No Lexington Race Fair
REGULAR ASSOCIATION NOT PROMOTING LEXINGTON FAIR THIS YEAR Has Nothing To Do With Affair Advertised For Next Week There will be no Lexington Colored Fair this year. That is, not by the original and the well known Lexington Colored Fair Association. The advertising matter about the city and elsewhere announcing the Lexington Colored Fair next week was put out by an organization headed by a group of white men who are giving a proposed fair at Lakeside Park, seven miles in the country on Tates Creek pike, according to information given The Leader this week. Mr. J. B. Caulder of Lexington, secretary of the Lexington Colored Fair Association, called at the Leader office while here enroute from the Masonic Grand Lodge at Russellville and backed up the report that there was to be no 1931 fair. Mr. Caulder said that the fair would not be held this year because of business conditions, but that dates had already been selected and plans were being perfected for 1932. A statement from the directors of the Fair Association to the public follows: The Lexington Colored Fair Association, the legitimate successor to the Colored A. and M. Fair Association, which gave fairs in this city and county for half a century, has a record to maintain and a purpose to fulfill. We have given fairs for the last 12 years and in that time nothing has happened to mar this splendid record. We hope to hold it. We are proud of the standing at home and abroad and shall zealously guard it. (Continued on page 8)
U. B. F. ORDER MAKING PROGRESS; STATE LEADER PRAISE WORKERS Maysville, Ky., Aug. 7.--(Special To The Leader)--Upon his return from a state wide tour of inspection of United Brothers of Friendship lodges Grand Master Willliam H. Humphrey immediately turned to plans for an extensive membership campaign to be waged during the next six weeks. Speaking of conditions through the state, Grand Master Humphrey expressed himself as highly gratified at the substantial position of the U. B. F. and S. M. T. lodges in the face of present economic conditions. While in some localities bad labor conditions have taken toll in the form of decreased membership, remarked the energetic leader, he was favorably [impressed?] with the large number of high type men of all ages who are found in the lodges throughout the state. More than ever before, he continued, it is demonstrated how deeply the traditions and principles of the United Brothers are stamped in the hearts of the substantial people of the state. Speaking of the financial condition of the order, Professor Humphrey said that there are no unpaid proved claims [on?] file in the U. B. F. office. Prompt [payment?] of death claims has been an [outstanding?] feature of the order for [many?] years. It has become sort of a [internal?] by-word in Kentucky that [the?] U. B. F.'s pay their claims." [Our?] record, he says, is due to an [almost?] unbelievable degree of loyalty [which?] is evident in all parts of the [state?], together with the strict business methods with which the organization is conducted." For the next six weeks the Grand Master will conduct a state wide campaign of expansion and internal improvement through which he expects to bring much additional strength to the order. The Maysville man says that the Kentucky Negro is by tradition and training a U. B. F. at heart. The order, he asserts, owes it to the people to keep them informed of its record of service and achievement.
MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AT COLLEGE For the past week or more, workmen have been very busily engaged around the buildings and grounds of the Municipal College. Since the close of school, the iron fence which enclosed a part of the grounds facing on Kentucky street has been removed and a concrete and stone wall has been extended along the entire Kentucky street side and around on Seventh street. Wreckers are now busily removing the central building of the old Simmons University, the building which was once used for administration purposes. Eight frame cottaes facing on Eighth street side are also being torn down, thus greatly improving the appearance of the campus. The entire campus is to be graded and sodded. When the work is finished the buildings and grounds of the college will show to a much greater advantage than at present.
Joe Adams Fired - J. Max Bond Marries
SHERIFF JOE ADAMS FIRED; J. MAX BOND MARRIES After the Leader forms had been closed for press late Wednesday afternoon they had to be unlocked and the whole front page rearranged that some space might be found for the important and surprising news of the firing of Mr. Joe Adams, well konwn deputy sheriff, and the marriage of Mr. J. Max Bond, popular director of the Inter-racial Commission of Kentucky to Miss Ruth Clement, daughter of Bishop and Mrs. George C. Clement and one of Louisville's finest young women. Mr. Adams was discharged by Sheriff Hubbard R. Petty Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Bond and Miss Clement were quietly married Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock at the Clement home, 1633 W. Jefferson street, with only members of the family present. Rev. B. W. Swain, pastor of Broadway Temple A. M. E. Zion Church, performed the ceremony. Miss Clement, who closed the last school year as teacher at Central High School, accepted a position with the Kentucky State College for the coming term and is now summer school teacher at that institution. The marriage of Mr. Bond and Miss Clement had been rumored for weeks, but it was thought it would be some time before it would take place. It had also been rumored for several days that Mr. Adams would be discharged, but when in the Leader office Tuesday the deputy sheriff declared that it was nothing but talk. According to the report Mr. Adams said Wednesday evening that several days before the last Saturday primary he was told by Sheriff Petty that he would be dismissed if he did not "deliver the goods for the Petty-Ryans ticket," and Adams said he did the very best he could. It is also reported that Sheriff Petty said Adams was discharged because "he was not good enough for the job." Mr. Adams was one of the three colored men appointed deputy sheriffs by Sheriff Petty. The other officers are Mr. Lee L. Brown and Rev. Harvey Knox.
THE PYTHIAN GRAND LODGE The Pythian Grand Lodge of Kentucky held its meeting at Russellville last week. An article in detail came too late for publication this week, but will be published in the next issue.
BELIEVED FORTUNE TELLER In Chicago a fortune-teller told Mrs. Sarah Koestner, 26, that her 7-year-old would lose his sight and that her husband would desert her. Leaving a note to the husband directing that the son's eyes be tested twice a year, Mrs. Koestner rented a ninth-story hotel room, jumped out the window.
THE NEXT GOVERNOR AND LOCAL AND NATIONAL LEADERS [Photo] ROBERT S. LUCAS Mr. Robert S. Lucas, Louisville's favorite son, who is Executive Director of the Republican National Committee and who was in the city for the primary last Saturday, will return within a few days to help get things in shape for a state Republican victory in November. [Photo] MAYOR WILLIAM B. HARRISON In introducing Mayor Harrison to a K. N. E. A. audience in April, 1930, the Leader editor said that he would be the next Governor of Kentucky. He was the unanimous choice of the Republican delegates in convention at Lexington July 1, and before election day in November The Leader will tell its readers why Mayor Harrison should be and will be the chief magistrate of Kentucky to succeed Governor Flem D. Sampson. [Photo] HARRIS W. COLEMAN Mr. Harris W. Coleman, county attorney and local Republican leader who will be the moving spirit in helping put Louisville and Kentucky over for Mayor Harrison in November. [Photo] JOSEPH D. ADAMS Mr. Joseph D. Adams, well known Deputy Sheriff, who was let out by Sheriff Hubbard Petty Wednesday.
Boy Buried Without Coffin
NEW RAIL CARS ANNOUNCED Operation of the new high speed rail coaches of the Indiana Railroad System between Indianapolis, Louisville and intermediate points was begun Monday, August 3, L. M. Brown, general superintendent, announced today. A similar fleet was placed in service a week ago on the line between Indianapolis, Muncie and Fort Wayne. There will be no change in schedule for the present. With the exception of (Continued on page 8)
Harrison To Get Solid Colored Vote
WOULD ELECT HIM GOVERNOR OF KENTUCKY BY RECORD MAJORITY Local Leaders Of All Factions Called To Get Together For State Meet The Republican primary is over, and even though the votes are still being counted, the results this far makes it safe to say that the Mayor Harrison ticket is the winner by a big majority. Any way the differences between all right thinking Republicans, interested first of all in good government, the welfare of the people, and the success of their party, is a closed chapter, and all are now getting together that Mayor Harrison the first Republican candidate to come from Louisville in many years, may be elected Governor of Kentucky in November. We take the liberty to say that there need be no worry about the colored vote. Negroes represent a little over one-third of the Republican vote in Louisville and Jefferson County and about one-fourth of the vote in Kentucky and their's will be a one hundred per cent vote for Mayor Harrison in November, including those who voted both the Harrison and the Petty and Ryans tickets last Saturday. Mayor Harrison And Judge Lafoon Well Known Both Mayor William B. Harrison, the Republican candidate for governor and Judge Ruby Lafoon of Madisonville, the Democratic candidate, are well known by the colored people of Kentucky. Mayor Harrison by his splendid record as mayor of Louisville, under whose administration the Negro has made more progress in business, education and politics than under any other mayor. and Judge Lafoon as the (Continued on page 8)
Colored Population of United States Over Eleven Million
Florida Woman Heads P. T. A. 
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