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General Race News SPINGARN MEDAL TO BE AWARDED. Boston, Mass., Feb. 11.—At a mass meeting to be held in Tremont Tem ple, Boston, on February 22, the sec ond Spingam medal will be presented by Governor McCall to the Negro se lected as having made the most dis tinguished achievement during the preceding twelve months. The Spingarn •edal, the gift of Dr. J. E. Spingam of New York, for merly professor of comparative liter ature in Columbia University, and chairman of the board of directors of the N. A. A. C. P., is a gold medal of the value of $100 and awarded annually to the American Negro who has rendered the most distinguished service during the year in any field of honorable or elevated endeavor. The committee of award consists of two Northern white men, ex-President William H. Taft and Oswald Garrison Villard; a Southern white man, Dr. James H. Dillard, director of the Sla ter Fund, and two colored men, Bishop John Hurst of Baltimore, and President John Hope of Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga. The first medal was awarded last year to Dr. Edward E. Just, profes sor in the Howard University Medical School, for distinguished work in bio logical research. The recipient of the second medal will not be announced until Governor McCall presents it to him in Tremont Temple on Washing ton’s birthday. NASHVILLE FOR NAPIER. Nashville, Tenn., Feb. 11.—The Nashville Negro Booster Club, in corporated, one of the strongest and most active organizations of its kind in the country, composed of Nash ville’s leading colored merchants, will take a hand at “boosting” former Register of the United States Treas ury J. C. Napier, of this city, as the next president of the National Negro Business League to succeed the late lamented Dr. Booker T. Washington. A resolution was adopted by the members of the Nashville Booster Club at its annual meeting held here last Thursday night calling on all friends of Mr. Napier for support to elect him to the presidency of the League at the meeting to be held at Kansas City. The Nashville mer chants will send a delegation of “boosters” to the annual gathering to work for the election of Mr. Napier. Register Napier is one of the most successful men of the race in the en tire country, and has accumulated considerable wealth as a result of his own efforts. In Nashville, his home city, he established the first Negro banking institution to open its doors in Tennessee, and the confidence in which he was held by all who knew him placed the institution upon a sound foundation from the beginning. Some twenty-five years ago he was elected as a member of the City Coun cil of Nashville and gained a thor ough knowledge of the city govern ment. He introduced many measures that became laws which have resulted in untold benefits to the city. He after wards became prominent in county and State politics and served on the Republican State Executive Commit tee for many years. ]5TH infantry paid A HIGH COMPLIMENT. Schofield Barracks, Hawaii Terri tory, Feb. 11.—Col. Lyman W. V. Ken non, until recently in command of the 25th Infantry, has been transferred to the command of the 26th Infantry, stationed in Texas, and left here Jan uary 5, on the transport Thomas, for San Francisco, enroute to his new ommand. He was well thought of by his men, md his leaving was marked with re gret by all. Under his guidance the 'allant Twenty-fifth has maintained its reputation for discipline, appear ance and efficiency. Both he and the men were paid the following high ompliment last spring when the di vision commander, General Carter, said to the members of the Congres sional party at Schofield barracks: “You will presently see pass in re view before you, the Twenty-fifth In fantry, a regiment made up of coi ned soldiers and the largest regiment n our little army. This regiment, la dies and gentlemen, is the best dis ciplined, the best dressed, the best marching and the best maneuvering regiment I have ever seen in my forty years of service.” MARRIED AND JAILED. Kingston, Va., Feb. 11.—Claud Pen nel and Caro Jones were married in Norfolk several weeks ago, and now Claud is under sentence of twelve months on the county roads and Caro is to serve an equal length of time in the Lenoir county jail, because it s found that Claud is the descendant of both colored and white persons, while Caro is said to be pure white. They were tried in the recorder’s court and witnesses testified that an cestors of the man two or three gen erations back were mulattoes or oc toroons. The question of the mar riage was not considered, since the decision that Claud is a mixed breed renders the ceremony performed null and void. Pennel, it is said, has ample means, and he has appealed to the Superior Court, which is expected to render a decision next week. Both are under bond, and the girl is in the care of her relatives. Pennell will carry the case to the Supreme Court if necessary. It is not thought that the girl will he subjected to the penalty, even if the decision of the recorder is sus tained, as her sentence wil probably be set aside. CADETS AT KANSAS COLLEGE. Quindaro, Kan., Feb. 11.—Thursday, anuary 13, the adjutant-general of Kansas, Gen. C. D. Martin, accom panied by Captain Garret, of the First Kansas City regiment and Col. E. C. Little, 20th Kansas, retired, visited Western University, at Quindaro, to nspect and receive the Negro cadet corps recently organized in that in stitution. The company is composed of forty cadets and a band of thirty five pieces. General Martin issued commissions ‘o the following officers: Booth Smith, Kansas City, captain; Fred Jackson, Quindaro, 1st lieutenant; Roy Deloney, Checotah, Okl., 2nd lieu tenant. Capt. N. Clark Smith, Kan sas City, formerly of the United States army, is major and command vnt. DEATH TAKES PROMINENT METHODIST MINISTER. Chicago, 111., Feb. 11.—The Rev. Theobald A. Smythe, for three years pastor of Bethel A. M. E. Church, and jne of the prominent ministers of the \. M. E. connection, died at his late home, 3155 Calumet avenue, Thursday svening, January 25. Dr. Smythe was born in Ulster springs, Jamaica, West Indies, and vas 47 years, 10 months old. He had >een in the United States twenty-five /ears, was a member of the General Conference of 1912, and was prom nently spoken of as a candidate to ;ucceed Bishop W. H. Heard, bishop o Africa. ANOTHER BANK OPENS. Waycross, Ga., Feb. 11.—The newly >rganized Local Business League has seen instrumental in promoting the irganization of the Laborers’ Penny Savings and Loan Company. Charles W. Gaines is president. 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