Baptist Delegates Headed to Norfolk Convention
Norfolk Virginia prepares to welcome National Baptist Convention attendees starting September 10 with estimates of at least five thousand visitors and trains from several states. Music and Jubilee song books lead the program as Dr. R H Boyd oversees publications. In Kansas City Knights of Pythias host Damon and Pythias events with a packed schedule and a protest against racial discrimination.
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Norfolk
National Baptist Convention
United States
Edw. P. Jones
Chicago
Boston J. Prince
Railroad Commission
Cincinnati
Norfolk & Wesbie
Indiana
Kentucky
Missophi
Kansas
Onessee
C. H. Clark
R H. Boyd
Akrig
National Baptist
Nhtional Baptist Publishing Board
H. B. VV. Johnson
Convention
Himeec
R. H. Boyd
National Baptist Conven
Kansas City
Knights of Pythias
W. H
Damon and Pythias
Supreme Lodge
Supreme Court
W. Spencer Carpenter
Brooklyn
N. Y
Damon
Pythias
Calanthans
Knights
Hawkins
Bacote
Second Baptist Church
T. B. Watkins
Supreme Stations
Lyric Hall
Nannie Street
Knight Templar
Courts of Calanthe
Lincoln High School
W. Ashbie Hawkins
Abenezer Church
J. C. Patton
Uniform Bank
K. of P
W. Hemisphere
Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Scholarships Awarded by George Washington Education Fund
The Washington Educational Fund in Jerseyville announced two scholarship winners Consuelo Wilson of Nokomis Illinois and Blanche Smith of Rockford Illinois. Four contestants ranked closely with only three elevenths of a point between top and bottom. Francis McDaniel of Jacksonville Illinois and Juanita Dabney of Normal Illinois were finalists with potential college placements for fall. The fund supports four to six colored students in college and was established by former slave George Washington.
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St. Louis
George
Washington Educational Ey
Jerseyville
Consuelo Wilson
Nokomis
Blanche Smith
Rockford
Conanta
Francis McDaniel
Jacksonville
Juanita Dabney
Normal
Fletcher found guilty of cutting woman in Coatesville
In West Chester on August 26 Sylvester Fletcher colored of Coatesville was convicted of cutting Alice Davia with a razor with intent to kill. He was sentenced to four years to seven years in the Eastern Penitentiary and fined 500 dollars.
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West Chester
Sylvester Fletcher Colored
Coatesville
Real and Bately
Alice Davia
Eastern
Mob Burns Church After Killing Eli Cooper in Georgia
In Eastman Georgia on September 1 a mob shot Eli Cooper a Black man and burneds a church at Ocmulgee near here. The mob also burned other colored churches and a lodge after rumors that Black people would rise up against whites. Cooper was said to be a local leader and was taken from Caldwell Laurens County to Ocmulgee by the mob. White residents planned fundraising to rebuild the burned churches.
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Eastman
Eli Cooper
Ocmulgee
Cooper
Caldwell
Laurens County
Laurens
Memorial Services for the Dead of the Fifteenth
Brooklyn N Y September 2 The George W P Davis Post No 116 American Legion will hold memorial services for the dead of the Old Fifteenth the 269th Infantry on Sunday evening September 28 at Bridge Street A M E Church The services honor one of the men of the 15th who made the supreme sacrifice.
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Brooklyn
N.o
George WP. Davis
The
American Legion
269Th Infantry
Bridge Street A. M. E
Kulas Wife Claims Brutal Treatment Led to Killing
New York Sept 2 Mrs Lottie Scott of 18 RE 134 and street surrendered to police after stabbing her husband Frank Scott whom she said she endured abuse from for years. The couple married 19 years and have three children.
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New York
Lottie Scott
Street
Frank Scott
Nurses Hold Convention in Boston Meeting
The Annual Convention of Colored Nurses closes in Boston Massachusetts with Mrs Adah B Thomas Superintendent of Nurses Lincoln Hospital New York serving as president and presiding over sessions.
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Boston
Mass
Convention of Colored Nurses
Adah B. Thomas
Lincoln Hospital
New York
Nuree
Y M C A Secretary Davis Resigns to Head West Virginia Institute
John W. Davis, secretary of the Washington Y M C A, resigns to become president of the West Virginia Institute at Institute, taking effect September 1. In two years he lifted the 12th Street branch from 82 members and debt to over 2,000 members and a clean balance sheet. He will succeed Byrd Prillerman as president of the Institute. No replacement named yet.
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Washington, D. C
John W. Davis
Washington Y. M.C. A
West Virginia and Institute
Institute
Davis
Byrd Prillerman
West Virginia Institute
Colored staff installed at Cleveland's Union Club
Cleveland Ohio September 1 The Union Club of Cleveland aristocrats and millionaires has installed colored cooks and waiters to replace white staff. The move ends years of discrimination and marks a historic change in the exclusive club.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Union Club
Rioting in Knoxville Ends as Militia Restores Calm
In Knoxville Tennessee conditions returned to normal after a 24 hour riot sparked by the death of Mrs Bertie Lindsay White. A colored suspect Maurice Mayer was arrested but jailed mob violence battered the jail and freed white prisoners while the third floor housing colored prisoners was spared. Militias from Camp Sevier arrived and fighting occurred briefly with one officer killed and two colored men shot. Mayor John McMillan and Governor Roberts pressed for troop withdrawal.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Bertie Lindsay White
Eighth Avenue
Ora White
Lindsay White
Maurice Mayer
Chattanooga
Mmn
Camp Sevier
Vine
Central
Joseph Etter
Etter
Carl Chambers
Carter Watkins
Tnc
John McMillan
Roberts
Frank Pats
Businessmen to Build Auditorium in Indiana
Indianapolis leaders announce a plan to construct a two story auditorium with ten thousand square feet per floor. The first floor will house Indiana’s largest skating rink and a large meeting hall for 2000 plus, plus a cafe and refreshment facilities. The second floor will host social entertainments with parlor and rest rooms for patrons.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Eafe
Wilson Urged to Appoint Commission on Racial Violence
The NAACP telegram to President Wilson urges immediate creation of a commission to investigate failure of states to protect citizens. It cites the Texas attack on Secretary Shillaby and a Georgia lynching, claiming 48 people killed by mobs since January, 36 of them black. The message asks Wilson to press Congress on the issue.
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New York
AUE
National Association For the “Advancement of Colored People
Wilson
United States
Texas
Shillaby
Georgia
Congress
Colored people to aid Roosevelt fund announcement
New York Sept 1 The Roosevelt Memorial Association says special committees of colored people are appointed in every state to raise funds for memorials in honor of the late Theo Roosevelt.
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New York
Roosevelt Memorial Association
Theo, Roosevelt
Bequeaths 300000 to Hampton Institute Estate at Hampton Institute
A deceased beneficiary leaves 306000 to Hampton Institute as part of a will. The article notes the large endowment to the Hampton Institute and the amount specified in the bequest.
Knoxville Rioters Target Gang Plot Amid Trial Pressure
The mob aimed to free sixteen criminals and rob the city rather than avenge a woman’s death. Maurice Mayes, a young man charged with her killing, is portrayed as notorious. White citizens vow a fair trial and call a grand jury meeting, while Knoxville’s race relations remain historically noted.
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Maurice Mayes
Peple
Grand Ve
Knoxville
Race tensions and fraternal drill wins noted in press
In Washington D C on August 20 Congressman Byrne sparked debate by claiming improved treatment of Black people in the South. The St George Commandery drill team then triumphed in Wilmington Del earning 100 dollars, with Simon Commandery of DC taking a second prize. A large M W Grand Lodge event followed in Delaware featuring speeches by notable leaders and a parade through Wilmington.
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H. Eugene Wilson
Washington, D. C
James F. Byrne
South Carolina
House
South
Byrne
Messenger
Colored Press
St. George Commandery
Wilmington
Del
Southside Park
Simon Commandery
DD. C
St. George
Parkway
Philadelphia
M. W. Hiram Grand Lodge
Delaware
Eden Park
BR. Williams
Bethel A. M
M. W
M. W. Grand
A. M
Pennsylvania
Wm. G. Taylor
Cols
Tony
Jnc. BE. Sm
Brother Smith
Conwell Banton, Jr
Emanuel D. Murray
John Luther Hubert
H. H
Washington
George
Berean Army and Navy Club Opens for Colored Soldiers
During World War I the War Camp Community Service established the Berean Army and Navy Club in Philadelphia on November 23, 1918. The Berean School buildings were converted into a facility with dormitories, baths, a cafeteria, and educational and industrial training programs for Black servicemen. Weekly vaudeville and dancing, boxing exhibitions, Sunday entertainments, and a Red Cross hostess unit supported the soldiers and sailors. The club, praised as the city’s only of its kind, provided meals, social events, and a welcoming space for financially or socially isolated Black troops.
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War Camp
Army and Navy
Philadelphia
Matthew Anderson
War Camp Community Service
Berean School
Berean Army and Navy Club
J. T. Turner
Paul Brock
Red Cross Unit
North Philadelphia
Grand Jury Blames Police for Race Riot in Chicago
The Chicago Grand Jury report cites political corruption in the police department and calls for a thorough housecleaning of grafters. It attributes race trouble to imbalanced placement of colored labor and crowding in Negro districts, warning that ill feeling was sparked into a conflagration. It recommends voluntary segregation and housing protection for Black residents.
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Chicago
School for Colored Children Closes After Evicted Attendance
Dover September 1 The separate colored school on West Front Street has been discontinued by the Board of Education. Colored parents refused to send their children there and insisted on enrolling in regular public schools with white children. The Jim Crow school failed from the start and was widely resented by the colored community.
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Dover
West Front Street
Board of Education
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