CAPTIVATES SWEEDEN [Photo from A. N. P.] MISS MARIAN ANDERSON Famed contralto singer whose artistic triumphs on the concert stage in Sweden have made her the idol of audiences there. Miss Anderson's success was so remarkable, that Minister of Justice Zahle, denied her the privilege of giving another concert on the ground that her earnings were so great, the government did not wish foreign artists to take so much from the country. The ban was later rescinded and Miss Anderson has given other concerts. The music critics of the country have hailed her as possessing the finest contralto voice extant.
DRAGS WOMAN FROM SENATE DINING ROOM
Drags Colored Woman From Senate Dining Room
ATTORNEY VIOLET N. ANDERSON IS "FINER WOMANHOOD" SPEAKER The national programe of Finer Womanhood. one of the annual observances of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority. closed the week of this celebration with the Eta Zeta chapter, Sunday, February 25, at 4 p. m., at the Bourgard Conservatory of Music with an address by Miss Violet N. Anderson of Chicago, Grand Basileus of the Zeta Beta sorority. Miss Anderson, who served as vice president of the Cook County Bar Association, the first race woman to be permitted to practice law in Illinois, and the Federal Courts, who practices before the Supreme Court, and a former Assistant County Attorney of Illinois, placed great emphasis on the slogan of the sorority. "Zeal, Scholarship, Culture and Sisterly Love," and that the merits and virtues of these words will be found in the exemplifications of finer womanhood. That the present day spirit of finer womanhood is found in the woman of affairs who has weathered the difficulties and responsibilities in the most crucial days through which our government is passing, and who continues to be cheerful and loving. The strong appeal made by the Grand Basileus was made in behalf of the youth of today, in which she magnified their ambitions to go forward, and the only difference to be found, if there is any, is that the young people are living in a swifter age than that of the "Grandfather's Clock," in a day of automobiles, airplanes, tractors, electricity, radio and when we consider that babies are being born who have never seen a horse and buggy, we can readily understand the rapidity of the movements in the younger set. Friends who crowded the halls of the conservatory joined in the opening song, the "National Negro Anthem," with invocation by Rev. A. L. Smith of the Grace Presbyterian Church and vocal solos by Mr. Tallifero and Mr Craig. Miss Harriet LaForrest, Basileus of the local chapter, then told about the organization of the Zeta Phi Beta sorority on Howard University campus in 1920, its purposes, desires and requirements were the remarks of Miss Harriet LaForrest, the activities of the guest speaker were covered by Miss Nancy Bullock, instructor of English at the Louisville Municipal College, who presented Attorney Anderson. Past Grand Basileus, Fannie R. Givens presented Grand Basileus Anderson with a huge bouquet of flowers bearing the colors and streamers of the sorority on behalf of the Eta Zeta chapter. Friends were ushered to the dining room where the table was beautifully decorated with flowers, lighted [candles?] and silver service, where tea, sandwishes and light refreshments were served. The Grand Basileus spent a day and night in Louisville, the house guest of Miss Ella Lawrenre, 2228 W. Madison Street, where she met the members of the chapter in a special meeting after the program had been rendered.
Minister Pleases White Listeners
Sam Thompson Dead
DEATH OF SAMUEL G. THOMPSON SHOCKS CITIZENS; CAME TO LOUISVILLE TO BURY HIS FRIEND FOUR WEEKS AGO The news of the death of Samuel G. Thompson of St. Louis, a former Louisville business man, was a shock to his friends here. According to a telegram sent to the Leader by Elmer V. Mosee, also a former well known Louisvillian, Mr. Thompson died last Sunday night. Mr. Thompson, who was general manager of the A. L. Beal Undertaking Company of St. Louis, of which his wife, Mrs. Birdie Beal Thompson, is the president and treasurer, was a successful Louisville real estate dealer prior to his marriage to Mrs. Thompson and moving to St. Louis to assist his wife with the business left by her father, who was one of the leading undertakers of St. Louis at the time of his death, a few months after the Thompson marriage. An Active Citizen Before going into business and during the life of his first wife, Mrs. Edna Wade Thompson, Mr. Thompson was a pullman porter. He was an officer of the Mt. Lebanon Baptist Church where his funeral is to be held Saturday, today, at 1 o'clock p. m. and was an active and useful citizen. Upon entering the real estate business he at once became greatly interested in the local Business League, and it was during the administration of the Leader editor as president, that he, associated with A. D. Doss, A. L. Simpson, H. C. Russell and J. R. Ray as officials, had much to do with giving Louisville a real Negro business organization which functioned every day in the year during the four years of that administration.
Gilliam Heads Postal Alliance
Met Wife Here; Buried Friend Four Weeks Ago It was the occasion of an annual program of the Business League with St. Louis Business League as guest which brought about the meeting of Mr. and Mrs. Thompson and subsequently their marriage in 1927. Mrs. Thompson was a member of a large group of business men and women who came to Louisville at the invitation of the local organization. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson were in Louisville just four weeks ago to the funeral of Alonzo Smith of Anchorage, a very close friend of Mr. Thompson, the casket in which Mr. Smith was buried being furnished by them. Mr. Thompson seemed to be (Continued on page 4) 
CAHILL WOULD FIGHT ABOUT 'EM Frank Cahill, well known young white lawyer, has a large colored practice and will fight any other lawyer. colored not excepted, who attempts to fool with any of his Negro clients regardless of the circumstances, for Cahill is a former boxing instructor, it is said. But Mr. Cahill is not willing for another lawyer. especially a Negro lawyer. to call him a lie. it makes no difference What Mr. Cahil has said or done to get the "lie" handed to him. That is, if reports about the controversy he had with C. Ewbank Tucker colored attorney, last Saturday morning in Magistrate Rehm's Court are true. It is said that Cahill became offended at some business Mr. Tucker had with a client that Mr. Cahill claimed as his, and that as a result Cahill shot a bit of words at Tucker. and called him a "damn lie." When Tucker handed the lie back to him, it is said that Cahill struck Tucker who returned the punch. the affair being stopped at that point, the court demanding an apology which the lawyers made to the court and to each other. Tucker was executtive chairman of the colored Democratic organization in the recent mayoralty election. was a candidate for the State Legislature, and he also has a large law practice.
YOUTH HELD FOR MURDER Waldorf [King?], who lives at 2227 Cedar Street, was arrested and held for murder following his fatal shooting of Albert Smith early last Monday morning. The cause of the shooting has not been obtained from King, but it is said that the trouble was over a girl. It is said that [King?] shot Smith five times, and then stabbed him, and that Smith, who died within an hour after being wounded, was unarmed. Smith, who formerly attended Madison Junior High School and was quite popular, has a brother, Russell, who was formerly employed at the White and Sterns Drug Stores. This is his only known relative as the Leader goes to press.
DEAD [Photo] SAMUEL G. THOMPSON
CAMPAIGN CREATES GREAT INTEREST The announcement of the Leader's ten free round trips to the C.M.E. General Conference in St. Louis in May, the World's Fair in Chicago in June, and the big Goodwill Church Buying Campaign met with popular favor. Several nomination blanks properly signed have already been received at the Leader office as entrants in the contest for the ten free round trips and cash offered by the Leader in the detailed information given about the liberal proposition on Page 5...The campaign begins next week and closes May 1. The Goodwill church buying campaign, in which the Leader is to receive the cooperation of the church and the Louisville merchants whose stores are patronized by colored people, is to begin April 1 and close June 25. This splendid proposition will be given in detail in a later issue. Those who plan taking advantage of the opportunity of attending the General Conference or the World's Fair without any cost to them but a little spare time are orged to fill out nomination blank on page 5 and mail at once.
BLACK HERMAN AT U. B. F. HALL MARCH 6 By William H. Ferris Black Herman, the magician will arrive with his Pierce Arrow and Packard cars and his assistants from Indianapolis, Ind, on Tuesday, March 6 and his first appearance in the city will e at the U. B. F. Hall Tuesday March 6, through March 18, instead of Young's Chapel Manday, March 5. The peerless magician will also exhibit in Young's Chapel and other churches. Nearby towns are already bidding for the great entertainer.
EDITOR IN TENNESSEE The Leader editor is in Jackson, Tenn., to the celebration of the 100th anniversary of Bishop Isaac Lane and the Lane College Founder's Day program.
Country Aids Lynch Fight
White Southerners Tell Senate Need For Measure
Women Resent Lynching Excuse; Speeches Got Nation-wide Radio Broadcast
LARGE AUDIENCE HEARS JUDGE HARRISON AT BROADWAY TEMPLE By William H. Ferris An audience that represented the best of colored Louisville assembled in Broadway A. M. E. Zion Temple last Friday night to listen to a brilliant address by Judge William Henry Harrison of Chicago. It was both illuminating and entertaining. It contained flashes of wit and eloquence and also food for thought. Dr. C. J. Henderson, the pastor, served as the gracious master of ceremonies and gave the speaker an introduction that epitomized his career. Dr. W. P. Offutt spoke eloquently of the work of the N.A.A.C.P. Then, led by Miss Iola Jordan, the audience rose and sang the "National Anthem." Then in a masterly manner. Dr. Henderson introduced Judge William Henry Harrison of Chicago. In a scintillating address that bristled with gems of thought and rhetoric, Judge Harrison said: "Opportunity i s all that a man should ask. And no man should be denied opportunities in city, state and nation. They should b  e equal for every man. We are beginning to realize now that there are some things in the world bigger and better than money. Thinking people run the world and all the persons who don't think. If you don't put thought in your work, you are not working, you are being worked. The man who thinks for you is your boss," said the eloquent speaker in the course of his address.
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