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' • * ■ • * ^ • ’ jv :-H WERE LIFTING I T 1 A 1% /■ "T^TT^ | IT^ STEADILY GROWING BETTER LIFT ALSO, I —■ B B I B B K THANKS ALL AROUND! A NATIONAL WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF COLORED AMERICANS THE REV. JOHN ALBERT WILLIAMS, Editor _ $2.00 a Year :,«■ a Copy OMAHA. NEBRASKA, FRIDAY, JANLARY 6th, 1922 Vol. VII. No. 27 Whole Number 339 _ __ _ ii ii ■■■■■ir i him riiim—»-r —t——i n—mnnrmwin«m«imTir--n»jwm>Tni—■». .. ■ ««—' ww.- - T-- ■ irminr i i n , ■ i.m --mr- r i w i ■■ i ——■ ■ i mi n—lima ■ miii ii— REMAINS OF PINCH BECK BURIED AT NE" ORLEANS .—\ Only ( olored Man \\ ver Served aw Governor of an Ai'S n State Had Remarkable ( TK in Public Life. ^ WAS GOVERNOR OF \ ME Elected as Lieutenant-Governor, I poll Impeachment of Warmoth He Served as Governor for Six Weeks. Washington, D. C.—P. B. S. l'inch back, age 84 years, the only colored man who ever served as a Governor of one of the states of the Union, died here Wednesday, December 21st, at his home,* 1341 U street Northwest. He served as Governor of Louisiana from December 6, 1872, to January 18, 1873. He had been elected Lieuten ant-Governor ami upon impeachment of Governor Warmoth succeeded to the gubernatorial chair. „ Governor Pinchback was born in! Macon, Ga., in 1837. At the outbreak | of the Civil War lie joined the Louisi ana Native Guards. He served a State Senator and delegate-at-large to the Republican National Conventions of 1868 and 1884. He also served as I president of the Board of Police Com- i missioners of New Orleans and as a member of the School Board. President Arthur appointed him Surveyor of the Port of New Orleans. I After waging a campaign for a seat in the United States Senate, Pinch-1 back was rejected by a vote of 32 to 2!t. In 1872 he was elected representa- J tive-at-large from Louisiana, hut re fused to take the oath, preferring to| continue his Senatorial campaign. He came to Washington about thir I ty years ago and lived in a beautiful home on U street Northwest. Funeral -el-vires ' were held at his late .home I and the remains were taken to New Orleans for burial by his son, Walter. I The pallbearer* wore Judge Robert H.I Terrell, Daniel Murray, Dr. Edward D. Williston, Henry P. Slaughter, WhiteLeld McKinley and Hertry Lin coln Johnson. LINCOLN NEWS. LEBANON LODGE CELE BRATES ST. JOHN'S DAY St. John'.- Day was appropriately celebrated by Lebanon Lodge, No. 8, A. F. & A. M., in their hall Tuesday night, December 27. A short busi ness -cssion was held, whence the lodge was called from labor to re freshment. All retired to the dining! hall where a brief informal reception] w'as held w ith the ladies in w aiting, prior to being seated at the tables. Invocation was said by Rev. I. B. Smith, grand chaplain, and a liounte dinner was partaken of, during which the following program was given: Introduction of toastmaster by Wm. Wood; welcome address, C. ’1. Denton, W. M.; “Our Jurisdiction,” Mrs. George Flippin; address by Mrs. Elizabeth Woods, grand matron, He roines of Jericho, Kunsas jurisdiction; presentation of l’ast Grand Master's jewels by M. L. Wilson, grand secre tary, Omaha; response by P. G. M. Nate Hunter, Omaha; address by M. W. G. M. R. H. Young, Lincoln. The feast was indeed enjoyed by the Master Masons, members of the Eastern Star, of the Court and friends to the number of about one hundred. Out of town guests were Nat Hun ter, J. H. Wakefield, M. L. Wilson, Emery It. Smith, J. W. Wilson, Oma ha; Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Curtis, C. A. Lewis and Mack Linear, Alliance; Dr. C. A. Flippin and A. W. Gates, Grand Island. R. W. T. Trago McWilliams, I). I). I G. M., second district, was at home as master of ceremonies. At a late hour the lodge was called from refreshment to labor and the following seven candidates were raised j to the degree of Master Masons; 0. Z. ] Howard, Walter Towle, Wendall ] Thomas, Everett Huff, Fred Nevels,; William Hightower and Leonard Martin. The committee, Wm. Woods, Sidney Thomas, ltoy Ford, Harry M. Hill ami Trago McWilliams are to be com mended for their work in preparing the feast. Rev. H. W. Botts attended the Board meeting of the New Era Bap tist Association at Omaha Tuesday. Mrs. Mattel Green returned to her home in Chicago, Sunday after visit -ing her mother and friends. Milton Johnson spent the Christmas holidays with his parents at St. Jo sept, Mo. The Rosebud Club of the A. M. E. Church held open door at the home of Mr. and Mrs. P. L. Moore Monday from 2 to 10 p. m. The Union Watch Meeting partici pated in by members of the A. M. E. and Mt. Zion Baptist chitfches, at the latter was well attended. Members of Zion Baptist Church held their annual meeting last Friday bight and after hearing reports foi the year elected the following offi cers: Deacons, W. B. Ashford, Zack Johnson, Chris C. Smith, Uolicrt Granger, M. Thompson, Guy Wiley and Willis W. Mosley; trustees: Geo. B, Todd, E. Bush, Wm. Hose, E. J. Griffin, W. It. Clark; clerk, W. W. Mosley. A party comprising Messrs. Law rence Ashford, Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Huff, Walter Tolle, Miss Opal Ash ford, Mrs. Lottie Hale and Miss Ber nice Lyons motored to Omaha Sunday and returned Monday morning. William Walker has left the State hospital and will leave this week with Mrs. Manuel for South Dakota where ho will rest on a ranch. M iss Mabel Galbrcath is steadily improving in health. SAVING HABIT BECOMES A FASCINATION. That the habit of saving money is ono of the most, if not the most, im portant of all human habits is the bold assertion of the editor of the Burlington (N. J.) Enterprise. He says that it is easy to start and that it soon becomes a fascination to the saver; it proteins the home of the in dividual; it benefits the community and business; it helps make character; it gives a growing contentment to life; it builds respectability; it ele vates and solidifies families; it makes for flower and progress. Nt lesson, particularly at the moment when the resources of the world are largely impoverished, is more important to learn than the lesson of saving; sav ing not only money itself, but saving the various commodities which we use from day to day. It is often impos sible for individuals or families to save steadily and all the time. Fre quently people run into bad luck— loss of work, illness—which makes money saving impossible. But every normal man and woman docs have the chance with reasonable regularity to lay by money for the future, and he who doesn't do it is foolish. He will pay for the neglect in bitterness of spirit a hundred times before he dies. • Men and women who invest their savings in Treasury Savings Certifi cates or deposit their money in Postal Savings are looking to the future. In .•use of erretvencv. Treasury Certifi cates can be converted into cash sub stantially on demand. Postal Savings, under the more lilieral plans now' !>o ing worked out by the Postmaster General, may be withdrawn without advance notice. Mrs. Bertie Truehart and daughter, Audrey, have returned from a two weeks’ visit with rlatives and friends at Atchison and Kansas City. CONGRESSMAN WANTS COLORED FOLKS DENIED RIGHTS Louisiana Senator Protests Against Permitting Americans of Color to Eat in House Restaurant. _ OPPOSES PREVAILING POLICY * Washington, I). C., Jan. 5.—Protest | against the practice of permitting Col \ ored people to patronize the House of Representatives restaurant in the Cap itol was made last week by Represen tative Aswell (Democrat) of I-ouisi ana. The place is a government insti tution located in the Capitol. In a letter to Chairman Ireland (Re publican) of Illinois, and Democratic members of the committee which is in charge bf the restaurant manage ment, Mr. Aswell stated four Colored people had been noticed eating in the restaurant during the past few days. He asked by whose authority they hal been admitted and whether “this is to be the practice of your commit tee under the present administra tion.” “Gentlemen of the Mouse,” As well’s letter continued, should have this information now so they may know whether to keep their families, their friends and themselves away.” Aswell also asked assurance that hereafter the restaurant will be re stricted to whites. Colored people here paid little attention to Aswell’s letter. Any attempt on the part of the Re publican administration to prevent their entering a Government institu tion supported out of their taxes will, it is said, only forge another weapon to be used against the party in the next election. “HELL FIGHTERS” GUARD OF HONOR FOR MARSHAL FOOT New York.—The Fifteenth Regi ment of New York, known as “Hell fighters” during the World War, un der command of Colonel Little, was reviewed by Marshal Foch and served as a guard of honor prior to the Mar shal’* sailing for France. BISHOP PARKS STANDS BY PASTOR ISAACS Trustee Board Resigns Because ol Decision and New Trustees Are Elected. Kansas City, Jan. 5.—Following a sermon to the congregation of Allen Chapel A. M. E. Church, Sunday of last week, Bishop II. B. Parks of this district announced that he had refused rhe request of the Trustee Board to remove their pastor, Rev. J. B. St. Fe lix Isaacs. Among the charges against Rev. Isaacs made by the Trustees were that he introduced the budget system of financing the church; refused to preach funerals on Sunday; received a salary of $300 a month, which they said was exorbitant, and that he mo tored East on Thanksgiving Day to attend the football game between Howard and Lincoln, the latter hi alma mater. When Bishop Parks asked the con gregation, “How many will support your pastor?" a majority stood up. He thereupon turned to Rev. I iac with the injunction to “Stay here un til I send for you.” Rev. Isaacs mar ried in recent years Miss Esther Hill of Baltimore, Md. Following the Bishop's announce ment the Trustee Board resigned as a body and a new Board was elected. Miss Alberta Brown, after a pleas ant two weeks' visit with her aunt, Mrs. 6. Jpnes, left Monday for her home at Lawrence, Kans. I «■ . ' ' — - 400,000 MIGRATED FROM SOUTHLAND DURING WORLD WAR Official Figures Issued by the United States Census Bureau Shows Number of Colored People Coining North. VIRGINIA IS HEAVIEST LOSER Contrary to Common Belief Report Shows I.argesi Numbers Did Not Leave Extreme South, Rut the Cld Pome ion, Washington, I). C., Jan. 5.—Definite figures issued from the Bureau of Census show that approximately 440, 534 Colored people left the South to live in the North and West in the la1-* ten years. This is the largest migra tion in the history of the country. Of the 263,889 people horn in Mary land in 1920, 67,170 of them moved to other states in the past ten years. Fifteen thousand, seven hundred eighty-seven persons bom in the Dis trict of Columbia moved to other states; 265,816 persons born in Vir ginia moved to other states; 210-597 persons born in Mississippi moved to other states; 202,258 persons born in Georgia moved to other states. The Negroes who were born in South Carolina and had migrated from that state to Pennsylvania in creased from 2,113 in 1910 to 11,624 in 1920; those from Georgia to Penn sylvania increased from 1,678 to 10, 196; those from Florida to Pennsyl vania from 393 to 5,370; those from Alabama to Ohio, from 781 to 17,588; those from Mississippi to Illinois, fmm 4,612 to 19,485; those from Louisiana to Illinois, from 1,609 to 8,078; and those from Texas to Misouri, from 1,907 to 4,344. The total Colored population in the United States in 1920 wa 10,389,382 RACE ASKED TO PROTEST DENIAL OF CIVIL RIGHTS Boston, Mass., Jan. B—The National Equal Rights League asked eleven Colored citizens ami their friends to act at once; take note of the race hating Representative Aswell of Louisiana's audacious and impudent denied service in the Government be cause of color. The League asked that all write to Northern Congressmen, asking them that the restaurant in the House of Representatives building serve citizens regardless of race, in accord with the Constitution and the Sumner Civil Rights Statute of Con gress. N. A. A. C. P. HOLDS ITS REGULAR WEEKLY MEETING The Omaha Branch met at Pilgrim Baptist Church last Sunday with Pres ident Black in the chair. Regular business was transacted. The pres ident reported on the approaching lecture by Prof. Fling of the Univer sity of Nebraska. Tickets for the lec ture will be on sale at many down town places and in the North end. A discussion on the local packing house strike as affecting our group was led by Milton L. Hunter. The next meet ing will be held Sunday afternoon at the Primitive Raptist Church, 13H> North Twenty-sixth street. The reg ular meeting of the Executive Board will he held Tuesday night, January 9, at St. Benedict’s'Community House, 2429 Parker street. WINS MEDAL FOR HEROIC RESCUE OF DROWNING COMRAOE Albert Walcott Cheered by Admiral Beatty When at Risk of Own Life He Saves Longshoreman From Whirlpool of Death. COMPANY AWARDS HIM MEDAL New York, Jan. 5.—Albert Walcott of 131 West 133rd Street, New York City, is employed by T. Hagan & Sons, stevedores, 1120 Broadway. On No vember 30, just a the White Stai liner Adriatic was about to sail with Aiimiral Beatty, Britain' naval idol, on board, a heaving line became en tangled about the arm of Ernest Will j iams of 4 West 134th Street and he was dragged overboard. The propelh rs of the Adriatic had \ churned the slip into a veritable ! whirlpool and Williams, still en tangled in tttp hand line, was being whilred abut the vortex. Time and again he was suck ;d under. "At once I saw the predicament of | the man," recited the medalist to a re porter, “and without so much as dash I ing off my coat I plunged in after j him. When I did that I had no ! thought of coming hack again, as the water was eoual to a boiling river and the whit© linemen ashore, instead of trying to save the man were only playing with him, until he would be come exhausted and go under. For tunately I had no difficulty in get ting to him, and I was glad to be able to rescue him, as men of my race must learn in the face o| danger and ! obstacles to undergo sacrifice for the salvation of our rAce.” As Walcott untangled thp line from ■ Williams' body and swam tyhim and piloted him to a nearby log,’a roar of cheers ran up from the -spectators on board the Adriatic Admiral Beatty was one of tho o who especially cheered him. Walcott, who hails from Barbados, | was awarded a 14-carat gold medal by : his employers, T. Hogan & Son, and | will also receive th- coveted award of the Carnegie Fou lation. Walcott, I who has been in Africa ten years, is married and is the lather ot a seven | year-old girl. HAYTIANS WANT THE UNITED STATES TO RECALL MARINES I Statement Issued by Executive Com mittee of Haitiun-Kan Domingo Independence Society Disap proves Report. _ MAS DONE INCURABLE HARM Good Name of the United States Will Suffer in Critical Latin America, Is the Opinion Expressed. New York, Jan. 5.--Debouncing the prelimiary report of the Senatorial investigating committee that recently returned from a visit to Haiti and San Domingo as a disgrace to the United States, the Haiti-San Domingo Inde pendence Society has issued a state ment asserting that the report of the commission has done irrevocable harm to the faith and good name of this country, especially in Latin America. The statement says in part: “Issued immediately following con ference with Secretary Hughes, it jus tifies and makes part of American public policy the overthrow by force of arms of small and weak nations, it endorses the policy followed in Haiti of using violence to impose upon a free people a treaty which they never would have accepted of their own free will, which, in far milder form, the Republic of Haiti—the sec ond oldest in the Western Hemis phere—had repeatedly rejected. It countenances the farce of a dummy President held in place by American bayonets,' executing at second hand the will of American military authori ties.” “The United States should withdraw the marines from Haiti and restore Haitian independence at once,” con cludes the society statement. Moor ficld Storey (white) is chairman of the Haiti-Santo Doningo Independ ence Society; James Weldon Johnson, vice chairmap. TUSKEGEE RECED ES BEQUEST FRO MCOIORED FRIEND Tuskegee, Ala., J».n. 6.-^Principal Moton announced recently that he had received notice tha' 1/he late Mrs. Betty Williams of Vlemington, New Jersey, died recently, lhaving a will which provided for Tuskegee Institute to receive from hei estate approxi mately $2,500. Duiing her lifetime Mrs. Williams was an admirer of the late Booker T. Washington and on several occasions ha! given evidence of her interest in tie work of Tus kegee. WHAT EDITORS SAY COL. HENRY WATTERSON. The nation has lost one of its great est men in the passing of Col. Henry Watterson, former editor of the Louis ville Courier-Journal. He had one of the best hearts that ever beat in human breast. He was a true friend to all men, regardless of race, creed or coloi. Yes, he was a Southern white man, eX-Confederate soldier and a Demo crat—yet he was a Christian gentle man and belonged to that type of loyal Southern whites who want to see the Negro rise and offer all en couragement needed for the progress of this down-trodden race. Henry Watterson upon many occa sions made an open fight for the op portunities of our race through the Louisville Courier-Journal and from the platform. The Negroes who knew him best and have followed up his remarkable life will always cherish his memory' and thank God because he lived, Henry Watterson was born in the South, was a Democrat, ex-Confed erate soldier; these he could not help but be—yet he was one of God’s noble men and made the world richer be cause he lived and acted as he did.— Informer, Springfield, Ohio. __ * Mrs. H. R. Roberts has returned from a pleasant visit to Lincoln, where she was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Jenquenz, friends of many years' standing. 76 MOB MURDERS PREVENTED BY LAW OFFICERS IN YEAR _ Determined and Prompt Action by Authorities in Several Southern Slates Radically Reduces Toll of Victims. 63 PERSONS WERE LYNCHED Sixty-Two Victims in the Southland. Fifty-Nine Colored Americans, Two ] Women Being Among Number Put to Death. . j Tuskegee, Ala.,—-Jan. 5.—According to records compiled at Tuskegee In stitute by the Department of Records and Research, Monroe N. Work in charge, there were 72 instances in which officers of the law prevented lynchings. Of these eight were in Northern States and 64 were in South ern States. In 1920 there were 56 shell instances, 46 in Southern and 10 in Northern States. In 66 of the cases the prisoners were removed or guards were augmented or other precautions taken. In six instances armed force was used to repel the would-be lynch ers. Concernig the cases of lynch ing, there were 19 instances in which prisoners were taken from jail and 16 instances in which they were taken from officers of the law before reach ing a jail. There were 63 persons lynched in 1921. Of these, 62 were in the South and one in the North. This is two more than the number (61) for the year 1920. Of those lynched, 59 were Negroes and four were whites. Two of those put to death were Negro women. Nineteen, or less than one third, of those put to death, were charged with rape or attempted rape. Four of the victims were burned to death. Three were put to death and then their bodies were burned. The charges against those burned to death were: Murder, two; rape and murder, two. The offenses charged against the whites were: Murder, three; rape, one; one with assisting man to es cape who had killed an officer of the law. The other was charged with in citing racial troubles. The off<yise« 1 charged aginst Negro men were: Mur der, three; rape, fifteen; attempting rape, three; killing men in altercation, four; no special charge, three; wound ing men, four; furnishing ammunition to man resisting arrest, two; leaders in race clash, tw’o; charge not report ed, three; assisting man to escape who had killed officer of law', one; making improper ^remarks to woman, one; threatening to kill another, one; en tering young woman’s room, one; in sulting woman, one; writing note to w’omnn attacking a man and woman, one. The states in which lynchings oc curred ami the number in each state are as follows: Alabama, two; Ar kansas, six; Florida, five; Georgia, eleven; Kentucky,one; Louisiana,five; Mississippi, fourteen; Missouri, one; North Carolina, four; South Carolina, five; Tennessee, one; Texas, seven; Virginia, one. NORTHCLIFF PRATSED LOVING’S BAND Manilla, P. I., Jan. 6.—Lord North cliffe, England’s famous editor, on tour here, referred to the Philippine Constabulary Band, under Major Lov ing, Colored, as the most wonderful military band he had ever heard. ; N. W. ('. A. SENDS MESSAGE TO HELPERS The year 1921 with its joys and sorrows and various experiences has passecf. Not one from the Associa tion has been called away. How thank ful we should be and what resolutions we should make to be more faithful and devoted in building up the Old Folks Home. We wish to thank all, too numerous to mention by name, for their donations and assistance in our work. May this year bring to you all leap sorrow, more joy, less ad versity, more prosperity. Martha Taylor Smith, corresponding sec retary. COLORED GIRLS’ HOME UNDER NEW' MANAGEMENT Tipton, Mo., Jan. 5.—Mrs. M. J. Covington of Louisiana, Mo., was re cently appointed Matron of the Indus trial Home at Tipton, by Governor Arthur M. Hyde. She succeeds Mrs. Dollie Stevens of Hannibal, who was appointed by former Governor Fred erick Gardener. Mrs. Covington is the wife ot Charles Covington, who is well known in political circles of the state. Mr. Covington will be an able assistant to his wife in her work of “mothering’' those unfortunate girls. ALLEN CHAPEL A. M. E. CHURCH 5233 South 25th St. O. J. Hurckhardl, Pastor. There was a real enthusiastic New Year’s service Sunday, lasting until nearly 2 o’clock in the afternoon, in which there was a genuine manifesta tion of God’s blessing. We are ex pecting great services again Sunday at which time our revival services un der the direction of the Rev. J. T. Brown, who was detained by his daughter’s death, will begin. Saving of money by workers has proved the salvation of thousands of families whose breadwinners have been thrown out of work because of the curtailment in productions and the world-wide depression that hts pre vented millions of willing hands from performing the duties which are im posed upon the heads of families. Those who are cm ployed today should'1 take this lesson to heart and invest a certain part of their income in Treas ury Savings Certificates, or start a Postal Savings account. Mrs. L. E. Britt and little daughter, Mary Ellen, who were quite ill for1 several days at the home of Mrs. M. E. Overall, Mrs. Britt’s mother, have! recovered and returned to their home! 2519 Maple street. HOUSE COMMITTEE IN FAVOR OF POSTAL SAVINGS CHANGES Plans Suggested by Postmaster Gen eral Hays For Amending Law is Approved, With Recommen dations For Passage of Bill. Washington, D. C., Jan. 5.—Offi cials of Postal Savings are very much | gratified over the action of the Com- j mittee on the Post Office and Post Roads of the House o£ Representa- j tives reporting out of the committee on Novmber 22, 11121, the bill to amend the laws relating to Postal Savings and recommended that the bill be passed. This bill was originally in troduced in the House of Representa tives at the request of Postmaster General Hays, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Postal Savings. It makes provision for changes in some of the more important and principal features of Postal Savings. The desire of the Postmaster General and the Board of Trustees is that depositors in Postal Savings be afforded every practical convenience to deposit their money with the Government for safe-keeping and that the Government in return pay those depositors as 'high a rate of interest as is practicable without com peting with and injuring legitimate and sound banking institutions. The bill makes the following changes in the existing law: 1. Abolishes the minimum age limit of 10 years and authorizes joint and trust accounts. A joint account is where the deposit is carried in the name of two persons and in the event of the disability or death of one the other person may withdraw the de* posit. Trust account will embody ac counts where money is deposited by one person in trust for another, such of $2,500 as in the present law. 2. Tlie bill as reported out of the House Committee proposes to limit the amount allowed as a balance to the credit of any person at $5,000 instead of $2,500 as in the present law. 3. Rate of interest to be paid de positors is increased in this bill from 2 to 3 per cent per annum. Provision is also embodied in the bill so that inter est will be paid on funds on deposit for periods less than one year. PEONAGE CONDITION TO UNDERGO FEDERAL INVESTIGATION United States Commissioner Reports Conditions in Sections of Georgia Most Alarming and Urges Probe. SPECIFIC CASES ARE CITED Share Croppers Who Allege They Are Victims of Landlords’ Cruelty Report to Commissioner’s Office. Augusta, Ga., Jan. 5—United States Commissioner C. J. Skinner, Jr., an nounced Tuesday that peonage collec tions in Richmond and other counties in the federal district are “most alarming’’ and that he will recom mend a federal investigation. Two complainants, share-croppers on Richmond county farms, visited the commissioner’s office, recently amt told stories of cruel treatment inflicted by their respective landlords. The share croppers told the commissioner that the landlords abused them for the reason that they had endeavored to es cape punishment by running away, 4ak.ipy a portion of their produce and farm utensils with them. The com nissi.oner is withholding the names of t..-. Complainants for the present. One of the complainants was in such physical pain that he could bare ly stand, alleging that his condition was due to treatment at the hands of his landlord. The commissioner declared that a prominent Augusta woman, whose name he would not divulge, came to his office and related details of the manner in which a share-cropper with a large family of children had sought refuge from his landlord at her home. She told of beatings the landlord had inflicted upon the crop-holder and his family. “The cases of these two men are the most aggravated that ever have been brought to my attention,” the commissioner stated" adding that the situation is “indeed alarming in this fpd adjoining e'Wfitfe1'-” The commissioner gave assurance that some action would be taken against the two landlords at once and that other cases in this territory would be rigidly investigated. WELLS, BRITISH WRITER, EXPRESSES HIMSELF ON “STIFLED AFRICA” Has Deep Interest in and Sympathy for Colored People of America. New York City.—H. G. Wells, the noted British novelist, now attending the armament conference in Wash ington, has written a lengthy paper under copyright, entitled “Stifled Af rica,’ in which he declares the voice of the black peoples throughout the world has been stifled and says that no lasting association of nations ever will exist until that question is prop erly handled. Among other things he says: “In a previous paper I wrote of certain ‘stifled voices’ at Washing ton. There is yet another stifled voice here that I have heard, and to speak of it opens up another great group of questions that stands in the wav of any effectual organization of world peace through an association of na tions. Until we get some provisional decision about this set of issues the association of nations remains a project in the air. This stifled voice of which I am now writing is the voice of the Colored people. As a novelist— a novelist in my spare time—and as a man very- curious by nature about human reactions, the peculiar situa tions created by ‘color’ in America have always appealed to me. I do not understand why American fiction does not treat of them more frequent ly. It is the educated, highly intelli gent Colored people who get my in terest and sympathy. I can not got up any race feeling about them.” KPISCOPAL CHURCH OF ST. PHILIP THE DEACON This congregation, going on ln a quiet and unobtrusive way, has had •ne of the most successful years in its , ,he annUal parish meeting will be held next week, for the receiv ing of reports and the election of of ficers and delegates to the annual diocesan council. Services Sunday will be holy com munion 7:30 a. m.; Sunday School, 10 a. in.; choral eucharist and sermon . U o clock; vesper service at 6 o’clocJB" I ublic invited to all services. ■ progressive whist jB CLUB GIVES PAR’^V The Progressive club held its Chr^P mas party last Monday at the r9 - L °f JJf8’ A’ °K|e«by, 2723 Bio® street. The president, Mrs othH Rountree, Sr., presented each her with a beautiful picture. A d| litfhtful luncheon was served. B ■