Cayton's weekly. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1916-1921, 1920-12-04
ABOUT COLORED CITIZENS

both higher and secondary education in
the State of Louisiana. Eighty thousand
dollars of this sum will be used in building
a school for the blind, and 100000 in erect
ing needed buildings
Twenty colored men are training in At-
lantic City, N. j., to become firemen. AS
soon they have completed their work
they will be stationed at one of the branches
Of the fire department. This is the first
time in the history of the city that men of
the race have been appOined fremen.
The first woman to be made Inspector Of
housing and sanitation in the Bureau of
Health is Miss Mayme Turner. who has been
appointed in Philadelphia, Pa.
The recent Kentucky Legislature appro-
priated $47 900 for the running expenses of
tie State normal school in addition to pro-
vide it with new dOrmtories
The revised list compiled by the War De-
partmcnt shows that of the 1891 cases of
desertjon in the World War, less than two
per cent were colOred
The Rosenwald fund has appropriated
$1,000 to be used in building ten schools in
Oklahoma. Money will be given as follows:
$500 to each Of the one teacher schools, $500
to the two teacher schools, $1,000 to the
three teacher Schools providing the school
is finished within eight months and the COM
mrnlty raises at least as much money as
the fund offers
The fifth annual conference of the Ma
tional Urban League was held in Newark.
n. D., the last week in October Among
the discussions were "Racial Cooperation. -
elbow Life Insurance Companies Aid in
Reducing Mortality"
The African Educational Commission. a
body of American, British and African edu-
cational specialists, arrived in Liberia re-
Gently. They will spend year in the study
OF education conditions in Western and
Central Africa The itinerary will include
Liberia, the Gold Coast, Nigeria, Kamerln,
Angola, the Belgian Congo and South Africa.
The commission was formed through the CO.
operation Of the Foreign Missionary Socie-
ties Of America and Great Britain and the
trustees of the Phelps-Stokes Fund
There were six hundred delegates present
at the twenty-siXth annual session of the
Farmers Improvement Association held in
Waco. Texas, the last week in October An
exhibit of the best produce Of the year was
one Of the features Of the session. They are
working to secure better pay and better rural
schools in their state
The Negro Organization Society was re-
Gently formed for the purpose of fighting
tuberculosis among members of the race in
the State of Virginia. 1t is estimated that
there are about 1000 cases Of tuberculosis in
Virginia and that most of them could be
cured if given the proper attention. They
plan to teach mothers how to prevent dis
ease and how to care for those who have
contracted it.
The Filipinos evidently believe that
sober man casts the sanest vote for the
Philippine Senate has adopted an amend
ment to the election law which prohibits
the sale and distribution of any kind of
Intoxicating liquor for period of five weeks
preceding the general elections which are
held every three years
Ground was broken early in November in
Atlanta, Ca for the Holmes institute. which
is to be an industrial home for children.