General Race News
CLARINDA JOURNAL PRAISES
FIRST REGIMENTAL BAND
The First Regimental Band, Uni
form Rank, K. of P., from Omaha, has
been the drawing card at the sessions
of the grand lodge of Iowa of the
Colored Knights of Pythias, in ses
sion in Clarinda, Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday. The band, with Dan
Desdunes as leader, is the same or
ganization which delighted the peo
ple of Clarinda last year, and the
year it is even better. There are
twenty-three musicians and the lead
er present, but in Omaha, where the
band is very popular and plays at
all the big affairs, there are thirty
four men playing.
Each evening of the session they
have given concerts in the Clarinda
Chautauqua auditorium and will give
a final concert there Thursday night.
They have also given concerts in the
yard of the Page county court house
and will lead the grand parade which
takes place this afternoon at 2:30
o’clock. The band plays music of all
kinds, march music, waltz music, clas
sics and rag time, and plays it all
with such perfect harmony and such i
good finish that they are a pleas- j
ure to hear. Their phrasing and j
shading is excellent, the instruments
are always in perfect tune and the j
whole organization is at the instant J
command of the leader, who is him
self a splendid player of the comet.
They are deserving of all their popu
larity in Clarinda and it is expetced
that the Clarinda Chautauqua audi
torium will be full to hear them to
night. Last year the band featured
a famous ragtime selection called
“Memphis Blues.” This year their
ragtime feature, which bids fair to
be as popular, is “Walkin’ the Dog.”
—The Clarinda Journal, July 27.
MISS FREEMAN VISITS ST. LOUIS
St. Louis, Mo.. Aug. 11—The local
branch of the N. A. A. C. P. gave
Miss Elizabeth Freeman, the cultured
English woman who reported the
Waco horror for The Crisis, a large
audience Monday, July 24, at Pythian
Hall.
Miss Freeman brought a burning
message to her hearers which was en
thusiastically received. She told them
of the great need of an organized de
termined fight against lawlessness in
this country. She pointed out the
work done by the National Associa
tion for the advancement of Colored
people and asked the co-operation of
the local branch. Nearly $200 was
raised to help the cause.
IS AGAIN FIRST
TO SELL COTTON
Albany, Ga., Aug. 11.—The first
bale for Georgia, so far as is known
here was marketed July 22 at Pelham.
It was raised by Ned Sanders, a Col
ored farmer, in the western part of
Mitchell county. He is the same farm
er who raised Georgia’s first bale last
year.
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 11.—Mont
gomery, Ala., at first refused Colored
mechanics sent by the Louisville Gas
Company to repair wires after a
wash-out. Later when work was fin
ished sent them each a letter of
thanks with bonus.
EASTERN RAILROAD COMPANY
EMPLOYING COLORED LABOR
Waterbury, Conn., Aug. 11.—The
abnormal labor shortage of the last
seven months has fallen heavily upon
the New York, New Haven and Hart
ford Railroad Co., particularly in the
departments of Transportation and
Maintenance of Way. An experiment
for the solving of this problem has
been begun by the company with the
impou-tation of one hundred Negro la
borers from Norfolk, Va., who have
been put on construction work.
At the outbreak of the European
War Austria called home its reservists
who, with the Italians called to the
colors some time later, had finally
ousted the Irish as the “section hand '
and excavator of the North. Their
places were only recently partly filled
by Southern Negroes.
THREE THOUSAND
LABORERS WILL PARADE
Macon, Ga., Aug. 11.—On the 30th
of this month nearly 3,000 Colored
laborers will take part in the first
annual meeting of the Organization
if Colored Laborers of Maocn.
At the city auditorium Rev. J. H.
Fern, of the First Christian church;
Mr. Norville, of the city Y. M. C. A.,
and Mr. W. T. Anderson, will speak
m the subject of the benefits derived
from industry.
These 3,000 workers earn some
thing like $700,000 a year and the
idea is to make them understand that
their part in the upbuilding of Great
t Macon may be worthy of their
‘.oil.
APPOINTED POLICE SERGEANT
Atlantic City, N. J., Aug. 11.—Roy
Robinson has been rewarded for
his twenty-three years faithful duty
on the Atlantic City police force
by being apointed sergane. Ser
geant Robinson is the only Colored
police sergeant in the east, and
is one of Atlantic City’s most respect
ed citizens, being prominent in church
and fraternal circles. John M. S.
Williams and George W. Corbin have
been appointed detectives on the local
police force. Their appointments have
been confirmed.
IAVE ORGANIZED
SAVINGS BANK
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Waycross, Ga., Aug. 11.—As a re
sult of the activities of the Local Ne
gro Business League at this place,
the Colored business men have organ
ized the Laborers Penny Savings and
Loan Company. The company ex
pects to engage in a regular banking
business beginning January 1, 1917.
Carlton W. Gains is the president and
R. W. Williams the secretary.
SISTERS PASS STATE BOARD
Baltimore, Md., Aug. 11.—Drs. Es
ther and Ruth Fowler, graduates from
the pharmaceutical department of
Howard University, class of ’16, have
the distinction of being the first two
race women to pass successfully the
Delaware State Board. The exam
ination was held on July 5.
Not crowing; simply growing with
growing Omaha, and helping Omaha
to grow'.
TWO ANTI-LYNCHING
BILLS ARE UNPOPULAR
Atlantic, Ga., Aug. 11.—Two anti
lynching measures have been intro
duced in the Georgia legislature, one
by President G. Ogden Persons in the
Senate and another by Representative
Henry Fulbright in the lower house.
Both bills provide that the sheriff
who fails to protect a prisoner from
lynching or who, by neglect, allows a
lynching to be carried out in the coun
ty where he holds office, is to be re
moved from office by the Governor
and is debarred from the right to hold
office again.
The Persons bill has been unfavor
i ably reported by the Senate general
judiciary committee, and it is probable
that the Fulbright bill will meet the
same fate in the lower house. There
is considerable sentiment in favor of
the bills, but the reactionary element
is strongly opposed.
BECOMES PRINCIPAL OF
KANSAS CITY HIGH SCHOOL
Columbia, Mo., Aug. 11.—Professor
Henley L. Cox, principal of the Doug
las High School, has been chosen by
the Board of Education of Kansas
City, Mo., to the principalship of the
Wendell Phillip’s school, the largest
public school in that city, for Negroes.
Prof. Cox has been principal of the
Columbia school for six years, com
ing directly from Howard University,
where he was graduated with high
honors in the class of 1910. His work
in Columbia has been signally suc
cessful.
KANSAS CITY BAPTISTS
DEDICATE CHCRCH
Special to The Monitor.
Kansas City, Kas., Aug. II—The
Metropolitan Baptist Temple was ded
icated here last Sunday with impres
sive services. The special dedicatory
service was held at 3 p. m., the ser
mon being preached by the Rev. Dr
I. T. Caston, of St. Louis. Congrat
ulatory addresses were made by sev
eral prominent local speakers. The
Rev. D. A. Holmes is the pastor of
Metropolitan, where he has done ef
'icient work.
PICTURES WITH SERMONS
Roanoke, Va., Aug. 11.—Rev. E. E.
Ricks, minister of the First Baptist
Church, has solved tin problem of i
the summer evening service by lllus- i
trating his service.
During July and August his sub
ject is “Sunday Nights With J^sus.'’
Many beautifu! scenes in the life of
Christ are thrown on the canvas, |
while short, plain, practical and help
ful talks are given, interspersed by
Songs in the Night” and Mlustrated
-o oh.
Elizabeth, N. J., Aug .11.—One
hundred and fifty men from the South
lave arrived here to work in the sew
ng machine factory of Singer Co.,
and |22 (more are expected before i
all.
OPPORTUNITY MISSED
A Denver man tells of one West
erner’s opinion of the East. It ap
pears that this man had occasion to
visit New York, a city he had never
seen. He remained for a week or
two longer than he had expected, and,
in writing of his experiences to his
wife in the West, he said:
“New York is a great city, but I
do wish I had come here before I was
converted.”—New York American.
EVENTS AND PERSONS
Mr. Roy Broomfield left Thursday
evening for Chicago, 111., where he in
tends to spend the remainder of his
vacation.
The Florence P. Leavitt Club will
hold an entertainment at the Grove
M. E. church, 22nd and Seward Sts.,
Aug. 23rd, for the benefit of the
church.
Holland Harold is the manager of
Adams Saxaphone orchestra.
Mrs. I. M. Hnnter left Thursday for
St. Joe, Missouri, to visit her two
daughters, Mrs. Tack and Mrs. Payne,
of that city. She will remain about
two weeks.
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Mrs. L. Wright left Monday even
ing for Emporia, Kansas, where she
will attend the Grand Lodge of 0. E.
S. On her return she will stop over
at Kansas City to attend the conven
tion of the National Negro Business
League.
Miss Ida Craige, one of the Kansas
City school teachers, is visiting for
a fortnight with Mr. and Mrs. James
Graves, of 2803 Miami street. We
hope for her a pleasant stay while in
our city.
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