$100,000 CHURCH EDIFICE
FREED OF DEBT
(Special to The Monitor by Charles
Stewart.)
Baltimore, Mr., June 25.—The un
known has happened in Baltimore,
when Bethel A. M. E. church in one
rally placed on the table $30,018.50,
this week and by June 29, an addition
al $3,000 will have been paid in, which
will cancel the mortgage on the church
and give to the people one more
church of the race out of debt. This
is perhaps the largest amount ever
raised by one church at a single ef
fort. '
To witness the drive there were
present Bishop J. Albert Johnson, of
Philadelphia; Bishop John Hurst, Bal
timore; Bishop L. J. Coppin of Phila
delphia; Mesdames Mary F. Handy,
J. A. Johnson, K. Bertha Hurst, min
isters from Pennsylvania, New York
and New England.
The drive was planned by the fi
nancial wonder of the race, Dr. W.
Sampson Brooks, who has raised in
three years over a hundred thousand
dollars. The new site for Bethel was
purchased at a cost of $90,000 and is
one of the finest church edifices owned
by the race. When he was appointed
to the charge several years ago, Dr.
Brooks declared that the church must
soon be out of debt, and his mission
was to pay it out, only asking the
people to follow his lead. His first
drive resulted in $15,000 being raised,
and the one which is now closing will
be over $3.3,000.
At the meeting of the midwinter
session of the Bishops* Council, next
February, the church will be turned
over to the connection free of debt
and the mortgage will be burned. In
return for the services rendered in
May, 1920, the general conference will
elevate Dr. W. Sampson Brooks to
the episcopacy.
Dr. Brooks was general chairman
of the banking committee; Prof. How
ard E. Young, secretary; John H.
Murphy, treasurer. The whole Afro
American office force took part in
the rally which lasted from 3 o’clock
in the afternoon until 6:30 the fol
lowing morning, all of which time
was used in counting and collecting
money and hearing reports.
NEW LODGE NAMED FOR
FOUNDER OF TUSKEGEE
(Special to The Monitor.)
Detroit, Mich., June 21.—Booker T.
Washington lodge No. 3, Benevolent
Order of Peerless Knights, was in
stituted in this city Saturday night,
June 14, by the Supreme Exalted
Prelate W. H. King, of St. Louis,
Mo. Sixty-seven men, many of whom
are among Detroit’s most prominent
citizens, took the oath and obliga
tion.
MARTINSBl RG, W. VA„
PROTESTS DISCRIMINATION
(By Associated Negro Press)
Martinsburg, W. Va., June 25.—The
racial and social equality problem- as
applied to Martinsburg conditions,
was precipitated with a suddenness
and a clearness that dazed the finance
committee of the Soldiers Home com
ing celebration when a committee con
sisting of Revs. Read, Jackson and
Johnson, made a statement. They
told the committee that the Colored
people could not give their moral sup
port to the plans of the celebration
unless full equality were accorded
them in the event.
If this were not granted, they said
the Colored people could not be count
ed upon the contribute to the fund.
Any distinction in the matter would
mean that they wTould not back the
plans, for, they let it be known, the
Colored citizens of the community are
as patriotic and upright as any others.
CHICAGO BUSINESS LEAGUE
ELECTS OFFICERS
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Chicago, June 25.—The Montgom
ery branch of the National Negro
Business League re-organized in a
very interesting and largely attended
meeting Thursday night. The fol
iowring officers were elected: Presi
dent, Dr. W. F. Watkins, vice presi
dent, Lee Jordan, treasurer, Dr. R. T.
Adair, Secretary, R. H. Harris, assist
ant secretary, R. W. Harris, chaplain,
J. R. Fagin. A membership commit
tee was appointed who will make a
drive for new members.
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LINCOLN LEAGUE
NEW ORGANIZATION
OF NEGRO LEADERS
Seeks the Co-operation of Whites in
Development of Race.
(Special to The Monitor.)
New Orleans, June 25.—The Lin
coln League of America, to embrace
the Negro race in the United States
having as its direct object securing
of the ballot to the Negro, and de
signed generally to further the ad
vancement of the race, has been or
ganized as the outgrowth of the na
tional Negro conference held here
Monday and Tuesday.
A general convention of the league
will be held in Chicago beginning Sep
tember 16, 1919, at which time more
i definite plans of operation throughout
the nation and particularly in the
South wTill be worked out.
Roscoe Conklin Simmons, chairman
of the conference, was elected presi
dent of the league in its pre-conven
tion form.
The immediate efforts of the league
will be directed toward the formation
of subordinate state, parish or county
organizations of the league. Subordi
nate organization may extend to in
clude ward, township and community
branches, it was said.
Information on the purposes of the
league and the objects sought to be
obtained will be spread among the
people, particularly, it was said,
among white people of the South. Ef
fort to acquaint wThite persons with
the motives of the league will be made,
delegates to the convention said, be
cause it is to the white people of the
South the appeal for different condi
tions for the Negro specially is ad-!
dressed.
A fund of $1437 was collected and j
subscribed to form the nucleus of a
national campaign fund. Of this;
amount $737 was collected in cash.
In a set of resolutions adopted, the
convention set forth as vital to the fu
ture welfare of the nation as well as :
to the Negro race itself the need of1
greater co-operation between the two
races.
MISSOURI NEGRO MADE
CLERK IN U. S. SENATE
Senator Spencer a Friend to the Race.
(Special to The Monitor.
Washington, June 25.—Prof. J.
Silas Harris, of Kansas City, Mo., j
president of the Negro National Edu
cational Congress, was sworn in Tues
day morning as a clerk in the U. S.
Senate. The appointment of Prof.
Harris was due to the splendid efforts
of Senator Selden Spencer of Mis
souri. Prof. Harris is one of the best
known leaders of the race beyond all
question its ablest politician. He is
quiet and unassuming, yet the very
incarnation of force and power. It
has been the good fortune as well as
the pleasure to have known Prof. Kar- j
ris for many years, and we predict
that his coming to the Nation’s Cap
ital will mark the beginning of a new
political era for the Negroes of the
United States. Senator Spencer has
the thanks of thousands of Negroes
for the appointment of Prof. Harris,
and the time may not be far off when
they will have an opportunity to prove
the same.
EUROPE’S SLAYER
PLEADS GUILTY
Sentenced by Judge Sanderson to
From Ten to Fifteen Years.
Boston, Mass., June 25.—Herbert
Wright, trap drummer of the “HeTt
Fighters’’ band, who stabbed and fa
tally wounded Lieut. James Reese Eu
rope on the night of May 11 at Me
chanic hall, was sentenced by Judge
Sanderson Tuesday morning to the
state prison for not more than fifteen
years nor less than ten years.
When the case was called in Judge
Sanderson’s court Wright pleaded
guilty to manslaughter.
Two alienists appointed by District
Attorney Pelletier to inquire into the
sanity of Wright reported that while
not insane he is of such a low type of
mentality that there was a question
as to his entire responsibility. Mr.
Pelletier therefore accepted a plea of
guilty. Counsel for the defense re
cently had two alienists examine
Wright, and they pronounced him in
sane. For this reason the court was
asked some days ago to appoint a
commission to inquire further into the
drummer’s sanity.
Quite a number of witnesses had
been brought from New York, several
of whom were formerly members of
the old 15th.
CAMPAIGN TO SAVE
MORTGAGED CHURCH
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Elizabeth City, N. C., June 25.—
The Mt. Lebanon African Methodist
Church is advertised to be sold for a
mortgage indebtedness of $13,000, and
the Colored people cannot pay the
debt
A campaign is being waged here to
save the church for them. It is a
handsome building, well equipped, and
furnishes a splendid auditorium.
TWENTY-FOURTH INFANTRY
FIRST TO CROSS THE
BORDER INTO MEXICO
Put Enemy to Flight.
(Special to The Monitor.)
El Paso, Tex., June 25.—The 24th
Infantry, Colored, together with cav
alry and artillery, crossed into Mex
ico Sunday night and pursued the
Villista band about 30 miles before
being ordered back on American soil.
Tht American soldiers clashed with
Villa’s men early Monday morning
and nore than a score of the outlaws
fell victims of shrapnel bullets.
A battalion of the Twenty-fourth
was the first to cross the border. They
opened up with a terrific rifle fire on
the trenches flanking the Juarez race
track. They advanced in open order
and succeeded in dislodging the Villa
forces who held the strongest position.
The Villistas were routed and driven
into the hills. Two of the Colored sol
diers were wounded.
This is the second time that Colored
soldiers have been sent into Mexico
after Villa. The famous Tenth Cav
alry-, i.i 1916, made a record two hun
dred mile drive, to rescue a colony of
Mormons, was trapped at Carrazal
and a general massacre followed.
NOTED NEGRO SINGERS'
HOLD SANG-FEST
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Philadelphia, Pa., June 25.—A nota
ble demonstration of the ability of
the Negro race in choral singing was
offered at the Academy of Music by
400 Negro singers led by Carl R.
Diton and Alfred F. Johnson, with W.
Franklin Hoster at the piano. Com
positions of S. Cole rid ge-Taylor, Har
ry T. Burleigh, R. Nathaniel Dett and
Frank Williams were sung, together
with “spirituals” delivered with that
enkindling and communicative fervor
only attained by that race for whom
such songs provide a natural and in
evitable mode of expression. “I Want
to be Ready," “My Lord’s Done Just
What He Said," “Little David, Play on
Your Harp,” “Shout All Over God’s
Heaven,” “Couldn’t Hear Nobody
Pray,” “My Soul is a Witness for My
Lord” were sung with a large measure
of the fine sincerity and spontaneity
that mark the work of the Bach Choir
at Bethlehem, whose performance that
of these Colored singers immediately
preceded. They sang as if the music
lifted them above toil and travail to
a dreaming vista of a promised land
of opportunity- sans prejudice and dis
crimination. The audience itself w-as
an object-lesson in its orderly and
appreciative demeanor. In two of the
songs, “Steal Away to Jesus” and the
final singing of “America,” the audi
ence heartily participated.
PROF. J. W. DACUS GETS
GOVERNMENT JOB
Prof. J. W'. Dacus, formerly of
Burton, Ala., and a resident of our
city for about 14 months, has been ap
pointed railway postal clerk at ter
minal station Council Bluffs, Ta.
Mr. Dacus took the examination
last March and headed the list of 30.
Speaking of his work, the professor
said, “Out of 75 persons employed at
the station, only two are members of
the race, and the civil service is open
to all.”
The professor taught school in the
state of Alabama for ten years, is a
member of Pilgrim Rest Baptist
church, and is always interested in
race affairs.
NORTH CAROLINA ELECTS
COLORED SUPERVISOR
(By Associated Negro Press.)
Raleigh, N. C., June 25.—The state
board of education has elected A. T.
Allen to succeed E. E. Sams as su
pervisor of Colored normal schools
and secretary of the state board of
examiners. Mr. Allen is a member
of the state board of examiners..
NEBRASKA SECOND
IN W. S. S. SALES
During April Nebraska nosed out
all contestants in per capita sales,
except the States of Ohio in the sale
of War Savings Stamps. The per
capita sales in Nebraska were $1.04,
while in Ohio they were slightly
higher.
ESTEEMED RESIDENT
OF OMAHA DIES
Omaha greatly mourns the loss of
Augusta C. Parker, wife of the late
i Abram W. Parker, one of our oldest
and most respected citizens. Mrs.
Parker has been in poor health for
a number of years, and about a year
ago she totally lost her sight. She
suffered a stroke of paralysis last
Wednesday night and has been lin
gering between life and death ever
since.
Mrs. Parker was born in Charles
town, South Carolina, on February
23, 1858. She came to Omaha in 1877
and was married here. She was the
mother of eight children, five of whom
: are living now. All are here now ex
j cept Ray, who is with the A. E. F.
: in France. The hope of seeing him
! again, many think, is what prolonged
her life.
The funeral was held from the
, house on Wednesday by the Rev. T.
A. Taggart. She was buried in the
I family lot in Forest Lawn cemetery
I by the side of her husband.
Mrs. Parker’s passing is bemoaned
j by her many friends and acquaint
j ances.
THE OLD REGIME DIES HARD
(By Associated Negro Press.)
St. Augustine, Fla., June 25.—The
Colored people of Florida wish it
| generally known, according to a state
ment issued by a committee of citi
zens, that they are wide awake with
reference to the “White Man’s Re
publican Party,” recently formed here
by a group of “Lily Whites.”
This effort has been tried before,
hut it has never gotten very far, and
it is our belief that the National Re
publican party is too deeply concern
ed in giving what others have prom
ised, “equal and exact justice,” to tol
erate this sort of thing.
SURVIVED BY GREAT
GREAT-GR \NDCHILDREN
Hampton, Va., June 25.—“Uncle”
Jesse Hightower, an aged and re
spected Negro, died at the home of his
grandson, Will Hightower, a tenant
on the plantation of Charles H. Grif
fin. “Uncle” Jesse was 112 years old,
and was a familiar figure, peddling
brushbrooms in the community.
He was born in North Carolina, but
spent most of his life in Upsin, Pike
and Henry counties. He is the last
surviving member of his family.
Grandchildren, great-grandchildren,
and great-great-grandchildren survive
him.
FREIGHT HANDLERS ORGANIZE
(Rv Associated Negro Press.)
Pine Bluff, Ark., June 25.—The Ne
gro freight handlers of Pine Bluff
have organized a branch of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, to be known
as the Federal Labor Union. The
Union now has a membership of 95
members.
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