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This may be our last battle. We believe that it is the beginning of our final triumph.
MAY 17, 1923 JOHN ftllCnE.LL. JR
VOL. XL. NO. 38 RICHMOND. VIRGINIA, SATURDAY. AUGUST 11, 1923 PRICE, FIVE CENTS
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PRESIDENT HARDING’S LONG JOURNEY
AMERICAN PEOPLE’S TRIBUTE TO THE FALLEN LEADER—THE
CIVILIZED WORLD SENDS SYMPATHY.
Vice-President Calvin Coolidge Now Chief Magistrate—Massachusetts Has
Its First President of the United States—The Republican Leaders Pre
paring for a Great Struggle.
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President Harding accompanied by
V.s Madame, his official family an l
numerous attendants set out on a 15.
000 mile trip to visit Alaska, which
part of this country had never been
honored by a visit from a President of
the United States. While there he met
niuny of the aboriginal inhabitants,
woo laid before him many complaints.
He received them all cordially. Then,
he started on his return Journey, visit
ing Canada at Vancouver, being the
first President of the United States,
who ever set foot on Canadian soil.
He was apparently in good condition,
the picture of health and happiness.
Then he was tound to be indisposed.
His physician disagnosed| his case as
oue of ptomaine poisoning from eai
ing Alaskan crabs.
THE PECULIAR PART OF IT.
The peculiar part of the case was
that these crabs had been eaten aboai
five days before and they did not com*
from cans. No other members of the
party were similarly affected. Presi
dent Harding reached Seattle and then
he determined to press onward to Sac.
Francisco. Here his condition be
came worse. Complications set ir..
Four other eminent physicians were
railed i*n and oxygen tanks were
brought into ttis room to facilitate his
breathing. Tiie physicians announced
in their bulletins that thb crisis bed
been passed and lie was on the roan
to recovery. Ho was reclining on the
bed while Mrs. Harding was reading
to h m from the Saturday Evening
Post Thursday evening August 2, j
1923. when she stopped and he remark
ed: “That sounds good, read some
in .ro.”
COLLAPSED QUICKLY.
Before she could comply with his
request, sir noticed that lie had col
lapsed. Physicians were hurriedly
summoned. When they came into th*
sick chamber, there was but one re
mark. "He is dead.” The news was
flashed all ov‘ r the United States and
extras were soon upon the streets of
the city, with news-boys selling them
to a shocked populace. Then came the
presidential special funeral train and
for many miles thousands of people
lined tlie railroad tracks to -<oe th ■ j
irain go by. As the party got furthr ••• j
east, the train could not rnr mor- j
than from six to ten miles an nom
and at other t mes, it had to he slowed
down to a walk. The train arrived in
Washington about ten hours late. It
was nearly 11 o’clock, when it reached
the Union Station in Washington.
TOOK OATH OF OFFICE.
In the meantime-. Vlee-Presideti
Calvin Coolidge was required to take
the oath of ofhq« at once as President
and he had this task performed by his
own father on the family farm in New
England during the early hours of
Friday August 3. 1923. He left as soon
as a train could he secured for Wash
lngton to assume l.hc duties of an
office so .-tuddenly th\rust upon him.
Toe tra’isltion was simple and impros
slve am. now Calvin Cooligo of Massa
chusetts is President of the United
States. Funeral services were conduct
ed at Washington, the body of the late
'President lying In state in the East
Room of the White House and then
Infer being transferred to the rotunda
of the Capitol building where thrones
of citizens viewed the remains.
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BODY AT MARION. OHIO.
Th.cn 't was carried to Marion Ohio
where it rents in the receiving vault
until n mauseU'um can be erected tu
sholter the remains. Thus has come to
an end the career of one of the most
popular Presidents, this country has
e\er had. one who was elevated to tin.
office by a popular vote unprecedented
In the history of this country. His
successor is a statesman of sterling
qualities, one who will not Ivestitaie
to do his duty and observe with scrup
ulous care his oath of office.
—The boy fejl into the well, hut
he was happy, when he gort out In
time to got a ticket <to go to Bay
Shore Thursday, August 23, with the
Thobans.
UNITED BRETHREN AND
SISTERS MEET IN N. Y.
(Preston Newi Serri#*)
New Albany. Ind.. Aug. 7.—The In
diana grand lodge of the United Broth
reii of Friendship and Sisters of the
Mysterious Ten, held a largely attend
ed session lu re last week. The organ!
z;:iion was formed in 1 SGI and is sa’d
to he tiro oldest Negro fraternal order
in the United States. The sessions
wre presided over by W. A. Gains, r f
Fv?nsville who is Grand Master.
Among the other prominent official®
of the grand lodge attending the ses
s ons are: Benjamin Walker, New A',
Innv; Dr. W. F. Brown, Indianapolis,
Hev. G. A. Phillips and Enoch Moore '
Vincennes; Mrs. Ella Williams and
Mrs Ella Fay. Indianapolis; and
Air-. Mary Smith' of Jeffersonville.
JANITOR COPIES FAMOUS
OIL PAINTINGS.
(Preston New* Horde*)
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 9.—Officials
an 1 workers in the Union station her -
c-1 not believe their eyes when they
l)i lr >bi copy of a famous oil painting
P'v-fluff'd by Albert Jackson, a Negro
•Ian it or at the station. Going about it
ir h>s usual quiet matin >r sling ng the
mop over the spacious floors bis < >
wttkers and other denizens about t‘-e
jabition little thought titfat Jalkson
v.:is fit for anything more than to mas
sa’-e the floors of the station.
Jackson Just finished and put on dia
flay in the office of V. I. Boll station
master, a copy of on/1 of Corrcgio’s
best known paintings, “Birth ol
Christ.” In his surprise at the pre
vailing blue tone of the onint'ng by
Jackson, the visitor is likely to over
look tlio fact tWit the janitor-painter
has done a very commendable job of
copying.
What actually was done was to copv
a reproduction of a steel engraving.
The engraving was done presumably
from the original, by A. T^efevre. Ard
th.’t accounts for the blue color
scheme. The painting shows tin
Mcther Mary, Saint Joseph, a heaven
lv host hovering above, and of course,
the Christ-child.
The unusal thing about the work of
Jatkson is that tho light is made to
radiate from tlie child gently and ten
drrly rather than from an earthly
source. The copy Is about 42 l>y 48
ircbes and 3 months ewere required
fer its production. With thirift unus
ual in t.he profession, Jackson has so
down the figures in the matter and
finds that the paint used cost him ex
ac ly $11,60.
SIMMONS SAYS KLAN
IS THE BEST TRIEND
OT NEGRO. PIFFLE!
(Preiton New* Service)
Columbus, Ohio. Aug. S.—Every No
grow in the United States has a right
to his or her opinion, but W. J. Sint
mens seems to think most Negroes
ha\o the wrong conception of the fun
damental plan anti purpos' of the kt.
klux klan. Here is what he says:
"The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan
(are the greatest friends the NV gro
race has ever had; they are wholly
I without racial prejudice or intoler
ance of creed; they seek only to main
itriii the supremacy of the white race
and to inspire patriotism."
Thus did William Joseph S'mmon*.
emperor and founder of tlie Invisible
Empire of the Ku Klux Klan, in an
address here last Thursday night b
fen- a Urge number of klansmen.
"To keep the Negro in his place Is
our intention, not to kill him or drive
him out of the country. We expect to
see that he is properly treated ami
teat he is properly cared for but he
must stay in his place.
. "The klan lias only exercised the
privilege of any organization in this
country in restricting its membership.
Tiie order has no prejudices againsi
any race or creed. It simply stands for
a principle. It aims to make immortal
the heritage that came to us from the
Piling of our noble ancestors.”
PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY
AWARDS SCHOLARSHIP.
Washington. D. C.—The Genera*
0 ^ce of Hie rhi Beta Sigma Fratern
ity thru its Field Secretary. A. I .
Taylov has announced the awarding
of the Douglass Scholarship for 192«
to Th*os. Tj. Dabney. of Va. Union Uu'
versify, Richmond, Va. Mr. Dabney is
a member of the class of 1924; he is
•'■n active figure in students affairs he
ing president of tlie college literary
o' iety. treasurer of the Federation
of Negro Students state supervisor of
the Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity ant.
student teacher of French.
The Douglass Scholarship was es
fablisbed in 1920 as n memorial to
1 Frederick Douglass. An essay confer:
is the method by which, the winner is
cterminod. ibis year the subject o’
the essay was "The Kffeet of the World
War Upon Race Relationships
Throughout the World.’’ The (VitablNh
ment of the scholarship emphasizes
the increasing usefulness of the Ph1
B-*tn Sigma Fraternity in the life d
the colored students
The Fraternity, thru Its twenty
live chapters and one thousand nienv
*v>rM. seeks to serve mankind in terms
of practical usefulness. What Phi Bet i
Sigma is doing for human uplift is hut
a part of tho constructive work the!
fs being done by t’|e colored fr Urn •
ties and sororities for the advance
ment of education and in deepen
ing the souroes of racial culture.
•-The Iv.y cut off the cat’s tail and
some people laughed, but the Thebans
will make you laugh and be happy,
if you go on the excursion with them
j Thursday. August 23rd.
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FAMOUS SHERMAN
MARCH TO THE SFA
The exodus of Negroes from the
South is causing greater loss in term®
jor dollars than the historic march of
.General Sherman to the s>a, according
to computations compiled by bankers
I who have expressed grave concern
over the increasing numbers in which
j Negroes are moving Do the northern I
manufacturing States. The loss to!
!Georgia alone*, it is estimated will for
; this year approximate if not exceed $27
000 000 and in the wake of the depart
ing Negroes 46,f>74 vacant farmhouse
and 55,524 idle plows are left. So rap
id has been the migration that Georgia
now has a labor shortage of 70,843 per
sons
In an effort to check this movement
public men of the South and particu
lariy the bankers who of all profe»
sions probably keep a closer eye on
general industrial conditions are cou
feiring with one another. As a pari
of this general survey of the situation
James s. Peters of Manchester, *.««■..
President of the Georgia Blinkers’ As
soci,ation supervised an inquiry into
the results and causes of the erodus
from that particular State. The cause
it was indicated, lay primarily in the
fact that the Northern States offer N*
groes better living conditions brought
about by higher wages, greater educa
ttonal lacilities and less race preju
dice.
1 ne destruction caused by this quif '
i inigrat'on is described as no less str*k
ing than the destruction caused dj
Sherman's army. The ‘‘destroyed’
area is in this case, as well as in the
!C'vil War. Georgia's agricultural,
lands. Weeds instead of crops are grow
| ing on farms adjoining either the pub
lie highways or the railroads and
tourist can see “thousands and tlious
ards of acres of land and farm dwel
! lings lying vacant " to quote Mr. Pet
ers. In terms of tire dollar sign, the
depreciation in value is shown
through comparison wijth prices in
1919. In that year these same idle
acres brouglx from $40 to $75 an acre,
today there is no demand for them at
all.
WHITES ALSO LEAVING.
Not only are the Negroes reported
as leaving the farms, but also white
people arc departing. Since January 1
ot tliis year in which period thie Negro
exodus has amounted to nearly 80.000
the departure of white labor has cx
cceded 29.500. or a little more than on*
third the number of departing Negroe/
But the bankers are not concerned so
much over the exodus of white people
as they are tackling first the major
problem of Negro migration.
According to tide survey conducted
by Mr. Peters and results of which are
described in ♦ lie current monthly
Journal of the American Bankers As
srelation the Negro exodus in three
months of this year amounted to a
third of the total emigration during
the years 1920-21-22. In those three
years the survey indicates 151.500 Ne
groes left Georgia This f’gui^ added
Continued on Pago 4, column 4)
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Sardis, M'ss.. Aug. 6.—No arrest*
have been made in connection wiJi
the lynching of Howard Flotow, Ne
gro. here late Saturday night. A coro
ner’s jury returned a verdict Sunday
that the Negro had come to his drat!:
at the htinds of parties unknown.
Flotow, said by officials to have ejr.
tensed to an attack upon a woman her*
last week, was arrested Saturday
morning. A mob quickly gathered
about tlie jail. Throughout thv day
prominent citizens addressed th-t
crowd, urging against violence. Circuit
Judge G. L. Rice sent word that- :i *
would convene court in special sess'or
Monday to try the Negro.
Early Saturday evening tire leadeis
of the mol) are said tv» have promised
SHeriff J. E. Carter that they wouifi
not attempt tp seize the prisoner, be
when the sheriff, after locking the
jail and taking the keys with him. lef*
temporarily the mob stormed the doon;
took Flotow to a golf course near town
h- nged- him (o a tree and fired many
bullets into bis body.
The woman who was attacked Fri
day night awuikened to find a Negro
firgers about her throat. Her screams
fr ghtened the attacker away.
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The Thebans put “out” in outing
and they will put pleasure in the
outing, too, if you go with them to
Bay Shore, Thursday, August 22,
BOY STEALS HIDE ON HEAR, OF
CAR; MAY DIE.
(Preston News Sen-lee)
■'Tew Orleans. La.. Aug. 8.—Roos -
vp;t Percy, aged 10 years, a newsboy.
was fatally Injured last Tuesday night
when he is alleged to have stolen a
ride on the rear bumper of a Tvouisi
ai a Avenue street car. When the er r
reached Tulane and Rampart avenue*
the boy is said (o have thrust his head
out and was struck by an Orleans-Ken
n°” car on the next track., hurling him
to the pavnmi<#t breaking his should
er and fracturing his skull. The bov
was rushed to the Charity hospitn*
where to. is said that, lie cannot live.
RLAMES SMALLPOX ON NEGROES
(Preston News Service.)
; St- T/Oiils, Mo., Aug. 7.—Following n
conference of city physicians am:
I health officers of Ixtth city and county
the following slatemV-nt was issue*'
, l*13* Tuesday by the health depart
ment:
“The fyealth department has arrant*
ed to meet ineomin? trains from lie
south and will examine persons who.
In the judgment of health cffir'al
may* indicate the need for Inspection
and vaccination as a means of proven*
lon against contagious or Infection
diseases.”
The recent development of cases of
smallpox developed here, officials ev
pressed the opinion were due t-o the in
coming Negroes for at least n major
fortion of them. Of the 70n Neeroe«
arriving in St. Louis last ^'dnesday
only BO submitted to vaccination.
SOM ,
15 l_
(Proitca .Vew* Servtse)
Montgomery, Ala.. Aug. 9.—An
ordinance pnohibiting any maske.i
pei.son or persons appearing on the
streets of Montgomery was passed
h.st Wednesday morning l>y the Mont
Kemery City Commission. Following
the meeting of ilie commission it was
reported that the attrocilies committ
ed >n tit' city hy masked parties r<
c«ntly and naturally attributed to thf
ku klux klan had to he stopped and
it was thought necessary to pass such
legislation in fairness to tin- klan am.
the citizens of Montgomery.
PERSONALS AND BRIEFS.
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{ Mrs. Esther Thompson Williams,
of New York City, arrived in thei
city last week and is the guest of
Mr. and Mrs. George Thompson, of
1f>o9 Stockton Street. Southside.
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Smith, oi
New York City arrived In the city
last Wednesday in their beautiful
touring car. They will be here sev
eral days visiting relatives and
friends.
)
Mrs. Susie H. Robinson, 215 F.
17th Streett, spent several days this
month in P >wlintan County, Va.
Mrs. Emma Mayo and Mrs. Ella
Carter spent tlie week end on the
Somhsi.de, the guest of Mrs. S. H.
j Robinson and Mrs. Florence Cogbill.
i INTER-RACIAL COMMITTEE
MEETS IN ASHEVILLE.
.
(Preston New« service;
Afhoville. X. C. Aug. S.—The in;
me Hate needs for a complete study
of tire actual conditions of Xegro life
and race relations were stressed at the
opening of the annual meeting of the
commission on inter-racial eo-operat
ion here last week. The big problem
confronting those participating in the
deliberations of the convention war
to endeavor to find a Christian solu
t‘on for the south’s vexatious ra ^
problem.
John Eagan; of Atlanta, president
o' 'he commission, pointed out brlet
ly the main features and purposes of
tho meetings find the convention. He
stated that the movement started in
1919 at a time when it was badly
needed and as time has passed ila
ne* d of such an understanding as this
commission aims at is more and more
necessary.
Those attending the convention rep
I resented every southern state and
, among them were distinguished mir.
isu rs college presidents, teachers
businessmen, professional men and
women Interested in all phases of life.
More than a dozen of the leading Xo
greos of the south were also present
and took a very active part in the de
liberations of t.he convention. It w»if,
the purpose of those present to taik
over the common problems in a frank
and free manner In an effort to reach
a better understanding of the desires
jand wishes of the races.
HEAD OP AMERICAN WOODMEN*
TO SPEAK IN RICHMOND..
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On Tuesday, August 14. at 8:30
P- M., in the main auditorium of
H"ods Temple, corner (JUiy and Adam
streets, Dr. E. W. D. Abner. Su
preme Commander of The American
, Wo Kimen (will address the public of
Richmond. Dr. Abner is a man of
broad training and large accomplish
ment. He was the Supreme Physi
cian of The American Woodmen for
a number of years and now the suc
cessor to the late, lamented and
siKinted Hon. C. M. White, as Su
preme Commander of that nation
wide organization.
In addition to the address of Dr.
Abner there will be a fine local pro
gram rendered. There will be no
admission charged, but a silver offer
ing will bo taken at the door.
—Andrew Grant, Reporter.
—The Theban Beneficial Club Is
going to Bay Shore and the club is
inviting folks to go with them. You
know the date and the price’. You
had befiter get ready and go with
them.
DEPOSITORS SIGNING.
Depositors are steadily signing the
petition for the vacation of the re
ceivership of the Mechanics Savings
Bank. When enough have performed
Hit-, duty, the petition wijl be pre
sented to the Court and stei>s taken
at once ito begin paying off and re
j organizing the institution under now
management.
By this method, the good name of
this community w|U be protected and
the thousands of people who invested
their money in this institution be pro'
teoted from further loss. All the
white people approached are friendly
to the movement and show a disposi
tion to help, when the colored folks
help themselves.
LOST—My personal Bank Book, also
eook of Bands of Calanthe. and
Xmas Cards. Please return to or
notify Mrs. Anna Taylor. 120 West
Hill Street.
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A Card of Thanks.
We wish to thank the many friends
of our sister. Agnes W. Smith woo
kept her room always full of sunshino
>»rd <-heer during h^r lone illness. Also
io>- the beautiful floral designs ano
words ot sympathy in our bereave
ment .
MARY K.. EDITH A. AND
M. H. SMITH.
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