The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1912-04-11
The News In Brief.

terest on the gymnasium fund Of How
ard University. He received an ova-
ton at the hands Of the appreciative
citizens Of the District.
Isaiah II. Montgomery and e. P.
Booze, leaders of the Negro town Of
Mound Bayou, Miss, are in the city,
the guests Of Register J. c. Napier
Leland s. CONFESS, editor of the
Hawaii Herald, published at Hilo, Ha-
wall, a young man Of marked ability
is spending a season here On business
Of impo rtance to his locality. He
speaks in the highest terms Of G. A.
Cottrill, Of Ohio, who is serving as
Collector of Internal Revenue at Hon
olulu, on the Island of Oahu. He
says Mr.. Cottrill is making good In
every respect, and has won not only
friends for himself by his gentlemanly
demeanor and cultured speech, but has
| established relations OF perfect conf
| dence between the people Of Hawaii
and the United States proper" AS a
| representative Of the best type of the
American Negro, Mr.. CONFESS says MI.
| Cottrill cannot be improved upon. He
is proud to call him Friend"
Responding to a number Of inquir-
| les, your correspondent will state that
the compensation OF Whitfield McKin-
lay, Collector of Customs at the port
Of Georgetown, d. c., is $4,000 per
annum. He receives salary of $500
per- annum, and fees at per cent. up
to maximum of $4,000, including
storage fees, ETC. All monies received
in excess of $4,000 are covered into
the United States Treasury. -
The, so-called Charges" against Col.
Henry Lincoln Johnson, alleging i'm
Iproper solicitation of campaign funds
in Georgia, have been investigated ~
the Attorney-General and have been
found absolutely groundless. Record
Ter Johnson stands triumphantly vindi-
Icated and is stronger with his people
than ever.
Attorney-Gcmeral Wickersham IS
standing pat in his defense of w. II.
Lewis claim to membership in the
American Bar Association, notwith-
lst4nding the hostile attitude assumed
this week by the Bench and Bar
the official spokesman of the Asso-
Eciation. According to a view express
fed by prominent white lawyer of
the District, 1T is not WI II. Lewis.
but the American Bar Association that
lis on trial in this matter. We shall
see in August whether the organiza-
ton is sufficiently in favor Of Justice
and equity to reach verdict unbiased
/ by pref ice ee%iat~- 4s8s>AaaaasSan
color"
/ 1000 members Of the United Order
lof True Reformers gathered at their
hall last Friday evening to hold me-
mortal services for the late Walter X.
Griffin, Grand Worthy Master of the
, national order, who was killed in 4
railroad wreck a few weeks ago Mrs.
S. f. Lewis, acting chief of the Wash
ington Division, presided Eulogies
were delivered by Rev. J. Anderson
Taylor, Rev. w. j. Howard Lewis f..
Johnson, secretary of the Y. NJ. c.. A. :;
Rev. 1. N. Ross and others. The late
Mr.. Griffin was one of the races most
energetic and resourceful fraternal
leaders.
| 'I'he mass meeting to denounce AS
sistant Superintendent Roscoe Conk-
ling-Bruce, called at Plymouth Con-
Igregational Church last Wednesday
levening, was attended by less than
100 persons, out Of the 100000 colored
population Of the District. Mr.. Bruce
has been exonerated by Superintend-
ent Davidson and by a majority of the
Board Of Education, and the incident
may be regarded as closed.
| Miss Mamie II. Burroughs, principal
of the National Training School for
Women and Girls at Lincoln Heights.
ID. C., presided last Sunday at the ded-
fcation Of the new $4,000 Pioneer Hall
: erected as an assembly hall and dor
: mitory on the school campus. A large
crowd was present, and nearly $1,000
was given toward the indebtedness.
Miss Burroughs Is doing an effective
work for the practical education Of
young women and is being supported
by the best thinkers of both races. An
}other building will be started soon,
and more room is needed to satisfy
the heavy demands from the growing
Ienrollment Of students.
II, w. Thompson entertained the
officers and members Of the executive
committee of the famous Mu-So-Lit
CluD last Wednesday evening at his