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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-01
TUSCALOOSA SEEKS.
APPROVAL Of A.G.S.
ROAD ON PAVING
KiWanis Club Opposes Ala
bama Power Company's
Plans At Lock II
TUSCALOOSA BUREAU |
THE AGE-HERALD !
Tuscaloosa, Ala, May 81

A committee to represent the
Chamber of Commerce composed of
w II. Nichol, s +. Claubaugh, e.
B. Nuzum. James Brierton and Judge
Woolsey Finnell was appointed this
morning to take up the matter of
paving requested about the Alaba-
ma Great Southern depot. This COM
mittee will meet in a day or so to
discuss the paving matter prelim! :
nary to meeting the officials of the
road who Will be here next week.
The railroad has refused to carry
out the paving requested by the city
of Tuscaloosa and the request has
received the backing of commercial
organizations here.
TO THRASH OFT LOCK Il
Tuesday June ) has been set for
hearing of the Chamber of Com
merce committee before the Ala ba-
ma Public Service commission at
Montgomery to hear the protests
against the Alabama Power COM
pany's project at lock No. H. 1t is
rumored here that the public service
commission will pay personal
visit to lock No. II soon and if this
is correct it is more than probable
that members of the commission
will go from Tuscaloosa by steamer
to the lock. y kiwanis Cub resolu-
ton opposing the move of the Ala
bama Power company TO get posses
sion of the power rights of lock
II has been sent to the city COM
mission and public service commits
sion. The resolution also urged that
/ the Tuscaloosa city commission IN
A, vestigate the advisability of max
| ing application to the United States
for lease of the water power
rights at lock No. II for municipal
purposes. Several prominent firms
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-01
SHOCKED BY LIGHTNING

A bolt of lightning bored a shell
hole in the ground at the home OF
Mrs. Fred Clark on Leighton ave-
nue. Wednesday evening during
thunder storm. Several persons
nearby at the time were stunned by
the heavy bolt. Mrs. Tom Bates,
George Purcell and his little son.
Miss Clara Bates, Miss Flossie Bates,
John Harold Purcell and little Flea
nor Bates, had just driven up to the
front of the Clark home and Mrs.
Clark was walking from her front
porch to the car to go with them
to st. Michaels church. Just be-
fore Mrs. Clark reached the car the
lightning cut down several electric
wires and shocked the occupants of
the car so badly that they were
stunned for several minutes.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-01
Stick to a Store
With a Standard

We think that store is Porters We've quality stand
ard high enough to please the most nica with prices
low enough to be easily met by the senderest income
and been told very often that brand of service
has way of making strangers back for another
sample Porter's is a good store to know. Porter
Clothes are good clothes to
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-06-01
|NCHER TRIAL At
TA[[ADECA OPENS;
HUNDREDS ATTEND
DR.. Cocker Of Lincoln Is First
WitneSS-Mother Of Girl
In Court
ADMISSION BUREAUl
THE AGE-HERAID >
Admission AIa Mo, ~

With DIR. w. f. Cocker of Lincoln
as the first witness introduced by
the state, the trial of Gordon Fin
cher. charged with assaulting and
numbering Miss Maybelle McCol-
Tough in sight of her home last Feb
noon before Judge A. z. Agee and a
special jury in the Talladega cir
cult court The morning session of
the court was used in qualifying the
jury, which was started out on the
trial of the case and with the court
room crowded with curious specta-
tors, every move OF attorneys was
watched with close interest.
Mrs. H. r. Bum, mother of the
girl, who met such a brutal death
and her husband We're in constant
touch with State Solicitor Sanford
and Judge f. w. Tate, probably a
dozen witnesses giving testimony
before adjournment late in the after
noon. Judge Marion Sims of ITALIA
dega and Rob Blackman of this city
are representing the defendant.
Fincher was arrested following
the finding of the mutilated body of
the young girl in a stump hole. The
defendant was member of the
searching party which found the
body about six hours after she had
been assaulted and her throat cut
six times from ear to ear. 1t is ex
pected the case will go to the jury
late Friday afternoon or Saturday
morning and a verdict will be reach
ed by Saturday afternoon.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-07-07
STATEMENT
OF THE
EXPENSES
WORCESTER COUNTY
For the Fiscal Year End
ing June S, 1923.

n
ORDERED by the Board of County
Commissioners Of Worcester County
and the State of Maryland on this
fifth day of June, 1923, that the fol-
lowing accounts be allowed and in
cluded in the Levy of Nineteen Hum
bred and Twenty-three, and it is
further
ORDERED that tax be, and is.
hereby levied upon all ,assessable
property in Worcester County for the
year Nineteen Hundred and Twenty
three of 5000 lib cents on each one
hundred dollars of property subject
to taxation for State purposes, and
tax of $1.30 on each one hundred
dollars of property subject to taxa
ton for County purposes.
r. N. stage
VIM. B. s. POWELL
JOS. L. DAVIDSON
DIR. JOHN DICKERSON
J. WINDSOR BOUNDS
County Commissioners.
Fl. B. PILCHARD, Clerk and Treas.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-07-07
BRIDGES AND FERRIES

BRIDGES AND FERRIES
Cottingham Ferry, Apn. S 10000
Mattaponi Ferry $500
Matthews & Landlord, supplies
for Cottingham's Ferry 2.85
$127.S5
COUNSEL TO THE BOARD
L. Paul Ewell 5 $500
COURT CRIER
Edward G. Cooper S 105.89
COUNTY PRINTING
Democratic Messenger (June
1, 1923 to June 1, 1924 S 10000
CLERK OF COURT
Oliver D. Collins S S62.42
COURT STENOGRAPHER
L. Paul Taylor June 1. 1923
to June l, 1924 S $4,000
Deficit for year 1922 400
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-07-07
BONDS AND COUPONS

Court House and Jail
Bonds and Coupons 5 10000
Road Coupons-1906 1136.25
Read Coupons-1908 1250.00
Road Coupons-1913 1250.00
Bridge Bond Coupons 1250.0O
Worcester County Lateral \
and Post Roads Coupons 6oso.oO
series 100000
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-07-07
COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

r. N. Stage, Sc days and
expenses to May %, 1928 5 286.00
w. B. S. Powell ,46 days and
expenses to May %, 1928 272.30
Jos. L. Davidson, 40. days and
expenses to May %, 1928 245.oo
DIR. j. D. Dickerson, 27 days
and expenses to May %,
and ex. to May 20, 1923 1920
expenses to May ~, 1928 92.oo
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1923-07-07

Geo. r. Parsons, Work 400
20. w. Wilson, Repairs 52.3l
Chas. B. Timmons, Supplies 4.58
VIM. T. Cherrix, Supplies 2.o3
Thomas T. Briner. Work 400
IL. E. Duer, Work $50
N. P. Layfeld, Work 600
A. +. Hartman, Painting at
Court House 323.OO
Shockley & Humphreys Sup
plies 81.4O
Corddry Company, Supplies 1905
III. w. Haslup, Brushes 1870
10. M. Purnell Company-ln-
surance on Court House
and Jail 1919
| H. Merrill Walters, Insurance
on Court House and Jail 2O6.27
The Colorado statesman., 1923-10-06
BAPTIsTs MAKING A SHOWING
(Sneclnl from Nashvillel

On recommendation of President L.
X. Williams, the National Baptist con-
vention voted that the four hundred
ten thousand dollar building they are
now erecting in this city be known as
the so. G. Morris Memorial Building"
The Colorado statesman., 1923-10-06
King Knights
Bishop Brooks

Monrovia, Liberia, Aug. 27.-In the
presence of a throng that jammed its
spacious auditorium almost to suffo-
cation and which overflowed the
campus, the Monrovia College and
Industrial Training School was dedi-
Gated here Sunday, Ex-president Ar
thur Barclay, Liberals grand old man,
presided.
He introduced President G. B. d.
King who delivered a markful dedi-
catory address. The presidents speech
was frequently Interrupted by ap-
plause. The climax came, however,
when at the conclusion of his re-
marks he turned to Bishop w. Samp-
son Brooks of Baltimore who had
built the institution with funds raised
in America and conferred upon him
the high honor of Commander Grade
Order of the Star of Africa, most
coveted honor comfortable by the Lii
berian government.
Bishop Brooks was so overcome
with emotion that he could make no
immediate reply, great tears taking
the place of words, and this visibly
affected the big audience which had
come to the exercises. Then insignia
of the order is a heavy gold jewel
about the size of an ordinary watch,
suitably inscribed and handsomely en-
cased In awarding the diploma,
which is an accompaniment to the in
sigma the President said: "This
diploma is expressive of the very
high consideration and appreciation
which the people of Liberia through
their Chief Executive attach to the
energies you have unreservedly spent
in this country in the furtherance of
education. one of the most essential
elements of human civilization and
progress.
While the Monrovia College stands
as monument Of your labors, this
diploma goes to express the endorse
ment and approval of those for whose
benefit such a structure has been
erected, and at the same time to show
that YOU have attained to this degree
of distinction by the course of merit"
The Colorado statesman., 1923-10-06
C. E. James,
Labor Leader,
Dies At St. Paul
(Lincoln Service)

st. Paul, Mimi, Oct. 1.-While talk
ing and laughing with friends at his
home, Charles e. James, 80 years of
age, nationally known colored labor
leader was attacked by heart failure
and died Immediately. Mr. James
was president of the Trades and
Labor Assembly, and was active in st.
Paul labor circles, acting as a mem
ber of the national board of the Shoe
Workers Union for twenty years. he
had Travelled extensively and was well
known from coast to coast.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-10-06
Capt. C. G. Kelly
OF Tuskegee Drops
Dead I'm His Home

Tuskegee Institute, Ala, Sept. 20
Captain Charles G. Kelly, Co-ordinat-
or at the Institute for the Q. S. Veter
ans Bureau, dropped dead in his
home here on Saturday, Sept. 10, at
1 100 p. NJ His death was a shock to
the community. He was severely
gassed during the war, but in late
years his health was apparently good.
Captain Kelly received his commits
sion at the Training Camp for Negro
Officers at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, in
1917. He was with the 366th Infan-
try, 92nd Division of the A. e. f. and
since 1919, has been in charge of the
rehabilitation of Negro Disabled Vet
Grams of the World War at the Insti-
tute He had just received like ap-
pointment from the Government to
the Veterans Hospital, No. 81, at
Tuskegee.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-10-06
Hospital At Tuske-
gee, Alabama, Com
pleting A Colored
Staff.

The United States Civil Service
Commission states that the work of
providing a staff of colored men and
women for the United States Veter-
ans Bureau Hospital at Tuskegee,
Ala, is progressing satisfactorily !;
that many colored eliglbles have been
appointed and are now on duty at the
hospital and that others will be ap-
pointed until an entire colored staff
is enrolled.
The Commission states that it has
secured a sufficient number of ell
iglbles for positions of nurse, dentist,
and pharmacist, and also enough ell
igibles for positions of physician,
with the possible exception of special
lists in tuberculosis and neurophychi-
airy. There is still need for colored
eligibles for positions of reconstruc-
ton aide and reconstruction assist
ant in occupational therapy and
psysiotherapy, dietitian, laboratorian
in bacteriology, and laboratorian in
roentgenology.
Full information concerning the re
uuirements for entrance to these po-
sitions may be secured from the
United States Civil Service Com
mission, Washington, d. c., or the
secretary of the fifth U. S. civil-serv-
ice district, Post Office, Atlanta, Ga,
The Colorado statesman., 1923-10-06
Tennis Tournament
Won by Texas Girl

New York, Oct. Miss Viola L.
Dolphie, who came to New York a
year ago, won the annual tennis tour
nament at Central Park. AS her op-
ponents appeared they were singly
eliminated by the brilliant playing of
Miss Dolphie, whose opponent in the
finals was Miss Dalia Schwimmer, a
Jewish girl. The winner is from
Corpus Christi, Texas, and attended
Austin High School, Tillitson College,
and finally graduated from Fisk Uni
versity at Nashville.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-10-06
LOCAL BUSINESSMEN IN NEW
YORK TO CLOSE TWELVE
MILLION CONTRACT

Prince Owusu S. Agyeman, native of
Gold Coast, West Africa! Arthur
d. Stevenson, Esq. prominent local
attorney, and Mrs. Thomas T. Jackson,
well known in insurance circles, are in
New York to close an important con-
tract which practically assures the sue
cess of the West African trading COM
pany of which they are a part. This
company trades under the name of the
william ]. Curtis Company and has
large holdings at Coomassie, Ashanti,
Gold Coast, West Africa. 1t is
rumored that this contract involves
from three to twelve million dollars
annual income to the company.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-10-06
COlOred Woman
Leaves Estate To
White People

Baltimore, Md, Oct. Baltimore
ons prominent in society were remem-
bered in the will of Mrs. Alice Davis,
colored, filed for probate in the
Orphans Court by William f. Lucas,
Jr, executor.
Mrs. Davis died July 81 at the age
of seventy-two. She had served for
fifty-five years in the family of Mr..
and Mrs. John Moncure Robinson, and
in her will remembers several mem
bers of the Robinson family.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-10-06
Negro and White
Farmers Pool Crops

Aiken, Ca, Sept. 27.-The Negro
and white farmers in this section of
the State have agreed to cooperate
and pool their interests for the gen.
eral good of the local farmers. At
recent meeting of Negro farmers the
expressed approval of the plan of CO.
operation brought to them by Geo. w.
Craft, president of the Farmers Ex-
change, which provides for mutual
protection" of all the farmers In
Aiken County.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-10-06
REPUBLICAN ORGANIZATION
BACKS DYER BILL

Brooklyn, n. Y, Oct. 1.-"Believing
that the enactment of the Dyer Anti
lynching Bill will be in harmony with
the tradition and spirit of the Repub-
lican Party of the Nation and State"
and Kings County Republican Club
passed a resolution backing the meas
ure to be presented to the next Con-
gress. Charles G. Lockwood, State
Senator, is a member of the Club, and
many other leading Republicans are
connected.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-10-06
LOUISIANA COLORED NEWSPAPER :.
GIVES REASONS FOR NEGRO EXODUS
Cites Beating of Colored Women by White
Men i'm Shreveport

~HE NATIONAL Association for
Advancement of Colored People
y 60 Fifth Avenue, New York, to-
day made public extracts from an
open letter published September y
by the Shreveport Sun, colored
Louisiana newspaper, citing the beat-
ing of colored women by white men
as n cause of the Negro exodus from
that section. The Shreveport Sun
qives the following eyewitness
stories:
"On Friday morning, September I
between Z and o'clock, was coming
to town on the Highland Car. AT one
of the stops in Kings Highway, l
heard the conductor ask, What did
YOU say?' On looking around 1 found
that he was talking to young colored
woman-the only one on the car. He
opened the door of the car, the wo-
man leaped from the car and begah
running. The conductor left his car
and chased her nearly block. Wheh
he overlook her, he struck her sew
eraI times with his fist, holding his
car key in the other hand. The wo-
man showed no fight at all, her only
defense being an attempt to escape;
but this proved insufficient and the
brave. heroic conductor gave the de-
fenseless, helpless colored woman u
sound beating on the public highway
"Several white men and rev
colored men were on the car. NOT
one word was said in the defense OF
this unprotected, helpless coloreu
woman. The white men said moth
ing because, possibly, they did not
care to be mixed up with the affair."
and the colored men said nothing be-
cause they knew that it would mean
additional trouble in which they
would get the worst of the deal re
gardless to the rightness of thelr
stand"
Two White Men Beat colored Girl
"a few weeks ago two white men
beat 15 year old colored girl on
Marshall Street in sight of the Post
Office Building , in the presence OF
many people, states another colored
citizen who was struck in the face
bv one of the assailants of the girl
when he attempted to rescue her.
"sThe colored GIRL states Eye Wit
ness, was going up Marshall Street.
When she passed two white men, for
some reason, which 1 did not learn,
one of the men slapped her down
When she stood on her feet again, the
other white man knocked her down
with his fist. Then 1 went to the girl
and picked her up. When L
Strengthened up, one of the men
struck me in the face with his fist,
but L told the girl to go on in the po-
posite direction, which she did and
thus escaped additional brutal treat
ment. l knew 1 was in for trouble
when 1 attempted to lift the girl from
the ground, but I decided that the
risk was necessary. Nobody SAID
anything in defense of this helpless
girl or me, although several persons
were lookers-on. No arrests were
made-the girl simply was given a
public thrashing on the public high
way, and being ONLY Negro, there
was nothing to be said or done
about it."
The Colorado statesman., 1923-10-06

The Board of Promotion of the N
b. G. which was created in April, last,
and told to raise one hundred thouS-
and dollars, claims to have raised sew
enteen thousand fifty dollars, ana they
are now after the balance. The build
ing committee must have fifty thous-
and dollars in November, and DIR. Jor-
dan. director of the drive, believed the
Baptists will give it. He says: when
Baptists must, they can do big things
just watch us get that $4,000 by No
vember.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-10-06
WHITE TEXAS DEMOCRAT
WANTS DYER ANTI-LYNCHING
BILL CURB MOB

RICE COLLINS, a Texas Demo-
~ Graf has written to the Dallas
News, urging enactment of the
Over Anti-Lynching Bill to,
curb the mob in Texas, it was an
nounced today by the National Asso-
ciation for the Advancement OF
Colored People, 60 Fifth Avenue. His
letter follows:
For Dyer Bill Unless Mob Activity
Checked
"Jn n recent issue of The News, w.
e. Doyle of league, Texas, states
that the Coolidge cohorts Will rein
troduce the iniquitous Dyer Bill WIN
n view of making mob violence
crime against the Federal Govern
ment.' that the new idea will deprive
the State of fundamental rights, ana
that the deprivation of these rights
will result in centralized govern
ment.' Granted, Mr.. Doyle. Now let
MS view the question from another
lngle. Every citizen of this Natloh
has been guaranteed certain 1unua-
mental inalienable rights, among
which are the right to present WIFI
of habeas corpus when lawfully de-
tanned, the right to be tried in duly
constituted court when accused Oh
crime. and the right to life, liberty
and the pursuit of happiness when
unconyicted of crime in such a court.
'I insist that when either OF these
sacred fundamental rights are in
large degree abrogated in a STATE
when men and women are Killed.
MANNED. beaten or tarred and feath-
cred by extra-legal groups or moDs'
and the perpetrators of the crimes re-
main unwhipped of justice through
the failure or fear of the State ana
local governmental authorities TO IN
tervene. then that State has no re
served rights should feel bound TO
respect.
81 am a Texas-born Democrat anu
do NOT think / ever had relatlNe
who was not a Democrat or WHO eNei
lived in any other than n southern
State. A few years ago no one couiu
have made me believe that the tiihe
would ever come when L Woulu sur
render my Jeffersonian ideas for lhe
Hamiltonian principle of centrallza-
ton, and even yet have not crosseu
the Rubicon. But I had a thousanu
times rather live under centrallZeu
Government or autocracy than a moD-
ocracy or reign of minority terrorisin'
Lamar County, considering It's large
population, has been comparatively
free from mob activity during the last
two years. but in probably at least
f;fty Texas counties the wielders OF
the six shooter, the wet ropes anu
the tar bucket have perpetrateo re-
peated atrocities without legal sane
tion.
'If the government authorities OF
State will not or cannot uphold the
Constitution and the Bill of Rights
then /, Southern-born Democrat AN
anxious for the passage of the dyer
Bill, and hope that the Federal Gov
ernment will utilize the whole unlteo
States army, if necessary, in enforc-
ing it. 1 abide every law and favor
the legal enforcement of every law
good or bad. Hence see no Damo-
clean sword above my head"
The Colorado statesman., 1923-10-06
Creation and
Maintenance

II HE TREND of American pOllcy
toward the Negro is to complete
Il the spiritual, mental and mate
rial isolation of the race. This policy
persists in spite of the best efforts of
American Negroes to become 100 per
cent citizens of the nation. Out of
the fact arises the need of new
system of ideas created and main
tanned wholly by Negroes to counter
act the evil of the traditional Ameri-
can policy toward the race. Negroes
have proceeded thus far relying on a
system of ideas that will not sustain
them in the future. They must have
something new. Twelve million souls
practically ignored by their govern
ment-without q single voice in its
legislative bodies. How pathetic
Apparently the race knows neither
it's danger nor strength. Negroes
have been fooled by politicians, ex-
plotted for their labor, degraded by
landlords and drugged by philan-
thropists for fifty-seven years. A Job
as political hireling or buffer during
election time or subordinate ap-
pointment afterwards have consti-
tuted most Negro political ideas to
date. The laborer has had no one OF
his race to teach him his power and
possibilities in shaping the destiny or
the race. There has been too much
dependence upon the sympathy and
charity of the philanthropic class
whose magnificent gifts are weaken
ing the instinct of self-help which
must be strongly developed in the
Negro race.
1t is time now for Negroes to have
a racial creed, If they ever hope to
become front-line American citizens.
The fundamental article of this new
creed should be solidarity of racial
interests and aspirations. Unity
should be the watch-word-sp spiritual,
mental and material unity. The last
Negro in America should be taught to
think of himself as a sharer in com
mon faith, a common hope and be
thrilled by common passion for
spiritual, mental and material ad-
vancement creditable to the initiative
and creative instincts of the race.
Well-meaning and able leaders OF
the race must recognize that the pres
ent is not like the past. The situa-
ton imposes a special duty upon the
best minds of the Negroes in this
country. If this duty is not performed
100000 Negroes and their descend
ents may yet find themselves weak to
hopelessness because of unprepared-
ness for the responsibility Of taking
care of themselves in this world
Pittsburg American.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-10-06
President Warns
Department Heads

Washington, Sept. PIT is report
ed here that President Coolidge has
issued an order to all bureaus and de-
partments of the government that
..there must not be any discrimina-
tion in the treatment of employees or
citizens on account Of color" during
his administration.
The Colorado statesman., 1923-10-06

It is reported that President Will
liams of the n. b. G. will call an ex-
ecutlve board meeting here the first
week in December, and it may be the
cornerstone of the Morris Memorial
Building, the home of the Sunday
School Publishing Board, will be laid
mt that time.
Evening star., 1923-09-09

In 1923 A Lovely Young
Girl Is Telling A Remnant
Of The 1908 Younger Set
A Funny Tale. The Rem
nant Is Trying Not To Start
Blushing. Il Don't Be-
lieve You Get 1t. The
Lovely Girl Is Saying. ANY
Way Don't Tell Mamma |
Told You A Rough Story.
She's Old Fashioned"
Evening star., 1923-09-09

Young Man Of The Vintage OF
Twenty Years Ago. About To
Go Up To A Chaperon And Say.
May | Have The Honor Of An
Introduction To The Young
Lady Over In The Dark Cor
ner?"
Evening star., 1923-09-09

Young Man OF The Vintage OF
1923 About t Address A Young
Lady (Not The Same One) As
Follows: Well. Nobody Seems
To Have introduced Me To
This Sweet Lii Thing! How
About A Little Drink?