Richmond planet., 1921-05-14

MONSTER MlHTING Is HEED BY
MONRONIAN L. \. !. a
Munrnvia Lihcrian News. J

l", Hu.1r ui tn" ban placed on pur,.
lie ~ ,hcrin@ rs Il precautionary meas
urc aEailu,, the spread of the cpid,m
IL which had started. it was tnCu:,i;
advisable by III" Sanitary C"nmiss,uu
not to grant permits for permits un~
gatherings. AS II result. the local ttt.
vision oi 'hr Universal Negro In,
prov"m"nt Association had suffered
Il great deal in not being able to have
any meeting: nor had it had 'he priv
ii"Ec or opportunity of hearing IN"
Delegate sent To the Great Conycn
ton hcld in New York City AuEn,t
E$t.
a permit having finally been Erani
ch, the FIRST meeting Of the nSsn"lat
ION since the arrival Of His IIighnrS."
tn" Iotrnate was therefore neTd ~
Thursday night, December 30th, 1890
win large crowd present, Mr. e..
~. v "chncr. Nirc2rcfidcnt or mo
local 'hranch ns"endcd the PLATFORM,
wh"r" His iiighnrsS the Potcntatr. Ga
brlci NJ Johnson, President or th,|
local branch and delegate to the Gr,,t
tonv"ntion; EN-prrSidcnt Arthur nnr
clay of 'hc Republic Of Liberia. Treas
urcr of the local aSso tuition: Senator
r. j. Parker. of MontScrrado County
AH>o'iaic Justice y. T. r Johnson OF
the Supreme Court OF Liberia and The
Rev. Mr.. W. l.. Turner. Chaplain Of
the local DIVISION
me attention OF the meeting was
i"f n i"W minutes gwen - "unttniuh
'd business. after which the Vice.
pr''lu"ni presented 'hc d,1cy:,tr
In Il very clear. explicit, and inf,r
S'llnG manner. His lHEhncSS told al
hH trap 70 Spain ana thence to lhr
hl'"d yates Of his arrival there: hc
iu% tn" personal guest OF The Hon
Naf'uS GarVcy; oi the Great Oaeninl.
i'dN' with appropriate religious ser
wees oi IN" maCn;ficitnt procrSSittir
III ca'h service of the day; OF thcium
poHS farhd" OF the day following: IN,
''r'hd iathcrlng at the Madison
square GardcnS that night and Of the
WORK ct tn" convention week by wcVh.
Among tn" many things, the sneak
of $;tid During ahc first week tir
"h"i' Inn" was given to hearing Com
PlHlhtS from drl"&Ht'S from All pant.
"l the world. ana the Sirnifir.tui
'hlhr ah"n' 1t. was. that each had the
same N'"ry I" tell. Some told OF their
h'lnr Jim trow"d: segregated .n,I
lHh'h'a' while others told of the ,ii~
'Fl'nlhAti"n: p"oraC" and general oil
preston which they received at th.
hahnS "i 'Ar dominrrrin@ Caucasian
II 'hlhk OF ~" whole number Of dele
yates, | MAS ,lhr only one who had uu
'"''il'I;ihlS to MAX" living as | am In
i tr"r country controlled hy our n,u
pie. tapplansc)
We discovered hat the experience,
~ the majority of those had com. g.
inc convention was .hat when con.
tl'iht was made TO any set Of pcopl,.
ny Il single individual or few pfoplr
"h'thcr to. American. Brit!"h,
r'"rh or otherwise nothing was
""hc bht when made by large mum.
otrS' Somr'hlng waS Doing" can.
plauscD
ne '"id OF the happenings of .hn
| 'h''' weeks Following. and also how
'h' american press, bo,N white an,i
tolored' attempted to ridiculc the. do
lh&S "i the Convention during the
i'ff' week and how they finally boil,.
"""h When 'hcy found out the scr.
""Hh'SS OF the movement; for the pub
''' meetings were *pend TO any GoI,
WI" could get in the auditorium.
re "ald lnrth"r: Il found out how
Sadly ignorant most of the Errrn,.
, ahr"ad Were about Iihcria- ana ~,
,, ,,,.,.r' ''Nl"hN'hl' tor THIS
'h"f'i"r" in my feeble way a,1cmv,n,,
sue" 'l'"Fh'Ah"n as mi"ht
.'>'P !" '''"' 'H'1r m:nds ronrcrninH
"''
. , '''"N 'h' "h"N' Mr. E"r''r
l.,, ',''". ~ Us 'l'' ht'n WHntin" I"
,rh.., MN" "' Il man II" i#"'
,I wv ''''"~' ''' might ~
''' ''' - iit"N 1i!~l llkt any
J., -, 81 '''' "''3 !" view. amt 'h"t
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