dr. W. E. B. Dn Hols tn an arti
cle entitled “The Snpericrr Itace’’ and
published in the March number of
“The Smart Set” magazine :(25 West
45th Street, New York City.) Dr. Du
Bois is editor of the CrisJs-aiMl a- mem
ber of the Board of Directors of the
National Association fer the Advance
ment of Colored Pe.ople. The article
is written in sutiiicul form as a con
versation with an Imaginary white
friend.
“Compare humanity .at its best or
worst with the ideal/’ .says Dr. Du
Bois. “and humanity suffers. But black ;
folk in most attributes of physical J
beauty, in line and height and curve
have the same norms as whites and
differ only in small details of color i
hair and curve of countenances. Now
♦•on there by any question but that us 1
colors hronzev mahogany', coffee and
gold are far lovelier than pink, gray
and marble? Hair is a matter of taste.
Some will have it drab and stringy
mid others in a gray, woven, unmov
ing mass. Most of us like it some
where between, in tisiy tendrili3.
smoking curls and sweeping curves.
I have loved ail these -varieties in my
day. I prefer the crinkly kind, almost
wavy, in black, brown arid glistening.
In faces I bate straight features:
needles and razors may be sharp—
but beautiful, never.’’
In a raking criticism of the modern
factory system and industrialism pro
duced by the white man.. Dr. Du Bois
asserts the Negro’s sense of beauty
has protected him from it:
"Art is not simply works of art; it
is the spirit that knows "Beauty, that
has music in its soul and the color of
sunsets in its headkerchids; that can
dance on a flaming world and make
the world dance, too. Such is the soul
oi me ;\egro.
“ Why, <lo yon know the ewo
finest things in the industry of the
West .finer than factory, shop or
ship? One is the hlncit laborers’ Satur
day off. Neither the whip of the driv
er, nor starvation wage, nor the dis
gust of the Yankee, nor the callofthe
cotton crops, has yet convinced the
common black variety of plantation
laborer that one day in the week is
enough for rest and play. He wants
two days. And. from California ‘to
Texasl from Florida to Trinidad, ’Ire
takes two days while the planter
screams and curses. They have 'beaten
the English slavery, the French and
German peasants and the North 'Ital
ian contadini into twelve-hour six-day
slaves. They crushed the Chinese and
Indian coolie into a twenty-four hour
beast of burden, they have even made
the American, free, white and twenty
one. believe that daily toil is one of
the Ten Commandments. But not the
Negro. From Monday to Friday the
field hand is a slave; then for forty
eight golden*, hours he is free, and
through these same forty-eight hours
be may yet free the dumb, driven cat
tie of the world.
i non tne second thing, laughter
This race has the greatest of the gifts
of God laughter. It dances and sings;
it is humble; it longs to learn; it
loves men; it loves women. It is frank
iy, baldly deliciously human in an
artificial and hypocritical land. If yon
will hear men laugh, go to Guinea.
"Black Bottom,” “Niggertown.” Har
lem. If you want to feel humor too
exquisite and subtle for translation.
Bit invisibly among a gang of Negro
workers. The white world has its
gibes and cruel caricatures; It has Its
loud guffaws, but to the black world
alone belongs the delicious chuckle.”
The present danger to white clviliza
tlon is its fear of truth, according to
Dr. Du Bois;
"We have raised Propaganda to
Capital "P” and elaborated -tn art. al
most a science of how one may make
the world believe what is not true,
provided the untruth is n widely wish
ed-for thing like the probable extermi
nation of Negroes, the failure of the
Chinese Ttopuldie, the incapacity ot
India for self-rule, the failure of nus
slan Revolution. When in other days
the world lied it was to a world that
expected lies and consciously defend
ed them; when the world lies today if
1s to a world that pretends to lie true.”
Whereat a white friend, with whom
Dr. Du Bois purports to be talking,
makes the following comment:
"In other words, according to you.
(0 WHITES. SIYS i
IN SMART SET ARTICLE
white folk are about the meanest ahd
lowest on earth.”
And Dr. Du Bois rejoins:
“They are human, even as you and
I.”
SHAW UNIVERSITY IS
ADVANCING $65,000 GIFT
FOR A SCIENCE HALL
Further evidence of progress at
Shaw University and of the ambition
of this institution to he an A college
by the opening of the next school year
was afforded by the announcement of
President J. L. Peacock in the chapel
at Raleigh on the morning of Monday.
February 26, to the effect that the Gtu
eral Education Board had appropriai ,
ed $65 000 for the Science building.
Complete renovation of the structure
formerly used for the Leonard Medical
School will begin :.t once) and when
the building is finally equipped in the
fall it is intended that it shall not be
second to any science lial. in the
South The arrangement of the various
laboratories will be in keeping with
the most modern architecture. The
Physios laboratory will he on the
ground floor so that errors due to v<
hrational effects may be lessened: and
the Chemical and BiOlodienl laborator
ies will he on tlie upper floors in or
der to increase The efficiency of the
illumination. Architect H. P. S. Keller
of Raleigh drew the plans.
The classroom work at the instltu
|fion also keeps pace with outward
manifestations of progress. With the
the New YeaT fn January came Profes
I sor benjamin iirawiey. formerly a
teacher at Howard and Morehouse, per
haps best known to (be public as the
author of such books as “'A Short His
tory of the English Drama,” anil “A
Social History of the American Ne
jgro.” Professor BTaw'ley is a minister
las well as a teacher and has already
not only rejuvenated the depnrtm«nt
of English hut also entered actively
into the religious life of the state.
The Professor of Physics, upon
wlrom so largely rests the actual re
sponsibility of the changes in the geu
eral field of Science that are now be
ing made, is Mr. A. A. Thornton, a
graduate of Howard University, who
is a most progressive student as well
as an able teacher and u man who
has already left his impress upon the
Institution. It is the purpose of the
Administration to fill tire various
chairs of instruction with men of remg
nized ability in their various fields of
teaching and research. With such be
ginnings the feeling at Shaw that a
new day lias dawned seems well Justi
tied.
J
A Great Call From the
Foreign Missionary Field
“A letter from Basutoland.*’
My dear Rev. David S. Tyesi:—I am a
native minister here at Basutoland |
under the Christian Church. I hav?
heard much of your great work at Mid
die Drift. I have been pastoring here
for ten years under this denomination
hut we have made little or no progress
I am anxious with my congregation
of 100 members to join your denomina
tion thru baptism. I would be glad tc
hear from you at once to see if you
would accept us and employ me.
I am your faithful servant.
STEPHEN DEPELE'.
Swlneburne Station.
Basutoland S. Africa.
These thrilling calls come to me fre
auently. My motto. 1s “the world for
Christ and as much of it as possible
fo»- fhc Baptist denomination.’’
These young native preachers are
willing to he employed by me for $">.00
or one pound English money a montn.
What fdiall I do? Shall we ignore their
applications and decrease the Baptist
forces here in South Africa, or wi’1
every one who reads this letter sup
port a native evangelist here? I am do
ing what I ran. TTeln must come from
America or our hopes will he blighted.
DAVID S. TYEST.
Middle Drift, South Africa,,
PROMINENT BUILDER
AND CONTRACTOR IS
LAID TO REST HERE
General Contractor. Daniel J.
Farrar passed away, Saturday, March
10th, at about twenty-five minutes to
three o’clock in the afternoon, at his
residence, 610 First Street after a
’ong illness. His physneian. Dr. Wil
liam; H. Hughes had succeeded in get
ting him on his feet again after he
had been confined to bis room tor
many months. He became so hopeful j
that he began his business activities
with the assistance of his daughter
Alma. Then he suffered a relapse and
his beloved wife. Leah with tears in i
her eyes made the statement that “Dan
was slipping away from her.” She
drew this conclusion from his loss ot
flesh and his weakness. In the death
chamber when the end came were Mrs
Farrar, his sons'. Joseph and Daniel..
Jr., hfs daughters, Leah B. and Mrs.
Alma R. H. Lucas.
When the end came, it was expected
for medical skill had been exhausted
in an effort to save his life. His funer
al took place Tuesday, March 13th
from the Ebeuezer Baptist church, of
which he wo* a devoted and faithful
member. The day was rainy and dis-.
agreeable, but members of the Mason
ic fraternity and the Elks were out.
even Grand Exalted Ruler, J. Finley
Wilson of Washington coming down
to attend the ceremonies. As the fun
eral cortege entered the church. “Lead
Kindly Light." was sung by the cboir
with an impressive effect.
On the rostrum were: Rev. T. J.
King i). l) Kev. scott C. Bntrell, D
I)., Rev. W. T. Johnson. D D., Rev.
R. J. Bass and Rev. Samuel Turner.
Attorney Ordway Puller and Mr. H. A
McCurdy were also present.
Hymn 496 “Rock of Ages.” was
sung. The Scriptures were read by
Rev. Dr. S. C. Burrell. Prayer was off
ered by Rev. Samuel Turner. Then in
a low tone of voice, but thrilling and
impressive in its effect. Mr. Walter
White sang. “In that City.” Rev. Dr.
W. T. Johnson paid a tribute to the,
deceased. He wras followed by Dr. T. J.
King and then by Rev. Dr. S. C. Birr
roll. One verse of No. 336. "Thine For
ever" was sung. Rtev. W. H. Stokes. D.
I)., then delivered a short but impres
sive sermon from Revelation 21:7.
“He^ who conquers shall inherit these
things and I will be to him a God and
he will l»e to me a son.”
He declared that when we live in a
community an unselfish life friends
are glad to give their testimony to
the worth of the deceased. He com
mented upon the fact that the deceas
ed had been a faithful member of the
church and his lodge members knew
best the character of a man. He deliv
ered words of sympathy to the family
of the deceased and dwelt upon the
fact that he might net well refer to
(Continued on the Eighth Page.)
MINISTER RECEIVES
THREATENING LETTERS
(Preston News Service.)
Memphis. Tonn., March 7.—As a re
salt of his statements to the effect that
the recent roundup of Negro vagrant?
by the police department was a good
thing for members of his race. Rev
W. C. Graham has received several
letters threatening his life, according
to n statement he is alleged to bav«»
made to the chief of police. He brought
a number of the letters to the police
station. Following the raids by the
police of vagrants of both races a pre
test was made to the welfare depart
ment of the Chamber of Commerce by
members of the interdenominational
association of Negro pastors, charging
that the police were forcing an exodus
of Negroes i>v their indiscriminate act
ion in connection with the raids.
Rev. Graham is said to hove praise.!
the action of the police and assert
ed that by ridding Memphis of the
worthless Negroes would prove a boon
to the Inwnblding citizens, of the city.
He declared tbat: *‘I am not a traitor
to my race as charged... but I am foT
law and order. The worthless mem
hers of both races should be driven
out of the city. I will not change my
attitude In tl-is matter. This city must
he clean. The police department is
right In Its efforts to rid Memphis of
the lawless element in both races.”
DEFEATED DEIMRE
BILL TO DISFRANCHISE
111 SCHOOL ELECTIONS
A hill passe*: by the Delaware House
of Representatives, which w«ul»l have
disfranchised Negroes in elections af
feeting whit3 schools, was defeated in
the Delaware Senate on March 5, by a
vote of 9 to 8, due partly to the efforts
of the National Association for the Ad
vaneement of Colored People, 70 Fiftn
Avenue. New York, which telegraph
ed protest to the Governor and Somite
of Delaware end had representatives
present at the hearing on the measure,
Mrs. Alice Dunbar Nelson, of the*
"Wilmington Branch, N. A. A. C. P..
"who is idso Managing Editor
of the Philadelphia and Wilmington
Advocate, appeared for the Advance
ment Association in protest against
the measure. The delegation accom
panying Mrs Dunbar to Dover includ
ed Dr. Jason of the State College
also a member of tiie legislative Com
mittee of tin? Delaware State Federa
tion of Colored Women’s Clubs.
Defeat by the Advancement Associ
ation of Representative Caleb R. I*ay
ton of Delaware in the November
election^ because of his vote against
the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill, helped
to bring about tire defeat of the
school bill. Democrats were diselined
to antagonize the colored voter, ac
cording to “The Evening Journal” of
Wilmington, which said in its news re
port on March 5:
“The first i ll! is the one which it
was claimed might disfranchise Ne
groes and Roman Catholics, who send
their children to parochial schools
fiom voting r*t school elections. This
bill it is claimed, is in jeopardy in
the Senate and may fail largely be
cause Democratic leaders feel this is
not the time to make any direct, slap
at the Negro vote especially after the
Negroes supported t.he Democratic par
ty at the last ejection.”
The hill was opposed by the National
Association foi the Advancement of
Colored People on the ground that
the Negroes would he taxed foi bond
Issues voted on in elections in which
they were dif franchised and would
1) erefore be subject to taxation with
rrt represent* i ion; a'so becau®e the
measure w*as class legislation.
—Living down town is Just as good
as living up-town when it comes to Mr.
Robert C. Scott, the well-known funer
al director. He has the latest style cas.
kets and will serve you and yonr
friends promptly. You will have no
difficulty in securing a location in nnv
one of the colored folks’ cemeteries
and your friends and relatives will be
happy despite their tears. You can be
served too for pleasure occasions as
well as for sad ones. See his announce
ment.
—Mr. Henry Robinson better known
as "Big Chief" left the city last Mon
day for New York City after spending
two weeks here visiting relatives and
friends.
complimented.
Buckner, Va.,
March 12 1923.
fir. John Mitchell. Jr.,
Editor of The Richmond Planet,
Sir:—I wish to extend to you my
congratulations on your very able edi
torial of last week under the heading i
"A Remarkable Explanation.” It strik
es me ns one of the most able editor
mis I have read in a long time. I too
have been a great admirer of Mr. Gar
vey first for his indomitable courage
and his seeming in vincible determlnn
tion but I feel that it is not necessorv
for the other leaders of our race to de
stroy one cnuse to build another, but
he who would build new enterprises,
should build out of new material and
we think the distinguished gentlemen
should not assume to block the prog
ress of those Negroes who are con
tending for a place under the sun on
the American continent.
Respectfully vours.
R>. 8. JOHNSON.
Mrs. R. N. Patterson and her son.
arrived In the city last Su iday morn
ing from New York to attend the bed
side of her sick mother. Mrs. —John
son, 18th and Decatur street
ENGLISH PUBLICIST SCORES PHARISAICAL .
™ •»
AMERICAN INDIAN MAKES GIFTS
TO NATIONAL LIFE.
Henry Roe Cloud, President of Ameri
can Indian Institute, at Wichita
Speaks for Indians at Hamp
ton Institute.
I
MISSS DAWES SENDS GREETINGS
(By Win. Anthony Aery.)
Hampton, Vu.—Temperament, art.
and history are the American Indian’s
gifts to our National life, according
to the Rev. Henry Roe Cloud, presi
dent of the American Indian Institute
at Wichita. Kansas, who delivered the
principal address at tlu> public exercis-1
es. which were recently held in Ogden
Hal' Hampton Institute to celebrate
the passage of the Dawes Act.
Mr. Roe Cloud, after referring to
the present widespread discussion ot
race problems, stated the method of
Jesus. Then he c itlinea fn detail the
original possessions of the American
Indians and the possibility of using
them for the benefit of all Americans’.
“Solutions of the race question,’’ he1
said, “are easy to give but hard to fol
low. Many today advocate migration
ns a solution. They say: ‘Let the Ne
groes return to Africa the Jews to
Palestine, and the Indians to old
Mexico.’ Jesus worked where He was
and bore the burdens of Ilis race. He
thereby solved the problems of His
race: He solved all race problems.
Jesus was energized by love.
‘“The Indian’s peculiar nature—
his poise, his calmness, his self-posses
• sion. and his equilibrium of tempera
ment—is in itself a gift, when he finds
himself self-controlled among tiros:;
who indulge in heated argument. The
Indian living under open skies and
|on broad prairies, betook himself to
meditation .and protracted prayer in
which he came to realize the power of
the Great Spirit. His mind roamed in
vast expanses and got a conception of
the majesty of God.
“The Indian has one of the distin •
tive arts of the world. This art could
easily enrich the treasure-house of the
Nation and might well become the
marvel of the civilized world. The In
dian can also lend that nntiqufty
which America needs, because, as com
pared with the European nations the
people of the United States constitute
an infant nation.
WEDDING RECEPTION.
The wedding reception of Mr. nnd
Mrs. A. D. Price. Jr., will be held Fri
day. March 30th. 1923 from eight-thir
ty to eleven-thirty at their residence.
210 East Leigh Street.
Friends are invited. No cards.
CARD OF THANKS.
Mr. A. W. Holmes. Supreme Master
of the National Ideal Benefit Society.
Worthy Brother:—Our hearts are fill
ed with gratitude for the prompt pay
ment of $50.00 the death claim of mv
husband who was a member of Twi
light 7* lge No. 1. We pray that God's
richest blessings may ever rest upoii
you and your noble order..
Signed: M-s. MAMIE N. BBJIOGS
135 Cedar St.. Chelsea Hill.
Witness: T. L. Beverly.
POSITION WANTED.
A Law graduate with knowledge of
stenography, desires a clerical posi
tion. Call Madison 2476-J.
CHILD INJURED RY AUTO.
!
(Tr#«ton N**m ?trvice'i
St. I/OUlfy Mo.. March 15.—Little
T^eo Rrown. aged 5 years suffered a
fractured skill 1 and internal injuries
when hit l»y an automobile driven by
Albert Wilson last Thursday after
noon. while crossing Second street a*.
Soulard. Wilson, when arrested and
barged with feloniously wounding
stated that the child rnn directly info
, the path of the car. The child is in a
| serious condition.
(Crusader News Service.)
London, March 13.—G. K. Chebter
ton debating Prohibition, Sunday
night,, before the Institute Francais,
described it as “that curious colonial
experiment on the other side.” He
added:
“We are asked reverently to follow
America’s example. But they burn Ne
groes alive in that country, and al
though I do not want to be pharasaical
about that I do refuse to admit a
society in which a vast crowd can
meet together while n man in evening
dress sets fire to a Negro and roasts
him alive has any right to set itself
up as an exemplar of morality to the
world. Prohibition means sacrificing
the mass of normal people to a lot of
abnormal people.”
—Times are hard, we know butT
funeral director’s service is still sat
isfactory and Funeral Director C. P.
Hayes is ready to serve you at his re
cently improved place of business.
Night or <luy calls answered promptly.
You will have no trouble getting under
ground in the most improved manner,
if you see him. He looks after live
people too and will attend to your
weddings and parties or train calls.
40 K LA NS MEN INVADE CHURCH
IN NEWARK.
New York, March 13.—Astonish
ment was expressed in official circles
here yesterday over the boldness of
the ku klux klan in sending forty hood
ed and gowned klnnsmen to a public
service in the Grace Methodist Episeo
pal church Newark N. J., Sunday eve
ning. Belief was expressed that, al
though the klan has a large member
ship in New York City, nothing of
that kind could happen here without
police interference.
The forty klansmen entered the
Newark church, which is at New York
Avenue and Ann streets while the
choir was singing “Onward Christian;
Soldiers." They marched up the mnfn
aisle and one of them, later introduc
ed as “the Exalted Cyclops,” mounted
the pulpit and shook hands with the
pastor, the Rev. Parris C. Greenley.
I lie liuier reau a text and introduced
“the Exalted Cyclops^” who without
ramoving his mask said:
“This is a ■white man's organization
for exalting the Caucasian race and
teaching the doctrine of white su
premacy. This does not mean, as some
would have you believe, that we are
enemies of the colored and mongrel
races', but does mean that we are or
ganized to maintain the solidarity of
the white race.
“This is a Gentile organization, and
as such has as its mission, the inter
pretation of the highest Ideals of the
white Gentile people. However, we
sing no hymns of hate against the
Jew.
“It is a Protestant organization and
its membership is restricted to those
who accept the tenets of true Chris
tianity*. which is essentially Protest
ant. We can say to the world that our
fathers founded this as a Protestant
country and our purpose is to establish
and maintain it as such. While we
will support energetically the princi
ples of Protestantism', we will also
maintain the principle of religious lib
erty as essential for the future growth*
nd development of this country.”
The speaker denied that any klans
mon hrd been concerned In the Mer
T\ouge murders In Louisiana and as
serted that nowhere did klansmen vio
late the law or take it Into their own
hands.
I he pastor followed the address with
a sermon on “Americanism" without
mentioning the klan by name. Ho ad
mitted after the service that the visit
of the klansmen had been expected
and that arrangements for K had been
made with him in advance.
The New York City police were re
norted yesterday to have accurate In
formation eoneernlne: the klan mem
bershlp In the city and to estimate if
at about 76.000 There were said to he
♦hlrtv policemen who are klansmeti.
Including: a Lieutenant and iwo defer
fives Denfal was made of the repo t
that five police Contains were klans
men or that any hi*h public officials in
New York City were known as klans