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Richmond planet., 1927-10-22
SHEPHERD NOTES.

We received the sad intelligence
ct the death Of Director Austin John
son, Of Fredericksburg, Va, Friday,
October IA. The Grand Shepherd
Immediately issued a call for the
Executive Committee to mee1 In
tbc Home Office Saturday 1880 P. NJ
tn berfecs plans for Director John
sons funeral: Suitable plans were
worked out. including the ordering
IF "a. Yerv. beautiful design in the
fern OF 1 Se emblem Of the Order.
tbes shepherds Crook" A party In
-fye autom oMles attended the funcr-
al,, :iirluding members Of the Execu.
tive Board. the Advisory Board and
Grand Lndge Officers. -.
Promptly at 1890 last Sunday
7ke party left the home of :he Grand
Shepherd, Mrs. Ora Brown Stokes,
1907 Bro TX Road. The following per
sons were in the party, Mrs Ora
Grown Stokes. Mrs. Lelia Wynn,
Mrs. C. b. G'lpin. Mr.. Walter Wal.
lal, Attorney C A Mckenzie, Mrs.
g.. A. Mckenzie, Mrs Eliza Berkley.
Mrs. Mary E. Cousins, Mrs. S. s
Sparrow, Miss Kulah N. Cunningham
Mrs. Louise Lewis, Mrs. Emily o.
Lewis. Mrs Susie J. Williams. Mrs.
Lille Baskerville, Amos C. Clark,
Frederick, D. Clark, Mrs. Susie H.
Robinson, Mrs. Amanda Randolph.
Mrs. Addis Johnson and Roscoe c.
Mitchell.
The party reached Fredericksburg
promptly at 2 o'clock and went d.
rectly to the home Of the deceased.
Under the leadership Of the Grand
Shepherd the Shepherds went thru
the burial services. Then the body
in charge Of Undertaken Kay We:
conveyed to Shiloh Baptist Church.
Old Site, Of which the deceased was
4 member Of the. Deacon Board
kilograms. from Directors who
could not be present and a letter
of coincidence from the Executive
end Advisory Boards were read bv
Secretary A. G.. Clark. A number Of
letters of coincidence were read from
the various organizations of which
the deceased was a member. Folds
OF the surJ ounding districts also
sent testimonials. >.
Madam G. B. Gilpin, sang a very
sweet and soothing solo. Rev. B. Fl
Hester, the pastor. then delivered q
touching and sympathetic ealogy
He pictured Austin Johnson as a
Christian gentleman of altruistic
tendency, cne who valued not his
life as dear unto himself. II was Z
true portrait. The Grand Shepherd
then made some very appropriate
remarks. The funeral cortege then
proceeded to the cemetery where the
remains OF Director Austin Johnson
were laid in their last resting place
In the death of Director Austin
Johnson, the Improved Order Shep.
herds and Daughters OF Bethlehem.
lost one OF its founders and build
ers Eureka Fold, which has teel.
For number Of years and is at the
time the largest Fold in the
Brotherhood, stands as a living me-
mortal 10 the life and wcrth OF
Shepherd Austin Johnson. :.
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22
ASK INJUNCTION ON ASSESS
MENT TO PROTECT MONEY
atlanta, Ga. independently

(Atlanta, Ga. independently
Petition for injunction to protect
the sum tied up in $4,000 check,
to prevent further assessment by the
Supreme Lodge of Knights of Pythias,
colored organization, and to restrain
several banks from paying out any
funds, will be filed in Superior Court
today by S. S. Humbert, and fifteen
others, against Mary Nelson Jones,
of Augusta, Grand Commander of the
Order of Calanthe in Georgia; w. L.
Powell, of Savannah, Grand Keeper
of Deposits, and other officers, as well
as the Wage Farmers Savings Bank,
Savannah Savings & Real Estate Cor
tional Bank, and the Fourth National
Bank of Macon.
Judge j. Saxton Daniel signed re-
straining order in the case yesterday
in Claxton for Kravitch & Wiseman,
and j. G. Lemon, attorneys for the
plaintiff. 1t will be made of record
today. The order is returnable in
Savannah on October 26, before Judge
Daniel. He has the-Scixilege of hear
ing the case since Judge Meldrim. was
without the jurisdiction when the case
was first presented.
Negroes in several portions of
Georgia will be directly interested in
the litigation. The Supreme Lodge of
the Knights of Pythias, the Negro or
ganization, whose headquarters are in
Chicago, is alleged to be erecting a
new building known as the Pythian
Temple at cost of $1,000,000. An
assessment has been made against the
X. of P. Lodges in Georgia for $685.
900, and also similar assessment has
been made against the Order of Ca
lanthe, the latter organization being
for men and women. The K. of P.
Lodges are mems bodies. The two
are fraternally connected.
The Calanthe organization, the pc
tition states, paid $4,000 last year,
and also drew another check for $10,-
600 on July 20 as payments on it's
assessment. But stop was put on
the $4,000 check.
In June, the Georgia Calanthe had
membership of 23,295 and outstand-
ing insurance on these members at
$3.50 each, making total of $3,400,-
600. In the treasury at that time,
the organization had S55,000 for ad-
ministration and to take care of death
claims, unpaid at that time were $3,-
600 in checks and $4,000 in death
claims, leaving $4,000 in the treas
ury. From that amount was sub
tracted the payment of $4,000 to the
Supreme Lodge, leaving a net total
of S2S,000 in the treasury.
The membership is taking the pres
ent action to protect the insurance
department of the organization since
there are policy holders to the amount
of S3,4O0,000 with only $4,000 ready
to meet any occasion of emergency.
Further allegations state the Grand
Lodge has assessed the Knights of
Pythias one dollar per capita, and
there are 10000 members in Georgia.
This assessment of $4,000 is due on
November /.
At some length the petition sets
forth the act of the officers is with
out authority of the Subordinate
Lodges, erection of the structure in
Chicago is illegal because the organi-
zatlon hasn't authority to invest the
money in that manner, and also that
1t is risky investment because the
organization lacks the authority to
use the money as trust funds.
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22
DIED SUDDENLY

After attending services at the
Fifth Street Baptist Church last Sun
day night; just few steps from the
entrance to the church, in front of GIG
North Fifth Street, Cora Lee Jones,
who is employed at 1927 Monuments
Avenue, collapsed and expired almost
Immediately. She was a nurse and
had previously suffered from heart
trouble.
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22
MANY MEMBERS INITIATED

Prophet Elijah Lodge, No. 701, was
set up about eleven months ago at
Crewe, Va. Capital City, No. IL,
Degree Team journeyed to that place
September 30th and initiated twenty
one bucks into the Improved Benevo-
lent Order of Elks of the World. The
hospitality to the visitors was mag
nifcent. The repast was heartily en-
joyed and the members of the Order
at Crewe as we'll as the candidates
were delighted.
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22
Great Discourse

For more than thirty minutes he
delivered sermon replete with, logic,
rhetoric and genuine eloquence. He
aroused enthusiastic responses from
the pulpit to the door. He is mas
terly orator and he possesses a rare
gift in his magnetic oratory in the
pulpit. He expressed his qualification
at seeing Editor John Mitchell, Jr.,
present and insisted that the editor
have a word to say. For about five
minutes the visitor gave his i'm
pressions of both the speaker and the
church. Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist
Church is making great progress
under it's present pastor.
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22
REV. BROWN breaches

Rev. A. w. Brown preached at the
Sixth Mt. Zion Baptist Church last
Sunday morning to large audience,
even the galleries of the spacious
edifce were filled. Clerk N. w.
Bouldin gave detailed information of
the church work. Chairman Branch,
of the Deacon Board, announced that
a valuable ring lost in the church had
been found and the owner could get
it by calling on him. He declared
that this church could guarantee the
return of any article lost there.
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22
Expressed Thanks

Deacon Brown, who had been sick,
expressed thanks to the church for
favors shown. Deacon Quinn Shelton
made powerful appeal for funds,
after which the collection was lifted
and then Rev. A. w. Brown en-
phasized the necessity of giving God
the best for sacrifice.
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22
Words Misrepresented

I hope, Mr.. Editor, you would not
consider your case so weak, or your
cause so desperate, that you had to
misrepresent the words used by me
in opposition to the supreme lodge
holding it's 1929 session in Dallas,
Texas, as an excuse for your defeat.
l have no objections to you quot
ing what l did say in opposition to
the supreme lodge meeting in Dallas,
Texas, in 1929, because expressed
my opinion concerning the supreme
lodge, and the supreme court and the
uniform rank department meeting in
Dallas, Texas, in 1929, and have no
apologies to make, and no excuses
to offer for what l actually said.
In the beginning of your editorial,
you mentioned the injection of sec
tionalism into the contest for the
next convention city of the supreme
lodge at Chicago, Illinois. If any
sectionalism was injected into the
contest, it was done by the repre-
sentatives of the grand lodge, Knights
of Pythias of Texas, and not by those
opposing the supreme lodge meeting
in Dallas, Texas, in 1929.
1t is true,
"That the supreme chancellor
is himself a Southerner, and the
grand chancellor of a Pythian
jurisdiction in a Dixie state"
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22
HIGH DAY HAS BEEN PLANNED
AT FOUNTAIN BAPTIST
CHURCH, 32ND AND P SITS.

Sunday, October 23rd, marks the
closing of first anniversary of the
pastor of Fountain Baptist Church.
All day there will be different quar-
tets, pastors and their congregation.
Each night the church has been filled
to its capacity. All st. Johns Watch
men will be present at P. M. Grand
Master w. r. Wright will address the
congregation. The public is cordially
invited.
Rev. A. R. Vanlandingham, pastor.
Vanilla Shaw, church reporter.
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22
Editor Richardson's
CauStiC Remarks
is MsrCileSs in Ills Criticism Of
S. W. defends Dallas,
Texas.

In lengthy and volunninous letter,
which appeared in last weeks issue
of The Informer. Hon. S. w. Green,
of New Orleans, La, supreme chancel-
lor of the Colored Knights of Pythias
of North America, South America,
etc. took umbrage at and disagreed
with the editor of this paper anent
reported statements made by the
Pelican City fraternalist during the
supreme lodge of the order, which ap-
peared in The Informer under date of
August 81, 1927.
These reported remarks were made
by Mr.. Green when he took the floor
at the Forum Hall, 324 East Forty
third Street, Chicago, Illinois, Satur-
day evening, August 20, 1927, and
"low-rated" the South as being wholly
unfit and too uncivilized for the SUI
preme body to hold one biennial ses-
sion at Dallas, Texas. or any other
city of the "far South
Now, after his speech is a matter
of record and almost ancient history,
Mr.. Green becomes incensed and de-
mands The Informer to make public
retraction of his (Green's) reported
scurrilous attack upon the South /;
charging that his remarks were in
correctly quoted, and, apparently en-
deavoring to so muddy the waters as
to conceal the real issue in this would
be controversy.
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22

An agreeable surprise was led on
Miss Lavinia Cogbill on Friday
night the 14th inst. A number of
her friends banded together and
pitched n party at Y, M, l., and II.
Home in honor Of her birthday. A
fine time was had. ;.
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22
No Secret Ballot

Since the only free expression of a
mans suffrage is by secret ballot, why
didn't the supreme chancellor submit
the motion made and duly seconded
that the method of voting for the 1929
convention city be done by ballot? ?
Why did the supreme chancellor re-
fuse to put this motion before the su-
preme body, if he felt that he had his
case already won after his TRADE and
invective against Dallas, Texas, and
the South? Why did Mr.. Green dilly-
daily and act like an amateur presid-
ing officer when this motion was prop
erly submitted to the supreme body?
Let him answer these queries!
During the course Of Mr. Green S
remarks against and libel of Texas
and the South, he was srepeatedly In
terrupted by delegates not all from
the South, either-who shouted why
don't you leave the SoGth, then p : Z. s.
AS matter of fact, so bitter,
vitriolic and sulphuric was the Green
attack and box barrage against Texas
and the South, that DR.. A. S. Jackson,
commissioner of education of ;; the
African Methodist Episcopal Church
and a resident of Waco, Texas, who
answered the Green charges and oral
fusilade, opened his rebuttal and reply
with the statement that any man who
is ashamed of his wife, should divorce
her; meaning that any man who lives
in a section of the country and enter
tains such ideas against and about his
section as the supreme chancellor does,
should remove to some other section
of the country.
Mr.. Green should bear in mind that
he does not head nor direct sectional
order, but a national organization;
whose main financial and numerical
strength lies in Southern jurisdic-
tions; and that people who bear all
the freight, should, at some time, have
some say as to how their goods should
be delivered, and the like.
Ito be continued)
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22

Ruben's Paint and Glass Co. offer
prices that will pay you. Countrymen
can send in orders or come to the
store and get them. See advertise
ment.
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22

A Harvest Sale appeals to farmers.
That is why we are urging you to
visit the L. F. M. store and take ad-
vantage of the bargains there.
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22
REV. DIR. r. ". PEYTON TAKES
CHARGE

Rev. DR.. R. V. Peyton took formal
charge Of Mt. Moriah Baptist Church
last Sunday. Rev. M. H. Payne
preached in the morning and Rev.
Peyton in the afternoon and at night.
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22

Mr.. C. l.. Skinner, of the Washing
ton Eagle, was in the city last week
accompanied by his madame.
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22
Proud of the Fact

1 am proud of the fact that I am
a Southerner; I was born in the
South, and have always lived in the
South, and expect to continue living
in the South, and therefore know the
South, and was in position to advise
the supreme lodge as to the matter
of conditions and to give good rea-
sons why the supreme lodge should
not bring the supreme court and the
uniform rank encampment to Dallas,
Texas, or any other city in the far
South.
Your pretended surprise, Mr.. Edi-
tor, at my attitude in the matter of
the meeting of the supreme lodge
CONTINUED on page 81
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22

You may make a horse laugh but
he'll be standing in front of the l.. F.
M. store. Broad Street, between Third
and Fourth Streets.
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22
Answering the Charges

In your long editorial containing
more than half OF the editorial mat
ter of your newspaper, l find the fol-
lowing:
"Going bit further, Mr. Green
charged that the white South
would insult every Negro woman
who might attend the supreme
session at Dallas"
You know, Mr.. Editor, if you heard
my address, that l made no such
charges against the white South, and
you also know, and l know that any
colored lady is as safe from moral
insult in any city in the far South as
she would be in any city in the North,
East or West. .1n 10
also note in quotation marks, the
following:
"The' South is no decent place
for any black mans wife, daugh-
ter, mother or sweetheart"
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22
II Fri6hlM/
Auto Hccidenf
Mrs. OpheHa jackson Kill
ed..Ofhers Badly Injured
Body Shipped to South Carolina

stated facts IN every utterance, and
you may rest assured that the repre-
sentatives of this State can be relied
upon to help adjust all matters per-
tanning to Pythianism and the general
welfare of the people at large. We are
certainly proud of the fight zoe made
IN defense of right, and we intend to
continue to hold up the principles of
Pythianism as long as friendship
warns the heart of man.
Enclosed find my check for sub
scription.
Yours in F., C. & B.,
N. N. REYNOLD,
Grand Chancellor.
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22

The supreme chancellor also sug-
gested that The Informer inform the
reading public that Indianapolis won
over Dallas by 60 to 47, rather than
by 55 to At; and yet his victory in
this respect was an empty one, par
ticularly in view of his hostile and
obstinate attitude towards Dallas and
the South, and with the delegates be-
ing forced to vote their choice of con-
vention city by acclamation. To be
frank, Dallas, Texas, and the South
really won a moral victory!
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22
Did Not Use Words

If you heard my address, Mr.. Edi-
tor, and l presume you did, you know
I did not use the words quoted in
your editorial, and if anyone else
told you / used such words, you
know me well enough to know | did
not use such words, and if you had
believed that l used such words, you
could have easily ascertained from me
as to whether had used such words
or not in referring to the South. l
not only did not make such state
ment in my address, but did not use
any words that could in any way be
construed as expressing such senti-
ment from me concerning the South.
No person but a fool would insult
their audience by using such words,
when fully half of the audience he
was addressing lived in the South, in
cluding the speaker himself.
You are hereby requested, Mr.. Edi-
tor, to publicly withdraw the charges
made against me in the above quota
tions from your editorial columns Of
August 81, 1927.
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22

The boys were yelling. They told
of the Harvest Sale at the J.. F. M.
store.
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22
Supreme Chancellor
Green Makes Reply
Denies Alleged Statements Bitter
DenunCiation Of the Far South
Opposes Racial Conditions.
New Orleans, La,
Sept. 20, 1927.
Editor, The Houston Informer,
4O9-11 Smith Street,
Houston, Texas.


4O9-11 Smith Street,
Houston, Texas.
Sir:
Copy of The Houston Informer un-
der date of August 27, 1927, was re-
ceived by me while on my vacation
after the close of the supreme lodge
session held at Chicago, Illinois,
August 1920, 1927.
would not depart from my rule OF
ignoring criticisms of my course in
the supreme lodge of the Knights of
Pythias of North America, etc, by
newspapers or otherwise, were. it not
for the fact, Mr.. Editor, your columns
contained the following words charged
against me as having been uttered by
me during my address to the supreme
lodge in opposition to holding the ses-
sion of 1929 i'll Dallas, Texas.
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22
Editor Present

The editor of The Informer was
present when the 1929 convention city
was selected, and heard all the
speeches made in defense of Dallas
and Indianapolis, the two contestihg
cities for the next biennial session of
The Pythian order; and We are of the
opinion that Mr.. Green was SO per-
turbed in body and mind that he did
not really know what he was uttering
at the time he made the remark that
"the South is no decent place for any
black mans aoife, daughter, mother
or Sweetheart"
Since this utterance of his has, per-
force, escaped his memory, we wish to
remind the supreme chancellor that
when he made this statement the
supreme representatives Kissed and
booed him to such an extent that the
presiding officer (the grand chancellor
of West Virginia jurisdiction) was
compelled to stop his (Green's) speech
and beg the brethren for order and
proper respect to the speaker; and
then Mr.. Green added that he had
listened to the proponents of Dallas
and he thought they ought to, listen
to his reasons why they should not
consider Dallas for the 1929 supreme
session. 1--WE wonder does the su-
preme chancellor recollect this tense
and ticklish moment in the delibera-
tions?)
Richmond planet., 1927-10-22
That Near Lynching

Mr.. Green further contends that
he did not wage "most bitter ana
subtle fight against Dallas and the
entire South" when, as a matter OF
fact, the supreme chancellor recited a
'~near-lynching bee in Florida, with
him as the principal character-when
he was elected from Pullman draw.
ing room and threatened with neck
tie party, for daring to ride "like
wife foxes" in said Southern State.
He cited this incident to show the dele
gates how dangerous. it would be for
them to invade the South in Pullman
cars, and further stated that he was
always glad when an opportunity af-
forded itself for him to cross the
Ohio River. Anti-Texas and anti
South propaganda was dispensed
freely at both convention halls by
Green henchmen and hangers-on, and
many wild, infammatory and lurid
statements made about Texas and the
South.
The veracity of this reported utter
ance of Mr.. Green can be verified by
any number of the supreme repre-
sentatives-even by some of the SUI
preme chancellor's erstwhile staunch
supporters, who left the Windy City
session with a different opinion of
their worthy leader. and fraternal
chieftaip. !. -, - -
Without being accused of violating
any proprieties, but in order to estab-
lish the truthfulness of our editorial
contentious, we herewith reproduce a
letter, verbatim, from the grand chan
cellor of the Colored Knights of Py-
thias of Tennessee jurisdiction, which
corroborates what The Informer said
about the supreme lodge. The letter
follows:
Pulaski, Tenn, Sept 29, 1927
Hon. C. F. Richardson,
Editor President Houston Informer,
409-11 Smith Street,
Houston, Texas.
Dear Sir and Brother:
l am so highly pleased to have read
the article and editorial in your valu-
able paper touching on the action of
the supreme lodge at the session just
closed in the city of Chicago. 1 am
certainly in hearty accord with the
ideas conveyed therein, and l am de-
lighted to inform you that every ex-
preston meets my full approval.
was present at the meeting, and I
am in position to know that you haze
Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1927-01-20
ELAD6 B1RroK Az oHAzABAN,


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ado. J6szagokkal Qovak, okrok, jubok)
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dasagi 6puletekkel b6segesen felsze
relve. Kedvez6 munkasviszonyok. Te-
lefon. Varostol tanyaba kik0vezett me-
gyei ".
A birtok azonnal atvehet6!
Birtok ara, osszes gazdasagi epile-
tekkel, meheszettcl 10000 dollar.
A birtokhoz tartozo 61 m. hold leg
jobb term6 eroben lev3, 8--10 evi te-
lcpitesii fajsz6l6 szinten elad6. Ara
$20,000.00 dollar.
Esetleg birtokkal szomszedos, kb.
100 hold szant6-berlct is nlegszerezhet6.
Reflektal6k irjanak, vagy jelentkez-
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Amerikai Magyar hirlap = American Magyar journal. [volume] (Youngstown, Ohio) 1911-1942, 1927-01-20
A CLEVELAND KONZULATUS
VI CINE.

Folyo ev fdbruar ho Level
cleveland magyar kiralyi kon-
zulatus negvaltozta6a hivatali
helyisaget es a mostani $50 Pros
pect Avenue alatti helyisegebol,
a 9.-ik utica es Euclid Avenue
sarkan lev3 Union Trust Build
ing 1929 szamu helyisegebe kol-
t0zik at, ahova honfitarsaink le-
velben barmikor, szemelyesen pc
dig hetkoznaponkent 9 es l ora
koz0tt minden ugyiikben vedelem
ert, tanacsert es felvilagositasert
fordulhatnak.
E konzulatus hivatali k0rzete
kiterjed: Ohio, Virginia, West
| Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee al
lamokra es Michigan allan deli
felszigetere. Mindazok, akik ezen
allamokban laknak es a magyar
kiralyi konzulatust igenyIbe ven
nj 0hajtak, forduljanak cleve-
landi magyar kiralyi konzulatus-
hoz, 1929 Union Trust, Building,
Cleveland, O., al1ik pedig Pennsyl
vaniaban laknak, a cleveland ma
gyar kiralyi konzulatus pitts
burghi kirendeltjet, 406 Nc Can
ce Block, Pittsburgh, Pa, vehetik
igtnybe.