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Memphis, Tenn.—(ANP)—The sud-
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saved two blacks. Louis Bell and Sid-
ney Springfield from being lynched
here Monday morning, when they
were arrested and charged with high-
way robbery and criminally assault-
ing a white woman.
The robbery and assault are alleged
| to have happened early Monday morn-
ing when a car in which three young
men and two girls were riding was
commandeered by three Negroes and
I carried to a lonely place on the road.
One of the young white women claims
that she was assaulted twice. After
reporting the matter to the police the
party disappeared.
Bell and Springfield were arr sted
five hours later and while in the cus-
tody of two deputies, a mob of about
fifty white men appeared on the scene
for the supposed purpose of lynching
them. Reinforcements arrived just in
time to avert mob-violence.
The two men arrested have main-
tained their innocence, and while the
feeling runs high, many point to the
— fact that it is rather peculiar that
the three white men offered so little
resistance against an equal number
of Negroes, especially when the safe-
ty of the women was in danger.
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Shall We Commune WIFE IS DENIED Appraises Nordics Durham Select
Together?
HUSBAND’S BODY
BY COURT ORDER
By MARY MeLEOD BETHUNE
President of the National National
Association of Colored Women
(For The Associated Negro Press)
The Stock-Tak- tion order restraining Stella Dix from
Findineneconret: interfering with the funeral arrange.
St. Louis, Mo.—(ANP)—An injunc-
In White Magazine As Meeting Place
of Teacher Heads
CTORY IFF
GETS LICENSE
IN MICHIGAN
ence to be held at
Durham next De-
cember, I think,
points the way.
If ever we have
needed to make a
calm, deliberate,
scientific investi-
ments or taking possession of her
husband’s body, that of Ed Dix, prom-
inent Elk member, who died here last
week, was granted in the circuit court
Saturday to Mamie Smith, Frank
Hunter, and John W. Hughes, under-
taker.
Before his death, last October, Dix
TALKING to a roomful of high
L school girls on personal hygiene,
an experienced district nurse said :.
“One of the basic rules of health for
girls is to keep the system functioning
naturally at all times. Normal exercise
and diet habits should be encouraged.
But when necessary there’s no harm in
taking nujol, since it works mechani
cally and can't disturb the normal
functions of any organ of the body
Particularly with girls, there are time
when nujol should always be taken.
Take a spoonful every night for a few
days. It’s a thoroughly safe and harm-
less method. It won’t cause distress or
gas pains or griping.”
Nujol is different from any other sub-
stance. It contains no drugs or medi-
cine. It can be taken safely no matter
how you are feeling because it is so
pure and harmless, and works so
easily. Every woman should keep a
bottle on hand. Every druggist has thilue
Raleigh, N. C.—(ANP)—W. A.
Robinson, chairman of the executive
committee of the National Associa-
tion of Teachers in Colored Schools,
announced Wednesday that the an-
nual meeting of the executive com-
mittee will be held in Durham, N. C.,
December 6 and 7.
Durham was selected as .e choice
of meeting by 14 of the 24 members
of the committee with Tuskegee run-
ning second and Nashville third. It
was pointed out by several that many
of the members were planning to at-
tend the Stock-Taking Conference at
Durham, December 7, 8 and 9, and
that to hold the meeting there at the
same time would enable them to do
so with no added expense.
The proposed program of the exec-
utive committee of the association in-
cludes discussions of the annual meet-
ing which will be held at Charleston,
W. Va., a slogan for the meeting, the
general problems and policies of the
association, which includes teachers’
salaries, school attendance, and stand-
ards and credits.
Chicago, Ill.—Announcement has
just been made at the home office of
Victory Life Insurance Company that
it has been licensed to operate in the
state of Michigan.
During the year 1927, Victory Life
has been admitted into four addition-
al states, whose insurance depart-
ments are regarded as the most strin-
gent in the world, namely: New York,
February 9, 1927; Indiana, April 19,
1927; Virginia, May 5, 1927; and
Michigan, November 17, 1927.
The growth of the company has
been remarkable. Only three years
old it has a capital of $200,000, with
assets of more than $400,000. The
paid-for business on its books amounts
appro: mately $10,000,000, represent-
ing insurance on -lore than 10,000
policyholders. The company has 15
established branch offices and fur-
nishes employment to more than 500
persons in the 12 states in which it
is now operating.
gation into every
of "ourotratte, | made, published, and declared his last
will and testament which was duly
need to do so now.
We live in a
truly scientific
age. Modern sci-
ence has revolu-
, tionized society,
lifted man’s bur.
MARY M. BETHUNE dens, lightened
probated before the probate court of
St. Louis. In the will the testator
directed that his body in the event of
death should be turned over to John
W. Hughes, local undertaker, for bur-
ial, and that the same be directed un-
der the auspices Washington Lodge
____- No. 6, Elks, of which he was past ex-
creased its joys and made it more alted ruler. In compliance with said
request, the plaintiff, Mamie Smith,
executrix in the will, and the plaintiff,
Frank Hunter, the father of Dix, did
on Nov. 15 employ and turn over to
Undertaker Hughes the body of the
deceased for the purpose of carrying
out the will.
his labors, lengthened human life, in-
worth living. The effect of science I
has been so significant in the world
of material things that its spirit has
carried over into the social and spir-
itual world. The spirit of science is
pervading our social activities, our
economic and political problems, our
fine arts, our very religion. The spir-
it of science is becoming the control-
ling human factor in modern life.
What is this spirit of science? Ex-
perts tell us it embraces primarily
three things: (a) Unswerving system
for the sake of orderliness, (b) Per-
fection of method for the sake of ab-
solute accuracy, (c) Relentless, un-
abated inquiry for facts, uncomprised
and uncompromising, in the untiring
program of ceaseless search for ulti-
mate truth. The inevitable conse-
quence of these three is a practical
application of new discoveries to con-
crete situations in life for improve-
ment and progress.
It is the spirit of science that we
need to apply to the consideration of
the affairs of the race. We must
face facts, plain, unadulterated facts,
be they kind or cruel, complimentary,
or condemnatory, before we may lay
with assurance an absolutely safe
foundation for permanent progress
and improvement. Too long our per-
gram has been guided by mere senti-
ment, often hopelessly vague. Too
long we have been motivated by our
feelings, running the gamut from dull
apathy to acute hysteria. Too long
we have been jumping at conclusions
we hoped were valid, and pinning im-
plicit faith on assumptions which our
sense of race loyalty prompted us to
believe ought to be true. The result
has been an appalling leakage and
loss in the midst of a manifest prog-
ress. We have progressed, but not as
rapidly as we might have because too
often, the unscientific method of pro-
cedure has been ignored.
The Fact-Finding and Stock-Taking
Conference called for December is the
one means of assuring the brain-lead-
ership of the race that past assump-
tions are true or untrue, that present
methods are profitable or unprofitable.
It is the one way of determining
through orderly procedure, absolute
accuracy and unremitting investiga-
tion of facts void of sentiment, where-
in lies the path to permanent prog-
ress and greatest improvement. I am
confident that this essence of the sci-
entific spirit applied to the affairs of
the race will carry us to our deserved
place among the leading races and na-
tions of the earth which have ap-
proached the apex of achievement
through its pursuit.
"Ole Miss” Starts
“1 *1 TIL: ” CAD
Lily-White GOr
To Defeat Howard
Wife Had No Legal Rights
The next day after Dix’s death,
his wife, who had not lived with him
in six years, filed a suit in replevin
in Justice Meyer’s court for the pur-
pose of obtaining possession of her
husband’s body.
The injunction stated that the affi-
davit of Mrs. Dix was false, explain-
ing that she deserted her husband in
1921, and went to live in “open, noto-
rious adultery,” with another man,
with whom she still resides at 2608
Morgan Street. By her conduct the
restraining writ stated, she forfeited
all her rights as wife and widow of
Dix.
The funeral obsequies for Ed Dix
were conducted last Sunday as pro-
vided for under his will. Mrs. Mamie
Smith, the named executrix in the
will, was represented by Attorney
George L. Vaughn.
Says St. Louis is
GEORGE S. SCHUYLER, New
York, a cultured Negro and writer of
international reputation, who writes
the first frank appraisal of the Nordic
race in the December issue of the
American Mercury (white), national
magazine edited by H. L. Mencken,
celebrated editor and author, is man-
aging editor of the Messenger, one of
the leading racial periodicals printed
in New York City, and is also contrib-
uting editor to the Pittsburgh (Pa.)
Courier.
Houstonians will recall that Mr.
Schuyler paid this city a visit during
last year and spoke at the annual Y.
W. C. A. banquet held at the Odd Fel-
lows Temple.
Mr. Schuyler, recognized as one of
the most brilliant writers of his gen-
eration, is a concrete example of what
grit and determination can accom-
plish; for in his youth he did not have
the advantages of an educational
training and has gained his vast store-
house of knoweldge through travel
and reading. For several years he
was a soldier in the regular United
States army, being attached to one
of the infantry outfits.
His article in the American Mer-
cury is both interesting and illumi-
nating, and contains much food for
thought for both races.
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0 Entertain
AMEZ Conference
St. Louis, Mo.—(ANP)—In an open
letter to the membership of the A. M.
E. Z. Church of the United States,
Rev. H. H. Jackson, pastor, and the
trustees of the Metropolitan A. M. E.
Z. Church of this city, declared that
St. Louis was ready and able to
take care of the general conference
which is to be held here in May, 1928
This letter was in refutation of past
statements, alleged to have been made
by certain leaders of the church, fol-
lowing the tornado which struck St.
Louis. These statements were to the
effect that it would be better to seek
another place to hold the conference
as St. Louis would not be able to en-
tertain the body.
Refuting the arguments of those
who had sought to have the confer-
ence moved, Dr. Jackson and his col-
leagues scored those who had tried
to interfere with the holding of the
conference here. They also pointed
out that the new coliseum has been
placed under contract for the hold-
ing of the conference and that at an
official meeting of the board of trus-
tees of the Metropolitan Church, held
Monday night, the board decided un-
animously to underwrite the general
conference expense to the amount of
$50,000.00. In this the board has
the support of the Chamber of Com-
merce and the leading citizens.
YOUTH’S SPEED TOO
FAST FOR MOBBISTS
New York Doctor,
Lincoln Alumnus,
On Trustee Board
Jackson, Miss.—(ANP)—The group
of “Anglo-Saxon” Republicans of
Mississippi, headed by Geo. L. Sheldon’
of Petitt, former governor of Ne-
braska, is making a serious and de-
termined movement towards the es-
tablishment of a Republican party in
Mississippi “not dominated and man-
aged by Negroes,” and as the first
step towards that goal is seeking to
incorporate their organization under
the laws of the state under the name
Hattiesburg, Miss.—(ANP)—Fleet-
footedness saved Son Walters from in-
jury at the hands of a mob of citi-
zens, following an automobile crash,
when the car he was driving collided
with that of a society woman, Miss
Bonnie May Thompson, in which she
was slightly injured. Police are mak-
ing an extensive search for Walters
who thus far has eluded capture.
Lincoln University, Pa.— (ANP)—
At a meeting of the board of trustees
of Lincoln University held in Phila-
delphia, Dr. Eugene Percy Roberts,
an alumnus of the class of 1891 and
president of the Alumni Association,
was elected to membership on the
board.
In his success and usefulness, both
within and without the limits of his
profession of medicine, Dr. Roberts
is a typical Lincoln man, and Lincoln
University has no alumnus who has
been more actively interested in its
progress. After studying medicine
at the Flower Medical School, Dr.
Roberts took up the practice of his
profession in New York City, and has
had the reputation of having as large
a practice as any physician of his race
in the metropolis. While unassuming
in manner, he is one of New York’s
busy, influential and useful citizens,
and Mayor Mitchell paid a tribute to
his ability by appointing him a mem-
ber of the municipal board of edu-
cation. After the death of the late
Dr. George E. Cannon, ’93, of Jersey
City, New Jersey, in 1925, Dr. Roberts
was elected president of the Lincoln
alumni association. He has been ac-
tive in the work of the Y. M. C. A.,
the Urban League, the Boys’ Welfare
Association and the Associated Chari- •
ties of New York.
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Application for the charter was filed
with the secretary of state, Walter
Wood, by Sheldon and Charles Gor-
don, Greenville County lawyer, but
has been referred to the attorney
general for an opinion which may be
deferred. The unexpected delay came
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the organization regardless of the,
outcome of their efforts to obtain a
charter.
Sheldon has issued a call for a gen-
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son, Dec. 5, at which time plans of
organization will be perfected, includ-
ing setting in motion the machinery
for the election of party leaders and
adoption of constitution and by-laws.
The incorporation of the party was
approved at the general conference
held here last January, when, after
declaring that there was no Repub-
lican party worthy of the name in
Mississippi, resolutions were adopted
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