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A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS
THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor
$2.00 a Year 5c a Copy OMAHA, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1921. Vol. VII. No. 13. Whole No. 325.
LIBERIA DISTRICTS HAVE BEEN PLACED UNDER MARTIAL LAW
M’RARY IS MULCT
$40,000 SETTLING
SUIT V« DAMAGES
°<s>
Wealthy North m Who Was
Sued By Varner t>. ■•nation of
Wife's Affection 1- <£, xrge
Sum to Stop Sensa 'of
Trial A
CAN’T RETURN TO LEXINGTON
Friends Fear Mob Violence Should
McRary Return South to Settle
Business Affairs
CINCINNATI, 0., Sept. 22.—It ha
leaked out that Baxter McRary, weal
thy citizen of Lexington, N. C., put up
$40,000 in order to settle out of court
suits of H. B. Varner, white, against
him for alienating the affections of
Mrs. Varner. Of this amount, $20,000,
it is said, will lie paid to Varner’s law
yers, and the remaining $20,000 to Mr,
McRary’s lawyers and to pay the court
costs.
Varner is also said to have put up
$50,000, $25,000 of which goes to hi*
wife and the remainder to pay her at
torney’s fees and court costs.
It is reported that Mr. McRary feel
that he has saved $60,000 by settling
the case out of court. The whites it
is said, had planned to ruin him by sc
arranging matters with Mrs. Varner,
, his only witness, that she would not
testify. Altogether they planned to
make the case cost $100,000.
Not Safe in Lexington
Hr. I. Garland Penn, friend of Mr.
McRary ami an official of the M. E.
Church, in which Mr. McRary is an ar
dent worker, has just returned from
Lexington, N. C., and reports that it
not safe for Mr. McRary to return
home yet. Mr. McRary, himself, is
anxious to go back because of his
poor health here and because his hus
i<ie- affairs are tied up in his home
city. Mob violence, however, is
threatened, should he return.
The case attracted considerable
publicity last spring when Varner
sued his wife for divorce and sued
Mr. McRary for $50,000 damages,
charging him with stealing his wife’s
affections.
NEBRASKA CONFERENCE HAS
SUCCESSFUL MEETING
Lincoln Gives Warm Welcome to
Methodists From Several States
The first Nebraska Conference con
verred in Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 14-21.
There were some forty ministers and
laymen from Omaha, Kansas City,
Leavenworth, Atchison, and other
, towns of eastern Nebraska.
The session was held in the A. M
!Church, Bishop H. B. Parks, I). D.
presiding. The session was opened
promptly and routine business rapid
ly dispatched.
Wednesday night a large congrega
tion assembled to listen to addresses
of welcome by Rev. A. J. McAllister
of the M. E. Church, Clyde W. Ma
lone of the A.M . E. Church and Mr*.
E. J. Edwards, which were responded
to by Rev. Mr. Barksdale, Bishop
Parks, and others. The choir rend
<>red splendid music.
1 ,,ere was much doing along busi
>■ - line during the whole session.
Many sermons were delivered which
will not be soon forgotten. Rev. Mi
Barksdale delivered a great lecture or
Saturday night, depicting the history
of the A. M. E. Church from its in
fancy. It was highly appreciated by
all. Bishop H. B. Parks delivered orif
of hi* inspiring sermons Sunday morn
ing with a large congregation in at
tendance. A free-will offering of $5f
was taken up. Sunday School wa
held in the afternoon and was attend
ed by many of the visitors.
Memorfhl services were held at !?:.'!(
p. M. conducted by Rev. O. J. Buck
hardt and the following deceased ones
were eulogized bv the ministers. Rev.
Mr. Griffin, Kansu City, Kans. spoki
of Sister Smith. Rev. Mr. Tucker ol
Atchison, spoke of Bishop Tyree. Rev
J. S. Pa^ne, P. K., spoke on Rev. Wm
H. Prince. Rev. W B. Johnson of Kan
a City, spoke on Rev. Geo. W
Brown.
Rev. H. D. Rhone, a young min
inter of Penn, then delivered a ser
mon f.nd received many congratula
tions. The conference met early
Sunday night, listened to a sermor
by Rev. Dr. Griffin of Kansas City
then appointments of pastors wen
in order. Many members of the con
fpro.nce complimented the hospitali
ty Hhown them here.
PORTERS TO REPLACE
WHITE CONDUCTORS
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 22.—It li
reported hfere that the Pullman com
pany has plans under way, whereby
white Pultnan conductors are to be re
placed by colored porter*, to collecl
fare* and to preform other dutie* or
Southern line*.
M,
SOUTHERN WOMEN
AGAINST LYNCHING
Prominent Serial and Civil Leaders
Forsee Kuiu of Constitutional
Ideals Unless Lawlessness
Is Restrained.
PROTEST DOUBLE STANDARD
Pleud For the Creation of Public Senti
ment Which Will Change Condi
tions And Protect All Women.
ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 16. “We find
in our hearts no extenuation for crime,
lie it violation of womanhood, mob
violence, or the illegal taking of hu
man life,’’ declares a statement Just
issued by a special section of Georgia
State Committee on lnter-Kacial Co
operation, composed entirely of
women, which has just been organ
ized here to banish all groups which
would take into their own hands the
execution of Justice and to set up a
single standard of morals both in the
white and the colored races.
This appeal condemns the protec
tion of womanhood by criminal meth
ods, asserting “if there is any crime
more dangerous than another it is
that crime that strikes at the root of
and undermines constituted authority,
breaks all laws and restraints of civ
ilization, substitutes mob violence and
masked irresponsibility for establish
ed justice and deprives ociety of a
sense of protection against barbar
ism.”
Resolutions adopted at the organi
zation meeting outline the scope of
tile committee's activities and ac
knowledge the responsibility of shar
ing with ail good citizens ‘ the duty
of emphasizing and perpetuating the
ideals of our fathers in the founding of
j this commonwealth in wisdom, justice
and moderation.”
Then follows the appeal to the pu
j blic at large to uphold public officials
j in the discharge of their duties, "to ;
! recognize the forces which are un- !
liermining our life, and speedily to ;
| banish self-coiiBtituted groups and j
'agencies which presume to usurp au-i
thority, set aside the dignity of the
law and constitute themselves the
present!»i s, Jurors, judges and exe
cutors of suspected criminals.'
"We have a deep sense of apprecia- |
tion for the chivalry of men who would i
giv<^*ihelr liveB for the purity and
safety of women”, they declare.
‘ Vet we feel constrained to declare :
our convictions concerning the meth
ods sometimes employed in this sup
posed protection. We find in our i
i hearts no extenuation for crime, be it
| violation of womanhood, mob violence
or the illegal taking of human life.
“We are convinced that if there is
any one crime mode dangerous than
another, it is Hint crime which strike
at l he root of, and undermines con
stituted authority, breaks all laws and
restraints from civilization, substitute
mob violence and masked irresponsi.
hi I ity for established Justice and de
i prives society of a sense of protection
against barbarism.
“Therefore, we believe that false
'appeal can be ^uade to Southern man
hood that the mob violence is nec
lessary tor the protection of women
hood, or that he brutal practice of
lynching and burning of human beings
j is au expression of chivalry. We he.
lieve that these methods are no pro
tection to anything or anybody, but
that they Jeopardize every right and
every security that we possess.
“The double standard of morals,
which society passively permits is
rupidly producing results that Imperil
the future Integrity of our national
life und we are persuuded that this
problem can never be solved as long
j as there is a double standard for
men and women of any race. We ap
peal for the creation of a public sen
timent which will no longer submit
to this condition and declare ourselves
tor tlie protection of womanhood of
I whatever race.
"We are convinced that if there is
| ever to be a solution of the race
problem there must be an intensive
and sustained campaign to instruct
whites and Negroes to respect both
moral and civil law. Therefore, we
recommend! hat all people give them
selves to a definite study of these vital
matters relating to Justice and right,
eousness and that the press, pulpit,
platform and school endeavor to lead
' public thought in brlaging about a
state of public opinion that will com
pel tihe protection of the purity of
both races.”
Among the women in the newly or
I ganized body are: Mrs. A. W. Lawton,
of Savannah, who Is chairman j>f the
special women’s section; Mrs. w. A.
Turner of Newman, secretary; Mrs.
Samuel M. Inman, Mrs. Emily Mc
iyuigall, Mrs. J. H. Me.Eachern, Mrs.
Bt union t Davison, Miss Rosa Wood
bei /, Mrs. C. N. Downey, Mrs. W. A.
Albright, Mrs. W. Frank 8mith, Mrs
SMITHVILLE, TEX., PROHIBITS j
PARADE OE MASKED MEN
SMITHVILLE, Tex., Sept. 16 —
Fearing a contemplated parade of the
Ku Klux Klan would cause racial
friction, the Council has adopted an
ordinance prohibiting masked bodies
of men from using the streets. Parades ]
by Klansinen in other cities have been j
held recently without interference.
BISHOP SCOTT SPEAKS
AT GROVE METHODIST
Prominent Prelate Mho Has Travelled
Widely Tells of Improving Condi
tions la tlie Southland
That the South has improved in its
relation to the colored people since the
large migration from that section was
a statement made by Bishop I. B. Scott,
Grove M. E. church Tuesday night.
Bishop Scot w ho for many years was
editor of the Southwestern Christian
Advocate of New Orleans, and has
written a bright chapter in missionary
work In Africa and in the South Is one
of the outstanding figures of the
Methodist Episcopal Church. Before
beginning his sermon on “Prevailing
Prayer,” which was one of the instruc
tion and effectiveness, the bishop ex- j
pressed his pleasure at being present
and askd how many of the congrega. j
tion were from the South. Two-thirds
of those present raised their hands. '
He then told them of the improved |
conditions. “The South has improved,
since you left", said the bishop “in its
relation to the colored people. 1 do
not mean that there are no abuses, no
mistreatment; but that there is an
element and a constantly increasing
element who are seeing to it that col
ored people are being better treated.
Inter-racial committees are conferring
together for the righting of wrongs.
You have helped South by leaving and
you have helped the North by buying
homes and putting “the go into your
northern brethern. Stay North and
continue to be progressive and thrifty
citizens.”
In his sermon he stressed the need
of prayer in every life and plead for a
restoral of family prayer. The Rev.
Charles W. Savidge; the Rev. Saunders
pastor of Grove and the Rev. Dr. Logan
took part in the services, the latter in
troducing Bishop Scott.
(HIV II \ IN NATIONAL
COLORED BASE BALL
LEAGUE NEXT YEAR
Omaha w ill be represented by two [
son if tlie plans of Secretary “Mike"!
organized base (rail teams next sea. j
Finn of the Omaha Western league '
dub materializes.
It is the plan of Finn to organize j
a colored team in this city. Should
one tie formed—and all present indi
cations are that it will—Omaha will
become a member of the National
Colored Base Ball League, which is
composed of Chicago, Detroit, Kan
sas City, St. Louis and at the present,
time Cincinnati. However, the latter
city Is going to drop out of the league
thereby allowing Omaha the vacant
franchise.
The colored teams will play in
Omaha only during the absence of the
Omaha Buffaloes, according to Secre
tary “Mike”.
John Donaldson of the Kansas City
Monarchs, considered one of the best
colored base bull players In the conn,
try, has been secured to manage tlie
Omaha colored team. Donaldson will
take up his new duties next season.
lavdle Wilkinson, manager of the
Kansas City Monarchs and formerly
connected with the All-Nations base
ball club, is instrumental in assisting
Omaha to get a franchise In the league.
NEWSPAPERS NOTING
POLITICAL POSITION
OF COLORED AMERICANS
(By The Associated Negro Press.)
WASHINGTON, I). C., Sept. 22.—The
great daily newspaper of the United
States have begun to give special no
tice to the remarkable political con
ditions existing at this time among
Colored Americans. The alarming and
significant feature is brought out that
the undented policy of “Lily Whiteism”
adopted by the Administration and the
Republican Party, promises to aoruse
reflex indignation in eastern and west
ern states where “Negro votes count”.
The Washington, D. C. Star, an Ad.
ministration newspaper, calls atten
tion to the fact that never before in the
history of politics has there been such
a stato of affairs twelve months before
the next Congressional election, and
states that “This Is bound to attract at
tention and lead to some sort of ex
pression as to Its natloual value and
significance.
- -
Archibald Davis, Mrs. M. Ashby Jones,
Mrs. H. C. Phipps, of Atlanta; Mrs.
W. J. Neel, of Cartorsvtlle; Mrs. Z. I.
Fitzpatrick, of ThomasvUle; Mrs. C.
C. Hinton of Macon: Mrs. T. J. Woof,
ter, of Athens; Mrs. Hazen Smith ,of
Ia Grange, and Mrs. Luke Johnson of
Griffin.
AFRICAN BLOOD
BROTHERHOOD
AGAINST GARVEY
Pan-African Congress Ridicules Hi*
“Hack to Africa Movement’ am'
Jamaican Leader Draws T?:
of Opponent
0. N. I. A. OPPOSES P. A. 0.
Cyril Briggs S[waking for Brother
hood .Says Garvey Twists DuBois
Demand for Race Equality
NEW YORK CITY, Sept. 22.—Mar
cus Garvey, head of the U. N. I. A
and president of the Black Star Line
faces criticism from a new source.
Last week the Pan African Con
gress, in Brussels, ridiculed his, “Back
to Africa Movement,” as an impract
ical dream. Replying to this state
ment of the Congress which was evi
dently written by Dr. W. E. B. Du
Bois, the Honorable Marcus Garvey
discusses racial equality and thereby
drew the fire from the African Blood
Brotherhood, known as a peace-loving,
hut red blooded organization created
to afford immediate protection and ul
timate deliveration of Negroes every
where. Mr. Garvey’s statement re
plying to Dr. DuBois was printed in
the New York World last Friday and
is as follows:
“The Universal Negro Improvement
Association stands in opposition to the
Pan-African Congress and to the lead
ership of DuBois because they seek to
bring about a destruction ’■*
and white races by the social amalga
mation of both. The Dr. DuBois group
believe that Negroes should settle
down in communities of whites and by
social contact and miscegenation bring
about a new type. The Universal Ne
gro Improvement Association believes
that both races have separate and dis
tinct social destinies, that each and ev
ery race should develop on its own so
cial lines, and that any attempt to
bring about the amalgamation of anv
two opposite races is a crime against
nature.”
Speaking for "the African Blood
Brotherhood, Cyril V. Briggs declared
today, Marcus Garvey in trying to an
swer DuBois repudiation of his ideas,
twists DuBois’ demand for racial
equality ii o a demand for “social
equality” (whatever that is!) and ap
peals to the worst prejudices and pas
sions of certain whites.
MOVEMENT ON FOOT
FOR BRANCH V. M. C. A.
Rev. J. Felton Bryant, Who Has Had
•Successful Career, Sent to City as
First Secretary of Branch
Plans for a Branch of the Y. M. C.
A. for Colored men have been under
discussion for some months. Substan
tial progress has been made to the ex
tent that an executive committee has
been organized and the National As
sociation has sent the Rev. J. Felton
Bryant, of Painesville, Ohio, w-ho has
been a successful “Y” worker as first
secretary of the Branch. Mr. Bryant
will thoroughly survey the field and
do such preliminary work as may be
J. Felton Bryant
defined advisable before a definite lo
cation of and steps for securing a
building will be taken.
Mr. Bryant, who is a regularly or
dained Congregational minister is a
graduate of Oberlin College and took
a post graduate course at Yale. He
served for nineteen months in army
“Y” work overseas. H>' has had n
most successful career in the ministry
and as a social and Y. M. C. A. work
er. Upon his leaving Painesville, foi
Omaha, the local paper spoke in mos!
complimentary' terms of his worl
there. A few months ago Mr. Bryan'
was married to Miss Margaret L
Jones, the accomplished daughter o
Dr. W. T. Jones of Newport News, Va
Mrs. Bryant, prior to her marriagi
was engaged in educational work a
Tuskegee. f
The Monitor extends cordial wel
come to these Christian workers whi
have come among us and wishes then
every success.
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ASSISTS NEW YORK
WORLD FIOHT KLAN
National Office N. A. A. C. P. Places
Important Data And Information
in Hands of Great Metropoli
tan Daily Waging War
On Kluxies
N. A. A. C. P. FIRST TO ACT
—
National Association For Advance
p-ent of Colored People Responsi
ble for Awakening Nation
NEW YORK, Sept. 22—James Wel
don Johnson, Secretary of the Nation
al Association for the Advancement of
Colored People, makes the following
statement:
“Just one year ago one of the staff
officers of the National Association
wrote a letter to the headquarters of
the Ku Klux Klan in Atlanta and in
reply received an application for mem
bership blank and some literature of
the Klan. This was the beginning of
the fight which the National Associ
ation for the Advancement of Colored I
People has kept up against the Ku;
Klux Klan ever since.
Secures Information
After considerable correspondence
we secured enough information re
garding the Klan to give wide spread
publicity to it and to show its real pur
poses. We placed the evidence that
we had gathered into the hands of thei
Mayor of the City of New York, Gov-;
ernor of New York State, Police Com-!
missioner of New York and the Dis-i
triet Attorney’s Office, and also into:
the hands of the Department of Jus-|
tice at Washington. Later a member;
of our office staff made the trip to
Ocoee, Florida, and investigated the
Ku Klux Klan riots in that town in
which twenty-five to forty colored peo
ple were killed.
Holds First
The first mass meeting in New
York against the Ku Klux Klan was
held under the auspices of the Na
tional Association for the Advance
ment of Colored People on the 3rd
of January. The National Associa
tion for the Advancement of Colored
People has not only fought the Ku
Klux Klan from its National Office
and through its branches by public
ity, by mass meeting and by appeal
ing to the authorities, it has also
fought the Klan as it is glorified in
the infamous moving picture, “The
Birth of a Nation.’’ In return the
Klan through its organ, The Search
light, launched a vicious attack
against the N. A. A. C. P. and used
every means in its power to intimi
date members of the Association in
the South. This fight of a year
waged by the Association has at last
borne fruit and the battle has been
taken up by a great and powerful
champion, The New ^ ork World.
And The World is dealing the Ku
Klux Klan its death blow. Twenty
other prominent newspapers in vari
ous sections of the country are asso
ciated with The World in giving pub
licity to the inside workings of this
nefarious organization.
Gives World Data
About a little more than two
months ago a representative of The
World came into the National Oil ice
of the Association and told us plans i
for an investigation and expose!
which his paper was undertaking and I
asked us to furnish him with all the
data and information possible. Our|
office immediately placed at his dis-|
po -al its files of data, information j
and documents relating to the Ku
Klux Klan. We are glad that we
were able to render this assistance
to The World in the great fight which
it is carrying on. The World is per
forming a great service not only to
the Negro but to the nation because
in stamping out the Ku Klux Klan,
it is conserving its institutions of law
and order. The World merits the ap
preciation of the whole country and
| especially of the colored people be
| cause the destruction,of the Ku Klux
Klan means more to them than to
anybody else.
In addition the New York Ameri
can has begun the publication of a
series of articles exposing the Klan.
The articles are written by C. Ander
son Wright, former King Kleagle of
j of the Invisible Empire of the Ku
| Klux Klan. In the issue of the Amer
ican nf September lfi, Mr. Wright
’ made the following disclosure regard
ing the policy of the Klan toward the
N. A. A. C. P.
Fear Negro Power
“Another subject of serious discus
' sion was the realization that the pow
■ er of the Negro society known as the
> Society for the Advancement of Col
: ored People was becoming a great
menace to the expansion of the Kv
' Klux Klan, as it was continually giv
ing to the press publicity on the
K Ihji’s underhanded methods. Thi:
society was getting active in Stati
TWO TEXAS CITIES PASS
MEASURES AGAINST KLAN
EL PASO, Tex., Sept. 22.—The City
Council adopted on first reading yes
terday an ordinance forbidding public
gatherings or demonstrations of mask,
ed persons. Permits form the Police
Chief are necessary for masked balls
or carnivals. Supporters of the ordin
ance say it is aimed at the Ku Klux
Klan.
TWO THOUSAND WISH
PARSON GODSPEED
Rev. Everard W. Daniel, Former Cur
ate at St. Philip s Goes to St.
Matthew’s Parish, Detroit
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IS VALIANT RACE CHAMPION
NEW YORK, Sept. 22—The Rev.
Everard W. Daniel, for seventeen
years curate of St. Philip’s Episcopal
church, this city, the wealthiest con
gregation of colored people in the
United States, w'as given a great ova
tion _in Harlem Casino, Friday night,
September 9, at a reception given in
his honor. More than 2,000 persons
were in attendance to bid Dan
iel Godspeed on the eve of his depar
ture for Detroit, Mich., where he be
comes rector of the historic St. Matth
ew’s parish of that city. During Iris
residence in New' York “the fighting
curate of St. Philip’s” has been a con
spicuous and commanding figuie in
championing the rights of his people.
He was in the very forefront of every
movement seeking the civic better
ment and constitutional rights of the
race. Recently there was a breach be
tween him and the Rev. Hutchens C.
Bishop, rector of St. Philip’s, which
led to his retirement as curate. Strong
feeling has arisen in the parish over
his retirement. Detroit will offer this
manly priest a splendid field for spir
itual and civic activities.
GIVES PLEASANT PARTY
Mrs. J. W. Pinkston and some of.
the older member’s of the choir of the'
Church of St. Philip the Deacon gave'
a delightful garden party at the
Pinkston residence on North Twenty
second street last Saturday night com
plimentary to Miss Madeline Roberts.
The grounds were beautifully decor
ated and illuminated. The young folks
enjoyed themselves in a general Bo
hemian manner; some indulged in
dancing; some enjoyed cards and
games; others invaded the studio
where they sang and played. In an
interesting game entitled “The Wed
ding of the Flowers,” the answers to
the several questions being a flow'er,
the prize went to Miss Ethel Jones.
GARVEYITES APPLAUD
NEWS OF REVOLUTION
NEW YORK, N. Y., Sept. 22
Crowds in Liberty Hall Sunday, Sep
tember 11 applauded the news of a
revolt in India against the British.
Wild applause greeted the dispatch
that the Moors in Morocca hod massa
cred twenty-four thousand Spaniards.
CLIMBED TREE TO
ESCAPE FLOOD
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Sept. 22
Most of the hundred persons drowned
in the San Gabriel river flood here
were Mexicans and whites. Edw.
Green was rescued after being in a
tree thirty-six hours.
WANTS TO SELL NEWSPAPER
HUNTINGDON, W. Va„ Sept. 22—
Because of illness in his family, A. M.
Johnson, publisher of the _
ican is offering his newspaper for sale.
#»0,000 THEATRE CATERS
TO COLORED PATRONAGE
ANNAPOLIS Md., Sept. 15.—The
Star Theater, owned and operated by
the J. M. L. Amusement Company Is
one of the theatres here catering to
coloerd patronage.
legislative wink, having already suc
ceeded in having introduced by a Ne
gro legislator from Chicago, a bill de
nouncing the Klan in the Illinois Leg
islature. This bill was passed. It
made an appeal to the citizens of Il
linois to refrain from joining or as
i sociating in any manner with the Ku
Klux Klan. -
This activity on the part of the
Negro, in the judgment1 of Clarke
warranted prompt action, and it was
decided to set up a rival organiza
tion to the Society for the Advance
ment of Colored People without delay
Clarke began with a Negro in his owr
employ, a man of unusual intelligence
who was in charge of the servants or
his farm on the outskirts of Atlanta
This servant enlisted the services o
other Negroes as snies. and tliev at
tended the meetings of the society am
reported everything that was said an<
done. Also these spies sought to ere
ate dissatisfaction and discord amoni
i the members of the society. This Ne
i gro phase of the Klan’s activities
i shall deal with in another article.”
LIBERIA DEALS
DRASTICALLY WITH
HER KLHXIES
African Republic Declares Martial Law
In Certain Sections of Grand Bassa
County and Mobilizes Her
Soldiery
SCORES OP MEN ARRESTER
Accused Will Be Tried Before Military
Courts For Many Acts of Violence
And Murder.
MONROVIA, Liberia, Sept. 3.—
There is a Ku KIux Klan here In
Liberia and the Government deals
harshly with it.
According to the current issue of the
Liberian News, secretary of State, Ed
win Barclay, acting for ['resident King
who is in America, Issued a proclama
tion recently suspending the writ of
habeas corpus and declaring a certain
part of Grand Bassa County under
martial law. » /
The second Liberian regiment has
been mobilized and is now in camp in
the County to enforce martial law.
Eighty.six persons have been arrested
and brought to court martial and most
of them found guilty of murder In the
first and second degree. Several for
mer Americans are among the num
ber.
Under the law all guilty persons
shall suffer death by being shot and
their property confiscated by the Btate.
James W. Cooper, secretary of war,
has taken charge, personally, of the
affected districts. AJ1 of the criminals
are members of the Negee and Human
Leopard Societies, who have murdered
and terrorized thousands of peaceful
Liberian citizens and interfered with
trade and commerce. ,
Dr. Ernest Lyon, Liberia! Couneel
General, here, when asked about the
Human Leopard Society, declared it
was the Liberian Ku Klux Klan.
"it indicates the fact , he said, that
human nature is the same every
where."
GRAND LODGE YORK RITE
MASONS HELD AT SIOUX CITY
Installation of officers at the Fri
day night meeting closed the annual
Convention of York Rite Masons which
was in session September 13-16. The.
delegates from all the Missouri Val
ley states paraded the streets of the
down town section Friday afternoon.
The procession was headed by Reed’s
Military band. Following them were
the Shriners. The women’s drill team
acted as escorts and the Knights
Templar brought up the rear. The
organization has doubled its member
ship under the leadership of Rev. J.
A. Broadnax of Kansas City, who
has been Grand Master for the past
two years. The delegates were en
tertained by the members of the or
ganization in Sioux City. They adop
ted resolutions of thanks to the peo
ple of Sioux City for their courtesy
while there, being especially grateful
to Mayor Wallace M. Short who open
ed the session with an address of wel
come. Atchison, Kans., was selected
as the place of meeting in 1922.
VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS
START NEWSPAPER
RICHMOND, Va., Sept. 22—The
Colored Republican is a new weekly
newspaper established here to aid
colored independent voters in securing
support of the full colored ticket nom
inated at a State convention last
week.
LARGEST PUBLIC SCHOOL
IN NORTH CAROLINA
DURHAM. N. C„ Sept. 22—The
Board of A. .ennen have opened bids
for a bond issue of $525,000. One
hundred-fifty thousand dollars will
be used to erect a school building for
colored children and the remainder for
i a new high school budding for whites.
The proposed building will be the larg
est colored public school in North Car
i olina.
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WOMAN TURNING BLACK
•JULIETTE, La., Sept. 22—Bernice
Godard, 18 years old, white girl, of
Goversville, is suffering from Ray
naud’s disease which so far has caused
the ends of her fingers to turn black.
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i TWO COLORED VICTIMS
OF BRIDGE DISASTER
CHESTER, Pa,, Sept. 15.—Two of
l twenty-five persons who were drowned
when the Third Street bridge In Ches.
I ter, Pa., fel Into Chester river, are
I colored.
They are John E. Baker 32, Garden
r City, N. Y.. and Richard Oordy, 85, 322
Fulton St Cheater, Pa., Mrs. Travis
1 Farrell, 280 Market Street Chester la
undergoing treatment in the hospital. <