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General Race News AFRICAN METHODISTS ELECT BISHOPS Philadelphia, June 3.—There were thirty aspirants for the bishopric, the general conference of A. M. E. church having decided upon the election of two men to that high office The elec tion occurred on Thursday, the fif teenth day of the twenty-fifth quad rennial conference, the balloting con suming the entire day. On the third ballot the Rev. William Wesley Beckett of South Carolina re ceived 377 votes, the Rev. Isaac Nel son Ross of Baltimore, 312, the num ber necessary to elect being 306. Dr. Beckett and Dr. Ross were declared elected. The Rev. W. D. Johnson of Georgia, an unendorsed candidate, re ceived 260 votes, while the Rev W. A. Fountain, also of Georgia, and en dorsed by the conferences of that state, received 173. Bishop Beckett was bom in South Carolina, and except for four years in New York as missionary secretary, has lived practically all his life in that state. He is president of Allen University at Columbia, S. C., the school from which he graduated. Bishop Ross is a native of Tennes see and has pastored some of the larg est churches in the denomination. He came to the conference from Ebe nezer A. M. E. Church of Baltimore. The bishops-elect were ordained on Sunday with impressive ceremonies, which lasted more than three hours. Taking part in the services were Bis hop B. T. Tanner (retired), Bishop Evans Tyree, Bishop Charles S. Smitn, Bishop L. J. Coppin, Bishop C. T. Shaffer, Senior Bishop B. F. Lee, Bishop H. B. Parks and Bishop J. o. Flipper. COLORED YOUTH IS PRIZE ORATOR r • Mt. Vernon, N. Y.—Charles S. Mor ris, the young 16-year-old boy orator and son of the famous Dr. Charles S. Morris of Norfolk, Va., who was sent by the faculty of the Wilson Academy, Nyack, N. J., where he is the oniy Colored student, to Mt. Vernon high school recently to enter the prelim inary oratorical contest under the aus pices of the Hamilton College. Nine white students representing as many high schools sought to win the tirsc prize, which was $20 in gold. Subject for the contest, “A Plea for Cuba.” Each speaker was allotted five min utes. By the unanimous decision of the judges young w iorris was given the first prize. Judges were Rev. Robert G. McGregor, Hon. H. Dorsey Spencer and Conklin Mann of New York. COURT FINDS FOR RAILROAD PORTER Columbus, Ohio. June 3.—The suit of Nathaniel Marable, a porter, against the Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad com pany, went to the jury after a long argument on the part of the attor neys. The suit sought to recover $2,646.57, as difference between the wages of porter and brakeman, which he asserts that he should receive. The jury was out just an hour and re turned, awarding a verdict to Mar ahle, giving him $2,600. There are five porters who are sueing the road and Marable’s case was the first one to come up. COLORED AUTO RACER IS KILLED IN CUBA ■ Fourteenth Anniversary of Island's Independence Ends With a Tragedy. Havana, June, 2.—The fourteenth anniversary of the independence of Cuba was enthusiastically celebrated Saturday, May 20, by the unveil ing of a monument to General Maceo. A military parade in which 4,000 sol ders and sailors marched took place There was also fire works. Auto races took place on the race tracks. Maximo Herrera, a Colored citizen, the winner of the recent Guana jay auto race, was killed in one race while driving a Stutz by a col lision with a National driven by an American, Albert Guillot, who owing to the collision came in second. The Colored citizens who regard Herrera as a racial hero, sought to lynch Guil ott. The rurales and police reserves were called out to protect him. EMERSON SEEKS TO BAR PICTURE FILM Washington, June 3.—Congress man Emerson of Cleveland has in troduced in the House a resolution di recting the District of Columbia com missioner to forbid the further dis play of the motion picture film, “Birth of a Nation,” which for more than three weeks has been drawing capacity audiences at one of Wash 'ngton’s leading theatres. Emerson recently attended an exhibition of the film, which has been barred from Ohio by Governor Willis and Attor ney General Turner. His resolution harges that its effect is to engender prejudice against the Race. COLORED STUDENTS ARE COMMENDED Cincinnati, Ohio, June 3.—The members of the Cincinnati Minister ial Alliance late Monday, May 22, in pected the building of the Colored In dustrial school on West Sixth street. Students at work during the inspec tion were commehed. SAVE COUPONS AND GET PREMIUMS Send for Free Catalog ■ ICE CREAM ! For Sale at Leading Drug Stores and Confectioners. 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