Pythians Bury the Past
S. W. Green, The Little Pythian Napoleon Whips Opposition
Is Re-elected Supreme Chancellor, And The Past Is Buried
SCHOOL CHILDREN'S VOTES JUMP AS CAMPAIGN NEARS CLOSE From the reports made by the girls and boys in the Leader's school help subscription campaign it seems that the close of the first period of the campaign was asignal for new interest to be manifested, notwithstanding the fact that the value of the votes decreased with the beginning of the second period. When the count of the votes were made Wednesday it was found that those who showed from one to six thousand votes in the standing last week had jumped up from ten to sixtyy-five thousand. Mary Jane Redix Cerulean, still leads with the hightest vote and Cyrus A. Morris, Louisville, is second with a few less. Alberta Foster, Louisville, jumped into third place with a big vote; Theodore Herring, Louisville, fourth and though Thomas Earl Moxley, Bowling Green, has a big vote he was forced from second down to fifth Eloise Spaulding, Louisville, is sixth and Virginia Dickerson, Blue Diamond, who started late is in seventh place an  d working hard. Watch her. John Mason, Anna Emery, Bessie Hughes, Louisville, and Little Mae Hicks, Nicholasville all jumped high this week. The campaign closes in just a few more days. Who can [guess?] the boy or girl who will win the first prize of $25.00 and do the most toward helping him or herself and parents for school? See standing which follows as of Wednesday and then guess some more. Mary Jane Redix--Cerulean School, Cerulean...65,000 Cyrus A. Morris--Central High, Louisville...63,000 Alberta Foster--Central High, Louisville...60,000 Theodore Herring--29th Street School, Louisville...58,000 Thomas Earl Moxley--State St. High, Bowling Green...56,250 Eloise Spaulding--Lincoln School Louisville...50,000 Virginia Dickerson, Whittier School Blue Biamond...47,000 John Mason--Central High Louisville...27,500 Anna Emery--S. Taylor Coleridge Taylor School, Louisville...16,000 Little Mae Hicks--Dunbar High Nicholasville...10,000 Bessie Hughe--Madison Departmental, Louisville...10,000 Chequeta L. Dunscomb, Rosenwald High School, Providence...6,000 Annie Lee Rodgers--Mary B. Talbert School, Louisville...4,000 Edmonia Jackson--Booker T Washington, Louisville...1,000 Dorothy Russell--Madison Departmental, Louisville...500 Anita Mattingly--St. Augustine School, Louisville...500 William Caldwell--Madison Departmental, Louisville...500 Harrison B. Shaffer, Central High...500 Ardier Wilson--S. Coleridge Taylor School, Louisville...500
Walter Cohen Opposed
Segregation Causes 12 Deaths
ELDER F. I. DOUGLAS COMING. Announcement is made of the coming of Elder F. I. Douglas, founder of the Apostolic Faith Assembly at Clay and Breckenridge Sts., and now under the leadership of Elder L. W. Buckner. Elder Douglas, who will be accompanied by Mrs. Douglas, has spent six successful years as pastor in Los Angeles, Cal. He is a most splendid speaker and all are invited to hear him during the meeting he will conduct from September 6th to 20th. 
Dr. and Mrs. Young have as their guest Mrs. Young's mother from Texas.
Suggests Independent Candidate
GEORGETOWN SHOWS LOUISVILLE NEGROES HOW TO DO POLITICS. Successful Republican Leader Advises An Independent Candidate For Legislature. Georgetown, Ky., Aug. 22, 1929. Mr. I. Willis Cole, Editor of Louisville Leader, Louisville, Ky. Dear Sir: I have read carefully your editorial of the results of the primary election in the 58th Legislative District as well as the comments in other papers and shall attempt to offer a suggestion as to what I think ought to be done. In this enlightened age it is a reflection upon the intelligence of our group to live in a district that is said to be ninety percent of said group, and then ten percent of the other part of the citizenship continue to represent the district. We are in the majority so far as the Republican party is concerned in the city of Georgetown, yet we have never served on the council or even nominated one from our group until August 3rd past. We had the same opposition from our so-called white brother friends, but we filed our applications and carried the fight to the people, and when the count was over Saturday, August 3rd, Edw. Alexander and W. R. Dudley had more than doubled our opponents. Hence, we are two of the eight nominees of the Republican councilmen. The differences within the race were laid aside and whoever voted against us are ashamed to own it. Louisville is not so different from Georgetown that she cannot do the same. Hence, I suggest that since you failed in the primary, that you call a mass meeting of the citizens of the 58th Legislative District and elect a qualified man or woman that was not in the race to run independently. If there is no one in the district that you can unite on unanimously, run some one even if a Democrat gets elected. We must teach our Republican white friends that they must be for us if we are to be for them. Don't wait for two years to run someone, do it now. Yours for the political freedom of the race. W. R. DUDLEY
Parham May Have Cold Feet
N. C. Judge Stops Whites From Using Word "Nigger"
Oklahoma Also Teaches Us How
LEADER IS GIVEN LATE REPORT OF BRUTAL BEATING OF LEONARD JACKSON BY POLICE. The report of the brutal beating of Leonard Jackson by local police in an effort to get him confess to the murder of Policeman McCain, was given to the Leader too late for a detailed story. A number of citizens are aroused over the affair. It is said that Jackson is a hard working, law abiding young man, and that it could be seen that he knew nothing about the murder without subjecting him to such a brutal beating, which is against the law of Kentucky in any case. According to Mr. John Frank, prominent young attorney, and Rev. George Troutman, progressive Louisville minister, whose attentions were called to the treatment of Leonard, they have never seen a person so terribly beaten up by officers. Pictures which have been taken showing just how badly Leonard was beaten about the head and legs are being carried in the News this week and will repreduced in the Leader. It is said that even though it was found that Leonard had no connection with the murder, he was fined $30.00 in Police Court by Acting Judge Neil Funk, and for what, no one seems to be able to tell.
BISHOP WALLS HERE. Bishop W. J. Walls spent a few hours in the city Wednesday enroute to his home in Charlotte, N. C. Bishop Walls has been in the East several months looking after the work of the A. M. E. Zion Conference over which he presides.
SEVERAL VICTIMS OF AUTO CRASHES. DRANES AND MRS. LEACH SERIOUSLY HURT; IN INDIANA HOSPITAL. Miss Nellie Frye And Other Well Known Citizens Accident Victims. Among the several well known citizens who were victims of automobile accidents during the past week the party composed of Mr. and Mrs. F. C. Drane, Mrs. Robert Leach and Hilliard Wood, all well known Louisvillians suffered the most serious injuries, when the automobile in which they were riding, owned by Mr. Robert Leach and driven by Woods, was struck by one occupied by Dr. C. W. Dowden and Mrs. Dowden and Mr. and Mrs. William W. Gaunt, prominent Louisville white citizens, lost Friday afternoon about three miles from Edingburg, Ind. Contrary to the report carried by the Louisville daily papers which stated that the Leach automobile struck the car of the white people and none of the colored persons were injured, the facts as given a Leader representative are that the member of the colored party, agreed to by Mr. Leach, was returning from the Pythian Supreme Lodge at Indianapolis, when their car was just about to leave a bridge out of Edingburg when they were struck by the automobile carrying the white party which plunged headlong into the Leach car, jamming it into the automobile following it across the bridge. Both having the right of way over the car carrying Dr. Dowden and his party, which was several feet from the bridge when the Leach car approached the bridge coming towards Louisville. The Dowden party was enroute to spend the week-end at Lake Wawasse, Ind.
Colored More Seriously Injured. All occupants of the two automobiles suffered with from minor to serious injuries but the wives of Dr. Dowden and Mr. Gaunt who were in the rear seats of their car. Mr. Drane, prominent owner of the Jumbo Barber Shop, was badly cut and bruised about the face, his eyes and nose seriously injured and he lost three teeth. Mrs. Drane suffered a broken wrist and painful bruises about the face and body. Wood, the driver of the car escaped with less injury than the other members of the party, but was hurt several places about his face and limbs. He was able to come to Louisville for medical aid. Mr. and Mrs. Drane and Mrs. Leach were carried to the County Hospital at Columbus, Ind., where they are being given medical attention by the hospital staff and a brother physician and surgeon of Dr. Dowden who took his airplane from his home in Indianapolis to the Columbus hospital at the request of his injured Louisville brother who urged him to give every at  tention to Mr. and Mrs. Drane and Mrs. Leach. 
Mrs. Nellie Frye Run Down. On Sunday evening about 7:30 Miss Nellie Frye, who for many years has been an outstanding leader in religious, business and civic circles was seriously injured while waiting for a street car at 28th and Greenwood Avenue, on her return from a meeting at the Old Folks' Home. As Miss Frye and Miss Ida Taylor who lives with her were about to get on the car an automobile whose occupants were white crashed thru the crowd waiting to enter the car, knocking Miss Frye down and cutting her about the head and body. Miss Taylor suffered broken limbs and other body bruises. The men who were evidently "bootleggers" snatched several bottles from the car and ran, but were later brought back to the scene of the acciden. Miss Frye is in a serious condition as the Leader goes to press.
Business Men In Collision. Coming from a business trip to Cincinnati early last Monday Mr. [illegible] Blanton, President of the American Mutual Bank, Mr. W. L. Rogers of the Domestic Insurance Co., Attorney Ned Williamson and Mr. Clifford Jackson of the Standard Realty Co., motoring in Mr. Jackson's car were stuck by a white man near Simpsonville about 20 miles from Louisville. Each of the men were very much shaken up and suffered painful injuries but not serious. 
Waddy In Smash-Up; Mrs. Claybrooks Hurt. The Automobile belonging to Mr. G. W. Waddy of the Hotel Waddy at West Baden was completely demolished when overturned on a gravel road between West Baden and Louisville Sunday night. In the car with Mr. Waddy was Mrs. Claybrooks, the mother of Mrs. G. H. Reid, and others. Mr. Waddy was brining Mrs. Claybrooks home after she had spent three weeks at the springs. Mr. Waddy escaped without injury it is reported, but Mrs. Claybrooks who was pinned under the wrecked car was badly bruized. Friends passing at the time brought Mrs. Claybrooks on to Louisville.
DEPRIEST HAS 10,000 MORE CONSTITUTIONS PRINTED AT OWN EXPENSE. Congressman Oscar De Priest of Illinois has had printed at his own expense an additional 10,000 copies of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States for distribution among colored citizens. The letter sent out with each of the added 10,000 follows: Congress of the United Etates, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. Dear Friend:---In response to an increasing demand for Senate Document No. 112 presenting The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States, I have ordered printed an additional 10,000 copies, making a total of 20,000 printed at my own personal expense. In response to request I am handing you a copy herewith and am anxious that our people be fully advised as to the rights of American Citizens under this fundamental law (Continued on page 8)