General Race News
RICH BROKER TRIES TO
ADOPT COLORED CHILD.
Evansville, Ind., March 3.—Clifford
Yarborough, 48 years old, a white man
and a wealthy grain broker of Pulaski
Tenn., made application in Circuit
Court here for permission to adopt
Eugenia Murray, a pretty 17-year-old
mulatto girl.
Yarborough admitted he was the
father of the girl and explained his
unusual action by saying he “felt that
he should rectify a wrong.”
Yarborough was accompanied to
court by an attorney, who presented
the written consent of the girl’s
mother, Alice Murray, to the adoption.
“The girl’s mother is colored,” W.
C. Vawter, Yarborough’s attorney, an
nounced. Judge Evans was astound
ed. In answer to a question from his
attorney, Yarborough admitted the
girl is his child.
“I feel that I should rectify a
wrong,” said Yaroborugh. “I have
plenty of money to take care of the
child. I brought $7,000 to Evansville
with me.”
Yarborough said he wanted to give
the girl his name. He admitted he
was married, but said he and his
wife were living apart and that he
had not consulted her about the adop
tion proceedings.
Judge Givens said he could not
grant the petition. If he legitimized
the daughter, he would be taking a
step which would in practice have the
same results as permitting the inter
marriage of races. He said he could
not consent to miscenegation.
The mulatto girl was in the court
room. She could easily pass as a
white girl and is strikingly beauti
ful. She is said to be talented in
music.
She and her mother came here from
Pulaski, February 7. It is said they
formerly lived on Yarborough’s plan
tation.
CONGREGATION SUBSCRIBED
$48,000 FOR CHURCH
Atlanta, Ga., Mar. 3.—The First
Congregational church, Rev. F. H.
Proctor, pastor, broke the world rec
ord for Colored churches last Sunday
morning, Feb. 20, when at one sitting
it subscribed its entire indebtedness of
$4,800, with the exception of $300,
which was pledged at the evening
hour. Subscriptions ranged from $1
to $500, the largest amount being sub
scribed by a woman. Payment is to
be on the installment plan running for
one hundred weeks.
This was done in response to the
appeal made by Rev. W. W. Newel, of
Chicago, church efficiency expert of
the Congregational Church Building
sociey.t who preceded his appeal with
a strong sermon on sacrifice. He in
terpreted sacrifice as investment, and
urged his hearers to invest their
money in the payment of the debt
overhanging their property, which is
valued at $200,000.
PLANS AID FOR
COLORED PEOPLE.
Cincinnati, O., March 3.—The Coun
cil of Social Agencies has arranged a
Conference of organizations dealing
with problems of the Colored people
to prepare a definite plan for handling
the situation. It also has arranged a
plan for centralized auditing for its
affiliated organizations making an im
mediate saving of $1,200 a year.
TEXAS LOSES JIM CROW
SUIT AGAINST RAILWAY
Austin, Tex., Mar. 3.—Chief Justice
Key, of the Court of Civil Appeals,
has handed down an opinion deciding
against the State in its suit against
the Galveston-Harrisburg and San
Antonio railroad, charged with viola
ting the State’s jinr crow law by al
lowing four Negroes to ride in a sleep
ng car from Los Angeles to San An
tonio.
The justice ruled that the train was
in interstate carrier and the State had
no jurisdiction over the passengers;
also that the State failed to show
whether there were cars with separ
ate compartments for Negroes, which
s all that the law requires.
COLORED WOMAN GETS
$750 FOR INJURIES
Chattanooga, Tenn., Mar. 3.—Ver
dict in favor of the plaintiff for $750
was secured in the case of Cordie
Street, Colored against J. B. McAllis
ter, which was tried by Judge Bach
man last Thursday in the Circuit
court. The case involved the rules
ind laws of landlord and tenant, the
duties owed by landlord to their ten
ants. The woman lived at 842*4 Fort
street, which property is owned by
the defendant. She alleged that on
March 5, 1914; while she was walking
down a pair of steps, they gave away,
•ausing her to fall.
SWEPT FROM HOMES BY FLOOD.
New Orleans, La., Mar. 3.—Three
thousand Negroes were marooned in
the northern part of Tensas parish
by the flood waters resulting from a
break in the levees along the Miss
issippi, Arkansas, Atchafalayo and
the Red and Black rivers.
Eight parishes were flooded, but
only three persons, all Colored, were
drowned. These persons were swept
way when the Mississippi levee near
Newelton, La., was swept away. Many
of the Colored men, forced to take ref
uge on the levee above and below
Natchez, have been given employment
on levee work.
THE SAMS IN THEIR
USUAL DRAW
New York, Mar. 3.—Sam Langford
of Boston and Sam McVey of Califor
nia fought ten rounds to a draw at
Madison Square Garden here
Thursday night, Feb 17. Langford
weighed 193 pounds and McVey 212.
In another match Andre Anderson
of Chicago knocked out Geogre Rodel
in the fifth round. Anderson weighed
215 and Rodel 185.
MAJ. MOTON SAILS FOR
KINGSTON, JAMAICA
New York, Mar. 3.—Maj. R. R.
Moton, principal elect of Tuskegee In
stitute, accompanied by Mrs. Moton,
sailed Thursday, Feb. 24, on the
steamer Tivives of the United Fruit
Company for Kingston, Jamaica,
where he will take a much needed rest.
The new head of Tuskegee expects to
return to New York about the middle
of March.
BUY HOMES.
Save a little each week.
Grow with Growing Omaha.
PROTESTS AGAINST
PROPOSED LAW
Jackson, Miss., Mar.3—Bishop Theo.
Bratton, of the diocese of Mississippi,
writes an open letter to the Legisla
ture in which he makes a vigorous
protest against the passage of the
bill pending to prevent teachers of
one race teaching children of another
race, aimed, of course, at white peo
ple teaching Negro schools. The bish
op states that such a law would over
throw long developed plans of Roman
Catholics, Episcopalian and other
boards, and that it is useless even to
•.uggest they have not done good work.
One of the largest schools for Ne
groes in the South is located at Touga
'oo, seven miles north of Jackson, and
.vhere white teachers are employed
doing a great work. There are similad
schools at Jackson and other places,
ill under direction of church denomin
itions. Such a law would practically
destroy the possibility of Christian
ducation for the Negro, says the
bishop.
COLORED MEN SUE U. S. ARMY
OFFICER FOR HEAVY DAMAGES.
Galveston, Tex., Mar 3.—Suits for
damages aggregating $108,113 were
filed in Federal court here last Mon
day against Maj.-Gen. J. Franklin Bell
of the United tSates army, the town
of Texas City, Tex., and the Texas
City Board of Trade by twenty-six
Colored men who allege that, after a
hurricane of last August, they were
arrested and forced to work clearing
iway the wreckage without promise
if pay. Gen. Bell was in command of
he army division encamped at Texas
City at the time of the storm.
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50c Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin. 29c
50c Doan’s Kidney Pills.31c
Father John’s Medicine .31c
Horlick’s Malted Milk . 39c, 69c
$1 Hyomei, complete .ovc
Listerine . 12c, 19c, 39c 59c
25c Laxative Hromo Quinine. 19c
25c Mennen’s Talcum . 12c
Mentholatum (genuine) .14c
50c Pape’s Diapepsin . 29c
25c Packer’s Tar Soap .14c
$1 Pinkham’s Compound . ..(54c
50c Pebeco Tooth Paste . 34c
$1 Pinaud’s Lilas Vegetal 59c
Sal Hepatica . .. 19c, 34c 64c
50c Svrun of Figs .31c
Scott’s Emulsion.13c
25c Tiz, for Tender Feet.14c
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