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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-07-10
EDITORIAL SHoRSTOPS.
preston News Servicel

President Coolidge has signed the
mothers pension bill, providing a
500, 900 fund which will be used the
first year to aid worthy mothers in
the home care of children not over
16 years of age This act will be a
boon to- negro mothers who will GER
tainly have full quota among those
who are deserving of aid because of
the high moral obligations of mother
hood which they have assumed.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-07-10

Moral; Just think what could hap
pen in the educational worlds Of
Louisiana, Florida, and their sister
States, if compulsory educational
laws were n-discriminatorily an
piled to those commemorative.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1926-07-10

School attendance (mixed, if you
please) in New York State for the
year ended July, 1925, was 86.43 per
cent of the total net enrolment. the
highest ever reached in the State. In
1894, the year before the enactment
OF the compulsory education law. the
corresponding percentage was $500.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-04-17

A character dominated by human
brotherhood is the only one that can
really be at ease with all men. Be-
cause the mind soon forgets its grief
and consequently its helper; because
Mr.. Hodgson has not at all times and
all places proclaimed himself with a
pompous, 81 did it," the statement
is too frequently made, HE was
mayor four years. What did he do?'
With slight changes in delineation,
frequently confused, there are two
characters who seem to be all things
to all men. One is counterfeit, and
selfish. He is all things for personal
gain. He makes much of the benefits
he bestows to secure a following
that will assure his end-selfish, per-
sonal profit.
The other is the genuine which the
counterfeit in part initiates. They
differ in that the one is brazen and
blatant, with a type of soap box ora
tory proclaiming himself bene-
factor. The other is meek counting
it a secret pleasure to be permitted
to add to the worlds good by assist
ing in bearing a brothers burden. 1t
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-04-17
HAITI WOULD LIKE
NEGRO MINISTER
ThOby Says NOn-WelcOme Of Col
ored Man Absurd in Light
of Haitian Attitude.
On. A. A. C. P. Press Service)

IN. A. A. C. P. Press Service)
New York, April 15.-Before his
departure for Haiti, Perceval Thoby,
former charge d'affaires of the Hal
tian Legation in Washington, and
now representative of the Patriotic
Union of Haiti, requested that the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People issue
for him a public denial of the report
that Haitian citizens would oppose
the appointment of a colored man as
U. S. Minister to Haiti.
The statement has been made and
spread that Haitians would not well
come a colored man as the repre-
sentative of the United States in
Haiti" said Mr.. Thoby. This is of
course absurd. There have been sew
eral colored ministers from the United
States to Haiti and they have been
received with utmost cordiality.
Moreover, when American cofored
people have emigrated to Haiti, they
have found the consideration and the
courtesy which was their due, and
they and their descendants are
among the most respected citizens of
the country. Haiti would be glad to
welcome, as she has done in the past,
a colored U. S. Minister"
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-04-17
ExtraditiOn of Minister Who
Cashed Worthless Checks La
mented by SOrrOwful Attend
ant.
(Preston News Service)


Newark, N. j., April 16.-Rev.
Jefferson A. Davis wasn't wasting any
time while he was awaiting extradi-
tion to this city, detectives learned
when they visited the Tombs Thurs
day afternoon preparatory to bring
ing him here to answer complaints of
embezzling sums totaling $2,395.
Davis had taken under his spiritu-
al guidance none other than another
prisoner who Friday was sentenced
to death on a first degree murder
conviction. In fact, if the time for
Davis extradition hadn't arrived so
quickly, he would have confirmed the
condemned man.
Read Bible.
Davis didn't tell the police about
his good work in the Tombs, but one
of the keepers did and added that he
was a model prisoner. Davis always
had his Bible and would read it
nightly, the keeper said.
Then he began to get all the other
prisoners interested. "Too bad he
couldn't stay until Sunday" the
keeper said. That murderer is sched-
uled to be confirmed as result OF
Davis good teaching"
Five Complaints.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-04-17
MILTON SIGNAL
NOW PERFECTED
Traffic Signal Completed by LO.
cal Man Perfect in Test;
to Be Installed.

Completing in perfect order "a
twelve-hour test last Tuesday, the
traffic signal invented by R. L. Mil
ton, 314 Rondo ST., has been ac-
knowledged as one of the best in the
country by the police force, according
to Mr.. Milton.
Witnessed by the members of the
Police and Fire departments from
1859 a. m. to IL midnight Tuesday,
the signal worked continuously with
out hitch.
The signal will be left in operation
in the city hall for public inspection
on April II, 1S from IL noon until
10 p. m. In ten days it will be in
stalled at Wabasha st. at Fifth, and
as soon as others are ready, they will
be placed in other parts of the down
town district.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-04-17
Prisoner Pastor, Behind Bars,
Nearly Confirms Condemned Man
Walter White on Western
Tour to Hit Segregation

Walter White, Assistant Sec
retary of the National Associa-
ton for the Advancement of
Colored People has left New
York for a Western tour in the
course of which he will help
organize the fight against seq
regation in Indianapolis, help
prepare for the second trial in
Detroit of DR.. o. S. Sweet and
his ten co-defendants, and
make preparations for the 18th
Annual Conference next June
in Chicago.
Mr.. Whites tour will include
the following cities: Charles
ton, West Va, Indianapolis,
French Lick, Louisville, st.
Louis, Jefferson City, Kansas
City and then Chicago.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-04-17
COlOred Woman Lives With Pint
Of White Mans Blood In Veins
Ambulance Driver Volunteers to
Furnish Blood for TRANSMISSION
When COlOred Friends Refuse
SuccOr.
(Preston News Service)

Brooklyn, N. Y, April 16.-Mrs.
Annette Robinson rested comfortably
in Holy Family Hospital, Dean St.,
Brooklyn, Thursday with a pint of a
white mans blood in her veins. She
lived probably only because Harry
Hughes, an ambulance driver, vol
unteered for a TRANSMISSION after some
of her friends had refused.
Mrs. Robinson, 38, was taken to
the hospital Tuesday bleeding from
her ears, mouth, nostrils and intern
ally. Her blood would not coagulate.
Relatives and friends were Informed
that an immediate blood TRANSMISSION
was necessary.
t.. Volunteers Apply.
Volunteers among the hospital
staff were asked for. Several came
forward. Among them was Harry
Hughes, who is an ambulance driver
and accustomed to assisting in saw
ing lives of persons without inquir-
ing what is their station in life OF
their color. His blood was found to
be best constituted to succor Mrs
Robinson.
Another driver went to relieve him
and he was rushed to the women's
ward. Drs. Joseph Lionello and An.
thony Pirondino, assisted by DR.
Bernard Bottled, performed the op.
Grafton. They said later they could
recall no previous instance of such
a blood TRANSMISSION.
1t was 8 o'clock in the afternoon
when Hughes was wheeled from the
women's ward. Shortly afterward
he walked out of the hospital and
Mrs. Robinson was declared out o
danger. After dinner Hughes agair
took the wheel of his ambulance.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-04-17
OFFICIALS FROM
HOWARD MEET -.
CONCLAVE HERE
National Association of COllegi-
ate Registrars Meets at
NicOllet April 1915.
$50 Men In Attendance
Wilkinson of Howard, Adams of
Johnson c. Smith Only
COlOred Delegates.

Attending the 14th annual con-
vention of the National Association
of Collegiate Registrars with head
quarters at the Nicollet hotel in Min
neapolis last week were two dele
gates representing Negro institu-
tions.
Herbert C. Adams, from Johnson
C. Smith college of North Carolina,
attended for the first time, and F. D.
Wilkinson, registrar at Howard uni
versity, Washington, D. c., long
standing member of the association,
was also registered.
$50 Attend.
Schools of collegiate grade the
country over send representatives to
the convention. Approximately $50
men were at the Minneapolis con-
vention April 1915 inclusive.
George P. Tuttle from the Univer-
sity of Illinois was president during
the past year, and R. M. West of the
University of Minnesota was first
vice-president. The convention last
year was held in Boulder, Colo.
Registrar Six Years.
Mr.. Wilkinson has been registrar
at Howard for six years. Before he
accepted that position he worked in
the government service and went to
night school taking stenography
Having applied for the vacant posi-
ton of registrar at Howard, he was
given the position, and after a month
and half in the new Office, was ap-
pointed registrar.
He attributes his appointment
largely to his ability to typewrite and
his knowledge of filing and business
administration. After he received
his promotion, he began the study of
law because he saw the need of legal
training for lthe proper administra-
tion of his office. At the same time
he continued teaching night school
as he had been doing, cutting the
last half hour of his class to get to
the night school on time. He con-
tinued that program for three years
until the completion of his law
course.
Il find" said Mr.. Wilkinson in in
terview, that western people are
Continued on page p
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-04-17
Husband Shoots
MOther-in-lQW
Aiming At Wife
preston News Service)

Pittsboro, N. c., April 15.-Julia
Green, a hard-working old woman
living in Hickory, Mount Township,
was shot to death with shotgun,
by her son-in-law, Charlie Alston,
Monday night about 10 O'Clock, liv-
ing an hour after being shot. Alston,
in a jealous fit, was trying to shoot
his wife when her mother jumped in
between them receiving the entire
load in her stomach. Officer John
Burns of this place was soon upon
the scene, but too late to catch the
murderer.
1t was stated that a man present
at the shooting, caught Aston and
tried in vain to hold him until the
officers arrived. Aston is still at
large but Sheriff Blair and his depu-
ties are securing the country for him
and are confident that they will soon
apprehend him.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-04-17
BANQUET, MASS
MEETING CALLED
FOR ALB. GEORGE
Woman's Auxiliary of Urban
League Perfects Plans for
Entertainment of Judge.
Banquet Saturday Night
Gathering Scheduled for Sunday
Afternoon at Pilgrim; Jur-
list Will Speak.

Judge Albert B. George of the mu-
nicipal court of Chicago, the first
Negro ever to be elected to court of
record with civil and criminal juris-
diction in America, will be the guest
of st. Paul Saturday and Sunday,
April 1918.
Judge George was elected in the
Chicago November election of 1924.
Whites Elect.
He polled a total of 445,7S0 votes,
of which only about $4,000 were cast
by colored voters. His term of Office
is six years, and the position carries
a salary of $4,000 annually.
Judge George was born in Wash
ington, D. C. He was graduated from
Northwestern law school, and has
lived in Chicago for 80 years. His
wife is a musician and musical critic.
Since 1916 he has been secretary
of the executive board of the Chicago
Urban league.
Mass Meeting Sunday.
Sunday afternoon at 8 o'clock at
Pilgrim Baptist church, Summit Ave.
at Cedar St., a mass meeting will be
held at which Judge George will be
the principal speaker. The Woman's
Auxiliary of the Urban league, CO.
operating with the executive board,
will have charge of the program.
Under the same auspices, ban
quet will be held Saturday evening
at 1880 p. m. at st. James A. M. E.
church, Central Ave. at Dale st. A
short program including a series of
three-mipute speeches has been ar
ranged, and an open invitation has
been extended to all the citizens of
the Twin Cities.
Tickets for the banquet can be had
either at the Urban league office, II
w. 7th St., or at the home of Mrs.
R. F. Wilson, .697 st. Anthony Ave.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-04-17
Sturr1bles Over
Overc0dt; Ends
In Skull Crack
preston News Service)

New Orleans, La, April ia
late spring and an overcoat are re-
sponsible for the fall of William
O'Connor, "a years old
O'Connor has been an employee at
the Trianon theater in Canal street
for many years. He started for
home and dinner Monday in a hurry.
He was hungry.
The patrons of the darkened show
were startled from their seats by a
resounding crash on the stairs in the
rear. They craned necks and moved
from their seats.
Police explained that O'Connor
tripped on an overcoat he was carry
ing and fell headlong down the
stairs. He was treated at Charity
hospital for a probable fracture of
the skull.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-04-17
MERCHANT FINED
FOR KILLING BOY
Norfolk Man Testifies Shooting
Was Accidental; Pay Cause
of Dispute.
IN. A. A. C. P. Press Service)


New York, April Is. - Israel
Banks, a white merchant of Norfolk,
Virginia, has been fined $500 for "in-
voluntary manslaughter" in connec-
tion with the death Of little color
ed boy shot to death in his store, ac-
cording to report to the National
Office from the Norfolk branch Of the
National Association for the Advance
ment Of Colored People. David H.
Edwards, President of the. Norfolk
N. A. A. C. P, w. L. Davis, Chair
man of the Branch Legal Committee
and ]. Thomas Newsome, of Newport
News, assisted the Commemorative
prosecutor in conducting the case
against the white merchant.
Banks, the convicted merchant,
testified that the shooting was acci-
dental, that he broke open a re-
revolver he kept in his store and a
bullet in the chamber accidently eX-
ploded killing the young colored boy
Detectives testified, however, that
the height of the counter was such
that the boy could not have been ac-
cidentally shot from behind it unless
the revolver had been held at the
height of a mans shoulder.
Reports sent by Mr.. Edwards in
dicate that the occasion of the kill
ing was a dispute over pay for work
the young colored boy had done. The
boy, it was testified, had carried in
load of wood for Banks. Having
completed his job, the boy asked for
his pay and was offered 5 cents.
THAT is not what you promised" he
is reported to have said, whereupon
the merchant is alleged to have
reached under his counter and shot
the 11-year-old child through the
head. Mr.. Edwards states it as of
his personal knowledge that this is
the third murder of colored child
under 13 years by white men in Nor
folk within the past ten months.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-04-17
N.A.A. C.P. ADDS
TO CONVENTION
Mrs. HuntOn, Darrow, Carey
Will Appear on Program at
June Chicago Meeting.
On. A. A. G.. P. Press SerVice)


New York, April 15.-The part
played by colored women in the work
ing out of relations between white
and colored people in America, is one
of the topics scheduled for discussion
at the 18th Annual Conference of the
National Association for the Ad-
vancement of Colored People in Chi
cago next June. The speaker who
will discuss this subject is Mrs. Addie
w. Hunton, president of the Empire
State Federation of Women's Clubs,
with headquarters in Brooklyn, N.
Y. Mrs. Hunton will also refer to
conditions in the black republic of
Haiti, to which she recently made a
visit.
Other speakers who will have "a
part in the N. A. A. C. P. Chicago
Conference, are Clarence Darrow
chief counsel in. the trial of DR.. o. H.
Sweet and his ten co-defendants in
Detroit; and Bishop Archibald J.
Carey of Chicago, Bishop of the A.
NJ. E. church.
Conference headquarters for the
N. A. A. c. P. Spring Conference have
been established in the Liberty Life
Insurance Building of Chicago.
A feature of the Conference is be-
ing planned in the form of a Satur-
day outing, whether in the form of a
boat trip on Lake Michigan or an
automobile tour of Chicago is not yet
decided, to be followed in the eve,
ming by reception and dance.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-04-17
CABARET DANCES PROVE
POPULAR AMUSEMENT

On each Thursday evening at the
Elks' Hall, Sixth Ave. No. and Lyn-
dale Ave-, Ames Lodge No. 106, 1. b.
P. O.. E. W., and Minnehaha Temple
Daughter Elks No. 1913, are inviting
the public to attend their Cabaret
Dances.
Miss Ozzie Shauffner is being feat
ured in the latest song and dance
hits. Clarence Johnson is furnishing
high class syncopated music for the
dance program.
A valuable prize is given away
every Thursc ay. Mrs. Laure Shep-
ard was the lucky winner on Thurs
day, April 8.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-04-17

Boston, Mass, April 15.-The
chief magistrates of both Boston and
Cambridge have acted promptly and
vigorously against the ever on-creep-
ing color segregation abomination in
theatres within the last fortnight.
In both instances, the complaint was
the Boston Branch of the National
Equal Rights League, Rev. E. E.
Thompson, President, in behalf of
race citizens who would not tamely
submit to the indignity.
President Thompson secured an
audience with Mayor Edward Quinn
of Cambridge on complaint of Miss
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-04-17
Hodgson And The Negro Citizen

is the difference between Paul and
Plate, a public servant and mere
politician.
Here is an unheralded example of
the brotherhood of man-the Hodg-
son type of activity:
In the early days of the Hodgson
administration a race riot occurred
in Omaha. One colored man was
killed, and million dollars worth of
business property destroyed. Coin
cident with that event white woman
claimed she had been assaulted, near
Western Ave. N. and the tracks, here
in st. Paul. Both incidents were
played up in the headlines in regular
editions and several extras of our
local papers. Downtown in st. Paul
the feeling was tense. Outbreak
seemed imminent. Many race men
purchased revolvers and boxes of
cartridges to assure protection, go
ing home.
The National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People hired
a private detective agency to investi-
gate the local woman's allegations.
Mr.. Henry McColl, then head of the
Dept. of Public Safety, made an in
vestigation with his operatives. Both
reports said the woman's statements
had no foundation in fact. Neither
her husband nor her neighbors be-
lieved her.
At this juncture Mr.. Hodgson step
ped in. He called Commissioner Nc
Coll. They called the big advertis-
ers, who in turn called the managers
of the big dailies. All assembled in
dinner party at the Athletic Club.
Mayor Hodgson as spokesman said,
''In Omaha a colored man has been
killed; other colored people are
afraid to leave their homes; and a
million dollars worth of property has
been destroyed because the papers of
that city have put NEGRO" in such
bold relief. We are apt to repeat the
incident here"
During the remainder of the Hodg-
son administration, only compliment
tary race incidents were headlined.
Where brotherhood reigns there is
lift and a silence. Mr.. Hodgson
has never mentioned this incident.
The counterfeit makes a gesture and
proclaims much. Hodgson is no
counterfeit. He is genuine.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-04-17
NEGRO HOMES IN
FLORIDA BURNED
Huge Red-Lettered Signs State
Negroes Not Desired as
Tampa Residents.
IN. A. A. G. P. Press Service }

On. A. A. G. P. Press Service)
New York, April 15.-The Nation
al Association Office has received re-
ports of the burning of Negro homes
in Western Tampa, unidentified men
have posted warnings that Negroes
were not desired as residents of the
community.
Despite a police guard stationed
in the settlement, following the
burning of two Negro homes, two re-
Gently built real estate Offices were
destroyed by fire. Five men, arrest
ed in connection with the fires, were
discharged in the municipal court.
Negroes are not desired here,''
say huge signs printed in red letters
on sign boards, and Negroes should
investigate before buying here"
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-04-17
DEBATE SCHEDULED

A debate between college students
on the question, Resolved, That
Residential Segregation Could Be
More Beneficial Than Harmful to the
Negro" will be given under the au-
spices of the Young Matrons' club at
st. James A. NJ. E. church. Thursday,
April 29. Attorney B. S. Smith of
Minneapolis has been secured as the
Judge of the event.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-04-17
Equal Rights League Active
In Stopping Segregation In
Theatres; Mayors Give Help

George Harris and Miss Yvonne
Gorde, whom he had present at the
City Hall, together with Rev. w. D.
McClane and w. M. Trotter of the
local leagues executive committee.
The manager of the Plasky-Players
Movie Theatre declined the Mayors
invitation over the telephone to ap-
pear and had several alibis. The
complainants stood firm and Mayor
Quinn told the manager there would
be mo segregation or no license.
John Allen Sanders, graduate of
the Northeastern University School
Continued on page 81
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-04-17
MUTUAL LIFE OF
Nc. CELEBRATES
9TH BIRTHDAY
Business of $2,O00,O00 Annually
Done by Monster Insur-
ance Company.
7 Men Start Venture
In Early Years of Enterprise No
Salaries Paid; All Money
Re-inveSted.
(By The Associated Negro Press)

Durham, N. c., April 15.-To de-
velop from an idea to a. gigantic
financial corporation benefitting
thousands of individuals covering a
broad expanse of territory and doing
more than two million dollars annu-
ally, in the short span of twenty-sev-
en- years, is an accomplishment at
which no race can successfully scoff.
The idea was born in the brain of
John Merrick, Negro barber in Dur
ham, and the realization is the North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance, the
home Office of which is in Durham.
The successful conduct of "a big
business" institution for and by Ne
groes for more than a quarter of a
century is an achievement which not
only strikingly points hopeful bea-
con light to Negro commercial en-
deavor for the future, but furnished
opportunity for genuine and general
racial pride in the accomplishment
and the veracity of this statement
was borne out in the number of con-
gratulatory kilograms and letters re-
ceived by C. c. Spaulding, president
of the North Carolina Mutual Life In.
surance Company, April 1st, which
marked the rounding out of the TWEEN.
ty-seventh year of operation and
service
A Bit of History.
The history of the North Carolina
Mutual Life Insurance Company, as
related at the celebration of the
twenty-seventh anniversary, is thai
of a group of ambitious but sagaciou!
business men. The company had it!
beginning in October, 1898, wher
seven men, with little capital an(
big ideas, assembled and organized
what was then called the North Car
olina Mutual and Provident Associa
tion, later changed to the presen
name of the company "to engage il
the business of life insurance"
On April 1st the company wa
launched with John Merrick, presi
dent; DR.. A. M. Moore, secretary
treasurer, and medical examiner an,
C. C. Spaulding, general manager,
Continued on page p
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-04-17

The local police have five COM
plants against Davis, who gave his
address as 246 West 127th street,
New York. They are dated from
August to October of last year, dur
ing which time Davis was general
manager of the Investment Home
Building Association in a Washing
ton Street building.
Robert w. Bennett. charged that
Continued on page A.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-04-17
''The New Negro" Placed in
Library Reference Room

A copy of THE New Negro"
edited by DR.. Alaine Locke, has
been placed upon the shelves of
the reference rooms of the st.
Paul Public Library. Eastern
literary critics have been lavish
in their praise of the book, and
have pointed out that it is the
sign of the dawning of a new
day for the Negro in literature.