'Murder Townsend Brains' Dr. Townsend Held Responsible for Murder of Edward Pierson Dr. Westbrooks and Gunman to Be Tried in Scottsboro, July 7; Other Arrests Expected
Du Bois Hits Grads; Halt Class Dance
DR. DU BOIS SAYS AVERAGE COLLEGE HAS MORE THAN SHARE OF "PLAIN FOOLS" Washington, D. C., June 16.--Dr. W. E. B. DuBois, editor of the Crisis delivered the [commencement?] address to a class of 327 graduates at Howard Univesity last week. The class numbered 327 compared with 235 in 1927, 251 in 1928 and 227 in 1929. Graduates included 87 bachelors of arts from the College of Liberal Arts; 94 Bachelors from the Teachers' College, 8 in applied sciences, 7 in religion, 21 in law, 4 in music, 64 in medicine, 16 in dentistry and 13 in pharmacy, besides 13 in the graduate school with the degree of master of arts. Commencement exercises were held in the open air with electrical loud speakers carrying the speakers' words easily to a crowd of 3,500 who sat on the chairs and bleachers. Dr. DuBois in calm, even voice, recalled the celebrated conflict between industrial and higher education for the Negro which raged twenty-five years ago; he advised his audience that "neither had reached  its main objective," the problem has not been settled and the questions raised in those days still stand. Raging like the prophet Jeremiah, he [pointed out?] to astonished graduates, [illegible] themselves on their [illegible] education for the average college has more than its share of "plain fools," and constitutes an exhibit of "extravagance, liquor parties and fur coats. For quite an hour he talked without raising his voice, or making a gesture, merely turning pages of his manuscript and shifting from one foot to the other It was as bitter and as impersonal an indictment of the college as was ever delivered on a commencement platform. Incidentally, it marked the public services of the burying of the hatchet (Continued on Page 8)
SAVED MEN THANK FRIENDS Eddyville, Ky., June 16, 1930 Mr. I. Willis Cole, Dear Sir: First, but not least, we want to say to you and the many interested other people that God works in many and His own mysterious way and great wonders to perform, which was done through (Continued on page 4)
SOME OF THE [CANDIDATES?] PICK THE FIVE WINNERS --[Photo] MISS KATIE C. WASHINGTON-- HOW THE [CANDIDATES?] STOOD AT THE CLOSE OF THE WEEK'S REPORTING [WEDNESDAY?] NIGHT JUST SEVEN DAYS BEFORE THE FINAL COUNT NAME ADDRESS VOTES Miss Katie C. Washington...Georgetown, Ky....1,026,000 Mrs. Lavelle L. Smith...Louisville, Ky....1,019,000 Mrs. Frankie McCaskill...Louisville, Ky....1,000,000 Miss Katherine Neal...Louisville, Ky....794,000 W. M. Thomas...Adairville, Ky....719,000 Mrs. Eliza K. Rhodes...Louisville, Ky....584,000 Mrs. Gladys Norris...Carlisle, Ky....573,500 Miss Bessie Scott...Louisville, Ky....522,000 Mrs. J. H. Hughes...Louisville, Ky....495,000 Mrs. Marie Howard...Winchester, Ky....421,000 Miss Eva E. Cox...Louisville, Ky....380,000 Mrs. Ernestine J. Downing...Anderson, Ind....282,000 Miss Irma Owens...Louisville, Ky....260,000 Mrs. Cora Johnson [Coles?]...Lexington, Ky....250,000 Miss Alberta [Brown?]...Tribbey, Ky....235,000 Miss Beatrice M. [Mudd?]...Louisville, Ky....206,000 Mrs. Sevella T. [Mudd?]...Lebanon, Ky....173,000 Mrs. S. D. [Gibson?]...Toledo, Ohio...173,000 Mrs. Viola [Burrows Ellis?]...Chicago, Ill....140,000 --[Photo] MRS. LAVELLE L. SMITH [Photo] MRS. FRANKIE McCASKILL [Photo] MISS KATHERINE NEAL [Photo] MRS. ELIZA K RHODES [Photo] MRS. GLADYS [NORRIS?] [Photo] MISS BESSIE SCOTT [Photo] MRS. J. H. HUGHES [Photo] MRS. ERNESTINE J. DOWNING
COURT NOTES Suits Filed Wallace G. Taylor vs. Leora Taylor. Enda Yancey vs. Jewell Yancey. Chas. Butcher vs. Katherine Butcher. Addie Arnett vs. Louisville Trust. Administrator Norton Caldwell. Appeal to Court of Appeals, $20,000.00 damage. Decrees Granted Mildred Weber from Andrew Weber, on grounds of 5 years separation. Jesse Cross from Quintilla Cross on grounds of 5 years separation. Rosa Robinson from Allen Robinson, abandonment. Clara Fund vs. David S. Wood. Suit involving $140.00. David Wood, defendant was represented by Hagan A. Mix. Judgement for full amount for the plaintiff. Brown & Frank, Attorneys for plaintiff.
Big Campaign Closes Thursday JUDGES TO COUNT VOTES AND ANNOUNCE WINNERS AT JEFFERSON PARK Votes Reach Million Mark; $50.00 Offered To Those Who Know Winners of Automobiles Just one week from the close of the second period last Wednesday evening and one week from the close of the Leader's annual subscription campaign next Thursday night, June 26 at Jefferson Park there is little change in the standing of the candidates and votes since last pressday, except the million vote mark of Miss Katie C. Washington of Georgetown and Mrs. Lavelle L. Smith and Mrs. Frankie McCaskill of Louisville and the moving up of Mrs. Eliza K. Rhodes of Louisville and Mrs. Gladys Norris of Carlisle who made good reports. Just five more days and the winners of the Hudson Great Eight, the New Essex Challenger automobiles and the three cash prizes will be known and the Leader's annual campaign will be a thing of the past. Judges To Begin Count At 9 O'Clock The judges, Messrs. J. R. Ray, J. O. Blanton, T. Max Bond, Drs. W. T. Merchant and R. L. Oliver, prominent citizens of the highest honesty and integrity will receive the last reports of the respective candidates and begin the count of the votes at 9 o'clock in the home of the Jefferson Park on Preston Street in the presence of the candidates or as many friends as they see fit to have present. The votes of every candidate will be turned over to the judges at that hour and not a single subscription or dollar will be accepted after the judges have received all reports and the count has begun, and has been the custom in all previous campaigns and as stated in the campaign rules one candidate cannot turn his or her votes over to to another, votes are not transferrable and one cannot withdraw in favor of another candidate. $50.00 Will Be Given To Any Person Who Knows The Winner The two automobiles to be given away by the Leader management next Thursday night at Jefferson Park, following the big all day picnic at which there will be entertainment for every man, woman and child, will run the total number of automobiles up to 16 given away by the Leader during its seven year circulation building program. More than has been given away by any other Negro newspaper. In addition to these expensive automobiles more than $15,000 have been given away by the publisher in cash prizes and commissions over a period of ten years in which subscription campaigns of one kind or another have been conducted, the publisher personally conducting all but that of last year at which time two automobiles and several other prizes and cash given amounting to more than $3,500.00. Two Winners Never Seen During the seven years in which automobiles have been the Leader's capital prizes two have been won by candidates in Mississippi; two, Indi- (Continued on page 8) 
Parents and Preachers Stop High School Graduates' Night Club Dance
[Photo] MR. THOMAS F. PARKS Mr. Parks who was laid to rest last Saturday afternoon after funeral services at the Church of Our Merciful Savious was for many years one of Louisville's most prominent citizens and successful business men.