Present State of Affairs of State Normal At Frankfort Given Out For Publication PREVIOUS REPORT UNFAIR , 'TIS CLAIMED (Special to the Leader.) Frankfort, Ky., March 30. A few days ago there appeared on the pages of the public press, the report of the financial condition of the Kentucky Normal and Industrial Institute, located at this place. 
The report as given out by the State Examiner is claimed by many to be a misrepresentation of facts. To a leader representative here, facts were given and statements made to show that the State Normal School is in as good condition at present as at any time in its history. 
From an interview with an official of the institution, it was brought out that within the last three and a half years, the farm alone has brought to the institution, $64,169.80. The management has introduced an up-to-date shoe department second to none in any like institution in this section of the country. Many ex-service men are taking advantage of this trade. There is also an up-to-date furniture repairing and making over furniture. 
In the interview a general statement from a reliable source, as to the present status of the institution was obtained. [illegible] of any real fair minded business man. In April of each year, anticipating the funds available for the ensuing fiscal year, the President of the Institute prepares a budget of assured and approximate receipts and expenditures which he submits to the Board of Trustees for their approval. And this budget governs the financial transactions of the school for that particular year. The school has never been properly financed. By a stroke of good luck, President Russell was able to persuade the last legislature to switch the special appropriation of $25,000 to the annual maintenance fund which was only $21,000 and let the annual maintenance go to the special appropriation fund, and in that way only, was it possible for the school to increase the salaries of its teachers. As will be seen from the above statement Kentucky contributes but twenty-five thousand dollars a year for the upkeep of buildings and grounds worth nearly a quarter of a million dollars, and out of this sum must come teachers salaries, supplies, coal, lights, water, repairs, etc. Added to the above sum, there is a fund given the school from the Federal Government amounting to $7,250 and $1,255.50 from the Kentucky Land Grant fund making a total assured annual maintenance fund of $33,505.50. All other sources of revenue are based on approximate receipts from the Smith-Hughes fund, and the board of teachers and students and matriculation fees. All of which may be more or less than anticipated. 
"The regular teachers' salary list amounts to $24,599, and this makes no allowance for special teachers who had to be employed during the summer school. The regular teachers' salaries substracted from the annual maintenance leaves a balance of $401 of the State's money to maintain this large plant and meet the current expenses of a well regulated school. After paying the teachers' salaries from the assured sevenues, there remains but $8,906.50. Of this amount over seven thousand dollars has been paid out for coal mines last summer and had to go into the open market, the same as individuals, to purchase its coal, paying sometimes as much as eleven dollars per ton for coal. And yet, with this unusual expenditure for coal, the school was in a better financial condition the first of February than it was this time last year. 
On Monday, March 14, 1921, the Board of Trustees of the Kentuck Normal and Industrial Institute held a meeting at which time President G.P. [illegible] [financial?] report of [illegible] by the Board [illegible] "The indications are that the school will close its session in June with a smaller deficit than at any time in its history."
Other Kentucky churches and Memphis Lodge accept Leader's offer during week Because of the fact that the management has not been able to pay attention to the Leader's compaign for 5,000 readers in 60 days, during the last 45 days, and because of the fact that several ministers who desire accepting the plan, cannot because of the Annual Conference in the next few days, the campaign has been extended to June 1. 
Among those who accepted the liberal offer during the week were Lawyer John Egester of Paducah, Ky., for Burks Chapel A.M.E. Church; Rev. W.F. Irving, Quinn Chapel A.M.E. Church, Lexington, Ky.; Revs. A.H. Shumakes and John Stevenson, Louisville, pastors, and Mrs. Lucille Taylor of Memphis, Tenn., for Guiding Way Lodge, of that city. 
Others who desire to accept the most liberal offer ever made by a newspaper are asked to fill out acceptance blank on front page.
COLORED MAN ACTING SPEAKER OF NEW JER­SEY
LEGISLATURE
Chamber of Commerce Formed in Washington
Mr. Moore Moves Office. Mr. Wm. Moore, real estate dealer, with offices in the Pythian Building, has moved his office to 508 S. Eighth street. His patrons and the public are asked to visit his new quarters.
[photo] Dr. James A. Gregg, President Wilberforce University Dr. Gregg is a soldier, Missionary, Churchman, Educ[ator?] Orator, who will make an address at the session of Kentuck[y?] [illegible] Educational Association here APril 20. he is noted for [illegible] anced stand on all race and educational matters. Kentuckians [illegible] [have?] a great treat on hearing him.
Indict Murderer
[Death?] Farm Murderer Is Indicted
Hold Special Church Service for N.A.A.C.P. Drive
Member of Race Is Jury Foreman
Georgia Gov. Promises Punishment For Peonage
Kentucky Doctors Boycott Versailles New York, April 4 - The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 70 Fifth Avenue, today announced receipt of news that the State Medical Society of Kentucky had voted to call off a meeting which it had planned to hold in Versailles, Kentucky. Versailles is the scene of the lynching of Richard James on March [illegible] a result of which governor Morrow removed the jailor who permitted the mob to take its victim from his custody. The change in the State meeting of Kentucky's medical society is a direct consequence of the lynching, according to the president of the society.
The Kappa Alpha Psi Kappa Alpha Psi, a fraternity organized by Colored students at Indiana ten years ago, is rapidly increasing in strength and influence and has chapters at the leading schools of our country, among them being MeHarry, Wilberforce, Harvard, Brown, Columbia and Chicago Universities. In addition to the University chapters, several alumni chapters have sprung into existence, and the success of these groups in Indianapolis, Chicago and other cities led to the establishment of a Louisville Alumni Chapter, which stands for achievement in the various fields of human endeavor. The local organization includes within its folds diversified talent from many fields - bankers, lawyers, educators, denitsts, physicians, government employes. The Louisville Alumni Chapter, tho less than a year old, has an active membership of nineteen men, each of whom is progressive and representative in his chosen field: Lawyer Nelson M. Willis, Polemarch; Dr. C. W. Dorsey, Vice Polemarch; Mr. Richard L. Jones, Keeper of Exchequer; Mr. A. C. Cox, Keeper of Records; Mr. Elmer V. Mosee, Strategus; Mr. Wm. H. Perry, Jr., Lieut. Strategus; Profs. A. E. Meyzeek, G. H. Brown, J. R. Jordan, W. H. Perry, Sr., L. D. Crocker, H. C. Russell, C. F. Williamson, J. E. Harper, G. W. Jackson, Drs. W. S. Adams and J. W. Johnson, and Messrs. W. H. Craighead, Jr., and Wilson Lovett. These men, interested not only in their individual development, but desirous of presenting to the public such artists as shall assist in the aesthetic development of our community, shall present, from time to time, artists of note. Messrs. Forney and Stewart, who appear at Quinn Chapel on April 15, will be the first to be presented. The establishment of the local chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, standing as it does for civic and racial development, is of more than ordinary significance and merits the approval of all progressive citizens.
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OFFICIALS OF INDEPENDENT LEAGUE MAKE KNOWN PURPOSE IN PUBLIC STATEMENT
Claim A True American Negro Owes Absolute Allegiance To No Political Party
LYNCH LAW AND COLUMBIAN UNION OPPOSED
"There has been recently organized in this city a movement which is destined to change the political complexion of the Colored people throughout the entire country and will be the means of bringing about a greater benefit from a political point of view to all concerned. The movement will receive momentum as the people become more and more intelligent and can appreciate the advantage of dividing their vote like all other races. By so doing they will have autonomy and will be sought and treated with by all parties who are willing to make concessions on equitable terms. The Negro will never get what is justly due him as an American citizen until he learns this very patent and all important fact.
First of all we stand for a full and complete enjoyment of every right guaranteed by us by the constitution of the United States, unyielding in our advocacy of equal opportunity in all of our social, economical and political rights. For fifty years the American Negro has given almost salvish adherence and devotion to the Republican party, and having failed to support the Democratic party to any appreciable degree has caused us to be regarded as the friend of the one and [illegible] analysis has placed us in the unenviable attitude of being owned by the Republican party and despised by the Democratic party, thus making us the victims of an unfortunate circumstance, being between the upper and nether stone. We hail with very great delight the present indications of the Colored people beginning to discriminate between lifeless emblems and living personalities, they are beginning to emphasize "men rather than party." We believe the almost entire support of the Republican party by the Colored people in the past fifty years has been th cause of much of the race feeling and hatred injected in our political campaigns in the past, and has been greatly detrimental to our economic progress.
This is the time to divide vote, the psychological time for us to consider the advisability of dividing our vote in the future as all other races have done and have profited by so doing. Race solidarity has been a great set back to our people and decidedly injurious to our political welfare in this country. We believe the standard for political preferment for service should not be based upon color or religion, but upon character and competency regardless of race or creed. We contend for our proportional representation in the making and execution of the laws by which we are governed as a race. We are uncompromisingly opposed to lynch law, ku-kluk-klans, Columbian Unions or any other forms of oppression or race discrimination. It goes without saying that to division of the vote among our people would go a long way in allaying race prejudice and political corruption of the ballot. Our worshiping at the shrine of the "log cabin" for the past fifty years has resulted in leaving living perpetually in log cabins, while the political bosses are living in palaces at our expense.
With all Parties; Owned by None.
We have been accused by the thoughtless of being allied with the Democratic party; this is only a half truth; in fact we might say that we are allied with all of the poitical parties but are owned by none. We are free American citizens and reserve the right to think, act and vote for whom we please, regardless of their political affiliations. We do not owe any political party absolute allegiance and are not handcuffed by any political emblem, we recognize no mandate of any political machine. We are true American citizens and are willing to labor for purer and nobler ideals of citizenship rights and consider it just as sacred a right and duty to not vote for a candidate whom we do not want for office, who does not come up to our standard as an official in public duty as it is to vote for one whom we do not want, and vice versa.
As an intelligent element of the electorate we should be capable of knowing for whom not to vote for an election day, and be no longer like dumb driven cattle to go pell mell at the behest of the bosses and ward heelers. We wish to urge very strongly upon the recently emancipated women of the race to stand firmly against the insidious methods of the wily politician to decoy and lure you into so many of political tricks that he has used so successfully upon so many of the male members of the race in allowing themselves to be used as tails and exploited by selfish and low politicians, to viciate and corrupt the electorate for their own selfish purposes and self aggrandizement.
Now that you have won the ballot by your courage and perseverance, use it wisely and intelligently, vote for men and women of high ideals and lofty motives or none at all. Permit no one to influence you to cast your vote for any one who is undeserving regardless of his color or religion. We stand for political antonomy, that is to say we are ready to meet any political party regardless of their affiliations on terms of justice and equality of opportunity in [illegible].
We are fearless and will contend for every right and emolument to which we are entitled and will not rest contented until we receive them. We can not be bought nor bluffed, intimidated nor terrorized by any person or persons, organizations or societies, what not.
All persons who wish to be free and believe in manhood rights and are going to be their own judge in matters of voting for candidates for office in the coming and future elections are requested to send their names and addresses to our headquarters at 932 W. Walnut street. Over the First Standard Bank, Louisville, Ky."
JESSE B. COLBERT,
Pres. Independent Citizens League.
N. M. WILLIS, Secretary.
DR. ROBERT BAGNALL OF N.A.A.C.P. SPEAKS AT C. M. E. CHURCH The Louisville Branch of the N. A. A. C. P. had as its guest this week Dr. Robert Bagnall, Director of Branches of New York City. He delivered a very excellent address at the C. M. E. Church Monday night before a large audience. He pleaded with his audience to join the Association, he urged a permanent organization, stating that within 24 hours 100,000 Colored could be reached for an emergency. He urged that every citizen demand what is due him and stated that the membership of the Association was open to any citizen regardless of Color, who believed in fair play, for the Colored man. He told of the Jasper County outrage and how that by mere accident, the Association ran across this case, and said that the next Congress would be called on to pass a Federal Lynching law. Mr. Bagnall left Tuesday morning for Lexington where he delivered an address before a large crowd.
Bishop & Johnson Busy With Government Work. D. B. Bishop and C. E. Johnson of the well known brick contracting firm of Bishop & Johnson, who are doing the brick and tile work on the Government hospital, at Dawson Springs, were in the city Easter visiting their wives. They have eight buildings one story high and are now working on the second stories. This is the largest job ever let to Colored men in the United States.