Prominent Woman
Visits Lincoln
Mary White Ovington of New York,
Organizer of the National Associa
tion for the Advancement of Col
ored People, Addressed Large Au
dienre at Temple Theater.
MAYOR MILLER ALSO SPEAKS
B LARGE audience of about 700
Colored people greeted Miss
Mary White Ovington, when she
spoke on the Negro problem Friday
■ night at Temple theater. Miss Ov
ington came from New York, where
she has for the past five years do
voted her time and interests to the
advancement of this society.
The meeting was opened by sing
ing of the national anthem, “Ameri
-j ca,” an instrumental solo by Mrs.
Isetta Malone, followed by invocation
by the Rev. R. R. Powers. Mayor
Miller was introduced by Clyde Ma
lone, who is president of the local
branch of the N. A. A. C. P.
Mayor Miller in turn thanked the
audience heartily for the greeting re
ceived. He assured the Colored peo
ple that he would always be a friend
to them. He spoke of Colored troop's
in France and how they have rallied
to the cause.
He also said he was a firm be
liever of political liberty. That de
mocracy meant political equality. In
speaking of the nation as a whole,,
he said that if he had the power he
,would allow no man whether black
or white, the right of franchise un
less he was able to read and write.
Miss Ovington in her address told
of the beginning of the association
and how she had lived in a Colored
settlement in Brooklyn in order to
make a better study of their prob
lems and difficulties. She had to
visit the homes before she really un
derstood the conditions that existel
there.
She also stated that the associa
tion was founded after the Spring
field race riots in 1908, which were
directed against the Colored people
of that city. William English Wall
ing, who was in Springfield at the
time, wrote an article, “Race War in
the North,” which stirred up enthus
iasm rapidly and the result was to
form a society that would take such
matters under consideration.
The society was organized on Lin
coln’s birthday in 1909. When the or
ganization started out, the members
pledged themselves to protect the
rights of Colored citizens. The or
ganization now has 119 zranches with
a membership of 35,200. Their aim
is to make it reach the 50,000 mark
before the beginning of next year.
Lincoln has a membership of 200.
She said that the National Asso
ciation for the Advancement of Col
ored People dealt with affairs con
cerning lynching, segregation. Jim
Crow cars, education and disfrancr.
isement. One of the biggest ques
tions was the disfranchisement of the
Negro of the south.
In considering the photo pla>, “The
I Birth of a Nation,” she said the na
I tional officers of which Moorfield
Storey is president, and she one of
j the vice presidents, tried to get it
censored at the very beginning, while
in Boston. Mr. Storey meeting Mr.
Griffith, the producer, refused to
shake hands with him on account of
I the great humiliation his play was
causing ^ ong both Colored and white
people. She asserted lynching*
marked disgrace upon people of both
1 races.
Miss Ovington said that the
J branches of the N. A. A. C. P. were
| expected to fight any battles that
presented themselves and to induce
| their members to subscribe for the
“Crisis,” a. magazine which is pub
lished every month and which tells
of the work done by the branches
in various cities. The “Crisis” has
a circulation of 76,000.
She urged her listeners to work
diligently in order to get best results.
She also assured them that every
means will be taken to see that the
Negro be allowed to share equally in
the American heritage of citizenship.
MRS. SARAH WALKER.
‘COMMITTEE OF ONE HUNDRED"
(Continued from First Page.)
Mr. H. B. Hudson, secretary Na
tional Baptist Convention (Incorpor
ated), Selma, Ala.
Mr. Clarence W. Allen, president
Press Publishing company, Mobile,
Ala.
Dr. A. F. Owens, dean theological
department, Selma university, Selma,
Ala.
Dr. E. T. Be Isa w, secretary execu
tive board, National Medical Associa
tion, Mobile, Ala.
Dr. Byrd Prillerman, president
West Virginia Collegiate Institute, In
stitute, W. Va.
Mr. Roscoe Conkling Bruce, assist
ant superintendent public schools,
Washington, D. C.
Dr. Richard Carroll, Columbia, S. C.
Mr. T. Thomas Fortune, secretary
State Migrant Welfare commission,
Trenton, N. J.
Mr. Robert L. Vann, editor the
Courier and assistant city solicitor,
Pittsburg, Pa.
Mr. Chris J. Perry, president Na
tional Negro Press association, Phila
delphia, Pa.
Dr. R. S. Wilkinson, president Nor
mal Industrial and Mechanical col
lege, Orangeburg, S. C.
Mr. James A. Ross, publisher, Buf
falo, N. Y.
Dr. W. W. Lucas, general officer
M. E. church, Meridian, Miss.
\ Renewed Impetus to Negro Patriot
ism
Zones of activity have been worked
cut and it is expected that speakers
will accept assignments as near their
homes as possible to avoid the ex
pense incident to long journeys. Ex
cept in special cases, expenses con
nected with speaking appointments
should be borne by the local auspices
under which the speakers appear.
The loyalty of the 12,000,000 Ne
groes of America is not doubted, but
it is believed that their natural pa
triotism will be stirred anew and their
helpful activities will be given a live
lier impetus through the eloquent re
minders voiced by leaders of thought
and opinion who enjoy in the fullest
measure their confidence and esteem.
BRITISH SUBJECTS ENROLL
IN LARGE NUMBERS
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I’hiladelphia, June 28.—Negro Brit
' ish subjects to the number of twentv
per week are being enrolled for serv
ice at the British recruiting office,
Sixteenth and Chestnut streets, ac
cording to information received at the
office today. An average of ten per
day, principally those from the Ber
! muda and Bahama islands, have ap
plied for enlistment during the past
I several weeks, and these have been
! examined and data regarding them
recorded. None of these, however,
v. ere enlisted until the order to that
effect calling for Negroes to be en
rolled was received.
R \LPH TYLER GIVES THREE
SONE TO UNCLE SAM
.Columbus, O.—All three of the son
of Ralph W. Tyler, ex-auditor of the
navy and head of the Colored Soldiers’
Comfort Committee, have been called
to the service. Two are in France and
the third is waiting orders to go.
Many are giving their lives; you
ere asked only to loan your money.
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